Alumni Notes

Matthew Bradley '20 J.D. was appointed Municipal Judge for the city of Dinosaur, Colo., just days before his 25th birthday, making him one of the youngest, if not the youngest,...

Three members of Notre Dame Law School's Class of 2020 have joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP. Ijeoma Odigwe has joined the firm as an associate in the Kansas City office....

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP is pleased to announce that Ijeoma Odigwe has joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Kansas City office. Odigwe will focus his practice...

Thomas McHugh '17 J.D. was featured by JD Supra in an episode of On Record PR discussing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. McHugh is an associate at Bressler, Amery &...

The South Bend firm of Tuesley Hall Konopa is pleased to announce that attorney Elizabeth Klesmith has been elected President of the St. Joseph County Bar Association for 2021-2022. Klesmith...

Freeborn & Peters is pleased to announce that Robert Sikorski has joined the firm in Chicago as an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group.…

On August 19, 2021, Nicholas A. Danella '06 J.D. took the bench as a magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was selected...

Patrick A. Salvi II ’07 J.D., managing partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Chicago office, has been selected as the 2022 Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for the category Medical Malpractice Law...

Krishna Walker received the Rising Star Award at the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2021 Corporate Counsel Awards Event last month. Walker just finished her first year as general counsel for...

Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford ’92 J.D. has made history as the first woman to serve as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. In fact,...

Kimberly Thomas was named one of the “Notable Women in Law for 2021” by Crain’s Detroit Business. A leader in her field and in the community, Thomas was selected by...

Julia Dayton Klein has been appointed by the governor’s office as a new District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District. Dayton Klein will replace the retiring Judge Thomas S....

Chip Cavanaugh, a shareholder at Munsch Hardt, a Texas-based mid-sized commercial law firm, was recently featured in the Chambers USA 2021 rankings for his work in Real Estate law.…

John McCarron, a partner at Downey Brand, was named a Top Lawyer by Sacramento Magazine in the areas of Food & Agriculture Law and Nonprofit Organizations.…

It is with great sadness that the law school announces the passing of Dennis Cusack of Oak Park, Illinois on July 27, 2021. Cusack, a long-time shareholder of Johnson &...

It is with a heavy heart that the law school announces the passing of Leo Cox on May 17, 2021 in Neptune, New Jersey. Cox was president of his law...

It is with a heavy heart that the Law School announces the passing of J. Richard Ransel, '74 J.D., on July 12, 2021 in Elkhart, Indiana. He was an adjunct professor...

Scott Sullivan, a partner with WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, a full-service Illinois-based law firm headquartered in Rockford, was recently elected to serve a six-year term as a Trustee of the Lincoln Academy...

It is with great sadness that the Law School announces the passing of Theodore Fitzgerald on August 22, 2021 in Hebron, Indiana. Upon graduation, Fitzgerald took a clerkship with the...

John F. “Jack” Sandner, a longtime member of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees and retired chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, died Thursday (March 11) at Northwestern...

It is with a heavy heart that the law school announces the passing of Thomas Brunner on February 24, 2021 in South Bend, Indiana. After graduation from law school Brunner...

It is with a heavy heart that the law school announces the passing of Thomas Calder on February 25, 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Calder most recently practiced as a litigation...

Patrick F. McCartan, chairman emeritus of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees and a recipient of the University’s highest honors, died Monday (Nov. 30) in Cleveland with members...

It is with great sadness that the Law School announces the passing of Carl Eiberger on March 6, 2019, in Golden, Colorado. Eiberger practiced law for more than 50 years...

Notre Dame Law Professor Emeritus Thomas F. Broden Jr. — a pioneer in clinical legal education and a skilled advocate for civil rights and the indigent — died Friday, November...

Robert L. Miller Sr., a longtime St. Joseph County judge and advocate for veterans, passed away on April 27. He was 98. "Judge Miller represented the best of us," Dean Nell...

p(image-right). !/assets/282061/canva_photo_editor_9_.png(Canva Photo Editor 9)! George Newitt, attorney and longtime Wheaton College trustee, died at the age of 100 in Wheaton, Illinois on April 18, 2018. Newitt began his legal...