Funding Futures: Alumni Give Back to Student Scholarships (August 2018)

Alumni give back to student scholarships

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UNC Law Alumni Association Board of Directors

DEAN’S MESSAGE

Executive Committee

UNC Law Foundation Officers M. Ann Cox ’85, president and chair Tracy S. Calder ’84, vice president and chair, audit committee Martin H. Brinkley ’92, secretary-treasurer Jen Clark, assistant treasurer Deirdre Gordon, assistant secretary

UNC School of Law Office of Advancement Deirdre Gordon, associate dean for advancement Dana Dubis, director of annual giving Aaron Gard, regional development officer Matt J. Marvin, regional development officer Susan McLean, director of alumni and donor relations Kelly Mann, alumni and donor relations coordinator Adam Stiffler, advancement services coordinator Rory Moore, executive assistant

UNC School of Law Office of Communications Amy Graedon, assistant dean for communications Katherine Kershaw, communications manager

Student Bar Association Chelsea Barnes, 2018 president

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We are living through a great age for science and technology at UNC-Chapel Hill. The tremendous growth of the STEM disciplines on our campus has been staggering to witness. Research grants for these disciplines now approach $1 billion per year. Our University is one of the nation’s largest institutional recipients of these grants.

Earlier this year, Nancy Allbritton, who chairs the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNCChapel Hill and at N.C. State University, received the Martin H. Brinkley Edward Kidder Graham Faculty Service Award for the development of new technologies incorporating engineering, chemistry, physics and biology to address biomedical problems. She is the scientific founder of three companies and has 12 issued patents, with at least nine more pending. In 2016, she was named the University’s Inventor of the Year.

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Scott P. Vaughn ’86, president Karen A. Popp ’85, first vice president, Nominations Committee chair James M. Deal Jr. ’74, second vice president, Community Outreach Committee chair Martin H. Brinkley ’92, secretary-treasurer Barbara B. “Bonnie” Weyher ’77, past president (2017) Walter D. Fisher Jr. ’86, past president (2016) Leslie C. Packer ’86, past president (2015) Ed Turlington ’82, Advancement Committee chair Angela Liu ’09, Alumni Engagement Committee co-chair Claire H. Duff ’10, Alumni Engagement Committee co-chair John L. Jernigan ’67, Campaign Committee chair M. Ann Cox ’85, Law Foundation chair Marion A. Cowell Jr. ’64, Past Campaign chair Sarah H. Colwell ’14, Pro Bono Alumni Board chair

Professor Albritton’s extraordinary achievements are the product of her own gifts and capacity for hard work. But they are the product of something else, too – a thing largely overlooked by the rest of the University and taken for granted by American society as a whole. It is the thing that we here at Carolina Law are in the business of teaching, debating and preserving. It is nothing less than the rule of law itself, secured to us by the Constitution of the United States.

Ask yourself: How was it possible for the U.S. economy, in little more than a century, to achieve the highest standard of living in world, outpacing all others, and then sustain that lead for another century?

It was possible because economic growth is sustained by the rule of law. There are virtually no historical circumstances in which an expanded rule of law has failed to increase material prosperity. Just as living on this earth requires physical property – food, clothing, homes – so people need legal protection to own and dispose of that property without threat of arbitrary confiscation by the state or mobs in the street.

Democracies with a free press and independent courts that protect minority rights have proved to be the most effective form of government for the protection of property, because they rarely allow discontent to arise to a point that leads to explosive changes in economic regimes. Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in economics, has noted that in the terrible history of famine in the world, no substantial famine has ever occurred in an independent country with a democratic form of government and a free press. We cannot find exceptions to this rule wherever we look.

I hope you’ll find it heartening, as I did, to learn that the core value Americans hold in highest esteem is a belief in the rule of law. At this moment of fraught politics, fractured media, and profound disagreement about the direction of our public life, nearly every person polled — 93 percent, according to a George Washington University survey last year — agrees that respect for the rule of law defines what it means to be American.

It’s worth remembering what a radical creed the rule of law represents: the notion that all men and women are created equal — that they stand before the law with equal claim to justice, equal rights to fairness, equal opportunity to pursue knowledge and happiness. Much as we have fallen short of it, that is still the founding American idea. It is still at the very core of what binds us as a society, what makes us a nation of citizens.

America desperately needs a restoration of our faith in the basic goodness of our governmental structures and renewed pledge to the old virtues of citizenship and public service. That is what we at Carolina Law are about. As you read through this issue of Carolina Law, you will see how our law school holds up the torch of the rule of law. I hope your pride in us is as strong as mine.

Yours sincerely, Martin H. Brinkley ’92 Dean and Arch T. Allen Distinguished Professor of Law

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Parting Shots

CORRECTIONS: February 2018 issue: On page 13, Monica Burks was misspelled, and she was a 3L, not a 2L. The Honor Roll Faculty and Staff section on page 39 should have included Adam Stiffler, Prof. Mark Weidemaier, Prof. Deborah Weissman, Prof. Erika K. Wilson.

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CAROLINA LAW Co-Editors AMY GRAEDON, KATHERINE KERSHAW Contributing Writers JESSICA CLARKE, MICHELE LYNN, NANCY OATES Designers METRO PRODUCTIONS, REBECCA CARR, DONNA SMITH Photographers ROBERT CAMPELL, STEVE EXUM, CAITLIN PENNA, DONN YOUNG Research Assistant CHRISTY COATES

SCHOOL NEWS

Lashieka Hardin 2L, Anza Abbas 1L, Daniel Bowes and Joe Fields 2L work on a driver’s license restoration project in Wilmington, N.C. Right: Students worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative in Folkston, Ga., to help detainees seeking bond and parole.

Pro Bono Students Help with Driver’s License Restoration and Immigration over Spring Break; 3L Class Reaches 100% Participation UNC School of Law students in the Pro Bono Program traveled during their spring break to the North Carolina coast and to Georgia to provide free legal assistance to underserved communities.

“Our students are supervised by and have the opportunity to learn from experienced attorneys,” says Allison Standard ’09, director of pro bono initiatives. “Students on these trips have a chance to do real, hands-on legal work with real clients.”

Driver’s license restoration

Helping detainees

In Wilmington, North Carolina, a group of 10 students partnered with the New Hanover County District Attorney’s office, the N.C. Justice Center’s Second Chance Mobility Project and the N.C. Pro Bono Resource Center to help clients working to restore their driver’s licenses. Most of the 17 cases involved clients who had failed to appear in court or were unable to pay fines for minor traffic offenses.

Two hours south of Savannah, eight Carolina Law students spent the work week with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative in Folkston, Ga., to help detainees seeking bond and parole.

“Suspended licenses limit someone’s ability to maintain employment or manage childcare,” says Will Hayman 1L. After reviewing records, interviewing clients and drafting motions for relief, Hayman presented two cases to the assistant district attorney, and secured consent orders for both clients.

“I feel I did my job and I feel like it’s going to make a huge impact on their lives,” says Hayman.

Sixteen of the 17 clients were able to get relief because of the project.

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Students partnered with attorneys to work with more than 30 individuals seeking asylum from countries from across the world.

Each student managed one parole request case and completed screening interviews and case acceptance meetings for detainees seeking representation.

“Denying bond or parole only prolongs the detainment of these asylum seekers, keeping them apart from friends, family and attorneys,” says Kelcey Baker 3L. “Being released on bond or parole greatly improves an asylum seeker’s ability to either find an attorney or to prepare the case on their own.”

After work one evening, students had dinner with Carolina Law alumni living in the area.

“Being able to connect with alumni in an intimate setting and far removed from school

was really refreshing and meaningful,” says Rana Odeh 2L. “Hearing about life on the other side of law school left me comforted and energized to work hard, graduate, and lead a successful career to continue the Carolina Law legacy our alumni have created.”

Reaching a milestone In addition, 32 students worked remotely on pro bono projects that included research, file review and drafting pleadings for legal services organizations, government agencies and private firms. The completion of these projects meant that for the first time in the program’s 20-year history, all 219 third-year law students, or 100 percent of the graduating class, have participated in a pro bono project.

“Our goal is to instill a lifelong commitment to public service in our graduates,” says Standard. “Whether our alumni are working as public defenders, in a private firm or as inhouse counsel, taking time to offer their legal expertise to those in need is an invaluable way to give back to our community.”

Law Library Recognizes Four Staff Members with Merit Awards Four UNC School of Law library staff members received the UNC Kathrine R. Everett Law Library’s highest annual honor, the Kathrine R. Everett Award of Merit, which recognizes staff who stepped up in significant ways to address the needs of the library and its users.

FESTIVAL IN FEBRUARY The 28th annual UNC School of Law Festival of Legal Learning

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took place February 9-10 in Nicole M. Downing ’12 was recognized for successfully reshaping the Prep for Practice library instruction program to explore innovations in law practice technologies; for impactful posts on the national law library association’s blog; for service-oriented management of database passwords and vendor support; for initiative in teaching; and for excellent work overall. Downing is a clinical assistant professor of law and reference librarian.

Chapel Hill, giving attendees an opportunity to complete 12 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) credits from 120 sessions. These sessions focused

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on a variety of topics such as Tiffany Evans was recognized for immersive and careful development of new human resources responsibilities; for improvements to the library’s financial management and reporting; for building both relationships with peers and expertise with systems; for thoughtful contributions to the library’s administrative team; and for excellent work overall. Evans is the library’s business officer.

media law, entrepreneurial law, immigration, consumer law, criminal law, environmental law, health law, intellectual property, trial skills and professional ethics.

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Nearly all of Carolina Law’s fullJesse D. Griffin was recognized for creative, resilient, and collaborative management of storage and relocation of the library’s collections during library maintenance and renovation; for attentive supervision of student employees supporting collection management and digitization; for completion of a master’s degree in library science; and for excellent work overall. Griffin is the library’s metadata and digital services manager.

time faculty taught sessions on timely topics. New to this year’s Festival, members of Carolina Law’s Career Development Office developed a curriculum track

Aaron S. Kirschenfeld ’15 was recognized for expert development of the Carolina Law Scholarship Repository (scholarship.law.unc.edu) and digital collections; for mentoring librarians on repository expansion and on teaching; for commitment to teaching; for presentations about his scholarship on legal citators; for committee work at local, regional, and national levels; and for excellent work overall. Kirschenfeld is a clinical assistant professor of law and digital initiatives law librarian.

graduates.

“Four law library staff members really stepped up this year to respond to changing circumstances, taking the library’s services forward, improving efficiency in library management, and meeting challenges with a spirit of creativity and purpose,” says Anne Klinefelter, professor of law and director of the law library. “We have never had more than two honorees in the annual Award of Merit, and this year we have doubled that number. These library staff members contribute to a vibrant culture of service in the law library, with impact both locally and beyond. I am inspired by them and grateful for their productivity and for their enthusiasm for advancing the library’s mission.”

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Cass R. Sunstein Delivers Murphy Lecture

Prior to teaching at Harvard Law School, Sunstein served as administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs from 2009 to 2012. Early in his career, he clerked for Justice Benjamin Kaplan of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently, Sunstein is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economic and Public Policy at Harvard Law School, where he is now researching projects related to group decisionmaking and the idea of liberty.

Sunstein has been involved in constitutionmaking and law reform in several nations and has testified before congressional committees on various subjects. His primary areas of interest include administrative law, constitutional law, environmental law and policy, employment and labor law, and behavioral law and economics.

The Murphy Lecture series was established by the UNC School of Law Class of 1990 to celebrate former faculty member Professor William P. Murphy’s teaching and his work in constitutional law, labor law and civil rights.

This lecture series is responsible for bringing noted lawyers, political figures and public advocates to the campus.

