On May 10, UGA graduate Kendall C. Dunson ’93 and twelve other attorneys from the Beasley Allen Law Firm were selected to be included in the 2012 Super Lawyers List. This outstanding recognition is bestowed to less than five percent of lawyers in the state of Alabama, and is based upon both peer recognition and personal achievement.  The criteria involved in the selection process includes verdicts and settlements, representative clients, experience, honors and awards, special licenses and certifications, pro bono community service, scholarly lectures and writings, outstanding achievements, and much more.

Dunson joined the Beasley Allen Law Firm in 1998, and actively practices in the areas of Product Liability and General Personal Injury. He has served as the past president of the Capital City Bar Association, Alabama Lawyers Association, and Montgomery County Bar Association. He also recently completed a term as board member for the National Bar Association. Dunson has made great contributions to improving society, specifically through two noteworthy cases. In the first Dunson served on the team responsible for prosecuting a wrongful death case against a corporate defendant, which resulted in the largest jury verdict in the history of Selma, Alabama.  In the second his efforts resulted in the reform of safe transportation to school for students, following a school bus accident in Huntsville, Alabama, which resulted in the death of four students and many others being injured.

Congratulations to Kendall for his recognition as part of the 2012 Super Lawyers List! The Alumni Association is extremely proud of all of his achievements and wishes him continued success in the future.

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The University of Georgia will confer degrees on an estimated 5,400 undergraduate and graduate students at the Spring Commencement ceremonies tomorrow. About 1,150 candidates for master’s, doctoral and specialist in education degrees will be eligible to participate in the ceremony for graduate students at 10:00 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Friday evening, approximately 4,250 students will be eligible to receive bachelor’s degrees at the undergraduate ceremony, which will be held at 7:00 p.m. in Sanford Stadium.

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal will deliver the Commencement address for the undergraduate ceremony. Lindsay R. Boring ’79, ’82, director of the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway in southwest Georgia, will speak at the graduate Commencement exercise earlier that morning.

Prior to the ceremony, from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m., the UGA Alumni Association will distribute bottles of cold water for those waiting to take photos of their graduates at the university’s Arch. For more information, click here.

For complete details on graduation activities, visit www.commencement.uga.edu. You can use #ugaclassof2012 to follow the excitement on Twitter.

Congratulations to these outstanding 2012 UGA graduates! Best wishes as you embark on your next great adventure!