Issue: Winter 2022
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In Memoriam
The Hon. Avern Cohn, ’49
The Hon. Avern Cohn, ’49, who served for 40 years on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, died on February 4, 2022. He was 97.
In Memoriam
Professor Douglas A. Kahn
Douglas A. Kahn, the Paul G. Kauper Professor Emeritus of Law, died on October 22, 2021, at his home in Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 86. He was the longest teaching faculty member in Michigan Law history and a devoted instructor and champion of generations of students.
In Memoriam
Professor Yale Kamisar
Yale Kamisar, a towering, beloved figure in the Law Quad and a nationally renowned scholar of constitutional law, died on January 30, 2022, in Ann Arbor. He was 92.
In Memoriam
Dean Terrance Sandalow
Terrance “Terry” Sandalow, who served as dean of Michigan Law from 1978 to 1987 and was a member of the faculty for 34 years, died at his Washington, D.C., home on January 29, 2022. He was 87.
Class Note Winter 2022
Jerry Gidner, who has Tourette syndrome, was elected to the board of directors of the Tourette Association of America, the only national nonprofit in the United States assisting those with Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. He is the director of the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration at the Department of the Interior, which manages and invests funds generated from lands held in trust from Native American tribes.
Class Note Winter 2022
Michael Farrel joined the Houston office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka as an associate in the firm’s tax planning and business transactions practice, where he advises corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies on the federal income tax aspects of business transactions.
Class Note Winter 2022
Joanna Malaczynski-Moore published Silent Winter: Our Chemical World & Chronic Illness (Algora Publishing, 2021). Using her prior experience as a sustainability entrepreneur, environmental consultant, conservation advocate, and consumer protection and antitrust attorney, she explores the relationship between the use of toxic chemicals in consumer products and our rising rates of chronic illness.
Class Note Winter 2022
Thomas R. Morris, and his son, David (pictured), have established Morris & Morris Attorneys PLLC in Dexter, Michigan. His practice, which was previously located in the Detroit area for 35 years, concentrates on bankruptcy, litigation, insolvency matters, and commercial law.
Class Note Winter 2022
Michael Allers joined Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian as a corporate partner in the firm’s San Francisco office. A transactional lawyer, he was most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.