Spencer Cox ’01L Sworn in as 18th Governor of Utah

SPENCER COX ’01L was sworn in Jan. 4 as governor of Utah following his victory in the November 2020 general election. He is the state’s 18th governor.

Cox served the state as lieutenant governor from 2013-20. He was previously a member of the Utah House of Representatives, as well as city counselor and mayor of his hometown, Fairview. As lieutenant governor, Cox was in charge of some of the state’s biggest challenges, including overseeing elections and services litigation and consumer litigation.

Christopher Riano was elected the inaugural chair of the New York State Bar Association’s LGBTQ law section.

Lauren Fisher White was elected partner of Christian & Barton LLP, a civil practice law firm in Richmond. She focuses on labor and employment counseling and litigation.

Richard Bruno (’06) was promoted to partner at Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins in Atlanta. He focuses on defense of insureds in the trucking, aviation, construction and premises arenas.

Jessica Guzik was promoted to senior brand lead at Shopify. She lives in Berlin, Germany.

Bill Larson (’08) was recognized by Delaware Today Magazine as the leading government affairs attorney in its 2020 Top Lawyer rankings. He is an associate with MG+M in Wilmington, Delaware.

Thomas Moran joined FedEx as a senior attorney in Irvine, California.

Aaron Sims was promoted to counsel at Potter Anderson & Corroon in Wilmington, Delaware. He focuses on corporate, complex commercial and alternative entity litigation.

2011l

Ryan Au joined Coinbase in Washington, D.C., as senior tax counsel.

Lethia Hammond was appointed to the Virginia Parole Board by Gov. Ralph Northam.

2012l

Koral Fusselman Alman was promoted to partner with The Van Winkle Law Firm in Asheville, North Carolina. She focuses on trusts and estates.

Ferrell Alman joined The Van Winkle Law Firm in Asheville, North Carolina, as an associate. He focuses on intellectual property law.

Alexandra Price Doggett joined Figma in Austin, Texas, as legal counsel.

Joy Lee joined the Republican State Leadership Committee as general counsel.

Jonathan Little was promoted to partner at Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC in Birmingham, Alabama.

John Scully (’09) joined Eller Tonnsen Bach in Greenville, South Carolina, as an associate. He concentrates on civil litigation and corporate matters, with an emphasis on business litigation and insurance defense.

William Underwood (’09) was promoted to partner with Jones Walker in Atlanta. He focuses on construction litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and contract drafting, review, and negotiation.

2013L leading the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

James T. Bailey was named partner with Williams Mullen in Richmond. He focuses on senior housing transactions.

Brandy Cannon joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in August 2020.

Katie Gray joined Mayer Brown in Houston as a litigator.

Cox defeated former governor and presidential candidate John Huntsman in a GOP primary challenge and went on to win the general election, earning 63.9% of the vote. He and his opponent Chris Peterson, a law professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, made news worldwide when just two weeks before the election they appeared together in an ad promoting civility and unity in the political process. The

Todd Heffner joined Troutman Pepper in Atlanta as an attorney. He focuses on construction law.

LeMont Joyner joined Alphadyne Asset Management in New York City as in-house counsel.

Kim Marston was among 30 Brooks Pierce attorneys recognized as industry leaders in the 2021 edition of North Carolina Super Lawyers.

Jessica Tracy joined Vimeo as vice president, associate general counsel. She lives in New York City.

2014l

Casey Coleman joined Blackburn, Conte, Shilling & Click P.C. in Richmond as a partner.

Amy Johnson joined Lewis Brisbois in Denver as an associate.

Maisie Osteen joined the Legal Aid Justice Center as an attorney with the civil rights and racial justice program. Prachi Gupta Sankalia joined BKD CPAs & Advisors in Dallas as a senior consultant, M&A tax.

Ryan Starks joined Gentry Locke in Richmond as an associate in the commercial litigation section.

2015L video ad has since been viewed nearly four million times.

Astrika Adams joined the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy in Washington, D.C., as assistant chief counsel.

Tunde Cadmus was promoted to director, corporate counsel, at Regeneron in New York City.

Cox echoed the video’s sentiment during his inauguration ceremony, which was held against the backdrop of the famous red rock cliffs of southwest Utah.

“Conflict and passionate debate around ideas can be healthy, but contempt and contention will rot the souls of our nation and her people. And this division isn’t just ugly or unfortunate. It’s dangerous,” said Cox.

Jenna Callahan joined the Department of Justice as assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Florida.

Joey Connor IV joined Grant Thornton in Washington, D.C., as manager, WNTO tax legislative group.

Sean Domer joined Bush & Taylor in Suffolk, Virginia, as an associate.

After spending three years practicing law in Brazil, Thayer Case Ellis joined Keller and Heckman in Washington, D.C., as an associate. She focuses on food and drug law.

