Alumni Class Notes

Jason T. Barnes 97L has joined Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC in Dallas. He’s a director in the firm’s Business & Corporate practice. “We could not be more pleased to welcome Jason to KRCL,” said the firm’s Michael A. Attaway. “His experience and skills will serve our clients well and will further the growth of our corporate practice.” Read the firm release.

Gerard Bifulco 15L was promoted to partner at Austin litigation firm Cleveland Krist PLLC, where he represents individuals and corporate entities in a variety of complex commercial cases. A former judicial clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Bifulco works on both trial and appellate matters. Read the firm release.

Todd Baiad 00L was named as 2023 Lawyer of the Year for Admiralty and Maritime Law for Savannah, Georgia, by Best Lawyers. He is a partner in the litigation department of Bouhan Falligant where he focuses on admiralty and maritime matters, complex commercial litigation, intellectual property disputes, class actions and personal injury claims. Read the firm release.

Effective February 1, Melissa Softness 12L is a new partner in Rumberger|Kirk’s Miami offices, where she focuses on casualty litigation as well as product liability and employment and labor. She represents clients in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, automotive, boating, marine and personal watercraft industries against negligence and product defect claims, and also represents employers against claims of employment discrimination and retaliation. Read the firm release.

As part of its expansion in Washington, DC, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has hired John Nading 03L as a shareholder in the intellectual property section. “Growing our practice in Washington, DC is important to the firm’s national platform,” said the firm’s Bassam Ibrahim. “John is an excellent lawyer, experienced in assisting companies at any stage and in a variety of industries with protecting their intellectual property. He will add significant depth to our IP bench, and we look forward to expanding relationships with clients across our full-service platform.” Read the firm release.

Littler has chosen Katie Blakey 12L to co-chair its SOAR Program, which was created “to provide a positive experience from the beginning for new, diverse attorneys, and to help set them up for success at the firm.” She is based in the firm’s Dallas offices, where she represents employers, executives, and management in employment law and handles litigation ranging from Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation to complex wage and hour class actions and wrongful termination matters. Read the firm release.

Atlantan Annette Kerlin McBrayer 83B 83L has retired after almost 40 years of practicing law with an emphasis on real estate related litigation.

Steve Karcher 88L writes that while he’s inactive as an attorney, he is now a rector for an Episcopal parish in Colorado. “My legal training and decades of both state and federal litigation continue to beneficially impact both me and the community I serve,” he says. Following busy and fulfilling practice in California, Nebraska, and Iowa, Karcher earned an MDiv and was ordained as an Episcopal priest in 2017. He and his wife have two daughters: one is a paralegal in Maryland, and the other is pursuing a PhD. “Thank you, Emory, for getting me on the road to two fine service careers!” he writes. 

Ivie Serioux 12L was recently named a shareholder at Littler, where she represents employers in employment litigation, including matters involving race, age, sex, disability discrimination and retaliation. Based in the firm’s New York City offices, Serioux assists employers in employment discrimination litigation and emerging issues in Title IX compliance and litigation. Read the firm release.

John Gornall 72L has been named one of the Georgia 500—Georgia’s Most Influential Leaders by Georgia Trend magazine. He was also named a 2022 Georgia Super Lawyer in the area of economic development law. He is partner at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP in the Corporate, Public Finance & Economic Development, and Alternative & Renewable Energy practices. Read the firm release.

Elliot Bienenfeld 14L is one of 12 new principals at Beasley Allen. He’s a member of the Toxic Torts Section in the firm’s Atlanta offices. He focuses on the intersection of technology and law in complex litigation, including water pollution. “Our new principals have proven their commitment to helping those who need it the most,” said Beasley Allen’s Tom Methvin. “We are proud to have them representing our firm.” Read the firm release.

Abraham U. Kannof 13L is one of 32 new partners at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. The firm elected new partners across 12 cities, eight states, and the District of Columbia. He’s based in Atlanta and focuses on residential and commercial real estate transactions. He regularly represents developers of high-end resorts, luxury boutique hotels, and mixed-use projects throughout the United States and abroad. Read the firm release.

Amy Cheng 15L is among 32 new partners at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. The firm elected new partners across 12 cities, eight states, and the District of Columbia. Based in the firm’s Atlanta offices, Cheng focuses on labor and employment, business litigation, and white-collar defense and government investigations. Read the firm release.

As of January 1, Ashley Bolt 15L is one of 15 new principals at Fish & Richardson. She is based in Atlanta and her experience includes complex patent and intellectual property litigation in US District Court, before the US International Trade Commission, and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Read the firm release.

Gautam Reddy 13L is a new partner at Kilpatrick Townsend effective January 1. He’s a member of the Construction & Infrastructure Projects Team in the firm’s Atlanta offices, where he focuses on construction and infrastructure projects and government contracting. He represents clients, including owners, EPC contractors, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals, here and abroad. Read the firm release.

Sara Fon Miller 14L is a new partner at Kilpatrick Townsend effective January 1. She’s a member of the M&A Securities and General Corporate Team in the firm’s Atlanta offices. Miller focuses on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, capital raising, and other complex transactions, and general corporate and securities matters for both publicly traded and privately held clients. Read the firm release.

Forrest Fleming III 14L is a new partner at Kilpatrick Townsend, effective January 1. He’s a member of the Trademark & Copyright Team in the firm’s Atlanta offices, where he focuses on trademark and commercial litigation. Fleming has represented Fortune 500 companies in state and federal litigation, at both the trial and appellate level. Read the firm release.

Areeb Syed 22L has joined Faegre Drinker in Chicago as a first-year associate. His area of focus is intellectual property. Read the firm release.

Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears 80L joined Associate Justice Tanya R. Kennedy of the New York Appellate Division, First Department and Shirley Troutman, associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals for a roundtable on how to diversify state and federal benches. They said their opportunities to rise in the ranks came from allies who recognized their potential. The keys to improving diversity on the bench? Intentionality and allyship. Watch “A national conversation on racism: the legal profession’s role in driving equality,” here. (subscription required)

In December, Abbey Hayford 22L joined the 2022 first-year associate class at Faegre Drinker. She practices in the firm’s Dallas offices, where she focuses on insurance matters. Read the firm release.

In December, Christine Norstadt 09L teamed with attorney Katie Fish to write “Five Topics to Consider When Negotiating Default Provisions in a Purchase-and-Sale Agreement,” for the Daily Report. Norstadt is a shareholder in the Atlanta office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka. She was recently included in the 2023 edition of “Best Lawyers in America,” for real estate practice. Read the article. (subscription required)

Effective January 1, R.J. Kornhaas 12L is a new partner at Wiggin and Dana, who practices in the Stamford and New York offices. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department and advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and debt financing, commercial agreements, and governance. Read the firm release.

E. Rainbow Willard 10L has launched Willard Arbitration, LLC, where she acts as arbitrator and counsel. She focuses on investment treaty disputes and international commercial arbitrations in the energy, mining, oil and gas, and construction sectors. She also handles matters involving parallel court and arbitration proceedings, and parallel criminal investigations. Willard practices in English and Spanish, with expertise in matters relating to Latin America, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. She has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in The Legal 500 and as “Up-and-Coming” in Chambers USA.

Fair Trials has partnered with Belmont University College of Law Professor Lucian E. Dervan 02L to launch the Plea Bargaining Institute, designed to create a global intellectual home for academics, policymakers, advocacy organizations, and practitioners working in the plea bargaining space. In the US, 95% or more of criminal cases are resolved through a plea of guilty. 

“The institute will help make plea bargaining research findings and case developments widely available to those in the field, while simultaneously creating a space for dialogue and collaboration to assist in identifying new areas of research and inquiry to help propel reform efforts,” Dervan writes. Read more.

In April, David Zalesne 87L will receive the Robert P. Stupp Award for Leadership Excellence, the American Institute of Steel Construction’s highest industry honor. Zalesne is president of Owen Steel Company and a former chair of the institute’s board of directors.

“David is a visionary who sees opportunities and solutions the rest of us can't. Even better, he's wonderfully able to share his vision and engage the rest of us,” said AISC President Charles J. Carter. “David commits and always builds great outcomes.” Zalesne is only the 10th Stupp Award winner since the program’s inception in 1998. Prior to becoming president of Owen Steel Company in 2004, Zalesne was a partner in the Litigation Department of Klehr, Harrison in Philadelphia and also worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Read more.

Spend 40 minutes with two alumnae. Ebony Phillips 98L interviews Gwen Keyes Fleming 93L on her career in public service—from county prosecutor, to the Obama Administration, to partner at DLA Piper. Watch on YouTube.

In October, Adam Herring 09L joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as of counsel in the firm's Atlanta office, where he focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring, consumer financial services regulation, and related litigation. He previously worked for the U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, where he provided guidance for high-profile bankruptcy matters, managed litigation teams for multi-jurisdictional cases, and negotiated resolutions in nationwide matters involving financial institutions. Read more.

 Alexander L. Orr 10L has been promoted to partnership at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, effective Jan. 1, 2023. Orr focuses on mergers and acquisitions at the firm’s Washington, D.C. offices, where he advises public and private companies, private equity firms, boards of directors and special committees on complex corporate transactions. Read the firm release.

Seoyun Kong 21L spoke at MIDS Second Annual Alumni Event, held at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland on November 18, 2022, on the topic of “will technology make the roles of counsel and arbitrators obsolete?” She is a legal case manager at the World Intellectual Property Organization. She also earned her LLM at Emory Law in 2019.

John T. Rose 18L spoke with Hypebeast about how he became a leading advocate for creatives, and the people who helped him get there. Read more.

Patrick Darcey 18L has joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division.

Stephen F. McKinney 88L writes that as of October 19, he’s joined Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, as of counsel. The firm has offices in Washington, D.C.; Columbia, Maryland; and Nashville, Tennessee.

Martin David Merritt Jr. 64L passed away November 6, 2022. Read the obituary.

On. Nov. 5, Cheryl F. Turner 94C 99L was inducted into the Gate City Hall of Fame as the recipient of the R. Pruden Herndon Service Award. Gate City is the oldest African American Bar Association in Georgia, founded in 1948. Last year, Turner received Emory Law’s Alumni Service Award.

Amy Cheng 09C 15L made the 2021 Emory Alumni Association ‘40 Under 40’ list. This month, she was among the young leaders honored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. She is a senior associate at Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP. Read more.

Two of the eight members of the 2022-2023 term clerks at Georgia’s highest court are Emory Law alumnae, Haley Gintis 21L and Lucy Ratchford 18L. Read more.

Jonathan R. Sigel 91L of Westborough, Massachusetts, a partner and chair of the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group at Mirick O'Connell, has been selected for inclusion on the 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the publication’s research team.

Donald Coleman Bentley 48B 50L passed away October 20, 2022.

In September, B. McKay Mignault 08C 12L was formally sworn in as the first female chief bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of West Virginia. Read more.

Stephanie H. Saran Rudolph 21L has joined Delaware’s Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP as an associate in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Litigation Group, following her clerkship with The Honorable Eric M. Davis of the Delaware Superior Court. Read the firm release.

Lynn Patton Thompson 88C 92L is included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Construction Law and Litigation - Construction. She practices with Biggs, Ingram & Solop PLLC in Jackson, Mississippi. Read the firm release.

In May, Aaron Raphael 99L co-founded Raphael Bellum PLLC, a boutique intellectual property firm whose attorneys have extensive experience in patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, portfolio management, and client counseling. “Our attorneys represent clients on patent and trademark matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and coordinate foreign prosecution in countries throughout the world,” he writes. Read more.

In September, Allison Colón 99L joined Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore LLC as counsel, as part of the firm’s expansion of its construction, surety, land use, zoning, and litigation practice.

“We are excited to have Allison joining the Irwin Fritchie family. Her addition to our firm will further our mission to provide outstanding legal services on a national level, while also supporting our clients at home in Louisiana," said Firm President Gus Fritchie. The firm has offices in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Read the firm release.

Steven J. Chase 75L has been recognized in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation and corporate law. He is a partner, special counsel, in the Sarasota office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP. Read the firm release.

Grover Lee McDuffie 71L passed away September 25, 2022. Read the obituary.

Steven L. Head 75C 79L passed away September 22, 2022. Read the obituary.

James Hughes Phillips 48Ox 57L passed away September 20, 2022. Read the obituary.

Masiel Pelegrino Almon 18L is a new member of the Bar Leadership Institute of the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s 2022-2023 class. The institute mentors young diverse lawyers to help them become leaders in their community and profession, while providing educational and service opportunities. Almon is an associate with Phelps litigation group in Tampa. Read the firm release.

In September, Bradley M. Strickland 13L was named a principal at Kramon & Graham in Baltimore. He is a litigator who represents clients throughout the country in high-value, complex matters involving commercial disputes, professional malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, and toxic torts. Read the firm release.

Mark Voigt 86L recently celebrated 18 years in solo practice representing children with special education needs, throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in cases under the IDEA, Sec. 504 and other laws. He practices at the Law Office of Mark W. Voigt in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.

Susan Pollett 79L writes from New York City that two collections of her short stories were published this year and are available on Amazon. They are: Watching and Letting It All Go and Disappearing From View.

Jeffrey Cousins 89L writes to announce the publication of his book The Right Thing to Do and has a request: “Please read the book and write an honest review.” His synopsis calls the book a sci-fi adventure in which a captured alien “reveals that the aliens created humans. Humans are just robots. The human race has different reactions to the news.”

Youshea Berry 02L is director for Global Development and Strategic Planning at the White House National Security Council, where she focuses on global food security, economic development, women’s empowerment, international education, and several presidential initiatives and strategies. The NSC is the president’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. The council also serves as the president’s principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies. Berry maintains strong ties to Emory, where she taught international law as an adjunct law professor. She recently served in leadership capacities on the Emory Law Alumni Board and on the BLSA Advisory Board, which successfully endowed a new scholarship for 1Ls.

Harold B. Yellin 82B 82L is among The Best Lawyers in America 2023 for his practice of Corporate, Land Use and Zoning, and Real Estate Law. He is a partner at HunterMacLean in Savannah, Georgia.

Diana J. P. McKenzie 85B 85L is among The Best Lawyers in America 2023 for practice in Information Technology Law. She is a partner at HunterMacLean in Savannah, Georgia, and chair of the firm’s information technology and outsourcing practice group.

