Alumni Notes

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• Emily (Peebler) Anderson, AS'04, JD'07, was invited to become a Fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers. Membership in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers is exclusive, limited to 250 Iowa attorneys who primarily focus on trial practice. The Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers is a prestigious invitation-only organization that is dedicated to advancing excellence in trial advocacy and promoting justice. 
• Andrew Morgan, LW'17, has joined McKee, Voorhees & Sease as a senior associate in the Trademark, Copyright and Litigation Practice Groups.
• Jill Link, PH'05, LW'07, has been named to the Board of Directors of Pharmacist Mutual Insurance Company headquartered in Algona, Iowa. Jill is a partner/patent attorney with McKee, Voorhees & Sease.
• Michael McLeran, LW'18, has joined the Construction Litigation Team at Sacks Tierney in Scottsdale, Arizona.
• Shannon Bielski, LW'07, started a new position as assistant vice president and associate general counsel at Sammons Financial Group Companies.
• Raziel Argueta, LW'18, has been named a project officer and fire direction officer with the Iowa Army National Guard.
• Renner Walker, LW'12, was named one of the National Law Journal's 2024 Rising Stars of the Plaintiff Bar. Renner is of counsel in the New York office of Hausfeld LLP.
• Brooke Xiao Yang-Gillespie, LW'16, has joined Global Atlantic Financial Group as vice president and assistant general counsel.
• Dan Cosgrove, LW'92, has been named chief administrative officer and general counsel at Benson Hill, Inc. Dan will assume responsibility for Benson Hill’s day-to-day operations related to business development, compliance, and legal matters.
• Ben Clark, LW'08, has been promoted to director and senior counsel at BH Management Services LLC.
• Krysta Kerr, LW'12, has joined Phillip A. Norman, PC, as an attorney with the bankruptcy practice.
• Bo Woolman, LW'15, has accepted a new position as Financial Services Representative at Northwestern Mutual. 
• Kitt Tovar Jensen, LW'18, started a new position as Corporate Attorney at Kemin Industries. 
• Alex Cutchey, LW'19, GR'19, has started a new position as Government Affairs and Energy Policy Manager at Marathon Digital Holdings in Minneapolis.  
• Erin Boggess, LW'23, has joined the Employment, Labor & Benefits Group at Fredrikson & Byron in Des Moines. Erin represents clients in employment litigation and workers’ compensation matters.

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