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Case Western Reserve University International Law Alumni

Case Western Reserve University School of Law has dozens of law alumni occupying important positions in government agencies, international organizations, NGOs, corporations and law firms around the world.  Our alumni regularly help our students obtain internships and jobs in the field.

Mohamed Chambas (‘84), head of the UN Africa Bureau (NYC)
Government/International Organizations
  • Stephen Petras (LAW ’79), chairman, Board of Directors of the Council of the Great Lakes Region and director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland)
  • Anne Simon (LAW ’83), senior advisor, Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State (Falls Church, Virginia)
  • Mohamed Chambas (LAW ’84), high representative, Silencing the Guns, African Union, (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) 
  • Capricia Marshall (LAW ’90), ambassador-in-residence, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, (Washington, D.C.)
  • Francois-Philippe Champagne (LAW ’94), minister of innovation, Science and Industry (Ottawa, Ontario) (former minister of foreign affairs)
  • Daniel Ujczo (LAW ’01), international trade counsel at Thompson Hine and Canada’s Honorary Consul to Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana.
  • Ahran Kang McCloskey (LAW ’05), attorney advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State (Washington, D.C.)
  • Chelan Bliss (LAW ’07), senior foreign service officer, U.S. Department of State (Washington, D.C.)
  • Reid Swayze (LAW ’07), chief, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service (Washington, D.C.)
  • Kelly Schmidt (LAW ’08), legal officer, United Nations Business Transformation and Accountability Unit (New York)
  • Nate Quick (LAW ‘09), prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (The Hague)
  • Robert Kayinamura (LAW ’11), deputy permanent representative, Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations
  • (New York)
  • Caitlin Warner (LAW ’13), chief counsel, U.S. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Julia Liston (LAW ‘16), chief executive officer, American Branch of the International Law Association (Cleveland/New York)
  • George Shadrack Kamanda (LAW ‘22), diplomatic and legal affairs officer, Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations (New York)
Andres Perez (‘04), Attorney Adviser at UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva
Human Rights Law
  • Swithin Munyantwali (LAW ’92), executive director and co-founder, International Law Institute - Africa Center for Legal Excellence (Pretoria, South Africa)
  • Chris Rassi (LAW ’03), chief of staff and director, Office of Secretary General, International Federation of the Red Cross (Geneva)
  • Andres Perez (LAW ’04), legal advisor, Rule of Law and Democracy Section for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva)
  • Zach Lampell (LAW ’08), senior legal advisor, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (Washington, D.C.)
  • Margaux Day (LAW ’09), executive director, Accountability Counsel (Washington, D.C.)
  • Niki Dasarathy (LAW ’09), program director and deputy director, East-West Management Institute (Washington, D.C.) 
  • Kimberly Brown (LAW ’12), foreign service officer, Crisis, Stabilization and Governance, USAID (Washington, D.C.) 
  • Rachel Wolbers (LAW ’12), public policy manager, Meta Oversight Board (Washington, D.C.)
  • Eva Saulnier (LAW ’20)*, international family law associate, Zashin Law (Cleveland)
  • Kristina Aiad-Toss (LAW ’21), associate attorney, Human Trafficking, Babin Law (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Mackenzie Kern (LAW ’22)*, junior consultant, Ardea International (London)
Austin Fragomen (‘68), founder of world’s largest immigration firm (NYC)
Immigration Law
  • Austin Fragomen (LAW ’68), founder, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernstein & Lowry LLP (New York)
  • Lisa Scott (LAW ’86), founder, Scott Global Migration Law Group (Chicago)
  • Diego Archer (LAW ’02), client services manager, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernstein & Lowry LLP (Dallas)
  • Joseph Edlow (LAW ’07), founder, The Edlow Group (Washington, D.C.)
  • Rachel Berman-Vaporis (LAW ’14), trial attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation - Appellate Section, Civil Division, Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.)
