Alumni News and Moves – Spring 2024

Los Angeles

• William D’Angelo (Corporate/2018) joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as a partner.

San Francisco

• Craig Davis (Commercial Litigation/2003) was promoted to global sustainability counsel at HP.

Silicon Valley*

• Juliana Yanez (Business Litigation/2014) was promoted to partner at Hanson Crawford Crum.

Denver

• Chuck Cotter (Corporate/2011) joined Morrison Foerster as a partner.
• Joseph Daniels (Finance & Restructuring/2009) joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as a partner.
• Richard Lee (Corporate/2010) joined MacLean Power Systems as the chief legal officer.
• Anna Rutigliano (Product Liability & Mass Torts/2015) joined Varela, Lee, Metz & Guarino as an attorney.

Chicago

• Dee Armstrong (Benefits & Executive Compensation/2012) was promoted to associate general counsel at Illinois Toy Works.
• David Buddingh (Construction & Real Estate Litigation/2011) was promoted to general counsel at Homie.
• Luke Karamyalil (Government & Regulatory/2018) was promoted to manager, economic sanctions and export control at KPMG.
• Susan Lester (Intellectual Property/2014) joined Kimberly-Clark as the assistant general counsel – baby & child care – North America.
• Lauren Mack (Health Care/1986) started her own firm, the Law Office of Lauren Mack.
• Julie Workman (Real Estate/2000) joined Saul Ewing as a partner.
• Fatema Zanzi (Health Care/2006) was promoted to executive vice president, chief administrative and legal officer with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Fort Wayne

• Michael Miller (Intellectual Property/2019) joined Forestar Group, Inc. as associate real estate counsel.
• Julieanne Roggenkamp (Construction & Real Estate Litigation/2019) is now an assistant district attorney with the Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office.

Indianapolis

• Abhishek Dube (Health Care/2010) was promoted to partner at Baker McKenzie.
• Rozlyn Fulgoni-Britton (Labor & Employment/2009) was promoted to assistant general counsel, Americas employment law and NAM immigration law head at Infosys.
• Ena Kaur (Benefits & Executive Compensation/2017) joined U.S. Bank as vice president and assistant general counsel executive compensation.
• Nicholas Kunz (Intellectual Property/2015) joined Eli Lilly and Company as senior director – patent counsel neuroscience.
• Dan Williams (Intellectual Property/2018) is now a partner with Scott Williams Law LLC.

South Bend*

• Jeff Cohn (Real Estate/2008) joined Vir Biotechnology as vice president, corporate law.

Des Moines

• Erik Askelsen (Insurance/2018) joined American Equity as executive vice president and general counsel.
• Emily Damman (Business Litigation/2016) is now the president of Beacon Capital Management.
• Karianne Jones (Products Liability & Mass Torts/2015) joined Biden for President as litigation counsel.

Minneapolis

• Scholastica Baker (Product Liability & Mass Torts/2018) was recently featured in Modern Counsel where she spoke about her personal and professional journey and career aspirations.
• Lance Bonner (Corporate/2017) joined Inspire Medical Systems as associate general counsel, corporate & assistant secretary.
• Gabriel Branco (Corporate/2021) joined Nilfisk as U.S. corporate legal counsel.
• Ashlee Cherne-Hendrick (Corporate/2017) joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister as of counsel.
• Hanna Coleman (Business Litigation/2013) was promoted to managing attorney, commercial, litigation, labor & employment and claims at Xcel Energy.
• Valerie Darling (Labor & Employment/2006) joined the Metropolitan Council as labor relations program manager.
• Theresa Dykoschak (Finance & Restructuring/2005) was promoted to pro bono director with The Advocates for Human Rights.
• Pete Farrell (Finance & Restructuring/2011) is now deputy solicitor general at the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General.
• Myron Frans (Business Litigation/1999) is now senior advisor to the President at the University of Minnesota.
• Jamal Knight (Real Estate/2013) was promoted to partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
• Ryan Long (Business Litigation/2013) was promoted to president of Xcel Energy Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
• Kristen Marttila (Business Litigation/2005) was appointed to the Hennepin County judicial bench by Governor Walz in January 2024. Kristen became District Court Judge for the 4th Judicial District and is chambered in Minneapolis, MN.
• Eva Mendelsohn (Intellectual Property/2014) is now senior principal IP counsel at Medtronic.
• Tim O’Brien (Construction & Real Estate Litigation/1991) was appointed by Governor Walz as the chair of the Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards.
• Tom Osteraas (Finance & Restructuring/2001) was promoted to assistant secretary and legal director, corporate and securities at Medtronic.
• Staci Perdue (Business Litigation/2014) was promoted to vice president and assistant general counsel at Wells Fargo.
• Patrick Shane (Corporate/2008) was promoted to general counsel at Garda Capital Partners.
• Mark Sides (Corporate/1994) was promoted to SVP, chief compliance and ethics officer and deputy general counsel, government affairs at Voya Financial.
• Allan Thoen (Corporate/2001) joined Sandoz as director and associate general counsel.
• Erika Toftness (Business Litigation/2007) is now of counsel with Larkin Hoffman.
• Thomas Trier (Corporate/2014) joined Thrivent as director, senior counsel.
• Katie Verschelden (Corporate/2008) joined Ensign-Bickford Industries as assistant general counsel.
• Jamison Whiting (Corporate/2021) was promoted to assistant city attorney - police reform implementation team at the City of Minneapolis.
• Anne Kanyusik Yoakum (Health Care/2005) joined Fujifilm Corporation as assistant general counsel, life sciences.

