Honorable Mentions

Virginia Lane Stitzer was promoted to partner at Troutman Sanders in Richmond.

2015l

Henry A. Andrews was listed in “Best Lawyer: Ones to Watch” in the areas of commercial litigation and construction litigation in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Jonathan L. Caulder joined Capital One in Richmond as a senior manager, senior counsel.

Sarah E. Curry was promoted to partner, capital markets group, at Kirkland & Ellis in New York City.

Elizabeth J. Flachsbart was promoted to partner with Balch & Bingham in Birmingham, Alabama. Her practice focuses on general commercial litigation.

Zachary D. Furnald joined Lowenstein Sandler in New York City as an investment management attorney.

Ashley Hart joined Flora Pettit in Charlottesville as a litigation associate.

Risa Katz-Albert joined Old Dominion Freight Lines as counsel, privacy and contracts, in Roanoke.

Jessica Girvan Marfut joined Paul Hastings in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Danny R. Nappier was promoted to partner with Kirkland & Ellis in Dallas.

Jasmine Brooks Redd joined Texas Tech University System in Lubbock, Texas, as an equal employment opportunity compliance associate.

Sean T. Twomey joined DLA Piper in New York City as an associate in its structured finance group.

2016L

Ashley N. Barendse joined Robbins Law Group in Washington, D.C., as an attorney.

Scott W. Burton joined the labor and employment practice group at Hunton Andrews Kurth in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Jacob J. Ventura joined Ropes & Gray in Boston as an associate in the private capital transactions practice group.

2017L

Christian B. Addison started Addison Sports & Entertainment in Charleston, South Carolina, providing representation throughout sports, entertainment and NIL.

Maureen A. Edobor joined the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, as counsel.

Carl Krausnick III joined Baker Donelson in Memphis as an associate.

Amanda Lyons-Archambault joined Krasner Law as a law clerk. Her practice focuses on family law.

William C. Simmerson joined Eversheds Sutherland in Washington, D.C., as an associate, with a focus on energy law.

2018L

W. Watts Burks IV joined Woods Rogers in Roanoke as an associate attorney.

Matthew C. Donahue joined Shook Hardy & Bacon in San Francisco as an associate attorney.

Thomas W. Griffin III joined McAfee and Taft in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as an associate attorney.

Anna R. Moir joined the National Association of College and University Attorneys in Washington, D.C., as assistant director of legal resources.

Ben S. Nye joined Bressler, Amery & Ross in Birmingham, Alabama, as an associate.

Taylor D. Rafaly was promoted to trial counsel with the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Michael S. Brown joined the Air Force as an assistant staff judge advocate in Charleston, South Carolina.

2019L

J. Travers Clark joined Akerman in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Zachary T. Crawford-Pechukas joined the Innocence Project in New Orleans as a staff attorney.

Timur R. Dikec joined national litigation firm Hawkins Parnell & Young in Charleston, West Virginia. He defends companies in complex products liability and toxic tort litigation.

Alex W. Shoaf joined Haltzman Law Firm in Fort Collins, Colorado, as an attorney, with a focus on criminal defense.

Maj. J. David Thompson moved to Stuttgart, Germany, to work on U.S. humanitarian and civil-military strategy for Africa. He also teaches a virtual master’s of arts course at University of Kansas titled Humanitarian Action – Law & Policy, which explores international humanitarian law, U.S. law and U.S. policies toward humanitarian assistance, refugees and the law of armed conflict.

2020L

Andrew S. Aitken joined Fidelity National Financial in Jacksonville, Florida, as associate claims counsel.

Austin K. Cano joined the Frederick County attorney’s office in Rockville, Maryland, as assistant county attorney.

Luke S. Charette joined Gunderson Dettmer as an associate in Boston.

John A. Dorsey joined Blankingship & Keith in Fairfax as an associate.

Ashley E. Duckworth joined Avelino Law in Morristown, New Jersey, as an associate.

Robert Luke Graham joined Tittle Law Group in Dallas/

Fort Worth as an associate attorney.

Mahalia S. Hall joined Hawkins Parnell & Young in Atlanta as an associate.

Courtney T. Iverson joined Paduano & Weintraub in New York City as an associate.

George J. Y. Liang joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles as an associate attorney.

Jordan T. Lusk joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in Washington, D.C., as a fund finance attorney.

Madison Peace Nye joined the Supreme Court of Alabama as a law clerk.

Giancarlos Rodriguez joined WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., as an associate attorney.

Jesse Sharp joined Troutman Pepper in Charlotte, North Carolina, as an associate with the real estate practice group.

Kasia J. Wiggins joined the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission in Portsmouth, Virginia, as an assistant public defender.

2021L

Christian F. Reese joined Shearman & Sterling in New York City as an associate.

Haley D. Santos joined Gentry Locke in Roanoke as an associate. She is working in the firm’s insurance practice.

Weddings

Stephen R. Halpin III ’15L to Kathleen Nisbet on July 31, 2021, at Hilton Head, South Carolina. The couple live in New York City, where Steve is an associate with Ford O’Brien and Katie is pursuing her MBA at NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Remembrance Day

On Nov. 14, 2021, the village of Kimbolton, England, honored Paul G. Cavaliere ’48L during its Remembrance Day ceremonies with a wreath at the memorial for the 379th Bomb Squadron of the Eighth Air Force. Cavaliere, a B-17 navigator, was stationed at that base for several months during 1945. His son Robert ’74 reported that although his father died in 1984, the family didn’t discover his uniforms, medals,

Births

Jill Morris Bustamante ’09, ’12L and Travis Bustamante ’11L , a boy, Brooks Hamilton, on Oct. 25, 2021. He joins sisters, Lucy and Laine.