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Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, delivered the 2018 William P. Murphy Distinguished Lecture at UNC School of Law on Tues., March 27. Sunstein’s lecture discussed the origins of the impeachment clause and its intimate connection with the American Revolution. The talk also explored the United States’ commitments to self-government and equal dignity of human beings in showing how those commitments produced the American style of impeachment.

Dean Martin Brinkley ’92, Provost Robert Blouin, Professor Cass Sunstein, Chancellor Carol Folt, Associate Dean Mary-Rose Papandrea.

Carolina Law Welcomes Associate Dean for Administration Nick Goettsch transparency, Goettsch also implemented an internal general fund budget development process to advance the university’s long-term strategic plan and budget reporting software to improve distribution of budget availability reports.

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Goettsch previously served as a budget analyst for the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management from 2013 to 2016, where he was a lead analyst for the UNC System, UNC constituent institutions, the Department of Public Instruction and the Race to the Top Grant.

New staff members, from left, Cynthia Lowery, Adam Allen, Louisa Steffen, Nick Goettsch, Lakethia Jefferies, Michelle Gunter and Samantha Owen.

UNC School of Law welcomes Nick Goettsch in the role of associate dean for administration, where he is responsible for overseeing budget planning and financial management, facilities, human resources, information technology and other operational issues at the school.

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Goettsch received bachelor’s degrees in journalism and mass communication and public policy analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before earning his master’s degree in public administration from North Carolina State University.

In addition to Goettsch, Carolina Law expanded its admissions, information technology, student development, faculty support and finance teams and welcomed Lakethia Jefferies as director of student services, Michelle Gunter as director of admissions, Adam Allen as application analyst, Louisa Steffen as business services coordinator, Samantha Owen as administrative support specialist and Cynthia Lowery as account manager.

One of the auction items was a “Raging ’20s” party hosted by Professors Carissa Hessick and Andy Hessick. Students Lydia Butts 2L, Caitlin Wilkinson 2L, Elizabeth Fisher 2L, Andrew Wasilick 2L, Thomas Zamadics 2L and Philip Pullen 2L were the winning bidders.

Annual CPILO Auction Benefits Public Interest Summer Grants The annual Carolina Public Interest Law Organization (CPILO) Auction was held Jan. 25 at Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill, raising $23,561 to go towards funding grants for 79 law students who are working unpaid summer positions in public interest. The auction, a signature Carolina Law event since 1997, included both silent and live auctions.

This year, auction items included a full Kaplan Bar Review course valued at $2,000; a seven-night stay in Gansbaai, South Africa, an area known for whale-watching, wineries

and scenic hiking; dinners with professors and UNC men’s basketball tickets.

“The auction provides direct scholarships to law students who wouldn’t otherwise be able to have opportunities to explore public interest fields during their summers and ensures that great public interest organizations get to know and have access to passionate students who use their time to make an impact in the community,” says CPILO Vice President Lauren Toole 2L.

CPILO is a student-run group that helps provide grants to students who accept summer internships in the public sector that are low or non-paying; facilitates a network of support for students interested in pursuing public interest law; exposes the law school community to public interest law; and encourages students to pursue careers in the public sector.

Carolina Public Interest Retreat On February 3, more than 44 students and 18 attorney volunteers gathered at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary to meet and talk about the practice of law in the public sector.

Carissa Arevala, Associate Director of the Legal Services Program at the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) delivered an inspiring keynote address. Students then gathered in break out groups (civil rights/civil legal services, criminal prosecution, criminal defense, domestic violence/title IX, environmental, immigration, and juvenile law) to talk more intimately with area practitioners about their work and careers.

FIRST ROW: Miranda Goot 1L, Mara Howard 1L, Nicole Edwards 3L, Alex Snow 3L, Siya Hegde 3L, LaToya Powell ’05 (N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts), Cari Carson (LANC Advocates for Children’s Services), Brittainy Joyner 2L, Lashieka Hardin 2L, Vanessa Canuto 1L, Megan Moran 2L, Kathleen Lockwood ’15 (N.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence).

SECOND ROW: Rachel Geissler 1L, Zach Shufro 1L, Rebecca Howell 1L, Kirsten Leloudis 3L, Sarah Cowell ’14 (N.C. Justice Center), Erin Grubbs 1L, Charlie Johnson 3L, Adam Rodrigues 1L, Alex Rutgers 1L, Will Cauley 2L, Emily Monnett 1L, Rebecca Fisher 1L, Holly Oner (Legal Aid of N.C.), Tanner Caplan 1L, Olivia Perry 1L. THIRD ROW: Will Harrison ’12 (Alamance DA), Boz Zellinger ’07 (N.C. Attorney General), Chris Brook ’05 (ACLU of N.C.), Asher Spiller ’13 (N.C. Attorney General), Raul Pinto (N.C. Justice Center), Patrick Figueroa 1L, Kevin Schroeder ’13 (USCRI), Havan Clark 1L, Julio Zaconet 1L, Sean Placey 1L, Alex Cook 1L, Sarah Hoffman 1L, Ashton Cooke 3L, Kyle Compton 1L.

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Hessick is working with 10 student research associates to collect and analyze the data.

UNC School of Law Launches Prosecutors and Politics Project Professor Carissa Hessick Receives $90,000 Gift to Build Database of Prosecutor Campaign Contributions

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NC School of Law has launched the Prosecutors and Politics Project (www.law.unc.edu/centers/ppp).

Carissa Byrne Hessick, the Ransdell Distinguished Professor of Law, serves as the director of the project. The Project allows faculty and students to work with community partners to study the political and democratic checks on American prosecutors.

The project’s initial research focuses on the campaign contributions that prosecutors receive when they run for office. The project compiles election data from state and local governments across the country into a database that identifies contributors to prosecutor elections and the amount of their contributions. Based on that data, the project will publish academic studies about prosecutor campaign contributions. The campaign contribution research is funded by a generous $90,000 gift from the Vital Projects Fund, Inc. According to Hessick, although campaign contributions may be a necessary feature of governments who elect their

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prosecutors, contributions are also a potential source of inequality.

“Wealthy defendants are represented by wealthy attorneys who are able to make such contributions, while poor defendants are represented by less affluent attorneys or public defenders, who are less likely to be in a position to make large campaign contributions,” Hessick says.

Hessick also notes that some prosecutors accept contributions from political action committees that represent bail bonds companies. Accepting contributions from those companies may create a conflict of interest. Bail bonds companies stand to make money whenever judges require defendants to post bail in order to be released from jail before trial. Because prosecutors’ decisions whether to ask judges for bail is one of the major factors in whether a defendant has to post bail, bails bonds companies have a significant economic interest in making sure that only prosecutors who routinely ask for bail are elected.

Once the campaign contribution data is compiled, it will be made publicly available through UNC-Chapel Hill’s Dataverse (dataverse.unc.edu/). The Dataverse will allow voters to find out who is contributing to the campaigns of their local prosecutors.

Although campaign contribution information is supposed to be publicly available, such information is often difficult to find.

“The format of that information varies from state to state, the information is often scattered across multiple sources, and the information is sometimes only available as scanned documents of individual contribution receipts,” says Hessick. Making it easier for voters to find this information, Hessick explained, “will ensure transparency and accountability—both of which are absolutely necessary in a system that relies on elections to select prosecutors.”

Hessick works with 10 student research associates to collect and analyze the data.

Carolina Law Bids Happy Retirement to Mark Weisburd

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ark Weisburd recalls the very first class he taught at Carolina Law 37 years ago. About 25 students were in the first-year class on civil procedure.

“I went in there to teach not knowing what to expect. I remember enjoying it immensely,” Weisburd says. Walking to his office after class, he asked a colleague, “Do they really pay us for doing this?”

Weisburd, who retired July 1, was fortunate to realize early that he was in the right job. “I like going into the classroom. I’m usually able to set a tone where people are comfortable.

They don’t hesitate to ask questions or disagree with me. The back-and-forth with my students is a lot of fun,” he says. “Being in the classroom is almost recreation.”

He can’t say the same about drafting and grading exams. But in addition to the pleasure of engaging with students, Weisburd cites esteem for his colleagues as a factor in his lengthy tenure at UNC, where he started teaching in 1981.

“I’ve been very fortunate in my colleagues,” he says. “They’re not only all very smart, but generally speaking the tone of interaction is always respectful…They are able to express disagreements in a civilized way.”

Faculty members also bring a healthy balance to their work. “The faculty are very interested both in scholarship and high-quality teaching,” Weisburd says. “There is a real seriousness here about teaching without giving short shrift to the scholarly aspect of the job.”

faculty matters as committee work and speaker events on campus.

“Mark was a wonderful contributor to the internal intellectual life of Carolina Law,” Boger says, “and a thoroughly decent and honorable citizen of the law school and university…His intellect, high standards, good cheer, diligence and selflessness will be deeply missed.”

Associate Dean for Faculty Development Holning Lau notes how Weisburd nurtured the faculty. “He has truly been a pillar in our community. Mark is fondly regarded as a go-to person whenever someone on our faculty needs help or feedback on a project.

We have all benefited from Mark’s generous spirit,” he says.

In retirement, Weisburd plans to spend more time with his wife, Martha, traveling as well as nurturing his passion for reading.

Most rewarding in his Carolina Law career is “the sense that I’ve made a contribution to the place, that I’ve held up my end. I think I’m a pretty good teacher. My students seem to respond well to me. My colleagues seem to value my opinion on their work,” he says.

“I’ve got a respectable publishing record…

Adding it all together, I would say I feel like I’ve earned my pay. That’s what’s really satisfying about it.”

ABOVE: Weisburd at the beginning of his teaching tenure BELOW: Weisburd at the UNC School of Law 2018 Faculty Awards.

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Weisburd didn’t shirk scholarship either. Last year, his scholarship was lauded at the annual faculty awards event, at which he received the Van Hecke-Wettach Award for his 2015 book “Failings of the International Court of Justice.” At the awards event this year, he was recognized for his retirement.

Over the years, Weisburd taught civil procedure, remedies, conflicts of law and international law.

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Gurvich Named Top Tweeter by ABA Journal

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ow much value is there in legal advice and tips limited to 280 characters on Twitter? A lot, it turns out.

Carolina Law clinical assistant professor Rachel Gurvich has reinforced Twitter’s popularity and influence in the legal field.

As a co-founder of #PracticeTuesday, she was one of about 25 people included in the ABA Journal’s list for “Best Law Twitter” in December. The journal noted her “great, practical advice for law students and beyond.”

Gurvich and Sean Marotta, a Washington, D.C., lawyer she met through another Twitter legal forum, tweet from their personal accounts, @RachelGurvich and @smmarotta, using the hashtag #PracticeTuesday. They set up the Twitter account @practicetuesday for their blog #PracticeTuesday (www.practicetuesday.com/).

Now, many students, lawyers and judges look to #PracticeTuesday for perspectives on legal practice: tips to excel as a summer or junior associate, effective ways to write and respond to written discovery, how to prepare for depositions or oral arguments, avoiding burnout in the legal profession, and other best practices.

Gurvich and Marotta met through #AppellateTwitter and began co-hosting the weekly #PracticeTuesday conversations in November 2016 to expand on their #AppellateTwitter tweets.

“We realized there was a lot of great advice being shared on Twitter.

We wanted a way to capture that,” says Gurvich, who practiced as a patent and appellate litigator at a large firm in Boston before coming to Carolina to teach legal research and writing. #PracticeTuesday “is particularly helpful for young lawyers, but I think more experienced lawyers find it interesting to see how their colleagues practice and learn from their habits and tips as well.”

