Duke Law Half Century Club

• Doug Bellis (JD) has co-authored “How Federal Statutes are Named,” in 105 Law Library Journal 1 (2013).  Doug is senior counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives.  
• John Canning (JD), co-founder and chairman of Madison Dearborn Partners in Chicago and co-owner of MLB’S Milwaukee Brewers ball club, was one of 11 people selected to receive the 2013 Horatio Alger Award.  John was offered the award “for demonstrating courage in the face of personal challenges and for utilizing opportunities afforded through higher education and the American free-enterprise system to achieve success.”  His philanthropic work includes providing 100 scholarships for inner-city children for parochial schools through his family foundation.  
• Donald Nielsen (JD) has been named to the 2013 class of North Carolina’s Legal Elite – Environmental by Business North Carolina magazine.  Don practices environmental and land use law at Bell, Davis & Pitt in Winston-Salem.  
• Michael Zaino (JD) has joined GH Partners in New York City as a managing director.
• Charles F. Blanchard (JD) received the 2012 Advocate’s Award given by the Litigation Section at the North Carolina Bar Association’s annual meeting for exercising the “highest degree of professionalism dedicated to the pursuit of justice.” Charles is of counsel with the firm Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley in Raleigh, N.C.  
• E. Norwood Robinson (JD) was presented the John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award by the North Carolina State Bar. The N.C. State Bar, with unanimous approval of the N.C. State Bar Council, presents the statewide award to current and retired attorneys who have demonstrated exemplary service to the profession and their communities throughout their careers. Norwood has served as co-managing partner of Robinson & Lawing for more than 50 years.
• Russell M. Robinson II (LLB), a founding partner of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by Davidson College in May.  He is considered one of North Carolina’s preeminent experts in corporate law and is the author of Robinson on North Carolina Corporation Law. » More
• Herbert O. Davis (JD) was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Herbert is an attorney with Smith Moore Leatherwood in Greensboro, N.C.

1964

• Stephen Crawford (LLB) 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.
• Ted Tood (LLB) has retired and taken senior status after 24 years as a judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Madison, Ind.  As a senior judge he will fill-in as needed for other judges. Before his elevation to the bench, Ted was a practicing attorney in the Madison area for over two decades.

1966

• Reece Bader (JD) retired on Dec. 31 as a partner with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe after 45 years with the firm, the last five of which were in the firm’s offices in Paris, Frankfurt and Munich.   
• James Faris (LLB) has retired from law practice in Washington, D.C. to Hilton Head, SC.    
• E.D. Gaskins Jr. (JD) was inducted into the N.C. Bar Association’s General Practice Hall of Fame at its annual meeting on June 21. He is managing partner of Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP in Raleigh, N.C.
• Stephen Phillips (JD) has been named to the 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers list for estate planning and probate.  He is a partner in the Cincinnati office of Porter Wright.

1967

• Joseph Fink (LLB) was honored as Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year in Lansing, Mich. by Best Lawyers in America 2012. He is also listed in Michigan Super Lawyers. Joseph is a member in Dickinson Wright PLLC, focusing on insurance, insurance & ERISA litigation, class action, labor & employment litigation, and healthcare.  
• George Guthrie (LLB) has co-founded Thomas Combs & Spann, a litigation boutique in Charleston, W.Va., along with Phil Combs ’92, Chris Dodrill ’08, and Daniel Higginbotham ’09, and seven other attorneys.  .  George currently focuses his practice primarily on the representation of physicians, health care entities and corporate clients. » More
• W. Christopher Barrier (LLB) published an article in the Fall 2012 issue of the Arkansas Bar Association quarterly entitled, “Stranger in Town: Arkansas’ Single Action Rule.” Christopher continues to practice with Mitchell Williams Law in Little Rock. He also writes and illustrates a monthly column on real estate law for the local law and business newspaper.

1968

• Robert Garro (JD) retired from J.P. Morgan Chase in Chicago after 19 years of service.
• Robert Maxwell (JD), a partner at Keating Muething & Klekamp in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named a 2013 Ohio Super Lawyer in the fields of employment and labor law.  
• Robert Simpson (JD) has a solo practice in Guéthary, France specializing in acquisitions, arbitration and international law.
• Ernest Torres (JD)  has been named to the board of directors of The Rhode Island Foundation, that state’s largest funder of non-profit organizations.  He is the retired chief judge of the United States District Court for Rhode Island, and an honorary life member of the Law School’s Board of Visitors.    
• Brice Toland Voran (JD) has co-authored “It Takes a Team,” (Life Career Publishing, 2011), a book about the need for team work in modern law firms.  Brice is retired and living on a lake in Michigan.  

1969

• Charles Becton (JD) became interim chancellor at North Carolina Central University on Aug. 6. His appointment was announced in July by University of North Carolina President Tom Ross.  An internationally recognized expert in trial procedures, Becton is a visiting professor of law at Duke, where he teaches Trial Advocacy and Rhetoric and Advocacy, and is the John Scott Cansler Lecturer at the University of North Carolina School of Law. He is a former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. » More

1970

• Larry Lawton (JD) has recently completed an 18-month mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hong Kong, and returned with his wife to their Wyoming home. As associate area legal counsel at the Asia Area Administrative Office, Larry’s wide-ranging duties included preparing agreements for church humanitarian projects throughout Asia.
• Joseph Olson (JD) is featured prominently in chapter 7 of Living With Guns:  A Liberal’s Case for the Second Amendment (by Craig R. Whitney, PublicAffairs, 2012).   A professor of law at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., Joe is president of the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance.  
• R. Mack Rudisill Jr. (JD) has been promoted to Senior Compliance Manager at FIS Regulatory Advisory Services in Orlando. His son Michael is a judge on Florida's 18th Circuit.

1971

• Randolph May's (JD) most recent book, Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age: The Next Five Years, has been published by Carolina Academic Press (2012). This is the fifth book he has edited or authored. Randy is the president of The Free State Foundation in Potomac, Md.
• Michael L. Richmond (JD) received the 2012 Attorney of the Year Award from Broward Lawyers Care, the pro bono project of Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida. Michael is a professor of law at Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale.

1972

• W. Pitts Carr (JD) has been appointed to the board of directors for Atlanta Life Financial Group. Pitts is a founding partner of Carr & Palmer in Atlanta, where he specializes in trial litigation.
• Joseph Claxton (JD) retired from the faculty at Mercer University School of Law on July 1, 2011, and assumed the status of professor emeritus. He continues to teach one course during each academic year and carry out special projects for the school. In addition, Joseph received the Mercer Law Alumni Association’s Meritorious Service Award in March 2011.
• Samuel W. Johnson (JD), a partner at Poyner Spruill in Rocky Mount, N.C., has been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Sam focuses his practice on business and commercial real estate law.
• Cym Lowell (JD) has joined McDermott Will & Emery as a partner based in its Houston office. Cym advises multinational companies and high-net-worth individuals based in the United States and around the world on a broad spectrum of tax planning and controversy matters.  He is vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Taxation Commission and a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD and the U.S. Council of Business.
• Karla Simon (JD) has authored “Civil Society in China:  The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the ‘New Reform Era’" (Oxford University Press, 2013).  Karla is research professor of law at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America; she is also an affiliated scholar at the NYU US-Asia Law Institute.
• John Wester (JD) , a litigation partner with Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson in Charlotte, is included in the second annual edition of Benchmark Appellate, a new reference guide that recognizes leading appellate litigation firms and attorneys.  He is one of 10 attorneys identified as Fourth Circuit litigation stars in North Carolina in 2012.

1973

• Bruce Johnson (JD) has agreed to serve as chief executive and president of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. once they are spun off from Sears Holdings. Bruce, who had served as interim CEO of the parent company from 2008 to early 2011, was most recently the executive vice president of the company's off-mall businesses. » More
• Mark Foster (JD) has been elected to the board of trustees at Park University in Parkville, Mo. Mark is a partner at Stinson Morrison Hecker in Kansas City, where he focuses on corporate litigation and arbitration.  He served as the firm’s managing partner for 15 years.  
• John Hancock (JD) has been named a Top Lawyer in Metro Detroit 2013 by DBusiness magazine.  He is a shareholder at Butzel Long where he practices in the area of civil rights law.
• Charles Holton (JD) received an award from the national Legal Services Corporation board of directors for his pro bono service with Legal Aid of North Carolina in the area of fair housing for low-income clients. Charles is a partner with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
• Raeburn Kennard (JD) retired on June 30, 2012 after 38 years with Kirton McConkie in Salt Lake City.    
• Eleanor Kinney (JD) is serving as the Garwin Distinguished Visiting Professor of Health Law at Southern Illinois University during the 2012-2013 school year. Eleanor is the Hall Render Professor of Law Emerita at Indiana University’s McKinney School of Law; she retired from the faculty in June 2011.
• Jeffrey Nickloy (JD) opened a new law firm in Noblesville, Ind. on Feb. 12, 2013, Nickloy Law, where he will continue his practice of business and employment law, civil litigation and legal ethics, in partnership with his oldest son, Alex Nickloy.   Jeff retired from his prior firm of 36 years on February 11.   
• Kenneth Starling (JD) has retired as a partner of DLA Piper (US) and is studying at the University of Cambridge for the LLM degree.  His spouse, Susan Parker Starling '72 is also engaged in continuing education in Cambridge.

