Smith Sovik is proud to announce this talented class of 2020 Summer Associates who will be working with the attorneys in both our Upstate and Downstate offices. Welcome aboard!

Alana Lyman – Alana is a rising 3L at Fordham University School of Law, where she’s a member of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal.  She obtained a B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Fordham College at Rose Hill, Fordham University.   She’s worked as a judicial intern for Judge William J. Giacomo, J.S.C., in Westchester County and a law clerk for a personal injury firm in White Plains.

Gregory Browne – Greg is a rising 3L at Syracuse University College of Law.  He obtained a B.A. in English, cum laude, from the University of Tampa, where he played Division II Varsity Men’s Lacrosse for the top-ranked team in the nation.  He is ranked in the top 12% of his class at Syracuse Law and serves on the Executive Board of the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce.  During his final two years of college, as well as the summer of 2019, he worked as a law clerk for a litigation firm in Tampa.

Shannon Armstrong –Shannon is a rising 3L at Syracuse University College of Law.  She is in the top 9% of her class and an Associate Note Editor on the Syracuse Law Review, as well as a member of the Travis H.D. Lewin Advocacy Honor Society.   She attended North Carolina State University, where she obtained a B.S. in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Molecular Cellular Development.  She worked last summer at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., in the Immigration Litigation Department.

Rachel Ollis –  Rachel is a rising 3L at Emory University School of Law.  She obtained a B.A. in History and Art History, summa cum laude, from SUNY Geneseo, where she was a two-year captain of the Varsity Women’s Tennis Team.  She is a member of the Emory International Law Review.  She worked in the summer of 2019 as a judicial intern for Judge Paul Marx, J.S.C., in Rockland County.

Nathan Harp– Nathan is a rising 3L at Cornell University School of Law, where he’s excelled academically and been named to the Dean’s List.  He’s worked as a Legal Research & Writing teaching assistant as part of the Honors Fellow program, in addition to serving as an Article Editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy and competing successfully in Cornell’s  trial advocacy competitions.  He obtained a B.S. in Accounting, summa cum laude, from SUNY Binghamton.  He worked in accounting at Ernst & Young in Houston, TX for two years before law school.  He’s worked since May 2019 at the Cornell Office of University Counsel.