Alumni Careers

Updated September 15, 2023

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Corporate General Counsel

Virginia ranks third in the number of chief legal officers at the nation’s top 500 companies, according to a 2019 survey by Chambers Associate.

Dwight C. Arn ’74, Hallmark International KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Rasmani Bhattacharya ’93, Gates Corporation DENVER

Erik Bodenhofer ’01, Reebok International CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Mark Brazeal ’93, Broadcom Inc. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Katherine J. Brennan ’03, Marsh McLennan NEW YORK

Carlos M. Brown ’99, Dominion Energy RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

Erva Cockfield ’10, Uber WASHINGTON, D.C.

Stephen K. Coss ’94, Sonic Automotive CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

James F. DesMarais ’87, BlackRock LONDON

Hilary Dessouky ’97, Patagonia, Inc. VENTURA, CALIFORNIA

Howard Diamond ’94, Frontier Airlines DENVER

Grace Fu ’09, KAYAK and Open Table NEW YORK

Kevin Aldean Maxwell ’04, Smith & Wesson Brands KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

Leah McLaughlin Fazio ’11, Vitamix OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, OHIO

Jeffrey W. Ferguson ’91, The Carlyle Group WASHINGTON, D.C.

Bradley Feuer ’94, Barnes & Noble NEW YORK

Guy R. Friddell III ’76, Landmark Media Enterprises NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Nathaniel Gardiner ’81, Enanta Pharmaceuticals WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

Craig S. Gatarz ’87, Veritone COSTA MESA,CALIFORNIA

Timothy B. Goodell ’84, Hess Corp. NEW YORK

Yolanda Howze ’04, Generation Bio CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

David Hyman ’93, Netflix LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA

Nicolas Jafarieh ’01, Sallie Mae NEWARK, DELAWARE

John C. Junek ’74, Ameriprise Financial MINNEAPOLIS

Stephen Keeley ’99, Crowe CHICAGO

John J. Kelley III ’85, Equifax ATLANTA

Michael R. McAlevey ’89, HCA Healthcare  NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Paula McGlarry ’97, Oliver Wyman Group NEW YORK

Thomas M. Moriarty ’89, Albertsons BOISE, IDAHO

Lauren Neiswender ’00, Big Sky Growth Partners SEATTLE

Caroline Miller Oyler ’90, Papa John's International LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

R. Hewitt Pate ’87, Chevron SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA

Tracy Preston ’91, HanesBrands WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

Kristen Prohl ’00, Unisys BLUE BELL, PENNSYLVANIA

Christine Stroh Reddy ’93, Beacon Roofing Supply HERNDON, VIRGINIA

Paul Sieminski ’02, Automattic (parent company of WordPress) SAN FRANCISCO

Rhonda M. Taylor ’92, Dollar General Corp. GOODLETTSVILLE, TENNESSEE

B. Scott Tilley ’89, STIHL Incorporated VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

Mark B. Tresnowski ’86, Madison Dearborn Partners CHICAGO

Doug Towns ’92, Guardian Pharmacy ATLANTA

James Turoff ’04, The Hershey Company  HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA

Wilma Wallace ’89, REI KENT, WASHINGTON

L. Kent Workman ’99, Hamilton Beach Brands CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

Joseph C. Ventura ’03, Humana LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

Michael C. Wu ’92, Bath & Body Works COLUMBUS, OHIO

 

Government

177 UVA Law alumni have served in the U.S. Congress to date: 145 in the House, 48 in the Senate and 16 served in both. 

Andrew Beshear ’03, Governor, KENTUCKY

Robert A. Borcherding ’99, Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff WASHINGTON, D.C.

Mark F. Brzezinski ’91, U.S. Ambassador to Poland WARSAW

Robin C. Carnahan ’86, Administrator, General Services Administration WASHINGTON, D.C.