1974

• Roger Ferland (JD), head of the environmental and natural resources law group in the Phoenix office of Quarles & Brady, will receive the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lewis & Clark College.
• Roger K. Ferland (JD), a partner at Quarles & Brady in Phoenix, was ranked in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA directory for excellence in the practice area of environmental law.  Roger is a member of his firm’s environmental practice group and chairs its clean energy, climate change, and sustainability practice. 
• George Henschel (LLB) is cantor for the Kol HaLev Synagogue Community in Baltimore, Md.  
• Ronald Janke (JD) has retired from Jones Day in Cleveland, where he has spent his entire legal career.  Ron was named a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2004-12.  He specialized in environmental law and environmental litigation.  
• David Lowden (JD),special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, is the recipient of the Lawyers Alliance for New York’s 2012 Cornerstone Award honoring outstanding pro bono legal services to nonprofits. Since first partnering with Lawyers Alliance in 2001, he has guided five nonprofit clients through the incorporation and tax exemption process, and has assisted 11 established organizations with corporate legal needs.  He currently chairs the Committee on Non-Profit Organizations of the New York City Bar.  
• Ira Sandron (JD) was elected chair of the ABA National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary at the ABA’s annual meeting.

1975

• John A. Howell (JD) has joined Halloran & Sage in Washington, D.C., as partner. He is a member of the government contracts and investigations practice group.
• John Keller (JD) has been named to the list of Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of oil and gas law. John is a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio.

1976

• Jack Beeler (JD), of Porter Wright in Columbus, Ohio, has been named to the 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers list for business/corporate.    

1977

• Michael Ellis (JD) of Porter Wright in Cleveland, has been named a 2013 Ohio Super Lawyer for mergers and acquisitions.  
• Scott C. Gayle (JD) was honored, in July 2012, by the N.C. Governor’s School Alumni Association with its Governor Terry Sanford Achievement Award for his efforts to secure continuation of the N.C.
• Craig Mariger (JD) has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the areas of Construction Law and Litigation-Construction. Craig is an attorney with Jones Waldo in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Jeri Whitfield (JD) was appointed chair of the North Carolina State Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization. Jeri is a partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood in Greensboro, where her civil practice includes handling toxic tort and asbestos-related litigation and premises liability claims at the trial and appellate levels.
• C. Thomas Work (JD) , shareholder of Stevens & Lee in Reading, Pa. has been honored for a lifetime of civic service in Berks County, Pa. as the 2013 recipient of the Thun Award.  The award, presented by Berks County Community Foundation, is presented to a resident “who has made significant contributions of civic service, and who exhibits an enduring sense of commitment to the community.”  

1978

• Jon Buchan (JD) has published his first novel, “Code of the Forest” (Joggling Board Press). Jon is a partner with McGuireWoods LLP in Charlotte.
• Michael Dockterman (JD) , a partner in Edwards Wildman's litigation department in Chicago, has been selected as the exclusive winner in the category of "Litigation - Illinois" by the Client Choice Awards 2013. These awards survey senior corporate counsel only, and nominees must be nominated by corporate counsel.  Michael specializes in complex civil and criminal business litigation, securities and derivative litigation, and in advising clients on matters of corporate governance and compliance.
• Leslie Peter Klemperer (JD) retired from Delta Air Lines, Inc. after 33 years, where he served as vice president-deputy general counsel and corporate secretary. Leslie now spends his time volunteering as board chair for the Georgia Justice Project, which provides legal and social services to indigent persons accused of a crime, and a board member of Odyssey Family Counseling Center, which provides mental health counseling to persons regardless of their inability to pay.

1979

• Mark High (JD), a member in Dickinson Wright PLLC’s Detroit office, was named to the 2012 edition of Chambers USA’s “Best Lawyers in America” and “Michigan Super Lawyers.” Mark focuses his practice in the areas of automotive, corporate, international, mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

1980

• David Dreifus (JD) has been elected into membership in the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. David is a partner with Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh, N.C.  
• Eric Holshouser (JD) has been named Jacksonville’s 2013 Employment Law – Management Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. Eric practices all aspects of labor and employment law at  Fowler White Boggs P.A. in Jacksonville, Fla.  
• Doug Kingsbury (JD) , a partner at Tharrington Smith in Raleigh, has been named to the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and White Collar Criminal Defense.  
• Justin Klimko (JD) has been named a Top Lawyer in Metro Detroit 2013 by DBusiness magazine. He is also a winner of the 2013 Client Choice Awards for mergers and acquisitions, presented by the International Law Office and Lexology. Justin is a shareholder at Butzel Long where he practices in the areas of business, corporate governance and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and securities law.
• Leslie Thiel (JD/LLM) 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.

1981

• Glenn Cravez (JD) has been named in Best Lawyers in America 2013 for practice in mediation. Glenn chairs the Alaska Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) section in Anchorage, Alaska.
• David Tarshes (JD) has left his firm of over 29 years, and has moved to legal aid as an attorney on the Foreclosure Consequences Advocacy Team of the Northwest Justice Project in Seattle.  

1982

• Michael Krimminger (JD) will leave the FDIC as General Counsel to join Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, effective May 25. He was appointed Acting General Counsel in November 2010 and as General Counsel in February 2011 by former FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair. "Mike has been instrumental in developing major policy initiatives during the most challenging time in the FDIC's history, including the FDIC's new Orderly Liquidation Authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," said Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg.
• Thomas Logue (JD) was sworn in as a judge on the Third District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida on Oct. 26.  The Third District hears appeals of cases that arise from the state trial courts in the south Florida counties of Miami-Dade and Monroe.  Classmate Mitchell Horwich ’82 attended Tom’s investiture.  
• Mark Shepard (JD) was named one of the top lawyers in Pennsylvania for 2012 by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine. He was also named and one of the “Top 50” Pittsburgh Super Lawyers in the general litigation section. Mark is a lawyer with Babst Calland in Pittsburgh.  

1983

• Ben Fountain (JD)  won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his first novel, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” in Feb.  (See Winter 2013 Duke Law Magazine for a profile on Ben.)   
• M. Brett Gladstone (JD) has joined the law firm Hanson Bridgett LLP in San Francisco.  He previously founded the land use and real estate development law firm Gladstone & Associates, and specializes in real estate development, permit and land use, and real estate transactional matters.  
• Michael A. Lampert (JD) has been elected chairman of the tax section of the Florida Bar. Michael is a tax lawyer with the Law Offices of Michael A. Lampert, P.A. in West Palm Beach, Fla.
• Bruce Ruzinsky (JD) has been named to the Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the areas of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law, litigation – bankruptcy. Bruce is an attorney with Jackson Walker LLP in Houston, Texas.  
• Jeffrey S. Schloemer (JD) a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati, was named a "Leader in their Field" by Chambers USA in Banking & Finance. He also has been listed as a 2012 leading lawyer for commercial and contract law by Cincy Magazine. A co-chair of the firm's business and finance practice group, Jeffrey practices primarily in the areas of banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial and corporate law.

1984

• David Feher (JD) has joined Winston & Strawn LLP as a litigation partner in the firm's New York office. He is one of the leading sports lawyers in the country (Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005-2011). He also has extensive experience in complex litigations, negotiations and arbitrations involving antitrust, intellectual property, contract and international issues. He has been outside counsel for the NFL Players Association and the NBA Players Association for nearly 20 years, among other clients in the sports law field. Prior to this appointment, he was with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
• Donald Strickland (JD) was recently elected to the board of directors of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL). Fellowship in IATL includes trial lawyers from the U.S. and more than 30 countries and is by invitation only. He was also recently inducted as a fellow in the International Society of Barristers, which is also an invitation-only organization of trial lawyers. Strickland is a partner with Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A. in Raleigh, N.C.
• David Thuma (JD) has been sworn in as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Mexico for a 14-year term.

