Washington Lawyer - October 2019 - 39

ATTORNEY BRIEFS
By Jeffery Leon

HONORS &
APPOINTMENTS
Robert J. Greenberg, clinical associate professor of
business law at Yeshiva University's Sy Syms School
of Business in New York City, has been selected by
students as the Lillian F. and William L. Silber
Professor of the Year... Ashley L. Thomas of Baker
Donelson has earned a Certified Information
Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) credential from the
International Association of Privacy Professionals...
Raymond G. Bender, a commercial arbitrator in
complex disputes, has been admitted as a fellow
in the invitation-only College of Commercial
Arbitrators.

COMPANY CHANGES
Jones Walker LLP has announced that the firm has
entered into a strategic alliance agreement with
Washington, D.C.-based government relations firm
TCH Group, LLC.

the firm's health law group... Feldman Jackson, PC
has named Marc A. Isaacs a partner in the firm's
family law practice... Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has
added tax attorney Sean FitzGerald to its D.C.
practice... national security and international trade
lawyer Stefan Reisinger has rejoined Norton Rose
Fulbright LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C.,
office... Shulman Rogers has named Kimberly D.
Reed a shareholder in the firm's business and financial services department and international practice
group... Jonathan Gafni is now senior counsel and
head of the U.S. foreign investment practice at
Linklaters LLP.

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
Andrew Jezic has coauthored the 15th edition of
the book Maryland Law of Confessions, published by
Thomson Reuters... Brian Fitzpatrick, a professor at
Vanderbilt Law School, has written his first book,
the Conservative Case for Class Actions, published by
the University of Chicago Press.

Karen C. Hermann has joined Venable
LLP's corporate practice as a partner.

ON THE MOVE
Mayer Brown partner Rajesh De has been
appointed managing partner of the firm's
Washington, D.C., office... Rabeha Kamaluddin has
joined Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Washington, D.C.,
office as a shareholder in the firm's energy and
natural resources and global litigation practices...
Baker & Hostetler LLP has named J. Brian Davis as
head of its international tax group... George M.
Knapp has joined Charlotte-based Cogentrix
Energy Power Management, LLC as senior vice
president and general counsel... Peter J. Willsey
and Vincent J. Badolato have joined Brown
Rudnick LLP's Washington, D.C., office... Michael
Pfeifer has joined Day Pitney LLP as of counsel...
antitrust and competition lawyer Damon Kalt has
returned to Steptoe & Johnson LLP as a partner...
Deborah S. Samenow has joined Baker, Donelson,
Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC as a member of

D.C. Bar members in good standing
are welcome to submit announcements for this column. Email
submissions to attorneybriefs
@dcbar.org.

Photos: Karen C. Hermann, courtesy of Venable LLP; Roger A. Fairfax Jr.,
courtesy of The George Washington University Law School; Frank
Schnidman, Kim Liberty

Frank Schnidman, a former Distinguished
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
and John M. DeGrove Eminent Scholar
Chair at Florida Atlantic University, has
received the 2019 Lifetime Achievement
Award from the American Bar Association
Section of State and Local Government Law.

Roger A. Fairfax Jr. has been named the Patricia
Roberts Harris Research Professor at The George
Washington University Law School, where he
recently completed a four-year term as senior
associate dean for academic affairs.
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