Issue: Fall 2023
133 results
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.
Class Note Fall 2023
Elliot Regenstein, a Chicago-based partner at Foresight Law+Policy, is one of six winners of the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s nationwide Future of Data in K-12 Education Design Challenge. Each winner presented a unique idea to improve education assessments and accountability in the K-12 system. Regenstein’s experience encompasses state-level policy and advocacy, and his work focuses on decision-making in state education.
Class Note Fall 2023
Eric Feiler, who nationally represents individuals and corporations in matters of private litigation and government enforcement, has joined Whiteford Taylor as a partner. He is based in Richmond, Virginia.
Class Note Fall 2023
Matthew Carlin is now deputy general counsel to the Office of the New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
Class Note Fall 2023
Laura Ricketts has been appointed by President Biden to serve on the 27-member President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, a federal advisory committee that promotes physical activity and healthy, accessible eating for all Americans, regardless of ability or background. As a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, she is the first openly LGBTQ+ owner of a Major League Baseball franchise. She also is the co-founder and director of Beyond Barriers, a career fitness platform designed to guide women to become leaders and to help companies improve performance.
Class Note Fall 2023
Clarence D. Armbrister has retired after serving as the 14th president of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before assuming that role, his higher education leadership experience included serving as senior vice president at Temple University, chief of staff and senior vice president at Johns Hopkins University, and president and CEO of Girard College. Read more on page xx.
Class Note Fall 2023
Anita Porte Robb, attorney and founding partner of Robb & Robb LLC, has been named one of Forbes’ Best Personal Injury Lawyers in Kansas City, Missouri, for 2023. Since becoming co-founder with her husband and business partner, Gary C. Robb, their firm has handled cases in the fields of aviation law, hazardous product liability, personal injury, medical malpractice, and more. The National Law Journal recognized her as one of the top 10 women trial lawyers in the country.
Class Note Fall 2023
Jayne Rizzo Reardon is the 2023 recipient of the Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award, a top ethics honor within the American Bar Association (ABA). She has served as a leader in a number of roles within the ABA, during which she has become nationally recognized for her work on ethics and professionalism in the legal system. She retired in 2021 from her role as executive director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Read more on page xx.
Class Note Fall 2023
Patricia “Trish” Lee Refo, partner at Snell & Wilmer, received the 2023 Walter E. Craig Award from the Arizona Bar Foundation. She concentrates her practice in complex commercial litigation and internal investigations, and she chairs Snell & Wilmer’s professional liability litigation group. She is a past president of the American Bar Association (ABA) and has served as chair of the ABA House of Delegates and the ABA Section of Litigation. She also served on the Arizona Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence and is a former member of the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence of the US Judicial Conference.