Classes 1980-1989
Mary Beth Uetz Kelly, ’87 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/187326/fullsize/marybeth_kelly1.jpg(marybeth_kelly1)! Justice Mary Beth Kelly has retired from the Michigan Supreme Court and joined Bodman PLC in Detroit. Kelly will serve as a partner and vice chair of the...
Thomas Ahearne, ’81 Finds Meaning in a Fight for Education Funding in the State of Washington
Thomas Ahearne, a graduate of Notre Dame and University of Chicago Law School, had risen at a powerful Seattle firm by working for business clients who took on insurance companies,...
Tom Ajamie, ’85 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/183576/75x/ajamie_bio_3.jpg(ajamie_bio_3)! Tom Ajamie, founder of Ajamie LLP, was recently included in the National Law Journal list of the Top 50 Litigation Trailblazers & Pioneers. Ajamie continues to focus his...
Brian E. O’Donnell, ’89 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/183569/75x/o_donnell_brian_headshot.jpg(o_donnell_brian_headshot)! Morristown-based law firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is pleased to announce that partner Brian O’Donnell, co-chair of the Firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Group, has been...
Frederic X. (Fritz) Shadley, ’78 EG, ’81 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/71259/75x/shadley_portrait_web.jpg(shadley_portrait_web)! Ulmer & Berne is pleased to announce that partner, Fritz Shadley, has been recognized in the 2016 _Benchmark Litigation_ as one of the “State Litigation Stars” in the...
Dennis M. Barnes, ’86 J.D.
Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker is pleased to announce that Dennis M. Barnes has been elected as the next Treasurer of the State Bar of Michigan. The State Bar’s election...
Memorial Service in Houston for NDLA Board Member Anne Marie Finch, ‘86 B.A., ‘89 J.D.
Notre Dame Law Association board member, Anne Marie Finch, ’86 B.A., ’89 J.D., died in a tragic accident on Aug. 28, 2015. She was 51 years old.
The Honorable Michael Gotsch, Sr., '79, '87 JD Receives ISBA Outstanding Judge Award
p(image-right). !/assets/180960/gotsch_isba_award.jpg(gotsch_isba_award)! Judge Michael G. Gotsch Sr. (right) Judge Michael G. Gotsch Sr., who has served on the bench in the St. Joseph Circuit Court since 2004, was recently honored...
Nancy Gargula, '81 JD Receives the 2015 Woman for All Seasons Award from the St. Thomas More Society of Indianapolis
Gargula, U.S. Trustee for Region 10, has been the cantor as well as the planning chair for the the annual Red Mass for 34 years. |!/assets/178519/300x/nancy_gargula.jpg(nancy_gargula)!Nancy Gargula, '81 JD |...
Nancy J. Gargula, ’81 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/171691/100x/nancy_gargula_photo_3_.jpg(nancy_gargula_photo_3_)! Nancy Gargula will receive the _2015 Woman for All Seasons Award from the St. Thomas More Society of Indianapolis_ at the annual Red Mass Dinner on October 5,...
Kim L. Kirn, ’85 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/170847/75x/kirn_kim_black_shirt.jpg(kirn kim)! Kim Kirn has been elected to the National Board of Directors of the ASSOCIATION ATTORNEY MEDIATORS (AAM) based in Dallas, Texas. AAM is a nonprofit trade association...
John G. Mauel, ’86 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/169561/75x/mauel.jpg(mauel)! John Mauel has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its Houston office. Prior to this position, Mauel practiced for eight years at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman...
Ana C. Ubensmith, ’84 J.D.
Ana Ubensmith of San Diego has been appointed to the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities.
In Memoriam: Michael J. Curley, ’80 J.D.
It is with great sadness that the Law School announces the passing of Michael Curley in Phoenix, Arizona. Michael started his law career at Jennings, Strouss and Salmon and after...
Brian Belt, ’81 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/168250/100x/belt_brian.jpg(belt_brian)! Brian Belt has been hired as a shareholder at Gunster, in its Miami office. Belt joins the firm’s real estate, corporate and construction practices. Belt has been named...
