THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
2024 GRADUATION CELEBRATION
THE NINETEENTH OF MAY, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FOUR
2024 GRADUATION CELEBRATION
MAY 19, 2024
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CHARLES E. SMITH CENTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN .....................................................................................................................................................
ORDER OF EXERCISES ...................................................................................................................................................................
THE diZEREGA LECTURE/CEREMONY ADDRESS SPEAKER ...................................................................................................
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL ......................................................................................................
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY .......................................................................................................................
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ..................................................................................................................................................................
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS ........................................................
LAW SCHOOL DEAN'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ............................................................................................................................
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL ......................................................................
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ADVISORY COUNCIL ................................................................................................................
BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL ............................................................................................................
ENERGY LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL ...........................................................................................................................................
PUBLIC INTEREST ADVISORY COUNCIL ...................................................................................................................................
CLINICAL LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL .........................................................................................................................................
RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES IN COURSE—MAY 2024 .................................................................................................................
RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES IN COURSE—JANUARY 2024 .......................................................................................................
RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES IN COURSE—SEPTEMBER 2023 ...................................................................................................
ALMA MATER .................................................................................................................................................................................
This program is meant to be a guide to the ceremony. Although every eort has been made to ensure its accuracy, the program is
not an ocial record of an individual’s degree status. Please bring any errors or omissions to the attention of the Dean promptly.
The university will endeavor to publish a correction in a subsequent program.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Dayna Bowen Matthew
Dean and Harold H. Greene
Professor of Law
ongratulations, lass of 2024!
I am overjoyed to celebrate this momentous day with you. I know that you and your
loved ones have looked forward to this day for a long time. Yours is a very special
class to me. Throughout our years together, I’ve personally witnessed your passionate
commitment to making an impact for good through the law that you have studied at
GW Law. Now, more than ever, the world needs lawyers who are dedicated to bringing
about change and justice, and I am confident that you will do just that.
As a group, you are academically gifted, passionate, articulate, and service oriented. It
has been my great privilege to serve as your Dean. You are leaving here as professionals
with the power to protect the principles of justice, equality, liberty, and freedom, and
we look to you to help build a better world for us all. Now it’s time for you to craft
your own pathway to practice—the options are limitless. The world’s most pressing
challenges require the problem-solving skills with which your study of the law has
equipped you. I charge you, by paraphrasing John Wesley, to use those skills to do all
the good in the world that you can, at all the times that you can, to all the people that
you can, for as long as ever you can.
Today, you join GW Law’s worldwide alumni community of 33,000 graduates, with
whom you now share a transformative experience. You will find among the GW Law
alumni network a vast number of preeminent leaders in all sectors of the economy
and society—across the United States and around the globe. I encourage you to take
advantage of this unique and powerful gift of belonging and make your fellow alumni
a part of your journey for the rest of your professional lives.
Please keep in touch and come back and visit us often. We cannot wait to see your
future achievements. Congratulations again on reaching this significant milestone
and my very best wishes to each of you for good health, great happiness, and
many successes.
Sincerely,
Dayna Bowen Matthew
Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law
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ORDER OF EXERCISES
PRELUDE AND PROCESSIONAL ........... Corcoran Brass
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DIPLOMA CEREMONY Steven L. Schooner
Jeey & Martha Kohn Senior Associate Dean for Academic Aairs
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Corcoran Brass
WELCOME Dayna Bowen Matthew
Dean of the Law School
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Recognition of Grand Marshall Jerey Kohn, JD ’84
Presented by Dean Matthew
Student Bar Association President’s Remarks Shallum Atkinson, Class of 2024
Distinguished Associate or Assistant Dean Award Laurie Kohn
Jacob Burns Foundation Associate Dean for Clinical Aairs
Presented by Mr. Atkinson
Distinguished Faculty Service Award Kate Weisburd
Associate Professor of Law
Presented by Mr. Atkinson
Distinguished Sta Service Award Bobby Walis, Program Coordinator
Presented by Mr. Atkinson
Michael D. Cooley Memorial Award Phoebe Fisher, Class of 2024
Presented by Mr. Atkinson
Student Bar Association Distinguished Service Award Shallum Atkinson, Class of 2024
Presented by Dean Matthew
Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Service Award Caroline Rogus, Professorial Lecturer in Law
and Dan Stigall, Professorial Lecturer in Law
Presented by Mr. Atkinson
Announcement of Student Awards Dean Matthew
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Dean Matthew
THE diZEREGA LEC TURE/CEREMONY ADDRESS Nina Totenberg
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Senior Associate Dean Schooner
CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES Dean Matthew
ALMA MATER Corcoran Brass
RECESSIONAL Corcoran Brass
Faculty Marshals: Scott B. Pagel; Aleda Robinson, JD’78; and Joan E. Schaner
The Dean and faculty of the law school suggest that the graduates reunite with their families and iends in Kogan Plaza immediately following the ceremony.
Ms. Totenberg's Commencement Address is supported by The Susan N. and Augustus diZerega, Jr., Lectureship Fund.
Mr. Thomas diZerega, JD ’56, established the fund in 990 in honor of his parents’ interest in education.
Degrees noted are those earned at the George Washington University.
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THE diZEREGA LECTURE/CEREMONY ADDRESS SPEAKER
Nina Totenberg
Correspondent, Legal Aairs
National Public Radio
Dear Members of the Class of 2024,
Congratulations on crossing the law school finish line. It was hard work and very expensive,
which are among the reasons I never went to law school. But you have learned a lot of law
and, now, aer the unwelcome bar exam, you are about to start practicing law.
My hope for you is that you enjoy the practice of law as much as I enjoy covering the law.
Very few cases end up in the Supreme Court, but I am sure that a few of you will have
the privilege of arguing there or at least filing an amicus brief or two. And for the rest of
you, take what you learned and apply your skills to represent every client to the best of your
ability. Along the way, be sure to make time to represent those who are unable to aord
an attorney. You will be carrying out the most noble aspects of your profession when
you do so, and you also will find a personal sense of satisfaction and probably have much
more responsibility in those matters than you have in your regular job, especially in the
near future.
So go forth and do good and, hopefully, do well at the same time. But most of all, find
the part of practicing law that you love—aer all, you will be spending much of your life
doing it.
Nina Totenberg is National Public Radio’s (NPR) award-winning
legal aairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's
critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning
Edition, and Weekend Edition.
Ms. Totenberg’s coverage of the Supreme Court and legal aairs
has won her widespread recognition. She is often featured in
documentaries—most recently RBG—that deal with issues
before the court. As Newsweek put it, “The mainstays [of NPR]
are Morning Edition and All Things Considered. But the creme de la
creme is Nina Totenberg.”
In 1991, her ground-breaking report about University of
Oklahoma Law Professor Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual
harassment by Judge Clarence Thomas led the Senate Judiciary
Committee to re-open Thomas’s Supreme Court confirmation
hearings to consider Hill’s charges. NPR received the prestigious
George Foster Peabody Award for its gavel-to-gavel coverage—
anchored by Ms. Totenberg—of both the original hearings and
the inquiry into Anita Hill’s allegations, and for Ms. Totenberg’s
reports and exclusive interview with Professor Hill.
That same coverage earned Ms. Totenberg additional awards,
including the Long Island University George Polk Award for
excellence in journalism; the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the
Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting;
the Carr Van Anda Award from the Scripps School of Journalism;
and the prestigious Joan S. Barone Award for excellence in
Washington-based national aairs/public policy reporting,
which also acknowledged her coverage of Justice Thurgood
Marshall’s retirement.
Ms. Totenberg was named Broadcaster of the Year and honored
with the 1998 Sol Taisho Award for Excellence in Broadcasting
from the National Press Foundation. She is the first radio
journalist to receive the award. She is also the recipient of the
American Judicature Society’s first-ever award honoring a career
body of work in the field of journalism and the law. In 1988,
Ms. Totenberg won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University
Silver Baton for her coverage of Supreme Court nominations.
