Class of 1969 Reunion
Althea Buafo, 1987
L to R (front row) Jerry Harrell, Jimmy Wootan, Larry Collins, Beck Clapp, Bob Hershner, George Sparrow, (second row) Hylton Dupree, A. J. Welch, Rusty Simpson, Quillian Baldwin, Dixon Nash, Ben Garland, Wendell Bowden, (third row) Bill Keith, Guerry Moore, George Williams, Ed Varner, David Greer
Sara Doyle, 1994
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attend U.S. Army War College during the 2008-2009 academic year.
erty County, Ga. Darrisaw is a former prosecutor for the Dougherty District Attorney’s Office and former law clerk for U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands ’74.
Lt. Col. Fred P. Taylor was selected as one of four Army lawyers to
1987
Althea Buafo was recently inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. Buafo has managed her Macon law firm for several years.
Christine E. Lamia was appointed chair of the Litigation Practice Group at Bryant, Miller & Olive. James R. Rollins Jr. was named a Georgia Super Lawyer 2009. Georgia’s
Victoria S. Darrisaw recently became a magistrate judge in Dough-
Joseph R. Neal Jr. passed the South Carolina Bar Examination in July 2008 and was admitted to practice before the South Carolina Supreme Court on Nov. 17, 2008. Neal is the principal and founder of Neal Law Office.
1994
The Honorable Judge Sara L. Doyle was elected to the Georgia
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Court of Appeals in December 2008 and she was initiated into the Mercer Law School’s Fish chapter of Phi Alpha Delta in April 2009. On May 31, 2007, Doyle and her husband, James Russell Doyle, ’94, announced the birth of their daughter, Mary Donovan.
Kathryn M. Schrader was appointed by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to
Roland Hall recently authored a book titled Law of the Cooperatives.
the Governor’s Office for Children and Families Advisory Board. Schrader has her own practice and is cofounder of a mediation and arbitration firm, Resolution Matters.
Lynne Moore Nelson announced her marriage to James Eric Nelson
Ray S. Smith III was appointed by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to the
1996
Judicial Nominating Commission.
Brian T. Wilson was reappointed to the statewide Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. Wilson is a partner at the law firm of Dellecker, Wilson, King, McKenna & Ruffier, LLP, in Florida. He was first appointed to the commission in October 2005 by U.S. Senator Mel Martinez. The commission provides recommendations for potential nominees to the Florida Federal District Courts.
on Oct. 3, 2008.
Christian Hardigree is an assistant to the president and chief of staff at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Denise McCurry is the vice president for legal and risk management matters at the MGM/Mirage in Las Vegas, Nev.
Mark E. Powell was named among the nation’s top estate planning
attorneys by Worth magazine. Powell is a partner at Albrecht in Irvine, Calif.
1989
Michael T. Hurd took office as a Commonwealth of Virginia attorney in January 2008, serving as president of Middle Peninsula Bar Association 2006-2008. Hurd and his wife, Beth, announced the birth of their son, Carter Hurd, in December 2007.
1991
Adam S. Poppell III was appointed by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to the Governor’s Office for Children and Families Advisory Board.
1992
Margaret “Meg” Heap recently joined Georgia’s Chatham County District Attorney’s Office as the chief assistant district attorney. In this position, she oversees prosecutors in Chatham County Superior Court felony cases including murder, armed robbery and burglary.
Class of 1974 Reunion L to R, (front to back) Richard Epps, Cliff Ables, Chip Barron, Ray Kelley, Rick Palmer, Bill Boyd, Ben Mitcham, Greg Leonard, Randy Aderhold, Charlie Newberry, Horace McSwain, Lamar Sizemore, Allen Wallace, Ty Butler, Bill Doll, Walter Matthews, Reg Bellury, Steve Cotter, Tom Mathews, Professor Joe Claxton, Louis Sands
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