Issue: Fall 2023
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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
Joseph Kimble is the 2023 recipient of the State Bar of Michigan’s Roberts P. Hudson Award, recognizing his dedication to the legal profession and outstanding service to and on behalf of the State Bar of Michigan. He has been the editor of the “Plain Language” column in the Michigan Bar Journal for 36 years. He served as the drafting consultant for the redrafting of the Michigan Rules of Evidence to conform to the restyled Federal Rules of Evidence; he also led the redrafting work on those federal evidence rules as well as for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at the Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School and the senior director of the school's Kimble Center for Legal Drafting.
In Memoriam Fall 2023
The Hon. Rosemary S. Pooler, ’65
Rosemary S. Pooler, a senior judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, died at her home in Syracuse, New York, on August 10, 2023. She was 85.
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
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
Charles Lowery Jr. joined the National Housing Conference as the new senior policy director. He most recently served as director of legislative policy and external affairs for New American Funding. Lowery also was sworn in as the president of the DC Bar at the 2023 Celebration of Leadership: DC Bar Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner in June.
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
Samuel Silver joined Philadelphia boutique firm Welsh & Recker in June after having spent the entirety of his legal career at Schnader Harrison. He specializes in representing global manufacturers of products in litigation and product safety matters. Other litigation includes intellectual property disputes, restrictive covenants, and defending members of the equestrian sport against charges brought by the sport’s governing bodies.
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.