Career Development
VIRGINIA enjoys a reputation for producing lawyers who master the intellectual challenges of legal practice, and also contribute broadly to the institutions they join through strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
AS A RESULT, private- and public-sector employers heavily recruit Virginia students each year. Graduates start their careers across the country with large and small law firms, government agencies and public interest groups.
VIRGINIA LAW’S CAREER PLACEMENT SUCCESS
#1 in the percentage of Class of 2023 graduates (97.2%) in full-time, long-term jobs requiring bar passage, according to American Bar Association data.
#1 in Above the Law’s 2024 law school rankings, which focus on employment outcomes.
#2 in the percentage of 2023 graduates who went directly to firms of 500 or more attorneys or to federal clerkships, according to ABA data (based on full-time, long-term jobs).
#5 in placing clerks on the U.S. Supreme Court from 2007-2023.
#3 in the number of chief legal officers at the nation’s top 500 companies, according to a survey by Chambers Associate.
100
Virginia has graduates in all 100 of the American Lawyer top 100 firms (as of June 2024).
The
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM at UVA
HOMETOWN: Güines, Cuba, and Naples,
EDUCATION: Florida State University, international affairs and political science
NEXT: Reed Smith, Washington, D.C.
“I was a judicial intern for Judge Hannah M. Lauck in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia during 1L summer. It was fun to watch proceedings in court and make lifelong connections with the clerks and cointerns. It helped me understand the work of opinionwriting and what it means to be a woman on the bench.”
WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO CLASSES OF
❱ Sabrina Mato ’24
Florida
❱ After graduation, Adam Younger ’23 joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York as an assistant district attorney.
REPRESENTATIVE EMPLOYERS CLASSES OF 2021-23
UNITED STATES
ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
Alaska Department of Administration, Office of Public Advocacy
ARIZONA
PHOENIX
Husch Blackwell
CALIFORNIA
COSTA MESA
Latham & Watkins
COTATI
Animal Legal Defense Fund
IRVINE
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
LOS ANGELES
Allen Matkins
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Massumi + Consoli
McGuireWoods
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Paul Hastings
Proskauer Rose
Sullivan & Cromwell
Martinez
Contra Costa Public
Defender’s Office
MENLO PARK
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Hogan Lovells US
Latham & Watkins
O’Melveny & Myers
OAKLAND
National Center for Youth Law
ORANGE COUNTY
Snell & Wilmer
PACIFICA
Pacific Juvenile
Defender Center
PALO ALTO
Cooley
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
REDWOOD CITY
Goodwin
SALINAS
Noland Hamerly
Etienne & Hoss
SAN CARLOS
Justice At Last
SAN DIEGO
Cooley
Fish & Richardson
Latham & Watkins
San Diego Office of the City Attorney
U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel
SAN FRANCISCO
Baker Botts
Beveridge & Diamond
Covington & Burling
Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California
Goodwin
Gunderson Dettmer
Stough Villeneuve
Franklin & Hachigian
Hogan Lovells US
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Morrison & Foerster
O’Melveny & Myers
Paul Weiss Rifkind
Wharton & Garrison
Peregrine
Technologies
Quinn Emanuel
Urquhart & Sullivan
Ropes & Gray
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
SANTA MONICA
Bryan Cave
Leighton Paisner
COLORADO
COLORADO SPRINGS
Colorado Public Defender
DENVER
Colorado State
Public Defender
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Hogan Lovells US
Holland & Hart
CONNECTICUT
DANBURY
Chipman Mazzucco
Emerson
HARTFORD
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
DELAWARE
MIDDLETOWN
Self-Employed (Technology Startup)
WILMINGTON
Abrams & Bayliss
Richards, Layton & Finger
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON
Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld
Arnold & Porter
Baker Botts
BakerHostetler
Baker McKenzie
Bracewell
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance
Cooley
Covington & Burling
Cozen O’Connor
Crowell & Moring
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Dechert
Dentons US
DLA Piper
Everytown for Gun Safety
Faegre Drinker
Biddle & Reath
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Goodwin
Groom Law Group
Hogan Lovells US Hollingsworth
Hudson Institute
Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Internal Revenue Service
Ivins, Phillips & Barker
Jones Day
Kelley Drye & Warren
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Klein Hornig
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Milbank
Mintz, Levin, Cohn,
Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Morrison & Foerster
