Topic: Private Practice
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In Practice Winter 2024-2025
John Tepedino, ’04: Restitution for Victims of Madoff’s Fraud
When John Tepedino made a career transition into bankruptcy litigation, one of his clients had a connection to one of the largest financial frauds in history: Bernard Madoff’s investment firm.


Impact Winter 2024-2025
Stuart Feldstein, ’63: Innovating Communications, Inspiring Generosity
Stuart Feldstein began his career in the telecommunications industry with the Federal Communications Commission and later transitioned to private practice. He credits the Law School with preparing him for a successful career and has long felt impelled to give back.


Impact Summer 2024
Michelle Gluck, ’83: Opening Doors for Future Leaders
For Michelle Gluck, ’83, choosing which academic path she’d follow was better left in the hands of fate. Torn between medicine and law, she decided to let test results determine her next steps.


In Practice Summer 2024
Alan Alexander, ’11: Building a Lower-Carbon Energy Sector
Alan Alexander’s work on energy transition projects—including those focused on producing more-sustainable fuel for airplanes—involves collaborating with investors and clients in the energy sector to upgrade existing plants and invest in the research and development of renewable fuels and other low-carbon energy sources.


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John Hoyns, ’79: Helping Airlines Survive COVID
After decades of serving aviation clients, John Hoyns thought he had seen the worst of the airline industry’s ups and downs. That was until the coronavirus pandemic upended the industry and presented a slew of unexpected challenges.


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Eric R. Lamison, ’95: Alumnus Establishes Fund for Law Quad Preservation
Eric Lamison describes his experience at Michigan Law as nothing short of an awakening. “Being in the Law Quad, the classrooms, Hutchins Hall, the Lawyers Club, the Reading Room, and the library below truly impacted me,” he says. “I always felt grateful to be there.”


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Hon. William “Bill” A. Clark, ’52: A Michigan Man in Ohio
The Hon. William “Bill” A. Clark, ’52, was a double Wolverine whose maize-and-blue pride stood firm throughout his 54-year legal career in Dayton, Ohio. His wife of 69 years, Cathy C. Clark, BA ’52, recently established a scholarship fund at Michigan Law in honor of her late husband.


In Practice Fall 2022
Litigating Death Row: A Long Road of Loss
For 16 years, Jodi Lopez, ’03, fought to save Matthew Reeves’s life—and twice his life was spared. But the hard-fought victories that Lopez, Ben Friedman, ’13, and others won on Reeves’s behalf were reversed by the US Supreme Court. For Lopez and Friedman, the case raises salient due process questions that warrant examination of and discussion about the American justice system.


In Practice
A Red-Letter Day for Black Widow
When Disney released the much-anticipated film Black Widow in July 2021, people didn’t need to head to their local theater to see Scarlett Johansson star as the Avengers heroine. They just needed to find their remotes.


Features
Three Former Students Become Their Law Professor’s Lawyers
There is an old adage about doctors being the worst patients. So does that mean law professors are the worst clients? Absolutely not, say three former students of one Michigan Law professor, who now serve as her lawyers in various capacities.