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Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC)

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Donors

The Emory Public Interest Committee (EPIC) gives special thanks to our generous contributors this year.

2026 EPIC Grant Sponsors and Donors

Diamond (Multiple Grants)

  • Emory Law Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice
  • Justice John Paul Stevens Foundation
  • Paul J. Murphy 86L and Gia M. Partain
  • Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver 72L

Summer Grant

  • Eversheds Sutherland, LLP
  • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
  • The Bauer Family - Mary Carole Cooney 75L & Henry R. Bauer, Jr. 67L, and Lisa J. Bauer 05L & S. Derek Bauer 00L
  • Adam Gleklen 90C 95L & Pamela Gleklen
  • Corey Fleming Hirokawa 00L & Benjamin T. Hirokawa
  • Kristen Tullos Oliver 12L and Ryan Oliver
  • Laura Huffman 08L
  • Debbie Segal 79L and Randy Cadenhead

Endowment Sponsors

  • Professor Frank Alexander and Mrs. Joan Alexander (Frank S. Alexander Fellowship with the Home Defense Program of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.)
  • Paul S. Davis EPIC Endowment
  • Linda and Christopher Patrick Ford Promise of Justice Award Fund
  • Ben Shapiro 64C 67L and Nancy Shapiro Endowment
  • H. A. Stephens Public Interest Endowment Fund
  • Stephen and Beatrice Dodd Toth Public Service Endowment Fund
  • Wilbert L. Rocker Sr. Fund

Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Public Service Award

  • Supported by Mark Wasserman 86L & Rebekah Wasserman 87AH

Platinum

  • Alan Chan 00L & Colleen Chan
  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • Paula Rosenthal 88C & Howard Rosenthal
  • Elizabeth Schoen 90L and Randy Schoen
  • Chet Tisdale, Jr. 72L

Gold

  • Anonymous, in honor of the EPIC Board
  • Atlanta Bar Association Family Law Section
  • Berman Fink Van Horn
  • Lawrence J. Bracken II and Tracy Bracken
  • Fellows LaBriola LLP
  • Hoelting & McCormack LLC
  • Professor Jennifer Mathews and Michael Elliott
  • Jay Sadd
  • Dr. Rita A. Sheffey 22T in honor of John Fleming
  • Anand Sithian 11L & Shaira Sithian 12L
  • State Bar of Georgia Privacy and Technology Law Section

Silver

  • Silas Allard 11T 11L 25G
  • Atlanta Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section
  • Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Association
  • Rebecca Crosby 71C
  • Carolyn Bregman 82L
  • Cannella Snyder LLC
  • Caplan Cobb LLC
  • Brooke Emery 01 08L
  • Quinn Fetterly 24L
  • John Fleming 70C & Lisa Fleming
  • Huff Powell & Bailey LLC
  • Elizabeth Johnson
  • Marcus Keegan 02L & Stacey Keegan 02L
  • Professor Paul Koster 24T
  • Professor Polly Price 86C 86G
  • Megan Ross Pulsts 09L
  • Beth Tyler 70C 84L & Larry Tyler
  • Sara Warren 13L
  • Andrea Wood 12L
  • Professors Sara Zdeb & Mark Nevitt

Bronze

  • Michael Athans
  • Caleb Avraham 12L
  • Sarah Babcock 07L
  • Emily Baker 98C 01L & Chris Bly 99C 02L
  • Fiona Brett 00L
  • Claudia Cornelison 25L
  • Professor Nancy Daspit 95L
  • Deborah Ebel 75L
  • Hon. Ashley Edwards 09L & Hunter Edwards
  • Paula Frederick
  • Freed Grant LLC
  • Jenny Hernandez 12L 12T
  • Laura Jackson 16L
  • Michelle Kelson 91L
  • Jennifer Kidwell 13T 13L & Jonathan Kidwell
  • Hannah (Mahafza) Krawczyk 25L & Dr. Zachary Mahafza
  • Suman Malempati 21L & Alyson Schwieger
  • Lee Pasackow
  • Dean Natasha Patel
  • Melinda Renshaw 98L & Suneel Tummala
  • Claudia Saari 87L & Jeffrey Boatright 91G 92PhD
  • Brandon Scheck 19L
  • Vice Dean Joanna Shepherd 01G 02PhD & Richard Fields
  • Saaby Simon 24L
  • State Bar of Georgia Creditors Rights Law Section
  • The Steel Law Firm, P.C.
  • Gary Trachten 78L & Evelyn Trachten
  • Ellen Von Geyso, PA
  • Judge McKay Wyckoff 08C
  • Daniel Xu 24L