The jurors of the award stated, “Ms. Totenberg broke the story
of Judge (Douglas) Ginsburg’s use of marijuana, raising issues of
changing social values and credibility with careful perspective
under deadline pressure.”
She has been honored seven times by the American Bar
Association for continued excellence in legal reporting and has
received more than two dozen honorary degrees. She is the
author of the New York Times bestseller Dinners with Ruth: A
Memoir on the Power of Friendships.
A frequent contributor on TV shows, Ms. Totenberg has also
written for major newspapers and periodicals—among them,
The New York Times Magazine, The Harvard Law Review, The
Christian Science Monitor and New York Magazine, and others.
On a lighter note, Esquire magazine twice named her one of
the “Women We Love.”
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
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THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
The George Washington University Law School, the oldest
law school in the District of Columbia, was established in 865
with a formal program of two years of study. This was largely
through the eorts of the Reverend Whitefield Samson,
President of Columbian College, whose action resulted in the
purchase of a separate building for holding law classes. The
building had belonged to Trinity Church, of which Francis
Scott Key had been senior warden. It was occupied by the law
school until 884.
Sixty graduates, from 22 of the then 37 states, received degrees
in 867. The school continued to have a student body and
a faculty that reflected the fact that it was at the seat of
our nation’s government. Supreme Court Justices David J.
Brewer and John Marshall Harlan were among the prominent
members of the bench and bar who were on the faculty.
In 877, one year after the first such program was adopted in
the United States, the law school instituted a course leading to
the degree of master of laws. In 898, the course of instruction
for the degree of bachelor of laws was extended to three years.
The law school took part in 900 in the organization of the
Association of American Law Schools.
Over the past century, the law school has expanded its course
and seminar oerings with consideration of the needs of
first-degree and graduate students. The degree of doctor of
juridical science was instituted in 940. In 946, the law school
began accepting foreign attorneys into specially designated
programs. Today, lawyers from the United States and abroad
are accepted into the master of laws program.
In 954, the National University School of Law, which had
held an important place in legal education in the District of
Columbia since 869, was absorbed by the George Washington
University Law School.
Since 954, special programs of advanced study have enriched
the basic curriculum. At present these include business
and finance law; environmental and energy law; intellectual
property law; international and comparative law; government
procurement law; litigation and dispute resolution; national
security and cybersecurity law; and national security,
cybersecurity, and U.S. foreign relations law. These special
programs reflect the breadth in public law for which the law
school is well known. Additionally, a clinical law program has
been developed that is the equal of that at any law school in
the nation.
The law school has a total enrollment of approximately 1,700
students. Approximately ,400 students are in the full-time
division for the JD degree and 125 are enrolled in the
part-time division. Approximately one hundred seventy-five
students, many from abroad, are enrolled in graduate law
degree programs.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES & UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY
Grace E. Speights
Chair of the Board
Mark H. Chichester
Vice Chair of the Board
Avram Tucker
Secretary of the Board
Christine Piorkowski Barth
Aaron Bates
Charles R. Bendit
Mollie Bowman
Roslyn M. Brock
Adam Conner
Jeffrey Flaks
President Ellen M.
Granberg (ex-officio)
A. Michael Hoffman
Madeleine S. Jacobs
Regina James
Todd Klein
Ali H. Kolaghassi
Pamela Lawrence
Reid Liffmann
Luis Otero
Judith Lane Rogers
Michelle Rubin
Donna Hill Staton
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Richard Blackburn
Joseph L. Brand
Nancy Broyhill
Nelson A.
Carbonell,
Jr.
Oliver T.
Carr,
Jr.
Henry “Ric” Duques
Emilio Fernandez
I. Allan From
Morton I. Funger
David Gladstone
Gary Granoff
Mark V.
Hughes
Raymond J.
Oglethorpe
B.J. Penn
Linda Rabbitt
W. Russell Ramsey
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
Mark R. Shenkman
Lydia W. Thomas
Robert L. Tull
Mark R. Warner
J.
McDonald Williams
John D. Zeglis
UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
Ellen M. Granberg
President
UNIVERSITY
ADMINISTRATORS
Donna Arbide
Vice President for
Development and Alumni
Relations
Charles Barber
Vice President and General
Counsel
Barbara L. Bass
Vice President for Health
Affairs and Dean of the
School of Medicine and
Health Sciences; Chief
Executive Officer, The GW
Medical Faculty Associates
Christopher Alan Bracey
Provost and Executive Vice
President for Academic
Affairs
Bruno Fernandes
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Sabrina Minor
Vice President for Human
Resource Management and
Development and Chief
People Officer
Ellen Moran
Vice President for
Communications and
Marketing
Jonathan E. Post
Vice President for Board
Relations and Secretary of the
University
Dorinda Tucker
Associate Vice President for
Ethics, Compliance and Risk
and Data Privacy Officer
Tanya Vogel
Director of Athletics
DEANS
Alyssa Ayres
Elliott School of International
Affairs
Barbara L. Bass
School of Medicine and
Health Sciences
Michael J. Feuer
Graduate School of Education
and Human Development
Lynn R. Goldman
Milken Institute School
of Public Health
Susan Kelly-Weeder
School of Nursing
John Lach
School of Engineering
and Applied Science
Dayna Bowen Matthew
GW Law
Vanessa G. Perry
School of Business (interim)
Liesl Riddle
College of Professional
Studies
Paul Wahlbeck
Columbian College of Arts
and Sciences
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
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THE GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The purpose of the George Washington Law Alumni Association is to engage GW Law alumni in support of the law school. By
fostering relationships between the law school and its graduates, the board’s distinguished members play an important role in the
life of the school.
Michele N. Blackwell, JD ’12
President
Public Policy Manager
Uber
Washington, D.C.
Raymond P. Ausrotas, JD ’98
Founding Partner
Arrowood LLP
Boston, Mass.
Jacob Berdine, JD ’15
Senior AI Product Counsel
ByteDance
Tukwila, Wash.
Adam Bofill, JD ’17
Corporate Counsel
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Arlington, Va.
Christina E. Bortz, JD ’15
Director, Compliance Counsel
Angelo Gordon
Dallas, Texas
Evan Bursey, JD ’22
Judicial Clerk
Superior Court of the District
of C
olumbia
Arlington, Va.
Ashley Carter, JD ’17
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
for the District of C
olumbia
Arlington, Va.
Joseph Chan, JD ’94
New York, N.Y.
Simon J. Chun, JD ’15
Staff Judge Advocate
United States Navy
San Diego, Calif.
Anthony R. Coppola, JD ’07
Principal Attorney
The Coppola Firm PLC
Alexandria, Va.
James C. Crosland, JD ’16
Frost Tax Law
Rockville, Md.
Eman Cuyler, JD ’18
Tax Attorney
Skadden
Miramar
, Fla.
Jacqueline Z. DerOvanesian,
JD ’16
Trial Attorney
United States Department of
Justice
Miami, Fla.
Michael “Taylor” Dimler,
JD ’17
Senior Commercial Counsel
Twist Bioscience Corporation
San Diego, Calif.
Caleb P. Dulis, JD ’12
Partner
Ertman Dulis & Helisek PLLC
Pit
tsburgh, Penna.
Jacqueline Fisher, JD ’21
Associate
Marashlian & Donahue
Washington,
D.C.
Adam Gropper, JD ’99
Founder
LegalJob LLC
Arlington, V
a.
Jordan M. Harvey, JD ’16
Assistant United States
Attorney
United States Attorney’s
Offices
Hyattsville. Md.
Annie Khalid, JD ’01
Head of Legal
Glassdoor
Mountain View, Calif.
Samuel Maizel, JD ’85
Partner
Dentons U.S. LLP
Los Angeles, Calif.
Rodolfo Mayor, JD ’14
Partner
Di Pietro Partners
Miramar, Fla.
Lilyanne H. McClean, JD ’02
Senior Vice President, Head of
Global Public Policy
FuelCell Energy
Washington, D.C.
