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Class Note Fall 2023

Calyssa (Lawyer) Zellars, with Kya Henley, ’16, has formed Saint Park LLP, a boutique firm with offices in Detroit and Washington, DC, that specializes in investigations, strategic counsel, and crisis management services. Before co-founding Saint Park, Zellars crafted strategy and managed crisis communications for municipalities, businesses, law firms, and nonprofit organizations facing high-stakes publicity and reputational issues at a top-ranked, New York-based public relations and communications firm.

Class Note Fall 2023

Adam R. Uth has joined Mansour Gavin's litigation group, where he focuses on real estate matters. He has considerable experience representing businesses in various types of litigation and has secured favorable outcomes at both the trial and appellate levels. He also has experience providing compliance analysis, both in the private sector and for the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Class Note Fall 2023

Matthew L. Worsham is now an associate in the litigation and dispute resolution and the private wealth, trusts, and estates practice groups at Jones Foster, a commercial and private client firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is a past co-chair of the Martin County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division.

Class Note Fall 2023

William Quinn was promoted to general counsel at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effective in August. He joined the USCCB in March 2022 as a solicitor in the Office of General Counsel, managing all conference litigation matters. Immediately before joining the USCCB, he worked as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the US Department of Justice. 

Class Note Fall 2023

James Pierce is an associate in the Banking & Finance practice of Mayer Brown’s Chicago office. He is one of 25 suitors in The Bachelorette season 20 competing for the final rose given by Charity Lawson, who starred in The Bachelor season 27. Before assuming his current position at Mayer Brown, Pierce interned as a summer associate in 2020. In 2019, he also worked as a legal intern at Thompson Thrift Development/Construction after clerking at Burrus & Sease LLP in Indiana. 

Class Note Fall 2023

Aviram Shahal, SJD, LLM ’15, is part of the inaugural class of fellows at Brandeis University’s Institute for Advanced Israel Studies. Currently, he is a visiting scholar at the Center of Jewish Studies at Harvard University. His areas of interest include legal and constitutional history, comparative law, law and literature, history of Zionism, and the impact of demographic changes. 

Class Note Fall 2023

Tyler B. Peacock joined Wagner Hicks PLLC in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a partner. His practice focuses on business and employment litigation. In addition, he advises healthcare clients on issues related to HIPAA, federal substance abuse regulations, and subpoena compliance.

Class Note Fall 2023

Judith Conway, an associate at Cooney & Conway, has been named one of Chicago’s best wrongful death lawyers for 2023 by Forbes. She focuses her practice on helping victims of mesothelioma, asbestosis, and other asbestos-related diseases and their families recover compensation for the injury and wrongful death caused by asbestos-containing products. One of her first cases was on behalf of a Heisman Trophy winner who died of mesothelioma. She has secured a $200 million verdict in a consolidated asbestos trial and a $35.1 million verdict in a single case for a refinery worker.  

Class Note Fall 2023

James Walker, a partner at Miller Nash LLP, has been elected to serve on the board of directors for Greater Portland Inc., a regional public-private partnership dedicated to creating and expanding Northwest Oregon’s employment and economic outlooks. At Miller Nash, he advises clients, both public and private, on real estate, construction, public contracting, and governance and procurement matters.

Class Note Fall 2023

Carasusana “Cara” Wall is a 2023 Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow, recognizing the highest standards of professionalism and commitment to service. She is a partner at Zoll & Kranz LLC in Toledo, Ohio, and volunteers with the Toledo Bar Association, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, and Legal Aid of Western Ohio. Additionally, she is an active member of the Toledo Junior Bar Association. She is pictured with Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy and OSBF President and Delaware, Ohio, Judge David Hejmanowski.