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(Year indicates first year of clerkship term.)

Second Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

David Baluarte 2007 Office of Legal Affairs
Megan Colloton 2007 Office of Legal Affairs
Christian De Vos 2007 Office of Legal Affairs
Brad DeMuth 1999 US Court of Appeals
Larry J. Gusman 1990 Judge Roger J. Miner
Jennifer Hein 1999 US Court of Appeals
Brian Holland 1999 US Court of Appeals
Aaron Morris 2005 US Court of Appeals
Benjamin Razi 2000 Judge Roger J. Miner
Lee Schneider 1991 Judge Roger J. Miner
Catherine Sun 1997 US Court of Appeals
Ann Vermes 1991 US Court of Appeals

CONNECTICUT

Kelly Barrett 2005 Judge Stefan R. Underhill (US District Court, District of Connecticut)

NEW YORK:

Ed Hertwig 2005 Judge Lisa Margaret Smith (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Southern District of New York)
Katherine Kelly 1993 Judge Thomas J. McAvoy (US District Court, Northern District of New York)
Valorie Perez 2001 US District Court
Brian J. Siebel 1990 Judge John T. Curtin (US District Court, Western District of New York)

Third Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Kelly Barrett 2007 Judge Dolores Sloviter
Elizabeth Kandravy Cassidy 1992 Judge Richard L. Nygaard
Jeffrey D. Clark 1991 Judge Maryanne Trump Barry - WCL student clerked for this circuit court judge when she was a district court judge.
Mariam Mazzeo 1992 US Court of Appeals
Michael Platt 2003 Judge Walter K. Stapleton
Deborah Sterne 1994 US Court of Appeals
Carol Vanderwoude 2001 US Court of Appeals

DELAWARE:

Joseph Avanzato 1988 Judge Joseph J. Longobardi (US District Court)
Matthew Blischak 1989 Judge Caleb M. Wright (US District Court) - Deceased
Pamela Rypkema 1991 Judge James L. Latchum (US District Court)

NEW JERSEY:

Elizabeth Kandravy Cassidy 1992 Judge William G. Bassler (US District Court)
Jeffrey D. Clark 1991 Judge Maryanne Trump Barry (US District Court) - Now a circuit judge for the Third Circuit
Frederick Coles Judge William H. Walls (US District Court) - Hired a WCL graduate when he was a New Jersey Superior Court judge.
Robert Tanenbaum 2007 Judge Harold Ackerman (US District Court)

PENNSYLVANIA:

Geoffrey Ayers 1991 Judge Malcolm Muir (US District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania)
Brian Egan 2006 Judge Cynthia Rufe (US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
Frank C. Gulin, Jr. 1990 Judge Malcolm Muir (US District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania)
Forrest Hansen 2007 Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie (US District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania)
William P. Schaefer 1987 Judge Raymond Broderick (US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania) - Deceased
Sheku Sheikholeslami 2006 Chief Judge James Giles (US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
Brian Watson 1999 US District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Denise S. Wolf 1996 Judge Lowell A. Reed, Jr. (United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
Raymond Brandon Wuslich 1988 US District Court

VIRGIN ISLANDS:

Julieann Dimmick 1996 Judge Thomas K. Moore (US District Court)
Michael Hughes 2001 US District Court

Fourth Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Portia Brown 2003 Judge Roger L. Gregory
Peter J. Carney 1996 US Court of Appeals
Alison Fleming 2007 Judge Allyson K. Duncan
Geraldine Moohr 1991 Judge James M. Sprouse - Retired
Peter Shelton 1996 US Court of Appeals

MARYLAND:

