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The Dean’s Fall 2016 Welcome Letter to Students
Dear students, Here is a brief overview of the new people, programs, and opportunities you will be encountering in the coming year. Judicial Visitors I am pleased that U.S. Supreme...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to speak with Notre Dame Law Students
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will hold a conversation with Notre Dame law students Tuesday, September 13, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom....
Notre Dame Lawyers Gather in Chicago
More than 200 Notre Dame Lawyers welcomed Jack Swarbrick, Jr., '76, vice president and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics at Notre Dame, to Chicago Aug. 11. The group included...
Intensive Trial Advocacy Program Kicks Off New School Year
Sixty-three Notre Dame Law students have successfully completed a grueling week of advocacy training as in the Law School’s the Intensive Trial Advocacy class, a unique program taught by distinguished...
Professor McKenna Files Amicus Brief in Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands
"Mark P. McKenna":http://law.nd.edu/directory/mark-mckenna/, professor of law and associate dean for faculty development at Notre Dame Law School, recently filed a "friend-of-the court brief":http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Star-Athletica.pdf in the U.S. Supreme Court in Star...
Eirene N. Salvi, ’15 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/208025/fullsize/salvie2.jpg(Salvie2)! Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C. is pleased to announce that Eirene Salvi has accepted a position with the firm. Salvi comes to the firm from a prominent Plaintiff’s...
Elizabeth A. Scarola, ’08 BA & BS, ’14 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/208021/fullsize/scarolae3.jpg(Scarolae3)! Elizabeth Scarola has joined the firm of Carlton Fields as an associate in the firm’s Health Care practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Scarola served as an...
Domenique Camacho Moran, ’93 J.D.
Farrell Fritz is pleased to announce that Domenique Moran has been selected for inclusion in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Employment...
Julia B. Meister, ’95 J.D.
Julia Meister, a partner with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has named “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati by Best Lawyers 2017 in the area of Litigation – ERISA.
Christopher J. Pardi, ’95 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/208027/fullsize/chrispardi2.jpg(Chrispardi2)! Christopher Pardi, has been named general counsel and corporate secretary of Fiat Chrysler in the United States. Pardi has been with Fiat Chrysler since 2004 in the tax...
Lauretta K. Murphy, ’88 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/208000/fullsize/murphyl2.jpg(Murphyl2)! Lauretta Murphy, Chair of the Estate Planning Group, at the firm of Miller Johnson in Grand Rapids, Michigan was recognized in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide. Murphy...
Robert Theofanis, ’12 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/207985/fullsize/theofanisr2.jpg(Theofanisr2)! Robert Theofanis is an associate in his father’s firm, The Law Office of Theofanis & Davidson, where he practices in the area of workers compensation. Theofanis married Alexandra...
John L. Peterson, ’79 J.D.
Giyani Gold Corporation is pleased to announce that John Peterson, a world renowned energy storage specialist, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Petersen has been engaged in the...
Michael D. Robson, ’95 BBA, ’99 J.D.
Michael Robson has joined the Chicago office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a partner in the Corporate & Securities Practice. Previously, Robson was a partner with Chapman and Cutler. Robson...
Martin Foos, ’92 BA, ’95 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/207981/fullsize/foos_marty1.jpg(Foos Marty1)! Martin Foos, a partner at Faruki Ireland & Cox in Dayton, has founded the Ohio Civil Justice Reform Task Force. The Task Force consists of 23 attorneys...
Kory J. Kramer, ’06 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/207984/fullsize/korykramer2.jpg(Korykramer2)! Kory Kramer, Chief Investment officer of Pacific Hospitality Group and chairman of Newport Beach Planning Commission was chosen as 2015’s 100 Most Influential in Orange County. Kramer helped...
Matthew E. Pepping, ’08 J.D
Matthew Pepping has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a senior associate in the firm’s San Antonio office. Pepping joins Fulbright from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP where he...
Mark Reuter, ’91 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/207987/fullsize/reuterm2.jpg(Reuterm2)! Mark Reuter of Keating Muething & Klekamp has been recognized for inclusion as “Leaders in Their Fields” in the 2016 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers...
James R. Mall, ’74 BA, ’78 J.D./MBA
p(image-right). !/assets/207994/fullsize/mallj3.jpg(Mallj3)! James Mall, a partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott in Pittsburgh, has been named to the 2016 Super Lawyers list. Mall is chair of the Construction Law Group...
Jill Smith Kanatzar, ’94 J.D.
p(image-right). !/assets/207971/fullsize/jill_kanatzar.jpg(Jill Kanatzar)! Dollar Burns & Becker in Kansas City, named Jill Kanatzar as a partner in its health care group. Kanatzar has more than 20 years of experience, most...
Lisa Lukaszewski, ’97 J.D.
Redgrave, LLP is pleased to announce that Lisa Lukaszewski has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. Redgrave LLP is one of the only law firms in the world focused exclusively...
Orientation Service Projects
By Athena Aherrera, 2L I still remember the first time I saw Admissions Director Jake Baska’s email regarding the orientation schedule and information on the service projects. My heart palpitated...
Welcome New Students to Law School Orientation
More than 200 new students – J.D., Transfer, LL.M., and J.S.D – will attend Notre Dame Law School‘s orientation program next week. The program will include a number of activities...
Professor Kozel Examines How Precedent Can Bring Consistency to the Court
With the country focused on selecting its next president and on who will replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Notre Dame Law School "Professor Randy Kozel’s":http://law.nd.edu/directory/randy-kozel/ research considers how...
Paolo Carozza, Director of Kellogg Institute, Appointed to Vatican Academy by Pope Francis
"Paolo G. Carozza":http://law.nd.edu/directory/paolo-carozza/, professor of law, concurrent professor of political science and director of the "Kellogg Institute for International Studies":http://kellogg.nd.edu/ at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to...
NDLS LL.M. Graduate Using her Education to Make an International Impact
Johanna Fröhlich, LL.M. ’15, was pursuing her Ph.D. in comparative constitutional law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary, where she also obtained her law degree, when she felt a...