1985

• Janet Ward Black (JD), principal owner of Greensboro-based personal injury firm Ward Black Law, was selected by the North Carolina Bar Association to moderate the North Carolina Gubernatorial Forum between candidates Pat McCrory and Walter Dalton in June. In addition, Janet, who was Miss North Carolina 1980, was featured in the N.C. Museum of History’s exhibit celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant.
• Anna Chacko (LLM) has joined Con Edison as senior associate general counsel in New York, N.Y.
• J.S. "Chris" Christie (JD) has been selected as a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (ACEBC). Chris is a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Birmingham. He will be inducted during the ACEBC’s annual meeting in September. The ACEBC selects employee benefits attorneys as Fellows based on their significant contributions to the advancement of the employee benefits field. Fellows have a minimum of 20 years of experience in the practice area.
• R. Dan Douglas (JD) 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.  
• R. Dan Douglas (JD) 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.  
• William Horton (JD) was elected as the 2012-2013 secretary of the American Bar Association Health Law Section, making him the first Alabama lawyer to serve as an officer of the Section in its 17-year history. William is a partner with Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP in Birmingham.  
• Arthur Howe (JD) has been named a 2013 Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyer.  Art is a partner at Schopf & Weiss in Chicago, where he has extensive experience in complex business litigation, including employment, antitrust, contract, business tort, products liability and toxic tort cases.  
• James Moxley (JD) delivered the commencement address at the graduation ceremonies of the Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in June. James is past chair of Glenelg Country School, works in real estate development and is a director of The Columbia Bank.
• Janet Ward Black (JD) ’s Greensboro, N.C.-based personal injury law firm, Ward Black Law, was named a “Best Law Firm” by Best Lawyers for the second consecutive year.  
• Aaron Watson (JD) has joined Barnes & Thornburg in Atlanta as of counsel in the governmental services and finance departments. Aaron previously practiced law in his own firm. Since 2009 he has served as Post 2 at-large councilmember for the Atlanta City Council.

1986

• Susan Bysiewicz (JD), the former Secretary of State of Connecticut, ran in the Democratic primary for United States Senate.
• Susan Bysiewicz (JD) has joined the firm of Pastore Shofi & Dailey.  She leads their Glastonbury, Conn. office where she practices corporate law and finance, banking, securities and contract negotiation.  Susan completed a 12 year term as Connecticut’s Secretary of State in 2011.  
• T. Richard Kane (LLM) has been elected into membership in the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. He is a partner with Poyner Spruill LLP in Charlotte, N.C.
• Stephen Labaton (JD) has joined RLM Finsbury as a partner in Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. He provides strategic counseling on public affairs, crisis communication, litigation, competition issues and areas at the intersection of law, policy and regulation. Stephen was previously the founder of Georgetown Policy Advisers LLC, a public relations firm.
• David McKean (JD) has been asked by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to be the next director of the Policy Planning office at the State Department. David, who was the chief of staff in Kerry's Senate office from 1999 to 2008, became Kerry's first staff director on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2009. In 2011, David left Congress to be a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
• Richard Seamon (JD) has co-authored The Supreme Court Sourcebook (Aspen 2012) with Joseph Thai and Kathryn Watts.  Richard is a professor at the University of Idaho College of Law where he teaches administrative law, constitutional law, and federal courts.

1987

• Deborah Doxey (JD) of Buffalo, NY, is the new chair of the 4,024-member Business Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Doxey is a partner of Phillips Lytle. She practices in the areas of banking and commercial lending, including secured transactions, asset-based finance, acquisition financing and commercial real estate transactions.
• Chris Petrini (JD) of Petrini & Associates in Boston, was recently named by The American Lawyer magazine as one of the top rated attorneys nationally in construction for 2012.  His firm is currently town counsel for the towns of Framingham, Medway, Sherborn and West Brookfield, and represents various other cities and towns as special counsel in public construction litigation and other litigation matters.    
• Julie Petrini (JD), vice president and general counsel of operations at Microsoft, has been chosen as a 2013 In-House Leader by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and New England In-House.  She will be honored at an event in March.
• Scott Cammarn (JD) was named Lawyer of the Year in the 2013 Best Lawyers in America in the area of banking and finance law. Scott is with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in Charlotte, N.C.  
• Jonathan Shapiro (JD) has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Jonathan is the regional managing partner of the New England office of Fisher & Phillips LLP, a leading national labor and employment law firm representing employers.
• Cecelia (C.C.) Smith (JD) now teaches constitutional law to undergraduates at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Florida.  She is married with three children.  C.C. also serves as panel judge for oral arguments of law students at Florida State University School of Law as part of the first year legal research and writing curriculum.

1988

• Brian King (JD) has been appointed chancellor of Los Rios Community College in Sacramento, Calif.  Brian had served as president/superintendent of Cabrillo College in Aptos, Calif. since 2004.        
• John Minier (JD), a partner with Yates, McLamb & Weyher in Raleigh, N.C., has been named a 2013 North Carolina Super Lawyer.  John is a medical malpractice defense litigator.  
• Michael Scharf (JD) has been appointed associate dean for Global Legal Studies at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland. He is also the John Deaver Drinko – Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law.
• Jo Ellen Whitney (JD), a senior shareholder at Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa, has received the AV Preeminent rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating. Jo Ellen chairs the firm’s employment and labor relations department and focuses her practice on employment and labor law, health law, privacy, and fair housing, among other areas. In addition, she has been named Des Moines Health Care Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America 2013.  
• Thomas Scott Wilkinson (JD) was promoted to Executive Vice President with the Atlanta Hawks organization of the National Basketball Association. Scott, who formerly served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Atlanta Hawks Assistant General Manager, will maintain responsibility of negotiation and drafting of contracts for players, coaches and other staff; trade research; salary cap management; collective bargaining agreement issues; insurance/risk management; and scheduling of the club's preseason games.
• Carolyn Zezima (JD) is the president of NYC Foodscape and a consultant in the nonprofit sector. She has worked with food and farming enterprises and food policy organizations in Chicago and New York to promote urban agriculture and regional farming.  Carolyn was recently selected by American Farmland Trust to participate in Farmland Advisors, a new training program on farm transfer and farmland access options designed for professionals working with farmers and landowners.  She also serves on several New York City food policy organizational committees and boards.  

1989

• Kimberly Brown (JD) joined Jones Day as a partner in Pittsburgh. She is a member of the business and tort litigation practice, focusing on commercial and insurance litigation and the defense of product liability and toxic tort actions. Kimberly was formerly a partner with Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP.  
• Maurice C. Taylor (JD) has been selected for the Financial Advisory Committee for the Economic Development Incentive Fund for Prince George’s County in Maryland. The seven-member committee will review proposals for $50 million economic development loan and grant incentives. Maurice is Vice President for University Operations at Morgan State University in Baltimore.  In addition to his responsibilities at Morgan, he has served as a member of several task forces and work groups for the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
• Allen Nelson (JD) 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.
• Russell E. Ryba (JD), an attorney with Foley & Lardner, has been named co-chair of the firm's senior living industry team. Russell and his co-chair will guide a team of attorneys experienced in representing national and local providers of independent senior housing, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities. Russell is a member of the Duke Law Dean's Advisory Council and the Alumni Admissions Program, as well as a member of DukeSource.
• Wendy Sartory Link (JD) has been named by Gov. Rick Scott to the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida.  Wendy is the managing partner of Ackerman, Link & Sartory in West Palm Beach.
• Paul Sun (JD) has received an award from the Office of the Federal Public Defender of the Eastern District of North Carolina for “exceptional service.”  Since 1995 he has been a member of the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel, a group of qualified and court-approved attorneys who are appointed by the Court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases.  Paul's practice at Ellis & Winters in Raleigh focuses primarily on business litigation and appeals. He teaches a section of Deposition Practice during the Law School’s Wintersession.  
• Gregory Weiss (JD) has been promoted to executive vice president and chief legal officer at Ryan, a global tax services firm. Gregory is responsible for all Ryan's legal affairs, including corporate affairs and governance, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, employment, intellectual property, real estate, litigation, and bankruptcy. He also serves as secretary of the company and is based in the Dallas, Texas office.

1990

• Karen Cashion (JD) is a founding partner of the new firm, Hipes & Belle Isle in Alpharetta, Ga, where she focuses on corporate and technology law.  She is a former assistant general counsel for Earthlink, and also ran her own practice, Cashion Law. Karen is on the Board of Directors of the North Fulton Bar Associaion and on the City of Alpharetta's Naural Resources Commission.        
• Steven Chabinsky (JD) joined CrowdStrike as senior vice president for legal affairs and chief risk officer in Boston, Mass.
• Terrill Johnson Harris (JD) has been named a 2013 top attorney by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine.  Terri practices in the health care practice group of Smith Moore Leatherwood in Greensboro, N.C.  
• Terrill Johnson Harris (JD) was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Terrill is an attorney with Smith Moore Leatherwood in Greensboro, N.C.
• Donald M. Nielsen (JD), a partner at Bell, Davis & Pitt in Winston-Salem, has been named to the Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the areas of land use and zoning litigation, environmental law and environmental litigation. He also has been named to the 2012 class of North Carolina's "Legal Elite" by Business North Carolina magazine. Don's practice focuses on environmental and land use law, as well as the related areas of local government and administrative law, including restaurant regulation.
• Deanna Okun (JD) has joined Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, an IP boutique firm in Washington, D.C. Previously Deanna was the International Trade Commission Chairman. » More
• Mark Redmiles (JD) has joined the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Office of Legal and Victim Programs as the assistant director for asset recovery staff, where he is responsible for overseeing asset forfeiture, bankruptcy and financial litigation programs.  He also has been appointed professorial lecturer in law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches a creditors' rights and consumers' protection course.  
• Monty Sarhan (JD) has been named general counsel and senior vice president at WWE, an integrated media organization and leader in global entertainment, headquartered in Stamford, Conn.  Monty will also serve as the corporate secretary to WWE’s Board of Directors.  He previously was senior vice president of business and legal affairs for Viacom Media Networks.  
• John Wright (JD) recently opened a solo practice located in Melbourne, Fla., focusing on business law, contracts, and estate planning.  

