Class notes

From the Alumni Board President

What an incredibly exciting time it is for Emory Law. When I first met Dean Bobinski during the search process, we talked about the strengths of, and opportunities for, the law school with great candor.

After our conversation, I knew she could take the best of Emory Law and make it even better. How fortunate we are that she has chosen to make Emory Law her new home. I hope you enjoy learning more about her in this issue.

As you work diligently and serve faithfully in law firms, courtrooms, corporations, non-profits, classrooms, and government agencies around the country and world, I invite you to think back on the foundation - in skills and in relationships - which you built at Emory Law. This special foundation makes for great lawyers, judges, leaders, teachers, and public servants, including each of you. To remain a place where great foundations can be built, Emory Law needs its alumni. It needs us to share our experiences and ideas, our help in launching its new graduates, and our financial support. If you are already one of our active alumni, thank you. If it has been a while since you were active, now is a great time to come home and get engaged. Get to know our new dean, reacquaint yourself with or learn for the first time about one of our many great programs, volunteer, or just visit with a few of our current students.

Speaking of faithful service, I am so very pleased that we were able to highlight the work of Professor Seaman and the Georgia Innocence Project in this issue. Even if your work does not have you in a capitol building making policy or in a courtroom rendering judgment, now is the time for all of us to remind ourselves of the oath we took when we first became lawyers to defend the Constitution of the United States of America. There is a special place for all of us who have earned a degree from an institution as prestigious as Emory Law to do our part to preserve justice in our communities. It’s inspiring to see how the lawyers at Georgia Innocence Project are living out their oath.

It is my privilege to serve as your Alumni Board president as I take the reins from John Jordak. He has been a great leader and contributor to this institution, and we owe him our sincere thanks. Please contact me if you have ideas to share or if I can help enhance your alumni experience. I look forward to hearing from you soon

Annalisa M. Bloodworth 04L is senior vice president and general counsel for Oglethorpe Power Corporation. She is president of the Emory Law Alumni Board.

Class Notes

1965:

C. Lash Harrison 62B 65L was recognized for lifetime achievement in the 2019 Daily Report awards. 

1974:

Gordon Giffin 74L was recognized for lifetime achievement in the 2019 Daily Report awards.

1978:

Louise Wells 74C 78L was recognized for lifetime achievement in the 2019 Daily Report awards.

1979:

Jim Cohen 79L was profiled by StoryDriven, of Durham, North Carolina, on his work as a silversmith who specializes in Judaica.

1981:

Mitchell M. Brand 81L has joined Blank Rome as a partner in the Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group in the firm’s New York office.

Jeffrey M. Williams 81L is chair of the nominating committee for the 2019–20 Board of Managers for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Pennsylvania chapter.

1982:

David Aughtry 82L was recognized for lifetime achievement in the 2019 Daily Report awards. Earlier this year, he was named a Star Individual for tax law in Georgia for the eighth year in a row, and a top-tier attorney in Tax Controversy nationwide in the 2019 Chambers USA Guide. He is a shareholder at Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry in Atlanta.

Sharon A. Gay 82L is the 2019 recipient of the WomenLEAD Excellence Award, an honor from her firm, Dentons. It recognizes women who distinguish themselves in advancing female colleagues. She is managing partner of the Atlanta office and a member of the Public Policy practice.

Harold Yellin 82B 82L, a partner at HunterMaclean’s Savannah office, was named a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer in the category of Real Estate.

1986:

In June, Julie Fershtman 83C 86L was featured in the Crain’s Detroit Business profile, “How Julie Fershtman, Former President of the State Bar of Michigan, Helps Other Women Succeed in Law.”

1987:

Theodore “Tim” McDowell 87L has published It’s a Hell of a Thing. McDowell practiced law until 2004 when he suffered a disabling brain injury. Much of the book deals with trauma associated with such an injury.

1988:

In July, JetBlue announced the appointment of Teri P. McClure 88L to its board of directors. McClure recently retired after nearly 25 years at UPS, where she was chief human resources officer and senior vice president of labor.

Michelle Tanzer 84C 88L of GrayRobinson has been appointed chair of the National Club Association’s Membership Committee and co-chair of its Conference Planning Committee.

1989:

Kathy Buckman Gibson 89B 89L was named Woman of the Year by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry’s Women in Industry Division.

1990:

Lori Cohen 90Lwas recognized as a “Best Mentor” in the 2019 Daily Reportawards.

Christine E. Howard 87C 90L started a three-year term on Fisher Phillips’ Management Committee, in June. She is the first woman to serve on the three-member committee, considered the equivalent of the board of directors.

1991:

Sarah Lamar 91L, a partner at HunterMaclean’s Savannah office, was named a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer in the category of Employment and Labor.

1992:

Rachelle Carnesale 92L was appointed to the Fulton County Superior Court bench by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in June.

1993:

Marc Bryant 93L has joined FS Investments in Philadelphia as senior managing director and chief legal officer.

Ross Ginsberg 93L, a partner at Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn and Dial, has been named a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers, in the category of Construction Litigation.

1994:

Robert Cooper 94L has been named a joint administrative partner of Boies Schiller Flexner’s Washington, DC, office.

Lisa Lott 94L took the bench as superior court judge for Georgia’s Western Judicial Circuit on January 1. She is the first woman elected to that bench and one of only two judges in the Western Circuit’s 118-year history who won their seat purely by election, rather than first serving as a governor’s appointee.

1995:

Stephen T. Kong 95L has joined Pepper Hamilton LLP as partner in its Corporate and Securities Practice Group, resident in Los Angeles and Orange County.

Jeffrey Swart 89B 95L has been promoted to executive vice president and chief legal officer at TrueCar, Inc. Prior to joining TrueCar in 2014, Swart was a litigation partner at Alston & Bird, and also, a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand.

