with junior and senior scholars
in the international ISTR research
community. Hansen’s research project
focuses on the communication needs
of marginalized and stigmatized
populations using a resource-
dependence framework.
Kalpesh K. Shah (JD ’01)
has
joined Edwards Wildman Palmer
LLP as a partner in its Intellectual
Property Department. Shah focuses
his practice on commercial and IP
litigation, representing clients in
a broad range of scientific
industries, including life sciences,
electrical and computer systems,
and wireless technologies.
Victoria S. Shoemaker (JD ’01)
is
an associate attorney at Chicago-
based litigation firm Cassiday Schade
LLP. Shoemaker recently cowrote an
online publication piece, “Settling
Wrongful Death Actions: The Illinois
Supreme Court Expands the Rights of
Intended Beneficiaries
.”
Bryan G. Baumann (JD ’02)
has
been selected as a 2014 Pennsylvania
Rising Star. He is an attorney at
Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett
PC, where he represents clients
in commercial and construction
law, trust and estate disputes, and
injunction proceedings.
Dorene A. Kuffer (LLM ’02)
is chair-
elect of the family law section of
the New Mexico Bar Association.
She will begin her term as president
in January. She is the principal
shareholder in the Law Office of
Dorene A. Kuffer PC, a child-centered
family law practice in Albuquerque.
Kristin G. Bagull (JD ’03)
was named
a partner at Arnstein & Lehr LLP. She
focuses her practice on taxation and
estate planning, and advises clients
on all aspects of asset protection,
disability planning, business
succession planning, and other
corporate matters.
Sarah E. Toney (JD ’03)
was honored
by the Illinois State Bar Association
with one of two Young Lawyer of the
Matthew R. Walter (JD ’07)
works
in Washington, DC, in the Refugee
Affairs Division of US Citizenship and
Immigration Services. He recently
traveled to Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt to
interview refugee applicants to the
US (also see page 11).
Lisa M. Giese (JD ’08)
has opened
her own firm, Kollias & Giese,
specializing in domestic relations
matters including divorce, post-
decree matters, paternity cases,
adoptions, and related fields. The firm
also represents clients in matters of
business planning, estate planning,
and bankruptcy.
Daniel F. Saavedra (JD ’09,
MBA ’09)
has been appointed to
the adjunct faculty at the University
of Chicago. Starting in May, he will
teach a business course on social
media marketing. Saavedra will also
continue in his role as president of
Betadac Media, an online marketing
agency that works with law firms.
2010s
Christopher D. Blum (JD ’10)
is now
an associate in the Chicago office of
the law firm Nicolaides LLP.
Year awards. She is the founder of
the Toney Law Firm LLC.
Roger J. Kiley (JD ’04)
was named
a 2014 Illinois Rising Star. He is an
attorney with Taft in Chicago.
Denise M. Loftus (BBA ’ 01,
JD ’04)
is associate director of
career services at the John Marshall
Law School.
Elizabeth A. McKillip (JD ’04)
is
a partner in the Personal Services,
Trusts and Estates group of Ice
Miller’s DuPage County office.
Barry C. Owen (JD ’04)
has been
named partner at Chicago law firm
Gardiner Koch Weisberg &Wrona.
Owen is a litigator who represents
municipalities, corporations, small
businesses, and individuals in
federal and state courts in civil rights
litigation, tort claims, commercial
disputes, and employment matters.
Heather Egan Plunkett (JD ’04)
was promoted to partner at Pretzel
& Stouffer Chartered. She joined
the firm in 2006 and works in the
Insurance Coverage Litigation and
Apellate Law group.
Matthew M. Thompson (JD ’04)
was made partner at Broad and
Cassel, a prominent full-service
Florida-based law firm. He is a
member of the Corporate and
Securities Practice Group in the
Boca Raton office.
Amanda Adams Martinez
(BA ’02, JD ’05)
married Francis M.
Martinez in December 2012.
She became a shareholder at
Holmstrom & Kennedy PC in
Rockford, Illinois, in January 2013.
The couple welcomed their first
child, Olivia, in October 2013.
Andrew F. O’Neill (JD ’05)
has
been promoted to partner in the
Corporate Reorganization and
Bankruptcy group in the Chicago
office of Sidley Austin LLP.
Purvi G. Patel (JD ’05)
was
elected to partner at Morrison &
Foerster LLP. She is a member of
the firm’s Consumer Litigation and
Laura E. Klement (JD ’10)
joined
Swanson Martin and Bell as an
associate. She focuses on medical
negligence and health care and
product liability.
Danielle R. Luisi (JD ’10)
has
joined Segal McCambridge Singer &
Mahoney Ltd. as an associate in the
firm’s Chicago office. She focuses her
practice on complex toxic tort and
environmental litigation cases.
Jennifer N. Villavicencio (JD ’10)
has joined Ideal Legal Group Inc. as
an associate in its Los Angeles office.
Villavicencio focuses her practice on
the litigation of family law matters.
Kate E. McNamara Middleton
(JD ’11)
has joined the Faegre Baker
Daniels Chicago office as an associate.
She handles product liability litigation
and complex commercial and
construction litigation.
Ashlyn N. Shockley (JD ’11)
was named executive director
of the National Council on Youth
Sports Safety (NCYSS), Inc. The
NCYSS is a national nonprofit that
raises awareness of sports-related
injuries, specifically concussions,
among precollegiate athletes, and
is cochaired by US Surgeon General
Class Action Practice Group and
cochairs the firm’s Consumer Products
+ Retail Group. Her practice includes
a broad range of complex litigation,
with a focus on defending retailers
and other businesses in unfair
competition, false advertising, data
security, and privacy cases.
