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Spring Alumni News
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Lawson Risoldi selected as winner for the James B. Boskey Law Student Essay Contest on Dispute Resolution
The Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center is excited to announce that Liza Lawson Risoldi had the winning paper, "Power in Mediation," for the James B. Boskey Law Student Essay Contest on Dispute Resolution.
150 ASU Law Alumni featured on Phoenix Magazines Top Lawyers list
Phoenix Magazine released its first annual “Top Lawyers” list in the September/October issue. The list, nominated and voted on by their peers, features 150 ASU Law alumni. The magazine also features Q7A stories with alumni Thomas A. Grisoni, Christina Noyes and Adam M. Trenk.
Heo accepted into the American Bar Association's Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2023
Christopher Heo, ‘17, was recently accepted into the 2022-2023 class for the State Bar of Arizona Bar Leadership Institute. Chris is senior counsel at Wood, Smith Henning & Berman, LLP's Phoenix office. His varied practice includes professional liability (both legal and medical malpractice), employment, transportation, product liability, and catastrophic injury.
Lynn Allen in the Fight Against Nuclear Verdicts®️
Lynn Allen ‘89, joined the faculty at the inaugural Nuclear Verdicts Defense Institute in June 2022. Lynn guided experienced defense attorneys on their path to becoming certified Nuclear Verdicts Defenders in a three-day immersive education experience; the only trial academy focused on training defense counsel on how to implement the strategies to stop Nuclear Verdicts®️.
ASU Law alum is Arizona's first Muslim judge to take the bench
ASU Law alum Laila Ikram, the first judge in the history of Arizona to be Muslim, was sworn in June at the Downtown Justice Center in Phoenix. Ikram was sworn in as a judge pro tempore by Judge Enrique Medina Ochoa, the justice of the peace for the Downtown Justice Court Precinct.
ASU Law alum selected as Director of Public Health Americorps
AmeriCorps announced that AJ Pearlman [ASU Law JD alum] has been selected as director of Public Health AmeriCorps, a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and will lead the grantmaking and program efforts to prioritize evidence-based interventions across the nation thro