Class Notes
will focus on labor and employment. Webster
Los Angeles with his wife, Amy, and their
Leo Kane works at the Financial Industry
had been with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
3-year-old daughter, Paige. He is working
Regulatory Authority - Enforcement to
Pittman for 21 years.
on a new novel and a children’s book.
protect retirement accounts. He lives in Bethesda, Md., with his wife, Carol, and
Irene Daisy Williams, aka author Treva
In September Colleen
three daughters, Elise (12), Julia (10), and
Harte, was featured in the style section
Marea Quinn moved
Lauren (8).
of the Washington Post on June 28. The
her adoption,
article traces her journey from U.S. Patent
surrogacy, and
Willis Lanier has completed a judicial
and Trademark Office attorney to novelist,
personal injury law
clerkship for the Virginia Court of Appeals,
editor-in-chief, and co-owner of Loose Id,
practice to Locke,
and has worked in the private sector as a
an e-publishing company that specializes
Partin, DeBoer &
corporate in-house counsel. He is happily
in romance laced with paranormal events.
Quinn. She was
married with four children. He enjoys
Williams co-founded the company
selected by Virginia Super Lawyers
environmental activism and is interested in
in 2004 after a frustrating experience
magazine as one of the class of 2009
all that life has to offer.
getting her first digital novel published.
leaders in the law. Her practice (including
She streamlines the publishing process
the Adoption & Surrogacy Law Center and
and revels in taking on titles that more
Women’s Injury Law Center) was a finalist
established publishers would probably
for the Altria Rising Star Award in June
turn away. She runs the thriving company
2009 at the Richmond National
Mary Bauer was
(more than 1 million books sold, most
Association of Women Business Owners
recently named the
online) from her home in Falls Church, Va.
Enterprising Women of Excellence Awards.
legal director for the
1990
Reunion Year
Southern Poverty Law Matt Myers and his wife, Daisy, recently
Center in Montgomery,
began their second tour as a diplomatic
Ala. She will guide the
family. Matt retired from the U.S. Army
course of SPLC’s legal
John M. Cooper has
JAG Corps in June 2007, served a tour
advocacy, including
been appointed as
of duty as a diplomat in Ciudad Juarez,
litigation in state and federal courts, public
designated legal
Mexico, and is now a consular officer at the
policy advocacy, and legislative reform.
counsel for the
U.S. Embassy in Manila, Republic of the
Bauer has directed the Center’s Immigrant
Transportation
Philippines.
Justice Project since it began in 2004,
1988
overseeing lawsuits aimed at protecting the
Communications International Union. Cooper is in the
1989
rights of migrant workers, immigrants, and foreign guest workers. She has served as legal director for the Virginia Justice Center
Virginia Beach office of Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, where he focuses his
Elissa Cadish was appointed as a district
for Farm and Immigrant Workers and for
practice exclusively on personal injury and
judge in Las Vegas, Nev., in the summer of
the Virginia ACLU and has testified before
wrongful death cases, primarily on behalf
2007. She successfully ran to retain her seat
Congress on issues concerning the
of railroad industry employees under the
in 2008 and began serving a six-year term
exploitation of migrant workers in the U.S.
Federal Employers Liability Act.
in January 2009. She now handles civil and criminal cases of all kinds.
Richard Forsten has joined Saul Ewing
1991
as partner in the firm’s Wilmington,
In November Joan Cohen successfully
Del., office, where he focuses his practice
ran for a seat in the Maine House of
Matthew Pachman has been named to
in the areas of land use and land use
Representatives. In December her husband,
the 2009 Attorneys Who Matter list by the
litigation and commercial and real estate
Jim, retired after 6 years on the Portland
Ethisphere Institute, an international think
transactions and litigation.
City Council, including a term as mayor.
tank dedicated to creating and sharing best
On winter weekends, Cohen and her
practices in business ethics and corporate
Michael Kun is the national chairperson
husband ski at Sugarloaf with their two
social responsibility. The list recognizes
for Epstein, Becker and Green’s wage-
sons, Spencer (12) and Devon (8).
legal professionals who have advanced the
hour and class action practice. He lives in
cause of corporate ethics and compliance inside and outside their organizations.
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