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Michelle M. Porter, ’97 J.D.
Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm, is pleased to announce that Michelle Porter has been named a recipient of the 2019 “Women Worth Watching” award by Profiles in...
Thomas C. Gleason, ’08 BA, ’11 J.D.
Frost Brown Todd LLC is pleased to announce that Thomas “Tommy” Gleason has been promoted to partner in the firm’s Louisville office. Gleason is a member of the Business Litigation...
John C. McCarron, ’87 J.D.
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.
James G. Hnat, ’96 J.D.
James Hnat has been named incoming chair of the board of trustees for the International humanitarian organization Airlink. Hnat joined the board in May as vice-chair and will take over...
Michael J. Allen, ’85 J.D.
Michael Allen of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, NC, was named by The Best Lawyers in America as the 2019 "Lawyer of the Year" for Copyright Law in the...
Jeffrey C. Pepin, ’00 J.D.
Reid Burman Lebedeker Xenick is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Pepin has joined its firm based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pepin is a veteran trial attorney who focuses his...
IP & Entrepreneurship Clinic helps ND alumni patent medical device
Though Vampiro’s name might bring about images of vampires, the medical device’s purpose means less operating room time and fewer surgical site infections for patients. But, like vampires, Vampiro is...
Recent Notre Dame Law graduate selected for bankruptcy award
Riley Sissung, a 2019 Notre Dame Law School graduate, was recently selected as one of the 2019 Distinguished Law Students for this year’s Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar. The award is...
New programs expand ND Law School’s interdisciplinary studies
Notre Dame Law School launched two new interdisciplinary research programs in July: the Program on Ethics, Compliance, & Inclusion and the Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law.
Professor Paolo Carozza to serve on State Department commission
Carozza, who also serves as director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, is one of 10 experts appointed to the new Commission on Unalienable Rights.
Notre Dame alumni honor Nell Jessup Newton
Notre Dame Lawyers across the country honored Nell Jessup Newton this spring as she concluded her decade of service as the Law School’s dean. G. Marcus Cole, the Law School’s...
Michael Ridgway '81 J.D. named chief bankruptcy judge in Minnesota
In June, Michael E. Ridgway '81 J.D. became chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota. The Fox affiliate in Minneapolis noted that Ridgway also makes judgments...
Monica Patankar '07 J.D. crowned Miss Illinois for America
Monica Patankar '07 J.D. was crowned Miss Illinois for America in June. She will represent Illinois at the Miss for America pageant the week of August 17. Read more and...
3L Jack Dahm wins ND Law’s first IP and Technology Law Writing Prize
Notre Dame Law School is proud to announce that rising third-year law student Jack Dahm is the winner of the Law School’s first Intellectual Property and Technology Law Writing Prize....













