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ALUMNI NewsAttorney’s office for Colorado’s 2 ndJudicial District. He is a prosecutor forall manner of criminal charges, as well asan advocate for victims, and is still activein the Colorado Democratic Party.2000Elizabeth N. Beacham was named chiefcounsel to the National RepublicanCongressional Committee in January 2007.Stanley W. Glenn is the assistant publicdefender for the municipality of FortPierce, Fla. Almost completely deafsince early childhood, Glenn was thesubject of an admiring profile in a localnewspaper, the TC Palm, on Nov. 8,2007. The story recounted Glenn’smethod of lip reading to track what thejudge, prosecutor or witnesses are sayingin court to know what’s going on. Itincludes not only the words a person isusing, but body language and other visualclues. In the past six years with the publicdefender’s office, Glenn has gonefrom handling misdemeanor cases tobecoming a supervisor and overseeingthe prosecution of major felonies.Erica Jacobson Mijares married childhoodsweetheart Polgeorge Mijares atthe U.S. Naval Academy on Feb. 10,2007. CUA law school alumni in attendanceincluded Elizabeth J. Bechtold,2001, Nia C. Mathis, 2001, andJacqueline E. Ellington, 1992.Cecilia O’Connell Miller and her husband,Chris, welcomed their first child,a daughter named Lucy Ann, onMarch 14, 2007. The family resides inSan Diego.Liza Ray Orr and her husband, Shane,2000, welcomed Addison Reese on June4, 2007. She joins big brother Christian.Shane is an associate with Jacobs ChaseFrick Kleinkopf & Kelley LLC. Liza isan assistant general counsel with FiservISS. They live in Denver.J. Morgan Phelps has joined GeoEye aslegal counsel in the satellite imagingfirm’s Dulles, Va., office. Phelps isresponsible for helping GeoEye draft,negotiate and finalize commercial andgovernment contracts as well as assistingon other legal matters. He joins GeoEyeafter approximately seven years inprivate law practice in northern Virginia.Prior to that, Phelps served as an officerin the U.S. Army.2001Eric A. Adolphe was selected as one ofthe winners of the 2007 TibbettsAwards. The national awards are madeannually to individuals judged to exemplifythe best in small business innovationand research. Adolphe was selectedfrom a pool of more than 4,000 potentialrecipients. A resident of Leesburg,Va., he was chosen for his work involvingtechnological innovation that hasbeen used by NASA.Peter D. Antonoplos has joined CarterLedyard & Milburn as counsel in thereal estate group, where he focuses onreal estate and corporate law, commerciallitigation and securities and financialregulation.Elizabeth J. Bechtold was appointed inJune 2007 as an assistant attorney generalin the Educational Affair Divisionof the Maryland Attorney General’soffice. She will provide counsel to memberinstitutions of the state universitysystem, including Coppin StateUniversity and Frostburg StateUniversity.Nicole Hunt Foster and her husband,William, are the proud parents ofMargaret Susan “Maggie” Foster, bornMay 26, 2007. Baby Maggie was 6pounds 4 ounces and 18.5 inches long.Maura Blue Jeffords has become thedirector of international trade affairs forDiageo, a beverage alcohol companybased in the United Kingdom that ownsbrands such as Guinness and JohnnieWalker. Jeffords joined the companyafter four years with the Department ofCommerce’s Import Administration.Melissa Pedri Netram recently joinedThe Financial Services Roundtable. Sheis responsible for handling the roundtable’sregulatory activities, with a primaryfocus on securities issues. Herprior job was at The McGraw-HillCompanies’ government affairs office,where she worked on regulatory and legislativeissues for Standard & Poor’s.Melissa is married to ChristopherNetram, 2003, and resides inWashington, D.C.Ariel I. Rayman was hired in April 2007as managing attorney for theWashington, D.C., office of Willkie Farr& Gallagher LLP.Clair Espinosa Retek and her husband,Kyle, are the parents of Katie, 4,and Jacob, 2. The family recentlymoved to North Carolina to be closer toher family.2002Hugo J. Alfaro was selected to serve aschair of the Planning Committee forthe Archdiocesan Board of Educationfor Washington, D.C. The appointmentmarks his third year as a memberof the board. Alfaro is also the proudfather of Daniel Jovitf Alfaro, bornMarch 30, 2006.Philip E. Culpepper joined theBaltimore office of Adelberg, Rudow,Dorf & Hendler, LLC as an associate inAugust 2007. Culpepper and his wife,Jennifer, were married in June 2006, andare the proud parents of a daughter,born in June 2007.Jennifer M. Gartlan married DavidFranklin Stevenson III on May 12. Theylive in Springfield, Va.Shari F. Keiser recently joined the lawfirm Sedgwick, Detert, Moran &Arnold, LLP as an associate in theirNewark, N. J., office. Keiser focuses herpractice in the areas of products liabilityand mass torts and complex litigation.Rachael T. Krueger obtained herLL.M. degree from NYU School of LawFall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 45