Florham Park

• Scott C. Carroll (Labor & Employment/1998) joined Interstate Waste Services, Inc. as chief human resources officer.
• Kristin Curatolo (Private Client/2013) was elected to The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
• Daniel Dorfman (Products Liability and Mass Tort/2017) was promoted to assistant general counsel at SK Life Science, Inc.
• John Glass (Real Estate/2012) was promoted to director at Gibbons P.C.
• Deirdre Kole (Products Liability and Mass Tort/2005) received the Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) 2023 Outstanding Contributor Award for her leadership on behalf of civil litigation rules reform.
• Nik Komyati (Commercial Litigation/2003) has joined Fox Rothschild as a partner.
• Brianna Kostecka (Commercial Litigation/2010) was promoted to VP counsel and chief compliance officer at OUTFRONT Media.
• Josh Rinschler (Labor & Employment/2008) joined AIG as associate general counsel, employment law.
• Greg Settembrino (Labor & Employment/2018) joined Everest as associate general counsel, employment law.

Princeton

• J.C. Jones (Construction & Real Estate Litigation/2015) was promoted to assistant general counsel at Vanguard.

New York City

• Kay Gordon (New York/2013) joined Foley & Lardner LLP as a partner.
• Ben Kralstein (Corporate/2013) was promoted to partner at Mayer Brown.
  
   

Philadelphia

• David Antczak (Commercial Litigation/1997) is now senior vice president & general counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
• Leslie Gillin Bohner (Litigation and Private Client/1992) was promoted to vice president, chief fiduciary officer and general trust counsel at Fiduciary Trust International.
• Isabel Duffy (Commercial Litigation/1998) was promoted to SVP, chief ethics and compliance officer at Merck.
• Ken Frazier (Commercial Litigation/1971) was named a “Lifetime Achievement” honoree by The American Lawyer. Lifetime Achievement honorees are recognized for making impacts on the profession and their communities that go well beyond their day-to-day practice. A trailblazing business leader, Ken most recently served as the chair and CEO of Merck and is currently the chairman, health assurance initiatives at General Catalyst.
• Heather Giordanella (Business Litigation/2008) is a mediator and founder of Dynamic Mediation Services.
• Josh Kaplowitz (Environmental Litigation/2007) joined Locke Lord LLP as senior counsel.
• Richard Levan (Commercial Litigation/1999) joined Dailey LLP as a partner.
• Amy McDonald (Corporate/1999) joined SupplyOne, Inc. as vice president and assistant general counsel.
• Matt Meltzer (Corporate/2017) was promoted to shareholder with Flaster Greenberg PC.
• Meredith Nissen (Products Liability and Mass Tort/2004) was promoted to executive director, legal, U.S. regulatory and MRL with Merck.
• Ralph Rodak (Real Estate/1988) joined Ethos Development, LLC as executive vice president, legal affairs.
• Jay Volk (Corporate/1996) was promoted to chief growth officer at etherFAX.
• Jennifer Wnek (Environment and Energy/2008) joined DLA Piper as a partner.
• Adam Yoffie (Commercial Litigation/2016) was promoted to executive director, head of C&E investigations & BMS integrity line at Bristol Myers Squibb.

Washington, D.C.

• Yodi Hailemariam (Business Litigation/2015) was promoted to director and associate general counsel, head of information governance at Meta.
• Emily Maus (Environment & Energy/2012) joined Eli Lilly and Company as senior director, privacy and security in January 2024.
• Patrick McFadden (Government & Regulatory/2003) is now senior vice president for global public policy and communications at Sinclair Inc.
• Ute Quinn (Litigation/1992) joined Brinks, Inc. as senior vice president and general counsel, North America.
• Gary Rinkerman (Intellectual Property/2008) is now a partner with Pierson Ferdinand LLP.