Since September 2001 Stephen Desmond has been Senior Lecturer in Media at the London College of Music and Media (Thames Valley University), and is Course Leader for the MA Programme in Video Production & Film Studies. Stephen Desmond is also the Deputy Director/Director of Communications at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCRJ) in Derry City, Northern Ireland (http://www.ccrj.org). Stephen is also a staff writer and editor of the CCRJ Journal “The Ethical Media Review”. Stephen is a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). StephenÂ’’s responsibilities at the CCRJ complement his ongoing, full-time teaching commitment at the London College of Music and Media, informing and underpinning his research work and scholarly activity. Stephen is currently involved in a three-year research project charting the role of national media in triggering and sustaining State-sponsored investigation into recent political corruption in Ireland.

In terms of recent accomplishments:
In January 2007 Stephen was awarded a major film commission by Al Jazeera London to produce a broadcast documentary on political corruption and the finances of the PLO under Yasser Arafat. The film, which is in progress, will tell the story of how Jaweed Al Ghussien was falsely accused by Arafat of embezzling $6 million from The Palestinian National Fund, abducted and held under house arrest in Gaza. The film will focus on providing a narrative history of Al-Ghussein’s abduction, positioning the incident within a wider discussion of Human Rights abuse in the Palestinian territories.

In 2006 Stephen curated a screening of experimental film at the world famous Sonimagenes festival in Buenos Aires.
Also in 2006, Stephen executive produced and edited a documentary about the experiences of refugee teachers in a special teacher-training programme at Birkbeck College.
Also in Summer 2006 Stephen Desmond’s MA student Imran Akram won a major award at a prestigious New York Film Festival.
In January 2006 Stephen’s MA student Fran Apprich won a major prize in New York.

In 2005 Stephen co-founded and incorporated a registered charity/research centre: The Centre for Conlfict Resolution Journalism (http://www.ccrj.org). The aim of the CCRJ is to advance the influence of ethical media worldwide and to promote international conflict resolution through the media.
In 2004 Stephen completed a short documentary film entitled: Peace or Patriotism: —Journalism, War and the Search for Truth. It includes interviews with award winning journalist Martin Bell OBE, and Peace Prize winner Prof. Monica McWilliams.

Also in 2004 Stephen was invited by the British Council to teach a two-week-long workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia, during ISTROART 2004. Stephen and his students created a public video art installation in Bratislava’s largest gallery: Gallerii Medium. Stephen’s documentary “Peace or Patriotism” was selected and screened at the Istroart Festival. Stephen subsequently published an article “Video Art 2”, describing the creative process in experimental video, in the Istroart 2004 Catalogue.

In terms of other recent accomplishments: Stephen served as Mentor at Dublin City University for six months in 2005 and again in 2006. His contributions to the Mentor programme were detailed in several magazine articles.

At Thames Valley University Stephen was selected as the Treasurer at the London College of Music and Media for his national teaching union NATFHE (National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education). Stephen was appointed to the National Equality Advisory Council which reports directly to National NATFHE Head Office and The TUC. Stephen was also appointed to the London College of Music & Media Equality Committee. As Course Leader for the MA in Video Production & Film Studies Stephen has tripled student enrollments. The success and profile of the MA Programme has sky-rocketed.

Stephen has 15 years of teaching experience, including five years in the MA in Media Studies at the New School for Social Research/ Parsons School of Design in New York (ranked one of the top ten design universities in the US). Stephen also lectured full-time at the City University of New York (Borough of Manhattan Community College) for four years between August 1997 and August 2001, immediately prior joining the London College of Music and Media. Stephen was invited back to CUNY to screen “Peace or Patriotism” in September 2004.

Joshua I. Rothman was elected to Partner at leading intellectual property law firm Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto.

Joshua I. Rothman’s practice focuses on complex patent litigation in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arenas. He has also worked on licensing and trade secret matters.
Mr. Rothman received his B.S. in 1993 from the University of Michigan, his M.S. in 1994 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his J.D. in 1998 from the Brooklyn Law School. He has served on the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Admission Board since 1999 and lectured on intellectual property at Baruch College. Mr. Rothman, age 35, lives in Chappaqua, NY.

University of Michigan alumnus and attorney Stephen E. Hart (J.D., 1994) was elected to the position of shareholder for the law firm of Ogletree Deakins.

Elizabeth (Lamb)de la Vega is the author of U.S. v. George W. Bush et. al., in which she uses her twenty-plus years of experience as a federal prosecutor to lay out the evidence of the president’s pre-Iraq invasion fraud in the form of a hypothetical grand jury indictment presentation, which the reader is invited to hear and evaluate for him or herself. The book, which has been featured on The Colbert Report, the Thom Hartmann Show and Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now, is available at local bookstores, at Amazon.com and at www.sevenstories.com.

Singapore, Nov. 19— CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, today announced the appointment of Alan Seiffert to its Asia Pacific team, as the Senior Vice President, Business Development and Partnerships. Seiffert will report to Jeremy Pink, President and Managing Director of CNBC Asia Pacific. Seiffert, who will be based in Singapore, will spearhead the network’s business development and partnership unit in the region.

In this capacity, Seiffert will oversee CNBC’s efforts to build up business opportunities for the network in the Asia Pacific region. He is also responsible for managing relations and developing new opportunities with CNBC’s current partners in Asia Pacific, as well as building strategic partnerships with other potential associates in the region.

Seiffert joined CNBC in Asia Pacific, from NBC Universal Television Distribution, based at Universal City, Calif., where he was Vice President of Business Affairs responsible for deal transactions for its television production and syndication division. He was also instrumental in negotiating global television format and straight licensing deals, throughout Asia Pacific, including China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, South East Asia, and Australia, as well as in Europe and the Middle East. He also handled numerous new media transactions including content deals on interactive, mobile, broadband, and IPTV platforms. Seiffert was also an active player in the integration of the distribution units following NBC’s 2004 acquisition of Universal.

