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DISCOVERY DISCOVERY k Judge AMUL THAPAR of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge FRANK H. EASTERBROOK of the Seventh Circuit and Judge J. HARVIE WILKINSON III ’72 of the Fourth Circuit visited the Law School in 2017-18. CLERKSHIPS FOR THE 2018 TERM DOZENS OF JUDGES All are members NATALIE ABSHEZ MARC CAPUANO ETHAN FOSTER ’17 MEGAN KEENAN DAVID T. MARTIN ’15 ANDREW TYLER FRANK ROSENBLATT ’06 JOHN (JAY) SWANSON of the Class of VICTOR J. WOLSKI ’91 J. HARVIE WILKINSON III ’72 JULIA DAVIS VISITED LAW SCHOOL 2018 unless David T. Thuma Robert E. Payne Ralph B. Guy Cole Jr. M. Margaret McKeown OGNIBENE Barbara J. Rothstein otherwise noted. U.S. Bankruptcy Court U.S. District Court for U.S. Court of Federal U.S. Court of Appeals for U.S. Court of Appeals for Kenneth V. Desmond Jr. U.S. District Court for U.S. Court of Appeals for IN LAST ACADEMIC YEAR for the District of the Eastern District of Claims the Sixth Circuit the Ninth Circuit Massachusetts Court of the District of Columbia the Fourth Circuit New Mexico Virginia MARILYN GUIRGUIS CONNOR KELLEY DEVON MCCURDY ’17 Appeals TANNER RUSSO REEDY SWANSON ’16 PIERCE BABIRAK ANNA CASEY ’17 Frederick P. Stamp Jr. Eric L. Clay Scott M. Matheson Jr. DAVID ORTIZ NORMAN K. MOON ’62 David S. Tatel SUPREME COURT MALVEAUX WESLEY RUSSELL JR and . ALICE M. BATCHELDER TREVOR N. MCFADDEN ’06 U.S. District Court for U.S. Court of Appeals for U.S. Court of Appeals for James C. Dever III LL.M. ’88 U.S. Court of Appeals for JUSTICE STEPHEN The following judges presided over LL.M ’88 U.S. District Court for the the Northern District of the Sixth Circuit the Tenth Circuit U.S. District Court for U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia U.S. BREYER , who spoke to rounds of the Lile Moot Court com- U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia West Virginia JOHN KENDRICK ’16 WILLIAM MCDAVID the Eastern District of the Western District of Circuit the Law School in March, was just one petition, either in the fall or the fall: the Sixth Circuit North Carolina Virginia of the almost three dozen judges, many PAMELA HARRIS of the U.S. Court of ANGELIQUE A. JUDE S. HALAWI ’16 Amul R. Thapar Marc T. Treadwell ANDREW TALBOT CILIBERTI ’17 of them alumni, who spoke at and par- Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; JOSEPH BARAKAT Madeline H. Haikala U.S. Court of Appeals for U.S. District Court for KEVIN PALMER ’17 M. NICHOLAS T.S. Ellis III RUTIGLIANO ticipated in events at UVA Law during CARLTON REEVES ’89 of the U.S. Jerry E. Smith Charles R. Simpson III U.S. District Court for the Sixth Circuit the Northern District of Jay S. Bybee U.S. District Court for the 2017-18 academic year. District Court for the Southern Dis- U.S. Court of Appeals for U.S. District Court for the Northern District of HARRISON KILGORE ’17 Georgia U.S. Court of Appeals for Mark R. Hornak the Eastern District of Judge FRANK EASTERBROOK of trict of Mississippi; PAMELA REEVES the Fifth Circuit the Western District of Alabama TREVOR N. MCFADDEN ’06 JORDAN MILLER ’13 the Ninth Circuit U.S. District Court for Virginia the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sev- of the U.S. District Court of the East- KATHRYN (KATIE) Kentucky AISHA HALEY ’15 U.S. District Court for the Carolyn B. McHugh DASCHER PASCO the Western District of SCOTT TERRELL ’13 enth Circuit gave a speech in asso- ern District of Tennessee; KEVIN BARBER ’15 KYLE COLE ’17 Alan D. Lourie District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals for NORMAN K. MOON ’62 Pennsylvania Dale S. Fischer NEWSOM LL.M. ’88 ciation with receiving the Thomas of the Eleventh Circuit; Ruth Bader Ginsburg B. Lynn Winmill U.S. Court of Appeals for JEREMIAH KIRSTEIN the Tenth Circuit ETHAN SACHS U.S. District Court for THOMAS GRIFFITH ’85 Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law. of the D.C. Supreme Court of the U.S. District Court for the Federal Circuit Jaynee LaVecchia KATRINA MOBERG ’15 U.S. District Court for F. Dennis Saylor IV the Central District of ROGER GREGORY GREGG COSTA Judge of the Circuit; of the Fifth United States the District of Idaho JAMES F. HASSON New Jersey Supreme Joel M. Flaum the Western District of U.S. District Court California PAUL NIEMEYER U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; of the JACQUELINE SPENCER COWAN ’17 Edith H. Jones Court U.S. Court of Appeals for Virginia for the District of JAMES TOMBERLIN CAROL BAGLEY Circuit delivered the Ola B. Smith Fourth