Whitney Pulliam Loughran ’15L and her husband, Shaun, a son, Malcolm Jude Hemings, on Aug. 3, 2021. Whitney and Shaun are thankful his big brother Era is watching over him from above. The family live in Richmond.

Maj. J. David Thompson ’19L and his wife, Teresa, a son, Jordan Luitpold, on Dec. 10, 2021.

Obits

David W. Foerster ’45, ’51L , of Jacksonville, Florida, died Nov. 20, 2021. He served in the Navy. He practiced law in Jacksonville, throughout Florida and the Southeast for over 60 years. He was grandfather to Bose Bratton ’07 and Mac Lyerly ’22. He belonged to Phi Delta Theta. John M. Blume ’54, ’56L of Sarasota, Florida, died Sept. 20, 2020. He built his own practice, Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari. He belonged to Zeta Beta Tau. Noel P. Copen ’57L , of Huntington, West Virginia, died April 23, 2022. He served in the Marine Corps, where he was stationed in Okinawa. He worked for Fitzpatrick, Huddleston and Bolen.

Richard R. Duncan ’58L , of Winchester, Virginia, died Oct. 16, 2020. He taught at Ohio State, the University of Richmond and Georgetown University.

The Hon. Henry C. Morgan Jr. ’57, ’60L , of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died May 1, 2022. He was nominated in 1991 to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, by President George H.W. Bush. Morgan received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022. He belonged to Sigma Nu.

Dr. Jordan M. Smith ’57, 60L , of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, died March 21, 2021. He belonged to Phi Gamma Delta.

E. John Dinkel III ’61, 64L , of Lexington, died Feb. 6, 2022. He was an attorney with Alley, Rock & Dinkel. He belonged to Beta Theta Pi.

The Hon. Samuel J. Smith ’64L , of Mission Viejo, California, died Jan. 16, 2022. He served as a U.S. administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration, Interstate Commerce Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor. He was also the chief administrative appeals judge of the Benefits Review Board during President Jimmy Carter’s administration. At W&L, he helped establish the Black Lung Clinic at W&L Law and received W&L Law’s 2009 Outstanding Law Alumnus Award for exceptional contributions to the legal profession, his community and his alma mater. He belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

John O. Culley ’63, ’67L , of Grand Detour, Illinois, died March 29, 2022. He worked in the insurance industry. He is father to Anne C. Wise ’91. He belonged to Sigma Phi Epsilon.

George M. Fisher ’65, ’68L , of Camden Wyoming, Delaware, died Jan. 17, 2021. He spent three years in Army intelligence during the Vietnam War. He worked for Delaware Trust, retiring as senior vice president. He belonged to Phi Gamma Delta.

Thomas W. Houser ’70L , of Easton, Pennsylvania, died Feb. 20, 2022. He ran his own practice and was a solicitor to Williams Township.

Stuart Kennon Scott ’73L , of Annapolis, Maryland, died commendations, photographs and navigational tools and charts until the death of his mother in 2019.

Cavaliere’s family decided to donate their father’s World War II items to The Kimbolton School, which maintains historical displays of the operations that occurred in the town during the war. Christopher Bates, deputy head academic of Kimbolton, wrote to Robert: “Absolutely speechless over what you have on April 20, 2022. He belonged to Pi Kappa Alpha. sent. Too nervous to take the uniforms out of the cases/covers to look properly. Stunning condition, and it set the imagination running over how to best display them with the artifacts, instruments, medals and so on.”

William A. Simon Jr. ’73L , of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died Feb. 12, 2022. He practiced environmental and labor law and was the announcer for the Shaker Heights High School hockey team.

Thomas Lee Brown Jr. ’74L , of Richmond, died Dec. 4, 2021. He was an attorney with Parker, Pollard and Brown. He belonged to Phi Delta Theta.

Robert L. Taylor ’74L , of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, died April 28, 2022. He practiced law for 40 years in Stone Harbor, New Jersey and served as the municipal prosecutor in Middle, West Cape May and Lower Township. He was the father of Tracy Taylor Hague ’97L.

Franklin P. Slavin Jr. ’75L , of North Chesterfield, Virginia, died April 18, 2022. He served in the Army, as an assistant judge for the Virginia General District Courts and as commisioner of accounts for Wythe County.

Virginia K. Boever ’80L , of Alexandria, New Mexico, died Jan. 7, 2022. She was a public defender for nearly 30 years.

Peter F. Matera ’85L , of West Park, New York, died Nov. 25, 2021. He formed a private law practice, worked for the public defender’s office and then was a part-time assistant district attorney. He was cousin to Rosemarie Matera ’80L.

Paul Griffiths ’86L , of Lantana, Florida, died in October 2021. He retired in 2019 after a 33-year career as in-house counsel for several large corporations.

Jeremiah D. Gibson ’02L , of Norton, Virginia, died Nov. 20, 2021. He worked for Latham and Watkins in Washington, D.C.

Robert and his sister Joan traveled to England to participate in the day’s ceremony and visit the display.