Norton Rose Fulbright
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
O’Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Perkins Coie
Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman
Polsinelli
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville
Proskauer Rose
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Reno & Cavanaugh
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
A&O Shearman
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Squire Patton Boggs
Steptoe & Johnson
Sterne Kessler
Sullivan & Cromwell
Troutman Pepper
Hamilton Sanders
U.S. Air Force
Judge Advocate
General’s Corps
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section
U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division
U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Democratic Staff
U.S. Senate, Judiciary Committee
Venable
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Wiley Rein
Williams & Connolly
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
Winston & Strawn
FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE
AndersonGlenn
Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball
MIAMI
Bilzin Sumberg Baena
Price & Axelrod
Jones Day
White & Case
ORLANDO
BakerHostetler
Tallahassee
Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Florida, Capital Habeas Unit
GEORGIA
ATLANTA
Alston & Bird
Arnall Golden
Gregory
BakerHostetler
Bryan Cave
Leighton Paisner
Jones Day
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Morris, Manning & Martin
National Labor Relations Board
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Slutzky, Wolfe & Bailey
Troutman Pepper
Hamilton Sanders
IDAHO
BOISE
Parsons Behle & Latimer
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO
Baker McKenzie
Ice Miller
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Lawyers’ Committee
for Better Housing Legal Council for Health Justice
Sidley Austin
Winston & Strawn
INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS
Barnes & Thornburg
LAFAYETTE
Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office
RICHMOND
Dudas Law
KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE
Frost Brown Todd
MARYLAND
ANNAPOLIS
Maryland Office of the Public Defender
BALTIMORE
Maryland Office of the Public Defender
SILVER SPRING
Ayuda
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON Center for Law and Education
Choate Hall & Stewart
Eckert
Seamans
Cherin & Mellott
Foley Hoag
Goodwin
Jones Day
Kirkland & Ellis
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
WilmerHale
LAWRENCE Northeast Legal Aid Inc.
MICHIGAN
FARMINGTON HILLS
Antone, Casagrande & Adwers
MINNESOTA
SAINT PAUL
Larson King
NEW JERSEY
HACKENSACK
Cole Schotz
NEWARK
Education Law Center
TRENTON
New Jersey Attorney General
NEW YORK
ARMONK
Boies Schiller Flexner
BRONX
Bronx Defenders
BROOKLYN
Housing Works Inc.
BUFFALO
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo Inc.
HEMPSTEAD
Legal Aid Society of Nassau County
KEW GARDENS
Queens District Attorney’s Office
NEW YORK
Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld
Allen & Overy
Bryan Cave
Leighton Paisner
Cahill Gordon & Reindel
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Clifford Chance US Conway, Farrell, Curtin & Kelly
Cooley
Covington & Burling
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dechert
Dentons US Desmarais
Fried Frank Harris
Shriver & Jacobson
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Goodwin
Jones Day
Kaplan Hecker & Fink
Kasowitz Benson
Torres King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Kostelanetz & Fink
Kramer Levin
Naftalis & Frankel
Latham & Watkins
Legal Aid Society of New York City, Juvenile Rights Division
Linklaters
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Milbank
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
New York County District Attorney’s Office
New York Legal Assistance Group
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Paul Hastings
Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman
Proskauer Rose
Reed Smith
Ropes & Gray
Schulte Roth & Zabel
Selendy Gay
Seward & Kissel
A&O Shearman
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Sullivan & Cromwell
The Brown Firm
Troutman Pepper
Hamilton Sanders
Vinson & Elkins
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch
WHITE PLAINS
Legal Aid Society of Westchester County
NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE
Alston & Bird
Bradley Arant Boult
Cummings
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
King & Spalding
McGuireWoods
Mecklenburg
County Public Defender’s Office
Moore & Van Allen
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
RALEIGH
Manning, Fulton & Skinner
McGuireWoods
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan
Wyrick, Robbins, Yates & Ponton
WILMINGTON
Legal Aid of North Carolina
OHIO
CINCINNATI
J. P. Ashbrook
Taft
Stettinius & Hollister
CLEVELAND
Jones Day
COLUMBUS
Jones Day
