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Hirsch ’91 to Lead Program on Data and Governance
Dennis Hirsch ’91 has been recently appointed the Faculty Director of the Program on Data and Governance at the Ohio State Moritz College of Law.
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Knowlton ’87 Joins Taylor English
Taylor English Duma announces that Leah J. Knowlton '87 has joined the firm as a partner in the Environmental and Energy team.
George H. Nofer ’52 Scholarship Awards Announced
The George H. Nofer Scholarship for Law and Public Policy was established to recognize the service and generosity of George H. Nofer '52 to the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) and to the fields of law and deafness research and education.
Hal Watson ’77 Appointed President of the Maritime Law Association
Harold K. "Hal" Watson ’77 LL.M., a partner in Chaffe McCall, L.L.P.’s Houston office, was recently elected President of the Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Bernadette Atuahene ’02 Receives NSF Grant
Bernadette Atuahene '02, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech and a Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Social Sciences for a research project on the relationship between property rights and dignity.
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Jeffrey Steinborn ’68 Receives President's Award from WACDL
The Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Steinborn '68 LL.B. received the 2016 President’s Award.
S. Meeker ’81 and F. Silvestri ’74: Leading Lawyers
Suzanne E. Meeker ’81 and Frank J. Silvestri ’74 of Verrill Dana were acknowledged as “Leaders in Their Fields” in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, published by Chambers & Partners Publishing, one of the world’s most respected legal research and publishing firms.
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Yale Law School Mourns the Passing of Professor Jan Deutsch
Yale Law School Professor Emeritus Jan Ginter Deutsch '62 died on May 19, 2016.
Zimmer ’03 Appointed Office Partner-In-Charge at Hinshaw
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Lora Zimmer ’03 has been appointed Office Partner-In-Charge of the firm's Appleton, WI office.
Zimmer ’03 Appointed Partner-In-Charge at Hinshaw & Culbertson in Wisconsin
Lora Zimmer focuses her practice in corporate and business transactions, with a particular focus on the business and regulatory needs of health care clients. Ms. Zimmer represents physician groups, federally-qualified health centers, and clinics, as well as dentists, chiropractors, and other health care providers. She regularly serves as general counsel for health care clients, advising them on corporate compliance programs, responding to potential privacy breaches, traditional and alternative forms of payer contracting, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, physician recruitment and...