Ilan Markus 96L, a partner at Barclay Damon in New Haven, Connecticut, was named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor practice in New Haven by Best Lawyers. He was also included in the annual list of The Best Lawyers in America.

John P. Wilson III 78L is among the 2023 “Best Lawyers in America” for the practice of Family Law. He is a principal at Levine Smith Snider & Wilson, LLC, in Atlanta.

In August, EPA Regional Counsel James McGuire 06L joined Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Environment and Natural Resources Division to hold a listening session in Houston, Texas. They met with environmental justice organizations representing communities that have been historically underserved, overburdened and marginalized. They were joined by U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery for the Southern District of Texas and Acting Director Cynthia Ferguson of the Justice Department’s Office of Environmental Justice. Read more.

The Hon. Walt Atherton Fullerton III 78L passed away August 28, 2022. Read the obituary.

James Joseph O'Connell 72L passed away August 27, 2022. Read the obituary.

Kioceaia Stenson 14L is a first-time professor at The Honors College at Florida International University and is teaching the Thriving in the Law honors course. According to the college: “Stenson now works with the Miami Dade County State Attorney’s Office as the assistant chief of the Career Criminal and Robbery Unit. As a practicing attorney and first-generation law student, Stenson understands the difficulty of navigating law school and the legal profession. She hopes her experience in the law, her ties to the Miami legal community, and the FIU community will be influential to students in the upcoming academic year." Read more

Smita Gautam 15L, an associate with Tucker Ellis LLP, in Cleveland, Ohio, has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for 2023 in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law.

Amanda Trigg 94L, a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, has been named the 2023 Family Law and Family Law Arbitration Lawyer of the Year in her locale (Hackensack, New Jersey) by Best Lawyers in America. Read more.

Marshall Leo Helms Jr. 66L passed away August 24, 2022. Read the obituary.

Michael Jablonski 74C 77L received a PhD in communication from the Georgia State University’s College of Arts on May 2. As a Presidential Doctoral Fellow working in the Transcultural Conflict and Violence research program, he studied the manipulation of major media organizations by violent extremists. Jablonski presented this research at the European Union VOX-Pol Network of Excellence Violent Online Political Extremism programs in London and Dublin. Read more.

Drew Findling 84L is a canny attorney—pro-choice, anti-mass incarceration, and a former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He started out as a Fulton County public defender and now his client list includes Cardi B, Shaquille O’Neal and Gucci Mane. As of August, he’s also Donald Trump’s #BillionDollarLawyer. Read more.

Clinton Whetstone Sitton 77Ox 79C 83L passed away August 21, 2022. Read the obituary.

Four Black voters challenged Georgia’s at-large system for Public Service Commissioner elections. On Aug. 19, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated an 11th Circuit ruling and issued an order reinstating U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg 98L’s decision that found the election process violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Read more.

John Arthur Nix 64L passed away August 18, 2022. Read the obituary.

Danette Joslyn-Gaul 94L starts as Georgia Tech’s new general counsel and vice president for Ethics, Compliance and Legal Affairs later this month. She’s previously worked in governmental affairs at both Emory and Georgia Tech. Read more.

Freed Grant Managing Partner and Founder Gray Freed 81L is one of the 2023 “Best Lawyers in America” for Financial Services Regulation Law. “It is an honor to be included in the stellar list of attorneys included in Best Lawyers,” he said. “It is gratifying to know that my peers have acknowledged my dedication and success in representing my clients.” Read more.

Robert Boynton Ansley Jr. 65L passed away on August 13, 2022. Read the obituary.

Cody Warner 12L has launched Cody Warner, P.C., a criminal defense law firm in New York City. Prior to that, he worked for a decade as a public defender at The Legal Aid Society in New York City where he handled thousands of criminal cases, from petit larceny to attempted murder. Warner writes he’s excited to continue his practice of protecting the rights of the accused.

In August, Gregory Hanthorn 85L was included in Best Lawyers (for the 11th consecutive year) in the category of Commercial Litigation. He was also named co-chair of the Federal Practice Task Force of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section. Hanthorn is of counsel with Jones Day in the firm’s Atlanta offices.

Christopher T. Nace 03B 03L is president of the National Civil Justice Institute, a legal nonprofit that works to ensure access to justice. Its mission is to educate practitioners, academics, and the public on issues that affect the civil justice system. Read more.

Robert Miller 11L is a new assistant professor at the University of South Dakota, Knudson School of Law. He teaches courses related to bankruptcy, secured transactions, and corporate governance. He previously practiced at Manier & Herod, P.C. in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more.

The Alabama State Bar has awarded Michael Ballard the 2022 J. Anthony “Tony” McLain Professionalism Award, which he received at the 145th Annual Meeting of the Alabama State Bar in June. Ballard earned his LLM in taxation at Emory Law, and has practiced at Ulmer, Hillman and Ballard, P.C. since 1998. Bar President Taze Shepard said, “The Alabama State Bar is proud to award Michael Ballard with the Judicial Award of Merit. He exemplifies a dedication to the advancement of professionalism within the Alabama State Bar.” Read more.

Christine Howard 87C 90L was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as a 2022 Lawyer of the Year for Litigation-Labor and Employment. She’s also listed in Chambers USA (2022) for expertise in the same practice area. Howard is a partner at Fisher Phillips, in the firm’s Tampa and Atlanta offices. She was recently re-elected to the Management Committee for a three-year term. Read more.

Carlos Kelly 97L, a stockholder with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., was selected as a 2022 Florida Super Lawyer in the category of business litigation. Read more.

Krista A. Boyd 99L is new inspector general for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. She leads a national team that includes auditors, investigators, and attorneys, who provide independent oversight of OPM programs and operations. Read more.

Glenn Taubman 80L is celebrating 40 years of working at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in Springfield, Virginia. He practices labor and constitutional law on behalf of individual employees and has argued cases in eight federal circuits and numerous state courts and administrative agencies.

Richard Litwin 87L of Litwin Law in Atlanta was one of 13 attorneys elected to the American College of Tax Counsel by the College’s Board of Regents earlier this year. Its fellows are recognized as some of America’s best tax attorneys, and the College weighs in on the nation’s tax laws by communicating with Congress, the Treasury Department and the IRS on federal tax issues and through the filing of “friend of the court” briefs. Read more.

As the list of those subpoenaed edges closer to former President Donald Trump, Fulton County DA Fani T. Willis 96L continues to make national headlines as she and a special grand jury investigate alleged efforts to overturn 2020 election results in Georgia. Read more.

U.S. District Court Judge Steven Grimberg 98L ruled in favor of a Fulton County jail inmate representing himself against unreasonable strip searches. Grimberg also denied a qualified immunity defense raised by the officer (subscription required). Read more.

In June, a federal judge ruled that managers are also protected by a retaliation provision that shields employees who oppose discrimination. Kurt Kastorf 02C 06L said the ruling “creates a compelling precedent for other courts to look at nationally.” (subscription required) Read more.

Ricardo Duarte 10L of The Duarte Firm in Tampa has been recognized as Rising Star in Business Litigation by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine each year since 2016.

Analysis by Tyler Yeargain 19L from their 2018 Emory Law Journal article was featured in the July article, “Why Progressive Prosecutors Won’t Save Us in a Post-Roe World.” Read more.

Philip Reese 66C 76B 76L was recently elected to the National Council of the White House Historical Association in Washington, DC, and re-elected to the board of Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution, where he was a founding director. The museum opened in 2017, a few blocks from Independence Hall.

Rhani Lott Choi 10L has joined the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) as education director, effective June 1, 2022. In this newly created leadership position, Choi will oversee faculty recruitment, faculty training and development, and curriculum design.

 “NITA has been a huge part of my professional life for over a decade, and the best part of that experience has been working with NITA’s world-class faculty,” Choi said. “I’m excited to join the rest of the team at NITA Central and to use my experience and education to support the faculty and further the mission of NITA.” Read more.

As of July 1, Noah S. Robbins 07L is a new partner at Ballard Spahr in Philadelphia, where he focuses on intellectual property disputes and counseling. Noted for his advocacy in copyright and trademark disputes and brand enforcement matters, he has litigated cases involving trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising cases arising under the Lanham Act, copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of intellectual property licensing agreements. Robbins has also led national trademark enforcement programs.

Daniel Soleimani 11L has joined Butzel as a shareholder in the firm’s Troy, Michigan, office, where he specializes in tax matters related to merger and acquisition and commercial real estate transactions. Soleimani has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine, named a 2021 Michigan “Rising Star” and was included in the 2021 Detroit Jewish News/The Well, "36 Under 36.” Read more.

Last month, Gov. Brian Kemp chose former Deputy Attorney General Julie Adams Jacobs 03L to serve as a Cobb County Superior Court judge. (subscription required) Read more.

This spring, Georgia State University’s Risk Management Foundation observed its eighth annual Risk Science & Insurance Leadership Awards, The Riskies. Nine awardees were recognized for achievements in risk-related industries.

Brian T. Casey 92L received the Innovator Award, which recognizes individuals who are changing and influencing the risk management and insurance industry in dynamic ways. Casey is a partner at Locke Lord, LLP, and co-leads the firm’s regulatory and transactional insurance practice group. He focuses on corporate, merger and acquisition, corporate and structured finance, and other transactional and regulatory matters for corporate clients in the insurance, financial services and health care industries. Read more.

In June, Shawn A. Kachmar 97L and Sarah H. Lamar 91L, both partners with HunterMaclean’s employment practice group, received rankings in Chambers USA 2022—Kachmar for Litigation: General Commercial, and Lamar for Labor and Employment. 

“Our continuous inclusion in this prestigious publication is an honor to the firm,” said HunterMaclean Managing Partner Brad Harmon. “This recognition further reiterates our attorneys’ commitment to their practice areas, our clients, and our community.”

Randy Kessler 88L spoke with CBS News this week about the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp defamation trial and what message the jury may be sending. Watch the video.

Trevor Brewer OOL is the new chair of the Dean's Advisory Board at UCF Burnett Honors College in Orlando, Florida. Read more.

Chad I. Michaelson 99L has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the category of business litigation. He practices in the Pittsburgh offices of Meyer, Unkovic and Scott. Super Lawyers is a Thomson Reuters business rating service, which evaluates lawyers using statewide surveys, independent research evaluations and peer reviews in more than 70 practice areas. The list features less than 5 percent of Pennsylvania lawyers each year. Read the firm release.

John Rose 18L landed on both Variety and Billboard’s annual lists of lawyers who’ve achieved significant wins for their marquee musical clients. It was his third straight year to be included on the annual Billboard roster of top lawyers. Read more.

Leah Ward Sears 80L has been voted the best mediator/arbitrator by lawyers and law firm administrators who read the Daily Report. Also, the former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice’s firm, Alterity ADR, an Atlanta-based alternative dispute resolution firm founded in August 2021, was named “best of” in its category.

"The qualities of a good judge are to judge, and I thought I was a pretty good judge. But those are not the qualities of a good mediator,” Sears said. “A good mediator has to be able to take the lawyers' view of their cases and test whether, in their eyes as well as those of their clients, those evaluations make sense logically, feel right emotionally, and are doable practically. It pleases me that many believe I was able to master both very different skill sets during my legal career. Thank you for this recognition." Read the firm release.

Diantha V. Ellis 20L received the 2022 W. Bruce and Rosalyn Ray Donaldson Excellence in Advising Award from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). The award is presented annually for exceptional performance as an academic advisor. Ellis is an associate professor of Business Administration in the college’s Stafford School of Business and also, president of the ABAC Faculty Senate. Read the news release.

Francis Spagnoletti 79L passed away May 29, 2022. Read the obituary.

Laurent Badoux 97L was included on AZBigMedia’s list of most admired Arizona business leaders for 2022.  He is a shareholder focusing on labor and employment law in the Scottsdale office of Buchalter, an AmLaw 200 law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, and home to more than 350 attorneys working in 10 offices. See the list.

Robert Nelson “Red” Robinson 49C 55L passed away May 17, 2022. Read the obituary.

In May, Lynn Greenky 82L's book, When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of our First Amendment Right was published by Brandeis University Press. She’s an associate teaching professor at Syracuse University.

“Greenky maps the history of the First Amendment’s free speech clause from its foundation and building blocks to contemporary controversies,” one review reads. “In 15 chapters, she lays out types of speech—protected and unprotected, symbolic, political, offensive, harmful, and hate—that have posed significant complications. She also considers problematic issues such as speech in public schools and other public places, the right to speak through silence, and both sides of the battle to speak, shout, protest, or counsel about abortion.” Visit her website.

Congratulations to Chad F. Slieper 05L, director of the Law, Science, and Technology program at Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public Policy. He received an Academic Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award during the college’s year-end awards ceremony.

“Of the various components of my job, teaching is the absolute most important, gratifying, and let’s be honest, FUN thing I get to do!,” Slieper posted on LinkedIn. “I graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology 20 years ago this spring. When I was walking to my car from my last final exam in 2002, I remember telling my mom on the phone that I felt like my work at Tech wasn’t done. Little did I know what was in store two decades down the line.” Read the post.

Bradley M. Strickland 13L, an associate with Kramon & Graham, has been selected as a member of Business Volunteers Maryland's GIVE Fellowship Class of 2022. The nine-month fellowship prepares rising leaders in Baltimore for civic engagement and community leadership. Strickland is in the firm’s litigation group and focuses on matters involving commercial and professional liability, catastrophic personal injury, toxic torts, and products liability. Read the firm release.

Congratulations to Seth Church 18L, who was named to the Elevate Kentucky Class of 2022, a program for young professionals who will collaborate on challenges facing the state. Church is an associate and litigator who practices out of Dinsmore’s Lexington, Kentucky, offices. He focuses on commercial litigation, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, economic and physical torts, and other business disputes. Read the news release.

As part of the expansion of its Atlanta office, Parker Poe hired 16 new education attorneys including Associate MaryGrace Bell Kitrell 14L and Partner Cheryl Shaw 84C 90L. “Each member of our team has a personal connection to the work that we do, and we recognize that K-12 and higher education is not just an industry but a civic good that is critical to a functioning, healthy democracy,” said Partner Nina Gupta. “We take the responsibility seriously and are honored to partner with our clients to ensure the availability of a high-quality education for future generations.” Read the firm release.

