“Award/Recognition” Class Notes
Alfred Carry (Col ’05)
Alfred D. Carry (Col ’05) is included in the 2021 edition of Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers® list. Alfred is Of Counsel in the Commercial Litigation group of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He is recognized for his work in business litigation.
Super Lawyers has listed outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement since the publication’s founding in 1991. To be included, lawyers are subject to nomination, a peer-review survey by practice area, and independent research on candidates. The top five percent of attorneys in each location, as nominated by their peers, are then reviewed by an independent research team that focuses on professional accomplishments, peer recognition, and community involvement.
Alfred has earned the distinction of a Super Lawyers Rising Star. He has defended financial institutions, credit card issuers, lenders, and servicers against a variety of consumer finance-based claims. His clients have included owners and general contractors in construction defect cases and white collar/government investigations clients in cases brought by federal enforcement agencies.
The Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for 2021 recognizes the top lawyers in the area who are 40 years old or younger or have been in practice 10 years or less.
Frances Stephens (Col ’74)
The Jung Center of Houston has selected Frances Carter Stephens (Col ’74 CM) as one of the artists on their 2022 exhibition schedule. Titled Beautiful the Wild, the exhibition will present more than a dozen of her recent abstract oil paintings and one conceptual three dimensional work. The works express untamed nature–vivid and sometimes unpredictable–as experienced along Texas’s Gulf Coast. They explore elements of earth, sky, and weather as aspects of the abstract landscape and their dynamic impact on our world. References to gardens and the changing seasons evoke the life cycle–birth, growth, decline, and death, and all of its fierce emotions. Beautiful the Wild will be on view at The Jung Center of Houston, 5200 Montrose Boulevard, from February 16 through March 31, 2022. The exhibition is free and open to the public during the Jung Center’s normal business hours. A public reception with the artist is scheduled for Saturday, March 19 from 5 to 7 pm.
Patricia Leonard (Col ’88 CM)
Patricia A. Steenberg Leonard (Col ’88 CM) has been elected to the board of directors of the Armory Art Center, a non-profit arts organization in West Palm Beach, Florida. Patti is a trial lawyer and partner at the Shutts & Bowen law firm in West Palm Beach, Florida, where she practices business, securities, and intellectual property litigation.
Roger Millar (Engr ’82 CM)
Roger Millar (Engr ’82 CM) was elected chair of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America Board of Directors at ITS America’s November 2021 annual meeting in Charlotte. He has served as Secretary of Transportation at the Washington State Department of Transportation since his appointment by Governor Jay Inslee in 2016.
Michael Bentley (Educ ’85)
Michael Lee “Mike” Bentley (Educ ’85) received the award for Outstanding Science Teaching and Contributions to Science Education by the Virginia Association of Science Teachers at their annual meeting in November 2021. At that meeting, he delivered a paper for the first time via YouTube video because the conference went virtual due to the pandemic. In 2021, he presented programs on the climate crisis to community groups and to his city council and continued volunteer work on Plowshare Peace and Justice Center’s board, as secretary of the regional Sierra Club, Citizen’s Climate Lobby, and Virginia’s Interfaith Power and Light. At 75, he is well and doing what good he can.
John Lowery (Col ’90)
John Wesley Lowery (Col ’90 CM) was recognized by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education as the 2022 George D. Kuh Outstanding Contribution to Literature and/or Research Award recipient. This award honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to research and scholarship related to higher education. The honoree’s work must address important and substantial issues and have had a significant or transformative effect on higher education and student affairs practice in a national or international context. This award is the highest honor NASPA bestows on a higher education researcher.
Tamara Bedic (Law ’98)
Tamara Bedic (Law ’98 CM) is president of the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. A feminist, activist, immigrant and animal advocate, Tamara began volunteering for the country’s most progressive lawyers’ association in 2009 as a legal observer. Since then, Tamara has assisted members of Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion; defended the right to protest; resuscitated the Guild’s Animal Rights Committee and served as vice president. Tamara has been interviewed by Law and Disorder and organizes webinars on local, national and international animal rights issues.
