Christina E. Hassan joined Katten
Muchin as a partner in its D.C. office, specializing in commercial real estate with a focus on hospitality transactions.
James M. Williams was named one of the National Bar Association and IMPACT’s inaugural Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40. He is a partner at Gauthier, Houghtaling and Williams in New Orleans.
From l. to r.: Todd Peppers ’90, coordinator of the Turk Pre-Law Program, Maynard Turk ’52L, Judge James Turk ’52L and Morgan Scott, former federal prosecutor and now Roanoke College professor. Roanoke College’s pre-law program has been named in honor of Judge James C. Turk ’52L, a senior judge on the U.S. District Court, and his brother, S. Maynard Turk ’52L, retired vice president and general counsel of Hercules Inc. Both Turk brothers attended Roanoke College and are members of the class of 1949. Todd C. Peppers ’90, a lecturer in law at W&L and an associate professor in the Department of Public Affairs at Roanoke College, is the new program’s advisor. Both Jim and Maynard Turk served in the U.S. Army before attending Roanoke College. They majored in economics and went on to attend Washington and Lee School of Law, where both were editors on the law review. Jim Turk practiced law with the Radford firm of Dalton, Poff & Turk and was appointed to the federal bench by President Richard Nixon in 1972. He also was a state senator and senate minority leader. As a judge, he presided over a number of high-profile cases, including the 1981 libel case involving the Rev. Jerry Falwell and adult magazine publisher Larry Flynt. Maynard Turk practiced with the Roanoke law firm of Dodson, Pence & Coulter before becoming in-house counsel for the Radford Army Arsenal and then its parent company, Hercules, in Wilmington, Del. He served as rector for the board of visitors at Radford University, on the board of visitors at George Mason University and on the W&L Alumni Board. Maynard Turk is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.
Elizabeth L. Ewert was promoted
to partner at the Washington office of Drinker Biddle & Reath L.L.P. She practices in both the products liability and mass tort and commercial litigation groups.
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Daniel J. Munroe, a partner in
Capital Management Group, opened the Farmington Valley office of Capital Management Group in Simsbury, Conn. Munroe is part of AXA Advisors’ Paramount Planning Group, a select group of financial professionals who are distinguished for achieving a high standard of experience, expertise and service in the industry.
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Laura Anderson Wright is uni-
versity counsel at the University of Maryland at College Park, where she still isn’t comfortable cheering for the Terps over the Tarheels.
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Robert Baker joined Bone McAll-
ester Norton. He lives with his wife in Nashville, Tenn.
Brian S. Clarke was named one of
Charlotte’s Top 40 Leaders Under 40 by the Charlotte Business Journal. Brian practices labor and employment law at Littler Mendelson P.C. in Charlotte, N.C., and is also an adjunct professor at W&L.
Wyndall A. Ivey established his
own practice, Ivey Law Group L.L.C., in Birmingham, Ala. He will focus on employment, products liability, personal injury, wrongful death and insurance bad faith cases.
Shannon Gasparovic Christianson joined the Oregon
Zoo Foundation this summer as the major gifts/gift planning manager. Christianson lives in Tualatin, Ore., with her husband Mark, son Sutton, 4, and daughter Sloane, 2. Her career in charitable estate planning began at Willamette University, where she worked for seven years. She is enjoying her new job and has already had the opportunity to meet and feed an elephant, a rhino and the hippos.
Cabell Evans Youell was named
Stacy Gould Van Goor was
named assistant general counsel for regulatory law at the San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
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R. Booth Goodwin II was unani-
mously confirmed as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia by the U.S. Senate.
one of the Roanoke YWCA’s 2010 Women of Achievement. Youell was practicing corporate law in Roanoke when she began volunteering with the Saint Francis of Assisi Service Dog Foundation, which trains service dogs that help children and adults stricken with a broad range of disabilities (autism, cerebral palsy, joint and muscular diseases, etc.). In 2003, Youell was named executive director of the service dog foundation. Under Winter
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