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1920s

1927
Joshua S. Lev is 102 and in good health. He is living in Centennial, Colorado with his family. (07/21/08)

1930s

1930
Bernard Bierman will turn 100 on August 26, 2008. He practiced law for 11 years until 1942 when he enlisted to serve in World War II. After returning from the war, he started a career in the music business. He has six CDs on the market, and 138 of his songs have been recorded by artists including Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Harry James, Billy Eckstine, Hildegarde and Steve Ross. (03/19/08)

1940s

1949
Murray Schwartz, managing partner of the New York firm of Schwartz & Perry LLP, was selected as a 2007 Super Lawyer. Schwartz was one of nine plaintiff’s employment litigation attorneys in the New York metropolitan area named to this list. He concentrates his practice in the area of employment discrimination. Schwartz participated in a panel discussion about employment law at Brooklyn Law School in November 2007 that was hosted by the Brooklyn Law School Federalist Society. (01/03/08)

1950s

1950
Dorothy Eisenberg, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, was presented with the New York Institute of Credit’s 20th Trustee Award at the Institute’s awards banquet in June 2008. Founded in 1918, the Institute provides commercial credit education to the financial community. Judge Eisenberg was appointed to the bench in March 1989. (07/21/08)

Percy E. Sutton, the former Manhattan Borough President, was one of four honorees recognized by the City College of New York for establishing the Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK) program 42 years ago, which authorized CUNY to accept low-income students who would not be admitted otherwise. The program was the first of its kind and is considered a model for Higher Education Opportunity Programs across the country. Sutton is the co-founder of Inner City Broadcasting, which owns radio stations and has other media interests; he is currently in private practice in New York. (01/03/08)

1951
Irwin Reicher, formerly with Liner Schechter Reicher & Ofsevit, LLP, joined the New York office of Butzel Long as of counsel. He focuses his practice in the field of commercial real estate. (01/03/08)

1952
Bernard Mirotznik was installed as the President of the Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County. Mr. Mirotznik is in private practice on Long Island. (01/11/07)

1953
William S. Cohn, counsel at the Long Island firm of Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP was awarded the Harold Jay Greenberg Torch of Leadership Award for outstanding community service and commitment by the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County. Mr. Cohn concentrates his practice in a wide variety of real estate matters, including land use and zoning. (01/11/07)

Seymour L. Schorr is a partner in the Tucson, Arizona office of Lewis and Roca LLP, practicing in the areas of real estate, corporate and general business law. Schorr is certified by the Arizona State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in real estate law. He is also chair of the Arizona State Board of Transportation and a board member of the Regional Transportation Authority of Pima Count. (07/21/08)

1954
Harvey Weitz, a principle in the firm of Weitz & Associates, was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York City Trial Lawyers Association in October 2007. Weitz was a partner in the Cochran Firm, Schneider Kleinick Weitz Damashek & Shoot for 35 years before leaving to form a new firm with his sons, Paul and Andrew `98. (01/03/08)

1957
Robert M. Kaufman, a partner in the New York office of Proskauer Rose LLP, was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS for a four-year term. The Council provides advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies intended to promote effective prevention of HIV, and to advance research on HIV and AIDS. Kaufman focuses his practice in the areas of health law, hospital law, multinational corporate law and personal representation. He formerly served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Jacob Javits. (07/21/08)

Edwin Silberstang wrote an updated version of his 1979 book, Winning Casino Craps, that was published by Random House in October 2007. A former criminal investigator for the Army and attorney in private practice in New York, he has written over 52 books including six novels and many gambling how-to books. (07/21/08)

Joshua S. Sparrow is living in Pensacola, Florida where he is a certified ombudsman for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs. He is also a national officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, Auxiliary and was appointed the liaison officer between the U.S. Coast Guard, Auxiliary and the Coast Guard Veteran’s Association and the Pterodactyls, the aviation wing of the Coast Guard. (10/10/07)

1958
Robert M. Schwarzbart retired in 2002 after 27 years as a National Labor Relations Board judge. He is currently serving a third elected term on the Friendship Heights Village Counsel in Montgomery County, Maryland and as chair of Montgomery County’s Friendship Heights Transportation Management Advisory Committee, which advises the County Executive and Council on transportation, pedestrian safety and traffic issues. He is also a hearing officer in Internal Appeals for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Superior Court. (07/21/08)

1960s

1961
Allan M. Palmer recently retired from the practice of law and is now working as President of Allan Palmer Laboratories, Inc., a company that manufactures cosmetic products, some of which he has invented. He ran his own practice in Washington, D.C. specializing in criminal cases. During his career, he tried over 300 cases in federal district court, briefed and argued over 40 appellate cases in federal circuit courts and 3 cases before the United States Supreme Court. He also taught legal writing and research at Georgetown University Law Center. (08/06/07)

1962
Michael A. Gallo became a partner in the New Jersey firm of Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP, which recently merged with Gallo, Geffner, Fenster, P.C., where Mr. Gallo was a founder. A member of the firm’s business organizations department, he focuses his practice in the areas of banking, finance and commercial real estate law. (03/13/07)

1963
Ronald B. Bianchi is a judge of the Justice Court for the Town and Village of Harrison in New York. He served as mayor of Harrison from 1998 to 2001 and Town Attorney from 1992 to 1995. (03/19/08)

Joel J. Flick was re-elected for a fourth term as Clarkstown Town Judge in New City, Rockland County, N.Y. He maintains a private practice in tax certiorari, real estate, municipal law, negligence and criminal law. (03/19/08)

Wallace L. Leinheardt, a partner in the New York office of Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP, was elected chair of the Trusts and Estates Section of the New York State Bar Association. He concentrates his practice in the areas of trusts and estates, guardianship law, elder law, and surrogates practice. He is also a member of the NYSBA’s House of Delegates and its Electronic Communications Task Force. (02/05/08)

Leonard Olarsch has been a U.S. Administrative Law Judge since 2004, hearing cases in San Juan, Puerto Rico for two years and is now assigned in the Bronx. He previously was a division chief in charge of the tort division at the New York City Corporation Counsel’s Office, and before that he was chief of the condemnation and certiorari division. (10/10/07)

1964
Richard T. Farrell, professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, was presented with the President’s Award by the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Brooklyn at their annual dinner. A former student of his, Annalise Cottone `90, presented him with the award. (09/14/07)

1966
Kathleen A. Carlsson was appointed to the New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Animal Law. She is a member of Long Island firm, Carlsson & Carlsson, which specializes in elder law. The firm was founded in 1945 by her late mother, Florence Ryan Carlsson `38, and is the first mother-daughter firm on Long Island. (03/13/07)

Janis G. Schulmeisters was awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture on maritime law at the University of Latvia’s law school during the spring 2008 semester. A graduate of the State University of New York at Maritime, where he currently teaches, he sailed as a licensed ship’s officer, with a commission in the Navy Reserve, for about three years before attending law school. While in school, he worked at Gulf Oil Corporation in its marine department. Upon graduation, he worked for New York admiralty firm, Kirlin Campbell & Keating, before joining the Department of Justice in the admiralty and shipping section, now known as torts branch- admiralty and aviation. He rose to attorney in charge of the branch. He was born in Latvia and is still fluent in that language. (01/03/08)

1967
Paul B. Bergman, who maintains a white-collar criminal defense practice in New York City, was awarded the Eastern District Award at the Eastern District Association’s annual dinner in March 2008. The Association is a 600-member, not-for-profit organization of former and current prosecutors and investigators from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York that promotes educational, charitable and social events for its members and the community. Bergman is also in his second year as president of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers. (03/19/08)

