We offer condolences on the passing of these dear colleagues and friends in 2024. PLI REMEMBERS
David Cruickshank, a partner with Edge International in San Diego, where he advised law and other professional services firms on partner compensation, strategy, governance, leadership development, and talent retention strategies. Formerly the Director of Professional Development at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, he served as Chair of PLI’s Interactive Learning Center program, Time Management for Lawyers, and was a regular speaker on time management and related topics, including project management, delegation, and PLI’s Train the Trainer Workshop.
Barry R. Goldsmith, a partner in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. A leading securities regulatory and enforcement attorney, he chaired the Hedge Fund and Private Equity Enforcement & Regulatory Developments program for many years and spoke on several other programs, and he co-authored the treatise SEC Investigations and Enforcement Actions from PLI Press.
Joseph D. Harbaugh, Dean Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of Law of the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. Formerly Dean at the University of Richmond School of Law and a faculty member at a half dozen law schools, his subjects of expertise included negotiation, criminal procedure, evidence, trial advocacy, professional responsibility, and constitutional litigation. A frequent speaker and writer on negotiation, he presented PLI’s Negotiation Workshop for Lawyers for 40 years. He collaborated with PLI’s R&D team to author and develop the award-winning interactive simulation, Mastering Negotiations: The Significance of Planning and Preparation, as well as the follow-up Mastering Negotiations: Conducting a Two- Party Negotiation.
Hon. Jonathan Hudis, an Administrative Trademark Judge with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and a recognized leader in intellectual property law. A speaker on several trademark law programs for nearly 20 years, including most recently, Advanced Trademark Law 2024: Current Issues, he formerly was a partner with the firms Quarles & Brady LLP and Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP.
Bruce E. H. Johnson, a veteran litigator who represented information industry clients on issues involving media and communications law as well as technology and intellectual property matters at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Seattle. He authored the PLI treatise Advertising and Commercial Speech: A First Amendment Guide and served as a speaker at PLI’s Communications Law in the Digital Age program for over 25 years.
Marcia G. Madsen, Chair of the Government Contracts practice and Co-Chair of the National Security practice at Mayer Brown LLP in Washington, D.C., representing contractors in regulatory, policy, transactional, litigation, and investigative matters involving virtually every federal department and agency. She contributed her expertise as a Chair, Co-Chair, and speaker on PLI’s Government Contracts program for more than a decade.
C. Ellen MacNeil, Managing Director of US National Tax for Andersen and a member of the Board of Directors of Andersen Global. Prior to joining Andersen, she was a Partner with Deloitte and with Arthur Andersen in their national tax practices. A frequent speaker at PLI’s annual Tax Strategies program, she also contributed to the treatise, Tax Accounting Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions.
James T. O’Reilly , professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and College of Law and former Associate General Counsel of The Procter & Gamble Company. He was the author of PLI’s Legal Guide to the Business of Marijuana, Healthcare Employment Practice , and COVID-19 and Other Pandemics , along with more than 50 other texts and more than 200 articles.
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