1990s Class Notes
1991
Audrey Trundle Bauhan left her part-time position with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 2014 to return to the full-time practice of law with the legal department at Dominion Resources in Richmond, Va., where she is senior counsel with the corporate finance, securities and mergers and acquisitions group. She lives near Richmond with her husband and two middle school-aged daughters.
Cheryl Hesse retired after 20 years at Capital Research & Management Company, where she served as senior VP and senior counsel specializing in corporate governance, proxy voting, contract negotiation, and regulatory analysis. She also served on the board of governors and as chair of the legal and regulatory committee of the Investment Adviser Association, an industry trade group. She writes that after 24 years in the legal field she is taking time off to spend a year or two with her children before they leave for college. In the meantime, she is investigating encore career ideas, including corporate and nonprofit board opportunities. She feels very blessed to have the luxury of some time off to spend with family, including a recent visit to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.
Zane David Memeger continues to serve as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as a member of the attorney general’s advisory committee. For his work on issues related to criminal justice reform, Zane recently received the 2015 Civil Rights Champions Award from the NAACP at its annual convention, which was held this summer in Philadelphia.
William Shutkin is president and CEO and Richard M. Gray Fellow in Sustainability Practice at Presidio Graduate School in San Francisco, Calif. Presidio has placed sustainability directors at Facebook and other major companies; its graduates have founded sustainability-focused companies as well. The school was featured in an April 7th New York Times article, “M.B.A. Programs That Get You Where You Want to Go.” Presidio was recognized as the school to go to “if you want to change the world.”
1992
Matthew J. Cholewa joined the Hartford-based law firm of Hunt Leibert Jacobson as a partner in its title practice group. His practice concentrates on expert witness work in title and real estate-related litigation; title insurance claims; and title-related litigation, including quiet title, boundary line disputes, and adverse possession actions; and residential and commercial real estate transactions. He previously had an accomplished career in private practice as underwriting and claims counsel in the title insurance industry. Cholewa was recently elected as chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s real property section for 2015-16 and is an elected member of the CBA’s House of Delegates, its governing body.
Dwight M. Francis is listed in Best Lawyers 2016 in commercial litigation. He is a partner with Gardere Wynne Sewell in Dallas, Tex.
Doug Kendall, progressive litigator, author, activist, nonprofit entrepreneur – named a “Visionary” by the National Law Journal in 2011 – and founding president of Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) since June 2008, passed away in September from complications of colon cancer. He was 51.
Following law school he was an associate with Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C., for several years before leaving to do public interest work at the National Environmental Trust. Kendall left to establish the Community Rights Counsel, a law firm that defended environmental legislation. In 2008 he founded the CAC in response to the fact that conservative voices were dominating debates over the meaning of the text of the Constitution. Through original scholarship and tireless advocacy, Kendall built a foundation for the argument that “the Constitution is, in the most vital respects, a progressive document.” Under his guidance the CAC developed a litigation strategy that involved the organization in numerous cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Kendall played an important role in the defense of the Affordable Care Act through his briefs and through his coordination of the work of others.
The CAC put together a tribute to Kendall at http://bit.ly/dougkendall, with links to obituaries in The New York Times and The Washington Post and more.
Vytas A. Petrulis is listed in Best Lawyers 2016 in real estate law. He is a partner with Jackson Walker in Houston, Tex.
Theodore W. Small delivered opening remarks for the American Bar Association’s International Summit on the Legal Needs of Street Youth held in London in June. Small, who is chair of the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, participated virtually from his home in Deland, Fla., and shared insights from the summit with colleagues and the Law School. The summit was held at Baker & McKenzie’s London office and satellite offices around the world and drew more than 160 experts from 36 countries to plan a global initiative that will provide greater protection and services for homeless youth worldwide.
Small is in private practice in Deland, where he focuses on business and employment law, contracts, and litigation.
Susan Eberle Stahlfeld is listed among the top 50 women in Washington Super Lawyers 2015 and Best Lawyers 2015 in employment law-management and litigation-labor and employment. She is a partner with Miller Nash Graham & Dunn in Seattle, where she leads the employment law and labor relations practice group.
Rhonda M. Taylor is executive vice president and general counsel of the Dollar General Corporation. She has been in-house with Dollar General since 2000. Taylor serves on the board of directors for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and lives in Nashville with her husband, Kevin Forbes, and their two children, Maddie (16) and Jack (11).
Michael C. Wu, fourth from the left, senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Carter’s Inc., and members of the Carter’s leadership team rang the NYSE Closing Bell on May 27 to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary.
1993
Richard Gross, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, is transitioning from the military this fall after over 30 years of service. For the past several years, Rich has served as principal counsel to a number of senior military leaders, including serving as chief legal advisor for all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, chief legal advisor for U.S. Central Command, and for the past four years legal counsel to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Upon his retirement from the military, Rich plans to continue working in national security and international law.
Rich and his wife, Vickie, recently celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary and plan to stay in the D.C./Northern Virginia area. Two of their sons, Benjie (21) and Joshua (19), are UVA undergrads; their other son, Nathaniel (19), attends James Madison University.
Louis W. Utsch has joined Crowe & Dunlevy as a director in the taxation practice group in Oklahoma City, Okla., where he focuses his practice on energy tax law and tax consulting.
1994
Zebulon D. Anderson is listed in Best Lawyers 2016 in litigation-labor and employment. He is a partner with Smith Anderson in Raleigh, N.C.
Amelia A. Fogleman is listed in Best Lawyers 2016 in appellate practice, commercial litigation, and litigation-antitrust. She is a shareholder with GableGotwals in Tulsa, Okla.
Patrick J. Johnson is listed in Best Lawyers 2016 in corporate law and mergers & acquisitions law. He is with Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard in Raleigh, N.C.
J. William Manuel is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is listed as a litigation star in Benchmark Litigation 2015, in Best Lawyers 2015 in commercial litigation and litigation-environmental law, and in Chambers USA 2015 in litigation: general commercial. Manuel is a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Jackson, Miss., where he focuses his practice on commercial and employment litigation.
Rob Tyler has returned to the University of Virginia as associate university counsel. He continues to practice intellectual property law and walks around Grounds asking, “Where did that building come from?”
1995
Norman S. Fletcher LL.M. received the Golden Promise Award from the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta in May. He is of counsel with Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis in Rome, Ga., where he focuses his practice on litigation, education, mediation/arbitration, and municipality/local government. He served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 2001-05.
Rick Mitchell and Megan Poitevint Mitchell ’11 were married on November 22, 2014 in Watercolor, Fla. A number of UVA Law alumni attended. Rick and Megan both practice business litigation at Arnall Golden Gregory in Atlanta.
Michael S. Nachmanoff was selected as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia.
The American Bar Association conferred its John Marshall Award upon Randall Shepard LL.M., the longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana.
Shepard, now retired and serving as a senior judge for the Court of Appeals for Indiana, served for 25 years as chief justice. That service was highlighted by his being the force behind rules of resolution that help citizens avoid litigation, instructions that allow jurors to be more involved in the judicial process, the expansion of translation services in trial courts, a scholarship program for minority law students and a statewide pro bono model.
Among Shepard’s numerous honors and activities are his serving as chair of the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, receiving the Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence, being elected president of the Conference of Chief Justices, and chairing the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education. After non-legal public service positions and service as a local and county judge, Shepard was named Indiana’s 99th Supreme Court justice in 1985. He became chief justice two years later.
The ABA established the John Marshall Award in 2001 to recognize individuals who have made a positive national impact on the justice system. Past recipients include Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the late former U.S. Sen. Howell Heflin of Alabama and former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge. The award is named for the fourth chief justice of the United States, who served for 34 years and is credited with establishing the independence of the judiciary and enhancing its moral authority.
The Hon. Karla N. Smith was appointed associate judge for the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Md., in December 2014 by Governor Martin O’Malley. She served on the District Court of Maryland from August 2012 until her appointment. She represents the circuit court on the Montgomery County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, and is chair of the council. Smith was a prosecutor for more than 15 years and tried hundreds of cases in the district and circuit courts of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, involving serious crimes.
Smith was awarded the National Education Association’s Mary Hatwood Futrell Award for 2015 for her involvement in women’s rights that have impacted education and the achievement of equal opportunities for women and girls.