Circuit; BECHARA ’16 JOHN B. NALBANDIAN ’94 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit JACOB (TEX) PASLEY ’17 Massachusetts Eric L. Clay AMON ’71 ALEX KRISCHIK ’15 Lecture. , senior judge of the U.S. KENNETH F. RIPPLE ’68 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Pamela L. Reeves ETHAN SCAPELLATI ’16 U.S. Court of Appeals for JOHN GLEESON ’80 Morgan T. Zurn MARIA MONAGHAN ’17 Retired Judge , District Court for the Eastern District U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit U.S. District Court for Frederick J. Kapala the Sixth Circuit MICHAEL URBANSKI ’81 MONICA HAYMOND ’16 Delaware Court of Ed Carnes a past Jefferson Foundation Medal of New York; , the Seventh Circuit the Eastern District of U.S. District Court for recipient who served on the U.S. Dis- chief judge of the U.S. District Court JENNIFER DAVIDSON Adalberto Jordan Chancery U.S. Court of Appeals for DIANA VALL-LLOBERA DANIEL BOGER ’17 Gregg J. Costa U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Tennessee the Northern District of M. Hannah Lauck trict Court for the Eastern District of for the Western District of Virginia; MEGAN LACY ’10 Illinois New York, gave a lecture on sentenc- and PAULA XINIS of the U.S. District David L. Bunning U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Brett Kavanaugh KATHERINE (KATIE) JENNIFER POPP U.S. District Court for ing reform. Court for the District of Maryland. U.S. District Court for the Fifth Circuit ELIZABETH HEDGES Supreme Court of the MONTOYA Carl E. Stewart REBECCA SCIARRINO the Eastern District of Judge AMUL THAPAR of the U.S. Judges who taught or co-taught the Eastern District of JAMES DENNISON John K. Bush United States Jerry E. Smith U.S. Court of Appeals for John G. Koeltl Virginia Kentucky the Fifth Circuit U.S. District Court for Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit classes at the Law School included Albert Diaz U.S. Court of Appeals for SARAH LEGAULT U.S. Court of Appeals for JOSHUA WADE ’17 AMUL THAPAR JONATHAN BORLE ’16 SARAH RAFIE ’16 the Southern District of gave a speech on judicial virtue. of the U.S. Court of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit JAMES O. BROWNING ’81 the Fifth Circuit Jerome A. Holmes DARYL HECHT ED- New York Justice of the Iowa Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Thomas L. Parker the Fourth Circuit LAUREN (ALLI) HERZOG U.S. District Court for the JACOB (JAKE) MOORE ’17 Kathryn H. Vratil U.S. Court of Appeals for WARD HOGSHIRE ’70 Supreme Court; retired Justice , former circuit U.S. District Court for DANIELLE Julius N. Ricardson District of New Mexico Albert G. Lauber U.S. District Court for TESS SEWELL the Tenth Circuit ROBERT EDMUNDS of the North judge for the city of Charlottesville; the Western District of DESAULNIERS ’17 U.S. Court of Appeals for U.S. Tax Court the District of Kansas Gregory B. Wormuth JAY WILLIAMSON JOHN RICHARD “RICK” MOORE ’80 ANNE MARIE LORD Carolina Supreme Court; Judge , circuit Tennessee THOMAS B. GRIFFITH ’85 the Fourth Circuit DANIEL RICHARDSON U.S. District Court for Scott W. Stucky TYSON T.S. Ellis III CASSONDRA (CJ) of North Carolina Court of judge for the city of Charlottesville; J. HARVIE WILKINSON III ’72 the District of New KELSEY BRYAN ’15 U.S. Court of Appeals for ERIC HINTZ ’17 MURPHY U.S. Court of Appeals for Appeals; and Judge ANNE BARNES JUDITH JAGDMANN of the Virginia U.S. District Court for Mexico Vanessa L. Bryant the District of Columbia Kent A. Jordan the Eastern District of Charles P. Kocoras U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces of the Georgia Court of Appeals ap- State Corporation Commission; U.S. District Court Circuit the Fourth Circuit MEGAN SHOELL peared on a panel regarding judicial JAMES SPENCER, former judge for U.S. Court of Appeals for Virginia U.S. District Court for JILL WINTER for the District of PATRICK DORSEY ’16 the Third Circuit the Northern District of WILLIAM (WILL) Jay S. Bybee Harvey Bartle III elections. the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Connecticut JULIA MALONEY U.S. Court of Appeals for Judges JANICE ROGERS BROWN District of Virginia; JOHN CHARLES Paul L. Friedman ALEXANDER HOFFARTH Steven M. Wellner Illinois ROBERTSON U.S. District Court for LOUISE W. FLANAGAN ’88 the Ninth Circuit LL.M. ’04 of the U.S. Court of Appeals THOMAS ’75, former Supreme Court MADISON BUSH U.S. District Court for the Diane S. Sykes Superior Court of the JOSH MYERS the Eastern District of for the D.C. 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