Alumni Notes

Alumni Notes

This section reflects notifications received between May. 1, 2018 and November 15, 2018.

1968

Bruce Alexander retired in June as vice president for New Haven and state affairs and campus development at Yale University. Bruce was appointed to the new post in 1998, which over 20 years expanded to include oversight of campus facilities planning, construction, and operations. He is continuing to work on special projects on a part-time basis.

Christopher Britton has published his third novel, A Blind Eye Crying (2018), a suspense/courtroom drama, whose protagonist is a struggling San Diego attorney.

Gordon Rather, senior partner of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings in Little Rock, Ark., has been selected for the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame for having been recognized 12 years in a row as one of the 500 leading lawyers in America.

1969

Charles Becton was honored, in June, with the “Lifetime Champion Award” from the North Carolina Justice Center. Becton is a past president of the N.C. Bar Association and former judge on the N.C. Court of Appeals. He also has served as interim chancellor at N.C. Central University and Elizabeth City State University.

1970

Bill Stevens, senior counsel at Dentons in Atlanta, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Daily Report, Georgia’s legal industry publication. The awards celebrate accomplished figures in Georgia’s legal profession. BOV

1971

Christine Durham was awarded an honorary degree and delivered the address at Westminster College’s May commencement ceremonies in Salt Lake City. Christine retired in November 2017 after 35 years as a justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. She currently serves on the board of overseers for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice and co-chairs Utah Center for Legal Inclusion and the Coordinating Committee for Access to Justice. She is also a trustee for University of the People, an accredited, tuition-free, online institution for higher education. BOV

1972

Ned Leiken retired Jan. 1, 2018 from practice at Leiken & Leiken in the Peoria, Ill., area.

Maryellen Madden married Judith Graves on April 28, 2018, in Philadelphia, where Maryellen is of counsel to Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, practicing commercial litigation. She was a guest lecturer on transgender history at Duke Law in fall 2017 and 2018.

1973

Dan Blue, Democratic leader of the North Carolina Senate and managing partner of the Raleigh law firm, Blue, was the commencement speaker for Livingston College in Salisbury, N.C., on May 4. Dan welcomed the same class of Livingston graduates as freshmen at their 2014 Fall Convocation. BOV

Ken Starr ’73 has published Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation (Penguin Random House, 2018). He was appointed to serve as independent counsel for five investigations, including Whitewater, from 1994 to 1999, and his report led to President Bill Clinton’s 1998 impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives. A former U.S. circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. solicitor general, Ken has argued 36 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and has served as dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law and president and chancellor of Baylor University.

In 2018, Ken joined the Lanier Law Firm in Houston where he works as of counsel on a range of appellate matters and legal issues and causes of special interest. He continues to serve on the Boards of Advocates International, the Supreme Court Historical Society, and the Christian Legal Society. BOV

1974

Candace Carroll received the 2018 Outstanding Attorney Award from the San Diego County Bar Association. She is an appellate practitioner at Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel with more than 40 years’ experience handling appeals in the federal, state, and bankruptcy appellate courts. Candace is active with a variety of legal and civicorganizations. BOV

1976

Frederick Claybrook, a former partner and founding member of Crowell & Moring, has joined Nichols Liu in Washington, D.C., as of counsel. A frequent contributor to scholarship on government contracts, he received the 2016 Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association Writing Award.

Gray Wilson took office, in October, as president of the North Carolina State Bar, the agency responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in the state. Gray is a litigation partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Winston-Salem, and a former president of the N.C. Bar Association, the state’s voluntary, professional organization.

1977

Steven Gilford has joined JAMS as a mediator, arbitrator, and special master based in its Chicago Resolution Center. Most recently a litigation partner at Proskauer Rose, Steve has more than 40 years of experience in litigation, insurance, and negotiation of complex settlements.

1978

Charlie Condon has been appointed chair of the Santee Cooper Board of Directors by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. Santee Cooper is the state-owned electric and water utility. A former South Carolina attorney general, Charlie is in private practice in Mt. Pleasant.