Mike P. Michel, JD ’15
Counsel
Marriott
W
ashington, D.C.
Karl T. Molin III, JD ’16
Senior Counsel
Mars Inc.
Arlington, Va.
Melinda J. Momplaisir, JD ’18
Associate
Hamilton Clarke LLP
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Adam E. Moskowitz, JD ’14
Principal
Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz &
Gilday LLC
Washington, D.C.
J. Andrew Murphy, JD ’87
Senior Vice President,
Strategy, Corporate
Development, and
Sustainability
Edison International
Los Angeles,
Calif.
Susan P. Nofi, JD ’83
Of Counsel
Santomassimo Davis LLC
Marietta, Ga.
Lisa Mednick Owen, JD ’84
Director of External Relations
LV Adhesive Inc.
Carlstadt, N.J.
Matthew S. Piscitelli, JD ’17
Associate
Foley Hoag LLP
Washington, D.C.
Robert K. Platt, JD ’12
Senior AUSA
USAO D.C.
United States Department of
Justice
Kensington, Md.
Madison Plummer, JD ’21
Law Clerk
United States Court of Federal
Claims
Washington, D.C.
Matthew J. Rosenberg, JD ’16
Associate
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
R
edwood City, Calif.
Robert J. Schill, JD ’03
Senior Director, Government
Affairs and Public Policy
BlackBerry
McLean, Va.
Debodhonyaa Sengupta, JD ’12
Counsel
Dentons U.S. LLP
Washington, D.C.
Aditya N. Seth, JD ’01
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, D.C.
Rebeca Vélez-Gómez, LLM ’05
Attorney
RVG Law
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Kelly Rae Waggonner, JD ’91
Owner/Attorney
Kelly Rae Waggonner
Attorney at Law APC
San Diego, Calif.
Adam C. Weiss, JD ’17
Counsel
Subcommittee on Aviation
United States House
of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Sean P. Winker, JD ’18
Associate
Paul, Weiss,
Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP
Brooklyn, N.Y.
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LAW SCHOOL DEAN‘S ADVISORY COUNCIL
The purpose of the Dean’s Advisory Council is to provide the Dean with the advice and assistance of individuals whose experience
provides a variety of perspectives on the legal profession in order to advance the quality and standing of the law school. The Dean’s
Advisory Council consists of alumni and members of the legal community at the highest level in their fields.
Corinne Ball, JD ’78
Chair
Partner
Jones Day
New Y
ork, N.Y.
David R. Berz, BA ’70, JD ’73
Chairman Emeritus
Bethesda, Md.
Richard W. Blackburn, JD ’67
Chairman Emeritus
Naples, Fla.
Douglas E. Davidson, JD ’71
Chairman Emeritus
New York, N.Y.
Darrell L. Dreher, JD ’73
Chairman Emeritus
Dreher Tomkies LLP
Columbus, Ohio
Jonathan S. Kahan, BA ’70,
JD ’73
Chairman Emeritus
Partner
Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP
W
ashington, D.C.
Raymond Banoun, JD ’68
Banoun Law
Washington, D.C.
Charles A. Berardesco, JD ’83
Washington, D.C.
Bobby R. Burchfield, JD ’79
McLean, Va.
Weston D. Burnett, JD ’75,
LLM ’83
Wealth Manager
Creative Planning
McLean, Va.
Daniel Thomas Donovan,
JD ’96
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Washington, D.C.
Sunny S. Dupree, JD ’68
Mediator
Cambridge, Mass.
David B. Falk, JD ’75
Founder
FAME
Washington, D.C.
Deborah Gersh, JD ’83
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP
Chicago, Ill.
The Honorable Steven M.
Goldman, JD ’76
Managing Partner
PBM Capital Group
New Y
ork, N.Y.
Jonathan L. Greenblatt,
JD ’80
Co-Founder and Chairman
Legal Innovators
Washington, D.C.
John S. Jenkins, Jr., JD ’94
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
TE Connectivity Ltd.
Berwyn,
Pa.
Jeffrey I. Kohn, JD ’84
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
New York, N.Y.
Arthur F. Lafionatis, JD ’80
Law Offices of
Arthur F. Lafionatis
Bethesda, Md.
Lianne Lazetera, JD ’88
Managing Partner
Schlesinger, Lazetera &
Auchincloss LLP
New York, N.Y.
John Lewis, Jr., JD ’90
Equity Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Atlanta, Ga.
The Honorable Carlos F.
Lucero, JD ’64
Circuit Judge
United States Court
of Appeals for the
Tenth Circuit
Denver, Colo.
Seth H. Lundy, JD ’96
Partner
King & Spalding LLP
Washington, D.C.
David K. Moskowitz, JD ’83
Senior Advisor and Director
DISH Network Corporation
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Earle H. O’Donnell, JD ’75
Washington, D.C.
Cynthia M. Patton, JD ’86
General Counsel
Verily Life Sciences LLC
South San Francisco, Calif.
Edwin L. Phelps, JD ’68
President
Phelps Enterprises
International
McLean, Va.
Daniel C. Schwartz, JD ’69
Partner
Bryan Cave LLP
Washington, D.C.
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LAW SCHOOL DEAN‘S ADVISORY COUNCIL (continued)
Teresa M. Schwartz, JD ’71
J.B. and Maurice Shapiro
Professor Emeritus of
Public Interest Law
T
he George Washington
University Law School
Washington, D.C.
Jeff Schweon, JD ’89
Partner
Williams, Jones
Wealth Management LLC
New York, N.Y.
Barry A. Shenkman
Director
Jacob Burns Foundation
Pleasantville, N.Y.
Ira L. Sorkin, JD ’68
Partner
Mintz & Gold LLC
New York, N.Y.
Steven A. Tasher, JD ’73
Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director
Wyatt Partners LLC
Berkeley Heights, N.J.
Scott C. Taylor, JD ’91
Member, Board of Directors
Symantex Corporation
Portola Valley, Calif.
Carrie Valiant, JD ’83
Board of Directors and Firm
Member
Epstein Becker Green
Washington, D.C.
Stephen N. Young, JD ’84
Global Deputy General
Counsel—Litigation
Ernst & Young LLP
New York, N.Y.
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Kenneth E. Adelsberg, JD ’79
New York, N.Y.
The Honorable William
P. Barr, JD ’77
McLean, Va.
Mark H. Chichester, BA ’90,
JD ’93
President
Atlas Research
Washington, D.C.
Gary C. Granoff, BBA ’69,
JD ’73
Partner
Granoff, Walker &
Forlenza PC
Great Neck, N.Y.
Franklin L. Haney, LLB ’65
Owner
Franklin Haney Company
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Honorable James F.
Humphreys, JD ’78
Principal
James F. Humphreys &
Associates
Charleston, W.Va.
J. Richard Knop, JD ’69
Managing Member
KBMP LLC
Reston, Va.
Thomas L. Mills, JD ’75
Partner
MillsBlack LLP
Washington, D.C.
William J. Mutryn, JD ’75
Senior Director
Bluestone Investment Partners
McLean, Va.
Robert L. Patron, JD ’98
Miami Beach, Fla.
The Honorable Gerald Rosen,
JD ’79
Arbitrator/Mediator
JAMS
Detroit, Mich.
Mary L. Schapiro, JD ’80
Vice Chair for Global Public
Policy
Bloomberg LP
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable John W. Snow,
JD ’67
President
JWS Associates LLC
Richmond, Va.
Douglas M. Steenland, JD ’76
Chairman of the Board
AIG Inc.
Washington, D.C.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY
LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL
The law school’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Advisory Council provides counsel and support to ensure the Intellectual
Property Law Program’s preeminence in all areas, including curriculum, research, extracurricular activities, career development, and
alumni relations. Its members are leading attorneys, judges, business leaders, and government ocials in the field of intellectual
property law.
Michael J. McKeon, JD ’96
Chair
Principal
Fish & Richardson PC
Washington, D.C.
C. Larry O’Rourke, JD ’7
Chair Emeritus
Carmel Valley, Calif.
