Category: Class Notes

Louis A. Nack Jr., class of 1966, passed away on February 19, 2026, in Galena, Illinois, after practicing law in his family firm for 57 years.

Prabha Parameswaran was recently honored with the 2026 ALSA Distinguished Alumni Award. She was also included in the 2026 cohort of World Contracting & Commerce Foundation’s Inspiring Women, which recognizes remarkable leaders who are shaping the future of commerce through their leadership, innovation, and commitment to positive change.  

Jon Padish was named senior manager and lead attorney for Motorola Solutions’ U.S. Federal Government Markets business. Jon was previously a commercial counsel for Motorola Solutions and was a federal government counsel prior to joining Motorola Solutions.

On February 13, the National Basketball Players Association elected David Kelly as its next executive director. His term will begin at the end of July, when he will succeed Andre Iguodala, who described Kelly as “a transformational leader and one of the most respected legal minds in the game” in a statement. Kelly joined the NBPA in February of 2025 as managing director and general counsel after several years with the Golden State Warriors.

Dania Duncan Moreno has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group in its Dallas office. Before joining Duane Morris, Duncan Moreno was a partner at Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP. Duncan Moreno focuses her practice on both domestic and cross-border real estate and corporate transactions. Licensed in Texas and Mexico, she regularly handles hospitality, retail, industrial and residential projects throughout Mexico. In Texas, her practice emphasizes retail and industrial real estate matters.

Lauren Stewart (nee Mioduszewski) has joined Much Shelist, P.C., as a commercial real estate associate. Lauren previously practiced at Sheppard Mullin 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.

Matthew Louis Brown passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 10, 2026. He began his legal career as an associate with the Chicago firm of Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., later continuing his work after its merger with Reed Smith, LLP, before joining his father at Brown Law Group in 2010. A full obituary is available online.

United States Magistrate Judge Noelle C. Collins was sworn in for a five-year term as Chief Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri on December 30, 2025. Judge Collins has served as a Magistrate Judge since 2013. Prior to that, she worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in St. Louis, specializing in human trafficking prosecutions for the last three years of her nearly ten year-tenure as a federal prosecutor.

Elsie Oyoo-Ojuando serves as Corporate Governance and Regulatory Affairs Manager at Equity Group Holdings PLC, one of the largest financial institutions in East and Central Africa. In May 2025, she was elected as a Council Member of the Institute of Certified Secretaries (ICS), the statutory and nationally recognized professional body responsible for regulating and advancing corporate governance practice in Kenya.