1980

Kirk Nakamura has been elected presiding judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange. He was first appointed to the court in 2001 and has served as assistant presiding judge since 2016. He is a former president of the Orange County Japanese American Lawyers Association, Orange County Asian American Bar Association, the William P. Gray/Lex Legion Inn of Court, and the California Asian Pacific American Judges Association. He has served on the boards of the Orange County Bar Association and the California Judges Association, and was awarded the Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

1981

John Yates and his wife, Ellen, received the inaugural Ragab Spirit of Hope Award from CURE Childhood Cancer, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding disease-fighting research and supporting children with cancer and their families. John, who chairs Morris, Manning & Martin’s technology group, has also been named a 2018 Atlanta Groundbreaker by Atlanta

1982

Hezekiah Sistrunk is a 2018 inductee to The National Trial Lawyer’s Hall of Fame. He is managing attorney in the Atlanta office of The Cochran Firm.1983

Michael Lampert has been re-elected president of Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service in West Palm Beach, Fla. A fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel and former chair of the Florida Bar Tax Section, Michael is a tax and elder law practitioner in West Palm Beach.

1984

Audrey Moran has been promoted to executive vice president of Baptist Health of Northeast Florida and named president of the Baptist Health Foundation. She joined Baptist Health in 2011 and became chair of the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2016.

1985

Janet Ward Black, principal owner of Ward Black Law in Greensboro, N.C., has been selected by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) as a recipient of the 2018 Ebbie Award. The award recognizes “service and inspired commitment to the NCAJ and its mission.” Janet, who served as NCAJ president in 2003, was recognized for her service to the organization and for her work inside and outside the courtroom as a “selfless public servant and fierce advocate for justice for those who have been injured by the wrongdoing of others.” Janet was also named the “Woman of the Year” by 1808: Greensboro’s Magazine.

Anna Chacko has been appointed general counsel of the Long Island Power Authority. She has over 20 years of utility, energy, and regulatory law experience, and has held senior positions at the Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison), National Grid, and a privately held global energy and gas company.

Kip Frey has joined The Heritage Group (THG) as executive vice president of new ventures. The New Ventures Group is a new division of THG, established to support internal and external innovation and new business creation. It includes HG Ventures, which focuses on early and growth-stage opportunities with flexibility to invest at any stage across the venture capital spectrum. Frey joined THG after serving as vice provost for innovation and entrepreneurship at Duke University and as inaugural director of the Law and Entrepreneurship program at Duke Law. He has long been active as a venture capitalist and has served as entrepreneurial CEO for multiple start-ups. BOV

1986

Susan Bysiewicz ’86 was sworn into office as lieutenant governor of Connecticut on Jan. 9, after being elected to the office on Nov. 6. A Democrat who was also endorsed by the Working Families Party, Susan, a Middletown resident, served as Connecticut’s secretary of state from 1999 to 2011 and earlier as a state representative. Running alongside Gov. Ned Lamont, Susan made advocating for working families a cornerstone of her campaign, promising, among other things, “to support small business, secure equal pay for equal work, raise the minimum wage, and invest in people, schools, and infrastructure.” In 2013, Susan joined Pastore & Dailey as a partner heading the firm’s Glastonbury office and focusing her practice on corporate law and finance, banking, securities, and contract negotiation. She met her husband David Donaldson ’87 at Duke Law School. BOV d

Stephen Labaton has joined Booz Allen Hamilton as executive vice president for corporate affairs with duties that include overseeing the company’s marketing and communications, media relations, government relations, and corporate social responsibility functions. Steve previously was president, North America at Finsbury, a global strategic communications firm. He earlier served as a senior writer in the Washington Bureau of The New York Times. BOV

1987

John Flyger was awarded a posthumous Hero of Child Justice Award in September by the advocacy group Child Justice Inc. in recognition of his work in Burak v.Burak, a landmark child custody case decided by the Maryland Court of Appeals in 2017. John died on July 8, 2018, of gastroesophageal cancer (see In Memoriam, page 63).

Brian Rubin, partner at Eversheds Sutherland, was named Pro Bono Attorney for the Month (June) by Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) DC. In the course of his pro bono work for KIND, Brian has headed a team that won asylum for a child and has encouraged his colleagues to work with and support the organization.

Yan Xuan has joined Squire Patton Boggs in Shanghai as a partner and head of its new China International Public Policy Practice. He advises Chinese companies on entering global markets and helps the firm’s international clients operate and invest in China. Most recently, Yan was the greater China president for The Nielsen Co., where he oversaw its market research operations in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

1988

Mark DiOrio has been appointed managing director and general counsel at Bulfinch, a private real estate investment, development, and management firm in Boston. Since joining Bulfinch in 1997, Mark has overseen the company’s legal affairs and played key roles in asset management and development.

