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Law 2023: JOHN ‘JACK’ LAVOIE

Lavoie began his career in real estate, locating sites and negotiating leases for clients across the mid-Atlantic region as a senior associate for global real estate advisory firm Staubach, now part of Jones Lang LaSalle. Lavoie now heads Cooley’s real estate practice group.

His clients include landlords and tenants involved in major lease transactions, data center leasing and development, and corporate headquarters projects.

Before joining Cooley, the Catholic University of America and Georgetown University Law Center graduate was a partner at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald. He is general counsel for the Northern Virginia Chamber of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.

Cooley has more than 1,400 lawyers in 18 offices across the U.S., Asia and Europe. In March, the firm was recognized as the Best in Industry Law Firm by the Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Association of Greater Washington, D.C. Cooley previously won the award in 2018.

ONE THING I’D CHANGE ABOUT VIRGINIA: Build more bridges between Virginia, D.C., and Maryland

FIRST JOBS: Paperboy, mowing lawns, and short order cook at a Big Boy’s

MOST VALUED POSSESSION: A donor’s lifetime pass to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

Focused Ultrasound Foundation names board members

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation, based in Charlottesville, announced Thursday it has named two Virginia executives to its board of directors: Scott C. Beardsley, University of Virginia Darden School of Business dean, and Mike Lincoln, Cooley LLP global business department chair.

Scott Beardsley. Photo courtesy The Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Scott Beardsley. Photo courtesy The Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Beardsley became the Darden School’s dean in 2015 and is also the Charles C. Abbott professor of business administration. He teaches graduate school classes in strategy, leadership, global business and general management. In 2019, he was reappointed to another term as dean through 2025. Before Darden, he held leadership roles at management consulting firm McKinsey & Co.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at Tufts University, his master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management and his doctorate in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mike Lincoln. Photo courtesy The Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Mike Lincoln. Photo courtesy The Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Lincoln founded international law firm Cooley’s first East Coast office in 1999 and has served in leadership roles there ever since. He is also an adjunct professor at U.Va.’s School of Law and teaches emerging growth companies and venture capital. He also serves on the boards and councils of Mindshare, the Shenandoah National Park Foundation, the Federal City Council, the Medical Care for Children Partnership Foundation, the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and the U.Va. School of Law Alumni Council.

Lincoln earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University and his juris doctorate from U.Va. School of Law.

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation was founded in 2006 and works to accelerate development of focused ultrasound, a noninvasive therapeutic technology that is being explored as a treatment for numerous medical conditions, including neurological disorders.

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