Brandon D. Almond joined Troutman Sanders L.L.P in its Washington office as an associate. He focuses on insurance coverage litigation. Previously, he was an associate at Covington & Burling L.L.P., where he gained extensive litigation experience, and also was involved in congressional lobbying, white collar investigations and the development of a niche sweepstakes and contest advisory practice. Almond has significant pro bono experience, including a six-month rotation at Bread for the City Legal Clinic, representing low-income D.C. residents in landlord-tenant disputes in D.C. Superior Court.
James D. Humphries IV, an associate at Hunton & Williams L.L.P., was appointed to the advisory committee of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc. Humphries’ dispute resolution practice includes representating public and private companies in complex civil litigation, securities actions, internal investigations, environmental actions and consumer finance litigation.
2008L
Benjamin D. Byrd, an associate
with Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore in Roanoke, was named a 2012 Virginia Super Lawyer Rising Star in the area of personal injury plaintiff.
Sean J. Whittington joined Kean Miller L.L.P. as an associate in the firm’s Baton Rouge office. He will work in the toxic tort and occupational exposure group. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, and worked as an associate in the Washington office of Alston & Bird L.L.P.
2009L
Sepidah Chaichi Khansari
joined Butler Snow in Nashville, Tenn., in the firm’s general litigation group with a focus on general civil litigation, insurance defense and personal injury litigation.
Allen, as associate in the firm’s Richmond office. Reed’s practice is devoted to protecting the interests of seriously injured clients and their families in personal injury cases.
2010L
Meredith M. Brebner joined
Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle P.C., as an associate in the firm’s litigation section. She concentrates on representation of physicians, hospitals, dentists and other health-care providers in defense of malpractice lawsuits and board investigation matters. She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and is co-chair of the first day in practice committee of the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference.
H. Scott Kelly joined Troutman
Sanders in its Richmond office and concentrates on complex litigation and business disputes, financial services litigation and consumer litigation.
Jae Hyung Kim has joined Hanyang University of South Korea as a senior research scholar at the Intellectual Property and Information Law Center at the law school. Her responsibilities include writing dissertations and articles on intellectual property law, as well as functioning as the chief editor for the intellectual property law jour-
nal for one of the legal publications of the South Korean legal education institute.
2011L
Fadil M. Bayyari published
“Hawala: The Key Obstacle to Establishing a United Arab Emirates Bank Branch in the United States” in the July/August issue of the Banking Law Journal. Bayyari joined SNR Denton as an associate for the corporate practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Class Notes
2007L
Robert C. T. Reed joined Allen &
Lauren Tallent Rogers joined the Norfolk,Va., office of Kaufman & Canoles P.C. as a litigation associate. Previously, she clerked for the Hon. Mark S. Davis, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia.
2012L
Amber K. Boyd accepted a job working for the city of Chicago, law department. She lives in Itasca, Ill.
Brian E. Calabrese joined the Charleston, W.Va., office Robinson & McElwee P.L.L.C. as an associate in the business law department. He will concentrate in the firm’s public utility practice, representing clients before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, other regulatory agencies and state and federal courts.
Yousri H. Omar ’07L has been selected as the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (BADC) Young Lawyers Section 2012 Young Lawyer of the Year. The Young Lawyer of the Year is presented to “a young lawyer whose professional and public service achievements merit special recognition. Recipients will ordinarily be D.C. lawyers who are either under the age of 37 or who have been engaged in the practice of law for less than five years.” Omar, an attorney at Vinson & Elkins, joined the YLS in 2008, when he began his career in Washington. Since then, he has served as a YLS member, board member and 2011 YLS chair to increase the YLS profile, boost member participation and expand the YLS reach in the legal community. Omar now serves as a member of the board of directors of the BADC, while still maintaining active participation in advancing YLS initiatives. Previously, Omar clerked for the Hon. Michael F. Urbanski in the Western District of Virginia.
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