Taylor Ward has joined Taylor English Duma as a partner in its real estate practice in Florida, where he provides legal advice on matters including the purchase, sale, lease, and finance of real estate. He previously practiced at Lowndes, Drosdick in Orlando.

1989

Paul Sun has been selected as a2019 “Lawyer of the Year” by BestLawyers in America for appellate practice. Paul is a partner at Ellis & Winters in Raleigh.

1990

Bernard Chao has been promoted to professor of law at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, where he directs the school’s intellectual property certificate program, and serves as co-director of the Empirical Justice Institute.

Brad Krouse has been named managing partner at Philadelphia-based Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg. He also serves on the firm’s executive committee and chairs the real estate and finance department.

LaVonne Lawson was installed as president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association in September. A solo tax attorney in West Los Angeles, LaVonne is also of counsel to the law firm of Albrecht & Barney and a former senior attorney with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service.

Rhonda Tobin has been named by Benchmark Litigation as one of its Top 250 Women in Litigation for 2018. A partner at Robinson+Cole in Hartford, Conn, she is a member of the firm’s insurance and reinsurance group, co-chair of the litigation section, and serves on the firm’s managing committee.

1991

Louis Citron has been promoted to chief administrative officer and chief legal officer of New Enterprise Associates Inc., located in Washington, D.C. An 18-year veteran of the company, he oversees all legal issues pertaining to NEA’s investments, partnerships, operations and regulatory compliance, and is responsible for executing new strategic initiatives within the firm.

Colm Connolly ’91 was sworn in as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on Aug. 3 after being nominated for the post by President Donald Trump and receiving Senate confirmation. At the time of his judicial nomination, Judge Connolly was a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where his practice included complex commercial and intellectual property litigation, white collar criminal matters, and corporate investigations, and he was managing partner in the firm’s Wilmington office. He served as the U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware from 2001 to 2009, nominated by President George W. Bush. He had earlier served as assistant U.S. attorney in the district for seven years and practiced law at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell for two. d

Garrett Epps has joined the board of directors of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. He has also joined a National Constitutional Center advisory board created to develop an exhibit commemorating the ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Garrett is professor of law at the University of Baltimore and Supreme Court correspondent at The Atlantic.

Doug Phillips and his wife, Monica, welcomed a second son, Benjamin, in April 2018.

1993

Anne Lindner has been appointed vice president for state legislative affairs for Pepco Holdings, a national energy provider. She sets legislative strategy, identifies public policy trends, and leads legislative initiatives. Anne previously developed legislative and regulatory strategy for Exelon, Pepco’s parent company.

Peter Lobl authored a commentary in the June 8 issue of the New York Law Journal titled “How a NY Lawyer Lost His Job Because of Depression and Anxiety.” Peter is a clinical psychologist practicing in New York City and an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. He also works as faculty in the Harlem Family Medicine Residency at The Institute for Family Health where he teaches medical residents about the impact of psychosocial factors on patient health.

1994

Rindala Beydoun became managing partner of BonelliErede Middle East and a member of its Africa Committee in June after the boutique law firm she founded in the United Arab Emirates in 2011, Tribonian Law Advisors (TLA), was acquired by the international law firm.

Satana Deberry began her tenure as district attorney of Durham County in January, after being elected to the post in November. She previously was executive director of the N.C. Housing Coalition and earlier practiced criminal defense law and worked with Self-Help in Durham. (Read more, page 45.)

Jason Hanson has been appointed president, chief executive officer, and director of enGene, Inc., a biotechnology company based in Montreal and Boston. Jason most recently served as president and CEO of Ohana Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Mass.

Natasha Marcus was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in November. She represents the new 41st district in Mecklenburg County in the state Senate.

Mark Pugsley, chair of the securities litigation group at Ray Quinney & Nebeker in Salt Lake City, is serving a term as a third division commissioner of the Utah State Bar.

