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Class Note Summer 2024

Dominic Cianciolo is the story and voiceover director for NetherRealm Studios. He wrote and developed the performances for Mortal Kombat 1, the 2023 reboot and 12th installment of the video game series. Cianciolo joined the studio's creative team in 2007. In his current role, he has directed a number of notable actors and performers, including J.K. Simmons, Sylvester Stallone, Keith David, and John Cena. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Melissa Malkin-Weber is a founding co-director of the North Carolina Clean Energy Fund, an independent nonprofit financial institution focused on accelerating decarbonization, particularly for underserved sectors and low-wealth communities. The fund is part of the capital deployment network under the federal Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which was created as part of the Inflation Reduction Act. Malkin-Weber has experience working as an environmental scientist at RTI International, where she led the company’s Hazardous Materials Committee. She also has worked as the research director of Advanced Energy Corp. and sustainability director at Self-Help Credit Union.

Class Note Summer 2024

Brad Keywell was appointed to the board of directors of the sports and entertainment company TKO Group Holdings Inc. Keywell has co-founded and led several companies, including Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, Lightbank, and MediaOcean. He is the founder and executive chairman of UpTake Technologies Inc., an artificial intelligence software company, and the founder of SkillHero, a workforce technology company. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Gregory Gulia has joined the international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson as a partner in the trademarks, copyrights, and transactions practice group. Gulia is an intellectual property litigator and practitioner who has counseled major media companies, retailers, consumer product companies, entertainers, and luxury goods brands. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Michelle Thurber Czapski was recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as a leader in business litigation on its Michigan’s Go To Lawyers Power List. Czapski is a member at Bodman PLC, where she chairs the insurance practice group and co-chairs the litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice group. She has represented major corporate clients in litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings for more than three decades. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Peter Manning has been promoted to deputy attorney general of the Michigan Department of Attorney General, which he joined in 1994. Manning has worked in the department’s Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture division for most of his career, including as a division chief for 17 years. Previously, he was bureau chief of the Environment and Government Operations Bureau. Manning also has served as the attorney general’s representative on the Great Lakes Commission and as the department’s emergency management coordinator for nearly two decades. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Lauren Krasnow is the founder of Lauren Krasnow LLC and serves as an executive coach, consultant, and speaker to senior leaders and members of global law firms. She also writes “The Fully Human Lawyer” for the American Lawyer and Law.com, a column that shares real, anonymized stories about the legal profession. She holds a leadership position in the International Coaching Federation, the world’s largest professional coaching organization, and lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Class Note Summer 2024

James Caserio joined Jones Day as a partner and member of the firm’s real estate practice in its Chicago office. He advises clients on complex commercial real estate transactions, real estate finance, joint ventures, development projects, and loan restructurings. Caserio represents institutional investors, public and private real estate companies, real estate investment trusts, developers, retailers, hedge funds, and other investment funds and financial institutions. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Todd A. Schoenhaus, a personal injury attorney, has been promoted to shareholder at the Philadelphia law firm Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck PC. His practice concentrates on product liability, premises liability, construction accidents, and industrial machinery defects. Schoenhaus also has experience litigating cases involving vehicle accidents, professional malpractice, nursing home negligence, and civil rights. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Joshua Lee joined Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. He is co-head of the litigation and disputes department, focusing on product liability, consumer disputes, and environmental and mass tort litigation. Lee joins NRF from Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, a Chicago-based litigation firm he helped form. He has defended clients across a range of areas, including pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering, and chemical exposure.