Issue: Summer 2024
159 results
Class Note Summer 2024
Brian Gallini was appointed dean and tenured professor of law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, effective June 30. Previously, he served as dean and professor of law at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. He is a leading scholar in criminal law and focuses his work on law enforcement discretion issues in the context of interrogation methods, consent searches, and profiling.
Class Note Summer 2024
Vivek Sankaran was named one of the Leaders in the Law for 2023 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. He is a clinical professor of law at Michigan Law and is the director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic. His work is centered on advocating for children’s and parents’ rights during child welfare proceedings. In 2009, he founded the Detroit Center for Family Advocacy, the first organization in the country to provide multidisciplinary legal assistance to families with the goal of preventing children from unnecessarily entering the foster care system.
Class Note Summer 2024
Samir Parikh joined Wake Forest University School of Law in North Carolina as a professor of law. Previously, he was the Robert E. Jones Professor of Advocacy and Ethics at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. Also, the Yale Law Journal recently published his new essay, “Opaque Capital and Mass-Tort Financing.”
Class Note Summer 2024
Tara McGrath, nominated by President Biden, was appointed as US attorney for the Southern District of California, making her the chief prosecutor and top federal law enforcement official in one of the busiest federal districts in the nation. McGrath previously served as an assistant US attorney in San Diego and Washington, DC, before spending the past four years working as a legal adviser for the Marine Corps, of which she is a veteran.
Class Note Summer 2024
Timothy J. Lane, a staff attorney, legislative liaison, and policy analyst at the Colorado District Attorney’s Council, was appointed to the Gilpin County Court in the First Judicial District by Gov. Jared Polis. Previously, he was deputy district attorney in the same district.
Class Note Summer 2024
Kim Pagotto joined Dentons’ real estate practice as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC, office. She has extensive experience in commercial real estate and government leasing. Pagotto represents clients nationwide in responding to expressions of interest, requests for proposals, lease negotiations and administration, audit responses, compliance, acquisitions, dispositions, and financing related to government properties.
Class Note Summer 2024
Russell McGlothlin was appointed partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in the firm’s Santa Barbara, California, office. He counsels clients on water rights issues, including disputes and litigation, regulation, and high-stakes transactional work. McGlothlin helped draft the landmark Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and is a frequent speaker and author on issues related to water rights.
Class Note Summer 2024
Alexandra MacKay was recently honored by World Trademark Review for her work with the Stites & Harbison PLLC trademark practice group. MacKay is based in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office and counsels clients in litigation and transactional matters involving intellectual property, including the selection, adoption, and registration of trademarks and copyrights.
Class Note Summer 2024
Dora June has joined Bodman PLC’s real estate practice group in the firm’s office in Troy, Michigan. June represents commercial landlords and tenants in retail and office leasing matters and the analysis, structuring, and negotiation of complex real estate transactions. She has extensive experience as a leasing attorney for significant real estate management and boutique firms.
Class Note Summer 2024
Damali Sahu was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as a 2023 Notable Leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Sahu is an attorney at Bodman PLC and represents financial institutions in general commercial loan and real estate transactions. She has been co-chair of the firm’s DEI committee for more than a decade. Sahu also serves as chair of the board of directors for Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, vice president and treasurer of the board of directors for the New Paradigm College Prep School, and on the board of directors for the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion.