Nina Pelc-Faszcza ’16 has joined Shipman & Goodwin as counsel in the firm’s Immigration Practice Group. Pelc-Faszcza works with a wide range of employers and will operate out of the firm’s Hartford office.

James Leva ’11 has been named the new Chair of Day Pitney’s Cannabis Practice Group. Leva regularly defends employers against all types of employment-related claims, and operates out of the firm’s Stamford office.

Greg O’Neil ’08 has been elected partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. O’Neil practices and nationally manages civil litigation across the United States in the areas of products and premises liability and commercial law out of the firm’s Atlanta office.

Margot Knab ’17 has been promoted to partner at Colligan Law LLP in Buffalo. Knab’s practice relates primarily to corporate and business law. She works with businesses of all sizes, startups, entrepreneurs and investors, assisting with mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, and intellectual property matters.

Ali Caless ’17 and Nancy Kennedy ’05 have been promoted to partner at Cantor Colburn LLP. Caless is a trademark and copyright attorney working out of the Hartford office. Kennedy manages domestic and international trademark, copyright, trade dress, domain name and other cyberlaw matters, also out of the Hartford office. She teaches at UConn Law as a visiting professor from practice.