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Susan Stanier Healey is senior transactional counsel at WP Glimcher in Columbus, Ohio.
Joseph A. Kaufman is president and owner of Lemon Law Aid Inc., providing diligent, effective and honest counsel to consumers with automotive, consumer good, boat, motorcycle and RV breach of warranty matters. Joe lives and works in Pasadena, California.
Erika Patrick Leonard became a partner of the Atlanta law firm, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC.
Lawrence L. Muir Jr. joined Mark Obenshain ’87L at the Obenshain Law Group. He focuses on cybersecurity and data privacy. Muir is also an adjunct law professor at W&L Law, teaching a seminar on cyber crimes.
Matthew M. Shultz works at Arnold & Porter as a member of the firm’s antitrust/competition practice and is based in Washington, D.C.
Molly Widener Thompson is an attorney adviser for the
Technology Controls Program in the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations in Washington, D.C.
Marie E. Washington’s firm was named the 2015 Best Law
Firm by readers of the Warrenton Lifestyle Magazine for a fifth year in row.
2004L
David S. Freed moved to Vinson & Elkins LLP, in New York City.
Leah M. Garabedian is senior program manager of the
Justice Management Institute. She lives and works in the Washington, D.C., area.
Daniel L. Payne is a large loss claim attorney for OneBeacon Insurance Co. He lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Y. Titilola Talabi is the acting company secretary and legal
adviser to A.G. Leventis PLC in Nigeria. She is also the firm’s secretary for Leventis Group-affiliated companies, Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd. and Beta Glass PLC.
Graham H. Watson received the 2015 CarMax Cares
Community Service Award for his advancements on the Home Office Giving Committee, for his ability to turn ideas into reality and for setting high standards for leadership and teamwork. A donation was made on his behalf to his chosen nonprofit, Sportable. He lives in Henrico, Virginia.
Philip H. Yoon received the Michael K. Smith Excellence in
Service Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. He is the chief staff attorney for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
2005L
Brian A. Berkley joined Fox Rothschild LLP, in Philadelphia. He represents Fortune 500 and midsize companies as well as start-ups in lawsuits involving software technology, health care, mortgage banking, commercial real estate and financial services.
William M. Braxton started his own law firm in Roanoke
with partner Mike Doherty. Braxton & Doherty PLC opened its doors in January 2016.
Ryan A. Glasgow became a partner at Hunton & Williams
LLP, in Richmond. He focuses on complex labor and employment litigation and strategic advice with an emphasis on wage and hour litigation.
2006L
Sarah Wayland Bell is an attorney at Edmunds & Wil-
liams in Lynchburg, Virginia, focusing on family law, estate planning and general civil litigation.
Katherine Tritschler Boone is a corporate attorney for Beardsley PC. She lives and works in Atlanta.
David D. Christensen is a partner in K&L Gates’ Boston office. He practices in the financial institutions and services litigation sections and handles class action litigation defense.
William W. Fagan III joined Sterling Risk Advisors as general counsel, focusing on construction, professional services and real estate and benefits.
Taryn Koball Williams moved to Portland in January to
work as IP and commercial litigation counsel at Stoel Rives LLP.
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Discovery
W&L Law Alumni Bring Down “King of Coal” In March, CBS aired a riveting feature from “60 Minutes” exploring the 2010 disaster at the Upper Big Branch mine that killed 29 miners, and the subsequent prosecution of mine owner Don Blankenship. In December of 2015, Blankenship was found guilty in a landmark ruling of willfully violating mine safety laws. This was the first time the CEO of a major company was convicted of a workplace safety crime. Booth Goodwin ’96L, former U.S. attorney for West Virginia, and Stephen Ruby ’06L, assistant U.S. attorney, led the prosecution of Blankenship. “This could be likened to a drug organization and the defendant was the kingpin,” Goodwin said in the report. Ruby and Goodwin argued that Blankenship ignored regular reports of safety violations and instructed employees to ignore safety laws and mislead mine inspectors. “The men and women that we talked to who worked in this mine said that it was absolutely understood, it was expected that if you worked at that mine, you were going to break the law in order to produce as much coal as possible, as fast and as cheaply as possible,” said Ruby.
2009L
Thomas H. McElroy is vice president and assistant general counsel of global wealth management at JP Morgan, in New York City.
Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski is an attorney in the Skagit County Public Defender’s office, in Seattle.
Oleg V. Nudelman is an associate at Thompson & Horton LLP. He lives and works in Dallas.
Srikanth Vadakapurapu became assistant vice president at Mindcrest, in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
2010L
Joshua B. Cannon is an associate at Ray Quinney & Nebeker, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
James E. Collins Jr. is a liaison in educational technology for
the Office of the Secretary in the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C
Victoria V. Corder is an associate at Chadbourne & Parke LLP. She lives and works in New York City.
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2007L
John C. Eller is an administrative law clerk to Mary Malveaux,
Heather L. Curlee is of counsel in the energy and infra-
structure practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses on providing federal regulatory advice to investors, developers and the owner/operators of energy transmission and generation projects in the U.S. She lives and works in Washington, D.C.
Thomas H. Good joined the global finance practice
at Nixon Peabody. He focuses on leveraged lending and structured finance deals for the D.C. and Boston offices.
Melissa Kolovrat Goymerac is an assistant federal defender in St. Louis, Missouri.
Donald M. Houser is a partner at Alston & Bird, in Atlanta.
judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. He lives and works in Richmond.
Christopher J. Hartsfield works at Troutman Sanders LLP, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lauren M. Snyder is corporate counsel at Amazon. She lives and works in the Seattle area.
2012L
Daniel J. Isaacs-Smith is an attorney advisor at the administrative office of the United States Courts. He lives and works in Washington, D.C.
2013L
Michael P. Bombace is a BSA manager at Ripple, a Fintech
James D. Humphries IV is senior corporate counsel for Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., in Atlanta.
2008L
Jessica R. Berenyi is vice president and senior counsel at American Express, focusing on global network and merchant services. She lives and works in New York City.
Benjamin J. Conley became a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He lives and works in Chicago.
Lisa St. Martin Hedrick was named an Emerging
Leader by The M&A Advisor in the category of mergers and acquisitions. She works for Hirschler Fleischer, in Richmond.
company that is creating the Internet of Value. He is in charge of the anti-money laundering and anti-bribery and corruption programs. He lives and works in San Francisco.
Misha K. Daha joined the New York office of Ashurst LLP,
focusing on transactional finance work covering banking, derivatives and project finance.
Carter L. George is an associate at Baker Marquart LLP. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Kathryn M. Gray is a trial attorney in the civil division of the U.S. Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C.
Michael J. Humphries joined Marshall Dennehey Warner
dix Inc. He lives and works in San Francisco.
Coleman & Goggin as an associate in the firm’s Jacksonville office. A member of the firm’s casualty department, he focuses on retail and commercial premises liability matters, product liability, automobile and general liability matters.
Robert L. Littlehale (’03) became a partner at Kirkland
Matthias J. Kaseorg is a litigation associate at Moran Reeves
Todd B. Holvick is an associate legal counsel at Augme-
& Ellis LLP. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, and works in the D.C. area.
Lisa Manning was named the 2015 Young Lawyer of the Year by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. She works for Schertler & Onorato, in Washington, D.C.
& Conn PC. He lives in Richmond.
J. Scott Thomas is law clerk to the Hon. Joan A. Lenard, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami.
Ernani DeAraujo ’08L Receives Emerging Leader Award Ernani DeAraujo ’08L, general coun-
sel at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), was named an Emerging Leader by the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, part of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. A life-long resident of East Boston, except for his time at W&L Law, DeAraujo has served this community in several capacities. Prior to joining EBNHC, where he is also compliance manager, he was Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s community liaison to East Boston. DeAraujo practiced in the business department of the law firm Foley Hoag LLP before joining the mayor’s office, which he left in 2012.
Ernani DeAraujo ’08L (left) with Manny Lopes, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center general counsel and compliance manager.
Each year, the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health honors young professionals currently working in community health. According to an article in the East Boston Times-Free Press, DeAraujo was nominated by EBNHC to receive the honor because he exemplifies the mission and vision of Dr. H. Jack Geiger and Count Gibson, pioneers of the community health movement. A graduate of the Boston Latin School and Harvard, DeAraujo served as a White House intern for Presidents Clinton in 2000 and Bush in 2001, and after graduating from Harvard in 2003, worked as an investment banker with JPMorgan Securities Inc. in New York and Texas.