Matthew P. Feeney, ’79 BA, ’83 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/164838/75x/feeney_matt.jpg(feeney_matt)! Matthew Feeney, a partner in the Snell & Wilmer Phoenix office, has assumed the firm’s chairmanship. Feeney takes over for John J. Bouma, who steps down from the...
Michael J. Allen, ’85 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/164964/75x/allen5_re.jpg(allen5_re)! Michael Allen of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, North Carolina, was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 for the practice areas of Commercial...
Amy Smith O’Connor, ’84 J.D.
Amy S. O’Connor, a shareholder with the law firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams, P. C., in Albany, NY has been named as Chair of the Firm's Trusts, Estates...
Jeffrey S. Schloemer, ’80 BA
Jeffrey Schloemer, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP in Cincinnati has been selected as one of 2015 Leading Lawyers by _Cincy_ Magazine in the area of Commercial and...
Tom Ajamie, ’85 J.D., One of 500 Leading Lawyers in America
p(image-right). !/assets/164146/75x/ajamie_bio_3.jpg(ajamie_bio_3)! Tom Ajamie, who founded his own Houston and New York based litigation firm in 1997, was named one of 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2014 by _Lawdragon_....
In Memoriam: Harold F. Moore, ’80 J.D.
The law school is sad to announce the passing of Harold (Hal) Moore on February 26, 2015 in Chatham, New Jersey surrounded by his family. Hal was a member of...
James S. Carr, ’87 J.D., Elected Chair of Kelley Drye
p(image-right). !/assets/153349/75x/jimcarr.jpg(jimcarr)! Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced as part of the Firm’s strategic plan that James S. Carr has been elected Chair of the Firm. Carr joined Kelley Drye’s...
Thomas J. Jennings, ’80 MBA, ’80 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/153263/75x/jennings_thomas_1_.jpg(jennings_thomas_1_)! Thomas Jennings has joined the law firm of Curtin & Heefner, LLP as a partner in the Business & Municipal Finance and Environmental and Public Sector Departments in...
Philip Kalamaros, ’84 BA, ’87 J.D.
Philip Kalamaros has been chosen by the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana to serve on the board of directors for the Defense Bar for 2015. Kalamaros is a partner in...
Shelley Bacon Bacastow, ’84 J.D.
Shelley Bacastow has been appointed Vice President and General Counsel at PCTEL, Inc., a leader in performance critical telecom solutions, in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Prior to this promotion, Bacastow served as...
Todd Kingma, ’85 J.D., Recognized as Governance Professional of the Year
p(image-right). !/assets/150837/75x/kingma_aug._2013.jpg(kingma_aug)! Todd Kingma, executive vice president and general counsel for Perrigo Company PLC, has been recognized as _Governance Professional_ of the Year by Corporate Secretary Magazine in the area...
Kim L. Kirn, ’85 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/146739/75x/kirn_kim.jpg(kirn_kim)! Kim Kirn has joined the Senior Arbitrator Panel at United States Arbitration & Mediation (USA&M), the leading provider of mediation and arbitration services. Kirn currently serves on USA&M’s...
Thomas J. Jennings, ’80 MBA, ’80 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/146738/75x/jennings_tom_1to2meg.jpg(jennings_tom_1to2meg)! Thomas Jennings, a partner in Hill Wallack in the Yardley, Pennsylvania office, has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Council at Delaware Valley College, an independent, interdisciplinary college...
In memoriam: James F. Smith, ’89 J.D.
Brigadier General James Smith passed away on September 29, 2014 from cancer complications at the age of 54. Jim was married to Jennifer O’Leary Smith, ’89 J.D. Upon his retirement...
Robert A. LaBerge, ’83 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/142540/75x100/laberge_r.jpg(laberge_r)! Robert LaBerge, a partner with Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC has been named the 2015 Best Lawyers in America _“Lawyer of the Year”_ in the firm’s Syracuse office...