Ashley Edwards 09L is a member of the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2022 class of the top 40 business leaders under 40. A partner with Parker Poe in North Carolina, Edwards is practice group leader who focuses on bankruptcy and litigation. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, national, regional, and community banks, nontraditional lenders, finance companies, lessors, and manufacturers. She is also a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and averages more than 80 hours of pro bono services each year. Her pro bono work involves work with North Carolina's Guardian ad Litem program, where she represents abused and neglected children. Read the firm release.

Ryan M. Richards 11L has been named a shareholder at Baker Donelson. He practices in the firm’s Nashville office, where he is a member of the Corporate Law Group. Read the firm release.

Joel Nichols 00L 00T, associate dean for academic affairs and professor, has been named interim dean at the University of St. Thomas Law School in Minneapolis. He has served as associate dean since 2013 and is also an affiliated faculty member of Emory Law’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Read more.

Benjamin Katz 12L was promoted to member at Frost Brown Todd on April 1. He’s a bankruptcy and restructuring attorney in the firm’s Nashville office who serves as outside general counsel to companies in the electronic payments industry, and helps automakers manage supply chain crises. Katz also represents various stakeholders in complex bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings throughout the country. Read the firm release.

As of May 2, Lisa Gruber 95L is now vice president, tax, at Amgen, after serving as Hasbro’s senior vice president, corporate tax, for the past five years.

James Janaitis 09L, an aviation attorney, has joined Baker Donelson’s Corporate Group as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C. offices.

"An attorney with Jim's background is invaluable to our aviation clients," said John McJunkin, managing shareholder. "His understanding of the industry, particularly as it relates to the intricate regulatory issues involved, is outstanding, and that level of knowledge is essential to successful business aviation operations. We're excited to have Jim as part of our Washington, D.C. office." Read the firm release.

Keong Min Yoon 16L, counsel, cybersecurity and data infrastructure at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., is participating in the drafting process of a United Nations treaty on cybercrime. Read more

Aaron J. Walayat 19L has joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Law as an adjunct professor—he taught a class on the Philosophy of Crime and Punishment this spring. He is also an associate with the Insolvency and Creditor’s Rights Group at Tucker Arensberg.

Quinn Yeargain 19L has been appointed assistant professor of law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, effective July 2022. They are currently a lecturer at the Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut, and an associate director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. The appointment, they write, is “thanks in large part to the invaluable assistance of Professors Kay Levine and Jonathan Nash.” Read the press release.

Dan Shulak 10L was promoted to counsel at Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., on January 1, 2022. An antitrust litigator, he focuses on helping companies navigate complex international and domestic criminal antitrust investigations and other white-collar and litigation matters. Read the firm release.

Kevin J. Rubin 08L has formed Rubin Family Law, LLC, a boutique firm in the Cumberland area that focuses on all aspects of family law, including simple and complex actions for divorce, child custody, paternity and legitimation, and prenuptial agreements. Read more

Shalanda Miller 08L, a Fulton County Juvenile Court judge, has announced her campaign for Fulton County Superior Court. Election day for the nonpartisan race is May 24, 2022. She invites you to visit her website to learn more.

Michael Kenny 84L, a retired partner at Alston & Bird in Atlanta, has published his debut novel Life’s Illusions. He promises an inside look at life in Big Law and trial practice, along with “a good read in the process.” Over his career, Kenny has defended more than 250 class actions on behalf of major corporations and served as lead appellate counsel in 55 federal and state courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and 11 federal circuit courts of appeal.

As of January 2021, Diane Melnick 91L is a partner in Practus LLP’s Intellectual Property Group. She is based in New York City. “I've experienced government service (at the United States Patent and Trademark Office), in-house practice at multinational corporate giants and startups, and the joys of private practice in both large and small firms,” she writes. “The journey has been full of learning and growing, but I am happy to be settled into a firm where I can collaborate with great colleagues and also make my own decisions about client management.”

Nova D. Harb 05L has joined Bass, Berry & Sims as counsel in its Nashville, Tennessee, offices, part of the firm’s launch of an Investment Funds Practice. She was previously with McGuireWoods LLP.

“We are excited to add Nova’s extensive fund formation experience to complement our long-established and nationally recognized private equity and M&A work,” said Michael J. Holley, chair of the Corporate & Securities Practice. Read the firm release.

Michael "Mike" Baranovic Jr. 13L is one of 24 new partners at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP. He represents private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, business borrowers and financial institutions in connection with a wide variety of debt finance matters, including syndicated credit facilities, acquisition financings, cash flow financings, asset-based financings, and mezzanine financings. He is in the corporate practice group in the firm’s Washington, D.C., offices. Read the firm release.

Shawn A. Kachmar 97L and Sarah H. Lamar 91L, both partners with HunterMaclean’s employment practice group, were recognized as 2022 Georgia Super Lawyers—Kachmar for Employment Litigation Law, and Lamar for Employment and Labor Law. They practice in the firm’s Savannah, Georgia, office.

Kimberli C. Withrow 97L, a partner at Atlanta’s Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery, has been recognized as a 2022 Georgia Super Lawyer in the area of family law. This is her seventh consecutive year to receive the honor. Read the firm release.

Annalise Surnow 16L has been admitted as a member at Bodman PLC. Previously a senior associate, she practices in the firm’s Detroit office and is a member of the Business and Health Care Practice Groups. She represents businesses in complex commercial transactions and corporate law matters including corporate organization and mergers and acquisitions. Read the firm release.

Heather Kolinsky 15L joined Washington and Lee Law in 2021 as a professor of practice, where she teaches Legal Writing and Professional Responsibility.

Katherine Silverman 11L and William Piercy 97L represented the Love Renaissance record label and its founders in a business divorce case that was covered by among others, Rolling Stone. The Atlanta label works with hip-hop and R&B artists including Shelley (f/k/a D.R.A.M.) 6lack and Summer Walker.  

“After a five-day trial consisting of eight witnesses, more than 30 exhibits and three hours of deliberation, the jury awarded LVRN $50,000 against the consultants and awarded the consultants $3,463.27 in connection with certain tax withholdings. In that LVRN went to trial facing the possibility of a multi-million-dollar verdict against it, this was a huge win,” according to the firm’s blog. Read the blog post.

Pranav Lokin 20L, an associate at Akin Gump, was an author and principal investigator of the the Association of Pro Bono Counsel’s report “Positive Change: How the Pandemic Changed Pro Bono and What We Should Keep.” He participated in the companion panel discussion, along with Judge Roy Ferguson, known for the “Lawyer Cat” hearing. Watch the panel.

Deborah B. Koslin 09L was promoted to partner at Levine Smith Snider & Wilson, LLC, which she joined in 2018. She’s practiced family law exclusively since 2013 and handles domestic relations matters including divorce, custody and legitimation, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, modifications, contempt and family violence actions, and arbitration. She began her career representing large financial services firms. Koslin has been included in Best Lawyers in America for family law for the past two years and was named 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” for family law arbitration in Atlanta. Read the firm release.

Alan Clarke 89L recently joined Greenspoon Marder LLP’s Entertainment, Media and Technology Group in the AM Law 200 firm’s Atlanta office. He focuses on contract drafting and negotiations, trademark and copyright licenses and acquisitions, as well as infringement issues and litigation. He was recently named “Top Rated” by Georgia Super Lawyers and was among Georgia Trend’s 2021 “Legal Elite” for Entertainment and Sports.

John Keir 18L has been named lead counsel for Data Privacy and Security at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), effective February 1, 2022. He is responsible for ensuring the company's global subsidiaries, such as the NYSE, ICE Data Services, and ICE Mortgage Technologies, are compliant with all relevant data privacy laws and regulations in all jurisdictions where ICE operates.

Adam Keating 11L is one of 10 new partners at Duane Morris. He focuses on employment law and management labor relations, and represents businesses in all types of employment litigation and administrative matters, including the defense of employment discrimination claims, wrongful discharge cases, wage-and-hour litigation, employment contract matters and restrictive covenant litigation. Read the firm release.

William D. “Billy” Newcomb III 02L has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC in Atlanta as a member (partner) of the firm. His practice focuses on complex litigation, product liability, and other general liability litigation. Read the firm release.

Daniel B. Millman 13L has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC in Atlanta as counsel. His practice focus is commercial litigation. He defends directors, officers, accountants, lawyers, financial advisors and other professionals against negligence claims. Read the firm release.

Mark Lefkow 00L has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC in Atlanta as a member (partner) of the firm. He represents clients in various areas of civil litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Read the firm release.

Peter J. Critikos III 18L has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC in Atlanta as an attorney. His practice focus is commercial litigation, specifically professional liability defense and general business litigation.

Katherine M. Silverman 11L has been promoted to principal at Berman Fink Van Horn, where she has practiced since 2018. She focuses on business litigation, non-compete/trade secrets and real estate litigation. Read the firm release.

Allyson Gold 11L has joined the Wake Forest University School of Law faculty as associate dean of experiential learning and director of the new Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic.

On January 18, 2022, Morgan Stanley announced that Ryan J. Donohue 06L has been appointed managing director, Legal and Compliance. He practices in firm’s New York City offices, where he is head of Legal, Global Financial Crimes. Read the firm release.

Shara Sanders 99L is the new chair of the DeKalb Library Foundation Board of Directors; she's served on the board since 2018. “She is an attorney and a community volunteer who has been working to improve and enhance DeKalb County for years,” the board’s announcement states. Sanders previously served as president of the Junior League of DeKalb County, and now serves on the Board of Trustees for St. Martin’s Episcopal School and Leadership DeKalb’s Board of Directors. She’s also volunteered with the League of Women Voters of Georgia and the Boy & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta Champions Club for Girls.

Katie B. Blakey 12L is a new shareholder at Littler’s Dallas, Texas, offices, as of Jan. 1, 2022. She represents employers, executives and management in employment litigation on matters ranging from Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation to complex wage and hour class actions and wrongful termination matters. Read the firm release.

Scott Moskol 92L, co-chair of the Financial Restructuring & Distressed Transactions Group at Burns & Levinson in Boston, has been named president of the Turnaround Management Association, Northeast Chapter, effective January 1. The organization’s mission is to help businesses navigating critical turning points and transitions get to the next level. Moskol counsels clients nationwide on restructurings, workouts, bankruptcies, receiverships, and other insolvency-related matters, and is experienced in purchase/sale of distressed assets, companies and loan portfolios.

Luther J. Battiste III 74L has been inducted into the National Center for State Courts’ Warren E. Burger Society, which is named for the NCSC visionary and former U.S. Supreme Court chief justice. The Society honors individuals who have used their time, talent and support to advance the organization in exceptional ways. Battiste, a founding shareholder of Johnson, Toal & Battiste in Columbia, S.C., was honored at an event held in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18. Read the news release.

Jennifer Mencarini 97L became Fox Rothschild's first director of Diversity & Inclusion in September 2021. Based in the firm’s Greensboro, North Carolina offices, she manages the implementation and operation of firm-wide diversity and inclusion programs and key initiatives. Read more.

Hunter Robinson 14L has been promoted to partner at Bradley in Nashville, Tennessee, where he focuses on representing bank and non-bank financial institutions in class-action litigation involving alleged violations of the Truth in Lending Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Read the firm release.

Karan Jhurani 14L is one of 17 new principals at Fish & Richardson. He’s based in Atlanta, where he focuses on patent prosecution and counseling, post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and complex patent litigation. Read the press release.

Vivian Cheng 14L is a new principal at Fish & Richardson’s New York City offices. She focuses on trademark and copyright litigation and also counsels clients on issues relating to trademark, trade dress, and copyright protection and enforcement, unfair competition, and false advertising. Read the press release.

Benjamin A. Saidman 12L is one of eight new partners at Finnegan. From the firm’s Atlanta offices, he works with clients in areas involving mechanical, electrical, computer, and medical device technologies. A former Federal Circuit law clerk, Saidman also holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. He now focuses on PTAB post-grant proceedings, district court patent litigation, and Federal Circuit appeals. He has been involved with more than 50 PTAB proceedings, serving as backup counsel in over 40 cases. Read the firm release.

Christine Ellice 07L is one of nine new partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in Los Angeles. She focuses on complex commercial litigation and class action defense, and advises financial services and banking clients to provide strategic guidance on dispute resolution and represent them in complex litigation. She’s also represented clients in the entertainment industry. Read the firm release.

Alex Tucker 13L has been promoted to counsel at Cantor Colburn, effective January 1. From the firm’s Atlanta offices, he counsels clients on a wide range of intellectual property matters, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, IP transactions and licensing, and portfolio analysis and management.

“We invest in talent,” said co-managing partner Philmore H. Colburn II. “Our new partners and counsel have proven themselves to be trusted advisors, providing the highest level of service and work product to our clients.” Read the firm release.

In August 2021, Angela Oliver 10L was promoted at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to director of the Office of Executive Secretariat (proposed). She works in the CDC Office of the Director, Office of the Chief of Staff, and in her new role she manages an office responsible for CDC's regulations and executive branch reporting, as well as guidance and coordination in responding to agency correspondence and documents.

E. Marc Miller 97L has been promoted to shareholder at Flaster Greenberg effective January 1. He is a trusts and estates attorney in the firm’s West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, offices. "Our new shareholders have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to providing outstanding client service," said Jordan A. LaVine, co-managing shareholder. "They are skilled attorneys and are tremendously valuable to the firm and its continued success." Read the firm release.

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP has promoted Jessica Stanton 13L to counsel in its New York City Office’s Real Estate Practice. She represents clients in commercial real estate deals and corporate transactions with particular experience in representing landlords leasing office and retail space in New York City and across the country. Her experience also includes co-working leases and representing tenants leasing space for their headquarters. Stanton is a member of Olshan's Associates Committee and Women's Committee. Read the press release.

As of January 1, Nathan S. Brill 11L is a partner at Blank Rome LLP’s Washington, DC, office, where he provides legal counsel in complex commercial transactions. His transactional law experience includes representing private equity and strategic buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions, securities matters, and day-to-day operations. Brill also serves as general corporate counsel to emerging and mature businesses. Read the firm release.