John Cornyn III LL.M. ’95, U.S. Senator TEXAS

John N. Kennedy ’77, U.S. Senator LOUISIANA

Angus S. King Jr. ’69, U.S. Senator MAINE

Bonnie Latreille ’13, Federal Student Aid Ombudsman, U.S. Department of Education WASHINGTON, D.C.

Sheila Jackson Lee ’75, U.S. House of Representatives, 18th Congressional District of Texas TEXAS

Andrea Lucas ’11, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission WASHINGTON, D.C.

Neil MacBride  ’92, General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jennifer L. McClellan ’97, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th Congressional District of Virginia VIRGINIA

Bill Nelson ’68, Administrator, NASA WASHINGTON, D.C.

Douglas Parker ’97, Assistant Secretary of Labor, OSHA WASHINGTON, D.C.

Nitin Shah ’09, General Counsel, U.S. General Services Administration WASHINGTON, D.C.

David M. Turk ’99, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy WASHINGTON, D.C.

Tanesha Way ’96, Lieutenant Governor, NEW JERSEY

Bradley Weinsheimer ’89, Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice WASHINGTON, D.C.

Sheldon Whitehouse ’82, U.S. Senator RHODE ISLAND

Erica Y. Williams ’98, Chair, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

Public Interest/Nonprofit

Mary C. Bauer ’90, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

Mark Bromley ’95, Council Chair, Council for Global Equality WASHINGTON, D.C.

Timothy S. Burgett ’99, General Counsel, World Vision International  MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA AND JOHANNESBURG

David W. Carr Jr. ’83, General Counsel, Southern Environmental Law Center CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

F. Sheffield Hale ’85, President and CEO, Atlanta History Center ATLANTA

Jeffrey S. Kerr ’87, General Counsel, PETA WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jonathan Lowy ’88, President and Founder, Global Action for Gun Violence WASHINGTON, D.C.

Timothy Phillips ’97, General Counsel, American Cancer Society ATLANTA

India Pinkney ’98, General Counsel, National Endowment for the Arts WASHINGTON, D.C.

Katharine Redford ’95, Executive Director, Equation Campaign WASHINGTON, D.C.

Mary Rouvelas ’96, Senior Counsel, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

Corporate Executives and Entrepreneurs

Michael Alvarez ’80, COO & Co-Founder, Longroad Energy ROSS, CALIFORNIA

Shanti Ariker ’95, SVP, Zendesk SAN FRANCISCO

Jeffrey Bartos ’97, President, ESB Holdings PHILADELPHIA

Bruce R. Bilger ’77, Chairman and Head of Global Energy, Lazard HOUSTON

Peter Bowden ’98, Global Head of Energy, Jefferies & Co. HOUSTON

David S. Brown ’79, Co-President, Grand Pacific Resorts CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA

Robert G. Byron ’76, Chairman, Blue Vista Capital Partners CHICAGO

David Burke ’93, Chairman & CEO, Selby Lane MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA

Diane Long Cafritz ’95 Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President CARFAX CENTREVILLE VIRGINIA

Rhonda Crichlow ’92 Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Charter Communications STAMFORD CONNECTICUT

Anthony Della Pietra Jr. ’85, Managing Director, Citi Holdings, Citibank NEW YORK

Thomas DeVita ’90, Chief Financial Officer, MKP Capital Management NEW YORK

Frederick Downs ’86, Partner, PAR Capital Management BOSTON

Arnold Evans ’96, Enterprise Ethics Officer, Truist Financial Corporation ATLANTA

Matthew Fass ’93, President, Maritime Products International NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA

Amy FitzHenry ’08, Legal Counsel, Spotify LOS ANGELES

William B. Fryer ’74, Principal, Iron Tree Capital ATLANTA

Chris Gaskill ’08, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summit Materials DENVER

Eric Grant ’07, President, Municode TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

