Alumni Careers

Updated June 4, 2024

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Corporate General Counsel

Virginia ranks third in the number of chief legal officers at the nation’s top 500 companies, according to a 2019 survey by Chambers Associate.

Dwight C. Arn ’74, Hallmark International, Kansas City, Missouri

Lindsay Krause Blackwood ’01, Brink's Company, Richmond, Virginia

Rasmani Bhattacharya ’93, CSG Systems, Englewood, Colorado

Erik Bodenhofer ’01, Reebok International, Canon, Massachusetts

Mark Brazeal ’93, Broadcom Inc., San Jose, California

Katherine J. Brennan ’03, Marsh McLennan, New York

Carlos M. Brown ’99, Dominion Energy, Richmond, Virginia

Erva Cockfield ’10, Uber, Washington, D.C.

Stephen K. Coss ’94, Sonic Automotive, Charlotte, North Carolina

James F. DesMarais ’87, BlackRock, London

Hilary Dessouky ’97, Patagonia, Inc., Ventura, California

Howard Diamond ’94, Frontier Airlines, Denver

Grace Fu ’09, KAYAK and Open Table, New York

Leah McLaughlin Fazio ’11, Vitamix, Olmsted Township, Ohio

Jeffrey W. Ferguson ’91, The Carlyle Group, Washington, D.C.

Brad Feuer ’94, Barnes & Noble, New York

Guy R. Friddell III ’76, Landmark Media Enterprises, Norfolk, Virginia

Nathaniel Gardiner ’81, Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, Massachusetts

Craig S. Gatarz ’87, Veritone, Costa Mesa, California

Timothy B. Goodell ’84, Hess Corp., New York

Yolanda Howze ’04, Generation Bio, Cambridge, Massachusetts

David Hyman ’93, Netflix, Los Gatos, California

Nicolas Jafarieh ’01, Sallie Mae, Newark, Delaware

John C. Junek ’74, Ameriprise Financial, Minneapolis

Stephen Keeley ’99, Crowe, Chicago

John J. Kelley III ’85, Equifax, Atlanta

Georgia V. Man '12, Kodiak Cakes, Salt Lake City

Thomas J. Mattei Jr '99, Neiman Marcus, Dallas

Kevin A. Maxwell ’04, Smith & Wesson Brands, Knoxville, Tennessee

Michael R. McAlevey ’89, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, Tennessee

Paula McGlarry ’97, Oliver Wyman Group, New York

Thomas M. Moriarty ’89, Albertsons, Boise, Idaho

Lauren Neiswender ’00, Big Sky Growth Partners, Seattle

Elizabeth Norton ’10, Walmart, Bentonville, Arkansas

Caroline Miller Oyler ’90, Papa John's International, Louisville, Kentucky

R. Hewitt Pate ’87, Chevron, San Ramon, California

Benjamin Paul ’08, Maverick Natural Resources, Houston

Tracy Preston ’91, Macys, New York

Kristen Prohl ’00, Unisys, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Dylan Ramsey ’05, iFIT, Logan, Utah

John A. Rogovin ’87, ByteDance, Los Angeles

Mark Shelton ’92, State Street Corporation, New York

Christine Stroh Reddy ’93, Beacon Roofing Supply, Herndon, Virginia

Paul Sieminski ’02, Automattic (parent company of WordPress), San Francisco

Rhonda M. Taylor ’92, Dollar General Corp., Goodlettsville, Tennessee

B. Scott Tilley ’89, STIHL Incorporated, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Mark B. Tresnowski ’86, Madison Dearborn Partners, Chicago

Doug Towns ’92, Guardian Pharmacy, Atlanta

James Turoff ’04, The Hershey Company, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Wilma Wallace ’89, REI, Kent, Washington

L. Kent Workman ’99, Hamilton Beach Brands, Charlotte, North Carolina

Joseph C. Ventura ’03, Humana, Louisville, Kentucky

Michael C. Wu ’92, Bath & Body Works, Columbus, Ohio

Government

177 UVA Law alumni have served in the U.S. Congress to date: 145 in the House, 48 in the Senate and 16 served in both. 

Andrew Beshear ’03, Governor, Kentucky

Robert A. Borcherding ’99, Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.

Mark F. Brzezinski ’91, U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Warsaw

Robin C. Carnahan ’86, Administrator, General Services Administration, Washington, D.C.

John Cornyn III LL.M. ’95, U.S. Senator, Texas

John N. Kennedy ’77, U.S. Senator, Louisiana

Angus S. King Jr. ’69, U.S. Senator, Maine

Bonnie Latreille ’13, Federal Student Aid Ombudsman, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

Sheila Jackson Lee ’75, U.S. House of Representatives, 18th Congressional District of Texas, Texas

Andrea Lucas ’11, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C.

