June 04, 2025
Alumni News and Moves – Spring/Summer 2025
Alumni News & Moves
Our alumni have forged diverse career paths and taken on interesting new adventures and personal challenges. They are thought leaders, advisers, mentors, advocates, business executives, elected and appointed officials, and trusted professionals.
We are proud of the contributions our alumni continue to make to the legal and business communities, grateful for the time they spent with the firm and honored that many have stayed in touch with the firm and each other.
Here are recent news and moves from our alumni community over the past few months (Practice Group/Year of Hire).
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International
London
- Tom Johnson (1996) is working on his second book (to be titled) regarding Kazakhstan and his experience as a lawyer for nearly 15 years in the country.
Colorado
Denver
- Emily Sheldon (Talent/2016) was promoted to chief legal talent officer at Davis Graham.
- Michael McCarthy (Business Litigation/2022) was recognized by The University of Colorado School of Law and the law school’s Alumni Board as the recipient of the 2025 William Lee Knous Award.
- Hunter Metcalf (Corporate/2021) was promoted to associate general counsel at VSP Vision.
Delaware
Wilmington
- Larry Williams (Intellectual Property/2014) founded Larry Williams Coaching Services LLC.
Illinois
Chicago
- Ernest Summers (Business Litigation/2019) welcomed the arrival of his second granddaughter, Daisy Anderson Summers, in April. Ernie reports that Daisy — as well as her mom, dad, big sis and grandfather — are all doing well.
Indiana
South Bend
- Ken Weaver (Corporate/2009) was reelected to a third term as trustee of Northwestern Michigan College.
Minnesota
Minneapolis
- Nancy Hylden (Government Advocacy/2015) just sold and installed her painting, “Moon Flower,” a 4’ diameter watercolor and charcoal on found wood.
- Chad Oldfather (Real Estate, Business Litigation/2002) has completed his 20th year as faculty at Marquette University Law School and recently published Judges, Judging, and Judgment: Character, Wisdom, and Humility in a Polarized World (Cambridge University Press, January 2025).
- Anne Robertson (Business Litigation/1994) began a new role with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid/Minnesota Disability Law center, serving as legal director.
- Michelle Tessier (Product Liability & Mass Torts/2022) was promoted to senior litigation & investigations counsel with Medtronic.
- Jennifer Haskins Will (Labor & Employment/2012) will retire from Hamline University’s Legal Studies Department at the end of June 2025.
New Jersey
Florham Park
- Mary Bartkus (1995) will soon publish Collective Litigation in Europe: Law and Practice (Mary E. Bartkus, Magdalena Tulibacka, István Varga & Stefaan Voet eds., Juris forthcoming 2025). Mary is special counsel with Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP.
- William Sanders (Commercial Litigation/1992) will conclude his term as chair of the District XB Ethics Committee, covering Morris and Sussex Counties in New Jersey. William is counsel with Post Polak, P.A.
Princeton
- Alan Cardenas (Corporate/2008) was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Rutgers Alumni Association. He also recently moderated a panel discussion at the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey’s annual Corporate Counsel Conference, titled “The Modern GC: Balancing Legal Risk, Business Strategy, and Effective Stewardship.” Alan is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Coursera.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
- Frank Palmieri (Benefits & Executive Compensation/1985) was named president of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.