Colin Greenspon ’04, Co-founder and Partner, Narya Venture Capital CINCINNATI

Kevin M. Haley ’96, Chief Strategy Officer, Under Armour BALTIMORE

Brad Handler ’95, Founder and Chairman, Inspirato DENVER

Michael Hankin ’82, President and CEO, Brown Advisory BALTIMORE

Sven Erik Holmes ’80, Vice Chair, KPMG NEW YORK

B. Matthew Hornor ’99, Director, Maple Gold Mines VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Jane Church Horvath ’91, Chief Privacy Officer, Apple CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA

Andrew Karp ’86, Managing Director, Bank of America Business CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

Catherine Keating ’87, Chief Executive Officer, Wealth Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. NEW YORK

T. Maria Lam ’94, Vice President, Director of International Legal, Intel Corp. PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

Mitch Lasky ’88, General Partner, Benchmark Capital MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA

Theodore Mathas ’92, Chairman and Retired CEO, New York Life Insurance NEW YORK

Shannon Nash ’95, Chief Financial Officer, Wing PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

Thomas Newell ’82, Executive Chairman, Signature Senior Lifestyle LONDON

Lars Norell ’98, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Altus Power GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT

Nils H. Okeson ’90, Chief Executive Officer, Inspire Brands ATLANTA

Tim Palmer ’83, Co-founder and Senior Advisor, Charlesbank BOSTON

James Rutherfurd ’81, Managing Director, Pine Brook Partners NEW YORK

Kathryn Sheehan ’96, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Amazon.com SEATTLE

Craig Silliman ’94, Executive Vice President and President of Verizon Global Services NEW YORK

Dasha Smith ’98, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, National Football League NEW YORK

John Van Deventer ’82, Partner, Cabot Square Capital LONDON

C. Stewart Verdery ’93, President and Founder, Monument Advocacy WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

Law Firm Presence

70% of the Classes of 2018-20 obtained jobs with firms after law school.

Law Firms, Classes of 2018-20

  • 85% with firms in American Lawyer's top 100 by gross revenue
  • 5% with firms ranked between 100 and 200
  • 2% with large international firms (not ranked by American Lawyer)
  • 8% with smaller firms

Related Rankings

Virginia has graduates in each of the American Lawyer top 100 firms (as of May 2021).

No. 2 in the number of graduates leading the nation's top 100 firms, according to an Above the Law report. More

No. 3 in the percentage of Class of 2020 graduates hired by the 100 largest firms, according to the National Law Journal. More

No. 5 in the number of partners in the American Lawyer top 100 firms (September 2020).

No. 5 in the country in the number of female graduate attorneys in the National Law Journal’s top 500 firms, according to Legal Compass (September 2020).

No. 5 in the number of associates promoted to partner in the 100 largest firms in 2020, according to the National Law Journal. More

 

Academia

Law Professors

Hundreds of Virginia Law alumni are teaching law around the world. Here is a sampling. 

Stephen M. Bainbridge ’85, University of California at Los Angeles Law School LOS ANGELES

Rachel Brewster ’03, Duke Law School DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

J. Peter Byrne ’79, Georgetown University Law Center WASHINGTON, D.C.

Adam Chodorow ’90, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at the Arizona State University TEMPE, ARIZONA

Barry Cushman ’86, Notre Dame Law School NOTRE DAME, INDIANA

Nancy Ehrenreich ’79, LL.M. ’82, University of Denver Sturm College of Law DENVER

Gary Francione ’81, Rutgers School of Law NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

Adam Gershowitz ’01, William & Mary Law School WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

Rachel Kincaid ’15, Baylor University Law School WACO, TEXAS

Lee Kovarsky ’04, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, AUSTIN, TEXAS

Allison Orr Larsen ’04, William & Mary Law School WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

Clifford Larsen ’86, Bucerius Law School HAMBURG, GERMANY

Andrew D. Leipold ’85, University of Illinois College of Law CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS

Daryl Levinson ’95, New York University School of Law NEW YORK

Paul A. Lombardo ’85, Georgia State University College of Law ATLANTA

Michael McCann ’02, University of New Hampshire Law School CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Richard H. McAdams ’85, University of Chicago Law School CHICAGO

Blake Morant ’78, George Washington University Law School WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Dawn Nunziato ’94, George Washington University Law School WASHINGTON, D.C.

