Class of 2001
(Notes posted in the order they were received, with the newest posts on top.)
Brendan Thompson and his wife Charity (Myatt) Thompson welcomed their first daughter, Mya Lynn Thompson, into the world on March 14, 2008. Brendan is a corporate associate at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis in Nashville.
Kenneth Sanney has joined the Brentwood, Tenn. law firm of Day & Blair. Ken is a member of the boards of directors of the Tennessee Bar Association Family Law Section and of CASA, an organization that advocates for children in the Williamson County Juvenile Court system. He is an adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State University and served in the U.S. Air Force during Operation Desert Storm.
Matt Buesching and wife Katie (Halloran) Buesching announced the birth of their second son, Charlie, on July 15, 2007. He joins big brother, Ryan.
Michael Sherman, his wife Paula and daughter Elizabeth Juliet, welcomed a new addition to the family, Olivia Fae, on September 9, 2007. According to Mike, both children are adorable as they, quite fortunately, take after their mother.
Anna Lee Barry and Dave Barry welcomed their son Zachary in August. Zachary joins big sisters Caroline and Ella. Anna is working for biotech company Genentech, Inc. as a patent counsel. Dave is with the law firm of Fenwick & West.
Michael Bronson married Jill (Beckner) Bronson in 2003, and they have a very cute 1-year old son, Daniel. Classmate Jeremy Clark has requested that it be noted that (1) Jeremy Clark and Scott Burns were groomsmen at the Bronson wedding, and (2) Jeremy and Scott are also very cute.
Jeremy Clark accepted a Corporate Counsel position with LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tennessee in June, 2006. In May of 2006, Jeremy married Nicole Westerman in Nashville. Class of 2001 graduates Michael J. Bronson and Scott Burns were in the wedding party.
Kerry Ducey married Sean Dailey ('02) last September in Carmel, California. Several members of the Classes of 2001 and 2002 were in attendance. Kerry and Sean currently live in Chicago where Kerry practices corporate securities law with Latham & Watkins and Sean practices commercial litigation with Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.
Dax Lopez was recently elected to serve as the President of Georgia Hispanic Bar Association for 2006-2007.
Xinyi (Cindy) Wang is an associate in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Corporate Department and works in the Hong Kong office. Since joining Davis Polk in 2001, she has completed a rotation in the Capital Markets Group.
Kim Gilman has been named Senior Counsel at WestPoint Home Inc. She will be practicing in the areas of corporate and intellectual property law.
Heath Fite and April Rogers welcomed their first child, daughter Margot Sims Fite, on April 29, 2006. Heath is an associate at Burr & Forman and April is an associate at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis in Birmingham, Ala.
Harwell Wells has been named assistant professor on the faculty of the Temple University Beasley School of Law. Harwell will teach in the areas of corporate law and professional responsibility. Most recently, Harwell was an associate in the securities practice group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in Washington, D.C. He also served as a law clerk for the Hon. Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Nashville, Tenn. His teaching and research interests are securities regulation, corporate governance, professional liability and legal history.
Patrick Maroney and Jacky Prickett Maroney married March 19, 2005 in Amelia Island, Florida. Patrick is a corporate associate with DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.
Thomas Barnett has accepted an attorney advisor position with the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, Civil Rights Division in Washington D.C.
Lori Schwartz Glenn, has been hired by the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division. Lori began work as an AUSA for the Nashville Office in October 2005. Lori is working in the general crimes division where her primary area of responsibility is economic crime.
Christopher Smith is currently Special Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland.
Courtney Spivey was appointed assistant U.S. attorney in the misdemeanor trial section in Washington D.C.
John Faldetta and Susan (Bartlett) Faldetta (BA Vanderbilt '98) welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth Anne Faldetta, on April 26, 2005. They live in Nashville.
James B. Griffin delivered the 2005 commencement address at La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana, where he taught history from 1994 to 1998. Griffin practices land-use, local government, and environmental law in Covington, Georgia.
Mark Backofen and Victoria Mitchell were married on May 28, 2005. They live in Dallas.
Coretta Eugenia Johnson married Gary Mario Gray at the Louisiana Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Coretta, who earned her undergraduate degree at Tuskegee University, is an attorney and captain in the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. Gary, a fighter pilot and captain in the U.S. Air Force, is an instructor pilot with the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, Sheppard Air Force Base, in Wichita Falls, Texas, where the couple lives. They honeymooned in Hawaii.
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