Longtime Morgan Stanley deal maker Charles Cory '82 was featured on NYT's DealBook for his finesse and leadership in a flurry of mergers and acquisitions deals. Cory had until recently been on sabbatical from the firm and taught courses on acquisitions and capital markets at the Law School. (New York Times) More

Washington D.C. lawyer Trevor Potter '82 discusses Stephen Colbert's super-PAC efforts in a New York Times Magazine piece on Colbert. Potter is now a regular on the show and besides having fun, thinks Colbert is serving a useful function. ". . . he's illustrating how the system works by using it." (New York Times) More

Timothy J. Heaphy '91, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, has been appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to a two-year term on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. (Daily Progress) More

CNN featured U.S. Army Maj. Frank Rosenblatt '06 and his wife, Alexandra '06, in a story about his latest deployment to Iraq, his first as a husband and father. (CNN) More

CNN features Maj. Franklin Rosenblatt '06, the last U.S. Army Judge Advocate to serve in Kirkuk, in a story about how troops in Iraq are going to court to win justice for a U.S. soldier who was killed. (CNN.com) More

President Barack Obama has nominated Salt Lake City lawyer Robert Shelby '98 to serve as U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah. (Salt Lake Tribune) More

PETA, along with marine-mammal experts and trainers, is filing the first case of its kind against Sea World for allegedly violating the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as it pertains to the treatment of killer whales. Jeffrey Kerr '87 serves as PETA's general counsel. (LA Times) More

The CIA museum now features a letter that the father of Dennis Helms '67 penned on Adolph Hitler's stationery. Richard Helms was among the founders of the CIA and served as director from 1966-73. He wrote his young son a letter on that stationery at the end of World War II, while serving in the OSS. (Washington Post) More

The "Controversy and Leadership: The Senatorial Papers and Oral History Project of Lowell P. Weicker Jr." opens at the University of Virginia Special Collections Library this week. Lowell Weicker '58 served one term in the House before serving three in the Senate, and then as Governor of Connecticut for four years. He and the University ... (Connecticut Post ) More

Memphis native John Paul Jones '48 has been involved with journalism from multiple angles. Born into a newspaper publishing family, he was also called to the law and wanted a career in both of what he says are "the two most non-respected professions in America, journalists and lawyers." For years Jones was publisher of the Daily News while practicing transportation law from an office next door to the paper. (The Daily News ) More

The death of Martin Luther King Jr. spurred Sheila Jackson Lee '75 from her secretarial career aspirations to a career in corporate law, the bench, and later, politics. Congresswoman Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is serving her ninth term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. (Houston Chronicle) More

President Barack Obama will nominate The Virginian-Pilot publisher Maurice Jones '92 as deputy secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Jones, publisher of The Pilot since 2008, has served as commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services and deputy chief of staff to then-Gov. Mark Warner. ... (The Virginian-Pilot) More

Robert Ballou '87, of Johnson Ayers & Matthews in Roanoke, was selected by U.S. District Court judges to fill a vacancy as a magistrate judge for the federal courts in Western Virginia. (The Roanoke Times) More

President Barack Obama has nominated Kevin A. Ohlson '85 for judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Ohlson currently serves as chief of the Professional Misconduct Review Unit in the Department of Justice. Until earlier this year he was chief of staff and counselor to U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder. ... (The White House) More

Ohio State Senator Tim Grendell LL.M. '83 was appointed by Governor John Kasich to serve as the Geauga County Probate/Juvenile Court judge. The Cleveland-area native has served the Ohio Senate, where he chairs the Judiciary–Criminal Justice Committee, since 2004. (The News-Herald) More

Sports management expert Donald Yee '87 strongly contends that the NCAA has outlived its usefulness. Yee believes the organization stands in the way of college sports reform and does not serve as a credible regulator. (Cleveland Plain Dealer) More

President Barack Obama is sending Washington lawyer Mark Brzezinski '91 to Sweden to serve as U.S. ambassador. Brzezinski has been manager of the international law practice at McGuirewoods in D.C. He now awaits Senate confirmation to the post of ambassador. (Legal Times) More

Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Brown '68, on the court since 1991, is retiring two years before his term expires.Arkansas law requires justices to forfeit their retirement benefits if they seek office past the age of 70. Brown has written more than 1,220 majority opinions for the court, including a 1994 decision that ... (Arkansas News) More

Career Prosecutor Lisa Friel '83, most recently the chief of the Manhattan DA's Sex Crimes Unit, is joining T & M Protection Resources. Friel will head the company's new division which offers sexual assualt education and investigative service to university and corporations. (New York Times) More