  • Seth Garfinkel (LAW ’17), attorney advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Denver Immigration Court (Denver)
  • Rachel Lehr (LAW ’17), immigration attorney, George Mann & Associates (Michigan)
  • Malea Hetrick (LAW ’17), attorney advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Cleveland Immigration Court (Cleveland)
  • Rohmah Javed (LAW ’17), Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Program at the Legal Aid Justice Center (Virginia)
  • Aliza Corinne Lopes-Baker (LAW ’17), attorney advisor, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Cleveland Immigration Court (Cleveland)
  • Lindsay Cook (LAW ’18), asylum officer, USCIS Newark Asylum Office (New Jersey)
  • Maya Lugasy (LAW ’18), associate, Brown Immigration Law (Cleveland)
  • Kate Masetta-Alvarez (LAW ’18), appeals attorney, Department of Justice Immigration Law (Washington, D.C.)
  • Katerina Voronova (LAW ’18), attorney, YWCA Immigrant and Refugee Services of Greater Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) 
  • Shelvy Wade (LAW ’18), attorney advisor, Arlington Immigration Court (Virginia)
  • Mariya Howykowycz (LAW ’19), attorney, Howykowycz Immigration Law (New York)
  • James Nichols (LAW ’19), immigration attorney, Catholic Charities (Cleveland)
  • Amelia Wester (LAW ’19), associate immigration attorney, Blake Immigration Law PLLC (Alexandria, Virginia)
  • Karla Gil (LAW ’20), immigration attorney, Berry, Appleman & Leiden (Dallas)
  • Giancarlo Lisciani (LAW ’20), business immigration attorney, Colombo & Hurd (Miami)
  • Meghan Lunders (LAW ’20), judicial law clerk, Tacoma Immigration Court (Washington)
  • Kristen Connors (LAW ’21), immigration attorney, Montroll Ottinger & Barquist (Burlington, Vermont)
  • Asako Ejima (LAW ’21), immigration attorney, Law Office of Amie D. Miller (San Francisco)
  • Courtney Koski (LAW ’21), immigration attorney, Costas Network Law Center (Cleveland) 
  • Tommy Messner (LAW ’21), attorney, Brown Immigration Law (Cleveland).
  • Charlee Thomas (LAW ’21), immigration attorney, Lepore, Taylor & Fox (Paramus, New Jersey)
  • Amy Rubenstein (LAW ’22), immigration attorney, Novo Legal Group (Denver)
  • Adrian Corona (LAW ’23), immigration attorney, Sus Abogados Latinos (Painesville, Ohio)
  • Alexa Stovsky (LAW ’23), immigration attorney, Costas Network Law Center (Cleveland)
 John Sopko (‘77), Inspector General of Afghanistan Reconstruction (DC) 
National Security Law
  • John Sopko (LAW ’77), special inspector general, Afghanistan Reconstruction (Washington, D.C.)
  • Kevin Nealer (LAW ’78), principal, The Scowcroft Group
  • (Washington, D.C.)
  • Janet Donovan (LAW ‘83), former admiral and head of Navy Reserve JAG Corps (Washington, D.C.)
  • Robert Altneu (LAW ’91), director, U.S. Customs Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Ted Fowles (LAW ’00), chief trial judge, U.S. Coast Guard (Washington, D.C.)
  • Rick Batson (LAW ’02), Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel, U.S.  Coast Guard (Washington, D.C.) 
  • Keith Petty (LAW ‘02), executive officer and chief, Tort Claims Division, U.S. Army Claims Service, U.S. Army JAG Corps (Fort Meade, Maryland)
  • Katharine Quaglieri (LAW ’11), counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics; former Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Washington, D.C.)
  • Ted Parran (LAW ’13), assistant chief counsel, Department of Homeland Security (Cleveland)
  • Hyder Syed (LAW ’13), assistant general counsel, INTERPOL (Lyon, France)
  • Stephanie Ripma (LAW ‘17), assistant chief counsel, ICE (Cleveland)
  • Alexandra Mooney (LAW’18), flag aide to commander, Naval Legal Service Command, Navy JAG (Washington, D.C.)
  • Jazmine Edwards (LAW ’21), attorney advisor, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Amanda Makhoul (LAW ’21), Attorney-Advisor, DHS U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Laura Graham (LAW ’21), Assistant General Counsel, FBI National Security and Cyber Law Branch (Washington, D.C.)
  • David Krawiec (LAW ’21), attorney advisor, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, D.C.)
  • Kathryn Meyer (LAW ’22), attorney advisor, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Rules and Regulations (Washington, D.C.)
