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Matthew Killen has joined Nicoladies LLP as an associate in the firm’s Chicago office. Killen’s practice focuses on providing advice to insurance clients on complex coverage issues in a variety...

p(image-right). !/assets/146747/75x/polovoy_kristenrgb.jpg(polovoy_kristenrgb)! Kristen Polovoy, a partner in Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, has been reappointed Chair of the Class Action Practice Committee of the Camden County Bar Association. Polovoy’s...

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...

p(image-right). !/assets/146737/75x/jason_yarbrough.jpg(jason_yarbrough)! Jason Yarbrough, a partner in Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, in Pittsburgh, has been named to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars list for 2014. Yarbrough is a member of the...

Jeremy Kemper recently became an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Bismark, North Dakota. In this new position, Kemper will spend a major part of his practice defending Native Americans charged...

p(image-right). !/assets/146743/75x/martin_eileen.jpg(martin_eileen)! Eileen Martin has joined the firm of Hiscock & Barclay as a partner in the Buffalo and Toronto offices. Martin brings much knowledge and experience to the firm’s...

Patrick Scott, a partner with GrayRobinson in Fort Lauderdale, has been named as one of the _Best Lawyers in America_ for 2015 in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor...

p(image-right). !/assets/146744/75x/meister.julia_hires.jpg(meister)! Julia Meister, a partner with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Cincinnati, has been selected for inclusion in the _Best Lawyers in America_ for 2015 for her work...

p(image-right). !/assets/146734/75x/aoreilly.jpg(aoreilly)! Arthur O’Reilly, an attorney with Honigman in Detroit has been named in the top 100 of the 2014 _Michigan Super Lawyer_ listing and as a “Rising Star” in...

p(image-right). !/assets/146741/75x/latchana_beth.jpg(latchana_beth)! Elizabeth Latchana has been named _Best Lawyers_ 2015 Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Lansing, Michigan. Latchana is a partner at Fraser Trebilcock, specializing in...

Larry Ward, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, LLP in Seattle, specializing in U.S. National Security Law, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Defense Trade Advisory Group...

p(image-right). !/assets/146748/75x/sobolewski_039c3402_background_cmyk.jpg(sobolewski_039c3402_background_cmyk)! Brad Sobolewski, a litigator at Ulmer & Berne LLP in Cleveland, has been promoted to counsel and has been named to the list of Ohio _Super Lawyers Rising...

p(image-right). !/assets/146736/75x/caruso_ralph_hires.jpg(caruso_ralph_hires)! Ralph Caruso, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, in Indianapolis, has been selected for inclusion in the _Best Lawyers in America_ for 2015 in the area...

p(image-right). !/assets/146735/75x/butler.david_hires.jpg(butler)! David Butler, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, in Cincinnati, has been selected for inclusion in the _Best Lawyers in America_ for 2015 in the area...

p(image-right). !/assets/146742/75x/leader.ed_hires_2014.jpg(leader)! Edward Leader, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, in Cleveland, has been selected for inclusion in the _Best Lawyers in America_ for 2015 in the area...

p(image-right). !/assets/146745/75x/molinsky.george_hires.jpg(molinsky)! George Molinsky, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, in Cincinnati, has been selected for inclusion in the _Best Lawyers in America_ for 2015 in the area...

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...

p(image-right). !/assets/146746/75x/paustin_doug.jpg(paustin_doug)! Douglas Austin, a partner at Fraser Trebilcock, in Lansing, Michigan, has been selected for inclusion in _Best Lawyers in America_ in 2015 in the practice area of Real...

p(image-right). !/assets/146740/75x/krishnawalker1.jpg(krishnawalker1)! Krishna Walker, an attorney at Bryan Cave, LLP, has been selected as one of _Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s_ “Up & Coming” lawyers for 2014. Walker focuses her practice on...

p(image-right). !/assets/146666/100x/otoole_professorship_group_lobby_tom_elaine_and_aj.jpg(otoole_professorship_group_lobby_tom_elaine_and_aj)! The University of Notre Dame has appointed NDLS Professor A.J. Bellia to serve as the inaugural O'Toole Professor of Constitutional Law. This Endowed Chair is funded by a...

p(image-right). "!/assets/145610/100x/tidmarshfootballprogramad.jpg(tidmarshfootballprogramad)!":/assets/145611/tidmarsh_football_program_ad.pdf The University honored NDLS Professor Jay Tidmarsh as a 2014 Featured Faculty during the third quarter of the North Carolina football game October 11. He was recognized during...

The Program on Constitutional Structure will host a conference, “The Common Law in an Age of Regulation” on February 6, 2015 at the Notre Dame London Law Centre…

Amy Coney Barrett has been named the Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Professor for a three-year term ending June 30, 2017.

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...

p(image-right). !/assets/109923/laybold.jpg(laybold)! Janet Laybold Assistant Dean for Graduate and Strategic Initiatives The Law School is launching a Notre Dame Law in D.C. externship program for Spring 2015 and Spring 2016,...

Notre Dame Law School’s Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) has now disbursed $1 million to NDLS graduates, according to Dean Nell Jessup Newton.