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Bob and Suzanne Wright
Suzanne and Bob Wright '68 on the Caplin Terrace after graduation ceremonies. Bob Wright, vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric and chairman and CEO of NBC, was the commencement speaker. Graduating student Afi S. Johnson Parris, below.
Afi S. Johnson Parris
Commencement 2002

The scene was picture-perfect under clear, blue skies as the School of Law conferred 403 degrees in its 173rd graduation ceremony, Sunday, May 19. Commencement speaker Bob Wright '68, vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric and chairman and CEO of NBC, told the crowd of 4,000 that the public's tarnished view of lawyers, exacerbated by the Enron scandal, means that young lawyers must inflexibly uphold the ideals of the profession. "The defenders of the Constitution, the guardians of our liberty, the advocates of just causes, no matter how unpopular, the protectors of the powerless, the wise counselors of our society- that is the role of America's lawyers. This is what you have trained to become," said Wright.

Dean John C. Jeffries, Jr. '73, congratulated the graduates for being "the most public-spirited class ever." Student Bar Association President Kendall Day announced their class gift, a permanent exhibit tracing the development of the Law School's facilities since the University's founding, is meant to remind future students of the traditions of excellence and service they are expected to carry on.

Amid the festive ceremony, Jonathan Elliot made a cell phone call as he crossed the stage to accept his diploma. He held the phone aloft to the crowd. His 84-year-old father, too ill to travel, was proudly listening to the applause.

It was that kind of day.


UVA Law Clerks: Class of 2002

Matthew Lincoln Adams
The Honorable Ross W. Krumm
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Sarah Kathleen (Erickson) Andre
The Honorable Gary A. Feess
U.S. District Court, Central District of California

James Edward Shreve Ariail
The Honorable Claude M. Hilton
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Cameron Du Bignon Arterton
The Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr.
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Mark Travis Baker
The Honorable Bruce D. Black
U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico

David Austin Barker
The Honorable T.S. Ellis III
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Carrie Elizabeth Bassi
The Honorable Gene Carter
U.S. District Court, District of Maine

Amanda Putnam Biles
The Honorable Mary Beck Briscoe
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
and The Honorable John G. Heyburn II
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky

David Alan Bragdon
The Honorable Stephen F. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Guy Brenner
The Honorable Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Matthew David Burton
The Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Carter Hamilton Burwell
The Honorable Karen L. Henderson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
and The Honorable John Gleeson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Sarah Rebekah Byers
The Honorable Beverly B. Martin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Andrew Dale Cannady
The Honorable Christine O. C. Miller
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Randall Baldwin Clark
The Honorable Edith H. Jones
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Jeffrey Stephen Coleman
The Honorable Rossie D. Alston
Prince William County Circuit Court

Lisa Marie Colone
The Honorable Catherine C. Blake
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Elizabeth Catherine (Scott) Curtin
The Honorable Norman K. Moon
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Stacy Joanna Dawson
The Honorable Peter J. Messitte
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Michael Kendall Day
The Honorable Benson E. Legg
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Abra Elizabeth Edwards
The Honorable Joan A. Lenard
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Jonathan Bruce Eliot
The Honorable Eric Smith
Alaska District Court, Palmer

Christopher Paul Ende
The Honorable Alexander Harvey II
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

April Elizabeth Fearnley
The Honorable Robert R. Beezer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Padraic Byrne Fennelly
The Honorable Jerry E. Smith
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Scott Frederick Gast
The Honorable Michael S. Kanne
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Christine Marie Genaitis
The Honorable Ronald R. Lagueux
U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island

Brenden Scott Gingrich
The Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Daniel Philip Golden
The Honorable James Zazzali
New Jersey Supreme Court

Michael Patrick Grady
The Honorable Stefan R. Underhill
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Cara Lee Griffith
The Honorable Cynthia Kinser
Virginia Supreme Court

Shannon Richmond Hall
The Honorable Emily C. Hewitt
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Colleen Denise Hitch
The Honorable Samuel Hardy Mays
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
and The Honorable Irene M. Keeley
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia

James Derrick Honaker
The Honorable E. Norman Veasey
Supreme Court of Delaware

Vanessa Horbaly
The Honorable Robert G. Doumar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Melissa Mitchell Howard
The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Amber Lynn Husbands
The Honorable Robert G. Doumar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Kalere Jacob
The Honorable Janis G. Jack
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

