June 2009
By Steven J. Stauffer

Honors and Appointments
Edward K. M. “Ted” Bilich, a partner at Jones Day, has been elected to The American Law Institute, of which members are selected on the basis of their professional achievement and demonstrated interest in the improvement of the law… Brooksley E. Born, a retired partner at Arnold & Porter LLP, recently received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation for her leadership in public service… Charles N. Brower of 20 Essex Street was awarded the 2009 Manley O. Hudson Medal by The American Society of International Law for his “pre-eminent scholarship and achievement in international law”... Richard D. Carter of Richard D. Carter, PLLC in Alexandria, Virginia, was honored with the Meritorious Service Award by the Patient Advocate Foundation and National Patient Advocate Foundation for his service to both nonprofit groups since their creation in 1996… James W. Dyke Jr., a partner at McGuire Woods LLP, has been elected as member of the board of directors of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation in Washington, D.C.… University of Oklahoma College of Law professor Jonathan B. Forman has been selected by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Chief Counsel Clarissa C. Potter as the 2009–2010 IRS Professor in Residence whose nine-month term begins September 1… Troy Kelley has been reelected to the Washington State House of Representatives, representing the 28th Legislative District… Judith E. Leonard, vice president for legal affairs and general counsel at the University of Arizona since 1998, has been selected general counsel of the Smithsonian Institution, effective June 1… Peter J. Romatowski, a partner at Jones Day, was inducted as Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers during its 2009 Spring Meeting in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

On the Move
Donald T. Bucklin, retired partner and currently senior counsel at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., has joined The McCammon Group to serve the mediation, arbitration, and special master needs of lawyers and litigants throughout the United States and abroad… Judge William J. Rowan III, who recently retired from the Montgomery County Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, and James B. Astrachan, a principal at Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C., have joined the Creative Dispute Resolutions, LLC… John B. Bellinger III, former legal adviser at the U.S. Department of State, has joined Arnold & Porter LLP as partner… Michael J. Bradshaw Jr. has been promoted to partner at Kutak Rock LLP… Bradford F. Englander has joined Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P as partner in its business reorganizations and bankruptcy practice in Falls Church, Virginia… Ramy Fayed, Shane M. McGee, and Michael E. Zolandz Jr. have been elected partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP… Elizabeth J. McCubrey has joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as partner… Xanthe M. Larsen has joined Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell as partner and will play an integral role in the firm’s national energy practice. Shannon M. Grewer joined as of counsel… Warren Lee Lewis and Michaele S. Weatherbie have joined as shareholder in the franchising and licensing practice of Akerman Senterfitt’s Tysons Corner, Virginia, office. Charlene York has joined as associate… Andrew J. Morris has joined Carr Maloney P.C. as member, focusing on commercial litigation and government investigations with an emphasis on high-stakes disputes involving financial reporting, professional liability, securities fraud, and corporate governance… Michael J. Halloran has joined Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as partner in the firm’s banking and financial institutions and mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures practice… Teresa A. Brooks has joined Polsinelli Shughart PC as shareholder, focusing on legislative, regulatory, and policy issues in the health industry.

Company Changes
New intellectual property law firm Brundidge & Stanger, P.C. has opened its office at 1700 Diagonal Road, suite 330, in Alexandria, Virginia… The law firm of Sanders Schnabel & Brandenburg, PC has closed its practice following the move of attorneys Dan S. Brandenburg and Joanne G. Jacobson to Saul Ewing LLP… Jon R. Fritz has joined with Florian Hauswiesner and Peter C. King to form Hauswiesner Fritz King LLP, an international business and dispute resolution practice with offices in McLean, Virginia, and Frankfurt, Germany.

Author! Author!
Albert Feuer of the Law Offices of Albert Feuer has written the article “Will the Supreme Court Reinforce or Undermine Basic ERISA Principles When it Decides a Death Benefit Dispute?” which appeared in the Charleston Law Review (vol. 3, p. 289)… Michigan State University professor Gerald S. Schatz has written “Ethical Lawyering in the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research,” published in the winter 2009 issue of the Michigan State University Journal of Medicine and Law.

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