Managing Attorney, Sustainable Food & Farming, Earthjustice Tina Scott Polsky has been elected as a Florida state senator. 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. Brians clients are successful entrepreneurs and professionals, fast growing and innovative companies, and larger companies, who are often in the technology and finance industries. Pamela S. Stevens was elected a new partner at Seder & Chandler LLP, where she is a veteran corporate and real estate attorney with expertise in business, real estate, and employment law. Law professor says university fired her by 'racializing' criticism of Secured a declination to prosecute for a construction company CEO in a public corruption investigation conducted by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles. She has also been recognized in the Daily Journals California 40 under 40 list. Charles Evans Gerber Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Personal injury Attorney | Feb 18. Nathan Horst has joined the New York office of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker as a member of the Germany practice. Rafael A. Olazagasti III joined McNamee Lochner P.C. Thomas G. Ward has been appointed assistant director of enforcement in the Supervision, Enforcement & Fair Lending division of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mr. Dempsey clerked for Judge Robert Braucher of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Todd W. Eckland joined Bracewell LLP as a partner in the firms corporate and securities group. DANA C. LUMSDEN was elected to the board of directors of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. It is a first-rate institution with a very competitive atmosphere. We have worked with families across the world, from Spain to China, and throughout the United States, including Oregon, Nevada, New York, Florida - and everywhere in between. Counsel, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC Partner, Cuti Hecker Wang LLP, Mary Lynne Werlwas '92 He previously served as chief of investment arbitration in the U.S. State Department and partner at Jenner & Block LLP. The talk was titled, Class Action Litigation: Who Benefits? Greenberg serves as a member of Lite DePalma Greenberg in Newark, New Jersey. Kate Kaufmann Shih has joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP as a partner in the firms Houston office. Executive Director, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law The Giving Back Award honors Fordham University administrators who go above and beyond their everyday leadership duties and give back to their campuses and communities. Former Supervisor andAttorney-in-Charge, Civil Trial Office, Legal Aid Society, Zainab Ahmad 05 JEFFREY MICHAEL COHEN was recently honored by Floridas state bar association for his 50-year legal career. 09, LL.M. Laura M. Gonzalez was appointed to serve as a judge on the Miami-Dade County Court by Florida Gov. He is an assistant professor of Business Law and coordinator of the Business Graduate Program at Mount Saint Mary College. Vanessa Wheeler has joined the Seattle office of Miller Nash as a partner in the litigation and franchise and distribution practices. 1984Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld was promoted to managing partner of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, a 21-lawyer litigation boutique in San Francisco that specializes in complex litigation, including civil rights, first amendment, and employment cases. Lauren Roberta Kennedy was elected partner at Cravath, where she is a member of the litigation department and focuses on commercial litigation matters. 1976 Christopher Morel has been appointed by New York Mayor Eric Adams to the Mayors Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. Christine Chang has joined HF Foods Group as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Todd E. Lundell has joined the Orange County, California, office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the appellate practice group. Submissions may be edited for style and length. He was also recently appointed president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and co-authored Pennsylvania Motion Practice, a guide to civil motion practice in the states courts. Uchechi Amadi Demaske joined the in-house team at Amazon as corporate counsel focusing on digital, marketing, privacy, and accessibility issues. 