Alumni Notes

This section reflects notifications received between May 16, 2019 and Dec. 31, 2019.

Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat ’57, the longest-serving active federal appeals court judge in U.S. history, has moved to senior status on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, where he has served since 1975. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, Judge Tjoflat served as chief judge of the 11th Circuit from 1989 to 1996. Before joining the appellate bench, he served on the state court and U.S. District Court benches in Florida. Over the course of his long judicial career, Judge Tjoflat, a founding member of the Duke Law School Board of Visitors, hired more than 100 Duke Law clerks. He was awarded Duke University’s Distinguished Alumni Award at the 2014 Founder’s Day Convocation by then President Richard Brodhead (pictured at left). (Board of Visitors)

1967

Bill Constangy has authored a third legal treatise, Noncompete Law (LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2019). A retired North Carolina superior court judge living in Charlotte, Bill is an active arbitrator and mediator, serving as a member of employment, commercial, judicial, and large and complex case panels for the American Arbitration Association. A certified N.C. superior court mediator, he is an associate editor of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Reporter.

1968

Donald Messinger received the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Ramey Award for Distinguished Community Service on Oct. 4. A partner in Thompson Hine’s corporate transactions and securities practice group in Cleveland, Don was honored for the volunteer leadership roles he has undertaken with multiple charitable organizations in Northeast Ohio.

1969

Sid Boone retired, in March 2019, as counsel at Burr & Forman in Charleston, S.C. Sid represented developers in real estate matters, where his focus included land acquisition of large tracts, annexation, rezoning, development agreements, variances, and special exceptions.

1972

Ron Frank is chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s International and Comparative Law Section, which focuses its efforts on monitoring treaties, immigration matters, and events related to the World Court. Ron is a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Blank Rome. (Board of Visitors)

Joseph McManus has joined Carlton Fields as a shareholder in the firm’s construction practice group in Washington, D.C. He was a partner at McManus & Felsen for more than 25 years and is a past president of the American College of Construction Lawyers.

John Wester received the North Carolina State Bar’s John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award in October. The award honors Bar members who have demonstrated exemplary service to the legal profession. At Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte, where he has spent his entire career, John tries cases and argues appeals in complex civil litigation, prosecuting and defending cases in state and federal courts, including numerous class actions. (Board of Visitors)

1973

Pamela Gann, former dean of Duke Law and former president of Claremont McKenna College, has joined the volunteer board of directors of Cottage Health. She also serves on the board of directors of IES Abroad (a third-party provider of study abroad programs) and the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. She is vice chair of the board of directors for the nonprofit Direct Relief, and is vice chair of the Santa Barbara Foundation Board of Trustees.

James Garrison has published The Safecracker (TouchPoint Press, 2019), a legal thriller set in North Carolina that begins in 1980 during the Iran Hostage crisis. His previous novel, QL 4, published in 2017, has won awards for military and literary fiction, including for both categories in the 2019 Independent Book Awards.

1975

Elizabeth McCulloch has published her first novel Dreaming the Marsh, described as “an environmental fable” that is set in Opakulla, Fla. (Twisted Road Publications, 2019). Retired from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida where she was a legal skills professor, she blogs at The Feminist Grandma.

1977

Lisa Davidson, a longtime Brevard (Fla.) Circuit Court judge was elected by her peers to serve as chief judge of the two-county 18th Judicial Circuit. A onetime public defender and prosecutor in Broward County before going into private practice, she was appointed to the county court in 1994, and became a circuit court judge in 1998. Lisa co-chairs the Brevard/Seminole Pro Bono Committee, founded the Brevard County Domestic Violence Task Force, and has worked with the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee to assist judges in dealing with ethical obligations.

1979

Nancy Nasher, a noted art collector and philanthropist, was honored with the Storm King Award by the Storm King Art Center at its 10th Annual Gala and After Party, held at the Rainbow Room in New York City on Oct. 15. The award recognizes meaningful contributions in the fields of visual arts, landscape, and nature conservation. The Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum in New York’s Hudson Valley. (Board of Visitors)

Chris Richards, retired executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of FedEx Corp., has joined the board of directors of Spirit Airlines.

Jeffrey Ritter has completed five years as an external lecturer at the University of Oxford, teaching graduate students in the Department of Computer Science, for which his students nominated him as “Most Acclaimed Lecturer” at the university. He was appointed a visiting fellow in 2017, conducting research on the future of the rule of law when quantum computing becomes real. In October 2019, he was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

1980

John (Jack) Hickey, a trial lawyer and principal of Hickey Law Firm in Miami, has been elected chair of the Motor Vehicle and Premises Liability Section of the American Association for Justice. He spoke at the AAJ annual convention in July 2019.

