Wake Forest Law alumnus, youngest practicing attorney in North Carolina, excels in litigation

April 10, 2019

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wake Forest Law alumnus Daniel Gibson ’15 may have been the youngest practicing attorney in North Carolina when he started working as an associate at Cannon Law in Statesville in September 2015. Gibson came full circle in March 2017 when he joined Cary Law Firm PLLC as chief

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Wake Forest Law alumnus wins Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for commitment to local down syndrome community

April 10, 2019

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Wake Forest Law alumnus David Daggett ’95, attorney and partner with the law firm Daggett Shuler in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was proud to accept the 2018 Forsyth County Governor’s Volunteer Service Award in the People’s Choice category. Daggett was nominated by the Piedmont Down Syndrome Support Network  for this prestigious

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet to deliver Case Western Reserve Law commencement address

April 10, 2019

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Rebecca Dallet, Class of 1994, will return to Case Western Reserve University School of Law to deliver the commencement address on Sunday, May 19. Dallet most recently won a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 3, 2018.

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New York Times deputy general counsel discusses First Amendment and journalism at Albany Law

April 10, 2019

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — Albany Law alumnus David McCraw ’92, deputy general counsel of The New York Times, returned to Albany Law School on March 27, 2019, to discuss the themes in his new book, Truth in Our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts.

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Villanova Law alumnus named ABA Section fo Taxation Public Service Fellow

April 8, 2019

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — Villanova Law alumnus Omeed Firouzi ’18 was named a 2018-2020 American Bar Association Section of Taxation Christine A. Brunswick Public Service Fellow. The Fellowship, which supports Firouzi’s work as an attorney in Philadelphia Legal Assistance’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, will begin in September 2018.

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Vanderbilt Law alumna wins Law360 Distinguished Writing Award

April 8, 2019

VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL — Vanderbilt Law alumna Laura Dolbow ’17 has won a 2018 Law360 Distinguished Writing Award, which recognizes excellence and clarity in legal writing, in the law school category for her Note, “A Distinction without a Difference: Convergence in Claim Construction Standards,” published in the Vanderbilt Law Review in April 2017.

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Vanderbilt Law alumna award for article on expert witnesses in medical malpractice trials

April 8, 2019

VANDERBILT LAW SCHOOL — Vanderbilt Law alumna WyNell Henson ’18 has won the 2018 Nagareda Prize for her Vanderbilt Law Review Note, “A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Examining the Admissibility of Experts’ Prior Malpractice under the Federal Rules of Evidence.” The annual prize recognizes the best scholarly paper in the fields of litigation and dispute

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Wisconsin Law alumna wins State Bar of Wisconsin’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

April 8, 2019

STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN — Wisconsin Law alumna Seep Paliwal ’15 is the recipient of the Young Lawyers Division’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. Paliwal not only provides family law representation to indigent clients, she recently launched two pro bono initiatives: the Municipal Defense Project and the Foreclosure Defense Project.

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Wisconsin Law housing rights champion Vel Phillips dies at 95

April 8, 2019

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON — Wisconsin Law alumna Vel Phillips ’51, the law school’s first African-American graduate, died on April 17. She was 95. Phillips — the first African-American to serve on Milwaukee’s Common Council and the first woman elected to it — became an influential voice in the national movement for fair housing during the

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Wisconsin Law alumna preserves Menominee Indian culture

April 8, 2019

WISCONSIN LAWYER — University of Wisconsin Law alumna Toni Caldwell is the tribal attorney for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, located in Keshena. Caldwell uses her legal skills in a wide variety of areas in tribal, state, and federal courts. But preserving Menominee culture and values is what drives her.

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