Issue: Summer 2024
159 results
Class Note Summer 2024
Connye Y. Harper was appointed to the advisory board of directors for the College of Southern Nevada School of Business Administration. She began her career as a litigator as associate general counsel for International Union in Detroit. Today, her practice, Harper Strategies, focuses on implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for organizations, management and staff training, policy development, and nonprofit management. She also has served on the boards of the Southern Nevada Society for Human Resource Management, 50/50 Women on Boards Inc., the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, and the ACLU of Nevada.
Class Note Summer 2024
Elizabeth Rogers, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, was included in Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Michigan’s Go To Lawyers Power List in the commercial real estate category. Rogers’s practice involves complex transactions for national and international companies and closely held businesses. Her background is in real estate business and civil litigation matters, and she also has advised municipalities on legal strategy and risk mitigation.
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
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.
Class Note Summer 2024
Rita Feikema, an attorney at Honigman LLP, was recently elected partner in the firm’s Chicago office. She is a member of Honigman’s real estate department, where she focuses on commercial transactions and represents landlords, tenants, buyers, and sellers. She also has cross-disciplinary experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, debt finance, statutory risk and compliance, and cross-border transactions.
Class Note Summer 2024
Angelina Delmastro was elected as a member attorney at Dickinson Wright PLLC, based in Detroit. She focuses her practice on labor and employment litigation, advising clients on employment matters and regulatory compliance. She also has experience negotiating complex severance and settlement agreements.
Class Note Summer 2024
Brandon Debus was elected as a member attorney at Dickinson Wright PLLC, based in Troy, Michigan. He advises clients on matters related to commercial litigation, live music and entertainment, complex insurance coverage, and bad faith actions.
Class Note Summer 2024
Lauren Dayton has been named partner at MoloLamken LLP. She is now based in Chicago after four years in the firm’s New York office. She focuses her practice on complex disputes and appeals, primarily in business and antitrust matters, and has litigated on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants from trial courts to the US Supreme Court. She joined the firm after clerking for the Hon. Steven M. Colloton on the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Hon. Brian M. Cogan on the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Class Note Summer 2024
Emily Cross was admitted as a member of Bodman PLC. She practices in the firm’s Troy, Michigan, office as part of the litigation and alternative dispute resolution and the automotive and industrial practice groups. Her practice spans securities litigation, contract disputes, constitutional litigation, and administrative law matters. She also is active in pro bono matters, such as immigration appeals to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and representing asylum and U-visa applicants in immigration applications and proceedings.
Class Note Summer 2024
Sarah Johnson joined the Washington Innocence Project, formerly Innocence Project Northwest, as a staff attorney. The volunteer organization works to free innocent prisoners in Washington State. Previously, she worked for seven years as a public defender.