Dear Friends, I hope this finds you all well and safe. I’m writing to thank you for making this year’s Law Firm Challenge a huge success. This year has shown just how strong the Tulane Law family is. Your all-in response to the challenges we’ve all been facing is an inspiring demonstration of the crucial role our extraordinary network of Tulanians plays in shaping the futures of our students, our School, and our society. As members of Tulane Law’s top employer firms, so many of you have been generous partners in supporting the School in a variety of ways, from teaching, to mentoring and hiring students, to serving as our ambassadors to prospective students. This Challenge was no exception. I offer a special thank you to the volunteer Challenge Chairs who were instrumental in making the initiative a success. I am delighted to share that 147 members of the five participating firms stepped up to support Tulane Law School as part of the Law Firm Challenge. Undoubtedly, this helped lead to the success of our last fiscal year. The Tulane Law Fund supports scholarships, innovative skills-training programs, career development services, diversity initiatives and more. It also helps Tulane Law School mobilize resources in times of crisis, including supporting students who have been adversely impacted by the current pandemic. Our alumni giving participation rate and these resources are critical to competing with our peer institutions and to Tulane Law’s national standing. To all who participated in the Law Firm Challenge, I am deeply grateful. Please enjoy the enclosed report, which offers a donor honor roll and breakdown of each firm’s success, with special recognition of course for our three winners, Chaffe McCall, Irwin Fritchie Urquhart & Moore and Phelps Dunbar, who all reached 100% alumni participation! I look forward to our next visit. Thank you so much for your support of Tulane Law School! Sincerely,
David D. Meyer Dean and Mitchell Franklin Professor of Law Tulane University Law School
TU L A N E L AW FI R M CH A LLE N G E
Donor Honor Roll ALL GIFTS MADE BETWEEN JULY 1, 2019 TO JUNE 30, 2020 WERE COUNTED IN TULANE’S LAW FIRM CHALLENGE
CHAFFE MCCALL LLP
Julie D. Livaudais George
Camala E. Capodice
Corinne A. Morrison
Amanda M. Crowley Fraser
100% PARTICIPATION
Sarah Voorhies Myers
Victor M. Dantin
Walter F. Becker, Jr.
Kathleen Shannon Plemer
Charles P. Blanchard
Katharine Rachael Colletta E. Howell Crosby
Alexander J. DeGiulio Adelaida J. Ferchmin Peter A. Feringa, Jr. Jesse G. Frank
Edward N. George
Robert S. Rooth Benjamin R. Slater III Brent A. Talbot Sabrina Cook Vickers Derek A. Walker Wade P. Webster V. M. Wheeler, III
Gustave A. Fritchie III Kelly G. Juneau Rookard Stephen G. Myers John W. Sinnott Alison Spindler Gabriel J. Winsberg
PHELPS DUNBAR LLP 100% PARTICIPATION
Rosalie M. Haug
IRWIN FRITCHIE URQUHART & MOORE LLC
Douglas Holmes
100% PARTICIPATION
Carys A. Arvidson
Matthew J. Averill
William R. Bishop
J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr.
Brigid M. Brown
Isabel C. Bonilla-Mathe
Douglas L. Grundmeyer Harry R. Holladay Nicole C. Katz
Leigh B. Ackal Lee R. Adler
Laura N. Buck
Collin S. Buisson Lauren E. Burk
Michael M. Butterworth Lindsay J. Calhoun
Philip D. Claverie, Sr.
Patrick A. Talley, Jr. Ann Theriot
Katherine L. Wyly Dan Zimmerman
JONES WALKER LLP
R. Parker LeCorgne Christopher S. Mann Adam N. Matasar Stanley A. Millan Mark A. Mintz Samantha A. Oppenheim
Miles P. Clements
Jesse R. Adams III
Caroline Frilot Crosby
Victoria Johnson Bagot
Magdalini Galitou
Thomas P. Baynham
R. Harrison Golden
Richard D. Bertram
Jeremy T. Grabill
Alexander N. Breckinridge V
George B. Hall, Jr.
Victoria Gallo Davies
Trevor J. Haynes
J. Kelly Duncan
Katherine H. Karam
Madeleine Fischer
Christopher M. Wappel
David M. Korn
George J. Fowler III
Taylor K. Wimberly
Pamela G. Michiels
Alex H. Glaser
Daniel T. Pancamo
Vanessa Weber Graf
Stuart G. Richeson
Katelyn Parks Gunn
Matthew C. Guy
Harry A. Rosenberg
Harry S. Hardin III
Luke G. LaHaye
Rebecca Sha
Grady S. Hurley
Mark J. Spansel
Edward F. LeBreton III
Graham H. Williams
Avery B. Pardee
Gabriel R. Crane
Jeanne L. Amy
Brandon E. Davis
William C. Baldwin
James H. Gilbert
Allison C. Bell
Cecile L. Gordon
Brett E. Beter
Lillian M. Grappe
Thomas A. Casey, Jr.
Stephen P. Hall
Aimee Andrepont Decuir
Gary A. Hemphill
David F. Edwards
Susan M. Tyler
Douglas M. Kleeman
Janice Martin Foster
Thomas C. Wicker, IV
Dan Lund, III
Christoffer C. Friend
Mary E. Ziegler
Thomas Kent L. Morrison
Jeffrey P. Good
ADAMS AND REESE LLP
Christopher K. Ralston
John R. Guenard
John M. Duck
Mary Lindquist Rosamond
Alida C. Hainkel
Lisa Merz Hedrick
Jay R. Sever
Pauline Fransen Hardin
Adrienne Barbour May
Leslie M. LaCoste
Robert A. Vosbein
Sarah M. Smith-Clevenger James A. Stuckey
Jacob J. Pritt Rudolph R. Ramelli C. Barrett Rice Kathy Rito Hugh C. Seligman Rose S. Sher Kelly C. Simoneaux Clinton H. Smith Meghan E. Smith Carley A. Tatman Chad V. Theriot
Tulane Thanks Our Law Firm Challenge Chairs: ADAMS AND REESE LLP Mark Spansel
Graham Williams CHAFFE MCCALL LLP Julie Livaudais Nikki Katz
Rosalie Haug
Alex DeGiulio JONES WALKER LLP Alex Breckinridge Jeanne Amy
IRWIN FRITCHIE URQUHART & MOORE LLC Gus Fritchie
Alison Spindler PHELPS DUNBAR LLP Chris Ralston Lily Grappe