1996
Brad Barlow '96 married Heather Henderson in Destin, Fla., on May 10. They met in Northern Virginia and currently live in Charlottesville. Heather is from Tuscaloosa, Ala., attended the University of Alabama, and worked as an accountant for several years in D.C.
John E. Davidson is in private practice with Davidson & Kitzmann in Charlottesville, along with John Kitzmann ’96, Rob Bell ’95, and Kim Mattingly ’04. He focuses his practice on employment law, white-collar defense, and complex trial and appellate litigation. Davidson is listed in Virginia Super Lawyers for 2015 in employment and labor, general litigation, and appellate law. He has been an adjunct faculty member at the Law School for 16 years, teaching employment law and trial advocacy.
Davidson won the 2012 and 2010 short story contests held to coincide with the Virginia Festival of the Book, judged solely by best-selling author John Grisham. He has published his debut novel, Virginia Dawning, a thriller set in a fictional Blue Ridge town in western Virginia (see In Print). “This is not about lawyers,” Davidson says. “Well, ok, there is one lawyer in it, and a judge. But that’s all!” He and his wife live in Western Albemarle County with their three children.
Arnold Evans has been named SunTrust division president for Central Florida. He previously served as regional president of the Jacksonville market and has been with SunTrust since 2005.
Paul A. Garrahan has been appointed attorney-in-charge of the natural resources section at the Oregon Department of Justice.
Benjamin T. King has been elected president of the New Hampshire Association for Justice for 2015-16. King, who practices with Douglas, Leonard & Garvey in Concord, has been listed since 2014 in Super Lawyers for representing employees in employment discrimination cases.
Mark A. Knueve is listed in Best Lawyers 2016 in employment law management-labor and employment litigation. He is a partner and member of the labor and employment practice group with Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, Ohio.
Jamie Baskerville Martin is president of McCandlish Holton in Richmond and chairs the firm’s corporate and health care sections. She represents hospitals, physician groups, and others in the health care industry in transactional and regulatory matters. Jamie and Alton ’92 live in Goochland County (between Richmond and Charlottesville) with their three children.
The Law School is well represented in McCandlish Holton’s health care practice: (from left to right) Jamie Baskerville Martin ’96, Dominic Madigan ’98, Jeremy Ball ’99, Maggie Krantz ’04, Tom McCandlish ’76, and Jennifer Long Ligon ’10 all practice health care law at the firm.
Rob Masri hosted a reception for Scott Surovell, who is currently a member of Virginia’s House of Delegates and who was running for the Virginia Senate. The reception was held on Charlottesville's Downtown Mall at Rob's firm, Cardagin Networks, Inc., a mobile relationship management company. Scott and Rob were joined by Del. David Toscano ’86 and three other ’96 graduates— Don Long, Jonathan Wren, and Jamie Baskerville Martin.
Eric McClafferty has been named head of the Kelley Drye Warren international trade practice group. His wife, Bonnie, was just named head of the Washington, D.C., office of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. Their son, Ryan, is a second-year at UVA Law, and their son, Brendan, recently graduated from Wake Forest and works at the University’s hospital in Winston-Salem.
Dilip Paliath has been appointed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to the Baltimore County Judicial Nominating Commission, which is tasked with making judicial appointment recommendations to the governor for the district and circuit courts of Baltimore County. His term will end in 2019. Paliath has been selected as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Maryland by the National Trial Lawyers Association.
Ian Rosenthal co-founded Rosenthal Parks in Mobile, Ala., which has a general litigation practice with a particular focus on commercial litigation, providing guidance to companies on employment and workers’ compensation matters, and the defense of tort claims.
After serving six years in the Virginia House of Delegates, Scott Surovell was elected to represent the 36th District in the Senate of Virginia. Scott continues to live in Mt. Vernon with his wife Erinn Madden and their four children,Eva, Leia, Mara, and Colin. Surovell still practices law with Surovell Isaacs Petersen & Levy PLC, where he focuses on civil and criminal litigation including personal injury, family law, criminal, and consumer litigation.
1997
Andrew Brown was elected chairman of the management committee of Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby ("LB3") in Washington, D.C., where he represents large corporate clients in their strategic sourcing of global telecommunications and IT services and in regulatory matters affecting corporate customers of information technologies. Brown also serves on the board of directors of LB3's consulting firm, TechCaliber Consulting ("TC2").
