Class of 1995
(Notes posted in the order they were received, with the newest posts on top.)
Katrina W. Mailloux has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC and will practice in the firm's Huntington office. Mailloux will focus her practice in the areas of contract and regulatory law pertaining to health care issues.
Lucy Dalglish was honered by St. Cloud State University's Department of Mass Communications with its Defense of the First Amendment Award. Dalglish, the executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in suburban Washington, will receive the award April 11. Dalglish is the keynote speaker that day at St. Cloud State's annual First Amendment Forum.
Dalglish has spent more than 20 years as a journalist and lawyer working for openness in government. She began her career as a summer intern and part-time reporter at the Grand Forks Herald. She went on to work for the Pioneer Press and later became chairwoman of the Minnesota Freedom of Information Committee from 1998-2000.
Judge Brian Miller was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. If cleared by the full Senate, Miller would replace George Howard, the first black federal judge in Arkansas, who died last April.
Judge Brian Miller was introduced to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to serve as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas by Senator Mark Pryor from Arkansas. The Judiciary Committee will schedule a vote on his nomination and determine whether the nomination will move forward to a full Senate vote. Miller was nominated by President Bush to replace the late Judge George Howard, Jr. in October 2007. Below are Senator Pryor' prepared remarks:
"I am honored to sit before you today and recommend Judge Brian Miller for confirmation as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Throughout the confirmation process, I believe this Committee will come to understand why Judge Miller has earned a reputation in legal circles and around the state of Arkansas as a qualified and fair judge. He has big shoes to fill following the service of the late Judge George Howard, Jr. I am confident, however, these shoes will fit Judge Miller well. While this Committee has seen more than its share of polarizing nominees, you will find Judge Miller the exception. He brought integrity and impartiality to the bench while serving on the Arkansas Court of Appeals and earlier as a City Judge for both Holly Grove and Helena, Arkansas. His work as the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Phillips County has also been praised by the community."
Ken Cunningham is a partner and Associate General Counsel with Grant Thornton. Ken is also an adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Law where he teaches a seminar entitled "SEC Enforcement Procedures." He lives in Chicago with his wife, Ginger. Ginger and Ken welcomed their first child, Mira Isabel, in May 2007.
Brian S. Miller of Helena, Arkansas has been appointed by Gov. Mike Huckabee to fill a slot left open by Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Andree Layton Roaf's retirement on Dec. 31, 2006.
Roger R. Martella Jr. has been nominated by President Bush as general counsel of the EPA, and his nomination has been approved by a Senate panel. Roger has worked as deputy general counsel at the EPA since the fall of 2005. Previously, Roger worked for almost seven years in the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Section defending government decisions, regulations and rules.
Jiyul Yoo has been named a partner (as a U.S.-licensed lawyer in South Korea, officially called a “Senior Foreign Legal Consultant”) of the law firm of Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu in Seoul, Korea. Yoon Yang is one of the major law firms in South Korea with about 170 attorneys. At the firm, Jiyul practices in the areas of corporate and international trade. After practicing in Washington, D.C. after graduation from law school, Jiyul returned to South Korea in 2002.
Steven R. Kaufman is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. After graduating from Vanderbilt Law School, he was an Air Force JAG and continues to serve in the reserve. Steve then prosecuted securities fraud as Enforcement Counsel for NASD. He lives in a nationally recognized "green home" he and his wife, JD Doliner, built in Arlington, Virginia, with their two children, Beana and Birdie. Steve welcomes e-mails from friends at SteveKman@aol.com.
Jay Crook is doing a cardiac fellowship at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Michael Stephen Gaw, who works in the real estate group of Georgia-Pacific Corporation in Atlanta, is currently featured in an ad for Counsel on Call. Mike trained for and competed in the Ford Ironman USA-Coeur d'Alene triathlon in June 2005.
Lisa Marie Papp has changed careers after practicing law for 10 years. Lisa, who recently earned an M.A. in teaching, specializing in elementary education, will start work as a special education teacher with the Washington Township (Mercer County) Public School district. She and her husband, Thomas Stuart Walls, live in Robbinsville, New Jersey, her hometown, with their three children. She and her husband celebrated the birth of their third child and second daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Walls, on May 2, 2006.
Kendall Jones was listed as one of "40 Under 40" most influential young professionals on the Gulf Coast of Florida by the Gulf Coast Business Review. Jones owns DeliciousWords.com and is the co-creator and editor of The S2 Report.
Sandra G. Wilkinson is of counsel with Haynes and Boone in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group, based in Richardson, Texas.
Anna L. Spencer is a partner in the health care group of Sidley Austin, based in Washington, D.C. She counsels clients on numerous regulatory and transactional health care matters, including fraud and abuse compliance and investigations, administrative litigation, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, privacy and security of health information, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and telemedicine.
Abigail Turner has joined Bass Berry & Sims' Nashville office as an attorney in the litigation practice area. Prior to joining the firm, Abigail spent four years as a career law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Higgins. She also worked for six years as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter, litigating civil rights and general tort cases in state and federal courts and the Tennessee Claims Commission.
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