Rick Newcomb (‘73), head of DLA Piper International Practice Section (DC)
International Business and Trade Law
  • Rick Newcomb (LAW ’73), partner and chair, DLA Piper International Practice Section (Washington, D.C.)
  • Laura Quatela (LAW ’82), senior vice president and chief legal officer, Lenovo Group (Morrisville,
  • North Carolina)
  • Michelle (Ya-Ling) Gon (LAW ’85), partner and international business law specialist, Han Kun Law Offices (Shanghai)
  • William Hayes (LAW ’88), general counsel, The News Movement (London)
  • Nicole Nason (LAW ’95), vice president, Federal Affairs at Boeing Co., former assistant secretary of state, Administration (Washington, D.C.)
  • Michele Connell (LAW ’03), global managing partner, Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
  • Ashley Lee (LAW ’11), international trade counsel, Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta)
  • Heather N. Ludwig (LAW ’11), director of International Trade Compliance Counsel, Nidec Motor Corp.; former attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce (St. Louis)
  • Luke Tillman (LAW ’11), customs and international trade lawyer, Steptoe and Johnson; former counsel, U.S. Trade Commission (Washington, D.C.)
  • Thomas Au (LAW ’13), assistant general counsel, Office of U.S. Trade Representative (Washington, D.C.)
  • Zack Walker (LAW ’13), partner and international trade lawyer, Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP (Washington, D.C.) 
  • Tyler Kimberly (LAW ’15), associate, Blank Rome LLP; former associate, McDermott Will & Emery LLP in the international trade practice group (Washington, D.C.)
  • Gabrielle Feuer (LAW ’16), assistant general counsel, TransDigm Group Inc. (Cleveland)
  • Brendan Saslow (LAW ’16), associate at Blank Rome LLP; former litigation attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Department of Commerce (Washington, D.C.); 
  • Alison Epperson (LAW ’18), managing associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (New York)
  • Teresa Azzam (LAW ’20)*, litigation associate, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.; former international arbitration associate, Squire Patton Boggs (Dubai)
  • Alex Lilly (LAW ’19), international arbitration associate, Orrick (New York)
  • Douglas Pilawa (LAW ’19)*, international dispute resolution associate, Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
  • Garo Yaghsezian (LAW ’19)*, U.S. associate, Clifford Chance; former associate, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel (Paris)
  • Katherine Dobscha (LAW ‘20), associate - customs, Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt LLP (New York) 
  • Lauryn B. Durham (LAW ’21), international dispute resolution associate, Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
  • Christina Luo (LAW ’21), international dispute resolution associate, Squire Patton Boggs (Cleveland)
Judge Kathleen O’Malley (‘82), Judge of US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (DC)
International Law Judges
  • Phil Hadji (LAW ’12), judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Washington, D.C.)
  • Ian D. Midgley (LAW ‘98), immigration court judge (Miami) 
  • Daniel Smuluow (LAW ‘98), immigration court judge (Baltimore)
  • Jennifer Peyton (LAW ’98), assistant chief immigration court judge (Chicago)
  • Jennifer Riedthaler Williams (LAW ’01), immigration court judge (Cleveland)
  • Colleen O’Donnell (LAW ‘06), immigration court judge (Laredo)
  • Duncan Gaswaga (LAW ’13), judge, Uganda High Court International Crimes Chamber (Lira, Uganda)
International Law Professors
  • Ken Davis (LAW ’74), University of Wisconsin Law School (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • Katy Mercer (LAW ’83), Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland)
  • Amos Guiora (LAW ’85), University of Utah College of Law (Salt Lake City)
  • Charles Norchi (LAW ’86), University of Maine School of Law (Orono, Maine)
  • Mary-Beth Moylan (LAW ’94), University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento, California)
  • Chip Carter (LAW ’98), University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Pittsburgh)
  • Hallie Ludsin (LAW ’98), Emory Law School (Atlanta)
  • Bryan Mercurio (LAW ’00), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  • Jack Turner (LAW ’02), Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Cleveland)
  • Rafael Dean Brown (LAW ’02), Qatar University College of Law (Doha, Qatar)
  • Greg McNeal (LAW ’06), Pepperdine Caruso School of Law (Pepperdine, California)
  • Clare Shin (LAW ‘21)*, IESEG School of Management (Paris, France)