From
the
DEan
Building on a Vibrant Tradition
Paul Mahoney
T
his is an exciting time to begin a deanship. The Law School is as
intellectually vibrant as it has ever been. This year we will host
talks by, among others, Justice Samuel Alito, William Cronon,
author of Nature’s Metropolis, and a group of retired U.S. generals who
will talk about interrogation techniques. Our students are as committed,
active, and energetic as ever. I spoke recently with two students
participating in the Cowan Fellows Human Rights Study Project, who
are preparing to travel to Cambodia to study the treatment of linguistic
minorities. Interacting with these remarkable young men and women
makes teaching at the Law School a joy.
In my first few months as dean, I’ve had the pleasure of traveling to
a number of cities to meet alumni. One of the most common questions
I hear at these gatherings is whether and how today’s students differ
from those of years past. In most important respects — their sense of
community, their desire to maintain balanced lives, and their affection
for their peers and the Law School — they are just like the graduates who preceded them. But they
are also keenly astute consumers who are determined to get the most from their legal education.
That fact has raised the bar for every law school in the nation. In order to attract the best, we
need to be the best — to provide the highest quality education by the most accomplished and
interesting faculty. We relish that challenge.
One way in which we respond is to constantly seek new ways to enrich the education
we provide. In these pages, you will read about two exciting new curricular enhancements.
One is the Innocence Project at the University of Virginia School of Law, a clinical offering
focused on securing post-conviction relief for the wrongfully convicted. The clinic is led by
Deirdre Enright ’92, who has extensive experience representing capital defendants in postconviction proceedings. We have also launched a Program in Public Interest Law under Associate
Dean Jim Ryan’s leadership. The Program aims to do for public interest law what the Law &
Business Program did for our students who are interested in that field — provide a set of core
courses, exposure to some of the most experienced and successful people in the field, and help
with curricular and career planning. One of the founding ideals of the Law School is that lawyers
serve not just their private interests, but the public good, and we hope to live up to that ideal.
Another constant in the life of the Law School is the support of the most loyal and generous
alumni of any law school in the nation. A new dean could not ask for more than the kind words
of encouragement and assistance I receive regularly from alumni, many of whom I am meeting
for the first time. They reflect our graduates’ tremendous attachment to and affection for the Law
School and eagerness to see it succeed. For that, all of us who are privileged to work at the Law
School are grateful.
Fall 2008 / Vol. 32, No. 2
Departments
Features
1
Building on a Vibrant Tradition
22
An Interview with Paul Mahoney
5
Law School News
28
Mahoney Taps Ryan ’92 to Lead
Public Interest Law Program
37
Faculty News & Briefs
51
Scholar’s Corner
Cullen Couch
30
John Monahan and Jeffrey Swanson
55
Class Notes
83
In Memoriam
85
In Print
Law School Launches Innocence Project
Mary Wood
33
Former Prosecutor Returns to
Admissions Office
Rob Seal
Front cover: Paul Mahoney photographed by Tom Cogill
Editor Cullen Couch
Associate Editor Denise Forster
Contributing Writers Rob Seal; Peter Trauernicht, A&S ’09; Emily Williams; Mary Wood
Design Roseberries
Photography Michael Bailey, Ian Bradshaw, Tom Cogill, Peggy Harrison, Emily Williams, Mary Wood
“I hope our wisdom will grow with
our power, and teach us, that the
less we use our power the greater it
will be. “ —Thomas Jefferson
Law
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Law School News
Class Stands Out After Record Application Year
C
HOSEN FROM THE largest
“We were mindful of the special qualities our students
applicant pool in the history of
the Law School, members of the Class
have had — a capacity and willingness to view learning
of 2011 boast the best median LSAT
and grade-point average qualifications
as a collaborative enterprise; a healthy sense of balance
ever for an entering class. The 370
students who matriculated from the
among work, relaxation, family and friends; an interest in
pool of 6,548 applicants have a median
GPA of 3.80 and maintained last year’s
the world around you and in the broader world as well; and
record-high median LSAT of 170.
“In selecting you, we were mindful
a willingness and an inclination to invest in community.”
of the special qualities our students
have had as long as I’ve been associated
with the Law School and well before
lived or worked abroad in 44 countries
and strategic studies, mathematics,
that — a capacity and willingness
and have pursued a variety of careers,
anthropology, physiology, systems
to view learning as a collaborative
from presidential speechwriter to an
engineering, biomedical engineering,
enterprise; a healthy sense of balance
assistant to Maya Angelou.
philosophy, history, literature,
among work, relaxation, family and
“Our admissions process grows
international affairs and international
friends; an interest in the world around
more and more competitive each year,”
you and in the broader world as well;
said Trujillo. “Less measurable than
and a willingness and an inclination
GPA and LSAT scores, but equally
A Global Community
to invest in community,” Dean Paul
important, is the breadth and depth
First-year students have lived, worked,
Mahoney told the entering class during
of the backgrounds of our entering
or studied all over the world, including
orientation. “You will find those
students. In that regard, this class also
England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany,
investments amply rewarded here.”
stands tall.”
Denmark, Norway, Switzerland,
Women make up more than 44
relations.
France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium,
percent of the entering class, which
Education
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico,
is the second-highest percentage
Thirty-one members of the Class
New Zealand, Turkey, the Galapagos
the Law School has recorded,
of 2011 have at least one graduate
Islands, Tanzania, Brazil, Australia,
said Jason Wu Trujillo ’01, Senior
degree. Disciplines include business
Kenya, India, Iran, Jordan, South
Assistant Dean for Admissions and
administration, public health, teaching,
Korea, Cameroon, Israel, Costa Rica,
Financial Aid. Members of the class
divinity, fine arts, public policy,
Nicaragua, Japan, South Africa,
come from 43 states, the District of
elementary education, secondary
Morocco, Lebanon, China, Hong Kong,
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and three
education, politics, policy studies, film
Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh,
foreign countries, and attended 132
studies, organic chemistry, economics,
Ecuador, Monaco, Kenya, Honduras,
undergraduate schools. They have
English, chemistry, theology, defense
Ghana, and Guatemala.
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Remembering Charles H. Whitebread, 1943–2008
C
HARLES H. WHITEBREAD, 65,
Whitebread was also one of the
with their bar exams. He was very
of Santa Monica, Calif., and
first law professors to concentrate
committed to disseminating his
Charlottesville, a nationally respected
on juvenile law and the need of the
knowledge of law school protocols
law professor, author, and lecturer in
juvenile law system to afford the same
and procedures to students, and each
the law for over 40 years, passed away
rights to juveniles accused of offenses
fall he visited over 70 law schools to
from lung cancer on September 16 in
as afforded to adults.
speak to students about exam-taking
Santa Monica.
After graduating from Yale Law
As much as he was a scholar of the
law, Whitebread was also immensely
School, Whitebread joined the faculty
popular with his students. He took
at the Law School, where he taught
very seriously this aspect of his work,
techniques and general advice about
how to succeed in law school.
Whitebread often returned to
Charlottesville to visit his friends at
the Law School. On one such occasion,
to deliver the commencement address
to the Class of 2000, he said “A law
school will fully succeed only if its
students are willing to engage in the
dialogue, to be intellectually curious,
to be excited by ideas, and genuinely
to believe that it is simply better, as a
normative matter, to understand than
not to understand. What a delight
to return to my native soil 20 years
later to find just such students at
Virginia. My fondest hope is that as
the pressures of advancement in the
profession mount, none of you will
lose either your willingness, indeed
eagerness, to be excited by ideas, or
lose sight of the ultimate issue of any
great law school: the promotion of
Charles H. Whitebread
social justice.”
Professor Whitebread is survived by
for 13 years through 1981. He was
believing that students deserved to
awarded the Distinguished Professor
have inspiring and interesting classes
his long-term partner John T. Golden
Award in 1972, and again in 1980.
to help them to gain command over
and their good friend Michael S. Kelly,
the subject matter. He also dedicated
both of Santa Monica, and by his sister,
procedure and an astute observer of the
himself to helping students to succeed
Anne W. Tower, of Fredericksburg, Va.,
Supreme Court of the United States, he
in law school; he wrote a primer, The
and his brother, Joseph B. Whitebread,
published numerous law review articles
Eight Secrets of Top Exam Performance
Jr. of McLean, Va.
and more than 10 books dealing
in Law School, as a measure of that
with subjects ranging from criminal
dedication. For most of his career,
the Law School will hold “A
procedure to the non-medical use of
he was a lecturer for BAR/BRI in
Remembrance” on December 6, at 4
drugs. Beginning in 1982, Whitebread
criminal law and procedure, and he
p.m. in Caplin Pavilion. For details
published an annual booklet, Recent
helped students successfully study for
email Teri Johnson at tjohnson@
Decisions of the Supreme Court.
and manage the anxiety associated
virginia.edu.
An expert in criminal law and
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In honor of Professor Whitebread,
Law
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Law School Partners Up for Child
Advocacy Cases
T
HIS SEMESTER SOME Law
serve children and families who would
School students are joining
otherwise go unrepresented, Block
with practicing lawyers from
said. It also gives the organization a
McGuireWoods to work on child
chance to partner with, “a top rate law
advocacy cases in the community.
firm and top rate lawyers like those at
The new program is the result
of a partnership between the Law
McGuireWoods,” he said.
The students who take on
School, McGuireWoods and the
casework do far more than just
Charlottesville-based JustChildren
observe the McGuireWoods lawyers
program, which provides legal services
handling the cases, Heaphy said. “The
to children in need.
general protocol is the student frankly
“The bread-and-butter cases for
does most of the work,” Heaphy said.
Katie Ryan ’92
JustChildren are education cases,” said
“They do most of the fact gathering
Katie Ryan ’92, who is administering
and analysis. Our people are there
is a lot of research that says that the
the program. “This will entail a lot of
more as guides and chaperones. The
longer a student is out of school, the
special education work, a lot of school
students really are the driving force,
less likely it is that they’ll be able to
discipline work. JustChildren also
and they should be.”
return and be successful. Their legal
handles some juvenile justice work,
Third-year Emily Buckley has
work will give him a much greater
so there will be cases in the juvenile
already partnered with another
chance to complete his education,”
justice world as well.”
student and a McGuireWoods lawyer
Block said.
to successfully represent a special
For students, the program offers
students either do intake work for
education student who had been
hands-on experience and builds the
potential JustChildren clients or are
suspended and wasn’t getting the
same kind of skills that are taught in
partnered with volunteer lawyers from
services he required. “We helped him
the Child Advocacy Clinic, which does
McGuireWoods to work on actual
get back in school earlier than his
similar work, Ryan said. Nine students
cases.
suspension date, and have worked to
are already involved in casework, she
improve his special education services
said.
In the program, participating
McGuireWoods became involved
with the program in part because
of a friendship between Timothy
at school,” Buckley said.
“It was great, I felt like we really
“One of the ideas is that it gives
students who have done the clinic an
Heaphy ’91, a Law School lecturer
benefited from working with the
opportunity to continue to work on
and McGuireWoods lawyer, and
McGuireWoods attorney and with
these kinds of cases while they are in
JustChildren program director Andy
the knowledge and resource base at
law school,” she said.
Block, who also lectures at the school.
JustChildren.”
So far, about 25 McGuireWoods
Block said JustChildren would
Buckley, who participated in
the Child Advocacy Clinic in her
lawyers have volunteered to work with
likely not have been able to take on
second year, agreed. “I think it’s a
Law School students on JustChildren,
the case without the partnership, and
great learning experience outside of
Heaphy said. “Our people love it,”
that it is an example of the program
classroom work and outside the clinic
Heaphy said. “I just think that so far
working exactly as hoped.
structure,” she said.
it’s off to a really good start.”
In addition to providing practical
“It’s important not only because
the legal team protected the student’s
experience to law students, the
legal rights, which the school system
partnership allows JustChildren to
had violated, but also because there
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Sarbanes-Oxley’s Ill Effects Show Cost of
Government Regulation
O
NEROUS FEDERAL
regulations enacted after the
“The dominant academic view
SEC, the government played little role
in the 1970s was that Delaware had
in corporate governance. However,
collapse of Enron haven’t helped
waged and won a ‘race for the bottom’
in subsequent years the federal
the way American corporations are
in corporate law by offering more
government has done “considerably
governed, a federal judge said in a
favorable terms to corporations,” he said.
more” in the regulatory department,
recent address at the Law School.
But Ralph K. Winter, now a judge
Easterbrook said.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed
in the wake of Enron’s collapse had a
“Vanilla ice cream is the best for most people most of
huge affect on corporate governance,
the judge said. The massive and
the time. It is far and away the most popular flavor. But
complicated act essentially did three
things, he said.
nobody thinks that society would be better off if every
First, it required equal and fair
disclosure of corporate information.
other flavor were forbidden by federal law.”
When taken with other SEC
rules, these requirements prevent
preferential disclosure of information.
on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of
“There are benefits in speedier
to be bad ones, investors lose. The
Appeals, turned that notion on its head
disclosure, but this regulation makes it
national government, in other words,
in a 1977 article in which he concluded
very hard to do,” Easterbrook said.
can win a race to a bottom in a way
that investors were actually well-
that states cannot,” Chief Judge Frank
served by corporations that sought
traded corporations have independent
Easterbrook of the 7th U.S. Circuit
out the most favorable regulatory
governing boards and independent
Court of Appeals told a packed Caplin
environments, Easterbrook said.
committees tasked with choosing
“If the mandatory rules turn out
Pavilion on September 26.
Easterbrook was the keynote
“What Judge Winter asked was
‘How could everybody be so stupid?’
The act also requires that publicly
auditors and setting executive
compensation.
“The idea is that insiders forced
speaker at a Virginia Law Review-
If managers can exploit scattered
sponsored symposium comme-
investors by incorporating in Delaware,
to justify themselves to skeptical
morating the 75th anniversary of the
why doesn’t everybody know it?”
independents will be better servants
Winter was among the first to
of investors interests. Well, that may
Securities and Exchange Commission.
In a speech titled “The Race for the
use data analysis to support his
or may not be so. “My suspicion is
Bottom in Corporate Law,”
hypothesis, Easterbrook said, and his
that independent directors might as
Easterbrook analyzed competing
paper resulted in a dramatic shift in
well be relabeled ‘ignorant directors,’”
theories of corporate regulation.
the perception of state regulation.
Easterbrook said. “If you go there and
“There is a race, and Judge Winter
spend enough time to understand
conventional wisdom was that investor
concluded that investors are winning,”
what’s really going on at this firm, you
interests were being disregarded as
Easterbrook said.
will no longer be independent because
In the 1960s and 1970s, the
state governments watered down
Around the time Easterbrook and
you will be an employee of the firm.”
Even if this mode is typically the
regulations in an effort to lure
others were converging on the Law
companies to incorporate in their
School 25 years ago for a symposium
best type of governance, it’s a mistake
states, Easterbrook said.
marking the 50th anniversary of the
to require that all firms use it, he said.
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Judge Frank Easterbrook
“Vanilla ice cream is the best for most
and professional outside directors
revealed was more diligent than many
people most of the time. It is far and
are something else.” The accounting
of its peers.
away the most popular flavor. But
profession has learned that it can
nobody thinks that society would be
get benefits at the national level by
to the bottom? Easterbrook said one
better off if every other flavor were
lobbying for legislation, he said.
answer lies in the fact these regulations
forbidden by federal law.”
“The Sarbanes-Oxley Act roughly
So what is to prevent a new race
are not being conducted by, or for the
benefit of, managers.
Sarbanes-Oxley also required
doubled the amount corporations
much more extensive auditing by
pay for accounting services. Does
“The managers continue to want a
accountants. The SEC estimated this
it surprise you that after multiple
good governance system. The question
would increase costs by about $91,000
scandals reveal that the accountants
is, to what extent do the constraints
per reporting company. The real costs,
haven’t caught the frauds and aren’t
imposed by federal regulation make it
however, are more like $7.8 million
doing very well for investors, that
impossible?”
per company, he said.
Congress passes a law that requires
Firms have become much more
you to spend twice as much on
adept at removing themselves from
the government to get things right
accounting? Why buy twice as much
federal and state regulation, he said.
within an order of magnitude, but
of a good that has been revealed to be
There is also the fact that the world
that just wasn’t the case.” In general,
of low quality?”
market is more developed than it
“Normally you’d be able to expect
small, tightly focused interest groups
Easterbrook said the great irony
once was, and corporations can shop
are better able to get legislation
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is that
outside the country for more favorable
pushed through than larger groups,
it requires corporations to be set
regulation.
he said. But Sarbanes-Oxley doesn’t
up exactly like Enron, which had
benefit investors, corporations or the
an independent board of directors
rate governance pops up in the United
government, he said.
and extensive outside auditing by a
States, it could be good for markets as
firm that after-the-fact examination
a whole,” Easterbrook said.
“Ah, but the accounting profession
“That may mean that if bad corpo-
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Professors Analyze Cases in Supreme Court Roundup
I
N FRONT OF a standing-room-
series of high-profile cases, splitting on
the promise of a needed check on
only crowd of students and faculty
issues such as whether Guantanamo
executive action.”
in Caplin Pavilion, a panel of Law
Bay prisoners have the right to habeas
School professors broke down some of
corpus appeals, whether District of
grants detainees held outside the
the most important decisions from the
Columbia residents have the right to
country the right to appeal under
past U.S. Supreme Court term.
own handguns, and whether child
the writ of habeas corpus, which
rape should be punishable by the
entitles prisoners to challenge in court
death penalty.
whether their jailers have sufficient
During the annual Supreme Court
Roundup, an event sponsored by
the Student Legal Forum, professors
“And though the splits were
David Martin, Christopher Sprigman,
ideological, conservatives didn’t win
and Richard Bonnie ’69 analyzed
all these cases,” Howard said.
decisions on cases ranging from gun
rights to the death penalty.
The 2007–2008 term was the first
Here is a look at how Law School
moves since 2002 aimed to reign in
“sweeping impositions on individual
contested decisions.
of September 11, 2001, Martin said.
Two of these actions in particular
presented major liberty questions, he
David Martin on
Boumediene v. Bush
said. The first was a November 2001
executive order that established a
military commission to try terrorists
who moderated the panel. As such,
it offers a chance to analyze the most
The ruling is one in a series of
liberty,” that were enacted in the wake
included both Chief Justice John
said Professor A. E. Dick Howard ’61,
authority to hold them.
professors characterized some of those
full term of the “Roberts Court” that
Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito,
The Supreme Court’s decision
In Boumediene, the Supreme Court
in front of tribunals, with more
recent incarnation of a Court that has
took a big step toward preserving
limited procedures than those used in
changed dramatically over the past 40
fundamental rights inherent in our
U.S. courts.
years, Howard said.
justice system, according to Professor
“It would be possible to argue a
year ago that we were beginning to see
David A. Martin.
In the case, the Court ruled that
Controversy over that measure
somewhat obscured a second set of
steps, which included an assertion
the fruits of the conservative efforts to
a prisoner held at the U.S. facility
of the authority to detain enemy
change the Court,” Howard said, citing
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has the
combatants indefinitely, Martin said.
the Supreme Court appointments
of each Republican president since
Richard Nixon.
“It preserves some very fundamental liberties and it holds
However, midway through its
most recent term, the Court seemed
the promise of a needed check on executive action.”
to be working to achieve some middle
ground and blur ideological lines,
“By the time the Boumediene case
Howard said, citing a voting rights case
right to challenge the legality of his
from Indiana and a challenge to the
detention in court. The decision also
had come to the Supreme Court,
death penalty from Kentucky in which
suggests that ruling applies beyond
many checks had been applied to these
justices seemed to cross ideological
Guantanamo, “to other places beyond
procedures and the Supreme Court
lines to join the majority. But “any
our shores where the U.S. exercises
had played a significant role in doing
thought that the Court would end on a
complete jurisdiction and control,”
that,” Martin said, citing the creation
non-ideological note was dispelled by
Martin said. “It’s a deeply important
of hearings for detainees to challenge
the end of the term,” he said.
ruling,” he said. “It preserves some
their status as enemy combatants.
The Court divided sharply in a
very fundamental liberties and it holds
But in Boumediene, the Court
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ruled that existing procedures were
of the framers have become completely
said the clauses of the amendment
not enough, and that they didn’t
anachronistic,” Sprigman said. “They
could be looked at as two parts of the
present as ample a scope of review
put in some kind of protection of
same whole, with each informing the
as a habeas court would have. The
weaponry ownership to ensure the
meaning of the other.
court has to have the authority to
continuation of something that, despite
be able to hear new evidence and to
all their intents, is dead. This highlights a
make findings of fact based on what is
really interesting question about judicial
After establishing in the decision
submitted, the decision said.
review. Do we announce a fairly broad
that the amendment’s second clause
individual right to own guns based on
guarantees a person’s right to own
pave the way for immediate action,
our desire to protect something that
guns, Scalia asks whether the first part
Martin said, because many questions
can’t really be protected: that is, the
of the amendment, which asserts the
remain on issues such as the right
existence of the militia?”
importance of the militia, diminishes
The ruling doesn’t necessarily
to counsel, the ability to confront
In Justice Antonin Scalia’s majority
“That’s not how Scalia does it; he
severs the clauses,” Sprigman said.
that right in a way that would allow
adverse witnesses, and the appropriate
decision, the Court said the Second
the D.C. gun ban to be constitutional,
standards for settling whether a
Amendment guarantees an individual
Sprigman said.
prisoner is an enemy combatant.
the right to bear arms, and that the
“These are large questions, and I
expect the Supreme Court will have to
district’s ban and trigger lock law
clauses is where Justice Scalia ends up,”
violate that right.
Sprigman said. “He says [the prefatory
clause] doesn’t limit the right in the
revisit these issues in the next few years
in order to settle this,” Martin said.
A well regulated Militia, being
operative clause, it merely provides the
necessary to the security of a free
purpose.”
State, the right of the people to
Christopher Sprigman on
District of Columbia v. Heller
“The relationship between the two
Sprigman also questioned justice’s
keep and bear Arms, shall not be
logic in asserting that the term “the
infringed.
right of the people,” refers to the
rights of the individual as opposed
Aside from the public policy
questions it raises, the Supreme Court’s
decision on the District of Columbia’s
“What Justice Scalia has done is try to keep
handgun ban makes for an interesting
look at the Court’s methodology,
faith — admirably so — with the framers’ purposes, but
Professor Christopher Sprigman said.
The case revolved around whether
sometimes you just can’t keep faith. Sometimes there’s
the District of Columbia’s law banning
handguns and requiring that all other
nothing to revive.”
firearms either have a trigger lock or
be kept disassembled and unloaded
violated the Second Amendment.
The creation of the Second
Amendment was prompted by the
actions of the English, who had
Sprigman said Scalia’s first
to the people as a whole, and said the
methodological step was to divide the
accepted definition of the militia the
amendment in half.
amendment was designed to protect
“[Scalia] goes right to operative
may never have existed.
“What Justice Scalia has done is try
attempted to suppress the revolution-
clause: … the right of the people
ary militia by restricting the rights of
to keep and bear arms shall not be
to keep faith — admirably so — with
its member to carry weapons,
infringed,’” Sprigman said.
the framers’ purposes, but sometimes
Sprigman said.
“What’s really happened in the
Second Amendment is that the intents
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Taken by itself, that clause does
you just can’t keep faith. Sometimes
seem to establish a right to own
there’s nothing to revive. I look at this
firearms, Sprigman said. However, he
opinion as a very strong exercise of the
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power of judicial review in the pursuit of
a risk by the improper administration
death penalty, I think, is basically an
something that probably was a dream,
of the first drug. They are paralyzed,
albatross for the Supreme Court and
and in any event is certainly one now.”
and can’t express that they are still
has been since 1976,” he said.
conscious,” Bonnie said.
In a 7-2 decision, the Court
Richard Bonnie on Baze v. Rees
and Kennedy v. Louisiana
That decision upheld the idea that
“death is different,” Bonnie said, which
rejected this claim and essentially said
forced the Court to create a new set
that there is no evidence that such a
of rules that apply only to the death
situation has ever occurred, Bonnie
penalty. The result is years of difficult
said. “The Court basically upheld the
decisions that have yielded very little
reinstatement of the death penalty,
protocol and doesn’t want to deal with
progress, he said. “They had no exit
Supreme Court decisions on the topic
this issue anymore,” he said.
strategy to deal with this, and I think are
In the more than 30 years since the
have failed to satisfy anyone, regardless
The most interesting part of the
essentially trapped in an unsuccessful
of ideological perspective, said
Professor Richard Bonnie.
“I am absolutely confident that
“They had no exit strategy to deal with this, and I think
nobody gets any satisfaction out of
viewing these records or thinking
are essentially trapped in an unsuccessful situation, and
about these capital cases,” he said.
Instead, the decisions promote
continue to be trapped.”
“sloppy and highly unsatisfying
jurisprudence,” and have yielded
predictable divisions, he said.
“But having said all that, I don’t
decision, he said, was the admission by
Justice Paul Stevens in his concurrence
situation, and continue to be trapped.”
In general, Bonnie said justices
think they had any choice except to
that he believes the death penalty
tend to drift to more liberal positions
muddle through on this,” Bonnie said
itself would be a violation of the 8th
on the death penalty, a trend that
of the Supreme Court justices. “This is
Amendment if the decision to reinstate
appears to be continuing with Stevens.
a genuine constitutional problem. The
it were being considered today.
He praised the Court for rejecting
Court needed to pay attention to this.”
During the 2007–2008 term, the
In the second recent capital case,
the Supreme Court decided 5-4 to
the expansion of the death penalty to
include child rape.
“This would have opened it up even
Court dealt with two prominent
reject the idea that child rape should
death penalty cases. One concerned
be considered a capital offense.
further, when the agenda has got to be
whether lethal injection violates
This effectively made certain types
to try and contract the death penalty,”
constitutional protection against cruel
of murder the only crimes against
Bonnie said. “It is a sore in our criminal
and unusual punishment. The other
individuals that can result in the death
justice system, and something needs to
tackled whether the death penalty can
penalty, Bonnie said.
be done about it.”
be expanded to apply to the crime of
child rape.
In the first case, two inmates from
“The real problem is arbitrariness,”
he said. “Each year, there are 5,000
rapes per year of children under 12. So
Kentucky claimed that lethal injection
if the states are all going to create the
could be cruel and unusual if the first
death penalty for these cases, how do
of three drugs used to administer the
you decide which to carry out the death
punishment failed or was incorrectly
penalty for?”
administered. The first drug renders
The Court’s decision seems to
the inmate unconscious. The second
send a signal that the majority believes
paralyzes and the third stops the heart.
the death penalty should be limited,
“The problem here is that there is
not expanded, Bonnie said. “The
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Conference Explores Linking Emotions with Law
By Prashanth Parameswaran
R
ECOGNIZING THE ROLE of
emotion is critical to a better
understanding of family law, experts
said during a conference on law and
emotion held in September.
“In recognizing the centrality of
emotion, we can learn not only to
control, but also to promote passion,”
said Robert Emery, director of the
University’s Center for Children,
Families, and the Law. The two-day
event was sponsored by the center, the
College of Arts & Sciences, the Law
School, and the Virginia Journal of
Social Policy and the Law.
Linking emotions with law is a
Robert Emery
fresh theoretical approach in contrast
to the conventional wisdom that law
rooted in stubborn objectivity — it
their emotions on their personal
is always dispassionate, Emery said
is different,” she said. Abrams ended
experiences rather than the weather.
in his opening remarks. Examining a
her talk by citing issues that have
broader range of emotions in family
implications for future research,
on what you focus on,” he said.
law could make legal procedures more
including the importance of
Similarly, he added that the role of
therapeutic and help lawyers realize
recognizing emotion within a range
the law was to focus emotion toward
their valuable role as counselors in
of different families, challenging the
the outcomes of a case rather than
dispute resolution, he added.
privacy of emotion in family law, and
at individual personalities, since the
elaborating a different range of legal
latter could lead to blame, anger and
interventions.
other negative feelings.
Kathryn Abrams, a law professor at
the University of California, Berkeley,
focused on the obstacles to recognizing
Following Abrams’ presentation,
“What you end up feeling depends
The conference also included three
the importance of emotion in family
UVA psychology professor Gerald
other paper sessions and one panel
law. Abrams said the study of emotion
Clore provided a more scientific
discussion with attorneys as well as
in family law lagged behind other
assessment of emotion and the
law, psychology, and neuroscience
legal fields because the nature of
complex ways in which it is
professors. Emery said the event
resistance to it was very different and
demonstrated.
was the first conference to examine
much stronger. The family is often
Clore conducted an experiment
family law through law and emotion
scholarship.
treated with more privacy, which may
in which he found the subjects to be
preclude a full assessment of the role
happier when asked about their “life
of emotion, while family law is often
satisfaction” during sunny rather than
Emery said, adding that the first step
filled with female lawyers who may be
rainy days. When the experiment
to studying emotion in family law “is
afraid to highlight emotion for fear of
was repeated and the subjects were
recognizing it.”
being stigmatized more so than they
first asked about the weather and
already are.
then separately about their “life
“Resistance in family law is not
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satisfaction,” they were able to focus
“Emotions are the stuff of life,”
Law
School
News
Expert Analyzes the Role of States and Cities in
Immigration Regulation
By Ashley Matthews
F
EDERAL, STATE, AND local
immigration is
governments should share
closely tied to
responsibility for the creation and
foreign affairs,
enforcement of immigration law,
and individual
according to Clare Huntington, an
states could hurt
associate professor at the University of
the United States’
Colorado Law School.
relationships with
Huntington, who spoke to
other countries.
students and faculty about the role
Huntington argued
of states and cities in immigration
against that theory,
regulation, compared immigration law
saying other
to other areas where state and local
countries with
governments share authority with the
strong national governments such as
federal government. The Law School’s
Canada, Germany, and Switzerland
Immigration Law Program sponsored
give sub-national governments
are meant to respond to the perceived
the event.
some immigration and alienage law
negative impact of unauthorized
authority. Further, Huntington said
migrants, some communities
law and civil rights law, all levels of
state and local governments have
create laws meant to benefit them,
government have some authority and
a much stronger vested interest in
Huntington said. Some states offer
the question is who gets to exercise it
immigration and alienage laws than in
in-state tuition to their children, and
and in which context. Immigration
foreign affairs.
some municipalities offer identity
“In terms of environmental
law, at least according to conventional
Clare Huntington
“Unlike foreign affairs, state and
and enforced nationally, she said.
Though many state and local laws
cards or other benefits.
If state and local governments
wisdom, is different. Immigration law,
local governments have a tremendous
we really set apart,” Huntington said.
interest [in immigration]. It affects
have a legal right to create and enforce
“The question I ask is whether that’s
them both positively and negatively,”
immigration and alienage laws in
constitutionally mandated. Is that
she said. “Immigration is hugely tied
their own communities, Huntington
because that’s what the Constitution
socially, politically, and economically
said the United States must
requires, or is that simply the way
to what state and local governments
consider whether it has an interest
things are now?”
care about. Moreover, even in the
in uniformity, or whether there’s
Huntington, a former attorney-
foreign affairs context, we’ve allowed
value to experimentation in certain
adviser for the Office of Legal Counsel
state and local governments to have
communities.
at the U.S. Department of Justice,
some role. Perhaps state and social
“The baseline is that immigration
said the Constitution does not clearly
governments can act as long as the
is really no different from other areas
outline who has authority over
issue is of state or local concern.”
of public law that are shared among
immigration law — which controls
Huntington also said she believes
levels of government,” Huntington
the country’s borders — and alienage
the Supreme Court decisions often
said. “The only thing that may be
law, which applies to noncitizens
used to assert that immigration law is a
different is the level at which the
inside the U.S.
federal matter are not being accurately
federal government has dominated.
interpreted. Precedent does not clearly
That’s not to say that’s constitutionally
state government involvement in
designate that immigration and
required. It could just be a matter of
immigration and alienage law, saying
alienage law should only be enacted
history.”