The #PracticeTuesday tweets capture diverse experiences from law students and professors, government attorneys, solo practitioners — and judges. “There are a number of great judges who have embraced Twitter and are very active” with the medium, Gurvich says.

Some of Gurvich’s Twitter followers are UNC students. “I get a lot of really good engagement from them,” she says.

From #PracticeTuesday tweets by legal professionals, Gurvich has gained insights on legal practice, legal writing pedagogy and other issues. “That has been instrumental in my growth as a professor,” she says. “It informs how I teach my students and helps me stay current in terms of what is expected” of new lawyers across the profession.

Professors Luke Everett ’08, Sara Warf, Alexa Chew, Rachel Gurvich, Kaci Bishop ’06, Melissa Jacoby and O.J. Salinas at a panel about appellate practice Gurvich organized in November. Hailey Klabo 2L tweeted about the event.

She sometimes tweets about Carolina Law’s innovative legal research and writing curriculum and shares stories “that demonstrate our students’ commitment to public service or publicize their successes in moot court competitions and other endeavors,” she says. “I like to think it’s helping the legal community learn about what we do here and what sets us apart.”

More broadly, “The opportunity to engage in conversations and learn from people you might not otherwise encounter is good for the profession,” notes Gurvich.

She and Marotta finally met in person when he came to Carolina Law to speak on a panel about appellate practice that Gurvich organized—mostly through Twitter. Fellow panelist and D.C. appellate attorney Jaime Santos even filmed Gurvich and Marotta’s first meeting—and, of course, promptly tweeted the video.

“I’ve been surprised that I’ve formed meaningful relationships with people I’ve only known through Twitter,” Gurvich says.

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FACULTY BOOKS Michael J. Gerhardt Impeachment:What Everyone Needs to Know® Oxford University Press, 2018 272 pages.

ISBN-13: 978-0190903657

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Jeffrey M. Hirsch, et. al.

Labor Law: A ProblemBased Approach (2nd edition) Carolina Academic Press, 2017 796 pages.

ISBN-13: 978-1531001360

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Wilson Receives Lambeth Distinguished Professorship

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he University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Carolina Law’s Erika Wilson as the recipient of one of five Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Professorships in Public Policy.

This distinguished term professorship celebrates Wilson’s work in the development of public policy that has an impact on the people of North Carolina and beyond. Wilson’s research interests focus on issues related to education law and policy, specifically obtaining educational equality for disadvantaged students, and the intersection between race and the law.

“A distinguished professorship is one of the most prestigious and visible honors that the University can bestow on a member of the faculty. It is a symbol of the value Erika’s colleagues have placed on her scholarship and public service,” says Martin H. Brinkley ’92 dean and Arch T. Allen Distinguished Professor of Law. The Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy was established in 2001 by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in honor of the retirement of Thomas Willis Lambeth, who served as executive director of the foundation from 1978 until 2001.

Income paid from the Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy is used to establish an endowed chair to attract or retain a distinguished teacher and scholar in the area of public policy in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Law, the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the School of Social Work or the School of Government.

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Gerhardt Honored with University’s Highest Teaching Award A UNC School of Law professor is the recipient of one of the 2018 University Teaching Awards, the highest campus-wide recognition for teaching excellence. Associate Professor of Law Deborah R. Gerhardt was recognized with the Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction, which acknowledges the important role of post-baccalaureate teaching. Created in 1995, this award carries a one-time stipend of $5,000.

Recipients were honored during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Georgia Tech on Jan. 20. The 25 awardees were chosen in nine categories.

The University Committee on Teaching Awards, which oversees the selection process, encouraged students to nominate deserving faculty and graduate teaching assistants for the awards. The committee specifically sought nominations with specific examples that display the nominees’ care for students, mentorship or effective use of classroom methods.

“The winners of these awards exemplify what it means to be a Carolina faculty member,” said Bob Blouin, provost and executive vice chancellor.

“The awards recognize their dedication and determination to inspire our students and help them learn and grow.”

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N.C. Poverty Research Fund Releases New Report on the Economic Distress in Goldsboro, North Carolina

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ow does a locality transition from a Money magazine Top Ten City in the United States in the early 1990s to, according to a study, the fifth poorest city in America in 2015? For Goldsboro, North Carolina, a mix of job losses and a sluggish economy, low wages, a lack of affordable housing and quality schools, and other entrenched issues is to blame.

“Goldsboro: Isolation and Marginalization in Eastern North Carolina” is the latest report in a series about economic distress around the state by the North Carolina Poverty Research Fund, a Carolina Law program.

Statistics for the Goldsboro area are dire: a steep drop in median income, a large percentage of residents in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty, a high child poverty rate, crime. The report notes that recent studies show the area has had more challenges with income mobility — the ability to improve one’s economic status — than 95 percent of U.S. counties.

“Poverty in North Carolina is very highly racialized,” Nichol says. “Poverty is North Carolina’s greatest problem, and it’s the one we hear least about.”

Goldsboro reflects the challenges of eastern North Carolina, “which has the most entrenched pervasive poverty” in the state because of “the hardship of what is essentially the state’s rural-urban divide,” Nichol says.

The narratives of low-income residents in the report give the problems a human face. “Poor neighborhoods lack resources, infrastructure, jobs, good schools, networks, and human and social capital, making it far more difficult for residents, especially poor residents, to achieve financial stability. This was reflected in interviews we conducted,” research associate

and report co-author Heather Hunt ’02 says.

One report recommendation is that Goldsboro area stakeholders convene a citywide task force to study the issues raised and include the poorest residents in discussions. A group already has formed to study poverty and economic opportunity in the city.

Another recent report by Nichol and Hunt, “Court Fines and Fees: Criminalizing Poverty in North Carolina,” explores how those costs perpetuate poverty and punishment for poor defendants. Nichol plans more related reports.

“We want to shine a light on the challenges of poverty in North Carolina,” he says, “in the belief that if North Carolinians knew more about the hardships of their sisters and brothers they would do more about it.”

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The problems in Goldsboro, the seat of Wayne County with about 36,000 people, “dramatically impair its ability to make economic progress,” Carolina Law professor and report co-author Gene Nichol says.

The report notes poverty is more common among African Americans, Asians and Latinos than whites in Goldsboro and Wayne County.

Center for Civil Rights Co-Sponsors Criminal Justice Debt Conference

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he UNC Center for Civil Rights co-sponsored a conference on May 15 on the burdens of court fines and fees called “Criminal Justice Debt: Punishing the Poor in North Carolina.” The conference, held at N.C. Central University School of Law, aimed to educate the public, advocates and other stakeholders on the crisis disproportionately faced by poor individuals and families in North Carolina with excessive court fines and fees. Allen Buansi ’15, the PepsiCo Foundation Civil Rights Fellow at the center, moderated the first panel on the current state of criminal justice debt. Former state Supreme Court Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson ’79 was the conference’s keynote speaker. Former public defender James Williams ’13, Heather

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Hunt ’02, Cristina Becker, Gene Nichol and Rich Rosen ’76 largely organized the conference. The center’s partners in sponsorship included the ACLU of North Carolina, Forward Justice, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, North Carolina Central University School of Law, North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, North Carolina Justice Center, North Carolina Poverty Research Fund, North Carolina Public Defender Committee on Racial Equity, North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, and Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

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Scholarship recipients with members of the selection committee, sponsors and prior recipients at the Banking Institute. Recipients include 2Ls Jacqueline Chang, Katherine Clarke, C.J. Click-Kimber, P.J. Cline, Rebecca Floyd, Sabrina Galli, Patrick Morris, Joshua Roquemore, Luke Thomas, Stephen Spivey and Joanne Wu.

Banking Center Supports Students Interested in Banking and Finance Careers, Presents to UNC Trustees

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he Center for Banking and Finance’s 22nd annual Banking Institute was held in Charlotte, N.C., on March 22-23. On March 22, preceding the annual Beischer Address delivered by Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell, more than $52,000 in scholarship support for law students was announced by Burton Craige Distinguished Professor Lissa Broome, director of the center.

Eleven rising 3L editors on the North Carolina Banking Institute Journal received scholarships provided by the record 51 sponsors of the Banking Institute. Two $7,200 scholarships, one from an endowment established by institute sponsors, were awarded to Rebecca Floyd, incoming editor in chief, and to Luke Thomas, incoming institute editor. The remaining nine editors each received a $3,000 scholarship -- Jacqueline Chang, Katherine Clarke, C.J. Click-Kimber, P.J. Cline, Sabrina Galli, Patrick Morris, Joshua Roquemore, Stephen Spivey, and Joanne Wu. The center also announced additional student support provided from other funds, including a $5,000 summer study abroad scholarship awarded to Jared McDaniel 1L, who will study banking and finance issues at the law school’s exchange partner, the

Augsburg University in Augsburg, Germany, and two $3,000 summer public interest grant fellowships to Laura Gritz 2L and Cristiana Nanu 2L who are working at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this summer.

On May 24, the Director Diversity Initiative held its annual program, “Broadening Corporate Board Diversity: Earning a Board Seat” at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill. This one-day program introduced potential diverse directors to the role of a corporate board and paths to board service. The panelists included experienced directors, including two alums of the program who subsequently were invited to join public company boards.

On June 11-12, the center held its second “Financial Services Compliance Boot Camp” at UNC-Charlotte’s uptown Center City facility in Charlotte. This two-day program was designed to provide continuing education to compliance professionals (many of whom are attorneys). There were 166 total participants, which included 95 students and 71 panelists and speakers. Susan Schroeder, the head of enforcement for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, delivered the keynote address over lunch.

On September 21, the center is hosting a one-day program in Washington, D.C., “The September 2008 Financial Crisis: A Legal Perspective” that will highlight the legal and policy issues presented during the events of September 2008 from the legal perspective of the attorneys working to find creative solutions to these issues. Eric Spitler ’85, who was the legislative director for the FDIC during this time period is the co-planner of the program, which features those who were then counsel to the major financial regulatory agencies, the financial institutions involved, and those working on legislative solutions.

Featured speakers include Senator Chris Dodd; Sheila Bair, then-chair of the FDIC; and Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell.

Also participating is Alfred Pollard ’75, who was then and is now the general counsel for the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. On October 11-12, the center will present an Emerging Issues Forum for bank directors in Asheville, following its very successful program for bank directors on blockchain and cryptocurrency held in the fall of 2017. This forum will be focused on exploring the world of fintech.

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Center for Media Law and Policy Tackles Issues of Media Access and Police Body-Worn Camera Systems

CE3 Publishes White Papers, Co-hosts Workshop, Partners with University of Tübingen and Competes in Moot Court Competitions

n Feb. 21, the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy cosponsored the North Carolina Press Association’s (NCPA) annual dinner with the North Carolina Supreme Court. One of the goals of the dinner was to offer students a chance to network and dine with members of the NCPA Board of Directors and the justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Students, judges and NCPA members discussed questions that addressed current issues regarding media access and the courts.

Carolina Law’s Center for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Economics (CE3) and Florida State University College of Law’s Environmental, Energy & Land Use Program recently published a white paper examining the challenges and opportunities that municipal utilities and electric cooperatives face as they transition to a lower-carbon future. The paper, “Transitioning to a LowerCarbon Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives,” summarizes a 2017 conference that featured representatives from many different types of municipal utilities and cooperatives around the country in order to better understand these opportunities and challenges and to develop broadly-applicable lessons learned. Authors include Carolina Law professors Jonas Monast and Heather Payne ’11, FSU professor Hannah Wiseman, and 2L Nicolas Eason.

