CLASS NOTES ination, age discrimination, racial discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour disputes, and employment torts. Benjamin L. Ritz ’15 traveled to Palestine, Paris, and Prague...Palestine, Texas; Paris, Texas; and Prague, Okla. He recently started clerking with Judge Melinda Harmon at the Southern District of Texas. Brett A. Sebastian ’14 took a new job as director of advocacy and externals affairs with the American College Health Association and moved to Washington, D.C. J. Ash Shepherd ’11 headed commercial efforts and executed the first production sharing contracts in Mexico since nationalization in 1937, becoming the first international offshore operator to drill an offshore exploratory well in Mexico. He received Oil & Gas Investor’s 30 Under 40 honor for work in the Constitutional Mexico Energy Reforms.
gation, landlord-tenant actions, and labor and employment matters. Timmy T. Yip ‘11 accepted the position of associate attorney at Banerjee & Associates, working with Anindita Banerjee ‘96.
New Arrivals Cordt C. Akers ’12 recently welcomed a baby boy. Jennifer R. Bickley ’06 welcomed a baby boy in July. Delia Cole ’02 welcomed daughter, Olivia Harper Cole, on Aug. 25, 2016. David S. Hsu ’07 welcomed a daughter on Sept. 7, 2017. Evan R. Korngold ’16 and Ana Beatriz Korngold are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Dorothy Korngold, born June 13, 2017.
Morgan Kay Swan ’14 married Jacob Alexander Abels on December 29, 2017.
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Kronzer, born Sept. 27, 2016. Dylan joins big brother Bennett. Mark R. Maltsberger ’00 and his wife, Christen, welcomed their fourth child, Anna Claire, on Dec. 12, 2016. Anna Claire joins big brothers Grant and James and big sister Mary Katherine at the family’s home in College Station. Teresa Pham Messer ’12 welcomed a son on March 6, 2017.
Anna E. Swanson ’16 began a judicial clerkship at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas for the 2017-2019 term. Laura J. Thetford ’15 has joined Winstead’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group as an associate in the Austin office. Her practice focuses on complex commercial liti-
Colby R. Nichols ’13 and his wife, Kallie, welcomed their second baby girl on Feb. 22, 2017. Her name is Quinn Kennedy. Her big sister, Lydia Rose, turned 3 in June.
Christopher J. Kronzer ’07 and Sari Pearlman Kronzer ’07 are excited to announce the birth of their second child, Dylan Gray
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Haleigh A. Shanks ’16 welcomed Cade Archer Shanks on Sept. 11, 2017.
Emily B. Taylor ’14 and her husband welcomed baby Oliver in May! Lauren M. Tunstall ’09 and Zachary E. Bernard ’10 welcomed Parker Tunstall Bernard on Jan. 2, 2017. Parker joined big brother Knox Edward Bernard, born on May 6, 2015. Nhi Le Whitehead ’12 and Andrew L. Whitehead ’07 welcomed a son, Richard Hieu Whitehead, on March 20, 2017.
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