Class notes archive
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Kristina Araya (2010)
has been promoted to partner at Warner Norcross & Judd in Grand Rapids. Araya focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and risk management. Her litigation practice includes insurance coverage disputes, shareholder disputes and banking and securities litigation. Araya earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. -
Terrence J.L. Reeves (Thompson) (2008)
joined Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP as managing attorney in firm's new Ann Arbor office, where he advises venture capital funds and venture-backed startups. Reeves earned his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan University and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
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Linda Paullin-Hebden (1989)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Paullin-Hebden is an executive partner at Warner Norcross and Judd LLP. -
Angela Povilaitis (2000)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Povilaitis is an assistant attorney general at the Michigan Department of Attorney General. -
Erika Riggs (2011)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Riggs is an attorney at Disability Attorneys of Michigan. -
Sangeeta Shah (1993)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Shah is a shareholder and chief diversity officer at Brooks Kushman PC. -
Joanne Swanson (1981)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Swanson is a member at Kerr Russell. -
Ronda Tate Truvillion (2006)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Tate Truvillion is a partner at Lewis & Munday. -
Ann Marie Uetz (1993)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Uetz is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP. -
Wendy Zabriskie (1991)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Zabriskie is a member and partner at Bodman PLC. -
Patricia Nemeth (1984)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Nemeth is president and CEO of Nemeth Law PC. -
Martha Olijnyk (1999)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Olijnyk is a senior partner at The Miller Law Firm PC. -
Michelle Crockett (2000)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Crockett is hiring chair, and diversity and professional development principal at Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone. -
Elizabeth Hardy (1984)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Hardy is a member of Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy & Pelton PLC. -
Michelle Harrell (1993)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. Harrell is a shareholder at Maddin Hauser Roth and Heller PC. -
Donna MacKenzie (2004)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. MacKenzie is a shareholder at Olsman MacKenzie & Wallace PC. -
Laurel McGiffert (1980)
was named one of the most Notable Women Lawyers in Michigan for 2017 by Crain’s Detroit Business. McGiffert is a partner at Plunkett Cooney PC. -
Cody Attisha (2016)
joined the law firm of Kerr Russell as an associate. His practice focuses on taxation law, corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions. He earned his bachelor's degree from Wayne State University. -
Ian W. Larkin
has joined the Royal Oak office of Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, a full-service law firm with a national and international practice that provides legal services to businesses and business owners. He concentrates his practice in business and corporate law. Larkin earned bachelor's degree from Wayne State University. -
Matt Paradiso (2017)
has joined the Detroit office of the law firm of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath and Lyman, the largest health care-focused law firm in the nation. He practices in the area of health care law with a focus on commercial litigation and corporate transactions. Paradiso earned his B.A. from James Madison College at Michigan State University. -
Valerie Newman (1992)
has been named director of the Wayne County Prosecutor's new victim integrity unit. Newman was featured in the Detroit Free Press report "Battler for the wrongly convicted will join Wayne County Prosecutor's Office." -
Jessica Woll (1993)
was quoted in The Detroit News article “Entrepreneurs restore, rent area historic homes.” Woll’s firm, Woll & Woll PC, recently received a certificate of registration for the term “child-centric divorceā ” from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. -
Linda Burwell (1985)
announced that her firm has been renamed to National Investigation Counsel. The firm, founded in 2013, is a leader in conducting independent workplace investigations, with a focus on matters involving C-suite high-level executives. -
Alicia W. Birach (2010)
has been named an Up and Coming Lawyer for 2017 by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Birach is a shareholder at Foster Swift Collins and Smith in Southfield. -
Sungwook (Sung) Lee (2012)
joined the Ann Arbor office of Brinks Gilson & Lione as a patent attorney. Lee earned his master's degree from University of Michigan and his bachelor’s degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology. He is a member of Korean-American Professionals in the Automotive Industry.