Issue: Summer 2024
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Class Note Summer 2024
David Guenther published his first book, The Art Dealer’s Apprentice: Behind the Scenes of the New York Art World (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024). The book is a nonfiction account of the New York art business and was inspired by his time as gallery director for art dealer Carla Panicali. He is a clinical professor of law and director of the International Transactions Clinic at Michigan Law.
Class Note Summer 2024
Jeffrey C. Gifford was selected to serve a three-year term on the executive board at Dykema Gossett LLP. Gifford, who has been with the firm since 2004 and is based in San Antonio, works with clients in negotiating and closing complex public and private transactions. Gifford previously led Dykema’s corporate and finance practice group.
Class Note Summer 2024
Russell Abrutyn was recognized by the American Immigration Lawyers Association with the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law. He currently serves as the chair of the Michigan chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He began his career as an attorney with Marshal E. Hyman & Associates PC before founding his firm, Abrutyn Law PLLC, in 2016.
Class Note Summer 2024
Adam Epstein was appointed co-chief executive officer and president of adMarketplace, an online search advertising company. He works alongside founder and chairman Jamie Hill in the new role. Epstein joined the company in 2003 as a part-time general counsel and was appointed chief operating officer and president in 2006.
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.
Class Note Summer 2024
James Rowader was appointed executive director of the Cannabis Expungement Board by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The board reviews eligible felony and misdemeanor-level convictions related to cannabis and determines eligibility for expungement or resentencing. He is the director of people and culture for the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and previously served as the city attorney for the City of Minneapolis. Before public service, Rowader worked with Target Corporation as vice president and general counsel for employee and labor relations.
Class Note Summer 2024
Ross Crown joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as of counsel in the firm’s Albuquerque, New Mexico, office. His focus is on government contracts and commercial litigation at the federal, state, and local levels in New Mexico, Colorado, and the broader Western region. Before joining Brownstein, Crown was a government contracts lawyer at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie.
Class Note Summer 2024
Clarence Armbrister was elected chair of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health’s National Board of Trustees, of which he has been a member since 2013. He was president of Johnson C. Smith University from 2018 until his retirement in 2023, and he previously served in leadership positions at Temple University, Johns Hopkins University, and Girard College. Before that, he held various roles in the Philadelphia city government and was a partner at Saul, Ewing Remick & Saul.
Class Note Summer 2024
Howard Kramer joined SEDA Experts LLC, a financial witness firm, as a senior adviser. Kramer, who is retired from practice, was a financial regulatory attorney for more than 40 years. He has experience in securities and derivative products and markets, equity, options and debt market trading, broker-dealer compliance, US financial regulatory structure, and US securities law and regulations. He spent 14 years with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and later worked in private practice as a partner at Schiff Hardin LLP, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, and Murphy & McGonigle PC.