Zachary Furnald joined Aspect Advisors as a principal consultant. He will be supporting financial services innovators in the development of customized compliance solutions.

Marcus Greene joined Roop Xanttopoulos Babounakis in Fairfax, Virginia, as an associate. He focuses on family law.

Oscar Molina joined Parker and Lynch as an attorney recruiter. He resides in Huntington, West Virginia.

Ryan Redd joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas in Lubbock, Texas, as an assistant U.S. attorney.

Sukhmani Rekhi joined AppFolio in San Francisco as associate general counsel.

2016l

Ashley Barendse joined Alan Lescht and Associates in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Brittany Dunn-Pirio joined the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney of Frederick County as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney.

Spencer Feldman joined Camden Securities Company in White Plains, New York, as a senior associate.

John Fitzgerald joined Matt O’Neill Real Estate in Charleston, South Carolina, as a realtor and licensed broker.

Brian Livingston joined the Wilkes Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina, as an associate attorney.

2017l

Olivia Broderick joined Moore & Van Allen in Charleston, South Carolina, as an associate.

Charli Gibbs-Tabler joined Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Kja Harper-Gopaul joined Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara in Newport Beach, California, as an associate attorney.

Tamra Harris joined Reed Smith’s Austin, Texas, office as a life sciences and health care associate.

Stacey LaRiviere joined Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C., as a litigation associate.

Amanda Lyons-Archambault joined KPMG’s M&A tax practice in Boston as a senior associate.

Clint Williams joined the JAG Corps in the Army Reserves. He continues to practice with Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward P.S., in Wenatchee, Washington, where he focuses primarily on agribusiness, real estate and general business matters.

2018L

Caitlyn Bates joined DuBois, Bryant & Campbell in Austin, Texas, as an associate. Her practice focuses on energy and environmental issues and commercial litigation.

Mark Bonin joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as an associate, technology transactions, in Washington, D.C. He lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Stephen Edwards joined Mette, Evans & Woodside as an associate attorney.

John Fluharty returned to the U.S. from London to join Latham & Watkins’ capital markets team as an associate in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Griffin III joined the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile as a judicial law clerk.

Colt Justice joined Apple in Denver as a global supply manager.

Katie Sheild joined the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City as a staff attorney.

2019L

Michael DiBiagio joined J.P. Morgan in New York City as an investment banking analyst.

Caden Hayes joined the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office as an assistant attorney general in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Sev Miller joined Pessin Katz Law in Towson, Maryland, as an associate.

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2020l

Emma Arnesen joined the border prosecution unit of the 63rd and 83rd Judicial Districts in Del Rio, Texas, as an assistant district attorney.

Talia Hughes joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as an associate in New York City.

Taylor Lawrence joined Ropes and Gray’s IP litigation group in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Maria Liberopoulos joined Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York City as an associate.

Carrie Macon joined PennStuart in Abingdon, Virginia, as an associate in the firm’s insurance defense and commercial litigation practice groups.

Christine McLinn joined Reinhart in its Milwaukee office. She is an associate in the intellectual property practice group, where she focuses on patent counseling.

Simon Michnick (’17) joined the real estate finance group at Ballard Spahr in Baltimore.

Mary Kate Nicholson joined Eversheds Sutherland in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Alexandria Taylor joined Troutman Pepper in Washington, D.C., as an associate.

Megan Williams joined Lowenstein Sandler’s corporate practice group in Roseland, New Jersey, as an associate.

Jessica Girvan ‘15L and Bret Marfut ‘15L were married on Jan. 9, 2021, in front of Lee Chapel.

T. William Sommer ’47L, of Loveland, Colorado, died on Dec. 8, 2020. He served in the Air Force during World War II. He was an attorney with the IRS for 28 years. He belonged to Sigma Nu.

Lee R. Redmond Jr. ’45, ’49L, of Columbus, Georgia, died on Feb. 13. He served in the Army Air Corps. He had a long legal career specializing in real estate, retiring from Thompson, Redmond, Nicolson and Ray at 86. He was father to Lee Redmond III ’74 and uncle to Steve Hawley ’71. He belonged to Delta Tau Delta.

Births And Adoptions

Christopher S. Colby ’05, ’08L and his wife, Holly, welcomed a son, Pierce, in February 2020. Pierce joins his brother, Stuart, at the family home in Stafford, Virginia.

Courtney Gahm-Oldham ’10L and her husband, JT Oldham, a son, Aiden Alan, on Aug. 14, 2020. He joins his brothers Von, 6, and Lawson, 4. They live in Houston.

Daniel Howell ’13L and his wife, Victoria, a daughter, Charlotte Anne, on Jan. 13. The family reside in Richmond.