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Class Note Fall 2023

John B. Pinney was honored by Pro Seniors, an anti-ageism nonprofit organization, as one of three 2024 Seniors Who Rock for his work as a mentor, litigator, and adviser in the Cincinnati area. He serves on the board of the Ohio Access to Justice Foundation and is the secretary and treasurer of Ohio Legal Help, both of which are legal aid organizations. He was recently appointed vice chair for training for the North American Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and teaches international commercial arbitration at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

Class Note Fall 2023

Clark A. Andrews was recently selected by his peers as one of Michigan’s Go To Lawyers in Real Estate Law, published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly. He has been an attorney for O’Reilly Rancilio PC and its predecessor firm for nearly 50 years and works in its business and real estate practice group. He also is a member of the firm’s governmental law and estate planning and probate law practice groups. He has worked as an assistant city attorney for the cities of Sterling Heights, Fraser, and Utica and as an assistant township attorney for the townships of Shelby and Macomb.

Class Note Fall 2023

Jim Spaanstra recently joined the environmental practice of Holland & Hart LLP’s Denver office. Previously, he was with Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP. His expertise includes counseling clients on permitting, compliance, and environmental enforcement matters in the energy and natural resource industries. He also assists traditional energy companies with clean energy opportunities and compliance with environmental, social, and corporate governance requirements.

Class Note Fall 2023

William “Bill” R. Bay, a partner with the St. Louis office of national law firm Thompson Coburn LLP, was recently appointed president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA). He is a longtime leader in the ABA, where he has been a member of the House of Delegates and has chaired or co-chaired several boards and initiatives. He has represented major corporations, including financial institutions and manufacturers, in high-stakes litigation for more than 30 years.

Class Note Fall 2023

Elizabeth Campbell has become Beebee Healthcare’s first director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Previously, she was a specialist manager for Deloitte Consulting in Philadelphia, where she oversaw diversity, equity, and inclusion projects. Before that, she served as the director of inclusion and diversity for the Campbell Soup Company.

Class Note Fall 2023

The Hon. Hildy Bowbeer, who served as a magistrate judge with the US District Court for the District of Minnesota for eight years, recently retired. She continues to be active with the Sedona Conference, the Hon. Jimmie V. Reyna Intellectual Property Inn of Court, the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Infinity Project, and the District of Minnesota’s Federal Practice Committee. She also serves on the board of Ten Thousand Things Theater Company. She and her husband, Bill Klein, ’79, live in Minneapolis, where he is a partner with Lathrop GPM.

Class Note Fall 2023

Sondra Soderborg has published her debut novel, Sky Ropes (Chronicle Books, 2023), a middle-grade fiction story in which the protagonist tries to hide her fear of the high-ropes course at a team-building camp. She has worked as an attorney and as a teacher at a high school and prison. Reflecting on her career, she says, “All of it has been useful. None of it compares to the sheer joy and wonder of writing for kids.”

Class Note Fall 2023

Brian Gearinger maintains a solo law practice in Santa Rosa, California, specializing in representing victims of civil rights violations. He was part of a three-attorney team who obtained an $8.25 million jury verdict in federal court for an unlawful detention of three African American women.

Class Note Fall 2023

Jane Marshall is the new vice president, co-general counsel of Graham Media Group. Since joining the group in 2006, she has served as the associate general counsel and deputy general counsel. Before joining Graham Media Group, she worked in employment litigation at Bodman LLP in Detroit.

Class Note Fall 2023

Michael Carrier was named a Board of Governors Professor of Law, the highest rank at Rutgers University. His areas of expertise include antitrust law and intellectual property, particularly in the pharmaceutical, high-tech, and music industries. He has co-authored a leading intellectual property and antitrust treatise and authored more than 120 articles and book chapters.