Richard J. Pierce Jr. ’72, George Washington University Law School WASHINGTON, D.C.

James E. Pfander ’82, Northwestern University School of Law CHICAGO

Adam C. Pritchard ’92, University of Michigan Law School ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

James Puckett ’05, Penn State Law School UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA

Donald H. Regan ’66, University of Michigan Law School ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

Neil M. Richards ’97, Washington University School of Law ST. LOUIS

Usha Rodrigues ’01, University of Georgia School of Law ATHENS, GEORGIA

J. B. Ruhl ’82, Vanderbilt University Law School NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

G. Richard Shell ’81, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School PHILADELPHIA

David A. Skeel Jr. ’87, University of Pennsylvania Law School PHILADELPHIA

Christopher Slobogin ’77, Vanderbilt University Law School NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Stephen F. Smith ’92, University of Notre Dame Law School NOTRE DAME, INDIANA

George Triantis LL.M. ’86, Stanford University Law School STANFORD, CALIFORNIA

Joyce Vance ’85, University of Alabama School of Law TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA

Molly Walker Wilson ’04, Saint Louis University School of Law ST. LOUIS

Robin Fretwell Wilson ’95, University of Illinois College of Law CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS

University of Virginia Law Professors

 

Other Notable Academics and Administrators

Klint Alexander ’99, Dean, University of Wyoming College of Law LARAMIE, WYOMING

Bob Bauer ’76, Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, New York University Law NEW YORK

John M. Copacino ’79, Director, Criminal Justice Clinic and E. Barrett Prettyman Program and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center WASHINGTON, D.C.

John M. Czarnetzky ’89, Dean, Ave Maris Law School NAPLES, FLORIDA

Charles M. Elson ’85, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance, University of Delaware Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance NEWARK, DELAWARE

David L. Faigman ’86, Chancellor and Dean, University of California Hastings College of Law SAN FRANCISCO

Allen Groves ’90, Senior Vice President, Student Experience, Syracuse University, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

Robert W. Iuliano ’86, President, Gettysburg College GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

Caroline Laguerre-Brown ’97, Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, George Washington University WASHINGTON, D.C.

M. Elizabeth Magill ’95, President, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA

Dickens Mathieu ’93, General Counsel, Trinity College HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87, Dean, George Washington University Law School WASHINGTON, D.C.

Mark McKenna ’00, Faculty Co-Director, Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, UCLA Law LOS ANGELES

Geoffrey Mearns ’87, President, Ball State University MUNCIE, INDIANA

Nilakshi Parndigamage ’10, Chief of Staff,Office of the Provost, Yale University NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

Catherine L. Potter ’86, General Counsel, Virginia Tech Foundation BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA

Thomas P. Preston ’75, General Counsel, Delaware State University DOVER, DELAWARE

W. Taylor Reveley IV ’02, President, Longwood University FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA

Jacob. H. Rooksby ’07, Dean, Gonzaga University School of Law SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

James Ryan ’92, President, University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE

Finis St. John IV ’82, Chancellor, University of Alabama System TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA

David A. Suski ’98, Counsel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

Edward M. Tate ’05, Vice Chancellor of Legal Affairs, University of Georgia System ATLANTA

William E. Thro ’90, General Counsel, University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

Lee Tyner ’92, General Counsel, Texas Christian University FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Felicia A. Washington ’90, Senior Vice President for Human Resources, University of Southern California LOS ANGELES

Stephen T. Yandle ’72, Vice Dean Emeritus, Peking University School of Transnational Law PEKING, CHINA

 

Entertainment/Sports

Bill Bailey ’93, Vice President for Government Relations, The Walt Disney Company WASHINGTON, D.C.

