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Class Note Summer 2025

Chad Ray joined Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC as a shareholder with the firm’s intellectual property team in Dallas. Ray is a patent litigation attorney and focuses on trademark and copyright matters in the energy, automotive, life sciences, manufacturing, oil and gas, technology, and telecommunications industries. Before joining Munsch Hardt, he was a partner at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal LLP.

Class Note Summer 2025

Courtney Martin, a public defender in Seattle, was a contestant on Jeopardy! in April. Martin finished second but was the only contestant to correctly answer the Final Jeopardy question. The category was “Around the World”; the clue was, “An online article about this landmark said, ‘The stones themselves look like they are crying’ and mentioned ‘tears of…pain, hope, and joy.’” Answer: The Wailing Wall. Martin is pictured with Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings.

Class Note Summer 2025

The Hon. Kerene Moore was elected to a six-year term on Michigan’s 15th District Court. Most recently, Judge Moore was the director of the Conviction Integrity and Expungement Unit in the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office, where she helped people work to obtain clemencies, correct wrongful convictions, and expunge their records. She previously was a judicial attorney and referee on the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Michigan in Washtenaw County and has represented clients at the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the Michigan Advocacy Program.

Class Note Summer 2025

Nathan Schuur joined Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner in the firm’s private funds group. He previously was counsel to a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where he provided legal and policy advice on rulemaking, enforcement, and litigation, with a focus on investment management issues. Schuur also served in the rulemaking office of the SEC’s division of investment management. At Proskauer Rose, his practice will focus on regulatory and compliance issues related to the Advisers Act and Investment Company Act.

Class Note Summer 2025

William Andrichik joined Michael Best & Fredrich LLP as a partner in the firm’s litigation group in Chicago. His practice includes real estate litigation, indemnification claims, shareholder disputes, breach of contract, trade secret issues, business dissolution litigation, and mass and class actions. Before joining Michael Best, he was a partner at Steptoe LLP.

Class Note Summer 2025

Reem S. Aburukba joined Bodman PLC as an associate in the firm’s litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice group. Before joining Bodman, Aburukba clerked for the Hon. Tracy Van den Bergh of the Washtenaw County Trial Court.

Class Note Summer 2025

Ellen Gish joined Stites & Harbison PLLC as counsel in the construction service group in the firm’s Lexington, Kentucky, office. Gish represents owners, contractors, and subcontractors in all aspects of the construction process. Before joining Stites & Harbison, she served as associate general counsel for the University of Kentucky (UK), where she focused on capital projects, real estate, procurement, data privacy, economic development, and charitable gifts. Gish also has served in development, gift planning, and fundraising roles for UK Philanthropy and the Lexington Philharmonic.

Class Note Summer 2025

Robert Manhas became a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Suttcliffe LLP in Washington, DC. He is an appellate litigator with a focus on patent law and administrative law and managing appeals across the technology and biotechnology sectors. Manhas also serves as vice chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s administrative law committee and maintains an active pro bono practice.

Class Note Summer 2025

Ian Labitue was appointed president and chief executive officer of the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) for Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. He has been involved with AHT for six years, including serving as board vice chair and chair of the emerging developers accelerator program committee. Labitue is an attorney with Ice Miller LLP, where he specializes in public affairs and economic development.

Class Note Summer 2025

Serena Rabie was named partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP, where she represents clients in complex business disputes involving banking and financial services, antitrust, commercial, and constitutional law. Rabie also has significant appellate experience and has successfully handled state, federal, and administrative appeals. She joined the firm in 2023.