Steven E. Feldman, JD ’95
Partner and Chair, Intellectual
Property Practice
Hahn, Loeser & Parks
Chicago, Ill.
John S. Goetz
Principal
Fish & Richardson PC
New York,
N.Y.
Michael F. Heim, JD ’87
Managing Partner
Heim, Payne & Chorush
Houston, Texas
Andrei Iancu
Partner
Irell & Manella LLP
Washington, D.C.
Kenneth E. Jaconetty, JD ’88
Senior Director, Intellectual
Property
Astellas Pharma U.S. Inc.
Northbrook, Ill.
Otto B. Licks, LLM ’95
Licks Advogados
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Louis Lieto
Partner
Wilson Sonsini
Boston, Mass.
Naveen Modi
Partner
Paul Hastings LLP
Washington, D.C.
John D. Murnane, JD ’79
Partner
Venable LLP
New York,
N.Y.
The Honorable Ralph Oman
Pravel, Hewitt, Kimball
and Kreiger Professorial
Lecturer in Intellectual
Property and Patent Law
The George Washington
University Law School
Washington, D.C.
Justin E. Pierce, JD ’00
Partner
Venable LLP
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Randall R.
Rader, JD ’78
Springfield, Va.
Teresa Rea
The George Washington
University Law School
Washington, D.C.
Laurie C. Self
Senior Vice President and
Counsel
Qualcomm Inc.
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Kara F. Stoll
United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal
Government
Washington, D.C.
Donald E. Stout, JD ’72
Partner
Fitch Even, Tabin &
Flannery LLP
Washington, D.C.
Ranganath Sudarshan
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
Washington, D.C.
Jonathan T. Suder, JD ’84
Shareholder
Friedman, Suder & Cooke
Fort Worth, Texas
Bruce J. Watrous, Jr., Esq.
Vice President and Chief
Intellectual Property
Counsel
Apple Inc.
Cupertino, Calif.
James R. Whittle, JD ’16
Chevy Chase, Md.
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Jack S. Barufka, LLM ’96
Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop
Shaw Pittman LLP
McLean, Va.
Brian Brunsvold, JD ’67
Falls Church, Va.
Richard L. Donaldson, LLM ’73
Plano, Texas
Louis T. Pirkey, JD ’64
Partner
Pirkey Barber LLP
Austin, Texas
James R. Sims III, JD ’86
Principal
Law Offices of James R.
Sims III
Washington, D.C.
Michael O. Warnecke, JD ’67
Partner and Co-Chair, Patent
Litigation Group
Perkins Coie LLP
Chicago, Ill.
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ADVISORY COUNCIL
The law school’s Government Contracts Advisory Council allows the Government Procurement Law Program to draw upon the
support, advice, and expertise of a wide range of leaders from throughout the public procurement and acquisition field.
Paul F. Khoury, JD ’86
Chair
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, D.C.
J. Richard Knop, JD ’69
Chairman Emeritus
Managing Member
FedCap Partners LLC
Reston, Va.
Edward Arnold
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Baltimore, Md.
Greg Bingham
Partner and Co-Lead of
Governments Contracts
HKA Global Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Mathew C. Blum, JD ’88
Associate Administrator
Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, OMB
Washington, D.C.
Stacey Burton, JD ’02, LLM ’09
Spring, Texas
Lorraine M. Campos, JD ’08
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP
Washington, D.C.
Justin A. Chiarodo
Partner
Blank Rome LLP
Washington, D.C.
Arlene “Lynn” David
Boynton Beach, Fla.
Richard L. Dunn, LLM ’76
Founder
Strategic Institute for
Innovation in Government
Contracts LLC
Edgewater, Md.
The Honorable Marian B. Horn
Chevy Chase, Md.
Heidi Kettler
Senior Assistant
General Counsel
General Dynamics
Electric Board
Groton, Conn.
Beth M. Kramer
Associate General Counsel
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Bethesda, Md.
Robert J. Lalley
Deputy Chief Counsel
BAE Systems
Arlington, Va.
Marcia G. Madsen
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Washington, D.C.
Ralph C. Nash, Jr., JD ’57
Professor Emeritus
The George Washington
University Law School
Washington, D.C.
John S. Pachter, JD ’66, LLM ’70
Senior Counsel
Haynes and Boone LLP
Tysons Corner, Va.
Kenneth Patton
Managing Associate
General Counsel
United States Government
Accountability Office
Washington, D.C.
David B. Robbins
Partner, Co-Chair Government
Contracts
Jenner & Block
Washington, D.C.
Maria C. Swaby, LLM ’12
GSA Procurement
Ombudsman
General Services
Administration
Washington, D.C.
Sonia Tabriz
Partner
Arnold & Porter
Kay Scholer LLP
Washington, D.C.
Roger Waldron
President
The Coalition for Government
Procurement
Washington, D.C.
Tara Ward
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Washington, D.C.
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Seymour Herman, LLM ’66
Boynton Beach, Fla.
The Honorable Jeri K. Somers
Chair
United States Civilian Board
of
Contract Appeals
Washington, D.C.
Ralph O. White, Jr.
Managing Associate General
Counsel for Procurement
Law
United States Government
Accountability Office
Washington, D.C.
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL
The law school’s Business and Finance Law Advisory Council provides support, advice, and expertise to the law school on legal
and policy issues aecting business and finance in the United States and in the global financial community.
The Honorable Steven M.
Goldman, JD ’76
Chair
Partner
PBM Capital Group
New York,
N.Y.
John A. Buchman
Chairman Emeritus
Managing Director,
Regulatory Counsel
Charles Schwab and
Company
San Francisco, Calif.
Paul Basta, JD ’92
Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP
New York,
N.Y.
Charles Calloway, JD ’12
Associate
Chapman & Cutler LLP
Chicago, Ill.
Bryan Corbett, JD ’98
President and CEO
Managed Fund Association
Washington, D.C.
Michael P. Daly
Associate
Jones Day
Washington, D.C.
R. Alec Dawson
Partner
Morgan Lewis
New York, N.Y.
Robert W. Downes, JD ’9
Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York,
N.Y.
Wendy M. Goldberg, JD ’00
Special Counsel
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
New York,
N.Y.
Richard A. Jones, JD ’84
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga.
Yan Liu
Assistant General Counsel
International Monetary Fund
Washington, D.C.
Anna T. Pinedo, Esq.
Partner
Mayer Brown
New York,
N.Y.
John M. Pollack, BA ’95, JD ’98
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
New York,
N.Y.
Ira L. Sorkin, JD ’68
Partner
Mintz & Gold LLP
New York,
N.Y.
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Lynne B. Barr, BA ’72, JD ’75
Goodwin Procter LLP
Boston, Mass.
Margarita (Ari) Brose, JD ’89
Brose Group LLC
Arlington, Va.
Michael Farber, JD ’94
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York,
N.Y.
Robert M. Gervis, JD ’85
Epilogue LLC
West Newton, Mass.
The Honorable Cynthia A.
Glassman
Alexandria, Va.
Tonya Grindon
Baker Donelson Bearman
Caldwell Berkowitz
Nashville, Tenn.
Anastasia D. Kelly, JD ’81
DLA Piper
Washington, D.C.
William J. Mutryn II, JD ’75
Bluestone Investment
Partners
McLean, Va.
Caroline D. Pham, JD ’11
Citigroup Inc.
New York, N.Y.
The Honorable Henry
duPont Ridgely, LLM ’74
Avondale, Penna.
John Sakhleh, JD ’99
Sidley Austin LLP
Washington, D.C.
Timothy K. Saunders, Jr.,
JD ’91
Reverence Capital Partners
New York, N.Y.
Jeff Schweon, JD ’89
Williams, Jones & Associates
LLC
New York,
N.Y.
Joe Tabacco, JD ’74
Berman DeValerio
San Francisco, Calif.