Florida freshman legislator Dana Young '93 is credited with getting an important pro-business bill passed in the Florida legislature. The bill eliminates costly background security procedures unique to the state, making Florida ports more competitive. (Gulf Coast Business Review ) More

Advocacy groups have formed a coalition and are rallying against potential cuts to the Supplemental Security Income program for severely disabled children. Rebecca Vallas '09 is a lawyer at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia which is part of that coalition. Vallas says cutting the SSI program could have disastrous consequences ... (NPR) More

Elaine R. Jones '70, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will receive the ABA's Thurgood Marshall Award for her “substantial, long-term contributions to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights in the U.S.” Jones was counsel of record ... (The Defenders Online (LDF)) More

Cleo Elaine Powell '82 has been elected to the Supreme Court of Virginia. Powell is the first African-American woman to sit on the Commonwealth's highest court. She has held the same historical distinction on a county general district court, a different county's circuit court, and the Court of Appeals for Virginia. (Washington Post) More

NFL players are reporting to training camps, thanks to DeMaurice Smith '89, Executive Director of the NFL Players Association. Smith has worked tirelessly with players and owners to find the common ground needed to end the months-long walkout. (Washington Post) More

U.S. EPA attorney Stefania Shamet '89 received the agency's most prestigious national award recognizing work to protect wetlands. Shamet is credited with representing the agency in "some of the most environmentally significant, legally complex, and politically sensitive water and wetlands matters.” (PhillyBurbs.com) More

Once hailed as a "revolutionary sports agent," Donald Dell '64 offers some backstory around his successes, as well as lessons learned throughout his tennis career and the founding of ProServe. (Washington Post) More

Citing Judge Gale's "unwavering integrity and a firm commitment to public service," President Obama nominated Joseph Gale '80 for a second term on the United States Tax Court. Prior to his first appointment, Gale was Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. (WhiteHouse.gov) More

Sullivan & Cromwell partner Frederic Rich ’81, along with Latham partner William Voge, describe the experience of working out the funding on an $18 billion liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea, one of the most remote locations on earth. (American Lawyer) More

Hogan Lovells corporate partner William Curtin III '96 was noted for his work as the lead lawyer on Ford Motor Company's $1.8 billion sale of Volvo last year. In American Lawyer he addresses the challenges in cross border transactional work, as well as the future of the international M&A market. (American Lawyer) More

The National Law Journal named Stephanie Tsacoumis '81, general counsel for Georgetown University, as one of the 20 most influential in-house attorneys in the country. More

The National Law Journal included Jeffrey Ferguson '91, managing director and general counsel of The Carlyle Group, as one of the 20 most influential in-house attorneys. More

Randal J. Kirk '79, is a local lawyer turned entrepreneur who, according to Forbes, is worth about $2.2 billion, nearly all from a decade or so of venture investing, company building and dealmaking. (The Deal Magazine) More

Bob Bauer '76 to step down as White House Counsel and return to private practice at Perkins Coie in Washington, D.C. The move will enable Bauer to serve as general counsel to the President's reelection campaign, general counsel to the Democratic National Committee, and personal lawyer to President Obama. (The White House) More

Owen Pell '83 received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the State University of New York and delivered the commencement address at Binghamton University on May 22. Pell's speech emphasized finding a good mentor as well as being a good mentee. More

Justice Denise Johnson LL.M. '95 steps down after two decades on Vermont Supreme Court. Johnson was the first female justice to serve on the court and is cited as a "civil rights giant." (Burlington Free Press) More

John Tredennick '79 is one of CNNMoney's "accidental entrepreneurs" of note. Tredennick was practicing at Holland & Hart in Denver when he created a computer system that allowed employees to share files digitally, between offices. He is now CEO of Catalyst Repository Systems. (CNNMoney) More

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Judge Michael Urbanski '81 of Roanoke to serve as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia. (Virginia Business ) More

President Obama announced he is seeking a two-year extension for the 10-year term of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III '73 which expires on September 4, 2011. Mueller is the sixth person to have served as FBI director. (New York Times) More

Two members of the three-judge U.S. appeals panel assigned to review the first appellate argument on the legality of requiring Americans to buy health insurance are UVA Law alumni. Judges Diana Gribbon Motz '68 and James Wynn Jr., LL.M. '95, are hearing the case, along with Judge Andre Davis. (Bloomberg) More