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Last November, the center convened an invitation-only workshop to address the practical issues associated with the implementation of police body-worn camera systems. The half-day workshop was a supplement to the North Carolina Law Review’s 2017 symposium “Badgecams as Data and Deterrent: Law Enforcement, the Public, and the Press in the Age of Digital Video.” Attendees included experts on law enforcement, news gathering, privacy and public access. The goal of the workshop was to identify areas of agreement, discuss issues that would benefit from research, and develop best practices for police departments and the media. The center is drafting a white paper that highlights the issues discussed.

Workshop attendees discuss practical issues associated with the implementation of police body-worn cameras systems.

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REGULATING THE EVOLVING ELECTRICITY SECTOR

In February, CE3 co-hosted the latest event in the Power Shift workshop series—a collaborative project between CE3, Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, and Harvard University’s Environmental Policy Initiative. Power Shift is a network of energy law professors and energy practitioners, and regularly convenes workshops focusing on current challenges facing the electricity sector. Speakers at the February workshop included North Carolina Utilities Commission Chairman Edward Finley, New York Public Service Commission Chairman John Rhodes, Kentucky Public Service Commission Commissioner Talina Matthews, and former FERC Chairman Norman Bay. Panel discussions focused on governance of Regional Transmission Organizations, competition and public utilities, and the evolving role of natural gas in the energy mix.

the energy transitions underway in the United States and Germany, with a focus on the distinctive roles of federal and state governments in each country. The project will identify lessons from both countries to inform progress toward cleaner, affordable, and reliable energy systems. Professor Saurer visited Chapel Hill in June to present on Germany’s approach to energy federalism and engage with Carolina Law student research assistants.

The funding comes from the University of Tübingen to foster collaboration between faculty and students at Tübingen and UNC. ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY MOOT COURT TEAMS

Carolina Law’s environmental and energy moot court teams once again competed at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at the Pace School of Law and the National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition at the West Virginia University College of Law, respectively.

Heather Payne ’11, CE3’s assistant director, coached both teams. As with past years, numerous Carolina Law alums and other local attorneys contributed their time and expertise to help the teams prepare for the competitions. The competitions focused on administrative law challenges, environmental issues, constitutional due process, the public trust doctrine and the National Environmental Policy Act.

COMPARING ENERGY TRANSITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY UNC students with Senior Associate Justice Paul Martin Newby ’80 at the 2018 North Carolina Press Association dinner.

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CE3 director Jonas Monast and University of Tübingen Professor Johannes Saurer received funding for a two-year project comparing

Tas Lagoo 3L, Sarah Thomas 2L and Evan Hiatt 2L at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition.

ALUMNI NEWS

A Message From the Law Alumni Association

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We Need to Tell our Stories

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arolina Law has been so good to us. Think of all the remarkable experiences and career choices presented to us since we walked the halls of Van Hecke–Wettach. It is an institution that produces governors, judges, legislators, teachers and most importantly, the folks that make our cities and towns better places to live.You know who I am talking about – the lawyer on the city council, the lawyer running the zoning commission, the lawyer chairing the hospital board, the lawyer in charge of the church administrative board – that is who we are. Carolina Law produces leaders of all kinds that roll up their sleeves every day to make our communities more just, more welcoming and better places to live.

Jim Deal and the recently formed Law Alumni Association Outreach Committee sent a survey request this spring to each of us asking for specifics about this important work each of us is doing in our communities. The law school is in the process of compiling this information to show the incredible reach and impact that Carolina Law has on the state of North Carolina and nation as a proud and strong public law school. We hope that you completed the survey so your good work can be included in the results. But know that it is just as important that all of us be intentional in sharing our Carolina Law stories in our communities, in our professional networks, and beyond. By telling our Carolina Law stories, we enhance the reputation of the school, encourage others to employ Carolina Law graduates, and reflect the high quality of the education we received.

The skills that we developed at Carolina Law equipped us to do so much beyond the courtroom and the board room. Today, Carolina Law continues to develop young leaders through outreach programs at the school. This spring break, our law students worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative project at the Folkston Immigration Detention Center in Georgia, and on a driver’s license restoration project in Wilmington, North Carolina. These projects are so critical to immigrants and others trying to meet their basic needs. Making our communities stronger. Taking the initiative. It is what we do at Carolina Law. Please tell your story.

Thanks for all you do for Carolina Law and your community.

– Scott P.Vaughn ’86 2018 President, UNC Law Alumni Association, McGuireWoods, Charlotte, N.C.

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Alumni Find Non-traditional Ways To Successfully Use Their Law Degree While many Carolina Law alumni can be found working in law firms and government agencies and as counsel to companies, others are using their degree in non-traditional ways. Here are four grads who have taken the road less travelled.

TY VOTAW ’87

WINSTON CRISP ’92

A lifelong sports fan, Ty Votaw has combined his passion with his profession.

In his role as Executive Vice President, International for the PGA Tour,Votaw is involved with every aspect of the PGA Tour’s business that takes place outside of the United States.

Winston Crisp enrolled at Carolina Law with the desire to follow in the footsteps of renowned civil rights attorneys such as Thurgood Marshall and Julius Chambers.

But a research assistant position during law school changed the course of Crisp’s career path and led to his current role as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill.

“My activities on a day-to-day basis relate to both commercial and political activities, relationship building with other tours around the world, and audience development to ensure that we grow the game of golf from both a fan and participation perspective in certain strategic markets like China, India, Korea, and Japan,” says Votaw.

After graduating from Carolina Law,Votaw worked in the corporate transactions department of the Cincinnati law firm Taft, Stettinius, and Hollister. There he developed a strong working relationship with Charlie Mechem, one of the firm’s clients, who went on to become the commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

“Because I knew that I wanted to work in sports, I asked Charlie if there were ever any jobs that I would be qualified to help (him) with at the LPGA,” says Votaw.Votaw was hired six months later, In June 1991, as general counsel for the LPGA. His legal activities as general counsel lasted two years before he transitioned to the business side of the LPGA which he served as commissioner from 1999 to 2005.

In 2006,Votaw joined the PGA Tour where he has held a variety of roles including chief marketing officer and point person for getting golf into the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Votaw says that he draws on his legal background every day, particularly with negotiations and relationship building. “My law degree and legal education at North Carolina helped sharpen my communication skills and the ability to hold two conflicting thoughts in my head at the same time,” he says. “My time at North Carolina was a real game changer for me because I developed the skill set to relate to people I was negotiating with and empathize with their positions so when we ultimately come together with an agreement or a relationship, it’s a win-win for both parties.”

The best and most meaningful relationships in Votaw’s life were built at Carolina Law. “I get together at least once a year—and have done so every year since 1987—with my four closest lifelong friends who were all classmates and graduates of UNC School of Law: Joe Buckner; Michael Hauser; Joe Dornfried; and Mike Nedzbala,” says Votaw. “I count my time at Carolina Law, as well as the friendships from that experience, as some of the most cherished moments of my life.”

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“I spent two years during law school working with (former Carolina Law) Dean Judith Wegner as a research assistant on projects aimed at making things better and advocating for people, similar to the things I do in my job now,” says Crisp. “It was Judith who saw me as somebody who was made to be an educator.”

While Crisp says that he always had an interest in education, he had different plans for his post-law school career. “I grew up as an Army kid and I planned to take a commission in the Army JAG (Judge Advocate General’s) Corps,” says Crisp. “After I did my service, I was going to transition into a career in civil rights.”

Because of her conviction that Crisp would be better served and would better serve the world as an educator, Dean Wagner named him as Carolina Law’s first full-time assistant dean for student affairs upon his law school graduation. He was only 25 years old. “I made a deal that I would do the job for two years and if I didn’t like it at the end of that time, I would go back to the original plan (of joining the JAG Corps),” says Crisp. “That was more than 26 years ago and I have never looked back.”

Crisp worked in administration at the law school until 2005 when he moved to UNC’s main campus as the assistant vice chancellor before being named as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs in 2010.

He describes his current role as supporting students so that they are able to “engage in an educational process that will result in them being ready to go out in the world and make their way.”

Crisp says that his work is similar to what he would have done in a legal career. “I get up every day and I try to use the total sum of everything I have ever learned to help other people move forward,” he says. “What I do is teaching writ large.”

He is grateful for his law school education. “Carolina Law gave me problem solving skills and techniques,” he says. “I gained the ability to step beyond my own perspective and look at things from 360 degrees.”

“In law school, I was taught by a lot of really smart teachers and learned alongside a really smart peer group,” he says. “But the people, like Dean Wegner, who took the time to care about me, help me build skills and figure out where I was meant to be made all the difference in the world to me. That’s the thing I am always trying to pay forward.”

L’TRYCE SLADE ’04

While it’s been more than 14 years since L’Tryce Slade received her J.D. from Carolina Law, she continues to expand her knowledge. Since 2006, Slade has owned Slade Land Use, Environmental, and Transportation Planning, a licensed general contracting firm that specializes in geotechnical services, construction materials testing, environmental services and urban planning, located in Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.

To stay on the leading edge in her field, Slade earned a general contractor’s license and has taken a range of certification and licensing classes. “Getting my general contractor’s license was much more difficult than getting my law degree,” says Slade. “I don’t have a builder background.” She also doesn’t have a background in science but that didn’t stop her from building a construction material/geotechnical laboratory in her business, one of just a few women in the Southeast to have done so.

“I’m one of 30 women across the country to be selected for the (Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s) Energy Executive Program with Shell, BP and Chevron and Exxon/Mobil,” she says.

This year, she was also accepted into three competitive small business development programs sponsored by the City of Atlanta Watershed/ Hartsfield Jackson Airport, Delta Airlines, and the Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection.

Slade says that law school gave her the ability to successfully complete applications for business development programs, proposals, sells, and project deliverables. “I have to sell myself and my company in order to get in these programs because they are for the best of the best,” says Slade.

Her Carolina Law education has supported Slade’s business success.

“I have to review a lot of contracts and knowing that I can negotiate contracts, and not be afraid to ask for alternatives that make it easier for me to perform has been really huge,” she says. “It has also helped me be really analytical with my business approach.”

With summer law school internship experience in the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice liaison office, Slade’s first post-graduation job was in a Birmingham law firm working on an environmental justice class action suit. When that case ended after 18 months, so did Slade’s job. Unable to soon find another job in Birmingham, Slade created marketing materials offering urban planning services to larger construction and engineering firms. “I also have a master’s degree in city and regional planning from UNC so I thought I could do consulting while I was looking for a job,” she says.

Her business continued to grow and now employs nine people. “I feel like the sky’s the limit of being able to learn things that I’m interested in and teach other people about it,” says Slade. “I try to hire people that may not have a college degree. So the purpose of my business has become far greater than just having a business, it has become about helping people pull themselves out of poverty and provide a better life for their families. We not only build buildings, we build people.”

GILL HOLLAND ’91

It’s not easy to sum up the work of Gill Holland, who describes himself as a serial entrepreneur and community builder. While Holland’s interests are broad, they each reflect his commitment to connecting people and having a positive impact. “(My companies) operate in the 21st century model of capitalism where it’s the return on community, not just the return on investment,” says Holland. “There has been such an emphasis that if you make money, you’re successful as opposed to if you make an impact, you’re successful.”

Holland has made an impact on his adopted hometown of Louisville, Kentucky in a variety of ways. He and his wife, Augusta, developed The Green Building, the greenest commercial structure in the state.

An accomplished independent film producer with over 100 films to his credit, Holland found success with his first movie, “Hurricane Streets,” the first film to win three awards at the Sundance Film Festival. One of his most recent films, “Most Beautiful Island,” won SXSW’s Grand Jury Award in 2017.

After seeing the need to make music licensing easier for films, Holland started sonaBLAST! Records, a record label and publishing company which just passed 100 million streams on Pandora and Spotify. His book publishing house, Holland Brown books, primarily produces “positive, life- affirming Louisville- and Kentucky-related books.”