George E. Curtis, associate professor of criminal justice at Utica College in upstate New York, was named acting executive director of the college’s Economic Crime Institute. The institute provides resources, professional contacts, and internship opportunities for current students and graduates for their work in preventing, detecting, and investigating and prosecuting economic and cybercrimes. Curtis co-authored a college textbook, Proactive Security Administration, and he has completed a manuscript titled “The Law of Cybercrimes and Their Investigations.” (03/19/08)

1968
Arthur L. Alexander joined the New York office of Rick Steiner Fell & Benowitz LLP as a partner. He focuses his practice on real estate transactions and mortgage matters. (08/06/07)

Maury D. Locke, a retired senior counsel-international with United States Steel Corporation, recently established Lex Facultas LLC. The company represents a law group in India in outsourcing legal services from U.S. law firms and law departments to India. (10/10/07)

David N. Wechsler, formerly with Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, joined the Long Island office of Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP as a partner in its tax, trusts and estates practice group. He concentrates his practice in all phases of estates and trusts law and also represents individuals and families with an array of asset valuations and classes. (08/06/07)

Alan E. Weiner, senior tax partner at the Long Island firm, Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP, was honored with the Kenneth McQuillan Award for lifetime achievement and service to DFK International. DFK International is a worldwide association of independent accounting firms. (10/10/07)

Robert S. Zeif, along with Eric I. Wrubel `95, formed the New York firm of Dobrish Zeif Gross & Wrubel, LLP. The firm concentrates exclusively on the practice of matrimonial and family law. (08/06/07)

1969
Eugene F. Bannigan, former head of the New York litigation department of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, joined the New York City office of Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel. A member of the firm’s business litigation group, his practice focuses on business and corporate litigation, with a special emphasis on finance and insurance. (03/13/07)

Charles Brandt, founder and senior partner of the Wilmington, Del.-based medical malpractice trial firm, Brandt & Dalton, P.A., recently retired. He is a former Chief Deputy Attorney General of Delaware and past president of the Delaware Trial Lawyer’s Association. Brandt is the author of several books; his most recent is Donnie Brasco - Unfinished Business. (03/19/08)

Stephen D. Lassar became a partner in the New York City office of Marcum & Kliegman LLP, an accounting and consulting firm. He focuses his practice on planning and problem solving for high-net-worth individuals and strategic planning for closely-held and family-owned companies. He was also named chairman of the NYS Society of CPA’s Estate Planning Committee. (07/21/08)

Gerald L. Shargel was awarded the Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award for Outstanding Private Defense Practitioner by the New York State Bar Association. The award is among the most prestigious criminal bar awards in the country. Mr. Shargel leads his own firm and focuses his work on the defense of serious criminal cases. Mr. Shargel is also a Practitioner-in-Residence at Brooklyn Law School. (03/13/07)

Vincent J. Syracuse, a senior partner with the New York firm of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP and chair of its litigation and alternative dispute resolution department, recently completed three terms as the treasurer of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. He will continue as the Section’s Vice-Chair. A frequent chair or participant in NYSBA CLE programs, he was nominated by the Section for its 2007 Attorney Professionalism Award as a “tireless advocate for ethics and civility in New York.” He is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and Chair of the Section’s Commercial Division Committee. (08/06/07)

1970s

1971
Kenneth M. Block, formerly with Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, joined the New York office of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP as a partner. He concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, construction, and environmental law. He is the founder of the Real Estate Technology forum, an industry organization designed to promote the use of technology in real estate. He also co-authors a monthly column for the New York Law Journal on real estate finance. (09/14/07)

Michael F. Chazkel, a member of the New Jersey firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. spoke on a wide variety of insurance issues at a program for members of the Professional Insurance Agents Association held in September 2006. Mr. Chazkel concentrates his practice on complex commercial, environmental and insurance litigation matters, including insurance company liquidation and rehabilitation proceedings and RICO violations. (01/11/07)

David Louis Cohen was elected to serve as vice-president for the Eleventh District of the NYS Bar Association’s Executive Committee. Cohen also serves as counsel to the NYS Assembly on Codes, where he advises the committee chair on proposed criminal justice legislation, drafts legislation, and negotiates budget and legislative issues with the governor’s office. He is also in private practice in Queens, primarily litigating in state and federal courts. (07/21/08)

Leonard D. Duboff, founder of Portland, Ore. firm The Duboff Law Group, LLC, which specializes in complex business litigation and intellectual property, was a key presenter at the First People’s Fund Conference in March 2008. The Fund supports the advancement of American Indian Arts through community spirit awards, and business leadership and grant fellowship programs. Duboff will also speak at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Convention in October 2008. He is the author of more than 20 books on law, including The Deskbook of Art Law, Art Law in a Nutshell, and The Law (In Plain English)® series. (03/19/08)

Robert H. Masnik who spent a long career practicing in tax qualified retirement plan law in both the public and private sectors, joined Raleigh, North Carolina restaurant, The Borough, as its alcohol beverage transportation specialist. (07/21/08)

Mark L. Zientz, principal in the Miami, Florida firm, Law Offices of Mark L. Zientz, was elected chair of the Worker’s Compensation Section of the Florida Bar. (09/17/07)

1972
Alan E. Goldstein was named principal law clerk to Justice Robert M. Berliner of New York State Supreme Court, Rockland County. (03/19/08)

Stuart A. Hoberman, shareholder of the firm of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. and chair of its financial services team, was designated as a 2007 Super Lawyer by Law& Politics Magazine. He concentrates his practice in all areas of banking and finance. He is on the board of directors of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce and past president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. (08/06/07)

Theodore W. Robinson was awarded the Practitioner of the Year Award by the Nassau Criminal Courts Bar Association in recognition of his contributions to justice for the wrongfully accused. Mr. Robinson represented a client in a murder trial over 20 years ago that resulted in a wrongful conviction. He remained on the case working to obtain DNA tests that eventually cleared his client and two other men. Mr. Robinson is in private practice in Mineola, New York. (01/11/07)

1973
Martin R. Press, shareholder and member of the Florida firm of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., was named a 2007 Florida Super Lawyer in taxation. He was also selected for inclusion in the UK-based Chambers and Partners’ directory of America’s leading business lawyers, the Chambers USA 2007. He focuses his practice on taxation, international taxation, estate planning and federal and state tax controversies. (08/06/07)

Arthur E. Shulman, who maintains a solo practice in Islandia, N.Y., is currently serving as the secretary of the Suffolk County Bar Association. He is a past dean of the Suffolk Academy of Law, the educational arm of the Suffolk County Bar Association. (03/19/08)

1974
Howard J. Kane is president and CEO of KANE Investment Group, Inc., a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm based in Miami, FL that specializes in developing growth and exit strategies for companies in the staffing and human capital management industries. He serves on the board of directors of the Florida Staffing Association and has been featured on Bloomberg radio, Fox television and other media as an expert on the staffing industry. He previously served as president of Deerfield Communications and executive vice president of Career Blazers. (03/13/07)

Joseph S. Karp, principal of Florida firm, The Karp Law Firm, was a contributor to The CPA’s Guide to Long-Term Care Planning published in March 2008 by The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Karp focuses his practice on estate planning and elder law. (07/21/08)

Gabriel Taussig, Chief of the Administrative Law Division of the New York City Law Department, was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Queens Library by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (03/13/07)