Neil MacBride ’92, General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Jennifer L. McClellan ’97, U.S. House of Representatives, 4th Congressional District of Virginia, Virginia

Bill Nelson ’68, Administrator, NASA, Washington, D.C.

Douglas Parker ’97, Assistant Secretary of Labor, OSHA, Washington, D.C.

India Pinkney ’98, Executive Director, International Affairs, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C.

David M. Turk ’99, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Tanesha Way ’96, Lieutenant Governor, New Jersey

Bradley Weinsheimer ’89, Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Sheldon Whitehouse ’82, U.S. Senator, Rhode Island

Erica Y. Williams ’98, Chair, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Washington, D.C.

Public Interest/Nonprofit

Mary C. Bauer ’90, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Mark Bromley ’95, Council Chair, Council for Global Equality, Washington, D.C.

Timothy S. Burgett ’99, General Counsel, World Vision International, Monrovia, California and Johannesburg

David W. Carr Jr. ’83, General Counsel, Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, Virginia

Emily Fan ’03, Deputy General Counsel, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, California

F. Sheffield Hale ’85, President and CEO, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

Jeffrey S. Kerr ’87, General Counsel, PETA, Washington, D.C.

Robert Lindsey ’06, General Counsel, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Austin, Texas

Jonathan Lowy ’88, President and Founder, Global Action for Gun Violence, Washington, D.C.

Katharine Redford ’95, Executive Director, Equation Campaign, Washington, D.C.

Mary Rouvelas ’96, Senior Counsel, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Washington, D.C.

Corporate Executives and Entrepreneurs

Michael Alvarez ’80, COO & Co-Founder, Longroad Energy, Ross, California

Shanti Ariker ’95, Chief Legal Officer, JFrog, Sunnyvale, California

Jeffrey Bartos ’97, President, ESB Holdings, Philadelphia

Bruce R. Bilger ’77, Chairman and Head of Global Energy, Lazard, Houston

Peter Bowden ’98, Global Head of Energy, Jefferies & Co., Houston

David S. Brown ’79, Co-President, Grand Pacific Resorts, Carlsbad, California

Robert G. Byron ’76, Chairman, Blue Vista Capital Partners, Chicago

David Burke ’93, Chairman & CEO, Selby Lane, Menlo Park, California

Diane Long Cafritz ’95 Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President, CARFAX, Centreville, Virginia

Rhonda Crichlow ’92 Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Charter Communications, Stamford, Connecticut

Anthony Della Pietra Jr. ’85, Managing Director, Citi Holdings, Citibank, New York

Thomas DeVita ’90, Chief Financial Officer, MKP Capital Management, New York

Frederick Downs ’86, Partner, PAR Capital Management, Boston

Arnold Evans ’96, Enterprise Ethics Officer, Truist Financial Corporation, Atlanta

Matthew Fass ’93, President, Maritime Products International, Newport News, Virginia

William B. Fryer ’74, Principal, Iron Tree Capital, Atlanta

Chris Gaskill ’08, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Summit Materials, Denver

Eric Grant ’07, President, Municode, Tallahassee, Florida

Colin Greenspon ’04, Co-founder and Partner, Narya Venture Capital, Cincinnati

Kevin M. Haley ’96, Chief Strategy Officer, Under Armour, Baltimore

Brad Handler ’95, Founder and Chairman, Inspirato, Denver

Michael Hankin ’82, President and CEO, Brown Advisory, Baltimore

Sven Erik Holmes ’80, Vice Chair, KPMG, New York

B. Matthew Hornor ’99, Director, Maple Gold Mines, Vancouver, British Columbia

Jane Church Horvath ’91, Chief Privacy Officer, Apple, Cupertino, California

Andrew Karp ’86, Managing Director, Bank of America Business, Charlotte, North Carolina

Catherine Keating ’87, Chief Executive Officer, Wealth Management, Bank of New York Mellon Corp., New York

T. Maria Lam ’94, Vice President, Director of International Legal, Intel Corp., Palo Alto, California

Mitch Lasky ’88, General Partner, Benchmark Capital, Menlo Park, California

Theodore Mathas ’92, Chairman and Retired CEO, New York Life Insurance, New York

Shannon Nash ’95, Chief Financial Officer, Wing, Palo Alto, California

Thomas Newell ’82, Executive Chairman, Signature Senior Lifestyle, London

Lars Norell ’98, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Altus Power, Greenwich, Connecticut

Nils H. Okeson ’90, Chief Executive Officer, Inspire Brands, Atlanta

Tim Palmer ’83, Co-founder and Senior Advisor, Charlesbank, Boston

James Rutherfurd ’81, Managing Director, Pine Brook Partners, New York

Nitin Shah ’09, Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Regulatory Legal, Shopify, Washington, D.C.

