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Randy Moss ’86 Confirmed to D.C. Federal Trial Bench
The Senate confirmed Randolph Moss ’86 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by a 54–45 vote.
Shaun Clarke ’87 Joins Houston's SKV as Partner
Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P. announced that the law firm has added two partners to its White Collar Practice group, including Shaun Clarke ’87.
Sonia Sotomayor Receives Yale Law Women Alumnae Achievement Award
The Yale Law Women presented its Alumnae Achievement Award to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 on October 26.
Francis M. Wikstrom ’74 Named 65th President of American College of Trial Lawyers
Francis M. Wikstrom ’74, a senior litigation shareholder with Parsons Behle & Latimer, has been elected President of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Joe Dannenmaier ’82 Selected for Texas Super Lawyers
Joe Dannenmaier ’82, of the Dallas branch of Thompson & Knight LLP, has been named to Texas Super Layers 2014, which reflects only the top five percent of lawyers in Texas.
Isra Bhatty ’12 Selected as 2014–2015 Supreme Court Fellow
Isra J. Bhatty ’12 has been selected as the 2014–2015 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission.
Mary D. Nichols ’71 to Receive Environmental Achievement Award
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) is pleased to announce that the ELI 2014 Environmental Achievement Award will be presented to Mary D. Nichols ’71.
David Boies ’66 Coauthors New Book about Proposition 8 and the Struggle for Marriage Equality
The new book by Boies '66 and Olson, Redeeming The Dream: The Case for Marriage Equality is the remarkable story of the four-and-a-half-year struggle to win the right for gays and lesbians to marry in California.
Eugene Landy ’58 Receives Simeon Baldwin Award
Yale Law School’s Center for the Study of Corporate Law has awarded its 2014 Simeon E. Balwin Award to Eugene W. Landy ’58, a founder of the real estate investment trust industry.
Arthur Ochoa ’95 Receives Mexican American Bar Foundation Professional Acheivement Award
Arthur J. Ochoa ’95, Cedars-Sinai's SVP of Community Relations and Development, was named the 2014 recipient of the Professional Achievement Award by the Mexican American Bar Foundation.