FBI Director Robert Mueller '73 stepped into that role seven days before 9/11/01. In the decade since, he's led the FBI as it modernizes its methods while fighting heightened challenges, domestic and foreign. (TIME) More

National Security Adviser Thomas E. Donilon '85 played a central role in organizing the Obama administration’s planning of the U.S. attack that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. ( The Providence Journal) More

A Q & A with Timothy Heaphy '91, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, focuses on his efforts to target crime prevention as community outreach. (GoDanRiver.com) More

David E. Patton '99, a visiting law professor at Stanford University, has been named the new head of New York’s influential federal public defender’s office. More

Judge Ralph Gingles '71 took part in a landmark Voting Rights Act case in the 1980s that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court and paved the way for many African-American elected officials in N.C. and across the country. (Charlotte Observer) More

Former Sen. John Warner '53 reflects on being married to Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor as an "extraordinary chapter" in his life. (MSN/Today Show) More

Noted legal scholar William Stuntz '84 passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. Stuntz, a professor at UVA Law for 14 years, wished for "mercy" to be a tenet of the nation's criminal justice system. (New York Times) More

The Tennessee Bar Association named Neil McBride '70 as its Ashley T. Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year. McBride is general counsel for the Legal Aid Society and managing attorney of its Oak Ridge office. The award is given annually to an attorney who works with an organization that provides legal representation ... ( Business & Heritage Clarksville) More

Business lawyer J. Mitchell "Mickey" Aberman '84 is being hailed as a hero for saving a beloved independent video store from closing its doors in Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Observer) More

Chris Nasson '07 has joined the Northern Kentucky office of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Nasson said that during his first appearance in U.S. District Court it "hit him" that he had the job he wanted since law school. (Zanesville Times Recorder) More

The successes of Gov. Louis Fortuno '85, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, are creating political buzz in the middle of his first four-year term as Puerto Rico’s chief executive. ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ) More

Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh '81 is joining McGuireWoods as a partner in Washington, D.C., and will serve as an adviser on policy matters to firm clients. Bayh is also now a senior adviser to Apollo Global Management in New York. (Wall Street Journal) More

A federal public defender since 1994, Natasha Perdew Silas '92 has been nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. (The White House) More

Former Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator George Allen '77 Announces Bid for GOP Nomination to U.S. Senate (Washington Post) More

Rock-Tenn Co., maker of packaging for food and consumer products led by James Rubright '72, has agreed to purchase Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. for $3.5 billion in cash and stock just seven months after Smurfit emerged from bankruptcy proceedings. The deal is an example of how companies are reborn in bankruptcy proceedings. (Wall Street Journal) More

Evan Bayh '81, the former senator from Indiana, has joined Apollo Global Management, a New York private equity firm, as a senior adviser with responsibility for public policy. (New York Times) More

Karla Hardy '10 is on loan from Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., in order to intern as an assistant district attorney in Anderson County, Texas. (Palestine Herald Press) More

Elena Parent '02 was sworn in as the new State Representative of Georgia's District 81. Her victory was significant, as Parent was the only Democrat on the state level to unseat a Republican, and one of fewer than 10 to accomplish the feat nationwide. (Champion FreePress) More

Sports Agent Donald Yee '87 was part of a discussion on the state of amateurism in college football, exploring ways to prevent the types of scandals that have hit programs involved in some of the biggest games during this bowl season. (NPR's All Things Considered) More

The Honorable John M. Roll LL.M. '90 was among the six people slain at an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Saturday. Ross, who served as chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Arizona, was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by President George H.W. Bush. (New York Times) More

After four terms in the U.S. Senate, Christopher "Kit" Bond '63 has joined Thompson Coburn, a St. Louis-based law firm. (St. Louis Post Dispatch) More

As the new president of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP, civil rights lawyer James H. Hall Jr. '79 has agreed to lead a group to "restore, reform, and revitalize" the controversy-steeped organization. (Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel) More

Carlton Reeves '89 was sworn in as a U.S. District Judge before a standing-room-only crowd in the largest courtroom in the U.S. District Courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi. (Clarion Ledger) More

U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond '63 is leaving public service after a 40-year political career, including serving as state auditor, Missouri's youngest governor and U.S. congressman (St. Louis Beacon). More

U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher '71 is wrapping up a 28-year career representing Southwest Virginia. Boucher was known on Capitol Hill for his work on the cutting edge of technology and telecommunications, and he consistently tried to use that knowledge to build a 21st-century economy in Southwest Virginia (Roanoke Times). More

Will Shortz '77 explained his path to becoming the world's most famous crossword puzzle editor in the New York Times blog Wordplay. More

