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class notesclass notesThe Benchmark encourages all graduates to contribute informationto the Class Notes. Please include graduating class name and yearwhen submitting your information. We encourage information aboutyour law practice and other accomplishments in the legal profession.You can e-mail your Class Notes information to alumni@cooley.edu.The Benchmark has a policy of not printing bar passage information.1976 Campbell ClassJordan, Stephen H., wasselected by hispeers to beincluded in the2007 editionof The BestLawyers inAmerica forLabor andEmployment Law. He is one ofeight Rothman Gordon attorneysselected. He is a shareholder ofRothman Gordon P.C., inPittsburgh, Penn., and has practicedlaw with the firm since 1976.He also was honored with the Dr.Howard A. MermelsteinLeadership Award on May 18,2006. The award is given to aJewish Family & Children’s Serviceboard member who displays leadership,talent, commitment to thecommunity, and dedication to themission of JF&CS. He has been amember of the JF&CS ofPittsburgh Board of Directorssince 1999, serving on the executivecommittee since 2001. Hewas also named by Law & PoliticsMagazine and PhiladelphiaMagazine as a Pennsylvania SuperLawyer in Labor and Employment.He was also listed on The Top 50Pittsburgh Super Lawyers list,which is a list of lawyers within thePittsburgh area who received thehighest point totals in the ballotingand review process.1977 Felch ClassPorteous, David, was namedas the 2006 Distinguished Alumnirecipient by the Reed City AreaPublic Schools. He is in practicewith Porteous Law Office, P.C., inReed City, and is chairman of theboard of trustees at Michigan StateUniversity.1978 Marston ClassMcFadden, Douglas, has beenappointed Chief AssistantProsecuting Attorney forMontcalm County, Mich. He hasoperated a private practice inBelding, Mich., since 1978. He hasbeen an instructor in MontcalmCommunity College’s criminal justiceand paralegal studies program,and was the founding instructor ofthe Belding Police ReserveAcademy, where he teachescriminal and constitutional law.Ransom ClassHagy, John, has joined thesenior management team ofMetaBank, it was announced byMeta Payment Systems. He servesas Chief Risk Officer and GeneralCounsel for all business units ofthe Meta Financial Group, a publiclytraded corporation. He cameto Meta from FSV PaymentSystems in Houston, Texas, wherehe served as Chief AdministrativeOfficer and General Counsel forover seven years.Kelly ClassPretty, Keith, was named presidentof Northwood University,with campuses in Midland, Mich.,Cedar Hill, Texas, and West PalmBeach, Fla. Most recently, Prettyserved as president and chief executiveofficer of Walsh College, abusiness school in Troy, Mich. Hehas also served Western MichiganUniversity as its vice president forexternal affairs and general counsel,was president and chief executiveofficer of the WesternMichigan University Foundation,and in 1998 was appointed bythen-Gov. John Engler to design astate Department of CareerDevelopment that matchedMichigan’s education resources toits business needs. In the privatesector, Pretty held governmentaffairs positions with AmocoCorp. from 1980 to 1987. He isalso a former college football playerwho was drafted by the GreenBay Packers.1979 Wiest ClassBailey, Janice Fuller, wasappointed Deputy City Attorneyfor the city of Grand Rapids, Mich.Phone: (616) 456-4026.Hertzberg, Robert S., apartner withPepperHamiltonL.L.P., hasbeen electedchairperson ofthe board ofJVS Detroit, aleading human services organizationfounded in 1941 as the JewishVocational Service. The term isfor two years. He is a bankruptcylawyer and fellow of the AmericanCollege of Bankruptcy. He hasbeen practicing almost exclusivelyin the bankruptcy and restructuringfield for more than 25 years,representing secured lenders,debtors, debtors-in-possession,trustees, creditors, and creditors’committees.1980 Potter ClassGair, Anthony H., was inductedinto Best Lawyers in America.Phone: (212) 943-1090; e-mail:ahg@gairgair.com.Bushnell ClassCagle, Mary, is the ChiefExecutiveOfficer ofCHARLEE(ChildrenHave AllRights, Legal,Educational,andEmotional) of Dade County, Fla., afoster care/adoption program forthe care of abused, neglected, andabandoned children that hashelped thousands of children inthe foster care system begin a newlife. Previously, she served 22years with the Miami-Dade StateAttorney’s Office, most recentlyas Chief Assistant of Felonies andSpecial Prosecutions. E-mail: mcagle@charleeprogram.org.1981 Kavanagh ClassToy, Charles, was elected as acommissioneron the StateBar ofMichigan. Hewill serve athree-yearterm. He is ashareholder atFarhat & Story, P.C., in Lansing,serves on the ExecutiveCommittee of the State Bar astreasurer, and chair of the FinanceCommittee. He has been on therepresentative assembly for eightyears.1982 Goodwin ClassSmolenski, Sara J., ChiefJudge for the 63rd District Courtin Kent County, Mich., has been30 BENCHMARK TRINITY 2006