Summer Experience: Lilli Marshall ’26L
Lilli Marshall spent the summer working with the litigation and labor and employment practice groups at Williams Mullen in Richmond, Virginia.
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Alumni Spotlight: Cole Bollman ’16, ’19L
Cole Bollman is an associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group at King & Spalding LLP in Atlanta.
Summer Experience: Keltin Serio ’25L
This past summer, Keltin Serio worked for international human rights firm Saccucci & Partners in Rome, Italy.
Alumni Spotlight: Kimberly Shi ’21L
Kimberly Shi works as an associate in the National Security group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Summer Experience: Lindsay Lankau ’26L
Lindsay Lankau spent her summer as an intern with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Charlotte.
In Case You Missed It
Summer Experience: Kile Granai ’25L
This past summer, Kile Granai worked as a summer associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth in New York City.
Summer Experience: Rebecca Liu ’25L
This summer, Rebecca Liu worked as a summer associate at Fox Rothschild in their New York office.
Alumni Spotlight: Morgan Fiander ’16L
Morgan Fiander is a litigation associate at Fried Frank in New York City, where she represents clients in a variety of real estate, financial, and general commercial disputes.
Career Paths: Rachel Graf ’24L
After graduation, Rachel Graf will be working in estate planning at the firm MichieHamlett.
Career Paths: Ian Joseph ’24L
After graduation, Ian Joseph will be a litigation associate at the firm McGlinchey Stafford in Nashville.
Career Paths: Bernadette Coyle ’24L
After graduation, Bernadette Coyle will work in the Workplace Class Action group for Duane Morris in Chicago.
Career Paths: Colleen Karlovich ’24L
After graduation, Colleen Karlovich will work at the firm Jones Day in Washington, D.C.
Alumni Spotlight: Tomi Akinmola ’21L
Tomi Akinmola is a judicial clerk for the Hon. Jamar K. Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Career Paths: Jasmine Cooper ’24L
After graduation, Jasmine Cooper will join Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in their Washington, D.C. office as a Labor and Employment Associate.
Career Paths: Sara Lee ’24L
After graduation, Sara Lee will clerk for a federal district court judge and then join the general litigation group at Kirkland & Ellis in their New York office.
Career Paths: Andrew Morales ’24L
After graduation, Andrew Morales will join the law firm Huff Powell Bailey in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career Paths: Ross Reggio ’24L
After graduation, Ross Reggio will be working with Manning Gross + Massenburg in the Irvine, California office.
Alumni Spotlight: Arthur Vorbrodt ’17L
Arthur Vorbrodt is a senior counsel in the Transactions Practice Group at Foley & Lardner in Dallas.
Alumni Spotlight: Noriya Shahadat ’21L
Noriya Shahadat is an associate in the Environmental and Mass Tort litigation group at McGuireWoods.
Career Paths: Catalina Perez ’24L
After graduation, Catalina Perez will head to Kennedys in Philadelphia, working in insurance coverage.
A Client-Focused Experience
Colin Matthaei ‘24L spent the fall semester working in the Intellectual Property group at Nixon Peabody in Washington, D.C.
Alumni Spotlight: Gretchen Panchik ’17L
Following a clerkship and working as a prosecutor, Gretchen Panchik now practices in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance recovery.
Empowered in the Immigrant Rights Clinic
Jose Lopez '24L describes his clinical experience and trip to Mexico City to advise migrants and refugees on the U.S. asylum process.
Alumni Spotlight: Patrick Bolling ’14L
Patrick Bolling is a principal at Woods Rogers, advising a variety of employers in traditional labor and employment.
Alumni Spotlight: Lauren Griffin ’19L
Lauren Griffin is an associate at Alston & Bird LLP, working in the Intellectual Property Litigation group based in the Charlotte, North Carolina office.
Summer Experience: Ana Laura Coria ’25L
Ana Laura Coria split her time interning at a small legal firm in Verona, Italy and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of West Virginia.
Summer Experience: Jared Hunter ’24L
Jared Hunter spent the summer as an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York City.
Summer Experience: Mariya Denisenko ’24L
Mariya Denisenko worked as a summer associate at Sidley Austin’s Chicago office.
Alumni Spotlight: Carson Cox ’22L and Trey Smith ’22L
Carson Cox and Trey Smith, both new associates at Troutman Pepper in Richmond, are involved with a pro bono case concerning veteran's benefits.
Summer Experience: Tom Boss ’24L
Tom Boss worked as a summer associate with Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.
W&L Law Releases 2022 Graduate Employment Report
According to the report, 96.6 percent of the class of 2022 secured a job that either requires bar passage or for which a J.D. degree is an advantage.
Career Paths: Francis Morency ’23L
After graduation, Francis Morency will join Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP in the firm’s Tampa Office as an associate in the Bankruptcy practice group.
Career Paths: Maddie Hawkins ’18, ’23L
After graduation, Maddie Hawkins will be a corporate law associate with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP in New York.
Career Paths: Grant McClernon ’23L
After graduation, Grant McClernon will join the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis, working with the healthcare transactions team of the Private Equity group.