Yost Conner married Sam Taylor on January 2 in Washington, D.C. They live in Arlington, Va.
Eric S. Easley, his wife, Hilal, and their two-year-old daughter, Berin, moved to Bucharest, Romania, in September for a diplomatic assignment to the U.S. Embassy, Bucharest. “As hard-working American taxpayers supporting our diplomats abroad,” Eric and his family expect a visit “any time from UVA lawyers with an inkling to visit Romania,” he writes. “We look forward to hosting you. And this is serious. We mean it!”
Wallace C. “Chuck” Hollowell III has been named general counsel for Cardinal Innovations Healthcare in Kannapolis, N.C. He previously served as deputy general counsel.
Mark R.A. Horn has been elected president of the Charlotte, N.C. Estate Planning Council. He has served on the board since 2011 and was elected vice president in 2014. He is a member with Moore & Van Allen, where he is a North Carolina State Bar certified specialist in estate planning and probate law and a frequent speaker on tax and estate planning topics. He is listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers 2015 in estate planning and probate law.
Yuji Iwasawa S.J.D. was elected as an associate of the Institut de Droit International, a prestigious academic society of international law, at its Tallinn session in August. Iwasawa is on the law faculty at the University of Tokyo.
Neil Richards is a national trustee of the Freedom to Read Foundation and was appointed as an affiliate scholar of the information law centers at Yale and Stanford. He teaches privacy, free speech, and constitutional law at Washington University Law School. He published his first book, Intellectual Privacy, with Oxford University Press (see In Print) this year.
Justin A. Savage joined Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., as a partner in the litigation group. He previously served nearly a decade in the environment and natural resources division at the U.S. Department of Justice. His practice focuses on complex litigation and investigations concerning environmental and safety matters. “I’m happy to be in a firm with so many alumni,” he writes.
Jason M. Sneed was named Charlotte trademark lawyer of the year in Best Lawyers 2016. He founded the trademark, trade dress, and copyright boutique firm SNEED PLLC in 2011. This year the firm hired its fifth and sixth lawyers, including Neal Hayes ’10, who practices in Davidson, N.C. SNEED PLLC also has an office in Sullivan's Island, S.C.
Lori D. Thompson is a shareholder and office leader with LeClairRyan in Roanoke, Va. She was named Roanoke lawyer of the year in bankruptcy litigationin Best Lawyers 2015. She concluded her term as president of the Virginia Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that represents the interests of low-income Virginians and provides statewide training to legal aid program staff on poverty law issues, and has been appointed by the chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court to the pro bono committee of the Virginia Access to Justice Commission. She has also been elected to serve on the Virginia Bar Association’s board of governors. She lives in Roanoke with her husband, Mark, and their two children.
1998
Adrienne Pruden Ashby is in her fourth year of homeschooling her children. In addition, she works as a staff attorney for the Georgia Senior Legal Hotline of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.
William R. Borchers was included in the S.A. Scene best San Antonio lawyers list for 2015 in intellectual property and information technology. He is a partner with Jackson Walker.
Christopher D. Brearton was recognized on The Hollywood Reporter’s 2015 power lawyer list. He is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ entertainment, sports, and media practice and the deputy office managing partner in Century City, Los Angeles, Calif.
J. Lane Crowder joined Baker Donelson and is of counsel in the financial services transaction group in Chattanooga, Tenn., where she represents banks and other financial institutions in HUD-insured loan transactions for multifamily and senior housing facilities. She previously served as law clerk to the Hon. R. Allan Edgar, U.S. District Court, and the Hon. Shelley D. Rucker, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, both in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
1999
After 16 years with the same firm, Alexander M. Brown has been elevated to member with Dickinson Wright in Columbus, Ohio. Alex is in the corporate group, where he focuses on advising privately held software and technology companies from start to finish. He writes that his golf game is deteriorating because he no longer gets to play Birdwood every day.
Stephanie L. Chandler was included in the S.A. Scene Best San Antonio Lawyers list for 2015 in mergers & acquisitions, and securities & corporate finance. She is a partner with Jackson Walker, where she leads the technology section.