Gregory W. Dewan 10L has been named executive director, president, and CEO of the Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society in Syracuse, New York, effective February 1, 2022. The society has approximately 75 full-time staff and provides free legal services to low-income residents of Central New York, including immigration, divorce, domestic violence, family law, housing, unemployment insurance, appeals, and parole revocation cases.

“I am humbled and excited by the opportunity to serve as the next Executive Director of the Hiscock Legal Aid Society,” Dewan said. “As a lifelong resident of Central New York, it is particularly rewarding to be leading an organization I believe in, alongside people I believe in, to fulfill a critical mission ensuring access to justice for all in our community.” Read the news release.

Gabrielle R. Mercadante 12L has been promoted to counsel at Robinson+Cole, effective January 1, 2022. “All of these lawyers have been extraordinarily strong contributors to our firm and clients, and it is wonderful to be able to recognize their achievements and be part of the continuing growth of their careers,” said Managing Partner Rhonda J. Tobin. Read the firm release.

In November, Diane Slinger 90L joined Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C., in Michigan, as a partner in the Estate & Wealth Planning Practice Group. She brings 30 years of industry experience, providing counsel on estate planning and related changes in legal policy. Her specialties include estate planning and probate law, corporate law, contract law, business planning and real estate law. She’ll also handle matters involving estate and gift tax preparation, tax planning, mergers and acquisitions and transactional matters. Read the firm release.

Caeden Curtis Drayton 07L, intellectual property counsel at Stanley Black Decker, Inc., was inducted as a member of the latest Baltimore Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list in November. Read his profile.

Prentiss Q. Yancey Jr. 69L passed away November 28, 2021. Read the obituary.

David Wender 03L, a partner in Alston & Bird's Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group, has been elected a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, an honorary public service association that recognizes bankruptcy professionals for excellence and contributions to the field. He will be inducted at the organization's annual meeting in April 2022 in Denver, Colorado. Read the firm release.

Eric Arpert 20L, who served as general campaign manager for Jack Ciattarelli’s 2021 New Jersey Republican gubernatorial campaign, has been named to the 2021 Insider 100: Millennial Power List, published by NJ.com.

Jonathan R. Sigel 91L has been named a 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyer. He’s a partner and chair of the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group at Mirick O'Connell. He advises clients on employment issues, including employment and severance agreements, handbooks and policies, and terminations and layoffs.

Aaron Metviner 17B 17L has joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP as an associate in their New York restructuring practice. He focuses on financial restructuring transactions and proceedings, including representations of debtors, ad hoc groups, and official committees in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and related transactions. Prior to joining Kirkland, Metviner was with Milbank LLP in New York.

Ilene W. Berman 90L and Brian T. Nash 87L are among the dozen attorneys who launched Continuum Legal Group LLP this October in Atlanta. The firm’s primary areas of practice are commercial litigation, corporate, employment, environmental, lending and real estate. Nash’s specialties are corporate and technology law, and Berman focuses on employment and employment litigation.

“We’ve been colleagues and friends for years – in fact, decades for a number of us - so the idea of a ‘continuum’ resonated strongly,” said Founding Partner Marc D. Glenn. “We’re comfortable working together, and we have an immense level of trust in each other, knowing that any of us who work on a client’s file will bring a tremendous level of expertise, service and practicality to the matter. Berman adds: “if you look up the word continuum, one meaning is ‘a coherent whole characterized as a collection,’ which aptly describes our new law firm. It’s that cohesiveness that enhances the type of service we give to our clients.” Read the firm release.

In October, Elliott Leigh Coward 13L was elected partner at Morris, Manning & Martin, effective Jan. 1. 2022. She works within the firm’s healthcare practice and provides legal advice and assistance to healthcare providers regarding corporate transactions, regulatory and legislative issues with a focus on proactive compliance, and administrative litigation. Read the firm release.

Thomas Edwin Lawrence Jr. 71L passed away October 26, 2021. Read the obituary.

Hannah Krasny 20L has joined Miller & Martin PLLC as a litigation associate in the firm's Atlanta office where she focuses on business litigation. She has experience with contract negotiation and dispute matters, intellectual property issues, and has assisted with product liability defense cases, including MDL opioid and asbestos litigation.

Sydney Ford 19L recently published the children’s book, Grief Came to Visit Today. She is an assistant public defender in the juvenile division of the DeKalb County Public Defender's Office.

Jonathan David Rosen 00L passed away October 8, 2021. Read the obituary.

Wayne Taylor 82C 85L has been elected president of the American College of Coverage Counsel (ACCC), an association of U.S., Canadian, and Bermudan lawyers whose mission “is to advance the creative, ethical, and efficient adjudication of insurance coverage and extracontractual disputes; to enhance the civility and quality of the practice of insurance law; to provide peer-reviewed scholarship; and to improve of the relationship between and among the members of [the] profession.” Taylor is a senior partner with Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, LLP, in Atlanta.

Richard Garrett 70C 73L passed away October 4, 2021. Read the obituary.

Jason Lichtstein 99L completed his second term as president of the Florida Brownfields Association. He’s a partner at Akerman LLP and recently relocated to Akerman's Atlanta office to grow the firm’s regional and national Brownfield and environmental practice.

James Lesswing Bumbalo 87L passed away September 29, 2021. Read the obituary.

Taft N. Gearhart 16L passed away September 25, 2021. Read the obituary.

Charles Van Horn 94L was named Best Lawyers 2022 “Lawyer of the Year,” for Litigation – Real Estate, Atlanta. He was also recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America 2022. He is a shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn where he focuses on banking and creditors’ rights and business and real estate litigation with an emphasis on litigation arising out of real estate transactions. Read the firm release.

Benjamin I. Fink 92L has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 for Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment; and Employment Law – Management. He is a shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn where he focuses on business and employment litigation with an emphasis on non-compete, trade secret and other competition-related disputes. He also currently serves as the Emory Law Alumni Board President. Read the firm release.

Jeffrey N. Berman 82L was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 for Mergers and Acquisitions law. He is a shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn, where he leads the firm’s corporate and business practice, and has served as managing partner since 2004. Read the firm release.

Michael P. Saber 89L has been named one of 2022 The Best Lawyers in America, in the categories of Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities/Capital Markets; and Venture Capital. He practices with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Naples Illustrated magazine has named Carlos Kelly 97L a 2021 “Top Lawyer” for practice in the realms of Business Litigation, Eminent Domain, and Condemnation Law. He is a stockholder with Henderson Franklin in Fort Myers, Florida.

Theresa L. "Terry" Kitay 87L has joined the Litigation and Real Estate groups at Baker Donelson as a shareholder in the firm's Atlanta office. She brings significant experience in the housing industry, and focuses her practice on defense and preventive representation of clients in the housing industry in all civil rights matters, including fair housing, Section 504, Title VI, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Read the firm release.

John Thomas McTier 54C 57L passed away September 8, 2021. Read the obituary.

Michael J. Willner 84L has been appointed to the board of directors of Cardiol Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops innovative anti-inflammatory therapies to treat cardiovascular disease. Willner is founder of the investment firm, Willner Capital. Read more.

Duncan Hamilton Adams 98L passed away September 5, 2021. Read the obituary.

Otha Lamar Gray 58L passed away September 4, 2021. Read the obituary.

C.E. Rhodes 00L has joined Frost Banks’s executive team as group executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Rhodes most recently was managing director and chief compliance officer at New Fortress Energy Inc. Frost is a commercial bank based in San Antonio, Texas. Read more.

Richard M. Morgan 92L has been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his expertise in Trusts and Estates. He is a partner with Morgan and DiSalvo, P.C., in Alpharetta. Morgan has been included on this list every year since 2013. Read more.

Luther J. Battiste III 74L and his wife, Judy Battiste 74C, received the Fran Peacock Coker FLABOTA Community Service Award at the FLABOTA Annual Conference for their efforts in developing a civics education reading program for children. The ABOTA Foundation Civics Education Literacy Program was created by the Battistes in 2020 to introduce the importance of civics education to elementary school students through reading. Battiste is is a founding shareholder of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A. Judy Battiste served for 33 years in the Fort Jackson School system, 20 as a classroom teacher, then as a media specialist. Read more.

Judge C. Richard Avery 66L passed away September 2, 2021. Read the obituary.

Greg Reybold 08L is director of healthcare policy and general counsel for the American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI), effective September 1, 2021. Reybold will work with the APCI legislative team to develop healthcare policy at both the state and federal levels as well as manage the co-op’s legal strategy. Read the press release.

Judge John Wyman Lamb 67L passed away September 1, 2021. Read the obituary.

Judge John Wyman Lamb 67L passed away September 1, 2021. Read the obituary.

Jonathan R. Sigel 91L, a partner with Mirick O’Connell in Westborough, Massachusetts, was recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 edition, in the field of Employment Law-Management. Sigel has been recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013.

Charles “Chuck” Palmer 86L, a partner at Troutman Pepper in Atlanta, has been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, for Administrative/Regulatory Law. He was also included in the 2014 and 2017 editions.

Ilan Markus 96L, a partner at Barclay Damon LLP, has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2022 edition, for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights, and Insolvency and Reorganization Law.

Maria Shohat 81L passed away August 22, 2021. Read the obituary.

Chad I. Michaelson 99L, a partner with Meyer, Unkovic & Scott in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He has been recognized as a Best Lawyer in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Litigation-Construction since 2015.

In August, Campbell Williamson 15L was named partner at Schneider Hammers in Atlanta, where he represents clients in state and federal courts in premises liability cases, motor vehicle cases, and commercial vehicle cases. Read the firm release.

David J. Topping 12L, a partner at Phelps in New Orleans, made the “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” list for the first time in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, in the category of environmental law. The list features lawyers with less than 10 years in practice.

Julie I. Fershtman 86L , a shareholder at Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C., has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2022 edition, for Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Read the firm release.

In August, James McGuire 06L was unanimously elected to serve a three-year term on the Executive Council of the State Bar of Texas' Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS). ENRLS helps publish the Texas Environmental Law Review, and promotes education and scholarship on environmental law. McGuire has practiced environmental law in Texas since 2006, and he also serves as the Regional Counsel where he leads a 60-attorney law office for U.S. EPA Region 6, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and 66 federally recognized tribes.

Victor Edward Henderson 87L passed away on August 10, 2021. Read the obituary.

Terry Adamson 73L retired in 2020 as vice president, Global Law Affairs and general counsel, for Boeing International. He and his wife, Ede Holiday, divide their time between Boynton Beach, Florida, and Highlands, North Carolina. He continues to serve as a trustee for the Carter Center, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Asia Foundation.

Kelly Frey 09L was named to Benchmark Litigation’s '40 & Under Hot List 2021.' "The annual ranking recognizes the best and brightest law firm partners under 40 in the United States and Canada who stand out due to their high-stakes wins, precedent-setting matters and positioning for future success," according to the magazine.

Frey was also featured in Law360s’s ‘2021 Rising Stars’ in real estate. Frey, a member in Mintz’s Boston offices, was cited for his work litigating cases across a broad spectrum of commercial real estate and government regulation matters, including the first case establishing commercial landlords' rights against tenants protected by Massachusetts' COVID-19 eviction moratorium. Read the firm release.

Frederick W. Ajax Jr. 69L passed away July 24, 2021. Read the obituary.

Ben Farley 11L wrote an essay for The Atlantic marking the 15th anniversary of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; it urges the Biden administration to close Guantanamo. He was also a recent guest on NPR, discussing the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Farley is a trial attorney and law-of-war counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization. Read the essay.

Will Wooten 13L has been appointed deputy district attorney in charge of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office White-Collar Crime Unit, which prosecutes complex financial crimes including violations of the Georgia RICO Act, high-dollar financial theft and fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and cybercrime. Previously, he was a major felony prosecutor in Clayton County, Georgia. Read the release.

Carlos Kelly 97L was named one of the 2021 class of Florida Super Lawyers. Kelly is a stockholder with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Fort Myers, Florida.

Michael E. Ballard 80L was ordained a priest in the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast of the Episcopal Church on February 13, 2021. He is an attorney with Ulmer, Hillman & Ballard, P.C. in Mobile, Alabama.

Jeff Harris 89L, a recently retired FBI agent, received the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal from the director of National Intelligence for his work on a classified human intelligence collection operation. He’s now a legal subject matter expert for the Diplomatic Security Service.

Following 40 years of practice, primarily in family law, Susan Pollet 79L has published multiple books she would like to share with you. They are: Grey Divorce: From Pain to Peace, Women in Crisis: Stories from the Edge, Through Walter’s Lens, Lessons in Survival: All About Amos, and Juliette Rose’s Dream of Becoming. Pollet resides in New York City. Read her bio to see the awards and recognition she has earned throughout the course of her career.

Mack Emerson 16L and  Katherine DeRosa Emerson 15L welcomed a  daughter, Sloane Margaret Emerson, to the world (and Atlanta) on February 3, 2020.

Maren Lynn Chaloupka 95L has opened a solo trial practice, Chaloupka Law LLC, in her hometown of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. She has more than 25 years’ experience in serious personal injury, civil rights and felony criminal defense work in both Nebraska and nationwide. She secured the largest civil rights jury verdict in state history, she writes. Chaloupka also serves on the Board of Directors of Trial Lawyers College and has taught its national programs for 20 years.

Michael Fabius 07L is one of 13 new Ballard Spahr lawyers admitted to partnership, effective July 1. He is co-practice leader of the Gaming Group and practices in the firm’s Philadelphia offices, where he advises clients in the highly regulated gaming and racing industries, and in litigation before administrative agencies.

“Our new partners are consummate professionals with top-flight legal acumen and sound business knowledge, a combination of attributes that has enabled them to build indispensable partnerships that help the firm’s clients succeed,” said firm Chair Mark Stewart. “Their elevation to our partnership is well-deserved, and we are proud to welcome them.” Read the firm release.

Randy Ford Taub 83L passed away on June 30, 2021. Read the obituary.

In June, W. Thomas Hawkins 05L published his first book, Land Use Law in Florida. He is program director and lecturer at the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning.

