Twenty-six Washington University Law Graduates Secure Prestigious Judicial Clerkships

Twenty-six Washington University law graduates have secured judicial clerkships with U.S. Courts of Appeals judges for the Sixth and Eighth Circuits; with U.S. District Court judges in California, Delaware, Missouri, New York, and Virginia; and with judges on a number of other federal and state courts. 

Washington University law graduates secured clerkships in 14 different states and Australia. Twenty-one clerks are 2013 graduates, and five are alumni. Law graduates who secured clerkships this year are: 

Alison Black, LLM ’13 – The Honourable Philip McMurdo, Trial Division, Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia 

Lance T. Bonner, JD ’13 – The Honorable Edward J. Cleary, Minnesota Court of Appeals 

Molly Judith Bowen, JD ’13 – The Honorable Karen Nelson Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 

Candice M. Bowling, JD ’13 – The Honorable Joseph C. Pomponio, Jr., Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Lewisburg, West Virginia 

Eileen E. Boyle, JD ’12 – The Honorable Ron Bartkowicz, Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, Illinois 

Jessica Ellen Dale, LLM ’13 – The Honourable Justice R. G. Atkinson, Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia; The Honourable Justice Holmes, Court of appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia (2014-2015)  

Andrew William Danies, JD ’12 – The Honorable Jeffrey Jones, Circuit Court, Oregon City, Oregon 

Emily Sara Danker-Feldman, JD ’13 – The Honorable Nanette A. Baker, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 

Scott D. Dubois, JD ’13 – The Honorable S. James Otero, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; The Honorable Deborah Cook, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2014-2015) 

Lorrette Kimberly Fisher, JD ’13 – The Honorable Sharon Aarons, Supreme Court of New York, Twelfth Judicial District 

Willa M. Fuqua, JD ’13 – The Honorable Lisa Van Amburg, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District  

Jing Geng, JD ’12 – The Honorable Camille R. McMullen, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals 

Zachary Aaron Greenberg, JD ’13 – The Honorable Myron Steele, Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court 

Allison Elizabeth Jones, JD ’13 – The Honorable Laura Denvir Stith, Missouri Supreme Court 

Carla Jordan-Detamore, JD ’13 – The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 

Isabella Margaret Kelly, LLM ’13 – The Honourable Justice P. Lyons, Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia 

John R. Luze, JD ’13 – The Honorable Melvin Hoffman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts 

Michael C. Martinich-Sauter, JD ’13 – The Honorable Raymond Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 

Abby L. Medin, JD ’12 – The Honorable Leonard Stark, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware 

Rupa Rajagopalan, JD ’11 – The Honorable Audrey Fleissig, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 

Jason M. Schnieder, JD ’13 – The Honorable Jean Hamilton, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 

Sarah Pamela Sherer-Kohlburn, JD ’13 – The Honorable Tucker Melacon, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York 

Danielle E. Skolnik, JD ’13 – The Honorable Eric Clay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 

Zoran Tasic, JD ’13 – U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Staff Attorney 

Deanna L. Tran, JD ’13 – Chief Judge Audra J. Eckerle, Jefferson Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky 

Brett Anthony Walker, JD ’13 – The Honorable David Kays, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri 

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