Wells Fargo & Co., the fourth-largest U.S. lender by assets, hired John Fowler '86, who has led European health care at Deutsche Bank AG to expand its investment-banking division. More

Steve Newmark '96, formerly senior vice president of business operations at Roush Fenway Racing, has been named the organization’s new president. More

Leah Ward Sears LL.M. '95, retired chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and partner at the Atlanta office of Schiff Hardin, argues that reducing the gap in marriage rates among low- and high-income Americans will renew the middle class (CNN Opinion). More

The U.S. Senate confirmed John Gibney Jr. '76 for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. (Virginia Lawyers Weekly) More

President Obama appointed John Bridgeland '87 to the White House Council for Community Solutions. The Council will provide advice to the President on the best ways to mobilize citizens, nonprofits, businesses and government to work more effectively together to solve specific community needs. (White House) More

In his farewell address after 24 years in the U.S. Senate, Christopher "Kit" Bond '63, R-Mo., urged his colleagues to reach across the aisle. He observed that his main achievements over the years have come about largely when he teamed up with Democrats. (St. Louis Post Dispatch) More

Jac Sperling '75, the man picked by the NBA to oversee the Hornets after the league's takeover of the franchise, said his assignment is to make the club more attractive to a buyer who would keep the team in New Orleans. (ESPN) More

Charles M. Oberly III '71 has been confirmed as Delaware’s U.S. attorney. (Delaware Online) More

Justice Cynthia D. Fannon Kinser '77 was elected the next chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. She will be the first woman to serve in the position in the court’s history when she assumes office Feb. 1. ( Richmond Times Dispatch) More

Indiana's Lake County Courthouse was renamed in honor of Robert Rucker LL.M. '08, the first African American to serve on the Indiana Supreme Court. (Chicago Tribune) More

Magistrate Judge Michael F. Urbanski '81 Nominated by President for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia (White House) More

Boston-based Susan White Murley '86 named as one of two co-managing partners at WilmerHale, will chair the firm's transactional practice. (Wall Street Journal) More

North Carolina native Christopher Kavanaugh '06 relishes his part in prosecuting cases with nationwide interest as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. (Gaston Gazette) More

President Obama appointed McGuireWoods anti-corruption law expert and former Fulbright Scholar Mark Brzezinski '91 to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. (WhiteHouse.gov) More

Double 'Hoo Karin Agness '09 founded the Network of Enlightened Women as an undergrad. MORE magazine includes Agness in "This is What THE NEW FEMINISTS Look Like." (MORE magazine) More

President Barack Obama has nominated North Carolina Banking Commissioner Joseph A. Smith Jr. '74 to become chief regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the administration prepares to overhaul the mortgage firms. (Bloomberg) More

After 15 years on the New Hampshire Supreme Court, Chief Justice John T. Broderick Jr. '72 was selected as dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law. (University of New Hampshire School of Law)

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Christopher R. Bowen '93 to a judgeship in the Contra Costa County Superior Court. (Contra Costa Times) More

President Obama lauded Tom Donilon's '85 wealth of national security experience when naming him to succeed the outgoing National Security Adviser. (The White House) More

Former Delaware Attorney General Charles M. Oberly III '71 has been nominated by the Obama administration to be Delaware's next U.S. Attorney. (Delaware Online) More

Former IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin '40 acknowledges the tough economy, but says "The idea of paying taxes is kind of fundamental to a sound democracy . . . " (Washington Post) More

Four Law School alumni featured in New York Times article on the perceived polarization of Supreme Court clerks. (New York Times) More

Justice Cynthia D. Fannon Kinser '77 was elected the next chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. Kinser will be the first woman to serve in the position in the court’s history when she assumes office Feb. 1. (Richmond Times-Dispatch) More

Karin Look's '81 chain of command extends to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Look occupies the office of the Manhattan Project's "Indispensable Man," and is in the circle of female national security officials front and center in nuclear negotiations. (Washington Post) More

Pro Agent Donald Yee '87 says college football is a big business that deserves market-driven reform. (Washingtong Post) More

Geoffrey Blackwell '94, member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and former FCC senior attorney has been named head of the FCC's new Office of Native Affairs and Policy, tasked to expand broadband availability in tribal lands and Native communities. (The Hill) More

U.S. Senate confirmed James Wynn Jr., LL.M. '95, a North Carolina state judge, to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. (Legal Times) More

Some call Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive '65 the most powerful man in college sports. (NCAA Football) More

