MOVERS & SHAKERS
COMPILED BY JOSHUA H. SHIELDS
MIGUEL A. POZO
President-Elect Hispanic National Bar Association
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Miguel Alexander Pozo has been elected president of the Hispanic National Bar Association. He is a brand lawyer and homegrown business litigation partner at Lowenstein Sandler PC, which is based in Roseland, New Jersey. He specializes in representing clients in the high-end, luxury goods industry and has worked with some of the most recognizable brands in the industry, including LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc., TAG Heuer, Thomas Pink, and Cartier, among others. Pozo has been an active leader in the HNBA and has served on its Board of Governors since 2004. He earned his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law – Newark, where he was managing editor of Rutgers Race and the Law Review, and his B.A. from Hofstra University.
KAMAL JAFARNIA Counsel
Alston & Bird LLP
Kamal Jafarnia has joined Alston & Bird LLP’s fi nan- cial services and products group. Highly regarded in the industry, Jafarnia is a securi- ties attorney who has almost two decades of experience both as an attorney and as a compliance professional for investment program sponsors, broker dealers, investment advisers, and registered associates. Prior to joining Alston & Bird, Jafarnia served as a senior executive, as CCO, and as an in-house attorney for several alternative invest- ment program sponsors such as American Realty Capital and its affi liated broker dealer Realty Capital Securities. He received his LL.M. in securities and fi nancial regulation in 2011 from Georgetown University Law Center and his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1992.
MICHELE MEYER-SHIPP
Vice President and Chief Diversity Offi cer Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial has named Michele C. Meyer- Shipp vice president and chief diversity offi cer. She will be responsible for lead- ing and directing all diversity and inclusion initiatives for the company, and for ensuring ongoing compli- ance with federal and state equal employment laws and requirements. Meyer-Shipp joined Prudential in April 2010 as vice president and counsel in the employ- ment and labor law group. Prior to joining Prudential, she served as general counsel of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. Previously, Meyer- Shipp spent four years at Merrill Lynch, where she led the diversity and inclu- sion efforts of the Global Wealth Management busi- ness. She graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1995.
ALISON N. DAVIS
Managing Shareholder Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. has named Alison Davis offi ce managing shareholder of its Washington, D.C. offi ce. She will be in charge of leading the labor and employment law fi rm. Davis has exten- sive litigation and trial expe- rience in the employment arena. She has represented management in sexual harassment claims; race, national origin, age, gender, and disability discrimina- tion matters. She has also assisted employers in leave discrimination, government contracting compliance mat- ters, and pay discrimination claims. Davis is a founding member of the D.C. chapter of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A., with honors, from McGill University.
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