William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Annual Report Archives and Law School History Fall 2020 2019-2020 Annual Report William & Mary Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/report Copyright c 2020 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/report A LAW SCHOOL FOR THE BOLD 2019 – 2020 ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020 LAW SCHOOL BOARDS 1 THE MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION OFFICERS TRUSTEES President Carla A. Archie ’95 Kindra L. Kirkeby ’00 Douglas E. Brown ’74 Marcia E. Asquith ’90 Jeffrey A. Lowe ’89 Vice President Michael E. Baumann ’79 Jacob A. Lutz III ’81 Joyce A. Kuhns ’83 Craig D. Bell ’86 Catherine M. Marriott ’86 Secretary/Treasurer Beth S. DeSimone ’84 Victor J. Miller ’93 Terry E. Hall ’86 Paul R. Eckert ’96 J. Thomas Morina ’83 Ann D. Fairchild ’96 Kevin O’Neill ’99 Lauren A. Ferrari ’83 James A. Penney ’83 Mary A. Francis ’90 Anita O. Poston ’74 1 Daniel A. Gecker ’82 Jimmy F. Robinson, Jr. ’98 WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OFFICERS DIRECTORS President Latoya C. Asia ’09 Alison Wickizer Toepp ’07 Michael E. Dick ’06 Patrick M. Brogan ’85 Lin Wang LL.M. ’18 President-Elect Stephanie Rever Chu ’92 Gerald C. Wells ’94 Anne E. Bomar ’91 Summer Chu LL.M. ’13, J.D. ’15 Secretary Daniel A. Cody ’98 Nora Garcia Nickel ’07 John N. Crist ’76 Co-Chair, Alumni-Student Andrea D’Ambra ’03 Activities Maryann Nolan Chong ’07 Christopher R.M. DeLacy ’99 Eric L. Dobberteen ’73 Chair, Brand Loyalty Task Force Bishop M. Garrison, Jr. ’10 Christopher K. Gottfried ’09 Michel G. Grable ’97 Chair, Nominations Anne Hampton Haynes ’11 Michael T. Kaufman ’06 Robert A. Maylor ’05 Co-Chair, Alumni-Student George S. Newman ’70 Activities Adela Parvaiz LL.M. ’04 Bart Newland ’84 C. Ezekiel Ross ’03 Chair, Development Marguerite Hopkins Taylor ’91 Philip L. Russo, Jr. ’84 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 25 Message from the Dean 6 Words of Thanks 8 Bold Moments 14 Bold Planning 15 Giving 16 New Chapters: Dean Davison M. Douglas, Professor Lynda L. Butler, Vice Dean and Professor Patricia E. Roberts ’92 and Professor Ronald Rosenberg 18 Reunion Giving and Class of 2020 Virtual Celebration 20 Honor Roll of Donors 21 Lifetime Giving Societies 26 For the Bold: Professorships, Scholarships and Named Spaces 28 Donor Recognition Societies 34 Alumni Donors by Class Year 43 Friends of the Law School 45 Faculty & Staff Donors 46 Foundations, Corporations and Law Firms 33 In Memoriam 41 Honorary Alumni 42 Thank You to Members of Our 2020 Reunion Committees 47 The Firmmate Challenge 48 Class Participation 33 44 MESSAGE FROM 5 THE DEAN Dear Alumni and Friends, I had the honor of sharing the news of the For the Bold As some of you may know, I grew up in Hampton Roads, campaign’s resounding success on July 1, my first official day not far from William & Mary. My forebearers were as your dean. As celebrated in this report, the Law School enslaved people and my grandmother labored as a raised $86.2 million, a result far in excess of the original $75 domestic throughout her life. Their descendants include million goal. Your immense generosity included more than $37 lawyers: my father, a Harvard Law School graduate and million for law student scholarships, more than $35 million federal judge, and me. I am honored to serve as the first for the school’s most pressing needs, and almost $6 million for African-American dean of America’s first law school. law professorships. Giving across all schools and programs at I have always believed that being a lawyer is about more William & Mary totaled $1.04 billion, an amazing final tally. than earning a living. As lawyers, we are uniquely trained Leadership of the Law School’s campaign rested on the to be able to make a difference. That is why William & Mary Law School was founded: to educate and5 train highly skilled, shoulders of Dean Davison M. Douglas, Campaign Chair James D. Penny ’83 and the members of the Steering ethical lawyers who will contribute to the public good. I Committee. They evidenced incredible vision and want our students to have heart, to have soul, to have that dedication. A bold campaign required bold leaders! commitment to community and to service. That is what differentiates William & Mary from other law schools: its Bold leadership and vision were hallmarks of all of Dean reputation for educating talented lawyers who care. Douglas’s endeavors. During his 11-year tenure, the Law School recruited more than a dozen world-class legal scholars Of our university values, excellence resonates the most with and teachers, established the Hixon Center for Experiential me. It is the standard that William & Mary lives by and is what Learning and Leadership and expanded the clinical and this school exemplifies in legal education. That is why I came externship programs. He also ably stewarded the Law School here. I did not come to make William & Mary Law School through the early and uncertain weeks of the pandemic in excellent, I came here because it is excellent. I think this is the the final semester of his deanship. Following the conclusion best law school in the country and the world needs to know it. of his service as dean, I worked closely over the summer This school has a bright future ahead and I am excited to be with a wonderful team of faculty, staff and administrators part of it. to ensure we could offer extensive and high-quality remote instruction and limited in-person instruction to students this fall under conditions that promote health and safety. I thank Dean Douglas for a job well done and for his unstinting and selfless service to this community. I am delighted A. Benjamin Spencer that he will continue to teach and produce impactful Dean and Chancellor Professor of Law scholarship as a member of our faculty for years to come. Of our university values, excellence resonates the most with me. It is the standard that William & Mary lives by and is what this school exemplifies in legal education. That is why I came here. I did not come to make William & Mary Law School excellent, I came here because it is excellent. I think this is the best law school in the country and the world needs to know it. 6 WORDS OF THANKS In 2011, the Law School embarked on an ambitious effort to raise $75 million by 2020 as part of William & Mary’s For the Bold campaign. You more than answered our call, not only helping meet our goal two years early with your generosity and volunteer efforts, but providing an additional $11 million in gifts and commitments by the end of the campaign. Because of you, we are able to admit the best and most promising students and provide them with much-needed scholarships, upgrade our technology to deliver a law education for the 21st century, bring leading experts to campus for symposia, conferences and lectures, and grow our endowment for the future. Just as important, you help our new dean, Ben Spencer, as he begins the Law School’s next exciting chapter. Thank you for the many ways that you support this and future generations of William & Mary law students. We have said it many times before, but never with more certainty: Our best days 6lie ahead of us! Davison M. Douglas James D. Penny ’83 John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence Campaign Chair Dean Emeritus William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School 7 $100M $90M $86.2M $80M $70M The For the Bold campaign came to a triumphant close 7 on June 30, raising $1.04 billion across the university. $60M Of that total, the Law School raised $86.2 million. That result represents some amazing opportunities, $50M and includes more than $37 million going to law student scholarships, more than $35 million to fund the Law School’s most pressing needs, and nearly $6 $40M million supporting law professorships. $30M $20M $10M $0M GIFTS OF CASH, PLEDGES AND ESTATE GIFTS IN FY 2012 – FY 2020 STEERING COMMITTEE Chair Betsy C. Anderson HON ’15 William A. Galanko ’83 Lee E. Tankle ’13 James D. Penny ’83 D. Jarrett Arp ’91 Terry E. Hall ’86 (Ex Officio) Michael E. Baumann ’79 Barbara L. Johnson ’84 Edwin S. Waitzer ’85 Theresa K. Baumann Scott G. Lindvall ’86 Douglas E. Brown ’74 J. Michael Payne HON ’17 Stephen P. Carney ’80 Leonard D. Simmons ’16 Anna P. Engh ’89 (Ex Officio) 8 BOLD MOMENTS For the Bold has proven to be an audacious undertaking for the Law School. What follows are some of the many Bold Moments during this transformative campaign. Timothy P. Dunn and his wife, Ellen R. Stofan, who received their undergraduate degrees from William & Mary in 1983, establish the H. Stewart Dunn, Jr. Civil Liberties Project at the university through one of the first gifts made for the campaign. An interdisciplinary effort that honors Dunn’s father, H. Stewart Dunn, Jr., the Project brings noted speakers—such as Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of Berkeley Law (pictured) — to campus to provide a deeper understanding of civil liberties and encourage 8students to become civically engaged in supporting and defending them. Under the leadership of Dixie and Henry Wolf ’64, J.D. ’66, William & Mary alumni and friends of former Associate Justice of the U.S.