1975
Stephen J. Dannhauser, chairman of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, was awarded the first YWCA-NYC Man of the Year Award. The award recognized his support of the YWCA-NYC’s mission and programs and his strides in diversifying Weil Gotshal. Mr. Dannhauser concentrates his practice on institutional client matters, advising the senior management of a number of public companies and taking a leading corporate counseling and crisis management role in a number of major corporate restructurings. (03/13/07)

Howard L. Dorfman, formerly chief legal officer of the pharmaceutical division of Bayer Healthcare LLC, joined the New York office of Ropes & Gray LLP as counsel in its life sciences practice group. His practice focuses on regulation of pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. (07/21/08)

Mark E. Feldman joined the BDO Seidman, LLP as a director in the Litigation and Fraud Investigation Practice, where he will work on complex corporate fraud and employee misconduct investigations as well as support the continued growth of the firm’s Critical anti-Fraud Program. Mr. Feldman has 30 years of experience investigating and prosecuting criminals at the state and federal levels. He most recently served as the Chief of the Organized Crime & Racketeering Section of the Office of the US Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. (03/14/07)

William J. Froehlich was appointed an Administrative Judge on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Previously, he was a member of the senior executive service at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where he oversaw the agency’s trial staff in the adjudication of natural gas, oil pipeline and electric utility rates cases, the importation of liquefied natural gas, and the rates and charges for newly constructed pipelines. He played a key role in the prosecution of the Enron trading schemes and the negotiation of refunds to consumers arising from those schemes. (07/21/08)

Douglas E. Grover, a partner in the New York office of Thompson Hine LLP was recognized as a New York Super Lawyer for 2006 in Criminal Defense/White Collar. Mr. Grover represents businesses and individuals in fraud, state and federal campaign finance violations, insider trading, environmental, tax evasion, money laundering, perjury and obstruction of justice and RICO investigations. (01/11/07)

Bruce S. Schaeffer is the author of BNA Tax Management Portfolio 559-2nd, Tax Aspects of Franchising, and co-author of CCH’s Franchise Regulation and Damages , both published in late 2005. He maintains a private practice in New York City. (03/14/07)

Hazel I. Weiser was named executive director of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT). The organization’s mission is to make the legal profession more inclusive, to enhance the quality of legal education, and to extend the power of legal representation to underserved individuals and communities. Prior to joining SALT, she was Director of Foundation Advancement at the Long Island Community Foundation, a division of The New York Community Trust. She formerly served as a member of the faculty of Touro Law Center and as the director of its legal writing program. (03/19/08)

Dennis Wilson formed The Solar Center and became its president and CEO. The company develops solar electric and solar thermal energy systems for residential and commercial properties in the Tri-State Region. Prior to starting this company, Mr. Wilson founded Firstpoint Energy which reads commercial and industrial meters remotely and delivers advanced meter data services to customers in the western part of the country. (03/13/07)

1976
John R. Chaney was recently appointed by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office as Deputy Executive Director of ComALERT (Community and Law Enforcement Resources Together). ComALERT is a law enforcement program designed to reduce recidivism among parolees returning to Brooklyn by providing them with essential transitional resources including vocational, educational and substance abuse treatment services. Prior to joining the DA’s office, he worked as a program development and fundraising consultant for non profit organizations offering resources to urban populations at high risk for criminal justice involvement. (08/06/07)

John H. Fitzhugh was elected chief executive officer of the Union Mutual of Vermont Companies, where he had previously served as senior vice president and general counsel. Located in Montpelier, the company provides personal and commercial insurance products. He also served as counsel to Vermont governors Richard Snelling and Howard Dean. (07/21/08)

Andrew B. Kushner, a partner in the New Jersey firm of Asbell Kushner & Eutsler, P.A., was awarded a 2007 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award by the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law. He practices in the areas of estate planning and administration, elder law and Medicaid planning, residential and commercial real property and business transactions. He also represents attorneys in ethics and fee matters. He is a past president of both the Camden County Bar Association and the Bar’s Charity Foundation, and is a current member and former chair of both the District IV Ethics and Fee Arbitration Committees. (01/03/08)

Sherri A. Venokur joined the New York office of Lowenstein Sandler PC as a member of the firm’s investment management practice. She negotiates ISDA and other master agreements for derivatives transactions as well as prime brokerage and other trading documentation for dealers, hedge funds and other market participants. She was previously special counsel to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in the firm’s derivatives and commodities, and structure finance practices. (03/19/08)

1977
Sean F.X. Dugan, a senior partner at Martin Clearwater & Bell, LLP, was elected to the board of directors of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Westchester, New York. He focuses his practice on the defense of all aspects of professional liability claims on behalf of physicians and other health care professionals, medical groups, and heath care institutions. (10/10/07)

Avery E. Neumark, the partner-in-charge of employee benefits and executive compensation with the New York accounting and consulting firm of, Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP, was elected as a director-at-large of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants for the fiscal year 2008-2009. Neumark is a member of the ABA’s Employee Benefits Committee and is chairman of the Fringe Benefits Subcommittee. (07/21/08)

Edward A. Steen was appointed associate general counsel – chief intellectual property counsel of Vale Inco Limited of Toronto, Canada. Steen, who has been with the company for 29 years, is based in the company’s Saddle Brook, N.J. office. Vale Inco Limited, a major global supplier of nickel and other non-ferrous metals, was recently acquired by Brazilian company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce SA, the second largest mining company in the world. (03/19/08)

Marjorie Altman Tesser recently co-edited Bowery Women: Poems a new anthology featuring the work of various women poets. She is also currently co-editing The Mom Egg, a journal of poems, stories and drawings. (01/11/07)

1978
Mark A. Harmon, a partner in the New York office of Hodgson Russ LLP, presented at the Securities Transfer Association’s annual conference on the topic, Transfer Agent Liability: The Perils and Pitfalls of Canceling Shares. Mr. Harmon’s practice, which is concentrated in business and real estate litigation, includes providing advice to financial institutions and transfer agents and representing them in court proceedings dealing in securities law issues. He also represents group homes and schools providing services to the disabled. (03/13/07)

William H. Schrag, formerly with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, joined the New York office of Dewey Ballantine LLP as a partner in its corporate reorganization and bankruptcy group. He focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and commercial litigation. (09/17/07)

Jared H. Wolovnicki, assistant vice president and assistant general counsel of Insurance Services Office, Inc., manages the corporate group within the company’s in-house law department. The group is in charge of mergers and acquisitions, employment law and contract work. Headquartered in New Jersey, the company is a leading source of information about risk. Mr. Wolovnick also recently celebrated his 12th wedding anniversary to Julie Gordon. (01/11/07)

1979
Romaine L. Gardner, visiting professor and director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic at Fordham University School of Law, was given the honorary title of Distinguished Practitioner in Residence. Gardner started his legal career at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP and then moved to PaineWebber UBS where he retired as managing attorney in 1998. He was the director of the first Securities Arbitration Clinic at Brooklyn Law School, where he taught securities arbitration. (03/19/08)

Charles-Eric Gordon was elected first vice president of the Society of Professional Investigators, a fraternal and educational organization. Gordon, an investigative counsel to the bar and real estate industry, focuses his practice in locating missing witnesses, heirs, distributees, defendants and other absentees. He is a member of the World Association of Detectives and the American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement. (03/19/08)

