Alumni in the News
This page offers links to or announcements of news coverage of Vanderbilt Law alumni. You're welcome to submit links to grace.renshaw@vanderbilt.edu.
Wayne Hyatt '68 (BA'65) receives Frederick S. Lane Award from the American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Lane Award recognizes real estate lawyers for their career contributions to the profession; Hyatt is only the eighth recipient in ACREL's 35-year history.
Paul Kurtz '72 (BA'68) passes the baton to Lonnie Brown '89 at UGA Law
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Brown appointed associate dean at UGA Law upon Kurtz's retirement from the position, which he has held since 1991.
James H. Cheek III '67 increases his teaching role at Vanderbilt Law School
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Nationally recognized corporate and securities law attorney Jim Cheek appointed professor of the practice of law.
Robert Reder ’78 named professor of the practice of law
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Corporate governance expert Bob Reder joins faculty following a 33-year career in transactional practice with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.
Marcy Nicks Moody, Class of 2013, is one of 15 winners of the 2013 Burton Award for legal writing
Release Date: May 09, 2013
Moody will receive her award on June 3 at a gala event at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
20 students honored with academic and citizenship awards
Release Date: May 07, 2013
Angela Bergman wins 2013 Founders Medal.
Wyatt Sassman '13 wins Tennessee Bar Association's environmental law writing competition
Release Date: Apr 23, 2013
Sassman receives Jon E. Hastings Memorial Writing Award for his article "Administrative Compliance Orders and Due Process After Sackett."
Cheng, George, Maroney and Sharfstein honored with 2013 Hall-Hartman Awards for Outstanding Teaching
Release Date: Apr 19, 2013
Annual teaching awards are the result of student votes.
Dick Aldrich '75 and Lee Cutcliff '67 recognized as distinguished alumni
Release Date: Apr 16, 2013
Aldrich honored as VLS 2013 Distinguished Alumni and Cutcliff with the 2013 Distinguished Service Award.
George Barrett '57 and Waverly Crenshaw '81 honored by Tennessee Human Rights Commission
Release Date: Mar 19, 2013
Barrett and Crenshaw were among 10 Nashvillians honored for advocacy of human rights.
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean '81 shares insights with VU public policy class taught by former Mayor Bill Purcell '79
Release Date: Jan 31, 2013
Purcell is an adjunct professor of political science at Vanderbilt.
Ryan Holt '10 and John Spragens '12 selected for 2013 class of Nashville Emerging Leaders
Release Date: Jan 28, 2013
NES offers leadership development to motivated young professionals.
Legal team of Elliott Ozment '75, Phillip Cramer '00, John Farringer '02 and Bill Harbison honored with TBA's 2013 Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award
Release Date: Jan 23, 2013
Team represented Juana Villegas in case that brought national attention to rights of women in police custody.
Thomas Varlan '81 named Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee
Release Date: Jan 18, 2013
Judge Varlan has served the Eastern District of Tennessee since 2003.
Guy Gebhardt '73 named Acting U.S. Trustee for Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
Gebhardt's appointment was announced by Attorney General Eric Holder.
Darrin Williams '93 named CEO of Southern Bancorp
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
Williams will assume leadership of Southern Bancorp effective February 1, 2013.
Jim Bradford '73 steps down as dean of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
Bradford has served as Owen's dean for eight years.
Elizabeth Johnston ’11 receives prestigious Skadden Fellowship to practice law in the public interest
Release Date: Jan 14, 2013
Johnson will serve her two-year fellowship with the National Women’s Law Center.
Curtis Bridgeman '03 named dean of Willamette College of Law
Release Date: Dec 17, 2012
Bridgeman earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. in philosophy at Vanderbilt.
Criminal law professor Donald J. Hall dead at 69
Release Date: Nov 30, 2012
Professor Hall was a revered teacher and criminal law expert who taught at Vanderbilt from 1970 until his retirement in 2007.
Andrew Wertheim '83 receives Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence on behalf of Sorwathé Ltd. of Rwanda
Release Date: Nov 30, 2012
Wertheim's U.S. firm, Tea Importers, is the majority shareholder of Sorwathé.
Options other than devoting a significant portion of his career to public service frankly never occurred to Darrin Williams '93
Release Date: Oct 29, 2012
Speaker-designate Darrin Williams ’93 of the Arkansas General Assembly
Stephan Oestreicher Jr. ’01 honored with AG’s Award for Distinguished Service
Release Date: Oct 19, 2012
Oestreicher honored for work on U.S. v. Jefferson.
New Order of the Coif members from Class of 2012 announced
Release Date: Sep 04, 2012
Nineteen members of the Class of 2012, representing the top 10 percent of the class, were selected for membership.
Joanna Morrison, Class of 2013, awarded DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship for 2012-13
Release Date: Aug 23, 2012
Morrison is one of two DRI Law Student Diversity scholars for this academic year.
Andree S. Blumstein ’81 appointed to special state Supreme Court judicial panel
Release Date: Jul 31, 2012
Panel appointed in Hooker vs. Haslam, a case addressing judicial selection.
Alan Duncan '79 is president-elect of North Carolina Bar Association
Release Date: Jun 27, 2012
Duncan will serve as the NCBA's president in 2013-14.
Melody Eagan '94 elected 2012-13 president of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
Release Date: Jun 27, 2012
Eagan is a partner with Lightfoot Franklin & White in Birmingham.
