Issue: Summer 2024
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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
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
W. Gregory Voss, associate professor at Toulouse Business School, was cited in two foreign courts recently. His co-authored work The Right to Be Forgotten in the European Union: Enforcement in the Court of Justice and Amendment to the Proposed General Data Protection Regulation (Aspen Publishers Inc., 2015) was discussed in the High Court of the Indian State of Kerala judgment in K.G. Vysakh vs. Union of India and connected cases. His co-authored work on EU general data protection regulation sanctions was cited in a Court of Justice of the European Union opinion in a case related to the Lithuanian National Public Health Center.
Class Note Summer 2024
Kurtis T. Wilder was honored during a special session of the Michigan Supreme Court in November 2023. The special session, which was hosted by the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society and featured his portrait dedication, recognized Wilder for his service as a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and for the 25 years he served as a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Washtenaw County Trial Court. He is an attorney and shareholder at Butzel Long in Detroit and currently is serving a one-year term as chair of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
Class Note Summer 2024
Andreas Fabritius, LLM, joined ADS-TEC Energy’s board of directors. For more than 30 years, he has served as a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, based in Frankfurt, Germany, where he specializes in public and private mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. His clients include German and international companies, banks, financial investors, and government agencies. He also serves as British honorary consul in Frankfurt.
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
Melodie Rose was appointed president of Fredrikson & Byron in Minneapolis, the first woman to serve in the role in the firm’s 75-year history. She is the co-chair of the public companies and capital markets group and the corporate governance group. She also has served on the firm’s board of directors and elected compensation committee, as president of the executive committee, and as chair of the business division.
Class Note Summer 2024
Randall E. Kay was recognized by The Legal 500 as a member of its hall of fame for work in the area of intellectual property and trade secrets for litigation and noncontentious matters. He practices intellectual property litigation as a partner with Jones Day, where he leads the firm’s global trade secret practice. He is based in San Diego.
Class Note Summer 2024
Peter Jaffe joined Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington, DC, as vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary. He joins MCC from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he provided legal advice and strategic guidance on complex international matters and served as deputy chair of the firm’s anti-corruption practice group. He began his career at the US Department of Justice, where he served as a trial attorney, special assistant US attorney, and counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
Class Note Summer 2024
Kenneth M. Dintzer, a 30-year US Department of Justice veteran, is the lead counsel on United States v. Google LLC. The trial is ongoing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He is a senior trial counsel at the US Department of Justice Washington DC-Baltimore Area Antitrust Division and was assigned to the Google case during the Trump administration.