Issue: Fall 2023
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Class Note Fall 2023
Lumen “Lou” N. Mulligan is the new dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He previously served as interim vice provost for faculty affairs and the Earl B. Shurtz Research Professor of Law at the University of Kansas.
Class Note Fall 2023
Jennifer Scheller Neumann recently became chief of the US Department of Justice's Environment and Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section. She supervises appeals and petitions for review involving the United States in federal and state appellate courts around the country. The section's practice areas include environmental, natural resources, worker safety, Indian, property, administrative, and constitutional law.
Class Note Fall 2023
Samir Parikh testified before the US Senate’s Committee of the Judiciary on mass tort bankruptcies, including Purdue Pharma. His invitation was based in part on his essay, “Opaque Capital and Mass Tort Financing,” which is to be published in Yale Law Journal Forum. The essay explores how private equity is infiltrating litigation finance in mass tort cases and distorting resolution. Parikh is the Robert E. Jones Professor of Advocacy and Ethics at Lewis & Clark Law School.
Impact Fall 2023
John Bulgozdy, ’84: From Poetry Class to the Courtroom
On the surface, litigation and poetry don’t have much in common. But John Bulgozdy says that the analytical skills he used throughout his legal career can be traced to an undergraduate poetry class at the University of Michigan.
Impact Fall 2023
Hon. William “Bill” A. Clark, ’52: A Michigan Man in Ohio
The Hon. William “Bill” A. Clark, ’52, was a double Wolverine whose maize-and-blue pride stood firm throughout his 54-year legal career in Dayton, Ohio. His wife of 69 years, Cathy C. Clark, BA ’52, recently established a scholarship fund at Michigan Law in honor of her late husband.
Class Note Fall 2023
Damali Sahu, a member of Bodman PLC’s banking practice group, has been appointed chair of the board of directors of Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan for a three-year term. Headquartered in Detroit, Gleaners serves five Southeast Michigan counties and provides food to more than 400 partner agencies, including schools, soup kitchens, food pantries, and shelters, and offers direct-service, drive-up grocery distributions.
Class Note Fall 2023
Hun Ohm joined the board of trustees for the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. He is a senior member and partner at the boutique law firm Fierst Bloomberg Ohm LLP, based in Northampton, Massachusetts. A senior member of the firm’s entertainment and intellectual property practice, he is actively involved in the development, management, and implementation of global brand protection programs for his clients, including children’s book authors and video game companies.
Class Note Fall 2023
Heather Trew is the American Bankers Association’s new senior vice president for Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering. Previously, she was at the US Department of Treasury, where she most recently served as the counselor to the general counsel on virtual assets.
Class Note Fall 2023
Alexandra MacKay was recognized by Managing IP magazine on the 2023 IP Stars list as a Copyright Star and Trademark Star in Tennessee. She is a member of the Nashville office of Stites & Harbison PLLC.
Class Note Fall 2023
Sean Grimsley and Eric Olson have launched Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC, a public interest law firm based in Denver. Olson most recently served as the solicitor general of Colorado, during which he was lead counsel on five merits cases at the US Supreme Court, and Grimsley most recently served as general counsel at Ibotta, a technology company.