Holland says that soon after law school, “I quickly realized I wasn’t going to be a traditional lawyer because I’m too entrepreneurial. I’m a big picture guy and lawyers need to be very detailed focused.”

His first job after graduating from law school was in a Paris law firm which represented a film producer. “Growing up in Davidson and going to Chapel Hill, I had never met anybody who worked in media,” he says. But once he did, “I said, ‘I think I need to do that,’” says Holland. “It’s the perfect blend of my business mind/ creative mind.”

Like Votaw, Holland says that his Carolina Law education helps him in negotiations. “Arguing torts cases helps you see both sides of an issue which, in a perfect world, helps creates empathy and compassion,” says Holland. “So many people in the world don’t see the win-win but there is always a win-win. It’s important to understand how to get others onto your team to build a greater community because nobody can do that by themselves.”

“Contracts, which was my worst grade of all and the class I totally didn’t get on any level, is of course the thing I do every day,” laughs Holland. “Having been in law school, I’m not scared of dealing with contracts and I know when I can do it on my own and when I need to hire someone to do it for me.”

“I love what I do,” says Holland. “You have one life so it’s important to think about what’s going to be your impact and your legacy.”

-Michele Lynn

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UNC School of Law Announces Annual Alumni Association Awards Three Recognized for Their Significant Contributions to the Legal Field The UNC School of Law Alumni Association honored three exceptional graduates at its annual Law Leadership and Awards Dinner held May 4 at the Carolina Inn. The awards recognize members of the UNC School of Law community who embody the law school’s mission to serve the legal profession, the people and institutions of North Carolina, the nation and the world with ethics and dedication to the cause of justice.

M. ANN REED ’71 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

Ann Reed is a double Tar Heel, having graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and from UNC School of Law in 1971. She began her work as an attorney at the North Carolina Department of Justice upon graduation and spent a distinguished career in that office. In 1988 she was named as the first female senior deputy attorney general for the Administrative Law Division of the Department of Justice and continued in that capacity until she retired in September 2010. She was responsible for the management of the largest legal division in the Department of Justice. In this role, Reed essentially served as the “managing partner” of an 80-member law firm in representing and advising the diverse set of state agencies responsible for regulating and administering health and human services programs, investing and managing the state’s monies, conducting the state’s elections and resolving the tort claims of injured citizens. In 2001, Reed was the named the first woman president of the North Carolina State Bar. JAY M. GOFFMAN ’83 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

MARY L. IRVINE ’12 2018 Outstanding Recent Graduate Award Recipient

Mary Irvine is also a double Tar Heel, having graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2007 and from Carolina Law in December 2011 –a semester earlier than her peers. Irvine began her legal career as a program associate with the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity and as a contract law clerk with the Irwin Law Firm handling family law matters. With the Center on Poverty, she produced a report on the statewide economic impact of civil legal aid providers that continues to be referenced today.

In 2014, Irvine became the Access to Justice coordinator for the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission and the North Carolina State Bar Plan for Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA). In January 2015, she was named executive director of the Equal Justice Alliance. In August 2017, Irvine was named as executive director of the N.C. IOLTA program, coordinating a statewide funding process to provide legal assistance for at-risk children, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor in need of basic necessities. Irvine has been a constant presence in Carolina Law’s pro bono program as a student and as an active member for the alumni pro bono board. In 2017 she coordinated a continuing legal education course that trained volunteer attorneys to supervise student pro bono work, participated in UNC Cancer Project clinics as an attorney supervisor, and represented the program as a member of the UNC School of Law Alumni Association board.

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Jay Goffman, of New York, partner and global co-head of Skadden’s corporate restructuring group, is recognized as one of the leading restructuring lawyers in the world. Often referred to as “The Godfather of Prepacks”, he was named among “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers” by The National Law Journal in March 2010 and was recognized as one of The American Lawyer’s “Dealmakers of the Year” in April 2011 for his work in restructuring MetroGoldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), the largest prepackaged bankruptcy ever completed in under 33 days. In the 2011 Financial Times’ U.S. “Innovative Lawyers” report, Goffman was named as one of the 10 most innovative lawyers in the U.S. and recognized as a “pioneer” and a leader in out-of-court and prepackaged restructurings. In

January 2017, The Deal published an article detailing Goffman’s six-day prepack of Roust, Inc., the quickest billion-dollar prepack in history. In addition, he led the first prepack ever of an operating business, the first prepack ever of an international business and the fastest prepack ever completed—the 32-hour prepack of Blue Bird Bus Corporation. Goffman has been the recipient of many awards for his service and frequently lectures and writes on a variety of restructuring topics.

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Dean Martin H. Brinkley ’92 with award recipients Mary Irvine’12, Jay Goffman ’83 and M. Ann Reed ’71.

ALUMNI EVENTS

LAW REUNION WEEKEND

The classes of ‘68 (above), ‘73, ‘78, ‘83, ‘88, ‘93, ‘98 (top right), ‘03, ‘08 (right) and ‘13 celebrated another 5 years since graduation.

PHOTOS BY DONN YOUNG AND CAITLIN PENNA.

STEWARDSHIP LUNCHEON

Esphur Foster with her grandson Douglas Parrish and Sean Bickford ’19, recipient of the Esphur E. Foster Scholarship.

Richard L. “Rick” Magee ’83 with Rachel Procaccini ’18 and Wade Leach ’19.

REGIONAL CLUBS

Above: A celebratory weekend in Asheville, N.C. was held for members of the Carolina Law Cornerstone Club, a committed group of donors who support the law school at the $10,000 level annually.

Right: March was a busy month with Carolina Law Club alumni and student gatherings held across the state in Asheville (top), Chapel Hill (middle) and Wilmington (bottom). Visit alumni.law.unc.edu to find a regional alumni event near you!

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Just JOIN US IN For All Kind: the Campaign for Carolina.

Carolina’s deep roots in public service have grown into a University-wide effort to make more than just a difference, but a better future. UNC School of Law will be central to that vision. Our $75 million goal is built on the following campaign priorities: • Increase our competitiveness by providing student scholarships and experiential learning opportunities, and support for faculty.

• Develop lawyer-leaders by preparing our students to address the legal issues facing today’s ever-evolving industries, particularly in North Carolina.

With your support, we can fulfill our mission to be the nation’s finest truly public law school, For All Kind.

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ALUMNI GIVING

Johnston Allison & Hord Supports Diversity in Legal Education Through Scholarship Carolina Law 2L Samantha Aparicio has spent time in law school helping others through pro bono work.

She’s been involved in projects regarding special immigrant juvenile status proceedings within state court, case law related to the president’s executive orders concerning immigration, and domestic violence protective orders.

Aparicio’s efforts to benefit others have in turn been supported partly by the Johnston Allison & Hord Diversity Scholarship, awarded to a 2L student by the Charlotte-based firm known for commitment to pro bono work and community service. Recipients of the scholarship, awarded to a student “who enhances diversity within the law school community,” must demonstrate a commitment to such work and be interested in practicing law in Charlotte, the endowment agreement states.

“We believe it is of the utmost importance to have diversity in the legal profession because of its ability to cultivate innovation. Diverse thoughts, ideas and opinions on all sides of a matter are vital in order to progress the practice of law and make an impact on the industry,” Johnston Allison & Hord managing partner Darrell Shealy ’82 says. “UNC School of Law has a highly sophisticated program that we feel fully prepares students for integration into the legal industry upon graduation.”

Johnston Allison & Hord’s leadership in promoting diversity in the legal profession augments Carolina Law’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and has helped Aparicio relieve some student debt.

“It is rare to find a large population of minority graduate students. Scholarships like this encourage other minorities to apply to Carolina Law and feel the support they need to get in and succeed within this school,” says Aparicio, of Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Her pro bono services have given Aparicio invaluable real-world experience and enabled her to develop skills working with fellow law students and attorneys “toward a common goal of helping others,” she says. “I can take those skills wherever my career leads me.”

Munashe Magarira’s career has led him to the North Carolina governor’s office, where he is associate general counsel. He was the first recipient of the Johnston Allison & Hord scholarship.

As a pro bono board member at Carolina Law, Magarira ’14 did legal research for the UNC Center for Civil Rights as well as wills clinics and drop-in legal advice clinics for Legal Aid of North Carolina.

In addition to skills he gained through that work, Magarira cites UNC’s Civil Legal Assistance clinic and Research, Reasoning, Writing and Advocacy program, which gave him experience preparing legal pleadings and representing a range of clients.

The scholarship had significant value beyond financial assistance for him.

“It demonstrated Johnston Allison & Hord’s and UNC’s belief in me and their shared commitment to diversity in the legal profession. The legal profession and society as a whole benefit from having lawyers who reflect their clients and bring their unique experiences to the field and their representation,” says Magarira, a 2010 Chapel Hill graduate. He started in a full-time position at Johnston Allison & Hord on graduating from Carolina Law. For Aparicio, the scholarship reinforced her decision to attend UNC. “I chose Carolina Law because the community is unlike any other law school I have visited,” she says. “It’s truly a family, and I felt that from the moment I walked through the doors.”

– Jessica Clarke

Darrell Shealy ’82

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WHY I GIVE “We give to Carolina Law because it is a chance to say thanks for the experiences and opportunities that we received while pursuing our law degrees. We both feel that during our time at Carolina Law we were the beneficiaries of academic instruction and life-advice from countless faculty, and we had the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with classmates that will be a part of who we are for years to come. In fact, most of our first conversations with one another were on the way to Professor Saver’s 1L torts class! At the end of the day, Carolina Law has had a huge impact on our careers and personal lives, and giving back allows us to support the school and certain scholarships and student organizations that are meaningful to us.”

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WHAT ARE YOU FOR?

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Annalise ’15 and Stephen Perry ’15

Roy Dixon | 3L Class President

Chelsea Barnes | SBA President

“I’m for creating a culture of philanthropy at Carolina Law.”

“I’m for a student body that reflects the rich diversity of our world.”

Funding Priority: Student Support UNC School of Law is known for its exceptional value when compared to other top law schools but in order for us to attract the best and the brightest students, we must be competitive. In For All Kind: the Campaign for Carolina, one of our overarching priorities includes increasing our competitiveness by bolstering student support. We must increase our student scholarships—both in number and dollar amount— to achieve higher rankings and continue to recruit those students who want and deserve to be here.

There are a number of ways to support scholarships. Give to the Law Annual Fund, contribute to an established scholarship or create your own.

We offer two types of scholarship gift opportunities. Endowment gifts are invested to generate annual income in perpetuity. Expendable gifts are used in their entirety each year.

ENDOWMENT** Fellowship: $1.25 million (including a full scholarship, research support and summer funding) Full out-of-state scholarship: $1 million Full in-state scholarship: $500,000 Half in-state scholarship: $250,000 Quarter in-state scholarship: $100,000 ANNUAL EXPENDABLE Full out-of-state scholarship: $44,000 Full in-state scholarship: $24,000 Half in-state scholarship: $12,000 Named expendable scholarship: starting at $5,000 **Based on average 5% spendable endowment income.

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Invest in the value of a Carolina Law legal education, now and for generations yet to come. Help us continue our legacy of service to communities in North Carolina and beyond. To start a discussion about ways you can support student scholarships, please contact Deirdre Gordon, associate dean for advancement at 919.445.0168 or deirdre.gordon@unc.edu.

Deirdre Gordon | Associate Dean for Advancement

Walter Fisher ‘86, | Past president of the Law Alumni Association

“I’m for educating the next generation of lawyer leaders to serve North Carolina and beyond.”

“I’m for providing professional growth and enrichment opportunities for Carolina Law students.”