Kathryn Sheehan ’96, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Amazon.com, Seattle

Craig Silliman ’94, Executive Vice President and President of Verizon Global Services, New York

Dasha Smith ’98, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, National Football League, New York

John Van Deventer ’82, Partner, Cabot Square Capital, London

C. Stewart Verdery ’93, President and Founder, Monument Advocacy, Washington, D.C. 

Law Firm Presence

70% of the Classes of 2018-20 obtained jobs with firms after law school.

Law Firms, Classes of 2018-20

  • 85% with firms in American Lawyer's top 100 by gross revenue
  • 5% with firms ranked between 100 and 200
  • 2% with large international firms (not ranked by American Lawyer)
  • 8% with smaller firms

Related Rankings

Virginia has graduates in each of the American Lawyer top 100 firms (as of May 2021).

No. 2 in the number of graduates leading the nation's top 100 firms, according to an Above the Law report. More

No. 3 in the percentage of Class of 2020 graduates hired by the 100 largest firms, according to the National Law Journal. More

No. 5 in the number of partners in the American Lawyer top 100 firms (September 2020).

No. 5 in the country in the number of female graduate attorneys in the National Law Journal’s top 500 firms, according to Legal Compass (September 2020).

No. 5 in the number of associates promoted to partner in the 100 largest firms in 2020, according to the National Law Journal. More

Academia

Law Professors

Hundreds of Virginia Law alumni are teaching law around the world. Here is a sampling. 

Stephen M. Bainbridge ’85, University of California at Los Angeles Law School, Los Angeles

Rachel Brewster ’03, Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina

J. Peter Byrne ’79, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

Adam Chodorow ’90, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at the Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Katherine Mims Crocker ’12, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia

Barry Cushman ’86, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana

Nancy Ehrenreich ’79, LL.M. ’82, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Denver

Gary Francione ’81, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, New Jersey

Adam Gershowitz ’01, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia

Rachel Kincaid ’15, Baylor University Law School, Waco, Texas

Lee Kovarsky ’04, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, Texas

Allison Orr Larsen ’04, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, Virginia

Clifford Larsen ’86, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany

Andrew D. Leipold ’85, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois

Daryl Levinson ’95, New York University School of Law, New York

Paul A. Lombardo ’85, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta

M. Elizabeth Magill ’95, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Philadelphia

Michael McCann ’02, University of New Hampshire Law School, Concord, New Hampshire

Richard H. McAdams ’85, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago

Blake Morant ’78, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. 

Dawn Nunziato ’94, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.

Richard J. Pierce Jr. ’72, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.

James E. Pfander ’82, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

Adam C. Pritchard ’92, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

James Puckett ’05, Penn State Law School, University Park, Pennsylvania

Donald H. Regan ’66, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Neil M. Richards ’97, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis

Usha Rodrigues ’01, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia

J. B. Ruhl ’82, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee

G. Richard Shell ’81, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia

David A. Skeel Jr. ’87, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia

Christopher Slobogin ’77, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee

Stephen F. Smith ’92, University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana

George Triantis LL.M. ’86, Stanford University Law School, Stanford, California

Joyce Vance ’85, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Molly Walker Wilson ’04, Saint Louis University School of Law, St. Louis

Robin Fretwell Wilson ’95, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois

University of Virginia Law Professors

Other Notable Academics and Administrators

Klint Alexander ’99, Dean, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming

Bob Bauer ’76, Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Process Clinic, New York University School of Law, New York

William S. Brewbaker III ’86, Dean, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

John M. Copacino ’79, Director, Criminal Justice Clinic and E. Barrett Prettyman Program and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.

John M. Czarnetzky ’89, Dean, Ave Maria Law School, Naples, Florida

Charles M. Elson ’85, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance, University of Delaware Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Newark, Delaware

David L. Faigman ’86, Chancellor and Dean, University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco

Allen Groves ’90, Senior Vice President, Student Experience, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

Robert W. Iuliano ’86, President, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Caroline Laguerre-Brown ’97, Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Dickens Mathieu ’93, General Counsel, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut

Dayna Bowen Matthew ’87, Dean, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.