Teresa Alutto 2006 Judge Roger W. Titus (US District Court)
Jessica Fegan 2007 Judge Beth P. Gesner (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Ian Gallacher 1991 Judge Frederick Smalkin (US District Court)
Peter Hack 2002 US District Court
Nicholas Hankey 2007 Judge Charles B. Day (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Sundeep Hora 2000 Judge Marvin J. Garbis (US District Court)
Erica Johnson 2004 Judge Charles B. Day (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
David Nayson 1995 Judge Marvin J. Garbis (US District Court)
Nancy Oliver 1993 Judge Frederic N. Smalkin (US District Court)
Katherine Parker 2002 Judge Paul Mannes (US Bankruptcy Court)
Victoria Phillips 1988 Judge Edward S. Northrop (US District Court)
Morton Posner 1992 Judge Daniel E. Klein, Jr. (Magistrate Judge, United States District Court) - Deceased
Jeffrey Rhodes 1995 Judge Duncan W. Keir (US Bankruptcy Court)
Laura Schmoyer 2007 Judge Deborah K. Chasanow (US District Court)
Michael Shaw 2001 US District Court
Rodney Villazor 2000 Judge Charles B. Day (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Kevin Willen 2001 Judge Peter J. Messitte (US District Court)
Stephanie Wood 2004 Judge J. Frederick Motz (US District Court)

NORTH CAROLINA:

Alexander Cohen 2007 Chief Judge Louise Flanagan (US District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina)
Frederick W. Evans 1990 Judge Richard C. Erwin (US District Court, Middle District of North Carolina)
Marvealavette D. Jackson 1988 US District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
Scott Phillips 1989 Judge Robert D. Potter (US District Court, Western District of North Carolina)
Joan Vail 1992 Judge Frank W. Bullock, Jr. (US District Court, Middle District of North Carolina)

SOUTH CAROLINA:

Joy D'Amore 1989 Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr. (US District Court)
Elizabeth Xidis 2001 Judge M. Seymour (US District Court)

VIRGINIA:

Michael Beverly 2005 Judge James E. Bradberry (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Anne Braucher 2003 Judge Douglas O. Tice, Jr. (US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Portia Brown 2002 Judge Gerald B. Lee (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Beth Burkstrand-Reid 2002 Pro Se Law Clerk (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Margaret Burns 1998 Judge Claude M. Hilton (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Susan Bozorth 1992 Judge James C. Turk (US District Court, Western District of Virginia)
Meredith Childers 2002 Judge Thomas Rawles Jones, Jr. (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Jackie Cho 2001 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Meghan Colloton 2003 Pro Se Law Clerk (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
David Ervin 1992 Judge Leonie M. Brinkema (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia) - Clerkship was when Judge Brinkema was a Magistrate Judge
Sharon Finegan 2001 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Farrah Fontaine 2005 Judge Barry R. Poretz (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Sarah Gordon 2006 Pro Se Law Clerk (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
James Harkins 1988 Judge Walter E. Hoffman (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia) - Deceased
Elizabeth Hecht 1993 Judge Claude M. Hilton (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Linda Howell 1991 Judge Glen M. Williams (US District Court, Western District of Virginia)
Dawn Karolic 1999 Pro Se Clerk (United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Kamala Lannetti 1989 Judge Joseph Clavitt Clarke, Jr. (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia) - Retired
David Lee 2005 Judge James C. Turk (US District Court, Western District of Virginia)
Matt Mitro 2003 Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan (Magistrate Judge, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
Michelle Miyake 1994 Judge Barry R. Poretz (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Joseph Nah 1998 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Sara Needleman Kline 1994 Judge Leonie M. Brinkema (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Jarrett Perlow 2004 Pro Se Law Clerk (US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
Katrina Poplawski 1999 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Thais Richardson Rencher 1997 Judge Leonie M. Brinkema (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Heather Russell 1997 Judge Claude M. Hilton (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Katherine Sawyer 2004 Judge Claude M. Hilton (US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
Kevin Sherburne 1989 Judge Tommy E. Miller (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Amy Smith 1999 Judge Barry R. Poretz (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Jarid Smith 2006 Judge Gerald Bruce Lee (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Kasa So 2001 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Paul Spackman 1999 Judge Welton Curtis Sewell (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Allison Stanton 2001 Judge Barry R. Poretz (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Pamela Strauss 1993 Magistrate Judge (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Russell Wheeler 2002 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Zuberi Williams 2005 Judge Gerald Bruce Lee (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Tritia Yuen 2007 Judge M. Hannah Lauck (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)
Scott Alexander Zebrak 1995 US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Tara Zurawski 2006 Judge Claude M. Hilton (US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia)