Kirk Nakamura, presiding judge of the Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court, was honored by the Japanese Bar Association at its third annual Judge’s Night Reception on Aug. 28. First appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as a judge of the Orange County Superior Court in 2001, Kirk is in the second year of his two-year term as presiding judge after earlier serving as assistant presiding judge. He has previously received the Outstanding Service Award from the Orange County Asian American Bar Association and the Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

1981

Michael Dreeben has joined the Washington, D.C., office of O’Melveny & Myers as a partner in its appellate and white-collar practices. Michael retired, in 2019, as deputy solicitor general in the U.S. Department of Justice. He is also a distinguished lecturer from government at Georgetown University Law Center.

Abigail Reardon, a litigation partner at DLA Piper, has been appointed chair of the Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. (Board of Visitors)

1982

Brooks Eason has published Fortunate Son — The Story of Baby Boy Francis (WordCrafts Press, 2019), a memoir about his birth and adoption and the mystery of his birth mother’s identity. Senior counsel at Baker Donelson in Jackson, Miss., Brooks is also the author of Travels with Bobby, a book about hiking trips with his best friend to the mountains of the American West.

1983

Rich Baer has joined Airbnb as chief legal officer, based in San Francisco. Most recently, Rich led the legal team at Liberty Media, a set of five public companies that own or hold large stakes in companies such as SiriusXM, Formula 1, LiveNation Entertainment, TripAdvisor, Qurate, Zulily, the Atlanta Braves, Charter Communications and GCI, among others.

Robert Fletcher has joined Fox Rothschild in Washington, D.C., as a partner. He has a national corporate litigation practice and previously was a member of the business litigation group at LeClair Ryan.

Kim Hoover has published Girl Squad (Bella Books, May 2019), her debut novel for young adults. She is CEO of RED Multifamily, in Washington, D.C., and founder and managing partner of Allyson Capital of D.C., New York, and Miami.

1984

Grier Hoyt joined Cozen O’Connor’s real estate group in Washington, D.C., where he co-chairs the firm’s leasing practice. He previously was a partner for 14 years at Linowes & Blocher.

Audrey Moran ’84 received the the Arnolta J. “Mama” Williams Lifetime Achievement Award at the 50th annual Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union’sEVE Awards and was profiled in the paper in June 2019. Coverage notedher achievements in a range of positions. Currently executive vicepresident of Baptist Health and president of the Baptist HealthFoundation, she has been involved in the Jacksonville community as aprivate-practice attorney, a prosecutor, a mediator, head of a homelessresource shelter, a top aide to two mayors, and a trustee for ahigh-profile foundation. She ran for mayor in 2011. Her many awardsinclude selection as the first woman to receive the Jacksonville BarAssociation’s Lawyer of the Year award in 1998.

1985

Janet Ward Black was honored, in October, by the Elon University School of Law with its 2019 Leadership in the Law Award. Janet has been a longtime Elon Law supporter, delivering the 2016 convocation address and welcoming Elon Law alumni into her practice. Principal owner of Ward Black Law in Greensboro, Janet also received a 2019 “Women of Justice” award from N.C. Lawyers Weekly.

1987

Tim Ritchie became president of the BostonMuseum of Science in February. A veteran nonprofit executive, he most recently was president of The Tech Interactive, a science and technology center in Silicon Valley.

1988

Marc Golden has joined A+E Television as vice president, legal and business affairs. Mark has spent over 20 years representing writers, actors, and directors, most recently as senior counsel at Gendler & Kelly.

1990

Thomas Contois has joined the Raleigh office of Phelps Dunbar as a partner, focusing on the firm’s insurance and litigation practices. He previously was a partner at Fox Rothschild.

Kip Plankinton has joined the Texas A&M University System as assistant general counsel in the System Energy Resource Office. For more than a decade he ran a Dallas practice specializing in oil and gas transactions and title work, as well as general corporate contracts and transactions.

Deanna Okun was selected as managing partner of Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, the first change in leadership since the Washington, D.C., firm’s founding in 1981. A former chair and commissioner of the International Trade Commission, her practice involves all aspects of unfair trade litigation and trade remedy advocacy. (Board of Visitors)

Rhonda Tobin was named one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” for 2019. She represents insurance companies in litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and is a partner, litigation co-chair, and member of the managing committee at Robinson+Cole in Hartford, Conn.

