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Joe Dannenmaier '82 Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2016
Joe Dannenmaier '82, partner at Thompson & Knight in Dallas, has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2016.
Joseph A. Ranney '78 and Charles H. McMullen '80 Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016
Wisconsin-based attorneys at DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Joseph A. Ranney '78 and Charles H. McMullen '80, were both named to The Best Lawyers in America 2016 edition.
Chicago Community Leader Steven Coby Derringer '96 to be Honored by American Friends of The Hebrew University
Steven Coby Derringer '96, partner at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar and Scott LLP, will receive the Leader of Distinction Award from American Friends of The Hebrew University (AFHU) on September 3, 2015 in Chicago.
Governor Jerry Brown Appoints Bill Sokol to California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board
Bill Sokol, shareholder at Weinberg Roger and Rosenfeld, was appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the newly legislated California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board.
Richard Dearing '99 Appointed to Executive Staff of the New York City Law Department
The New York City Law Department, the second-largest law firm in New York City and the largest public law organization in the country, announced the promotion of Richard Dearing '99 to the office's Executive Staff.
Jason D. Navarino '07 Elected Secretary of the Taxation Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association
Jason D. Navarino '07, corporate and tax partner at Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP, has been elected Secretary of the Taxation Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and also named a "New Leader of the Bar."
Sally F. Goldfarb '82 to Receive ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence 20/20 Vision Award
Sally F. Goldfarb '82 was selected as one of the twenty honorees named by the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence to receive one of its three major awards.
University of Illinois Names Vikram Amar ’88 dean of the College of Law
The University of Illinois has named Vikram David Amar ’88 as the next dean of the College of Law, pending approval from the University’s Board of Trustees at their July 15 meeting. Amar will assume the deanship, and also become the Iwan Foundation Professor of Law, on August 16.
JoNel Newman ’86 to Receive the M. Shanara Gilbert Award
The Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education is pleased to announce that Professor JoNel Newman, Professor of Clinical Education and Director of the Health Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law, has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education's M. Shanara Gilbert Award.
Sarah A.L. Merriam ’00 Selected as a United States Magistrate Judge
Sarah A.L. Merriam ’00, an Assistant Federal Defender, has been selected as a United States Magistrate Judge of the District Court for the District of Connecticut. She will be sworn in on April 3, 2015, and will hold court at the New Haven federal courthouse.