1991

• Douglas Nazarian (JD) was appointed by Gov. Martin O’Malley in Dec. as a judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.  Doug previously served as chairman of the state’s Public Service Commission.  
• Michael Popok (JD) was re-elected managing partner for the Miami office of Weiss Serota Helfman PL, and elected to its strategic development committee. Michael was also recognized as a Florida Best Lawyer in the area of municipal litigation, and South Florida Business Journal Leading Lawyer in the area of business dispute litigation.  

1992

• Jay Bilas (JD) has authored “Toughness:  Developing True Strength On and Off the Court” (Penguin Group USA, 2013).  Jay is of counsel at Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte and is a basketball game and studio analyst for ESPN’s SportsCenter and College GameDay.  
• Brad Tribble (JD/LLM) joined the Cordstrap Group in The Netherlands as CEO in October. Brad is responsible for the company’s global operations.
• Phil Combs (JD), George Guthrie (’67), Chris Dodrill (’08) and Daniel Higginbotham (’09), along with seven others, have formed the litigation boutique, Thomas Combs & Spann. The new firm is located in Charleston, West Virginia, and defends product liability, toxic tort and commercial litigation. Phil also recently published an article titled "Modern Products Liability Law in West Virginia," in the West Virginia Law Review: 113 W.Va. L. Rev. 417 (2011)(with Andrew Cooke). » More
• Kevin Flynn (JD) recently celebrated the one year anniversary of his patent firm, Flynn IP Law in Chapel Hill, N.C.  Kevin is hoping to tap into his pre-law school experience as an engineer with Duke Power to add clean energy as another focus area to medical devices. 
• John Jay Hoffman (JD) has been appointed executive assistant attorney general for the Office of the Attorney General in New Jersey by Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa. He previously served as director of the division of investigations for the State Comptroller’s Office and served for six years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.
• Omar McNeill (JD) is a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. Omar was previously with the Freeh Group, which merged with Pepper Hamilton LLP on Sept. 1.
• Karl Metzner (JD) was appointed chief of the Organized Crime Unit in the Office of the United State Attorney for the Southern District of New York in August.  Karl previously served as chief of the Narcotics Unit and also has held positions as deputy chief of the Criminal Division and a deputy chief of the Appeals Unit.
• David Park (JD) recently left Willkie Farr & Gallagher to join Bloomberg L.P. as competition counsel in New York.

1993

• Jeffrey Benson (JD), a partner in the Raleigh office of Kilpatrick Townsend, has been selected for the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of real estate.  
• Craig Factor (JD) has been appointed vice president, general counsel and secretary for Audience, Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. Previously he served as vice president and general counsel at Nanosolar, Inc.
• Alan Gallatin (JD) was named Tax Practice Leader of Grant Thornton LLP’s Detroit office, where he is a partner.
• Rob Marcus (JD) has been named a top attorney for 2013 for North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine.  He focuses on complex commercial and appellate litigation in the Charlotte office of Smith Moore Leatherwood.  
• Robert R. Marcus (JD) earned his first recognition in the 2012 Chambers USA Guide by Chambers and Partners, in the area of Litigation: General Commercial practice. He was also selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013. Rob is with Smith Moore Leatherwood in Charlotte.  
• Lennaert Posch (LLM) founded the Dutch firm of Rutgers & Posch on Jan. 1, 2013, with six other partners from preeminent international law firms.  Lennaert specializes in corporate and financial transactions.
• David Steinberg (JD) has written and produced the romantic comedy film, "Miss Dial," which was released by Phase 4 Films in March and available on VOD, DVD, and streaming.

1994

• Scott S. Balber (JD) has joined Cooley LLP as a partner in its New York office and head of financial services litigation in the business litigation practice group. Scott previously was co-chair of Chadbourne & Parke’s commercial litigation practice.
• Scott Berg (JD) was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of banking and finance law. Scott is in the Phoenix office of Quarles and Brady LLP.
• Ted Edwards (JD), an attorney in Smith Moore Leatherwood's Raleigh office, was elected to the North Carolina State Bar Council for a three-year term beginning January 2013.  He has also been appointed to serve on the NCSB Ethics and Authorized Practice Committees for 2013.  Ted has also been named a Legal Elite – Construction by Business North Carolina.    
• Kevin Lally (JD) 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.  
• Lisa P. Sumner (JD) was honored by the American Bar Association’s Business Bankruptcy Committee with the Kathryn R. Heidt Memorial Award, which recognizes the importance of bankruptcy education and mentoring within the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee and the bankruptcy profession. Lisa practices in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation for Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh.  
• Russ Miller (JD) has co-authored with Donald Kommers the third edition of The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany (Duke Univeristy Press, 2012).   This edition features a foreword by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Russ is professor of law at Washington and Lee University.
• Stacie Ilene (S.I.) Strong (JD) has been selected as the 2012-2013 Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center. Stacie is an associate professor of law from the University of Missouri School of Law. She will spend her fellowship year in the International Judicial Relations Office of the Federal Judicial Center.

1995

• Greg Brown (JD) was nominated for a Magna Stella Award (Best Solo General Counsel) from the Texas General Counsel Forum. Greg is general counsel for Beusa Energy in Houston, Texas.  
• Gary Cohen (JD) and his wife Jennifer are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Erin Jane, on July 26.
• Tucker Fitzpatrick (JD) is senior vice president and associate general counsel at Allianz Asset Management in Newport Beach, Calif.  
• Paul Hespel (LLM) was named by New York Super Lawyers Magazine as a top attorney in New York for 2012. Paul is a partner at Pepper Hamilton.  
• Erika King Lietzan (JD) was honored as Biotechnology Law Lawyer of the Year for 2012 in Best Lawyers. She is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C.  
• Tricia McKitty (LLM) received a Forever Duke Award for 2012. The award honors alumni who have offered excellent recent volunteer leadership in support of the Duke Alumni Association’s mission of engaging, connecting, and celebrating. Tricia is with Morgan Stanley in New York, N.Y.
• Teresa Pearson (JD) was named to The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, litigation – bankruptcy. Teresa is a partner at Miller Nash LLP in Portland, Ore.
• Richard J. Peltz-Steele (JD) has published The Law of Access to Government (Carolina Academic Press, 2012), the first casebook dedicated to freedom of information law. Richard is a professor of law at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law. » More
• Mark Schwartz (LLM) joined the faculty of George Mason University School of Law as an adjunct professor teaching the Regulation of Food and Drugs. Mark is also Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs and Biologics at the Food and Drug Administration. He advises the FDA Commissioner, Chief Counsel, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research on a variety of constitutional, statutory and regulatory issues involving drugs and biologics.   » More
• Jacinda Townsend (JD) Townsend's novel, "Saint Monkey," has been acquired by W.W. Norton and Co. and will be published in the spring of 2013. Townsend is a creative writing professor at Indiana University, and is currently in Morocco researching her next novel. » More
• Cynthia Walden (JD) was named to the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2012 list of “Top Women of Law.” She is a principal and practice group leader of Fish and Richardson’s Trademark and Copyright Group in Boston.
• Cynthia Johnson Walden (JD), trademark and copyright practice group leader at Fish & Richardson in Boston, has received gold and silver band designations in Massachusetts and the U.S., respectively, for both enforcement/litigation and prosecution/strategy by World Trademark Review 1000.    

1996

• Laura Brandt Blasberg (JD) has been named a tax partner at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone in Mineola, N.Y., where she is involved in all aspects of tax law, including structuring real estate transactions, business tax planning, estate planning, state and local taxation, tax controversy and providing tax counsel to charitable organizations.
• Deidre Call (JD) has opened a solo practice in Henderson, Nev., handling business, transactional and real estate matters.
• Eric Berry (JD) joined Mallinckrodt LLC as vice president of environmental law in St. Louis. Eric will provide comprehensive legal advice, litigation and dispute resolution support on a global basis to facilitate the company’s regulatory compliance and the early, efficient resolution of disputed matters concerning health, safety and the environment. He will also provide advice on environmental policies and strategies, legislation, response to emergency situations and review of the environmental aspects of proposed business transactions.
• Peter "Chip" Korn (JD) joined the board of trustees of The Pingry School, where he also serves as president of the Pingry Alumni Association. Chip is a partner at SNR Denton, an international legal practice, where he is a member of the Venture & Technology Practice Group.