Michael Sorrell ’94, MPP ’90, president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, delivered the keynote address at Duke University’s annual Founders’ Day Convocation in Duke Chapel on Sept. 27, challenging the university to use its resources to tackle such matters as income inequality, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, and criminal justice reform. “Duke, I challenge you to take your time, your talent, your treasure and make this a better world,” said Sorrell, who also received Duke’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. In announcing Michael’s selection as speaker and honoree, Duke praised his transformation of Paul Quinn since becoming its president in 2007 through such actions as making job experience and outcomes central to the curriculum at the historically black college, significantly cutting tuition, and turning the football field into a farm that now provides food for students and the neighboring urban communities. He returned to Duke last year to speak at the Law School’s graduation convocation and a provost’s forum on campus free speech and civility, and recently initiated a program through which Paul Quinn students are mentored by Duke alumni. d

1997

Jennifer Yelton Henry has joined Estes Thorne & Carr in Dallas, one of the largest women-owned law firms in the Southwest, as a partner. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She previously was at McKool Smith in Dallas.

Robert McCarthy has joined Stephens Inc., an independent financial services firm, as managing director and senior research analyst in the equity capital markets group based in Boston. He covers the electrical equipment/multi-industry sector, and joined the firm after four years at Stifel Financial. In 2017, he was recognized by Institutional Investor as a leading industry analyst.

Leif Cervantes de Reinsteinhas joined Sheppard Mullin’s entertainment and digital media practice group as a partner in Century City, Calif. Leif was most recently a partner at Reed Smith, where he was head of the global television practice.

1998

Brandon Blevans has been admitted as a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. A partner at Blevans & Blevans based in the California wine country, Brandon’s practice focuses primarily on the litigation of complex, high net worth, marital dissolution cases throughout northern California.

Nicole Becton Jackson has been promoted to chief legal officer and advisor for Events DC, the official convention and sports authority of the District of Columbia. Having joined the organization in 2009 as the deputy general counsel of sports, entertainment, and special events, Nicole now provides legal guidance to the president and chief executive officer, executive staff, and Board of Directors and oversees the Office of General Counsel. She also is a policy advisor on all major organizational operations and initiatives.

Valecia McDowell, a litigation partner at Moore & Van Allen’s Charlotte office, has been named to the firm’s management committee. She is co-head of the firm’s white collar, regulatory defense and investigations practice.

1999

Kenya Woodruff has joined the Dallas office of Katten Muchin Rosenman as a partner in the health care practice, where she focuses on transactions and compliance matters for physicians, hospitals, home health providers, hospice providers, and others in the health care industry. She previously was a partner at Haynes and Boone in Dallas.

2000

Alaina Brooks has been promoted to executive vice president, chief legal and administrative officer, and secretary at EnLink Midstream in Dallas. She leads several departments across the company, including legal, regulatory, human resources, public and industry affairs, and environmental health and safety. She joined EnLink’s predecessor company in 2008, filling several legal positions.

Scott Dodson has been appointed as the inaugural Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. distinguished professor of law at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. An expert in civil procedure and federal courts, he previously held the James Edgar Hervey Chair in Litigation. Scott also serves as the school’s associate dean for research.

Mirah Horowitz has been named executive director consultant of the Kauai Humane Society in Lihue, Hawaii. She is also a member of its board of directors. Mirah previously founded Lucky Dog Animal Rescue in Washington, D.C., and is an executive search consultant, recruiting leaders for nonprofits and universities across the United States.Gerhard Radtke has been elected partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Hong Kong office, where his practice focuses on securities offerings, credit and other corporate finance transactions.

2001

Faye Rodman Barbour has been promoted to assistant general counsel at Turner Broadcasting. An in-house employment attorney, her clients include Turner’s advertising sales department and several divisions of CNN. She also handles all on-air talent agreements across CNN Worldwide.

Kristi Bowman has been appointed senior advisor to the provost at Michigan State University where she is also professor of law and affiliated faculty in the College of Education. She previously served as vice dean for academic affairs at the College of Law. She has been elected to the American Law Institute and is involved in its Restatement of Children and the Law project. In spring 2019, Kristi is a visiting professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan and a visiting scholar at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.