Alyson Pirio 05C 08L has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the firm’s Tax & Benefits Practice Group. Previously, she was senior corporate counsel for GSMA, Ltd., where she was responsible for managing the trade association’s corporate governance, contracting, and tax compliance activities. She also served in the Office of Chief Counsel in the Internal Revenue Service’s Atlanta office.

“Aly brings highly valuable skills and experience to our practice,” said Joan Arnold, leader of the firm’s Tax & Benefits Practice Group. “Her sophisticated nonprofit tax experience and tax work in the partnership and transactional arenas is a big draw for the firm and allows us to provide even more robust services for our clients.”

David L. Ladov 78L will receive the 2021 Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section Eric Turner Memorial Award during the section’s virtual summer meeting, July 15-16. The award honors a lawyer who is dedicated to the practice of family law and who serves as a mentor and teacher to fellow lawyers. He is a partner in Obermayer Law’s West Conshohocken offices.

“Ladov has more than 40 years of experience in family law matters, including divorce, complex equitable distribution matters, custody cases, spousal support cases and protection from abuse matters for abused children and spouses. As the chair of his firm’s family law practice, he draws from his diverse experience to help clients better understand and handle their own unique personal situations,” according to the Bar Association. Read the news release.

James A. Scharf 86L, an assistant U.S. attorney, was appointed senior litigation counsel for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California. In other news, the high school mock trial team he coaches won its third county championship.

Carmelle Alipio 19L joined the Board of Directors of Love for Our Elders, a nonprofit that fights isolation in senior communities across the country--through handwritten letters, videos and stories. She is an associate with Williams Mullen in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sarah J. Sarb 20L has joined HunterMacLean in Savannah, Georgia, as an associate, where she’ll focus on corporate law and business transactions. Sarb was a merit scholar in the Transactional Law Certificate Program. She completed a legal internship with Home Depot, a legal externship with the GE Energy Program, and also was a summer associate at HunterMaclean.

Masiel Pelegrino Sarduy 18L was part of this year’s Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory Law. She taught closing arguments, the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Daubert standard on May 8-15, 2021. The American College of Trial Lawyers has cited the program for excellence in preparing students to handle exhibits, examine lay and expert witnesses, and make arguments in hearings and jury trials.

Masiel is an associate in Phelps Litigation and Labor and Employment groups in the firm’s Tampa offices, where she practices both litigation and trial in state and federal courts. She counsels clients on issues ranging from premises liability to complex commercial disputes.

Both Shawn Kachmar 97L and Sarah Lamar 91L of HunterMaclean in Savannah, Georgia, were ranked as exceptional in the category of Labor and Employment practice in the most recent issue of Chambers USA. They and the firm were ranked in Labor and Employment and Litigation: General Commercial.

“To be recognized year after year by this prestigious publication is an honor to our attorneys and our firm,” said HunterMaclean managing partner Brad Harmon. “This achievement further exemplifies our attorneys’ commitment to their individual practices, the firm’s clients, and our community.”

In new rankings released in May, David Chaiken 01L was ranked as one of the top lawyers in Georgia in the category of Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He is the founder of Chaiken Law.

In May, James Timothy White 72L published Riley & Ben: Life Offers Second Chances.

“Inspired by events from his own life, retired Atlanta attorney J.T. White presents a debut novel of heartbreaking family relationships, good intentions gone wrong, and the struggle to overcome long odds,” according to the book’s site. After retiring as a partner with the Atlanta firm of Stites & Harbison, White completed the Creative Writing Program at Georgia State University in 2009. White performs pro bono legal work, primarily for the Eritrean community in Atlanta, to which he will donate a portion of the book’s proceeds. Read more.

Stephen Alicanti 12B 12L, a corporate partner at DLA Piper, was named to The Deal “Top Rising Stars: Class of 2021” list which highlights “exemplary new M&A-focused partners at top U.S. law firms.” Alicanti focuses on representing issuers and underwriters in a broad range of domestic and international capital markets transactions, including registered offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities. Read the firm release.

Kyle R. Silverstein 17L successfully represented the State of New York in the New York Court of Appeals, in People v. Brown. Read the memorandum.

LaShawn A. Oxendine 13L has joined Norris McLaughlin, P.A., as an associate in the firm’s Times Square, New York City, office. She’s a member of the Taxation Practice Group, and focuses on tax law, negotiating tax representations, warranties, covenants, and other key tax provisions of various transaction agreements.

“With LaShawn on board, we are expanding our team of taxation attorneys into New York to better serve our clients and their needs, and further enhance our reach. With her experience, LaShawn will be a valuable asset not only to the group and the New York office but to the entire firm,” said Andrew N. Parfomak, administrative partner. Read the firm release.

On June 11, the Florida Bar Association will recognize Emory Law alumni for 50 years in the practice of law, during a 50-Year Member/Senior Counselor Awards Luncheon in Orlando, part of the Bar’s 2021 annual convention. They are: Robert C. Cooper 71L, Jackson C. Floyd 70L, Thomas Edmund George 70L, White R. Glass 66L, John A. Lanzetta, Michael A. Linsky 70L, Richard F. Livingston 67C 70L, Stephen F. Myers 70L, Antonio L. Thomas 69L and Willard N. Timm Jr. 68L. To be recognized, attorneys must be members in good standing of The Florida Bar, active or inactive, and attain their 50th anniversary of admittance to the practice of law in 2020.

Brent Bartlett 10C 13L has joined Chamberlain Hrdlicka in Atlanta as an associate in the Tax Controversy and Litigation Group. He represents clients in IRS matters, from examination and appeals to litigation in the United States Tax Court and Federal District Court. He was previously a law clerk for the Honorable Cary Douglas Pugh of the United States Tax Court and an extern for Senior Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Before transitioning to tax, Bartlett was a commercial litigator at law firms in Georgia and Florida.Read the firm release.

In May, Carlos Kelly 97L was named new chair of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.’s Business Litigation Department. Kelly joined the Fort Myers, Florida, firm in 1997.

“I have had the honor and privilege of working extensively with Carlos for nearly 25 years. I have watched him grow and become an outstanding lawyer,” said Managing Stockholder Douglas Szabo. “He is bright, detail-oriented, and driven to do his best for his clients. I have no doubt these same skills and traits will serve him, the firm, and the Business Litigation Department in his new role as chair.” Read the firm release.

Terry Weiss 86L has joined Maynard Cooper & Gale as a shareholder to lead the firm’s newly established Atlanta office. Weiss’ focus is on representing the securities industry in the full range of legal disputes. In the enforcement arena, he works with and litigates against securities industry regulators, including the SEC, FINRA, and state regulators, among others. He’s served as lead counsel in over 100 arbitrations through award and has supervised hundreds of others, including appellate matters.

“Terry is a highly respected attorney in his field and mirrors our client-centered service approach,” said Jeff Grantham, Maynard’s managing shareholder. “We look forward to the impact he will have on our expanding Securities Practice and Firm.” Read the firm release.

Patrick H. Hill 15L is one of seven attorneys who recently joined the Charlotte offices of Robinson Bradshaw. Hill represents businesses in high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts. His experience includes complex litigation, class actions and nationwide mass torts, product liability, RICO, public nuisance, wrongful death, high-value personal injury, employment discrimination, premises liability and medical malpractice claims. 

“We are very intentional in our hiring, and our growth has always been in response to clients’ needs,” said Managing Partner Allen Robertson. “This talented group will add capabilities in areas including real estate, litigation, securities and finance.”

On April 16, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Margo A. Bagley 96L interviewed Dean Mary Anne Bobinski as part of a Town Hall meeting during Alumni Weekend 2021.

The Anti-Defamation League honored Leah Ward Sears 80L with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award on April 13. Read the story.

On April 13, Walter Jospin 79L received The Elbert P. Tuttle Award, given for exemplifying The Anti-Defamation League’s mission to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Read the story.

Jeff Worob 94L was named a ‘top music lawyer’ by Billboard Magazine, repeating last year’s appearance, in the category of Talent and Litigation. He’s a partner at Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill LLP. Read the story.

John Rose 18L was named a ‘top music lawyer’ by Billboard Magazine, repeating last year’s appearance, in the category of Talent and Litigation. He’s an associate at Fox Rothschild LLP. Rose also made Variety’s Legal Impact list. Read the story.

Roy Richter 11L is one of nine associates at Winstead PC recently promoted to Of Counsel. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate, Securities/Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group in The Woodlands, Texas, where he focuses on general corporate and securities representation and business counseling of public and private corporations. As a former landman, Richter has experience in both the legal and oil and gas industries. 

“We congratulate these nine talented attorneys on being named Of Counsel,” Winstead CEO David Dawson said. “These are attorneys with outstanding experience who have been incredibly valuable members of our team.”

Douglas Hoffman 07C 11L was one of seven attorneys promoted to partner this April at Hunton Andrews Kurth’s New York offices. He focuses on representing commercial real estate owners, developers, lenders, investors, private equity funds, and institutional REITs in structuring and closing all types of real estate transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions, developments, financings, development rights or “air rights” transactions, and portfolio transactions. Read the firm release.

Kevin J. Rubin 08L, founding partner at Marple Rubin Family Law, was admitted as a fellow to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a national organization of leading family law practitioners across the United States.

Timothy K. Giordano 01L has been appointed chairman of the Leadership Board at the Florida State University College of Communication and Information.

Carrie N. Baker 94L did a long-form Q & A with Berkeley Law Professor Amanda L. Tyler co-author of Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union. Tyler’s co-author was the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Tyler was Ginsburg’s former law clerk, and they finished the book just three weeks before Ginsburg’s death. The interview was published in Ms. Magazine. Baker is a professor at Smith College. Read the interview.

Dhairal Shah 06L is an associate partner with K Law in Mumbai, India.

William McLaughlin 17L, an attorney-advisor for the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., recently received a grade promotion and a performance appraisal award recognizing his contributions to HHS over the past year. He says he’s grateful to contribute to HHS’s meaningful work during this unprecedented time.

Leah Ward Sears 80L was chosen to lead a new Federal Nominations Advisory Commission, which will better reflect Georgia—with more people of color and women, with diverse career backgrounds.

“For far too long, this system has inadequately represented the great diversity of Georgia and America. I’m honored to lead Senators Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Commission to bring new, different, and unique perspectives to the federal nominations process and ensure all voices across Georgia are fairly represented,” the former Georgia chief justice said. Read the story (subscription required).

John Floyd 83L has been retained to help Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis 96L investigate possible solicitation of election fraud by former President Donald Trump. A RICO expert, Floyd worked with Willis to successfully prosecute the Atlanta Public Schools cheating cases. Read the AJC story.

On March 11, author, lawyer and activist, Melody Moezzi 06L 06PH was featured at an Emory Alumni Association event,  a discussion of her memoir, The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life.

Christopher K. Smith 09B 09L was named partner at his firm, Lash & Goldberg LLP, effective January 1, 2021. Smith practices complex business and healthcare litigation. Read the firm release.

In March, Anne Tremblay 95L was named legal counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Brandon Goldberg 10L has declared himself a candidate for Atlanta City Council, Post Seat 1, At-Large. The citywide nonpartisan race is on this November’s ballot. Goldberg says he’s “excited about the opportunity to serve his city and solve the longstanding problems in our community.” Here is his campaign site: www.brandoncorygoldberg.com.

In February, Carlos A. Kelly 97L presented “Condemnation Blight Damages in Florida” to members of the City, County & Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar. The seminar walked attendees through Florida case law and its application. A stockholder in the Fort Myers offices of Henderson Franklin, Kelly is co-chair of Lee County Bar Association’s General Civil and Business Litigation Practice Section and the Association of Eminent Domain Professionals, the Real Estate Investment Society, and The Florida Bar’s Eminent Domain Committee. Read the firm release.

Herbert H. "Hal" Gray III received the 2020 Chief Justice Harold G. Clarke Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of alternative dispute resolution. Read more.

Kimberli C. Withrow 97L, a partner at the Atlanta firm Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery, has been recognized as a 2021 Super Lawyer for the practice of family law. The selection process includes independent attorney-led research, evaluations and peer evaluations. Candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators including verdicts/settlements, transactions, special licenses and pro bono service.

Brooke Moschetto 20L has joined the Pastori | Krans law firm in Concord, New Hampshire. Moschetto began her career there in 2019 as a summer associate. She took the bar exam in October and was sworn into the New Hampshire Bar in December 2020. Read the firm release.

Kurtley M. Taylor 19L joined Carlton Fields as an associate in the firm’s Tampa offices. He is a member of the firm's national White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Practice. Read the firm release.

In October 2020, Eliza Carmen 18L became a new assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas.

Angela Oliver 10L spent more than two months leading the Policy Unit for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 response. As the unit’s lead, she managed the CDC’s interactions with Congress and other key partners. Prior to that Oliver spent two months as the unit’s congressional deputy. The policy unit is responsible for managing congressional briefings, hearings, executive correspondence, and external partner engagement.

Barret Broussard 13L launched his solo practice, Broussard Law, after practicing at three major law firms. His focus is business negotiations and litigation, as well as personal injury and catastrophic loss. Broussard was also named one of the 100 Most Influential LGBTQ+ Georgians by the OUT Georgia Business Alliance.

Jared Brandman 01L, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at National Vision Holdings, Inc., was named one of the top 50 corporate counsel worldwide in the 2021 OnCon Icon Awards. Winners are determined by peer vote for qualities including impact on their organization, contributions to their professional community, innovation and leadership. See all the winners here.

Here’s an update on Emory Law alumni elected or re-elected to office, most of whom began their terms last month. They are: Patsy Austin-Gatson 89L, Gwinnett County district attorney; Judge Diane Bessen 86L, Fulton County State Court; Judge Rachelle Carnesale 92L, Georgia 5th Superior Court District Atlanta Circuit; Donna Coleman-Stribling 99L, DeKalb County solicitor general; Brandy Fluker Oakley 10L, Massachusetts state representative, 12th Suffolk District; Judge Jason Marbutt 04L, Cobb County Superior Court; Julie Mayfield 96L, North Carolina Senate, District 49; Racquel Peebles 96L, Smyrna, Tennessee, Town Council; Tiffany Porter 05L, Gwinnett County tax commissioner; Richard Watson 74L Franklin County, Florida, tax collector; Judge Andrew Wilkinson 97L, Circuit Court, District 4, Washington County (Maryland); and Fani Willis 96L, Fulton County district attorney. Join us in congratulating them for winning campaigns in a remarkable election year, along with our candidates who ran good races but lost (this time). Did we miss you? Please let us know at lawcommunications@emory.edu.

