Class Notes

Gregory Bradburn, LA96, retired.

Jeffrey E. Atkinson, LW98, a trial attorney with Lashly & Baer, P.C., since 2019, was named a shareholder effective Jan. 1.Atkinson concentrates his practice in civil litigation and medical malpractice defense.

Johanna Schiavoni, LA98, was honored with a Bernard E. Witkin Award for Excellence in the practice of law and as a community changemaker by the San Diego Law Library Foundation. The award recognizes Schiavoni’s excellence in practice as an appellate attorney and her extensive community service, including terms as chair of the board of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (2021) and as president of the San Diego County Bar Association (2020).

Nancy A. Johnson, LW99, an attorney in the Orlando office of Littler Mendelson, P.C., was promoted to shareholder effective Jan. 1. Working with in-house counsel through all phases of labor and employment litigation in state and federal courts and at the administrative agency level, Johnson advises and defends employers confronted by complex workplace challenges and the evolving labor and employment landscape.

Sapna Kudchadkar, LA99, a pediatric critical care physician and pediatric anesthesiologist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, was named anesthesiologist-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center and vice chair for pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She lives in Ellicott City, Md., with her husband, Raj, and two children, Kishen and Asha.

Ben Westhoff, LA99, is an award-winning investigative journalist, who has written five books, including Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap (Hachette Books, 2016); and, most recently, Little Brother: Love, Tragedy and My Search for the Truth (Hachette Books, May 2022). Little Brother tells the story of Westhoff, a volunteer with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, and his mentee, Jorell Cleveland, who in 2016 was killed in broad daylight near his home in Ferguson, Mo. The book details Jorell’s life and Westhoff’s quest to learn the facts of his death.

Tobias T. Gibson, GR01, GR06, is the co-editor, with Kurt W. Jefferson, of Contextualizing Security: A Reader (University of Georgia Press, August 2022). A collection of original essays, primary source lectures and previously published material in the overlapping fields of security studies, political science, sociology, journalism and philosophy, the textbook offers graduate and undergraduate students a grasp on both foundational issues and more contemporary debates in security studies.

Cory Kamholz, AR01, joined FGM Architects as design principal, focusing primarily on the firm’s higher education and municipal practice areas. Previously, he was at HED (Harley Ellis Devereaux) as Chicago design leader and associate principal.

Christopher Stetler, LA01, returned to Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP as a partner in its litigation department. He previously served for one year as a law clerk to the Hon. Amy J. St. Eve, who was then a U.S. district court judge, and for 11 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Illinois, most recently as deputy chief.

Jeffrey Henderson, GM02, MD02, was ­awarded the AABB’s (Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies) 2021 President’s Award in recognition of his critical work as part of the COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project Group, which helped advance the science regarding therapeutic options for convalescent plasma. Henderson was a co-founder of the group with colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, Albert Einstein Institution and Michigan State University.