Allon Lifshitz has been appointed as chief of the Organized Crime and Gangs Section of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He has served as a deputy chief in the OCGS since 2014.
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution has announced the addition of new board members George A. Bermann, Janet Langford Carrig and Richard S. Krumholz.
Thomas J. Foley has been elected dean of the Nassau Academy of Law, the educational arm of the Nassau County Bar Association. He is a partner at Foley Griffin in Garden City.
The World Childhood Foundation has appointed Polsinelli's managing partner Dan Flanigan to its board of directors. The foundation supports community-based programs that aim to prevent and end child sexual abuse and exploitation in the United States and internationally.
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna associate Monica Skanes has been appointed as secretary of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.