Natalia Duque 07L has joined the Law Office of Renee M. Fairbanks, a family law firm in Santa Barbara, California, as senior associate attorney. Read the firm release.

Michael P. Saber 89L has been named a 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyer. He practices at Smith Anderson in Raleigh. Read the firm release.

David Topping 12L is one of five new partners at Phelps in New Orleans, where he focuses on transactional support, regulatory compliance and litigation. As a litigator, he “lowers clients’ legal risks through environmental due diligence. Clients look to his litigation experience and industry knowledge to keep them above board with environmental regulators.”

“Each of these attorneys has built a strong track record of helping clients,” said Managing Partner Marshall Redmon. “This group will add mightily to the firm’s ability to secure legal solutions for clients and offer them the wraparound, personal service our firm is known for.”

Miranda E. Siegel 20L has joined Davis, Matthews & Quigley, PC, in Atlanta as an associate within the firm’s Family Law Section.

Seth Church 18L has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's Lexington, Kentucky office, where he will practice in the firm's commercial litigation group. Prior to joining Dinsmore, Church clerked for Judge Charles R. Simpson III in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Christian Torgrimson 97L, a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, has been appointed co-chair of CREW Leadership for 2021-2022. Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Atlanta serves to transform the commercial real estate industry by advancing women. Torgrimson is a graduate of its 2014 class and has won CREW’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. At Parker Poe, she advises commercial real estate clients, with a focus on eminent domain and condemnation. Read the firm release.

Jane Bouch Stoney 13L has been elected to shareholder at Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in Charleston, S.C. She focuses on commercial and institutional real estate, including sales, acquisitions, financing, leasing and zoning and land use regulation. She also advises clients on entity formation, the formation of 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations, trademark and business start-up matters and business litigation disputes. Stoney was recently recognized as a 2021 Best Lawyers’ “Ones to Watch” for Business Organizations, Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. Read the firm release.

Bryan Stewart 12L has been elected partner at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP in Atlanta, effective Jan. 1. A registered patent attorney, Stewart has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent, trademark, and copyright applications, and managing both domestic and international intellectual property portfolios. Read the firm release.

Hannah L. Krasny 20L has joined HunterMaclean in Savannah as an associate in the firm’s litigation practice.

“Hannah participated in our firm’s 2019 summer associate program,” said Managing Partner Brad Harmon. “It is exciting to see her experience in our intern program progress to a full-time position with our firm. Her expertise will certainly be an asset to our clients and our community.”

Matthew Parker 13L has been promoted to shareholder, effective Jan. 1, at Maynard Cooper & Gale in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Technology and Corporate practice groups. He advises companies in a variety of technology intensive sectors, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, SaaS, healthcare, gaming, and other online business models. Read the firm release.

Camille Bent 09B 09L has been promoted to partner at BakerHostetler in New York City, effective Jan. 1. Her focus there is bankruptcy, restructuring and commercial litigation.

“This year’s new partner class is an extraordinary group of lawyers drawn from practices and offices nationwide,” said BakerHostetler Chairman Paul Schmidt. “[They] reflect an array of diverse perspectives and experiences that will help us continue to deliver exceptional client service and strengthen our culture of inclusion, collaboration and innovation.” Read the firm release.

Josh Shapiro 06L recently joined Thompson Hine LLP as a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Distribution group. He practices in both the Washington, D.C., and New York City offices.

Heather Purdy-Bartlett 15L is moving to a real estate associate position with Polsinelli in Atlanta.

Jerome “Jerry” Robert Smith 77L passed away January 6, 2021. Read the obituary.

Alexandra “Sachi” Cole 11L has been named partner at Penn Law LLC in Atlanta. Since joining the firm in 2017, she has been instrumental in cases involving the Boy Scouts of America, Amazon and the Catholic Church. She specializes in complex civil litigation focusing on cases involving product liability, medical malpractice, childhood sexual abuse and employment law. She also worked on important legislation including the Child Victim Act.

“We are proud to name Sachi Cole as a partner at Penn Law, in recognition of the work she has done, and what she will bring to our team moving forward,” says the firm’s founder, Darren Penn.  Read the firm release.

John Mills 90L has joined Jones Walker LLP’s Atlanta office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He represents clients in a wide range of matters, with an emphasis on corporate workouts and restructuring, and focuses on business disputes, sale and acquisition of distressed assets, corporate bankruptcy, and debtor and creditor rights litigation.

“We are proud to have John join our Atlanta office,” said Managing Partner Bill Hines. “His extensive legal experience and leadership will be an asset to Jones Walker and our clients.” Read the firm release.

Patrick M. Rayburn 57B 62L passed away December 28, 2020. Read the obituary.

Chris Kiernan 17L has been named managing attorney at Talkov Law's Orange County location, where he focuses on real estate and bankruptcy, as well as business and civil litigation.

Arthur T. Davis Jr. 66C 67L passed away December 23, 2020. Read the obituary.

Sarah Gryll 11L is among six new partners elected at Arnold & Porter effective January 1, 2021. She is member of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice and resident in the Chicago office.

 “This year’s class once again reflects our continuing investment in the future of the firm, and the strength of our practices and offices,” said Chairman Richard M. Alexander. “I couldn’t be more proud of this talented group of lawyers.” Read the firm release.

Robert S. Jones 70C 73L passed away December 16, 2020.

George Rellie Boyd Jr. 53L passed away December 15, 2020. Read the obituary.

David Allyn Evans Sr. 59C 68L passed away December 14, 2020. Read the obituary.

Marcella Ducca 05C 08L and her husband William are the parents of Parker Daniel Kitchens, born on July 31, 2020. Ducca is a shareholder at GreenbergTraurig in Atlanta.

Kurt Kastorf 02C 06L was among the Daily Report’s 2020 Class of “On the Rise,” attorneys. He’s the founder of Kastorf Law. Read the story.

Shawn A. Kachmar 97L has been named a member of Georgia Trend’s 2020 “Legal Elite,” which recognizes leading attorneys in 16 categories. The list is compiled from peer nominations, and the listing “is determined solely by attorneys’ votes.” Kachmar is a partner at HunterMaclean in Savannah, where he focuses on employment law, employee benefits and business litigation.

Dan Shulak 10L was recognized by as a "Rising Star" by Legal 500 and "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in America. He is  a senior associate specializing in criminal antitrust investigations and defense at Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington, D.C. 

Annette Michelle “Shelli” Willis 89L, a senior finance and restructuring, real estate and corporate governance attorney, has joined Troutman Pepper in Atlanta as a partner. Willis returns to the firm after spending over six years in-house with SunTrust (now Truist) as a deputy general counsel, assistant corporate secretary and senior vice president.

“Shelli’s deep connections with our existing clients and unique expertise in real estate finance, workout and commercial lending, make her an incredible asset to the team,” said Troutman Pepper’s Amie Colby. “We look forward to working with her again in Atlanta and beyond.” Read the firm release.

Meghan Magruder 80C 83L was honored by the United Way of Greater Atlanta. She’s a partner at King & Spalding and also serves on the United Way Board of Directors. Read the firm release.

Anchel S. Samuels 57C 59L passed away November 10, 2020. Read the obituary.

On Nov. 2, former federal prosecutor David Chaiken 01L launched ChaikenLaw, a boutique national white collar defense and investigations law firm based in Atlanta. Read the release.

Pamela Maureen Jones 93L passed away on November 9, 2020. Read the obituary.

Donald B. Harden 66C 67L passed away November 6, 2020. Read the obituary.

Jonathan R. Sigel 91L, a partner and chair of the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group and chair of the Higher Education Group at Mirick O'Connell, has been selected for inclusion on the 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than 5% of lawyers in the state are selected to receive this honor.  

Arthur J. Shelfer 74L passed away October 28, 2020. Read the obituary.

John Ong 91L and Danae Woodward 91L, founding members of the North Carolina Civil Collaborative Law Association, along with other NCCCLA Board members, were instrumental in getting the Uniform Collaborative Law Act signed into law in North Carolina.

“North Carolina civil disputes can now be resolved by this confidential, expeditious, inexpensive, client-centered, and nonadversarial process,” according to the release. The nonprofit was formed to educate the public and attorneys on the use and advantages of collaborative law to resolve civil disputes. Read the blog.

John Thomas Chason 70L passed away October 17, 2020. Read the obituary.

Haila N.K. Kleinman 80L passed away on October 13, 2020.

Rebecca Hall 16L has joined LIghtfoot, Franklin & White LLC, in Birmingham, Alabama, as an associate, where she will focus on medical malpractice, professional liability, commercial litigation, and environmental and toxic torts. Read the firm release.

Jeffrey Garner Hamilton 95L passed away on October 5, 2020. Read the obituary.

Jackson Landrom Culbreth 71L passed away September 25, 2020. Read the obituary.

Paul L. Shanor 71C 77L passed away September 18, 2020. Read the obituary.

In July, James McGuire 06L joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as regional counsel for Region 6, in Dallas. Region 6 serves Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 tribal nations. McGuire leads a team of environmental lawyers who work on legal interpretations and ensure the implementation of statutes under EPA’s jurisdiction and the Agency’s regulations. The office also reviews legal sufficiency of permits, program delegations to the states, grants, the Freedom of Information Act, general law, personnel matters, and the resolution of ethics issues.

After finishing his clerkship with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo Rodriguez (Southern District of Texas) Tyler Greenwood 18L has joined the Houston offices of Chamberlain Hrdlicka in Houston as an associate, where he will focus on commercial litigation.

Michael P. Saber 89L was named one of the Best Lawyers in America 2021, under the following categories: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law and Venture Capital Law. He is a partner in the Raleigh, North Carolina offices of Smith Anderson.

Samuel McLelland 19L has joined PPGMR Law in its Little Rock, Arkansas, offices. He recently served as a law clerk for U.S. District Court for Chief Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. (Eastern District of Arkansas), and previously worked on presidential and senatorial election campaigns.

“PPGMR prides itself on having the best and brightest attorneys in the state,” said Julie DeWoody Greathouse, managing member. “And Sam is no exception. With his diverse experience, he will help us continue to deliver exceptional service, value and results.”

Bradley M. Strickland 13L was named one of the Best Lawyers in America 2021, specifically as “One to Watch” in the area of product liability litigation—defendants. He is an associate in the Baltimore, Maryland, litigation firm, Kramon & Graham. “Ones to Watch” is a new classification that Best Lawyers announced this year.

Jordan Seth Davis 96L passed away on August 23, 2020. Read the obituary.

Jonathan R. Sigel 91Lwas named the Best Lawyers 2021"Lawyer of the Year" in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the category of employment law—management. He is a partner in the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group and the Higher Education Group at Mirick O'Connell, and has been recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013.

John Ong 91L was named one of the Best Lawyers in America 2021, in the category of product liability litigation—defendants. He is a partner in the Charlotte, North Carolina, offices of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP.

Five Emory Law alumni at HunterMacLean, based in Savannah, Georgia, were recognized recently as among the Best Lawyers in America 2021. They are: Shawn Kachmar 97L (employment); Sarah H. Lamar 91L (employment and labor); Diana J.P. McKenzie 85L (information technology); M. Lane Morrison 70L (trusts and estates); and Harold B. Yellin 82L (land use and zoning, real estate).

In August, Brent Douglas 09L joined Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP as partner in the firm’s San Diego office, where he specializes in labor and employment. 

“Brent’s depth of experience and legal expertise will be a valuable asset to our clients and a welcome addition to our firm,” said Michael J. Gleason, partner-in-charge of the San Diego office. “We are thrilled to have him on board, and he will be instrumental in helping us build our labor and employment practice in this crucial market for the firm.” Read the firm release.

Dorothy H. Bishop 58B 85L passed away on August 8, 2020. Read the obituary.

Thomas L. Murphy 72L passed away August 5, 2020. Read the obituary.

Chad I. Michaelson 99L, a partner at Pittsburgh’s Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, was named as one the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2020 by SuperLawyers. Michaelson was recognized for Business Litigation. A trial lawyer with more than 19 years of experience resolving complex business disputes, Michaelson also chairs the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and serves as a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Read the firm release.

Warren Candler Fortson Sr. 50OX 56L passed away on August 1, 2020. Read the obituary.

Luther J. Battiste III 74L received the National Bar Association’s Civil Trial Advocacy Master Trial Award at the association's annual convention. Battiste is a founding shareholder of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., in Columbia, South Carolina, and has been a member of the NBA for more than 40 years. He is also the national president of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Read the story.

Ashley Edwards 09L, a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, has been elected to the leadership team of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section. As a council member she will help drive education and networking for the state’s bankruptcy attorneys.

Edwards has served on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Southeastern Advisory Board since 2016, is a graduate of the Mecklenburg County Bar’s Leadership Institute and has chaired the bar’s CLE Committee. She also chaired the litigation subcommittee for the Western District of N.C. Bankruptcy Local Rules Committee. Read the firm release.

In spring, Donzetta Workman Thomas 95L became the first Black woman to serve in a permanent management position in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 3 Office of Regional Counsel (based in Philadelphia). Thomas has been with the agency for more than 22 years. “As chief of the Media Program Counseling Branch, I supervise the work of attorneys who provide counseling to program clients under the following environmental statutes and regulations: Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Freedom of Information Act, Toxic Substances and Control Act, Federal Insecticide Fungicide & Rodenticide Act,” she writes.

Nancy Becker Hewes Bevan 76L passed away June 23, 2020. Read the obituary.

Susan RoBards Keith 85L passed away on June 19, 2020. Read the obituary.

Mathew Titus 07L 07T and partner Brandon Smith formed Titus Smith in Alpharetta earlier this year. They were featured in a Daily Report story on how they’ve employed technology to keep cases moving forward during the coronavirus pandemic. Read the story (subscription required).

Chad Slieper 05L has joined the faculty of Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy where he directs a program in Law, Science, and Technology. He also oversees Georgia Tech’s pre-law initiatives and teaches courses in Constitutional Issues, as well as Law, Medicine and Ethics.

