Issue: Summer 2025
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In Practice Summer 2025
Growing a Global Game with D.C. United
Jason Levien, ’97, is co-chairman and CEO of D.C. United, a Major League Soccer team, which he and a group of investors acquired in 2012. He works alongside fellow Michigan Law alumnus Chris Burtley, ’15, who joined the team in 2023 and serves as his chief of staff and the team’s vice president of strategy.
In Practice Summer 2025
Aisha Elmquist, ’07: Everyone Has the Right to a Seat at the Table
Throughout history, many Americans with disabilities have been denied fundamental rights like attending school, holding jobs, and choosing homes. However, for as long as these inequalities have persisted, advocates for disability rights have fought back—including Aisha Elmquist, ’07, who leads a state government program in Minnesota that is tasked with helping those with disabilities live their best lives.
In Practice Summer 2025
In-House at Medline: Much More Than Counseling and Dispute Resolution
In 2021, after working as general counsel for medical supply firm Medline for 22 years, Alex Liberman, ’89, had covered a large spectrum of corporate legal work, from dispute resolution to compliance issues. But that year, he had the opportunity to participate in a leveraged buyout—a professional experience he describes as transformative.
Class Note Summer 2025
Roger H. Stetson has become the sole managing partner of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP in Chicago, where he has served as a co-managing partner since 2022. Stetson’s clients include real estate investment trusts, manufacturers, financial institutions, distributors, developers, and the fiduciaries who work in these industries. He acts as primary counsel on disputes concerning capital markets transactions, the creation of joint ventures with institutional investors, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and partnership issues.
Class Note Summer 2025
Katy McNeil joined A&O Shearman as a partner in the firm’s energy, natural resources, and infrastructure practice, where she represents clients across the renewable energy sector. McNeil previously was a partner at Mayer Brown. Additionally, she received the Hope Through Caring Award from the Les Turner ALS Foundation, which also was given posthumously to her husband, Brian Davis, ’14, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2022 and died in January 2025. The award honors their commitment to raising awareness and supporting ALS care and research.
Class Note Summer 2025
Luke Meier was appointed co-leader of the government contracts group at Blank Rome LLP. He is a litigator and counselor with experience in government procurement law and has represented contractors in contract disputes and claims, bid protests, and False Claims Act litigation. Meier serves on Blank Rome’s partner board and as a vice chair of the American Bar Association’s bid protest committee and procurement fraud and false claims committee.
Class Note Summer 2025
Rebecca Seguin-Skrabucha, a member of Bodman PLC’s workplace law practice group, recently became the group’s co-chair. She advises employers, including municipal governments and businesses of all sizes, on compliance with state and federal employment and labor laws.
Class Note Summer 2025
Ann Marie Byers joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as of counsel in the firm’s intellectual property litigation group. Previously, Byers was an alternative dispute resolutions specialist at AB-Conflict Resolution Services and founding attorney at Byers Law LLC. Her practice covers a range of US and global matters involving intellectual property, regulatory compliance, data privacy and security, and complex civil and commercial disputes. Byers is based in Denver.
Class Note Summer 2025
Corwin J. Carr was elevated to partner in the employment group at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg (BFKN) LLP in Chicago. Carr is an adviser, litigator, and transactional attorney with a wide-ranging employment practice. Before joining BFKN, he was an associate at Mayer Brown LLP.