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Tim Capria JD ’13 was interviewed by his undergraduate alma mater, Rochester Institute of Technology, on his career and service to advance LGBTQ+ representation in leadership. Tim also offered advice to students, especially those in the process of coming out. He was an environmental chemist before attending Duke Law and is now Nashville Office Managing Partner at Husch Blackwell, specializing in brand protection, entertainment, and advertising law.

John Cook JD ’04, assistant professor at the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was honored with the Faculty Excellence Award for Rising Faculty. Recognized for his exemplary teaching, leadership, and scholarly contributions, Cook has taken on leadership roles within the law school, including serving as director of the Rural Practice Incubator Project and as an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform. His legal scholarship focuses on national security and legal writing.

Marianne Corr JD '81 was interviewed on the eve of her retirement after 17 years as vice president and general counsel of the University of Notre Dame, where she oversees all University legal matters, from human resources and employment to student policies, business negotiations, and real estate. Marianne previously served as vice president and deputy general counsel for Textron Inc. Prior to that, she was an associate and then partner at Jones Day, handling a variety of matters including antitrust and white-collar crime.

Senior U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan JD ’81 was honored with a presentation of his official judicial portrait, which will be permanentlya displayed in the lobby of the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse in Jacksonville, Florida. Timothy was selected as U.S. magistrate judge in 1996 and was appointed U.S. district judge in 2002. He became chief judge of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, in 2020 and remained in that office until November 2024.

Dwayne Fulk JD/LLM ’94, president and CEO of City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, was featured in Springfield Business Journal. Fulk joined the municipal utility provider in 2017 as associate general manager and general counsel and became president and CEO in November 2024. Previously he was a partner at Lathrop Gage; a shareholder at Polsinelli; and a partner at Neale & Newman.

Hassan Kanu JD ’12 has joined Politico, where he will cover regulatory law. Hassan was previously a staff writer at The American Prospect; prior to that, he wrote a column about justice and equality under the law for Reuters and covered and analyzed court opinions and legal developments related to public employee issues for Bloomberg BNA’s Daily Labor Report. Hassan was previously a legal associate for the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice.

Jonathan Kaye JD ’98 has joined Rothschild & Co’s North America Global Advisory business as Global Co-Head of Business Services. Jonathan moves from Moelis & Company, where he was Partner and Managing Director and founded and led the firm's Business Services franchise. He Mr. Kaye previously served as a Managing Director of Citi's Global Mergers & Acquisitions group.

William LaGrange JD ’16 has joined Barnes & Thornburg as counsel in its New York office, where he focuses his practice on representing plaintiffs and defendants in cases across industries ranging from banking and finance to arts and entertainment. He has successfully litigated commercial disputes, regulatory enforcement matters, and appeals, providing strategic counsel and innovative solutions to meet his clients' diverse needs.

Wendy Perdue JD ’78 announced she will step down as dean of the University of Richmond School of Law at the end of the 2025­–26 academic year. Wendy has served as the law school dean since 2011 and will remain on the UR faculty as a professor of law following a sabbatical. During her time as UR’s law dean, Wendy has served as president of the Association of American Law Schools, was inducted into the Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame, and was named as a Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2025 Circle of Excellence honoree.

Dr. Daniel Rocke JD ’05 has been named the Third Holder of the Julius N. Hicks Endowed Chair in the Department of Otolaryngology in the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Rocke began his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Duke University in 2014 and was promoted to associate professor in 2022. Dr. Rocke has 35 published works and one book chapter. He has secured approximately $2.3 million in research funding from the NIH as an investigator and co-investigator.

Michael Treisman JD ’00 has joined Charlesbank Capital Partners as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Michael has more than 20 years of experience advising private fund managers and worked in-house at Bain Capital for the past 10 years as a partner and the global general counsel to the firm’s Special Situations, Credit, Public Equity, Insurance and Partnership Strategies businesses. Earlier, he was Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for Tiger Management and held senior legal roles across multiple businesses at Citi Alternative Investments.

John R. Wester JD '72 of Robinson Bradshaw is the 2025 recipient of the Mecklenburg Bar Association’s Ayscue Professionalism Award. John tries cases and argues appeals in complex civil litigation cases and class actions in federal and state courts, including extensive experience in the North Carolina Business Court. He has served as lead counsel in noteworthy cases reaching the U.S. Supreme Court, including Hyatt v. Shalala, an 18-year pro bono case in which John and his colleagues won new disability hearings under new standards for a class of 150,000 North Carolinians. He also brings and defends cases advancing constitutional issues, including on behalf of four North Carolina governors.