Chicago Inductees

At the Spring Meeting in Chicago, Following his military service, Barry firm's management committee as well the Academy welcomed the following graduated magna cum laude in 1984 as its appellate practice group. six distinguished appellate advocates from the Law to its ranks: School, where he was selected to Barry served on the Lawyers Advi- the Order of the Coif and served as sory Committee for the Fifth Circuit Barry Ashe senior managing editor of the Tulane from 2001 to 2007, and is a fellow of Barry Ashe received his undergradu- Law Review. After law school, Barry the Bar Foundation and ate degree, summa cum laude, from clerked for the Honorable Carolyn an active member of its Education Tulane University in 1978, where Dineen King, Circuit Judge of the Committee. He is an active mem- he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth ber of the Federal Bar Association, and Omicron Delta Kappa and was Circuit. having served as the recipient of the Pi Sigma Alpha Award chapter's president in 2010–2011. for distinction in political science. In 1985, Barry joined the New Barry has been named to The Best He then served as a surface warfare- Orleans law firm of Stone Pigman Lawyers in America, Louisiana Super qualified line officer in the United Walther Wittmann L.L.C. His Lawyers and Chambers USA. He has States Navy, achieving the rank of practice is concentrated in products taught commercial litigation and lieutenant, in stints as acting executive liability, class action/complex, and constitutional law at the Loyola officer, engineering officer, and deck commercial litigation, in addition University School of Law as an officer of a minesweeper. to his appellate work. He chairs the adjunct professor.

New members Scott Gan, Chilton Varner, William Quirk, Barry Ashe, and Jane Webre. New member Gregory Garre

The Appellate Advocate n 2014 Issue 2 Page 13 Barry’s civic involvement includes on “Bankruptcy for Public Lawyers,” his 14-year term as the newest bank- active membership in the First Bap- “Chapter 7 Liquidations,” “Payment/ ruptcy judge in Tucson, Arizona. tist Church of New Orleans, where Adjustment of Taxes in Chapter 11,” he serves as president of the trustees, and “Appellate Practices in South- Gregory Garre deacon, Bible study teacher, and choir ern Arizona.” He has appeared as a Gregory Garre is a partner in the member. Barry also sits on the board lecturer for the state bar of Arizona, Washington, D.C., office of Latham of Global Maritime Ministries. the Pima County Bar Association, & Watkins LLP and chair of the the Association of Public Attorneys, firm’s Supreme Court and appellate Though a New Orleans native, Barry the Federal Bar Association, and the practice. He previously served as the is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox. National Business Institute. Scott 44th Solicitor General of the United He and his wife, Susan, have made it served as the chair of the Arizona States (2008–2009), Principal Deputy a goal to see the Red Sox play in every State Bar appellate practice section Solicitor General (2005–2008), and ballpark in the major leagues. In addi- from 2005–2006. He has been listed Assistant to the Solicitor General tion, Barry is a portraitist, focusing as one of the Best Lawyers in America (2000–2004), and is the only person primarily on historical figures in oil in appellate law since 2007. to have held all of those positions and graphite. within the Office of the Solicitor Gen- Scott regularly participates in the eral. He has argued 39 cases before Scott Gan Southern Arizona Legal Aid Volunteer the U.S. Supreme Court and numer- Scott has active bankruptcy and Lawyer Program. In 2002, he was first ous other cases before the courts of appellate practices and is chair of named one of the Top 50 Pro Bono appeals. His recent cases include Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C.’s Attorneys of Arizona by the Arizona Fisher v. University of Texas, Vance v. appellate section. Scott received his Foundation for Legal Services and Ball State University, Florida v. Harris, undergraduate degree in chemistry Education. He received that award v. Home Concrete Supply from the University of Arizona in again in 2011 and 2014. In 2005, & Co., Ashcroft v. Iqbal, and FCC v. 1977 and his J.D. from the Univer- Scott received the William E. Mor- Fox. Following his graduation from sity of Arizona College of Law in ris Pro Bono Service Award from the law school, he served as a law clerk to 1980. Prior to joining Mesch, Clark Arizona Foundation for Legal Services Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist & Rothschild in 1986, he served and Education. In 2008, he received and to Judge Anthony J. Scirica of four years as a Pima County public the Arizona Supreme Court Judicial the United States Court of Appeals defender. Scott is a member of the Branch Achievement Award for serv- for the Third Circuit. state bar of Arizona, the Pima County ing the public by improving the legal Bar Association, the American profession. He drafted two guides Mr. Garre has taught constitutional Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the for the unrepresented: General Civil law and Supreme Court practice for American Bankruptcy Institute, and Appeals and Appeals from Decisions of many years at the George Washington the Arizona Bankruptcy American the Arizona Industrial Commission. University Law School. He has testi- Inns of Court. Scott has appeared on In 2012, Scott was awarded the Pro fied before Congress and speaks and numerous occasions before the Ari- Bono Attorney of the Year award by publishes frequently on issues related zona Court of Appeals, the Arizona the Arizona Supreme Court for his 25 to the Supreme Court and appellate Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit years of pro bono service. practice. In 2011, the Chief Justice Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, and the of the United States appointed Mr. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In March 2014, Scott was selected by Garre to the Standing Committee the Ninth Circuit to replace the Hon. on the Rules of Practice and Pro- Scott is a frequent lecturer on busi- Eileen Hollowell, retiring bankruptcy cedure of the Judicial Conference ness reorganization and appellate judge in the District of Arizona. On of the United States. Mr. Garre has procedures. He presented seminars September 22, 2014, Scott will begin received numerous awards for his