What are YOU for?

Email us a photo at law_news@unc.edu and let us know what you’re for.

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“Many alumni have been pleasantly surprised that they don’t need sevenfigure incomes to become philanthropists.“ 22

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After Jack O’Hale ’75 and his wife, Claudia, signed the paperwork to establish a scholarship at Carolina Law, the development officer they worked with asked whether he could use their names as a way to encourage other law school alumni to donate.

That surprised the O’Hales. They had arranged to make modest annual payments over time to achieve a $50,000 endowment that would spin off sufficient investment revenue to offer tuition relief for one student a year. They didn’t see their contribution as an eye-popping headliner worthy of mention.

“We thought,” Claudia O’Hale said, “maybe the school wanted to send the message: If the O’Hales can do it, you can, too.”

Many alumni have been pleasantly surprised that they don’t need seven-figure incomes to become philanthropists. They can create a named endowment through regular gifts that accumulate year after year, generating enough money to take the financial pressure off law students.

Alumni who graduated several years ago, in particular, may not understand the need for scholarships, said Deirdre Gordon, Carolina Law’s associate dean for advancement.

Until recently, the state had funded the law school at a very high level.

“Over time, that has changed,” Gordon said. “Many alumni are just now learning of that shift.”

In-state tuition at the law school now costs just shy of $25,000 a year, and out-of-state students pay nearly $40,000 annually. Carolina Law is still a good value relative to its peer schools. Even out-of-state tuition compares favorably to that of private schools.

Even so, that kind of investment is out of reach for some students who would make excellent lawyers and have an impact on North Carolina and beyond.

“We need to increase the number of awards and the amount of the awards to continue to attract the nation’s best and brightest students,” Gordon said.

Peyton Miller ’18 had been accepted into a number of law schools, and while she was weighing her options, she received a letter from Carolina Law offering a merit scholarship to her. The offer persuaded her to choose Carolina Law. The O’Hales had specified only that their scholarship go to a high-achieving resident of North Carolina. By the time Miller received the John and Mercedes O’Hale and Frank and Phyllis Ward Scholarship (named for the parents of both Jack and Claudia), the endowment had generated enough to provide a scholarship of $15,800 annually.

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“The scholarship allowed me to not have to work while in law school,” Miller said. “I could focus on academics, and I’ve had time to work as a Dean’s Fellow, and in the domestic and sexual violence law clinic, and on Law Review.

“And it has made me want to give back to Carolina Law once I’m able to, to give other students the same opportunity I have had.”

Enticing the top students to choose Carolina Law by reducing the financial pressure of the students’ law school experience increases the competitiveness of the school, and in turn boosts the school’s ranking.

The amount law schools spend on each student factors into the ranking calculation, too.

Students pay attention to a school’s ranking ROBERT CAMPELL

in deciding where to apply and which offers to accept. Carolina Law’s ranking suffered recently because its per-student expenditure Peyton Miller ‘18

lagged behind other schools, due to financial investment. A decreasing proportion of the law school budget is supported by the state, so private philanthropy is needed to increase the school’s per-student expenditure.

“The quality of the Carolina Law education remains high,” Gordon said. “We are ranked number 20 and 21 by peers and judges respectively.”

The law school’s new strategic plan calls for growing endowments for student support as one of its priorities. The university-wide Campaign for Carolina set its most ambitious fundraising goal ever — $4.25 billion — and the law school’s goal in the campaign is $75 million. Of that, $45 million will be dedicated to scholarships.

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Endowments ensure that the scholarships exist in perpetuity.

The principal, given to the UNC Law Foundation, is invested by the UNC Investment Fund, and the return on the investment becomes

the

available

scholarship. Funding a fulltuition

in-state

scholarship

requires a $500,000 endowment; a full-tuition scholarship for an out-of-state student would need DONN YOUNG

a $1 million investment.

Jack ‘75 and Claudia O’Hale have commited to modest payments resulting in a $50,000 endowment.

The O’Hales started small with a goal of $50,000 and invited

other family members to contribute to their endowment as well. All three of their children earned their undergraduate degrees at UNC, and two went on to Carolina Law: Paige O’Hale ’11 and Frank O’Hale ’16. Claudia O’Hale’s father, Frank Ward, went to UNC as an undergrad, and after he died unexpectedly, her mother, Phyllis Ward, began donating regularly to the fund.

“We thought this was a great thing for our family to help someone else go to law school,” Claudia O’Hale said.

The O’Hales, who both came from eastern North Carolina, a part of the state with a high poverty rate, had wanted their scholarship to be need-based, but as Gordon explained, “On the graduate and professional school level, all students have need.

Generally, they do not have income or assets.”

Donors have some say in the criteria, dictating that it support a certain specialty of law or area of interest for a specific type of student. The law school selects the recipients and honored the O’Hales’ request that their scholarship go to a student from North Carolina.

Miller, who had grown up in a family of Tar Heels, knew all about the Carolina Way and being part of the Carolina family.

“Having that scholarship coming in as a 1L made me feel I was already part of the family,” she said, “like the school wanted me to be here. The O’Hales made it possible

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for me to come to the university of my dreams and be the best possible law student version of me I could be.”

Such multigenerational giving is only one way of creating a scholarship. Scott Vaughn ’86 and his wife, LouAnn, named their scholarship for Ozzie Ayscue ’60 to honor Scott Vaughn’s longtime mentor. Vaughn availed himself of Ayscue’s open-door policy at what is now McGuireWoods and became a leader at the firm’s Charlotte office, in part because of what he learned from Ayscue.

LouAnn Vaughn said the lawyers of Ayscue’s generation at the firm went beyond teaching their young colleagues about law.

“They mentored Scott in the way they balanced their careers, their marriages, their personal lives, their civic responsibilities, and their commitment to the community in which they lived and worked,” she said. “When we thought about how to honor them, a meaningful gift to the law school seemed like a good fit. And it gave a lot of people an opportunity to honor Ozzie as well.”

Scott Vaughn concurred. “I have had a remarkable career that has far exceeded my expectations,” he said. “I don’t have anything to thank for it other than Carolina Law School.”

The Vaughns are ardent cheerleaders of public education. Affordability is part of Carolina Law’s tradition. “Carolina has allowed people to get a law degree who

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otherwise couldn’t afford it,” Scott Vaughn said.

Ozzie Ayscue ‘60 and his wife Emily Ayscue visit with Scott Vaughn ‘86, his wife LouAnn Vaughn and brother Robert Vaughn at the Stewardship Luncheon.

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Once the Vaughns got Ayscue’s blessing to name the scholarship in his honor, Scott Vaughn reached out to other Carolina Law alumni at his firm, and they contributed to the endowment, too.

Reconnecting Ayscue to the law school was a side benefit. After Ayscue, now retired, approved the scholarship name, he began giving a significant portion of his law firm retirement stipend to the endowment.

“Part of being a lawyer is giving back to the community,” he said. “Scott helped me figure out a way to pay back what was paid to me as I was going through law school.”

Scholarships can be established eponymously or anonymously, to honor the living or the deceased. Some alumni name the endowments for a former professor. Others are made in memory of a deceased loved one, and others who knew that person can contribute as a memorial gift.

Sometimes the gift can come from a group.

Emmett Haywood ’82 had created a travel scholarship for a UNC undergrad. At 19, she had spent a summer in France, and the scholarship was to recognize the importance of world travel opening the eyes of students.

“Going

from

Wilmington,

North

Carolina,

to Paris, was a big change,” she said of her experience as a student.

Law school opened doors for her, and she has loved her career. “As a result of my Carolina Law degree, I’ve been able to make a good living and have a good life,” she said. To honor her legal education, she endowed the Emmett Boney CAROLINA LAW

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Emmett Haywood endowed the Emmett Boney Haywood Scholarship and encouraged fellow classmates to establish the Class of 1982 Endowment.

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Haywood Scholarship.

“Law school is hard,” she said. “If you’re worried about finances, that makes it even harder.”

At her 25th law school class reunion, she encouraged her former classmates to give generously to a scholarship. They formed the Class of 1982 Endowment, which now spins out a $7,000 scholarship annually.

“The Class of ’82 scholarship was a nice way of us banding together,” she said, and she recommends it to other classes.

Haywood has never met the recipients of her scholarship, but the law school does send her a bio of each one and a report of their activities so she can see the impact of her generosity. Other philanthropists have met the recipients of their scholarships at the annual stewardship luncheon. The Vaughns sat with the recipient of the E. Osborne Ayscue Jr. Scholarship at the most recent luncheon and were delighted by the young woman intent on practicing public interest law.

“Our scholarship enabled her to graduate with much less debt,” Scott Vaughn said.

“It’s great to know we had a part in making her career a little easier.”

Claudia O’Hale has been impressed by the students who have benefited from her family’s scholarship. “Our money is well spent,” she said.

Some donors prefer to make their contributions from their estate, and Gordon’s office can help with that, too.

“We engage them as part of our Kathrine Everett Society,” Gordon said. “They’re invited to participate in activities at the school in their lifetime to honor the commitment they have made through their future gift.”

Alumni who would like to explore the opportunity to endow a scholarship may call Gordon at the Office of Advancement.

Haywood said she wishes she had begun contributing to a scholarship sooner.

“You don’t need to give a lot at any one time,” she said. “You just need to start.”

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CLASS NOTES

We love keeping up with our alumni!

Class Notes and Published Recognitions are compiled from information submitted by alumni and press releases received from law firms. Please submit your class notes online at www.law.unc.edu/alumni/news/classnotes or contact Susan McLean at law_alumni@unc.edu.

1959 The Honorable Henry E. Frye, of Greensboro, N.C., had an overpass named in his honor in Ellerbee, N.C. The Richmond County bridge overlooks the land Frye was raised on.

1967 J. Troy Smith Jr., a partner at Ward and Smith P.A., in New Bern, N.C., received the 2018 Craven Community College Foundation Community Fabric Award for Individual Leadership. Smith was also named as a 2018 North Carolina “Super Lawyer.”

1968 Samuel G. “Sammy” Thompson, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in litigation: healthcare and medical malpractice.

Thompson was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

1972 Lacy H. Reaves, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of real estate: zoning/land use. Reaves was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

1973 James E. Delany, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference in Park Ridge, Ill., donated $1 million to the University of North Carolina for scholarships.

Dan M. Hartzog of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP was selected for the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers in the areas of civil litigation and defense.

William L. “Skip” Schwenn, of Warrensville, N.C., is the author of three memoirs published

by Brighton Publishing (Mesa, AZ) between 2014 and 2017. Schwenn’s latest fiction manuscript is due to be released this year.

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Richard L. Vanore, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for the practice areas of commercial litigation, medical malpractice law defendants, personal injury litigation defendants, and professional malpractice law defendants. In addition,Vanore was named a “Super Lawyer” by North Carolina Super Lawyers for the practice area of personal injury defense: medical malpractice.

1974 The Honorable James A. Beaty Jr., Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of N.C., retired from the court after having been a U.S. District Judge since November 1, 1994 and serving as chief judge of the court from 2006-2012.

Charles W. Collini, of Wadesboro, N.C., sold his practice and retired to Pinehurst, N.C., where he will focus on golf rather than criminal defense, after 34 years in solo practice.

Carol Davidson Dickey, of Fayetteville, N.C., retired after 44 years teaching paralegals in the N.C. community college system.

Kenneth R. Keller, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for the practice areas of commercial litigation, litigation construction, litigation ERISA, and litigation labor and employment. Keller was also selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for the practice area of employment.

In addition, Keller was named a 2018 “Super Lawyer” by North Carolina Super Lawyers for the practice area of employment and labor.

Donald H. Tucker, Jr., a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of litigation: general commercial.

