Issue: Summer 2025
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Class Note Summer 2025
Deborah “Debbie” Levy has published three new books for children and young adults: A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight Over Science in Schools (Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2025); Photo Ark 1-2-3: An Animal Counting Book in Poetry and Pictures (National Geographic Kids, 2025); and The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing After World War II (Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2025). Levy’s previous books have made the New York Times bestseller list and earned numerous awards, including the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.
Class Note Summer 2025
Otto Beatty began serving on the Columbus [Ohio] City Council in January. He has worked extensively in economic development, small business support, and real estate investment, focusing on increasing access to affordable housing and expanding opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs. He served as president of Otto Beatty Companies and Otto Beatty Real Estate, is the owner and managing director of Intelligent Office of Columbus, and is a principal with OB3 Advisory and Management Ltd.
Class Note Summer 2025
Daniel Brubaker was named chief operating officer of the Michigan Supreme Court. Brubaker served as chief commissioner of the court for 13 years, coordinating the flow of cases through the court from filing to disposition. Before that, he served for a decade as a commissioner, reviewing applications for leave to appeal and preparing summary reports for the justices.
Class Note Summer 2025
Phyllis Marcus was named vice president of BBB National Programs, a nonprofit that oversees more than a dozen national industry self-regulation programs that provide third-party accountability and dispute resolution. She leads a team of attorneys and professionals in the programs national advertising division. Most recently, Marcus was a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Washington, DC, where she was a member of the antitrust and privacy groups. She also has served as chief of staff for advertising practices and as leader of the children’s privacy regulatory and enforcement program at the Federal Trade Commission.
Class Note Summer 2025
Kelli Turner was appointed interim president and chief executive officer of Audacy Inc., an audio content and entertainment company. She is a current board member of Audacy and has served on the boards of directors for several advertising and music technology companies. Turner was most recently managing director and chief financial officer of Sun Capital Partners, a private investment firm.
Class Note Summer 2025
Richard P. Darke joined Dykema Gossett PLLC as a member of the firm’s litigation department in Chicago. His practice focuses on commercial litigation with an emphasis on real estate, construction, financial services, and health care. Before joining Dykema, Darke practiced at Duane Morris LLP for more than two decades.
Class Note Summer 2025
Jacob Mendoza joined Rimon Law as a partner in the firm’s global private credit practice. Mendoza focuses on corporate finance and the representation of clients in a range of financing transactions. Mendoza previously was of counsel at Morrison & Foerster LLP and Faegre, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP and was an associate at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC.
Class Note Summer 2025
Paul J. Astolfi joined A&O Shearman as a partner in the firm’s US energy, natural resources, and infrastructure practice. He has extensive experience in greenfield and brownfield power projects, energy and infrastructure finance, mergers and acquisitions, and reorganizations. Astolfi is based out of the firm’s Dallas office.
Class Note Summer 2025
Daniel Canine rejoined Bodman PLC in Troy, Michigan, where he began his legal career. He is a member of the firm’s banking and finance practice group and focuses on the structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing of equipment and trade finance transactions. Canine also has served in a number of in-house roles and most recently was executive vice president and general counsel for Mitsubishi HC Capital America Inc.
Class Note Summer 2025
Asim Rehman recently published “The NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings: Forty-Five Years of Delivering Impartial Adjudications and Providing Access to Justice” in the Cardozo Law Review. Rehman is the commissioner and chief administrative law judge at the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings.