2010 Jennifer Lauren Berry accepted a position as deputy city attorney in the Office of the San Diego City Attorney, Civil Advisory Division. Berry was previously an attorney at the firm of Paul, Plevin, Sullivan & Connaughton LLP. Chris Grenz accepted a position as in-house counsel at Sprint, where he will advise the marketing, advertising and communications group. He formerly practiced at Bryan Cave LLP in Kansas City, Missouri, where he worked in both the commercial litigation and labor and employment law client service groups. Rury L. Grisham joined the Alexandria, Virginia, law firm of Nath, Goldberg & Meyer as a patent attorney. Grisham was formally with the firm of Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole PC and the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Matthew T. Schoonover joined Koprince Law LLC in Lawrence, Kansas. His practice focuses on federal government contract law. Schoonover also writes about government contracting on SmallGovCon. Schoonover previously practiced commercial litigation in Phoenix and Kansas City. 2012 Christian B. Corrigan is serving as a research attorney for Justice Caleb Stegall of the Kansas Supreme Court. Brian S. Duerksen joined the GSO Capital Partners LP in-house legal team at the end of May. GSO Capital Partners is located in New York City. Matthew T. Kincaid joined the Kansas City office of Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore PC as an associate attorney. Kincaid was previously an associate attorney with Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer LLP. Ann Parkins accepted a partner position in the McPherson law firm of Wise & Weber LC. Parkins is licensed to practice in Kansas state and federal courts and is a member of the Kansas and McPherson bar associations. 2013 Torrance Parkins was sworn into office as a McPherson County attorney
upon the resignation of David Page. Parkins previously served as municipal prosecutor for the city of Marquette. Eric A. Sader won a contested election to represent the social work profession on the National Association of Social Workers’ National Committee on Nominations and Leadership. Sader serves as Region Representative X, covering the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, New Mexico and South Dakota. Joseph A. Schremmer joined the Wichita law firm of Depew Gillen Rathbun & McInteer LLC as an associate attorney. Schremmer previously served as in-house counsel for Gressel Oilfield Service LLC and as an associate with Withers Gough Pike Pfaff & Peterson LLC. 2014 Aaron J. Steventon joined Andreas Law Office in Winfield, Kansas. Steventon maintains a general practice, including divorce, criminal and juvenile defense, landlord-tenant, immigration and other civil matters. 2015 Jordan A. Carter joined the global product liability group at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, Missouri. She focuses her practice on complex product liability litigation with an emphasis on tobacco. During her time at KU Law, Carter was the executive note and comment editor for the Kansas Law Review and served as a teaching assistant in the Lawyering program. Jason Rhae Harmon joined the pharmaceutical and medical device litigation group at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, Missouri. Harmon represents product manufacturers in complex litigation across the United States. While at KU Law, Harmon served as a staff editor on the Kansas Law Review and argued on the winning team that wrote the best brief in the In-House Moot Court Competition.
Thomas Hiatt joined the Kansas City, Missouri, office of Spencer Fane LLP as an associate in the litigation and dispute resolution practice group. Joseph McGroder joined Graves Garrett LLC in Kansas City, Missouri, as an associate supporting the firm’s commercial litigation, white collar criminal defense and free speech, campaign finance and election law practice groups. He previously worked at a regional personal injury firm. Katherine E. Malotte joined the civil litigation and employment law department of Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita. She focuses her practice on federal and state employment law, intellectual property, negative covenants, and contract disputes. Paul Mose joined the torts group at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, Missouri. At KU Law, Mose earned awards for top oral advocate and best brief in the In-House Moot Court Competition and served as a note and comment editor for the Kansas Law Review. Mary Olson joined the global product liability group at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, Missouri. She served as an articles editor on the Kansas Law Review and finished third in KU Law’s In-House Moot Court Competition. Austin Strobel is an associate in the Idaho Falls, Idaho, law firm of Hawley Troxell. Alyse M. Zadalis joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP’s Kansas City, Missouri, office in the pharmaceutical and medical device litigation group. At KU Law, Zadalis served as an editor on the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy and a member of the Moot Court Council. n
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