Jonathan A. Vogel 95L of Charlotte, North Carolina, launched Vogel Law Firm, an education law firm focused on issues arising in K-12, higher education, and student loans.

1996:

John Maggio 96L was recognized for the second year in a row as a Leading Lawyer by The Legal 500 for Transport: Aviation and Air Travel-Litigation. He is a partner at Condon & Forsyth and works in the firm’s New York and Miami offices.

1997:

Shawn Kachmar 97L, a partner at HunterMaclean’s Savannah office, was named a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer in the category of Employment Litigation.

1998:

In April, President Donald Trump nominated Steven Grimberg 98L as judge for the Northern District of Georgia.

2000:

Joshua H. Viau 00L is now a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP and practices in the firm’s Atlanta offices. His focus is labor and employment law.

2003:

Eric Barton 00C 03L was one of five lawyers named partner at Seyfarth Shaw’s Atlanta offices (and among the 24 new partners announced firm-wide). He is a litigator who focuses on business disputes, trade secrets, and financial services.

Michael Woods 03L is now Orano’s new general counsel. He is based in the firm’s corporate offices in Washington, DC.

2004:

Noah Bleicher 04L, a former Government Accountability Office senior bid protest hearing officer, has joined Jenner & Block’s Washington, DC, office as a special counsel in its Government Contracts Practice.

2005:

Jonathan Jacobs 02C 05L is a partner in the Financial Transactions group of the New York office of Morrison & Foerster.

Sharon Zinns 02C 05L is among this year’s Georgia Super Lawyers. She is a principal at Beasley Allen’s Atlanta offices.

2006:

Amanda Leech 06L joined Akerman’s Corporate Mergers and Acquisition Practice in Atlanta as partner.

Vincent Russo 06Lwas recognized as an “On the Rise” lawyer in the 2019 Daily Report awards.

2007:

Allison Surcouf 07L was recognized as a Next Generation Lawyer by The Legal 500 for Transport: Aviation and Air Travel- Litigation. She is a partner in Condon & Forsyth’s New York office.

2008:

Jonathan Benator 08L, a partner with Lazega & Johanson, was included among the 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for real estate practice. This is his fifth consecutive year on the list.

Lymari Martinez Cromwell 08L has rejoined Bass, Berry & Sims in Nashville as counsel, where she focuses on labor and employment, and healthcare.

Courtney Devon Taylor 08L is now a partner at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. She joined the firm as counsel in 2015, and is vice-chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group in both the Philadelphia and New York offices.

2009:

Jennifer Deal 09L was recognized as an “On the Rise” lawyer in the 2019 Daily Report awards.

Kelly Frey 09L was named member at Mintz, the firm’s equivalent of achieving partner. He practices in Boston.

Hillary Gardner 09L has joined Credigy, a specialty finance company in Atlanta, as corporate counsel.

Christine Norstadt 09L has joined Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry as senior counsel and part of the firm’s expanding real estate practice.

2010:

Daniel Shulak 04C 10L was named as a Rising Star in the 2019 edition of Legal 500 US for criminal antitrust investigations and defense. He is a senior associate in Hogan Lovells’ White Collar, Investigations, and Fraud Practice Group, based in Washington, DC.

2012:

Ivie Guobadia Serioux 12L has been named a 2019 Super Lawyers Rising Star and 2019 New York City Bar Associate Leadership Institute Fellow.

Adam Sinton 12L, a partner at Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn and Dial, has been named a 2019 Georgia Rising Star by Super Lawyers in the category of Civil Litigation: Defense.

Anthony Stewart 12L, of Hall Booth Smith, has been designated a Fellow of Information Privacy by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is the first and only private-practice attorney in Atlanta to earn the designation and one of 752 individuals worldwide. He focuses on data privacy and security, intellectual property and general liability.

2013:

Brent Bartlett 10C 13L graduated with distinction from Georgetown Law with an LLM in taxation and began a two-year clerkship with Judge Cary D. Pugh at the United States Tax Court in June.

In July, D. Barret Broussard 13L received the Best Lawyer award from Georgia Voice. Broussard, an attorney with Carlton Fields in Atlanta, was honored as part of the publication’s reader-voted 2019 Best of Atlanta awards. Broussard is vice president/ president-elect of the Stonewall Bar Association; his term as president starts in November 2019. He is also the Georgia representative to the National LGBT Bar Association.

2015:

Baylie Fry 15L was profiled about her life and career at BakerHostetler by VoyageATL. She is an associate and focuses on healthcare.

Elizabeth J. Marquardt 15L has joined Miller & Martin as an associate in the firm’s Atlanta offices, where she focuses on litigation, insurance litigation, and construction.

2017:

Aaron Metviner 17L 17B is an associate in the financial restructuring group at the New York office of Milbank.

Joshua Orlan 17L has joined Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel as an associate in the firm’s Miami office.

 

 

 

 

In memoriam

Scott A. Ray 50C 56L on May 4, 2019.

Jon Douglas Stewart Sr. 60C 62L on May 10, 2019.

John “Jack” Franklin Beasley 63L on April 20, 2019.

George W. Bryan 45C 50G 66L on March 25, 2019.

Robert L. Dodd 66L on March 14, 2019.

Charles Stephen Coy 71L on April 24, 2019.

Ronald Taylor Murphy 73L on April 10, 2019.

Samuel W. Chawkin 74L on May 1, 2019.

David H. Lanner 76L on March 9, 2019.

James “Jimmy” M. Wootan 79Lon April 21, 2019.

Brooke Underwood Walker 97L on June 18, 2019.

Philip Joseph Kachmar 19L on June 25, 2019.

 

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