Wandaly E. Fernández, an Associate in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, was featured as a University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Champion of Excellence and profiled in “A Passion for Advocacy.”
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Newly minted attorney Wandaly Fernández’s list of accomplishments while a student at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law is long and impressive. In addition to her outstanding scholarship, the 2014 graduate earned extracurricular honors for her leadership role as a peer advisor and student recruiter. As president of the Maryland Carey Law Class of 2014, Fernández was one of the school’s featured graduation speakers.
“I cannot remember a student whose vision, insight, and commitment to diversity and equality in the profession was more valued by students and faculty alike,” says professor Paula Monopoli, JD, founding director of the law school’s Women, Leadership & Equality Program.