Kiyoung Kim LLM ’01 was inaugurated as a justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea on Oct. 18. In an English translation of his remarks on the court’s website, Justice Kim pledged to “deliberate on how to overcome social bipolarization and help the vulnerable in the society and economy,” and to “unite the society along with the Constitutional Court.” The independent Constitutional Court has jurisdiction over constitutional review of statutes, constitutional complaints, competence disputes between governmental entities, impeachment of high governmental officials, and dissolution of political parties. Its decisions cannot be appealed and bind all state agencies and local governments. Justice Kim previously served as chief presiding judge of the Seoul Eastern District Court and earlier as presiding judge of the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul Southern District Court. d

Pamela Lialias has been awarded the Homeopath Master Clinician diploma by Louis Klein, FSHom, a graduate level course for advanced practitioners of homeopathy.

Stephen Pedersen has joined Medical Solutions, a travel nurse staffing company, as general counsel, based in Omaha. He is former managing director and general counsel at Javlin Capital.

2002

Ryan DiSantis has joined Jones Day’s Boston office as of counsel, representing clients in investigations and government enforcement actions with a focus on cybersecurity, white collar defense, and trial work. Ryan spent more than a decade as an assistant U.S. attorney in Boston.

Terry Eaton and his wife, Meera, welcomed baby Ameer on Jan. 1, 2018. Terry is founder and principal of The Eaton Law Firm, a Washington, D.C., litigation boutique specializing in white collar and criminal defense.

Derek Meilman has joined King & Spalding as a partner in the London office. He previously was a partner at Hogan Lovells in New York and London.

2003

Heather Olson has been promoted to partner in the Philadelphia office of Eckert Seamans, where she concentrates her practice on commercial and product liability litigation.

2005

Mike Levin has been elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California’s 49th District. In his practice, Mike has focused on environmental and energy regulatory compliance and government affairs. He has served for several years on the board of the Center for Sustainable Energy, based in San Diego, and co-founded Sustain OC in Orange County. (Read profile, page 49.)

David Prestwood has joined Target Corporation as director of government affairs. He previously served as a strategy consultant to the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership and as director of communications for the mayor of Minneapolis.

2006

Jieni Gu has joined Haiwen & Partners in Shanghai, where she specializes in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. She previously was a partner at Ropes & Gray in Shanghai.

Yendelela Neely Holston has joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as chief diversity and inclusion officer and as partner on the firm’s labor and employment team. She returned to the firm where she had practiced first as an associate and then as a partner from 2006 to 2015 after serving as assistant vice presidentsenior legal counsel at AT&T. A member of the Furman University Board of Trustees, Yendelela was honored with the Community Champion Award at the annual Corporate Counsel Awards in Atlanta in May.

Matt Leerberg is the first attorney inducted into Business NorthCarolina’s Legal Elite “Hall of Fame” for appellate practice. He joined the N.C. Pro Bono Honor Society in 2017, after donating more than 50 hours of legal services through the state’s voluntary pro bono reporting effort. Matt is managing partner of Fox Rothschild’s Raleigh and Wilmington offices and focuses his practice on helping businesses navigate state and federal litigation and appeals.

2007

Meredith Tanchum Altieri and her husband, Daniel, welcomed a second son, Jacob Errol, on June 15, 2018. The family lives in Durham.

Erica Williamson Barnes has rejoined the Birmingham, Ala., office of Maynard Cooper & Gale as a shareholder in the white-collar defense and investigations practice. She returned to the firm after four years as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.

Nathan Chapman, associate professor of law at the University of Georgia, was selected by the law student body to receive the 2018 C. Ronald Ellington Award for Excellence in Teaching. Nathan’s scholarship focuses on the history of due process and law and religion. His most recent articles are “Due Process Abroad,” 112 Nw. U. L. Rev. 377 (2017); and “Due Process of War,” 94 Notre Dame L. Rev. 639 (2018).

Landon Zimmer has been appointed by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to the N.C. Board of Transportation as an at-large member representing state ports and aviation. He is in-house counsel for the Zimmer Development Company in Wilmington, N.C., where he is responsible for project development, market selection, general corporate administration, and strategic planning. Landon also serves on the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Bald Head Island Transportation Authority Board of Trustees.

2008

Meredith Caiafa has been elected partner at Morris, Manning & Martin in Atlanta. She represents corporate clients on matters involving employment, executive compensation and restrictive covenants as part of the employment and employee benefits and litigation practices.

