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Isaac Yilma ’10 Joins McGuireWoods

Posted on June 17, 2022June 16, 2022 by Leblanc, Jeanne

Isaac Yilma ’10 has joined McGuireWoods in Atlanta as a partner in the firm’s public finance team. His practice focuses on public and infrastructure finance transactions.

This entry was posted in Alumni, Alumni Notes and tagged 2010.
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