ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Law has dozens of law alumni occupying prominent positions in government agencies, international organizations, NGOs, corporations and law firms around the world. As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the endowment of our Cox International Law Center, we offer a peek into the current roles of some of our esteemed graduates who are eager to mentor our students and help launch their international law careers. (This story originally appeared in Case Global magazine Fall 2021.)
Government/International Organizations
Stephen Petras (‘79) Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Council of the Great Lakes Region
Anne Simon (‘83) Senior Advisor, Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mohamed Chambas (’84) head of the U.N. Africa Bureau (New York)
Ambassador Capricia Marshall (’90) former Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State (Washington, DC)
Francois Philippe Champagne (’94) former Canadian Foreign Minister, currently Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Ottawa, Ontario)
Daniel Ujczo (’01) International Trade Counsel at Thompson Hine and Canada’s Honorary Consul to Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana.
Ruth Mary Hackler (’05) Prosecuting Attorney, Cambodia Genocide Tribunal (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
Ahran Kang McCloskey (’06) Attorney Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (Washington, DC)
Chelan Bliss (’07) Senior Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State (Washington, DC)
Kelly Schmidt ('08), Legal Officer, UNJSPF, United Nations (New York)
Ra’id Alsaedi (‘09) Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Iraq, formerly Inspector General of the Iraqi Army and Chief Investigative Judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal (Baghdad)
Nate Quick (’09) Prosecutor, Kosovo Tribunal (The Hague) Human Rights Law
Robert Kayinamura (‘11) Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda the United Nations
Human Rights Law
Swithin Monyantwali (’92) Executive Director and CoFounder of the International Law Institute - Africa Center for Legal Excellence (Uganda and South Africa)
Chris Rassi (’03) Director of the Office of Secretary-General, International Federation of the Red Cross (Geneva, Switzerland)
Andres Perez (’04) Attorney Advisor at UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, Switzerland)
Zach Lampell (’08) Legal Adviser, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (Washington, DC)
Kathleen Gibson (’08) Legal Adviser, Danish Refugee Council in Israel (West Bank)
Margaux Day (’09) Policy Director, Accountability Counsel (Washington, DC)
Niki Dasarathy (’09) Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (Washington, DC)
Kimberly Brown (’12) Senior Governance Adviser, Twitter’s governance framework for global content moderation, former Associate Director of the Carter Center’s Rule of Law Program (Atlanta)
Rachel Wolbers (’12) Public Policy Manager, Facebook Oversight Board (Washington, DC)
Eva Saulnier ('20) International Family Law Associate, Zashin & Rich (Cleveland)
Kristina Aiad-Toss (‘21) Associate Attorney, Human Trafficking with Babin Law (Columbus, OH); Assistant with the ABA’s Access to Remedy Institute (Washington, DC)
National Security Law
John Sopko (’77) Inspector General of Afghanistan Reconstruction (Washington, DC)
Kevin Nealer (’78) Principal of The Scowcroft Group (Washington, DC)
Admiral Janet Donovan (’83) former head of the Navy Reserve JAG Corps (Washington, DC)
Robert Altneu (’91) Director of the U.S. Customs Office of Rules & Regulations
Ted Fowles (’00) Coast Guard Chief Trial Judge (Washington, DC)
Rick Batson (’02) Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Legal Service Command in Norfolk
Keith Petty (‘02) Major in Army JAG, Legal Liaison Officer for U.S. Army Europe at the US Embassy in Berlin
Katharine MacKenzie (‘11) Counsel for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics; former Attorney-Adviser, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Washington, DC)
Phil Hadji (’12) Assistant General Counsel, Department of Navy (Washington, DC)
Ted Parran (’13) Assistant Chief Counsel with the Department of Homeland Security (Cleveland)
Hyder Syed (’13) Assistant General Counsel, INTERPOL (Lyon, France)
Alexandra Mooney ('18), Deputy Sr. Navy JAG Officer, George HW Bush (CVN 77)
Jazmine Edwards (‘21) Attorney-Adviser, DHS U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, DC)
Laura Graham ('21), U.S. Attorney General Honors Program, FBI National Security and Cyber Law Branch (Washington, DC)
