Michael Bressman, director of Vanderbilt Law School’s Clerkship Program, has announced that 50 Vanderbilt Law students and recent graduates, including 28 members of the Class of 2017, will serve in 53 clerkships in 2017-18 or future terms.
VLS students and graduates will serve federal clerkships with a Supreme Court justice; appellate judges on the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh, D.C. and Federal Circuits; a special master of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and district courts in 17 states—Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia—as well as D.C.; and in state courts in Florida, New Jersey, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Unless indicated otherwise, clerks will serve during the 2017-18 term. This announcement reflects clerkships for which Vanderbilt students and graduates had been hired as of June 30, 2017.
Class of 2017 (30 clerkships)
Eric W. Boylan
Judge Andrew S. Hanen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville
M. Lora Chowdhury
Judge David Hittner, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston (2017-19)
Rachel Conry
Judge Kevin O. Newsom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Birmingham, Alabama
Laura E. Dolbow
Judge Timothy B. Dyk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.
Judge Judith W. Rogers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2018-19)
Matthew S. Eddy
Judge Thomas B. Russell, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Paducah (2017-19)
Richard Fink
Judge James C. Mahan ’73, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
Matthew R. Ginther (J.D./Ph.D. in law and neuroscience)
Special Master Christian J. Moran, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington, D.C.
John F. Kerkhoff
Judge Joseph M. Hood, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington
Eric C. Lyons
Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. ’60, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee
Kyle D. Lyons-Burke
Judge R. Lanier Anderson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Macon, Georgia
Rebecca E. Manis
Judge Annette Ziegler, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Madison
Robert R. McLeod
Judge Thomas W. Brothers ’77, Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th Judicial District, Nashville (2017-19)
Daniel J. Metzger
Judge Steven M. Gold, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn
Gregory M. Miraglia
Judge Kent A. Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Wilmington, Delaware (2018-19)
Kline C. Moore
Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson
Abigail E. Moskowitz
Judge James L. Dennis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana (2017-19)
Patricia Patino
Judge Jay P. Cohen, Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, Daytona Beach
Laura E. Powell
Judge Gregory M. Sleet, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, Wilmington
Judge Evan J. Wallach, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C. (2018-19)
Benjamin D. Raker
Judge James K. Bredar, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore
Tyler D. Ricker
Judge Walter E. Johnson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Rome (2017-19)
Megan A. Rossi
Judge Anthony J. Battaglia, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego (2018-19)
Aaron K. Rothbaum
Justice Cornelia Clark ’79, Tennessee Supreme Court, Nashville
Susanna M. Rychlak
Judge Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Memphis, Tennessee
John A. Smitten
Judge L. Patrick Auld, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Greensboro
Allen M. Thigpen
Judge A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas
Dona Trnovska
Judge Francis J. Vernoia, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, West Long Branch
Jean Xiao
Judge Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Houston, Texas
Kasey A. Youngentob, Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Frankfort (2018-19)
Recent Graduates (11 clerkships)
Cameron T. Norris ‘14
Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C.
Samiyyah R. Ali ’15
Judge Srikanth Srinivasan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Emma C. Bellamy ’14
Judge Alan J. Baverman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta
Desmond M. Dennis ’16
Judge Eleanor L. Ross, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta
Veronica Gordon ’14
Judge Robert N. Scola Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami
Kathleen J. Greenhaw ’10
Judge John L. Kane, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Denver (2017-19)
Cassidi A. Hammock ’16
Judge James A. Soto, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Tucson
Charles R. Jones ’15
Judge Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Circuit (2018-19)
Katlyn A. Miller ’14
Judge Alice M. Batchelder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Akron, Ohio
Daniel E. Rheiner ’15
Judge P.K. Holmes III, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith
William R. Weaver ’14
Judge Robert L. Wilkins, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Classes of 2018 and 2019 (12 clerkships)
Zoe M. Ben-Oren ’18
Judge Leigh Martin May, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta (2018-19)
Stephanie M. Biggs ’18
Judge Thomas A. Varlan ’81, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville (2018-19)
M. Alexander Carver ’18
Judge R. David Proctor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham (2018-19)
Judge William H. Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Birmingham, Alabama (2019-20)
Hannah J. Frank ’19
Judge Stephen A. Higginson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, Louisiana (2019-20)
Jessica L. Haushalter ’18
Judge Elizabeth A. Preston Deavers, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Columbus (2018-19)
Logan R. Hobson ’18
Judge Karen K. Caldwell, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington (2018-19)
Shannon C. McDermott ’18
Judge Paul G. Byron, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando (2018-19)
Alexandra M. Ortiz ’18
Judge Thomas A. Varlan ’81, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville (2018-19)
W. Allen Perry ’18
Judge David J. Hale, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville (2018-19)
Nicole A. Weeks ’18
Judge Glen E. Conrad, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Roanoke (2018-19)
Margaret G. Wilkinson ’18
Judge Duane Benton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Kansas City, Missouri (2018-19)