Class Notes
1982L
ness litigation experience, including as lead counsel in more than 50 jury trials. Ely serves as outside general counsel for several businesses and is a certified mediator and arbitrator, and a listed neutral for the American Health Lawyers Association and the National Arbitration Forum.
Anne Sumpter Arney, an expe-
rienced attorney in health-care law, became a partner in the law firm Bone McAllester Norton P.L.L.C. in its Nashville, Tenn., office.
1983L
Richard H. Middleton Jr. (’73)
Linda A. Klein is one of 14 new
is a member of a legal team that was a finalist for the 2010 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year. The team represented a Missouri community in an eight-year-long case that ended with a jury verdict of more than $11 million for 15 residents.
members of the Buckhead Coalition in Atlanta. She is a managing shareholder with Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz L.P.
1992L
Michael Scott Carlson, a DeKalb
Thomas L. Sansonetti, a partner at Holland & Hart law firm, now leads its Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Practice group, which is ranked as the best natural resources practice in the country by Best Lawyers in America. Sansonetti lives in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Denver.
1977L
Theodore D. Grosser was named a
2011 Cincinnati Best Lawyers Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers. Grosser is a corporate and commercial lawyer in Porter Wright’s Cincinnati, Ohio, office, representing both private and public companies in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and a host of complex strategic transactions.
1979L
Matthew J. Calvert (’75), a
partner in the litigation and intellectual property practice in the Atlanta office of Hunton & Williams L.L.P., was appointed board president of Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc. Calvert has previously served in all Atlanta Legal Aid executive committee positions and has been a member of its board of directors since 2004. He has devoted much of his pro bono efforts to domestic and family law matters, primarily child custody and divorce cases.
John A. Cocklereece Jr. (’76) is
in the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Cocklereece works for Bell, Davis & Pitt in Winston-Salem, N.C., and concentrates his practice in tax law. 22
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M. Marcy Jones ’95L published Graceful Divorce Solutions: A Comprehensive and Proactive Guide to Saving You Time, Money and Your Sanity (BCH Fulfillment & Distribution), which offers “practical and compassionate solutions for achieving a better divorce process.” She has worked as a prosecutor of sexual assault and domestic violence cases, as an associate in a law firm, and now as a solo practitioner specializing in collaborative divorce law in Lynchburg, Va. Jones also does coaching and consulting, specializing in helping women lawyers find a work-life balance. Her web site is mmarcyjones.com.
County, Ga., deputy chief assistant district attorney, became a master of the Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court associated with the University of Georgia School of Law. Previously, Carlson was in private practice focusing on civil litigation and media law. He has been published in legal journals, and he lectures and teaches trial practice, evidence law and criminal procedure.
Howard Smyser retired from the
Idaho judiciary in January. The Idaho Supreme Court has appointed him a senior judge, and he will continue hearing cases on a selected basis as needed in the Boise area.
Peter G. Strasser transferred to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad after four years at the U.S. Embassy in Malawi.
1980L
Lesley Brown Schless joined the
firm of Shipman & Goodwin as a partner in the trusts and estates practice group. Lesley and her husband, Eric Schless ’80L, have lived in Greenwich, Conn., for 16 years. Their daugher, Karina, graduated from W&L in 2007.
Kent Basson ’01L published The OddShoeFinder.com Shoe Wearer’s Handbook. The book promotes OddShoeFinder.com, his web site that matches people with severely mismatched feet so that they can exchange their unused shoes. The entire book is freely accessible and can be downloaded from the OddShoeFinder.com web site, and the hard copy is available through Amazon.