Women’s Congressional Policy Institute to serve as executive director of the National Association for State Community Services Programs where she will continue her dedication to public policy and making the legislative process more accessible to women, especially women of color.


2000s


Claudia Gordon ’00, honored as an AUWCL Cicchino Award recipient, was appointed to serve on President Biden’s National Council on Disability and is a senior accessibility strategy partner at T-Mobile.


Nancy Faulkner ’01 is currently serving as Maryland deputy state court administrator.


Reagan Sauls ’02 joined the Atlanta office of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP as counsel in their expanded Education Law group. Regan has represented school districts in Georgia for more than 15 years and handles matters including personnel matters and hearings, civil rights and discrimination claims, and advises boards of education on policies and procedures.


Jeremy Elman ’02 joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Practice Group. He was previously with Allen & Overy and has over 20 years of experience at the intersection of law and technology with his intellectual property litigation and advisory practice. He regularly leads teams of attorneys in defending innovators and has helped some of the world’s leading companies in disputes over patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks.


Brooks McArthur ’02 joined Gravel & Shea as a litigation


partner. He is one of Vermont’s most experienced litigators and is oſten sought out as counsel in high profile federal and state criminal matters and complex civil matters. McArthur has successfully been lead counsel on many cases, including several of the most high profile criminal and civil cases in recent Vermont history.


Richard Lucas ’03 was selected to receive the 2022 Presidential Rank Award.


Moxila Upadhyaya ’03 was appointed as US magistrate judge in the US District Court and will serve an eight-year term presiding over civil and criminal matters. Until recently, Ms. Upadhyaya was a partner at Venable LLP, with a practice focused on complex civil litigation.


David Moon ’04 was designated majority leader of the Maryland House of Delegates.


Olivia Bedi ’05, a partner in the Intellectual Property and Litigation groups at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, has been named secretary on the 2023- 24 nomination slate for the Economic Club of Chicago’s Executive Committee. She will be the first Asian American woman to hold the officer position of secretary in the club’s 95-year history. Olivia currently chairs the club’s membership committee.


Justin H. Brown ’05, a partner at Ballard Spahr, has been awarded the Daniel R. Ginsberg Leadership Award by the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) in recognition of his leadership in the fight against anti-Semitism, racism, and all forms of prejudice. He is one of just four individuals nationally to receive the award for 2023.


Melanie Nakagawa ’05 joins Microsoſt as corporate vice


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president and chief sustainability officer from her previous role as director for climate at NSC.


Jason J. Fleischer ’06 was promoted to partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in the Energy, Regulation and Litigation department of the DC office where he focuses on energy litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters before the CFTC, FERC, and other federal agencies and the federal courts.


Megan Scheib ’06 joined Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s Litigation section as a senior attorney in the Philadelphia office. She has considerable experience at the federal, state, and local levels, including trials, appeals, governmental inquiries, and internal investigations. She was also named a 40 Under 40 honoree by the Philadelphia Business Journal and as a Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer.


Alexander Benezra ’07 was appointed to serve as a judge for the Phoenix Municipal Court in Phoenix, Arizona.


Meghan R. Biss ’07 was elected as a member at Caplin & Drysdale. She joined the firm’s Exempt Organizations practice group in January 2018 aſter more than a decade with the IRS and now helps charities, other tax- exempt organizations, and donors navigate IRS processes and achieve their programmatic and philanthropic goals.


Lydia Lawless ’07, former Maryland Bar counsel, has joined Kramon & Graham, a leading law firm providing litigation, real estate, and transactional services, as a principal.


Rachel A. Packer ’07 was elected partner in Blank Rome’s Philadelphia office.


Clelia Castro-Malaspina Gore ’08 has co-authored a nonfiction children’s book called Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’s Guide to the First Amendment, published by Running Press Kids, and has received many positive reviews—including a starred review from Booklist, a leading children’s book reviewer.


2010s


Joseph A. Brazauskas, ’10 has become senior counsel at Bracewell, LLP where he helps clients navigate complex federal legislative and regulatory processes with a focus on energy, environment, and natural resources. He also has extensive experience both managing and responding to matters involving congressional oversight and investigations.


Lindsay B. Allen ’11 was promoted to partner at Perkins Coie and is a member of the Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising practice. Her practice covers the full breadth of trademark and copyright law, including trademark clearance, counseling, prosecution, portfolio management, and enforcement matters as well as copyright counseling, protection, and enforcement strategies.


Wala Blegay ’11 was elected to Prince George’s City Council and serves as vice-chair, Prince George’s County, representing District Six.


Gary C. Norman ’11 was chosen to serve as part of a task force of consultants at the American Association of Medical Colleges Center for Health Justice, working as part of the multi-sector partner group on health equity. He voices on behalf of disability health equity in this role.


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