217 N. 2nd St. Yakima, WA 98901. . Herz serves as of counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City. Defended Marcus Hutchins, who is known worldwide for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017, in a federal prosecution out of Milwaukee for cybercrimes from his youth. She has been a trustee since 2004 and is ending her second three-year term as vice chancellor. The distinction was inaugurated at a symposium on Financial Inclusion and Access to Credit, at which Schwarcz gave the keynote address. Before joining the Department, Ms. Collins was an associate at Cooper & Kirk, PLLC. Garfield, who specializes in employment law, previously served as an associate at the firm. She is based in the Greenwich, Connecticut, office and focuses her practice on estate planning. Council members play a significant advisory and financial role in the life of the Law School. Fortes permanent teaching position is at Cleveland State University, where he serves as a professor of law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Alter specializes in corporate finance transactions, international capital markets transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. He was previously an associate at the firm. Family Medicine . Abby Branigan has joined the Dallas office of Vinson & Elkins as counsel in the mergers and acquisitions and capital markets practice. Larson focuses his practice on federal regulation of financial transactions, securities law, tax law, and international trade restrictions. 1994 Wilson serves as a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio. 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. 1995 Don I. 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. Picker serves as senior counsel at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young in that city. Michael K. Plumb has been selected for the 2022 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters. Partner, Covington & Burling LLP Kaufmann Shih is an energy and infrastructure trial attorney. He was previously a senior adviser for cyber policy at the National Security Agency and an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. SUSAN J. KOHLMANN was named managing partner at Jenner & Blocks New York City office. He previously led JMP Securities cybersecurity investment banking practice as a managing director. Most recently, she was the acting director of the Human Rights Clinic and co-executive director of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School. She was previously an associate at the firm. A wordsmith, Mr. Klein's brief writing abilities always present a cogent argument before the court. He first joined the firm 28 years ago and began dividing his time with his role as president of Tranzonin 2009. Fmr. Median GPA: 3.84. Warren was also recently appointed to the board of directors of the New England Legal Foundation. 2015Madiba Dennie, an attorney concentrating on racial justice and gender justice work, recently launched a podcast called "Barred and Boujee," which she hopes will address the unmet need for intersectional legal analysis for mass audiences. She advises clients across a range of industries, including chemical manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, health care, real estate, and retail. Columbia Law GPA: Requirements. from The Yale Law School, and an LL.M. Geoffrey D. Ferrer was named the 2020 Best Lawyer of the Year in transportation law by Best Lawyers. Former Columbia City Councilman Brian DeQuincey Newman dies | The State Based in the firms office in Charlotte, North Carolina, he focuses on financing involving residential and commercial mortgage loans and related assets. She is currently counsel at Farrell Fritz. Stephen Reinhardt on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Appellate Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Jocelyn Samuels '82 PATTY FERGUSON-BOHNEE was named Woman of the Year at the Arizona American Indian Excellence in Leadership Awards banquet this past November. Bizar, who was recognized as one of The National Law Journals 2015 Mergers and Acquisitions and Antitrust Trailblazers, serves as a partner at Dechert in Philadelphia. 1992 2003Diana M. Eng, a partner in the consumer finance litigation group of Blank Rome LLP, was selected to join The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. THOMAS G. SAYLOR was sworn in as chief justice of Pennsylvanias supreme court in January of 2015. Eric D. Jay has been elected as a member in the corporate finance group in the Ann Arbor, Michigan office of Dykema Gossett. Morgenstern was previously the deputy assistant secretary for external affairs at the Department of the Treasury. Aditya Bamzai is a former Board Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Leah R. Sauter has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins as a partner in the mergers and acquisitions practice. He focuses his practice on public and private M&A, shareholder activism defense, and general corporate matters. Z. Payvand Ahdout has joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law. She is currently a barrister at Francis Taylor Building. He was most recently an attorney at Shipman & Goodwin. His research and teaching specialties include criminal procedure and wrongful convictions. Shelita M. Stewart has rejoined the Washington, D.C., office of Hogan Lovells as a partner in the litigation, arbitration, and employment practice group. Laurent A. Sacharoff was appointed associate dean for research and faculty development at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He is a partner in the St. Helena, California, office of Farella Braum + Martell, focusing on real estate. Supported by the Law School's $125 million capital campaign, the building will rise on an undeveloped . 