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ENERGY LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL
The law school’s Energy Law Advisory Council is composed of leaders in the field of energy. The council provides strategic
direction to the law school’s Sustainable Energy Initiative, a cutting-edge research and policy development program that was
founded and structured with alumni guidance. The council also provides support and advice regarding curriculum, career
development, and extracurricular aairs aecting energy and environmental law students.
J. Andrew Murphy, JD ’87
Chair
Senior Vice President,
Strategy, Corporate
Development, and
Sustainability
Edison International
Los Angeles,
Calif.
Charles A. Berardesco, JD ’83
Washington, D.C.
Noel W. Black
Vice President of Federal
Regulatory Affairs
Southern Company
Washington, D.C.
Stephen Burns
Washington, D.C.
George “Chip” D. Cannon,
Jr., JD ’94
Partner
Allen & Overy
Washington, D.C.
Douglas E. Davidson, JD ’7
New York, N.Y.
Emily S. Fisher
General Counsel, and
Corporate Secretary
Edison Electric Institute
Washington, D.C.
Kevin C. Fitzgerald, JD ’9
Chief Utility Officer
Energy Impact Partners
New York,
N.Y.
Daniel Hagan
Partner
White & Case LLP
Washington, D.C.
Emma F. Hand
Partner
Dentons U.S. LLP
Washington, D.C.
Karen M. Hardwick
General Counsel of U.S.
Utilities, Senior Vice
President, and General
Counsel
WGL Holdings Inc. and
Washington Gas
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable
Douglas E. Kimbrel
llinois Commerce
Commission
Chicago, Ill.
Anne McKibbin
Principal Director,
Policy
Elevate
Chicago, Ill.
Kenneth M. Minesinger, JD ’90
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Washington, D.C.
Todd Mullins, JD ’89
Partner
McGuire Woods
Washington, D.C.
Earle H. O’Donnell, JD ’75
Washington, D.C.
Daniel J. Oginsky, JD ’99
Founder and Principal
Heartmonic Holdings LLC
Brighton, Mich.
Jane E. Reuger
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP
Washington, D.C.
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PUBLIC INTEREST ADVISORY COUNCIL
The GW Law Public Interest Advisory Council advises the law school’s Public Interest and Public Service program, the dean,
the public interest program director, and the faculty director to ensure that the law school prepares students for careers in the
nonprofit and government sectors. Membership on the council is drawn from private practice, corporate practice, government
practice, nonprofit organizations, and the judiciary and reflects diversity in age, gender, race, and ethnicity.
Olajumoke “Jummy”
Obayanju, JD ’16
Chair
Director, National Racial
Equity Initiative for
Social Justice
Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Lee Arbetman, JD ’76
Senior Fellow
Street Law Inc.
Silver Spring,
Md.
Kaitlin Banner, JD ’08
Deputy Legal Director
Washington Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights
and Urban Affairs
Washington, D.C.
Robert “Bob” Brandon, JD ’72
President and CEO
Fair Elections Center
W
ashington, D.C.
Marc L. Fleischaker, JD ’71
Chair Emeritus
ArentFox Schiff LLP
W
ashington, D.C.
Lisa Gurwitch, JD ’82
Chief Advancement Officer
JDC (The Joint)
W
ashington, D.C.
Patricia Kelmar, JD ’95
Senior Director, Health Care
Campaigns
U.S. PIRG
Washington, D.C.
Wilma B. Liebman, JD ’74
Former Chair
National Labor
R
elations Board
Washington, D.C.
Mark Lynch, JD ’74
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
W
ashington, D.C.
Mike Michel, JD ’15
Corporate Counsel
Marriott International Inc.
W
ashington, D.C.
The Honorable Patrick A.
Mulloy, JD ’71
Former Commissioner
United States-China
Economic and Security
Review Commission
Washington, D.C.
Roberta Roberts, JD ’15
Trial Attorney
United States Department
of
Justice
Washington, D.C.
Dewey D. Schade, JD ’67
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Caren Street, JD ’16
Principal
Squire Patton Boggs
W
ashington, D.C.
Patrice Sulton, JD ’08
Executive Director
D.C. Justice Lab
Washington, D.C.
Alessandro Terenzoni, JD ’06
Deputy Director, Office
for Civil Rights
United States Department
of Justice
Washington, D.C.
Bethany Young, JD ’12
The Wren Collective
Washington, D.C.
CLINICAL LAW ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Clinical Law Advisory Council provides insight to support the Clinical Programs’ strategic growth, with the aim of providing the
best possible experiential education for GW Law students and the most substantial impact on the D.C.community.
Deborah (Goldenberg)
Orlove, JD ’91
Chair
Ocean Ridge, Fla.
Raymond Ausrotas, JD ’98
Founding Partner
Arrowood Peters LLP
Boston,
Mass.
Chris Carr, JD ’17
Senior Attorney
Murray Osorio PLLC
Fairfax, Va.
Ashley Carter, JD ’17
Assistant Attorney General
Child Protection Section
Office of the Attorney General
for the District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Craig S. Iscoe
Superior Court of the District
of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
The Honorable William
Koch, JD ’88
Judge
Fourth Judicial District,
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minn.
Stacie Lissette, JD ’92
Counsel
Utz Quality Foods Inc.
Hanover, Penna.
Anthony Millin, JD ’93
Shareholder
Shulman Rogers
Potomac, Md.
The Honorable Suzanne
Mitchell, JD ’96
United States Magistrate
Judge
United States District Court
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Matthew Piscitelli, JD ’17
Associate
Foley Hoang LLP
Washington, D.C.
Laura Foote Reiff, JD ’99
Co-Managing Shareholder,
Business Immigration Group
Greenberg Traurig LLP
McLean, Va.
Barry A. Shenkman
Director
Jacob Burns Foundation
Pleasantville, N.Y.
Jane L. Weatherly, JD ’99
Jane L. Weatherly Attorney at
Law PLLC
Raleigh, N.C.
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Diplomas are being presented to those students in the following lists who completed all degree requirements by May , .
JURIS DOCTOR
Zachary John Abate
Timothy Bernard Achinger
Daniel Andres Acosta
Alexa Adalian
Hayden M. Adams
Julia O. Addison
Jared I. Ahmed
Latifah Hamad A Alhulelah
Christine J. Allen
Michael T.
Allen
Ali L. Alsaleh
Mary C. Ameringer
Claire E. Anderson
Julian P. Anderson
Gabriela M.
Andrade-Feraud
Timothy B. Appleton
Daisy A. Apraku
Kendall M. Archer
Madeleine Quinn Aroner
Lauren A. Arquette
Shallum S. Atkinson
Kyle Atwood
Terry Brandon Ayzman
Jake Tyler Bachand
Bernard E. Baffoe-Mensah
Ariana Vanessa Bakhsh
Karsten Alexander Ball
Basit K. Bangash
Benjamin Abraham Banker
Evan David Barber
Danielle Nicole Baron
Dylan E. Barth
Faren Michelle
Bartholomew
Dylan J.
Basescu
Rebekah L. Bass
Molly I. Beal
Kodey Patrick Beard
Arman Becan
Samuel S. Beidokhti
Nadira E. Bello
May Theodora Benben
Brittany Lynae Benjamin
Emily A.
Bernhard
Kierra Billingsley
Benjamin L. Birnbach
Rachel L. Blau
Trevor T.
Block
Brady A.
Blouin
Rachel E. Blum
Kelsey Nacht Bobrow
Emma Elisabeth Boggess
Rachel Bogin
Sydney E. Boll
Samuel B. Borrus
Max E. Botwinick
Charles M. Brandt
Meghan P. Briggs
Brian Joseph Broecker
Royce E. Brosseau
David J.
Brown
Caden Burchianti
Marcus James Burden
Hannah R. Burdette
Zachary Burgoyne
Zachary Benjamin Burman
Lauren Kelly Burns
Sarah Hunter Burns
Samantha L. Burton
Charles S. Butler
Madeline Byers
Christina R. Cacioppo
Allie T.