Many argue against local and
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Law
School
News
Elizabeth Norton
Chris and Jamie Schoen
Students Work Worldwide With Help From
Law School Grants
By Ashley Matthews
W
HEN FORMER DEAN John
she worked for the country’s Anti-
and insight into the challenges that
C. Jeffries, Jr. ’73, spoke to the
Corruption Commission.
attorneys face in some countries, where
Law School’s first-year students in
“The corruption is at all levels,”
electricity, computer access, and office
supplies such as paper can be scarce.
2007, Elizabeth Norton took his words
Norton said. “When you first get to the
to heart.
country, the people working in customs
“I learned a lot about corruption,
ask for bribes. Police will pull you over
the problems it causes, the damage it
and ask for a bribe. It’s really bad.”
can do, as well as about enforcement,”
“When someone asked the dean
what we should do over the summer,
Norton said. “I really enjoyed working
he said, ‘I think you should all just go
Norton spent 10 weeks helping
work on a boat or do something really
the commission perfect and promote
with lawyers in Sierra Leone. It’s
different,’” she recalled. “I think he
the Anti-Corruption Act of 2008,
certainly a different approach than
said that because it’s sort of our last
which became law in mid-August, two
what we learn in law school here.”
summer to do that kind of a thing.”
weeks after she returned to the United
While Norton didn’t go work on a
States. The act strengthens the Anti-
Freeing Slaves in South Asia
boat, she decided to apply for a Public
Corruption Commission, most notably
Interest Law Association (PILA) grant
by giving it prosecutorial authority,
PILA grants to travel to South Asia
and spend her last “free” summer
and by creating a new requirement that
to work for the International Justice
doing something unusual. As one
public officials declare all of their own
Mission, a Washington, D.C.-based
of the 50 first-year law students to
and their family members’ assets.
human rights agency that secures
receive a PILA grant to support work
While Norton was pleased to help
Chris and Jamie Schoen used their
justice for victims of slavery, sexual
in public service over the summer,
promote a good cause in Sierra Leone,
exploitation, and other forms of
Norton went to Sierra Leone, where
she also gained important experience
violent oppression.
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legal system where even the
or ‘colored’ as they call it. They were
tiniest amount of progress can
very passionate about what they were
take months and conducting
fighting for, and very in tune with
research often involves
what was going on in the country and
digging through 50-year-old
where they needed to go.”
books.
Schoen said he also
important case that grants inheritance
equally important side of
rights to women in Muslim
IJM’s work — promoting
polygamist marriages.
“One of the things that the
States and other privileged
Women’s Legal Center accomplished a
countries. Even if an attorney
few years ago was gaining inheritance
doesn’t practice law for IJM
rights for married, Muslim women,
across the globe, he or she
so after spouses died they were able
can still make a difference
to inherit, even though during their
by helping to raise money
lifetime they are not legally recognized
and awareness, and lobby for
as spouses,” Miller said. “What [the
progress.
Women’s Legal Center] recently did
“It’s so much easier to go to work
The Schoens, now second-year
the Women’s Legal Center won an
learned about the other,
their cause in the United
Leigh Miller
While Miller was in South Africa,
and be excited every day when you
was gain the same inheritance rights
for the second or third wife.”
law students, assisted IJM attorneys
know how important your work is,” he
and the government in prosecuting
said. “The people are so poor and need
a commentary on South Africa’s
forced-labor cases, which often occur
so much help; it challenged me to do
recently passed Sexual Offenses Act,
in South Asia after someone takes
my best to make a difference.”
and completed smaller projects for
individual attorneys. For one, she
a small loan and is unable to repay.
While the practice of issuing a bond
with labor as collateral is illegal in the
country where the Schoens worked,
While she was there, Miller wrote
Promoting Women’s Rights in
South Africa
Leigh Miller, now a second-year
researched Zulu wedding ceremonies
in order to determine the exact
moment at which the marriage
becomes official.
they said slavery is still rampant
law student, used her PILA grant to
because slaveholders use fear or
work for three months at the Women’s
misinformation to oppress workers.
Legal Center, a nonprofit in Cape
worked with were inspirational
Town, South Africa. The organization’s
because of their passion and ability to
books, but there are a lot of legal
work focuses on promoting equality
innovatively interpret the country’s
questions that made it interesting and
for South Africa’s women, especially
constitution to help heal the wounds
exciting,” Chris Schoen said. “It let me
women of color, in a country still
left by Apartheid.
see some of the things you can do with
recovering from Apartheid.
“There’s a lot of good law on the
a law degree, and it opened my eyes to
“The South African constitution
Miller said the attorneys she
“South Africa has such a unique
history and current political and
how people in much of the world have
is very progressive and grants the
social situation that it was really an
to live.”
people a lot of rights and equality,
ideal time to go. They’re in such a
but there is a big gap between that
time of transition and change and
to learn a new genre of law in a
and how the rights are actually
healing that it felt like I was really
different legal system. Most of all, he
implemented in day-to-day life,” she
in a position to make a difference
said, he learned the value of poise and
said. “The attorneys I worked with
with pretty substantial impacts and
patience as he watched the South Asian
were all female attorneys, and the
accomplishments,” Miller said.
attorneys operate in a bureaucratic
majority of them were black attorneys,
Chris Schoen said it was beneficial
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Law
School
News
Finchem Urges Graduates to Follow Their Passions
By Mary Wood
M
EMBERS OF THE Class of 2008 should be
he said. “If you make a decision and you find that you’re
passionate about what they do in life, PGA Tour
not passionate, move on. “The reason for Tiger Woods’
Commissioner Timothy W. Finchem ’73 said during a soggy
extraordinary success is his passion for the game of golf.”
commencement in Memorial Gymnasium on May 18.
Finchem urged the audience to “seek consensus in decisions
“You have, as a class and as individuals, great capability.
that you make, but don’t wait for everybody to agree with
You have the tools. Given the focus that I’ve already noticed
you.” Also, “don’t take yourself too seriously,” Finchem said.
you have on philanthropy, and the pro bono commitment
“If you have an ego, check it at the door.”
that you’ve made during your law school years, I know you
Recalling that energy policy was a leading issue even
have the passion,” Finchem said. “You can, and I believe will,
when he served in the Carter Administration, Finchem
make a difference.”
urged graduates to become involved in some of the big
In 1994, Finchem became the third commissioner
issues facing the country. Finchem said that PGA Tour
of the PGA Tour. He previously served as an attorney in
tournaments are run by charitable organizations, which
Virginia Beach and was deputy advisor to President Jimmy
“makes us unique in the world of sports.”
Carter in the Office of Economic Affairs.
“Golf, as a game, is challenging,” Finchem said. “It
One of the Tour’s primary missions is to raise money
for charity. “We are dedicated to generating charitable
teaches you humility; it teaches you the core values of
benefits for the communities where we play,” he said. It took
integrity and honesty; it teaches you to set goals. It is a
the PGA Tour 67 years to reach its first billion dollars in
compelling life-long game, and like life, you never stop
charitable giving, Finchem said, and he hopes to reach its
learning.” Being a lawyer means you have the ability to
second billion in just eight years. He also aims to get children
think, analyze, and discover solutions, which is helpful in
who historically haven’t had access to golf, whether for
every step of your career, Finchem said.
geographic or socioeconomic reasons, to play. “We want to
“If you don’t have passion for what you do, you cannot
change the face of golf — we want the sport to look like the
maximize what you want to do, you can’t reach lofty goals,”
rest of the country, and we want to do it in this generation.”
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GRADUATION AWARD RECIPIENTS
Margaret G. Hyde Award
Katherine Ireland Twomey
James C. Slaughter Honor Award
Ray Daniel McKenzie
Thomas Marshall Miller Prize
Rebecca Lynn Mroz
Z Society Shannon Award
Katherine Ireland Twomey
Law School Alumni Association
Katherine Ireland Twomey
Best Note Award
Robert E. Goldsten Award for
Alicia Nicole Ellington Roger
Distinction in the Classroom
Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize Liam James Montgomery
Kelly Elizabeth Phipps
Herbert Kramer/Herbert Bangel
Elizabeth Carolyn Coe
Community Service Award
Mortimer Caplin
Matthew Taylor VanWormer
Public Service Award
Edwin S. Cohen Tax Prize
Jordan Kyle Field
Rebecca Solomon Brown
Following Finchem’s remarks, 403 J.D. graduates and
Earle K. Shawe Labor
Timothy Francis Kennedy
Relations Award
38 LL.M. graduates received diplomas from Dean John C.
Jeffries Jr., ’73 in his final commencement as dean. Jeffries
stepped down in July and will return to teaching after a
John M. Olin Prize in
Timothy Francis Kennedy
Law and Economics
yearlong sabbatical. “In 32 years I have not seen your equal,”
Eppa Hunton IV Memorial
said Jeffries, who has taught at the Law School since 1975.
Book Award
“I hope you will not mind accepting me just for today
Virginia Trial Lawyers
as a member of your class. I am proud to leave in your
Trial Advocacy Award
Meghan Kathleen Casey
Liam James Montgomery
company.”
Virginia State Bar Family
Michelle Lee Harris
Law Book Award
Matthew Taylor VanWormer
Stephen Pierre Traynor Award
Rebecca Lynn Mroz
Daniel Rosenbloom Award
Donald Burke
Alicia Nicole Ellington
Christopher Michael Hammer
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News
Clerkships for the 2008-2009 Term*
Kenneth Winn Allen
The Honorable James S. Sutton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
William Bushman
The Honorable Robert G. Doumar ’53,
LL.M. ’88
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Ian Atkinson
The Honorable Sarah S. Vance
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
Louisiana
Elizabeth Canter
The Honorable M. Blane Michael
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jen Attrep ‘06
The Honorable Richard J. Leon
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Meghan Casey
The Honorable J. Frederick Motz ’67
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Locke Beatty
The Honorable Louise W. Flanagan ’88
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
North Carolina
John Cooper
The Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr., ’63
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
James Matthew Belger
The Honorable William B. Chandler, III
Delaware Court of Chancery
Nikki Ellington
The Honorable T.S. Ellis III
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Jeffrey Bender
The Honorable Robert R. Beezer ’56
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Laura Fairneny
The Honorable Legrome D. Davis
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania
Sarah Betts
The Honorable Raymond A. Jackson ’73
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Ryan Faulconer
The Honorable T.S. Ellis III
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Lincoln Bisbee ’07
The Honorable Benson E. Legg ’73
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Neely Fedde ’02
The Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
Andrew Bosse
The Honorable James C. Cacheris
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Matt Fitzgerald
The Honorable Edward Carnes
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Katie Burke
The Honorable Beverly B. Martin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Georgia
Gabe Galletti ’04
The Honorable Peter G. Sheridan
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Matthew Gessessee ’07
The Honorable Patricia Seitz
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
*All are members of the Class of 2008 unless otherwise noted.
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Millie Grinstead
The Honorable W. Keith Watkins
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Kristin Hall
The Honorable Benson Everett Legg ’73
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Chris Hammer
The Honorable Robert Young
Michigan Supreme Court
Grayson Holmes
The Honorable Stanley F. Birch, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Bill Hughes
The Honorable I. Leo Glasser
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
New York
Devin Huseby
The Honorable Ancer Haggerty
U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
Tim Johnson ’06
The Honorable I. Leo Glasser
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
New York
Jonathan Lasken
The Honorable William T. Moore, Jr., LL.M. ’01
U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Georgia
Mark Lentz
The Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Laura Manion
The Honorable Lynn Nettleton Hughes
LL.M. ’92
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Law
School
News
Laura McCready
The Honorable Louise W. Flanagan ’88
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
North Carolina
Ray McKenzie
The Honorable James Spencer
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Rebecca Merritt
The Honorable William H. Pryor Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Brian Rabbitt
The Honorable Henry Hudson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Katie Schleeter
The Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Coleen Schoch
The Honorable James C. Cacheris
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Liam Montgomery
The Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz ’68
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Ben Segarra
The Honorable William Cassady
U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Alabama
Derek Moore ’06
The Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit
Dan Shean
The Honorable Norman K. Moon ’62,
LL.M. ’88
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
David Mroz
The Honorable Liam O’Grady
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Natalie Shonka
The Honorable Stefan Underhill
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Sinead O’Doherty
The Honorable Richard Williams ’51
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Prisca Shrewsbury
The Honorable John Rogers
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Charles Paradis
The Honorable John Heyburn
U.S. District Court, Western District of
Kentucky
Lucien Smith
The Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale
U.S. Count of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
James Parker
The Honorable Leslie Southwick
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Kelly Phipps
The Honorable James G. Carr
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Tom Pietro
The Honorable Yvette Kane
U.S. District Court, Middle District of
Pennsylvania
Selina Spinos
The Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Tim St. George
The Honorable Robert E. Payne
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Justin Torres
The Honorable Kurt D. Engelhardt
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
Louisiana
Katherine Twomey
J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jesse Unkenholtz
The Honorable R. David Proctor
U.S. District Court, Northern District of
Alabama
Kyle Wallace
The Honorable Rhesa H. Barksdale
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Terence Woodsome ’05
The Honorable Jeremy D. Fogel
U.S. District Court, Northern District of
California
Stephanie Wright
The Honorable William D. Quarles, Jr.
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Christopher Yeung ’07
The Honorable D. Brooks Smith
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the
United States
Porter Wilkinson ’07
The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr
Kate Stanley ’06
The Honorable Paul S. Diamond
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania
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An Interview with
PAUL MAHONEY
A
S A SCHOLAR, Paul Mahoney has been
UVAL: You first arrived here in 1990, and aside from a few
published in leading journals of law, finance,
visiting professorships and some work in the developing world,
accounting, and economics, demonstrating
you’ve never left.
a range of output and intellectual interest
that makes him one of the leading academics
PM: That’s right. This has been my home for my entire
of his generation. And so he begins his deanship with the
academic career. The thing that most attracted me to
admiration of the faculty and the legal academy and an
Virginia was the sense of collegiality and common purpose
appreciation of the challenges that face Virginia. Competition
among the faculty. This is not a place in which people feel
for the finest students and professors is fierce and unabating.
that in order to disagree with someone, you must make
Mahoney sees Virginia as the ideal in legal education and
an enemy of that person. People here can disagree quite
intends to promote its hallmarks — serious scholarship,
passionately about things but still remain friends. I think
teaching excellence, and the quality of the student experience
that is an under-appreciated skill.
— to support that claim. Mahoney is committed to bridging
The other thing that attracted me was the immense
what is unique about Virginia – its culture and humanity,
sense of intellectual seriousness here. One easy way to
the civility and public-mindedness of its graduates — with
measure that is to compare how often the faculty are here in
its proper place as a leader among law schools. The Virginia
the building talking to one another in comparison to a lot
example, in Mahoney’s opinion, should influence legal
of other law schools.
education everywhere. He makes that case in the interview
that follows.
And then, of course, there’s the fact that the students are
happy, which is simply wonderful. Without naming names,
I’ve been to law schools in which the students are told by
their peers the day they arrive “you’re going to be miserable
here and the objective is to survive it.” And, of course, they
believe and react to that and it becomes self-fulfilling. Here
incoming students hear from their peers “you’re going to
love it here, you’re going to have a great time and you’ll be
happy” — and they are.
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DEAN PAUL MAHONEY
UVAL: What do you think accounts for that?
UVAL: The admissions process in every law school has
become more systematic and, some might say, impersonal. Is
PM: I don’t have a very good theory about that. One
thing I do know from my academic work is that there
that an issue for admitted students when deciding between
Virginia and another top law school?
are many things in life where if you’re in a particular
equilibrium — whether good or bad — it’s relatively easy to
PM: Well, the good news is that because of the size
stay there. What’s hard is to move from one to another, so
of the investment that students make in their legal
I’m glad that we are in a very good place when it comes to
education — and I’m not, of course, just talking about
the student experience.
tuition; I’m also talking about giving up three years of
potential earnings while they attend law school — students
UVAL: What can you do as dean to keep it going?
take their decision very, very seriously. That means that
most of them, once they’ve made an initial winnowing of
PM: The main thing I can do is always remind the
their list, will try to spend some time at the different law
faculty of what I love about this institution, which is that
schools. If we can get an applicant here to the Law Grounds,
teaching and the student experience come first. We are
we’ve got a very good chance of convincing that student to
very focused on quality teaching. After all, the students are
come to Virginia because they immediately see all of the
here to get an education first and foremost. They really
special things that I’ve just talked about. I think we show
appreciate the fact that the faculty are trying hard to deliver
very well in comparison to most schools.
the best educational experience. It’s easier to be happy when
you think that the people who are running the Law School
UVAL: You have cited faculty free-agency as the most
and the people who are teaching in the Law School have
important challenge to the Law School. How does that affect
your best interests at heart.
the legal academy and how does it affect students?
UVAL: What are the “crown jewels” of the Law School?
PM: Faculty movement makes it harder to maintain
the special culture of your institution. I said just a moment
PM: I think the Law School has several crown jewels:
ago that once you’re in an equilibrium, it’s easier to stay
the student culture, the faculty culture, and the physical
there than to move from one to another. That is in part a
environment. This is a lovely place. We’re in a wonderful
function of what in game theory we call “repeat play,” which
small town, one of the nicest places to live I’ve ever seen. We
is that you’ve got the same people interacting with one
have an attractive building that still amazes those of us who
another time and again. When that premise is no longer
remember the old Withers-Brown Hall. Our faculty is just
true and you’ve got new people all the time interacting with
magnificent. They’re very student-focused, but at the same
one another, then it becomes much harder to maintain
time they’re exceptional researchers.
whatever it is that defines your institution. The higher your
The faculty is also extremely analytical in its scholarship.
rate of turnover, the more effort the dean and other faculty
They are really looking for the truth, if that doesn’t sound
leaders have to make to assure that all of the special aspects
too trite, as opposed to just getting up on a soap box and
of our culture — the collegiality, the sense of intellectual
preaching.
seriousness and purpose, the rigor of the scholarly
enterprise — all remain intact.
From a financial standpoint, schools try to attract other
schools’ professors by offering them more money just the
way any other business would. I don’t think that makes us
different from any other part of the economy. That’s just the
way you compete to get the people you want. That certainly
used to be less true but all law schools have to adapt to it
and we’re certainly adapting to it as well.
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UVAL: How do we identify new talent?
PM: We are constantly on the lookout for new
scholarship that looks interesting and exciting. We pay a lot
of attention to what our peers at other schools are doing in
their scholarly work. And, of course, we make sure before
we hire someone that they are going to embrace the fact
that excellent teaching and collegiality matter a lot here.
On the entry level, I’ll just repeat a boast that I often
make: we are the best talent spotters in the business. We
work incredibly hard during the entry-level hiring season
to identify young people who have the potential to be
first-rate scholars and effective teachers. We bring them in
to give a job talk. We have them meet with our students and
take seriously the student reaction. We are willing to take a
certain amount of risk with people who might have slightly
less gaudy resumes but in talking to them and reading
their scholarship we can say, “Hey, this person seems pretty
interesting.”
UVAL: Do we stress these entry-level hires more than other
top law schools?
PM: If you look at the very top law schools, they tend
UVAL: How about the students?
to rely a little bit more on lateral hiring versus entry-level
hiring. We tend to get more of our faculty on the entry level,
PM: I think it has less impact on students. They’re here
so we put a lot of effort into the entry-level hiring process.
for only three years at a time, so they don’t see as much of
the turnover over the long run as we do. It is important to
UVAL: Can you tell us a little bit about our new Harrison
realize that we’re constantly bringing in fantastic teachers.
Professor, Fred Schauer, who was formerly the Academic
The new people that we hire are really wonderful teachers
Dean and Acting Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of
themselves and so we’ve been able to maintain our student-
Government?
focused culture in the face of increased turnover. That
means the turnover has less of an impact on the students.
Now, having said that, in modern law school life there
PM: Fred Schauer is one of the most impressive
scholars I’ve ever met. His work both on free expression
are blogs and other online resources that pay tremendous
and jurisprudence have been absolutely path breaking
attention to all of these moves. That can create some anxiety
and have made him one of the nation’s most influential
among the students, not because it has a direct impact on
legal theorists, so I am extremely excited that we were
their education but because they fear it’s going to affect
able to recruit him. That’s particularly true because he’s
the long-run reputation of the school. Fortunately, I think
a wonderful colleague. He’s very engaged. He likes to talk
that we’ve been able to get the message out to them that
about his work. He likes to talk about other people’s work.
we’re not the only people affected by this constant moving
He likes to talk about ideas, so he just fits perfectly with this
around of professors. It’s happening all over the country.
faculty.
We’re constantly bringing in first-rate people so it’s not
something that concerns us nor is it something the students
need to be concerned about.
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DEAN PAUL MAHONEY
UVAL: Let’s change gears and talk about the effect of
financial self-sufficiency. It has been a boon to the Law School,
but it has also elevated tuition. Can you explain the reason for
the rise?
PM: I think the best explanation is that we are
responding to what our customers want. If you try to
compete in the top tier of legal education by offering for
less money a lower quality product — a less impressive
faculty, a smaller selection of courses, lower quality courses
— you’re going to lose out every single time to schools
that offer a higher standard of service for more money.
We have to be careful, of course, because preferences can
always change and if they do, we’ll react to that. But if you
are providing a service, ultimately, you have to take your
cue from the buyers about what service they want and what
they’re willing to pay for it. What you discover is that the
type of student we want to attract is more sensitive to the
quality of what they’re getting than they are to the price.
UVAL: And we try to ease the cost by offering after-thefact loan forgiveness and before-the-fact scholarship money.
PM: Exactly so. I have one overriding goal, which is that
UVAL: The top private law schools have had decades to
no one ever calls us up and says “I want to go to Virginia,
build their endowments. We got started later and are playing
but I just can’t afford it.” For now, we have solved that
catch-up. Until we do, how do we compete — you have
problem. I don’t think we’re losing people because we can’t
used the term “punch above our weight — as we grow our
provide enough financial aid for them to be able to afford
endowment base?
to come.
The next step is to put yourself in a position where a
PM: We punch above our weight by taking maximum
student choosing between us and another law school is
advantage of our competitive strengths — particularly
choosing based on where they want to go rather than who is
the student culture and the fact that our graduates are in
offering them more financial aid. That’s a more complicated
very high demand. We can tell students that if you come
problem to solve.
to Virginia, your job opportunities are every bit as good as
But I think it’s important to recognize that because
they would be at any other law school and you’re going to
of the Virginia Loan Forgiveness Program, students
enjoy the experience on top of it. That’s a pretty attractive
who go into public service or into private practice in the
package right there.
underserved areas of the Commonwealth are able to have
Our graduates are in incredibly high demand in
a significant amount of their educational debt forgiven. Of
the marketplace because we produce, and always have
course, for the students who end up in private practice in
produced, a different kind of lawyer — a lawyer who is able
big city law firms, the burden of that student indebtedness
to work in teams and represent clients effectively yet remain
is quite bearable.
civil and not succumb to the temptation to use scorchedearth tactics. Our graduates come out not just with legal
skills but with interpersonal and leadership skills that make
them able to punch above their weight in their careers. Add
the fact that they’re actually going to enjoy themselves here
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and that means that we’re able to attract students even in
been out in the real world and who can help make that
competition with schools that are better funded than we are.
context very real for them.
On the faculty side, our competitive success turns
I think those three things are transferable to other areas
on two important factors: one is simply our ability to
of the curriculum. Public service seems to me one in which
spot talent. If we’re the only people who figure out that
we can more carefully integrate all of the pieces because we
a particular person is going to be really great, then we’re
have a lot of wonderful things going on at the Law School.
going to get that person. The other advantage is that this
They are perhaps a bit more diffuse and we can better
is a wonderful place for faculty. People tend to thrive
integrate them and try to give the students a better sense of
here—it’s amazing to think of all the highly influential
context, a better sense of sequencing, and expose them even
scholarship that’s been produced in this building during the
more to the people who make a difference in the real world.
time I’ve been here. And that takes place in a very pleasant
atmosphere. The professors are happy. The students are
happy. For a lot of people, that’s hugely attractive.
UVAL: By what criteria will you measure the success of
your first term?
We are able to sustain that scholarly influence because of
the sense of intellectual purpose that I spoke about earlier.
PM: I would measure it by the quality of the students
People are excited about their research here. They’re talking
that we’re attracting, the quality of the faculty that we’re
to one another about their research. There’s a real synergy
attracting, and the influence and productivity of our faculty
that we’ve built up in scholarship on the faculty that makes
on the scholarly side. We care a lot about placement success.
each of us more effective than we would be if we were just
We care a lot about student quality. We care a lot about
off on our own somewhere.
what employers think about our students. We care about
what our peers think about the quality of the scholarship
UVAL: It’s almost a flywheel effect: a place known for
our faculty produces. Now, you can argue and many
collegiality and intellectual excellence attracting that type of
have, so I don’t need to rehash it, that the way U.S. News
student and faculty.
measures those things doesn’t make a lot of sense, but that’s
different from saying that those are irrelevant things. Those
PM: There’s a definite self-selection here. I think it is
pretty well understood out there in the world that if you
things matter and I want to make sure that we’re doing well
in all of those areas.
value collegiality, civility, balance between work and family
and friends, that this is a much better place to be a law
student or professor than most other law schools.
UVAL: Financial self-sufficiency is something you continue
to talk about. Even though John Jeffries did it for a number of
years, it still needs to be restated from time to time.
UVAL: You plan to replicate the contextual approach used
by the Law & Business Program in a new program devoted to
public interest law.
PM: One of the things that surprised me in my first
month and a half as dean is that I can run into alumni,
talk to them about the Law School, and discover that
PM: Yes. Three things really define our Law & Business
financial self-sufficiency is still news to them. It’s quite
Program. First, we give the students a lot of information
clear that that’s something that I’ll be talking about during
about context — how do business problems arise in the real
my deanship, just as John spoke about it during his. In
world, what’s the vocabulary in which they’re expressed,
some sense, that’s not surprising. The notion that we
and what is the lawyer’s role in helping to solve those
are a public law school that receives no state support is
problems. Second, we try to provide students with a sense
non-intuitive, but it’s very real. I’ll keep talking about it
of progression after the first year, instead of the typical free-
everywhere I go because it’s an important part of our story
for-all when students just take courses that interest them.
and our future.
Instead, we’re trying to give them a sense of sequencing
and progression from one course to another. And, third, we
expose them to people who have been in business, who’ve
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Mahoney Taps Ryan ’92
to Lead Public Interest
Law Program
Course structure to be modeled after successful
Law & Business Program
Cullen Couch
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N ONE OF his first strategic moves as the Law School’s new dean, Paul Mahoney
has charged academic associate dean Jim Ryan ’92 with creating a new program in
public interest law. Mahoney envisions a program with a curricular structure like the
Law & Business Program, which takes students all the way from foundational classes
in finance and accounting to high-level seminars in M&A and private equity. “Jim
comes to this with tremendous credibility,” said Mahoney, “because he is not only passionately
committed to public interest, but he’s a first-rate legal scholar and teacher who will have
immediate credibility with our students. He also has very good contacts with people in the
public interest world. I see him doing some of what I did at the very outset of the Law &
Business Program.”
Ryan, who once clerked for the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, is the William L.
Matheson & Robert M. Morgenthau Distinguished Professor of Law and Joseph C. Carter, Jr.
Research Professor. He joined the faculty in 1998 and has earned a national reputation for his
scholarship on public education finance, desegregation, and school choice, and has developed
a course that extends his research into the classroom titled, “Schools, Race, and Money.” Before
joining the faculty, Ryan spent two years in a public interest fellowship at a law firm in New
Jersey, working solely on pro bono cases.
Third-year Phil Storey (far left) and the Rivas family from El Salvador. Storey and the Law School’s Immigration
Clinic helped Gabriel Rivas (third from left) become a naturalized U.S. citizen. Storey realized, “I can help people
like them, delivering legal services to those who need it but can’t afford it.” The Immigration Clinic is just one
part of the Law School’s public service curriculum.
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PUBLIC INTEREST LAW
Law School Launches Innocence Project
By Mary Wood
THE MURDERER HAD worn a dark
hooded sweatshirt. So during the trial
when prosecutors showed an eyewitness
a photo lineup of six men and asked if
any was the perpetrator, they took care
to conceal any trace of clothing in the
photographs.
But the witness had already seen
the photos during an interview with
police, when the defendant was “the only
person you can see clearly wearing the
dark hooded sweatshirt in the line-up,”
said Jen Goodlatte, a third-year student
participating in the Innocence Project at
the University of Virginia School of Law.
Goodlatte’s recent discovery is the
Deirdre Enright ’92 and clinic students
kind of revelation students in the clinic
hope to use to exonerate innocent people
evidence. Many of the Virginia clinic’s cases
and the clinic will eventually focus on a
convicted in Virginia, many of whom are
are referred from the Innocence Project and
select few. Over the year students will
victims of poor lawyering or discredited
the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project.
interview prison inmates and ex-inmates
police techniques. Launched in June, the
“This is sort of the dream class if you’re
and help gather evidence to make a case
clinic is part of the Innocence Network,
a law student because it involves great
an international affiliation of organizations
issues for research that are topical — DNA,
dedicated to overturning wrongful
new techniques in DNA, new testing,
researched cases in which DNA evidence
convictions. The Innocence Project, a
eyewitness ID, jailhouse informants, poor
cleared inmates last year for Law School
national organization started by lawyers
lawyering, poor prosecuting — it’s all these
Professor Brandon Garrett, which triggered
Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, is a
great cutting-edge issues,” Enright said.
his interest in the clinic. “I wanted to do
founding member of the network.
“The Innocence Project at UVA School
Enright represented death row inmates
in Mississippi and Richmond before
for exoneration.
Third-year law student James Cass
what I could to get involved so we could get
innocent people out of prison,” Cass said.
of Law will bring critical expertise and
starting the Virginia Capital Resource
Students have been dismayed to learn
resources to investigating wrongful
Center’s office in Charlottesville with
of the lack of support for court-appointed
conviction cases,” Neufeld said. “We
her husband, Capital Post-Conviction
attorneys. Though there are now public
know that innocent people are convicted
Clinic instructor Rob Lee. As a practicing
defenders’ offices in some larger cities in
and spend years or decades in prison in
lawyer, Enright may be best known for
Virginia, court-appointed attorneys are
Virginia, and this clinic will help exonerate
representing Darrell Rice, who was accused
still paid only $390 per felony if it carries
more of them.”
of a pair of murders in Shenandoah
a possible sentence of 20 years or more.
National Park and also, briefly, of being
There is no cap on death penalty cases.
Led by Deirdre Enright ’92, an
experienced capital post-conviction lawyer,
the Route 29 stalker. He was indicted in
the clinic includes 12 students each year and
the national park murders but the charges
we still remain among the lowest-paid
will soon employ a full-time investigator to
were dismissed.
criminal defense lawyers in the United
help collect evidence for appeals.
Unlike the Innocence Project, the Virginia
clinic will consider cases without DNA
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Students in the six-credit clinic, many
of whom have experience with innocence
cases, are each examining a potential case
“Even after we raised our fees for cases
States,” Enright said.
Third-year law student Dennis Barrett
recalled reading a trial transcript from
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW
When Ryan was a student at the Law School in the late
’80s and early ’90s, there was relatively little support for
those interested in pursuing careers in public service. “It
one of the cases the clinic students are
was a hard go for people who were interested in that line
considering.
of work,” he recalls. “It was much easier to get a job at a law
“I kept reading through the court
transcript thinking there’s got to be
firm.” Nevertheless, in the ensuing years, demand in the Law
School for a greater public interest footprint grew.
something more, and then it just ends.
