Issue: Winter 2022
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Class Note Winter 2022
Claudio Visco, LLM, managing partner of the Macchi di Cellere Gangemi studio, will be the first Italian to hold the prestigious role of secretary-general of the International Bar Association. He will serve in the role for a two-year term.
Class Note Winter 2022
Edward Ratushny, LLM ’72, SJD ’79, was named an honorary degree recipient from the University of Saskatchewan. This prestigious award is granted to those who have made a significant contribution to their community and Canadian society at large. His career as a law professor and legal author has been complemented by extensive professional experience in the field of public law.
Class Note Winter 2022
T. Andrew Brown became the 124th president of the New York State Bar Association. He is the founder and managing partner of Brown Hutchinson in Rochester, New York, where he practices civil litigation and employment law. He will serve a one-year term as president.
Class Note Winter 2022
Suzanne G. Mason joined Fox Rothschild LLP in Atlanta as a partner in the firm’s taxation and wealth planning department. She centers her practice on estate administration.
Class Note Winter 2022
Kurtis T. Wilder was elected chair of the board of trustees at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Northern Michigan. Previously, he served as first vice-chair and chair-elect. He is a shareholder at Butzel Long in Detroit.
Class Note Winter 2022
Denise J. Lewis
Denise J. Lewis, has received the 2021 Distinguished Alumna Award from her undergraduate alma mater, Barnard College of Columbia University. The award is in recognition of her professional accomplishments and for her efforts to revitalize underserved urban areas through nonprofit economic development programs and other forms of community investment, particularly in Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan. Before her retirement, Lewis was a senior partner at Honigman in Detroit for nearly four decades, and she served as a member of the management committee and founded the firm’s urban redevelopment practice. Known for handling complex transactions, particularly involving public-private partnerships and mixed use development, Lewis has represented developers involved in projects all over the country. She has served on the boards of many nonprofit organizations and other civic organizations, including the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Invest Detroit, and the McGregor Fund, and was elected to an eight year term on the Wayne State University Board of Governors, where she served as chair and vice chair for four years.
@UMICHLAW Winter 2022
Environmental Law and Policy Program Hosts National Climate Advisor
“One out of three Americans [have felt the effects of climate change] in the last couple of months, between the wildfires and hurricanes and flooding, and the storms and droughts and heatwaves. We’re in a new era when we can see it and taste it and feel it for ourselves.”
Impact Winter 2022
New Fund Will Bolster International Opportunities at Michigan Law
Recently established by the Hon. Samuel Bufford, ’73, and his wife, Julia Metzger, AB ’70, the Bufford-Metzger Fund for International Activities at Michigan Law will support study abroad, international internship or clerkship placements, independent research projects, international moot courts, and the International and Comparative Law Research Scholar program.
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Pro Bono Program Builds on Best-Ever Year
In a year where virtually everyone needed extra help to get by, Michigan Law students went above and beyond to offer their assistance through the Law School’s Pro Bono Program, which asks students to voluntarily commit to pro bono service outside of the classroom. Despite the constraints of the pandemic, a record-breaking 252 students participated in the program during the 2020–2021 academic year.
Impact Winter 2022
Bob Fiske, ’55, Inspires Gift to Eponymous Government Fellowship
Inspired by the example of Robert Fiske, ’55, a group of donors has made a $90,000 contribution to the Fiske Fellowship Program at Michigan Law, which encourages young lawyers to enter government service by providing recipients with cash stipends and loan repayment assistance.