“Fate picked an interesting time for Scot Burton [00L] to become the first general counsel at Phoenix Senior Living—two months before the coronavirus fell onto the national scene and hit nursing homes especially hard,” Jonathan Ringel reports in a recent Daily Report profile. In addition to monitoring legal issues stemming from the virus, Burton is also in charge of other areas of the 1,500 employee-company. Read the story (subscription required).

Davis Kingsley Loftin 96L passed away June 13, 2020. Read the obituary.

It’s time to modify official immunity, William Atkins 94L and co-author Zack Greenamyre 09C argue in an op-ed published this week in the Daily Report. They say it's a paradox that it's easier to secure a criminal conviction than to hold an officer liable for damages "for the exact same conduct." Read the article (subscription required).

“After earning her JD from Emory Law School in 1981, Mary Radford practiced for a few years before she was ready to get back to her passion (teaching),” writes Mara Thompson. “She knew it’d be a risk taking a chance on the College of Law, which had been established only two years prior, but the opportunity to be in an intellectually challenging classroom persuaded her.” Radford, Marjorie Fine Knowles Professor of Fiduciary Law, specializes in elder law, and wills and trusts. Read the story.

Robert Steven “Bobby” Horowitz 73L passed away June 9, 2020. Read the obituary.

Steve Karcher 88L reports from Texas: “[Karcher], formerly an active civil trial and business practitioner in California, Nebraska and Iowa, has set aside his busy 30-year practice to pursue his vocation as an Episcopal priest. He celebrates his anniversary as rector of a significant Episcopal parish and preschool, in Killeen, Texas, known, inter alia, as the Home of Fort Hood."

Arnold William Umbach Jr. 76L passed away May 30, 2020. Read the obituary.

Carrie N. Baker 94L has published a second edition of her book, Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases, and Practice, along with co-authors Jennifer Ann Drobac and Rigel C. Oliveri. Baker is professor and chair of the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College. Her other books include The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment and Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade: Gender, Race, and Politics.

James R. Kelley 75L 77L has been recognized in the 2020 Chambers USA directory of lawyers, in the category of bankruptcy and restructuring. The citation adds that Kelley "draws on wider experience in commercial disputes and tax issues,” says the release. His firm, Neal and Harwell PLC in Nashville, Tennessee, was also recognized for general commercial litigation.

Mark Shriver 81L reports from Virginia: “After a lifetime in Atlanta (48 years) I have retired to Williamsburg, Virginia. It’s where I attended William and Mary, much smaller, and much less traffic. Plus, it makes dealing with my disability due to the rare disease of Amyloidosis easier.”

Cheryl B. Kragh 76L passed away May 8, 2020. Read the obituary.

Jess Austin 80B 80L will start his fifth season as a whitewater raft guide with the Nantahala Outdoor Center on the Nantahala River in western North Carolina. This year, he’s been elevated to lead guide and trip leader. Prior to retirement, Austin spent more than 30 years practicing law and now serves as treasurer and on the Board of Directors of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C.

After 9 and 1/2 years with BGR Group in Washington, DC, (most recently as general counsel) Daniel McNamara 08L joined A10 Associates in April as a partner in the role of general counsel and senior vice president.

Jeffrey B. Coopersmith 90L joined Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in October 2019 as a partner in the firm’s white-collar practice group. He also passed along news about his wife, Stefanie Snow 91L, who is deputy prosecuting attorney for the city of Redmond, Washington. Read the firm release.

Barbara Vaughn Tinsley 71C 75L passed away on May 6, 2020. Read the obituary.

Barry Earl Billington 68L passed away April 28, 2020. Read the obituary.

Oxford College has named Casson Wen 08Ox 10C 13L this year’s “Outstanding Young Alumnus.” The award recognizes exceptional dedication, loyalty, and innovation in service to the College by an alumna or alumnus who is 12 years or less removed from earning their Oxford degree. Wen is a shareholder in Roberts Markel Weinberg Butler Hailey PC’s real estate practice, and is based in the firm’s Houston offices. Read the story.

Gerhardt M. Hoff 82L passed away April 22, 2020. Read the obituary.

Kurt Kastorf 02C 06L launched Kastorf Law, a litigation boutique that assists organizations and other attorneys with litigation, appellate and regulatory problems. Kastorf has previously been recognized as one of Emory University's “40 Under Forty” alumni and also serves on the Emory Law Alumni Board.

Deidré Keller 06L was named dean of Florida A & M University College of Law in Orlando this spring and begins work in July. Prior to that, she was associate dean of the Claude W. Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University. A native of Georgetown, Guyana, Keller grew up in the Bronx, New York. In addition to her JD earned at Emory Law, Keller also holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from Yale University.

“Keller’s stellar academic credentials and diverse set of professional experiences in the legal and academic fields made her an ideal candidate for this position,” said Maurice Edington, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. “She has articulated a clear and ambitious vision for the College, and I am confident that she will provide strong, dynamic and transformational leadership as the next dean.”

Michael A. Morse 97L, a partner at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, was published in the April 2020 issue of Compliance Today, an article titled “Best Practices For Responding to Internal Whistleblowers.” Morse also co-presented a webinar “How the False Claims Act Impacts Municipalities,” on April 23, in conjunction with the International Municipal Lawyers’ Association. Morse advises corporations, executives, universities, public officials, hospitals, medical device manufacturers, and health care providers on issues arising under the False Claims Act, and also provides counsel on internal investigations, FDA/HHS/DEA regulatory issues, and criminal and civil fraud.

Wayne J. Moulton 64C 68L passed away April 20, 2020. Read the obituary.

John H. David 57C 58L passed away April 10, 2020. Read the obituary.

Edward A. Crudup 68L passed away April 8, 2020. Read the obituary.

Benjamin Landey 62C 65L passed away April 7, 2020. Read the obituary.

Kellye L. Walker 92L joined Eastman Chemical Company on April 13, 2020, as executive vice president, chief legal officer. “Kellye brings tremendous experience after serving for over 18 years as chief legal officer of other companies in various industries,” said Mark Costa, board chair and chief executive officer of the Kingsport, Tennessee, based company. “She is a proven senior advisor and people leader with an impressive track record of success, and we look forward to welcoming her to Eastman.” Read the release.

Stephen Alicanti 12L 12B was promoted to partner on April 1, 2020. A corporate and securities lawyer at DLA Piper in New York City, Alicanti focuses on representing issuers and underwriters in domestic and international capital markets transactions.

"We have a strong pipeline of talent and nurturing and promoting our people is central to our values and strategy of providing the best client service,” said Simon Levine, Global Co-CEO. “These accomplished new partners have shown that embracing radical change and being a trusted business adviser is at the heart of our commitment to clients, and I would like to congratulate all of them on their promotions." Read the firm release.

In March, Julie Mayfield 96L won the Democratic primary for Buncombe County’s North Carolina's 49th Senate seat. She’s now an Asheville City Council member and co-director of MountainTrue. Mayfield was a Woodruff Scholar and former director of the Turner Environmental Law Clinic. Read more.

David H. Fritts 50L passed away March 29, 2020. Read the obituary.

Maria Saltiero Doughty 88C 92L is the new president and CEO of The Chicago Network, which represents more than 500 of the city’s “most influential women leaders at the forefront of Chicago’s business, professional, cultural, nonprofit and educational organizations.” Her term starts April 6. Doughty spent 23 years at Allstate Insurance Co. in senior legal, public policy, governmental affairs, and community relations positions, and led the company’s global efforts to create senior leadership opportunities for women.

“We are thrilled to welcome Maria as our next leader,” said Diane Offereins, chair of The Chicago Network and Executive Vice President, President, Payment Services at Discover Financial Services. “Maria’s strategic leadership, policy experience, and lifetime passion for promoting gender equity are exactly the characteristics required to take The Chicago Network to the next level.” Read the press release.

Joe Newman 73L has served as a pro tem judge for the State Court of Chatham County, Georgia, since September 2016. Here’s a story about his career as a federal prosecutor, prior to his appointment.

Joanna Jang 04C 09L, a partner at Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, has joined the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta board of directors, and also, the Korean-American Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta. Read the firm release.

Gwendolyn “Wendy” J. Godfrey 05L is one of four new shareholders at Polsinelli, part of the firm’s expanded financial services litigation team. She is based in Atlanta and focuses on financial services and creditors’ rights, business bankruptcies, commercial transactions and workouts. 

“Wendy is a highly experienced attorney with demonstrated success. We look forward to the value she will continue to bring to our clients, as well as help our firm continue to expand this key area of practice,” said Polsinelli Real Estate & Financial Services Department Chair Kraig Kohring. Read the firm release.

In February, Christine Norstadt 09L was elected to shareholder at Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams and Aughtry, P.C. She practices commercial real estate law in the firm's Atlanta office, representing owners, managers and users of office, retail and industrial properties, apartments and land. She counsels clients involved in acquisitions and dispositions, financing, leasing and development matters. Read the firm release.

Richard Lee Mullins 70L passed away March 4, 2020. Read the obituary.

Berman Fink Van Horn (BFV) was ranked the sixth fastest-growing law firm (by revenue) in the 2020 Atlanta Business Chronicle Annual Book of Lists. The business law firm was founded by Jeffrey Berman 82L, Benjamin Fink 92L and Charles Van Horn 94L and has a strong roster of Emory Law alumni, including: William Piercy 97L, Neal Weinrich 06L, Lauren Simons Frisch 13L, Katherine Silverman 11L, Alan Lubel 75L, Lisa Morchower 89L and Lydia Hilton 87L. Several alumni were recently recognized by Super Lawyers for excellence in their fields: 

2020 Georgia Super Lawyer*
Benjamin I. Fink 92L (Top 100) – Business Litigation
Alan E. Lubel 75L – Business Litigation
William J. Piercy 97L – Business Litigation
Charles H. Van Horn 94L – Business Litigation
*No more than 5 percent of the Georgia lawyers are selected

2020 Rising Stars*
Lauren S. Frisch 13L – Business Litigation
Katherine Silverman 11L – Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
Neal F. Weinrich 06L – Business Litigation
*Attorneys 40 and under or in practice for 10 years or less (no more than 2.5 percent of Georgia lawyers)

Shareholders Berman, Fink and Van Horn were also included on the 2020 “Best Lawyers in America” list. Berman was recognized for mergers and acquisitions; Fink for labor and employment and employment law; and Van Horn for commercial litigation, real estate litigation and construction litigation. Read the firm release.

Michael Sage 88L recently joined Sozo Investment Partners LLC as senior partner and general counsel. He is known professionally for financial restructuring, including distressed situations. He previously served as co-chair of Dechert LLP's financial restructuring practice.

"Our firm is gratified that a professional of Michael Sage's stature both is joining it as an integral member of our platform and of his confidence in our long-term potential,” said Managing Partner Michael Hanna. Read the firm release.

Kenneth Raymond Carlson 76L passed away March 2, 2020. Read the obituary.

 Carl J. Stimmel 73L passed away March 1, 2020.  Read the obituary.

Jack B. Albanese 72L passed away February 24, 2020. Read the obituary.

John Lansing Kimmey III 74L passed away on February 13, 2020. Read the obituary.

Lynsey Barron 09L has joined Miller & Martin, PLLC, in Atlanta as a member in its litigation department. She previously served as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, in the Economic Fraud and Public Corruption sections. Immediately prior to joining Miller & Martin, she was as in-house compliance, data privacy, and cybersecurity counsel with UPS.

“Lynsey’s body of work is very impressive, and we are thrilled to add her to our white collar and government investigations practice. Particularly as she pursues certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional, we know she will be a tremendous resource to clients as part of our Privacy and Data Security team as well,” said Michael Kohler, chair of the firm’s litigation department.

Charles “Brett” Merrill Jr. 66L passed away on February 12, 2020. Read the obituary.

In March, Pat McKee 77L published his novel, Ariel's Island, described as a legal techno-thriller that asks whether artificial intelligence can learn morality. It is loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

Francis Earl Wiggers Jr. 72L passed away February 9, 2020. Read the obituary.

Robert W. Walker 63L passed away February 9, 2020. Read the obituary.

Sonette T. Magnus 09L is among seven new members at Lewis Rice, the St. Louis firm announced last month. She counsels corporate clients in commercial litigation, including pre-suit evaluations, discovery, mediation, expert witness preparation, trial preparation and when advisable, trial. Magnus also practices in the Governmental Solutions and Administrative Law Department.

Aalia Maan 13L and Joseph Gillman 14L were married on June 23, 2019, in Saratoga, California. The couple met at Emory Law. Mann is an associate at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. Gillman is an associate with Nossaman LLP in Los Angeles.

Loraine DiSalvo 97L, a partner with Morgan & DiSalvo PC, was recently named a 2020 Georgia SuperLawyer for estate planning. This marks her eighth consecutive year on the list.

Oderah C. Nwaeze 11L has been promoted to partner at Duane Morris LLP. As a trial lawyer in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware, offices, he litigates complex corporate and commercial matters involving state and federal law. That includes corporate governance actions; statutory actions arising under Delaware corporation law; state and federal class actions; and breach of contract disputes. Working with the firm’s IP Practice Group, he also represents clients in patent and copyright litigation in U.S. District Court. Nwaeze serves on the Compliance Committee of the board of trustees for Bancroft, a nonprofit provider of specialized services for individuals with brain injuries, autism and intellectual disabilities. He is also on the board of directors for Campus Philly, which aims to fuel economic growth in Philadelphia by encouraging college students to live and work in the Philadelphia region.

Michael Cross Jr. 00L will conduct a National Business Institute video CLE course on May 7 titled, “Business Law from Start to Finish: Entity Selection, LLC Formation, Tech Concerns, Contracts and More.” He is an attorney with Briskin, Cross & Sanford LLC, in Alpharetta, Georgia. View the course.

Angela M. Playle 97L has joined Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, in Nashville, in the firm’s Healthcare Department. Playle was previously senior vice president and deputy general counsel at an NYSE-listed real estate investment trust. As counsel, she will represent REITs, hospitals and health systems, healthcare investors and other healthcare organizations with transactions and operations involving medical office buildings and senior living communities, skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare properties.

"We are delighted to welcome Angela to Waller," said Waller Chair Matt Burnstein. "Her REIT and healthcare real estate experience will greatly benefit the healthcare organizations we serve throughout the country." Read more.