Joseph Wilson has been hired as attorney for the town of Kiawah Island, S.C. He practices in Charleston and has served as attorney for the city of Folly Beach since 2016 and for the town of Ravenel since 2018.

1991

Ron Krotoszynski has published The Disappearing First Amendment (Cambridge University Press, 2019). Ron is the John S. Stone professor and director of faculty research at the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa.

Maureen Gimpel Maley has joined Saxton & Stump in Lancaster, Penn., as senior counsel for its labor and employment and internal investigations groups. She most recently was vice president of employment and business affairs at Penn National Gaming and Hollywood Casinos.

Caryn McNeill received a North Carolina Lawyers Weekly 2019 “Women of Justice” award. The 2017-18 president of the N.C. Bar Association, Caryn is a partner at Smith, Anderson in Raleigh, where she leads the employee benefits and executive compensation practice group. She was elected, last fall, to membership in the American Law Institute.

1993

Susan Bock counsels clients from both the Portland, Ore., and Boise offices of Stoel Rives in matters related to estates and trusts, as well as estate, corporate, tax and financial planning. She joined the Portland office in 2015.

Mark Brown has joined Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., as senior counsel. Previously with Arnold & Porter, Mark’s practice focuses primarily on wills and trusts, domicile planning, probate administration, and estate tax and income planning.

Kelly Capen Douglas has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Voices for Children, a nonprofit certified by the courts in Riverside and San Diego Counties (Calif.) to recruit and train court appointed special advocate volunteers. She previously was general counsel of the University of San Diego, leading the university’s legal department and serving as chief legal advisor to the board of trustees.

David Lender, co-chair of Weil Gotschal & Manges’ global litigation department and a member of the firm’s management committee, was recognized by The American Lawyer as a 2019 “Litigator of the Year.” (Board of Visitors)

Candice Savin has been elected chairman of the Westport, Conn., Board of Education. A solo practitioner in Westport, she has served on the board since 2016.

Richard Smith has joined Holland & Knight in New York as a partner in the firm’s corporate, M&A, and securities practice group. His practice focuses on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets. He was previously managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s New York office.

Mark Thurmon became deputy chief administrative judge of the Trademark Trial Appeals Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 28, 2019. Trademark law and litigation were his primary focus through more than 10 years in private practice and 16 as a law professor, most recently at the Southern University Law Center where he also served as director of the Technology and Entrepreneurship Clinic.

Kudos

The following alumni have been recognized by their peers for excellence in their respective specialty areas as listed in such publications as Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Chambers USA, Law 360, BTI Client Service All Stars, D Magazine, and Thomson Reuters. This list reflects notifications received by Dec. 31, 2019, and includes such designations as “Rising Stars.”

James Sheriff ’79 Mark Prak ’80 Richard Van Nostrand ’80 Jeffrey Donaldson ’81 Rhonda Tobin ’90 Paul Genender ’94 David Kushner ’96 Steven Rosenwasser ’98 David Kaplan ’03 Krista Patterson ’06 Shane Tintle ’08 Andrew Prins ’09 Michael Schobel ’09 Mark Dowling ’10 Emanuel Clark ’12

1994

Kevin Lally has joined the Los Angeles office of McGuireWoods as a partner in its government investigations & white collar litigation department. He previously served for 18 years as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, most recently as senior litigation counsel in the Major Frauds Section.

Laurie Sanders has joined Wendel Rosen in Oakland, Calif., as a partner in the firm’s business group, advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, venture capital financings, private equity transactions, succession planning, and corporate governance. She was previously at Osborn McDerby in San Francisco.

1995

Jill Morganbesser Patrone has been promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel of Public Broadcasting Service headquartered in Arlington, Va. Jill joined PBS in 2000 and most recently was managing corporate counsel.

1997

Erik Belenky has joined King & Spalding’s corporate, finance and investments practice group as a partner in the Atlanta office. Previously a partner at Jones Day, Erik’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and representing public and private companies and private equity firms in a variety of domestic and global transactions.

Stacy Friedman, executive vice president and general counsel of JPMorgan Chase, was named by American Banker as one of the 2019 “Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.”

Jewelle Johnson received a 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater, Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. Jewelle is assistant general counsel and chief employment counsel at Graphic Packaging International in Atlanta.

Tim McCarthy has joined the commercial litigation practice group at Dykema, as senior counsel in the Dallas office. He most recently practiced with Carter Ledyard & Milburn.

