Alumni Profiles

Rallying around a program

Issue: Winter 2013

This story originally accompanied the feature “Reinventing the clerkship: Model expanding the traditional judicial clerkship could be next trend.“ Erin Moriarty ’77 was inspired by a story. She was reading SideBar, the monthly e-newsl...

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Going all in: John Barron ’01 a high-roller in Ohio casinos

Issue: Winter 2013

From the pit bosses to the winning percentage on the slots, John Barron ’01 knows every casino in the Ohio like the back of his hand. He can tell you about the type of felt used on the roulette tables and knows every passage, back staircase, and se...

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Free to empower consumers: Brain surgeries led alumna to start own company

Issue: Winter 2013

Hit with a painful chronic medical condition that required three brain surgeries and unsure if big firm life was for her, Tiffany Smith ’09 did what anyone would do: She became her own boss. Working at a prominent law firm had been a personal goal ...

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Big risk, sweet rewards: John Lowe ’98 left GC post within General Electric to lead Jeni’s enterprise

Issue: Winter 2013

In the office of John Lowe ’98, a stack of framed artwork is carefully bound in bubble wrap and leaning against a chalkboard wall filled with whimsical doodles of flowers and vines. The former is indicative of the fact that Lowe, CEO of Jeni’s Sp...

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Alumna appointed to Ohio Supreme Court

Issue: Winter 2013

Thankfully, Judith French ’88 had found the hand crank on the side of the lectern the last time she argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. She knew just how many turns were required to lower the lectern to fit her 5-foot frame so she...

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Following her calling: Retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton ’79 prepares for next chapter in advocacy

Issue: Winter 2013

As a trial judge in Franklin County, Ohio, Evelyn Lundberg Stratton ’79 often stared down from her bench at defendants buckling under the weight of more than just lengthy criminal records. They were dealing with mental health issues that contribute...

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1 Degree, 10 Careers in higher education

Issue: Winter 2013

A Juris Doctor can be the door that leads to varied and challenging opportunities in any number of specialties. In this issue of All Rise, we take a look at how one degree has served 10 alumni in their careers in higher education. 1. Gregory J. Vinc...

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Courts redefining expectation of privacy in workplace

Issue: Winter 2013

This story originally accompanied the feature “The Creepy Factor: Technological innovation creates new wave of privacy regulation.” Employment laws have not caught up with technology – and are unlikely to do so anytime soon, offered L. Cami...

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Reynolds ’01 excels on Capitol Hill

Issue: Winter 2013

At the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Nichole Francis Reynolds ’01 was working backstage preparing speakers to go onstage when a colleague pointed out former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) to her. Reynolds approached Sutton, who re...

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Program helps graduate build unique solo practice

Issue: Spring 2012

Domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and human-trafficking – all are areas many lawyers are hesitant to pursue due to financial constraints, Micaela Deming ’09 says. Perhaps that is why the Columbus attorney’s focused practice developed ...

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