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Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Andrew Manitsky has been elected president of the Vermont Bar Association. He was also recently elected to the American Law Institute. He is a litigator in Burlington, Vermont, with the firm Lynn, Lynn, Blackman & Manitsky.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Bruce Goldner received a 2022 Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York for his pro bono work helping nonprofits protect their intellectual property. He is co-head of the intellectual property and technology group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

T. Michael Johnson joined CIFC Asset Management LLC in New York as global co-head of business development. He has nearly 20 years of experience in alternative investment sales and most recently served as a managing director and head of investor relations at Carlyle Global Credit.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Michael Vardanian was promoted to partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP. He is a member of the private equity practice and the corporate department. His practice focuses on advising private equity firms on transactions involving the retail, media, telecommunications, waste management, manufacturing, technology, and energy industries.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Peter T. Mooney was elected chair of the University of Michigan’s Board for Student Publications. The board is made up of nine members appointed by the president of the University and supervises the operations of The Michigan Daily, the Michiganensian yearbook, the Gargoyle humor magazine, and the Shei fashion magazine. He is a member at Simen, Figura & Parker PLC in Flint, Michigan. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Kincaid Brown is the 2022 recipient of the Kenneth J. Hirsh Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions in legal innovation and technology from the American Association of Law Libraries’ legal innovation and technology special interest section. He is director of the University of Michigan Law Library.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Jean M. McCarthy has been named chief diversity officer at Quinn IP Law in suburban Detroit, where she also is a shareholder and patent attorney. She will provide strategic leadership to the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, working with attorneys, staff, and administration to advance recruitment efforts, provide professional development, and implement DEI programs and initiatives throughout the firm.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Susanne Baer, LLM, has stepped down from the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court, after her 12-year term as justice in the First Senate. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier subsequently awarded her the Grand Cross of Merit for services to the Federal Republic of Germany. She returns to Humboldt University Berlin and is the L. Bates Lea Global Law Professor at Michigan.

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

David Arroyo was named chief legal officer at Buzzfeed Inc. in New York. He previously served as the company’s chief compliance officer and head of litigation. 

Class Note Spring/Summer 2023

Jamie Jorgensen was named vice president for legal affairs and general counsel at the University of Iowa in fall 2022. Previously, he served as senior counsel at Husch Blackwell LLP in Denver and was chief of staff and chief legal counsel at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.