Amanda Rose, professor of law, who is president of the Vanderbilt Law School Chapter of Order of the Coif, has announced that 18 graduates of the Class of 2017 have been selected for membership in the Order of the Coif. Members of this prestigious organization are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10 percent of the class.
The 2017 Vanderbilt Law graduates selected for the Order of the Coif include:
Alicia R. Adlerz (B.A.J., B.A. University of Georgia), of Nashville, Tennessee, who is an associate with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Nashville.
Clinton M. Barker (B.A. Saint Olaf College, M.A. University of Oklahoma City) of Newton, Kansas, who is serving in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, to be stationed in Yokosuka, Japan, after training.
Laura E. Dolbow (B.A. Vanderbilt University, M.Ed. Lipscomb University) of Alpharetta, Georgia, who is a clerk for Judge Timothy B. Dyk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C., and will clerk for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Elise K. Heuberger (B.A. University of Tennessee Knoxville) of Collierville, Tennessee, who is an associate with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings In Nashville.
Ellison Green Johnstone (B.A. Washington and Lee University) of Greenville, South Carolina, who is an associate with McGuireWoods in Charlotte, North Carolina.
John F. Kerkhoff (B.S. Ohio University) of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is law clerk for Judge Joseph M. Hood of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District or Kentucky, and will clerk for Judge Eugene Siler of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2018-19.
Kyle D. Lyons-Burke (B.A. College of William and Mary) of Gaithersburg, Maryland, who is a clerk to Judge R. Lanier Anderson II of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Macon, Georgia.
Andrew J. Marino (B.A. University of Notre Dame) of Westfield, New Jersey, who is an associate with Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle in New York.
Katherine Elizabeth Martin (B.A. Furman University) of Snellville, Georgia, who is an associate with King & Spalding in Atlanta.
Abigail Elizabeth Moskowitz (B.A., Haverford College) of Silver Spring, Maryland, who is a clerk for Judge James L. Dennis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.
Carly Alexis Myers (B.A. University of Florida) of Gainesville, Florida, who is a George Barrett Social Justice Fellow at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund in Berkeley, California.
Daniel Nikolaev Naydenov (B.A University of Florida) of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, who is an associate with Gunster Yoakley & Stewart in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Stanley Onyeador (B.A., M.B.A. Vanderbilt University) of Randolph, New Jersey, who is an associate with Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York.
Xueshu Qian (B. Law, Soochow (Taiwan) University) of Nanjing, China, who is earning an LL.M. in tax at Georgetown University Law Center.
Benjamin D. Raker (B.A., Bard College) of Brunswick, Maine, who is a clerk for Judge James K. Bredar of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Susanna Mae Rychlak (B.A., University of Mississippi) of Oxford, Mississippi, who is a clerk to Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Memphis, Tennessee.
Patrick J. Weeks (B.A. Marquette University) of Iowa City, Iowa, who is an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
Jean Y. Xiao (B.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University) of San Antonio, Texas, who is a law clerk for Judge Carolyn Dineen King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Houston.
