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Class Note Winter 2024-2025

John J. McCullough III won reelection as mayor of Montpelier, Vermont, for a two-year term. He became mayor following a special election in 2023 and has served on the City Council since 2018. McCullough began his career at Legal Aid of Western Michigan in Grand Rapids, before joining the Montpelier office of Vermont Legal Aid. He also is the longtime project director of Vermont Legal Aid’s Mental Health Law Project, directing and representing clients in hospitals and outpatient settings in voluntary mental health proceedings throughout the state.

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Margaret A. Walker joined the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion board of trustees. She is the executive vice president of legal affairs and corporate communications at HMTX Industries, a global flooring company headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. Before joining HMTX, Walker spent more than two decades at the Xerox Corporation. She has served on the boards of New Beginnings Family Academy Inc. and LifeBridge Community Services. Walker also is a founding member of the Black Bar Association of Rochester, New York.

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

The Hon. J. Chris Larson was appointed to the 20th Judicial District Court by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. He was an assistant US attorney in the Civil Division of the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. He also has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Law School. He sits on the board of directors for IN! Pathways to Inclusive Higher Education, a nonprofit designed to create inclusive college opportunities in Colorado for students with intellectual disabilities. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Margaret Seif was elected to Kopin Corporation’s board of directors. She has held various positions, including corporate secretary, chief people officer, and chief legal officer, at Analog Devices Inc. (ADI). Before joining ADI, Seif also held various positions at RSA Security Inc. She serves on the board of advisers for Community Servings Inc. and the New England regional council of the Smithsonian Institution. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

William “Bill” Quick received the 2024 Distinguished Service Award from the Kansas Bar Association. Quick is a partner at Polsinelli PC’s Kansas City office. He is the chair of the firm’s Corporate Transparency Act practice and focuses on managing the corporate portfolios of business enterprises and family offices on an array of corporate, finance, transactional, and related legal needs. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Ronald Nessim was named a 2024 Legal Legend by the Hollywood Reporter. He is a partner at Bird, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks, & Nessim LLP in Los Angeles, where he has practiced commercial and entertainment litigation and white-collar criminal defense for more than 30 years. Nessim has argued numerous appeals in federal and state courts, including in the US Supreme Court. Previously, he served as an assistant US attorney in the major frauds section of the US Department of Justice in Los Angeles. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

John W. Rees joined Reising Ethington PC in Troy, Michigan, as a senior attorney. Rees’s practice specializes in a broad range of technologies, including medical devices, machine-based inspection systems, and automotive-related products, with an emphasis on control algorithms. He has represented global clients across intellectual property matters, including US and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, trade secret protection, product reverse engineering studies, product and trademark clearances, and intellectual property due diligence. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Jonathan Lewis joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as counsel in Washington, DC. He is an antitrust and consumer protection attorney who advises clients from the consumer products, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, chemicals, and health care industries. Lewis joins Hunton from Lowenstein Sandler LLP, where he was a partner and member of the firm’s antitrust group. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Ray Espinosa, LLM, joined the board of directors for EEI Corporation, a construction company in the Philippines. He is an attorney and the director of the Philippines-based telecommunications company PLDT, where he is a member of its technology strategy and data privacy committee and the information security committee. He also serves as a director, chairman, and/or trustee of several corporations, holding companies, foundations, and trust funds. 

Class Note Winter 2024-2025

Michaune D. Tillman joined Corning Inc. as senior vice president and general counsel. Tillman previously was general counsel and corporate secretary for Worthington Steel Inc. and has extensive experience in corporate governance matters, litigation, commercial transactions, regulatory, antitrust, environmental health and safety, cyber security, data privacy, import/export, labor and employment, intellectual property, and compliance.