Edward C. Winslow III, a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Greensboro, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of banking.

1975 The Honorable Robert F. Orr joined the UNC Institute of Politics, a student-run program meant to engage undergraduates and encourage them to pursue careers in public service.

1976 Carl N. Patterson, Jr., a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of litigation: general commercial. Patterson was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

1977 Richard T. Boyette, of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was selected for the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers in the areas of professional liability and defense.

Gary S. Parsons of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business litigation.

1978 Ira S. Lefton, a member of Eckert Seamans’ Philadelphia office, was elected to the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s Board of Trustees, effective May 17. His term runs through the 2021 calendar year.

Ronald G. Penny was nominated by Gov. Roy Cooper ’82 to serve as North Carolina Secretary of Revenue. Penny was unanimously confirmed by the N.C. Senate in June 2017.

Mark A. Sternlicht, a managing partner at Beaver Courie Sternlicht Hearp & Broadfoot, P.A. in Fayetteville, N.C., was selected by Best Lawyers in America for personal injury law.

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1982

Col. Frederic L. Borch, regimental historian and archivist at the Judge Advocate General’s Corp., U.S. Army in Charlottesville,Va., published “Military Trials of War Criminals in the Netherlands East Indies 1946-1949.” The book was the result of research while a Fulbright Scholar to the Netherlands in 2012-2013 and is the only book on the subject in any language.

Kenneth R. Wooten, a partner at Ward and Smith P.A., in New Bern, N.C., was named as a 2018 North Carolina “Super Lawyer.”

1980 J. Stanley Carmical was nominated as Special Superior Court judge by Gov. Roy Cooper ’82.

W. Clark Everett, former district attorney of Pitt County, N.C., was awarded the Peter S. Gilchrist III Award by the North Carolina Bar Association Criminal Justice Section as an outstanding prosecutor.

S. Leigh “Bo” Rodenbough IV, a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Greensboro, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business litigation.

1981 Susan H. Hargrove, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

John N. Hutson Jr., with Young Moore & Henderson PA in Raleigh, N.C., was elected as a fellow of the American College of Estate and Trust Counsel (ACTEC) by its board of regents.

R. Glen Peterson accepted a position as chief counsel at the North Carolina Division of Employment Security in Raleigh, N.C. Steven H. Sholk, director at Gibbons PC in Newark, N.J., was published in Practicing Law Institute for the updated version of his article, “A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations,” to be used as part of course materials for the seminar “Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financing & Restructuring 2017.”

Frank E. Emory was named managing partner of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP’s Charlotte office.

1983 Mark A. Block joined the Atlanta office of Morris, Manning & Martin as a partner. Block will practice in the real estate development and finance and real estate capital markets groups. He was previously a partner at Seyfarth Shaw.

J. Scott Dillon, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for the practice areas of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships), closely held companies and family businesses law, corporate law and employee benefits (ERISA) law. Dillon was also named a 2018 “Super Lawyer” by North Carolina Super Lawyers for the practice area of business/corporate.

Mack Sperling, a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Greensboro, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business litigation.

Karen A. Popp, global co-leader of the white collar: government litigation & investigations group at Sidley Austin LLP, was honored by Global Investigations Review with its inaugural “Award for Services to Diversity” for her commitment to improving women’s positions in the workplace.

Sarah F. Sparrow, senior counsel at Tuggle Duggins P.A., in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for North Carolina Super Lawyers 2018 and recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2018 in the areas of bankruptcy law and insolvency and reorganization law.

1986 June L. Basden, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, N.C., was named by The Best Lawyers in America as the 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” for commercial finance law in Greensboro and was also listed in the following practice areas: bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law, banking and finance law and commercial transactions / UCC law. Basden was also listed in Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for the practice areas of bankruptcy and business.

Samuel H. “Lee” Poole of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Charlotte, N.C., was selected for the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice and defense.

Teresa W. Roseborough, executive vice president and general counsel at The Home Depot in Atlanta, was featured in Law360 for a series of Q&As with in-house counsel.

1984 Donald H. Tucker Jr., a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

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1987

Christopher B. Capel, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of corporate/mergers and acquisitions.

Stephanie H. Autry, of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was selected for the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers in the areas of civil litigation and defense.

Mark A. Finkelstein, of Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP in Raleigh, N.C., inducted into the 2017 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. Each year, the Supreme Court of North Carolina recognizes attorneys who donate 50 or more hours of legal services through the state’s voluntary pro bono reporting effort.

Bryan E. Beatty was nominated as Special Superior Court Judges by Gov. Roy Cooper ’82.

Thomas H. Johnson Jr. joined the Raleigh, N.C., office of Williams Mullen as a partner in the firm’s finance and real estate section. Johnson was previously at Nexsen Pruet.

William W. Nelson, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

C. Mark Holt, of Holt Sherlin LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was selected to serve as state chair of the North Carolina chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Byron B. Kirkland, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of corporate/mergers and acquisitions. Kirkland was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

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John W. Ormand III, a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business litigation.

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1988

Athena F. Brooks was nominated as Special Superior Court judge by Gov. Roy Cooper ’82.

Allen S. Kinzer, a partner at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio, was recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of employment and labor law.

Richard G. Minor, of the North Carolina Department of Commerce in Raleigh, N.C., was appointed to Atlantik-Bruecke, a United States-German leadership group based in Berlin.

Janet D. Thoren is the director of regulatory affairs for the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.

1989 Denise C. Long, of Hendersonville, N.C., was appointed to the statewide board of the United Way of North Carolina.

M. Gray Styers Jr., of Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP in Raleigh, N.C., inducted into the 2017 North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society. Each year, the Supreme Court of North Carolina recognizes attorneys who donate 50 or more hours of legal services through the state’s voluntary pro bono reporting effort.

1990 Robert E. Duggins, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of corporate/mergers and acquisitions. Duggins was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

Peter J. Marino, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

Deborah K. Ross, of Smith Moore and Leatherwood in Raleigh, N.C., was selected

by Triangle Business Journal as a 2018 Women in Business award recipient.

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George B. Autry Jr., of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was selected for the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers in the area of eminent domain.

R. Harper Heckman, Nexsen Pruet member and chair of the firm’s construction practice group, of Greensboro, N.C., was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers.

Kerry A. Shad, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of labor and employment. Shad was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

Keith A. Wood, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for the practice areas of business organizations (including LLCs and partnerships) and tax law. Wood was also selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for the practice area of tax/ estate planning. In addition, Wood was named a 2018 “Super Lawyer” by North Carolina Super Lawyers for estate planning and probate.

1992 Paul Brock announced the opening of Milestones Law & Mediation with Judson Williamson ’13. With offices in Chapel Hill and Durham, the new firm offers family law, estate planning, business and entrepreneurship law, and mediation services.

Scott A. Miskimon, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

Dawn Siler-Nixon, with Ford & Harrison LLP in Tampa, Fla., was selected by LawDragon, Inc., as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

James E. Yeager was named deputy county attorney for Mecklenburg County, N.C.

1994 H. Arthur “Arty” Bolick II, a partner at Brooks Pierce in Greensboro, N.C., was named

by Business North Carolina as one of North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for construction.

Bolick was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of construction litigation.

Lisa F. Garrison, of Asheboro, N.C., founded Garrison Law Group PLLC, a boutique law firm focusing primarily on health care professionals across North Carolina.

Timothy A. Nordgren of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller P.C. in Raleigh, N.C., was named to Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite.”

1995 John M. Cross, Jr., a partner at Brooks Pierce LLP in Greensboro, N.C., was named to Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” for business. Cross was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business/corporation.

Ken C. Joseph is a managing director in Duff & Phelps’ disputes and investigations practice in New York City. Joseph previously served as the head of the adviser/investment company examination program in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s New York regional office.

Bradly S. Torgan, received a master’s degree in environmental law from the University of Sydney and joined Ward Keller in Darwin, Australia as a senior lawyer in their natural resources and environmental practice group.

Walter L. Tippett Jr., a partner with Brooks Pierce in Raleigh, was selected as a fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only international honorary association of lawyers in construction and related practices. Tippett was also named to Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” for construction and by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business litigation.

1993

1996 J. Tim Meigs, assistant general counsel for IP at Becton Dickinson in Research Triangle Park, N.C., was elected to the board of directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Nancy L. Grace of Wake Family Law Group in Raleigh, N.C., was elected president of the Tenth Judicial District Bar. Charles F. Marshall, a partner at Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer” in the field of business litigation.

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2001

Christopher C. Herbst is senior vice president and chief counsel, products and intellectual property for CA Technologies in Cary, N.C.

Christopher W. Brooker was appointed by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, which promotes the ethical conduct of elected officials, officers and other employees in the executive branch of state government. Brooker is a member of the Louisville firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP’s litigation & dispute resolution service team.

Brooker is listed as a Kentucky “Super Lawyer” in the area of business litigation and has been recognized in Benchmark Litigation as a “Future Litigation Star” annually since 2015.

1998 Delisa F. Bressler, with Foster LLP in Austin, Texas, was named Who’s Who Legal leading corporate immigration attorney 2018.

Scott Holmes, assistant clinical professor of law and supervising attorney in the civil litigation clinic at the North Carolina Central University School of Law, was honored with the Elna B. Spaulding Founder’s Award in Durham.

The award recognizes the achievement of individuals who embody the trailblazer spirit of the late civil rights champion, Elna B. Spaulding, founder of the Elna B. Spaulding Conflict Resolution Center.

Dana B. Lehnhardt opened Lehnhardt Price, a family law firm in Monroe, N.C. Paul A. Meggett was named general counsel for Appalachian State University.

Lonnie M. Player Jr., a partner at Player McLean, LLP in Fayetteville, N.C., was appointed by the N.C. State Bar Council to serve a six-year term on the N.C. Judicial Standards Commission.

Kimberly Q. Swintosky, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

Paul M. Sykes accepted a position as general counsel at ADTRAN in Huntsville, Ala.

1999 Edward B. Davis, a founding partner at Bell, Davis & Pitt in Charlotte, N.C., was recognized

by Business North Carolina as one of North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” in litigation.

2000 Emin Toro, of Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C., was nominated by President Trump to serve on the U.S. Tax Court.

Jamie Lisa Forbes joined the Forrest Firm’s Greensboro office through the firm’s merger with Worth Law Firm in January 2018.

Veronica Higgs Cope, a solo practitioner in Grayson, Ga., is a candidate for Superior Court judge in Gwinnett County, Ga. J. Patrick Haywood, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for the practice areas of construction law and litigation construction. Haywood was also selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for the practice area of construction. In addition, Haywood was named a 2018 “Super Lawyer” by North Carolina Super Lawyers for the practice area of construction litigation.

2002 Lindsey N. Kelly, of Newport News,Va., joined Langley Federal Credit Union as in-house counsel.

Bart A. Norman, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney by Chambers USA in the area of banking and finance.

Dawn S. Opel, who received her Ph.D. in rhetoric, composition and linguistics from Arizona State University in 2015, is an assistant professor of digital media and user experience in the department of writing, rhetoric and American cultures at Michigan State University. Her project, “Building Collectives in a Changing Healthcare Climate,” received a three-year, $140,000 grant from the Humanities Without Walls consortium to create and sustain humanities-centered health service research collaboratives and was recently featured in MSU Today.

Scott A. Schaaf was elected a fellow in the Class of 2018 by the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

Jennifer C. Simmons is a senior project manager at NC Equal Access to Justice Commission.

2003 Amy L. Funderburk was appointed as clerk of the court for the Supreme Court of North Carolina in Raleigh, N.C. J. Travis Hockaday, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star.”

Addie K. S. Ries, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star.”