The Law School established in 1996 the Mortimer
How has this guy been in prison for 15
Caplin Public Service Center, which became the focal
years based on one shady witness?” Barrett
point for public service programming and outreach. Since
said. “If the general public saw some of the
then, the center has become a vital part of the Law School,
facts behind these cases they would just
especially with the encouragement of former dean John
be aghast.”
Jeffries ’73. Jeffries supported a robust pro bono program
Eyewitness misidentification has
(which now includes partnerships with Hunton & Williams
been a factor in more than 75 percent of
and McGuireWoods) and expanded the clinical faculty.
wrongful convictions overturned with
Perhaps more importantly, Jeffries made the Virginia Loan
DNA testing, according to the Innocence
Forgiveness Program more generous and created the Powell
Project.
Fellowships, which provide funding to students who, after
“Eyewitnesses are really unreliable,
particularly if they are frightened at the time
graduation, work with public interest organizations.
Mahoney and Ryan see the program in public interest
of the event and when they’re making their
law as the natural next step for the Law School to take.
identification,” Enright said. “And yet they’re
Scheduled to launch in the fall semester of 2009, Ryan is
the most believable to jurors.”
assembling an advisory committee of alumni (to be chaired
Enright herself decided to become
by Mortimer Caplin ’40) representative of the diversity of
a lawyer after working with a law firm in
public interest careers. They will help shape the program in
Washington, D.C., on a death row case
public interest law, which Ryan hopes to build around three
in which her efforts helped exonerate a
core principles: curriculum, community, and commitment.
Texas inmate. “He had been strapped to
the gurney twice before that, and I just
thought it was a life-altering experience,
Curriculum — Community — Commitment
and I made the unfortunate promise
during it that I would go to law school if
Students pursuing careers in public interest face unique
we got him released.
educational and career challenges not common to students
“You’re representing people who you
pursuing more private sector career paths. Mahoney and
are certain at the end are innocent of what
Ryan believe these students will benefit from core public
they did and I can’t think of anything more
interest curricular offerings and from a strong, supportive
motivating for a law student or for me,”
community of students and faculty committed to their
Enright said.
public interest career goals.
Second-year law student Amy Pentz
The main challenge is to tease out the fundamentals that
said she’s already realized the need to pay
all those careers share and create at least one or two core
attention to how law affects real people.
courses that teach them to all students interested in public
“It’s important for everybody who’s
service, whatever their ultimate career choice. These courses
going into the law to realize that the legal
would tie together the expanded curriculum into a cohesive
system at times fails people, and it’s our
structure, and enhance the community of public interest
job to use our skills to uphold its integrity,”
students by providing a common academic experience.
she said.
The program will also be introducing new short courses
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PUBLIC INTEREST LAW
to supplement the already wide selection of substantive
Finally, Mahoney has asked Ryan to increase the Law
courses and clinics the Law School offers on criminal law
School’s overall commitment to public service. The existing
and procedure, civil rights law, public international and
pro bono program has worked well. It challenges the many
human rights law, poverty and housing law, child advocacy,
law students who participate to perform 25 hours of pro
family law, and elder law. As Ryan explained, “We plan
bono work a year and then recognizes those who have
to bring to the Law School prominent practitioners in
met that goal. Still, “we should continue to emphasize that
the broad field of public interest law who will share their
even young lawyers in firms can and ought to do public
knowledge, experience, and passion with students and offer
service work, whether it’s through the law firm’s pro bono
them a classroom experience typically unavailable in a
program or outside of it,” says Ryan. “Over 90 percent of
traditional course.”
our graduates end up in private practice, at least initially.
Reaching that audience is crucial. The program can be
relevant to all law students, as it brings them in to the world
These courses would tie together the
of public service and educates them about the diverse array
of opportunities they’ll have to serve the public in one way
expanded curriculum into a cohesive
or another, regardless of their career paths.”
structure, and enhance the community
High Aspirations
of public interest students by providing
Ryan’s interest in public service began at an early age. He
a common academic experience.
followed the lead of his parents who always emphasized,
and demonstrated by example, the importance of giving
back to the community. Ryan felt that, for him, the law
Students also face basic obstacles when seeking
was the best vehicle to do that. And he was right. When
permanent public interest employment, not the least of
Ryan did his pro bono work in New Jersey, he “loved every
which is considerable financial sacrifice. In addition, most
minute of it.”
public interest organizations don’t have the budget to travel
Ryan recognizes that it can be difficult for students
to the Law School to interview interested students. “The
to find a public interest job and to handle the financial
more the Law School can do to support that community
sacrifice that comes with those jobs. But he encourages
and provide its own affirmation of public interest career
students who are interested in public service to persevere.
choices, the better,” says Ryan.
“In my experience,” Ryan says, “the students who stick it out
Mahoney’s goal is to develop a program that ensures
end up very glad that they did. They may not get paid all
the Law School is fully supporting the public interest
that much, but they get tremendous satisfaction from their
community, and providing guidance to students pursuing
jobs.”
permanent careers in the public interest arena. The
Ryan has high hopes for the program. He thinks the
community will include faculty who serve as advisors and
Law School is underrated at the moment when it comes
mentors, and alumni who can help students overcome the
to public interest law, which he believes is a holdover from
barriers to a public interest career. “It is very difficult to get
a decade ago. He would like to change that impression. “I
an entry-level job in a public interest organization right
would like Virginia to be a place law students attend not
out of law school,” says Ryan. “Public interest organizations
despite their interest in public service but because of it,”
tend to hire experienced lawyers. In addition, many students
Ryan says. “Simply put, Dean Mahoney and I would like
graduate with financial burdens, so they have to go into
the Law School to become the best place in the country
private practice with the hope of then switching to a public
to attend if you are interested in preparing for a career in
interest organization. The program could help students
public service. It’s a challenging goal, for sure, but one we
manage that transition by extending some career assistance
aim to meet.”
beyond the three years that they’re here.”
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Former Prosecutor Returns to
Admissions Office
Rob Seal
W
HEN HE WAS a Law School student,
decides whether they get in, and helps admitted students
Jason Wu Trujillo ’01 never pictured
find ways to pay for their legal educations.
himself as the head of the school’s
admissions and financial aid office.
“The only career I ever prepared for was to be a
prosecutor,” he said. “I came to law school knowing I wanted
He replaces Susan Palmer, who left the Law School this
summer to take a position as the associate dean for student
affairs at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Dean Paul Mahoney said he is deeply grateful for
to be a prosecutor. The entire time I was in law school, I
Palmer’s contribution to the school’s success, and that
never really thought about doing anything other than being
Trujillo is the perfect choice to replace her.
a prosecutor.”
But on July 1, Trujillo was promoted to senior assistant
“Susan modernized our admissions operation and
brought a personal warmth and elegance to all of her
dean for admissions and financial aid, and is now tasked
many interactions with applicants,” Mahoney said. “And I
with heading the office that recruits potential students,
can’t imagine a better choice than Jason Trujillo as senior
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JASON WU TRUJILLO
assistant dean for admissions and financial aid. Jason
I think we’ve got a good thing going. It needs to be
combines admissions experience, a broad appreciation for
tweaked and needs to be more efficient, and we need to get
the institution’s goals and culture and a tremendous skill
behind the new technology, but all of that is moving in the
for communicating and working with other people. As a
right direction.
graduate of the Law School, he also understands the special
qualities of this institution and its students.”
Trujillo recently discussed his new role and outlined
some of his goals for the admissions and financial aid office.
Q: How does evolving technology affect the admissions
process?
A: In the old way of doing things, you or one of your
admissions officers would go and fly out to the University
Q: What changes do you see occurring in admissions
during your tenure?
A: The biggest change I foresee is that in five years I
of California at Berkeley, for example. We’d get on a plane
from Charlottesville and we’d go to Washington, D.C., and
then finally to Berkeley. We would give out brochures that
want the entire admissions and financial aid process to be
we’ve spent a lot of money producing. And we’d stand
completely paperless. Right now it seems that’s easier to
behind a table for three hours or so and answer questions,
do in financial aid — in fact we’re almost there — but in
most of which could be answered simply by looking at our
terms of the admissions process, I want it to be completely
Web site. And some of the applicants now say things like,
paperless in five years. We need to be more efficient with
“Oh, I don’t need a brochure because I’ve seen that online.”
our time and with our efforts. And to that end, I see one of
That’s totally different from a few years ago, when people
my major roles being to make the admissions and financial
were dependent on paper.
aid office, and particularly the admissions processes, more
efficient and more effective in everything we do.
Q: What are some of the changes already underway?
A: Next year we’re going to send out all decisions via
e-mail, with the exception of offers. So if we make you an
I think that some of the admissions travel
offer, of course we will send you a very nice letter on very
nice letterhead. But we will use e-mail to notify people who
could be cut back a little bit, because we
we don’t make an offer to or people we put on the waiting
list.
can do more effective outreach via e-mail
We tested that in part this year. We are slightly overenrolled for the fall class, and it’s pretty clear that we aren’t
and be more responsive to people who
going to be able to take anyone else from the waiting list.
So we released people from the waiting list via e-mail.
actually contact us.
Previously, we had done that by paper. But I think people
would prefer speed over formality.
Another thing that we are going to do is a lot more
I have this little saying, but people have really taken to
analysis as part of our admissions process. We need to see
it, so I think it’s effective: There’s a big distinction between
who we’re admitting, what messages resonate with them,
work and effort. We put a little too much emphasis on
and what we need to do to get them here. We’re going to try
effort at this point, and not enough on work. Pushing up
to use technology to do more work with less effort.
against the wall requires a lot of effort but doesn’t really
do anything, whereas pushing a box across a room is work,
Q: What career path did you take after law school?
because something is accomplished.
A: Everyone always asks, “Well, how did you end up
For example, I think that some of the admissions travel
in admissions?” The answer is that it was completely by
could be cut back a little bit, because we can do more
accident. The only career I ever prepared for in law school
effective outreach via e-mail and be more responsive to
was to be a prosecutor, and that’s what I did when I left here.
people who actually contact us.
I was a prosecutor for a couple of years near my
hometown in Bergen County, New Jersey. Then I saw in the
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JASON WU TRUJILLO
alumni magazine that the school was looking for a director
are important. I like to see how people write and what they
of public service. I applied more out of curiosity than
can contribute to the environment here.
anything else. The next thing I knew, I was sitting across
You could certainly fill the class with people with very
the table from [then-Dean] John Jeffries, and he was saying
high LSAT scores and very high GPAs who would not
“Well, when will you be joining us?”
contribute to the Virginia environment. I always tell people
I really loved Virginia, I really loved this area, and I said
when I go out on the road or when I speak to students
to myself, “I’m going to give it a shot. If for some reason it
here that having great grades and a great LSAT score are
doesn’t agree with me, or I don’t agree with them and they
necessary, but not sufficient, criteria for getting in here. Our
don’t like me, I can always go back to being a prosecutor
incoming students are students for three years, and then
back home in New Jersey.”
they are alums for 50 years. So I always say, “Do I want this
I was the director of public service for one year,
and I was asked to move over to become the director of
person wearing the Virginia brand out there in the legal
profession?”
admissions. I admitted three classes, the classes of ‘08 ‘09
and ‘10. So last year was the year in which I was involved in
the admission of every student in the building.
We want to know how these people
John Jeffries approached me last year and said that he
was transitioning out as dean, and that he needed some
behave in the classroom and how
help in the dean’s office. I was promoted to assistant dean
and moved over to the dean’s office for a year.
they’ve performed at their job. Personal
And then Dean Paul Mahoney approached me and said
that it was his desire to reassign me to admissions upon the
statements are important. I like to see
departure of Susan Palmer, and he promoted me to senior
assistant dean for admissions and financial aid.
Q: How is it working with the administrators and staff in
how people write and what they can
contribute to the environment here.
your office?
A: I was on the hiring committee that hired both
Courtenay Seabring Ebel, the director of admissions for
recruitment, and Jason Dugas, the director of admissions
When I was out there as a litigator, it was very obvious
for communications and outreach, so I’m certainly happy
that certain attorneys look back on their law school years
they are here. Jason Dugas and I were classmates, and
fondly, and certain attorneys look back on their law school
Courtenay was two classes behind us. And we have Cindy
years with horror. And every Virginia grad I met really
Burns, who is the director of financial aid and does a
looked back fondly, and that’s something that I’d like to
wonderful job.
continue in the future. Virginia Law has what I consider to
On the staff side, Holly Bennett is the backbone of
be a very unique identity among the national law schools,
the entire admissions operation and Sandy Harris is the
and preserving that character is something that’s very
backbone of the entire financial aid operation. Without
important to me. We have the most loyal alumni in the
them I’d pretty much have to quit.
country, and I think there’s a reason for that.
Q: What do you look for in prospective students?
A: LSAT and GPA are obviously extraordinarily
important, but the admissions process is definitely not
mechanical. We will also look at letters of recommendation;
we want to know how these people behave in the classroom
and how they’ve performed at their job. Personal statements
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Faculty News & Briefs
Dudley ’67 Retires From Second Career
By Emily Williams
E
ARL DUDLEY’S LIFE holds
many stories from two long and
successful legal careers — first as a
litigator and later as a Virginia law
professor. He worked for Congress, and
clerked for the Supreme Court. He even
briefly served as a journalist during
some of the most tumultuous years
in U.S. history, sending wire stories
overseas about the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy.
But at 11 months old, living in the
Philippines in 1941, Dudley almost
MICHAEL BAILEY
didn’t get to live any of it. Japan
was expected to bomb Manila, and
Dudley’s father had sent his family to
the mountains to take shelter.
“My mother had me out for a stroll
after breakfast when the bombing
still love my job,” Dudley said during
attack came in,” Dudley recalled.
his retirement ceremony in May. “I
what my students have given me,”
wouldn’t leave now were it not for
Dudley said. “The joy of knowing them,
and Dudley almost lost his life when
the fact that there are so many other
working with them, watching them
he couldn’t be revived by a doctor. A
things I want to do before I die that
grow as lawyers and blossom as people,
quick-thinking nurse revived him with
this work stuff is beginning to get
staying in touch with them throughout
gauze soaked in whiskey.
seriously in the way.”
their careers, meeting their spouses and
His mother lost a leg in the attack,
“I was very lucky. I had just a
Dudley came to the Law School
“No professional pleasure can match
significant others and their children — I
shrapnel wound in my left knee,” he
to teach full time after 22 years as
know that I have gained far more from
said.
a litigator, the last eight of which
them than they could have ever possibly
he spent as an adjunct professor,
learned from me.”
Since then, Dudley has made the
most of his life. After 26 years at the Law
driving to Charlottesville weekly from
School, he will hang up his teaching hat
Washington, D.C. to teach.
to greet retirement with equal fervor.
He taught many courses during
Dudley’s competitive spirit drew
him to the law as a high-school
student. He competed in forensics
his career, but was particularly fond
and loved public speaking, a skill
a goal I have harbored all of my
of three: civil procedure, evidence and
that would later benefit his career
adult life, which is to retire while I
trial advocacy.
as a litigator. After graduating from
“By leaving now, I am achieving
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Amherst College in 1961 with
job was working for the Chief. I had
hero of the day so he was giving a lot
a history degree, he decided to
an office in Justice Reed’s chambers,
of speeches. I wound up writing the
become a professor and enrolled in
got to know him, which was a
speech that nominated Jimmy Carter
the American Studies program at
wonderful part of the experience, but
for president in 1976. That was a fun
Harvard. After one year and a change
the Chief treated me just like one of
part of the job.”
of heart, Dudley left the program.
the members of his full-time staff.”
The most important case Dudley
Dudley had grown up admiring
worked on in private practice
worked in New York as a news editor at
Warren. “It was a real dream come
was Morrison v. Olson, which
the international desk of United Press
true to get to work for him,” he said. “I
questioned the constitutionality
International. But law school beckoned.
admired him even more after I worked
of the independent counsel statute
For the next two years, Dudley
that Congress passed in the wake of
the Watergate scandal. The statute
“He treats his students like colleagues and friends,
created a way to investigate and
prosecute officials high in the executive
which makes for an exciting and positive classroom
branch independently of the Justice
Department. Morrison ultimately
environment — his love of the law is infectious.”
made it to the Supreme Court.
“And we won,” Dudley said. This
experience ultimately pushed him
“UPI offered me the Little Rock
bureau and I had to choose between
for him than I did before.”
After his clerkship, Dudley went
into teaching law. “I really liked doing
research and writing on my own and
Little Rock and law school. I chose law
into private practice, serving as a
it was exciting stuff to write about.
school,” he said.
litigator at various firms throughout
That was a major factor in convincing
his career. He loved the challenge of
me that I wanted to spend more time
arguing.
doing my own research and writing.”
Dudley uprooted his wife, Louise,
from New York and brought her to
Charlottesville for law school, where
“It’s the most civilized way to
When he finally landed at the Law
he served as editor-in-chief of the
let your competitive juices flow,” he
School as a full-time professor in 1989,
Virginia Law Review and earned the
laughed. “I enjoyed practice a great
Dudley brought a career’s worth of
Woods Prize for being the outstanding
deal. I didn’t leave it as bitter as a lot of
experience with him to the classroom.
graduating student in 1967.
people do these days. I left it because I
“When I was in law school I
thought a little bit about teaching law,
“He treats his students like
was enjoying the teaching I was doing
colleagues and friends, which makes
so much.”
for an exciting and positive classroom
but I was really interested in seeing
Midway through his career as a
environment — his love of the law is
what law practice was like and so I
litigator, Dudley was recruited to serve
infectious,” said (then) third-year law
went into practice, did it for a while,
as general counsel to the U.S. House
student Katie Schleeter ’08. “He was an
and began to think more seriously
Judiciary Committee under Rep. Peter
important, positive force in shaping
toward the end of the period about
Rodino, who had previously chaired
my experience here and has made
teaching full-time.”
the impeachment hearings that led to
essential contributions to the lives of
the resignation of President Richard
innumerable UVA students.”
Dudley’s law career started with a
Former Dean John Jeffries ’73 said
bang. He clerked for retired Supreme
Nixon. Dudley not only served as
Court Justice Stanley Reed and Chief
general counsel, but also oversaw the
Dudley’s extensive experience as a
Justice Earl Warren. Reed shared a
work of all seven subcommittees and
litigator brought a new perspective to
clerk with Warren so Warren could
was Rodino’s speech writer.
students.
keep up with his overwhelming
workload.
“I did almost no work for Justice
Reed,” Dudley recalled. “My full-time
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“He was in great demand
“All of the courses and seminars
because everyone had watched
he taught were informed by Earl’s
the impeachment proceedings on
vast experience as a lawyer, so that he
television,” Dudley said. “He was the
wasn’t merely teaching our students
Faculty
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subjects of importance to the law, he
ceremony. “They sought his advice
Robinson Slows Down Long
Enough To Retire
on every conceivable subject, advice
By Mary Wood
was teaching them how to be lawyers,”
Jeffries said during Dudley’s retirement
which I believe he bestowed with
characteristic generosity. And in the
end, they loved him.”
Dudley also committed time
M
OST ACADEMICS DON’T
property law and communications
start teaching new classes and
law. Rejecting the notion of a lighter
to public service. He served on the
writing new books at the end of their
workload as he approached retirement,
Virginia State Bar Committee on
careers. So some of Glen Robinson’s
he is co-authoring a casebook on
Professionalism and was a member
colleagues are a little surprised that
communications law with Nachbar that
of the boards of directors of the
the law professor and former FCC
will be published this fall.
Stuart Stiller Memorial Foundation,
commissioner is retiring this year.
“It just seemed like the time to step
the Disability Rights Center and the
“He does not show any signs of
aside,” Robinson said. “There comes a
Center for the Study of Psychiatry.
slowing down at all,” Professor Tom
time when you just think it’s the right
He was a public member of the ethics
Nachbar said. “It’s going to be quite a
thing to do.”
committee of the American Association
shock to me to actually see him retire.”
for Marriage and Family Therapy,
Robinson is wrapping up a career
Just two years ago, Robinson began
teaching the Law School’s intellectual
and he has been an adjunct professor
of scholarship and teaching that
property survey course, even though
at Georgetown University, as well as
covered a wide breadth of topics,
he’d never taught the subject before.
a faculty member of the National
including property, administrative
Institute of Trial Advocacy in programs
law, antitrust, torts, intellectual
“My colleagues said I was crazy
to try to do it,” Robinson said.
in various cities.
With his newfound free time in
retirement, Dudley plans to write about
his family’s genealogical history, travel
with his wife, work on his photography
portfolio, play as much golf as his back
will allow and read the many books
that he has forgone over the years
because of his schedule.
His family will take center stage
in his retirement years. Travelling
between Massachusetts, where his
son lives, and Arlington, where his
daughter lives, Dudley will spend
much of his time with his children
and grandchildren.
“I’m going to miss a lot of things,”
Dudley said. “I think perhaps most will
be the students. They are the joy of the
job. I really will miss my colleagues,
friends; the classroom is fun. There are
MICHAEL BAILEY
lots of things I’ll miss, but not so much
that I’m not going to retire.”
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before but now “worked hard to get
In 2006 Robinson drafted amicus briefs for CBS v. FCC
rid of them — with limited success.”
and Fox Television Stations et al v. FCC, cases in which the
considered one of the most infamous
During his term the FCC
complaints it would take up: whether
media challenged FCC rulings on indecency.
airing George Carlin’s “Filthy Words”
monologue, broadcast by a radio
station on a weekday afternoon in
Intellectual property is now one of his
where he taught subjects such as
favorite subjects.
administrative law and torts for seven
This sort of scholarly curiosity has
shaped Robinson’s career. Born and
years.
“It was a nice environment — very
1973, was illegal.
In response, the FCC issued an
opinion declaring that it had the
power to regulate indecent
raised in Utah, Robinson attended
friendly, very social, high-quality
broadcasting, but only noted the
Utah State for two years before
people,” Robinson said, but with
incident in case future violations
transferring to Harvard, where he
“awfully cold” winters.
happened at the station. The radio
studied political theory. After that,
Through what Robinson called
station’s owners challenged the
he decided to go to law school at
a “series of accidents,” a friend
opinion, and the case eventually made
Stanford, which then had a small
serving as a presidential adviser at
its way to the Supreme Court as FCC
program of fewer than 100 students,
the Office of Telecommunications
v. Pacifica Foundation, where justices
because he thought he wanted to
Policy recommended him for a vacant
affirmed the FCC’s right to regulate
practice on the West Coast.
commissioner post with the Federal
offensive content.
“It turned out that that was really
Communications Commission. He
In recent years the FCC has
quite a silly reason to go to Stanford,”
didn’t get the initial appointment,
become more active in pursuing
he said, since he later decided to
but when the next vacancy from a
indecency cases, a tactic Robinson
practice on the East Coast — because
commissioner who was leaving his
called a “sham,” particularly because
“the quality of the law practice seemed
term happened, “my name was just
the FCC has declined to regulate
better there.”
sort of floating out there.”
indecency via ubiquitous subscription
He began his legal career at
“They were looking for someone
services such as cable television.
Covington & Burling in Washington,
who is a little bit independent and not
“The whole thing is ridiculous,”
D.C., where he initially focused on
associated with any industry,” he said.
Robinson said. “It turns out that it was
communications law, helping “fat-cat
He became one of seven FCC
one of the decisions that I repented the
broadcasters” in their “struggles” with
commissioners at a time when they
most. I really regretted my involvement
the FCC. His practice was interrupted
were considering some key issues that
in the original decision.”
for two years while he fulfilled his ROTC
still reverberate today.
commitment by serving with the Army
“It took me about six months or
In 2006 Robinson drafted amicus
briefs for CBS v. FCC and Fox
Armor Corps in Fort Knox, Ky., as a
more before I had a good idea of what
Television Stations et al v. FCC, cases in
company commander of a tank unit.
was going on,” Robinson said.
which the media challenged FCC
After a few more years practicing
At the time the FCC was issuing
rulings on indecency. Fox won its case
law, including antitrust and food and
decisions about introducing
in a federal appeals court, and the
drug work, Robinson decided to put
competition into long-distance
Supreme Court will hear it this fall.
himself on the academic market.
telephone markets. In the mass-
The CBS case is still pending in the
media area, cable television, which
3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“I wasn’t learning anything new
Although Robinson said the FCC
or interesting in practice,” he said,
had previously been constrained by
though “I didn’t have much of an idea
regulations imposed in the 1960s, was
should back off indecency cases, he
of what academic life would be like.”
emerging as a major player. Robinson
said it still has a significant role to play
had helped craft anti-cable rules as
in some areas. The FCC should have
a privately practicing attorney years
rules to enable competitive players
In 1967 he secured a job with the
University of Minnesota Law School,
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Faculty
Briefs
to enter the telecommunications
interesting mind and take on things.”
industry and should improve its
Kristen Nugent ’08 took three
since they decided they wanted their
own material for the communications
auction system for radio frequencies,
classes from Robinson. “He has a very
law class they have co-taught for
he said.
dry, witty sense of humor,” she said.
the past two years. Nachbar praised
“It was neat to have someone who had
Robinson’s role as a mentor.
“If it was up to me I think the FCC
could probably be cut to half its size if
been through it all teaching what had
it was just doing what it needs to do,”
gone down.”
he said. “They certainly could curtail a
lot of their activities.”
Robinson said he’s better at
interacting with students one on one.
“He is the ideal colleague in every
way,” Nachbar said. “He’s everything
that UVA says that it is to junior
faculty.”
Robinson chose to leave the FCC
for Virginia after he finished the final
two years of his predecessor’s term.
Teaching “focuses your mind. It gives you an opportunity
His teaching load was initially light
because of his commitment to the
to explain something to yourself and that’s part of the
Aspen Institute, an international
nonprofit organization. He also
learning process.”
chaired the World Administrative
Radio Conference, for which he led
a 120-person U.S. team at a meeting
“I’ve always liked teaching, though
Robinson has no specific plans
designed to allocate international
I think teaching never liked me,” he
for retirement, other than spending
frequencies for uses ranging from
said. Teaching “focuses your mind. It
time with his two children and three
satellites to airborne radar.
gives you an opportunity to explain
grandsons in New York and wife, Kay,
something to yourself and that’s part
a local Realtor. He wouldn’t rule out
of the learning process.”
teaching or co-teaching a course at the
Although he taught administrative
law, torts, antitrust, property and even
evidence and criminal law, he didn’t
In 2003 Robinson was appointed
teach his first communications law
the David and Mary Harrison
course until 1996.
Distinguished Professor of Law, the
“There wasn’t a big demand for it,
actually, partly because it’s perceived to
be highly specialized,” he said. “There
weren’t any books on the subject.”
Property, while not one of
“He is one of the foremost
administrative law experts in the
country,” then Dean John Jeffries ’73
student, remains one of his favorite
ceremony. “His curiosity leads him
courses to teach. “Students to this day
to focus on puzzles in the law —
hate it,” Robinson said. But, “it really is
puzzles that sometimes lie within one
quite wonderful in many respects —
particular field, but that often do not.”
While Robinson has written more
than 40 articles on wide-ranging
Robinson’s property course in 1993.
topics and books on everything from
“He’s very intellectually challenging
the U.S. Forest Service to a casebook
as a teacher,” she said. “Very early in
on administrative law that has gone
the class he gets the students to the
through four editions, his latest labor
hardest central question.”
of love is the communications law
As a colleague, “he’s been gracious
and welcome and wonderful. He’s very
smart and knowledgeable; he has an
he mused.
upon faculty.
said during Robinson’s retirement
Law Professor Liz Magill ’95 took
“Or maybe I’ll take up golf again,”
highest honor the Law School bestows
Robinson’s beloved subjects as a
sort of like doing Sudoko puzzles.”
Law School in the future.
casebook.
Nachbar said he and Robinson
have been hammering out the book
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Briefs
Ken Abraham’s
detainees. What both of these accounts
and (g) and the 103(c) Exceptions,” at
book, The
have in common is the assumption
Prior Art 2008: The PTO and CAFC
Liability Century:
that the “law” against which
Perspective on Patent Law Section
Insurance and
interrogator’s conduct should be
102 Course of the Practising Law
Tort Law From
measured consists only of formal
Institute in San Francisco. She also
The Progressive
prohibitions or formal orders. The
began serving a two-year term on a
Era to 9/11 was
article argues that these accounts are
National Academy of Sciences Board:
published by
false because this underlying
the Board on Science, Technology,
Harvard
assumption is false. The article offers
and Economic Policy, Committee on
University Press.
an alternative explanation, which takes
Management of University Intellectual
seriously the (sometimes) dissonance
Property: Lessons from a Generation
and (sometimes) harmony occurring
of Experience, Research and Dialogue.
Barbara
in the space between de jure
Armacost ’89
pronouncements and de facto practices
Washington University Munich
has just
and the necessity of attending to the
Summer Intellectual Property
completed a
law as it was understood as well as
Program at the Max Planck Institute
major project
practiced by actors on the ground.
in Germany.
In July, she taught in the George
that chronicles
the unfolding
story of
In May, Margo
Richard Bonnie
interrogation abuses in U.S. detention
Bagley was a
’69 continues to
facilities during the Iraq/Afghanistan
panelist
spearhead
war. She began the project
discussing
mental health
immediately after the Abu Ghraib
“Product By
law reform in
prison photographs were made public
Process Claims”
Virginia as
and continued to document the
at a patents
Chair of the
developing drama as more and more
breakout session
Commission on
information became available. The
at the Federal Circuit Judicial
Mental Health Law Reform established
resulting historical account, drawn
Conference in Washington, D.C. She
by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
largely from the government’s own
presented “Illegal, Immoral, Unethical
After a major overhaul of the
investigations, traces how the legal
… Patentable? Issues in the Early Lives
commitment laws was adopted
positions contained in Army
of Inventions” at a Living Properties/
unanimously in the General Assembly
documents, military orders, legal
Making Knowledge and Controlling
in 2008 in the wake of the Virginia
memoranda, and policy statements
Ownership in the History of Biology
Tech tragedy, the Commission will
made (or lost) their way from the halls
Workshop at the Max Planck Institute
offer a second round of proposals in
of Washington, D.C., to the
for the History of Science in Berlin,
2009.
interrogation cells of far-flung U.S.
Germany; to the Summer Institute at
detention centers. The article rejects
the Drake University School of Law
Bonnie made six presentations to
both of the causal explanations that
Biotechnology in Des Moines, Iowa;
Virginia audiences regarding the
have been offered to account for the
and to the Intellectual Property
Commission’s work, including
abuses: on the one hand, that a few
Scholars Conference at Stanford
appearances before the Joint
“bad apples” acted in knowing
University School of Law.
Commission on Health Care. He also
violation of clear interrogation law,
and, on the other hand, that high level
officials ordered soldiers to abuse
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In June, she presented “102(f)
During the May-October period,
addressed several national audiences
on the reform effort in Virginia and
Faculty
Briefs
its implications for other states. They
Albert Choi’s “A
draft of the paper over the summer at
included “Tragedy and Mental Health
Rent Extraction
the Law School’s summer faculty
System Transformation in Virginia” at
Theory of Right
workshop series.
the annual meeting of the American
of First Refusal”
Psychiatric Association in Washington,
is forthcoming
D.C., and “The Political Dynamics
in the Journal of
In September,
of Mental Health Law Reform: The
Industrial
Anne Coughlin
Economics.
delivered the
Virginia Experience” at the Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of
“Completing Contracts in the Shadow
Hollins
Psychiatry and the Law in Seattle.
of Costly Verification” (with George
University
Triantis LL.M. ’86) was published in
Annual
University’s Institute on Aging and
Under the joint sponsorship of the
the Journal of Legal Studies. “Optimal
Constitution
the Miller Center for Public Affairs,
Agency Contracts: The Effect of
Bonnie organized and chaired a
Vicarious Liability and Judicial Error
Roanoke, Va. The title of the talk is
conference, Voting in Long Term Care,
(with Juan Carlos Bisso)” was
“Where Have You Gone, Ruth Bader
at the Law School in October, to call
published in International Review of
Ginsburg? Womens’ Rights and the
attention to the need to protect the
Law and Economics.
