Alumni Spotlight
Penn State Law esteemed volunteer and donor Christie Tillapaugh was recently elected as President and CEO of Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, located in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Naples, Florida. Dentons Cohen & Grigsby is a member firm of Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm.
Penn State Law in University Park alumni Georgina Buckley-Graham, class of 2015, and Cody R. Graham, class of 2013, met as law students in 2012. They have both established successful legal careers, with Georgina as a litigation and appellate attorney at Jackson Walker LLP, and Cody as a construction litigation attorney at Cokinos | Young.
Celia Karlin O’Sullivan, a Swedish graduate of the Penn State Law in University Park LL.M. class of 2018, published her first novel, Gryning Skymning Skepnad, in December 2022.
Kristina Pierre-Louis, a Penn State Law in University Park class of 2014 graduate, was named in the Top 40 Under 40 Black Lawyers in Texas by the National Black Lawyers (NBL).