Ian Charles Jones
The Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer
U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming

Jessica Katherine Kelly
The Honorable Daly Hawkins
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
and The Honorable H. Robert Mayer
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Amy Elizabeth Kobelski
The Honorable Frank F. Drowota III
Tennessee Supreme Court

Kristina Jean Kopf
The Honorable Michael S. McManus
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

Kristin Krause
The Honorable Robert B. King
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Justin Vincent Laubach
The Honorable Robert E. Coyle
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
and The Honorable Howard D. McKibben
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada

Michael Dennis Lockard
The Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Keith Robert Lorenze
Delaware Court of Common Pleas

Daniel Nicholas Lovejoy
The Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Sarah Avital Lowinger
The Honorable Rick Haselton
Oregon Court of Appeals

Holly Repp MacKay
The Honorable James C. Cacheris
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Genevieve Schaab McCormack
The Honorable John C. Lifland
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Mary Ann McGrail
The Honorable Richard S. Arnold
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Katherine Ellen McKune
The Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Alexis I. Mei
Second Judicial Circuit of Virginia
City of Virginia Beach Circuit Court

Heather Louise Mitchell
The Honorable Benson E. Legg
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Najwa Marie Nabti
The Honorable Stephen M. McNamee
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona

Matthew Robert Oakes
The Honorable Percy Anderson
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
and The Honorable Norman K. Moon
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Lesley Anne Pate
The Honorable Robert E. Doumar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Ruth Amy Payne
The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Elisabeth Anne Polzin
The Honorable Karen Nelson Moore
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

William Rueger Poynter
The Honorable Alvin A. Schall
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Cameron Fuller Reeves
The Honorable Rebecca B. Smith
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Kimberly Smith Robertson
The Honorable B. Waugh Crigler
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Nathaniel Clarke Roland
The Honorable Alice M. Batchelder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Jacqueline Sadker
The Honorable Kim M. Wardlaw
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

George Peter Sibley III
The Honorable Karen J. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
and The Honorable Robert E. Payne
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Kendal Aylor Sibley
The Honorable Karen J. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Sandra Compton Simmons
The Honorable Rebecca B. Smith
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Holly Marie Simpkins
The Honorable Robert R. Beezer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Daniel Plympton Smith
The Honorable James Morse
Vermont Supreme Court

Jamila Deas Smoot
The Honorable Samuel G. Wilson
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia

Kelley Brooke Snyder
The Honorable M. Blane Michael
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Patrick Soug
The Honorable James Benton
Virginia Court of Appeals

Leah Beth Stewart
The Honorable Emilio M. Garza
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Jennifer Loraine Swize
The Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
and The Honorable Jose A. Cabranes
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Natalie Caroline Timmers
The Honorable Fortunato P. Benavides
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Katharine von Ter Stegge
The Honorable David Faber
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia

Stephen Scott West
The Honorable J. Michael Luttig
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Michael Louis Whitlock
The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia

Jennifer Bowen Wieland
The Honorable Lourdes Baird
U.S. District Court, Central District of California

2002 Commencement

 

2002 Graduation Awards

Margaret G. Hyde Award
Michael Kendall Day

James C. Slaughter Honor Award
Jennifer Loraine Swize

Thomas Marshall Miller Prize
Terrica Lashun Redfield

Law School Alumni Association Award for Academic Excellence
Daniel Nicholas Lovejoy

Law School Alumni Association Best Note Award
Matthew Christian Schruers

Robert E. Goldsten Award for Distinction in the Classroom
Daniel Nicholas Lovejoy and
Kelley Brooke Snyder

Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize
Matthew Adams Axtell and Jennifer Loraine Swize

Herbert Kramer/Herbert Bangel Community Service Award
Kerry Elizabeth Kornblatt

Mortimer Caplin Public Service Award
Laura Kristen Everitt and Jennifer Tink

Robert F. Kennedy Award for Public Service
Abra Elizabeth Edwards

Edwin S. Cohen Tax Prize
Matthew Scott Houser

Earle K. Shawe Labor Relations Award
Jeffrey Darren Kessler

John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics
Matthew Christian Schruers

Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award
Brian Thomas Stansbury

Virginia Trial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Award
Mark Travis Baker

Charles J. Frankel Award in Health Law
Elizabeth Catherine Scott

Z Society Shannon Award
Ruth Amy Payne

Virginia State Bar Family Law Book Award
Katherine Rose Lasher

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