Constitution.” In October, she gave a
right to vote of residents of nursing
Choi also participated in a number
Lecture in
paper, “Interrogation Stories,” in the
homes and assisted living facilities
of conferences and workshops this
faculty workshop series at the
as long as they have the desire to
year, including Yale’s Corporate Law
University of Georgia School of Law.
vote and the necessary cognitive
Roundtable; the Business Law and
capacity to do so. At the conference,
Innovation Conference at Columbia
Bonnie and colleagues from the UVA
Law School; the American Law and
This fall,
Department of Politics and Center for
Economics Association Annual
Michael
Survey Research presented the results
Conference at Columbia Law School;
Doran’s article
of a survey of voting practices in a
Weil, Gotshal & Manges Corporate
“Intergenera-
sample of 500 long term care facilities
Law Roundtable at Yale Law School;
tional Equity in
in Virginia conducted after the last
the Law, Business and Economics
Fiscal Policy
federal election.
Workshop at the University of Texas
Reform” will be
Law School; the Law and Economics
published by the
Bonnie also presented the Stuart
Rome Lecture at the University
Workshop at the University of
Tax Law Review. This winter, his
of Maryland, entitled “Why the
Michigan Law School; and a faculty
article “Tax Penalties and Tax
Law Should Help People Choose
seminar at Fordham Law School.
Compliance” will be published by the
Medical Treatment for Addiction,” in
Harvard Journal on Legislation. In
Baltimore in November. He presented
October, he will be the speaker at the
remarks on “Hunger Strikes by
George Cohen
Columbia Law School tax policy
Detainees: Ethical Challenges for
presented a
colloquium.
Military Physicians” in September in
paper, “The
Washington, D.C., at a conference on
Fault that Lies
Military Medical Ethics sponsored
Within Our
by Department of Defense under the
Contract Law,”
auspices of the Institute of Medicine.
at the University
of Chicago Law
School at a symposium on Fault in
Contract Law co-sponsored by the
University of Michigan Law Review in
September. Cohen also presented a
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Faculty
Briefs
In May,
George Geis
Risa Goluboff
Brandon
recently wrote
was co-winner
Garrett
“The Space
of the Willard
presented a
Between
Hurst Prize of
paper titled
Markets and
the Law &
“Invalid
Hierarchies,”
Society
Forensic Science
which will
Association for
Testimony and
appear in the
Wrongful Convictions” co-authored
Virginia Law Review in 2009, which
socio-legal history published in 2007.
the best work in
with Peter Neufeld and forthcoming
examines theories of the firm from a
There was also a panel for her book,
in the Virginia Law Review in 2009, at
financial and operational governance
The Lost Promise of Civil Rights (2007)
the Harvard Criminal Justice
perspective via business outsourcing
at the Law & Society Association
Roundtable. He presented a shorter
transactions. Geis spoke on the article
Annual Meeting. Goluboff also won
version of that study at a workshop at
at faculty workshops at the Law
the Law School’s Carl McFarland
the Law School in July.
School, Vanderbilt University Law
Award for Excellence in scholarship by
a junior faculty member.
Garrett’s article, “Claiming
School, The University of Mississippi
Innocence,” was published in June
School of Law, and the William and
in the Minnesota Law Review. In
Mary School of Law.
August, he gave an orientation talk
His article, “Automating Contract
Goluboff is visiting this fall at
NYU Law School and in the spring
at Columbia Law School. She will
to the incoming first-year students
Law,” which explores the use of
be speaking this fall at the American
titled “The Near-Execution of an
knowledge management technology
Constitution Society’s conference
Innocent Man: Lessons from the Earl
and meaning based computing to
on the Second Founding and the
Washington Case.”
conduct empirical and economic
Reconstruction Amendments at the
analysis in contract law, appeared in
University of Pennsylvania Law School
a paper entitled “Litigation by the
In September, Garrett presented
the New York University Law Review.
on a panel discussing the Thirteenth
Innocent over Time,” co-authored
Another article, “Economics as
Amendment.
with J.J. Prescott, at the Third Annual
Context for Contract Law,” appeared
Conference on Empirical Legal
in the University of Chicago Law
Studies. He presented another paper
Review, reviewing Victor Goldberg’s
Retired Supreme
titled “Feeding False Confessions”
Framing Contract Law.
Court Justice
at a UVA Psychology Department
workshop.
Geis presented “The Butterfly
Sandra Day
Effect and the Regulation of Corporate
O’Connor
Finance” at a junior faculty workshop
invited A. E.
collection of federal organizational
at the University of Richmond School
Dick Howard,
prosecution agreements with UVA
of Law. At the World Wide Junior
’61, to join her
Reference Librarian Jon Ashley, and
Corporate Scholar Conference at
and Stanford
published them on a Web site: www.
Columbia Law School, he presented
historian Jack Rakove in presenting a
law.virginia.edu/html/librarysite/
“Can Independent Blockholding
week-long seminar for master teachers
garrett_bycompany.htm
Really Play Much of a Role in Indian
in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the
Corporate Governance Reform?”
Annenberg Foundation and the Gilder
Garrett helped assemble a
Lehrman Institute of American
History, the seminar took as its topic
“The American Judiciary,” including
political pressures on courts and
threats to judicial independence.
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Faculty
Briefs
Constitution of Virginia” at the
In August, Alex
Howard led discussions on American
Political Leaders Program sponsored
Johnson
constitutionalism at a seminar for
by the Sorensen Institute for Political
presented his
members of the General Assembly
Leadership. The discussion focused
paper, “A Reply
of Virginia. Topics included the
both on Virginia constitutional history
to ‘A Systemic
idea of a constitution, James
and on contemporary issues.
Analysis Of
At James Madison’s Montpelier,
Madison’s concept of a constitution,
Howard was also a faculty
Affirmative
and the distinctive place of state
member at the National Security Law
constitutions (emphasizing the
Institute, sponsored by the Center
American Law Schools:’ Flaws in the
Constitution of Virginia) in American
for National Security Law. He spoke
Theory?” to the Law School’s Center
constitutionalism. Newly restored,
on “The Prospects for Constitutional
for the Study of Race and Law.
Montpelier was rededicated on
Democracy.”
Constitution Day, September 17.
At the Federal Executive Institute,
Action In
In September, he attended the
American Law Institute’s Joint
Howard lectured on “The Supreme
Meeting of the Members Consultative
in shaping a public television
Court and the Living Constitution” at
Group, Advisers, and Liaisons for
documentary, “Questioning the
a program for senior federal executives.
The Restatement Third, Trusts, in
Constitution.” Created by stations
The discussion emphasized ways in
Philadelphia.
WCVE, WHTJ, and the University
which the Constitution frames the
of Virginia’s Center for Politics, the
work of federal agencies and officials.
Howard played a leading role
hour-long program looks at the
Under the auspices of
In October, he was a panelist on a
jointly sponsored conference (Section
of Legal Education and Admission to
contemporary Constitution and
Charlottesville’s Party Parade, Howard
the Bar and the Law School Admission
proposals for its reform. The program
spoke on “The Supreme Court:
Council), “The Bar Exam Passage
was released on connection with
Backstage at the Marble Palace.” All of
Conference — Outcome Measures and
Constitution Day.
the proceeds of Party Parade events go
Student Achievement.”
In recent months, Howard has
given several lectures. At the Lotos
to support local charities.
At the Law School, Howard
Club, in New York City, he talked on
organized and moderated the Student
Liz Magill ’95
“The Struggle for the Supreme Court.”
Legal Forum’s annual review of
taught a short
In that lecture, he considered the
the Supreme Court’s most recent
course this
efforts of several presidents, notably
term. Other panelists were Richard
summer in
Nixon, Reagan, and the two Bushes,
Bonnie ’69, David Martin, and Chris
American
to remake the Supreme Court and to
Sprigman. The discussion singled out
Constitutional
shift the Court in a more conservative
the D.C. gun law, capital punishment,
Law to German
direction.
and enemy detention cases for
law students in
At the Supreme Court, Howard
lectured on “Justice Souter and the
particular attention.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Münster, Germany.
This fall she is giving a paper on
Art of Judging,” at a session sponsored
conferred its 2008 Multicultural
the history of standing doctrine at
by the Association of American
Awareness Award on Howard. Noting
Chicago-Kent Law School. She has
Rhodes Scholars (Justice Souter is the
Howard’s work with constitution-
been invited to publish the foreword to
Court’s only Rhodes Scholar). In that
makers in other countries with diverse
the Annual Administrative Law Issue of
lecture, Howard considered Justice
cultures and traditions, the citation
the George Washington Law Review.
Souter’s jurisprudence, including
commended Howard’s “goals for a
Magill is also co-hosting a
the influence of his study of law at
better world” and his concern for
Conference at the Law School in
Oxford, on his opinions as Justice of
“social justice and equality.”
November called “Legal and Political
the Supreme Court.
In Charlottesville, Howard
presented a seminar on “The
Perspectives on Governance.” The
conference will be an interdisciplinary
conference bringing together 12–15
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Faculty
Briefs
scholars in political science and law who
on “Disentangling Reasons from
John Monahan
are interested in issues of bureaucracy
Rationalizations: Exploring Moral
and Jeffrey W.
and governance. In the spring semester,
Intuitions in Hypothetical Societies,”
Swanson will be
Magill will be at Harvard Law School
for the Oxford University Press book,
publishing in
as a Visiting Professor of Law, teaching
Social and Psychological Bases of
the Journal of
administrative law.
Ideology and System Justification.
Empirical Legal
Mitchell, Tetlock, and Terry Murray
Studies their
published a paper on “The Challenge
study, “Lawyers
At a September
of Debiasing Personnel Decisions:
at Mid-Career: A 20-Year Longitudinal
meeting of the
Avoiding Both Under- and Over-
Study of Job and Life Satisfaction”
American
Correction” in Industrial and
(September, 16, 2008) (see Scholar’s
Academy of
Organizational Psychology: Perspectives
Corner). The full study is available at
Appellate
on Science and Practice.
http://ssrn.com/abstract= 1268948.
Lawyers in
Mitchell presented talks at St.
Portland, Ore.,
Louis University and McGeorge
Dan Meador
School of Law, in its Distinguished
In August,
received the Kathleen McCree Lewis
Speakers series, and participated in
Carolina
Award for a “contribution that has had
the Law and Psychology Roundtable at
Academic Press
an exceptional impact on the delivery
Washington University in St. Louis.
published a
of appellate justice.”
Additionally, two papers co-
book by Jeffrey
authored by Mitchell were published
O’Connell and
School, Meador was a participant in a
this spring. Adam Hirsch of Florida
Christopher
program to discuss a proposal by Paul
State University and Mitchell
Robinette ’96,
Carrington and Roger Cramton that
published “Law and Proximity” in the
entitled A Recipe for Balanced Tort
Congress establish a “certiorari division”
University of Illinois Law Review. The
Reform: Early Offers with Swift
within the United States Supreme Court,
article examines the legal implications
Settlements.
consisting of 13 U.S. Circuit judges,
of psychological reactions to near miss
to screen all certiorari petitions and
experiences, such as occur in many
Patricia Born of Florida State
to grant approximately 120 annually,
bargaining and tort situations. Tetlock
University entitled “The Cost and
which would compose a mandatory
and Mitchell published “Calibrating
Other Advantages of an Early
docket for the Supreme Court.
Prejudice in Milliseconds” in the
Offers Reform for Personal Injury
Social Psychology Quarterly. The
Claims Against Business, Including
essay discusses recent research on
for Product Liability,” appeared in
Greg Mitchell
unconscious sources of prejudice
Columbia Business Law Review (2008).
published three
and argues that, before we deem
O’Connell’s article, “The Large Cost
papers this fall.
unconscious prejudice an inevitable
Savings and Other Advantages of
He co-authored
source of individual-level disparate
an Early Offer ‘Crimtorts’ Approach
a paper with
treatment that requires structural
to Medical Malpractice Claims,”
John Monahan
solutions such as quotas, researchers
appeared in the Widener Law Journal
and Larry
need to explore the efficacy of
(2008). An article entitled “An
Walker on
institutional norms and accountability
Empirical Assessment of Early Offer
“Contextual Evidence of Gender
systems in checking unconscious
Reform for Medical Malpractice,” by
Discrimination: The Ascendance of
forms of bias.
O’Connell, Joni Hersch, W. Kip Viscusi
In November at the Cornell Law
An article by O’Connell and
‘Social Frameworks,’” which was
(both of Vanderbilt Law School)
published by the Virginia Law Review.
appeared in the Journal of Legal
He and Philip Tetlock of University of
Studies. In May, O’Connell lectured at
California, Berkeley, wrote a chapter
46 | UVA Lawyer • fall • 2008
Faculty
Briefs
the Beazley Institute for Health Law &
He also addressed the summer
Tom Nachbar
Policy, Loyola University Chicago Law
workshop of CHEA, the Council on
and Glen
School, on medical malpractice law
Higher Education Accreditation, on
Robinson
reform.
Accreditation and Academic Freedom,
completed a
and chaired a panel at the NACUA
casebook,
Annual Meeting on the role of the
Communications
In May, Dotan
University Attorney in protecting
Regulation, for
Oliar presented
Academic Freedom. O’Neil also co-
“The Emergence
edited for NACUA the Compendium
It will be published this year and be
of Intellectual
on Free Speech in Higher Education,
available for spring semester classes.
Property Norms
published in August.
in Stand Up
Thompson-West.
Nachbar’s article, “The Public
In September, O’Neil was honored
Network,” will be appearing in
Comedy”
with the Diversity Pioneer Award
CommLaw Conspectus. He has
(co-authored
from the Council on Legal Education
presented the article as a paper several
with Chris Sprigman) at a conference,
Opportunity (CLEO) on the 40th
times at different law schools.
Intellectual Production Without
anniversary of that organization,
Intellectual Property, at Harvard’s
which has been the principal source
from the Law School this semester, after
Radcliffe Institute, at Tel-Aviv
of support and guidance for minority
being mobilized to active duty for a
University and Hebrew University in
law students.
five-month tour at the Judge Advocate
Israel, at the annual conference of the
In October, O’Neil lectured at
Nachbar is taking a research leave
General’s Legal Center and School.
American Law and Economics
New York University and the New
He is spending the time focusing on
Association at Columbia Law School,
School in New York. This coming
issues related to establishing the rule
as well as at the Intellectual Property
spring semester he will be a Visiting
of law in the context of U.S. military
Scholars Conference at Stanford
Professor at the University of Texas
interventions, and especially as an
University in August. The paper is
School of Law in Austin, teaching
element of counterinsurgency. In
coming out in Virginia Law Review in
a course in Constitutional Law of
addition to working on Army rule of
December.
Church and State.
law and stability operations doctrine,
Nachbar is helping to reorganize the
JAG School’s classes on rule of law
In June, Robert
Dan Ortiz
and working with other organizations
O’Neil was
finished a short
within government on how to address
made a Fellow
piece called “Get
this problem.
of the National
a Life,” which
Association of
will be published
printer the 2008 edition of a book
College and
by Georgetown
he edits, The Rule of Law Handbook:
University
Law Review. He
A Practitioner’s Guide for Judge
also argued a
Advocates. This is the second edition
Attorneys in
Nachbar has just sent to the
recognition of contributions to that
case, Vaden v. Discover Bank, for the
of the handbook (Nachbar was an
organization and to higher education
Supreme Court Litigation Clinic in the
editor on the first edition as well), and
law over many years. O’Neil also
United States Supreme Court on
it has already grown to become one of
lectured at the University of Illinois-
Monday, Oct. 6.
the most popular publications from
Urbana Champaign.
the JAG School.
O’Neil has been asked to serve
on the editorial board of NACUA’s
major publication, the Journal
of College & University Law, for
which he has written over the years.
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Faculty
Briefs
This spring,
In September,
in the fall in Episteme, a journal of
Mimi Riley
Jim Ryan ’92
social epistemology.
presented “The
gave a speech in
Public
Tokyo to the
on Rights, Law, and Morality at
Environment in
Japanese-
Oxford in September. The paper he
Which We
American Legal
presented, “Subsumption, Deduction,
Work” to the
Society on
and the Role of the Text,” will be
“Voluntary
published by the Oxford University
Annual IACUC
Conference — Ethics and Compliance
in Animal Care and Use Programs:
Integration and Affirmative Action.”
In October, he presented a
Schauer spoke at a Conference
Press. His paper, “Hohfeld’s First
Amendment,” originally presented
Current Challenges and Future
paper, “The Real Lessons of School
at a conference honoring Jerome
Directions, Public Responsibility in
Desegregation,” at a Conference on
Barron, has published in the George
Medicine and Research, in Atlanta;
Courts and Education sponsored by
Washington Law Review. “Abandoning
and “Societal Expectations: Ethics,
the American Enterprise Institute and
the Guidance Function: Morse v.
Politics, Opinion and Policy,” at
the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.
Frederick,” was published in the
Communication and Collaboration:
The conference papers will ultimately
Supreme Court Review; “A Critical
An International Forum for Animal
be published by Brookings Press.
Guide to Vehicles in the Park,” part of
Research Policy in Washington, D.C.
Ryan has also written two
a Symposium on the 50th anniversary
articles, “Charter Schools and Public
of the Hart-Fuller debate, was
Education,” for the Stanford Journal
published in the New York University
George
of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Law Review; and “Authority and
Rutherglen’s
(forthcoming 2008); and “Standards,
Authorities” was published in the
articles, “State
Testing, and School Finance Litigation”
Virginia Law Review.
Action, Private
in the Texas Law Review (2008).
Schauer also presented “Why
Action, and the
Precedent in Law (and Elsewhere) is
Thirteenth
Not Totally (or Even Substantially)
Amendment,”
The Italian
About Analogy,” at the Annual
will appear in
translation of
Summer Interdisciplinary Cognitive
the Virginia Law Review; “Beyond
Fred Schauer’s
Science Conference in Madonna di
Balancing: Free Speech by Public
2003 book,
Campiglio, Italy, in July. The paper
Employees in Remedial Perspective,”
Profiles,
was published in Perspectives on
will appear in the Journal of Law and
Probabilities,
Psychological Science. He also presented
Politics; and “Textual Corruption in
and Stereotypes
chapters from forthcoming Thinking
the Civil Rights Cases,” will appear in
(Harvard
Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to
the Journal of the Supreme Court
University Press), has just been
Legal Reasoning (Harvard University
Historical Society.
published by il Mulino (Bologna),
Press 2009) at the University of
under the title of Di Ogni Erba un
Pennsylvania Law School.
In addition, Rutherglen is working
on a book on the history of the first
Fascio: Generalizzazioni, Profili,
Civil Rights Act, Slavery, Freedom, and
Stereotipi nel Mondo della Giustizia.
Civil Rights: The Neglected History of the
Schauer co-organized a conference
Civil Rights Act of 1866. In his capacity
on evidence and philosophy at
as former director of the Graduate
Dartmouth College in June. The
Program for Judges, Rutherglen
papers presented at the conference,
appeared in November at the Summit
including his own “Toward a
for Appellate Judges, Lawyers and Staff
Rule-Based Evidence Law — And
Attorneys held in Phoenix.
Epistemology Too,” will be published
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Faculty
Briefs
Richard
Gil Siegal,
In March at the Virginia Tax Study
Schragger’s
Michelle M.
Group meeting at the Law School,
article, “Cities,
Mello, and
George Yin presented a proposal to
Economic
David M.
reform the taxation of foreign direct
Development,
Studdert,
investment by U.S. taxpayers. (See
and the Free
published
page 50)
Trade
“Adjudicating
Constitution,”
Severe Birth
In May, Yin participated in a panel
at the American Bar Association Tax
appeared in the September Virginia
Injury Claims in Florida and Virginia:
Section meeting in Washington, D.C.,
Law Review. He was a keynote speaker
The Experience of a Landmark
to discuss the evolution of the tax
in October at the “Cities on the
Experiment in Personal Injury
legislative process.
Cutting Edge” Conference, sponsored
Compensation,” in the American
by the Center for State and Local
Journal of Law & Medicine
international tax reform proposal to the
Government Law at Hastings Law
(forthcoming 2008).
International Tax Policy Forum, a D.C.-
In June, Yin presented an
based group of about 40 U.S.-based
School. This fall, Schragger is a
multinationals whose primary purpose
Visiting Professor of Law at NYU Law
School and in the spring he’ll be the
In September,
is to promote education and research on
Samuel Rubin Visiting Professor of
Paul Stephan ’77
the taxation of cross-border investment.
Law at Columbia Law School. His
spoke at a
In August, he participated in a Miller
article, “The Last Progressive: Justice
conference at
Center program sponsored by UVA’s
Breyer, Heller, and ‘Judicial Judgment’”
Vanderbilt Law
new Batten School of Public Policy on
is appearing in a November
School on new
public policy work in D.C.
symposium on the Second Amendment
trends in
in the Syracuse Law Review.
international law
In September, Yin presented his draft
paper, “Temporary-Effect Legislation,
scholarship and presented his paper
Political Accountability, and Fiscal
“Privatizing International Law.” He also
Restraint,” to a tax policy colloquium at
Micah
presented a paper at a workshop at
Loyola of Los Angeles Law School. He
Schwartzman
Duke Law School focusing on the
presented the same paper in October to
published an
domestic enforcement of treaties. The
a faculty workshop at the University of
essay in Virginia
paper is on treaties as delegations of
San Diego Law School, and a tax policy
Law Review on
authority to the Executive. He also
colloquium at University of Pennsylvania
“Judicial
testified as an expert witness in a
Law School in Philadelphia. Also in
Sincerity” in
criminal case in the Southern District of
October, Yin participated in a program
June.
New York, United States v. Kozeny et al.,
on progressive consumption taxes
Schwartzman gave a talk about the
on the issue of the law of Azerbaijan
jointly sponsored by the American
paper to VLR’s “Meet the Author”
with respect to bribery of government
Enterprise Institute and the Tax
lecture series in April.
officials.
Foundation, Washington, D.C.
In October, Stephan attended
In November, Yin will be the
the World Public Forum at Rhodes,
luncheon speaker at a Tax Institute
Greece, and presented a paper on
sponsored by the University of Texas
dialog and international cooperation
Law School on tax reform proposals in
in fighting corruption.
the new Administration. Yin continues
work as member of the IRS’s Advisory
Council.
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Faculty
Briefs
The Virginia Tax Study Group
IN MARCH, the Virginia Tax Study
A second panel discussed the
Group, coordinated by Tom White and
possibility of reforming the “outbound
George Yin held its annual meeting at
taxation” rules, the tax treatment of U.S.
the Law School. Original organizers who
taxpayers making direct investments
have remained active since the group’s
outside the U.S. This issue was addressed
formation include Mort Caplin ’40 and
by President Bush’s tax reform panel and
Rod DeArment ’73.
continues to be a point of controversy in
The Virginia Tax Study Group was
organized by Emeritus Professor Edwin Cohen ’36 in 1992 to
the national public policy debate. George
Yin led this discussion and he was joined by Professor Reuven
provide a forum for education and tax policy debate for the
Avi-Yonah of the University of Michigan Law School, Eric Solomon
Law School’s many outstanding tax alums in private practice,
’78, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, and Willard
government, and academia.
Taylor of Sullivan & Cromwell.
From then until 2006, the Study Group met twice a year at
the Law School. After Cohen died in January 2006, the VTSG was
A final panel considered the possible interaction between
health care reform and tax reform, asking if the new Administration
reorganized and now meets once a year. The basic format for each
might take up both issues together and, if so, how? Leading this
meeting has followed the pattern established by Cohen when he
discussion was Len Burman of the Urban Institute who was assisted
began this tradition, focusing on important issues of the day for
by Alan Viard of the American Enterprise Institute.
the tax system and with all of the discussions strictly off the record
The group welcomed two speakers during lunch. Dean Paul
in order to promote a full and free exchange of views. As was the
Mahoney shared his thoughts about the future of the Law School
case then, the day includes luncheon with a talk by a prominent
and the important role of the Study Group and Ed Kleinbard,
tax professional and a reception and supper buffet after the
Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, discussed his
meeting has concluded.
experiences and reactions during the first six months of his tenure
The 2008 meeting began with the usual “DC panel” consisting
of Mort Caplin, Rod DeArment, and Cecily Rock of the Joint
Committee on Taxation, who shared with the group what could be
on Capitol Hill.
The meeting was well attended by members and friends
of the group, faculty members from neighboring law schools,
expected in the tax area during the forthcoming year. The balance of
representatives from various parts of government, and a number
the day’s program was devoted to discussion of major tax policy
of current students. Short background papers on each of the
issues that will need to be addressed after the 2008 elections. One
meeting’s sessions are circulated to all attendees roughly two
panel focused specifically on the unsettled state of the law relating to
weeks in advance of the meeting and these papers and selected
estate and gift taxation and corporate dividends. The panel discussed
commentary are published in the Virginia Tax Rev iew.
the pros and cons of various alternatives available to policymakers.
The meetings have seen record attendance in recent years.
Professor Karen Burke of the University of San Diego Law School
The next meeting will be held on Friday, April 3, 2009. Michael
led this session and she was joined by Law School professor Mildred
Graetz ’69 is expected to address the group at lunch. For further
Robinson, Ronald Aucutt of the McGuireWoods firm, and Professor
information, please contact Teri Johnson (tlj3a@virginia.edu), Tom
Grayson McCouch, also of the University of San Diego Law School.
White (trw@virginia.edu), or George Yin (gyin@virginia.edu).
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Scholar’s Corner
MOST LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP
today takes place outside
the public view — in faculty
workshops, conferences, and
academic journals. The best
work being done at Virginia
and at other top schools
John Monahan
Lawyers at Mid-Career:
A 20-Year Longitudinal
Study of Job and Life
Satisfaction
examines the consequences of
John Monahan and Jeffrey W. Swanson
legal rules in a way that invites
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (in press).
understanding — and, when
Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1268948
appropriate, change. In this
way, the practice of law and the production of legal scholarship
are very much alike. They both require a broad view of the
problem combined with a ceaseless curiosity in teasing out
every material issue.
John Monahan, a psychologist, joined the Law School
T
his article reports an empirical study of lawyer
satisfaction that differs from the bulk of existing
research on this topic in three fundamental
ways — the first two methodological and the third
substantive. First, this study is longitudinal — the same
faculty in 1980. He now holds the John S. Shannon
respondents were extensively studied during the three-year
Distinguished Professorship in Law. A leading researcher on
course of their legal education, and again 20 years after they
violence, mental disorder, and risk assessment, Monahan has
began law school, permitting performance on a number
directed two MacArthur Foundation funded projects on mental
of factors relevant to satisfaction to be studied over time.
health and the law. He is the author or editor of 15 books and
Second, this study achieved a response rate that is unusually
has written more than 200 articles and chapters. Monahan’s
high — high enough to obviate most concerns with
work has been cited frequently by courts, including the
sample bias. Finally, this study is the first to our knowledge
California Supreme Court in the landmark Tarasoff v. Regents
to simultaneously measure the predictors of lawyers’
and the United States Supreme Court in Barefoot v. Estelle, in
satisfaction with their careers and the predictors of lawyers’
which he was referred to as “the leading thinker on the issue” of
satisfaction with their lives more broadly….
violence risk assessment.
In the following excerpt Monahan trains his sights on the
One class of the University of Virginia School of Law
was studied between their matriculation in 1987 and their
Law School Class of 1990, members of which he originally
graduation in 1990. All 360 living graduates of this class
surveyed in 1987 during their first year at the Law School.
were contacted in 2007, with a response rate of 72.2% ….
Two decades later, Monahan and his co-author surveyed
We highlight five of what we take to be the principal
them again for a fascinating analysis of how their careers have
findings of this research. In each case, we give three brief
unfolded since.
but representative quotes from the comments that our
respondents gave to the final open-ended question on the
survey, inviting “any comments, reflections, or advice you
have to share with law students regarding a career in law or
regarding life more generally.”
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Scholar’s
Corner
A. LAW GRADUATES TAKE MANY DIVERSE CAREER
■
PATHS:
This gender difference in law graduates’ full-time
employment is largely accounted for by having children
at home
■
17 years after graduation, no single setting accounts for
■
the employment of more than one-quarter of the lawyers
studied here
Even given the above, two-thirds of the women with two
children at home are working full-time
■
Women earn significantly less than men, even controlling
■
Most (85%) graduates have changed jobs at least once,
for employment setting, hours worked, and many other
and half have changed jobs at least twice
factors
■
One-quarter of the law graduates who are currently
“After years of practicing law in private firms, I
working full-time are no longer practicing as lawyers
believe it is incredibly difficult to have a career and
“Starting off at a large firm is a great way to develop
raise a family. Many women my age agree. The
as a lawyer. If you are willing to trade-off some
idea that we could ‘have it all’ sounded great, but it
salary after getting a few years, there are some
doesn’t really work out that way.”
wonderful in-house opportunities in the nonprofit sector. Many will provide some of the most
“Law firms are still very difficult places for women
sophisticated, challenging and satisfying law jobs
lawyers. Most of the partners are men who have
around.”
wives who stay at home and it creates a very difficult
place to practice law in a sophisticated way while
“I hope law school grads understand that the skills
balancing that with family responsibilities. I find
and knowledge they gain in law school can be
that most of my male partners do not see their
applied to a lot more than the practice of law. I have
children during the week; for me, that is not an
combined my experience as an engineer, as a lawyer,
option that I would ever exercise.”
and as a businessman to arrive at a satisfying career
“To be successful, you have to accept that your career
outside of a traditional legal career.”
will consume a much greater percent of your life
“I would tell current students to not be afraid to
than most ‘jobs.’ You have to have a good support
try unusual places or ways in which to practice
system; forget the idea that you can do it all superbly
law. I would have never pictured myself as a solo
(e.g., my husband does all the cooking and is proud
practitioner in a poor area of rural Virginia, but
of my success). The more valuable you are, the more
overall I am extremely satisfied with life and
flexibility you will have to negotiate a work schedule
practice here …. I can raise my show dogs, go to the
that works for you.”
office in shorts, and still face exciting challenges and
intellectual stimulation in my practice.”
C. WORKING CONDITIONS AT LARGE PRIVATE
LAW FIRMS ARE A PROBLEM — PERHAPS THE
PROBLEM — FOR MANY LAWYERS:
B. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE PERSONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF LAWYERS ARE
PERVASIVE:
■ Most law graduates studied here (58%) start off in large firms
■
■
to have a spouse or partner who is employed full-time
■
The half that remain in large firms have lower job and life
■
And yet, “only” 20% of the graduates who remain in large
outside the home (77% v 24%)
■
women graduates are much less likely than men to be
employed full-time themselves (61% v 99%)
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Half of the graduates who start off in large firms leave to
go to a different type of employer
in women graduates are much more likely than men
satisfaction than other lawyers
firms are dissatisfied with their lives
Scholar’s
Corner
“Life in a private law firm is very demanding.
E. OVERALL, LAWYERS’ LIFE SATISFACTION IS HIGH:
Unless you love it, there is a soul-sucking quality. I
would not encourage my own children to go into law
■
86% are at least “satisfied” with their lives
unless they love it.”