Ellen T. Harmon was appointed executive vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary of ATMI, Inc., a company that provides specialty materials and high-purity materials handling and delivery solutions to the worldwide semiconductor industry. Prior to joining the company, Harmon was vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of WHX Corporation and its operating company, Handy & Harmon, a diversified manufacturer. (03/19/08)

Bradley S. Keller, cofounder of the Seattle trial law firm, Byrnes & Keller LLP, was the lead attorney for the owners of NBA team, The Sonics, in their suit to move the team from Seattle to Oklahoma City, which ended with a legal settlement allowing the move. Keller focuses his practice on business and tort litigation and has represented several fortune 500 companies, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in lawsuits by formers smokers and the state of Washington. (07/21/08)

John M. Leventhal was appointed by Governor Spitzer to New York’s Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department. In 1994 he was elected to serve as a Justice of the NYS Supreme Court in Kings County and, since 1996, he has been designated to preside over the nation’s first felony Domestic Violence Court. (02/05/08)

David J. Spirakis joined Bank of America in New York City as Managing Director and head of Municipal Credit Syndication, a new department which functions to centralize and support the underwriting of large syndicated transactions involving municipal credit products such as loans, letters of credit and liquidity activities. A 20 year veteran of the municipal public finance industry, Mr. Spirakis was formerly with WestLB AG, a European commercial bank, where he oversaw the public finance department. (01/11/07)

1980s

1980
Larry H. Krantz, a principal of the firm Krantz & Berman LLP, was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. His practice focuses on white collar criminal and complex commercial matters. Before entering private practice, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Eastern District of New York for several years. (03/14/07)

David M. Spatt has joined the faculty of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI as an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies. He is also an adjunct professor at The Roger Williams University, where he developed a new sports and entertainment law course. Mr. Spatt also maintains a small arts and entertainment law practice in New York and Rhode Island. (03/14/07)

1981
Robert A. Ansehl, a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., was named to the New York Super Lawyers list in Business/Corporate for 2006. Mr. Ansehl heads the insurance regulatory and corporate practice group in the firm’s New York office. His practice focuses on corporate and regulatory matters with emphasis on U.S. and international financial institutions, such as insurance and reinsurance companies and banks. (01/16/07)

Lawrence R. Plotkin, formerly with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, joined the New York office of Chadbourne & Parke LLP as a partner in the firm’s real estate practice group. Plotkin represents clients in commercial real estate transactions, including the purchase, sale, financing, development and leasing of all types of commercial properties. (01/03/08)

Lawrence N. Rogak, managing partner of the Long Island insurance defense firm, Lawrence N. Rogak LLC, published Rogak’s New York No Fault Law & Practice. He also writes a daily newsletter, The Rogak Report, which examines and explains the latest liability case law. (08/06/07)

Ralph M. Sabatino completed his second mobilization tour of duty in the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as the Staff Judge Advocate, 377th Theater Support Command (Forward) from January 2005 – August 2006, working primarily from their headquarters at camp Arifjan, Kuwait. He received several decorations for his service including a second Bronze Star. Back in New York, he has resumed his position as the Borough Chief for the New York City Law Department’s Family Court Division office in Brooklyn. (03/14/07)

Mark S. Sochaczewsky, an Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration since 1994, was appointed as the Chief Administration Law Judge of the Bronx Hearing Office. (03/14/07)

Susan Greenberg Thrope, senior vice president, deputy general counsel and secretary of New York Life Insurance Company, was appointed to its executive management committee. She joined the company in 1982 as an attorney in the Office of Legal and Governmental Affairs and has held successive positions of increasing responsibility. In her current position, she advises the company’s board and its senior executives in corporate and board governance, securities law, and related activities. (01/03/08)

Thomas J. Vetter, previously with the New York office of Ropes & Gray LLP, joined Gibbons P.C. as a director. He focuses his practice working closely with leading Fortune 100 companies in all aspects of complex patent litigation and prosecution. (10/10/07)

1982
Barry J. Fisher opened the Law Offices of Barry J. Fisher, P.C. in Garden City, New York. He concentrates his practice on all phases of matrimonial and family law, including appellate practice. He is a past chair of the Nassau County Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee and a former member of its board of directors. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a vice-president for the New York Chapter and a member of the Executive Committee of the NYSBA’s Family Law Section. (08/06/07)

Stuart M. Hatcher, Consul General of the U.S. in the Czech Republic, participated in a discussion at the American Center in Prague in October 2007 addressing the history of U.S. immigration. Hatcher has served in this position since August 2006, facilitating the travel of Czech citizens to the U.S. through the issuance of visas, as well as providing assistance to American citizens visiting the Czech Republic. He has previously served in Mexico, Honduras, Romania and Bulgaria. In addition to his law degree, he holds a masters in national security studies from the National War College. (01/03/08)

1983
Ira S. Cure became senior counsel of the Writers Guild of America East, where he is responsible for contract enforcement for the Guild’s network TV, radio and movie contracts. He was formerly of counsel to Broach & Stulberg, LLP, where he focused on all aspects of labor and employment law. (03/19/08)

Bruce M. Feffer, who maintains a private practice in New York City in real estate and business legal matters, was a guest speaker at a meeting of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. (03/19/08)

Michael D. Grohman, a partner in the New York office of Duane Morris LLP, was named chair of the firm’s estates and asset planning practice group. He focuses his practice in tax, estate planning and estate and trust administrative law, with a particular emphasis on estate planning for professional athletes and for owners of closely-held businesses. (08/06/07)

Patricia L. Kantor was named co-partner in charge of the New York office of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. She concentrates her practice on residential and commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and sales, leasing, financing, restructuring, workouts and development. (08/06/07)

Ann L. MacDougall joined Acumen Fund, a non-profit venture capital fund headquartered in New York, as chief administrative officer and general counsel. She previously held various senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, including global deputy general counsel, working out of the Paris, France office, and U.S. general counsel. She was also a member of the firm’s ten person management committee. (10/10/07)

Mark S. Sochaczewsky was appointed by the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration as the Regional Chief Administrative Law Judge for the New York Region of the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. The New York Region includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. (07/21/08)

Karen W. Tenenbaum was awarded the 2007 Samuel B. Traum Achievement Award from the Nassau Chapter of the New York State Society of CPA’s, in recognition of her dedication, leadership and mentoring within the accounting profession. She is a partner in the Long Island firm, Karen J. Tanenbaum, P.C., that specializes in resolving tax controversies. She is also the current chair of the Nassau Bar Association’s Tax Law Committee. (10/10/07)

1984
Brian J. Herman, a Copake Town Justice in the State of New York, was recently appointed acting Hudson City Court Judge. He also maintains a private practice in Hudson, New York. (03/13/07)

Jane E. Hoffman was presented with the Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award by the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section at the 2007 ABA Annual Meeting. She is president and chairman of the Board of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, a coalition of more than 90 NYC animal rescue groups and shelters that have joined together to reduce the killing of cats and dogs in NYC shelters. She previously was in private practice focusing on executive compensation and estate planning. (10/10/07)

Donald Liebman, previously with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, joined the New York office of Proskauer Rose LLP as senior counsel. Mr. Liebman represents institutional and real estate clients in every aspect of property taxation and the tax certiorari field, from strategic real estate tax planning to trial and appeal. He is a director of the Real Estate Tax Review Bar Association. (03/13/07)

John J. Palmeri, who maintains a private practice in Cheshire,Connecticut and is also special tax counsel to Secor, Cassidy & McPartland, LLC, was installed as the 2007-2008 president of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants. He previously served as the secretary, treasurer, president elect of the organization, and chaired several of the Society’s committees. (08/06/07)