1967 He is writing his thesis on algorithmic analytics and data protection law in the European Union. He concentrates on zoning and land use matters. After three years in various positions at the United States Department of Justice, Ms. Collins was unanimously confirmed in 2008 as Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy. has joined Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP in the firms newly opened New York office. In this role, he is responsible for negotiating and drafting production agreements, administering guild agreements, and providing advice and counsel to various business units. Vinay Bhupathy has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in the firms corporate practice group and healthcare team based in the Century City, California, office. Gerhart is a former dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he also taught international law and legal theory. He specializes in finance matters, energy issues, and real estate law. PAUL SANGILLO was promoted to deputy general counsel at Benjamin Moore & Co. His work focuses on a broad range of matters, including corporate law, the environment, health and safety, and security. BRIAN V. CAID recently joined the Denver office of Fox Rothschild as a partner. ELIA O. WOYT was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. 2001 She is a senior associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in the sustainability and environmental, social, and governance advisory practice. Zakarian serves as of counsel at Day Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut. NANCY NORTHUP married James E. Johnson in August of 2014 at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City. Brittany L. Sukiennik has joined the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore as a partner in the litigation department. Kuang-Chu K.C. Chiang has joined the tax practice of Olshan Frome Wolosky as a partner in the New York office. He previously was an investment analyst at Mangrove. Baynes previously served as a professor at St. Johns University School of Law, where he was also the inaugural director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development. Pery represents issuers and investment banks in a variety of debt, equity, and equity-linked capital markets transactions, as well as other corporate and financing matters. Monique T. D. Truong has won the 2021 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. A.B. Gaba was recognized for his work in environmental law. Meeker is a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP and a former five-term mayor of Raleigh. She was previously co-chair (along with Jennifer Klein '90) of the White House Gender Policy Council, assistant to the president, and chief of staff to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. She is senior vice president of U.S. Legal at Equifax. She is a member of the firms corporate department and its finance practice. 1959 1972 Brian Klein. He was previously an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico. Ms. Franklin previously served as Senior Counsel at the Constitution Project, a nonprofit legal watchdog group, where her work included participating as a member of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee for the Department of Homeland Securitys Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. Gest serves as an associate at Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia. Leach also serves as a Queens County Supreme Court justice. R. Paul Yetter 83. He has been a partner at the firm since 2008. She was previously counsel at OMelveny & Meyers in the New York office. UCHECHI (AMADI) DEMASKE joined the San Antonio headquarters of USAA as property and casualty counsel in the Office of General Counsel. Clarisa I. Reyes-Becerra is a recipient of the 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship. He holds an A.B. Elizabeth A. Cooper, a partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, was recognized in the 2022 edition of the International Financial Law Reviews annual IFLR1000 Women Leaders list. Hannah Margaret Lepow CC 11 joined the Federal Communications Commission as legal advisor for media and consumer protection issues. He was previously counsel at the firm. DILEN KUMAR was named to the 20152016 Leadership Arts Institute of the Business Council for the Arts in Dallas. Julissa Reynoso '01: Incoming assistant to the president; Chief of Staff to Jill Biden; Co-chair, White House Gender . A retired appellate judge, Dreier serves as a member of the firm at Norris McLaughlin & Marcus in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and leads the firms alternative dispute resolution practice. He was also named to the Daily Journals California 40 under 40 list. Constitutional Law, Regulation, and Public Policy, Corporate, Business, and Transactional Law, Public Interest and Public Service Careers, Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures). Council members are experts and leaders (past and present) in the public interest and government sectors, both in the U.S. and abroad. She most recently worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Elizabeth Glazer 86 Dana M. Stein won the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022, to