Michael Bressman, director of Vanderbilt Law School’s Clerkship Program, has announced that 36 Vanderbilt Law students and graduates, including 25 members of the Class of 2014, secured 39 clerkships during the 2013-14 clerkship hiring cycle to be served in 2014-15 or future terms.
Vanderbilt Law students and graduates secured federal appellate clerkships with judges on the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits; in federal district courts in 12 states—Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia—and in a federal bankruptcy court in Illinois. They also secured clerkships on the South Carolina Supreme Court and in other state courts in Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, South Carolina and Tennessee. Unless indicated otherwise, clerks will be serving during the 2014-15 term.
Class of 2014 Clerks
Monier M. Abusaft, for Judge J. Mark Hayes II of the South Carolina Circuit Court, Spartanburg (2014-15), and Justice Costa M. Pleicones of the South Carolina Supreme Court, Columbia (2015-16)
Keane Addison Barger, for Judge Susan H. Black of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Jacksonville, Florida
Thomas Wyatt Cox, for Magistrate Judge Brian Epps of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Augusta
Brigham Alexander Dixon, for Judge P.K. Holmes III of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith
Matthew Philip Downer, for Judge Amul R. Thapar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Covington (2014-15), and Judge Raymond M. Kethledge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2015-16)
James Daniel Feltham, for Judge James H. Hancock and Judge R. David Proctor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham
Kathryn Elizabeth Haywood, for Judge Jane F. Kauvar of the Alaska Superior Court, Fairbanks
Brian Francis Irving, for Judge Bobby E. Shepherd of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, El Dorado, Arkansas
Anne Marilyn Kelts, for Judge James C. Mahan ’73 of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ryan P. Loofbourrow, for Judge Royce Taylor, Tennessee Circuit Court, 16th District, Murfreesboro
William Thomas Marks, for Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Columbus, Ohio
Jacob Hogan Marshall, for Judge Eugene R. Wedoff of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
Marshall Thomas McFarland, for Judge Thomas W. Brothers ’77 of the Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th District, Nashville
Katlyn Marialexandra Miller, for Judge James C. Mahan ’73 of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cameron Thomas Norris, for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2014-15) and for Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Birmingham, Alabama (2015-16)
Sarah Helen Parker, for Judge Orinda D. Evans of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta
Sonal Pankaj Patel, for Judge Michael V. Cresitello Jr. of the New Jersey Superior Court, Newark
Michael Collins Polovich, for Judge Jeffrey M. Atherton and Judge W. Frank Brown III of the Tennessee Chancery Court, 11th District, Chattanooga
David Kirk Ricci, for Magistrate Judge Charles J. Kahn Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Pennsacola
Kyle W. Robisch, for Judge George K. Sharp of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando
Jeffrey William Sheehan, for Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., Class of 1960, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee
Andrea Jane Sinclair, for Judge W. Neal McBrayer of the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Nashville
Peyton B. Smith for Judge Michael P. Mills of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford
Taylor Grace Weaver, for Judge W. Keith Watkins of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Montgomery
William Robert Weaver, for Judge Madeline H. Haikala of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham
The following members of other Vanderbilt Law School classes also secured clerkships during the 2013-14 clerkship hiring cycle:
John Carl Arceci ’12, for Judge Thomas E. Johnston of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston (2013-14)
Jacob P. Byl ’15, for Judge Robert J. Jonker of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids (2015-16)
Adele M. El-Khouri ’13, for Judge Pamela A. Harris, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Greenbelt, Maryland (2014-15)
Renee Louise Erickson ’10, for Judge Vince C. Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco
Jared L. Gardner ’11, for Judge Timothy M. Burgess, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, Anchorage
Katherine Byrnes Horton ’13, for Judge Angela R. Arkin and for Judge Vincent R. White of the 18th Judicial District of the Colorado District Court, Castle Rock (2013-14)
Brennan Thomas Hughes ’12, for Judge Eugene E. Siler Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, London, Kentucky
Paige Martineau ’13, for Magistrate Judge Gerald B. Cohn of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Scranton
Consuelo Austin Mejer ’13, for Judge Michael V. Cresitello Jr. of the New Jersey Superior Court, Trenton (2014)
Edward Wenger ’09, for Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jeffrey Albert Zager ’13, for Judge William J. Haynes Jr. ’73 of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