Callahan
Stephanie Taylor Camhi
Katherine Sarah Rose
Cantone-Hardy
Fengyuan Cao
Isabella S. Capanna
Alissa Rose Carbonara
Kathryn Johanna Carlson
Haley Darling Carter
Rachel M. Cassandro
Amelie Gabriella Cekauskas
Erik Cervantes
Devora Madeleyne Champa
Grace E. Charles
Zachary G. Charlton
Sarah Y.
Chemli
Chong Hui Chen
Suolian Chen
Nicholas T.
Chesrown
Jill Luan Chien
Clare Choi
Hyung Jo Choi
Robin Choi
Aashini Choksi
Harrison Clanton
Ann Marilyn Codiga
Caleb Coffman
Angelica Colino
Miles A.
Coll
Patrick J.
Collishaw
Melissa J.
Colson
Victoria R. Combs
Emily L. Conn
Rachel E. Conrad
William A.
Conrad
Kyle W.
Coopersmith
Michelle M. Corinaldi
Matthew Kenneth Cox
Paul A.
Craft
Shelby Crahan
Kristine Elizabeth Cralle
James Crisafulli
Natalie P. Crow
Kelly Ann Cuthbertson
Dafne Da Silva Nascimento
Alexander Dale
John T.
Darby
Ryan Alan Darby
Brenden J.
Davidson
Joseph K. Davis
Bradley G. Davison
Ananda M. de Almeida
Madison P. Decker
Tahmineh Dehbozorgi
Yesenia Margarita DeJesus
Alexandra N. DellaVolpe
Nicolette DeLorenzo
James Demaree
Anjali Mohini Deodat
Brent D. Dinino
Kelsey M. Dion
Lindsay Dittman
Min Ji Doh
Jenna Lynne Donatiello
Melissa Lucille Dorow
Ian James Drexler
James M. Dugan
Elizabeth E. Duncan
Benjamin L. Duwve
Mustafa El Hassani
Immanuel James Elijah
Hannah L. Ellis
Rebecca E. Emmerich
Jennifer M. Eppinger
Riston Daniel Escher
Jeremy Peltin Etelson
Sara A.
Etemad-Moghadam
Hunter Thomas Evans
Sabrina Brier Sykes Facey
Sydney Faehling
Eric Wilford Farnsworth
Aeryka Xanthe Fausett
Sydney A.
Fay
Jillian G. Feher
Stephanie E. Fields
Abram M. Finley
Allison L. Finn
Phoebe Fisher
Anastasia M. Foley
Gianmarco Ermenegildo
Frezza
Daniel Vincent Frias
Grayson Fusaro
Kevin Keelty Gartland
Angela Marin Gasca-Lozano
Jonathan George
Sona Elezabeth George
Alexandra Nikta Ghobadi
Wanjiru Gikiri
Earl Gilbert
Derek Gimbel
Matthew Gino
Casey L. Glasser
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Declan K. Glueck
Reilly A. Golden
Timothy Tyler Golian
Ashley Nicole Gomez
Molano
Eric Joseph Gonzalez
Hector M. Gonzalez Magno
Alexander James Maher
Goodrich
Anthony Zachary Gore
Benjamen C. Gould
Amber Kristen Grant
Billy Don Grant
Morgan T.
Gray
Jacob Fradel Green
Russell Green
Chase Greenberg
Vassiliki Grigoropoulos
Maria Grigoryeva
Victoria R. Grimm
Whitney N. Grimm
Tarzano V.
Gualano
Sophia Guan
Gabrielle Lorenz Gunshol
Meredith Gusky
Michael F. Guzzano
Baila B. Haim
Benjamin Luke Hale
Jordan William Hamilton
Brandon Hancock
Katlyn Har
Colin Michael Harmeyer
Paul J.
Harryhill
Alexander J.
Hartman
Deanna Hartog
Brendan J.
Haskin
Rachel M. Hauser
Mary E. Hawley
Harrison W.
Hemminghaus
Caira E. Heneghan
Daniel Yi-zong Heng
Katherine M. Hennessy
Pino Henry
Katherine Herman
Sara D. Hodgkins
Max A.
Holbrook
Yana K. Holden
Grace Hong
Samantha L. Hoover
Xufeng Hou
Morgan A.
Howard
Stephon Marcus Howie
Tianhou Huang
Danielle Hunter
Isabella M. Hyun
Jacob Saunders Ide
Gillian Elaine Isabelle
Eithan Itaev
Kaitlyn Iwanowski
Caroline Jaipaul
Sehar Jamal
Emma Louise Janson
Sydney D. Jenkins
Jiaqi Ji
Paula Jimenez Nieva
Alex S. Johnson
Amaiya Lashaye Johnson
Jordyn Elizabeth Johnson
Rachel Johnson
Gavin P. Jones
Won Joo
Jennifer Juang-Korol
Elisona Kadriu
Spencer Kahn
Samuel H. Kakish
Cameron F. Kamer
Kyle M. Kammien
Justin Ross Karlin
Shivani Karthikeyan
Aalekh Kaswala
Hailey Andrea Kay
Margot B. Kelley
Peter A.
Kentz
Kelsey Ann Kerr
Roza Katia Kessaci
Ankit Khosla
Julia F. Kiley
Mi Rae Kim
Tei Kim
Timothy B. Kimble
Ema S. Klugman
Alexa M. Kobrynich
Noah Kostick
Jessica Camille Kudlacek
Jennifer M. Kukucka
Alexa R. Kutz
John S. LaLime
Ryan Lam
Sarah Lambert
Cassidy A.
Lang
Jacob Langer
Tessa Ning Chan Lasser
Brian T.
Lee
Ho Jae Lee
John W.
Lee
Kaitlin H. Lee
Seung Woo Lee
Lauren Lehner
Maxwell R. Lemen
Scarlett Leon
Olivia Kendall Lerner
Harry T.
Levine
Heng Li
Zhiyu Liang
Sarah Rachael Libby
Alexander John Liederman
Eryn T.
Lin
Alexander Logan
William A.
Logsdon
Devin Natan Sehgal Louis
Matthew Luchinsky
Mary E. Lutton
Addie Elizabeth Lynch
Xintong Lyu
Ashley Alexis Irene
Magruder
Payal Majmundar
Sejal Katherine Makheja
Alexis Manning
Priyanka S. Mara
Emily Claire Margolin
Cristina A.
Marila
Stephan William Marsh
Benjamin C. Martin
Britney Nichelle Martin
Jeremy Pamintuan Martinez
Jocelyn Lissett Martinez
Arianna Marie Masotti
Jasmine L. Masri
Evan Kinya Walters Matsuda
Maeve McBride
Emily A.
McCarthy
Gavin G. McClure
David C. McCullough
Bailey C. McHale
Kailey Ann McNeal
Caleb McNeill
John F. McWhorter
Jinhan Mei
Dennis Mema
David Merkel
Laura Estelle Mezzanotte
D’Andrey Tamar Miller
Katherine Lucy Miller
Tyler Andrew Monestel
Matthew Joseph Morrow
Richard A.
Morrow
Esteban Munoz Calle
Noah Eugene Musto
Andrew Muzi
Nathan Mynatt
David Naftulin
Azniv Gabriella Nalbandian
Augusta M. Nau
Bradley H. Neal
Victoria Melissa
Neiman-Vigo
Emily Katherine Nelson
Jacob Matthew Nelson
Austin Graeme Newman
Annie Kieu-An Nguyen
Rachel L. Nguyen
Cashen A.
Nielsen
Alexander C. Ntchobo
Briana Nicole Oates
John Oberg
Simone Marie Oberschmied
Madeline Shapiro Ochi
Isabella Ochs
Isiuwa O. Oghagbon
Gregory H. Orlando
Anisa Ostad
Carmen Palumbo
Victoria F. Panettiere
Kendall A.
Parker
Nusheena Parvizi
Simon V.
Patmore-Zarcone
Molly Erin Patrick
Alexandra Ellen Patterson
Emily Kae Patton
Kaitlin R. Patton
Josef Wolfgang Paulson
Diego M. Perea Aguirre
Evelyn Julieta Pereira
Ayleen Perry
Zoie A.