David Krawiec (’21) Attorney-Adviser, DHS U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, DC)
Amanda Makhoul (‘21) Attorney-Adviser, DHS U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, DC)
Immigration Law
Austin Fragomen (’68) founder of Fragomen, the world’s largest immigration firm (New York)
Lisa Scott (‘86) founder of Scott Global Migration Law Group (Chicago)
Elizabeth Reichard ('04), Senior Immigration Associate, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernstein & Lowry, LLP (New York)
Joseph Edlow (’07) General Counsel of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Washington, DC)
Rachel Berman-Vaporis (’14) Attorney-Adviser, Board of Immigration Appeals (Washington, DC)
Malea Hetrick (’17) Attorney Advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Cleveland Immigration Court
Aliza Corinne Lopes-Baker (‘17) Attorney Advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Cleveland Immigration Court
Seth Garfinkel (‘17) Attorney Advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Denver Immigration Court
Kate Masetta-Alvarez (’18) DOJ Immigration Law Appeals Attorney (Washington, DC)
Amelia Wester (‘19) Associate Immigration Attorney at Blake Immigration
International Business and Trade Law
Ritchie Thomas (‘64) International Trade Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs (Washington, DC)
Rick Newcomb (’73) Partner and head of DLA Piper International Practice Section (Washington, DC)
Craig Chapman (’80) Partner and Chair of Sidley Austin’s Global Capital Markets group (New York)
Laura Quatela (’82) General Counsel of Lenovo Group (New York and Beijing)
Michelle Gon (‘85) Partner and International Business Law specialist at Han Kun Law Offices (Shanghai).
William Hayes (‘88) Senior Lawyer and Head of Legal & Business Affairs, R&D and Innovation, British Broadcasting Corp. (London)
Diego Archer ('03), Energy Maritime Engineering & Construction Practice Group, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernstein & Lowry, LLP (Dallas/Houston)
Kevin Kunzendorf (‘05) International Intellectual Property Partner, Sugrue (Washington, DC)
Heather Doherty (’11) International Trade Compliance Counsel, Nidec Motor Corp. (Washington, DC)
Ashley Lee (’11) International Trade Counsel for Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta)
Luke Tillman (’11) Customs and International Trade Lawyer at Steptoe and Johnson (Washington, DC)
Thomas Au (’13) Assistant General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (Washington, DC)
Zack Walker ('13) Partner and International Trade Lawyer at Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP (Washington, DC)
Tyler Kimberly (’15) Judicial Clerk, U.S. Court of International Trade (New York City)
Gabrielle Feuer (’16) Assistant General Counsel, TransDigm Group Inc. (Cleveland)
Brendan Saslow (’16) Litigation Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Department of Commerce (Washington, DC)
Teresa Azzam (‘19) International Arbitration Associate, Squire Patton Boggs (Dubai)
Alex Lilly (‘19), International Arbitration Associate, Orrick (New York/Washington, DC)
Douglas Pilawa (‘19) International Dispute Resolution Associate at Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
Garo Yaghsezian (‘19) Associate, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel (Paris)
Lauryn B. Durham (‘21) International Dispute Resolution Associate at Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
Christina Luo (‘21) International Dispute Resolution Associate at Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
International Law Judges
Kathleen O’Malley (’82) Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Washington, DC)
Jennifer Peyton (’98) Immigration Court Judge (Chicago)
Jennifer Riedthaler Williams (’01) Immigration Court Judge (Cleveland)
Duncan Gaswaga (’13) Judge of the Uganda High Court International Crimes Chamber (Kampala)
International Law Professors (full-time)
Chip Carter (’98) University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Ken Davis (’74) Wisconsin Law School
Amos Guiora (’85) University of Utah School of Law
Greg McNeal (’06) Pepperdine Law School
Bryan Mercurio (’00) University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Katy Mercer (’83) ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Law
Mary-Beth Moylan (’94) University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Charles Norchi (’86) University of Maine School of Law
Jack Turner (’02) ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Law
Rafael Dean Brown (’02) Qatar University College of Law