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33 Vanderbilt graduates secure judicial clerkships
Release Date: Jul 02, 2009
Thirty-three Vanderbilt Law graduates secured judicial clerkships this year with judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits; with U.S. District Court judges in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia; with state Supreme Court Justices in Idaho and Tennessee; and with a number of other federal and state courts.
Overall, Vanderbilt Law graduates secured clerkships in 17 different states and the District of Columbia. Twenty-three clerks are 2009 graduates and 10 are alumni.
“Once again, Vanderbilt has had an extremely successful year placing clerks throughout the country,” said Michael Bressman, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Law, who directs Vanderbilt’s clerkship program. “Each year an impressive number of judges throughout the federal and state judicial systems are looking to Vanderbilt to hire their law clerks.”
“The judicial clerkship market is incredibly competitive,” Dean Chris Guthrie said. “This performance is a testament to the talents of our student body and the tireless efforts of Professor Bressman.”
Vanderbilt Law graduates who secured clerkships this year are:
Joycelin L. Benton ’06 – The Honorable Tanya Bransford, Hennepin County (Minnesota) District Court
Matthew Hardwick Blumenstein ’09 – The Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Leah Jo Bressack ’08 – The Honorable Neil Gorsuch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Michelle Nohealani Brooks ’07 – The Honorable Todd Campbell, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Jeffrey Hamilton Chesnut ’07 – The Honorable Jane Boyle, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Charles Cronin Gardner ’09 – Connecticut Superior Court
Charles Madison Gearing ’09 – The Honorable Brian Miller, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Scott Franklin Goldman ’09 – The Honorable Andrew Effron, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Miguel A. Gonzalez ’06 – The Honorable Paul Huck, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
John Andrew Greer ’09 – The Honorable Daniel Breen, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
J. Stanton Hill ’09 – The Honorable Patricia Fawsett, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Allison Marie Holt ’09 – The Honorable Gilbert Merritt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jason Andrew Hughes ’09 – The Honorable Daniel Jordan, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Christopher Brett Jaeger ’09 – The Honorable Duane Benton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Shaina Deva Jones ’09 – The Honorable Raymond Jackson, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Irina Khasin ’09 – The Honorable C. Lynwood Smith, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Scott Edward Koerner ’07 – The Honorable Christopher Sontchi, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Eric Albin Larson ’09 – The Honorable Tu Pham, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Tory Hodges Lewis ’09 – The Honorable Leon Homes, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Grayson Lee Linyard ’09 – The Honorable Micaela Alvarez, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Lauren Mackenzie Lowe ’09 – The Honorable M. Blane Michael, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Victoria Dawn McCoy '09 – The Honorable Eric Clay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
John Edward McDonald ’09 – The Honorable Roger Burdick, Idaho Supreme Court
Danielle Marie Quinn ’09 – The Honorable William B. Chandler III, Delaware Chancery Court
Constance Dionne Russell ’07 – The Honorable Theodore McKee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
John Benjamin Schrader ’09 – The Honorable Thomas Varlan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Michael James Sirlag ’09 – The Honorable Thomas Wiseman, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Andrew Edward Smith ’09 – The Honorable Liam O’Grady, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Robin Hart Smith ’06 – The Honorable Cornelia Clark, Tennessee Supreme Court
Jay Matthew Strader '02 - The Honorable Alan Gold, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Patrick Thomas Strubbe ’09 – The Honorable Michael Kanne, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Edward Mark Wenger ’09 – The Honorable Edward Prado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Mary Helen Wimberly ’07 – The Honorable Ronald Gilman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