Tomas Nassar was one of 10 finalists for Euromoney Legal Media Group’s “Americas Rising Star” in the category of “Best Corporate Rising Star in Latin America.” He is a partner in Nassar Abogados’ corporate/M&A department and represents private equity funds and multinational companies doing business in Costa Rica.

Justin Outling has been appointed co-chair of the Board of Visitors of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A member since 2013, he co-chairs the board with his wife, Cora Outling. Justin is a partner at Brooks Pierce in Greensboro, focusing his practice on business litigation and white-collar criminal defense. He is also a member of the Greensboro City Council.

Brian Rosenzweig has been elected a member of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Houston office. His practice focuses on corporate finance transactions with a particular emphasis on the energy sector.

Ana Santos Rutschman has joined the faculty of the Saint Louis University School of Law as an assistant professor in the Center for Health Law Studies and the

Center for International and Comparative Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of health law, intellectual property, innovation in the life sciences, and law and technology. In 2017, she was named a Bio IP Scholar by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and in 2018 she was named a Health Law Scholar by the same institution.

Sarah Hawkins Warren was sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia on Sept. 17 by Gov. Nathan Deal. Immediately before her judicial appointment, she served as Georgia’s solicitor general and held several positions in Georgia’s Office of the Attorney General. She earlier was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. BOV

Pelham Wilder IV and Kathryn Wilder welcomed a son, Pelham Wilder V, on Jan. 27, 2018. Pelham is an associate in Morris, Manning & Martin’s real estate development and finance practice in Atlanta.

2009

Jennifer Brevorka has been promoted to partner at Rusty Hardin & Associates in Houston. A trial lawyer, she handles both criminal and civil matters.

Kamil Chaudhary has been promoted to vice president and general counsel of Alfresco Software in San Mateo, Calif. He joined the company in 2014 as assistant general counsel.

Jon Christman has been elevated to partner in the Blue Bell, Pa., office of Fox Rothschild, where he represents clients in cases involving the First Amendment, class and collective actions, and federal employment laws.

Bob Walker and his wife, Anna, welcomed a son, John Robert “Jack” Walker V, on July 28, 2018. He joins big sister, Caroline, at home in Durham.

2010

Lyndon Carter has been promoted to senior associate counsel in the development law department of Darden Restaurants, Inc. in Orlando. He joined the company in 2017, and is responsible for real estate legal issues. He and his wife, Micaella, welcomed their first child, Brixton Luke, on Jan. 4, 2018.

Morgan Clemons, financial services attorney in Atlanta and adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, served as contributing editor of Dury Consulting Presents: The Lawyers’ Activity & Coloring Book. The book provides activities for lawyers and law students to relieve stress and anxiety associated with the practice of law and the law school experience.

Meghan Ferguson has joined the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as principal counsel in the Main Enforcement Division. She previously practiced at Williams & Connolly.

Brooke Girley has joined start-up Ambo TV — a New York-based streaming network broadcasting Christian sermons — as chief content officer. She previously was principal of The Girley Law Firm in Orlando.

Sheena Paul was featured in the May issue of Austin Woman magazine. Sheena is chief operating officer of World Class Holdings, a private real-estate-focused investment firm headquartered in Austin, Texas.

2011

Jaime de Larraechea Carvajal has joined Garrigues as partner in Santiago, Chile, where he specializes in mergers and acquisitions and corporate and financial matters. He also advises on cross-border transactions to Chilean clients investing abroad. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner in Cruzat, Vicuña, de Larraechea Abogados.

Andrea Dinamarco has been named corporate counsel-structured finance at Tesla, Inc., in Fremont, Calif. She previously was lead counsel at GM Financial.

Nick Simon has been elected partner at Keating Muething & Klekamp in Cincinnati. He practices in the business representation and transactions group and advises companies, financial institutions, and investors in corporate, finance, and commercial transactions.

2012

Upasana Garnaik started the Ph.D. program in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin in August. Most recently, she served as a legal officer for Lawyers Collective, an NGO in India that promotes human rights issues, and as assistant professor at Jindal Global Law School.

Einat Levy has joined Vimeo LLC in New York as senior counsel. She previously was a member of the capital markets group at Skadden.

2013

Shannon Arata, a staff attorney in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper in June as a member of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission (EMC) with special training in freshwater, estuarine, marine biological, or ecological sciences. The 15-member EMC is responsible for adopting rules for the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the state’s air and water resources.