run for re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 11B. Eve A. Konstan has joined Spotify as general counsel. JEFFREY M. GABA was named to The Best Lawyers in America list for 2017. Wine-Banks was a member of the Watergate prosecution team, is an MSNBC Legal Analyst, and is author of The Watergate Girl. Elizabeth Kilcullen Blake has been elected to the board of directors of Skyland Trail, a nationally recognized nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta. Timothy Jefferson has been elected to the board of directors of Skyland Trail, a nationally recognized nonprofit mental health treatment organization in Atlanta. Paul Vizcarrondo Jr. 73 2005. . Senior Researcher/Advocate for International Financial Institutions, Human Rights Watch, Angela Fernandez 98 Abhishek Bapna was recently named counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. She is currently a partner in Arnold & Porters product liability litigation practice and president of the New York Bar Association. He previously served as a senior partner at Morris, Manning & Martin. 1950 THOMAS J. SIMEONE was recently honored for his years of service as a member of the adjunct faculty at The George Washington University Law School. He practices commercial litigation and advises clients in the music industry on copyright and antitrust issues. Prior to joining the Columbia faculty in 2002, Professor Liebman was an associate in the London and Beijing offices of Sullivan & Cromwell. Nina L. Burnett was appointed director of investigative services at AF Group. Julian L. McPhillips Jr. released a new book, Only in Alabama: More Colorful True Stories from a Lawyers Life, that delves into McPhillipss most colorful and interesting cases and clients in recent years. All the members of the editorial team are Columbia Law students. Founding Director, Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR), Akshaya Kumar 13 Sue Biniaz has joined the Department of State under Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. She has served as a Florida state representative since 2018. He also serves as a Deans Fellow at the University of Virginias Darden School of Business, and as a visiting lecturer at the universitys McIntire School of Commerce. She joins the Biden administration after working at Times Up. Temitope K. Yusuf was named partner in the law firm of Arent Fox LLP, where she specializes in government enforcement and white collar, and serves as a member of the business compliance and integrity monitorships team. Daniel M. Freeman wrote a book entitled The House Was My Home, which chronicles his career in government service. Sharon Bradford Franklin is Chair of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. She was previously senior litigation counsel at the firm. Inajo Davis Chappell was honored by the Ohio State Bar Foundation with the Ramey Award for Distinguished Service. General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Catherine R. McCabe '77 1999Jared A. Hershberg has joined the Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its Corporate Practice. She previously served as an associate at the firm. While in this role, Jackson was honored with NYUs Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Medine was the Associate Director for Financial Practices at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) where, in addition to enforcing financial privacy laws, he took the lead on Internet privacy, chaired a federal advisory committee on privacy issues, and was part of the team that negotiated a privacy safe harbor agreement with the European Union. Richard H. Weisberg has been named to the executive committee of the AALS law and humanities section and is the president of the Modern Language Association literature and law section. He was previously a justice on the New York County Supreme Court. NATHAN W. GIESSELMAN was named a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Palo Alto, California. Woyt serves as a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Akron, Ohio. Brian Klein, a partner of the firm, joined Klein Fertility Law in 2011, where he practices exclusively in the area of fertility law. She is a member of Debevoise & Plimptons financial institutions group in New York. STEPHEN LOUIS was recently appointed to the New York City Law Departments executive staff. Sovern previously served as deputy general counsel for The City University of New York. Jennifer L. Carrier was named a principal in Blank Rome Government Relations LLCs (BRGR) Washington, D.C., office. Patricia M. Wald served as a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board from August 2012 - January 2017. He graduated from New York University School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington. Michelle J. Shapiro was named global vice-chair of the Womens White Collar Defense Association. He focuses his practice on tax planning, especially in relation to divorce matters. Catherine F. Klein is the Director of Columbus Community Legal Services, the law school's highly regarded in-house clinical program.Professor Klein co-directs the Families and the Law Clinic, one