Brian D. Meacham, a partner at Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star.”

The Honorable Michael C. Surles, of Jacksonville, N.C., was sworn in as a district court judge on January 6, 2017.

2004 Doris J. Dixon was named partner at Schell Bray in Chapel Hill, N.C. Dixon concentrates her practice in the areas of elder law, special needs, and trusts and estates.

Julie K. Tibbets, with Goodwin Proctor LLP in Washington, D.C., is a partner in the technology and life sciences group and a member of the firm’s FDA practice.

C. Allen York, a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was listed as a leading attorney

by Chambers USA in the area of real estate.York was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Super Lawyer.”

2005 Nicholas J. Bakatsias, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, NC, was selected for inclusion in Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” under the category of Young Guns.

Bakatsias was also named a 2018 “Rising Star”

by North Carolina Super Lawyers for the practice area of business/corporate.

Brian C. Fork, a partner at Brooks Pierce LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was named to Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for bankruptcy.

Spencer B. Merriweather was elected district attorney in Mecklenburg County, N.C.

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Charlotte A. Mitchell was confirmed to the North Carolina Utilities Commission in Raleigh, N.C. Elizabeth E. Spainhour, a partner with Brooks Pierce in Raleigh, N.C., is playing a key role in the creation of the N.C. State Bar’s specialization in privacy and information security. She is one of eight attorneys on the privacy and Information security law specialty committee of the State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, which is in the process of launching the new certification and developing its criteria.

Margaret E. “Peggy” Wood, an AV-rated trusts & estates attorney with McCarthy, Summers, Bobko, Wood, Norman, Bass & Melby, P.A. in Stuart, Fla., was recognized by the Florida Association for Women Lawyers as a 2018 “Leader in the Law” in recognition for being a positive role model for peers, making meaningful contributions to the legal profession and the community, and advancing the cause of women.

2006 Dan M. Hartzog Jr., a partner in the municipal and employment law practice of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Raleigh., N.C., was named the town attorney for Angier, N.C., in addition to maintaining his current practice.

Hartzog, who received an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, was also selected as a 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers “Rising Star.”

Melody J. Jolly, of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Wilmington, N.C., was selected for the 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the areas of professional liability and defense.

Zachary F. Lamb, of Ward and Smith P.A., in Asheville, N.C., was named as a North Carolina 2018 “Rising Star.”

Melinda “Mindy” Vervais McGrath has accepted the position of counsel with McGuireWoods in Charlotte, N.C., where she provides regulatory, business and litigation services to clients in regulated infrastructure service industries including electric, natural gas, water and sewer utilities, hydroelectric facilities and telecommunication companies.

2007 Joshua M. Diver, of Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was named partner.

Rachelle E. Hill is senior assistant city attorney for the city and county of Denver.

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Michael J. Shumaker accepted a position at SunTrust in Atlanta as first vice president and assistant general counsel.

Eric A. Snider accepted a position as counsel to the North Carolina State Board of Education Adam P. Tarleton, a partner at Brooks Pierce LLP in Greensboro, N.C., was named

by Business North Carolina as one of North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for tax and estate planning. Tarleton was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star” in the field of estate & probate.

2008 Ellinor Coder, assistant regional counsel at the Social Security Administration’s Office of the General Counsel in San Francisco, was awarded the General Counsel’s Citation and Quality Service Awards. Coder is a reserve legal officer in the U.S. Coast Guard with 15 years of service.

Eric M. David, a partner at Brooks Pierce LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was named to Business North Carolina’s 2018 “Legal Elite” for litigation. David was also recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star” in the field of business litigation.

Christy H. Dupriest, of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP in Washington, D.C., was promoted to partner.

Bianca M. Gomez is counsel for LabCFTC and is counsel on FinTech and Innovation in U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission Office of General Counsel.

Rachel E. Hundley is a city councilwoman in Sonoma, Cal. Martin R. Jernigan was named a shareholder at Dickie, McCamey, & Chilcote, P.C. in Raleigh, N.C. Jon McClanahan Lee joined the University of Minnesota Law School as a professor and chief of staff.

Jeremy S. Shrader, of Carruthers & Roth, P.A. in Greensboro, N.C., was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 for the practice area of real estate law.

Zebulon L. Smathers, of Smathers and Smathers Attorneys at Law, was elected mayor of the town of Canton in Haywood County, N.C., and was selected as “Best Attorney” in The Mountaineer Readers Choice Awards.

Lindsey G. Smith, executive director of the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, was selected to serve on the NIST/NIJ evidence management executive steering committee.

Clint S. Wilkins, of Haynes & Boone, LLP, in Richardson, Texas, was promoted to partner.

2009 Timothy J. Coley, of Buckley Sandler LLP in Washington, D.C., was promoted to counsel.

Andrea M. Fink, of Boone, N.C., was named partner at Miller and Johnson Law, where she practices family and real estate law.

W. Cory Haller is assistant attorney general for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office in Denver.

Bao Nguyen was named deputy chief counsel in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. Christopher I. Pierson is an associate with Bilizin Sumberg LLP in Miami.

Mallory B. Silberman was promoted to partner at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C. Harrison M. Trammell is regional counsel at Gensler in Houston, Texas.

2010 Kathryn Marchesini, of Washington, D.C., was appointed chief privacy officer of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Caroline B. McLean, of Ward and Smith, P.A. in Asheville, N.C., was named by Super Lawyers as one of North Carolina’s 2018 “Rising Stars.”

David Y. Sartorio, of Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star.”

Daniel F. Smith, of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP in Greensboro, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star” in the field of environmental law.

Skye W. Smith is a senior associate in the Dallas office of DLA Piper.

2011 Andrew Atkins, with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan in Raleigh, N.C., was selected for the North Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy’s Class of 2018.

Kathleen O. “Katie” Berkey, joined Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in Fort Meyers, Fla., and was recognized by Florida Trend as one of Florida’s “Legal Elite” as a Legal Up & Comer.

Rachel M. Blunk joined Forrest Firm in Greensboro, N.C. Adrian D. Boddie joined the real estate department of Sklar Kirsh LLP in Los Angeles.

Kyle J. Kaplan, accepted a position at Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business as a clinical assistant professor of business law.

Alberto T. Montequin, of Orlando, Fla., joined the intellectual property and entertainment law practices of Watson LLP. Jeremy M. Wilson, of Ward and Smith P.A., in Wilmington, N.C., was named by Super Lawyers as a 2018 North Carolina “Rising Star.”

2012 J. Graham Corriher was name Salisbury, N.C., city attorney.

Charles R. Kabugo-Musoke, of Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star.”

John H. Lawrence is an associate in the health care practice of K & L Gates in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

2013 Sahil Khera, of Fitch Ratings in New York, was promoted to associate director, business relationship management, policy and operations.

Brian J. Litwak joined Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte, N.C. Jon T. Sink joined Womble Bond Dickinson LLP in Greensboro, N.C. as an associate.

Jeriel A. Thomas joined Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintising & Myers, LLP in Raleigh, N.C. Judson N. Williamson announced the opening of Milestones Law & Mediation with attorney Paul Brock ’92. With offices in Chapel Hill and Durham, the new firm offers family law, estate planning, business and entrepreneurship law, and mediation services.

2014 Ethan D. Dunn joined the transaction team of Gardner Skelton PLLC in Charlotte, N.C. Dunn focuses his practice on health care and business law.

Ryan C. Fairchild of Brooks Pierce in Wilmington, N.C., joined the board of directors for the Children’s Museum of Wilmington.

Ana J. Friedman joined the Winston-Salem, N.C., office of Womble Bond Dickinson.

Blakely E. Hildebrand, of the Southern Environmental Law Center in Durham, N.C., was selected for the North Carolina Bar Association Leadership Academy’s Class of 2018.

Patrick D. Lawler, of Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C., was recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers as a 2018 “Rising Star.”

Matthew A. Pierce is with Fireside Counsel in Nashville, Tenn.

Anna H. Tison joined Brooks Pierce in Raleigh, N.C.

2016 Shayan A. Ahmed is an associate with Bass Berry & Sims LLP in Nashville.

Michael B. Cohen is an associate with Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP in Raleigh, N.C. Stephen J. Dew, with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in Atlanta, received the 2017 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate in recognition of individuals who help make the Patent Pro Bono Program available to financially under-resourced inventors and small businesses.

Travis S. Hinman joined Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte, N.C. A.C. Locklear joined the UNCChapel Hill Office for Diversity & Inclusion as the director of student engagement.

Allen E. Rowe, who accepted a new position as an associate with Sidley Austin LLP in Dallas, was honored with the ACLU of Southern California’s 2018 Immigrant Justice Award.

Rowe was recognized for his work as part of the San Diego Latham and Watkins LLP team who co-counseled with the ACLU in the case of Marco Chavez. Chavez, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, had been deported to Mexico in 2002 based on a single criminal conviction.

Rowe’s team convinced an immigration court to restore Chavez’s lawful permanent resident status after the governor of California issued him a pardon. Chavez was then able to rejoin his family in the U.S. after a 15-year absence.

Jamie E. Rudd accepted a position with the Raleigh, N.C., office of Troutman Sanders.

Robert S. Sparks joined Cuddy Law Firm PLLC in Waxhaw, N.C.

2015 Brandon C. Elliott joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Houston, Texas.

Britton C. Lewis, of Greensboro, N.C., joined Carruthers & Roth’s commercial real estate practice where he will focus on real estate development, leasing, secured financing, commercial lending and commercial bankruptcy.

Britney J. P. Prince is a labor and employment associate with DLA Piper in Dallas.

2017 Nathan M. Anonick is a regulatory associate at the Cypress Group in Washington, D.C. Benjamin C. DeCelle, joined Robinson Bradshaw in Charlotte, N.C. Anna K. Finger is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Locke Lord LLP where she practices general business litigation.

Breegan M. O’Connor is an associate with DLA Piper in Dallas where she focuses her practice in employment.

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PARTING SHOTS

Holderness 1L Moot Court Finalists, Grant Figari (petitioner) and Samantha “Sam” Taylor (respondent) presented their 10-minute argument before a three-judge panel of NC Supreme Court Chief Justice Sarah Parker ‘69 (retired), NC Supreme Court Associate Justice Willis Whichard ‘65 (retired), and Judge John Arrowood ’82 (currently serving on the NC Court of Appeals). The judges named Sam Taylor the winner.

Katherine Kershaw

For the first time in the Pro Bono Program’s history, all 219 third-year law students, or 100 percent of graduating class, participated in a pro bono project. From left, 3Ls Brian Gamsey, Lauren Kosches, Andrew Simpson, Seth Morris, Peyton Miller, La-Deidre Matthews, Roy Dixon and Emily Notini.

Michael Roth

Jon Gardiner

CDO’s Attorneys-in-Residence Diana Florence ’95 and Scott Peeler ’97 present “A House Divided: Litigation in Public Service & Big Law” to students over lunch. Florence and Peeler met at Carolina Law and are a married couple; Florence prosecutes fraud against the City of New York with the Manhattan DA’s Office while Peeler leads the White Collar & Investigations team for Arent Fox. They are pictured here with Deirdre Gordon, associate dean for advancement, and Shawn McKenna, director of employer outreach.

Dean Martin Brinkley ’92 finishes playing Chopin’s Scherzo No. 3 on one of UNC’s painted pianos as Chancellor Carol Folt looks on. The pianos are part of the Arts Everywhere installations around the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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1Ls Michael Roth, Hailey Dane, Caroline Martin, Sarah Spiker, Chris Yarnell, Mario Ayoub and Lisa Tucker celebrate on Franklin Street after Carolina’s men’s basketball team beat Duke in the NCAA tournament February 8.

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