Tennessean: Rep. Marsha Blackburn will be hard to beat in 7th District - June 21, 2012 - Jack Arnold '12, who is running as an independent candidate, is briefly profiled in an article about all candidates for Tennessee's 7th District Congressional seat. Arnold, a native of Kingston Springs, Tennessee, entered the race while a student at Vanderbilt Law School.
Reuters: Galleon prosecutor aims to cement legacy in U.S. Gupta trial - May 21, 2012 - Reed Brodsky '95 is one of the key prosecutors leading an investigation that has lasted more than four years into insider trading in the $2 trillion hedge fund industry. He is now gearing up for another trial that many courtroom watchers say could be his last big case for the U.S. government.
Lucy Dalglish '95 named dean of University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Dalglish will join the University of Maryland August 1.
Andrew Kaufman '74 to head UCLA's Milken Institute of Business Law and Policy
Release Date: Apr 03, 2012
Kaufman founded and formerly headed Kirkland & Ellis's debt financing group and taught transactional law at Vanderbilt.
Judge John Powers ’53 (BA’51) dead at 82
Release Date: Apr 02, 2012
Judge Powers remembered for his work ethic and sense of humor
Ruth Johnson '75 wins 2012 Nashville Athena Award
Release Date: Mar 28, 2012
Johnson honored for outstanding skills in business, leadership and community service.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder exhorts Vanderbilt students to seek liberty and learning
Release Date: Mar 16, 2012
U.S. Attorney General Holder delivered the Cecil Sims Lecture at Vanderbilt University March 16.
Andrea Perry '00 wins Athena Young Professional Leadership Award
Release Date: Mar 15, 2012
Perry is a member with Bone McAllester Norton in Nashville.
Darrin Williams ’93 elected speaker of Arkansas House of Representatives
Release Date: Mar 12, 2012
Williams is serving his second term in the Arkansas House representing District 36
Wiseman named Lawyer of the Year - February 24 - The Tennessean - Profile of Thomas Wiseman III, Class of 1982, who was named 2011-12 Lawyer of the Year in the area of medical malpractice defense.
Chet Gerdts '78, member of Vanderbilt Law's Board of Advisors, dies at 58
Release Date: Feb 22, 2012
Gerdts served as general counsel of PricewaterhouseCoopers US.
David Caywood '62 reflects on 50 years in law - Daily News - Memphis Law Talk - January 26, 2012 - David Caywood, who owns his own law practice in Memphis, was profiled in the Memphis Daily News. Caywood established his own legal practice focusing on divorce cases in 1970.
Wendy Hilderbrand '04 honored with TBA's Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Hilderbrand honored for her work on behalf of death row inmate Edward Jerome Hardison.
William Ozier '69 elected chair of Tennessee Chamber of Commerce
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Ozier will serve during 2012.
Academy Sports Outdoors general counsel Wade Turner '97 profiled in Texas Lawyer
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Turner heads Academy's legal department.
Mike Pescatello '69, member of Vanderbilt's Board of Advisors, dies at 67
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Pescatello was senior vice president at Northern Trust, based in San Francisco.
U.S. News and World Report: Five unique career paths for law school grads - January 23, 2012 - Curtis Welling '75, who is currently president and chief executive officer of the AmeriCares Foundation, is quoted in an article about law school grads in diverse careers outside of the law, including journalism and nonprofit management.
Amy Sanders, Class of 2013, presents at 2012 AALS conference
Release Date: Jan 18, 2012
Sanders’ presentation was part of a panel discussion on “Balance in Legal Education” moderated by Julie Sandine, Vanderbilt Law School’s assistant dean of student affairs.
Jason Hall '02 named director of Missouri Department of Economic Development
Release Date: Jan 02, 2012
Hall's appointment was announced by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.
Derek Smith '92 appointed to Tennessee's 21st Judicial District Circuit Court
Release Date: Dec 16, 2011
Smith was previously deputy district attorney for the 21st Judicial District.
G. Daniel Shealer Jr. '84 appointed general counsel of Johns Hopkins
Release Date: Dec 15, 2011
Shealer will serve as vice president and general counsel of the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation and the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Anne Davis '81 to head new office of the Southern Environmental Law Center
Release Date: Nov 24, 2011
Davis previously headed Nashville task force on environmental sustainability.
Doug Henry '51 honored with MTSU's Joe Nunley Award
Release Date: Nov 22, 2011
Henry honored for service during World War II and in Tennessee state government.
Darlene Marsh '88 elected president of American College of Mortgage Attorneys
Release Date: Oct 14, 2011
Lawrence R. Ahern III '72 named ACMA Fellow.
Jim Redwine '81 receives ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources Stewardship Award
Release Date: Sep 12, 2011
Redwine honored for achieving a settlement to support environmental remediation of former GM plant sites.
Lucian Pera '85 begins three-year term as ABA treasurer
Release Date: Aug 30, 2011
Pera is a former chair of the ABA Board's Finance Committee and has represented the Tennessee Bar Association in the ABA's House of Delegates since 1991.
Henry Callaway III '83 receives the prestigious American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award
Release Date: Jul 19, 2011
Callaway is honored for his work with the Mobile Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Association and on a state level to increase free or low-cost access to legal services.
Danny Van Horn '97 sworn in as president of the Tennessee Bar Association
Release Date: Jul 15, 2011
Van Horn, the youngest TBA president to date, was sworn in by Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark '79.
David Gerregano '95 named Deputy Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Revenue
Release Date: Jul 06, 2011
Gerregano is responsible for legal services, tax policy and administrative hearings.
William H. Roach Jr. ’72 named chairman of American Heart Association
Release Date: Jul 06, 2011
Roach is a retired partner of McDermott Will & Emery.