Apolitical Justice Department attorney Edwin Kneedler '74 is seen by many as the perfect choice to argue against Arizona's latest immigration law. (Washington Post) More

Julie Lynn '92: A look at the work of a Double-Hoo film producer. (Virginia Magazine) More

Peter S. Kaufman '78, president of investment bank Gordian Group and head of the firm's restructuring and distressed M&A practice, says there is a reasonably high chance that BP could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the next few years, or even months, and the result would be an "absolute horror" for the government. (Grist.org) More

After his careers in law and business, Don Cowles '72 now focuses on building up the community he calls home. (Richmond Times-Dispatch) More

As the number of contractors in eastern Virginia has grown, so has the number of fraud cases. U.S. Attorney Stephen Haynie '89 has been charged with investigating the fraud. (The Virginian-Pilot) More

President Obama has nominated Carlton Reeves '89 of Pigott Reeves Johnson for the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi (White House) More

White House Counsel Bob Bauer '76, respected by GOP opponents, is guiding the Administration through the big issues, including the selection of the next Supreme Court Justice. (Associated Press) More

In his first year on the five-member Delaware Chancery Court, J. Travis Laster '95 is not going unnoticed. (Business Week) More

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano '83 Travels the World Over Assessing Aviation Security (Washington Post) More

Howell ORear '07 fears many songwriters are unaware of their termination rights under the Copyright Act, which provides the chance to take back copyright after an original transfer. (American Songwriter) More

Citigroup Inc. Vice Chairman Edward “Ned” Kelly '81 to become chairman of the firm’s global banking division. More

John Gibney Jr. '76, a partner with ThompsonMcMullan in Richmond, has been nominated by President Obama for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. (Legal Times) More

Zane David Memeger '91 has been nominated as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. (The White House) More

John Merchant '58, who made historic inroads within the USGA volunteer hierarchy, has been inducted into the National Black Golf Hall of Fame. (USGA.org) More

Paul Verkuil '67 has been appointed chairman of a newly reconstituted Administrative Conference of the United States. ACUS is an independent advisory group charged with making recommendations to Congress and federal agencies concerning the efficiency, ... (William & Mary) More

The Senate unanimously confirmed Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Milano Keenan LL.M. '92 to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. (Washington Post) More

Brig. Gen. Patrick Finnegan '79 has been selected to lead Longwood University. Currently Dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Academy, Finnegan was the unanimous choice of the Board of Visitors. (Longwood University) More

Forestry company to pay hefty settlement to farm workers thanks to collaboration (C-ville Weekly) More

Bank President George Hamlin '72 reflects on regional successes (55+) More

The office of U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride '92 was one of two chosen by Attorney General Eric Holder to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. (The New Yorker) More

Evan Bayh '81 Pens New York Times OpEd: Why I'm Leaving the Senate (New York Times) More

Common Good founder Philip K. Howard '74 delivers four propositions for simplifying U.S. law to the audience at TED Conference. (TED.com) More

New Jersey State Sen. Bill Baroni '98 confirmed he will leave his legislative seat for the top state spot at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (NJ.com) More

David Leitch '85 offers four strategies that are helping Ford Motor Company meet its challenges and look to the future with promise. (CorporateCounsel.com) More

Sen. Evan Bayh '81 will not seek a third term to the U.S. Senate. For 25 years Bayh has served the public as Indiana’s Secretary of State, a two-term Governor, and a two-term U.S. Senator. (Office of Senator Bayh) More

Retired Wall Street Lawyer and prolific writer, Louis Auchincloss '41, passed away in his beloved Manhattan at age 92. (New York Times) More

S. C. Appeals Court Judge Kaye Gorenflo Hearn LL.M. '98 was sworn in to the Supreme Court of South Carolina. South Carolina is the only state where lawmakers alone select judges. (Augusta Chronicle) More

In his New York Times OpEd, "Guilt by Birth," Ronald Sokol '62, LL.M. '63, questions the United States' commitment to the rule of law when it comes to antiterrorism policy. (New York Times) More

Michael Taylor '76 was named as the first Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He's charged with helping the FDA to develop and implement a prevention based strategy for food safety, ... (U.S. FDA) More

Donal O'Donnell LL.M. '83 will be appointed to the Supreme Court of Ireland by President Mary McAleese in the new year. (BBC) More

President Obama will nominate Cleveland lawyer John Nalbandian '94 to the 11-person board of the State Justice Institute. (Cleveland.com) More

Arthur McFarland '73 retired as the Municipal Court Judge for Charleston, S. C., ending 33 years of service on the bench. (The Post and Courier) More