1998

Rob Bryan is currently a member of the North Carolina Senate from the 39th district. A member of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and former member of the N.C. House, Rob was selected by Mecklenburg County Republican Party leaders last October to complete the remainder of a term that expires in 2020.

Valecia McDowell, co-head of the white collar, regulatory defense and investigations practice at Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte, was named to the inaugural Lawyers of Color “Nation’s Best” list, which recognizes minority law firm partners and senior-level corporate counsel. She also received a 2019 “Women of Justice” award from N.C. Lawyers Weekly.

Steven Rosenwasser has joined the Atlanta office of Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the firm’s commercial litigation practice. He previously was with Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore and focuses his practice on contracts, business torts, fraud, and class action matters.

Feng Xue (LLM ’95) managing partner of Katten Muchin Rosenman’s Shanghai office, has been appointed chair of the China Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, a program that promotes Chicago as a global city, develops international partnerships and networks, and shares best practices among city leaders.

1999

Augusto Cauti was appointed, in May 2019, as Peru’s vice minister of mines.

Lisa Glover, assistant town attorney for Cary, N.C., was awarded the designation of Local Government Fellow by the International Municipal Lawyers Association. The program recognizes “attorneys as legal specialists in the field of local government law.” She is one of two IMLA fellows practicing in North Carolina.

Morgen Sullivan has been appointed vice president-growth for Voleo Trading Systems Inc., a mobile fintech company. She most recently served as associate general counsel at CSX Transportation, Inc.

2000

Brian King has been appointed executive director of the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee. He oversees all aspects of the organization, including strategic and operational planning, and leading the museum to achieve its mission and goals. Brian previously served as both the head and director of innovation at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School where he transformed the school’s educational model to a student-centered, hands-on learning approach.

2001

Rodney Bullard, vice president of community affairs for Chick-fil-A and the executive director of the Chick-fil-A Foundation, gave the August commencement address at the University of North Georgia. A 2015 graduate of Leadership Georgia, he received that organization’s 2019 E. Dale Threadgill Community Service Award.

Edgardo Portaro van Oordt has been appointed partner in the mining and natural resources practice at Garcia Sayan Abogados, a law firm in Lima, Peru.

2003

David Kaplan has joined Saxena White as a director and oversees the firm’s San Diego office. He was previously a partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, where he co-chaired the direct action practice.

Jaime Klima has been named chief of staff and chief operating officer of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She previously served as chief counsel, Office of the Chairman, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

2004

Gray Chynoweth has been named CEO of Minim, a cloud-managed WiFi and IoT security platform for smart homes, located in Manchester, N.H. Prior to Minim, Gray held the positions of chief membership officer for Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) and COO of Dyn. He is a director for Millworks Fund, 10X Ventures, and Primary Bank.

Nita Farahany and her husband, Thede Loder, welcomed a daughter, Alectra Loder Farahany, on Nov. 20, 2019. She joins big sister Aristella. Nita has been awarded Duke Law School’s Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professorship, effective July 1. (Read more, p. 20.)

2005

Carter Vance has been named the first general counsel of the lottery app Jackpocket. He previously was a vice president and associate general counsel at Churchill Downs, overseeing legal and regulatory matters around iGaming, sports wagering, and online horse racing.

Chandra Westergaard, a health care regulatory and enforcement lawyer, has joined Norton Rose Fulbright’s Denver office as a partner. She previously practiced at Perkins Coie and represents companies and individuals in civil, criminal, and administrative government enforcement actions and investigations.

2006

Kenneth Ching has joined Argentum Partners in Reno, Nev., as a litigation, business, and employment law partner. He previously practiced at Hutchison & Steffen and DickinsonWright. vate equity firms, investment banks,

Jeremy Dresner has been elevated to partner at WilmerHale’s Washington, D.C. office, where his practice focuses on government and internal investigations, regulatory counseling, and crisis management assistance.

Matt Leerberg is the co-author of North Carolina Appellate Practice and Procedure (LexisNexis 2019), a new treatise offering detailed discussion of the constitutional provisions, statutes, rules, cases, and customs that govern North Carolina appellate law. Matt is managing partner of Fox Rothschild’s Raleigh office where he leads the firm’s national appellate team.

2007

Jared Manse has joined the St. Louis office of Greensfelder as an associate in the intellectual property practice group. He assists clients in the biochemical, pharmaceutical, and material sciences areas with patent prosecution and licensing, and also handles patent and trademark freedom-to-operate analyses and enforcement.

Allison Jones Rushing, a circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute.

