Alumni
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John D. Buchanan ’89 named executive vice president of legal affairs for Comerica
John D. Buchanan ’89 has been named executive vice president of legal affairs for Comerica Inc., a financial services company based in Dallas. Buchanan had previously served since March 2012 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of… Read MoreSep. 8, 2015
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Social Justice Program to be named for renowned civil rights attorney George Barrett ’57
Darren Robbins '93 made a gift to endow the Social Justice Program in Barrett’s name. Read MoreAug. 26, 2015
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James Zimmerman ’99 named partner-in-charge of Taft Stettinius & Hollister’s Cincinnati office
Zimmerman joined Taft in 1999 and has spent his entire career at the firm. Read MoreAug. 26, 2015
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Tim Conlon ’80 featured in Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate section
"The Tough Road to a Waterfront House: A tenacious attorney spends years wrangling regulations to build on Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay." Read MoreAug. 21, 2015
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Philanthropy allows James Alexander to lead at law and divinity schools
Summer 2015 Branstetter Fellow James Alexander, Class of 2016, is featured as a J.D./M.Div. dual-degree student. Read MoreAug. 3, 2015
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Dax Eric López ’01 nominated to seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Judge López currently sits on the State Court of Dekalb County, where he presides over civil and criminal matters. Read MoreAug. 3, 2015
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Kimberly Bell ’12 named to National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40
Bell is a litigation associate with Balch & Bingham in Birmingham, Alabama. Read MoreJul. 15, 2015
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2015 graduates Clarke Agre and Nakeisha Jackson named Gideon’s Promise Fellows
Agre and Jackson will work as public defenders in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Knox County, Tennessee. Read MoreJul. 14, 2015
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Jake Byl JD/PhD ’15 and Neil Issar JD ’16 win first prizes in ABA’s 2015 Energy Law and Endangered Species student writing competitions
Byl’s paper, “Easements with Ecosystems: A Conservation Tool for Endangered Species,” won first prize in the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Endangered Species Committee’s competition, and Issar’s paper, “Going Toe-to-Toe with Hydro: Conflicts Between Hydropower and Other Sources of Renewable Power,” placed first in the section’s Energy Law competition. Read MoreJun. 24, 2015
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48 Vanderbilt Law students and recent graduates secure 51 clerkships
Vanderbilt Law graduates will serve in 50 federal appellate and district and state clerkships during 2015-16 or in future terms. Read MoreJun. 15, 2015