Law school names four distinguished alumni
Two judges and two litigators noted for their outstanding contributions
to the legal profession have received the Distinguished Alumni Award from
the School of Law. They include (left to right): A. Paul Cadenhead `49L,
counsel to Fellows, Johnson, Davis & La Briola; Milwaukee County Circuit
Court Judge Patricia D. McMahon `68L; Fulton County Superior Court Judge
Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore `71L; and C. B. Rogers `53L, founding partner
of Rogers & Hardin. Cadenhead has had a long and distinguished trial
practice in areas as diverse as fraud and criminal prosecution of public
officials, insurance defense work in catastrophic injury cases, legal malpractice
defense and family law. Elected to the judgeship in 1987 and re-elected
in 1993, McMahon also has presided in the Criminal Division, including the
Homicide/Sexual Assault Speedy Trial Court. A judge on the Superior Court
of Fulton County since 1990, Moore previously sat on the State Court of
Fulton County (1985-90), the City Court of Atlanta (1980-85), and the Municipal
Court of Atlanta (1977-80). A nationally recognized litigator, Rogers served
as a founding member of the Emory Law School Council and as president of
the Emory Law Alumni Association in 1987-88.
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