2008

Adam Laughton was named a corporate partner in the Houston office of Seyfarth Shaw, where he focuses on health care regulation.

Brandon Neal has been named senior vice president and deputy chief legal officer at Novant Health in Charlotte. He was previously managing counsel at Wells Fargo.

John Niles has been appointed special counsel of the National Veterans Legal Services Program. He previously practiced at Covington & Burling.

Rohith Parasuraman has been promoted to counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the corporate department whose practice focuses on M&A and private equity transactions and general corporate matters.

Katherine Weaver Patterson has been named South Carolina director and managing attorney for the South Carolina Second Chance Justice Collaborative, a partnership between national reentry advocate Root & Rebound and Soteria Community Development Corporation.

Sarah Hawkins Warren, a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute. (Board of Visitors)

2009

Erin Blondel, an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, has received a Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance. She was recognized for a successful prosecution of the first sex trafficking trial in the district.

Christopher Cronin has been promoted to counsel in the Washington, D.C., office of Latham & Watkins, where he is a member of the corporate department and represents priand public and private companies in a variety of corporate financings.

Jacyln Genchi has joined Lateral Link, a legal recruiting agency, as director located in south Florida. She partners throughout the Southeast, and also on placing in-house attorneys and general counsel in corporate legal departments nationwide. She previously was an associate at ly practiced at Covington & Burling.

2010

Benjamin Feit married Nicole Gill in Waltham, Mass., on Aug. 17, 2019. Ben works in Boston as an education law and policy specialist for the Community Training and Assistance Center, a nonprofit group that provides policy support, technical assistance, and evaluation services for education organizations. He is also pursuing a doctorate in education leadership from Columbia University.

Wade Kolb has been elected to the executive committee of Wyche Law Firm, with responsibility for the firm’s overall leadership and direction. Located in Greenville, S.C., Wade focuses his practice on litigation, appellate advocacy, education, internal investigations, and governmental representation.

Daniel Mandell has joined the Office of the President of the Republic of Palau, where he provides advice and counsel to the president, his senior staff, and government ministers on domestic and international issues. He blogs about his experiences at theunexpectedjourney.home.blog. He previously was an associate at Cohen & Gresser in Washington, D.C.

Peter McCary has been commissioned as a first lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve. He serves as a judge advocate in the 12th Legal Operations Detachment.

Kip Nelson has been named partner in the Greensboro office of Fox Rothschild, where he represents clients in a range of litigation and appellate matters.

Ashley Wagner has been promoted to partner in the Silicon Valley office of Latham & Watkins, where she is a member of the tax department and advises public and private companies on executive compensation and employee benefits matters.

2011

Pia Naib has been promoted to counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. She is a member of the corporate department and advises domestic and foreign financial institutions, including banks, broker dealers, and investment funds, on U.S. bank regulatory issues.

2012

Tyson Shaw has been appointed assistant United States attorney in the Civil Division of the District of Kansas United States Attorney’s Office. He was previously with the Employment Law Branch, Office of General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Prisons.

2013

Linda Behnke is associate human resources officer at the United Nations Secretariat in New York, Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance. She previously worked as a public information officer at the United Nations office in Vienna.

Kevin Maloney has joined the Chicago office of Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg as an associate in the firm’s real estate group. His practice focuses on commercial real estate law with a concentration on property acquisitions and dispositions, secured financing, REIT transactions, leasing, and joint ventures. He previously practiced at Latham & Watkins.

2014

Sara Campbell and Jeff Steiner were married on Sept. 14, 2019 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Jeff is an associate at Latham & Watkins and Sara is an associate at Kirkland & Ellis, both in Los Angeles.

Kem Thompson Frost, chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the 14th District of Texas, has been named a 2019 Outstanding Texas Leader and was inducted into the Texas Leadership Hall of Fame by the JBS Public Leadership Institute at the University of Texas-Permian Basin.

Donna Stroud has been appointed chair of the 12-person North Carolina Rules Advisory Commission, which was created last fall by the N.C. Supreme Court to recommend changes to court rules. She serves on the N.C. Court of Appeals.

2015

Judea Davis has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as an associate in the litigation practice group in Nashville. She previously clerked for Judge Michelle Childs MJS ’16 of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and Judge Garrison Hill of the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

2016

Jeff Alpert has joined the TuneIn legal team as corporate counsel, based in its Venice, Calif., studios.

M. Rebecca Cooper has joined the labor and employment law practice at The Kullman Firm in New Orleans. She previously was an associate at Stanley, Reuter.

