Sunday, October 20, 2024
Pepperdine Caruso Law Bibles At The Supreme Court
Last week, I had the honor of participating in one of my favorite events of the year: moving the admission of Pepperdine Caruso Law alums into the U.S. Supreme Court Bar:
- Bret Anderson (JD '05; Partner, Ferguson, Case, Orr, Patterson)
- James Bristol (JD '87; Partner, Holland & Knight)
- Alex Caruso (JD '17; Counsel, Cox Castle)
- Chris DeLorenz (JD '20; Law Clerk, U.S. District Court (S.D. FL))
- Rebecca Ferrari (JD '20; Associate, Cooley)
- Jordan Fish (JD '17; Partner, Up Development)
- Brian Iverson (JD '08; Partner, Bass, Berry & Sims)
- Mae Jacobe (JD '18; Associate, Vanderford & Ruiz)
- Amy Sue Leavens (JD '97; President, Concierge Client Services)
- Anna Goodman Lucardi (JD '19; Associate, Paul Weiss)
- Charlie Walker (JD '15; General Counsel, Graham Healthcare Capital)
After the swearing-in ceremony, we watched the oral argument in Bufkin v. McDonough, No. 23-713. The issue in the case is whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims must ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule in 38 U.S.C. § 5107(b) was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(1), which directs the court to “take due account” of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ application of that rule. For coverage of the oral argument, see Law360, Justices Torn On Interpretation Of Veterans Benefits Law.
We added a new tradition this year by giving each of our alums Pepperdine Caruso Law-branded Bibles to mark the special occasion:
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