■
68% are “highly” or “very highly satisfied” with their lives
■
There is no significant gender difference in life
“UVA law degree, education, training: good. Slavish
satisfaction
compulsion to follow the crowd and work in as big a
law firm as possible: bad.”
“Law is extremely rewarding. The intellectual
challenge is a reward in itself. My practice is a
“I’ve found the practice of law — even practice
window into human nature. It is unseemly at times,
at a large firm — to be far more satisfying and
but by comparison with other people, my life is
intellectually stimulating than I imagined it would
wonderful.”
be when I graduated.”
“Private practice is not for everyone, and
government practice provides a great opportunity
D. OVERALL, LAWYERS’ CAREER SATISFACTION IS
HIGH:
for better work/life balance. I don’t make as much
money as my private-practice peers, but I have a
great quality of life with my family.”
■
81% are satisfied with the decision to become a lawyer
■
85% are satisfied with how well UVA prepared them
“I am a partner at mid-sized firm in a mid-sized
■
93% are satisfied with how UVA benefitted their careers
town. I control my own practice. I have four kids
■
81% score 5 or higher on a 7-point scale of satisfaction
and I put them to sleep almost every night. I coach a
with their job setting
soccer team and a baseball team. It’s a great life.”
■
While men score significantly higher than women in the
“balance” between their work and personal or family
lives, there is no significant overall gender difference in
job satisfaction
“Among people who have chosen a career as an
attorney, I am one of the luckiest people alive. The
firm I found is fantastic. I am paid extremely well,
have significant control over what work I do, and I
work very reasonable hours.”
“An old Greek definition of happiness is ‘vital powers
exercised along lines of excellence in a life that
affords them scope.’ This describes the joy I get from
the practice of law as a partner in a 21st century law
firm.”
“A career in law can be very rewarding and
fulfilling. However, law firms need to make it
a priority to improve the quality of life of their
associates and partners.”
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Labor Law Pioneer
an Eyewitness to History
1948
by Alison White
of Balch & Bingham, which he joined as
S. Eason Balch is counsel to the law fi rm
an associate in March 1948 when it was
EARLE K. SHAWE ’34, who attended classes in both Minor Hall and Clark Hall, was
known as Martin, Turner, & McWhorter
a pioneer in the labor law movement. He began practicing in the 1930s, when labor
in Birmingham, Ala. There were 10 other
law was in its infancy, as the youngest trial attorney in the legal division of the newly
lawyers in the firm when he became an
formed National Labor Relations Board. In one case, Shawe represented employees of
associate. The firm now has more than
Bethlehem Steel in a labor relations dispute. The case found its way into an October
250 lawyers with offices in Birmingham
1938 Fortune magazine article profiling the new, and controversial, NLRB. The article
and Montgomery, Ala., Atlanta, Ga.,
noted how the NLRB had to rely on bright, new untested lawyers, and as an example,
Gulfport and Jackson, Miss., and
cited a hearing where “the assembled might of the great New York law firm of Cravath,
Washington, D.C.
de Bersdorff, Swaine & Wood — counsel,
associate counsel, and assistants — found
itself opposed by one skinny youth, a
1950
Virginian named Earle Shawe, looking for all
the world like a high-school valedictorian.”
After the passage of the Taft-Hartley
Edward M. Selfe is ranked number
three in the United States for Men’s 85
Act in 1947, Shawe left the NLRB and
and older singles by the U.S. Tennis
entered private practice. He founded Shawe
Association for 2007.
& Rosenthal, a Baltimore firm that for the
last 61 years has represented employers
nationwide in all aspects of labor and
1957
employment law. Shawe’s career led him to
endow the Earle K. Shawe Professorship in
John Corse and his wife, Muffet,
Employment Law in 1996.
sent a special letter of thanks to all of
Shawe says he is proud to have
attended the Law School at a time when
their classmates and friends from the
“wonderful Class of 1957” upon the
it brought in talented young professors such as Leslie H. Buckler and Garrard Glenn.
occasion of John stepping down as class
He recalls trying cases before U.S. Fourth Circuit Judge Armistead M. Dobie 1904,
manager after years of record-breaking
his former professor and dean. Shawe recently donated to the Virginia Arthur Morris
achievements for the class. The couple
Law Library memoranda, briefs, photographs, and news clippings about many of the
was awed by the recognition from their
cases he has handled over the years. He also participated in an oral history project now
friends. John and Muffet look forward
available in the Law Library’s special collections. Shawe tells a story rich in detail about
to continued “laughing and sharing
the birth and development of labor law, which reveals how he influenced the field as
heartwarming reunions” both in
much as it came to define his life.
Charlottesville and wherever their friends
may gather.
Janet Rowe Dugan has enjoyed spending
time with Law School friends and
classmates recently. She shared dinner
with Barbara Coppeto ’58, attended a
pool party with Frank Norton ’58, and
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Capt. Ferdinand L. Salomon, USN (Ret.),
& Knight and focuses his practice on
writes that his grandson, Christopher L.
estate planning, probate, and fiduciary
A few good annual giving volunteers
Salomon, received his “Wings of Gold”
administration in the Dallas, Tex., office.
Join the Law School’s volunteer team.
as a naval aviator in March and will fly
Contact Helen M. Snyder ’87
a Seahawk Helicopter out of San Diego,
helensnyder@virginia.edu
Calif. Chris is a fourth generation naval
434-924-4668
officer. Salomon is officially retired from
WANTED:
played golf with Buzzy Wilkinson ’62.
the practice of law and enjoys golf, trap
Hoyt Wheeler was awarded a Fulbright
shooting, riding his Harley Davidson, and
Distinguished Chair at J. W. Goethe
traveling.
University of Frankfurt am Main, Faculty
of Law, 2005–2006.
She’s still trying to convince Janet Lauck
Blakeman to visit her in Florida.
1958
1961
1959
Reunion Year
1963
After 27 happy years of living and sailing
on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Harwood
Since April 2006, Henry Lord has been
Murray Falk has been appointed
Martin has moved back to Washington,
chairman and president of the Society
an administrative law judge for the
D.C. He remains very involved with the
to Preserve H.L. Mencken’s Legacy,
Arizona Department of Transportation
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Inc. The organization’s sole corporate
Motor Vehicle Division. He will serve
purpose is to acquire title from the City
in several offices throughout the state.
of Baltimore to the 1883 row house on
Falk practiced law in the Los Angeles,
1960
Union Square (both are on the National
Register of Historic Places), where the
Calif., area for 20 years before moving
to Arizona in 2002. He served as an
Thomas A. DeLong recently had his book
“Sage of Baltimore” lived for 68 of his
Assistant United States Attorney for the
Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Miss Emma
nearly 76 years and wrote everything
District of Massachusetts during the
Mills: China’s First Lady and her American
under the sun, from newspaper columns
Kennedy administration and later as a
Friend published by McFarland & Co.
to dozens of books to 100,000-plus
Special Trial Judge of the United States
The book is based largely on the unsealed
letters. The house has been vacant,
Tax Court after practicing tax law in New
letters and journals of Madame Chiang’s
empty, unfunded, and threatened for 15
York City and Boston. He is a veteran
closest American friend — her Wellesley
years. The group will restore it at their
of the Korean War and was awarded the
classmate of 1917, Emma Mills. (See In
expense in a historically accurate fashion,
Bronze Star for his service as an artillery
Print)
recover all of its original furnishings and
collections, and re-open it to the public
officer in the 3d United States Infantry
Division in that confl ict. A native of
Rust E. Reid is the recipient of the 2008
as a splendid house museum in perhaps
Massachusetts, he is married to Margie
Distinguished Probate Lawyer Lifetime
three years. In addition to this work in
Karsh, formerly of Denver.
Achievement Award presented by the Real
historic preservation, Lord just completed
Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of
two four-year terms on the board of the
Joseph Hilton is a senior managing
the State Bar of Texas. The award, given
School for the Arts, a highly selective
director at Grubb & Ellis and member of a
in recognition of his 48-year career, was
charter public school.
team that focuses on doing business with
presented during the State Bar’s Advanced
China.
Estate Planning and Probate Course on
Griffith Pitcher initially practiced tax
June 11 in Dallas. Reid is with Thompson
and corporate law, but in the mid-1970s
he became a municipal bond lawyer. He is
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of counsel in the corporate practice group
Seward Still Practicing at 98
of Seyfarth Shaw’s Atlanta office, and is
now a member of the National Association
ON AUGUST 4TH, GEORGE C. SEWARD ’36 of Seward & Kissel, turned 98 years old. As
of Bond Lawyers and a Fellow of the
senior counsel to the firm that bears his name, Seward maintains a regular schedule
American College of Bond Counsel.
of commuting from his home in Scarsdale, N.Y., to his downtown office at One Battery
Park Plaza. Call him on his direct line and, generally, he will answer his own phone on
Elizabeth Seeley has joined Halloran
the first ring. Paula Huffell, his secretary of over 30 years, continues to be his watchful
& Sage’s Westport, Conn., office. Seeley
gatekeeper.
advises joint ventures, closely held
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1910, Seward had a childhood that proved to be
businesses in a variety of business matters
quite nomadic in nature. As a result of his father’s business, he attended school in six
and also represents commercial real estate
different states. Seward earned his undergraduate and law degrees from Virginia. While
developers.
still attending law school, he was admitted into the Virginia Bar, and two years later, in
1937, was admitted to the New York Bar. On December 12, 1936, Seward married Carroll
John Strachan and his wife, Joyce, are
Frances McKay, and throughout their time together had four children, Gordon Day,
enjoying their respite from the Alaska
Patricia McKay, James Pickett, and Deborah Carroll.
winters at their home in North Carolina.
From the beginning of his law career, Seward was always immensely interested in
They were sorry to miss the class reunion
business law. In 1953, he joined Meyer, Kidder, Matz & Kissel, the firm that would one
in May.
day become Seward & Kissel. In an effort to establish a successful, thriving business law
practice, Seward became very involved in the American Bar Association, rising to Chair
1964
of the Business Law Section of the ABA.
Reunion Year
Intending to exercise his influence on a more global scale, Seward resigned from
his position in the ABA’s House of Delegates in order to devote more time to the
Winfrey Blackburn is currently a senior
International Bar Association (London), for which he had great aspirations. In 1970, he
partner with Blackburn Hundley &
successfully founded the Section on Business Law of the IBA, which allowed individual
Domene in Louisville, Ky., which he
business lawyers, instead of only foundations and practices, to join.
organized in 1995. He has co-authored
Seward’s influence in the IBA was strong. He was
a book, The Kentucky Houses of
awarded the title of Honorary Life President. His contributions were so great that
Stratton Hammon, which won a bronze
beginning in the late 1980s, a series of lectures delivered by leaders from around the
medal in the architecture category
globe was dedicated to him. He is a member of The American Law Institute and former
of the Independent Book Publisher’s
president of The Arts & Sciences Council of the University of Virginia.
Association of America. Classmates can
see the article that mentions the award in
the May 24 Courier-Journal. (See In Print)
Michael Crimmins and his wife,
Rosemary, recently spent a week in Sea
Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island
with their daughter and son-in-law,
Jennifer and Stephen Keeley of the class
of ’99, and their three grandchildren to
celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary.
After 21 years of distinguished service,
Harold “Cap” Hollenbeck retired from
the N.J. Superior Court bench in August.
Before his appointment to the bench,
Hollenbeck spent decades serving the
public of New Jersey, starting with the New
Jersey General Assembly and culminating
in three terms as U.S. Representative
for New Jersey’s Ninth District. His
most interesting assignment was on the
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Reveley Named
President of
William and Mary
Marion and I would rather spend time
together and with our friends, children,
and grandkids around the U.S. and world.”
STEPHEN SALPUKAS / W&M
Theodore Margolis
ON SEPTEMBER 5, W. TAYLOR REVELEY III ’68
has been named a
was named president of the College of William
New Jersey Super
and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Reveley had been
Lawyer in business
serving as Interim President since February.
litigation for 2008. He
is with Norris
Before taking the interim position, Reveley
McLaughlin &
had served as dean of the William & Mary Law
Marcus in Somerville,
School for nearly a decade. William & Mary
Chancellor and former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said, “The news
N.J. A former Chief Assistant U.S.
that the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary has offered the presidency to
Attorney in New Jersey, he continues to
Taylor Reveley is good news for the university.”
work in the area of white-collar criminal
“It has been wrenching to leave the country’s oldest law school,” Reveley said, “but
defense. He is a founder and former
the privilege of helping to lead one of our country’s great universities is enormous. I
chairman of Legal Network International
deeply appreciate the faith placed in me by the Board of Visitors and by the people of
and represents companies throughout the
William & Mary writ large. Helen and I have been truly touched by the support we’ve
world.
received over the last six months from all corners of the William & Mary community. It
has become clear that we are all stewards of an extraordinary place.”
Prior to arriving at William & Mary, Reveley practiced law at Hunton & Williams
C. Willis Ritter was made a partner with
Gonzalez Saggio and Harlan in their
in Richmond for 28 years and was a managing partner of the international firm for
growing Chicago office and is the co-chair
nine years. Reveley is a trustee emeritus of Princeton University, where he served on
of their nationwide public finance practice.
the board for 14 years, and is a current trustee of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Virginia Historical Society, and
St. Christopher’s School. And serving as a president is not new to the Reveley family.
1966
William & Mary’s new president literally grew up on college campuses; his father,
W. Taylor Reveley II, served for 14 years as president of Hampden- Sydney College.
Donald M. Haddock, Sr., Chief Judge of
Alexandria’s Circuit Court, now sits on the
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Bench.
1967
bipartisan House Ethics Committee
Sidley Austin, Clemens is currently a
during the ABSCAM hearings. Hollenbeck
Fellow of the Center on Federal Financial
was also the prime and moving sponsor of
Institutions. More about the book can be
James Gillespie is fully retired and
the first POW-MIA bill honoring Vietnam
found at www.bipartisanpath.com. (See
spending his winters in Tucson, Ariz., and
veterans. After leaving Congress in the
In Print)
his summers in Stanstead, Quebec.
of the Fairleigh Dickinson University
U.S. District Judge James P. Jones, Chief
Paul R. Verkuil was appointed interim
board of trustees.
Judge of the Western District of Virginia,
dean for the School of Law at the
was elected as a member of the Judicial
University of Miami. He is senior counsel
Conference of the United States, the
with Boies, Schiller, & Flexner and a
policy-making body for the U.S. Courts.
professor of law at Yeshiva University’s
He represents the federal judges of the
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He
Fourth Circuit.
served as dean at the Cardozo School of
mid-1980s, Hollenbeck became a member
1965
Richard Clemens has written a book
Law from 1997–2001. Verkuil is former
entitled Rescuing America: The Bipartisan
Path, which discusses potential bipartisan
Bernie Long is three tax cases short of
president of the College of William
solutions to major national issues such
finishing his 42-year career of litigation
and Mary, dean of Tulane Law School,
as Social Security, Medicare, trade
with the IRS. “It’s been great fun, but
and CEO of the American Automobile
policy, and the unsustainable trajectory
Association. He is a leading scholar of law
of deficit spending. A retired partner of
and regulation and has published more
than 60 articles in this field.
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1968
In May, at the annual meeting of the New
Carruthers & Roth in Greensboro, N.C.,
York County Lawyers’ Association and
and has focused his practice in commercial
Donald Greenman authored the section
the celebration of its 100th anniversary,
finance, banking, and bankruptcy.
on United States law for the fourth
James B. Kobak, Jr., was inducted as
edition of Prof. William Tetley’s book,
president elect. Kobak chairs Hughes
Michael Shumate was
Marine Cargo Claims. His analysis
Hubbard & Reed’s antitrust practice and
elected to the Indiana
and commentary focuses on maritime
practice standards groups and has been
University Foundation
transportation law as it applies to the U.S.
involved in a wide variety of commercial
Board of Directors.
He remains of counsel with Ober|Kaler
litigations, arbitrations, and mediations
The IU Foundation is
in Baltimore, Md., concentrating on
as both advocate and neutral. He is
a not-for-profit
admiralty matters, general litigation,
president of the NYCLA Foundation,
corporation that
commercial transactions, and
overseeing the foundation’s annual
international law issues.
and special fundraising campaigns. He
funds from the private sector and by
serves IU by raising
chairs the library committee and task
providing administrative services to
Edward R. Levin has
force on professionalism, founded the
donors and to the university. The
been recognized as a
NYCLA Inn of Court and serves as its
Foundation also manages IU’s
Washington, D.C.,
secretary, and is a member of the NYCLA
endowment of $1.6 billion.
Super Lawyer by Law
executive committee and professional
& Politics magazine.
ethics committee. In March 2006, Kobak
largest international law firm, Jones,
He is a partner in Saul
received the Boris Kostelanetz President’s
Day, Reavis & Pogue, where he practiced
Ewing’s labor,
Medal in recognition of his dedication
corporate tax law. Additionally, he served
employment and
In 1980, Shumate joined the fourth
to NYCLA and distinguished service to
as the administrative partner of the firm’s
employee benefits practice group and
the legal profession. He serves on the
Los Angeles and New York offices and was
represents employers in labor and
American Arbitration Association’s panel
a member of the firm-wide management
employment law matters, including labor
of arbitrators, as well as the mediation
committee. He retired early in 1996 and
negotiations, arbitrations, and union
and arbitration panels of the U.S. District
now resides in Los Angeles. Shumate is a
organizing campaigns. He has litigated
Courts for the Southern and Eastern
CPA and is a member of the Indiana CPA
cases involving discrimination, wrongful
Districts of New York. He is an adjunct
Society. He is also a member of the legal
discharge, sexual harassment, and related
associate professor at Fordham Law
bar associations in the states of Indiana,
claims in state and federal courts across
School, where he teaches an antitrust and
California, and New York.
the U.S.
intellectual property course.
Bob Wright has been elected to the
Bernie Mikell was hired by Piper
Tradition of Excellence Award given by
RAND Corporation board of trustees.
Jaffray & Co. as a senior vice president
the Virginia State Bar’s General Practice
Wright is vice chairman of the board,
in their Sacramento, Calif., office to
Section. The award, presented at the
executive officer, and a member of the
further strengthen their municipal
Virginia State Bar annual meeting in
corporate executive office of the General
fi nance banking platform and help build
Virginia Beach in June, recognized Wiley
Electric Company.
the firm’s large issuer business in the
for his career in government law. He
California region.
served as Charlottesville city attorney for
Roger C. Wiley, Jr., received the annual
1969
14 years, in state government, the Virginia
Reunion Year
Division of Legislative Services, and in
1970
the Office of Attorney General. Receiving
the award, Wiley thanked the VSB for
Frederick Hodnett’s retirement in 2006 as
the assistant executive secretary, Supreme
Kenneth M. Greene
giving recognition that “all government
Court of Virginia, has become part-time.
has been elected as
lawyers are, in fact, real lawyers.” He
During sessions of the Virginia General
President of the
is now in private practice with Hefty &
Assembly, Hodnett has been working for
American College of
Wiley in Richmond, where he represents
the Clerk of the Senate of Virginia. He’s
Commercial Finance
local government clients and handles state
also a substitute teacher in the Hanover
Lawyers. He is an
constitutional and legislative issues.
County public schools. Hodnett was
attorney and
appointed as a civil marriage celebrant in
shareholder with
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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1971
Rubright helped move the company
Joe E. Forrester has joined the New
through a major transition, transforming
York office of Edwards Angell Palmer &
Barry C. Fitzpatrick has joined Luce
RockTenn into a more diversified, low-
Dodge as counsel in the public fi nance
Forward as a partner in its family wealth
cost paperboard packaging producer, and
department. Forrester’s practice focuses
and exempt organizations practice group
made them a leader in their industry.
primarily on novel tax issues within
in the Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., office.
public fi nance transactions. He has public
He works primarily in the areas of estate
Jeremiah L. Thomas III has joined DLB
fi nance experience as both a lawyer
planning, wills and trusts, and estate
Capital in Wilton, Conn., as an advisory
and as an investment banker and has
and trust administration. Fitzpatrick is a
director. DLB Capital focuses mainly on
previously served as bond counsel, special
Fellow of the American College of Trust
financial services, providing expertise,
tax counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and
and Estate Counsel and is listed in Best
capital, and on-site management, with
corporate counsel.
Lawyers in America. He is also a director
particular focus on the United States
of Pac West Bancorp (previously First
and China. Before joining DLB, Thomas
Pegram Johnson retired in 2007 from
Community Bancorp), a director of the
was a partner at Simpson Thacher &
Wachovia’s trust department after 34
Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson
Bartlett, where he concentrated on general
years and has enjoyed every day since. He
Foundation, and was the pro-bono
corporate, securities, and banking law
recently visited fellow alumnus Wise Kelly
legal advisor to the Rancho Santa Fe
matters and was in charge of managing the
in Rileyville, Va.
Foundation for 19 years.
firm’s relationship with JPMorgan Chase.
James Merriman is the author of the
George H. Roberts,
Jr., was selected as
1973
novel Gatekeepers. See jamesemerriman.
com for further information and a
preview. (See In Print)
among the Legal Elite
in Virginia Business
Charles Adams is managing partner of
Magazine for 2007 in
Hogan & Hartson in Geneva, Switzerland,
the area of business
practicing worldwide in the field of
law and was named a
international arbitration. He is one of the
Super Lawyer in 2007
1974
Reunion Year
leading fundraisers for the Obama for
Bruce M. Stanley, Sr.,
in the area of business/corporate. He is
America campaign among U.S. citizens
has been recognized
also included the 2008 edition of Best
overseas.
by Florida Super
Lawyers in America. He is of counsel with
Lawyers magazine as a
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver in
In June, Eric E. Adamson was installed
top Florida attorney
Lexington, Va.
on the board of directors of Rotary
for 2008. He is in the
International for a two-year term. The
Fort Myers, Fla., office
1972
ceremony took place in Los Angeles,
of Henderson,
where 20,000 Rotarians from 176
Franklin, Starnes & Holt. His practice
countries were in attendance.
focuses on civil trial law and litigation,
including cases involving medical
The Mahoning County Bar Association
honored Stephen Bolton with its
Bob Craig is a director in the Houston
malpractice, aviation, products liability
Professionalism Award in appreciation
office of LECG, a global expert services
defense, and eminent domain.
for the integrity he has demonstrated
firm. Craig is counseling law firms and law
throughout his legal career. Bolton has
departments on various litigation issues,
practiced with Manchester Bennett
including meeting their needs for experts
Powers & Ullman of Youngstown, Ohio,
for testifying roles, litigation support roles,
since 1972. A member of the fi rm’s civil
and business consultations. He also serves
Tina Swent Byrd was named one of the
litigation section, Bolton concentrates his
as a division director over Substantive Law
Top 75 women litigators in California in
law practice in the areas of commercial
Committees of the ABA Litigation Section.
2007 and again in 2008 by the Los Angeles
litigation.
Craig retired as associate general counsel
and San Francisco Daily Journal. She is a
of Waste Management.
partner in the Los Angeles office of Irell
1975
RISI, the leading information provider
& Manella, where she focuses on complex
for the global forest products industry,
business and patent litigation.
announced that Jim Rubright of
RockTenn is their CEO of the year.
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Gary V. Dixon has
and legal educator, Lemons has served
afford legal representation.” A nationally
been selected for
as a judge or justice at every level of the
recognized juvenile justice advocate,
inclusion in the
judiciary in Virginia, and will remain on
Hirsch has won several landmark cases
Washington, D.C.,
the court while teaching at W&L.
in the Wisconsin Supreme Court,
protecting the rights of children and
Super Lawyers list. He
is a founding partner
Luther Munford’s article on the
indigent defendants. Hirsch was last year’s
with Ross, Dixon &
“Peacemaker Test” was reprinted in
recipient of the ABA’s Livingston Hall
Bell in Washington,
the 2008 Green Bay Almanac Reader, a
Juvenile Justice Award.
D.C., where he focuses on professional
collection of what its editors deem to be
liability coverage. He is also featured in
“good legal writing from the past year.”
and The International Who’s Who of
Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyers 2008.
Ellis T. “Skip” Prince is the new
commissioner of the United States
Legal Times “Almanac of Leading Lawyers”
Hockey League. The USHL is the only
1977
Tier 1 amateur hockey league in the
United States. It features some of the
L. Neal Ellis was
Stephen Earp has been named in the
fi nest 17 to 20-year-old hockey players not
elected a member of
Chambers USA 2008 listing of “America’s
only from the United States, but Canada
the North Carolina
Leading Business Lawyers” for his work
and Europe as well. Prince spent nine
Bar Association Board
in environmental law. Earp is a managing
years as vice president of the National
of Governors, and will
partner with Smith Moore Leatherwood
Hockey League (1991–2000), where he
serve a three-year
in Greensboro, N.C.
was responsible for the league and team
term.
1976
television and business operations, as
Amy B. Ginensky has
well as many of its business development
been appointed chair
initiatives, including NHL International.
of Pepper Hamilton’s
Prince will continue in his role as
commercial litigation
president of the Prince Companies, a
Peter E. Broadbent,
practice group. She is
consortium of management professionals
Jr., has been
a senior commercial
and enterprises he started in 2004 that
recognized in the
litigation partner in
focuses on management consulting services
Virginia Super
the Philadelphia office
to professional leagues and teams, college
Lawyers list for 2008
and leads the firm’s media and
conferences and member institutions, and
for his practice in
communications practice, which focuses
sports-related enterprises. Prior to starting
utilities law. The
on First Amendment, defamation, and
his practice, Prince was a senior advisor to
Virginia General
other media-related areas, and also
the Canadian Football League, and from
Assembly appointed him as one of two
handles complex commercial and class
2001–2003 served as president and chief
citizen members of the Virginia
action litigation. She serves as president-
executive officer of the Montreal Alouettes,
Bicentennial of the American War of 1812
elect of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation.
where he oversaw the repositioning of the
Commission. Broadbent practices
franchise (and, in 2002, the club’s first Grey
business, intellectual property,
Eileen A. Hirsch, an Assistant State
Cup in 25 years). While in Montreal, Prince
governmental, and communications law
Public Defender in the Madison Appellate
was named to a list of the “Top Ten Most
as a partner with Christian & Barton in
Office of the Wisconsin State Public
Influential People in Canadian Sport.”
Richmond.
Defender, is one of two recipients of this
year’s National Legal Aid & Defender
Donald W. Lemons, Justice of the
Association’s Kutak-Dodds Prize. The
Supreme Court of Virginia, has joined
award, jointly sponsored by NLADA
the faculty of the Washington and Lee
and the Robert J. Kutak Foundation,
University School of Law this fall as
was presented at NLADA’s annual
Distinguished Professor of Judicial
dinner on June 11 in Washington, D.C.
Studies. Lemons is teaching a course on
It honors a legal justice advocate who
appellate practice in the school’s third-
“has contributed in a significant way to
Contact Helen M. Snyder ’87
year program. A distinguished jurist
the enhancement of human dignity and
helensnyder@virginia.edu
quality of life of those persons unable to
434-924-4668
WANTED:
A few good annual giving volunteers
Join the Law School’s volunteer team.
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1978
Christopher Scott
In 2007, Patrick Hamilton joined Day
D’Angelo was a
Pitney as a partner in the Boston, Mass.,
Over the past few years, Brad Allenby,
speaker at the Claims
office, where he handles white collar
professor of civil and environmental
Administrators
criminal defense, internal investigations,
engineering at Arizona State University,
Conference in San
and business litigation. Leading up to his
helped create the field of industrial
Francisco in February.
present position, he clerked for a federal
ecology and develop design for
The program, entitled
judge, was a litigation associate for fi rms
environment methodologies. He
“Distribution of
in New York City and Boston, managed
teaches earth systems engineering and
Securities Litigation Settlements,”
criminal justice agencies in Massachusetts
management and sustainable engineering.
presented ways to improve the
state government, and served as a federal
distribution and processing of class action
prosecutor for almost 13 years. He and his
Carl Ameringer is Professor of Health
settlement funds through input from the
wife, Gretchen Hamilton (also a lawyer),
Policy & Politics at the L. Douglas Wilder
SEC, federal judiciary, defense counsel,
have two children, Alexandra “Lexi” (8)
School of Government and Public Affairs
and plaintiffs counsel, as well as claims
and Zachary (5).
at Virginia Commonwealth University.
administrators. In April, he served as a
His most recent book is The Health Care
faculty member at the Corporate Counsel
Nancy E. Hudgins, a mediator, has
Revolution: From Medical Monopoly to
College, a program of the International
launched a blog on civil negotiation and
Market Competition (University Press).
Association of Defense Counsel. The
mediation at www.civilnegotiation.blogspot.
(See In Print)
college is an interactive forum that
com. She offers tips and strategies on
addresses the latest legal issues of particular
negotiation and mediation and stresses
Ed Baxa ’78, LL.M. ’80, is a member of
importance to corporate general counsel
putting the “civil” back into civil litigation.
Foley & Larder’s management committee
and assistant general counsel.
and was recently appointed chairman of
D’Angelo is a partner in the litigation
Debi Sanders spoke at the Law School in
the firm’s national pro bono program.
department of Montgomery, McCracken,
September 2007. In October, she began
He lives with his wife, Susan, in Winter
Walker & Rhoads’ Philadelphia office and
working with Immigration Legal Services
Park, Fla.
is chairman of its products liability and
of Catholic Charities in Washington, D.C.
mass torts practice and vice chairman of
Chancellor Professor
its sports, entertainment and amusements
In March, Jutta Stender-Vorwachs LL.M.
of Law Lynda L.
law practice.
received the title of Professor of Law at
the University of Hannover. Her special
Butler was named
interim dean of the
Lawrence Foust ’78, LL.M. ’80, left
interests focus on media law and
William & Mary Law
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in
constitutional law.
School in February.
Oakland, Calif., to become the senior
She has been a
vice president and general counsel of
member of the law
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
1979
Reunion Year
school faculty since 1979 and has served as
vice dean of the Law School since 2000.
Michael Haggerty was
F.B. Webster Day was named a Virginia
Before arriving at William & Mary, she
named a Super Lawyer
Best Lawyer for 2008. He practices
practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler &
in Dallas, Tex., where
corporate law and public fi nance law for
Pickering in Washington, D.C. Butler’s
he is the head of the
Spilman, Thomas, and Battle, and is the
research and teaching focus on eminent
Jackson Walker
member in charge of the Roanoke office.
domain/takings, environmental law, land
financial services
use, and property law. She is faculty
practice group. He has
John Head’s most recent books are
advisor to the William & Mary Environ-
represented a number
“Losing the Global Development War”
mental Law and Policy Review and is a
of financial institutions, including banks,
and “General Principles of Business
member of the coordinating committee for
credit companies, and insurance
and Economic Law.” He recently served
the law school’s annual Brigham-Kanner
companies in connection with a variety of
as Paul Hastings Visiting Professor at
Property Rights Conference.
real estate, commercial, and corporate
Hong Kong University. He and his wife,
lending transactions.
Lucia Orth, still live in Lawrence, Kans.,
where he teaches international law at the
University of Kansas. (See In Print)
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Hugh Hill is an Assistant Professor of
1980
an online community designed for
Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins
women executives in fi nancial services,
University. He just fi nished a term
John Brenner has joined the health
law, and business. In the “Voice of
as chair of the advisory board for
effects litigation practice at Pepper
Experience” profi le, Robb, whose practice
Montgomery Cares.
Hamilton after 27 years with McCarter
focuses on energy, environmental, and
& English. He is in the firm’s Princeton,
administrative law, talked about her
N.J., office.
background, her accomplishments, and
Michael Kuhn is a
her advice for young women in law.
