Laura Neubauer was appointed Chief of Organized Crime and Racketeering at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York, where she has served for over 30 years since earning her JD from Illinois in ’89. She also served two overseas assignments with the United States Department of Justice in 2001–05 and 2015–17.

Bruce recently retired after spending 7 years as an Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney, 2 years as a Special U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 24 years as a Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 10 years as a contract Polygraph Examiner for the Federal Air Marshals and the U.S. Postal Inspection service. He now lives in Florida loving the Lord and working on his Pickleball game.

Leonard R. Rumery of Monticello lost his battle with ALS on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at the age of 78. Rumery earned a doctor of music and had a career in conducting concert choirs before deciding to pursue a career in law. He worked in private practice and as a public servant, being elected to two terms as a state’s attorney.

Dave Kanter (’84) retired after 42 years of practice. Dave primarily represented chemical companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in product liability and toxic tort cases nationwide. He was a member of ABOTA – the American Board of Trial Advocates. He worked his first 29 years at the Wildman, Harrold firm and then spent 13 years at Swanson, Martin & Bell – both in Chicago.

After 200+ civil jury verdicts and with 2 trials left to go in February 2026, Brian Henry will be retiring as a trial attorney after 45 years in courtrooms and after having joined Pretzel & Stouffer in 1980 following graduation from the College of Law.

Matt Pausch retired in September 2025 after 36 years of service in the Department of Defense, including serving as General Counsel of the Defense Logistics Agency and as a Chief Counsel of two Department of Army Legal Centers. In January 2026, he began employment with The Sander Group, PLLC, which provides legal services and consulting on national security, government contracts, compliance, and litigation-related matters.

Tad Daley was the opening speaker at a conference, sponsored by Birkbeck College of the University of London, called “Does the World Need a Government?” His paper will be published next year as the opening chapter in a compendium volume in Springer Publication’s World Systems Evolution and Global Futures series.

Mark Wanda has been named Senior Vice President, Legal & Chief Compliance Officer at Verastem, Inc.

James Marvin retired from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of JBT Marel Corporation in July 2025. He worked for JBT Marel Corporation and its predecessors for 22 years.

Dave Watson is retiring from Reynolds Consume Products, where he served as General Counsel the past 10 years, including during Reynolds 2020 initial public offering.