Alumni News

Margaret H. Marshall ’76 has been selected to receive the 2014 We Are Boston Leadership Award, which honors the outstanding accomplishments of individuals and organizations who embrace diversity and immigrant heritage.

The practice of Winston Chan ’00 focuses on government and regulatory enforcement defense, internal investigations and compliance counseling, with particular experience in anti-corruption, antitrust, environmental, False Claims Act, financial fraud, and healthcare matters.

In his "Notes from Woodbridge Hall" column, President Salovey voiced his admiration for Elga Wasserman ’76, who helped bring coeducation to Yale, and who passed away earlier this month.

Alexander Dreier ’95, an attorney with an international practice in higher education, will be Yale’s next vice president and general counsel, effective March 23, 2015, President Peter Salovey announced.

The Senate confirmed Randolph Moss ’86 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by a 54–45 vote.

Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P. announced that the law firm has added two partners to its White Collar Practice group, including Shaun Clarke ’87.

The Yale Law Women presented its Alumnae Achievement Award to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’79 on October 26.

Francis M. Wikstrom ’74, a senior litigation shareholder with Parsons Behle & Latimer, has been elected President of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Joe Dannenmaier ’82, of the Dallas branch of Thompson & Knight LLP, has been named to Texas Super Layers 2014, which reflects only the top five percent of lawyers in Texas.

Isra J. Bhatty ’12 has been selected as the 2014–2015 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the United States Sentencing Commission.