Texas Super Lawyer
for 2008. He is a
The board of directors for Alcoa has
Noted in the piece was Robb’s Water
partner in the
elected Donna Dabney a Vice President
Policy Institute, which she created
Houston office of
of the corporation. She has served as
to provide a forum for companies,
Jackson Walker and
Alcoa Corporate Secretary since joining
government entities, and other parties
focuses on
the company in 2000, except for a short
interested in water scarcity, quality,
commercial real
period in 2004 when she was group
and regulation to convene to discuss
estate, with a particular emphasis on
counsel for Alcoa’s former packaging and
sustainable solutions, both domestically
office and retail leasing, within the fi rm’s
consumer business.
and internationally. Robb also co-founded
a non-profit called the Women’s Network
real estate group. Kuhn is board certified
in commercial real estate law by the Texas
Peyton Mahaffey, a
for a Sustainable Future six years ago. The
Board of Legal Specialization, having fi rst
principal and
organization was started when she and
received that designation in 1990.
president of
Ann Goodman wanted to help executives
McCandlish & Lillard,
put sustainability on their radar screens.
Robin Stiebel is
has been recognized
managing attorney for
by Virginia Super
Andrew M. Sacks has been elected
the Yonkers, N.Y.,
Lawyers magazine as
president of the Virginia Trial Lawyers
offices of Legal
one of Virginia’s top
Association for 2008–2009 and was
Services of the
attorneys in 2008 in the category of civil
installed at VTLA’s annual meeting held
Hudson Valley, an
litigation. Mahaffey has broad experience
at the Homestead in April. He is a partner
organization that
as a trial lawyer and lead counsel in state
with his father, Stanley, in Sacks & Sacks,
provides free civil
and federal cases involving business,
their Norfolk, Va., law firm. Andrew
legal services to poor and low-income
corporate and commercial matters, as
focuses his practice on plaintiffs’ personal
individuals and families. LSHV represents
well as arbitration and mediation. He has
injury and criminal defense.
clients in the areas of housing, domestic
been the principal attorney on a number
violence, elder law, civil rights, children’s
of reported state and federal decisions.
advocacy, disabilities, HIV/AIDS, public
Mahaffey has been elected to the Legal
Sidley Austin, Gilles Sion joined long-
benefits, consumer law, and education.
Elite since its inception in 2000, having
standing client, KPMG, as a principal and
On August 1, after close to 26 years at
been named to the Legal Elite by Virginia
its deputy general counsel. At KPMG,
serving as an attorney in the domestic
Business from 2000 to 2008, to
Sion heads the transactions group in the
violence unit, then heading the children’s
Washingtonian’s list of Top Attorneys in
office of general counsel. He will continue
advocacy unit, and working in the Protection
the Washington Metropolitan Area in
to be based in New York.
and Advocacy for Disabled Adults Program.
2004, and to the Super Lawyers list in
Stiebel has been with LSHV since 2001,
Christopher R. Wall serves as the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Virginia and the Washington, D.C., area
Beat U. Steiner and
since and including 2006.
Edyn Jessup ’03 have
Mahaffey has written and published
published Commercial
Export Administration. Confirmed on
a narrative history of his firm on the
Leasing in Colorado: A
June 27, Wall is the principal advisor to the
occasion of its 100th anniversary,
Practical Guide
Bureau of Industry and Security’s Under
McCandlish & Lillard 1908–2008: 100 Years
(Bradford Publishing).
Secretary on dual-use export control
of Tradition, Innovation, and Results. (See
Steiner is a partner
policy. He is responsible for developing
In Print)
and implementing policies governing the
and Jessup an
associate in the Boulder, Colo., office of
export of dual-use items controlled for
In August, Kathy Robb, a partner in
Holland & Hart, a firm of 450 lawyers with
national security, nonproliferation, and
Hunton & Williams’ New York office,
offices throughout the Rocky Mountain
foreign policy reasons.
was featured in The Glass Hammer,
region. Steiner heads the firm’s resorts,
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lodging, and leisure practice group and is
to serve on the National Credentials
Blaine A. Lucas was named by
recognized in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers
Committee as a part of the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine as
in America, and Colorado Super Lawyers.
Delegation to the Democratic National
one of the top lawyers in Pennsylvania for
(See In Print)
Convention in Denver, Colo.
2008. He is with Babst, Calland, Clements
and Zomnir in the government/cities/
1981
Lora Dunlap has been
municipalities section of the Pittsburgh
named by Florida
office. The honor was also noted in
Trend magazine as
Philadelphia magazine.
John B. Boatwright, III, has been named
part of the Florida
Special Capital Counsel to the Virginia
Legal Elite 2008.
David Warden joined the board of
Indigent Defense Commission. He was
Dunlap serves clients
directors with InNexus Biotechnology Inc.,
formerly the Capital Defender for the
with complex
a drug development company. Warden is
Central Region of Virginia.
litigation matters,
considered one of Houston’s top Lawyers
particularly in the area of securities law.
by H magazine and was recognized as
Gov. David Patterson’s
She also has experience in professional
one of the Texas Super Lawyers in Texas
appointment of
liability defense and has handled
Monthly magazine from 2003–2006.
Thomas C. Buckel,
appellate work in all areas of tort law. She
Warden has published many articles
Jr., to the board of
was one of the founding shareholders of
during his career, including “Trade Secrets
trustees of the State
the firm in 1984.
and Patents: Comparison and Contrasts
in Royalty Determination,” and “How to
University of New
York College of
William Herlihy was ranked high for
Environmental
natural resources law by Chambers USA.
Science and Forestry was confirmed by
Herlihy practices with Spilman Thomas &
the New York State Senate. Buckel, a
Battle in their Charleston, W.Va., office.
Quantify Trade Secrets Theft.”
1982
partner at Hancock & Estabrook in
Syracuse, is also a member of the
Matthew Jacobs recently joined Jenner
James S. Ryan III was
Onondaga County Legislature.
& Block in their Washington, D.C.,
elected as a fellow of
office. Jacobs continues doing insurance
the Texas Bar
Brenda Cubbage is
coverage work for policyholders. He was
Foundation. He is a
one of five well-
listed by Chambers and Best Lawyers in
partner in the Dallas
known Dallas
America for his work.
office of Jackson
attorneys — all
Walker, specializing in
long-term partners at
transactions,
four major firms —
corporate & securities, health care, life
who have launched
Spencer Crain
Cubbage Healy & McNamara
(www.spencercrain.com). With a focus on
Trevor Potter and Thatcher Stone at
litigation, employment, immigration and
the opening session of the Republican
mediation, the firm was founded: 1) to
convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Labor
meet the need of corporations focused on
Day. Potter, a former chairman of the
diversity to hire woman-owned law fi rms
Federal Election Commission, was general
with the experience and pedigree to
counsel to the McCain campaign. As
handle substantial cases, and 2) in
general counsel he was responsible for all
response to the desire of clients to fi nd
legal matters pertaining to the campaign
nimble firms more aligned with their
and was a member of the campaign senior
business goals, including alternative
staff. Potter led a contingent of more than 20 lawyers at McCain HQ in Arlington, Va.
billing options.
He was on leave from Caplin & Drysdale, where he is a partner. Thatcher, CEO of Xavian
Group AG, was a professional volunteer to the McCain organization for the convention.
Matthew D’Annunzio, partner in the
He spent a week whipping platform and rules committee delegates to finalize the party
commercial litigation group at Blank
platform and convention rules, and then assisted in floor ops during the convention.
Rome in Philadelphia, was selected
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employment litigation. In 2007 the
qualified attorney to hold the role of
was also recently named a Texas Super
Washington Business Journal selected him
president. Taylor is a real estate attorney
Lawyer.
as a Top Washington Lawyer.
with extensive experience in real estate
sciences, and medical technology. Ryan
development and fi nance.
Jay and Elizabeth Tannon are pleased to
announce that their daughter, Katherine,
In February, Guy Lewin-Smith LL.M.
graduated from the University of Virginia
became a partner at the London office
in May, receiving a B.A. in history.
of Debevoise & Plimpton, where he
will continue to focus on mergers and
Raymond G. Truitt has been recognized
acquisitions and securities matters. He
among the Leaders in Their Field in real
was previously a partner with Linklaters
estate law in the 2008 edition of Chambers
for 13 years.
USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for
Business. He is managing partner in
Greg Musil serves as chair of the
the Baltimore office of Ballard Spahr
900-member Overland Park Chamber of
Andrews & Ingersoll.
Commerce. He also chairs a campaign
1983
Joseph Varner has been selected for
committee opposing a ballot initiative
inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America’s
to change the method of selecting trial
bet-the-company litigation category and
court judges by partisan political election
commercial litigation category. For the
instead of merit selection.
second year in a row, Varner has been
named one of the top 100 lawyers in
The International
Association of Defense
Irwin M. Shur has been named vice
Florida in the Super Lawyers survey. “More
Counsel elected James
president, general counsel and secretary
important than any of that,” says Varner,
M. Campbell as
for Snap-on Incorporated in Kenosha,
his wife, Monica, and their son, Evan, were
president-elect of its
Wisc. Regretfully, Irwin missed the
“blessed with the birth of Evan’s little
board of directors for
25th reunion as a result of the timing
brother, Eric Harrison Varner, in July.”
the 2008–2009 term.
regarding his new position. He and his
Campbell is president
wife, Kathie, and children, Olivia and
1984
Reunion Year
of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy
Isaac, will be relocating to the northern
in Boston, Mass. He focuses his practice on
suburbs of Chicago, where they will
civil litigation and the defense of
become reacquainted with snow and cold
Guy Beckett has a solo commercial
catastrophic product liability, toxic tort,
weather after five years in Florida.
litigation, class action, and personal
medical device, pharmaceutical, and
injury practice in Seattle, Wash.
negligence matters throughout the United
Jennifer Marie Otto and Bob Simmons
States. Campbell serves as trial counsel for
were married July 7, 2007, in Salt Lake
C. Stephen Bigler,
Ford, Honda, Toyota, Terex, Freightliner,
City, Utah. In April, Simmon’s previous
president of Richards,
Chrysler, Marriott, Crown, Mitsubishi,
firm of Helms, Mulliss & Wicker merged
Layton & Finger in
Kia, Isuzu, Raymond, and other major
into McGuireWoods, and he became
Wilmington, Del., has
corporations. He is also trial counsel for a
co-head of the combined firm’s real
been listed in the 2008
variety of insurers, including AIG,
estate practice group in Charlotte, N.C.
edition of The
Lexington, ACE, Allianz, Tokio Marine,
He continues to serve on the board of
International Who’s
Sompo Japan, Church Mutual, and others.
the Council for Children’s Rights and a
Who of Merger &
He has tried cases in 13 different states and
committee of the Children and Family
Acquisition Lawyers. Bigler was also
tried more than 75 cases to verdict.
Services Center. His sons, Rush and Grier,
recognized for excellence in the
are in college in North Carolina, and his
corporate/mergers and acquisitions
Joyce Elden has been elected to a five-year
daughter, Ann, is a high school freshman.
category in the 2008 edition of Chambers
term on the board of trustees of Simmons
Jen’s daughters are in college in Utah.
USA — America’s Leading Lawyers for
College (her alma mater) in Boston, Mass.
Business. A member of the firm’s
Victor A. Taylor has been named
corporate transactional group, Bigler
Dan Johnson is a partner at McKenna
president of Parr Waddoups Brown
counsels corporations, officers, directors,
Long & Aldridge in Washington, D.C.,
Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City, Utah.
board committees, stockholders, and
where he practices commercial and
Each year, the fi rm’s management
investors on matters involving Delaware’s
succession plan identifies a unique and
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General Corporation Law and related
THOMAS BYRNE ’84 was recently
issues in a wide variety of transactional
recognized as a co-inventor of the underlying
and operational contexts.
technology of Amgen’s blockbuster drug
Aranesp®, a erythropoiesis stimulating agent
Martin Clark published his third novel,
(US Patent No. 7,217,689).
The Legal Limit, in July. Since 1995, Clark
This breakthrough drug has now
has served as a circuit court judge for the
benefited the health of millions of patients
Virginia counties of Patrick and Henry
suffering from chronic kidney disease or
and the city of Martinsville, Va. He lives
chemotherapy-induced anemia. It has
in Stuart, Va., with his wife, Deana. (See
substantially reduced the number of blood
In Print)
transfusions needed by patients with these
conditions. It has become Amgen’s (the world’s largest biotechnology company in terms
Madaline Herlong’s young adult novel,
of sales) most successful product. No other biotechnology drug has been both in the
The Great Wide Sea, was published by
top 10 selling drugs in the United States in the past 3 years (2005–2007) and the top 10
Viking in October. It is an adventure
selling drugs in the world (2006), nor has any biotechnology drug sold as much in its first
bildungsroman about three boys lost as
6 years after FDA approval, as has Aranesp® (source IMS Health).
sea and was inspired by her own four
Aranesp® is also unique in that it represents the first major biotechnology
sons. Madaline is currently in the English
drug in which the structure of a naturally occurring human protein was engineered
doctoral program at Tulane, after retiring
to enhance its therapeutic activity. The approach of adding glycosylation sites to
from law practice and teaching in 1991.
(hyperglycosylating) proteins developed with erythropoietin has been applied to other
(See In Print)
proteins, demonstrating that the serum half life and activity of other proteins can be
extended as well. This field is often referred to as glycoengineering.
John Ragosta was awarded a Ph.D. in
Byrne completed undergraduate degrees at Virginia in chemical engineering and
early American history by the University
nuclear engineering, as well as a master’s degree in biochemical engineering at Yale. In
of Virginia in May, after he completed
1984, Byrne joined the law firm of Cushman, Darby and Cushman in Washington, D.C. In
a short-term fellowship at Monticello.
1987, he was recruited by the world’s first biotechnology company, Genentech in South
Before returning to Charlottesville to
San Francisco, Calif. He worked there as a patent attorney as that company launched its
continue his education, John was an
first major drug-recombinant TPA (Activase®). In 1988, Byrne joined the legal department
international trade partner at Dewey
at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, Calif. It was there that Byrne and researcher Steven Elliott
Ballantine in Washington, D.C. He, his
developed the Aranesp® technology. Byrne also drafted the patent application on the
wife, Liz, and their children, Greg and
invention.
Sarah, live in Rixeyville, Va.
Byrne is currently a consultant for several start-up biotechnology companies on
intellectual property, contract, and business issues, including Diffusion Pharmaceuticals
Carolyn Tillman was recently promoted
in Charlottesville. He also serves on the boards of several pharmaceutical companies.
to managing counsel of Vintage
Production California and is moving
from Houston, Tex., to Bakersfield, Calif.
Martha N. Donovan,
McCutchen in San Francisco, where he
a member of the
was the firm-wide head of the litigation
Somerville law fi rm of
practice. Hockett will continue his
Norris McLaughlin &
complex commercial litigation practice at
Emily Jane “E.J.” Bennett is returning to
Marcus, spoke at a
Davis Polk.
the legal profession. “I am slowly flaking
seminar entitled “Site
off the legal rust engendered by 14 years
Remediation in New
Kurt L.P. Lawson has joined Hogan &
of staying at home with three sweet
Jersey.” Donovan
Hartson as a partner in the Washington,
1985
kids.” She is now of counsel with a small
discussed special issues for residential and
D.C., office, where he is a member of
Denver firm specializing in real estate and
mixed-use redevelopment projects,
the employee benefits and executive
business law and working only the hours
including childcare centers and schools.
compensation practice group, part of the
firm’s business, finance, and tax practice.
the kids are in school. “What a fabulous
gig this is!”
Christopher Hockett recently joined
He focuses primarily on issues involving
Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in
pension and welfare benefit plans, executive
the firm’s Menlo Park, Calif., office. He
compensation, executive fringe benefits,
was previously a partner with Bingham
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and employment taxes. He has particular
Barry Faber has been promoted to
Elizabeth Stewart has
knowledge regarding pension plan
executive vice president & general counsel
been elected
investment issues and employee benefit
of Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the
managing partner of
plans of tax-exempt and governmental
nation’s largest and most diversified
Murtha Cullina in
employers. Before joining Hogan &
television broadcasting companies.
New Haven, Conn.,
Hartson, Lawson was a partner in Pillsbury
for a three-year term.
Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s executive
Ellen Farraye Bonaventura gave the
Stewart served for
compensation and benefits group.
commencement address for her alma
nine years as chair of
mater, Paramus Catholic High School, at
the litigation department. Having joined
In September 2007, William
the IZOD Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.,
Murtha Cullina in 1986, Stewart is a trial
O’Shaughnessy joined Quest Diagnostics
on June 2. Ellen is a founding member
lawyer principally handling insurance
as assistant general counsel and secretary,
of the PCHS Consultative Board, which
coverage and complex commercial
after 12 years at Morgan Stanley. “It has
was established in January 2007. The
litigation.
been interesting learning about a new
board’s mission is to provide additional
industry — challenging and fun!”
expertise to the school in the areas of
Rob Tiller recently joined Red Hat, Inc. as
fi nance, facilities, strategic planning, and
vice president and assistant general counsel
advancement.
for intellectual property. Headquartered in
Linda S. Wendtland has been appointed
to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Raleigh, N.C., with offices in 58 countries,
The board is part of the Executive Office
Scott Gerber has been
Red Hat is the leading provider of open
for Immigration Review, located in
named Ella & Ernest
source software. Prior to this move, Tiller
Falls Church, Va., and is responsible for
Fisher Chair in Law
was a partner with Helms, Mulliss &
hearing appeals of decisions rendered
and Professor of Law
Wicker, leading the Raleigh commercial
by immigration judges or certain
at Ohio Northern
litigation practice.
Department of Homeland Security
University. He also
officers. It is the highest administrative
has been appointed to
On August 6, Maryland Governor Martin
body for interpreting and applying federal
a two-year term on
O’Malley appointed Edward G. Wells to
immigration laws. Wendtland has served
the Ohio Advisory Committee of the U.S.
the District Court of Maryland. Wells is
as an assistant director in the Office of
Commission on Civil Rights. His most
the fi rst African American to be
Immigration Litigation since May 1996.
recent book is The Law Clerk: A Novel.
appointed to the bench in Southern
Maryland. He previously served as a
1986
Will Hopkins began writing songs in 2000
Maryland Assistant Attorney General
and within a year left full-time practice of
(Criminal Appeals Division) and the
law to concentrate on songwriting. For the
State’s Attorney for Calvert County, Md.
Andy Abrams LL.M. is now dean of
past six years he has split his time between
the Charleston School of Law in South
Washington, D.C., and Nashville, Tenn.
Carolina. Abrams writes, “As Casey
Eight of his songs have been recorded by
Stengel once remarked after receiving
independent artists. His song “When You
congratulations on yet another World
Come From Nothing” earned him a spot
In April, MaryBeth Keller was sworn in
Championship, ‘I couldn’t have done it
as a finalist in the 2008 American Idol
as the Assistant Chief Immigration Judge
without the fellas.’”
Songwriter contest.
for Conduct and Professionalism at an
1987
investiture ceremony at the Executive
Bill Eigner was selected by his peers in the
John J. Jenkins, a partner at Calfee,
Office for Immigration Review in Falls
San Diego region for Top Attorneys 2008
Halter & Griswold in Cleveland, Ohio,
Church, Va.
in the area of corporate transactions. His
was recognized as a leading attorney
corporate business practice emphasizes
in corporate law and mergers and
Michael J. Maimone has joined the
venture capital and the fi nancing,
acquisitions by Chambers & Partners in
Wilmington, Del., office of Greenberg
governing, operating, buying, selling, and
their 2008 Chambers USA Guide.
Traurig as a shareholder in the corporate
merging of growing technology and other
businesses.
and litigation practice groups. Prior to
Edward Rogers was recognized by
joining Greenberg Traurig, Maimone was
Chambers USA: America’s Leading
a partner with Edwards Angell Palmer
Lawyers for Business for excellence in his
& Dodge. His practice concentrates on
practice of real estate law.
the counseling of corporate clients on a
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Monument, their luxury four-guest room
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce recently
bed and breakfast opened its doors on
appointed John B. Farmer to a three-
October 1. Their Web site is www.
year term as chairman of the Trademark
Join the Law School’s volunteer team.
mauryplace.com, and they encourage all
Public Advisory Committee of the United
Contact Helen M. Snyder ’87
to stop by for a visit or a more leisurely
States Patent and Trademark Office.
stay at their inn in Richmond’s museum
TPAC is a nine-member committee that
district.
reviews the USPTO’s policies, goals,
WANTED:
A few good annual giving volunteers
helensnyder@virginia.edu
434-924-4668
performance, budget, and user fees
broad range of matters, including hostile
1988
acquisitions, going-private transactions,
concerning trademarks. John is a member
of the Leading-Edge Law Group, which is
a Richmond, Va., law firm that specializes
corporate restructuring, mergers and
Julian Cook LL.M. was recognized in
other negotiated transactions, and proxy
May by the State Bar of Michigan for
contests. He represents clients in litigation
his 50 years of membership. In March,
Harry Franks recently joined Ernst &
involving mergers and acquisitions,
the Federal Bar Association for the
Young as a principal in their Dallas, Tex.,
class and derivative actions, and general
Eastern District of Michigan announced
office. He specializes in international tax
corporate law issues.
the establishment of an award to be
planning.
exclusively in intellectual property matters.
given annually in recognition of a civil
Alfred “Ran” Randolph just celebrated
practitioner who is an outstanding
Greg Giammittorio was recently named
his 20th anniversary with Kaufman &
example of professional excellence
co-chair of the mergers and acquisitions
Canoles in Norfolk, Va. He has three sons,
and civility. The award will be called
practice group at Morrison & Foerster in
Ranny (12), Christian (8), and Peyton (5),
the Julian Abele Cook, Jr.–Bernard
McLean, Va. He and his wife, Dawnee
and will be celebrating his 18th wedding
A. Friedman FBA Civility Award, in
Tate ’87, are the parents of Carrington
anniversary in July with Kristen. “I am
recognition of the dedication to civility
(18) and Joseph (16). Carrie graduated
so proud each time I read about all my
of two outstanding jurists. In 1998, Cook
from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred
classmates’ accomplishments when I read
convened the first Civility Committee
Heart this year and is a first-year at
the UVA Lawyer!”
in the Eastern District of Michigan
University of Virginia. Joe attends
and fostered the implementation of the
Georgetown Prep.
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Barry K. Simmons LL.M.
Court’s Civility Principles.
retired from the U.S. Foreign Service
Margaret Henderson has lived in Idaho
following his assignment at the U.S.
John M. Cooper of Shapiro, Cooper,
since graduation. She worked in the
Consulate General Shanghai, and he has
Lewis & Appleton in Virginia Beach,
civil litigation department of the Idaho
returned to the U.S. to settle down in
Va., has been elected to a one-year term
Attorney General’s Office until 1998. She
Fayetteville, N.C., with his youngest sons,
(2008–2009) as chair of the Railroad Law
then changed careers and became a social
James and Joey.
Section of the American Association for
worker. Her husband, Michael, is still a
Justice during AAJ’s annual convention
lawyer, and the couple has “two lovely
Tom Walls has been named a professorial
in Philadelphia, Pa. The Railroad Law
daughters.”
lecturer in law at George Washington
Section of the AAJ promotes rail safety
University Law School. He co-teaches a
and protecting the rights of the public
Stephen Koldin practices in the field of
course entitled “Lawyers, Lobbying and
and railroad employees. Cooper’s practice
elderlaw (trusts and estates and Medicaid
the Law” that examines legal, ethical,
is exclusively in plaintiff’s side railroad
law) in Syracuse, N.Y. He is married to
and practical issues relating to lobbying
and general personal injury law.
Wendy and has three boys, ages 10, 12,
in Washington. He is a vice president for
and 14.
federal public affairs at McGuireWoods
Kelley Coyner and her husband, Tim
Consulting and senior counsel at
Sears, and their three children have
Marcia Voorhis Andrew is a partner with
McGuireWoods, where his practice deals
successfully reentered the Washington,
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati,
mainly with federal campaign fi nance law
D.C., area after six years in Paraguay and
Ohio, where she serves as chair of the
and related compliance and ethics issues.
Bolivia. Coyner continues to celebrate
firm’s franchise and distribution practice
the publication of a travel guide to Latin
group. She was elected to the Middletown
Jeff Wells has embarked on a new career
America while she ramps up her new job
City School District Board of Education
as an innkeeper with his life partner, Mac
as chief of staff to the senior policy group
Pence, in Richmond, Va. Maury Place at
of the National Capital Region.
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in Middletown, Ohio, where she lives with
and consulting with clients on formulary
council of the Health Law Section of the
her husband, Will, and three children,
drug lists and plan design. Moriarty
North Carolina Bar Association. Wall
Alex (14), Rachel (12), and Mark (10).
assumed this role in addition to his
has experience in counseling corporate
responsibilities as senior vice president,
and health care clients in significant
Alexander “Whit” Whitaker retired
pharmaceutical contracting. He has
contractual relationships, including
from the Navy last year after 25 years,
held a variety of senior level positions,
relationships with employees (non-
fi nishing his Navy JAG career as a captain
including senior vice president, business
compete and confidentiality issues),
and commanding officer of the Navy’s
development, where he led Medco
independent contractors, and vendors.
legal service office in Jacksonville, Fla. He
through a series of complex multibillion-
A certified mediator, Wall has been
took command in 2005, after heading up
dollar negotiations. He has also served as
recognized as a Legal Elite by Business
the Navy’s general civil litigation office in
deputy general counsel.
North Carolina magazine and was selected
for inclusion in the health care section of
Washington, D.C. He has returned to his
undergraduate alma mater, Berry College,
Tamara Preiss moved to Verizon Wireless
where he is assistant vice president for
in January, after 10 years at the Federal
major gifts and planned giving. Berry is
Communications Commission.
an independent liberal arts college in
the Best Lawyers in America 2008.
1990
Northwest Georgia that is known for its
James S. Rollins has
emphasis on work and service, and which
joined WolfBlock as a
Catharina Min has joined Reed Smith and
boasts a national-park-like campus four
partner in the
still lives in San Francisco. She is very busy
times the size of the city of
litigation practice
with her two girls, Isabella (4) and Sydney
Charlottesville.
group in the Boston,
(2), and continues her corporate and
Mass., office. Prior to
mergers and acquisitions work (with an
joining WolfBlock,
emphasis on representing Asian clients).
1989
Reunion Year
Rollins was a partner
with Bingham McCutchen. Rollins
Michael A. Newton serves as Professor
Keith Barritt has been named to the
focuses his practice on the representation
of the Practice of Law at Vanderbilt
Legal Media Group’s 2008 Guide to
of fi nancial institutions, including broker
University Law School. He remains
the World’s Leading Trade Mark Law
dealers, investment management fi rms,
active in the field of international
Practitioners. Barritt is a principal with
hedge funds, and banks. He has extensive
criminal law in addition to his teaching
Fish & Richardson in the Washington,
experience representing clients in general
responsibilities. Of particular note, his
D.C., office. His practice focuses on
securities regulatory and enforcement
book entitled Enemy of the State: The
all aspects of trademark law, including
defense matters; in disputes arising with
Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein
prosecution and inter partes proceedings
principals, investors and employees; and
before the U.S. Patent and Trademark
with regard to creditors’ rights and
Office, Internet domain name issues, and
bankruptcy. Rollins also handles general
trademark selection and enforcement.
commercial litigation matters, including
He is also experienced in all aspects of
First Amendment issues in which he
In the Spring 2008 UVA Lawyer
medical device regulation by the U.S.
represents publishers, broadcasters, and
we wrongly married two alumni.
Food and Drug Administration, including
individuals, as well as intellectual
obtaining marketing authorization for
property matters. Among his other
marry a UVA alumnus on
medical devices, use of new devices for
professional affi liations, he is also a board
September 29, 2007. Meredith
investigational purposes, and import and
member of and counsel for Lawyers
married Andrew Parker (Eng
export issues.
Without Borders, Inc., the world’s largest
’95, ’96), not Andrew Parker ’90.
Setting things STRAIGHT
Meredith Caskey ’02 did
globally oriented group of volunteer
Meredith and Andrew reside
Thomas M. Moriarty has been appointed
attorneys who support nonprofit
in Washington, D.C., where
general counsel and secretary of Medco
organizations, Rule of Law initiatives,
Meredith is a partner at
Health Solutions, Inc., in Franklin Lakes,
legal capacity building projects, and
McDermott Will & Emery.
N.J. He will oversee the company’s legal
human rights work around the world.
and government affairs organizations,
Andrew Parker ’90 reports
that he has been, and remains,
negotiations with pharmaceutical
Jim Wall, a partner at the law firm of
happily married to Susan Parker
manufacturers, drug purchasing analysis,
Wall Esleeck Babcock in Winston-Salem,
for 14 years.
N.C., has been appointed to the executive
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Campaigning for
Clemency
volunteers as a tennis coach, as well as
hikes and camps with his wife, Dorothy
Pater, and their two children, Andre (8)
and Margot (5).
PHOTO COURTESY DAILY REPORT
by Peter Trauernicht
AFTER HER EFFORTS to present
mitigating factors finally succeeded,
Ann Fort ’91, partner with Sutherland in
Atlanta, Ga., recently concluded a 12-year
effort to save the life of Samuel David
Charles Durant was promoted to
senior counsel at Science Applications
International Corp., in McLean, Va.
Michael T. Fois made it to Antarctica
Crowe. Fort’s campaign ultimately led
in February, the seventh of the seven
to clemency and a reduced sentence of life without parole for Crowe, just two hours
continents he has visited since graduating.
before his scheduled execution for the murder of a coworker in 1988.
He celebrated by getting himself a dog, “A
Fort’s legal endeavors began with two state habeas petitions in 1996 and 2002,
beagle who is far more popular than he
both of which were unsuccessful. In 2003, she filed cert with the U.S. Supreme Court,
ever was,” jokes Michael. In 2007, Michael
but it was denied. Then, in 2006, Fort and attorneys from the Federal Defender Office
came out of retirement to take a public
convinced a U.S. District Court to grant in part a motion for appealability. Fort then
service position as a hearing officer with
followed the case to the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which denied relief.
the New York City Office of Collective
Crowe filed cert with the Supreme Court, but it was again denied in April of 2008. Early
Bargaining.
this May, Fort learned that the state planned to execute Crowe on May 22.
Fort then began a campaign outside of the legal system to try and save Crowe’s
As of September, Heather Polzin serves
life. After informing the Board of Pardons and Paroles that she and her team were going
as general counsel to the Maryland Public
to seek clemency, Fort set to work. Her team first sent the board letters of support from
Service Commission, which regulates
50 people pleading for Crowe’s life. They also submitted an 11-page excerpt from prison
Maryland utilities. She and Evelyn (9) are
records that detailed the extent to which Crowe had been a positive influence in prison,
looking forward to reconnecting with old
cooperating with guards and improving literacy among his fellow prisoners. Fort’s team
friends in the Baltimore area after nearly
also submitted some 2,000 post cards with pictures of Crowe throughout his life and a
nine years in Virginia.
signature from the senders with text explaining why he should be granted clemency.
Finally, the team prepared a 115-page brief with exhibits on Crowe’s behalf, something
Jeff Stredler recently joined AMERIGROUP
the prosecution was surprised to learn Fort had done.
Corporation in Virginia Beach, Va., as a
Fort argued before the board on the morning of Crowe’s scheduled execution. She
senior vice president and senior litigation
focused on Crowe’s remorse and his attempts to rehabilitate. She detailed the extent
counsel. Prior to joining AMERIGROUP,
to which guards in prison relied on his positive and peace keeping influence on other
Stredler was a partner in the Norfolk
inmates, and how he had been active in programs to deter drug use among youth in
office of Williams Mullen.
his former community. She argued that granting clemency would not violate efforts to
uphold the legal system, highlighting that Crowe’s counsel during his trial had failed to
introduce the mitigating factors of his drug use and questionable mental health.
