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ALUMNI Newswork as an associate in the corporateand finance group of Vorys, Sater,Seymour and Pease LLP, located inD.C. Her husband is a diplomat withthe Office of the Naval Attaché at theEmbassy of Australia. The couplebought a home in Takoma, D.C., andwill reside in both the United States andAustralia.Armstrong “Army” Robinson wasnamed chief of staff to Rep. Geoff Davis(R-Ky.), it was announced in August. Hewas promoted from the position of legislativedirector and counsel in the congressman’sWashington office. Armstrongwas a volunteer during Davis’ 2004 congressionalcampaign.Diego J. Rojas has joined Stein,Sperling, Bennett, DeJong, Driscoll &Greenfeig of Rockville, Md., where hefocuses on personal injury, criminal lawand traffic issues. Before joining thefirm, he was an associate with Bierman,Geesing & Ward in Bethesda, Md.Philip A. Ross has been appointedassistant United States attorney in theeastern district of Michigan. Based inDetroit, he represents the United Statesin criminal and civil asset forfeiturematters. Previously, he served as a contractattorney with the Department ofJustice’s asset forfeiture and moneylaundering section, where he co-editeda treatise, Asset Forfeiture Law in theUnited States.Kathyrn ‘Kate’ Tarallo is a new associatein the Washington, D.C., office ofEpstein Becker and Green. She practicesin health care and life sciencesgroup. Tarallo was previously with theFDA, where she was an attorney in theCenter for Biologics Evaluation andResearch.Neil W. Tyra proudly announces theformation of the Tyra Law Firm, LLClocated in downtown Rockville, Md.The firm specializes in personal injury,worker’s compensation, family law,elderly law and sports representation.Prior to forming the firm, Tyra was anassociate at the firm of Simeone &Miller, LLP of Washington, D.C.,where his practice focused on personalinjury and premises liability litigation.Jacob Royal Zissu married AimeeElizabeth Bartol, of Syosset, N.Y., onMay 28, 2007. He is an associate in theNew York office of Clausen Miller, aChicago law firm. The bride is the seniorcopy editor at Esquire magazine inNew York. She graduated from BostonUniversity.2005Christopher J. Armstrong is currentlyinvestigative counsel to the SenateFinance Committee, serving under Sen.Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa.) Before comingto Grassley’s staff, he worked for theU.S Office of Special Counsel inWashington, D.C., investigating andprosecuting retaliation cases againstgovernment whistleblowers.Alexander W. Major and his wife areexpecting their third child early in 2008.In August 2007, Major began as a judicialclerk for the Hon. Paul W. Grimm,chief magistrate judge, U.S. DistrictCourt of Maryland.Wesley A. Nicolas has accepted a positionas intellectual property counsel atNovo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., ofPrinceton, N.J. Nicholas was previouslywith Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., inReston, Va.Stephen J. O'Connor has been servingas a trial attorney for the ICE PhoenixDistrict Office of Chief Counsel ofDHS since Oct. 1, 2007. He lives withhis wife, Yingying, in Mesa, Ariz.Marisa DeFazio Polito marriedChristopher Polito on Sept. 28, 2007.The couple resides in Washington, D.C.Virginia Koenig Scattergood has beennamed director of government relationsand legislative counsel for theAlexandria, Va.-based AeronauticalRepair Station Association. The newswas announced in May 2007.Scattergood was formerly the organization’sassociate counsel. The associationadvocates on behalf of the aviationmaintenance industry.Maureen Curtin Sullivan andBrendan F. Sullivan, 2005, were marriedon March 24, 2007. Classmates inattendance included Brian Porter,Kurtis Acker, Sarah O’Donnell, EileenHopkins and Julie Gauther Marino.The couple currently resides in Boston.Brendan is working as an assistant districtattorney in Middlesex County.Maureen has joined the public financedepartment of Edwards Angell Palmer& Dodge.Stephen M. Waguespack has beenappointed deputy chief of staff for policyto Louisiana governor-elect BobbyJindal. Waguespack is a Washingtonlobbyist and former legislative aide toU.S. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX). Heworked as policy director on Jindal’sgubernatorial campaign, and is a nativeof the state.2006Rebecca L. Byrd recently started as adeputy attorney general for theDelaware Department of Justice. Byrdworks in the administrative division,primarily on legislation but also onother kinds of legal work.Kelly Loud Cleary has completed aclerkship with Hon. Claude M. Hilton,EDVA. She began as an associate in theWashington, D.C., office of Akin,Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld inOctober 2007. She married AndrewCleary on Sept. 22, 2007, inWashington, D.C.Candice Dee Cleere, a first lieutenantJAG officer in the U.S. Air Force, waspromoted to the rank of captain in July2007. She is currently stationed atAviano AFB in Italy.Lori A. Grazio and her husband, JasonDeRoche, welcomed twins, CatherineRose and Nathaniel Robert, on Nov.10, 2006.Fall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 47