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Class Note Summer 2024

Robert D. Gordon joined New York firm Herrick Feinstein LLP as a partner in the restructuring and finance litigation department. He has more than three decades of experience as lead counsel advising companies, creditors, and directors in complex corporate and public sector restructurings. He has worked with retirement systems and pension funds and most recently acted as lead counsel to a committee of independent directors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of global satellite communications provider Intelsat SA.

Class Note Summer 2024

Anne Kiley was appointed to serve as a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. She has been a partner at Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben & Gartside LLP since 2016. She began her career as an associate at O’Melveney & Myers LLP and later joined Trope and Trope LLP.

Class Note Summer 2024

Victor King, who has served on the California Law Revision Commission since 2011, was reappointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. He is the legal counsel and information privacy officer for California State University, Los Angeles. Previously, he was a partner at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith LLP.

Class Note Summer 2024

Kate St. Vincent Vogl co-authored two books that were recently published. Lady Ref: Making Calls in a Man’s World (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) tells the story of the National Football League’s first female official. The second book, Iron Horse Cowgirls (McFarland, 2023), explores the events that led to the founding of the Women’s International Motorcycle Association. She is a longtime writer and teacher who most recently served as a creative writing instructor at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

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.

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

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

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

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

Carolin Chenoweth Shining was appointed as a trustee to the Los Angeles County Bar Association's board of trustees for the 2023–2024 term. She is a principal in Shining Law Firm and specializes in complex civil litigation, including consumer class actions and multiparty litigation with a focus on representation of plaintiffs. She has served on the board of governors for the Consumers Attorneys of California since 2022.