WEST VIRGINIA:

Brian Muller 1998 Judge Robert J. Staker (US District Court, Southern District of West Virginia)

Fifth Circuit

LOUISIANA:

Aaron Bailey 2002 Judge Tucker L. Melancon (US District Court, Western District of Louisiana)
Sunita Patel 2005 Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle (US District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana)

TEXAS:

Ferdose Al-Taie 2001 Judge Jerry Buchmeyer (US District Court, Northern District of Texas)
Brian Benjet 1993 Judge Robert C. McGuire (US Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas) - Retired
Candace Beck Brown 1999 Judge Paul Stickney (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Northern District of Texas)
Nathan Dimock 2002 Judge George P. Kazen (US District Court, Southern District of Texas)
Antonia Fasanelli 2001 Judge Barefoot Sanders (US District Court for the Northern District of Texas)
Eric Johnson 2002 Judge A. Joe Fish (US District Court, Northern District of Texas)
Maureen Milligan 2005 Judge William F. Sanderson (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Northern District of Texas)

Sixth Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Midwin Charles 1999 Judge Eric Lee Clay
Alexander Wohl 1990 Judge Ralph B. Guy, Jr.

OHIO:

Maureen Jefferys 2000 US District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Jeffrey Karlin 1989 Judge Alvin I. Krenzler (US District Court, Northern District of Ohio) - Retired
Peter Cummings Tucker 1990 Judge Thomas D. Lambros (US District Court, Northern District of Ohio) - Retired

MICHIGAN:

Emily Aldridge 2003 Judge Steven D. Pepe (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan)
Neha Dewan 2005 Judge Julian Abele Coo. Jr. (US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan)
Ned Greenberg 1990 Judge Horace Gilmore (US District Court, Eastern District of Michigan)

TENNESSEE:

Rebecca Grady 2002 US District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
Russell Gray 1993 Judge R. Allan Edgar (US District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee)
Daniel Horwitz 1990 Judge John T. Nixon (US District Court, Middle District of Tennessee)
George Simon LaRoche 1988 US District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
Anna Stimmel 2007 Judge Thomas A. Varlan (US District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee)

Seventh Circuit

Court of Appeals:

Geoffrey Meyer 2005 US Court of Appeals

ILLINOIS:

Kimberly Bacher 2005 Judge Jack B. Schmetterer (US District Court, Northern District of Illinois)
Jim Ferg Cadima 2005 Judge Maria Valdez (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Northern District of Illinois)
Heather Gordon 1994 Judge Michael M. Mihm (US District Court, Central District of Illinois)

WISCONSIN:

Brian McConville 1990 Judge J.P. Stadtmueller (US District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin)

Eighth Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Lily G. Arbab 1995 Judge Pascoe M. Bowman, II
David Meyers 1997 Judge Gerald W. Heaney
Jennifer Slagle 2007 Judge Roger L. Wollmann
Marilyn Stahl 1987 Judge Roger L. Wollman

MISSOURI:

Pamela Foster Crystal 1992 Judge Gary A. Fenner (US District Court, Western District of Missouri)

Ninth Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Carmen Corbin 2006 Judge Arthur L. Alarcon
Jeff Milton 1999 US Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

ALASKA:

Jenny Miller 1999 Judge James K. Singleton, Jr. (US District Court)

ARIZONA:

Carmen Forrest 2004 Judge Robert C. Broomfield (US District Court)

CALIFORNIA:

Lisa Barsoomian 1992 Judge James M. Ideman (US District Court, Central District of California) - Retired
John D. Geelan 1990 US District Court, Central District of California
Sara Slaff Levine 1988 Judge David V. Kenyon (US District Court, Central District of California) - Retired
Erin Sanchack 2004 Judge Anthony Battaglia (Magistrate Judge, US District Court, Southern District of California)

