Michael Bressman, director of Vanderbilt Law School’s Clerkship Program, has announced that 32 Vanderbilt Law students and graduates, including 23 members of the Class of 2013, secured 34 clerkships this year.
Vanderbilt Law graduates secured federal appellate clerkships with judges on the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits and in federal district courts in the District of Columbia and eight states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. They also secured clerkships on the Tennessee Supreme Court and in state courts in Colorado, New Jersey and Tennessee. Unless indicated otherwise, clerks will be serving during the 2013-14 term.
Class of 2013 Clerks
- Margaret Tanzman Artz, for Judge Kevin H. Sharp, Class of 1993, of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (2014-15)
- Nicholas Ryan Barry, for Judge William O. Bertelsman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Covington
- James Alexander Blum, for Judge Carmen Alvarez of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (Part F), Cape May Courthouse
- Hunter Coleman Branstetter, for Judge Bernice Bouie Donald of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Memphis, Tennessee
- Blaire Lane Byrum, for Judge James P. Jones of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke
- Matthew Philip Chiarizio, for Judge Leonard E. Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler
- Neal Bradley Curtis, for Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, London
- James Patrick Danly, for Judge Danny Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Louisville, Kentucky
- Joshua Samuel Downer, for Judge S. Hardy Mays Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis
- Adele Marie El-Khouri, for Judge Stephen A. Higginson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Deanna Leigh Foster, for Judge Glen E. Conrad of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke
- David J. Goldberg, for Judge Jan E. DuBois of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Justin Philip Gunter, for Judge Emmett R. Cox of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Mobile, Alabama
- Melissa Ann Hurter, for Judge Catharina Haynes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Dallas, Texas
- Wesley Calvin Jackson, for Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Brunswick (2014-15)
- Ann Marie Mikkelsen, for Justice Cornelia Clark, Class of 1979, of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Nashville, Tennessee (2013-14), and for Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch, Class of 1978, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Nashville,Tennessee (2014-15)
- Taylor Mayly Owings, for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2013-14) and for Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2015-16)
- Nathan C. Sanders, for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Wyatt G. Sassman, for Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., Class of 1960, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee
- Carla Renee Tabag, for Judge Morris B. Hoffman of the 2nd Judicial District Court of Colorado, Denver
- Katherine Seileen Talbot, for Judge George P. Kazen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Laredo
- Shane Donovan Valenzi, for Judge C. Lynwood Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Huntsville
- Jeffrey Albert Zager, for Judge Thomas W. Brothers, Class of 1977, of the Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th District, Nashville
Recent Graduates & Class of 2014
- Michael Adler ’09, for Magistrate Judge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami
- Caroline Cecot J.D./Ph.D ’14, for Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York (2015-16)
- Ellen Frances D’Angelo ’09, for Judge Andrew L. Carter of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York (2012-13)
- Brooke Arial DuBois ’12, for Judge Kenny Armstrong of the Tennessee Chancery Court, 30th District, Memphis (2012-13)
- Erica Michelle Evans ’12, for Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis (2012-14)
- Karen Usselman Lindell ’12, for Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- J. Logan Murphy ’09, for Judge James D. Whittemore of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa (2012-14)
- Gary S. Peeples ’10, for Judge Ronald L. Gilman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Memphis, Tennessee
- Nathan Charles Pysno ’12, for Judge Jane R. Roth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Washington, D.C.