Ann T. Pfau was appointed Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York. In this position, she oversees the administration and operation of the New York State court system, which has a budget of approximately $2.4 billion and employs 3,600 judges and 15,000 non-judicial staff members. Judge Pfau has served as First Deputy Chief Administrative Judge of New York since 2004. Prior to that, she was the Administrative Judge of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District. (10/10/07)

D. Eric Remensperger, formerly with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, joined the Los Angeles office of Proskauer Rose LLP, as partner and head of the firm’s West Coast real estate department. He represents lenders, private equity funds, public and private companies and other clients in all types of real estate transactions. He is on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Real Property Law Section. (03/13/07)

Paul D. Williams, a partner in the Connecticut office of Day Pitney LLP, became a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The American College of Trial Lawyers is comprised of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. He focuses his practice on complex torts and commercial litigation matters. (08/06/07)

1985
Amy Fier Gitlin opened AG Legal Research, a legal research and writing outsource business, based in Israel. She handles research and writing projects for lawyers across the US and in Israel. She was previously an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in their Washington D.C. office. (03/13/07)

James I. Glasser and Joseph W. Martini, both former federal prosecutors, joined the New Haven, Conn. office of Wiggin and Dana LLP as partners in the firm’s white-collar practice group. Glasser joined the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, where he most recently served as counsel to the U.S. Attorney and chief of the Criminal Division, and was responsible for all Criminal Division activities in Connecticut. Martini joined Wiggin and Dana from the firm of Pepe & Hazard LLP, where he chaired its litigation group and was a member of its executive committee. He served as a federal prosecutor for nine years. They practice in the areas of white-collar criminal defense, fraud, investigations, and regulatory and corporate compliance matters. (12/12/07)

William T. Mantlo was a name known to fans of comics in the ‘70s and ‘80s. During a 15-year stint at Marvel Comics, he wrote more than 500 stories for the Incredible Hulk, Spectacular Spider-Man, Micronauts and ROM: Spaceknight, among others. After graduating BLS, he became a public defender at The Legal Aid Society. But in 1992, he suffered traumatic head injuries in a hit and run accident that ended his career. Many tributes to him can be found on the Internet, and a benefit book was recently released to raise funds for his care. Mantlo: A Life in Comics, is available here. (10/08/07)

Irene Moshouris was appointed vice president and treasurer of United Rentals, Inc. Headquartered in Greenwich, CT, the company is the largest equipment rental company in the world whose customer base includes construction and industrial companies, utilities, municipalities, and homeowners. Ms. Moshouris was most recently a vice president and deputy treasurer at Avon Products. (01/16/07)

Wendy S. Weingart, formerly of counsel to Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP in New York, joined The Prudential Insurance Company of America as vice president and corporate counsel in the insurance and annuities law department with responsibility for supervising annuity and life insurance litigation and arbitrations. (03/14/07)

1986
Rosemarie E. Arnold formed the civil litigation firm of Tacopina & Arnold, based in New York City. Ms. Arnold still maintains a practice in New Jersey and focuses her work on personal injury matters and has been named a three-time New Jersey Superlawyer. (03/13/07)

Robert D. Brownstone was promoted to Law & Technology Director at Silicon-Valley based Fenwick & West LLP. He joined the firm in 2000 and has served a dual role as lawyer and IT leader during his tenure there. He focuses his practice on advising clients on electronic discovery and electronic information retention/destruction policies and protocols. He also assists in asessing and implementing computer solutions for litigations and transactions. (07/09/07)

Cara Klieger Bruncati, was appointed speechwriter to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO) and Commander, European Command. She is located at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium. SHAPE is the headquarters of Allied Command Operations, one of NATO’s two strategic military commands, whose mission is to contribute to preserving the peace, security and territorial integrity of NATO member nations. (03/14/07)

Steven E. Fox, previously with Traub, Bonacquist & Fox LLP, joined the New York office of Dreier LLP as a partner in the bankruptcy and corporate reorganization group. He is an expert in structuring and implementing strategic business and/or asset disposition transactions across a variety of industry lines, and in insolvency and corporate restructuring, debtor and creditor rights, distressed financings, and bankruptcy-related litigation. (03/14/07)

Warren T. Lazarow was included on Forbes’ 2008 Annual Midas 100 List, a survey of the top tech deal makers in the world. He is the managing partner of the Silicon Valley office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP and a member of the firm’s policy committee and joint leadership team. He represents both public and private clients in public and private debt, convertible debt and equity, and equity offerings, PIPES offerings, general corporate and securities transactions and corporate governance counseling. (02/05/08)

Susan L. Merrill, previously Chief of Enforcement at NYSE, was named Executive Vice President and Chief of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Created in July 2007 through the consolidation of the National Association of Securities Dealers and the member regulation, enforcement and arbitration functions of NYSE, FINRA is the largest non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business in the U.S. Merrill has overall responsibility for management of the Enforcement Department and direction of investigations and litigation involving violations of federal securities laws and FINRA rules. (10/10/07)

Gerard J. Romski, a corporate attorney at Beechwood Organization, a full service home builder, was appointed to the New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission. The Commission is responsible for overseeing a comprehensive plan to relieve traffic gridlock in the City. (02/05/08)

1987
Tracy C. Reimann (Christen) merged her solo practice with the White Plains firm of Karlen & Stolzar, LLP, which she joined as a partner in 2007. She practices in the area of estate law. Prior to entering private practice, Reimann was an estate tax attorney and reviewer with the Internal Revenue Service for 12 years. She and her husband, Herb, live in Somers, N.Y. with their four children, Victoria, Gabrielle, Jessica and Matthew. (03/19/08)

Geraldine D. Zidow, formerly with McKissock & Hoffman, joined the Philadelphia office of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner Coleman & Goggin as an associate. She concentrates her practice on complex commercial matters, products liability defense, and aviation industry-related matters. (10/10/07)

1988
James D. Diamond, who maintains a criminal defense practice in Stamford, Connecticut, was voted a 2007 Connecticut Super Lawyer by Connecticut Magazine. He is also a member of the City of Stamford Board of Representatives. (08/06/07)

Patricia M. Prezioso, formerly the Executive Assistant Attorney General for the state of New Jersey, joined the firm of McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli as a partner. She focuses her practice in the areas of complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. (02/05/08)

1989
Gordon J. Cuffy was appointed County Attorney for Onondaga County, New York. He oversees a staff of lawyers and is the sole legal advisor for the county government with respect to civil matters. Prior to this appointment, he worked as a civil lawyer and as a prosecutor with the NYS Attorney General’s Office. (02/05/08)

Guy W. Francesconi, executive vice president and general counsel of Amcore Financial, Inc., was promoted to corporate secretary. Headquartered in Northern Illinois, the bank offers a variety of consumer financial products ranging from traditional bank deposits, to trust and investments, to mortgages and car loans. Francesconi is responsible for the oversight and management of all legal resources and services and he provides legal and regulatory advisory and strategic support. (07/21/08)

Evan M. Goldberg was elected chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association. A partner of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman he concentrates his practice on complicated accident cases involving issues with defective machinery and medical malpractice. (02/05/08)

Robert M. Kesten joined the Boca Raton, Florida office of Adorno & Yoss, the nation’s largest minority-owned law firm, as a partner handling real estate and transactional matters. (02/05/08)

