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Class Note Summer 2024

Mary Lucille “Mary Lu” Noah was promoted to partner at Stites & Harbison PLLC. She is based in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office in the real estate and banking service group, where she represents borrowers and lenders in financing transactions such as acquisition and construction loans, term loan facilities, asset-based secured financing, and revolving credit facilities. She also represents developers, investors, and owners in the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of real property and works closely with businesses to ensure compliance with environmental laws.

Class Note Summer 2024

Matthew Worsham has been appointed chair of the Martin County Bar Association’s Wills, Trusts & Estates/Probate Committee for the 2023–2024 term. He is a trusts and estates litigation attorney with Jones Foster, a private and commercial law firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida. His practice focuses on probate, guardianship, trust litigation, and trust and estate administration. (may have submitted a photo that I can’t access - in the email)

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

Adam Uth joined Mansour Gavin’s litigation group, where his work focuses on real estate matters. He has considerable experience representing businesses in various types of litigation and has secured favorable outcomes at both the trial and appellate levels. Uth also has experience providing compliance analysis, both in the private sector and for the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Jeffrey M. Smith was promoted to partner at Robison Curphey, & O’Connell LLC in Toledo, Ohio. He represents businesses, health care institutions, and financial institutions in commercial litigation matters. He joined the firm in 2021, bringing experience as a business and tort litigation attorney. Earlier in his career, he clerked for the Hon. Sara Lioi on the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Class Note Summer 2024

Martin Pompadur joined Diamond Lake Minerals Inc. as a strategic adviser. The company specializes in digital assets and SEC-registered security tokens. He has worked in media and broadcasting for more than 50 years and has held leadership positions with American Broadcasting Companies Inc., Ziff Davis, and News Corporation, among others.

Class Note Summer 2024

Ron Olson, name partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, was recognized by the Daily Journal in its 2023 Top 100 Lawyers list. The publication cited his representation of high-profile clients in complex litigation and corporate transactions, including labor and employment litigation on behalf of Activision Blizzard and McDonald’s and representing Berkshire Hathaway in its $11.6 billion acquisition of Alleghany Corp. Olson is a director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Western Asset Trusts, Provivi Inc., and several nonprofit organizations, including the California Institute of Technology. 

Class Note Summer 2024

George Elworth received a 2023 National Attorney General Career Staff Award from the National Association of Attorneys General, recognizing his 49 years of public service to the Michigan Department of Attorney General. He currently serves in the State Operations Division and is on the Attorney General’s Opinion Review Board. He previously held roles within the military affairs and finance divisions.

Class Note Summer 2024

Jules Crystal, a labor and employment arbitrator and mediator, was inducted into the National Academy of Arbitrators. The not-for-profit honorary and professional organization seeks to advance the field of arbitration while enforcing the highest level of ethical conduct. He has participated in a variety of mediations involving alleged wrongful termination, employment discrimination and sexual harassment, alleged violations of labor and employment agreements, noncompete agreements, whistle-blowing statuses, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. 

Class Note Summer 2024

Alan Hoffman co-authored Come Fly with Me: The Rise and Fall of Trans World Airlines (Missouri Historical Society Press, 2023). The book traces the origins of the airline from the 1920s to the 21st century and focuses on the involvement of Charles Lindbergh, Howard Hughes, and Carl Icahn. He is a historian and the author of a 2019 self-published book, Up There with the Biggest: The Story of Ozark Airlines.