Mark McKenna ’00, Faculty Co-Director, Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, UCLA Law, Los Angeles

Geoffrey Mearns ’87, President, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Nilakshi Parndigamage ’10, Chief of Staff,Office of the Provost, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Catherine L. Potter ’86, General Counsel, Virginia Tech Foundation, Blacksburg, Virginia

Thomas P. Preston ’75, General Counsel, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware

W. Taylor Reveley IV ’02, President, Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia

Jacob. H. Rooksby ’07, Dean, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington

James Ryan ’92, President, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Brad Slutsky ’89, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Emory University, Atlanta

Finis St. John IV ’82, Chancellor, University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

David A. Suski ’98, Counsel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Edward M. Tate ’05, Vice Chancellor of Legal Affairs, University of Georgia System, Atlanta

William E. Thro ’90, General Counsel, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Lee Tyner ’92, General Counsel, Texas Christian University, Forth Worth, Texas

Felicia A. Washington ’90, Senior Vice President for Human Resources, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Stephen T. Yandle ’72, Vice Dean Emeritus, Peking University School of Transnational Law, Peking, China

Entertainment/Sports

Bill Bailey ’93, Vice President for Government Relations, The Walt Disney Company, Washington, D.C.

David Baldacci ’86, Author, Virginia

Ilana S. Berry ’03, Author, Fairfax Station, Virginia

Christopher D. Brearton ’98, Chief Operating Officer, MGM, Los Angeles

Nicholas Brown ’14, Senior Counsel, AMBGroup, (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta United FC and Mercedes-Benz Stadium), Atlanta

Ronika Carter ’14, Senior Director of Legal Affairs, Minnesota Vikings, Eagan, Minnesota

Martin Clark ’84, Author, Stuart, Virginia

Noah E. Croom ’90, Managing Partner, Beautiful Game Group, Minneapolis

Donald Dell ’64, President, Lagardere Unlimited, Washington, D.C.

Rosetta Ellis-Pilie ’99, Vice President of Talent Development and Negotiations, ESPN, New York

Jeffrey A. Evans ’97, Vice President, Legal Affairs, NBCUniversal, Universal City, California

Linda Fairstein ’72, Author (former chief prosecutor, Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit), New York

Thomas Ferree ’02, Vice President Legal, National Hockey League, New York

Craig Fravel ’82, President and CEO of the Breeders’ Cup, Lexington, Kentucky

Lisa Friel ’83, Special Counsel for Investigations, National Football League, New York

Emily Giffin ’97, Author, Atlanta

Frank Golding ’93, Chief of Innovation and Strategy, For the Fans Sports, New York

Matthew Hanna ’02, Senior Vice President, Distribution, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Los Angeles

Philip Howard ’74, Author, New York

Ted Humphrey ’94, Television and Film Writer, Producer and Director, Los Angeles

Amber Husbands ’02, Group Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Discovery, Inc. (parent company of HGTV, ID, and Travel Channel), Silver Spring, Maryland

Janice S. Johnston ’95, Executive Producer, ABC News and "20/20", New York

George Kliavkoff ’93, Commissioner, Pac-12 Conference, San Francisco

Michael Kun ’88, Author, Los Angeles

J. Carlos Kuri ’03, Chief Legal Officer, U.S. Soccer Federation, Houston

Mera Kutrovac ’07, General Counsel, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh

Joseph Leccese ’85, Chairman Emeritus at Proskauer Rose, New York

Brian Leung ’08, General Counsel, Vox Media, Washington, D.C.

Julie Lynn ’92, Producer and Founder, Mockingbird Pictures, Los Angeles

Stephen Malone ’97, VP, Legal, Employment and Corporate Affairs, Fox Corporation, New York

Harry Marino ’17, Assistant General Counsel, Major League Ball Players Association, New York

Stan McCoy ’98, President and Managing Director, Motion Picture Association, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Brussels

Robert McGlarry ’98, President, MLB Network, New York

James A. McLaughlin ’90, Author, Salt Lake City

Kyle E. McSlarrow ’85, Senior Vice President, TPX Business Development and Planning, Comcast, Salt Lake City

Steven D. Newmark ’96, President, Roush Fenway Racing, Concord, North Carolina

Colin Rushing ’99, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, SoundExchange, Washington, D.C.

Andrew Scheinman ’73, Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Castle Rock Entertainment, Los Angeles

Will Shortz ’77, New York Times Crossword Editor, New York

Dasha Smith ’98, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, National Football League, New York

Bryan F. Stroh ’02, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh

Evan W. Thomas III ’77, Author, Washington, D.C.

Trevor M. Topf ’18, Vice President, Legal, LIV Golf, New York

Vanessa Vogler ’16, Counsel, PGA Tour, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Donald Yee ’87, Partner, Yee & Dubin Sports, Los Angeles

Heather A. Young ’91, Author, Mill Valley, California

Thomas E. Zadra ’97, Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Affairs, Miramax, Los Angeles