of the first law school clinical programs in the United States designed to address domestic violence through individual representation, community outreach and education and legislative advocacy. Lummis and Gillibrand, Partners Keri Curtis Axel, Ryan Baker and Brian Klein Named Elite Boutique Trailblazers 2022 by the National Law Journal, The Trial of Paige Thompson, the Alleged Capital One Hacker, is Underway with Brian Klein, Melissa Meister, and Emily Stierwalt Acting as Defense Counsel, Partner Brian Klein QuotedBy Law360 about the NinthCircuits Recent Landmark Cybercrime Decision and Firm Client Paige Thompson, Partners Teresa Huggins and Brian Klein Speak at 2022 TechGCs Invitation Only Fullstack Conference, Waymaker Client Dismissed in NFT Case Also Involving Sothebys and Artist Kevin McCoy, Five Partners Named Southern California Super Lawyers 2022, Partner Brian Klein Quoted By WSJ about a Federal Lawsuit involving a DeFi Protocol, Partner Brian Klein Quoted By Law360 about Cybersecurity Developments to Watch in 2022, Partner Brian Klein Quoted on NPR about Jury in US v. Elizabeth Holmes, Partner Brian Klein Ranked By Chambers in Fintech for 2022, Partner Brian Klein Quoted in Mercury News about US v. Elizabeth Holmes, Three Partners and Waymaker Recognized in Benchmark Litigation California 2022, Partner Brian Klein Profiled as a Law360 2021 Fintech MVP, Partner Brian Klein Named One of the Nations Top 4 Fintech Lawyers by Law360, Partner Brian Klein Chairs ABA Blockchain & Digital Currency Sept. 15 National Institute (Virtual), Partner Brian Klein Named One of the Top Crypto and Blockchain Attorneys By Business Insider, Partner Brian Klein Quoted in CNN Article about why Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg might Cooperate with Prosecutors, Waymaker Wins Motion To Dismiss First Crypto Antitrust Case, Partner Brian Klein Quoted in New York Times story about Teenage Twitter Hacker Pleading Guilty. She joined Latham from Kirkland and Ellis. in physics and M.A. He was previously an attorney at the firm. Defended a digital currency company in a state securities division investigation based out of the Midwest (no enforcement action was brought). 1992 (Article behind a paywall) View Article. Director-Counsel & President, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Clive Stafford Smith '84 Maxine Bedats book, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment (2021), has been named as a Best Book 2021 by the Financial Times in both the business and style categories. 2003 He specializes in insurance matters and complex commercial disputes. He previously served as general counsel of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company. Previously, she was the Policy Director for New Americas Open Technology Institute (OTI), directing OTIs policy work on issues including cybersecurity, encryption, freedom of expression online, government surveillance, privacy, and platform accountability. Brian is a partner in our Restructuring group and head of our interdisciplinary Liability Management & Special Opportunities practice. She was previously a partner at Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman. Phone: 604 827 5052. Asphaug previously served as deputy general counsel of the agency for 24 years. Since the 1990s he has played a role in characterizing the role of information commons and decentralized collaboration to innovation, information production, and freedom in . While there is no GPA requirement, examining class profile data can help you compare your academic performance to admitted students: 25th percentile GPA: 3.75. Amongst his directing credits are twenty-five seasons of the iconic car show, TOP GEAR and five seasons of A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN ROADTRIP, Sky One's highest rating . She focuses her practice on patent law related to electrical engineering,computer science, and mechanicaldevices. It is the best additional resource to assign to students for background. He is chairman of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York. He specializes in arbitration. Avidon serves as a partner at Moses & Singer in New York City. Michael J. Finkel was nominated to be a director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation by President Donald J. Trump. Uday Krishna Veeraraghavan 02 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 . Earlier this year, he received the Honorable George N. Bashara Jr. Class of 60 Distinguished Alumni Award at Michigan State University College of Laws 2016 graduation. Mark A. Cymrot recently published Squeezing Silver: Perus Trial Against Nelson Bunker Hunt, a memoir of his role as lead counsel in the trial by a Peruvian state company against Texas oil billionaires and Saudi royalty for manipulating silver prices in 1979-80. Fredric S. Newman received a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Law Journal. TRACEY E. DIAMOND was elected as of counsel at Pepper Hamilton in Philadelphia. 1997 White focuses on corporate governance and legal aspects of accounting and auditing and accounting firm regulation.
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