Alumni
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Brian Fitzpatrick appointed to the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise
An expert in complex litigation, Fitzpatrick is most recently the author of The Conservative Case of Class Actions, a 2019 book published by University of Chicago Press. Read MoreDec. 18, 2020
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Gabe Fleet ’08 named chief music licensing counsel at iHeartMedia
Fleet's appointment as E.V.P. of Business Affairs and Chief Music Licensing Counsel is effective Jan. 11. He joins iHeartMedia from Greenberg Traurig, where he was a partner focusing on music licensing and other intellectual property matters. "I'm excited by the opportunity to apply my dealmaking experience across a wide array of entertainment industry contexts to help create new opportunities that cut across various channels to reach the company's unparalleled audience," Fleet said. Read MoreDec. 17, 2020
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Bob Covington ’61, who taught at VLS for 46 years, dead at 84
Covington was an expert in labor law who also published books and articles on evidence, insurance, legal method and legal education. Read MoreDec. 3, 2020
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Judge John R. MacLean Jr. ’67 remembered as “a legendary figure”
MacLean died Nov. 8 of complications of progressive supranuclear palsy. He moved to Cleburne, Texas, after earning his J.D. at Vanderbilt to join his father-in-law's law practice. He was a county attorney, a district attorney and a judge in Johnson County for 24 years before returning to private practice. He retired from practice in 2016. Read MoreNov. 17, 2020
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Ashlee McFarlane ’09 profiled by Bloomberg Law
McFarlane is now a partner at Gerger Khalil Hennessy & McFarlane in Houston. She represented Maurice Hall, a passenger in the car when George Floyd was stopped by police in Minneapolis who was himself arrested in Houston days after Floyd's death. McFarlane was a trial attorney with the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice before she entered private practice in 2018. She focuses on defending clients in federal procedings. Read MoreNov. 16, 2020
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Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch discusses his work and judicial philosophy in a conversation with former clerk Tim Meyer
Professor Meyer’s conversation with Justice Gorsuch was sponsored by the Cecil Sims Lecture Series. Meyer clerked for Gorsuch on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Read MoreNov. 13, 2020
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Bill Yost ’73 honored by Williamson County, Tenn., for 40 years of service
Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson proclaimed Thursday, Nov. 12, Bill Yost Day in honor of Yost's 40 years of service as the county's delinquent tax attorney. Yost was a partner at Petersen, Buerger and Yost in Franklin and then with Yost Robertson Nowak while he worked for the county. Read MoreNov. 12, 2020
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James Danly ’13 elevated to chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Brian T. Fitzpatrick has been appointed to the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise. Fitzpatrick is the third Vanderbilt Law professor to hold the chair, which was endowed by the Fondren Foundation to honor Milton Underwood, Class of 1928. Fitzpatrick’s appointment was announced by Dean Chris Guthrie, and… Read MoreNov. 12, 2020
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James S. (Jim) Gilliland ’57 (BA’55), former USDA general counsel, dead at 84
As a Memphis attorney, Gilliland influenced political and social change for decades. He was nominaed to serve as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Read MoreNov. 12, 2020
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Bill Hagerty ’84 (BA’81) wins Tennessee Senate seat
Hagerty previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan. He won the Senate seat vacated by retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander. Read MoreNov. 5, 2020