Herbert Slatery (Col ’74)
Herbert H. Slatery III (Col ’74 CM), the current attorney general for the State of Tennessee, was presented with the Kelley-Wyman Award at the recent National Association of Attorneys General Capital Forum in Washington, D.C. The Kelley-Wyman Award is an annual award given to the attorney general who has done the most to advance the objectives of the Association, and the honoree is selected by fellow attorneys general. General Slatery was completely surprised and was quick to give credit to the cooperation among the many attorneys general and to his own dedicated, hardworking staff in Tennessee.
Helm Dobbins (Col ’16)
H. MacNeil “Mac” Dobbins (Col ’16 CM) has joined the Bridge Investment Group as Vice President of its Industrial Net Lease Group. He is responsible for acquisitions and asset management for the division’s Private Equity Funds. He previously served as Principal, and earlier as Senior Associate at Gladstone Commercial Corporation, a publicly traded real estate investment trust. He began his financial career and served as a Senior Credit Analyst at United Bank after graduating from UVA in 2016. His office is in Arlington, Virginia.
Frank Macgill (Com ’91)
Frank S. Macgill (Com ’91) was recently recognized as 2021 Legal Elite by Georgia Trend.
Georgia Trend, a statewide business publication, recently published its annual issue honoring Georgia’s leading attorneys for their achievements in various practice areas. Legal Elite is compiled by attorneys submitting their nominations through the publication’s website, and the listing is determined solely by attorneys’ votes.
Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite issue can be found at www.georgiatrend.com.
Michael Smith (Arch ’05)
Mike Smith (Arch ’05) was honored in Mass Transit magazine as a member of the 2021 class of the publication’s “40 Under 40.” The annual feature recognizes 40 up-and-comers in the public transportation industry for their contributions, innovation, leadership, and community impact. Currently serving as Chief of Safety for the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, Mike was selected out of over 150 nominations representing a cross-section of disciplines from across the U.S. in both the public and private sectors. He is proud of his humble beginnings as a student driver at UVA’s University Transit Service, a position he held both through all four years of study as an urban and environmental planning major in the School of Architecture, and also after graduating, on a part-time basis limited to late nights and weekends. He has worked in a variety of roles in a 20-year career, in operations, safety, regulatory compliance, and project management.
Eve Lindemuth Bodeux (Grad ’89)
Eve Lindemuth Bodeux (Grad ’89) was elected for a second three-year term to the Board of Directors of the American Translators Association (www.atanet.org), and will serve through 2024. ATA is the nation’s largest professional organization for translators and interpreters with over 9,000 members in over 100 countries. Eve has been active in the translation industry for over twenty-five years. She is an ATA-certified French-to-English translator and also works as an independent project manager for a diverse global client base. She is also the author of the book Maintaining Your Second Language and was co-host of the Speaking of Translation podcast from 2008 to 2021. She has a graduate degree from the Université de Lorraine (France), an MA from the University of Virginia, and a BA from Lebanon Valley College.
Steven Nesbit (Engr ’80 CM)
Steve Nesbit (Engr ’80, ’82 CM) is serving as the 67th President of the American Nuclear Society, the organization for nuclear science and technology professionals. ANS works to advance, foster, and spur the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society. Elected by the society in 2020, his term of office runs through June 2022.
Kevin Martingayle (Law ’91)
Kevin Martingayle (Law ’91), a past president of the Virginia State Bar, was recently elected to the governing council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. He has also held a number of other legal organization leadership positions, including his current service as a member of the executive committee of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Judges & Lawyers Assistance Program, which supports judges, lawyers, law students and legal staff in handling mental health and substance abuse challenges. Kevin resides in Virginia Beach with his wife, Lizzie, and has a trial and appellate law practice.