Squire Patton Boggs
PENNSYLVANIA
NORRISTOWN
Montgomery
County District Attorney’s Office
PHILADELPHIA
Ballard Spahr
Cozen O’Connor
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
PITTSBURGH
Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender
Jones Day
K&L Gates
McKinsey & Co.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Reed Smith
WARRINGTON
Fox Rothschild
TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS
Shelby County
District Attorney General’s Office
NASHVILLE
Bass, Berry & Sims
Nashville District Attorney’s Office
Office of the Metropolitan Nashville
Public Defender
TEXAS
AUSTIN
DLA Piper
Husch Blackwell
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
DALLAS
Baker Botts
Baker McKenzie
Bradley Arant Boult
Cummings
Haynes and Boone
Holland & Knight
Hunton Andrews
Kurth
Jackson Walker
Jones Day
Katten Muchin
Rosenman
Kirkland & Ellis
McKool Smith
Norton Rose
Fulbright
Perkins Coie
A&O Shearman
Sidley Austin
Vinson & Elkins
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
HOUSTON
Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing
Akin Gump Strauss
Hauer & Feld
Arnold & Itkin
Baker Botts
BakerHostetler
Bracewell
DLA Piper
Hicks Johnson
Hogan Lovells US
Jones Day
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Norton Rose
Fulbright
A&O Shearman
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Vinson & Elkins
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
MERCEDES
Texas RioGrande
Legal Aid
UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY
Kirkland & Ellis
ST. GEORGE
Washington County Attorney’s Office
VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA
Alexandria Public Defender’s Office
ARLINGTON
Erickson Immigration Group
ASHLAND
U.S. Marine Corps
Judge Advocate Division
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Atelerix Life
Sciences Inc.
CharlottesvilleAlbemarle Public Defender’s Office
Cruz Law
McGuireWoods MichieHamlett
Raynor Law Office
FALLS CHURCH
U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review, Office of the Chief
Administrative Hearing Officer
U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals
FORT BELVOIR
U.S. Army Judge
Advocate
General’s Corps
FORT GREGORY ADAMS
U.S. Army Judge
Advocate
General’s Corps
MANASSAS
Prince William County Office of the Public Defender
MCLEAN
Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman
NORFOLK
U.S. Navy Judge
Advocate General’s Corps
Willcox & Savage
PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth City
Public Defender’s Office
RICHMOND
Hunton Andrews Kurth
Legal Aid Justice Center, Civil Rights and Racial Justice Program
McGuireWoods
Richmond Public Defender’s Office
Troutman Pepper
Hamilton Sanders
ROANOKE
Woods Rogers
Vandeventer Black
TYSONS CORNER
Holland & Knight
Venable
BEACH
Virginia Beach
City Public Defender’s Office
WARRENTON
Ashwell & Ashwell
Warrenton Public Defender’s Office
WASHINGTON
SEATTLE
King County Department of Public Defense
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Civilian Honors Attorney
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Office of the Principal Legal Advisor
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
WEST VIRGINIA
HARPERS FERRY
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE Foley & Lardner
INTERNATIONAL
CHILE
FUTALEUFU Futaleufu
Riverkeeper
CHINA BEIJING
Davis Polk & Wardwell
ENGLAND
LONDON Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Linklaters
Withersworldwide
VIRGINIA
❱ Niko
Orfanedes ’22 joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York after graduation.
❱ Chanel Holmes ’23 joined White & Case in Houston as a corporate associate.
Launching Your Career
The Office of Private Practice, the Office of Judicial Clerkships and the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center offer the tools and preparation students need to advance in the legal workforce.
COUNSELING STUDENTS on job-search strategies, from understanding which employers to target to planning longterm career goals
PREPARING AND TRAINING STUDENTS to have successful interviews, including through live or videotaped mock interviews, to assess weaknesses and strengths
REVIEWING AND CRITIQUING RESUMES, cover letters and other employment-related communications
SCHEDULING EVENTS throughout the school year that are designed to inform students about a variety of career paths and employment
options, best practices for interviews and internships, and how to advance one’s career after law school
HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND what kinds of careers they will find rewarding
TEACHING STUDENTS best networking practices
MAINTAINING AN ONLINE JOB DATABASE that also allows students to receive alerts about jobs in their chosen field or city
COORDINATING THE SCHOOL’S INVOLVEMENT in live and virtual career fairs and recruiting events across the country, in addition to UVA’s extensive interview programs.
