The College of Law hosted its 21st annual Swearing-In Ceremony on Nov. 15. Held in the college's ceremonial courtroom, graduates who have passed the bar can be sworn into the Georgia Superior Court, Court of Appeals and/or the Supreme Court of Georgia during the event.
Georgia State is the only school in Georgia where students can be sworn into all three courts. The ceremonial court room was filled with family, friends and faculty eager to see the 99 alumni take their oath.
Judge Shawn LaGrua (J.D. '89) administered the oath for the Superior Court. In her remarks to the newly minted attorneys, she encouraged them to do what makes them happy, practice law with integrity and make a difference in their communities. Jeffrey Davis (J.D. '91), executive director of the State Bar of Georgia re-emphasized the message, noting that there are 50,000 attorneys in the state. He stated "your reputation is your currency, so keep your shine on."
Judge Clyde Reese (B.A. '80) administered the oaths for the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia. He reflected on the importance of paying it forward.
"Give young people an opportunity, that's what I've always tried to do." he said. "I was once in that position and somebody had to give me a chance. That's incumbent upon all of us, to reach back and help people the same way we were helped."
View a complete list of graduates who participated in the ceremony below:
Harrison Alex
Joseph Babalola
Elizabeth Balte
Daniel Barrett
Maxwell Bowen
Rachel Brinson
Daniela Britton
Andrew Brown
Berit Browning
Collin Ciepiela
Luiz De Oliveira Santos
Benjamin Dell'Orto
Rachel DiSanto
Hannah Drosky
Sutton Freedman
Michael Freeman Jr.
Misty Gann
Edward Greenblat
Jarvarus Gresham
Matthew Haan
Colleen Hampton
Ismat Hanano
Zain Haq
Adriana Heffley
Jamie Hill
Anna Howard
Abigail Howd
Michael Johanning
Lydia Jung
Gregory Maddaleni
Haden Marrs
Andrew Martin
Edward Molinary
Lauren Newman
Morgan Ownbey
Paul Panusky
Shivani Patel
Eric Peters
Danielle Pollack
James Rah
Ariana Reeseman
Scott Robertson
William Robertson
Shakil Robinson
Juan Rodriguez
Furhawn Shah
Lauren Singer
Joseph Smothers
Grace Starling
Logan Stone
Jaryd Tamares
Javier Trejo
Laura Trejo
Cassandra Tuchscher
Roland Turner Jr.
Holly van den Toorn
Stuart Wallace
Colleen Warley
Abigail Warren
Yizhou Wei
Brooke Wilner
Kristen Wilson
Sommer Zimmerman
Taylor Armstrong
Alexander Hegner
Zachary Judd
Christopher Kanelos
Enid Kim
Heather Kuhn
Joseph Luna
Brayton Meyer
Najah Middleton
Bethany Mowery
Timothy Peacock
Timothy Roach
Caitlyn Scofield
Stephanie Songaila
Caleb Swiney
Charles Theodore
Jake Watson
Diego Zorrilla
Caela Abrams
Nicole Adams
Olakitan Ajanaku
Hannah-Lynn Apicelli
Jessica Bareis
Brittany Barto
Kimberly Carabotta
Mariana Frantzezos Kotzias Tuleski
Adam Harper
Megan Harrison
Joshua Jones
Hannah Lee
Nicholas Nesmith
Ashley O'Neil
Brook Ptacek
Monica Ruiz
Olivia Shellman
Sharnell Simon