News & Events
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Kevin Lally JD'94 along with two of his colleagues in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California in Los Angles, has been named a recipient of the California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) award for 2013 by California Lawyer magazine in the category of criminal law. They were cited for successfully obtaining racketeering convictions of four high-ranking gang members.
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Stephen Crawford LLB'64 has been named to the Mobile, Ala. Board of Directors and executive team of ServisFirst Bank. He is a litigator at the firm of Hand Arendell and has been named to the Best Lawyers in America for over 20 years in the fields of corporate law and banking law.
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Brian See JD'00 came out as transgender last year and has changed her name to Rachel See. She splits her time between Washington, DC and Richmond, VA, where she lives with her wife of over 12 years, Jennifer, and their four children (Nathan, Miranda, Elliot and Oliver). In DC, she works as the Lead Technology Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, and in her free time remains active as an amateur orchestral musician, as an activist in support of transgender rights, and as a blogger and advocate on issues related to ichthyosis, a rare genetic skin disorder.
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Allen Nelson JD'89 has been nominated to be a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is executive vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief administrative officer of Crawford & Co., an independent provider of claims management solutions, based in Atlanta. He has also received the 2013 Revolutions Award for Outstanding Nonprofit Board Leader for his service with Atlanta Ballet, where he is chairman of the board and has overseen the execution of the largest and most successful capital campaign in the Atlanta Ballet's history.
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Wells Bennett JD'06 has been named the first managing editor of Lawfare Blog, which first went live in Sept. 2010. Wells spent the past year as Lawfare's special correspondent and was previously a contributor. He has written over 366 posts that have ranged from real-time military commission coverage to careful analysis of proposed legislation and recent habeas decisions.
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Amy Buckley Monahan JD'99 has been selected for the 2013 Young Scholars Medal, given by the American Law Institute to encourage and acknowledge practical academic work with the potential to have a positive influence on the law. The honor goes to only one or two scholars each year, typically in their first decade of teaching. Amy is professor of law and Solly Robins distinguished research fellow at the University of Minnesota.
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Matthew Bonness JD'03 is an associate at Berk Law in Washington, D.C., where his practice focuses on consumer-protection, class actions and whistleblower lawsuits.
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Leslie Thiel JD/LLM'80 has been named to Best Lawyers 2013 in the field of iImmigration. She is a founding partner of the international practice group at Whiteman Osterman and Hanna in Albany, N.Y., and leads the immigration practice group at the firm.
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R. Dan Douglas JD'85 has been named a 2013 Super Lawyer in the area of construction/surety by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine. Dan is a member of the construction services group at Stites & Harbison in Atlanta.
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R. Dan Douglas JD'85 has been named a 2013 Super Lawyer in the area of construction/surety by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine. Dan is a member of the construction services group at Stites & Harbison in Atlanta.
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