Advocate Magazine 2017, Volume 51 by University of Georgia School of Law

Advocate Magazine 2017, Volume 51

PREPARE. CONNECT. LEAD.

ALUMNI/ ALUMNAE WEEKEND

2017

The School of Law’s Third Annual Alumni/Alumnae Weekend brought together law school graduates, students, faculty and members of the judiciary for a variety of programs, including a keynote address by Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham (J.D.’70), award presentations, panels and a continuing legal education credit course, networking events and social activities.

At the keynote and awards lunch were (l. to r.) Temika Murry (J.D.’01), Yvette Daniels (J.D.’98) and Dorian Murry (J.D.’98).

Attending the festivities were: (l. to r.) Georgia Theatre Company-II Chairman and CEO Bill Stembler (J.D.’71), Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin (J.D.’82), Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham (J.D.’70), Aflac Executive Vice President and General Counsel Audrey Boone Tillman (J.D.’89) and Dean Bo Rutledge. Benham presented the keynote address at the weekend’s award luncheon, and Stembler, Cousin and Tillman were awarded the Law School Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Scroll Award. Photo by Ian McFarlane.

Graduates Kyle Wallace (J.D.’02), Kimberly Burroughs Debrow (J.D.’07) and Miguel Trujello (J.D.’12) (right) share a laugh during an alumni/alumnae panel on law school life through the ages.

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Graduates from the Class of 2016 were inducted into the Order of the Coif. Present for the ceremony were: (l. to r.) David McGee, Amble Johnson, Chase Ogletree, Jennifer Walker, Jonathan Tonge, Sarah Crile, Elizabeth DeVos, Sunny Altman, Shaun Polston, Bobby Seifter, Charles Thimmesch and Associate Professor Lisa Milot (presenter). Not pictured: Michael DelGaudio, Crystal Huffman, Nicholas Kinsley, Lindsay Mayo, Stephen Morrison, Koty Newman, Aaron Parks, Jonathan Weeks and Meghan Wells. Photo by Ian McFarlane.

Gary Blasingame (J.D.’61) and his wife Dwayne attended the law school’s picnic, which was hosted by the law firm Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, & Ashley, P.C.