Petrakis
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Alma Petras
Tomasso Piccirilli
Lauren Pittman
Mathew Plotnick
Francis E. Policastri
Sophie L. Pollack-Williams
Simon A.
Poser
Jennifer J.
Price-Smith
Rachel E. Pritzlaff
Nicholas Donald Pung
Rebecca S. Punnoose
Kira Reynolds Pyne
Kai Qi
Xinyu Qiang
Xiaonan Qu
Daniel D. Quatrella
Daniel Quesenberry
Katherine L. Quinn
Sarah Dolores Quinones
Grant D. Raffel
Samantha P. Raggio
Austyn O. Ramsay
Brendan C. Ransom
Avery Greg Ranum
Marina A.
Rastorfer
Austin Reda
Jordan Reed
Matthew A.
Rein
Jeremy Reiner
Sarah J.
Reisinger
Yingying Ren
Christopher W.
Rice
Jennifer Rivero
Prescott Robinson
Ava I. Roche
Josemiguel D. Rodriguez
Carolina M. Rodriguez
Garcia
Thomas Edward
Romanchek
Jada H. Romulus
Tara Rosen
Jordan Harvey Rubin
Elizabeth Alton Rupp
Daniel Russell
Samuel R. Rutzick
Catherine Ryan
Emily Andrea Ryon
Gi Beom Ryu
James A.
Sabia
Daniel E. Sachs
Alexa Ariella Sakni
Seriana T.
Saltzen
Douglas W.
Sarasin
Julianne Landon Saunders
Kaitlyn Sarah Saunders
Scott J.
Saylin
Charles Schmidt
Sonia Erin Geib Schmidt
Erin M. Schnappauf
Elizabeth Schroeder
Katelyn E. Schuh
Katie E. Schuyler
Nathaniel Ross Schwamm
Anna Rose Schwartz
Margo L. Schwartz
Isabella Schwarze
Hannah Rose Scionti
Mikayla Sciscente
Theodore M. Scoliard
Angela M. Seeger
Julia I. Shaver
Stephen Sheehan
Jessica Alyse Shelnutt
Daniel Benjamin Aaron
Shemesh
Xinyue Shen
Jacquelyn L. Sherman
Edward M. Shine
Benjamin J.
Siegel
Natalie Silver
David Silverman
Joseph Sinopoli
Emily Sipes
Eitan Sirkovich
Samuel Smith
Elizabeth Michele Snyder
Madison Lee Soares
Alexis Ann Sokach
Brianna Sorto-Gomez
Gabriela M. Soto Cotto
Benjamin Andrew Soullier
Courtney Speigal
Georgia Lynn Spies
Emmalee V.
Sproul
Henry Victor Stanaford
Kendall M. Stanley
Andrea Lauren Stein
Logan D. Stein
Max Steinbaum
Brendan Grady Stevens
Jeremy Michael Stevenson
Andrew P. Stram
Andrew Sue-Ako
Yulin Sun
Anisha Suri
Dana Rose Sussman
Ethan A.
Syster
Samuel Tavakoli
Jaden R. Taylor
Isabelle Camille Tekin
Taylor M. Theodossiou
Kori Y. Thomas
James Thomma
Ileana M. Thompson
Tess Toland
Katharine I. Toledo
Kevin Tran
James M. Troderman
Gabriel Lavery
Trujillo-Lederer
Tseen Thomas Tseng
Dejonay C. Tulcidas
John M. Tuley
Ugochukwu E. Uche-Anya
Caroline Uehling
Adrian Glenn Jackson
Ullrich
Kafilat Olabisi Umar
William P. Upshaw
Theresa Emily Vaillancourt
James Van Drie
Thomas S. Vaughn
Matthew B. Vaught
Olivia LaRose Venus
Brant J. Vermeer
Kailee N. Vick
Eleonora Viotto
Nikki Chen Vlahos
Cindy Vong
Katya Wagstaff
Cindy Wang
Haoying Wang
Meng Wang
Xinyue Wang
Yuchen Wang
Justin A.
Ward
Margaret Mary Ward
Nelly Waribe
Jessica Danielle Wasserman
Drew J. Weisberg
Erica A.
Weyer
Charles P. Widmaier
Bryan A.
Williams
Claire Frances Williams
Joseph Michael Wilton
Katherine M. Wirvin
Marielle Woroboff
Rui Xie
Hazal Yagci
Alexandra L. Yeatts
Bokyung Yeom
Tingshuo Yi
Morris D. Young
Adriana N. Yozzi
Kuai Yu
Jonathan M. Yun
Benjamin F. Zaballos
Avrohom Steven
Zagelbaum
Mary Anastasia Zenger
Jiaying Zhang
Rui Zhang
Wei Zhang
Yan Zhang
Yanshu Zhang
Winnie Zhong
Paul Yelu Zhou
Shengyuan Zhu
Charles Silviu Ziscovici
Christopher D. Zulch
Gretel Liselotte Zumwalt
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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREE IN COURSE
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MAY 2024
MASTER OF LAWS
Pourya Ahansa
General LLM
Sruthy Ahilam
Intellectual Property Law
Laila Al Khazaleh
Business and Finance Law
Hiba Ali
Government
Procurement Law
Aljazy Alrujaib
International and
Comparative Law
Amirhossein Arabzadeh
General LLM
Juan Arreaza
Government
Procurement Law
Aron Asresie
General LLM
Emilie Aust
National Security and U.S.
Foreign Relations Law
Oyu Baatarkhuu
Business and Finance Law
Sanique Balan
National Security and U.S.
Foreign Relations Law
Marius Bardin
International and
Comparative Law
Ela Baskaya
Business and Finance Law
James Beissner
International and
Comparative Law
Hana Bekteshi
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Roberto Francisco Beltran
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Dilpreet Singh Bhinder
International and
Comparative Law
Samantha Blair
International and
Comparative Law
Philipp Bogensperger
International and
Comparative Law
Elizabeth Boggs
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Josiah Bragg
Energy and
Environmental Law
Matthew Branstetter
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Janessa Brito
Government Procurement
and Environmental Law
Douglas Bryson
International and
Comparative Law
Vitalina Buchatska
International and
Comparative Law
Ebrar Buyukguclu
Intellectual Property Law
Katharine Calderon
Government
Procurement Law
Trena-Kae Campbell
General LLM
Anna Chikovani
Energy and
Environmental Law
Sun Hee Choi
General LLM
Edward Coleman
Government
Procurement Law
Rafael Lorenzo Conejos
Intellectual Property Law
Laure Daniault
General LLM
Gretchen Davenport
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Meruyert Duisenali
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Blessed Ebiasah
Business and Finance Law
Ruth El
Government
Procurement Law
Hassan Elsouri
Litigation and Dispute
Resolution
Giorgia Farina
Intellectual Property Law
Charletta Fortson
Government
Procurement Law
William Fuller
Government
Procurement Law
Marielba Galban Puccini
International and
Comparative Law
Elgun Ganizade
Business and Finance Law
Jennifer Graham
Business and Finance Law
Gregory Greer
International and
Comparative Law
Tharani Gunawardana
Business and Finance Law
Katherine Guzman
General LLM
Andrew Hiller
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Tracey Holtshirley
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Joo Hong
General LLM
Jonathon Hoover
General LLM
Delanie Howell
Environmental Law
Mythili Girish Iyer
Intellectual Property Law
Polina Iziumova
International and
Comparative Law
Candace Jackson
International and
Comparative Law
Juliette Jackson
Energy and
Environmental Law
Bill Kadarusman
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Smriti Kafle*
International and
Comparative Law
Robert Kayobyo
Energy and
Environmental Law
Arvid Kerschnitzki
International and
Comparative Law
Jeesup Kim
General LLM
Penelope Kwarikunda
General LLM
Diana Kyabega
Business and Finance Law
Luisa Lamprea Barragan
International and
Comparative Law
John-Charles Laws
Government Procurement
and Environmental Law
Antonella Lemos*
Environmental Law
Naijia Liu
Business and Finance Law
Ushane Locke
General LLM
Mahdieh
Malek
olkottabkhiabani
General LLM
Kevin Mansheim*
Government
Procurement Law
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MAY 2024 (continued)
Shayan Manzar
Business and Finance Law
Vibhor Mathur
Business and Finance Law
Estefania Medina Ruvalcaba
General LLM
Rodas Mehari
International and
Comparative Law
Joseph Mills
Environmental Law
Hyun Ji Min*
General LLM
Maryam Miri
International and
Comparative Law
Leonard Moffa
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Seongyong Moon
General LLM
Fernando Munoz
International
Environmental Law
Irene Nagitta
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Anushka Nair
International and
Comparative Law
Paula Nietsch
General LLM
Carla Noriega Trujillo
International and
Comparative Law
Marc Nowak
National Security and U.S.
