NOTES ON PEOPLE (06/12/05)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Receives master of laws degree

by Judge Bohdan A. Futey

WASHINGTON - Marko W. Kipa, Esq. received his master of laws (LL.M.) with highest honors in litigation and dispute resolution on May 22 from the George Washington University Law School. While earning his LL.M. in the evenings, Mr. Kipa served full-time as law clerk at the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington.

Following his completion of the judicial clerkship in September, Mr. Kipa will join the Washington office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. The firm is designated as an Am Law 100 law firm, and employs over 430 attorneys in nine cities. He will enter the firm as a second-year associate in the Government Contracts and Regulated Industries Practice Group. His responsibilities will include regulatory compliance issues, as well as litigation.

Mr. Kipa is licensed to practice in Maryland and in the District of Columbia, and this summer will be swom into the bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims. He earned his juris doctor with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law, and his bachelor of arts cum laude in history and political science from Muhlenberg College.

Since graduating from law school, Mr. Kipa also has been deeply concerned with and involved in developments in Ukraine. He participated in numerous Rule of Law programs with visiting judges and members of Parliament. He also researched legislation pending before the Parliament and assisted in analyzing Ukrainian court decisions.

Moreover, Mr. Kipa was a delegate for the International Republican Institute's Ukraine Presidential Election Observation Mission, serving as an observer at the Ukrainian Embassy for the second round and in Cherkasy for the repeat second round of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.

Mr. Kipa is the son of Oksana and Dr. Albert Kipa of Allentown, Pa. Dr. Kipa is professor laureate of languages, literatures, and cultures at Muhlenberg College, and also serves as rector of the Ukrainian Free University in Munich, Germany.

Mr. Kipa is a member of Branch 47 of the Ukrainian National Association.

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