Issue: Winter 2025
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Class Note Winter 2025
Jacob S. Sherkow was named the Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law at the University of Illinois, where he has been teaching since 2020. He also serves as a professor of medicine at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and as a professor at the European Union Center, and he is an affiliate of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois. Sherkow’s research focuses on intellectual property, regulation, and bioethics of advanced biotechnologies.
Class Note Winter 2025
Yuta Delarck joined Reed Smith LLP as a partner in the firm’s global corporate group. Delarck represents domestic and international clients, including real estate investment trusts, investment banks, and private equity and venture capital firms, in a range of corporate transactions. Her practice includes initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private placements, strategic investments, de-SPAC transactions, and comprehensive corporate governance and compliance advisory work. Previously, Delarck worked at Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder in the firm’s corporate practice.
Class Note Winter 2025
Christiana (Schmitz) Signs joined Reed Smith LLP in the firm’s Philadelphia-based global labor and employment group. She defends employers in national complex employment litigation and provides strategic counsel in wage and hour matters, employment class and collective actions, and arbitrations. Prior to joining Reed Smith, Signs was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig LLP.
Class Note Winter 2025
Israel Moya joined Western State College of Law as a visiting assistant professor. He is a diplomat, human rights advocate, and public servant who has two decades of international experience tackling global issues across South America, Africa, and Asia.
Class Note Winter 2025
Christian Grostic argued on behalf of petitioners before the US Supreme Court in Esteras v. United States in February 2025. In June, the court ruled for petitioners, holding that district courts may not consider punitive factors when revoking supervised release. Grostic is an assistant federal public defender at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Cleveland.
Class Note Winter 2025
Elizabeth (Cuneo) Thomas has been appointed to the Trinity River Authority board of directors by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Thomas is an attorney and partner at Kelly Hart and Hallman LLP. She has represented companies and individuals in complex commercial matters across industries, including aviation and aerospace, banking, construction, electronic components distribution, energy, food distribution, hospitality, and sports and event production. Thomas also has experience representing families and high-net-worth individuals in breach of fiduciary duty and trust matters.
Class Note Winter 2025
Jessica Bernfeld joined the Korey Wise Innocence Project at the University of Colorado Law School as a staff attorney. Previously, she practiced criminal defense in Colorado, first as a trial attorney in the Arapahoe office of the Colorado State Public Defender and then in solo practice, where she primarily represented youth charged as adults for serious felonies.
Class Note Winter 2025
Matt Nolan was appointed general counsel with a specialized focus on third-party risk management for Honeywell International Inc. Also, Nolan was elected to the global board of directors for the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Class Note Winter 2025
Sarah (Howe) Waidelich, a partner at Honigman LLP, was named one of Michigan Lawyers Weekly's Influential Women of Law honorees. Outside of Waidelich’s intellectual property litigation practice, she takes on pro bono work, has led or been involved in a number of important child welfare cases before the Michigan Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court, and volunteers as the youngest member of the board of trustees at Trine University. She also serves on the board of MothersEsquire, an organization dedicated to increasing the retention and promotion rates of women in the legal profession, particularly mothers.
Class Note Winter 2025
John Bringewatt was appointed as a judge to the New York State Court of Claims by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Previously, he was the Monroe County attorney and oversaw a team of attorneys responsible for the county’s civil legal work. Earlier in his career, Bringewatt maintained a wide-ranging litigation practice at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP and was a law clerk to the Hon. Susan L. Carney of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.