Graduates

Jennifer Bennett Shinall (JD/PhD '12)

Professor of Law; Vanderbilt Law School; Nashville, TN  

Dissertation: "Obesity in the Labor Market: Implications for the Legal System"

Member, Order of the Coif
Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2009-2010
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2008-2009
Judicial Clerk, Judge John Tinder, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2012-2013
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Law and Economics, Vanderbilt Law School, 2013-2014

A.B., Economics and History, Harvard University, 2006
From Memphis, Tennessee

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Jinghui Lim (JD/PhD '13)

Ministry of Communications and Information; Singapore

Dissertation: "Evaluating the Impact of Monitoring and Enforcement in the Clean Air Act"

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Caroline Cecot (JD/PhD '14)

Associate Professor of Law; Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University; Arlington, VA

Dissertation: "Shale Development: Risks, Responses, and Regulation"

Member, Order of the Coif
Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2011-2012
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2010-2011
Articles Editor, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, 2013-2014
Staff, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, 2012-2013
Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Law and Economics, Vanderbilt Law School, 2014-2015
Judicial Clerk, Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2015-2016
Legal Fellow, Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University School of Law, 2016-2017

 

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Blair Druhan Bullock (JD/PhD '15)

Assistant Professor of Law; University of Arkansas School of Law; Fayetteville, AK

Dissertation: "Judicial and Agency Enforcement of Nondiscrimination Laws"

Executive Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2012-2013
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2011-2012
Judicial Clerk, Judge Stephen A. Higginson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2015-2016
Associate, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, 2016-2019 
Murphy Visiting Assistant Professor; Tulane University Law School, 2019-2021

  

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Jacob P. Byl (JD/PhD '15)

Assistant Professor of Economics; Western Kentucky University; Bowling Green, KY

Dissertation: "Toward More Effective Endangered Species Regulation"

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Benjamin J. McMichael (JD/PhD '15)

Assistant Professor of Law; University of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, AL

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Samuel M. Miller (JD/PhD '15)

Attorney; Miller Law Offices; Studio City, CA

Dissertation: "Economic and Empirical Analysis of Contractual Dispute Resolution"

J.D., Harvard University, 2007
M.Phil., Economics, Oxford University, 2004
B.A., Economics, Harvard University, 2002 
From Woodland Hills, California

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Elissa Philip Gentry (JD/PhD '16)

Assistant Professor of Law; Florida State University College of Law; Tallahassee, FL 

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Henri Rautonen (JD/PhD '16)

Transformation Manager; Rubix; London, England

Dissertation: "Mandatory Labeling: Changes in Consumer and Producer Behavior"

Associate; McKinsey & Company; Atlanta, GA

B.A., Politics, Philosophy, and Economics; Oxford University, 2010
From Espoo, Finland

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Jean Y. Xiao (JD/PhD '17)

Attorney; U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Comptroller Legal Division; Washington, D.C. 

Dissertation: "An Empirical Examination of Consumer Litigation Funding"

Member, Order of the Coif
Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2014-2015
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2013-2014
Judicial Clerk, Judge Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2017-2018

B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, 2011
From San Antonio, Texas

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Scott DeAngelis (JD/PhD '18)

Associate; Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson; Charlotte, NC

 

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Danielle Drago Drory (JD/PhD '18)

Associate; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Washington, D.C.

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Hannah J. Frank (JD/PhD '19)

Assistant Public Defender, Felony Trial Division, Harris County Public Defender's Office; Houston, TX 

Dissertation: "Appearance Discrimination in Criminal Court"

Member, Order of the Coif
Senior En Banc Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2016-2017
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2015-2016
Judicial Clerk, Judge Stephen A. Higginson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2019-2020

B.A., Economics; Minor: Mathematics, Lewis and Clark College, 2013
From Loveland, Colorado

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Clayton J. Masterman (JD/PhD '19)

Associate, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC, Washington, D.C.

Dissertation: "An Empirical Analysis of Policy Responses to the Opioid Epidemic"

Member, Order of the Coif
Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2016-2017
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2015-2016
Judicial Clerk, Judge Gregg Jeffrey Costa, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2019-2020
Judicial Clerk, Judge David Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 2020-2021 

B.A., Economics and Mathematics, Vassar College, 2013
From Golden Valley, Arizona

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Nick Marquiss (JD/PhD '21)

Associate, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, Washington, D.C.
Judicial Clerk, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, 2023-2024

Dissertation: "An Empirical Assessment of Occupational Licensing Reforms in the Healthcare Sector"

Articles Editor, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, 2019–2020
Staff, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review, 2018–2019
Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2018–2019
Staff, Vanderbilt Law Review, 2017–2018
Judicial Clerk, Judge Joan Larsen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2022-2023

B.A., Economics, Whitman College, 2013
From Newman Lake, Washington

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Erin E. Meyers (JD/PhD '21)

Associate, Hogan Lovells, Washington, D.C.

Dissertation: "The Criminal Justice System and Social Mobility in the United States"

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