1992
Later that day, Fort struggled heavy-hearted through a meal with several of Crowe’s
friends just a few hours before Crowe’s scheduled execution. She received a call from a
John E. Foster is city attorney for the city
representative of the Board of Paroles and Pardons, informing her that they had voted
of Falls Church, Va. In his new position he
to commute the death sentence to life without parole. Her efforts of nearly 12 years had
serves as legal advisor to the city council,
finally come to fruition, saving the life of a man in the face of daunting odds — Crowe’s
school board, city manager, and city
request was only the third out of 24 such requests to have been granted since 1995.
departments, boards, and commissions.
His duties also include drafting
ordinances and reviewing proposed
ordinances and contracts. Foster
was published by St Martin’s Press in
Henry Su is a partner in Howrey’s
previously served as Assistant County
September. The narrative work is a
Silicon Valley office, where he specializes
Attorney for Fairfax County.
defi nitive history of the Saddam Hussein
in antitrust and intellectual property
trial, fi lled with insights from Newton’s
litigation. He was elected earlier this
Steve Golder was named as one of the
four trips to Baghdad to serve as legal
year as a Fellow of the American Bar
Best Lawyers Real Estate; Land Use and
advisor to the tribunal. (See In Print)
Foundation. In his spare time, he
Zoning; Corporate Law; Commercial
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and Business law; and Mergers and
and securities matters. He represented
company, a post he’s held since July 1, 2007.
Acquisitions in Best Lawyers in America.
GM in its 2007 sale of Allison Transmission
As CEO, he will oversee all of the
Golder is an owner/member of Jenkins
to Carlyle and Onex for $5.6 billion.
company’s U.S. and international
Fenstermaker, in Huntington, W.Va., and
operations, including individual life
represents individuals and businesses in
In April, Maurice Jones was named
insurance, retirement income,
buying, selling, and leasing commercial
publisher of The Virginian-Pilot. Jones
investments, and long-term care
real estate.
joined Landmark Publishing Group,
insurance. These operations include New
which oversees The Pilot and other
York Life’s life insurance and annuity
Joseph P. Gromacki
newspapers owned by Norfolk-based
programs offered through AARP, and New
was recognized in the
Landmark Communications Inc. in 2005.
York Life Investment Management, LLC,
which provides institutional asset
April issue of The
American Lawyer
Ted Mathas assumed
management, retirement plan and trust
magazine as one of
the position of chief
services, as well as institutional and retail
2007s Dealmakers of
executive officer of
mutual funds. Also under his purview is
the Year and among
New York Life
New York Life International, the
the Top Transactions
Insurance Company,
international arm of New York Life
Lawyers for 2007. He is a partner with
the largest mutual life
Insurance Company, which offers
Jenner & Block in Chicago and chairs the
insurance company in
insurance products in Asia and Latin
firm’s corporate practice. Among his
the United States with
America through its subsidiaries and
other clients, Gromacki regularly
15,000 employees and 50,000 agents
affiliates in China, Hong Kong, India,
represents General Motors in some of its
worldwide, and more than $280 billion in
Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, Argentina,
most complex mergers and acquisitions
assets under management. Mathas, 41,
and Mexico.
retains the title of president of the
As CEO, Mathas leads New York Life’s
career agency force, including more than
50,000 agents in the United States and
abroad. Mathas joined New York Life
in June 1995 as an officer in the Asset
Management Department. He and his wife,
Keryn, live in Armonk, N.Y., with their
three children.
Jeffery Naness is a partner with Naness,
Chaiet, & Naness, a New York based
firm that represents management in
employment law and labor relations
matters. He is married and has two sons.
Jonathan Perkel was
European Alumni Reunion
named senior vice
president and general
counsel to Travelocity.
THIS SUMMER, 37 Law and Darden graduates and their spouses met in Frankfurt,
Travelocity is one of
Germany, for a Thursday through Sunday reunion. The gathering was organized by
the largest travel
Jutta Schneider, LL.M. ’91, her husband, Dirk, MBA ’92, and Burkhard Schneider,
companies in the
LL.M. ’96.
world, with gross
Dinner at a sports bar Thursday night was followed by an academic session
bookings of more than U.S. $10 billion in
on Friday, a walking tour of the old section of Frankfurt and a dinner at Zum
2007. Travelocity also owns and operates
Grauen Bock Restaurant, which features local fare. On Saturday the group bused to
Travelocity Business® for corporate travel;
the Rheingau Wine area for a day at Schloss Johannisberg, perhaps the best known
igougo.com, a leading online travel
producer of Riesling wines. Dinner that night was at the Main Tower Restaurant
community; lastminute.com, a leader in
overlooking the city. This first effort to bring Law and Darden graduates together
European online travel; and ZUJI, a
was considered to be a great success.
leader in Asia-Pacific online travel. In
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1994
Reunion Year
connection with his new position, Perkel
Richard Herz has worked for EarthRights
and his wife, L.A., will be relocating from
International, a human rights
Brooklyn, N.Y., to Dallas, Tex. Prior to his
organization based in Washington, D.C.,
Robert Kramer married Joanna Stevens
current role, Perkel was Travelocity’s vice
since 1999. For the past five years he has
on March 1 in Noosa Heads, Queensland,
president and deputy general counsel.
been living in West Hartford, Ct., with his
Australia, near Joanna’s parents’ home.
wife, Betsy (Rodney), and their three kids
The couple traveled through Western
— Allie, Danny, and Jacob.
Australia, Southern and Eastern Africa,
Vytas Petrulis is a
and then back to the East Coast of
partner in the real
estate law practice of
Thomas McThenia,
Australia for five months. After returning
Jackson Walker in
Jr., was recently made
to work at Rambus in Los Altos, Calif.,
Houston and serves
partner at Lowndes,
Robert and Joanna packed up and moved
clients in real estate
Drosdick, Doster,
to Sydney, Australia, where Joanna
development and
Kantor & Reed, in
heads up corporate communications at
investment, leasing
Orlando, Fla. His
Microsoft, Australia.
and finance. He has represented real estate
practice areas include
investment trusts, pension funds, and
intellectual property,
In Atlanta, Kevin Maxim, Sean Coleman
opportunity funds in real estate
technology and Internet law, and sports
’95, and Arnold Evans ’96 teamed up to
acquisitions and dispositions, including
and entertainment law.
plan a Law & Darden grassroots event to
support the election campaign of Judge
large, multi-state portfolio transactions;
institutional landlords and corporate
Robert J. Schmidt, Jr., is ranked as
Susan E. Edlein ’95. Edlein was appointed
tenants in office, industrial and retail
one of Ohio’s Up & Coming Attorneys
to the State Court of Fulton County in
leasing; developers in real estate
in the area of natural resources and
March and faces two challengers leading
development projects, including complex,
the environment, according to recent
up to the November 4 election. The
mixed-use projects; and lenders and
rankings by Chambers & Partners,
spirited event occurred September 25 on
borrowers in commercial loan transactions.
publishers of Chambers USA: America’s
the rooftop of Atlanta’s popular Six Feet
Leading Lawyers for Business. Schmidt, a
Under restaurant overlooking the Atlanta
partner in Porter Wright’s environmental
skyline. It was the perfect excuse to gather
practice group, represents clients in
the UVA Atlanta community to have a
all major environmental programs,
good time, to celebrate UVA, and to share
Jill M. Browning has been made a
including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water
in a sense of purpose by supporting Susan
shareholder with the micro-boutique
Act, Superfund, solid and hazardous
in her crucial election campaign.
patent law firm, ASHE, in Reston,
waste, emergency planning, and
Va., where she focuses her practice on
agricultural issues.
1993
litigating patents and related causes
1995
as well as all aspects of negotiating
Sara Stadler Jackson and her husband,
and drafting agreements relating to
Jason Jackson, welcomed their fi rst child,
Chris J. Akin was recognized as one of the
intellectual property.
a daughter named Hazel Rose Jackson,
15 top defense lawyers in Dallas, Tex., at the
on October 21, 2007. Sara is an associate
Dallas Business Journal’s “The Defenders”
Pat Campbell retired from the Marine
professor at the Emory University School
event in June. He is a partner in the
Corps in 2006. He teaches twelfth grade
of Law in Atlanta, Ga. Her husband is a
business litigation section of Carrington,
U.S. government and coaches soccer at
patent attorney.
Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal.
in Charlottesville. Campbell and his wife,
C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., continues as
In Atlanta, Sean Coleman, Kevin Maxim
Arlene, love being back in Charlottesville
partner and founder at Monument Policy
’94, and Arnold Evans ’96 teamed up
and hope to see classmates when they are
Group in Washington, D.C. The firm has
to plan a UVA Law & Darden grassroots
in town.
grown to six professionals. Verdery also
event to support the election campaign
served as senior immigration advisor to
of Judge Susan E. Edlein. Edlein
the Giuliani for President campaign.
was appointed to the State Court of
the Covenant School, a Christian school
Rich Gross was promoted to Colonel on
January 17. He was selected to attend the
Fulton County in March and faces two
U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks,
challengers leading up to the November
Pa., for academic year 2008–2009.
4 election. The spirited event occurred
September 25 on the rooftop of Atlanta’s
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Reunion Weekend
EACH MAY THE Law School Alumni Association hosts Law Alumni Weekend (LAW) in
Charlottesville. We asked the Alumni Association for some key facts about the weekend. We
share them here, along with some photos of the weekend’s highlights.
Number of people in town for LAW
1114 (the most ever)
Number of guests who confirmed the Clark Hall Mural replicas
placed in the Law School were anatomically
Number of Mint
correct
220
Juleps consumed at the Kentucky Derby party
Pounds of BBQ enjoyed at the picnic
153
Number of kids who were dazzled by the magician or had their faces painted
‘Hoos who picked up some historic facts on the
“Hoo Knew Tour” of the Grounds
120+
112
Largest gift for reunions
Most participants in class gift Class of
200+
Class of
1978
2003
#1 reason Law alumni return for LAW
to see
old friends and classmates
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popular Six Feet Under restaurant
death, contractual disputes, and complex
spirit healing. Lauded as a multi-talented
overlooking the Atlanta skyline. It was
multi-litigation lawsuits including
artist, advocate and conscious living
the perfect excuse to gather the UVA
asbestos. The State Court also handles
expert, Bianca has also hosted highly
Atlanta community to have a good time,
criminal misdemeanors. Prior to taking
rated inspirational shows on networks
to celebrate UVA, and to share in a sense
the bench, Edlein was a litigation partner
such as Lifetime, TV ONE, the TV Guide
of purpose by supporting Susan in her
with Holland & Knight where, she was
Channel, USA, and Fox.
crucial election campaign.
co-chair of the firm’s national real estate
litigation team. Edlein lives in Atlanta
Scott Ballenger contributed to a recent
The family of Loran C. deBerry wanted
with her husband, Scott, and her children,
brief in defense of former Qwest head
his classmates to know that deBerry died
ages 7, 5, and 3.
Joseph Nacchio. The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver
suddenly in Dallas, Tex., on June 13. Mr.
deBerry was a government and economics
Peter S. Vincent has been appointed to
has ordered a retrial for the case. The
teacher in the Dallas Independent
serve as the judicial attaché at the U.S.
court voted 2-1 to overturn all 19 guilty
School District. A nationally published
Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. As the
counts and ordered a new trial in front
cartoonist, deBerry had traveled
Department of Justice’s representative
of a new judge, saying that the judge had
extensively across five continents and was
at the Embassy, he advises the DOJ, the
improperly excluded an expert witness
an avid hunter and fisherman. He was
Department of State, and various law
who would have testified for Nacchio.
educated at Aiken Prep School, St. Angela
enforcement and intelligence-gathering
Nacchio was convicted of insider trading
Academy, and the University of South
agencies on a wide variety of issues
for selling $52 million in stock in the
Carolina-Phi Beta Kappa, before coming
concerning extradition, foreign terrorist
spring of 2001 while knowing Qwest’s
to UVA Law.
organizations, asset forfeiture, money
outlook was deteriorating. He was
laundering, judicial cooperation, and
sentenced to six years in prison in July.
In March, Susan
narcotic trafficking. Moreover, he advises
Ballenger is a partner with Latham &
Edlein was appointed
Colombian government officials from the
Watkins in Washington, D.C., where his
by Georgia Governor
Prosecutor General’s Office, the Office
focus is antitrust and competition and
Perdue as a judge in
of the President, the Ministry of Interior
appellate law.
the State Court of
and Justice, and the Ministry of Foreign
Fulton County. The
Relations regarding a wide variety of
Aaron J. Bullwinkel and his wife, Sarah,
court is located in
matters concerning judicial cooperation,
welcomed their fi rst child, a son named
Atlanta and handles a
evidence, and information exchanges.
Matthew Henry, on July 24. Aaron is
wide variety of civil trials, including cases
involving medical malpractice, wrongful
senior counsel for International Power
On May 8, John H. Zacharia and his wife,
America, Inc. in Marlborough, Mass.
Stella, welcomed John Yen-Lin Zacharia
into the world. “Baby and Stella are doing
Jay Chadwick and his wife, Leslie,
well,” says John.
welcomed their fi rst child, James
Alexander Chadwick, on March 17.
1996
In Atlanta, Arnold Evans, Kevin Maxim
’94, and Sean Coleman ’95 teamed up to
plan a Law & Darden grassroots event to
Bianca (Bennett) Alexander was
support the election campaign of Judge
recently featured in a cover story in Black
Susan E. Edlein ’95. Edlein was appointed
Enterprise magazine for her work as a
to the State Court of Fulton County in
consumer advocate and her promotion
March and faces two challengers leading
of sustainable living. She is the CEO of
up to the November 4 election. The
Conscious Planet Media, a company
spirited event occurred September 25 on
PICTURED FROM LEFT to right are:
that produces broadband TV programs
the rooftop of Atlanta’s popular Six Feet
Dan Shvodian ’96, Will Jetton ’95,
and sustainable live events. Bianca also
Under restaurant overlooking the Atlanta
Rob Masri ’96, Jim Morse ’95, Chad
co-hosts and produces Conscious Living
skyline. It was the perfect excuse to gather
Ence, Eugene Chang ’95 and Pete
TV, a green lifestyle show featuring
the UVA Atlanta community to have a
Holthausen ’95 who gathered for
the latest and greatest in sustainable
good time, to celebrate UVA, and to share
their annual fantasy baseball draft.
travel and design, eco-friendly fashion,
in a sense of purpose by supporting Susan
conscious business, and mind-body-
in her crucial election campaign.
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Jonathan Gardner
pro bono legal services to survivors and
and his wife, Barbi,
families of victims of the September
welcomed Samantha
11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon.
Beth Gardner, born
This included the establishment of the
February 9.
Pentagon Memorial Fund. Sonnenschein
Contact Helen M. Snyder ’87
has represented the Pentagon Memorial
helensnyder@virginia.edu
Fund for years, incorporating it as a
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501(c)(3) in May 2003.
Donald M. Haddock, Jr., of Alexandria,
Va., was unanimously elected as a judge of
Stephen D. Newmark
(7) and Jonah (5). Sarah is a member
the Eighteenth Judicial District for a term
has been recognized
of Hunton & Williams’ labor and
of six years commencing May 1.
by the Charlotte
employment team.
Business Journal as a
Richard Hawkins and his wife, Dawn,
“40 under 40” honoree
Lori Sellers is senior counsel at Husch
are pleased to announce the birth of their
for his outstanding
Blackwell Sanders in Kansas City, Mo.
second son, Nicholas Joseph Hawkins on
leadership and
Her practice specializes in business
February 26. “He joins his older brother,
commitment to the
litigation, securities industry regulation
Joshua, who remains skeptical.”
Charlotte, N.C., community. He is a
and litigation, and ERISA/employee
shareholder with Robinson, Bradshaw &
benefits litigation.
Rob Masri and his
Hinson in the corporate department,
wife, Natalie,
where he focuses his practice in the areas
Beth Shapiro, a senior staff attorney who
welcomed a baby girl,
of mergers and acquisitions, intellectual
has worked in Community Legal Services’
Mira Najla, into the
property, and venture capital and private
Elderly Law Project since 1998, now heads
world on May 4. The
equity transactions. He is active in several
CLS’ Language Access Project, which
family continues to
community organizations, including the
focuses on the interests and needs of
reside in Charlottesville
Carolina Raptor Center, an environmental
limited English proficient and immigrant
and welcomes all
education organization, where he has been
clients. CLS represents low-income
on the board of directors since 2002. He
Philadelphia residents through individual
also serves on the board of directors for
cases, class actions, and policy advocacy.
Carol M. McGee has joined Alston &
ArtsTeach, a not-for-profit organization
Beth lives in Philadelphia with her
Bird’s securities practice as a partner
dedicated to maximizing academic
husband, Mike, and two children, 7 and 3.
in its Washington, D.C., office. She was
learning for students through “exposure,
most recently with the U.S. Securities
practice and infusion of the arts.”
visitors to their alma mater.
Todd Suko joined Harman International
Industries as vice president, general
and Exchange Commission, where she
served as deputy chief counsel in the
Dilip Paliath is now the law and politics
counsel, and secretary. Suko is a veteran
division of corporation fi nance. As
examiner for the Baltimore Examiner’s
of nearly 15 years in private law practice
deputy chief counsel, McGee oversaw
Web site (www.examiner.com/baltimore).
and corporate legal affairs. He served
the administration of the rules and
His posts are available online.
most recently as vice president, general
counsel and secretary for UAP Holding
regulations under the Securities Act of
1933, the Securities Exchange Act of
After spending the last six years in-
Corporation and United Agri Products,
1934, and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
house with Wachovia Securities Legal
Inc., where he led legal functions such
with respect to securities offerings and
Department, Todd Ratner and his
as regulatory compliance, intellectual
periodic reporting by public companies.
longtime Wachovia Securities colleague,
property protection, mergers and
She served as a chief legal advisor to
Andrew Park, have formed Park Ratner,
acquisitions, commercial contracts, and
the Commission, the division staff,
a law firm devoted to fi nancial services
restructuring. Suko also served in the U.S.
and to other divisions and offices of
disputes. The firm will represent broker-
Navy with distinction for four years as a
the Commission on matters related to
dealers, brokers, and individual and
carrier-based bombardier/navigator.
securities offerings and public reporting.
institutional investors in arbitrations,
litigation, administrative, and regulatory
The Journal of the Virginia Trial Lawyers
Scott Memmott recently took the lead
proceedings. Todd and his wife, Sarah
Association recently published an article
in organizing Sonnenschein’s efforts,
Yarbrough Ratner, have two boys, Ben
by Scott A. Surovell entitled “To Plead
and those of other law firms, to provide
or Not to Plead: Domestic Assaults and
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Unforeseen Consequences.” The article
bestselling author of Something Borrowed,
Wendy Yoviene and her husband, Joe
describes the problems and complex
Something Blue, and Baby Proof. (See In
Lissenden, welcomed their daughter,
issues in cases involving domestic
Print)
Callahan (Callie) Yoviene Lissenden, into
their family on February 24.
violence and the far-ranging implications
involved. “Counsel needs to go into a
Robert Kantas has been named a partner
domestic assault with a clear appreciation
at Shepherd, Smith, Edwards & Kantas
for all of these consequences,” writes
in Houston, Tex. Kantas maintains an
Surovell, “so that a client can make
international securities arbitration and
their decisions on as informed a basis
litigation practice, representing investors
Matthew Bassiur, a federal prosecutor
as possible.” Surovell is a member of
in a wide array of securities disputes.
with the U.S. Department of Justice’s
1998
computer crime and intellectual property
Surovell Markle Isaacs & Levy in Fairfax,
Va., where he practices civil and criminal
Ted Korth, an
section, was the 2007 recipient of the
litigation with a focus on family law,
associate with the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Award
DWI, and personal injury.
Somerville law fi rm of
for Distinguished Service as a federal
Norris McLaughlin &
government official. Bassiur is the first
Marcus, was
prosecutor in the United States to receive
appointed to the
this award.
1997
Bordentown Planning
Board as a member.
Jena Bridges Watson and her husband,
In July, Stephen C. Byrd became president
Eric Watson, welcomed their fi rst child,
He will serve a four-year term in this
of PSEG Energy Holdings in Newark, N.J.
Julia Hope Watson, on May 18. Jena is a
position. Korth practices in
Byrd had been the senior vice president of
partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
environmental law.
finance, business development, strategy,
and mergers and acquisitions of the Public
Feld in Washington, D.C.
This year is turning out to be an exciting —
Service Enterprise Group since January
David Cappillo is proud to announce the
and busy — year for Jennifer L. McClellan.
2007. Prior to that, Byrd was with Morgan
birth of David Christian Cappillo (Chris)
On New Year’s Day, she became engaged
Stanley, where he was executive director of
on February 4, joining his two older
to David Mills, finance director for Brian
the global energy and utilities group.
sisters, Maddie (6) and Kaitlyn (3).
Moran for Governor. A November wedding
is planned at the Homestead in Hot
Ann Coyle and her husband, Michael,
Smith Moore attorney Laura Deddish
Springs, Va. In June, McClellan became
joyfully welcomed Lucy to their family in
Burton, a board-certified immigration
President of the Virginia State Bar Young
November 2006. She joined big brother
specialist, recently served as a panelist for
Lawyers Conference. She has served as a
Matthew (4).
a discussion on “Immigration, Law and
member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Ethics,” as part of the inaugural event for
representing the 71st House District
Katharine Dee Newman and her husband
the Center for Women, Ethics and Public
(parts of the City of Richmond and
welcomed a son, Owen Grant, into the
Life at Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C.
Henrico County) since 2006. McClellan
world on July 26, 2007. In May 2007, they
Burton’s presentation was on immigration
also serves as a superdelegate and recently
attended the wedding of Danielle Levy in
law and ethics, focusing on what the law
attended her fourth Democratic National
Tel Aviv, Israel.
requires for non-U.S. citizens currently
Convention. She is also assistant general
in the country and for those considering
counsel (mid-Atlantic South) for Verizon
Michael Fassler is Associate Director
coming to the U.S., in addition to the
Communications.
of Real Estate for Presidio Trust in San
Francisco. The trust is a small federal
ways in which proposed legislation could
Daniel J. Smith has joined the legal
agency created to maintain, rehabilitate,
department at Bill Me Later, Inc.
and develop the Presidio of San Francisco
Emily Giffi n’s latest novel — her fourth
as corporate counsel. He will be
into a self-sustaining national park.
— was published in May. Love the One
responsible for supporting the company’s
“We are the only federal agency charged
You’re With is a story that poses the
general legal requirements, including
with the task of being self-sufficient,”
question: How can I truly love the one
e-commerce and IP matters. Bill Me
says Fassler. He oversees all commercial
I’m with, when I can’t forget the one who
Later, located in Timonium, Md., uses
leasing at the Presidio, and has extensive
got away? Giffi n is the New York Times
proprietary technology to deliver a smart,
involvement with the negotiations and
safe, and speedy solution for shoppers and
ongoing project management of several
an attractive alternative payment solution
of the large development projects within
impact immigration.
for online merchants.
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the Presidio, including: rehabilitation of
Earsa Jackson was recently selected for
chief negotiator for intellectual property
six historic civil war-era Victorian homes
the “50 Most Powerful and Influential
enforcement as well as associate general
into office duplexes, a 145,000-square-
Women in Texas” list by Texas Diversity
counsel for the USTR.
foot mixed-use development project near
magazine. Jackson was included based
the Lucasfi lms campus, a 77,000-square-
on criteria that included leadership
In September 2007, Tara Mehrbach
foot museum dedicated to the life and
in public and/or private sectors,
Newmyer joined the national board of
times of Walt Disney, and a proposed
accomplishments and contributions
NARAL Pro-Choice America.
100,000-square-foot contemporary art
to field of work, organizational
museum. “The Presidio has been an
impact, community commitment, and
Jennifer Murphy Romig ’98 and
important part of San Francisco history
professional excellence. She is the practice
Meredith Aden ’03 met each other at
as well as an outstanding example of
area leader for Strasburger & Price’s
the national conference of the Legal
historic California architecture,” says
franchise & distribution group and also
Writing Institute in Indianapolis, Ind.,
Fassler. His family has been in San
handles litigation matters in the areas of
and were happy to discover their Virginia
Francisco for over a century.
business torts, franchise and distribution,
connection. Meredith is Director of Legal
trademark infringement, contract
Writing at Mississippi College School of
Jonathan Frutkin has opened The
disputes, and commercial and residential
Law, and Jennifer teaches Legal Writing,
Accu Law Group, providing outside
landlord-tenant disputes.
Research, and Advocacy at Emory
University School of Law.
general counsel to emerging technology
companies. With locations in
Craig May is a partner at Wheeler Trigg
Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, Ariz., the
Kennedy in Denver, Colo., where he
Jackie Wright Bonilla is a biotech/
firm represents a wide variety of business
focuses on civil trial work. A little more
pharma patent attorney with Foley &
clients. Jon and his wife, Tara, have two
than a year ago, he and his wife, Dianna,
Lardner in Washington, D.C. Jackie, her
young children, Alexander and Samuel.
welcomed their second son, Charlie. His
husband, Armando, a Department of
big brother, Harris, has fi nally adjusted to
Justice prosecutor, and their daughter,
the new addition.
Brycen (3), welcomed the arrival of
Patricia S. Gill has
Brycen’s baby brother, A.J., on April 6.
been named counsel
at Hunton & Williams
Paul McCoy married his high school
in Richmond, Va. She
sweetheart, MaryKay, after attending
joined the firm in
law school. They adopted a border collie
Dallas in 2001 during
they named Bula. Paul practiced law for
its merger with
one year in London, then moved back
Michael Alexis and his wife, Jill, welcomed
Worsham Forsythe
to California in 1999, where he has lived
their third daughter, Evelyn Reilly Alexis, on
Wooldridge and relocated to Richmond
and practiced law since. “My greatest
January 17. Evelyn joins big sisters Alison
last year. As a member of Hunton &
achievements since law school are (1) my
Isabel (4) and Elizabeth Ann (2). Michael is
Williams’ labor and employment practice,
wife, (2) my dog, and (3) our home in the
an attorney with the employment litigation
she represents clients with a focus on
redwoods of Sonoma, California.”
section of the Department of Justice’s Civil
whistleblower and discrimination
1999
Reunion Year
Rights Division.
litigation and counseling on complex
Stan McCoy has been promoted to
employee relations issues.
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Kristen Cain Baldwin and her husband,
intellectual property and innovation. He
David Baldwin, celebrated the birth of
Angie Hankins was recently made partner
serves as principal advisor to the U.S.
their second child and fi rst son, Michael
in the intellectual property department of
Trade Representative and administrative
David Baldwin, on August 16, 2007.
Stroock in the New York office.
agencies on intellectual property and
Kristen is a motion picture attorney for
trade issues and is responsible for
Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles.
developing and implementing trade
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policy aimed at reducing counterfeiting
Stephanie Chandler
and piracy and enforcing protections
has been named a
for both. He is the lead U.S. trade
“Rising Star” for 2008
negotiator on intellectual property and
by Texas Monthly
innovation. Previously, McCoy served as
Magazine. She is a
partner in the
transactions,
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intellectual property, fi nancial services,
biological weapons legislation expert. He
Sean M. Beard has
corporate & securities,
is undertaking a global audit of national
made partner at
telecommunications, life sciences and
implementing legislation for the
Hunton & Williams.
medical technology, Internet/e-commerce
Biological and Toxin Weapons
He is a member of the
and technology sections of the San
Convention, and will be organizing and
firm’s business practice
Antonio office of Jackson Walker.
leading legislative assistance visits to
group based in
capitals. He recently co-authored with Dr.
Richmond, Va., where
Galina Kolomietz and her husband,
Ralf Trapp “The Chemical Weapons
his practice focuses on
Matthew Frank, welcomed a daughter,
Convention: The Second Review
advising large and small corporate clients
Sarah Yonah Frank, on June 5, 2007.
Conference and Beyond,” which was
in formation, governance, reorganization,
Sarah joins two older sisters, Hannah
published in the April 2008 issue of the
mergers and acquisitions, and securities
Robin Frank, born on February 5, 2003,
Homeland Security and Resilience Monitor
law. In 2007, Beard was named a
and Natalie Wren Frank, born on August
(London: Royal United Services
Stakeholder 100 Award Winner. The
11, 2004.
Institute). Scott previously worked as
diversity award for top-performing lawyers
Interpol’s Biocriminalization project
in the U.S. was given by a selection
After six years of working in the Federal
manager and as a researcher and legal
committee of more than 20 general
Public Defender Office in New York,
consultant to the Organisation for the
counsel from major corporations.
David Patton is joining the University
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Scott
of Alabama School of Law faculty as
and his partner, Pere (Peter), recently
Amy Becker Strauss and Marc Strauss
an assistant professor of law teaching
celebrated 10 years together. They live in
welcomed their second child, Adam
first-year criminal law and directing the
The Hague, Netherlands.
Brand, on March 14. Their older son,
Ethan, turned 3 in September. The family
criminal defense clinic.
Brian Urbano is currently an Assistant
resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Matthew Petersen was nominated by
U.S. Attorney in the District of New
the U.S. Senate to the Federal Election
Jersey and an adjunct professor of law at
Sean Fairweather recently joined Axiom
Commission. He will serve the remainder
Seton Hall University School of Law in
in New York. He was previously the
of a six-year term on the commission that
Newark, N.J.
director and counsel of the Securitized
Products Group at UBS AG. Axiom is
oversees election laws and investigates
alleged violations.
Kevin Yingling and his wife, Ashley,
a new model firm that empowers its
welcomed their third child, Margaret
attorneys and clients by changing the way
Tinsley, on July 3, 2007.
they work together.
Ingrid Fuquen ’01 and Aaron Zeisler were
Kandice Giurintano
married in Charlottesville on June 7. They
has been selected to
live in New York City, where Ingrid works
serve a one-year term
in the legal department at BlackRock and
as Web site vice-chair
Aaron is a litigation partner at Satterlee
of the commercial
Stephens Burke & Burke.
transportation
litigation general
Michael and Sali Rakower are pleased to
announce the birth of their first child,
2000
committee, a division
of the tort trial & insurance practice
section of the ABA. Kandice is a member
Rachel Dina Rakower (aka “Attorney
Work Product”), born 8 lbs. 1 oz. on
Amy Ashton Shaw has joined Givaudan
of the Pennsylvania Bar Association,
February 8.
Flavors Corporation as associate general
post-trial and appellate practice
counsel, where she focuses her practice on
committee, as well as the Dauphin County
Scott Spence has
contracts and transactional matters. She
and Lebanon County Bar Associations.
joined the Verification
and her husband, Tony Shaw, were married
Research, Training
on November 10, 2007. The wedding party
Robert Keeling was made partner with
and Information
included Lizanne Waldner Renaud. The
Sidley Austin in their Washington,
Centre (VERTIC), a
couple lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
D.C. office. His practice is in litigation,
London-based NGO,
as their chemical and
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Steve Leasure recently accepted a
in the law and public service, and his
dedication and excellence in teaching. He
position with HealthSouth Corporation
commitment to his family and friends.
has taught for five years, and currently
teaches at Flint Hill school in Oakton, Va.
as Director, Corporate and Securities.
He is leaving Hunton & Williams and
Jud Turner, along with several partners,
Charlotte, where he has practiced
formed a new company, Georgia360, to
Ingrid Fuquen and Aaron Zeisler ’99 were
since graduation. His wife, Kerry, and
provide fully integrated public affairs
married in Charlottesville on June 7. They
daughters, Annabelle and Dot, look
services to corporate and association
live in New York City, where Ingrid works
forward to making a new home further
clients across Georgia. The firm’s staff is
in the Legal Department at BlackRock and
south and reuniting with several other
based in both metro Atlanta and coastal
Aaron is a litigation partner at Satterlee
Law ’00 ex-pats in Birmingham, Ala.