Foreign Relations Law
Laura Okeyo
International and
Comparative Law
Akinsola Oluwadare
International and
Comparative Law
Kardelen Busra Orkun
International and
Comparative Law
Abraham Edoka Otene
Intellectual Property Law
Katherine Park
General LLM
Sonal Patel
Energy and
Environmental Law
Temuri Phkhakadze
Business and Finance Law
Wesley Pilon
Government Procurement
and Environmental Law
Federico Pinedo Egurrola
General LLM
Robbie Pitt*
General LLM
Matthew Poch
Government
Procurement Law
Javid Rahimli*
National Security and U.S.
Foreign Relations Law
Mokhinur Rakhmatullaeva
International and
Comparative Law
Julian Regnery
International and
Comparative Law
Marcelina Rivera-Chambers
General LLM
Isadora Rodrigues
Nascimento Mercon
International and
Comparative Law
Ariana Rodriguez
General LLM
Felix Rodriguez Cartagena
International and
Comparative Law
Ann-Kathrin Schiebel
Business and Finance Law
Alexander Schmidt
Business and Finance Law
Joseph Seaton
Government
Procurement Law
Nada Selim
Business and Finance Law
Mohamed Sesay
Government
Procurement Law
Prakriti Shah
International and
Comparative Law
Mahnoor Shakeel
Business and Finance Law
Joo Hyun Shin
General LLM
Jigme Singye
Intellectual Property Law
Siera Skendo
International and
Comparative Law
Axana Soltan
Government
Procurement Law
Sarah Stolz
International and
Comparative Law
Kaamini Suhas
International and
Comparative Law
Kento Sumi
Intellectual Property Law
Arjumand Syed
Intellectual Property Law
Sereypichra Taing
Litigation and Dispute
Resolution
Huzeyfe Tekin*
International and
Comparative Law
Shohei Teramae*
Intellectual Property Law
Sandy Torrez Chavez
International and
Comparative Law
Nana Akua Tuffour-Ampem
Intellectual Property Law
Aakriti Vadehra
Intellectual Property Law
Fiorella Valladares Meneses
Energy and
Environmental Law
Krishna Vasani
Intellectual Property Law
Raysa Vital Brazil Freire
Intellectual Property Law
Yuqian Wang
Intellectual Property Law
Axelle Wauters*
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Durani Waziri
Litigation and Dispute
Resolution
Reginald Whitaker
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Cathisha Williams
International and
Comparative Law
Yuxuan Yang
Business and Finance Law
Chanjong Yim
General LLM
Shuodian Zhou
General LLM
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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREE IN COURSE
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MAY 2024 (continued)
MASTER OF STUDIES IN LAW
Bernardita Agyekum
Government Procurement
and Cybersecurity
Maria Latif Braxton
Government Procurement
Benjamin Closs
National Security and
Cybersecurity
Michael Gerbasi
Government Procurement
Alexandra Goebert
Government Procurement
and Cybersecurity
Michael Gomes
Government Procurement
Gia McBride
Government Procurement
Melvin Nye
Government Procurement
Brandon Rodriguez
National Security and
Cybersecurity
Kimberly Ross
Government Procurement
Alfredo Sanchez
Government Procurement
Laurie Sevilla
Government Procurement
and Cybersecurity
Rachel Sindelir
Government Procurement
Sasha Newsuan Smith
National Security and
Cybersecurity
DOCTOR OF JURIDICAL SCIENCE
Omar Abu-Alreesh
International and
Comparative Law
Dissertation: “Navigating Legal
Pluralism in the United Arab
Emirates: Assessing theRole of
the Dubai International Finan
cial Centre Courts through Paul
Schiff Berman’s Cosmopolitan
Pluralism”
-
Andronikos Stylianou
International and
Comparative Law
Dissertation: “Sink or Swim:
Overcoming Impediments
to the Republic of Cyprus’
Exploitation of Maritime Rights
Arising from Outstanding
Sovereignty Issues”
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
Information about all student awards and honors can be found here:
Academic Awards:
Pro Bono Awards:
*Degrees will be conferred in September 2024 upon those students who complete all degree requirements in the 2024 Summer Sessions.
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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREE IN COURSE
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JANUARY 2024
JURIS DOCTOR
Brigid Rose Buckley
George L. Ferguson
Shushanik Gabrielyan
Alexander G. Greene
Jessica Marie Mayes
Robert J. Mingey
Jason F. Pajounia
Arthur M. Staub
Wenhao Xiong
MASTER OF LAWS
Diego A. Acosta
Business and Finance Law
Yash Agarwal
Intellectual Property Law
Yazeed Alfakhouri
Litigation and Dispute
Resolution
Sarah Mohammad N Aljurbua
General LLM
Stuart Joseph Anderson
Government
Procurement Law
Allison Anthony
Government
Procurement Law
Edward Victor Arnold
Government
Procurement Law
Eugenio Arochi de la Torre
Intellectual Property Law
Mariam Ashraf
General LLM
Sylvie Bissaloue
International and
Comparative Law
Beatriz Brito Beserra
Intellectual Property Law
Katherine Edwards Chesney
Government
Procurement Law
Davit Gharibyan
Business and Finance Law
Valentina Gonzalez
International and
Comparative Law
Aleida Gonzalez
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Dmitri Gennadievich
Goubarkov
Government Procurement
and Environmental Law
Rui Huang
General LLM
Nyarai Petronella Jambwa
International and
Comparative Law
Brian Keller
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Cory Lee
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Nicolo Minella
International and
Comparative Law
Md Anwar Hossain Mojumder
Business and Finance Law
Dorothea Karin Mund
International and
Comparative Law
Martin Stanley Novick
Intellectual Property Law
Hilal Yaprak Orhaner
National Security and
Cybersecurity Law
Jane Pauline Paulraj
General LLM
Gary W. Plourde
Intellectual Property Law
Taylor Marisa Treloar
General LLM
MASTER OF STUDIES IN LAW
Cynthia Faith Beard
Government Procurement
Erin Elizabeth Bradley
Government Procurement
John Dennis Hickman
Government Procurement
Sarah Marie Schlapman
Government Procurement
Mikhail Solodovnikov
Intellectual Property Law
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RECIPIENTS OF DEGREE IN COURSE
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SEPTEMBER 2023
JURIS DOCTOR
Geena I. Batista
Brianna D. Cox
John M. Hopkins III
Jackson Buchanan Kitchin
Ritika Rajappa
Haransh Singh
Trent M. Yarborough
MASTER OF LAWS
Orlando J. Barrios
Litigation and Dispute
Resolution
Kamyar Komeili Birjandee
Business and Finance Law
Zachary Fletcher Jacobson
Government Procurement Law
Philip Lee
Government Procurement Law
Sandra Paola Ramirez Ramon
International and
Comparative Law
MASTER OF STUDIES IN LAW
Quincy Yllon Nolly
National Security and
Cybersecurity
Joel Jackson Teah Manneh
Domah Nyenkan
Government Procurement
Pamela Brown Wright
General Studies
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