First all-alumni call a success!
Thank you to all who joined our first all-alumni call on Tuesday, Oct. 10. We had a great response with almost 500 alumni tuning in. If you missed the call or would like to review audio from the call, please click below to hear Law Alumni Affiliate President Michael Mikkonen ’87 and Dean Barros sharing College of Law highlights and responding to alumni questions from around the country.
OUR ALUMNI TELL THE STORY
Skow ’06 Finds Calling in Trial and Appellate Work, Service
The career of Sarah K. Skow ’06 proves that hard work plus service is a powerful formula
for success for a new attorney – a formula that also can bring great personal satisfaction.
A partner at Spengler Nathanson PLL in Toledo, Ohio, Skow knows the statistics about
the dwindling number of jury trials in the U.S., but after identifying a passion for
the courtroom during law school, she set out to develop a practice that includes plenty
of courtroom time. During her first decade as an attorney, she participated in five
trials, presented oral argument in state and federal appellate courts, including the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and helped write certiorari petitions to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
Learn more.
Carty '10, FROM SPORTS WRITER TO U.S. ATTORNEY
Successful second careers are the stuff of dreams for some. Not so for Jim Carty ’10,
who headed to law school after a 15- year career as a sports journalist, where he
covered everything from high school athletics to the NFL, NCAA basketball, and the
Super Bowl. He also worked a three-year stint as a freelance sports correspondent
for The New York Times.
Carty is now an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern
District of Michigan. As part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), his office
prosecutes criminal cases, brings civil actions, and defends the federal government
in federal court.
Learn more.
Mettle of Mattimoe ’07 improves lives of trafficking victims
When Megan Mattimoe ’07 sees something wrong, she has to fix it. Always has, always will.
The recipient of a 2015 Jefferson Award for her work with Advocating Opportunity, the nonprofit she founded almost five years ago, Mattimoe works to protect victims of human trafficking in Ohio and across the country.
Mattimoe first encountered the devastating effects of human trafficking – which usually involves children or adults being forced to engage in sex or labor for another’s profit – as a brand-new assistant public defender in the juvenile division of the Lucas County Common Pleas Court in Ohio.
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