Professor Steven Hetcher, president of the Vanderbilt Law School Chapter of Order of the Coif, has announced that 19 graduates of the Class of 2009 have been selected for membership in the Order of the Coif. Each year, members are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10 percent of the graduating class.
New members from the Class of 2009 include:
Lesley Rand Attkisson (B.S., Davidson), Atlanta, Georgia – Associate, Moore & Van Allen, Atlanta
Matthew Hardwick Blumenstein (B.A., Stanford), Lake Forest, Illinois – Clerk, The Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Washington, D.C.
Carrie Christine Frondorf (B.A., South Carolina-Columbia), Cincinnati, Ohio – Associate, Sidley Austin, Chicago, Illinois
Lauren Michelle Gaffney (B.S., Vanderbilt), Nashville, Tennessee – Associate, Bass Berry & Sims, Nashville
Scott Franklin Goldman (A.B., Harvard), Chevy Chase, Maryland – Clerk, The Honorable Andrew Effron, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Pamela Margaret Holland (B.A., Tulane), Decatur, Georgia – Associate, Alston & Bird, Atlanta
Christopher Brett Jaeger (B.A., Missouri-Columbia), Fulton, Missouri – Clerk, The Honorable Duane Benton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, Kansas City, Missouri
Tory Hodges Lewis (B.S.A., Arkansas-Fayetteville), Alpena, Arkansas – Founder’s Medalist; Clerk, The Honorable J. Leon Holmes, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
Lauren Mackenzie Lowe (B. A., Northwestern), Nashville, Tennessee – Clerk, The Honorable M. Blane Michael, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Charleston, West Virginia
Michael Allen Mahone (B.S., Louisiana State-Baton Rouge), River Ridge, Louisiana – Associate, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, Louisiana
Jesse Ray Menlove (B.A., Boise State), Boise, Idaho – Hogan & Hartson, Denver, Colorado
Ryan Nicklaus Morgan (B.A., Rice), Lawrence, Kansas – Associate, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, Houston, Texas
Aaron Michael Moyer (B.S, Grove City), Harleysville, Pennsylvania – Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia
Tera Rica Murdock (B.A., Murray State), Murray, Kentucky – Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, Nashville, Tennessee
Joseph Logan Murphy (B.S., Florida), Sarasota, Florida – Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, Florida
Michael Christopher Paupeck (B.B.A., Georgia), Marietta, Georgia – Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, Altanta
Katherine Marie Poulos (B.A., North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Morehead City, North Carolina – Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, California
Rebecca Lynn Stubbs (B.S.I.B., Arkansas-Fayetteville), Springdale, Arkansas – Allen & Overy, New York, New York
Edward Mark Wenger (B.S., Florida International; M.S., Florida International), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Clerk, The Honorable Edward Prado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana