Class Notes: Fall 2025

In 2024, Albert M. Rosenblatt was designated as the first historian of the New York State Unified Court System. In this position, he coordinates the preservation and cataloging of records of historical value located within the offices of the county clerks; encourages research about the New York court system to increase knowledge and appreciation of its unique history; and advises the court system’s leadership about preserving matters of historical significance. He co-founded the Historical Society of the New York Courts and also serves as the society’s president emeritus and legal history scholar. Rosenblatt’s positions have included Dutchess County district attorney, Dutchess County court judge, and New York State Supreme Court justice. He has written numerous books and articles related to the history of the New York Courts and the law, including, most recently, the book “The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom.”

“I have published a book called ‘Smatterings,’” writes James Friedlander, “11 short stories about some aspects of my international life, including some of adventures as a lawyer in emerging markets.”

Stephen Schlesinger, a fellow at the Century Foundation in New York, writes: “I felt very honored that the leaders of the U.N.’s General Assembly asked me, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the U.N. Charter, to record a three-minute video relating the story of the document’s origins. My [2003] book, ‘Act of Creation,’ is the only full account of the 1945 conference in San Francisco that drafted the Charter. The Assembly used the video to open its ceremony on June 26 at the U.N. building celebrating the Charter’s emblematic role in the world community in front of its 193 member states.”

Bart Friedman was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Class of 2025 and was elected to the board of the American Academy in Rome this year as well. He remains senior counsel of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and on the boards of the Brookings Institution and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Martin Redish was honored in fall 2024 by Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he has taught for the last 52 years, by the naming of a classroom after him (Redish Hall) and the unveiling of a portrait which now holds a prominent place in that room. He writes: “The portrait was unveiled at a ceremony at which two Northwestern University presidents, as well as prominent scholars, members of the federal judiciary, and members of the bar, spoke. I am currently at work on my 20th book, to be titled ‘Federal Jurisdiction and Constitutional Democracy.’ I have no plans to retire.”

Patricia J. Williams was one of eight writers to receive a Windham-Campbell Prize earlier this year. The mission of the international prize for writers from throughout the English-speaking world is to allow authors to focus on their creative practice independent of financial concerns. Williams, a legal scholar who has been a MacArthur Fellow, is currently University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities at Northeastern University. Her nonfiction work includes “The Miracle of the Black Leg: Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of the Law,” a collection of essays that examine the intersection of bioethics, critical race theory, the U.S. Supreme Court, and more.

James D. Adducci writes that he has retired from his position as general counsel emeritus of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider Inc. Before holding that position, he served as general counsel of JDS, the parent company of Hollister Incorporated. Adducci will continue to serve on the boards of directors of JDS and its principal subsidiaries.

Bob Lande writes: “As I was in the process of retiring from teaching at the University of Baltimore School of Law, my school organized a Festschrift in my honor. The daylong conference was titled ‘The Quest for Progressive Antitrust,’ and its proceedings were published as a 514-page commemoration of my scholarly career. It can be found in the University of Baltimore Law School’s Law Review, at 53 U. Balt. L. Rev. 1 (2024).”

In May, Arthur Bryant wrote: “I have exciting news to share — I am starting my own law firm: Arthur Bryant Law, P.C.! I will continue to handle cutting-edge Title IX, consumer rights, civil rights, and other impact class actions and individual cases.”

Michael Kahn, senior counsel at Capes Sokol, has written “The Gourmet Club.” The novel traces the lives of four lawyers who become close after beginning their careers at a prestigious Chicago law firm in the early 1980s.

Robert George accepted an appointment as chairman of the New Jersey Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a federal commission on which he’d served years earlier. In addition, he received the 2025 Paul Ramsey Award of the Center for Bioethics and Culture. His new book, “Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth: Law and Morality in Our Cultural Moment,” was published in July by Encounter Books. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton, is also director of the university’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.

David Segre has rejoined Wilson Sonsini as a partner in its corporate department. Based in the Palo Alto, California, office, he represents public and private technology companies across all aspects of the corporate life cycle. Most recently, he was a partner at Cooley, before which he’d spent 28 years at Wilson Sonsini. Segre advises technology companies through all stages of growth, including venture capital financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Throughout his career, he has represented Google in over 100 acquisitions.

In the spring, Lauren Saunders received the highest award for consumer advocacy from the Consumer Federation of America. Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, was honored with the Esther Peterson Consumer Service Award for her work to create meaningful protections for consumers, including shielding active-duty service members and their families from predatory lending practices. Since 1969, the nonprofit NCLC has worked for consumer justice and economic security for low-income and other disadvantaged people in the U.S.

Michael Gips has joined Kroll Inc. as managing director of the firm’s Enterprise Security Risk Management service line, specializing in providing cybersecurity, physical security, and business continuity management for law firms, particularly the AmLaw 100.

Roger B. Handberg, former U.S. attorney for the mid-district of Florida, has joined GrayRobinson as a shareholder in its litigation practice and is based in its Orlando office. He represents corporations, financial institutions, boards, and senior executives facing government investigations, enforcement actions, and high-stakes allegations involving financing crime, public corruption, and regulatory risk. He also advises clients navigating parallel civil, criminal, and reputational threats. Prior to serving as U.S. attorney, Handberg held senior positions within the Department of Justice and the Florida Attorney General’s Office.

Lisa Zornberg has joined Morvillo Abramowitz as partner. She previously served as chief counsel to the mayor of New York City and City Hall, and she has also been chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, where she supervised approximately 170 federal prosecutors and oversaw the office’s criminal investigations and prosecutions. Early in her legal career, Zornberg clerked for Justice Sonia Sotomayor when Sotomayor served as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York.