❱ Keegan Hudson ’24 is joining Akin Gump in Dallas.
CAREER COUNSELORS AND OTHER FACULTY HELP STUDENTS PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER LAW SCHOOL
DAVID C. LOWANCE
Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development
J.D., University of Virginia
B.A., Princeton University
David Lowance leads the Career Development Office and counsels students and alumni on general career choices. In addition to working with the leadership of the offices of Private Practice, Public Interest and Judicial Clerkships on all student placements, Lowance actively counsels within the Office of Private Practice, helping students launch their careers with law firms. Before joining the Law School, Lowance was a partner at the law firm Alston & Bird and then chief legal officer for Insight Global, an industry-leading staffing and professional services company. In his firm practice, Lowance handled a broad range of corporate matters. At Insight Global, he presided over all legal and compliance affairs, along with other corporate functions.
OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE
LAUREN PARKER
Assistant Dean for Private Practice
J.D., B.A., University of Virginia
Lauren Parker works with students and alumni interested in applying to law firm positions, and counsels LL.M. students seeking temporary or permanent employment after graduation. Parker previously was a senior associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe,
where her practice focused on complex commercial and antitrust litigation. Parker also worked with the ACLU of Maryland and with the Legal Counsel for the Elderly representing clients in diverse pro bono matters.
DANIEL JUSTUS
Director, Office of Private Practice
J.D., M.A., B.A., University of Virginia
Daniel Justus counsels students and alumni on a broad array of career choices, with a focus on law firm positions. Prior to joining the Office of Career Development, Justus was an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Clifford Chance US, where he practiced in the global financial markets group. In law school, he was a Peer Advisor, member of the Lambda Law Alliance, USAI-Szymanski Rule of Law Fellow, and an editorial board member and assistant production editor for the Virginia Tax Review. He is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Mandarin Chinese.
KIRA WALMER
Director, Office of Private Practice
J.D., University of Virginia B.A., Penn State University
Kira Walmer counsels students and alumni as they navigate their career paths and pursue law firm positions. After law school, she worked as an associate at Dickstein Shapiro, where she focused on government contracts litigation. Walmer then moved into the field of education, joining the founding team of a public charter school committed
to educational equity and college access for all students. She served in school leadership roles with an emphasis on teacher coaching and curriculum development, and handled talent and recruitment initiatives. During her time at the Law School, she was involved with the Libel Show, Public Interest Law Association and Peer Advisor program.
OFFICE OF JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
RUTH PAYNE
Assistant Dean for Judicial Clerkships
J.D., University of Virginia
B.A., Claremont McKenna College
Ruth Payne advises students and alumni as they navigate the application process for both judicial internships and judicial clerkships. This includes counseling, reviewing cover letters and resumes, conducting mock interviews and running workshops on the clerkship process. Payne was an articles editor on the Virginia Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and completed a one-year Bristow Fellowship with the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office. From 2004-08, she was an honors attorney with the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
KIMBALL GILMER
Director of Judicial Clerkships
J.D., Stanford Law School
B.A., Trinity Western University
Kim Gilmer helps prepare students to apply for judicial
internships and clerkships. After law school, Gilmer clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She has served as a staff attorney with a public interest organization, operated a solo practice law firm, and provided legal research and consultation to other firms and clients. Gilmer has international experience as a leader at Rosslyn Academy in Kenya, a faculty member and administrator at Pan Africa Christian University in Kenya, an adviser to graduate students at Trinity Western University in Canada and an adjunct law professor at Tianjin Foreign Studies University in China.
MORTIMER CAPLIN PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER
RYAN FAULCONER
Assistant Dean for Public Service
Director, Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center
J.D., University of Virginia
B.A., University of Kansas
Ryan Faulconer leads the school’s Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center. He previously was a federal prosecutor for 15 years, focusing on corruption, white-collar fraud and cybercrime. He was hired through the Attorney General’s Honors Program into the Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. He subsequently worked as the public corruption coordinator and an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, a senior counsel with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of DOJ’s Criminal Division and as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Western District of Virginia. Before joining DOJ, Faulconer clerked for Judge T.S. Ellis III of the Eastern District of Virginia.