Robert S. Thaler, visiting assistant clinical professor and attorney-in-charge of the Hofstra University School of Law’s Mediation Clinic, was married to Traci King, a clinical study trial manager for Pfizer. Prior to joining Hofstra’s faculty, he was the director of mediation services for Community Mediation Services, Inc. (10/10/07)

1990s

1990
Peter A. Antonucci, formerly with Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross PC, joined the New York office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP as a shareholder in its litigation practice. His practice focuses on product liability, pharmaceutical litigation and medical devices. He is a member of the ABA’s Section of Tort Trial and Insurance Practice’s Task Force on Revenue Enhancement as well as its Long Range Planning Special Standing Committee. (09/17/07)

Jennifer Coates, previously with the New York office of Sidley Austin LLP, joined the Seattle, WA office of Dorsey Whitney LLP. A member of the firm’s tax group, she focuses her practice on cross-border international transactions. (03/14/07)

Amanda Haines was named Deputy Chief of the Homicide Section of the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Columbia. The office prosecutes all local criminal offenses from shoplifting to homicides as well as all federal offenses in the District of Columbia. Ms. Haines, along with two other deputies and the chief of the section, oversee 26 prosecutors who prosecute only homicide cases. (01/16/07)

Michael S. Markhoff, a partner in the White Plains firm of Danziger & Markhoff LLP, was selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2008 in the field of trusts and estates. He concentrates his practice on estate planning and administration, representing professionals, executives and small business owners. (10/10/07)

Laurie J. McPherson, formerly with Shapiro Forman Allen Sava & McPherson, joined the New York office of Blank Rome LLP as a partner in the firm’s litigation and matrimonial groups. (02/05/08)

Andrea M. Sharrin was appointed as assistant U.S. attorney in the Felony Trial Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. She previously served as special assistant U.S. attorney in the Trial Section, and served as director of civil litigation for the Recording Industry Association of America. (09/17/07)

1991
James F. Castro-Blanco joined the White Plains, New York office of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP as of counsel. He focuses his practice on a variety of corporate affairs and financing projects. He is a member of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary and a past president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association and of the Puerto Rican Bar Association Annual Scholarship Fund. He previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and was an assistant dean at St. John’s University School of Law, where he remains an adjunct professor of law. (08/06/07)

Matthew S. Cohen joined the New York office of Thompson & Knight LLP as a partner in its corporate and securities practice group. He concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private offerings of debt and equity securities, public offerings, SEC reporting and securities law compliance, and executive employment law. (07/21/08)

Andrew G. Finkelstein, managing partner of Finkelstein & Partners, LLP in Newburgh, NY, was elected to the board of directors of Legal Services of the Hudson Valley. Finkelstein practices in the area of personal injury law. (07/21/08)

Jeffrey M. Kimmel, a partner at Salenger, Sack, Schwartz, & Kimmel, testified before a NY State Hearing on amusement park saftey. He has been active in supporting bills related to this public saftey issue following the representation of a client whose son died on a ride at Rye Playland. Mr. Kimmel manages his firm's medical malpractice department. (07/09/07)

Hope N. Kirsch opened a practice in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Law Office of Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC. The firm specializes in civil litigation, focusing on the practice areas of construction law, insurance, professional malpractice, personal injury, HOAs and special education and school law. She was previously a partner in the Phoenix, AZ firm of Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson, P.C. (07/09/07)

Andrew J. Lauer was appointed vice president for legal affairs and general counsel of Yeshiva University. Lauer was previously a partner at Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP in the firm’s labor and employment department. He also served as senior counsel at Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP and assistant general counsel at Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. He is chairman of the board of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and president of the Young Israel of Woodmere. (03/19/08)

George H. Nahitchevansky was named the Managing Partner of the New York Office of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. A partner in the firm’s intellectual property group, he specializes in litigation and counseling on trademark, copyright, and Internet matters across a diverse array of industries in the U.S. and internationally. (07/21/08)

Brian P. Stern was named Chief of Staff to Governor Donald L. Carcieri of Rhode Island. He was previously executive director of the Rhode Island Department of Administration, where he acted as the State Purchasing Agent and oversaw legal services within the executive branch and the Governor’s Fiscal Fitness program. Before beginning state service, he was a partner in a private law practice in New York City for seven years. (03/14/07)

1992
Frederick C. Arriaga, formerly counsel to the Brooklyn Borough President, was appointed as a judge of the New York City Civil Court. (02/05/08)

Mark H. Gaw is a director in the structured finance division of Standard & Poor’s, concentrating on structured finance transactions. Prior to joining S&P, he was a tax attorney for the NYC Department of Finance in the tax policy division. (10/10/07)

Charles E. Gillman joined the Seattle, WA firm Lane Powell, PC as an associate in their immigration practice group. He focuses his practice on all aspects of employment-based immigration law. He was previously with Larsson Immigration Group, P.C. in Bend, OR. (03/14/07)

Brad A. Kaufman opened a practice in New York City specializing in plaintiff’s medical malpractice and personal injury. Many of his verdicts and settlements have appeared in the VerdictSearch New York Reporter. (03/14/07)

Amy H. Keane is serving as a law clerk to Judge Seamus McCaffery of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. (08/06/07)

Yehudis Lewis was named special counsel to Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. She is a general commercial litigator with particular experience in federal securities, mutual fund and counterfeit trademark litigation. She is also acting secretary of the Federal Courts Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. (03/14/07)

Stuart A. Minkowitz was appointed as a judge of the New Jersey State Superior Court. He was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in the New Jersey United State Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted civil health care fraud cases. (02/05/08)

Michael J. Monahan joined the global professional services firm of Towers Perrin as a consultant in the executive compensation and rewards area. His practice focuses on for-profit and not-for-profit executive strategy and analysis, benefits administration practices, risk management, strategic human resources leadership, business technology solutions, corporate due diligence and design. Mr. Monahan also continues to teach as an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University. (01/16/07)

Jordy Rabinowitz, previously with North Shore-LIJ Health System, joined the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York as senior associate general counsel. (08/06/07)

Judith A. Selby became a partner in the New York office of Duane Morris LLP. She practices in the area of commercial litigation with a concentration on insurance counseling and coverage litigation, including international arbitration of complex pharmaceutical coverage claims. (02/05/08)

1993
Jewell L. Esposito formerly at Bingham McCutchen LLP, joined the Philadelphia office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka as a shareholder in its employee benefits/ERISA practice group. She concentrates her practice on tax controversy and planning matters, as well as employment law and employee benefits. (10/10/07)

Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick joined the New York office of Thompson Hine LLP, where her practice will focus on anti-trust and white collar crime and business litigation. Most recently, she was a law clerk to Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. (08/06/07)

Jonathan R. Sennett, is a sole practitioner and part-time Assistant Public Defender in New Paltz, NY. He was formerly an associate at Levy Phillips & Konisgberg, where he worked on personal injury matters. (09/17/07)

Phoebe A. Wilkinson, partner in the New York office of Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, was named chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. A member of the committee since 1996, she served for several years as the firm’s solicitor for the Legal Aid Society Associate’s Campaign. Ms. Wilkinson is a member Chadbourne’s litigation department where her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, products liability and class action defense. She is also serves on the Board of Directors of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. (07/09/07)

1994
Richard A. Behrendt joined Robert W. Baird & Co. as Vice President –Senior Estate Planner. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with offices worldwide. Mr. Behrendt had been with the IRS since the mid-1990s. (03/13/07)

