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ND Law clinics help South Bend man discover more than $10,000
Vincent, a South Bend restaurant worker, came to the Notre Dame Clinical Law Center last summer looking for help with back taxes he owed. The situation was complex, and the...
Patrick A. Salvi II ’07 J.D.
Patrick Salvi II, a partner at Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer for 2019. Each year, Law Bulletin Media selects the top lawyers in Illinois...
Brian L. Salvi ’09, ’13 J.D.
Brian Salvi, a partner at Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, was recognized as an “Emerging Lawyer” by Law Bulletin Media. Emerging Lawyers honors the top 2% of the lawyers in Illinois...
Benjamin H. Nissim ’13 J.D.
Murtha Cullina LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin Nissim has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. He will serve a three-year term....
Joseph J. Shannon ’85 J.D.
Bodman, PLC in Detroit announces that Joseph Shannon has been listed in Chambers USA 2019 as a Leading Individual for Commercial Litigation. Shannon is a member of Bodman’s Executive Committee,...
Charles H. Rose, III ’93 J.D. named Dean of Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University
Charles Rose has been named dean of the Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University, effective July 1. Rose is currently professor of law and director of the Center...
In Memoriam: Professor John Copeland Nagle
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that John Copeland Nagle, Notre Dame Law School’s John N. Matthews Professor of Law, died on May 18, 2019, after a...
Lenora Popken receives Lardy Award for 2019-20 academic year
Lenora Popken, a rising 3L, has been selected to receive the Peter A.R. Lardy Scholarship Award for the 2019-20 academic year at Notre Dame Law School.
ND Law student chosen for intellectual property writing competition
Rising 3L Jennie Christensen placed second in Berkeley’s Technology Law Journal’s writing competition with her paper, “Fasten Your Seatbelts, We’re Encountering Turbulence: The Legal Implications of Biometric Scanning at U.S....
Edward J. Heath ’99 J.D.
Robinson+Cole partner Edward Heath has been elected President and Chair of the Board of Directors of Greater Hartford Legal Aid (GHLA), an organization whose mission is to secure justice for and to...
T. Jeffrey Fitzgerald ’97 J.D.
Polsinelli is pleased to announce that shareholder, T. Jeffrey Fitzgerald has been named a 2019 BTI Client Service All-Star, by BTI Consulting Group in the Health Care Litigation and Disputes...
Anthony Kroese ’17 J.D. brings family-owned business experience to corporate law
Anthony Kroese, an associate at Goldberg Segalla in Buffalo, New York, brings the skills and experience he learned in his family’s pizzeria to his work with clients in corporate law....
Robert C. Walter ’08 J.D.
Robert Walter has been named partner and appointed to the board at Horenstein, Nicholson & Blumenthal, LPA in Dayton, Ohio. Walter has the honor of being the youngest and fastest...
Mark Muedeking ’80 J.D.
Mark Muedeking '80 J.D., a partner in the Employment practice at DLA Piper, has been named a 2019 Employment Trailblazer by the National Law Journal. The publication highlighted Muedeking’s successful defense...
Patrick A. Salvi ’78 J.D.
Patrick Salvi, shareholder of Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer for 2019. Each year, Law Bulletin Media selects the top lawyers in Illinois to the...
Nicholas J. Siciliano ’05 J.D.
Latham & Watkins, LLP is pleased to announce that Nicholas Siciliano has been promoted to partner in its Chicago office. Siciliano is a member of the Securities Litigation & Professional...
Ryan P. Hiler ’13 J.D.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP is pleased to announce that Ryan Hiler has joined its Indianapolis office as a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group. Hiler represents clients...
Matthew R. Hays ’08 J.D.
Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that its Finance and Real Estate group leadership has selected Matthew Hays to lead its asset-backed securities (ABS) team in Chicago. Hays focuses his...
David J. Coppola ’17 J.D.
Goldberg Segalla is pleased to announce that it has hired associate David Coppola to the law firm’s General Liability Practice Group in Princeton, New Jersey. Prior to his move to...
Thomas C. Gleason ’08, ’11 J.D.
Frost Brown Todd is pleased to announce that Thomas Gleason has been promoted to partner in its Louisville, Kentucky office. Gleason is a member of the Business Litigation team. Gleason...
Lance A. Lawson ’96 J.D. honored with 2019 Citizen Lawyer Award from North Carolina Bar Association
Burr Forman McNair partner Lance Lawson was recently honored with a 2019 Citizen Lawyer Award by the North Carolina Bar Association. The Citizen Lawyer Award recognizes lawyers who exemplify the...
Alcides I. Avila ’80 J.D. named to the Board of Directors for Premier Assurance Group
Alcides Avila has been named to the Board of Directors for Premier Assurance Group SPC Ltd., a Cayman Islands insurance company. Avila, a Corporate and Financial Services Partner at Avila,...
James R. Mall ’74 BBA, ’78 J.D./MBA
James Mall, a partner at Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, presented at the Construction Financial Management Association’s (CFMA) Greater Pittsburgh Construction Industry Conference at the end of April. Mall serves as...
Jennifer N. Lamirand ’08 J.D.
Jennifer Lamirand, an attorney at Crowe & Dunley, has been named chairperson of the Indian Law section of the Oklahoma Bar Association for 2019. Lamirand is a member of the...
Elissa Kerr ’15 J.D.
Fox Rothschild, LLP is pleased to announce that Elissa Kerr has joined the firm as an associate in the Litigation Department in its Philadelphia office. Kerr focuses her practice on...
Michael P. Leary '86, '96 J.D.
Michael P. Leary '86, '96 J.D. was named inspector general for U.S. Government Publishing Office in late April by U.S. GPO Acting Deputy Director John Crawford. In this role, Leary...
Program on Church, State & Society announces endowed lecture series
The Rice-Hasson Distinguished Lecture Series will serve as a flagship annual event and celebration of the Program on Church, State & Society.
Congressman Joaquin Castro receives 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award
The Hispanic Law Student Association at Notre Dame Law School honored Congressman Joaquin Castro on Thursday, April 25, with the 2019 Graciela Olivárez Award.
Applied Mediation Clinic prepares students for client work
Notre Dame Law School’s Applied Mediation Clinic, led by Professor Michael Jenuwine, gives students practical experience both in and out of the classroom, preparing them to enter the legal profession...



























