Class Notes

Daniel Smith, LA85, joined Under Armour as an attorney and is handling technology-based transactions. He writes that he’s working from home due to COVID-19 and is counting on the pros at the WashU medical school to help solve the pandemic, so he can work in his new office.

Sanford J. Boxerman, BU85, a Capes Sokol shareholder, was selected to the Missouri Lawyers Weekly 2020 POWER 30 List for White Collar Defense. Boxerman was also named a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Wendi Alper-Pressman, LW85, was named to Lawdragon’s 2020 list of 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. A partner with Lathrop GPM, Alper-Pressman has represented financial institutions of all sizes for more than 35 years.

Alan C. Peterson, DE84, a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, is the chief dental officer for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Peterson has been a volunteer dentist for Zoo Atlanta, providing dental services to the animals, for two decades.

Ali Hossaini, LA84, was promoted to visiting senior research fellow in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London. In this role, Hossaini serves as co-director of National Gallery X, which he co-founded in 2019.

David Rubenstein, EN83, is self-employed in the aeronautical engineering field and is married to Debra Levine, BU83.

Paul E. Obrock, DE83, earned the Academy of General Dentistry’s 2020 Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition award for his commitment to lifelong learning, volunteerism and mentoring, and participation in organized dentistry. The AGD has tapped only 352 dentists for this award in its 68-year history.

Steve Gorin, LA83, LW86, an attorney with Thompson Coburn, was named 2021 Lawyer of the Year in information tax law by The Best Lawyers in America. 

Elizabeth (Jones) Seebach, LA82, is professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She was one of 10 scholars from around the world to participate in a think tank to reimagine Buttimer Institute, one of the most intensive formation experiences for Lasallian educators. Seebach lives in her dream house on the Minnesota bluffs with her two dogs.

Steven Fellows, HA82, retired from Cottage Health, Santa Barbara, Calif., where for 16 years he was the executive vice president and chief operating officer.