Our Transfer Student Peer Mentors are amazing rising 3rd and 4th year students who transferred to Georgetown Law after their first year. Their role is to help new incoming transfer students transition to Georgetown Law. Incoming transfer students will be assigned a specific mentor but should feel free to reach out to any of the mentors with questions.
Rodrigo Bermudez
• Hometown: Boston, MA
• Transfer school: William and Mary Law School
• Area of professional interest: Immigration and Criminal Law
• Summer 2023 employment: Wetmore Fellow at Morrison Foerster
• Hobbies and extracurricular activities: Playing Basketball, Hiking, and Reading
• Favorite TV shows/movies/books: Ted Lasso, The Good Place, Last of Us
• Favorite DC restaurant/bar or food truck: Daikaya Ramen Shop
Cara Cavanaugh
• Hometown – Parsippany, NJ
• Transfer school – George Washington University
• Area of professional interest – Space Law
• Summer 2023 employment – Milbank, LLP
• Hobbies and extracurricular activities – Space Law Society (president), knitting, and Peloton
• Favorite TV shows/movies/books – TV: Fleabag, Stranger Things, Gilmore Girls; Podcasts: Redhanded, You’re Wrong About; Author: Erik Larson
• Favorite DC restaurant/bar or food truck – Indigo
Taylor Fisher
• Hometown: Glenwood, IA
• Transfer school: Michigan State University College of Law
• Area of professional interest: Transactional, Real Estate
• Summer 2023 employment: Katten Muchin Rosenman (DC)
• Hobbies and extracurricular activities: Phi Alpha Delta (Legal Professional Fraternity), Georgetown Environmental Law Review, baking, trying new restaurants & reading anything besides my casebooks
• Favorite TV shows/movies/books: Books: Turtles All the Way Down, The Yellow Wallpaper, Evicted; Movies & TV Shows: Real Housewives (Atlanta is my favorite franchise!), Seven Pounds, The Handmaid’s Tale, La La Land
• Favorite DC restaurant/bar or food truck: Cane on H-Street / Sababa in Cleveland Park! For a budget-friendly meal, try Lincoln’s Waffle Shop in Penn Quarter or Bartaco!
Katie Landphair-Henneke
• Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
• Transfer school: Washington and Lee School of Law
• Area of professional interest: Corporate, Real Estate
• Summer 2023 employment: Paul Hastings (DC)
• Hobbies and extracurricular activities: Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Domestic Violence Clinic, yoga, travel, exploring new restaurants around DC
• Favorite TV shows/movies/books: TV Shows: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Succession, White Lotus (basically anything on HBO!); Book: All the Light We Cannot See
• Favorite DC restaurant/bar or food truck: So hard to choose but I love Barcelona Wine Bar, Anju, Reveler’s Hour, and Rasika!
Nick Opinsky
• Hometown: New York City
• Transfer school: CUNY School of Law
• Area of professional interest: Tax, Trust & Estates, Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Summer 2023 employment: Assistant Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations (Georgetown Law)
• Hobbies and extracurricular activities: International travel, museums, art, history
• Favorite TV shows/movies/books: Wednesday (tv show), Hocus Pocus (movie), The Song of Achilles (book)
• Favorite DC restaurant/bar or food truck: Unconventional diner, Indigo
Hannah Soltys
• Hometown: Naperville, IL
• Transfer school: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Law
• Area of professional interest: Corporate/IP
• Summer 2023 employment: Legal Intern at the Antiquities Coalition, and Legal Research Assistant at Georgetown Law
• Hobbies and extracurricular activities: Trying to go to all the museums in D.C., working out at the Georgetown Law gym, learning to do embroidery, and experimenting with cooking and baking.
• Favorite TV shows/movies/books: TV Show: New Girl, Abbott Elementary, Queer Eye; Movies: Bridesmaids, Shrek 2, Ever After; Books: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, Untamed by Glennon Doyle, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Favorite DC restaurant/bar or food truck: Eat Brgz, Extreme Pizza, Kramers