Pu Deng is an investment banking associate for China International Capital Corporation Limited, focusing on debt underwriting, especially innovative capital replenishment instruments for banks.

Ethan Goemann has joined the Charlotte office of Seyfarth Shaw as a labor and employment associate.

Patrick Vinett is an associate in the private funds group at Cleary Gottlieb in New York.

Alex Waldrop has joined the Dallasbased intellectual property and business litigation firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry. He previously was an associate at Baker Botts.

2017

Dina Alawneh has joined the Wayne County (N.Y.) Public Defenders Office. She previously was an assistant public defender in Franklin County (N.Y.).

Maria Rita Bastos-Tigre, a partner in the Brazilian law firm Bastos-Tigre, Coelho da Rocha, Lopes and Freitas, has joined the Chilean law firm Larrain and Asociados as an associate of their Brazilian Desk. Her practice focuses on the corporate area, especially advising Brazilian clients who want to settle in Chile or foreigners who want to settle in Brazil.

Marcus Benning joined Kitchens Kelley Gaynes in Atlanta as an associate in the SBA lending and real estate groups in August. He previously was a finance attorney at Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte.

Emily Harrington has joined the Santa Barbara, Calif., law firm Price, Postel & Parma as an associate focusing on civil litigation. She previously was a litigation associate at Cooley.

Bryan O’Brien has joined the capital markets practice as an associate in the Singapore office of Allen & Overy.

Zachary Perron has joined Goulston & Storrs as an associate in the firm’s real estate group in New York.

Chuck Thompson has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as an associate in the firm’s asset management practice group focusing on derivatives transactions and regulation. Chuck was previously an associate at Eversheds Sutherland.

2018

Maria Pia Bandera was promoted, in June, to junior associate in the law firm Cedeño & Mendez in Panama City, Panama.

Mark Davis, a justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has published A Warren Court of Our Own: The Exum Court and the Expansion of Individual Rights in North Carolina (Carolina Academic Press, 2019), an examination of the N.C. Supreme Court between 1986 and 1995 when James Exum served as chief justice.

Josh Zaslawsky has joined Winstead’s real estate development and investments practice group. Located in Dallas, his practice involves a variety of commercial real estate transactions.

2019

Fifaliana Ratodimahavonjy and Andrew Toig ’20 were married on Dec. 28, 2019. A traditional Madagascar marriage ceremony, the “Vodiondry,” was followed by a ceremony in Duke Chapel. Fifaliana is the first lawyer from Madagascar to be sworn into the New York Bar.

Carolina Restrepo has joined Legal View S.A.S. in Bogota, Colombia as chief of operations.

Taobin Yang has been promoted to a new position in the prosecutor’s office of Xi’an, China, serving as the head of the division of prosecutor education and training.

In Memoriam

Received between October 29, 2019 and March 31, 2020

Class of ’48

Joseph W. Grossenheider February 10, 2020

Jerry C. Sanders April 30, 2019

Class of ’50

John E. Batten III October 11, 2019

Roy Joe Grogan March 30, 2020

Class of ’52

James S. Byrd March 31, 2020

Class of ’53

Robert D. Elf March 3, 2020

L. Stacy Weaver, Jr. December 16, 2019

Class of ’55

John A. Carnahan March 5, 2020

Class of ’57

Bernard M. Kostelnik April 7, 2019

Class of ’59

Robert Carnahan Hudson February 19, 2020

John Carl Russell February 25, 2020

Class of ’60

Herbert O. (Bert) Davis February 21, 2020

Class of ’62

John Gardner Lile III March 30, 2020

Class of ’63

Harvey Denison Carter, Jr. March 31, 2020

Louis F. Tidwell February 6, 2020

Class of ’64

Robert J. Bertrand December 23, 2019

Class of ’66

H. Templeton Fowlkes, Jr. January 26, 2018

Class of ’68

Charles Bryan (Chuck) Burton February 17, 2020

Edward Malinzak January 6, 2020

Class of ’71

John Taft Benson November 14, 2019

Peter T. Meszoly November 24, 2019

Class of ’73

Stuart Alan Albright November 2, 2019

Class of ’75

Frank Johnstone Dana III April 8, 2020

Class of ’82

James Barrett Hawkins December 6, 2019

Class of ’83

Roland Benton Gray December 1, 2019

Class of ’87

Alice Higdon Prater November 15, 2019

Junya Sato January 29, 2020

Class of ’89

Patricia L. (Tricia) Wilson October 2, 2019