Hi Class of 2019! I can’t believe it has been five years since we graduated! I miss DC, GULC, and all the amazing people and friends I met during my three years there. It has been too long since I have been able to see many of you in person. I can’t wait to see you at Reunion Weekend and catch up soon!

I look forward to seeing my classmates at our 20th reunion. I know Section 4 will be there! Be well and see you in October.

The 5 years since we graduated law school have flown by - the pandemic really did change the way we perceive time passing! Since I saw many of you last in May 2019, I worked on the Hill for 4 years at the House Office of Legislative Counsel, focusing on defense, intelligence, and foreign affairs legislative drafting. Recently, I left the legislative branch for the executive and am now at the EPA, where I focus on issues relating to environmental compliance by the military and certain other federal agencies. I still love DC (despite the summers) and am so excited to see many of you back in town for our first GULC reunion!

Karen M. Greenwald runs her own brand strategy boutique. Last year, she won a Platinum Marketing Effectiveness Award, her 17th international industry award. She is also the author the Kansas Notable Book (a picture book), A VOTE FOR SUSANNA, THE FIRST WOMAN MAYOR. This book was chosen by the state of Kansas to represent it at the Library of Congress National Book Festival and in the Library of Congress' Center for the Book "Great Reads from Great Places" initiative. Her second non-fiction picture book, THE MUD ANGELS: HOW STUDENTS SAVED THE CITY OF FLORENCE launched April 2024 and has received praise both in the US and Italy.

I am a corporate (M&A and governance) partner at K&L Gates in Seattle, where I've spent my career, starting with my summer associate stint at predecessor firm Preston Gates & Ellis. I'm active in the ABA M&A Committee, serving as its vice chair and as chair of its flagship Private Target Deal Points Study. Tony Oliver (also L'99; our first date was Barrister's Ball as 1Ls) and I are married with two daughters and a son, ages 17, 13, and 8, respectively. I'm excited to see everyone at the reunion!

One court, One District Attorney's Office, One NGO, Two boyfriends + millions of flirts, Three cats, and Three dogs :)

It is difficult to believe it has been 25 years since we graduated from Georgetown Law! In many ways it feels like yesterday that we were at the library conducting research (with actual books!) or letting off steam with classmates at the Tiber Creek Pub or the Dubliner. Although I have stayed in the Washington, D.C. area since graduation (with the exception of a year-long clerkship in Oklahoma), balancing family life with four children and a couple of goldendoodles and a career has kept me more out of touch with classmates than I would like. I am really looking forward our 25th reunion to reconnect with classmates and to reminisce about our days as budding lawyers. Hoping you are making plans to attend too!