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Class Note Summer 2024

Ronald S. Betman joined Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP as a partner in the firm’s Chicago-based litigation group. He focuses his practice on complex litigation and class action matters, and he has extensive experience in securities, commodities, class action and derivative litigation, antitrust, fraud, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. He also has experience handling regulatory investigations from federal agencies and state attorneys general.

Class Note Summer 2024

Shruti Singh, LLM, joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. as a partner in the firm’s New Delhi general corporate practice, where she concentrates on mergers and acquisitions and structured and corporate finance matters. She has advised foreign and Indian corporations, entrepreneurs, private equity funds, and various organizations on legal and regulatory issues. Previously, she was a consultant with Khaitan & Co. in its restructuring and insolvency practice. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Joe Rockwell joined Warner Norcross+Judd LLP as an associate in the firm’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, office. He is concentrating his practice on commercial, environmental, and labor and employment disputes. He also counsels organizations navigating the complexities of political lobbying and campaign-related legalities.  

Class Note Summer 2024

Sam Poortenga joined Warner Norcross+Judd LLP as an associate in the firm’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, office. He focuses his practice on cybersecurity, privacy, and general corporate law and advises clients ranging from startups to established corporations on a wide range of legal matters. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Daniel Cowan received the second-highest score among his peers who took the July 2023 Texas Bar Exam. He served as a judicial intern for the Michigan Supreme Court and now works as an associate in the corporate practice of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC in Austin.

Class Note Summer 2024

Ellen Aldin is now an attorney adviser in the Office of the Chief Counsel for International Commerce in the US Department of Commerce. She joins fellow Michigan Law alumni John Cobau, ’93, (chief counsel), Glenn Kaminsky, ’00, (assistant chief counsel), and Stephanie Zable, ’18, (senior attorney) in providing legal advice to the department’s International Trade Administration.

Class Note Summer 2024

Hailey Cherepon joined the Michigan State Budget Office’s legal team as associate legal counsel, appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Previously, Cherepon worked as an associate at WilmerHale. She also has clerked for the Hon. Arianna Freeman on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Class Note Summer 2024

D. Colby Orton joined Ogletree Deakins as an associate in the firm’s Detroit office. His practice focuses on employment litigation in all areas of labor and employment law. Before joining Ogletree, he worked as an associate attorney on data privacy incident response, litigation matters, and labor and employment matters. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Jennifer Fischell has been named partner at MoloLamken LLP. She is based in Washington, DC, and focuses her practice on appeals and complex civil litigation, particularly administrative law, energy, and intellectual property. She joined the firm after clerking for the Hon. Raymond M. Kethledge, ’93, on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Hon. Ronnie Abrams on the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 2021, she left MoloLamken to clerk for Associate Justice Elena Kagan on the US Supreme Court and returned to the firm in December 2022.

Class Note Summer 2024

Amy Lishinski joined the Michigan State Budget Office’s legal team as deputy legal counsel, appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Previously, she worked as counsel at WilmerHale. She also has clerked for the Hon. David Tatel on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for the Hon. Bridget Mary McCormack on the Michigan Supreme Court.