Class Notes Ryan P. Sherman ’02 was named to the 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, which recognizes those age 40 or younger who have been practicing law for 10 years or fewer and represent the best of the up-and-coming attorneys in the state. Sherman is a partner in Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP’s office in Columbus, where he focuses on business litigation. Christian Spears ’02 was selected in April to serve as acting director of Northern Illinois University Athletics. Spears joined the athletics department executive administrative team in April 2009, coming from Southern Illinois University. Promoted from senior associate athletics director to deputy director of Athletics in August 2012, Spears will step up to lead the department following the departure of Jeff Compher. Spears has overseen many of the athletics department’s administrative units, including academic support services, compliance, life skills, strength and conditioning, football operations and equipment. Under his guidance, Northern Illinois ranks among the top in the nation for Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Success Rate. Andrew P. Swary ’02 has been appointed chief legal counsel for Finance Fund, a statewide nonprofit financial intermediary based in Columbus. Swary will advise Finance Fund on all legal matters, including advancing and protecting the organization’s interests in the areas of transactions, corporate governance, compliance, risk management and ethics. Prior to joining Finance Fund, Swary was
a senior associate at Squire Sanders LLP, where he represented for-profit and nonprofit community development entities. Karim A. Ali ’03 was named to the 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, which recognizes those age 40 or younger who have been practicing law for 10 years or fewer and represent the best of the up-and-coming attorneys in the state. Ali is a partner in Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP’s office in Columbus, where he focuses on business and corporate law. Carissa Clawson ’03 has joined the legal department of Crown Equipment Corp., one of the world’s largest material handling companies. Clawson is an associate general counsel working from the company’s headquarters in New Bremen, Ohio. Previously, Clawson worked in the law department of NewPage Corp. and as an attorney at Sebaly Shillito & Dyer. Matthew O. Hutchinson ’03 was promoted to partner at the Toledo law firm of Shindler, Neff, Holmes, Worline & Mohler, LLP. Hutchinson practices primarily in the areas of family litigation and criminal defense. He and his wife, Leandra, and their daughter, Hannah, reside in Sylvania, Ohio. Jeffrey M. James ’03 recently made equity shareholder in the Tampa, Fla. firm Banker Lopez Gassler P.A. James’ practice focuses on civil litigation defending professional
liability, product liability, and personal injury claims.
Medicaid managed care, and managed care contracting.
Laura Jurcevich ’03 received the Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 and Under from the Ohio State Bar Foundation. This award recognizes attorneys who donate their time to a local community organization outside of their practice of law.
Deborah A. Boiarsky ’04 has been named a partner at Porter Wright. Working in the Columbus office, she concentrates her practice in the field of employee benefits and executive compensation. She has experience with the design, implementation, administration, amendment, and termination of qualified retirement and health and welfare employee benefit plans for both for-profit and tax-exempt organizations. Prior to attending law school, Boiarsky was a compensation and benefits consultant with both a national human resources consulting firm and a regional accounting firm.
Peter Krebs ’03 was named a partner in Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP’s Toledo office. Krebs has broad experience representing buyers and sellers of both public and private companies in debt restructuring, insolvency matters, and business reorganizations. Mónica Ramírez ’03 is the acting deputy director of Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (Center for Migrant Rights, Inc.). Ramírez joined CDM’s team in August and will be based in the Baltimore satellite office. Ramírez, the daughter of migrant farmworkers, is an activist, attorney, author, teacher, speaker, consultant, and leader. She is a nationally recognized leader in the movement to end sexual harassment and assault against farmworker and lowwage immigrant women. C. Christopher Bennington ’04 has been elected as a partner of Bricker & Eckler LLP. In the Cincinnati-Dayton office, he is a member of the firm’s health care group, and his practice emphasizes the representation of managed care organizations and hospitals on matters involving fraud and abuse, privacy, regulatory compliance, corporate governance,
Greg M. Daugherty ’04 has been elected a partner of the law firm Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP. Working in the firm’s Columbus office, his practice consists of executive compensation and employee benefit plan issues for public and private companies and not-forprofit entities. He has assisted companies in designing stockand non-stock-based incentive programs as well as employment agreements, severance agreements, change-in-control and parachute agreements, and other nonqualified deferred compensation plans. He also advises public companies on their executive compensation disclosure obligations under the securities laws. Scott Davis ’04, partner in the Bricker & Eckler LLP construction group, has been accepted for membership in the Calibr Global Leadership Network, a selective professional organization that offers career and professional development,
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