1997

• John Barlament (JD) was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of employee benefits (ERISA) law. John is in the Milwaukee office of Quarles and Brady LLP.  
• David Buchsbaum (JD) has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of labor and employment work. David is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Fisher & Phillips LLP.
• Stacey Friedman (JD) has been named general counsel of JP Morgan’s recently formed corporate and investment bank division in New York.  She was previously a litigation and regulatory partner at Sullivan & Cromwell.  
• Kirkland Hicks (JD) was appointed the new general counsel at Towers Watson, a global professional services company, effective Nov. 1. Kirkland has been with Towers Watson since May 2000 and currently serves as managing counsel, commercial, for the Americas region. He also chairs Towers Watson’s Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Americas, and has worked on legal assignments throughout North and South America, as well as in both the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions.
• Robert McCarthy (JD) and his wife Johanna are thrilled to announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named Eleanor Hope McCarthy on February 6, 2013.  Rob is an analyst/portfolio manager at UBS O’Connor LLC in New York City.
• Steve Sonne (JD) recently left the Silicon Valley office of O'Melveny & Myers to join priceline.com as its senior vice president and associate general counsel responsible for corporate governance, securities and M&A.  
• Clay Wheeler (JD) has been appointed by the Durham County Board of Commissioners to a two-year term on the Board of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, which is responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of RDU.  Clay is a member of the special investigations and while collar crime team in Kilpatrick Townsend’s Raleigh office, where he litigates complex criminal a

1998

• Caryn Becker (JD) and her partner, Kerry Becklund, welcomed the arrival of their son, Ezra Amos Becklund on June 15, 2012.  Caryn is policy counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending in Oakland, Calif.
• Rob Bryan (JD) has been elected to represent District 88 in the NC House of Representatives.  He is a member of the real estate development practice team at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in Charlotte.  
• Fred Ebrahemi (JD/LLM)  has been promoted to senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Platinum Equity LLC, a private equity firm located in Beverly Hills, Calif.  
• Seth Jaffe (JD) was recently named chief of the Ethics Law & Policy Branch of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.  The U.S. Office of Government Ethics is the federal agency charged with setting a comprehensive ethics policy for the executive branch of the federal government.  
• Marisa Janine-Page (JD) announced the opening of her new firm Caldarelli Hejmanowski & Page LLP, specializing in business, real estate, intellectual property, securities, insurance coverage and select family law litigation. Marisa's practice includes business, securities, and employment litigation. She was also named by San Diego Super Lawyers Magazine as a top attorney in San Diego for 2012.
• Rachel Kent (JD) and her husband, Sean Michael Shannon, happily announce the birth of their third child on Feb. 8, a son named Patrick Kent Shannon, who joins his sisters Claire and Isla.
• Naho Kobayashi (JD), a partner in McGuireWoods’ debt finance group in Charlotte, has been recognized by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) as one of its 2012 “Best Lawyers Under 40.”  The annual list honors individuals within the Asian Pacific American (APA) legal community under the age of 40 who have achieved prominence in their respective areas of law and have demonstrated a dedication to the APA community.
• Lee Ann Wheelis Lockridge (JD), the David Weston Robinson professor of law at the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute.  Her teaching and research interests are primarily intellectual property and advertising law.  
• Aslaug Magnusdottir (LLM) delivered the keynote speech, “Launching a Fashion E-Commerce Business” at Penn Fashion Week on April 3.  Aslaug is co-founder and CEO of Moda Operandi, a women’s luxury fashion retailer.
• Nicole Owens Thompson (JD) and her husband Khalil are proud to announce the birth of their first daughter, Selah Nicole Thompson, on Jan. 28.
• Chad Pinson (JD) has been named managing director at Stroz Friedberg LLC, a global digital risk management and investigations firm. He is based in the firm’s Dallas office. Chad was formerly with Baker Botts LLP, where he developed a national litigation practice litigating and advising clients in privacy, data security, data breach, data access, identity theft, e-commerce, class action, class arbitration, consumer, credit, deceptive trade practices, fraud, and banking and financial transaction matters.
• Kimberly Schaefer (JD) has been named to the list of Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of corporate law. Kimberly is a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Cincinnati, Ohio.  

1999

• Lori E. Andrus (JD) and her partner in Andrus Anderson LLP, the San Francisco firm they co-founded, were profiled in the "San Francisco Daily Journal" (subscription required) in May 2012.
• David Bowsher (JD), a partner at Adams and Reese, has been named partner in charge of the firm's Birmingham, Ala., office. David also has been appointed to the American Bankruptcy Institute Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop Advisory Board. He also has joined the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama Roundtable, which gives young civic and business leaders the opportunity to study issues and government policy in Alabama in conjunction with the research conducted by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, located at Samford University.
• Christian Broadbent (JD/LLM) has been named senior advisor to the Chairman at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  
• Les Carnegie (JD) has been elected partner at Latham & Watkin’s Washington, D.C. office where he focuses on export controls and international trade.  
• Tara Allen Esteves (JD) and her husband welcomed Maristella Electa Esteves on Feb. 27. Tara is with Reed & Scardino LLP in Austin, Texas.  
• Brian Fowler (JD) has joined Millennium Laboratories as the assistant general counsel for litigation in San Diego, Calif. Brian was previously with Troutman Sanders LLP in Richmond, Va.  
• Brian Fowler (JD) has accepted a position as assistant general counsel – litigation for Millennium Laboratories in San Diego, Calif.  He previously practiced with Troutman Sanders in Richmond, Va.      
• Rut Ley (LLM) left her position as a war crimes prosecutor in Bosnia last summer and is now working as an advisor to the German Ministry of Justice in Berlin.
• Thomas Loeser (JD) has been promoted to partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro in Seattle.  His practice focuses on class actions, False Claims Act (FCA) and whistleblower cases, consumer protection and identity-theft/privacy.
• Joe Lombardo (JD) along with his wife Allison and their 3 year old twins, welcomed home Lily, an 18-month old girl they adopted from China. Joe is a partner of Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, and specializes in complex commercial litigation.
• Amy Buckley Monahan (JD) 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.
• Kerry Reichs (JD) recently published her third novel, “What You Wish For” (Harper Collins, 2012), a bittersweet, funny, and unforgettable tale of five “modern” families at a crossroads, each following a different path to happiness. The novel addresses contemporary legal issues surrounding fertility treatments, IVF, and embryo personhood. It's a story about the murky grey intersection of law and science over reproductive rights.   » More

2000

• Scott Dodson (JD), professor of Law at the University of Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, has published “New Pleading in the Twenty-First Century” (Oxford University Press, March 2013).  Scott teaches and writes in the areas of civil procedure and federal courts.
• John Inazu (JD) and his wife, Caroline, welcomed their third child, a son named Samuel Byrd, on Jan. 11, 2013.  John is associate professor of law and political science at Washington University in St.
• Brian See (JD) 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.  
• Barry Uhrman (JD) has been named the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Phoenix.

2001

• Nan Ball (JD) was recently named assistant circuit executive for legal affairs at the Third Circuit.   
• Faye Rodman Barbour (JD) has been promoted to senior counsel at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.  Faye handles labor and employment law matters for Turner Sports, CNN, HLN, Turner Ad Sales and Turner Network Sales.  She and her husband Chris reside in Austell, Ga. with their children, Solomon (3) and Nadia (1).
• Kristi Bowman (JD) participated in the Wake Forest Law Review Fall Symposium, “Privatizing the Public Good: Emerging Trends in K-16 Education,” in October. Kristi is a professor of law at Michigan State University College of Law.
• Rodney Bullard (JD) is executive director of the Chic-fil-A Foundation, headquartered in Atlanta.  
• Rawn James (JD) is the author of  The Double V: How Wars, Protest and Harry Truman Desegregated America's Military (Bloomsbury Press, 2013).  The book explores the history of integration in the U.S. military.  Rawn is a civilian attorney for the U.S. Navy; he appeared on NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross” in January.  
• Randall Katz (JD) was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Rhode Island. Randy previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Economic Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami, Florida.
• Peter Tomasi (JD), a partner in the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady, has been named a 2012 Wisconsin Rising Star by Wisconsin Super Lawyers.  Peter’s practice focuses on environmental permitting and environmental litigation.  
• Peter A. Tomasi (JD) was ranked in the 2012 edition of the prestigious "Chambers USA" directory for excellence in the practice area of natural resources and environment. In addition, he was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 in the area of environmental law. He is a partner in the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady where he focuses on environmental law.
• Priya Velamoor (JD) and Jarrod Yahes were married July 21 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Priya is a director and assistant general counsel for the banking and markets group in the Merrill Lynch division of Bank of America in New York.