Gretchen Harris Sperry (JD ’05)
has joined the Government Practice
Group in Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP’s
Chicago office as an associate. She
focuses her practice on government
and appellate law.
Anna P. Krolikowska (BA ’03, JD
’06),
a partner in the Northbrook,
Illinois, law firm of K & R Family Legal
Services LLP, has been elected to the
Board of Governors of the Illinois
State Bar Association for a three-year
term. She is an adjunct professor at
Loyola University Chicago School of
Law, where she teaches an advanced
family law seminar.
Dennericka S. Brooks (JD ’07)
was honored this spring by
Loyola University Chicago’s
Black Law Students Association
with the Norman C. Amaker Award
of Excellence.
Dr. David Satcher. Featured experts
represent more than 40 organizations.
Shockley was also appointed
codirector of New Leaders
Council Atlanta, a national pipeline
project to train the next generation
of political entrepreneurs.
Ashley N. Leonard (JD ’13)
has
joined the Indianapolis office of Plews
Shadley Racher & Braun LLP as an
associate in the Health Care and Life
Sciences Practice Group. Leonard’s
practice focuses on transactional
and regulatory health care matters,
including regulatory compliance, the
licensure and certification process,
Medicare reimbursement, and
general corporate matters.
Christopher T. McAdam (JD ’13)
was elected to the Board of
Directors of the Lesbian and Gay
Bar Association of Chicago. He is an
associate at Sidley Austin.
Sean J. Mussey (JD ’13)
authored
an articled for the
Brigham Young
University Education and Law Journal
entitled “Fixing Alabama’s Public
School Enrollment Requirements
in H.B. 56: Eliminating Obstacles
to an Education for Unauthorized
Immigrant Children.”
Carolyn V. Metnick (LLM ’07)
joined
Akerman LLP in Chicago as a partner
in its Healthcare Practice Group.
Jason C. Novak (JD ’07)
was elected
to partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson
LLP. He represents clients in complex
civil litigation with an emphasis on
toxic tort defense, product liability,
commercial litigation, and general
liability litigation.
Daniel S. Rubin (JD ’07)
of Howard
& Howard was named an Illinois
Rising Star 2014. He concentrates his
practice on business and financial
reorganizations, commercial and real
estate litigation, and secured lending
and insolvency litigation.
Dara C. Tarkowski (JD ’07)
joined
Akerman LLP as a partner. She
represents clients in the debt buying
and debt collection industry.
Kyle A. Vasquez (LLM ’07)
has joined Polsinelli’s health
law group in the Chicago office.
He focuses on 340B strategy
and compliance and Medicare
reimbursement issues, and works
with local health care tech startups,
including several Healthbox startups.
Ann A. Park (JD ’13)
has been
awarded a fellowship in the Fulbright
US Student Program to South Korea.
She will work in South Korea to assess
the country’s child protection system,
focusing on how its child protection
laws are being enforced in child abuse
and neglect cases.
Sarmed Jabra (JD ’14)
has been
selected to participate in Challenge
Detroit, a leadership and professional
development program that invites 33
of tomorrow’s leaders to live, work,
play, and give in the greater Detroit
area for one year (also see page 3).
Emily E. Vaughan (JD ’14)
received
a postgraduate legal fellowship to
provide public interest legal work.
She joined Loyola University Chicago’s
Community Law Center Clinic as
a supervising attorney for clinic
students on cases.
Kristina T. Wilson (JD ’14)
has been
selected to participate in Challenge
Detroit, a leadership and professional
development program that invites 33
of tomorrow’s leaders to live, work,
play, and give in the greater Detroit
area for one year (also see page 3).
■
IN MEMORIAM
Albert V. Boetticher Jr. (JD ’57)
Patrick J. Molohon (JD ’58)
Eugene L. Griffin (JD ’59)
Helen M. Lester (JD ’59)
John O. Tuohy (JD ’59)
Joseph B. Carini Jr. (BSC ’56, JD ’60)
Robert H. Snell (JD ’60)
William A. Kelly (JD ’65)
Fenton James Foley Jr. (JD ’67)
Ronald A. Lebowitz (JD ’67)
John C. Pendergast (JD ’67)
Joseph T. Lawlor (JD ’70)
Donald M. Cadagin (BS ’68, JD ’71)
Irving H. Melnick (JD ’75)
Kurt A. Leinweber (JD ’76)
Christen A. Mattison (JD ’76)
John J. Siena (JD ’76)
Thomas J. Leahy (JD ’77)
Martha E. McCall (JD ’80)
Roxanne L. Rochester (JD ’89)
John A. Meyers (JD ’05)
HEARSAY
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Young Alumni Networking Night
Natalie Koepke 3L, Giordana Mahn (JD ’14), Tanya Woods (JD ’13), and Bradley Snyder (JD ’12)
were among the 150 recent law graduates and third-year students to gather at the Young
Alumni Fall Networking Night in November.
Golf Outing
Alumni and friends gathered June 27 for the 60th F. Emmett Morrissey Golf Outing held at Traditions at Chevy Chase Golf Course.
Pictured at left: Jerry Latherow (JD ’76, left), J. Phil Gilbert (JD ’79), Dean David Yellen, and Curt Rodin (JD ’75); right: Jeanne
Reynolds (JD ’76).
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