Brianne Felsher
Law School Alumni Association Annual Awards Dinner
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Nov4Connect in the Café: U.S. Marine Corps Judge Advocate DivisionThomas J. Meskill Law Library12:00 PM
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Ted Kennedy Jr. ’97 was named 2026 Lawyer of the Year by the Bar Association of D.C., the organization’s highest honor. Kennedy has dedicated his life and career to advancing disability rights, promoting independent living, and ensuring equal access and opportunity for people with disabilities. This award recognizes an individual whose professional achievements and civic contributions have made a significant impact on the legal profession and the public. Read the full press release online.
Kelly Scott ’11, Family Law practice chair for Pullman & Comley, has been recognized as Partner of the Year at ALM’s 2026 New England Legal Awards ceremony in Boston. Read more in the full press release.
Ted Karns ’01 published a new book, A Compounding Life, which applies investment principles to personal growth. He emphasizes that small, intentional, values-aligned choices compound over time to create exponential life value. Read more about Karns in the latest issue of UConn Magazine.
LaTanya Langley ’00 has joined the 2026 DirectWomen Class, an organization aiming to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards.
Jessica de Perio Wittman published ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES IN ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARIES, VOL. 3 (with Elizabeth G. Adelman ed. 2025)
On October 26, 2026, Jon Bauer and Maegan Faitsch led a program on the basics of asylum law at an all-day training for pro bono attorneys sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Foundation, “Asylum 101.” The program aimed to help equip and prepare pro bono volunteers to provide free legal services to asylum-seekers in immigration court proceedings.
Professor Julia Simon-Kerr released a new book titled Critical Evidence. The book taps into a growing body of scholarship that demonstrates evidence law is fundamentally about power, setting the boundaries of whose voices will be heard and what types of knowledge will be cognizable in courts of law in the United States. Professor Simon-Kerr says, “Through a close reading of rules and doctrine, Critical Evidence shows that evidence law must and should change in order to serve as a system that promotes truth, justice and fairness for all in the American legal system.”
Professor Richard Pomp was cited extensively in a recent Tax Notes article discussing the complications of taxing digital advertising and social media services.
Professor Richard Pomp was quoted in a Law360 article discussing Mastercard’s tax liability in South Carolina, where an appellate panel ruled that the company had engaged in income-producing activity in the state. Pomp said that Mastercard’s position that it owed nothing was a “hard sell for a state court,” noting that it was “a perfect situation for some type of apportionment rather than Mastercard trying to pay nothing.”
Brianne Felsher published Brief of Law and History Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, West Virginia v. BPJ, No. 24-43 (U.S. Nov. 17, 2025) (with Chad M. Eggspuehler et al.).
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Ted Kennedy Jr. ’97 was named 2026 Lawyer of the Year by the Bar Association of D.C., the organization’s highest honor. Kennedy has dedicated his life and career to advancing disability rights, promoting independent living, and ensuring equal access and opportunity for people with disabilities. This award recognizes an individual whose professional achievements and civic contributions have made a significant impact on the legal profession and the public. Read the full press release online.
Kelly Scott ’11, Family Law practice chair for Pullman & Comley, has been recognized as Partner of the Year at ALM’s 2026 New England Legal Awards ceremony in Boston. Read more in the full press release.
Ted Karns ’01 published a new book, A Compounding Life, which applies investment principles to personal growth. He emphasizes that small, intentional, values-aligned choices compound over time to create exponential life value. Read more about Karns in the latest issue of UConn Magazine.
LaTanya Langley ’00 has joined the 2026 DirectWomen Class, an organization aiming to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards.
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