Georgia, providing strong public affairs
Stephens Burke & Burke.
coverage across the state. Turner most
recently served as executive counsel to
Gunes Hopson is now director, assistant
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, where
general counsel with Capital One in
he advised the Governor on the full
Richmond, Va. He was previously vice
gamut of executive branch legal matters,
president and assistant general counsel
including issues related to the state
with Wachovia Securities.
budget process, judicial appointments,
government procurements, education
Susan Leader has
policy, retirement pensions and other post
joined Dreier Stein
employment benefits, ethics and litigation.
Kahan Browne Woods
George as an associate
Shaheen Sheik has released her second
album, “Revolution.” Her fi rst, “Rock
Brian Wise’s son, Cole, turned two
in the Los Angeles
Candy,” was released in 2005 and has
this March and the family is expecting
office, where her work
garnered both critical attention and radio
another child this fall.
focuses on
commercial litigation.
play in California as well as video rotation
on MTV Desi. Los Angeles Star 98.7FM
radio station fans honored Sheik as a Top 10
2001
Before joining the fi rm, she was an
associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
finalist in the 2007 Unsigned Artist Search.
Christian Atwood made partner at
Elizabeth Lemond McKeen practices
We are sad to report the loss of a good friend
Choate, Hall & Stewart in January. He
law in the Newport Beach, Calif., office
and classmate, Jonathan H. Siegelbaum.
and his wife, Susan, together with recent
of O’Melveny & Myers. She is in the class
Jon passed away on October 1, due to
arrival Griffi n Charles Atwood (their fi rst
actions group, where her focus is on
complications arising from heat stroke
child) make their home in the Roslindale/
fi nancial services litigation. She and her
suffered while running a half-marathon.
West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.
husband welcomed a baby girl, Caroline
Elizabeth McKeen, on October 17, 2007.
While at the Law School, Jon was a Notes
Editor for the Virginia Law Review and was
Tess and Matthew Bosher had their
elected to the Order of the Coif. Following
second child, Flannery Tucker (“Annie”),
Will Olson and Alison Perine ’03 were
law school, Jon clerked for the Honorable
on February 6. She joins her big sister,
married on June 28, in Simsbury, Conn.
Norman H. Stahl on the First Circuit and
Jane Clare, who turned 2 in January.
Patrice Hayden ’02 was a bridesmaid in
practiced at WilmerHale in Washington,
The family relocated from Alexandria to
the wedding. Tom Bayliss ’03, Kandice
D.C. Most recently, Jon served as Counsel
Richmond in September, where Matthew
Horsey ’03, and Kena Njoya ’02 also
to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He
joined Hunton & Williams.
attended the wedding. The groom is an
attorney with Bryan Cave in Washington,
was also an active member of the Obama
Allison Buchko Edgar and her husband,
D.C. The bride is a special agent with
Jonathan Edgar, had twins in April. The
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The
accomplishments, Jon was a proud father
couple welcomed Jenna Virginia and
couple currently resides in Alexandria,
and husband. He and his wife, Elizabeth
Bryson Harlan Edgar to their family.
Va., and Milford, Conn.
Jon was in his second year at the Law
Howard W. Chang received the 2008
Beppy Owen has joined the Orlando
School. After Jon’s clerkship, they settled in
Angela Lloyd Book Award from the
office of Akerman Senterfitt. He practices
Bethesda, Md., and started a family, with
Classical Association of Virginia for
in the corporate group, specializing in
campaign.
More important than his professional
Frazier (Darden ’99), were married while
two young children, Ava (5) and Elliot (2).
mergers and acquisitions.
We will all remember Jon for his easygoing nature, his dedication to a career
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In January, Monica Welt was promoted
Southern District of New York. Kris and
Bryan Johansen has been promoted to
to counsel at Crowell & Moring in
his wife, Annette, moved from San Diego
shareholder at Parr Waddoups Brown
Washington, D.C., where her practice
to New York City this summer.
Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City, Utah.
focuses on environmental tort litigation
and product liability counseling.
2002
He is a member of the firm’s commercial
Robert B. Williams, Jr., and Quynh
litigation group, focusing on intellectual
Nguyen welcomed their fi rst child, Robert
property and issues related to the Internet
B. Williams III (“Trip”), on November 19,
and e-Commerce.
2007. Baby, mom, and dad are all doing
great. When not changing diapers, Rob
Crystal Lovett-Tibbs has been involved
Alexandra Dell’s feature, “Deconstructing
works as a tax associate in Sutherland’s
with Senator Obama’s Presidential
Carmel” was published in the May 19 issue
Washington, D.C., office.
campaign since the announcement of
of Newsweek. Dell, who resides in New
his candidacy on February 10, 2007.
York, continues to work for Greenstreet
She currently serves as president of St.
Films in addition to writing.
2003
Louis for Obama, is on the leadership
committee of Missouri Women for
Neely Fedde has accepted a new position
Obama, and is co-coordinator of Young
with the U.S. District Court for the
Lawyers for Obama-St. Louis.
District of Kansas, clerking half time
for Chief Judge Kathryn H. Vratil and
Jason Piche and his wife, Catherine,
working half time as the Court’s public
welcomed their fi rst child, a daughter,
outreach coordinator. She was previously
into the world on October 27, 2006. Lyra
a business litigation associate with Shook,
Grace Piche is now a very active toddler
Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City, Mo.
and “provides non-stop entertainment.”
After serving two deployments as an
Jack and Kelley (Riddle) Edwards
Stacey L. Rose recently became engaged
infantry platoon commander in the
welcomed their fi rst child, John Saul
to Daniel F. Harris, a family medicine
United States Marine Corps (most
Edwards III (“Trey”), on February 10.
resident at Georgetown University.
recently along the Iraq/Syrian Border),
Trey was born weighing 7 pounds, 6
Kris Hrones has accepted a position as an
ounces, and measuring 20 inches. He met
Andreas Stargard is with Howrey in
Assistant United States Attorney for the
several of his parents’ Law School
Washington, D.C., where his practice
classmates at the five-year reunion in
focuses on antitrust litigation. He has
May, and he attended his fi rst UVA
purchased an old row house in the
football game in October. Orange and
Bloomingdale area of Washington, has two
blue are already Trey’s favorite colors and
dogs (a Bouvier des Flandres and a Wheaten
Setting things STRAIGHT
he is destined to be a Wahoo one day.
Terrier) and still drives the same car.
In the Spring 2008 UVA Lawyer
Ferris Hussein left the Department of
Karl Trunk worked as a Signal Corps
we wrongly married two alumni.
Justice to take a position as the chief
officer in the United States Army from
legal advisor to Iraq’s Minister of Justice,
2003 to 2007 and spent most of that time
working out of Baghdad.
stationed in Seoul, Korea. He now lives in
Meredith Caskey ’02 did
marry a UVA alumnus on
the Washington, D.C., metro area and does
September 29, 2007. Meredith
consulting work for Booz Allen Hamilton.
married Andrew Parker (Eng
Edyn Jessup and Beat
’95, ’96), not Andrew Parker ’90.
U. Steiner ’80 have
Meredith and Andrew reside
published Commercial
After four years in the Washington, D.C.,
in Washington, D.C., where
Leasing in Colorado: A
area, Jonathan Woodruff and his wife,
Meredith is a partner at
Practical Guide
Melissa Rose Woodruff, moved back to
McDermott Will & Emery.
(Bradford Publishing).
Charlottesville in December 2007, when
Steiner is a partner
Melissa joined the capital markets group
and Jessup an
at McGuireWoods.
Andrew Parker ’90 reports
that he has been, and remains,
happily married to Susan Parker
associate in the Boulder, Colo., office of
for 14 years.
Holland & Hart, a firm of 450 lawyers
with offices throughout the Rocky
Mountain region.
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Class
Notes
2004
Alumni Events
Reunion Year
Jeff Barnes recently joined the Houston
office of Jackson Lewis, where he practices
labor and employment law.
In an August edition
of Massachusetts
Lawyer’s Weekly,
Yalonda Howze was
one of 25 young
attorneys named a
Rising Star of the
Massachusetts Bar,
and was honored in the Up & Coming
Attorneys feature of the publication.
KATHY KAYSER
Howze, a litigation associate with Mintz
Back row, from left: Former Dean John Jeffries, Dean Paul Mahoney, and Ray Harbert.
Front row, from left: Kathyrn Harbert, Joel ’65 and Karen Piassick, and University President
John Casteen, on the occasion of the Board of Visitors’ approval of the Law School’s Joel B.
Piassick Research Professorship. The professorship was created by the Harberts in honor of
their friend.
Levin in Boston, is a board member at the
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and
has taken on pro bono work that’s made an
impact in two significant civil rights cases.
After three and a half years of practicing
in the corporate group of Skadden Arps’
London office, Kevin Maxwell has
relocated to Skadden’s Washington, D.C.,
office. He started work on April 1, after
taking a month-long holiday in Africa.
From left: Anastasia
Greenbaum ’96, Laura
Pietro, and Michael Toth
’06 at the New York City
Reception on the “Fall for
Paul” Tour. Tour events
were held around the
country to introduce Dean
Paul Mahoney to alumni.
Mark Sigrist and wife, Sara, welcomed
Gabriel Stuart Sigrist on June 25.
2005
Jennifer DeLeonardo and Adam Frey
were married on June 30, 2007, at Jenn’s
parents’ home in Milford, Conn. David
Tonini served as a groomsman, and
Kieran Brenner provided the music for
the ceremony. Nilla Watkins, Brooke
Purcell, John Winn, and Kerem Turunc
also helped celebrate. Jenn and Adam have
been living in Melbourne, Australia, since
August 2007, where Jenn is an associate at
Sullivan & Cromwell and Adam is a policy
analyst at the Australia/Israel & Jewish
Affairs Council. They welcome alumni to
visit them in Melbourne.
From left: Harry Shannon ’82, Helen Snyder ’87, and Kathy Robb ’80 at
the New York City Reception in September.
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Myles D. Roberts has
practice group, where her practice focuses
Albert “BJ” Stieglitz, Jr., married
joined Potter Anderson
on complex licensing and technology
Amanda J. Scovil on October 6, 2007,
& Corroon in
transactions.
at Duke University Chapel in Durham,
N.C. The bride is currently employed as
Wilmington, Del.,
and has been admitted
Jacque Hartley is now an associate in
a physician’s assistant with University
to the Delaware Bar.
the corporate group with Dow Lohnes
Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, and
He is an associate in
in Atlanta, Ga. She was previously in the
the groom is a clerk for U.S. District
the firm’s corporate
corporate group of King & Spalding.
Judge John G. Heyburn II of the Western
practice group and counsels Delaware
District of Kentucky. The couple resides
businesses on corporate law and governance
Thidaporn Sirithaporn LL.M. is now
issues. Before joining Potter Anderson, he
a lecturer of law at Chulalongkorn
was engaged in private practice and focused
University, Bangkok, Thailand. In
his practice on public finance transactions.
June, she was appointed assistant
in Louisville, Ky.
2008
course director for the LL.B. (Graduate
Davene Swinson married Barry Wayne
Program); this program is a fast track
Daniel E. Balserak
Walker, Jr. on May 17.
intensive law degree program specifically
became an associate
designed for individuals who already
with Sullivan &
2006
hold an undergraduate degree in a field
Worcester in
other than law. Most recently, Sirithaporn
September, in the
has been project researcher for the Thai
Boston office.
Fernando Caceres
Ministry of Commerce on topics relating
LL.M. has left the
to potential reforms of Thai domestic
Peruvian Competition
regulations relating to free trade.
Agency, where he served
Katherine Crockett has joined Spilman
Thomas & Battle as an associate in
as Commissioner of
Napatporn C. Tongbai LL.M. passed the
the firm’s Charleston, W.Va., office.
the Free Competition
judge selection exam in Thailand in July.
She primarily practices in the area of
Commission for the
She will be appointed as a judge trainee at
environmental litigation.
past two years, to
the Court of Justice in October.
open his own practice on trade regulation
affairs. Likewise, he is currently
Jennifer Wine, a soon-to-be third year
delivering a grant from the International
associate in the Washington, D.C., office
Development Research Centre (Canada)
of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, was recently
and teaching Competition Law at the
profi led in Legal Bisnow’s “30 Under 30”
Postgraduate Program of Universidad
report. Legal Bisnow.com is an electronic
Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas.
publication that profiles attorneys, law firms,
and legal issues in the Washington region.
Sean Cameron recently accepted a position
as an associate at Davis and Gilbert in
New York, where he will focus on general
2007
commercial and copyright litigation.
Anna Markham joined the media,
Caroline Geiger is soon to enter her
information, and technology practice
third year as a corporate associate in
group at the Washington, D.C., office of
the New York office of Weil, Gotshal &
Dow Lohnes. She also became engaged to
Manges. Caroline spent nearly two years
William Sanders on April 24.
in Weil Gotshal’s litigation and regulatory
department, where she worked primarily
On September 10, Everton Morris
on intellectual property matters. In April,
began his career in private practice as
she joined Weil Gotshal’s new technology
a labor and employee law associate at
& intellectual property transactions
the Morristown, N.J., based McElroy,
Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter,
following his judicial clerkship.
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In
Memoriam
James I. Hardy ’36
Alexandria, Va.
August 8, 2008
Richard G. Fuller, Jr. ’50
Amelia Island, Fla.
July 5, 2008
Dean Elliott Lewis ’58
Charleston, W.Va.
May 8, 2008
Richard W. Hogan ’69
Chesterfield, Va.
March 8, 2008
Edward Lawrence Ryan, Jr. ’36
September 18, 2008
Richmond, VA.
John E. Jenkins, Jr. ’50
Huntington, W.Va.
July 4, 2008
John M. Bullock ’59
Latonia, Ky.
May 4, 2008
W. Joe Hoppe ’71
Richmond, Va.
July 26, 2008
Richard B. Kleinknecht ’39
Richmond, Ind.
March 5, 2008
Ralph L. Kelly ’51
Bennettsville, S.C.
July 12, 2008
James D. Colt ’59
Wenham, Mass.
June 5, 2008
James Brown ’72
Pleasant Hill, Pa.
September 16, 2008
Frank L. Watson ’39
Jacksonville, Fla.
March 28, 2008
Torsten H. Parke, Jr. ’51
Hull, Mass.
February 28, 2008
James P. Halloran ’59
Toledo, Ohio
March 9, 2008
Thomas M. Whiteman, Jr. ’72
Roanoke, Va.
May 16, 2008
Kiliaen V. R. Townsend ’42
Atlanta, Ga.
March 23, 2008
John F. Rixey ’51
Virginia Beach, Va.
May 31, 2008
Albert F. Lilley ’59
Chapel Hill, N.C.
April 17,2008
Kent Olson ’72
September 1, 2008
Washington, D.C.
Morton B. Spero ’46
Petersburg, Va.
July 19, 2008
Charles A. Somma, Jr. ’51
Midlothian, Va.
August 1, 2008
A. Robert Hahn, Jr. ’60
Anchorage, Ala.
May 6, 2008
John R. Rawling ’73
Phoenix, Ariz.
June 25, 2008
William C. Battle ’47
Ivy, Va.
May 31, 2008
George Stuart ’51
August 23, 2008
Abingdon, Va.
Honorable John W. Scott, Jr. ’73
Fredericksburg, Va.
April 16, 2008
Robert A. Blackwood ’47
Iowa Park, Tex.
March 15, 2008
James H. Crewdson ’52
Cross Lanes, W.Va.
March 28, 2008
Honorable
Courtland Dixon Perry II ’61
Augusta, Maine
April 6, 2007
Newton P. Allen ’48
Memphis, Tenn.
March 9, 2008
John J. Hackett ’53
June 1, 2004
T. Keister Greer ’48
Rocky Mount, Va.
May 23, 2008
James M. Manire ’48
Memphis, Tenn.
July 27, 2008
Joe Fry Odle, Jr. ’48
Summit, Miss.
February 28, 2008
Honorable
Frederick Edenharter ’49
Reading, Pa.
March 27, 2008
T. T. Waaland ’49
Grimstad, Norway
May 14, 2007
Robert Knox Egan ’50
Wichita Falls, Tex.
August 18, 2008
William H. Hutcherson, Jr. ’53
Cincinnati, Ohio
September 2, 2005
Lloyd A. B. Mitchell ’54
Mount Joy, Pa.
March 2, 2008
Lawrence Parke Watkin ’55
Encino, Calif.
April 25, 2008
George P. Osborn ’56
Wilson, N.C.
May 19, 2008
Glenn Eldon Harris ’57
Marble, N.C.
June 30, 2008
McCormick R. Covington ’58
Beachwood, Ohio
February 19, 2008
John D. Kirkland ’58
Houston, Tex.
January 21, 2008
Robert Bernard Jennings ’63
New Orleans, La.
September 6, 2008
John G. Mann, Jr. ’63
Jamaica, Vt.
June 12, 2008
Michael W. Maupin ’64
Richmond, Va.
May 5, 2008
Robert M. Siuzdak ’64
Naugatuck, Conn.
March 13, 2008
Ronald Paul Stenlake ’66
Plano, Tex.
May 17, 2008
Jan P. Tabaka ’66
Atlanta, Ga.
June 15, 2008
James F. Gay ’68
Chesapeake, Va.
April 20, 2008
William Evenson ’69
September 7, 2008
Richmond, Va.
Thomas K. Brotherton, Jr. ’77
Richmond, Va.
June 10, 2008
John H. Underwood III ’77
Portsmouth, Va.
March 2, 2008
William Ray Lucas, Jr. ’80
Mountain Brook, Ala.
September 26, 2008
Danni J. Haag ’84
Chicago, Ill.
September 20, 2007
Robert A. Freeman ’88
Dover, Mass.
September 22, 2008
Loran C. DeBerry ’95
Fort Worth, Tex.
June 13, 2008
Sean D. May ’98
Denver, Colo.
August 27, 2008
Jonathan H. Siegelbaum ’00
Bethesda, Md.
October 1, 2008
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Non Fiction
of Colonial American architecture and
he writes, “has paralyzed the ability of our
the latest conveniences of modern life.
government to act and lead and inspire.”
The Health Care Revolution:
From Medical Monopoly to
Market Competition
Years in the making, this book features a
Carl Ameringer ’78
University of California Press
photographs. Architecture scholar Richard
McCain and Barack Obama. “Throughout
In the last chapter, written well
comprehensive biography of the noted
before the first presidential primary for
architect, detailed descriptions and floor
the 2008 election, the author focuses on
plans of each house, and many full-color
the contrasting views of Senators John
Carl Ameringer traces the history
that has led to America’s unique market-
Guy Wilson wrote
the book,” writes one reviewer, “we benefit
the introduction.
from [Clemens’] status as an intelligent,
Kentucky
based health care system. He reveals how in
the late 1970s Congress and the Supreme
Houses of Stratton
Court prompted the federal government’s
Hammon was
anti-trust agencies — Federal Trade
neutral observer without a stake in the
‘inside the beltway’ game of politics.”
Clemens is a fellow of the Center
awarded the
on Federal Financial Institutions, a
Commission and the
bronze medal for
nonpartisan public policy institute that
Justice Department
excellence in the
studies the federal government’s insurance
and lending policies.
— to change the
national architecture category of the 2008
rules under which the
Independent Publisher book awards.
health care system
Winfrey Blackburn is a senior partner
works.
His balanced
w
with Blackburn Hundley & Domene in
account describes
Louisville. The book is available at www.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Miss
Emma Mills: China’s First Lady and
Her American Friend
social, economic, and
butlerbooks.com.
Thomas A. DeLong ’60
political aspects of
McFarland & Co.
of its proponents and opponents, and
Rescuing America:
The Bipartisan Path
Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, played an
takes a look at where we are headed. The
Richard Clemens ’65
important role in her work in China from
Health Care Revolution, notes one reviewer,
Tate Publishing
the current system, examines the views
“will claim the attention of scholars
Mayling Soong Chiang, the wife of
the 1930s to 1975.
At the age of 10 she
A
Democrats and Republicans claim
and policymakers because it frames the
they have solutions to America’s mounting
came to the U.S. for
modern history of medical care in new and
fiscal problems. In Rescuing America:
a Western education,
important ways.”
The Bipartisan Path,
and while a student
Ameringer is Professor of Health
Clemens makes the
at Wellesley she made
Policy and Politics at the L. Douglas Wilder
case that to achieve
her closest American
School of Government and Public Affairs
any real progress, the
friend, Emma Mills.
at Virginia Commonwealth University.
two major parties
After graduating in
A
will
w have to work
1917, Mills worked on the editorial staff of
Kentucky Houses of
Stratton Hammon
together. He urges
a newspaper in China and tutored there.
political leadership
Back in the United States, she helped raise
Winfrey Blackburn ’64 and R. Scott Gill
to leave behind
funds for the education of young Chinese
Butler Books
The renowned residential architect
partisan politics and focus on the nation’s
in the United States.
challenging issues, including the war
Stratton Hammond designed homes in
in Iraq, the trade deficit, Medicare, and
Louisville, Ky., and throughout the state.
Social Security. “Rampant partisanship,”
His houses combine the classic beauty
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Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Emma
govern banking,
a game, you will enjoy the insights and
insurance, employment,
irreverence on every page of The Football
Mills’ unsealed letters and journal
intellectual property
Uncyclopedia.
entries, upon which much of this book
rights, competition,
Mills shared a lifelong correspondence.
The authors include some statistical
is based, provided Madame Chiang
tax, environmental
analysis, lots of opinions, and lots of myths
insights into American isolationist
law, and other areas.
(debunked). Alphabetical entries run the
attitudes of the time. The two women
Even though there is a
gamut — owners,
shared a sense of purpose and a common
lot of diversity among
champions, uniforms,
cause in their work for China and
countries, the author explains how basic
bad attitudes, catchy
Chinese-American relations.
concepts still hold true throughout most of
commercials, and
the world.
great plays — all
DeLong is also the author of a
comprehensive biography of John Davis
Lodge.
described with a sense
Head is a Professor of International
Law at Kansas University. He has worked in
of humor, a dose of
several international financial institutions
sarcasm, and passion
Animals as Persons: Essays on the
Abolition of Animal Exploitation
and has written a number of books on
Gary L. Francione ’81
development law and institutions.
global business law and international
for the sport. Fans be
forewarned: nothing is off limits!
“If you’re not watching football this
weekend, you should be reading this book,”
Columbia University Press
Losing the Global Development War
A Contemporary Critique of the IMF,
the World Bank and the WTO
says one reviewer. And if you are, she says,
laws and regulations,
John W. Head ’79
busy laughing.”
his abolitionist theory
Brill-Nijhoff
Gary Francione is a philosopher of
animal rights law and ethical theory and is
known for his criticism of animal welfare
of animal rights,
“Keep it by your elbow, and you won’t
throw anything at the TV. You’ll be too
Michael Kun is in private practice in
John Head, Professor of International
and his promotion
Law at Kansas University, gives a new
of veganism and
perspective on some of the most important
nonviolence. This
global organizations — the World Bank,
Los Angeles.
volume
is a collection
v
the World Trade
McCandlish & Lillard 1908-2008:
100 Years of Tradition, Innovation,
and Results
of previously
Organization, and
R. Peyton Mahaffey ’80
published essays
the International
Signature Book Printing
(some with postscripts) and one new
Monetary Fund —
chapter. In Animals as Persons Francione
sizing them up in
traces its history back to the practice of a
argues that using animals under any
terms of legal and
single lawyer named F.D. Richardson in
circumstances is unjustifiable and
policy issues. The
a small town called Fairfax in 1908. Last
describes the ability of humans to cherish
informative text
summer McCandlish & Lillard celebrated
some animals as companions and some
was written with an
its first 100 years. This narrative and
The law firm of McCandlish & Lillard
merely as food or clothing as our “moral
informed lay audience in mind. Readers
pictorial history documents the firm’s
schizophrenia” toward animals.
will learn about the effect of “mission
growth and its contributions to the legal
Francione is Professor of Law and
creep,” “democracy deficit,” and other
and business
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law
issues that impact the ongoing global
communities
and Philosophy at Rutgers University-
development war.
of Fairfax
Newark. He has lectured on the subject
of animal rights throughout the United
States, Canada, and Europe.
General Principles of Business
and Economic Law
John W. Head ’79
Carolina Academic Press
This book surveys the relationship
County and the
The Football Uncyclopedia: A Highly
Opinionated Myth-Busting Guide to
America’s Most Popular Game
Commonwealth
Michael Kun ’88 with Adam Hoff
Mahaffey,
R. Peyton
principal and
Clerisy Press
After The Baseball Uncyclopedia,
president of the firm, wrote the text and
Michael Kun is back by popular demand to
took many of the photographs featured in
tackle his latest subject, football. If a ref has
the book.
between law and economic activity.
ever made a call you didn’t like, or you’ve
Head covers the basic principles that
ever risen to your feet while watching
86 | UVA Lawyer • FALL • 2008
of Virginia.
In Print
Enemy of the State: The Trial and
Execution of Saddam Hussein
behind the scenes in negotiating, drafting,
The Legal Limit
and modifying lease provisions.
Martin Clark ’84
Michael A. Newton ’90 and Michael P.
The authors provide useful checklists
Alfred A. Knopf
Scharf
for every common lease clause, a glossary
Martin Clark’s third novel is based on
St. Martin’s Press
of legal and real estate terms, and several
a case he once heard as a judge in Stuart, Va.
samples of different kinds of leasing
Two brothers named Gates and Mason grew
fascinating inside story of the nine-month
forms. At the end of each chapter there’s a
up with an angelic mother and a violent
trial of Saddam Hussein. For one year the
checklist for tenants and one for landlords
and abusive father. Gates’s life is a wreck,
authors, both experts
so either party can review a lease to make
while Mason is on a straighter track in law
on international war
sure it’s in their best interests. “The whole
school. On a fateful visit home, Mason
crimes, led a team of
idea,” says Steiner, “is to make people more
goes out with his brother and in the heat
experts who prepared
intelligent in the lease negotiation process
of a confrontation, Gates shoots and kills
the prosecution and
so it doesn’t get into a shouting match or
someone. There are no witnesses to the
the judges for one of
crass bargaining.”
crime, and Mason hides the weapon and
This is the definitive history and the
the most important
At Holland & Hart, Steiner
fabricates a story to cover up for his brother.
trials in modern
specializes in the acquisition, disposition,
This secret forms a tie
history. Michael
development, and financing of real estate,
between the two men.
Newton, then a professor at West Point,
and Jessup focuses on real estate finance
collaborated with Scharf (a former State
and development transactions.
Years later,
Mason comes
Department official) to write the rules
back home as
for the tribunal, determine which crimes
commonwealth
attorney. His brother
should be prosecuted, whether the death
penalty would be involved, and other
Fiction
meanwhile is in
serious trouble for
difficult issues involved in the explosive
proceedings.
Currently Professor of Law at
Vanderbilt University Law School,
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Newton
Divine Justice
selling cocaine. He asks Mason to rig a
David Baldacci ’86
pardon for him, and when Mason refuses,
Grand Central Publishing
more tension ensues.
In the fourth novel in the ever-
served in both the Clinton and Bush
popular Camel Club series, John Carr,
administrations as advisor to the
alias “Oliver Stone,” is on the run. He has
The Legal Limit is a darker novel
than Clark’s first two (The Many Aspects
of Mobile Home Living and Plain Heathen
Ambassador-at-large for war crimes
assassinated two men
Mischief), but just as entertaining, with
issues at the U.S. Department of State.
who had silenced
“lots of crackling Southern dialogue and a
The Web site for the book (www.
him, and top U.S.
plot wound as tightly as a watch,” according
enemyofthestatebook.com) contains
government officials
to a review in The Los Angeles Times.
excerpts, sound files of author interviews,
order a massive
pictures, and an interactive blog where
manhunt to bring
Patrick and Henry Counties and the city of
readers can pose questions.
him in. A master spy
Martinsville, Va.
Clark serves as circuit court judge for
named Macklin Hayes
Commercial Leasing in Colorado:
A Practical Guide
his own reasons and wants him dead. An
Emily Giffin ’97
Beat U. Steiner ’80 and Edyn Jessup ’03
isolated coal-mining town in the hills of
St. Martin’s Press
Bradford Publishing
Virginia, a world away from the center of
Steiner and Jessup, both attorneys
pursues Stone for
Love the One You’re With
Ellen and Andy
power deals in Washington, D.C., seems
have a great marriage,
like a good place for Stone to hide out
the kind in which
wrote this book with
from his deadly pursuers — until his own
husband and wife
Colorado real estate
shadowy past catches up with him.
bring out the best
b
with Holland & Hart in Boulder, Colo.,
attorneys and leasing
brokers in mind.
They cover basic
Baldacci and his family live in Virginia.
in each other. But
He and his wife have founded the Wish You
one day in a chance
Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization
encounter, Ellen
legal principles
dedicated to supporting literacy efforts
and highlight the
in America. Visit his Web site at www.
former flame who brought out her worst
strategies used
davidbaldacci.com and the foundation at
and left her with a broken heart and no
runs into Leo, the
www.wishyouwellfoundation.org.
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explanation eight years ago. Suddenly all of
narrator of the story. One morning the
GateKeepers that has controlled the U.S.-
her old emotions well up, and Ellen begins
boys wake up to realize that their father
Mexican border for decades.
to question the life she’s living and the
has disappeared. The brothers are lost
choices she’s made.
and on their own as a threatening storm
dangerous world of drugs, smuggling,
approaches.
and plenty of officials bribed to look the
In Love the One You’re With, “readers
will follow Ellen with fascination and
Meredith soon finds himself in a
other way. His former
A tale of survival and coming of age,
trepidation as she enters the dangerous
The Great Wide Sea was inspired by the
career as a military
waters of what might have been — or
author’s four sons. This is her first novel.
contractor provides
still could be,” writes a Hartford-Courant
“Unforgettably beautiful,” notes the book
him the resources
reviewer. New York Times bestselling
editor for the Times-Picayune, “filled with
and the toughness he
novelist Emily Giffin delivers a compelling
the power of family stories as they are lived
needs to endure — but
story for anyone who has ever wondered
and created and passed on. Herlong has
the price may, in the
about the road not taken.
learned her craft well enough to know that
end, be too much to
Giffin lives in Atlanta with her
husband and three children.
children must be the heroes of their own
pay. “Merriman is a
lives, and Ben, Dylan and Gerry, so brave
gifted storyteller and a careful craftsman;
and struggling, will stay in readers’ hearts
the story is crisp and interesting, the
The Great Wide Sea
forever. M.H. Herlong is definitely a writer
prose clean and evocative,” notes Kirkus
Madaline H. Herlong ’84
from whom we can expect great things.”
Discoveries. The author, accomplished in
After practicing law and teaching,
Viking
Ben, Dylan, and
Herlong is now in Tulane’s doctoral
Gerry are grieving
program in literature. Find more about the
their mother’s
book at www.thegreatwidesea.com.
death. Their father,
overwhelmed by his
GateKeepers
own grief, decides to
James E. Merriman ’73
buy a boat, sell the
b
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house, and take the
boys on a year-long
b
Grant Meredith lives a peaceful life
on a ranch in Colorado until the day he
sailing trip to start a new life. The boys
finds out that his brother was gunned
go along unwillingly. Life on board is
down in the streets of Scottsdale, Ariz.
challenging enough in tight quarters,
Driven by grief, Meredith is determined
particularly in the prickly relationship the
to find the murderer. His search takes him
father has with the oldest son, Ben, the
to a Mexican family dynasty called the
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the rodeo sport of team roping, lives on a
ranch in Colorado.