Emily Quan 13L has been elected to partner at Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial in Atlanta. She focuses on civil litigation and represents clients in catastrophic injury, transportation, product liability, professional liability, premises liability, healthcare litigation, and nursing home and long-term care litigation. These matters often involve complex claims and injuries for multiple plaintiffs and defendants in both state and federal courts. Read more.

In January, Nancy Scott Rogers 77L received the Trailblazer Award from the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Rogers was elected the organization’s president in 1988, the first female attorney to hold the job. Read the story.

William N. Pettys Jr. 66L passed away January 26, 2020. Read the obituary.

William P. Smith III 60Ox 62C 64L passed away January 23, 2020. Read the obituary.

Jordan B. Forman 98L has joined Fox Rothschild LLP in Atlanta as counsel in the Litigation Department, where he assists clients with a range of transactional, commercial, contract, creditor/debtor and lien issues.

In January, Luther J. Battiste III was installed as national president of the American Board of Trial Advocates at the organization’s National Board Meeting. Battiste, a founding shareholder of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., took the oath of office from retired Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal of the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Battiste is the first African American to serve as national president. He also made history in 1983 by becoming one of the first two African Americans elected to Columbia City Council since Reconstruction. He served 15 years as a member of the Columbia City Council, including two terms as Mayor Pro Tempore. Read the release.

Shaina Stahl 09B 09L is among the 29 attorneys recently elected to partnership Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. She practices in the firm’s Orlando offices, where she concentrates on complex business litigation.

Woojin Shin 07L is among the 29 attorneys recently elected to partnership at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. He practices in the firm’s Washington, D.C. offices, where he serves Korean companies primarily in the infrastructure, automotive, defense, consumer goods and heavy equipment industries.

Amanda Speier 10L was elevated to partner at Taylor English Duma LLP in January. She is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and focuses on the health care industry, particularly medical malpractice defense. She represents nurses, physicians, hospitals, home health companies and insurers in general liability, contract and billing disputes.

Crystal McElrath 10L 10T is a new partner at Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, LLP, as of January.  She practices workers’ compensation defense, as well as employment law defense and counseling, specializing in disability and leave laws in Georgia. She regularly advises, trains and defends clients related to wage and hour, discrimination and human resource laws. She represents clients in industries including food sales, medical transport services, counseling and staffing. Read more.

Joanna Jang 04C 09L is a new partner at Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, LLP, as of January. She practices primarily in the area of workers’ compensation defense and also has extensive experience handling business and commercial litigation cases at the state and federal level. She represents employers, insurers, self-insureds and third-party administrators in equipment rental, construction, property and hotel management, manufacturing, retail and landscaping industries before the State Board of Workers’ Compensation and all appellate courts in Georgia. Read more.

Anderson B. Scott 93L passed away on Jan. 11, 2020. Read the obituary.

Ali Arain 05L is one of eight new partners at Jenner & Block, effective January 1, 2020. He practices in the firm’s New York City offices as a litigator who represents clients in high-stakes business disputes in state and federal courts. His experience includes financial services-related litigation and internal investigations, often in cases involving securities fraud, commercial contracts and complex financial products like mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and credit default swaps. He has represented companies and individuals under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice and state attorneys general.

Trevor Pinkerton 10L has made partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. He practices in the firm’s Houston offices and focuses on mergers and acquisitions, and securities. He was among 53 promoted throughout the international firm. Pinkerton also earned his Master of Theological Studies at Candler School of Theology.

In January, Rainbow Willard 10L was promoted to counsel at Chaffetz Lindsey. Willard regularly appears before international arbitration tribunals and U.S. courts in complex, cross-border matters. She has also helped several clients navigate parallel proceedings in international arbitration and national courts in a host of foreign jurisdictions. Willard is fluent in English, Spanish, and Kaqchikel Maya. A former federal public defender, Willard joined the firm in 2017, from Allen & Overy LLP, where she was a senior associate who practice in London and New York.

“Rainbow has played a leading role in some of our most complex arbitration matters,” said Aníbal Sabater, a member of the firm’s management group. “We could not be more impressed with her intelligence and judgment." Read more.

Priya B. Vivian 04C 09L has been elected a shareholder at Lane Powell, where she is an employment advisor and litigator who counsels employers on the full employment cycle including hiring, employment contracts, disability accommodation, handbooks and policies, discipline and separations. She also provides on-site training to employees regarding state and federal employment law compliance and represents employers in disputes, either before the EEOC or a local agency, or in federal or state litigation. In 2019, Thomson Reuters named her a “Rising Star” in labor and employment. She serves on the board of both the Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle and Emory Law’s Alumni Association. She joined Lane Powell’s Seattle office in 2016 as an associate.

John Newton “Jack” Kaspers 85L passed away on Jan. 3, 2020. Read the obituary.

Ivie Guobadia Serioux 12L is a 2019 ‘Rising Star’ in the metro New York area, according to Super Lawyers. She is a labor and employment associate in Littler Mendelson's New York office, where she focuses on counseling employers in employment discrimination litigation as well as emerging issues in Title IX compliance and litigation. She drafts personnel policies and handbooks and provides counsel on federal, state and city employment law compliance. In addition to traditional labor arbitration, she conducts internal workplace investigations and manager/employee training.

In July, Nicole Schladt 18L joined Nichols Kaster as an associate in the firm’s Minneapolis office. She’ll be working on the Civil Rights and Impact Litigation team. At Emory Law, Schladt co-founded Emory LGBTQ Legal Services, and received the Brittain Award, Emory’s highest student honor. 

Thomas Bryant Buck III 59C 62L passed away on Jan. 2, 2020. Read the obituary.

Joiya Morrison-Efemini 03L writes with this news: “I have published two books, a collection of short stories and a novel in verse. My third publication, a second novel in verse is upcoming in 2020.” The upcoming novel is titled, Petrified Flowers. Read more.

Michael A. Morse 97L will be a panelist for "The False Claims Act Part 1” at the 24th Annual Compliance Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Discussion includes critical court interpretations of the Supreme Court’s Escobar decision, and recent decisions on determining “falsity” in medical necessity. Morse is a partner at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, in Philadelphia. 

Alan S. Clarke 89L 89T and Matthew Robert Rosenkoff 05L, both partners at Taylor English, are among the ‘2019 Legal Elite’ announced by Georgia Trend magazine in December. According to magazine, hundreds of nominations were submitted from peer attorneys via its website. Any member of the Georgia Bar who lives and practices in the state was eligible to vote but was not allowed to vote for themselves.  Clarke was recognized in the category of sports/entertainment law, and Rosenkoff for business law.

Mallory Phillips III 79L passed away on Dec. 10, 2019. Read the obituary.

Samuel Bearman 76L passed away on Dec. 6, 2019. Read the obituary.

Shawn A. Kachmar 97L was recently recognized as a member of Georgia Trend’s 2019 “Legal Elite.” The list is compiled by attorneys submitting nominations through the publication’s website, and the listing is determined by attorneys’ votes. 

“Our firm is very proud to have six attorneys honored as part of this year’s Legal Elite,” said HunterMaclean Managing Partner Brad Harmon. “This recognition affirms their dedication to their practice, clients, and our community.”

Tarpley Ashworth 13L has joined Williams Mullen as a senior associate in its Corporate Section, and is based in the firm’s Richmond, Virginia, offices. He assists clients with commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and leasing. He obtained a Transactional Law Certificate from the Center for Transactional Law and Practice and clerked at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia while earning his JD.

In December, Ashworth was named one of the state’s “Legal Elite” for 2019 by Virginia Business magazine, in the category of real estate land use.

Ben Katz 12L has been named to Super Lawyers’ 2019 Mid-South Rising Star list. He is a senior associate in the bankruptcy and restructuring group at Frost Brown Todd LLC, and practices in the firm’s Nashville offices.

In November, Tom James 92L was elected to a four-year term as a trustee of Sycamore Township, Ohio. The three-member trustee board governs the 20,000-population suburban Cincinnati community, where James lives with his wife, Jill, and their four children. James starts his term in January 2020. Here’s the campaign site. James is a senior associate at Sanders & Associates in Cincinnati.

Jason S. Lichtstein 99L is the president of the Florida Brownfields Association, serving a 2019-2020 term. He is a partner at Akerman LLP in Tallahassee, Florida, where he practices environmental law. Read more. 

The Hon. G. Conley Ingram 49C 51L passed away on Nov. 11, 2019. Read the obituary.

After 10 years of coaching on the side, Ellen Cohen 85L of West Hollywood, California, has decided to make it a full-time career. Her practice focuses on helping lawyers and corporate executives enhance their productivity, build leadership skills and cultivate wellbeing and resilience. She is certified by ICF as a PCC and has extensive experience working with executives and lawyers at top law firms and Fortune 500 companies. She’s also been published in the Los Angeles Attorney At Law magazine. Cohen will present at the Ark Group Women’s Legal Conference in February on “How to Boost Your Reputation.”

Barret Broussard’s term as president of the Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia began Nov. 1, 2019. The statewide bar association is devoted to the interests of LGBTQ legal professionals. Broussard 13L is a litigator at Carlton Fields in Atlanta.

Christopher C. Bly 99C 02L celebrates a year on the federal bench this month, as a United States District Court magistrate for Georgia’s Northern District. When announcing his selection, Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr. cited Bly’s academic and professional record.

“Chris has an exceptional scholastic record in both his undergraduate and law school studies at Emory University, including serving as the managing editor for the Emory Law Journal. His professional experience includes practice in both the private and public sector. Most recently, Chris served as an assistant United States attorney in the Appellate Section of the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia,” Thrash wrote. “Chris is a superb selection to join our exceptional bench of magistrate Judges.” Bly’s chambers are in the Atlanta federal courthouse.

Just about every major Georgia candidate for higher office has staged their headquarters out of metro Atlanta the last decade. Senate candidate Teresa Tomlinson [91L] aimed to send a message with her decision to buck that trend,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “The former Columbus mayor celebrated the debut of her main campaign office Saturday in her hometown with a marching band, food trucks and a fiery speech that argued she’s the only Democrat who can compete with U.S. Sen. David Perdue in rural Georgia. Read more.

Jonathan R. Sigel 91L a partner in the Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group and the Higher Education Group at Mirick O'Connell, has been included among the 2019 Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Each year, no more than 5% of state lawyers are selected for inclusion on the list.  

Katherine Marie DeRosa 15L and MacKenzie James Emerson 16L were wed on September 29, 2018, in Atlanta. They met as members of Emory Law's Moot Court Society.

“It’s not 40 years on the bench or even turning 80 that has Judge Clarence Seeliger feeling ready to retire when his current term on the DeKalb County Superior Court ends on Dec. 31, 2020,” Katheryn Tucker writes for the Daily Report. “What gets to you is the custody cases,” the judge told the Daily Report. “They can be really wearing.” Read more.

Gabriel S. Gladstone 14L has been recognized as a 2019 ‘Rising Star’ in Massachusetts by Super Lawyers. Candidates must be either 40 or younger, or been in practice for 10 years or less. No more than 2.5% of the state's lawyer pool receive the designation. Gladstone is an associate with Morgan, Brown & Joy and practices in the firm’s Boston offices.

Paul Edmund Willingham Jr. 74L passed away on Oct. 27, 2019. Read the obituary.

Michael A. Morse 97L will present “Preparing for the Fight of Your Life: Anatomy of a Health Care Fraud Prosecution,” at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Health Law Institute on March 11-12, 2020. Morse is a partner at Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, in Philadelphia. Read more

John F. Eichorn 76L passed away October 22, 2019.

Kenneth Shigley 77L received the “Traditions of Excellence” Award for lifetime achievement at the State Bar of Georgia Annual Meeting on June 7, 2019. Each year, the award goes to only four members of the Bar: a plaintiff lawyer, a defense lawyer, a general practice lawyer and a judge. Read Shigley's acceptance remarks.

Steven I. Holm 77L passed away on October 17, 2019. Read the obituary.

Glenn Brown 96L joined Squire Patton Boggs in Atlanta as a member of its Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, Brown was chief compliance officer and associate general counsel at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. 

“Serving as chief architect of a successful, global compliance management system, Glenn brings a sophisticated approach to the table when counseling clients on assessing privacy and compliance risk,” said Ann LaFrance, co-chair of the DPC Practice. “Companies face an ever-changing legislative and regulatory landscape and Glenn’s intimate knowledge strengthens our team’s capabilities in developing strategies to address new developments.” Read the release.

Cubic Corporation has appointed Hilary Hageman 93L senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. She will manage the legal department and also oversee ethics, contracts, global trade compliance and security.

“Hilary brings experience in corporate law on a global scale, as well as deep industry expertise in government and commercial contracting and M&A to her role at Cubic. I am pleased to welcome Hilary to our leadership team, we are thrilled to have her on board,” said Bradley H. Feldmann, chairman, president and chief executive officer. Read the release.

Christian Torgrimson 97L, a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, has joined the advisory board of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference. She will play a leading role in setting the strategy and planning for the national conference at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. The conference “brings together members of the bench, bar, and academia to explore recent developments in the law that affect property rights,” according to the firm. Read the release.

Michelle Tanzer 88L has joined Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel as a partner in Boca Raton. She will chair the firm’s Global Club and Branded Residences group and co-chair the Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure team. She was formerly a shareholder at Gray Robinson, where she chaired the Residential, Resort and Club Section in the Boca Raton office. Read the release.

Kristyne Seidenberg 00L is employed by Emory University in the Office of Equity and Inclusion, where she serves as a Title IX investigator and training specialist.

Michael Thorpe 85L writes from Duluth, Georgia: “Still practicing insurance defense, and still serving as a Gwinnett County Magistrate Court judge, but totally new is my recent release of a four-song EP/CD of all original songs, recorded in Nashville. Any who want to listen can access on the usual online/app sites, under my full name Michael David Thorpe.” Congratulations!

Nicholas Hager 17L is a magistrate at the Supreme Court of Virginia, in its 26th district, Shenandoah County. “I just marked my one year anniversary in the position,” he writes from Front Royal.

Fred Douglas Bentley Sr. 49L passed away on Oct. 3, 2019. Read the obituary.

Martha Wayne Henson 74L passed away on Oct. 1, 2019. Read the obituary.