Prior to NBCU, Seiffert served as Assistant General Counsel for the National Basketball Association’s entertainment group where he was responsible for negotiating international television licensing deals. During his tenure with the NBA, Seiffert worked extensively with a variety of platforms and channels throughout Asia, including in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Seiffert has also held various positions within the FOX Entertainment Group, last one being the Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs for its television syndication unit.

“We’re excited to get Alan on board as part of our Executive team,” Pink said. “He was such an integral part of the team at NBCU, having had numerous successes, during his tenure there.

“Given his vast experience and his impressive credentials, we look forward to the growth of the CNBC network, and the expansion of the CNBC brand within the region, under his leadership,” Pink said.

Seiffert is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He holds a bachelors degree from California State University, Northridge, and an M.A. from New York University. He has served on the Board of various cultural organizations, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Continuing a pursuit which originated with his performances as a student and then as an alumnus at the Law School’s annual “Law Revue” (alleged) talent show, Larry has just released “Merry Lexmas From The Lawtunes,” his third CD of original law-related rock-and-roll holiday songs which he composed, performed, and produced.

Following the precedent of his earlier releases, “The Lawyer’s Holiday Humor Album” (1998) and “Legal Holidaze” (2004), the 15 songs on the new holiday CD continue to take on a broad range of subjects regarding lawyers, the law, legal education, and the legal system. They cover the
spectrum of life (and strife) as an attorney, “including but not limited to” ridiculous hours and the other sacrifices lawyers (and their families) make, headhunters and lateral movement, client relations, the adversarial system, the art of negotiating, time records and bills, meeting deadlines, document reviews, legal reasoning and argument, cross-examination, business travel, and year-end bonuses.

The tracks include: “Another Billable Christmas,” “Santa’s Headhunter’s Calling,” “Livin’ Life In Six Minutes,” “Merry Lexmas, Baby,” “I Got A Footnote In My Stocking,” “Ridin’ On A Red-Eye With Santa On Christmas Eve,” “Hey, Santa, I Appeal,” “We’re All Just Elves,” “So If Your Client’s Name Is Santa,” “Billable Christmas Blues,” “Merry Lexmas
Time,” “You Don’t Wanna Cross Santa,” “Down the Halls of Nussbaum, Hanley” (parody of “Deck The Halls”), “The Twelve Days of Lexmas” (parody of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”), and “Billin’ On Christmas Eve.”

Larry’s albums are dedicated to the proposition that lawyers’ zealous representation of clients and furtherance of the public good can be only enhanced by a healthy willingness of lawyers to poke fun at themselves appropriately on occasion. They hopefully contribute to the effort to make people think a little differently about lawyers, and show that attorneys are not necessarily humorless, boring, or incapable of self-deprecation (success on at least the last item is guaranteed).

“Merry Lexmas From The Lawtunes,” “Legal Holidaze,” and “The Lawyer’s Holiday Humor Album” are available at http://www.LawTunes.com and at selected on-line music vendor sites. Sound clips, images, and further information can be accessed at http://www.LawTunes.com.

Since graduation, Larry has been a litigator at Chadbourne & Parke LLP’s New York office, where he is a Counsel.

Bryan H. Helfer has joined Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, a national real estate law firm, as an associate in the real estate department. He is based in the firm’s Chicago office.

Mr. Helfer has served as a summer associate for Cades Schutte LLP in Honolulu, one of the state’s oldest and largest private business law firms. In addition, he was a summer intern for Alaska Legal Services Corporation in Anchorage, Alaska, a private non-profit corporation that provides free legal assistance to low-income Alaskans. It was here that he was able to successfully rescind a car loan on behalf of an Alaskan senior citizen who survived solely on disability and was unable to make car payments to a local dealership.

A Russell Lee Rua Scholarship award recipient, Mr. Helfer received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2006, where he was a contributing editor for the Michigan Journal of Race & Law. Mr. Helfer was awarded a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2000, where he received the Duke Kahanamoku Scholarship, an award given to student athletes from Hawaii. He also received a Japanese Language degree in 2002 from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan’s oldest private university. Mr. Helfer was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 2006.

Please welcome Roxanne Wilson Nov 16th as she will share with law students of U of M the wonderful experience with Donald Trump Apprentice.
Contact April Davis at 313-595-7143.

At just 27 years old, Roxanne Wilson is extremely accomplished in both her professional and personal life. She credits her parents, who emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago and are both professors at Arizona State University, for instilling in her the importance of a good education and solid values.

As a young girl, Roxanne was extremely moved upon seeing Sandra Day O’Connor appointed as the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice. From that point on, Roxanne knew that someday, she too would practice law. Today, Roxanne is the President & CEO of RXW, Incorporated, a Texas based consulting firm. Prior, she worked as an appellate attorney with Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. law firm in Austin, Texas. Roxanne also clerked for two justices of the Texas Supreme Court.

Roxanne earned her law degree at the University of Michigan where she was awarded the Irving Stenn Jr. award for her contributions to the University of Michigan Law School. There, she made a significant impact for students through her leadership in various organizations. As Co-Chairman of the Student Funded Fellowships scholarship auction, she helped raise over $200,000 in grants for law students wishing to spend their summers working in non-paid, service-based legal positions.

Outside of her law career, Roxanne dedicates her time and talents to support causes and organizations close to her heart. Roxanne serves on the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Austin Affiliate Board of Directors. She also is a provisional member of the Junior League of Austin.

I received a new tenure track faculty position as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University on August 16th, 2006. It’s been a couple of month since I got this position. I am sorry for little late notice, but it has been that busy anyway. Thanks.