Michael Bressman, Director of Vanderbilt Law School’s Clerkship Program, has announced that 40 Vanderbilt Law students and recent graduates secured 42 clerkships during the 2023-24 academic year, which extended from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
During the 2023-24 academic year, Vanderbilt Law students and graduates secured clerkships with judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. District Courts in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas; a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California; the Ohio Supreme Court and Tennessee Supreme Court; and other state courts in Florida, Nevada, and Tennessee.
Federal Courts
Jared S. Bauman, Class of 2024
Judge Eli J. Richardson ’92
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (2026-28)
Samuel H. Brown VII, Class of 2022
Judge David Hittner
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2024-26)
Cedric Comeau, Class of 2022
Judge Orelia E. Merchant
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2024-25)
Dalton R. Davis, Class of 2025
Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2027-28)
Vincent R. Dodge, Class of 2025
Judge Andrew L. Brasher
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2026-27)
Dora I. Duru, Class of 2021
Judge Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (2023-24)
Rebecca Ehrhardt, Class of 2023
Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch ’78
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2025-26)
Jacob D. Estroff, Class of 2024
Judge Michael L. Brown
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (2025-27)
Ashley M. Good, Class of 2025
Judge Douglas R. Cole
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (2025-26)
M. Grace Hayes, Class of 2025
Judge John D. Love
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2025-26)
Yesenia L. Jimenez, Class of 2024
Judge Diana S. Saldaña
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2024-25)
Judge Jane L. Kelly
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2025-26)
James D. Johnson III, Class of 2025
Judge Daniel P. Jordan III
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2025-26)
Dallas W. Kastens, Class of 2025
Judge Katherine A. Crytzer
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (2025-26)
Jared R. Kossover, Class of 2025
Judge Lance M. Africk
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (2025-26)
Taylor B. Lawing, Class of 2024
Judge Claria Horn Boom ’94
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky (2024-25)
Joseph L. Levy, Class of 2024
Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (2025-26)
George A. Messenger, Class of 2026
Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2026-27)
Brady D. Morris, Class of 2024
Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2024-25)
Morgan E. Peck, Class of 2024
Judge Jon P. McCalla ’74
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2024-25)
Madison Carroll Porth, Class of 2024
Judge Duane Benton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2026-27)
Raghavendra (Rohit) R. Murthy, Class of 2023
Judge Carlos E. Mendoza
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (2024-25)
Nicholas J. Prendergast, Class of 2022
Judge Valerie E. Caproni
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (2025-26)
Morgan E. Scott, Class of 2024
Judge Raag Singhal
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2026-27)
Sara I. Seymour, Class of 2025
Judge William J. Nardini
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2026-27)
Samantha V. Shah, Class of 2024
Judge John T. Fowlkes Jr.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2024-25)
Logan S. Smedley, Class of 2025
Judge Kristine G. Baker
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (2025-26)
Joshua Stotzky, Class of 2024
Judge Adalberto J. Jordan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2027-28)
Nicholas W. Summers, Class of 2025
Judge Thomas L. Parker ’89
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2025-26)
Jason P. Teets, Class of 2025
Judge David J. Hale
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (2025-26)
Rachel M. Wagner, Class of 2024
Judge Danielle J. Forrest
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2025-26)
Nicholas G. Wallenburg, Class of 2026
Judge Duane Benton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2027-28)
Alvin H. Zhang, Class of 2025
Judge Bobby E. Shepherd
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2025-26)
Hannah Y. Zhuang, Class of 2024
Judge Dena H. Palermo
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2024-25)
State Courts
Darien Brown, Class of 2024
Judge C. David Briley
Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th Judicial District (2024-26)
Jacob K. Epstein, Class of 2024
Judge Jacqueline M. Bluth
Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court (2024-25)
Michael Furnari, Class of 2024
Judge Edward Artau
Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (2024-25)
Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz
Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (2024-25)
Nicholas J. Kasik, Class of 2025
Justice R. Patrick DeWine
Ohio Supreme Court (2026-27)
Robert T. Lowell, Class of 2025
Justice Sarah K. Campbell
Tennessee Supreme Court (2026-27)
John C. Roberts, Class of 2024
Judge Lynne T. Ingram
Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th Judicial District (2024-25)
H. Kyle So, Class of 2022
Justice Mary L. Wagner
Tennessee Supreme Court (2024-25)
