Nicholas L. McQuaid has been appointed principal deputy assistant attorney general and named acting assistant attorney general for the criminal division in the Department of Justice. 2000 MERRILL M. KRAINES joined the New York City office of Pepper Hamilton as a partner. 1952Daniel B. Berkson is now a semi-retired lawyer who still volunteers for securities arbitrations. BRUCE D. GREENBERG recently delivered the 27th Annual Alice and Stephen Evangelides Memorial Lecture at Rutgers Universitys Eagleton Institute of Politics. Jose Ramon Gonzalez was appointed executive vice president and general counsel of CNA Financial Corporation. He is currently the director of the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office. He represents public and private sector clients in all aspects of labor and employment law at the Albany-based firm. He has also served as secretary of the New York City Bar Associations Charter Revision Task Force and as a subcommittee chair of its Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee. She was recognized for working as a volunteer teacher in an innovative extracurricular middle school program aimed at teaching children the importance of integrity, virtue, and social justice. Staples was named a Rising Star by Law360. BENNET G. PICKER received a Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute Resolution Award by the Pennsylvania Bar, which recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact in bringing mediation and other forms of dispute resolution to Pennsylvania. He was previously a justice on the New York County Supreme Court. KATIE BROSSY received a Native American 40 Under 40 Award from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, a nonprofit organization that assists American Indian tribes in their business and economic development. She has previously served as deputy solicitor general of Puerto Rico and as San Juans chief legal counselor. Brian Klein | USC Gould School of Law Michael Burger was named a fellow to the American College of Environmental Lawyers. 1977 Yeo focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, foreign investments, private equity transactions, and other general corporate matters. He previously served as deputy secretary of state from 20172019 and as acting secretary of state from April 126, 2018. Steven I. Frenkel has been named chair of Cummings & Lockwoods litigation practice. Christine Chang has joined HF Foods Group as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Fmr. ALBERT ZAKARIAN recently received the Edward F. Hennessey Professionalism Award from the Connecticut Bar Association.