David Baldacci ’86, Author VIRGINIA

Ilana S. Berry ’03, Author FAIRFAX STATION, VIRGINIA

Christopher D. Brearton ’98, Chief Operating Officer, MGM  LOS ANGELES

Nicholas Brown ’14, Senior Counsel, AMBGroup, (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United FC and Mercedes-Benz Stadium) ATLANTA

Ronika Carter ’14, Corporate Counsel, Women's Tennis Association ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

Martin Clark ’84, Author STUART, VIRGINIA

Noah E. Croom ’90, Managing Partner, Beautiful Game Group MINNEAPOLIS

Donald Dell ’64, President, Lagardere Unlimited WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jeffrey A. Evans ’97, Vice President, Legal Affairs, NBCUniversal UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIA

Linda Fairstein ’72, Author (former chief prosecutor, Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit) NEW YORK

Thomas Ferree ’02, Vice President Legal, National Hockey League NEW YORK

Craig Fravel ’82, President and CEO of the Breeders’ Cup LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

Lisa Friel ’83, Special Counsel for Investigations, National Football League NEW YORK

Emily Giffin ’97, Author ATLANTA

Frank Golding ’93, Chief of Innovation and Strategy, For the Fans Sports NEW YORK

Matthew Hanna ’02, Senior Vice President, Distribution, Sony Pictures Entertainment LOS ANGELES

Philip Howard ’74, Author NEW YORK

Ted Humphrey ’94, Television and Film Writer, Producer and Director,  LOS ANGELES

Amber Husbands  ’02, Group Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Discovery, Inc. (parent company of HGTV, ID, and Travel Channel) SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND

Janice S. Johnston ’95, Executive Producer, ABC News and "20/20" NEW YORK

George Kliavkoff ’93, Commissioner, Pac-12 Conference SAN FRANCISCO

Michael Kun ’88, Author LOS ANGELES

J. Carlos Kuri ’03, General Counsel, SXSW AUSTIN, TEXAS

Mera Kutrovac ’07, General Counsel, Pittsburgh Pirates PITTSBURGH

Joseph Leccese ’85, Chairman of the Firm at Proskauer, and Co-Head of Sports Law Group NEW YORK

Julie Lynn ’92, Producer and Founder, Mockingbird Pictures LOS ANGELES

Stephen Malone ’97, VP, Legal, Employment and Corporate Affairs, Fox Corporation NEW YORK

Harry Marino ’17, Assistant General Counsel, Major League Ball Players Association NEW YORK

Stan McCoy ’98, President and Managing Director, Motion Picture Association, Europe, Middle East, and Africa BRUSSELS

Robert McGlarry ’98, President, MLB Network NEW YORK

James A. McLaughlin ’90, Author SALT LAKE CITY

Kyle E. McSlarrow ’85, Senior Vice President, TPX Business Development and Planning, Comcast SALT LAKE CITY

Steven D. Newmark ’96, President, Roush Fenway Racing CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA

John A. Rogovin ’87, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, WarnerMedia Studios and Network Group LOS ANGELES

Colin Rushing ’99, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, SoundExchange WASHINGTON, D.C.

Andrew Scheinman ’73, Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Castle Rock Entertainment LOS ANGELES

Will Shortz ’77, New York Times Crossword Editor NEW YORK

Dasha Smith ’98, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, National Football League NEW YORK

Bryan F. Stroh ’02, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, Pittsburgh Pirates PITTSBURGH

Evan W. Thomas III ’77, Author WASHINGTON, D.C.

Vanessa Vogler ’16, Counsel, PGA Tour PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA

Donald Yee ’87, Partner, Yee & Dubin Sports LOS ANGELES

Heather A. Young ’91, Author MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Thomas E. Zadra ’97, Executive Vice President  of Operations and Business Affairs, Miramax LOS ANGELES