John A. Draughon, ’75, formed the Draughon Law Group in the latter part of 2018. The firm, based in Macon, specializes in business litigation with its primary emphasis on eminent domain and hospital law.
Randall A. Jordan, ’76, joined the litigation practice group of HunterMaclean as a partner in its Brunswick office. Jordan is a frequent speaker on issues relating to the transportation industry.
Pete Robinson, ’80, joined King & Spalding as a partner in its government advocacy and public policy practice and will be based primarily in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
Luanne Clark, ’83, was selected as a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer. Clark practices alternative dispute resolution at Moore Clarke Duvall & Rodgers in Atlanta.
Kimberley S. White, ’88, was elected chief judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit, which includes Halifax, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and Prince Edward counties in Virginia.
Sally B. Akins, ’90, was selected as a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer. Akins is a partner at Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams in Savannah. She serves on the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors.
Michael P. Boggs, ’90, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Justice Boggs is a member of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia in Atlanta. He serves as a member of the Mercer University School of Law Board of Visitors.
Margaret “Meg" Heap, ’92, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Heap is the district attorney for Chatham County. She is the current president of the District Attorneys Association of Georgia.
Gina Naccarato-Fromang, ’92, announced that her son, Mark, signed his National Letter of Intent to play college football at Centre College during National Signing Day in February.
Frank B. Turner, Jr., ’94, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Turner is a partner at Greer Stansfield & Turner in Covington.
Ross S. Schell, ’95, was named partner at James Bates Brannan Groover in Macon.
Robert S. Register, ’98, was named principal for Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis Miles PC. Register practices personal injury law in the firm’s Atlanta office.
Jonathan J. Tuggle, ’98, was recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of family law. This is the eighth year in a row for Tuggle, a founding shareholder of Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenberry in Atlanta.
Jeffrey R. Harris, ’99, was named to the Georgia Super Lawyers' Top 100 list of attorneys. Harris, a partner at the Savannah firm of Harris Lowry Manton, is an 11-time Georgia Super Lawyer and a two-time Top 100 honoree.
Rachel R. Krause, ’01, was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal, ’66, to serve as judge on the Fulton County Superior Court, effective Jan. 7, 2019. Krause was most recently a partner with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith in Atlanta.
Bradley M. Harmon, ’02, was selected as a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer in the area of Business Litigation. Harmon is managing partner at HunterMaclean in Savannah.
Darrell L. Sutton, ’03, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Sutton is currently the president-elect of the State Bar of Georgia and serves the Alumni Association Board of Directors as president-elect.
Charles G. Warren, ’04, was appointed a military judge in the United States Air Force, effective July 2018. As part of his selection, he also graduated as the Distinguished Graduate of the Joint Military Judges Course, ranking first out of 42 in a class composed of military judge selects from all five military services.
Kathleen B. Connell, ’05, was recognized as a 2019 Georgia Super Lawyer. Connell practices family law at Connell Cummings LLC in Atlanta.
Canon Hill, ’05, rejoined the Macon firm Jones Cork LLP practicing in the areas of education and employment law, following a brief absence when she practiced in Charleston, West Virginia.
M. Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, ’05, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Kaufold-Wiggins, a partner at Balch & Bingham in Atlanta and Vidalia, serves as president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Quentin L. Marlin, ’07, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Marlin is a partner at Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams in Savannah. He serves as a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Elizabeth A. Carr, ’10, was named assistant dean of career services at Mercer Law School in December 2018. She served as director of career services for the past three years.
Nicholas E. Kelley, ’10, was named one of four new shareholder partners at Flake & Kelley Commercial and serves as executive vice president. Kelley resides in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Brooke Pettis Newby, ’10, was appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission. Newby is a partner at Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore in Perry.
Jessica M. Phillips, ’10, was named partner for Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP. Phillips practices commercial litigation in the Atlanta office.
Dustin B. Weeks, ’10, was named partner at Troutman Sanders LLP. Weeks practices intellectual property law in the Atlanta office.
Dustin E. Davies, ’11, was selected for the sixth year in a row as a 2019 Rising Star in personal injury law by
Super Lawyers Magazine. Davies works at Hasty Pope in Gainesville.
Brooke N. Gram, ’11, was promoted as partner at Balch & Bingham in Atlanta. Gram focuses her practice on civil litigation.
Corrie E. Hall, ’11, was promoted to partner at James Bates Brannan Groover in Macon.
Danielle M. Tyler, ’14, was named to Knoxville, Tennessee's Top 40 Under 40. Tyler is the manager of legal affairs at Discovery Inc. and an adjunct professor of legal studies at South College.
Sherry L. Johnson, ’16, established the Law Office of Sherry L. Johnson in Macon, focusing on bankruptcy law.
Jasmin N. Severino, ’17, was selected to serve on the University of Georgia's Young Alumni Council. Severino currently serves as the Leadership Academy co-chair for the Georgia Latino Law Foundation. She is an estate planning and wealth management attorney at Davis Matthews & Quigley in Atlanta.
Lauren E. Bridgers, ’18, and
Nathaniel Q. Meyers, ’18, married on Nov. 17, 2018, in Savannah. Bridgers works for Santa Fe College in Gainesville while Meyers is completing his Tax LLM at the University of Florida Levine College of Law.