DAWN DAVISON
Director of Public Service
J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law
B.A., University of New Mexico
Dawn Davison was formerly a senior staff attorney with the Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center, where she represented inmates in their state and federal habeas corpus proceedings and clemency applications for more than 13 years. In 2017, she was awarded the Bill Geimer Award by her peers for being a dedicated capital defender. Davison also taught continuing legal education courses to capital practitioners. After law school, Davison clerked for U.S. Judge James P. Jones of the Western District of Virginia.
Director of Public Service
J.D., Northeastern University
B.A., Colgate University
Amanda Yale previously worked at Legal Services for Children in New York City, where she defended the rights of indigent disabled children in special education and Social Security disability benefits proceedings. After graduating from law school, she worked as a staff attorney at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She then clerked for Judge I. Leo Glasser of the Eastern District of New York.
KIMBERLY EMERY
Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest
J.D., University of Virginia
B.A., Carleton College
Kimberly Emery has been the Law School’s assistant dean for pro bono since 2004 and was a founder and director of the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center. Emery coordinates and administers pro bono programming for law students, counsels students and graduates regarding pro bono and public interest opportunities, develops and fundraises for new service projects, and oversees the Law School’s Pro Bono Challenge. Emery was a board member for the Legal Aid Justice Center for more than 15 years.
EXTERNSHIPS
A. SPRIGHTLEY RYAN
Professor of Law, General Faculty Director of Externships
J.D., University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Yale University
Sprightley Ryan counsels students seeking or engaging in externships and teaches a seminar in the UVA Law in DC externship program that helps participants make connections between legal theory and practice. She previously served as inspector general of the Smithsonian Institution, was a trial attorney for the Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice and served as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
AMANDA YALE
Judicial Clerkships
CLASSES OF 2021-23
U.S. SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Amy Coney Barrett
Neil M. Gorsuch
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Brett Kavanaugh
U.S. COURTS OF APPEAL
1ST CIRCUIT
BOSTON
Julie Rikelman
CONCORD, N.H.
Jeffrey R. Howard
2ND CIRCUIT
BURLINGTON, VT.
Beth Robinson
NEW YORK
Robert D. Sack
3RD CIRCUIT
DUNCANSVILLE, PA.
D. Brooks Smith
NEWARK, N.J.
Patty Schwartz
PHILADELPHIA
L. Felipe Restrepo
PITTSBURGH
Cindy K. Chung
Thomas M. Hardiman
Peter J. Phipps
David J. Porter
4TH CIRCUIT
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Toby J. Heytens
Barbara Keenan
ASHEVILLE, N.C.
Allison Jones Rushing
BALTIMORE
Paul V. Niemeyer
BETHESDA, MD.
Pamela Harris
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Albert Diaz
CHARLOTTESVILLE
J. Harvie Wilkinson III
COLUMBIA, S.C.
Julius N. Richardson
GREENVILLE, S.C.
A. Marvin
Quattlebaum
RICHMOND, VA.
Roger Gregory
SPARTANBURG, S.C.
Henry F. Floyd
5TH CIRCUIT
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Andrew S. Oldham
Don R. Willett
BATON ROUGE
Kyle Duncan
DALLAS
Catherina Haynes
Irma Ramirez
HOUSTON
Gregg J. Costa
Jennifer Walker Elrod
Edith Jones
Jerry E. Smith
JACKSON, MISS.
Leslie H. Southwick
NEW ORLEANS
Edith Brown Clement
SAN ANTONIO
Patrick Higginbothom
SHREVEPORT, LA.
Carl E. Stewart
6TH CIRCUIT
ANN ARBOR, MICH.
Raymond M.
Kethledge
Joan L. Larsen
CINCINNATI
John B. Nalbandian
CLEVELAND
Karen Nelson Moore
COLUMBUS, OHIO
Chad A. Readler
Jeffrey S. Sutton
COVINGTON, KY.
Amul Thapar
DETROIT
Eric L. Clay
Helene N. White
LOUISVILLE, KY.
