Issue: Winter 2025
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Class Note Winter 2025
Cindy Cohn will step down from her role as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in 2026 after more than 25 years with the organization. She first became involved with EFF in 1993, when she served as the outside lead attorney in Bernstein v. US Department of Justice on behalf of the organization. From 2000 to 2015, Cohn was EFF’s legal director and general counsel.
Class Note Winter 2025
Stephanie Hausman was named chief appellate defender for the New Hampshire Supreme Court. She previously worked for the New Hampshire Public Defender's Office for 20 years. Hausman also chairs the professional conduct committee, which oversees the state’s attorney discipline system.
Class Note Winter 2025
Karen Zatz was elected to a six-year term on the DuPage County [Illinois] Regional Board of School Trustees. She is vice president of the board, which represents nearly a million people in the region.
Class Note Winter 2025
Meg Waite Clayton has published her ninth novel, Typewriter Beach (HarperCollins, 2025). The instant USA Today Bestseller has been heralded as recommended reading by the Today Show, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly, among others. She recently relocated to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, with a new second home in New Haven, Connecticut.
Class Note Winter 2025
Stacey Turner was elected vice president of Alabama Power’s environmental affairs organization by the company’s board of directors. Her responsibilities include compliance and strategy as well as the company’s environmental stewardship programs and operations. Previously, Turner served as associate general counsel for environmental policy and litigation for Southern Company Services Inc. and was the lead environmental lawyer at Georgia Power.
Class Note Winter 2025
Duncan McMillan was reappointed to the Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission for a four-year term by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. McMillan also served on the board’s predecessor body, the Michigan Compensation Appellate Commission. Previously, he worked at Kluczynski, Girtz & Vogelzang for more than 30 years, where he represented clients in workers’ disability and civil rights cases.
Class Note Winter 2025
William D. Ellis, a real estate partner at Akerman LLP in Los Angeles, was named one of the 2025 top 100 Lawyers in Southern California by the Los Angeles Business Journal. He also was shortlisted for the California Real Estate Lawyer of the Year award by American Lawyer Media, the parent company of Law.com and The Recorder. Ellis began his career at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP before becoming a senior partner at Sidley Austin LLP. He also has served as general counsel at NASDAQ-listed Reading International Inc.
Class Note Winter 2025
George Vincent joined The Kroger Co. as secretary and general counsel. He previously served as managing partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP from 2007 to 2022. Vincent also has served as board chair for various civic and business organizations, including the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, The Christ Hospital, the Cincinnati Museum Center, and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Class Note Winter 2025
Myint Zan, LLM, published “Reminiscences about Michigan Law School Classes of 1981–82” in the Seoul Times. The article highlights how lessons from Zan’s time in Ann Arbor have remained salient throughout his legal career. He is a retired professor of law who taught at universities in Malaysia, Australia, the South Pacific, and the US.
Class Note Winter 2025
William Young was reappointed to the Michigan Employment Relations Commission by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for a three-year term. Young is a retired attorney and has served as a Michigan employment relations commissioner since 2021. He previously was a shareholder at White, Schneider, Young & Chiodini PC and spent nearly 28 years with the firm, where he represented unions and teachers, among other clients. In retirement, Young volunteers with Ingham County Meals on Wheels, is a member of the Spring Lake Village Historical Commission, and serves as a fellow with the Michigan State Bar Foundation.