Jennifer A. Covell, formerly a partner at Gulielmetti Levinson, P.C., was named assistant general counsel at Legacy Benefits Corporation. Based in New York, the company handles life insurance settlements. (08/06/07)

Jeffrey B. Gewirtz has been named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the NBA's New Jersey Nets/Nets Sports & Entertainment, LLC. He will also be involved with the NETS planned 2009 relocation to the Barclays Center, the arena that will be part of the Atlantic Yards development project in downtown Brooklyn. Mr. Gerwitz will be relocating to his hometown of New York from Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he was General Counsel and Chief Legal & Government Affairs Officer for the United States Olympic Committee. (07/09/07)

Rabbi Leonard Oppenheimer was appointed the spiritual leader of the Young Israel of Forest Hills. He was previously a rabbi for a congregation in Portland, Oregon, where he served for the past 13 years. (09/17/07)

Marc J. Pensabene, a partner in the New York office of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, was awarded a 2007 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for an article he co-wrote, “How to Assess Trade Secret Damages,” originally published in the June 2006 issue of Managing Intellectual Property. He focuses his practice on patent and trade secret litigation in the electrical and mechanical arts. (08/06/07)

Mark A. Shapiro, formerly counsel to Thelen Reid Brown Raysman Steiner LLP, joined the New York office of Loeb & Loeb LLP as a partner in the real estate department. His practice focuses on sophisticated transactions in several areas including office, retail and restaurant leasing and subleasing on behalf of landlords and tenants. He also represents clients in commercial office buildings with respect to cable television and telecommunications licenses and other agreements, and he handles brokerage matters. (03/13/07)

Gina Lopez Summa was appointed as a judge to the New York State Court of Claims where she will be hearing claims filed against New York State. Prior to her appointment, she was general counsel to the NYS Division of Human Rights. (03/13/07)

Blair W. Todt, formerly associate general counsel at BearingPoint, Inc., a management and technology consulting firm, joined MedCath Corporation as vice president and general counsel. Based in North Carolina, MedCath is a national provider of cardiovascular services. Todt is responsible for the company’s legal operations, including joint ventures, litigation management, employment matters, and contract negotiation and administration. (01/03/08)

Stanley F. Trybulski, who is retired from the practice of law, published a novel, The Gendarme, an action thriller. Upon graduation from law school, he served as an assistant district attorney in Kings County. He then worked for several years in private practice before returning to the public sector at the NYC Department of Education. (01/03/08)

Itamar J. Yeger, counsel to the Rockland County Legislature and a private practitioner, was elected as a councilperson to the Ramapo Town Board in November 2007. He was also appointed by the Rockland County District Attorney pro bono special prosecutor for appellate matters. (01/03/08)

1995
Jonathan S. Chernow became a partner of New York based firm of White, Fleischner & Fino, LLP. He is a member of the firm’s insurance coverage and commercial litigation practice group, concentrating his practice on first party claims and fraud, and commercial and securities claims. (10/10/07)

Frederic J. Giordano, formerly with McCarter & English LLP, joined the Newark office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP as a partner. He represents policyholders in disputes with property and casualty insurers, particularly with respect to coverage for construction claims and directors and officers liability claims. (03/19/08)

Jonathan L. Hornik, general counsel of Kennedy Funding, a New Jersey commercial real estate lending company, was elected mayor of Marlboro Township, New Jersey, a community of over 40,000 residents. His four year term begins in January 2008. (01/03/08)

Julie F. Kay was promoted to senior staff attorney at Legal Momentum, the nation’s oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Ms. Kay leads the organization’s Sexuality and Family Rights Program. Before joining Legal Momentum, she was a legal consultant to the Irish Family Planning Association. (09/17/07)

Karyn Kenny is currently serving as the 2007-08 U.S. Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the U.S. Sentencing Commission. In that role, she is researching sentencing guideline issues and legislative directives pending before the Commission. She is currently with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada in the white-collar/economic crime section, specializing in human trafficking and cybercrime cases. She previously worked as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. In 2006, she spent a sabbatical as a Fulbright Scholar in Lithuania, where she taught a course on the American criminal justice system and a comparative study course on the American and Irish Constitutions, emphasizing human rights protections in democratic societies. (03/19/08)

Nathaniel P. Kiernan and his wife, Nadja, welcomed the birth of their first child, Zachary in August 2007. Mr. Kiernan is a vice president and assistant general counsel at JPMorgan Asset Management, where he focuses on securities laws related to compliance and regulatory issues. (10/10/07)

Scott E. Landau, formerly special counsel at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, joined the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as a partner in the firm’s executive compensation and benefits practice group. He represents clients in acquisitions and divestitures, IRS compliance for U.S. and foreign plans, programs and agreements and he designs, documents and counsels on executive compensation and nonqualified plan matters. He previously worked in-house at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. (07/21/08)

Steven Nudelman, who was recently named a partner in the Woodbridge, New Jersey office of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, served as a panelist at the NJSBA’s Young Lawyers Forum in May 2007. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the NJSBA Young Lawyers Division and served as a certified New Jersey Delegate to the Assembly of the ABA Young Lawyers Division from 2004-2006. He concentrates his practice in complex construction litigation, title insurance defense litigation and general commercial litigation. (08/06/07)

Jason L. Pascal became vice president and senior counsel of The Orchard Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded distributor of digital media. (03/19/08)

Geoffrey A. Richards, previously a managing director at investment banking firm Giuliani Capital Advisors in New York, relocated to Chicago to join William Blair & Company as co-head of Special Situations & Restructuring. Based in Chicago, the company is an investment firm offering investment banking, asset management, equity research, institutional and private brokerage, and private capital to individual, institutional, and issuing clients. (08/07/07)

Glen Rosenberg joined Marx Realty & Improvement Co. as vice president and corporate counsel. Headquartered in New York, the commercial real estate company manages 78 properties in 22 states and Canada. Glen and his wife, Melissa, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Logan, in January 2008. (07/21/08)

Steven G. Sanders, an Assistant United States Attorney in New Jersey, and his wife, Jane, adopted a second child, a boy from South Korea whom they have named Trevor Minsoo. (08/07/07)

Timothy X. Witkowski was promoted to Executive Director for Intellectual Property Litigation and Executive Group Counsel, Intellectual Property in the Ridgefield, CT office of the German company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He manages IP litigation, including Hatch-Waxman litigation, for the corporation and all its subsidiaries. He is also responsible for due diligence and licensing, client counseling, product life cycle management, and patent procurement. (03/13/07)

Jeremy S. Yellin, a criminal defense lawyer in Havre, Montana, received a 2007 Lawyer of the Year Award from the Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers during their annual meeting in March 2007. Yellin was recognized for his successful defense in a death penalty homicide case he was appointed to by the Court, where he represented a Lakota Sioux tribe member who was charged with the death of a friend and fellow oil rig worker. (07/21/08)

Jennifer S. Zucker became a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Patton Boggs LLP. She practices in the areas of government contracts, and homeland security, defense and technology transfer. (02/05/08)

1996
Steven M. Ebner and his wife, Emily, welcome the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Hope. She joins big sister Samantha and big brother Owen. Mr. Ebner is a partner of the Florida firm, Shutts & Bowen LLP. (08/07/07)

Stephanie F. Lehman, a partner in the New York office of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, married Eric P. Schutzer, a lawyer in White Plains who represents creditors in debt collections. (01/03/08)

