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Post-reunion column, prereunion news.

Ben Wilson was named managing principal of Beveridge & Diamond in March. Based in the firm's Washington, D.C., office Ben's litigation practice encompasses a wide range of activities in both state and federal courts, including commercial litigation matters, environmental litigation, employment litigation and regulatory matters. He presently serves as lead counsel on major environmental litigation matters and serves as an adjunct professor in environmental law at the Howard University Law School, where he teaches courses on environmental law and environmental justice. His predecessor as managing principal noted, "Ben is universally admired and has an uncanny ability to identify underlying motivations and objectives. He is a team player who is guided by humility, a highly refined sense of fairness and an unflagging sense of humor."

Brown Rudnick in Boston has Joe Ryan filling the role of chief operating officer. Joe was recognized in Massachusetts Super Lawyers in 2007. A senior partner in the firm's bankruptcy and finance department, he also maintains an active practice representing public and private companies in turnaround and restructuring situations in and out of bankruptcy.

Yet a third barrister, Dick Hetke, is chief operating officer of Alpha International, headquartered in Chicago, Dicks hometown and point of origin. Founded in 1980, Alpha International is the oldest global network of independent law firms. There are 125 member firms in 37 countries across North America, South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.

Credit Suisse managing director is none other than Bruce Ling. The company is located in the heart of New York City and Bruce is chairman of the global corporate bank and responsible for the company's overall strategy for corporate lending as well as managing the firms loan portfolio.

Still in New Hampshire, Brad Little is president of IDeACom Integrated Technologies in Stratham. The company provides communication systems to businesses, schools, social service agencies and governments in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, and has more than 80 offices nationwide.

Prior to reunion Jan Seidler Ramirez wrote: "A monumental piece of life mis-timing obliges me to miss the Hanover gathering. About a year ago my mother decided to round up all the biological troops that same week for a family reunion adventure to Naples/Capri, Italy, in a house she's rented to appeal to an age swing from 82 to 12. When I was up at Dartmouth this January for the opening of the Hood Museum of Art's Sean Scully exhibition (sublime!), I was treated to a foot of new-fallen snow combined with one of those crisp winter mornings that invigorated you to inhale deeply, thrilled to be part of Mother Nature in NeW Hampshire, only to have one's nostrils freeze together in place." Reunion tidbits next time.

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