Classes 2000-2009

Sean Seymore, ’06 JD, Wins Vanderbilt Faculty Honor

p(image-right). !/assets/156564/75x/seymore_thumb.jpg(seymore_thumb)! NDLS grad Sean Seymore has been named a Chancellor Faculty Fellow by Vanderbilt University. The appointment extends over two fiscal years and includes additional funding designed to support...

Mark T. Emery, ’05 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/155120/75x/emery.jpg(emery)! Mark Emery has been promoted to partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in its Washington, D.C. office. Emery focuses his practice on appellate and dispute resolution matters. He has...

Kathleen Portman Tinnerello, ’09 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/155121/75x/kathleentinnerello.jpg(kathleentinnerello)! Kathleen Tinnerello has joined the law firm of Jackson Lewis, P.C. as an associate in its Cleveland office. Tinnerello represents employers in state and federal courts, as well...

Geoffrey Spiess, ’08 J.D.

Geoffrey Spiess recently became Corporate Counsel and Director of Human Resources for the City of Mishawaka in Indiana.

Louis T. Perry, ’02 BA, ’05 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/155119/75x/perry_louis.jpg(perry_louis)! Lou Perry was recently named partner at Faegre Baker Daniels in its Indianapolis office. Perry practices intellectual property law, focusing on trademark, copyright, advertising and media matters. A...

Robert T. Numbers, II, ’05 J.D.

Robert Numbers was recently appointed as a Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Prior to his appointment, Judge Numbers practiced at...

Conor B. Dugan, ‘03 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/153260/75x/dugan_conor.jpg(dugan_conor)! Conor Duggan has joined the firm of Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dugan joins Warner Norcross as a senior counsel in its Appellate &...

Courtney Lee Tawresey, ’06 J.D.

Courtney Lee Tawresey, has joined Husch Blackwell as an associate in its Denver office as a member of the Financial Services industry team where she will focus on banking and...

James W. Murray, ’04 J.D

p(image-right). !/assets/153297/75x/jamesmurray_125x125.jpg(jamesmurray)! James Murray is the Director of the John Gardner postgraduate program at Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service. Murray was recently selected to be a part of...

Jeffrey L. Vercauteren, ’08 J.D.

Jeffrey Vercauteren has joined the firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. as a member of its Commercial Real Estate Team in its Madison, Wisconsin office. Vercauteren represents clients in all...

John H.T. Bales, ’09 J.D.

John Bales joined Kutak Rock, LLP as an associate in the public finance group. He serves as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter’s counsel on transactions in the firm’s charter...

Matthew M. Killen, ’04 BA, ’07 J.D.

Matthew Killen has joined Nicoladies LLP as an associate in the firm’s Chicago office. Killen’s practice focuses on providing advice to insurance clients on complex coverage issues in a variety...

Krishna Thomas Walker, ’08 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/146740/75x/krishnawalker1.jpg(krishnawalker1)! Krishna Walker, an attorney at Bryan Cave, LLP, has been selected as one of _Missouri Lawyers Weekly’s_ “Up & Coming” lawyers for 2014. Walker focuses her practice on...

Brad A. Sobolewski, ’00 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/146748/75x/sobolewski_039c3402_background_cmyk.jpg(sobolewski_039c3402_background_cmyk)! Brad Sobolewski, a litigator at Ulmer & Berne LLP in Cleveland, has been promoted to counsel and has been named to the list of Ohio _Super Lawyers Rising...

Larry A. Ward, ’98 BA, ’00 MEDUC, ’03 J.D.

Larry Ward, a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, LLP in Seattle, specializing in U.S. National Security Law, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Defense Trade Advisory Group...

Arthur T. O’Reilly, ’02 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/146734/75x/aoreilly.jpg(aoreilly)! Arthur O’Reilly, an attorney with Honigman in Detroit has been named in the top 100 of the 2014 _Michigan Super Lawyer_ listing and as a “Rising Star” in...

Johnathan Bridges, ’00 J.D.

p(image-right). !/assets/142614/75x100/jbridges.jpg(jbridges)! A brief written by Johnathan Bridges, a partner with Susman Godfrey, has been praised as among the “best ever” in the newly released edition of a highly regarded...

Francisco J. Valenzuela, ’03 J.D.

Francisco Valenzuela, of Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., has been selected to the _Texas Rising Stars_ list for the 5th consecutive year. The Texas Rising Stars recognizes the...

Cynthia Phillips-Cordes, ’04 J.D.

Cynthia Cordes recently received a 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater Boston University’s College of Communications. The award was presented to Cordes for career achievements at a ceremony...

David Guevara, ’06 J.D.

David Guevara, a partner with Taft Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., has been recognized as a leader in the area of “Environmental Law” by _Chambers USA_ for 2014.
George Mugwanya

George Mugwanya '00 J.S.D.

Dr. George Mugwanya (J.S.D. ’00), Senior Appeals Counsel for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Addresses NDLS Students and Faculty