2002

• Jennifer Adams (JD) and her husband Michael are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Amelia Blythe Adams, on June 27. Amelia joins big brother Ollie. Jennifer is the general counsel at Indiana University in Bloomington.  
• Adam Di Vincenzo (JD) has been elected partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.  His practice involves antitrust and regulatory enforcement matters and litigation, including civil antitrust litigation.  Adam currently serves as an editor of the ABA’s Antitrust Law Journal.  Adam and his wife, Ginger, also welcomed their son, Andrew, on June 10, 2012.  
• Drew Dropkin (JD) and his wife Tallulah announce the birth of their first child, Nicholas Ptashynsky Dropkin, on June 22.
• Robert Hyde (JD) is an assistant city attorney for the city of Phoenix, Ariz.
• Mark Pryor (JD) has published two recent books, The Bookseller: The First Hugo Marston Novel (Seventh Street Books, 2012), and As She Lay Sleeping: A Shadowy Figure, a Brutal Murder, an Anonymous Tip, Will Justice Prevail? – A True Story (New Horizon Press, 2013).  Mark also writes an award-winning blog, D.A. Confidential.  He is a district attorney for Travis County in Austin, Tex.  
• Mark Pryor (JD) ’s first novel, The Bookseller, was released by Seventh Street Books on Oct. 9. Library Journal described it as an “engrossing debut [that] combines Sherlockian puzzle solving with Eric Ambler-like spy intrigue.” It's the first in a series of mystery novels set in Paris  – the next two are set to be released in 2013. In addition, Mark’s account of a cold case investigation and trial he prosecuted will be published in January of 2013, called As She Lay Sleeping.
• James Seagroves (JD) has been named to Law 360s Nationwide Rising Star list of top attorneys under 40 in recognition of his national health care litigation practice.  James is a senior associate in the Washington D.C. office of Proskauer Rose.
• Jennifer Tomsen (JD) was recently elevated to shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in Houston.  Her practice focuses on securities litigation and arbitration and commercial litigation.

2003

• Matthew Bonness (JD) is an associate at Berk Law in Washington, D.C., where his practice focuses on consumer-protection, class actions and whistleblower lawsuits.
• Dana Ziker Buschmann (JD) has joined the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston as a patent management attorney specializing in intellectual property management strategies, and more specifically, patent procurement.
• Allison Beard Campbell (JD) was elected shareholder at Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa, FL, where she is a member of their commercial real estate group. Allison and her husband also welcomed their first child, Elizabeth Ann on March 21.  
• Caroline Wainright (JD) and her husband Colby Schwartz are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Elinor Avery Schwartz, on Aug. 15.  
• Dhamian Blue (JD) and his wife Jenna Turner Blue are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kelsey Ann Blue, on Aug. 16. Dhamian is with Blue Stephens & Fellers in Raleigh, N.C.
• Bud Ervin (JD) and his wife, Helai Ervin, are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Paul Revere Ervin, IV.  He was born on Dec. 4 in Dallas.    
• Jeff Gnecco (JD) has joined the firm of Furman Gregory Deptula in Biddeford, Maine, where his practice focuses on business and bankruptcy matters.  His daughter, Marina Sarah Gaudet Gnecco was born on September 9, 2012.  
• Guillermo Plate (LLM) has joined RBC Wealth Management as manager of trust business development. Guillermo is responsible for developing trust and company structures, working with international planners and their clients with a primary focus in Latin America, delivering primary technical support for the internal distribution channels in North and South America, Europe and Asia, implementing and achieving the unit’s business plan, and for representing the trust business globally.
• Jonathan Kellner (JD) has joined Linklaters LLP in São Paulo as counsel. He was formerly with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
• Bernhard Krebs (LLM) married Christina Schoelch on July 7 in Hannover, Germany. Bernhard serves as counsel for ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH.
• Christopher Perry (JD) joined the Office of the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., where he is working on a variety of litigation and regulatory matters.
• Frank Schaefer (LLM) moved his law practice to Ernst & Young Law GmbH to head the legal team at the office in Hannover, Germany. They assist German and international clients in M&A, corporate and commercial matters.
• Amy E.L. Schoenhard (JD) has been named partner at Arent Fox.  She is a member of the firm’s intellectual property practice in the Washington, D.C. office.  Amy is a registered U.S. patent attorney and focuses on patent litigation, patent prosecution, and opinion work in the technical fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, herbal supplements, and fiber optic cable installation.
• James C. White (JD) was named to the 2012 Leaders in the Law by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. Jim is the lead bankruptcy attorney and litigator at the Law Office of James C. White in Durham.

2004

• Caroline Nasrallah Belk (JD) and her husband, announce the birth of their third child, Lillian May, on February 4, 2012.
• Joshua Bryant (JD) has been elected partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C.  He practices in the areas of taxation, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions and exempt organizations.    
• Dalia Topelson (JD) joined Harvard Law School as a clinical instructor at the Cyberlaw Clinic, which is housed at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society in Cambridge, Mass.
• Jerry DeLuca (JD) and his wife Aurora announce the birth of their second child, Vincenza Antonette, on Sept. 5.
• Robert Gallagher (JD) and his wife Lauren (McLoughlin) Gallagher announce the birth of their daughter Caroline Eve on May 1. Caroline joins big sister Maggie.  
• Thomas H. Godwin (JD/LLM) has co-founded Godwin Tauler, a Los Angeles commercial litigation boutique. The firm focuses on domestic, international, and multi-jurisdictional matters, including business disputes, class action defense, real estate, securities, unfair competition and trade practices and intellectual property. Thomas was previously a commercial litigator at Greenberg Traurig in Los Angeles.
• Darcy Walker Krause (JD) has started as the executive director of The Center for Grieving Children in Philadelphia.  The Center provides free grief counseling to children who have lost a loved one and their families.  The Center provides a safe place to process grief and fosters resiliency in children searching for meaning at a critical juncture in their life.  
• Timothy Kuhner (JD) has joined Georgia State University College of Law as an associate professor. Previously he served as a visiting professor at Duke Law and spent three years as associate professor of Anglo-American Law at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
• Allyson Jones Labban (JD) and her husband, Jeff Labban, happily announce the birth of their daughter, Harper Elizabeth on Nov. 17.  Allyson is a member of the health care group at Smith Moore Leatherwood in Greensboro, N.C.  
• Reginald McKnight (JD) was selected for the National Bar Association's 2012 Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40 List. Reginald is a Counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington, D.C, where he is a member of the Investigations and Criminal Litigation and Business Trial practice groups. Reginald's practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation and investigations.
• Andreas Onetto (LLM) graduated with an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in 2011 and joined Citigroup, where he is currently working with the project and infrastructure finance team in New York.
• Stephen Poolos (JD) and his wife Kristin Robinson Poolos are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jackson Patrick Poolos, on Feb. 14.
• Jenifer Anderson Schultz (JD) and her husband, Wilhelm Schultz, are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Elinor (Ellie) Anna.  Ellie was born on Feb.18, 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Jesse Smallwood (JD) has been elected partner at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.   
• DongJu Song (JD) has been promoted to partner at Wachtel Lipton Rosen & Katz in New York, where his practice primarily focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and securities law matters.  
• Brian T. Sumner (JD) joined Alcoa Inc.'s legal department in New York as counsel. His areas of responsibility include government investigations, related civil litigation, regulatory compliance matters, and corporate governance.
• Sam E. Toth (JD) has been named an associate at Trenam Kemker, Tampa. Sam joins the real estate and lending transactions practice group and concentrates in the areas of acquisition, sale, financing and leasing of real property. He previously was an associate at Greenburg, Traurig and Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
• Walter Wood (JD), an attorney with Martin & Jones in Raleigh, has been named a “2013 Rising Star for Personal Injury – Plaintiff” by North Carolina Super Lawyers.  

2005

• Britt Whitesell Biles (JD) and her husband Lacey welcomed their first child, Talbot Charles Lacey on July 9.
• Matt Christensen (JD) was selected as a 2012 Mountain States Rising Star in the area of bankruptcy and creditor/debtor relations by Idaho Super Lawyers. Matt is a bankruptcy and real estate attorney at Angstman Johnson and an adjunct professor at the University of Idaho Law School in Boise.
• John Francis Curry (LLM) has joined Winstead PC’s Real Estate Finance practice group in their Charlotte office. John previously worked as a senior associate at K&L Gates LLP.  
• Christopher Farmer (JD/LLM) left Weil, Gosthal and Manges in January 2012 to join several former Weil colleagues at gategroup as corporate counsel for the Americas.  He is now moving to the gategroup Singapore office as corporate counsel for Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
• Gretchen Bellamy (JD/LLM) was featured in an ABA Journal article about her work with the African Probate & Policy Initiative on Nov. 1. Gretchen is Director of International Public Interest Programs at the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Fla. » More
• Kylie (Inman) Holladay (JD) and her husband, W. Bryan Holladay ’06 welcomed their second daughter, Ellen Hensley, on Oct. 30, 2012.
• Jeffrey Imerman (JD) has launched Imerman Cake Company LLC, an online retailer and wholesale supplier of organic coffeecakes.  The company is based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.  Its website is www.imermancake.com.  
• Kara Moorcroft Kapke (JD), an attorney in Barnes & Thornburg’s Indianapolis, Ind., office has been elected a partner effective Jan. 1, 2013. Kara is a litigator and a member of the firm's toxic tort practice group and media practice group.  
• Kara Moorcroft Kapke (JD) and her husband Geoff announce the birth of their son Neil Hayden Kapke on March 29. In addition, Kara has been named in Best Lawyers in America 2013 for practice in commercial litigation. Kara is an associate with Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Indianapolis, Ind.
• Stephen Kessing (JD) was named a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore on Jan. 1, 2013.  A member of the firm’s corporate department, he practices in New York.
• Lori Lorenzo (JD) joined the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity as deputy director in Washington, D.C. Previously, Lori served as director of diversity and inclusion, and JD advisor at the University of Miami School of Law.
• Lei Mei (JD) was interviewed live before an international audience in CCTV America's "Biz Asia America" on March 7, regarding IP-related US-China trade issues. See http://english.cntv.cn/program/bizasiaamerica/20130307/104933.shtml (starting around 6:03). CCTV America is the Americas division of CCTV News, the English-language news channel run by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television. Lei Mei is the managing partner of Mei & Mark based in Washington, D.C.  
• Lei Mei (JD) published his first book, Conducting Business in China: An Intellectual Property Perspective, (Oxford University Press, 2012). Lei is the managing partner at Mei & Mark LLP, an IP and litigation law firm in Washington, D.C.
• Julie Parish Parker () and her husband, Cleve, are pleased to announce the birth of a son, named Grayson Cleveland Parker, on February 17, 2013.      
• Meredith Robinson (JD) has joined the Federal Trade Commission.  She previously practiced at Dickstein Shapiro in Washington, D.C.  
• Maximilian Wellner (LLM) and his wife Heidi welcomed twins - Maximilian and Liselotte - on June 23.  Max is legal and corporate affairs director at Tobaccoland Handels GmbH & Co KG in Austria.
• Sarah York (JD) and her husband, Jason, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Calvin Jackson York on Jan. 3.  Sarah is part of the corporate practice group at Baker Botts in Dallas.  

