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May 2023

CBCA Welcomes Three New Summer Clerks

From left to right: Shalom Samuels, Judge Erica Beardsley (Chair), Jack Kellerman, and Kyle Coopersmith.

Mr. Kyle Coopersmith is a rising third-year law student at The George Washington University Law School. Kyle is pursuing a concentration in government contracts law and is a Notes Editor on the Public Contract Law Journal. Kyle has served as Senator and Compliance Officer for the Student Bar Association. He received his B.A. in Politics and Philosophy, summa cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh in 2020.

Mr. Shalom Samuels is a rising second-year law student at The George Washington University Law School, where his primary interests are entertainment law and litigation. Prior to attending law school, Shalom was the lead bankruptcy paralegal at Balisok & Kaufman, PLLC in New York City. Shalom received his B.A. in Political Science from Touro University in 2021.

Mr. Jack Kellerman is a rising second-year law student at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He serves as a mentor to first-year law students as a Kirgis Fellow and focuses on appellate litigation and government contracts. Jack graduated summa cum laude from Wabash College in 2018 with a B.A. in both Political Science and Rhetoric, where he focused on constitutional law and presidential rhetoric. Before law school, Jack joined Teach for America and taught algebra to seventh and eighth graders in Indianapolis, Indiana, while earning a Master of Arts in Teaching in secondary math education.