Professor recognized for service to Clinical Legal Education
University of Michigan Law School Clinical Professor of Law David Santacroce was named the recipient of the 2019 William Pincus Award for Outstanding Service and Commitment to Clinical Legal Education.
The award, given by the Association of American Law Schools Section on Clinical Legal Education, honors recipients for their service, scholarship, program design and implementation, and other activities beneficial to clinical education or to the advancement of justice.
Also MLaw's associate dean for experiential education, Santacroce teaches in the Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic and his primary interest is impact litigation focusing on civil rights, particularly health care issues.
He is the founder and president of the Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education (CSALE), a nonprofit corporation housed at the Law School dedicated to the empirical study of law school clinics and externship programs and the promotion of related scholarship.
Santacroce is also the president and founding member of Equal Justice America, a nonprofit corporation that provides grants to law students who volunteer to work with organizations providing civil legal services to the indigent.
He is a past chair of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Clinical Legal Education and former board member of the Clinical Legal Education Association. He was also senior staff attorney for the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice in Detroit.
Santacroce received an LLM from Columbia University School of Law, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; a JD, cum laude, from Pace University School of Law, where he was managing editor of the Pace Law Review; and a BA from Connecticut College.
Ney named an ‘Up and Coming Lawyer’ by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
Joshua E. Ney, Ph.D., an intellectual property attorney in the Ann Arbor office of Brinks Gilson & Lione, has been named an “Up and Coming Lawyer” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly. Ney and fellow honorees were recognized at the Dec. 13 Up and Coming Lawyers luncheon celebration at the Detroit Marriott – Troy.
An associate at Brinks, Ney focuses his practice on patent litigation and patent prosecution in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries. His litigation experience includes both U.S. District Court litigation and Inter Partes Review proceedings in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Ney has represented pharmaceutical clients in patent litigation and prosecution matters related to new chemical entities, second medical uses, pharmaceutical formulations, synthetic processes and pharmaceutical polymorphs. His experience covers a range of therapeutic applications, including central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, lower urinary tract disorders, Huntington’s Disease, antibiotic therapy and pain management.
Ney has litigated and prosecuted patents related to chemical products and processes. He also has experience providing clearance analyses for clients’ new products and IP due diligence for clients involved in financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions. He is a member of multiple practice groups at Brinks, including biopharmacy/pharmaceuticals and biosimilars, and serves as the Ann Arbor office representative for Brinks’ award-winning pro bono committee.
Ney received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Michigan. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Dartmouth College, where he graduated magna cum laude. Ney received prestigious fellowships from Pfizer and from the American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry while pursuing his Ph.D.
In September, Ney was named a Michigan Rising Star by Michigan Super Lawyers in the practice area of intellectual property litigation for the fourth consecutive year.
Wixson named to growing Growing Hope board
Varnum attorney Sarah Wixson was recently named to the board of Growing Hope, a nonprofit organization based in Ypsilanti.
Growing Hope’s mission is to help improve lives and communities through gardening and increased access to healthy food. Growing Hope provides farm and garden education, youth and school programming, and workshops for local food entrepreneurs.
Wixson, a corporate and health care attorney with a focus on transactional and real estate law and complex commercial litigation, said she is honored to join the local nonprofit.
“I am passionate about hunger relief and providing nutritious food to people and children in our local communities,” Wixson said. “I am excited to be part of an organization focusing on bettering our local communities’ youth through all lessons learned in the garden, including those of heart and empowerment.”
A graduate of Wayne State University Law School and Hope College, Wixson is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the American Bar Association Litigation Section, the American Health Lawyers Association and the Washtenaw County Bar Association, and a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.
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