HAWAII:

Erin Chlopak 2003 Judge Helen W. Gillmor (US District Court)
Charles Meyer 1989 Judge David A. Ezra (US District Court)
Jessica Mickelsen 2006 Judge David A. Ezra (US District Court)

NEVADA:

Jason Maier 2003 Judge James C. Mahan (US District Court)

Tenth Circuit

KANSAS:

Elizabeth Abraham 2004 Judge Jay Thomas Marten (US District Court)

NEW MEXICO:

Aric Elsenheimer 2006 Judge William P. Lynch (US District Court)

OKLAHOMA:

Slade Cutter 2002 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma

Eleventh Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Tim Foden 2005 US Court of Appeals
Juliet Cohen 2005 US Court of Appeals
Chris Keehner 2000 US Court of Appeals
Daniel Zelenko 1997 US Court of Appeals

ALABAMA:

Sonya Adamo 1990 Judge William M. Acker, Jr. (US District Court, Northern District of Alabama)
G. Cameron Pfeiffer 2000 Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr. (US District Court, Southern District of Alabama)
Neil Schwartz 2000 Judge William M. Acker, Jr. (US District Court, Northern District of Alabama)

GEORGIA:

Sandra Saseen 1990 US District Court

District of Columbia Circuit

COURT OF APPEALS:

Thomas C. Goldstein 1996 Judge Patricia M. Wald
Caryn Lewis 1989 US Court of Appeals

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:

Julienne Adler 1991 Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Jeremy Barber 2005 Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. (US District Court)
Kristen Bender 1991 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson (US District Court)
Brad Brooker 2004 Judge Reggie B. Walton (US District Court)
Jodi Cleesattle 1994 Judge Alan Kay (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Andrew Fausett 2007 Judge Reggie B. Walton (US District Court)
Andrew Fausett 2005 Judge S. Martin Teel, Jr. (US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia)
Thomas C. Goldstein 1995 Judge Charles R. Richey (United States District Court) - Deceased
Amy Griffith 1996 Judge Patrick Attridge (Magistrate Judge, US District Court) - Retired
Alan Issokon 1991 Judge Emmet G. Sillivan - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Janene Jackson 1998 Judge Reggie B. Walton - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Monet Theresa Jackson 1987 Judge Reggie B. Walton - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Leslie Klein 1998 Judge Alan Kay (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Amy J. Mauser 1988 Judge Charles R. Richey (United States District Court) - Deceased
Anna Bradley McBeth 1995 Judge Reggie B. Walton - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Christopher Nowicki 1996 Judge Alan Kay (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Debra Pacheco 1989 Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Douglas B. Paul 1990 Judge John G. Penn (US District Court)
Patrick Robbins 1989 Judge Aubrey Robinson, Jr. (US District Court) - Deceased
Joan Ruff 1999 Judge Reggie B. Walton - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.
Addy Schmitt 2004 Judge Emmet G. Sullivan (US District Court)
Bill Sherman 1987 Judge Royce C. Lamberth (US District Court)
Frank Shyn 1995 Judge Alan Kay (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
Jill Singer 1992 Judge Deborah A. Robinson (Magistrate Judge, US District Court)
John Troung 1997 Judge Ricardo M. Urbina (US District Court)
Jessica Waters 2003 Judge Emmet G. Sullivan (US District Court)
Veronica Wiles 1996 Judge Ricardo M. Urbina (US District Court)
Carole J. Yanofsky 1995 Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. - WCL student clerked for this district judge when he was a state judge.