Scott Selby writes that the 2010 nonfiction book he co-wrote, “Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History,” has been adapted into a Netflix documentary, “Stolen: Heist of the Century.” He was also an executive producer on the project. Selby writes: “It tells the story of a remarkable real-life theft in Antwerp that stunned the world. It’s produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Raw UK.”

Jennifer Boll has joined Harris Beach Murtha as a member of the corporate, tax, and trusts and estates practice groups in the firm’s Albany office. In addition to her legal practice, Boll is director of the M.S. in Taxation Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and an adjunct professor at Albany Law School.

Shani King is now serving as vice dean, Martha L. Minow Scholar, and professor at Rutgers Law School. In the spring, he wrote: “My third children’s book, ‘Finding Rebecca: The Forgotten Life of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler,’ was recently published by Tilbury House. This nonfiction picture book introduces young readers to Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, America’s first Black female doctor, whose remarkable life and achievements had largely vanished from historical records. The book aims to shed light on her story and ensure she is remembered. ​I’m now collaborating with my children on two new projects: a children’s book on Ivy League lacrosse with my son, and another on girl empowerment with my daughter. Additionally, I’ve joined the board of the Lacrosse Club of Montclair, deepening my engagement with the sport. In family news, my wife and I have co-founded a new law firm, King & Ruiz.”

Michael Ringel recently resigned as a managing director and senior partner at BCG, where he had been for more than 25 years, to join Life Biosciences as chief operating officer. “Life Bio is a biotech company working on partial epigenetic reprogramming, a technology with the potential to reset the age of our cells,” he writes. He remains on the boards of the nonprofits Hevolution Foundation, US, and the American Federation for Aging Research.

Earlier this year, John Delionado became the managing partner of the Miami office of Hunton Andrews Kurth. Since joining that office in 2005, he has held a number of leadership roles concentrating on recruitment and mentorship, including serving as the Miami hiring partner and serving on the firm’s associates committee. He is a former assistant United States attorney.

Jessica Nall has become a partner at international law firm Withers and also leads the firm’s executive crisis management and defense practice in San Francisco. She was previously at Baker McKenzie, where she led the government enforcement defense and investigations practice on the U.S. West Coast. Nall focuses on representing tech founders and executives at the forefront of AI, cryptocurrency, and cybersecurity on matters including government investigations and enforcement actions, litigation, and reputational crises.

Joshua Blank recently published “Automated Agencies: The Transformation of Government Guidance” with Leigh Osofsky (Cambridge University Press). Blank is a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and his scholarship focuses on tax administration and compliance, tax privacy and tax transparency, and administrative agency explanations of the law.

Geoffrey McGovern writes that he was named the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Politics and Public Policy to Australia for 2025-2026. He is director of intellectual property and senior political scientist at RAND Corp.

Gabriel H. Scannapieco, a partner at Arnall Golden Gregory in Washington, D.C., is now also co-chair of the firm’s life sciences industry team. He joined AGG’s litigation and dispute resolution practice and health care practice in late 2024 and has been involved in complex civil and criminal litigation particularly in the areas of health care, consumer protection, and white-collar defense. Scannapieco is a former assistant director at the U.S. Department of Justice Consumer Protection Branch, where he oversaw record-setting resolutions in health care fraud and opioid enforcement.

Sullivan & Worcester attorney Amy Sheridan became a member of the firm’s management committee earlier this year. She is a partner in the tax practice in Boston. Sheridan often speaks on tax issues and has been recognized for her work in structuring novel and creative deferred compensation, bonus, and phantom equity arrangements. She is an at-large member of the Boston Bar Association’s tax committee and a lecturer in the Graduate Tax Program at Boston University School of Law, where she received an LL.M.

Elliott Davis, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in New York since March, practices in complex legal issues in product liability litigation. He previously held a variety of roles at the U.S. Department of Justice, including as principal deputy to the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division.

Yarik Kryvoi LL.M. is the author of the book “Educating Lawyers in the Digital Age: From Theory to Practice.” Kryvoi is the senior fellow in international economic law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and director of the Investment Treaty Forum, a global center for debate in the field of international investment law. Of counsel at Keidan Harrison in London, he also co-directs Arbitration Lab, a Swiss-British initiative to advance innovative ideas and practical knowledge of international arbitration.

Jennifer W. Reynolds, former professor of law and interim dean at the University of Oregon School of Law, is now the new permanent dean and Dave Frohnmayer Chair in Leadership and Law. She also served in several other leadership roles at the school over her 16 years there. As a law professor and scholar, Reynolds is a national expert in dispute resolution, civil procedure, and conflict of laws. She has served as national chair of the ADR section of the Association of American Law Schools and is a co-editor of the “Star Wars and Conflict Resolution” book series.

Joel Peters-Fransen has joined Minneapolis-based Winthrop & Weinstine as a shareholder and co-chair of its tax practice. He also focuses on corporate, partnership, and international tax law. Peters-Fransen served as tax counsel at Cargill and was most recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.

Jakub Wronski, a private equity partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, is now co-managing partner of the firm’s Boston office. He represents private equity sponsors and other institutional investors, as well as public and private companies, in domestic and cross-border transactions, including leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, minority investments, and divestitures.

Yuxi Tian, whose pen name is XiXi Tian, has published her second novel, “All the Way Around the Sun,” a young adult novel about a high schooler searching for closure after her older brother’s death. The novel’s protagonist and her brother had been raised by their grandmother in the Chinese countryside before rejoining their parents in the United States. Tian is a product counsel at YouTube Legal.

Avery (Burrell) Fritz and her husband, David, welcomed their son, Theodore, in February. The two were married in October of 2023 in Avery’s hometown, Vicksburg, Mississippi. They now reside in Brooklyn, New York, where Avery works as an assistant district attorney in the Special Victims Bureau.