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GREGORY DUBINSKY PARTNER, HOLWELL SHUSTER & GOLDBERG

PRACTICE PROFILE: A former clerk associate, May 2017-January 2021
to Justice Anthony Kennedy, then-Judge Associate, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, 2014-2017
Brett Kavanaugh (D.C. Cir.), and Judge Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the
Gary Feinerman (N.D. Ill.), Gregory United States, 2013-2014)
Dubinsky specializes in complex com- Law clerk, Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals,
mercial cases in trial and appellate pos- D.C. Circuit, 2012-2013
tures. He has actively represented par- Law clerk, Hon. Gary S. Feinerman, U.S. District Court, Northern
ties before the U.S. Supreme Court and District of Illinois, 2011-2012
other appellate courts in political, civil
rights, and First Amendment disputes. EDUCATION:
J.D., Yale Law School, 2011
LEADERSHIP, PRO BONO AND CIVIC WORK: As part of his B.A., Wesleyan University, 2007
active pro bono practice, Greg recently represented an immi-
grant in a petition for review before the Second Circuit, securing
the first successful bail motion for a civil immigration detainee
in the Second Circuit. Previously, Greg spent time as a Yale WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUNG LAWYERS?
Kirby Simon Fellow working for an international organization in Young lawyers shouldn’t assume they are not ready to take a lead-
Kosovo on matters involving human rights and the rule of law. ing role in a matter—whether that’s taking a deposition, handling
an argument, or being point with the client. Instead, they should
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: advocate for themselves for opportunities early on.
Partner, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, January 2021-present;

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UCHECHI EGEONUIGWE ASSOCIATE, BROWN RUDNICK

PRA CTICE PROFILE: Uchechi Law clerk, Hon. William T. Thurman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
Egeonuigwe is an associate in Brown District of Utah, November 2015-December 2017
Rudnick’s bankruptcy and corporate Associate, Lowthorp Richards, June 2014-October 2015
restructuring practice group. She rep- Judicial extern, Hon. Maureen A. Tighe, U.S. Bankruptcy Court,
resents creditor groups, investors, C.D. of California, Summer 2012
equity holders, and individual bor-
rowers in all aspects of restructuring EDUCATION:
stressed and distressed companies. J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, 2013
B.A., University of California, Riverside, 2009
LEADERSHIP, PRO BONO AND
CIVIC WORK: Uchechi currently serves in various leadership
capacities through the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee
and American Bankruptcy Institute. She maintains an active
pro bono practice through her work with Lawyers Alliance and
New York Legal Assistance Group. She also serves as a mentor
to high school students in her community and is a member of WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO YOUNG LAWYERS?
the Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Be the helping hand you wish you had.
Research (Tina’s Wish) junior advisory board.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE:
Associate, Brown Rudnick, January 2018-present

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