Federal Circuit

Helen Dutton Judge Randall R. Rader
Teresa Lavenue 1997 US Court of Appeals
Robert McManus 2001 Judge Pauline Newman
Lawrence Sung 1993 Raymond C. Clevenger, III

Specialty Courts

US COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS:

Cynthia Bair 2005 Judge Robert H. Hodges, Jr.
Kenneth Burry 1993 Judge Reginald W. Gibson
Daniel Cantor 1996 US Court of Federal Claims
Matthew Collins 2001 US Court of Federal Claims
Alexander Djordevich 1992 Judge Christine Odell Cook Miller
Scott Fitzsimmons 2004 Judge Marian Blank Horn
David H. Grove, Jr. 1997 US Court of Federal Claims
Tracy Hauser 1992 Judge Loren A. Smith
Karen Holzen 2007 Judge Laura D. Millman (Special Master)
Lawrence Kaye 1991 Judge Christine Odell Cook Miller
Heather Kilgore 2005 Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams
Douglas King 1994 Judge Robert J. Yock
Lionel Lavenue 1992 Judge Robert J. Yock
Traci Manning 1998 US Court of Federal Claims
Jay S. Marks 1991 US Court of Federal Claims
Nabila Isa-Odidi 2005 Judge Laura D. Millman (Special Master)
Michael Joseph Rosenthal 1988 Judge Bodhan A. Futey
Puja Satiani 2002 Judge Margaret M. Sweeney
Anne Lauren Springer 1988 Judge John L. Napier - Retired
Hugo Teufel 1990 Judge Loren A. Smith
Quynh Tram 2001 US Court of Federal Claims
Benjamin Winter 2000 Judge Marian Blank Horn

US TAX COURT:

Pamela S. Ammerman 1995 U.S. Tax Court
Amber Hoffman 2002 U.S. Tax Court
David Levy 1995 Judge James S. Halpern
Patricia Manasevit 1991 Judge Joel Gerber
Jennifer Wurzbacher 2005 Judge James S. Halpern

US COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE:

Jerome Hanifin 1991 US Court of International Trade
Matthew Leviton 2006 Judge Judith M. Barzilay
Kit Miller 2004 Judge Gregory W. Carman
Alberto Rossi 2004 Judge Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.
Cynthia Schultz 1990 Judge Gregory W. Carman
John Stratakis 1989 Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas

US COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS:

Ann Bang 1990 US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Robbin Blaya 1995 US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Margaret Ciszek 1993 US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Keith Coyle 2007 Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr.
Jane Heinrichs 1994 Judge Kenneth B. Kramer
Michael Jensen 2005 Judge William A. Moorman
Alice Koethe 2007 Judge Robert N. Davis
Matthew Lamorena 2003 Judge Kenneth B. Kramer
Lia Neill 2003 Judge William P. Greene, Jr.

US COURT OF APPEALS FOR ARMED FORCES

Jarrett Perlow 2007 Staff Attorney

Administrative Agencies

US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE:

Kelly J. Andrews 1991 Drug Enforcement Administration - ALJ
Ann Atalla 2006 Immigration Court (Arlington, VA)
Eileen Filler-Corn 1993 Immigration Judge
Meg Hobbins 2007 Immigration Court (Baltimore, MD)
Tejal Jesrani 2005 Immigration Court (New York, NY)
Amy Krassner 1992 Office of Immigration Judges
Christine Lin 2005 Immigration Court (Los Angeles, CA)
Neha Misra 1994 Board of Immigration Appeals
Jamie Stulin 2006 Chief Judge Mary Bittner, Drug Enforcement Administration
Bharathi A. Venkatraman 1996 Immigration Review
David Warner 1993 Chief Immigration Judge
Maria Lopez Wright 1994 Board of Immigration Review

US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR:

Erik Anderson 1993 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Heather C. Bupp Habuda 1990 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Tom Burrell 2006 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Juli Gammon 1994 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Laurie Levin 1990 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Kelly McCormick 1998 Office of Administrative Law Judges

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION:

Sarah Leinicke 2007 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Laurie Neustadt 1992 Office of Administrative Law Judges
Paul Ghosh Roy 2005 Office of Administrative Law Judges

US POSTAL SERVICE:

Melissa Doniger 1994 US Postal Service - Judicial Officer Department

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Nihan Keser 2006 Chief Judge George Painter

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Cecilia De Robertis 2005 Office of Administrative Law Judges

 
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