Bruce Featherstone, '77
and Robert Gorlin, '77

Building Support

For evidence that lifelong friendships are forged at Michigan Law, look no further than Rob Gorlin
(left) and Bruce Featherstone, 1977 alumni who became friends while working together on the
Michigan Law Review, of which Gorlin was editor-in-chief and Featherstone an articles editor. Now
Gorlin and Featherstone have collaborated on another enterprise: support for the building project, combining their gifts to make a joint commitment of $1 million. In recognition, they will name the unique, round seminar room on the first floor of South Hall, the new academic building.

Featherstone is a founding partner of Featherstone Petrie DeSisto LLP, a Denver litigation boutique specializing in complex civil litigation. Gorlin currently serves on the board of directors for Guardian Industries Corp., of which he was formerly vice president and general counsel. The friends are pictured at the Capstone Ceremony held in October 2010 to celebrate the halfway point in construction of the project and the leadership donors who made it possible.