Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Scholarship
Developing the next generation of bond lawyers through mentorship and education from experienced professionals.
Frederic L. Ballard Jr. Memorial Scholars
Congratulations to the 2025 Frederic L. Ballard Jr. Memorial Scholarship recipients.
Abigail Meyer
University of Denver Sturm
College of Law, 2025
Murphy DePompei
University of Pittsburgh
School of Law, 2025
Justin Franklin
University of Tennessee
College of Law (Knoxville, TN), 2026
Stephanie Latos
University of Detroit Mercy
School of Law, 2025
Tejpreet Ghuman
American University Washington
College of Law, 2025
About the Program
Since 2012, through the Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program and the Robert H. Hilderbrand Fund, NABL provides five scholarships to current law students to attend our Essentials conference each year. The scholarship program was renamed in 2014 to honor the legacy of longtime NABL member Frederic L. “Rick” Ballard, Jr. who dedicated himself to educating young bond attorneys.
Applications are made available here in mid-January with an early March submission deadline.
“Through the Ballard Scholarship program and free NABL membership for all law students, we continue to help develop the next generation of bond lawyers. The Essentials provides attendees with an immersion course in public finance law and a great opportunity to learn from experienced faculty and meet fellow new public finance lawyers.”
– Linda Wyman, NABL COO
Remembering Frederic L. Ballard, Jr.
We renamed our existing scholarship program to honor longtime member Frederic L. “Rick” Ballard, Jr. who passed away in 2014. Our decision to bestow this honor on Mr. Ballard stemmed from his longstanding commitment to educating young bond attorneys. As Mr. Ballard’s contributions to NABL touched so many of its members, we are confident that the Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program will become part of his enduring legacy.
In recognition of the newly named program, the law firm of Ballard Spahr LLP made a generous donation in his memory to the Scholarship fund. NABL invites all of its members to support the continued funding of the Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program. Contributions should be made to NABL’s affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, the Robert H. Hilderbrand, Jr. Fund, which oversees and administers the scholarships. Those interested in contributing to the scholarship fund can download the form below and email it to Linda Wyman, NABL’s Chief Operating Officer. Donations to the fund are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.
Our Donors:
- Neal Acker, Alabama Housing Finance Authority
- Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, IA
- American College of Bond Counsel
- Michael Andreana, Bridgeport, CT
- Ballard Spahr, LLP
- Dawn Bookhardt, Denver, CO
- Butler Snow LLP, Rene Moore/Dee Wisor, Denver, CO
- Cynthia Cartledge, Anchorage, AK
- Michela Daliana, New York, NY
- Sandra D. Dawson, Hartford, CT
- Marc Feller, Philadelphia, PA
- John M. Gardner, Bracewell LLP, in memory of Charles L. Almond
- Meredith Hathorn, New Orleans, LA
- Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
- Ann Lebowitz, Philadelphia, PA
- Kathleen McKinney, Greenville, SC
- William J. Noth, in memory of Charles L. Almond
- Robert Dean Pope, in memory of Charles L. Almond
- Rubin & Hays, Louisville, KY
- Joseph (Jodie) Smith, Birmingham, AL, in memory of Robert Doty
- John Utley, Minneapolis, MN
- W. Jackson Williams, in memory of Charles L. Almond
- Paul Wisor, Avon, CO
- Linda Wyman, Washington, DC
- Carla Young, Washington, DC
Past Recipients
*Denotes a current NABL member.
Note: The Ballard Scholarship did not award any recipients in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Adrienne Carrier, University of Notre Dame Law School, Class of 2024
- Kennedy Hayes, University of California, Berkely School of Law, Class of 2025
- Jens Niederreiter, University of Colorado, School of Law, Class of 2025
- Allison Rossman, University of Nebraska, College of Law, Class of 2025
- Lamar Gillespie, Mississippi College, School of Law, Class of 2025
- Mia Qu, University of Washington School of Law, Class of 2024
- Wyatt Savant, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Class of 2024
- Anna Wilbourn, University of Denver College of Law, Class of 2023
- Britt Wirth, University of Colorado Law School, Class of 2025
- Christopher Halm, Fordham University School of Law, Class of 2022
- Kalen Hilliker, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Class of 2023
- Jonathan Lee, University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Christen Richardson, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Class of 2024
- India Whaley, University of South Carolina School of Law
- Caron Byrd, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- Shaunita Felder, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT
- Naphtalie Librun-Ukiri, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL
- Gilbert Morales, Georgia State University Law School, Atlanta, GA
- Saied Quadri, UCLA Law School, Los Angeles, CA
- Shweta Jayawardhan- University of Washington, School of Law
- Mae Meierhenry- University of South Dakota, School of Law*
- Samuel Noblin- Mississippi College, School of Law
- Tiffaney Sporl- Tulane University Law School*
- Mikell Washington- American University, Washington College of Law
- Dalton Kelley- University of Denver
- Brian King- Texas Southern University
- Brian Peltier- University of St. Thomas School of Law *
- Ashley Terrazas- University of Texas School of Law
- Andrew White- Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
- Portia Bailey-Bernard – Indiana University School of Law
- Christa Childers – Florida State University College of Law**
- Jacqueline Hensley – University of Oklahoma College of Law**
- Andrias Jones – University of Texas School of Law
- Taylor Stockemer – University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law
- Jennifer Binger – Stanford Law School
- Joshua Bonney – Elon University Law School**
- Madison Coburn – University of Mississippi
- Christa Freeman – Howard University**
- Nicole Perez – Rutgers University
- Lauren Box – Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law **
- Jalecia Coley – Florida A&M
- Vera Gurova – Stetson College of Law**
- Alexandra Rock –Northwestern University**
- Adam Tamzoke – Indiana University **
- Jessica Diaz – University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- Tom Hoffman – Saint Louis University School of Law
- George Miles – University of Connecticut School of Law
- Adam Parker – University of North Carolina Law**
- Caitlyn Smith – University of Alabama Law **
- Noah Allen – University of South Carolina School of Law
- Jacob Bedingfield – American University Washington College of Law
- Felicia Hamilton – Southern University Law Center
- Rachel Orr – New York University School of Law **
- Roman Zhuk – University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
- Nathan Canova – Drake Law School **
- Jered Davidson – University of Oklahoma Law **
- Laura Kurtz – Widener University School of Law **
- Michael Logan – University at Buffalo Law School **
- Karla Turner – Vanderbilt University Law School