John K. Bush
MEMPHIS, TENN.
Julia Smith Gibbons
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Jane Branstetter
Stranch
7TH CIRCUIT
HAMMOND, IND.
Thomas Kirsch
SOUTH BEND, IND.
Kenneth F. Ripple
8TH CIRCUIT
MINNEAPOLIS
David R. Stras
9TH CIRCUIT
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
Ryan D. Nelson
PASADENA, CALIF.
Daniel P. Collins
PHOENIX
Bridget S. Bade
PORTLAND, ORE.
Susan P. Graber
SAN DIEGO
Patrick J. Bumatay
SAN FRANCISCO
Daniel A. Bress
10TH CIRCUIT
CHEYENNE, WYO.
Gregory A. Phillips
DENVER
Alison H. Eid
ROSWELL, N.M.
Bobby R. Baldock
11TH CIRCUIT
ATLANTA
Elizabeth L. Branch
Britt Grant
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Andrew L. Brasher
William H. Pryor Jr.
MIAMI
Barbara Lagoa
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
Robert J. Luck
ARMED FORCES
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Liam P. Hardy
M. Tia Johnson
Gregory E. Maggs
D.C. CIRCUIT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Karen L. Henderson
Florence Y. Pan
Neomi Rao
Sri Srinivasan
Robert L. Wilkins
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Raymond T. Chen
Richard G. Taranto
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS
ALABAMA
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY
Emily C. Marks
W. Keith Watkins
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
HUNTSVILLE
Liles C. Burke
Herman N. Johnson Jr.
ARIZONA
DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
PHOENIX
Michael T. Liburdi
ARKANSAS
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
LITTLE ROCK
Kristine Baker
CALIFORNIA
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO
John A. Mendez
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO
Janis Lynn
Sammartino
James E. Simmons Jr.
CONNECTICUT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
BRIDGEPORT
Stephan R. Underhill
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
BANKRUPTCY COURT
NEW HAVEN
Ann Nevins
DELAWARE
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
WILMINGTON
Colm F. Connolly
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
James E. Boasburg
Rudolph Contreras
Zia Faruqui
Timothy Kelly
Trevor N. McFadden
Amit P. Mehta
Carl Nichols
Vijay Shanker
Nina Y. Wang
FLORIDA
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA
Kathryn Kimball
Mizelle
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE
Allen C. Winsor
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FT. PIERCE
Aileen Cannon
MIAMI
Cecilia Altonega
GEORGIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ALBANY
Leslie Abrams Gardner
MACON
Tilman E. Self III
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA
Timothy C. Batten Sr.
ILLINOIS
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
CHICAGO
Manish S. Shah
INDIANA
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
HAMMOND
Jon DeGuilio
KANSAS
DISTRICT OF KANSAS
KANSAS CITY
Daniel D. Crabtree
MARYLAND
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
BALTIMORE
Stephanie A. Gallagher
Ellen Hollander
MICHIGAN
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
DETROIT
Terrence G. Berg
Mark Goldsmith
Jonathan J.C. Grey
MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON
Carlton W. Reeves
NEVADA
DISTRICT OF NEVADA
RENO
Anne R. Traum
❱ Jeffrey Sutton ’21 and Avery Rasmussen ’21 clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023-24.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
CONCORD
Samantha D. Elliott
Joseph N. LaPlante
NEW JERSEY
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
CAMDEN
Christine P. O’Hearn
TRENTON
Robert Kirsch
NEW MEXICO
DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
ALBUQUERQUE
William P. Johnson
SANTA FE
Martha A. Vazquez
NEW YORK
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
BROOKLYN
Rachel Kovner
William F. Kuntz
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
ALBANY
Mae A. D’Agostino
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
MANHATTAN
Jesse Furman
Paul G. Gardephe
WHITE PLAINS
Judith C. McCarthy
NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH
James C. Dever III
Robert T. Numbers II
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
GREENSBORO
L. Patrick Auld
Catherine Eagles
WINSTON-SALEM
Thomas D. Schroeder
OHIO
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
AKRON
Sara Lioi
CLEVELAND
James Gwin
OREGON
DISTRICT OF OREGON
PORTLAND
Karin J. Immergut
PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA
Kelley B. Hodge
Chad F. Kenney
WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
PITTSBURGH
Mark R. Hornak
Christy Criswell Wiegand
PUERTO RICO
DISTRICT OF PUERTO
RICO
SAN JUAN
Gina R. Mendez-Miro
SOUTH CAROLINA
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA
J. Michele Childs
Sherri Lydon
TENNESSEE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA
Charles Atchley Jr.