Alumni Spotlight: Junior Ndlovu ’20L and Natey Kinzounza Ndlovu ’20L
Junior and Natey Kinzounza, who met at W&L Law, are both trial attorneys who honed their skills in moot court and summer externships.
Career Paths: Sica Matsuda ’23L
After graduation, Sica Matsuda will be a litigation associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, D.C and then a clerk for Judge Amy Berman Jackson at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
A Semester in New York
This fall, Joseph Aminov '23L researched cryptocurrency and other emerging financial technologies with the law firm Pryor Cashman.
Career Paths: Namrata Kang ’21L
Nam Kang enjoys solving the puzzles in compliance investigations as a member of the regulatory team at Troutman Pepper.
Summer Experience: Rob Hawes ’24L
Rob Hawes spent his summer working for Jones Day in Frankfurt, Germany.
Career Paths: Elena Schiefele ’22L
After graduation, Elena Schiefele will work for a law firm for a year and then clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Career Paths: Sarah Childs ’22L
Sarah Childs will be working for Parr Brown Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City, Utah, focusing on Intellectual Property.
Career Paths: Trey Smith ’22L
Trey Smith will be working at Troutman Pepper in Richmond, joining the firm’s White Collar Litigation and Investigations practice group.
Career Paths: Lauren Robertson ’22L
Lauren Robertson will be working with the litigation group at Holland & Knight LLP in the firm’s Tampa office.
Career Paths: Mari Gonzalez ’22L
Mari Gonzalez will be working in the corporate department at Latham & Watkins’s D.C. office.
Career Paths: Rich Gilliland ’22L
Rich Gilliland will be working for Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP in the firm’s Austin, TX office, focusing on litigation.
Summer Experience: Kobie Crosley ’23L
This summer, Kobie Crosley split his time interning with K&L Gates and the U.S. Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh, PA.
Summer Experience: Jake Walker ’22L
During his summer position in the DC office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, Jake Walker '22 did it all, and came away with a job offer.
Career Paths: Kimberly Shi ’21L
Kimberly Shi will be working for Clifford Chance LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office, focusing on litigation and dispute resolution.
Career Paths: Lara McMahon ’20L
After graduation, Lara McMahon will work for Vinson & Elkins in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and is planning on a career in government investigations and white collar defense.
Career Paths: Junior Ndlovu ’20L
After graduation, Junior Ndlovu is headed to the Allen law firm in Fredericksburg, VA to serve as a plaintiff's attorney.
Career Paths: Natalia Homchick ’20L
After graduation, Natalia Homchick will be working at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York City in the firm’s corporate department.
Career Paths: Lizzy Williams ’17L
After graduation, Lizzie will be a litigation associate at Sullivan & Cromwell’s New York City Office.
Career Paths: Jenna Lorence ’17L
After graduation, Jenna will for K&L Gates in the firms Washington, DC office.
Career Paths: Carl Krausnick ’17L
After graduation, Carl will be working for Glankler Brown back home in Memphis, Tennessee.
Career Paths: Tamra Harris ’17L
After graduation, Tamra will be working in the litigation department of Miller & Martin’s Chattanooga office.
Career Paths: McNair Nichols ’17L
After graduation, McNair will work at the Washington, D.C. office of K&L Gates doing regulatory or enforcement work.
Career Paths: Chi Ewusi ’17L
After graduation, Chi will be working for Kirkland and Ellis, in their Houston, TX office, doing primarily private equity and capital markets work.
Career Paths: Mikail Clark ’17L
After graduation, Clark will join the Charleston, WV office of Spilman, Thomas, and Battle, PLLC, doing corporate transactional and litigation defense work.
Career Paths: Lizzy Williams ’17L
Lizzy Williams, a 3L from Austin, Texas, graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in History and a Certificate in International Relations. Lizzy is Co-President of the Women's Law Students Organization, a Burks Scholar, a Student Attorney for the Criminal Justice Clinic, a Lead Articles Editor on the German Law Journal, and a Research Assistant for Professor Todd Peppers.
Career Paths:Claire Leonard ’16L
Claire Leonard '16L is from Washington, D.C. and received her bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University.
Career Paths: Caroline Colpoys ’16L
Caroline Colpoys '16L is from Dallas, TX and attended Rhodes College for her undergraduate degree.
Career Paths: Elaine McCafferty ’16L
Elaine McCafferty is from Newtown, Connecticut and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a BA in Psychology and Philosophy. Elaine is a Burks Scholar and Lead Articles Editor on the Washington and Lee Law Review.
Career Paths: Babatunde Cadmus ’15L
Babatunde Cadmus '15L attended college at the University of Delaware and received a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology.
Career Paths: Sarah Curry ’15L
Sarah Curry '15L graduated with honors from Johns Hopkins University in 2009 with a B.A. in International Relations and French.
Career Paths: Mac Mackie ’15L
Mac Mackie '15L is from Charlotte, N.C. originally and received his Bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Career Paths: Meg Sawyer ’15L
Meg Sawyer '15L is a third year law student from Columbia, Maryland.
Career Paths: Nigel Wheeler ’15L
Nigel Wheeler '15L is a third year student at Washington and Lee Law.