Page 14 The Appellate Advocate n 2014 Issue 2 public service, including the Attorney Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy before Georgia. In 2011, after a peer-review General's Medallion for his service as its merger with Polsinelli. survey, Best Lawyers named Chilton Solicitor General. He is a recipient Appellate Lawyer of the Year in her of the Attorney General's Distin- Bill’s wife, Deborah, is also a lawyer, region. guished Service Award, the Attorney and is a devoted Kansas Jayhawks General's Award for Excellence in basketball fan; together, they attend In 2004, Chilton was appointed by Furthering Interests of U.S. National at least 10 games a year in nearby Chief Justice William Rehnquist to Security, and additional honors from Lawrence. They have two daughters, the Federal Civil Rules Advisory the Department of Justice for his Kathleen and Emily, who are recent Committee. She was reappointed work on important civil litigation college graduates now working on for a second term by Chief Justice matters. the East Coast. Outside of work, Roberts in 2007. Chilton serves on Bill enjoys reading, classical piano, the editorial board of Moore’s Federal Bill Quirk and particularly golf. While his golf Practice, a leading treatise on federal Bill Quirk has a B.A. in history from career has not been stellar, he did court litigation. She has co-chaired the University of Pennsylvania and have the distinction of succeeding the program of the Eleventh Circuit a J.D. from Georgetown Law. He is Tom Watson as captain of his high Judicial Conference three times, the chair of the Appellate Practice school golf team, although admit- served as a member of the Program Group at Polsinelli PC, a Kansas tedly the team fared somewhat better Committee for three other confer- City, Missouri-based firm with more under Tom’s leadership. ences, and participated as a panel- than 700 lawyers in 18 offices across ist and focus group leader at four the country. Chilton Varner conferences. The Eleventh Circuit Chilton Varner joined the law firm asked her to serve as its representative Bill has represented clients in state of King & Spalding in 1976. She at the Federal Judicial Center’s First and federal appellate courts for more became the first female partner in National Conference on Eliminating than 30 years. In addition to its work the firm's litigation department, and Racial, Gender and Ethnic Bias in for outside clients and firms, the the first female to serve on the firm's the Courts. She is a trustee of the firm’s appellate group is involved in management committee. Chilton is Eleventh Circuit Historical Society. every appeal generated by the firm’s the senior partner on King & Spald- Chilton is married to K. Morgan own extensive trial practice. He ing's product liability team, which Varner, an attorney, and has one and members of his group are also The American Lawyer has twice daughter, Ashley, who is an oncology involved frequently at the trial court recognized as one of the top three social worker in Washington, D.C. level in many cases, advising on error such practices in the country. She is preservation, jury instructions, and the immediate past president of the Jane Webre critical motions. American College of Trial Lawyers Jane received both her undergraduate and has been named to the short degree (1986) and her J.D. (1989) Bill has been a member of the Mis- list of best female litigators by the from the University of Texas. While souri Supreme Court’s Appellate National Law Journal, Chambers, in law school, Jane was active in the Practice Committee since 2002 and Law 360 and Benchmark. Chilton Board of Advocates and became a is a member of the Editorial Board has an active appellate practice and member of the Order of Barristers. of the Journal of the Missouri Bar. He has often been invited to participate After law school, Jane clerked for one is recognized for appellate practice in cases after an adverse result. She year for Hon. Reynaldo Garza of the in Best Lawyers, Missouri and Kansas has successfully argued appeals in Fifth Circuit. Superlawyers, Benchmark Litigation, the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and and Benchmark Appellate. He served Eleventh Circuits and the Supreme Jane is a partner in the Austin, as general counsel for the firm of Courts of Florida, Alabama, and Texas, law firm of Scott, Douglass [continued on page 16]

The Appellate Advocate n 2014 Issue 2 Page 15 Chicago Inductees [continued from page 15] Eisenberg Prize

& McConnico, L.L.P. Her practice By Edward J. Kionka focuses on civil appellate work and Southern Illinois University School of Law, civil motions practice in state and Carbondale, Illinois federal courts. Though her appellate practice is mostly focused in Texas and the Fifth Circuit, she has also argued cases before the New York The Eisenberg Prize was presented tee are Fellows Ted Kionka, Jon State Appellate Courts and the U.S. to the Honorable Richard Posner, Laramore, and Matt Lembke. The Supreme Court. Judge of the United States Court of award recipient receives a plaque and Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, at $2,000. Jane is active in the local and state the spring 2014 Academy meeting bar appellate sections and has served in Chicago. His winning article, Judge Posner has been a judge of the as chair and council member of each. “Judicial Opinions and Appellate Seventh Circuit for over 30 years. She has been active in the Robert Advocacy in Federal Courts: One During that time he has authored, in Calvert chapter of the Inns of Court Judge’s Views,” was published in the addition to thousands of opinions, a and the Travis County Women Lay- Winter 2013 issue of the Duquesne body of work on the law that stands ers’ Association. Law Review. out for its extraordinary breadth of insight. Jane comes from a large Cuban– The Eisenberg Prize is awarded American family; she is the youngest annually by the Academy (if there In the first paragraph of his win- of nine and the only girl in the family. is at least one worthy candidate) to ning article, Judge Posner says, “My When she had the privilege of arguing the article deemed the best article purpose in this article is to distill before SCOTUS in 2013, the Webre on appellate practice or procedure my beliefs concerning opinions siblings traveled from various states to published during the preceding and advocacy into practical advice watch. But the family member who year, July 1 to June 30. The award is for federal court of appeals judges, was most excited was her 12 year old named in honor of the late Howard their law clerks, and the lawyers son Sam, who was giddy that his hotel Eisenberg, a fellow of the Academy. who practice before these courts.” room had a bidet. At the time of his premature death In the committee’s view, he achieved in June 2002, Howard was dean his purpose so well that his article of the Marquette Law School in was the hands-down winner. One Milwaukee. member of the committee said he was already using things he learned The prize-winning article is selected in the article. It would be difficult to by a committee of the Academy imagine an article that would have and approved by the Board. The greater practical value to appellate current members of the commit- lawyers and judges.

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