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
MEMPHIS
Jon Phipps McCalla Tu Pham
TEXAS
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TEXARKANA
Roberts W. Shroeder III
TYLER
J. Campbell Barker
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AMARILLO
Matthew Kacsmaryk
DALLAS
Jane J. Boyle
Sidney Fitzwater
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI
Drew Tipton
HOUSTON
Charles Eskridge
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
ALPINE
David B. Fannin
DEL RIO
Alia Moses
VIRGINIA
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA
Rossie D. Alston Jr.
Leonie M. Brinkema
T.S. Ellis III
Patricia T. Giles
NORFOLK
Mark S. Davis
Robert Doumar
Raymond Jackson
Rebecca Beach Smith
Jamar K. Walker
RICHMOND
Henry E. Hudson
M. Hannah Lauck
Robert E. Payne
WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ABINGDON
James Jones
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Jasmine Yoon
LYNCHBURG
Norman K. Moon
ROANOKE
Robert Ballou
Michael F. Urbanski
WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA BANKRUPTCY COURT
ROANOKE
Paul Black
WYOMING
DISTRICT OF WYOMING
CHEYENNE
Nancy D. Freudenthal
OTHER FEDERAL COURTS
U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Eleni M. Roumel
Stephen S. Schwartz
Zachary N. Somers
U.S. TAX COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Richard Morrison
COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
NEW YORK
Miller Baker
STATE COURTS
ALABAMA
ALABAMA SUPREME COURT
MONTGOMERY
Jay Mitchell
ALASKA
ALASKA SUPERIOR COURT
ANCHORAGE
John Cagle
ARIZONA
ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS
PHOENIX
James B. Morse Jr. COLORADO
COLORADO SUPREME COURT
DENVER
Richard L. Gabriel
Monica M. Marquez
DELAWARE
SUPREME COURT OF DELAWARE
WILMINGTON
Collins J. Seitz Jr. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
D.C. COURT OF APPEALS
Joshua Deahl
Stephen H. Glickman
D.C. Superior Court
Julie H. Becker
Robert Salerno
HAWAII
HAWAII SUPREME COURT
HONOLULU
Michael D. Wilson
MARYLAND
APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND
ANNAPOLIS
Brynja M. Booth
Robert N. McDonald
SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND
ANNAPOLIS
Matthew J. Fader
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT
SAINT PAUL
Minnesota Supreme Court Justices
MISSOURI
MISSOURI SUPREME COURT
JEFFERSON CITY
W. Brent Powell
NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT
SUSSEX COUNTY
Lorraine M. Augostini
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA
COMMERCIAL COURT
CHARLOTTE
Louis Bledsoe
OHIO
OHIO COURT OF APPEALS
CINCINNATI
Pierre Bergeron
OREGON
OREGON COURT OF APPEALS
PORTLAND
Jacqueline S. Kamins
PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
STROUDSBURG
Margherita
Patti-Worthington
RHODE ISLAND
RHODE ISLAND
SUPREME COURT
PROVIDENCE
Melissa A. Long
TEXAS
SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Brett Busby
Rebecca Huddle
Debra Lehrmann
VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA CIRCUIT COURT
ALEXANDRIA
James C. Clark
Lisa B. Kemler
Kathleen M. Uston
FAIRFAX CIRCUIT COURT
FAIRFAX
Grace Burke Carroll
NORFOLK CIRCUIT COURT
NORFOLK
Staff Clerkship
VIRGINIA COURT OF APPEALS
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Lisa M. Lorish
SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA
FAIRFAX
Thomas P. Mann
FREDERICKSBURG
Stephen R. McCullough
❱ Jeffrey Stiles ’22 worked for Cozen O’Connor in Philadelphia before clerking for U.S. Judge Chad Kenney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.