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Past, Present & Future:

Heritage of Leadership Induction

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Book Award Ceremony Fall 2012

Heritage of Leadership Induction

Honorees of the Heritage of Leadership Recognition Society are preeminent graduates who have assumed leadership positions on national and

international levels. They have improved administration of justice and have received the

highest commendation for contributions to the profession and service to education, civic, charitable

and cultural causes.

Honorees

Lucius Durham Battle Class of 1946

Rebecca Bowles Hawkins Class of 1935

Gerald A. Williams Class of 1975

Served as Naval Officer during World War II in the Pacific

Reorganized the State Department as top

assistant to Secretaries of State Dean Acheson and Dean Rusk

Served as Ambassador to Egypt (1964 – 1967) and twice as Assistant Secretary of State

Founding Chairman of the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (1980) and Chairman of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (1995-2008)

Lucius Durham Battle

1918 - 2008

Became first female Assistant Attorney General in Florida in 1948 and headed Opinions Division (1969-1976)

Full-time Research Assistant for Florida Supreme Court Justice B.K. Roberts

Served as President of Florida Association of Women Lawyers (1954-1955) and National Association of Women Lawyers (1960-1961)

Named 1997 UF Alumnae of Outstanding Achievement

Rebecca Bowles Hawkins

1910 - 2000

Served as president of the UF Law Black Law Student Association

Among the first African-American graduates of UF Law

Served as staff attorney for the National Labor Relations Board

Established Haygood & Williams, P.A. in West Palm Beach (1981)

Served as counsel to numerous public schools in South Florida, including the Palm Beach County School Board until 2010

Gerald A. Williams

1950 - 2010

Heritage of Leadership

Heritage of Leadership

Book Award Ceremony Fall 2012

Honoring Book Award recipients from Spring 2012

courses

Robert H. Jerry, II

Dean and Levin, Mabie & Levin

Professor of Law Levin College of Law

Alyson C. Flournoy

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs;

UF Research Foundation Professor; Alumni Research Scholar

Levin College of Law

Cem Akleman

Antitrust

Bradley J. Anderson

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Monte J. Tillis Memorial

Benjamin David Baird

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Bill Bone, Esq.

Laura Beard

Criminal Procedure – Adversary

System

Paul A. Blay

Civil Procedure

Sponsored by

Gwynne A. Young

Sarah Carpenter

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Bush Ross, P.A.

Zachary J. Chauhan

Property

Sponsored by

Professor Emeritus Mandell Glicksberg /Established by Andrew C. Hall and

James A. Hauser

Mitchell J. Cooper

Criminal Procedure – Police and Police Practices

Sponsored By

Warren W. Lindsey and Eileen Forrester

Mitchell J. Cooper

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Coker, Schickel, Sorenson and Posgay

Nicole Critelli

Death Penalty Law

Samantha Marie Culp

Land Use Planning

Sponsored by

Lewis and Linda Shelley, In Honor of Johns DeGrove

Nikolas De Bremaeker

Criminal Clinic - Prosecutor

Charles Joseph DelPapa

Legal Drafting

Sponsored by

Betsy E. Gallagher

Kyle A. Diamantas

Law Practice Management

Tara Nicole DiJohn

Mental Health Issues in Litigation

Petra Michele Dix

Mediation Clinic

Glen E. Douglas, Jr.

Patent Drafting and Prosecution II

Kelly Dugan

Law of Sex and Sexual

Orientation

Julie N. Dumbroff

Appellate Advocacy

Sponsored by

Gary Lee Printy, Esq.

Emily Frazier

Health Care Finance and Delivery

Nicholas D. Gaffney

Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers

Sponsored by

Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust

Lawrence Gonzalez II

Medical Malpractice

Brian David Goodrich

Interviewing, Counseling and

Negotiation

Brian David Goodrich

Legal Drafting

Jonathan W. Graessle

Criminal Procedure – Adversary

System

Carly Summer Grimm

Appellate Advocacy

Sponsored by

George A. Vaka

Kristen Nichole Hawes

Appellate Advocacy

Sponsored by

Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A.

Michael Charles Hendee

Partnership Taxation

Cathryn Henn

Natural Resources Law

Eric Alan Hogrefe

Sports Law

Ryan Thomas Hopper

Constitutional Stories

Kyle Christopher Horth

Legal Drafting

Scott Matthew Hyman

Interviewing, Counseling and

Negotiation

Matthew William Innes

Finance for Lawyers

Lauren E. Januzzi

Adoption Law

Sponsored by

Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.

George Paul Kastrenakes

Constitutional and Legal History

Megan Elizabeth Kelberman

Unincorporated Business Enterprises

Sponsored by

William A. Weber

Laura Marie Kelly

Interviewing, Counseling and

Negotiation

Alissa A. Kranz

Civil Procedure

Sponsored by

W.C. Gentry, Esq.

