Current association: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP Law School: University of Richmond School of Law, magna cum laude, 2005 Undergraduate: West Virginia Wesleyan College, summa cum laude, 2002 Spouse: George L. Lemon II Hometown: Renick, West Virginia (Greenbrier...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Travis O’Neal, West Virginia University
Travis O'Neal is in his third year at West Virginia University College of Law and is a recipient of the Cabot Scholarship and an EMLF scholarship. As the son of a lifelong West Virginia coal miner, Travis experienced firsthand how deeply resource development impacts...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Jillian Donahue, West Virginia University
Jillian Donahue is a law student at West Virginia University College of Law and a recipient of the Mary Sue Schulberg scholarship. Raised in West Virginia, Donahue has seen firsthand the vital role the energy industry plays in Appalachian communities. With generations...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Olivia Moncada, West Virginia University
Olivia Moncada is in her third year at West Virginia University College of Law and is a recipient of the inaugural Wade Massie Scholarship and an EMLF Scholarship. As a daughter of Appalachia who grew up near the New River Gorge and the John Amos Power Plant in West...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Sydney Kimberlain, Appalachian School of Law
Sydney Kimberlain is the recipient of the James H. Davis Scholarship, a scholarship for a student with Appalachian roots endowed by the National Council of Coal Lessors and its members, and an EMLF Scholarship. Sydney is an Eastern Kentucky native with a strong...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Anneka Harralson, University of Houston
Anneka Harralson is a law student at the University of Houston Law Center and a recipient of the Mary Sue Schulberg scholarship and an EMLF scholarship. Harralson's interest in energy and natural resources law grew out of her studies in property and environmental law,...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Elizabeth Housley, University of Oklahoma
Elisabeth Housley is the recipient of the Sharon Daniels scholarship and an EMLF scholarship. She is a Juris Doctor candidate with a developing focus in natural resources, energy, and oil and gas law, shaped by both academic study and hands-on legal experience at the...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Bennett Lanza, Louisiana State University
Bennett Steven Lanza is a Juris Doctor candidate at Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, with a strong academic and professional focus on energy, oil and gas, and natural resources law. His interest in the field is rooted in a long-standing...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Louis Krivanek IV, University of Oklahoma
Louis Krivanek is a Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Oklahoma College of Law with a strong and growing focus in energy, oil and gas, and natural resources law. Raised in Oklahoma, he was surrounded early on by the energy industry and its presence in...
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipient Christian Stock, West Virginia University
Christian M. Stock is a third-year student at the West Virginia University College of Law and a recipient of the EMLF Scholarship. Raised in rural New Hampshire with a parent in the timber industry, Christian developed an early understanding of the critical connection...