Buchanan County Native To Serve as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Professor for the University of Appalachia

Buchanan County, Virginia

The University of Appalachia is pleased to announce that it has retained Whitney J. A. Caudill as its Associate General Counsel and Assistant Professor. Mickey McGlothlin, President of the University of Appalachia, noted during the announcement that Ms. Caudill was one of several candidates considered after a statewide search was conducted. “Whitney’s familiarity with the region, particularly Buchanan County, and her desire to return home to help our program grow made a big difference in our decision to offer her this position. One of our primary goals in creating education-based jobs in the Virginia coalfields is to retain our young professionals to get involved in community development and leadership. To have a native of Whitney’s caliber return home to help us is a sign of our mission starting to bear fruit.”

Raised in Buchanan County, Ms. Caudill is a 1995 graduate of Grundy Senior High School and a 1999 graduate of the University of Virginia. Ms. Caudill attended law school at the University of Tennessee College of Law where she was a member of the ATLA Trial Team and Moot Court Board. She served as a student attorney in the UT Legal Clinic and was honored with the UT Legal Clinic Faculty Distinguished Student Attorney Service Award. Ms. Caudill now serves on the Alumni Advisory Board for the UT Legal Clinic and Center for Advocacy. Ms. Caudill received her Juris Doctorate in 2003.

Upon graduating from law school, Ms. Caudill accepted a position as Associate attorney at the Abingdon law firm of Penn, Stuart & Eskridge. At Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, Ms. Caudill’s practice focused on general litigation, including commercial litigation, insurance defense and real estate matters. Ms. Caudill is licensed to practice law in Virginia and Tennessee.

McGlothlin stated that both the University and Ms. Caudill look forward to working together to continue the success of the University of Appalachia. Ms. Caudill’s duties will include advising the board of trustees and officials, drafting policies, procedures and contracts, regulatory compliance, assisting with accreditation processes and teaching pharmacy law.

Frank Kilgore, Chairman of the University’s board of trustees, noted that having in-house counsel will free him up to pursue partnerships with other schools, bring more job opportunities to Buchanan County and raise additional funding for the University’s student scholarship and program endowment efforts. “Whitney will assist the President, the school administration and me in many facets of our legal and technical issues. I know the Dean and President are very pleased to have someone at ready access to pursue these very important issues on a timely basis.”

The University of Appalachia’s first endeavor, a college of pharmacy that offers a three year Doctor of Pharmacy program, is processing over 800 applications for next school year’s class. The deadline for student applications is March 1, 2006 and additional information can be found on the University website, www.uacp.org. The college of pharmacy is presently conducting a nationwide search for top administrative positions and clinical faculty.

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