Nicole Patricia Kuncl

Legal Drafting

Richmond T. Lacy

Appellate Advocacy

Matthew Cameron Lane

Antitrust Seminar

Alexander G. Leon

Advanced Legal Research

Alexander G. Leon

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Greg and Bettina Weiss

Lauren A. Lewis

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Liles, Gavin, Costantino, George & Dearing, P.A.

Stephen Edward Ludovici

Appellate Advocacy

Joseph A. Matera II

Elder Law

Joseph A. Matera II

Patent Law

Kathleen M. Maurer

Appellate Advocacy

Jason Mays

Mergers and Acquisitions

Mary Ashley McCollough

Tools of Awareness for Lawyers

Morgan Amanda McDonough

Advanced Legal Research

Dillon Kate McLean

Medical Technology

Sponsored by

James E. Thomison, Esq.

Alexandra M. Michelini

Constitutional Law

Sponsored by

Bruce S. Rogow, Esq./ Rogow Greenberg Foundation

Kevin L. Miller

Appellate Advocacy

Matthew Emerson Moats

Contracts

Sponsored by

Foley & Lardner, LLP

Matthew Harrison Nemeroff

Corporations

Sponsored by

Brian D. Burgoon

Matthew Harrison Nemeroff

Corporate Tax

Sponsored by

Jerald August, In Memory of Professor James Jackson Freeland

Eric Netcher

Florida Constitutional Law

Sponsored by

Alex Sink & Bob Bolt in Honor of Bill McBride

Kyla Christine O’Brien

Corporations

Sponsored by

Rahul Patel, Esq.

Kyla Christine O’Brien

Income Taxation

Sponsored by

Harper Meyer LLP

Kyla Christine O’Brien

Legal Drafting

Michael D. Panella

Child, Parent and the State

Erica L. Perdomo

Appellate Jurisdiction and

Procedure

Michael Perenich

American Legal Thought

Sponsored by

In Memory of The Honorable R. Grable

Stoutamire

Caroline Joan S. Picart

American Legal Thought

Caroline Joan S. Picart

European and International

Copyright

Caroline Joan S. Picart

International Trade Law

Caroline Joan S. Picart

Trade and Human Rights

Stephen Frederick Pyles

Constitutional Law

Sponsored by

Kenneth Johnson & Kimberly Leach Johnson

Kevin Skyler Rabin

Federal Jurisdiction

Theodore Benson Randles

Contracts

Sponsored by

Mark and Shari Somerstein, In Honor of George Dawson

Lauren Brittany Rehm

Evidence

Lauren Brittany Rehm

Legal Drafting

Melissa Merritt Riska

Civil Clinic - Juvenile

Zachary Ritz

Legal Accounting

Darius Douglas Roberto Rodriguez

Payment Systems

Robert Jett Rubin

Property

Sponsored by

Bruce M. Harris, Esq. and Stumpy Harris, Esq.

Jennifer Rose Russell

Introduction to French Law

Sara Grace Sanfilippo

Appellate Advocacy

William MacNeil Scher

European Union Law

Elizabeth Melissa Schoenthal

Legal Drafting

Rebecca Nye Shubirg

Negotiation and Mediation

Andrew Garrett Simler

Copyright Law

Chelsea Jordan Sims

Conservation Clinic

Sponsored by

Alton & Kathleen Lightsey

Adam J. Smith

Business Transactions &

Document Drafting

Adam J. Smith

Professional Practices

Amanda C. Smith

Estates & Trusts

Sponsored by

Brian M. O’Connell

Zack Smith

Prosecutorial Ethics

Will Stein

Legal Drafting

Brian C. Tackenberg

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs

Tara Love Tedrow

Behavioral and Social Science and

the Law

Tara Love Tedrow

Trial Team

John Terwilleger

Estates & Trusts

Sponsored by

Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

Janae E. Thomas

Comparative Family Law

Katherine Thomason

Trial Practice

Sponsored by

Mary Lou and Buddy Schulz, In Honor of Robert J. Beckham

(JD 55)

Dane R. Ullian

Civil Procedure

Tamara Van Heel

Advanced Problems in Bankruptcy

Sponsored by

The Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association, In Memory of the Honorable George L. Proctor

Tamara Van Heel

Legal Drafting

Tamara Van Heel

Corporations

Sponsored by

W. Crit Smith

Cecilia E. Walker

Appellate Advocacy

Cecilia E. Walker

Constitutional Law

Sponsored by

Patrick E. Geraghty, P.A.

Brandon T. White

Trial Practice

Luis Arturo Zendejas Ruiz

Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Restructuring Transactions

Affecting U.S.- Owned Foreign Corporations

Thank You for Attending

Thank you for attending the Fall 2012 Book Award Ceremony.