JOSEPH T. DIXON III joined the Minneapolis office of Fredrikson & Byron as a shareholder and co-chair of the firms white collar and regulatory defense group. LL.M. BRIAN V. CAID recently joined the Denver office of Fox Rothschild as a partner. Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer for Health, New York City Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Judith A. Browne Dianis 92 He previously served as senior managing director and general counsel at the Gottex Fund Management Group. Jodie Adams Kirshner authored BROKE: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises (St. Martins Press, 2019), which follows seven Detroiters as they navigate life during and after the citys 2013 bankruptcy and features a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson. She previously spent 10 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was managing director, global head of content strategy. He was previously a partner at Harris St. Laurent. Steven L. Schwarcz was recently honored by Durham University in Durham, U.K., with a distinguished honorary professorship. Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz LLP and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School: Regina Olshan Contributor Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: Jeremiah Pam Contributor Careers-in-Law-Teaching Fellow, Columbia Law School: Troy A. Paredes Contributor Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Mariana Pargendler . Based in Washington, D.C., he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, real estate, and employment matters. CHARLOTTE A. PONTILLO was promoted to special counsel at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman in New York City. She practices in the firms litigation and education and health law groups. She was previously president and chief executive officer of Meditope Biosciences Inc. and senior director of intellectual property at Impax Laboratories. Fmr. was appointed as CEO of Velan, Inc, a valve manufacturing company in Montreal. 1954Morton Winkel was profiled in News and Views, the monthly newsletter of the Sun City Palm Desert Community Association. He specializes in commercial litigation, executive compensation issues, and employment law and litigation. Gabriel A. Sandoval has been reappointed to Californias Fair Employment and Housing Council as council chair. She is of counsel at Yetter Coleman and has worked in the New York offices of White & Case and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood focusing on corporate and international transactions. He was previously senior counsel at the firm. She was previously an estate planning attorney at Singerman, Mills, Desberg & Kauntz Co. Liliana Zaragoza will lead the Racial Justice Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, where she is an associate clinical professor. Margaret L. Taylor was named general counsel of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Represented a U.S.-based technology company in a contract dispute with an Australian entertainment company that resulted in a settlement favorable to the client. 1984 He previously served as in-house vice president of legal at Agrify Corporation. 2003Michael L. Fox is an assistant professor of business law and pre-law advisor at Mount Saint Mary College in New York. Laura Weintraub Beck was named firm-wide chairman and managing director of Cummings & Lockwood. He focuses on complex commercial litigation. 1977 He represents financial sponsors, strategic acquirers, special committees of independent directors, and other principals in their capacity as financial advisers in public and private M&A transactions. He is currently of counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City. Richards currently serves as a litigation associate at Blank Rome LLP in Houston. Dermond Thomas joined Campolo, Middleton & McCormick LLP as of counsel in the firms Westbury, New York, office. Brian was recognized as a "Rising Star" by the New York Metro SuperLawyers consistently from 2017 through 2021. He previously served as president of Southern University and A&M College System in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He advises major life sciences companies on matters related to patent and intellectual property litigation. Beth A. Williams is a Board Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Lipman is a partner in the trial practice group at Duane Morris LLP and has more than 40 years of experience trying criminal and civil cases in state and federal court. Bhavya G. Mohan LL.M. He is a partner at Casner & Edwards and was selected for his practice in professional liability. 2008 millsteincenter@law . As the District of Columbia's second independently-elected attorney general, Brian is committed to fighting for D.C., advancing the public interest, and ensuring . 1980 He previously served as counsel at Shearman & Sterling. Barbara Klein Eisenberg '70. Brian is an award-winning Television Director, with over twenty-five years' experience in the industry. DAVID B. MCKINNEY was recognized as one of the best lawyers in Oklahoma for 2015 by Super Lawyers magazine. Jonathan R. Sacks has been appointed to the Task Force on Forensic Science by Michigan Gov. Kohlmann serves as a litigator in the firms content, media, and entertainment practice group. 2005 Still, his friendliness doesn't stop Klein from winning his high-profile cases. Fmr. Janet Nova was named deputy general counsel for media and league business affairs for the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a partner in DLA Pipers real estate practice. Columbia Law School - Above the LawAbove the Law 1987 Samira Shah has joined WWE as general counsel and corporate secretary. He was previously a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Marc Theodore Makary LL.M. 2018Emily Hushs student note, which was originally published in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, was selected as the winner of the Stephen E. Herrmann Environmental Writing Award from the American College of Environmental Lawyers. has been named the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Law at Ryerson University. Fmr. He was previously an associate at the firm. Members are available to engage with current students or recent alumni to provide support or advice. Marshall J. Hogan has been elected secretary of the executive board of the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum. smkahn@law.berkeley.edu. Blessing most recently served as a managing director in the Washington national tax and international tax units of KPMG LLP. Alphonse C. Valbrune Jr. has joined Clearwater Analytics as chief legal officer. He was previously head of business solutions at Nextdoor. Stosh Silivos has joined the litigation section of the New York office of Holland & Knight as a partner. He is a graduate of Yale University and of the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the editor-in-chief of the law review. SARGON DANIEL was elected a shareholder at Winstead, P.C., in Dallas. Kristin E. Ballinger was appointed as a judge to the King County Superior Court by Washington Gov. YVES LEDUC, LL.M. She previously served as associate general counsel and director of regulatory affairs at ITG Brands in Greensboro, North Carolina. THESTONECIRCLEoriginated as an informal group of Columbia Law School graduates and special friends whose affiliation with the Law School was established during the deanship (19101924) of Harlan FiskeStone1898. Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming, Earthjustice Lorna Xin Chen, Hong Kong partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, has been named the firm's Asia regional managing partner. PATTY FERGUSON-BOHNEE was named Woman of the Year at the Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards banquet this past November. She specializes in public finance and real estate transactions. Talcott Camp has joined the National Abortion Federation as chief legal and strategy officer after a 25-year career with the American Civil Liberties Union. Director of Legal Services, Nassau County Department of Social Services, Juan Cartagena 81 DONALD B. VERRILLI, JR., recently joined Los Angelesbased law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson. He was most recently a managing director with professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal. She specializes in business and corporate law matters, as well as tax law and estate planning. Bhagat previously served as corporate counsel for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C. EVAN K. FARBER was promoted to partner at Reed Smith in New York City. Deb Carlascio Lienhardt has been named executive vice president of Business Development and Innovation at RWJBarnabas Health. Prior to joining the CDO, Shannon served as Associate Director of Career Services at UC Davis School of Law. He was previously counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell. She was most recently executive director of the Williams Institute at University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. Executive Director, Advocates for Children of New York, Rachel B. Tiven '03 Admission Statistics. 1994 Timothy M. Reif was named a judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade. 2008 Before joining the Department, Ms. Collins was an associate at Cooper & Kirk, PLLC. Ressler is a partner and member of the management committee of Sullivan & Cromwell. DAVID M. GEST was named one of 2016s Lawyers on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer. T. Patrick Ford Jr. was recognized by the Florida Bar for 50 years of membership. She is currently legal advisor to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks at the Federal Communications Commission. 2004Benjamin Stewart was named to the Texas Super Lawyers 2019 Rising Stars list for the third year in a row. She previously served as associate general counsel of Ascension. Hargun Harry S. Khanna started a legal tech company called Magistrate. 2005. . Executive Director, Children's Rights, William E. Schaeffer '93 Phone (212) 854-3600. Columbia. MICHAEL GOETTIG was named counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine in New York City. Policy Director, Alliance for a Just Society, Jennifer R. Clarke 82 1981 . He has been a member of the firm since 2002. All the members of the editorial team are Columbia Law students. from the Peter A. Allard School of Law. DAVID WARREN has resumed full-time client service at Verrill Dana in Portland, Maine as senior counsel in the firms business and corporate group. He was previously of counsel at Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez. 2003 Columbia Law School Of the more than 7,000 students who applied for the class of 2020, only about 16% were accepted. Mr. Feltens current term ends on January 29, 2025. He is a member and general counsel at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi. Veronica G. Hummel LL.M. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. DiZinno worked on antitrust and other litigation as an Associate at Howrey LLP. YAN ZHANG was named a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. Berson, managing member of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeos Washington, D.C., office, advises service providers and private equity firms in the health care sector. She serves as an associate in the firms office in Uniondale, New York. PETER G. WOLFE recently published Alexander Hamilton: His Early Financial Thinking. Joshua N. Lerner has been named partner in Morrison Foersters executive compensation group and tax department, based in New York. Konstan most recently served as executive vice president and general counsel at WarnerMedia Entertainment. She represents clients in property acquisitions and dispositions, tax-assisted development, real estate finance, commercial leasing arrangements and zoning issues. BARBARA STARK, LL.M., recently co-authored the third edition of Family Law in the World Community, a casebook focused on a variety of private international law issues, including child abduction and child support enforcement. He is based out of Savannah, Georgia. She has previously practiced law at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C., and at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in San Francisco. from Harvard Law School. In this role, Parker adjudicates child support issues for the court. Appointed by HBA President Benny Agosto Jr., she will lead the committees mission of examining issues related to gender fairness in the legal profession and developing programs that provide a forum for the discussion of issues related to gender fairness. Fmr. University School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington. She has been with the firm since 2014. 2013Matthew Dulak received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York. Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Pernille Ironside LL.M. Reynoso is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a former United States Ambassador to Uruguay, and Assistant Secretary of State for Central American, Caribbean, and Cuban Affairs. He also specializes in banking and financial services, government and public relations, and alternative dispute resolution. She previously was general counsel at a NYSE-registered, full-service brokerage firm. Jeh C. Johnson delivered the commencement address for the St. John's University School of Law Class of 2019. He was previously an associate attorney at the firm. He previously served as a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Manhattan. Todd W. Eckland joined Bracewell LLP as a partner in the firms corporate and securities group. He is currently of counsel in the New York office of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC. Columbia SC lawyer Brian DeQuincey Newman, who served on City Council from 2010-2015, dies at the age of 40. . Klein received his BA from Northwestern University and his JD from Columbia Law School. Fmr. James H. Pooley recently received a lifetime achievement award for contributions to intellectual property law from The Sedona Conference and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. The building is home to Legal Services of Central New York, the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County. Carolyn E. Taylor has joined the board of directors of Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. Taylor was a partner at Covington & Burling for more than 15 years, where she was a corporate attorney. Event Planning | Law School Services - Columbia University He was previously a director in the legal department of Barclays Bank. He holds a B.A. She is currently senior counsel and enterprise privacy leader at Chick-fil-A Corporate. Defended a digital currency trader in federal court in Colorado against an unlicensed money transmitter criminal charge, securing dismissal of the case before trial. Learn more about us at. A member of the firms New York City office, Kultgen focuses her practice on institutional investing, project development, and project finance matters. . He previously served as an associate at Arent Fox. KING was named a partner at Haynes and Boone in Costa Mesa, California. 2014 Annual Fund Co-chairs Council members play a significant advisory and financial role in the life of the Law School. Catherine F. Klein | Washington, D.C. | Columbus School of Law - The He is currently assistant professor and pre-law adviser in the School of Business at Mount Saint Mary College. 1965 Gross earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from Cornell in 1958. Brian is a partner in our Restructuring group and head of our interdisciplinary Liability Management & Special Opportunities practice. CEO, Harlem Children's Zone Womens Law Association - Columbia Law School Elliott A.O. How to Get Into Best US Law Schools - Business Insider Home. Sung has joined Haynes and Boone as a partner in the firm's Financial . Fmr. Kate Brown. Williams currently serves as a partner at Willig, Williams and Davidson in Philadelphia. has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the firms Litigation and Regulatory practice in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dr. Brian Cline, MD . She was previously president and executive director of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. He previously served as a senior adviser to former California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and as special assistant attorney general of California. PETER GERHART was named interim president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. Fmr. Wally Van Valkenburg LL.M. Benjamin L. Stewart has joined Bailey Brauer as a partner in the firms Dallas office. 2012 and presented a continuing legal education talk in New York City Diversity in the American Workforce.. 1963 She has been with the firm since 2014. If we have more law firms like Klein Fertility Law, it would help more parents to have their beautiful baby and complete their family dreams. He also received the Leadership in Law Award from Long Island Business News. Amini focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, as well as matters related to investment funds. He joined the firm in 2016 as a litigation associate and founded the election law practice in 2018. TOM ROGERS was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame, which honors those who have made a lasting contribution to the advancement of the industry. Ms. Collins was a clerk to the Honorable Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and to the Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Fred Davis wrote a book entitled American Criminal Justice: An Introduction, which provides a comprehensive review of the American criminal process. Jamie Garelick has joined Blank Rome as of counsel in the firms real estate practice. Peter Lehner co-wrote a book titled Farming for Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture, released in December 2021. Adam M. Sparks was elected to membership at Krevolin & Horst in the Atlanta office. Matthew Cormack has joined Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as counsel in the litigation department of the firms New York office. JON LINDSEY was named to LawDragons 2016 100 Leading Legal Consultants and Strategists list. Thanks very much to Brian for helping us complete our family. Since 2005, Irizarry has presided over a drug re-entry court providing intensive post-conviction supervision to persons whose crimes were motivated by addiction to make them productive members of society and reduce recidivism. Kirsten C. Jackson has joined the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the litigation and trial department and as a member of the complex commercial litigation practice. Robert W. May has joined Morrison & Foerster LLP as a partner in the firms San Francisco office. 1976 JAMES A. WILSON was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Reynolds serves as the western director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Abbey J. Hudson was elected as a new partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she practices complex trial litigation, with an emphasis on environmental, transnational, and technological litigation. She represents public companies and financial institutions in securities litigation matters, and her practice includes the representation of broker-dealers, investment advisers, private funds and more. Scott E. Gluck has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firms New York office. He is currently the lead independent director of Kala Pharmaceuticals. Brian Klein | USC Gould School of Law He was honored for his pro bono work negotiating the strategic alliance of two nonprofit organizations. In her new role, Asahi oversees the firms existing philanthropic initiatives and serves as the firms primary liaison with nonprofit organizations around the world. Senior Advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President M. Isabel Aninat Sahli LL.M. from Yale Law School. Fmr. Travis J. Annatoyn has joined the Biden administration as deputy solicitor for Energy and Mineral Resources at the Department of the Interior. JAMES RICHARDS was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Law and Policy list in 2015. DENISE PAGE HOOD was named chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Gregory D. Howling was included on Law360s Rising Stars list. Arena serves as an associate at OMelveny & Myers in New York City. Matthew Dias is one of three attorneys founding the new Dallas office of Knox Ricksen.