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Class Note Fall 2023

Melissa A. Barahona was named one of the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X–The Next Generation lawyers, recognizing up-and-comers in the legal profession. She is a partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP in New York, and her practice focuses on employment-related and commercial litigation. 

Class Note Fall 2023

Kenneth Black, who focuses on complex securities litigation and shareholder derivative litigation, was promoted to partner at Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP in San Francisco. Previously, he was a sanctions investigator in the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the US Department of the Treasury.

Class Note Fall 2023

Zachary Ciullo, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago, has accepted an invitation to join the International Association of Defense Counsel, a global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests. He focuses his commercial litigation practice on cases involving mass torts, product liability, class actions, life sciences, and contract and commercial disputes. He also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Class Note Fall 2023

Adam Graham was appointed bureau chief of the Bureau of Civil Rights at the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). He will oversee the department's programs for equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, federal contract compliance, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Before joining IDOT, he served as director of compliance at Chicago Public Schools.

Class Note Fall 2023

Julianne M. Landsvik Klein was recently sworn in as assistant US attorney for the District of Rhode Island. She joins the office’s Criminal Division from the Boston office of Cooley LLP, where she served as an associate for the past eight years, handling Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission investigations, working on complex commercial matters, and overseeing pro bono litigation. 

Class Note Fall 2023

Justin S. Platt was promoted to partner at Goodwin Procter in New York earlier this year. His practice focuses on health sciences, capital markets, and corporate matters. He specifically represents issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings, public and private offerings of debt, equity, preferred securities, and a variety of other corporate finance transactions.

Class Note Fall 2023

Peter S. Borock, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP in New York, has been named one of Law360’s Rising Stars for 2023, which is an annual feature recognizing the profession’s top legal talent under the age of 40. His commercial real estate practice comprises clients across real estate sectors such as office, residential, industrial, health care, and hospitality. He received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for his work on behalf of Settlement Housing Fund, a New York City-based nonprofit that creates and sustains quality affordable housing.

Class Note Fall 2023

Jennifer Saulino, former assistant chief of the Fraud Section of the US Department of Justice’s  Criminal Division, joined Sidley Austin’s Washington, DC, office as a partner in its product liability and commercial litigation group. She specializes in product liability trials, representing pharmaceutical companies and financial institutions, and defending individuals and corporations in investigations and prosecutions.

Class Note Fall 2023

Linda Clark joined Morrison Foerster in September as a partner in the global privacy and data security group. She is based in Miami. Before joining the firm, she served as the chief data security counsel for RELX, where she led the data security legal compliance efforts in more than 40 countries and across operations in four different market segments worldwide. She previously was a litigator at a large New York law firm.

Class Note Fall 2023

Elizabeth Khalil wrote US Financial Privacy and Data Security: A Practical Guide, a book published by the American Bar Association in July 2023. She is the chief privacy officer for the US region of CIBC, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions.