CONVOCATION MAY 14, 2016 SCHOOL OF LAW CONVOCATION PROGRAM Music George Mason University Jazz Ensemble Academic Procession* Presentation of Colors George Mason University US Army ROTC WELCOME TO THE CLASS OF 2016 GRADUATION. National Anthem George Mason University Jazz Ensemble Graduates, we are extraordinarily proud of you and honored to share this memorable Welcome HENRY N. BUTLER Dean and Professor of Law occasion with you and your families. Student Speakers RYAN JAMES WAUTLET Since its inception, the law school has sought to bring a distinctive and creative approach Student Bar Association President to legal education and scholarship and has been in the forefront of curricular innovation. TIMOTHY LAM TANG Our top-ranked law school is a reflection of our outstanding students that includes this Day Class Speaker year’s class. We appreciate all the hard work of today’s graduates, including their effort BRANDON ROBERT GOULD and commitment to our core tenet of “LEARN. CHALLENGE. LEAD.” by learning the law Evening Class Speaker (LEARN), interacting and engaging with intellectual vigor (CHALLENGE) and taking Introduction of Faculty Speaker HENRY N. BUTLER leading roles (LEAD) as their careers move forward. I look forward to the remarkable Dean and Professor of Law achievements you will attain with the tools and skills learned during your time with us. Faculty Speaker Address MICHAEL I. KRAUSS Professor of Law Graduates, no matter where your legal career takes you, I hope you will stay connected with Mason Law. Most importantly, stay engaged with our strong and active alumni Introduction of Guest Speaker HENRY N. BUTLER Dean and Professor of Law network, especially helping Mason Law students who are looking for mentors as the years progress. Your support is vital as we continue on our mission to move “Onward Guest Speaker Address THE HONORABLE PAULINE NEWMAN and Upward.” U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Special Recognition Congratulations on this tremendous achievement. Presentation of Diplomas Best wishes, Closing Remarks HENRY N. BUTLER Dean and Professor of Law Recessional* Henry N. Butler Reception to Follow Dean George Mason University School of Law *Audience should remain seated. 1 GUEST SPEAKER PAULINE NEWMAN | CIRCUIT JUDGE PAULINE NEWMAN was appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan in 1984. From 1969 to 1984, Judge Newman served as Director, Patent, Trademark and Licensing Department, FMC Corporation, and as house counsel from 1954. She worked as a research scientist at the American Cyanamid Company from 1951 to 1954. From 1961 to 1962, she worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a science policy specialist. She served on the Domestic Policy Review of Industrial Innovation from 1978 to 1979, on the State Department Advisory Committee on International Intellectual Property from 1974 to 1984, and from 1982 to 1984 as Special Adviser to the United States Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. She served as a Distinguished Professor GRADUATES of Law at the George Mason University School of Law. Judge Newman received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1947, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1948, a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1952, and an LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1958. 2 SCHOOL OF LAW GRADUATES MASTER OF LAWS DEGREE BRYAN J. CANNON JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC TERRICA VICTORIA CARRINGTON WILLIAM HINSON MORGAN R. PANKOW Law and Economics MARY ALICE CASALE JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES SAMANTHA KATHERINE PARKER ADRIAN E. CIACCI JEESUN HONG ELIZABETH PARKS TAN THO MINH BUI AEDAN FLANAGAN COMEY TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN NADY PERALTA VAHID SHAHMOHAMMADI CHRISTINE CONNELL THOMAS HUNT GABRIELLE CATHERINE PETERS MARYLOUISE CORNELL RANDALL J. HURLBURT LAUREN PFLUGRATH Intellectual Property JONATHAN COX STEPHEN ROY JACKSON ELENA R. PROCOPI CALEB CROSSWHITE GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON EVAN PURCELL SUSHMA CHAUHAN STEPHEN WADE CUPCHECK ERIC JONES MOUNIA RHOULAM BABAK AKBARI ZARIN LAURA MARIA D’AGOSTINO ELENA KAMENIR KIRSTIN HELENA RIESBECK LUCAS T. DANIELS SARISH KHAN BRITTANY S. RIPPER JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE SIDDHANT DAS SUNG WOOK KOOH SARAH SAMI ANGELINE DECHIARA CHRISTIAN KOZLOWSKI DANIEL SCHNEIDER BRIAN ALEXANDER ABBOTT MARK DESANTIS JOHN LANE COURTNAY SELLERS MARK EMILIO SIOCO ABRAJANO ZACHARY ANDREW DEUBLER GINA LEE JAMES FRANCIS SHANNON III ZEYNEP ELIF AKSOY MATTHEW LEE DEVENDORF YOOJUN LEE ARUN SHOME RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS MEGGAN DEWITT OLEXIY MICHAEL LEVCHUK JOHN SOBCHAK ZOHRA ANWARI MANMEET KAUR DHINDSA COREY M. LIPP TYLER SOUTHWICK JAMES PHILLIP ATKINSON PETER F. DONOHUE OLGA LURIE AMY SPAIN ELIZABETH DALTON BACA DANIELLE ELIZABETH ELY LYNZI CAROL MAAS BOYD A. STEPHENSON RICHARD BACA MARY EMBREY JACOB MACE TIMOTHY LAM TANG CASEY J. BACH WENDY EVERETTE TAYLOR MACHNICK JOHN R. THOMPSON PRIYANKA BAJAJ BLAKE W. FRIEMAN KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY CHRISTOPHER ROBERT TOPHAM GWENDOLYN G. BALL JAMES FULTZ LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY MATTHEW SCOTT TULLY MATTHEW E. BARNET KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN CARLY MEE DAVID JOSEPH TWELLMAN, JR PAUL BASZNER ANNA GENTRY ABHI M. MEHTA DEVIN WATKINS ANTHONY M. BATT BRANDON ROBERT GOULD ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH RYAN JAMES WAUTLET JAMES C. BEATY CHASE PARSON GRANGE KEVIN MISENER DANIEL THAYER WOISLAW IAN JOSEPH BEUCKELAERE STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF GEOFF MOODY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDRA YINGLING MICHAEL S. BLILEY SAMANTHA GRUNBERG VICTOR L. MORALES JAMES ARTHUR YORK III ANDREW J. BLOCK * ORLY HALPERN BRIAN ANTHONY MOTTL OMAR ZEROUAL BRANDON BRADLEY CHARLES D. HAMMOND MONICA ROSE MUNIN JENNIFER LYNN ZIELONIS MEGHAN LYNN BRENNAN JOSEPH HARRINGTON AUSTIN K. MURATA DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN ABBY MARIE BULLOCK CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HARRIS SEAN K. MURPHY BRYAN BURACK JEFF HARRIS COLEY R. MYERS III * December 2016 JD graduate CONNOR JAMES CAIN ELIZABETH HARTIGAN ELISE MARIE NELSON EMILY J. CANIS AMELIA MACHARG HENRY CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL 4 5 SCHOOL OF LAW GRADUATES - HONORS SCHOOL OF LAW GRADUATES - SPECIAL AWARDS SUMMA CUM LAUDE DANIEL D. POLSBY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP BRANDON ROBERT GOULD PETER F. DONOHUE MAGNA CUM LAUDE HENRY G. MANNE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LAW AND ECONOMICS ELISE MARIE NELSON ZEYNEP ELIF AKSOY RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRYAN J. CANNON ANTITRUST LAW MARY ALICE CASALE BLAKE W. FRIEMAN GEOFF MOODY JOSEPH HARRINGTON CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HARRIS GILES SUTHERLAND RICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE STUDY OF JOHN LANE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW LYNZI CAROL MAAS GEOFF MOODY DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL EVAN PURCELL LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD DANIEL THAYER WOISLAW SIDDHANT DAS TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN CUM LAUDE LAW SCHOOL PRO BONO AWARD MARK EMILIO SIOCO ABRAJANO IAN JOSEPH BEUCKELAERE CARLY MEE EMILY J. CANIS NADY PERALTA WENDY EVERETTE KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS AWARD SAMANTHA GRUNBERG GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON WENDY EVERETTE ELENA KAMENIR STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF CARLY MEE FAMILY LAW SECTION OF THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR AND VIRGINIA CHAPTER ELISE MARIE NELSON OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS LAUREN PFLUGRATH FAMILY LAW BOOK AWARD BOYD A. STEPHENSON TIMOTHY LAM TANG ELIZABETH PARKS DEVIN WATKINS DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN VIRGINIA TRIAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION STUDENT ADVOCACY AWARD LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY 6 7 SCHOOL OF LAW GRADUATES - SPECIALTY TRACKS PATENT LAW REGULATORY LAW MATTHEW E. BARNET JAMES C. BEATY PAUL BASZNER BOYD A. STEPHENSON JACOB MACE CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL TIMOTHY LAM TANG JAMES ARTHUR YORK III OMAR ZEROUAL DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN STUDENT ACTIVITIES 8 STUDENT ACTIVITIES STUDENT ACTIVITIES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RICHARD BACA BLACK LAW STUDENTS BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC RESOLUTION SOCIETY 2014 ABA National Negotiation Competition ASSOCIATION Vice President of Marketing, 2014-15 GRADUATING BOARD ANTHONY M. BATT GRADUATING BOARD MATTHEW SCOTT TULLY 2014 ADR Negotiation Intramural, Vice President of Programs, 2014-15 EVAN PURCELL Third Place COURTNAY SELLERS President, 2015-16; Intramural President, 2014-16 JEESUN HONG EMILY J. CANIS Co-Chair, 2014-15 Treasurer, 2014-15 MARY ALICE CASALE 2014 ADR Negotiation TERRICA VICTORIA CARRINGTON PETER F. DONOHUE Intramural, Third Place Vice President, 2014-16 BRANDON BRADLEY CHASE PARSON GRANGE Program Coordinator, 2014-15 ELIZABETH HARTIGAN JAMES PHILLIP ATKINSON ANTHONY M. BATT Vice President of Skills and Treasurer, 2014-15 Education, 2014-16 JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN COMMUNICATIONS 2013 ABA Regional Negotiation 2014 ABA Regional Mediation Competition; LAW ASSOCIATION 2014 ADR Mediation Intramural, Champion Competition; 2013 ADR Negotiation BUSINESS LAW SOCIETY Intramural, Champion GRADUATING BOARD CHRISTIAN KOZLOWSKI ABHI M. MEHTA GRADUATING BOARD SIDDHANT DAS ANNA GENTRY Vice President of Marketing MONICA ROSE MUNIN CHASE PARSON GRANGE President, 2015-16; Treasurer, 2014-15 and Outreach, 2014-16 President, 2015-16; Vice President 2013 ABA Regional Negotiation of Administration, 2014-15 DANIELLE ELIZABETH ELY Competition; 2013 ADR Negotiation AMERICAN CONSTITUTION Vice President of External Affairs, Intramural, Champion SOCIETY LAUREN PFLUGRATH 2015-16 ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH Executive Vice President, 2015-16; GRADUATING BOARD JEFF HARRIS Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Outreach, 2014-15 Vice President of Internal Affairs, Records, 2015-16 KEVIN MISENER WENDY EVERETTE 2015-16 President, 2014-15 BRYAN BURACK Vice President of Marketing and Technology, 2014-16 GRADUATING MEMBERS Vis