2006

• Wells Bennett (JD) 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.  
• Lauren Chait (JD) and her husband Howard Sherman announce the birth of twin sons, Matthew Donner Sherman, and Benjamin Donner Sherman, on Oct. 3. Lauren is an attorney with the Social Security Administration.
• Oleg Cross (JD) was selected by nine local bar organizations as the inaugural recipient of the Judge David R. Thompson New Lawyer Award for his contributions to the legal community and professionalism. 
• Tyler Friedman (JD) has joined New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Chamber and is serving as chief of staff to the Elizabeth Glazer, deputy secretary for public safety.  
• Audra Heagney (JD) is now an associate in the nonprofit organizations and associations group at Venable in Washington, D.C.  
• W. Bryan Holladay (JD) and his wife, Kylie (Inman) Holladay ‘05 welcomed their second daughter, Ellen Hensley, on Oct. 30, 2012.
• Matthew Kleiman (JD) has published his first book, The Laws of Spaceflight: A Guidebook for New Space Lawyers (American Bar Association, 2012). Matthew is corporate counsel at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, MA. » More
• Matt Leerberg (JD)  , an attorney in Smith Moore Leatherwood’s Raleigh office, recently received the firm’s inaugural McNeill Smith Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award for his significant pro bono work in 2012.  His most noteworthy pro bono work involved an appeal to the Supreme Court of North Carolina, where the court reversed the Court of Appeals 7 to 0.
• Regina Lennox (JD) is serving as Westerfield Fellow and legal writing professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.
• James McLaughlin (JD) has been named to the Crossroads Venture Group Hartford Chapter Board, where he is responsible for developing initiatives to build regional networking and business opportunities between venture investment professionals and area companies. He is an associate in the business and finance department at Martha Cullina in Hartford, CT.
• James Nowlin (JD) has been awarded the “40 Under Forty” award for 2012 by the Dallas Business Journal. Earlier this year, he also received the “Minority Business Leader Award” for leading one of the fastest growing management and corporate financial consulting firms in America.  
• Timothy Vann Pearce Jr. (JD) and his wife Emily announce the birth of their son, Owen Alexander, on Aug. 16. Vann is a senior associate in the intellectual property group at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Washington, D.C.
• Elizabeth Alsbrooks Player (JD) and her husband Stokes are proud to announce the birth of their son, Samuel Brabston Player, on May 17. Samuel joins big brother Clark. Elizabeth is with Roper Saint Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C.
• Natalie Prescott (JD) was named one of the “Top 5 Best Lawyers” in the Insurance category by the San Diego Metro Magazine. She is with Latham & Watkins LLP in San Diego.  
• Marc Roark (LLM) has joined the new Savannah Law School in Savannah, GA as Associate Professor and Director of the Office of Academic Achievement. Professor Roark's previous appointments include the University of La Verne, University of Missouri-Columbia, and University of Tulsa.
• Tomer Schwartz (LLM) is practicing with the firm of Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein in Ramat Gan, Israel.  His practice focuses on the areas of acquisitions, technology and science, and investments.
• Pei-kan Yang (JD) has joined Taipei Medical University's Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine teaching International Health Law, International Trade and Public Health. Yang is also in charge of helping the University establish a new Graduate Institute of Medical and Health Law.

2007

• Vincent Asaro (JD/LLM) ’07, LLM ’12, joined Rock Creek Capital, a Tallahassee-based venture capital firm, as managing director in the New York office.  
• Rebecca Dixon (JD) has been appointed by New York Governor Cuomo to the inaugural class of Empire State Fellows. The Empire State Fellows Program is designed to prepare a new generation of leaders for policy-making roles in New York State government. Previously Rebecca ran the Unemployment Insurance Modernization campaign for the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C.  Rebecca married Steven Breyman on Aug. 13.
• Brettny Hardy (JD) has joined Earthjustice, a non-profit public interest law firm that specializes in cases protecting natural resources, safeguarding public health, and promoting clean energy. She is based in Juneau, Alaska.
• Aleksandra Kopec (JD) and Lucas Przymusinski ('07) were married May 12 in Commack, N.Y. Aleksandra is an associate at King & Spalding, where she focuses on corporate finance matters. Lucas is an associate in the Product Liability group at DLA Piper in New York.
• Jamie Markham (JD) , an assistant professor of public law and government in the UNC School of Government, won the 2012 C. Felix Harvey Award to Advance Institutional Priorities, a campus-based honor that included $75,000 to fund the project.  The project is developing a mobile app to improve the accuracy and consistency of North Carolina’s criminal sentencing process; the app will help North Carolina’s legal practitioners identify the correct sentence that should be given to an offender under the state’s Structured Sentencing law.
• Ryan McLeod (JD) has returned to Wachtell Lipton in New York City as a litigation associate.  He also teaches a seminar on corporate litigation at Columbia Law School and at Duke Law’s Wintersession.
• Kelcey Patrick-Ferree (JD) joined ACT, Inc. as a staff attorney in Iowa City, Iowa.
• Jean Peuchaud (LLM) is a Senior Contract Specialist with Red Hat Inc. in Raleigh, N.C.
• Lucas Przymusinski (JD) and Aleksandra Kopec ('07) were married May 12 in Commack, N.Y. Lucas is an associate in the Product Liability group at DLA Piper in New York.Aleksandra is an associate at King & Spalding, where she focuses on corporate finance matters.  
• Richardson-Royer (JD) joined the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Los Angeles as a Deputy Federal Public Defender in the Capital Habeas Unit.  
• Brandon Robinson (JD) married Brandi McGarity Robinson on Oct. 20 in Birmingham, Ala. Brandon practices energy and utilities law with Balch & Bingham LLP, with a particular focus on smart grid technologies, renewables, and NERC reliability compliance matters. 
• Sabine Van de Mosselaer (LLM) has joined the firm of Marx, Van Ranst, Vermeersch & Partners in Brussels as an intellectual property lawyer.  She is also a legal researcher at the Centre for Intellectual Property at Catholic University of Leuven.

2008

• Natalie Hirt Adams (JD) has joined the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, in Tampa, as an assistant U.S. attorney in the asset forfeiture section.    
• Yuo-Fong "Benni" Amano (JD) has been promoted to Senior Counsel at Gordon & Rees LLP. She practices intellectual property law in the firm's San Diego and Philadelphia offices.  
• Amanda Brown (JD) has joined the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office as a misdemeanor attorney. Previously she was with the Bee County Regional Public Defender office in Texas.
• Meredith Whigham Caiafa (JD) is an associate at Morris Manning & Martin in Atlanta where she is a member of the firm’s employment, benefits & compensation, and litigation groups.
• Chris Dodrill (JD), George Guthrie (’67), Phil Combs (’92), and Daniel Higginbotham (’09), along with seven others, have formed the litigation boutique, Thomas Combs & Spann. The new firm is located in Charleston, West Virginia, and defends product liability, toxic tort and commercial litigation. » More
• Daniel Higginbotham (JD), George Guthrie (’67), Phil Combs (’92), and Chris Dodrill (’08), along with seven others, have formed the litigation boutique, Thomas Combs & Spann. The new firm is located in Charleston, West Virginia, and defends product liability, toxic tort and commercial litigation. » More
• Sean Memon (JD) married Jeannette Ann Wingler (’08) at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club on May 19. Sean is with Sullivan & Cromwell in Washington, D.C.
• Jonathan Pahl (JD) and Jessica Brumley ('09) were married at the Washington Duke Inn on May 27. Jonathan is with Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C.
• Semih Metin (LLM) has joined DLA Piper as of counsel in its Istanbul, Turkey office.  
• Lawrence Reed Watson (JD) co-authored a book, Tapping Water Markets (Resources for the Future (RFF) Press, 2012). Reed is a research fellow and the director of applied programs at the Property & Environment Research Center (PERC). He is also the co-director of PERC’s Enviropreneur Institute.
• Crystal Williams (JD) of Barnes & Thornburg’s Indianapolis office has been named a 2013 member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows class. Williams, an associate in the firm’s litigation department and food, drug and device law practice group, joins 160 others nationally to take part in the program, which identifies, trains, and advances the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.
• Jeanette Ann Wingler (JD) married Sean Memon (JD/MBA ’08) at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club on May 19. Jeannette is with Dechert LLP in Washington, D.C.
• Katherine Yarger (JD) was named a Top Woman Lawyer by Law Week Colorado. Yarger joined Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell in 2010. Before joining the firm, she served as a law clerk to The Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and to the Honorable Allison H. Eid of the Colorado Supreme Court. Yarger was selected by Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court as one of his four clerks for the 2013 session.

