#LASS .OTES Dan Haslam 81L is DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 'ASLAMP 1UARTER (ISTORICAL &OUNDATION AND PRESIDENT FOR 7ALKABOUT )NTERNATIONAL A WALKING AND TOUR ORGANIZATION IN 3AN $IEGO James R. Kelley 75L 77L WAS CITED FOR EXCELLENCE IN BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBIT RIGHTS LITIGATION IN THE #HAMBERS 53! DIRECTORY (E PRACTICES AT .EAL (ARWELL 0,# IN .ASHVILLE 4ENN
David Leonard 75L has BEEN NAMED MANAGING SHAREHOLDER FOR THE !TLANTA OFlCE OF #ARLTON &IELDS (E ALSO LEADS THE lRM S INSURANCE PRACTICE GROUP Jonathan H. Waller 75L WAS INCLUDED IN THE edition of Alabama Super Lawyers. Oscar Carr III 76L was INCLUDED IN The Best Lawyers in America 2012 AND NAMED A h 0OWER 0LAYERv BY Memphis Business Quarterly #ARR PRACTICES AT 'LANKLER "ROWN 0,,# IN -EMPHIS 4ENN Larry Katzman 76L is DEPUTY PUBLIC SERVICE COUNSEL WITH 3TEPTOE AND *OHNSON ,,0 IN 7ASHINGTON $ # Neal A. Roth 76L HAS BEEN NOMINATED A FELLOW OF THE !MERICAN "AR &OUNDATION
Gordon C. Brydger 77L WITH "RYDGER 0ORRAS ,,0 IN &T ,AUDERDALE &LA WAS SELECTED AS A TOP ATTORNEY IN &LORIDA FAMILY LAW ACCORDING TO U.S. News Best Lawyers 2011 – 2012
Jeffrey Williams 81L and HIS lRM HAVE BEEN NAMED A h"EST ,AW &IRMv IN THE 0HILADELPHIA AREA BY THE "EST ,AWYERS REPORT BY U.S. News & World Report
Kenneth L. Shigley 77L WAS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF THE 'EORGIA 3TATE "AR IN *UNE
David D. Aughtry 82L was ADDED TO lRM MASTHEAD AT #HAMBERLAIN (RIDLICKA 7HITE 7ILLIAMS !UGHTRY !UGHTRY ALSO WAS RANKED NATIONALLY AMONG TAX CONTROVERSY ATTORNEYS IN THE EDITION OF #HAMBERS 53!
Jerome R. “Jerry” Smith 77L HAS JOINED -ULTIMEDIA 'AMES (OLDING #O )NC AS ITS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL COUNSEL CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFlCER AND CORPORATE SECRETARY David Ladov 78L SPOKE AT THE 0ENNSYLVANIA "AR !SSOCIATION S &AMILY ,AW 3ECTION 3UMMER -EETING ,ADOV S SESSION WAS TITLED h4HE )NTERSECTION OF !SSISTED 2EPRODUCTION AND &AMILY ,AW v The Hon. John A. Ross 76C 79L BEGAN HIS APPOINTMENT AS 5 3 DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE %ASTERN $ISTRICT OF -ISSOURI ON /CT
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Charles L. “Buck” Ruffin 80L WAS SWORN IN AS TREASURER OF THE 'EORGIA 3TATE "AR IN *UNE
Andrea D. Ascher 77L JOINED 3CHOEMAN 5PDIKE +AUFMAN ,,0 AS PARTNER IN THE lRM S REAL ESTATE PRACTICE GROUP Edwin Jay Schklar 80L 80B ANNOUNCED THE NAME CHANGE OF HIS lRM TO 3CHKLAR (EIM ,,# WHICH IS A SMALL lRM FOCUSED ON BUSINESS LITIGATION SECURITIES FRAUD AND LEGAL MALPRACTICE 4HE lRM ALSO LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE WWW ATLANTAlRM NET
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David N. Soloway 82L PRINCIPAL AT &RAZIER 3OLOWAY 0OORAK 0# WAS ELECTED CHAIR OF THE !MERICAN )MMIGRATION ,AWYERS !SSOCIATION CHAPTER COVERING 'EORGIA AND !LABAMA J. Comer Yates 74C 82L WAS REAPPOINTED TO THE 'EORGIA #OMMISSION ON (EARING )MPAIRED AND $EAF 0ERSONS BY 'OV .ATHAN $EAL Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker 84L 84B VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE !TLANTA "ELTLINE WAS SWORN IN AS SECRETARY OF THE 'EORGIA 3TATE "AR IN *UNE 3HE IS THE THIRD WOMAN AND THE lRST !FRICAN !MERICAN TO SERVE AS AN OFlCER OF THE BAR
Stuart M. Lederman 85L PARTNER AT 2IKER $ANZIG 3CHERER (YLAND 0ERRETTII ,,0 HAS BEEN NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE .EW *ERSEY 3TATE "AR &OUNDATION FOR n
Julie I. Fershtman 83C 86L WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE 3TATE "AR OF -ICHIGAN THE lFTH WOMAN TO LEAD THE GROUP IN ITS YEAR HISTORY AND THE lRST EQUINE ATTORNEY TO DO SO Robin Frazer Clark 88L was SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF THE 'EORGIA 3TATE "AR IN *UNE Barbara Lynn Howell 84C 88L WAS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE #RIMINAL *USTICE #OORDINATING #OUNCIL IN *ANUARY 3HE WAS CHAIR OF THE #APITOL !RTS 3TANDARDS #OMMISSION Steve Karcher 88L RESIGNED AS BRANCH OFlCE MANAGING PARTNER WITH %RICKSEN !RBUTHNOT TO LAUNCH THE +ARCHER ,AW &IRM !0# Douglas J. Tate 88L WITH -C'UIRE 7OOD "ISSETTE 0! IN !SHEVILLE . # IS PRESIDENT OF THE TH *UDICIAL $ISTRICT "AR SERVING A ONE YEAR TERM THROUGH *UNE Grant W. Collingsworth 89L WAS NAMED GENERAL COUNSEL FOR 3CI1UEST )NC IN -AY
Allison Hunnicutt Hauser 89L WAS NAMED A TOP ATTORNEY BY Florida Super Lawyers FOR Gregory P. Rogers 89L CHAIR OF 4AFT 3TETTINIUS (OLISTER S LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW DEPARTMENT HAD HIS BOOK Cincinnati’s Hyde Park: A Queen City Gem PUBLISHED BY 4HE (ISTORY 0RESS W. James Young 89L with THE .ATIONAL 2IGHT TO 7ORK Legal Defense Foundation )NC IN 3PRINGlELD 6A ARGUED HIS SECOND CASE BEFORE THE 5 3 3UPREME #OURT ON *AN 9OUNG WAS COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONERS IN Knox v. SEIU ,OCAL .O A CLASS ACTION CASE INVOLVING ABOUT EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OF #ALIFORNIA
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Jane H. Downey 90L of -OORE 4AYLOR 4HOMAS 0! WAS NAMED A South Carolina Super Lawyer FOR
Christine Howard 90L BEGAN HER TERM AS MANAGING PARTNER OF &ISHER 0HILLIPS ,,0 S 4AMPA OFlCE /CT James “Jim” M. McCarten 90L HAS JOINED "URR &ORMAN AS A PARTNER IN THE CORPORATE TRUSTS AND ESTATE AND TAX GROUPS IN .ASHVILLE 4ENN