David K. Leitner joined the New York City office of Troutman Sanders LLP as an associate in its trusts and estates department. He was formerly with Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP. Mr. Leitner recently married Mimi Rifkin, a director of marketing at Revlon. (01/16/07)

Tod M. Melgar became a partner in the New York office of the intellectual property firm of Morgan & Finnegan, LLP. He litigates and prosecutes patents in a wide variety of technology areas, including computer software, optics, lasers and mechanical and medical instrumentation. He is also involved in the litigation and policing of trademarks. (02/05/08)

Laurence M. Moss became a partner in the New York office of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in the firm’s employment and employee benefits group. He concentrates his practice on executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on leveraged-buyout transactions. (02/05/08)

Glen Rosenberg joined Woolbright Development as associate general counsel. He provides in-house counsel relating to acquisitions, dispositions and financing of real estate opportunities, drafting and negotiating tenant leases and other corporate legal issues. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Woolbright is one of the largest acquirers and top ten owners of retail real estate in Florida, with a portfolio of nearly five million square feet of retail and mixed-used real estate. (01/03/08)

Matthew E. Ross, formerly with Duane Morris LLP, joined the Washington, D.C. office of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP as of counsel in the firm’s business and finance department. A member of the energy and project finance group, he concentrates his practice on renewable energy transactions and finance, and energy conservation measures. (02/05/08)

Joshua I. Rothman became a partner in the New York office of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto. His practice focuses on complex patent litigation in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arenas. He and his wife, Lisa, also recently celebrated the birth of their second son, Jared. (01/16/07)

Andrew J. Smiley, partner in the New York law firm, Smiley & Smiley, LLP, and his wife, Paula, welcomed the birth of their daughter Elle Jade Smiley. (08/07/07)

1997
Robert A. Acton, who was appointed executive director of Cabrini Green Legal Aid in 2004, received an Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence from the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management. During his tenure at CGLA, which offers free legal assistance in the areas of family law, housing law, and criminal defense, he doubled the size of the staff, tripled annual revenue and expanded clients served from 550 to over 4,000. (07/21/08)

Seth H. Borden joined the New York office of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP as counsel in its labor and employment practice group. He represents management in labor law matters throughout various industries. (07/21/08)

Jennifer Geismar, a vice president in the legal department of Lehman Brothers, was married to Peter Hyman, a freelance journalist and a contributing writer for Radar, a lifestyle and popular culture magazine in Manhattan. (09/17/07)

Sun Min, chief marketing officer for Southern Illinois University College of Business and Administration, wed Edan Jon Schultz. Her husband is the main anchor and executive producer at the ABC affiliate station WSIL-TV in Crainville, Illinois. (08/07/07)

Sander N. Rothchild and his wife, Samara, welcomed their first child, Kaylah Eden in April 2007. Mr. Rothchild is a partner of New York based firm of Fabiani Cohen & Hall, LLP, where he concentrates his practice on insurance defense litigation. (10/10/07)

Caroline L. Werner, a member of the faculty of Beth Israel Medical Center Continuum Center for Health and Healing, where she also maintains a private psychotherapy practice, and a consultant specializing in stress management and improving employee relations, was married to Karl Metzner, a deputy chief of the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. (02/05/08)

1998
Alison Besunder Arden was named a partner at Arent Fox LLP. She practices in the areas of commercial litigation, counterfeit and trademark litigation, and real estate litigation. She and her husband, Allyn Arden, welcomed the birth of their first child, Emma Jaye, in December 2007. (03/19/08)

Michael A. Asaro joined the New York office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a litigation partner. He focuses his practice on SEC investigations, white-collar criminal defense, corporate and internal investigations and commercial litigation. He previously served as the deputy chief of the white collar fraud section at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, EDNY and as a branch chief at the New York office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (08/07/07)

Amie G. Colwell, a certified public accountant, joined the Washington D.C. office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP in its tax practice group. She was formerly international tax planning counsel at PepsiCo Inc. (09/17/07)

Charles N. Curlett, Jr. testified as a witness for the prosecution at the International Citizen’s Tribunal for Sudan, a trial to hold Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his regime accountable for genocide and crimes against humanity. Mr. Curlett provided testimony based on his experience as a member of the U.S. Department of State’s 2004 Atrocities Documentation Project. He was a member of a team of investigators who conducted more than 1,000 interviews in the refugee camps of eastern Chad of survivors from Darfur, Sudan about crimes committed by the al-Bashir regime. Mr. Curlett is an associate in the Baltimore office of Saul Ewing LLP where he concentrates his practice in corporate and securities litigation and white-collar criminal defense and is a member of the Association of Defense Counsel practicing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where he serves on the Amicus Committee. (01/16/07)

Alison J. Dorfman (Schwartz), a producer of “The Early Show” at CBS in New York, was married to Peter Dorfman, a financial adviser at Merrill Lynch. (01/03/08)

Lisa F. Garcia was named Chief Advocate for Environmental Justice, a new position created by the Department of Environmental Conservation, to spearhead and pursue community-based initiatives in minority or low-income areas across New York. Prior to joining the DEC, Garcia was an assistant attorney general at the New York State Office of the Attorney General, where she represented various state agencies in environmental litigation matters. She also served as a senior environmental attorney for New York Public Interest Research Group and was an assistant clinical professor in the Environmental Law Clinic at Rutgers School of Law. (03/19/08)

Elissa D. Hecker, who maintains a private practice in Irvington, NY concentrating on copyright, trademark and business law, was elected to the board of editors for the NYS Bar Associations’s Bar Journal. Hecker is past chair of the NYSBA’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Section and editor of the Section’s journal. She is also co-chair and creator of the Section’s Pro Bono Committee. She is a frequent author, lecturer and panelist, and member of the Copyright Society. (07/21/08)

Peter J. Liuzzo became a partner of Cassin Cassin & Joseph LLP, where he has worked since 2003. A member of the firm’s real estate practice group, he focuses on real estate finance. (03/19/08)

Randi B. May (Seltzer) became a partner at Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, a NY litigation boutique firm. She practices employment law, representing both employees and employers in all aspects of the employment relationship. She and her husband welcomed the birth of their second son, Oliver Lyle, in early 2008. (07/21/08)

Shawn A. Miles was appointed Group Head, Global Public Policy & Regulatory Strategy of MasterCard Worldwide. He is responsible for MasterCard’s global public policy and regulatory strategy in all key markets outside the European Union, and he also leads the company’s consumer education initiatives. Miles has been with MasterCard for almost 20 years, starting as an intern in the former Travelers Check division and attending law school at night while working there. (02/14/08)

Gabriel M. Nugent became a partner in the Syracuse office of Hiscock & Barclay LLP. He practices in the areas of intellectual property, complex commercial litigation, environmental litigation and white-collar criminal defense. (03/19/08)

Scot Phelps joined Southern Connecticut State University as an associate professor of emergency management to create the first graduate-level emergency management program in the state of Connecticut. Phelps was formerly assistant commissioner for emergency management at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and a professor of emergency medicine at the George Washington School of Medicine. He recently helped Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand assess its emergency management program and will speak at the World Conference on Disaster Management in Toronto in June 2008. (03/19/08)

Michael K. Robles became special counsel in the New York office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. He concentrates his practice on the resolution of reinsurance disputes, including litigation, arbitration, and mediation. (02/05/08)

Jordan S. Rosenthal is the director in the South Florida office of Mestel & Co., one of the largest exclusively legal search firms in the country. He focuses on the placement of associates, partners and groups as well as law firm mergers and acquisitions. (07/21/08)