Thirty-nine Vanderbilt Law graduates secured 41 judicial clerkships this year with U.S. Court of Appeals judges for the Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits; with U.S. District Court judges in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, the Virgin Islands and West Virginia; with state Supreme Court justices in Kentucky and Tennessee; and with judges on other federal and state courts.
Vanderbilt Law graduates secured clerkships in 20 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.
Twenty-eight clerks are 2011 graduates and 11 are alumni. Overall this year, 14.1 percent of the Class of 2011 secured clerkships, and 9.1 percent of the Class of 2011 secured clerkships with Article III judges.
“Despite a difficult job market, the number of recent Vanderbilt Law graduates securing clerkships remains very high,” said Assistant Professor of the Practice of Law Michael Bressman, who directs Vanderbilt’s Clerkship Program. “Judicial clerkships are extraordinarily valuable experiences for young lawyers. We are proud that numerous Vanderbilt graduates continue to obtain clerkships throughout the nation.”
Vanderbilt Law graduates who secured clerkships are listed below; all are 2011 graduates unless otherwise indicated:
- Johanna Louise Barde – The Honorable Robert E. Corlew III, Tennessee Chancery Court, 16th District
- David McMekin Barnes – The Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Joanna Lynne Barry – The Honorable James O. Browning, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
- Megan Blair Benton ’10 – The Honorable Ralph W. Dau, Los Angeles Superior Court
- Emily Ann Beverage – The Honorable Joseph A. Grasso Jr., Massachusetts Court of Appeals
- Jessica Nicole Bourne – The Honorable William J. Haynes Jr. ’73, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- James Wright Clayton – The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. ’60, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Carter Trosdal Coker – The Honorable Thomas W. Phillips ’69, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- Jennifer Lynn Cone ’10 – The Honorable J. Craig Whitley, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- Lauren Zehr Curry – The Honorable Jane Branstetter Stranch ’78, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Ryan Mark Davis – The Honorable Robert C. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
- Akash Ravi Desai ’04 – The Honorable S. Martin Teel Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia (2010-11) and The Honorable Aleta A. Trauger ’76, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (2011-13)
- Eva Joelle Yvonne Dossier – The Honorable James B. Loken, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- John Cheek Eason – The Honorable Anita B. Brody, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Traci Dawn Galbreath – The Honorable Curtis V. Gomez, U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands
- Kathleen Braun Gilchrist – The Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- James Michael Gottry – The Honorable John M. Roll,* U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
- Nicole S. Gronnenberg ’10 – The Honorable Marybeth Dorn, Minnesota District Court, 2nd District
- Keith Hollingshead-Cook – The Honorable Camille R. McMullen, Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals
- Elizabeth Ann Johnston – The Honorable Martha Craig Daughtrey ’68, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2011-12) and The Honorable Anthony J. Trenga, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2012-13)
- Michelle Shane Kallen ’10 – The Honorable Jane Branstetter Stranch ’78, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Shannon Marie Kelley – The Honorable James L. King, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Emily Susanne Larish – The Honorable Danny C. Reeves, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- Tory Hodges Lewis ’09 – The Honorable Lavenski R. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Kevin Allyn Lumpkin – Vermont Superior Court, Bennington County
- Nathan Kristin McGregor – The Honorable Cornelia A. Clark ’79, Tennessee Supreme Court
- Lauren Webb Mitchell ’07 – The Honorable Daniel P. Jordan III, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- Sarah Beth Payne-Jarboe – The Honorable John D. Minton Jr., Kentucky Supreme Court
- Rachel Ann Purcell – The Honorable Russell G. Vineyard, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Daniel Joseph Raccuia – The Honorable C. Lynwood Smith Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- Lauren Michelle Ramos – The Honorable John T. Nixon ’60, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Benjamin Kraft Raybin ’10 – The Honorable Jane Branstetter Stranch ’78, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Rebecca Michelle Salwin – The Honorable Bruce D. Black, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
- Justin Andrew Shuler – The Honorable Sam Glasscock III, Delaware Chancery Court
- Winston Patrick Skinner – The Honorable James J. Brady, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
- Robin Hart Smith ’06 – The Honorable Kevin H. Sharp ’93, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Karen Elizabeth Spain ’10 – The Honorable R. Lanier Anderson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Timothy Brandon Waddell ’10 – The Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Sean Christopher Wlodarczyk – The Honorable Thomas W. Brothers ’77, Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th District