Lauren Bonds has returned to her home state as legal director and interim director of ACLU Kansas. She previously served as assistant general counsel at the Service Employees International Union where she provided legal support to the union’s “Fight for $15” campaign.

Zach Kleiman married Jenny Fernandez on April 7, 2018. Zach has been promoted to team counsel and assistant general manager of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.

2014

Chris Bryant has received an Alumni Achievement Award from the District 128 Foundation for Learning (Chicago area). The awards are presented to graduates of a District 128 high school who have made significant contributions and shown leadership and character. Chris practices with Yarborough Applegate Law Firm in Charleston, S.C., and is on the board of Charleston Legal Access.

Hector Gonzalez and his wife, Kelly, welcomed a daughter, Etta Luna, on Sept. 25, 2018. She joins big brother Luka Joaquin. Hector practices with the Ontier firm in Mexico City.

Lindsay Kirton has joined Thompson & Knight in Dallas as an associate. Her practice focuses on multistate commercial real estate transactions. She previously was an associate at Hunton & Williams.

Kristi Lundstrom Hill is president of Western Pension & Benefits Council — Phoenix Chapter. She is an associate at Fennemore Craig practicing ERISA and labor and employment law.

Bastian Pasten has been named counsel at the World Bank, Environmental and International Law Unit in Washington, D.C. He was previously a consultant to the same unit.

Danli Song co-authored “A Touchy Subject: The Eleventh Circuit’s Tugof-War Over What Constitutes Violent ‘Physical Force,’” 72 U. Miami L. Rev. 1131 (May 2018). She is an attorney at the Federal Defender’s Office in the Middle District of Florida.

2015

Judea Davis is a law clerk to Judge J. Michelle Childs ’16, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Judea previously clerked and was a staff attorney at the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

Lucy Partain is an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, where she is assigned to the Organized Crime Drug Task Force Unit that handles drug trafficking cases. She previously was an assistant district attorney for Cherokee County, Georgia.

2016

Kristin Bender has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner as a litigation associate, after completing clerkships on the U.S. district and appellate courts.

Jenna Goldberg ’16 received a 2018 Equal Justice Works fellowship to work on veterans’ rights. Hosted by the National Veterans Legal Services Program in Washington, D.C., where she was previously assisting veterans with applications to military correction boards, Jenna’s two-year fellowship, which began in September, is dedicated to creating a nationwide Medical-Legal Partnership to obtain medical and psychological assessments and records reviews to support veterans’ applications for records corrections and benefits before those boards and the VA. Veterans’ applications for disability benefits and records corrections frequently hinge on a corroborating psychiatric or medical opinion, but many veterans do not have access to high quality, low-cost medical care to obtain an opinion in support of their application. A nationwide Medical- Legal Partnership would be able to identify professionals willing to work with these veterans and provide these necessary opinions for a reasonable, reduced fee. Jenna’s fellowship is sponsored by Hogan Lovells US and the Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Kathryn Betts has joined Akin Gump inDallas where she is a corporate associate. She previously was at Baker Botts.

Vinay Mysoor has joined the Palo Alto, Calif., office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a corporate practice associate. He previously was at White & Case in New York.

Cole Randle has joined the New York office of Finsbury, a global strategic communications firm, as associate director of financial communications. Cole previously was a corporate associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Alexis Reynolds and Ryan Weiss were married on Sept. 22, 2018, in Wintergreen, Va. Ryan is an associate at Susman Godfrey and Alexis is an associate at McGuireWoods, both in Houston.

2017

Spencer Hughes has joined Kirkland & Ellis as an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office after completing a clerkship with Judge Gerald Tjoflat ’57 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Jacksonville, Fla.

Aleaha Jones was the runner-up in the 2018 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction for her story about a public defender in a former coal mining town hit hard by the opioid crisis. She works in the legal department of Credit Suisse.

Blanca Mendoza has opened a law firm in Mexico City — Vite Mendoza Abogados — that specializes in complex legal solutions, with experience in tax, finance, capital markets, and fintech.

Anais Rios has joined the Global Maritime Crime Program of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as a maritime crime specialist in Bangkok, Thailand. She previously worked as a consultant in Mobile, Ala.