Class of 2004
(Notes posted in the order they were received, with the newest posts on top.)
Daniel E. Orr of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Princeton was one of 10 individual attorneys to receive an Equal Justice Medal at the 2008 annual awards reception held by Legal Services of New Jersey. The citation he received notes that over the past three years, he contributed more than 600 hours to pro bono work, particularly on behalf of a program that helps disabled children appeal denials of Supplementary Security Income (SSI) benefits. Daniel is in commercial and civil litigation at Morgan Lewis, where other lawyers also participate in the program. Daniel serves as the point man for the project at Morgan Lewis, said Kate Myers, pro bono director at South Jersey Legal Services. Kate said she always calls Daniel when she wants to place a case. Morgan Lewis has taken half of the more than 60 cases, she said, adding that Daniel has taken three of them in addition to his other work on the project. Daniel recruits medical students at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School to help the lawyers understand and review the medical records in the cases. Morgan Lewis lawyers also help train Rutgers-Camden law students for the project. Kate said Daniel is "an innate problem-solver" and she praised his "tireless advocacy" for the children. Daniel earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Morgan Lewis, he was on the staff of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.).
Posted on web 8-26-08
Daniel Orr was awarded an Equal Justice Medal by the New Jersey State Bar Association and Legal Services of New Jersey. The award was for helping children with disabilities obtain supplemental security income benefits from the U.S. government. A photo of Dan landed on the cover of the NJ Lawyer as he accepted the award from Justice Coleman of the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Posted on web 8-19-08
Kathleen Albers Renda has joined Middleton Reutlinger in Louisville, Kentucky, where her practice will focus on commercial litigation and business law. Kathleen was previously a legal case officer for the Irish Competition Authority in Dublin, Ireland, where she investigated alleged violations of Irish and European competition law, particularly in relation to telecommunications companies, trade unions and professional representative organizations. After earning her undergraduate and law degrees at Vanderbilt, she earned a Masters in Law at the University of Dublin, Trinity College in 2005.
Posted on web 8-19-08
Michelle Bedoya Barnett was married to Richard Barnett on December 29, 2007 in St. Augustine, Florida. The couple will continue living in Jacksonville, Florida where Michelle practices employment law at the law firm of Holland and Knight.
posted 7/9/08
Ashley Jones Johnson and her husband Adam Johnson welcomed their son Andrew Lucas into the world on March 18, 2008.
James Craig and his wife Jacquelyn Jackson Craig announced the birth of Jackson Dean Craig on February 22, 2008.
Amy Todd Holmes and her husband, Dr. Kevin Craig Holmes, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Hadley Harper Holmes on February 13, 2008. Amy is working in Houston as Corporate Counsel for Champion Technologies, an international specialty chemical company.
Dan and Natalie Steimel welcomed their son, Jacob Presley Steimel, into the world on December 20th, 2007 at 11:16 a.m. Dan, Natalie and Jake reside in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Kyonzté Hughes has joined the law firm of Howell & Fisher as an associate. Kyonzté practices primarily in the areas of medical malpractice and insurance defense. |
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Heather Hubbard has joined the trial and appellate practice and intellectual property groups of Nashville office of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis.
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Robert Eric DuFour was promoted to the position of Deputy District Attorney II with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. |
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Darby Green, Virginia Butler, Jessica Miller, Beth Thomas, Megan Duncan (fiancée of Prestin Weidner) and Prestin Weidner at pre-wedding festivites for the October 14, 2006 wedding of Jessica Miller and Travis Sellers (cousin of Virginia Butler). Also at the wedding but not pictured here were Michelle Bedoya and Christina Leath '05.
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Melinda Creasman was honored by Sanctuary for Families' Center for Battered Women's Legal Services in New York for her outstanding pro bono work on behalf of indigent victims of domestic violence. Melinda was recognized for her diligent and compassionate pro bono advocate for an elderly woman in a complex spousal support trial against an abusive husband. Melinda pursued justice for her client through meticulous, exhaustive, and compassionate legal work. Throughout the extensive litigation, Melinda showed unflagging support for her client as the client struggled to achieve the safety and economic stability she deserved. Melinda is an associate at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York.
Heather M. McCarter and John S. Ducat were married at Green Valley Country Club in South Carolina. Heather works for Hunton & Williams and John practices with Alston & Bird in Atlanta, GA.
Dan Steimel and Natalie (Mathews) Steimel were married May 13, 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. Dan and Natalie live in Phoenix with their three dogs and both work at the law firm of Snell & Wilmer. Dan's practice focuses in commercial litigation and Natalie concentrates on employee benefits and executive compensation.
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Krista L. Thornton has joined the Healthcare Practice Area at the Nashville Downtown office of Bass Berry & Sims. She was previously an associate with Manier & Herod in Nashville. She is a member of the American, Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations and the Lawyers' Association for Women.
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Carolyn Seugling has been chosen as a 2006-2008 Equal Justice Works fellow. Her fellowship is sponsored by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and she will begin working at The National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children in Washington, DC in September, 2006. Her work will benefit unaccompanied minors and specifically focus on children eligible for a special form of immigration relief known as special immigrant juvenile status.
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Timothy C. Klink has joined Husch & Eppenberger's business transactions practice group as an associate in the Kansas City office.
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Raanon Gal has transferred to the Atlanta office of Ford & Harrison.
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Michael A. de Gennaro has joined Baker Botts in Houston.
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Wendee M. Hilderbrand has joined Bass Berry & Sims' Nashville office as a litigation associate. Hildebrand earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado.
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June Hong is chief financial officer for Nike Korea.
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Chloe Truslow Shafer has joined the real estate team at Boult Cummings Conners & Berry. Chloe previously practiced at Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before attending law school, she worked as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC, and Mexico City. Chloe earned her undergraduate degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998.
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David Roland was featured in the Wall Street Journal's "Toney & Tacky" column on April 7 for his role as attorney for the not-for-profit "Summer's Best Two Weeks" or SB2W Christian camp near Boswell, Pennsylvania. Of all the activities at the nonprofit camp, none was more eagerly awaited than the annual rafting trip down the Lower Youghiogheny River. In 2001, though, Pennsylvania state authorities demanded that SB2W hire commercial outfitters as guides. But the camp couldn't afford the $30,000 this would cost, and campers were forced to stay off the river. Working with the nonprofit Institute for Justice, Dave paddled to the rescue by helping SB2W file a suit charging that the state's denial of its freedom to raft - as other private groups can and do - is unconstitutional. As Dave explains, the Pennsylvania Constitution "requires that restrictions on liberty 'bear a real and substantial relationship' to a legitimate government purpose; protecting the profits of businesses that are part of a government-created cartel is not such a purpose." "Amen to that," commented the Wall Street Journal.
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Ashley (Rogers) Fisheris an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of O'Melveny & Myers, focusing on private equity and corporate transactions. Ashley married to Dan Fisher, '02, in October 2005. Dan is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Skadden Arps, focusing on M&A and corporate governance matters. Ashley and Dan live in Arlington, Virginia, and have exciting dinner conversations focusing on developments in corporate law and practice.
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