Annual Report 2013-2014 Office of Law School Advancement
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Table of Contents Dean’s Report 2014 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Alumni Engagement 2014-2015 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Endowed & Non-endowed Funds ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14 In Brief 2013-2014 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 A Letter from the President ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18 Joseph Henry Lumpkin Society …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 20 Joseph Henry Lumpkin Society Spring Twilight Affair …………………………………………………………………… 26 Honor Roll 2013-2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 28 Gifts from Corporations, Foundations & Organizations ………………………………………………………………… 56 Gifts from Friends, Faculty & Staff ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 58 Verner F. Chaffin Society ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 60 Memorial & Honorary Gifts …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 62 Firm & Corporation Alumni Challenge ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 64 Legacy Participation 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 68 Class Participation 2013-2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 69 Law School Advancement Staff Contact Information Gregory C. Sowell (J.D.’83) Sr. Director of Law School Advancement & Adjunct Professor of Law (706) 542-7985 [email protected] Phyllis R. Cooke, Director of Annual Giving Anne S. Moser, Principal Gifts Officer (706) 542-7637 [email protected] (706) 338-0982 [email protected] Julia B. Douglas, Annual Giving Officer Lara Pulliam, Stewardship Manager (706) 614-4734 [email protected] (706) 542-4726 [email protected] Jeremy T. Headrick, Major Gifts Officer Kate O’Reilly, Coordinator of Alumni Relations (706) 224-6960 [email protected] & Development Lisa C. Mathis, Sr. Events Coordinator (706) 542-5190 [email protected] (706) 542-5075 [email protected] Susan Hanson, Administrative Associate (706) 542-7959 [email protected] © 2014 by the University of Georgia School of Law. The University of Georgia is a unit of the University System of Georgia. In compliance with federal law, including the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Georgia does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or military service in its administration of educational policies, programs, or activities; its admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University-administered programs; or employment. In addition, the University does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation consistent with the University non-discrimination policy. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the director of the Equal Opportunity Office, Peabody Hall, 290 South Jackson Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Telephone (706) 542-7912 (V/TDD). Fax (706) 542-2822. The University of Georgia Foundation is registered to solicit in every state and provides state specific registration information at www.ugafoundation.org/charity. Design-Mediarail Printing-Creasey Printing About the cover: Georgia Law has a long tradition of excellence in advocacy, and the 2013-14 academic year was definitely one of the school’s best. Four national titles were won this past year at the 64th Annual National Moot Court Competition, the oldest and most prestigious moot court competition in the country; the Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, which pits the best moot court programs from across the country against each other based on performance from the previous year; the Third Annual South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the 29th Annual Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition. The 2013–2014 University of Georgia School of Law Annual Report Dean’s Report 2014 Dear alumni and friends, As I am sure you are aware, last spring, I announced my decision to step down as dean, with the goal of having a successor in place by January 1, 2015. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your law school’s leader for the past 11 years. When I took over as dean in 2003, I pledged to leave our institution better than I found it. Together, we have done that, and we have made a good law school even better. We have an outstanding student body, taught by a talented faculty and supported by a dedicated Dean Rebecca Hanner White administrative team and staff. Our school enjoys strong support from you, our alumni and friends, as well as from the university’s administration – presently led by 1980 Georgia Law alumnus Jere W. Morehead. I am pleased Peter B. “Bo” of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. I know you join me in Rutledge, a scholar in the fields welcoming and supporting Bo in his new leadership of international dispute resolution role at the law school. and arbitration, will become dean When looking back over the past year, there are many on January 1. Bo, the Herman high points to be shared. Starting with our faculty, six E. Talmadge Chair of Law, has professors received promotions. Erica J. Hashimoto served as our associate dean for was named the Allen Post Professor of Law, while faculty development since 2013. Usha Rodrigues was awarded the M.E. Kilpatrick Chair Bo Rutledge, the holder of the He is a former Fulbright Scholar, of Corporate Finance and Securities Law. Associate Talmadge Chair of and his scholarship includes two Professor Matthew I. “Matt” Hall was granted tenure, Law and associate dean for faculty books and nearly 40 articles and and Mehrsa Baradaran, Timothy “Tim” Meyer and Logan development, will book chapters. Bo earned his E. Sawyer III were promoted to associate professor. become dean of Georgia Law on bachelor’s degree magna cum Erica joined the Georgia Law January 1. laude from Harvard University, faculty in the fall of 2004, and his master of letters degree from the University of she currently leads courses Aberdeen in Scotland and his J.D. with high honors in criminal law, evidence and from the University of Chicago, where he served as sentencing. Also, she oversees executive editor of The University of Chicago Law the school’s Appellate Litigation Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Clinic, which had impressive In addition to clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice results this past year (and are Clarence Thomas, he served as a judicial clerk for Post Professor detailed later). Her articles have Erica Hashimoto Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court been published in the Boston The 2013–2014 University of Georgia School of Law Annual Report 1 Dean’s Report 2014 University, Northwestern, Washington and Lee, and Logan also arrived in Athens William and Mary law reviews. during 2010. He leads courses Usha has been a member of the in the areas of American legal law school faculty since 2005. She history, corporations and legal teaches Corporations, Contracts II, ethics. With academic interests in the relationship between law and Lifecycle of the Corporation and political institutions in American Business Ethics. Her scholarship history, Logan’s scholarship has has appeared in the Emory Law appeared in the American Journal Journal, the Fordham Law Review, Associate Professor Logan Sawyer of Legal History, the Law and the Minnesota Law Review, the History Review and the William Kilpatrick Chair of University of Illinois Law Review, and Mary Bill of Rights Journal. Corporate Finance the Virginia Law Review and the and Securities Law Usha Rodrigues Washington and Lee Law Review. Other notable honors bestowed on our faculty during the past year include Woodruff Chair in International Specializing in the areas of federal Law Diane Marie Amann serving as the Distinguished jurisdiction and civil procedure, Discussant for the 16th Annual Grotius Lecture at Matt came to Athens in 2009. His the American Society of International Law Annual courses include Civil Procedure, Meeting. Her talk was titled “The Post-Postcolonial Federal Courts, and the Law Woman or Child.” and Ethics of Lawyering. He has Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and holder of authored articles appearing in the the Cleveland Distinguished Chair of Legal Ethics Fordham Law Review, the George and Professionalism Lonnie T. Brown Jr. received the Washington Law Review, the Associate Professor Student Bar Association Professionalism Award in the Stanford Law Review Online and Matt Hall spring. the UCLA Law Review. Associate Professor Elizabeth Chamblee Burch Mehrsa became a faculty member was the recipient of the law school’s 2014 John C. at Georgia Law in the fall of O’Byrne Memorial Award for Significant Contributions 2012. Teaching in the areas of Furthering Student-Faculty Relations. contracts and banking law, her Associate Professor Harlan G. Cohen was elected to scholarship has been published serve as a member