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Class Note Summer 2026

Elena Vespoli was elected partner at Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP. She practices in the public companies group in the firm’s New York City office.

Class Note Summer 2026

Zachary LeVasseur joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Atlanta as franchise litigation counsel and member of the firm’s litigation practice group and franchise and distribution team. His practice focuses on franchise compliance, disclosure, and litigation work.

Class Note Summer 2026

Nicholas Stamates co-authored “The Legacy of the Ken Penders Legal Cases and Possible Copyright Infringement Lingering Over Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog Series” with Ken Penders, a comic book writer and artist. It was published in the Berkeley Journal of Entertainment and Sports Law in May.

Class Note Summer 2026

Justin Montis was promoted to partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in the firm’s Santa Monica, California, office. He is a member of Orrick's mergers and acquisitions and private equity group and its corporate business unit. Montis advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies, as well as other public and private companies, on a broad range of strategic transactions.

Class Note Summer 2026

Bryan Yoon is now general counsel and chief administrative officer at Alentis Therapeutics AG, a clinical-stage biotechnology company. He has worked with life sciences companies throughout his legal career, most recently as chief operating officer and general counsel at Terns Pharmaceuticals.

Class Note Summer 2026

Michael Khalil joined Pierson Ferdinand LLP as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC, corporate department. Khalil practices at the intersection of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, federal securities laws, and the investment management industry. Previously, he was a senior counsel in the Division of Investment Management at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Class Note Summer 2026

Andrew Lievense, an assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals for the First District by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Earlier in his career, Lievense practiced in the litigation department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in Detroit.

Class Note Summer 2026

Brian C. Bernhardt is a member of the 2026 class of Leadership Greensboro, a nine-month program developed by the Chamber of Commerce in Greensboro, North Carolina, that works toward positive change in the region. Bernhardt is a partner in the taxation and wealth planning department of Fox Rothschild LLP.

Class Note Summer 2026

Thomas Hughes joined Venable LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate practice group in Chicago. He has spent his legal career advising public and private companies, private equity firms, sovereign funds, family offices, and independent sponsors on complex US and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and strategic investments.

Class Note Summer 2026

Michael Serafini was promoted to partner at Mayer Brown. He represents clients in a variety of industries in complex corporate transactions, with a focus on mergers, equity and asset acquisitions, and divestitures and equity investments. Serafini also has experience structuring joint ventures, including for private equity real estate clients.