Walter Calvert (Com ’83 CM)
Walter Calvert (Com ’80 CM) was elected a Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel. The American College of Tax Counsel is a professional association of tax attorneys with fellows limited to a maximum of 700 across the United States. Fellows must be nominated for membership and must then undergo a rigorous screening process prior to being elected. Walt is a partner in the transactional Tax practice of the Venable LLP law firm.
Byron Dickson (Arch ’63)
Byron Dickson (Arch ’63 CM), lead practitioner at Dickson Architects & Associates, has been appointed to a four-year term on the City of Roanoke Architectural Review Board. Dickson Architects, which serves Southwest Virginia and adjoining states, celebrated its 50th anniversary June 7.
Ralph Aronberg (Engr ’78)
Ralph Aronberg (Engr ’78 CM) was recently awarded Engineer of the Year by the Broward County (Fla.) chapter of The American Society of Civil Engineers. Ralph has been a member of ASCE for over 40 years, and is now a life member. His specialty is traffic and transportation. He began his career with the Florida Department Of Transportation, then worked for the Broward County traffic engineering division. He opened his own firm in 1983, where his work evolved into forensics. He has been published in his field on a number of occasions, and is a fellow member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.
Mark Haley (Col ’78)
Mark G. Haley (Col ’78), co-founder and partner at Prism Hospitality Consulting, LLC, was inducted into the Hospitality Finance & Technology Professionals International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame, the highest level of recognition in the area of technology. Since 1989, 49 individuals have received this award as a reflection of their contributions to the hospitality industry.
Peter Wickersham (Col ’84)
Peter H. Wickersham, Esq. (Col ’84 CM) was recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2022 Health Care Law “Lawyer of the Year” award winner in San Antonio. Mr. Wickersham, President of Peter H. Wickersham, P.C., was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America™ 2022 in the field of Health Care Law. As “Lawyer of the Year,” Mr. Wickersham received the highest overall peer-feedback in the field of Health Care Law in San Antonio. This singular recognition is awarded annually to one lawyer for each specialty and designated metropolitan area. Mr. Wickersham, one of only six attorneys in San Antonio who is Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, was previously recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2010-2021 in the field of Health Care Law.
Peter H. Wickersham, P.C., a Distinguished Rated boutique health law firm in San Antonio founded in 2003, has been recognized in US News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2013-2014 and 2016-2021 as a San Antonio Metro Region Tier Two Firm in the field of Health Care Law. The firm was also recognized in US News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2015 as a San Antonio Metro Region Tier One Firm in the field of Health Care Law, one of only four law firms in San Antonio to receive this prestigious recognition that year. In 2018, Mr. Wickersham was named one of the Best S.A. Lawyers in Health Care by Scene San Antonio magazine.
With more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of health law, Mr. Wickersham focuses on the representation of physicians and physician group practices in connection with business transactions, entity formations, federal and state regulatory matters, and practice operations. Mr. Wickersham is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Louisiana State Bar, the Texas Bar College, the American Health Law Association, and the San Antonio Bar Association. In addition, he is a former Council Member of the Health Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, a current Member of the Health Law Exam Commission for the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and the current Vice President and a Member of the National Board of Directors of the Catholic Bar Association. Mr. Wickersham is Of-Counsel to Pesek & Helms, LLP, an AV Preeminent® Rated, boutique Corporate, Real Estate, Health Law, Estate Planning & Probate, and Oil & Gas firm in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1984 and Tulane Law School Cum Laude in 1992.
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. More than 113,000 industry leading lawyers are eligible to vote (from around the world), and we have received more than 15 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 10.8 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 66,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
Avron Stoloff (Com ’88)
Classmates Alan MacKenzie (Col ’88 CM), Steve Furr (Col ’88 CM), Jim Wolfe (Com ’88 CM) and Avron Stoloff (Com ’88 CM) completed the August 2021 Triple Bypass bicycle event in Colorado. The grueling event covers 110 miles and over 10,000 vertical feet in one day.
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