Alumni Profile

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Meet Lauren Tozzi (JD ’11)

Lauren Tozzi (JD ’11) works in the air enforcement division of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Meet David Jones (JD ’11)

A leap of faith took David Jones (JD ’11) more than 2,400 miles away from home. The California native, having never taken in the sweet aroma of a magnolia or the sight of a North Carolina pine, would find himself in a new community that was altogether different from what he had known.

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Meet Bobby Ray Gordon (JD ’86)

For Bobby Ray Gordon (JD ’86), legal education has been the doorway to a career built on decades of service and humanitarian aid.

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Meet Frédéric Joly (LLM ’00)

A different way of life prepared Frédéric Joly (LLM ’00) to bring his career back home. His journey to senior legal counsel for Saint-Gobain Group in Paris, France, started as a mere curiosity – a passion for other legal cultures – and later transformed into a year-long journey at a small school in the foothills of North Carolina.

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Meet Mauricio Zuluaga (LLM ’13) and Catalina Garzon (LLM ’13)

The dream to take his legal studies beyond the borders of Colombia had been something Mauricio Zuluaga (LLM ’13) had carried with him since graduating from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in 2002.

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Meet Shuya Wang (LLM ’08)

Among the handbags and luggage, the sunglasses and luxury fashion-wear, there stands alone a brand – Louis Vuitton – that Shuya Wang (LL.M. ’08) is tasked to defend.

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Generation Innovation

Alumna Cheslie Kryst (JD/MBA ’17) makes waves on a national platform as the new Miss USA.

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Paul Lancaster Adams (JD ’93) featured in Lawdragon.com’s ‘Lawyer Limelight’

Paul Lancaster Adams (JD ’93) was recently featured in Lawdragon.com’s weekly “Lawyer Limelight” segment for his exceptional career as a litigator. Based in Philadelphia, Adams currently practices at Ogletree Deakins. He has won numerous accolades for his work, including recognition in Lawdragon’s Guide to the Most Powerful Employment Lawyers.

The original Q&A was published on Lawdragon.com on June 11, 2017, and it is posted below.  Continue reading »

Photo of Kelly Warlich (JD ’16) in Winston-Salem's North Carolina Business Court

North Carolina Business Court Clerk Profile: Kelly Warlich (JD ’16)

Wake Forest Law is the only ranked law school in the country that is also home to a working business court. When the North Carolina Business Court heard its first case in January 2017 in its newest court located in the Worrell Professional Center, it came to light that Wake Forest Law alumni are currently working as clerks within each of the four state business court locations in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro and now in Winston-Salem. Kelly Warlich (JD ’16) is the Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael Robinson at the North Carolina Business Court in Winston-Salem. A native of New Canaan, Connecticut, Warlich majored in psychology at Oberlin College before attending Wake Forest Law. “I have really enjoyed seeing hearings and attorneys’ different argument styles, as well as hearing the perspectives of, and learning from, the Business Court judges,” she says. Following is an interview with Warlich about her clerkship.

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Photo of Wake Forest Law student Jason Chung (JD '17), alumna Corena Norris-McCluney (JD ’00) and Professor Omari Simmons pose following her presentation as part of the Business Law Program's Sager Series.

Corena Norris-McCluney (JD ’00) enjoys having a seat at Krispy Kreme’s table

Indulging in a hot, glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut is a sweet reminder of success for Corena Norris-McCluney (JD ‘00). As vice president and general counsel of the Winston-Salem-based Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, she faces the unique challenges of helping run an international business on a daily basis. Continue reading »