12/15/93

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Law School graduates appointed to judicial clerkships

STANFORD -- Thirty-six members of the Stanford Law School's Class of 1993 are serving in judicial clerkships during the 1993-94 term. In addition, nine graduates of previous classes are currently in clerkships, including six at the United States Supreme Court.

A law clerk's duties typically include conducting legal research and helping draft opinions on court cases.

Of the 36 new graduates in clerkships, 18 are serving on U.S. district courts, 13 on U.S. appeals courts, two on state supreme courts, one at the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and two on county superior courts.

U.S. Supreme Court clerkships

Six graduates - one from the Class of 1990, one from the Class of 1991 and four from the Class of 1992 - are currently serving in clerkships at the U.S. Supreme Court:

Michelle L. Alexander '92, of Ashland, Ore., is clerking for Justice Harry A. Blackmun. Alexander graduated from Stanford Law School with distinction and was elected to the Order of the Coif, the national law school honor society. As a student, she co-chaired the student steering committee for the East Palo Alto Community Law Project, a community-based law office operating in a predominantly low-income community near Stanford. Following graduation, Alexander clerked for Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

Hugh W. Baxter '90, of Bloomington, Ind., is working for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Baxter graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School. A former senior article editor for the Stanford Law Review, he earned the 1988-89 Jay M. Spears Award for outstanding service to the journal. No stranger to the high court, Baxter served as a clerk for Justice William J. Brennan during the 1991-92 term. In 1992-93, Baxter served an initial clerkship with Ginsburg, who was then a judge with the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

Miles F. Ehrlich '92, of Sacramento, Calif., is clerking for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Upon graduation from Stanford Law School, Ehrlich was named the Nathan Abbott Scholar for earning the highest cumulative grade point average in his class. Ehrlich was also awarded the School's first- and second-year honors for the highest average in each of his first two years of law school; a Hilmer Oehlmann Jr. Prize for outstanding work in the first-year Research and Legal Writing Program; and second-place recognition in the 1990-91 Frank Baker Belcher Evidence competition. Ehrlich graduated from law school with distinction and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He spent the 1992-93 term clerking for Judge William A. Norris, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Los Angeles.

Gary S. Feinerman '91, of Highland Park, Ill., is also working for Justice Kennedy. In 1991, Feinerman received Stanford Law School's Urban A. Sontheimer Third-Year Honor for the second- highest cumulative grade point average in his law school class. He graduated with distinction and was elected to the Order of the Coif. As a student, Feinerman served as senior note editor for the Stanford Law Review and vice-president for education in the School's Environmental Law Society. In 1991-92 he clerked for Justice Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Chicago.

Brian M. Morris '92, of Butte, Mont., is clerking for Justice William H. Rehnquist. Morris graduated from Stanford Law School with distinction. During the 1992-93 term, he worked for Judge John T. Noonan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco.

Alison M. Tucher '92, of Palo Alto, Calif., is clerking for Justice David H. Souter. She graduated from law school with distinction and as a member of the law honor society, the Order of the Coif. Tucher also earned the Steven M. Block Civil Liberties Award for distinguished written work relating to issues of personal freedom, as well as a Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Prize for outstanding work in the first-year Research and Legal Writing Program. While a student, Tucher was also senior editor of the Stanford Law Review and an officer in the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation. She, like Miles Ehrlich, spent the 1992-93 term as a clerk for Judge Norris of the Ninth Circuit.

Other 1992 graduates in clerkships

Three other 1992 graduates also hold clerkships this term:

Kelly M. Klaus of Los Angeles, Calif., for Judge Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, Calif.

William A. Torres, of Glen Cove, N.Y., for Judge Denis R. Hurley, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn. D.

Anthony West of San Jose, Calif., for Judge Barbara Caulfield, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco.

1993 graduates

The names of the clerkship appointees from Stanford Law School's Class of 1993 follow alphabetically:

Margaret E. G. Baker of Kingsville, Texas, for Justice Rose Spector, Texas Supreme Court, Austin.

Jonathan Biran of New York, N.Y., for Judge David F. Levi, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento.

Andrew G. Brown of Boston, Mass., for Judge Charles Legge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco.

Daniel W. Burke of Costa Mesa, Calif., for Judge Lourdes G. Baird, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles.

Matthew S. Churchill of Durham, Conn., for Judge Collins J. Seitz, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, Del.

Christopher R. (Casey) Cooper of Orlando, Fla., for Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, D.C.

Samuel W. Cooper of Houston, Texas, for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Charlottesville, Va.

Susan P. Coppedge of Dalton, Ga., for Judge William C. O'Kelley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta.

Colleen Doherty-Minicozzi of Falls Church, Va., for the San Francisco Superior Court.

Michael A. Fitzpatrick of Washington, D.C., for Judge William A. Norris, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Los Angeles.

Adam B. Frankel of New York, N.Y., for Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit.

Louise M. Franklin of San Francisco, Calif., for Judge Betty B. Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Seattle.

Roberto Garcia of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, for Judge Juan R. Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Rachel I. Gartner of Edina, Minn., for Judge T. S. Ellis III, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria.

John M. Glazer of Orinda, Calif., for Judge Melvin Brunetti, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Reno, Nev.

Melissa R. Gleiberman of Lancaster, Pa., for Judge Pamela Ann Rymer, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, Calif.

Jennifer E. Horne of Menlo Park, Calif., for Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, Calif.

Eric G. Hostetler of Washington, D.C., for Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich, Minnesota Supreme Court, St. Paul.

M. Timothy Iglesias of Norfolk, Va., for Judge Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco.

Anton D. Leof of San Francisco, Calif., for Judge John T. Noonan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco.

Jonathan H. Levy of Palo Alto, Calif., for Judge William Wayne Justice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler.

Demetrios G. (Jim) Metropoulos of Saginaw, Mich., for Judge Joseph T. Sneed, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, San Francisco.

Yxta M. Murray of Los Angeles, Calif., for Judge Harry L. Hupp, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles.

Daniel C. Okonkwo of New York, N.Y., for the San Francisco Superior Court.

Florence Y. Pan of Tenafly, N.J., for Judge Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, New York.

Roslyn Powell-Lima of Teaneck, N.J., for Judge Robert L. Carter, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, New York.

Michael W. Quinn of Delmar, N.Y., for Judge Robert J. Ward, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, New York.

Heidi L. Rodriguez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Justice Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri, Puerto Rico Supreme Court, San Juan.

Jonathan H. Steiner of Honolulu, Hawaii, for Judge Herbert Y. C. Choy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Honolulu.

Holly L. Sutton of Oakdale, Calif., for Judge John S. Rhoades, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, San Diego.

Timothy S. Teter of Sunnyvale, Calif., for Judge Richard A. Gadbois, Jr., U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles.

Velina C. Underwood of Sunnyvale, Calif., for Judge Judith Nelson Keep, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, San Diego.

Chad L. Wilton of Fairbanks, Alaska, for Judge James M. Fitzgerald, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska, Anchorage.

Suzanne H. Woods of Wellesley, Mass., for Judge William H. Orrick, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco.

James C. Yoon of Detroit, Mich., for Judge Alan C. Kay, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Cheryl K. Zemelman of Wynnewood, Pa., for Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, Calif.

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