2009

• Thallen Brassel (JD) and her husband Alandis welcomed son, Alandis Kyle Brassel, Jr. on Aug. 2. Thallen is with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York, NY.  
• Jessica Brumley (JD) and Jonathan Pahl ('08) were married at the Washington Duke Inn on May 27. Jessica is with Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C.
• Jonathan Christman (JD) and his wife Allison, announce the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Hope, in August 2011. In addition, Jonathan joined the firm of Fox Rothschild LLP in Blue Bell, Pa. in April 2012. He represents clients in a range of complex civil and commercial litigation matters.
• Denise Mayo (JD) is an associate at Greenberg Traurig's litigation department in Los Angeles where her practice focuses on general commercial litigation and appellate practice.  
• Adam Doverspike (JD) is serving as clerk for Chief Judge Gregory Frizzell of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Adam was previously with Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C.
• Jessica Hartzog (JD) and her husband Christopher announce the birth of their son, Carter Christopher Hartzog on Oct. 12, 2011 in Atlanta.
• J. Adam Martin (JD) has joined Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson as an associate attorney in the firm's Research Triangle Park, N.C. office. Prior to that, Martin worked as a corporate associate with Dechert, LLP, in New York, where he represented private equity firms in a variety of portfolio restructurings, mergers and acquisitions. He clerked for Judge Graham C. Mullen in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and he also worked as a pro bono intern in the Duke University Office of Counsel.
• Thallen Brassel (JD) joined Burr & Forman’s Tax Law practice in Nashville, Tenn. Thallen was previously an associate with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy LLP in New York. Her practice focuses on tax transactions, including advising major financial institutions, project developers, underwriters, airlines, aircraft leasing companies and other parties in tax-advantaged asset financing transactions. In addition, she advises clients on tax-related portions of bankruptcy filings.  
• Michael Vernace (JD) and Laura Bull (’10) were married July 7 in Sebastopol, Calif. Michael is an associate at the New York law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
• Boris Volodarsky (JD) has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliff where he is a structured finance associate.  
• Jianbin Wang (LLM) has joined Linklaters LLP in Beijing, focusing his practice on banking and finance.
• Phillip Zackler (JD) joined the business and nonprofit practice of Minami Tamaki LLP, based in San Francisco. He was also elected to the board of trustees for the Glide Foundation, which was recently featured by the White House as a champion nonprofit.  

2010

• Adam Sanders (JD) has joined Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC in its Chattanooga office. Adam will practice in the firm’s advocacy department. He previously clerked for The Honorable Curtis L. Collier, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
• Lindsay Andrews (JD) has joined Sard Verbinnen & Co in San Francisco doing corporate and crisis communications.
• Megan Beesley (JD) is working at the Missouri State Public Defenders office in St. Louis.  
• Laura Bull (JD) and Michael Vernace (’09) were married July 7 in Sebastopol, Calif. Laura is a public defender for the Legal Aid Society in New York.  
• Slavik Gabinsky (JD) has joined Sberbank, in Moscow, as chief international counsel.  He previously was an associate at Sidley Austin in London. 
• Michael Gilles (JD/LLM) and his wife Kate are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Sebastian David, on Dec. 12.  Mike is an attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.
• Taren Greenidge (JD) launched a minority young professional initiative, Black Young Professionals (BYP) in Rochester, NY, working with the Urban League of Rochester. The BYP is a way for the Urban League to reach out to those ages 21-40 and help with leadership development, networking and volunteerism. Taren works at Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy LLP.   » More
• Cam Hosie (LLM)  is a principal at 8 Rivers Capital in Durham, where he works on commercial development and legal management of 8 Rivers Capital and its portfolio companies.  
• Emily Johnson (JD) has been honored with a 2013 "Commitment to Justice Award" for pro bono work by inMotion, an organization that provides free legal services to low-income women in New York City. Emily is an associate in the restructuring and finance department of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.
• Hark Hun Kim (LLM) is a partner at Lee & Ko in Seoul, where he focuses his practice on acquisitions, environmental law, and antitrust.  
• Javier Martinez (LLM) has been appointed legal manager at Fox Head, Inc.  Fox Head designs and manufactures performance action sports apparel; its new European and Middle East headquarters is located in Barcelona, Spain.  
• Tommy Thekkekandam (JD) has relocated from the Charlotte office to the New York office of McKinsey and Company where he is a senior associate.      

2011

• Ben Baucom (JD) has joined the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where he is an associate in the capital markets and securities, and corporate practice groups.  Ben completed a clerkship with Justice Don Willett ’92 on the Texas Supreme Court.
• Han Chen (LLM) is PRC legal consultant in the Beijing office of Davis, Polk & Wardwell.  
• Diego Brandao (LLM) has relocated with Chadbourne & Parke to Sao Paulo from New York. Diego’s practice concentrates on representing international clients in connection with corporate transactions, finance, securities, derivatives and international trade.  
• Bridget McNamee (JD) joined the Tampa office of GrayRobinson, P.A., as an associate in the firm's banking and finance litigation group. Prior to joining Gray Robinson, she interned for the Honorable Paul L. Huey at the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
• Bilge Mersin (LLM) is performing post-graduate research at the University of Sheffield School of Law.  
• Osornio. Andres (LLM) has joined Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes & Fuentes in Mexico City as a senior associate focusing on finance, securities and mergers.
• Carmen Jo Ponce (JD) married James Rejda on July 7. Carmen is an associate at Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston.
• Porapong Klunkleeb (LLM) joined Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production, Ltd. as its procurement specialist – contracts administrator in Bangkok.  
• Adam Schupack (JD) and his wife, Rachel, are thrilled to announce the arrival of their first child, a son named Theodore Max, on March 15, 2013.  Adam is an associate in the Chicago office of Kirkland and Ellis.

2012

• Noor Alfawzan (LLM) has joined Latham & Watkins in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as an associate working on corporate and finance matters.   
• Yani Britan (LLM) is serving as an intern for the Russian-American Chamber of Commerce.  
• Brian Flood (JD) is a policy analyst for J.A. Greene and Company in Washington, D.C.
• Shinichiro Horaguchi (LLM) has joined Haynes and Boone’s Dallas office as a foreign associate working on finance, corporate and international matters.  
• Hiroko Jimbo (LLM) is serving as an international visiting attorney at Morrison & Foerster in New York City.  
• Joseph Newberg (JD) joined the Corporate Department and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group of Dinsmore in the Louisville, Ky. office.  
• Ali Koenig (JD/LLM) is an associate at Latham & Watkins in New York City.
• Aditya Kurian (LLM) has been named counsel at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).  
• Aditya Kurian (LLM) is serving as a legal intern with the Secretariat at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Hong Kong from August to November.
• DongEun Lee (LLM) is a member of the firm Logos Law in Seoul, working on antitrust, corporate, and arbitration matters.
• Andrew Lock (JD) is a corporate associate with Haynes and Boone in Dallas.  
• Ian Long (JD) is clerking for U.S. Senior District Court Judge William B. Shubb in the Eastern District of California.  
• Isabelle Mercier-Dalphond (LLM) has joined the litigation team at Stikeman Elliott in Montreal.
• George Owen (LLM) has joined Allen & Overy in their Luxembourg and London offices, working in the finace, corporate and banking areas.  
• Blen Rectenwald (JD) has joined the Pittsburgh office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a business and finance associate.  
• Simeon L. Vance (LLM) has joined the Parsons Behle & Latimer’s Reno office as an associate and member of the Corporate Transactions, Securities & Tax Department. Vance concentrates his practice on corporate law and commercial transactions, including business formation, corporate governance and operations, telecommunications site leases, commercial leases, software licensing and technology transactions. He also has experience in business and real property litigation. 
• Wa'il Qut (LLM) joined the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center as lawyer and legal intern.  

2013

• Benjamin Philip Collins-Wood (JD) and Johanna Ruth Collins-Wood were married on Oct. 13 at Duke Chapel.  
• Johanna Ruth Collins-Wood (JD) and Benjamin Philip Collins-Wood were married on Oct. 13 at Duke Chapel.