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 Dean Miles (right) at a networking reception for alumni in Alexandria, Va., at Redmon, Peyton & Braswell, LLP.  The Aug. 2 event was hosted by Nick Gehrig, Class of 2007, and was attended by roughly 20 alumni.  
  

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January, 2012  


1950
Hon. William J. Nealon has been selected to receive the American Inns of Court 2011 Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit. The award will be presented by the Hon. Theodore McKee, on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in Philadelphia. Judge Nealon sits on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The federal building in which the court is housed is named for him. He is one of six federal judges appointed by President John F. Kennedy who remain on the bench. In July of this year, he will become the longest-serving district judge in the history of the Third Circuit. 
 

1964
Timothy “Tim” Moynahan was named chairman of Global Virus Network Executive Board. The organization is a global authority and resource for the identification, investigation, and control of viral diseases posing threats to mankind. He was asked to serve by Dr. Robert C. Gallo, widely known for his discovery of the first human retroviruses, co-discovery of HIV and the development of the HIV blood test. Moynahan is the founder of Moynahan & Minnella, one of Connecticut's best-known law firms, and also serves as general counsel to the insurance brokerage firm of Park Wilshire Companies, Inc. 
 
 

1967
Hon. Stephen P. Scaring has been named of counsel to the firm Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. Scaring has served as an assistant district attorney and chief of the homicide bureau in Nassau County, as well as a special prosecutor in Suffolk County, N.Y. He also has served as an associate professor of law and psychiatry at C. W. Post College. Scaring has been selected by the New York Times to its top 100 List of Super Lawyers in the New York metropolitan area for the past four years and was the 2008 selection of the New York State Bar Association for the Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award for Outstanding Defense Practitioner. 

T. David Stapleton, Jr. was named chair of the 2,728-member Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. His appointment was announced in June, 2011. A resident of Auburn, New York, Stapleton is a founding member of Karpinski Stapleton Galbato & Tehan. He concentrates his practice on elder law, estates and trusts, real estate and business entities. In his earlier years, he served as an assistant district attorney for Cayuga County, county election commissioner and law clerk to a Supreme Court judge. Stapleton is also a member of the State Bar’s House of Delegates.
 
John B. Wefing was recently appointed by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey to the Governor’s Council on Higher Education. Wefing is a professor of law at Seton Hall University School of Law.
 

 

1968
James F. Mundy was named to “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers” for 2011, joining the top 5 percent of all trial attorneys in the Commonwealth. The “Super Lawyer” list, which is published annually by Philadelphia Magazine, is based on polling of 36,000 lawyers throughout Pennsylvania, independent research, interviews with law firms and evaluation of nominees by a blue-ribbon panel. Past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Mundy has been designated a PA Super Lawyer every year since the program began. He is a partner with Powell Law, headquartered in Scranton. 
 

1971
Alan M. Grimaldi has been named a co-leader of Mayer Brown’s global IP practice, based in Washington D.C. Grimaldi is a former co-chair of Howrey’s IP practice. His practice encompasses but is not limited to intellectual property matters. In addition to serving as co-chair of one of the largest intellectual property practices worldwide, he was former co-chair of Howrey’s commercial trial group. Grimaldi has significant experience in patent and other intellectual property litigation and in all aspects of private and government antitrust and other complex commercial litigation including nationwide class action litigation, multi-district litigation in federal and state courts, grand juries, federal and state administrative agency litigation, unfair competition, insurance coverage, products liability and litigation dealing with trade-related matters. 

 
1974
Claudie Grant was among the winners of the Commonwealth's 2011 Disability Employment Champions awards from the state of Virginia. He was recognized for his role in placing some 60 disabled individuals in jobs with the Defense Commissary Agency, headquartered at Fort Lee. The Prince George County resident was also among the winners of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Collaborative’ s (MARC) Disability Workforce Consortium Excellence in Making a Difference Award that was presented in 2011.
 
Jonathan Lash was chosen to serve as Hampshire College's 6th president. An expert on climate change, energy security and resource, environment and development policy, Lash was most recently president of the Washington D.C.-based World Resources Institute, where he had served for 18 years. In the past, Lash has also served as co-chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, a group of U.S. government, business, labor, civil rights, and environmental leaders appointed by President Clinton that developed recommendations for strategies to promote sustainable development. 
 
Coral Pietsch, Brigadier General (Ret.), U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Pietsch currently serves as the senior civilian attorney and special assistant in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate for the U.S. Army Pacific. From 2005 to 2011, she was the chair of the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and from 2007 to 2008, she served as the deputy rule of law coordinator for the State Department’s Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team. 
 
 
Michael W. Schell has joined the Albany, N.Y. office of Hancock Estabrook, LLP. Schell, formerly senior upstate adviser for the Office of the Governor of New York State, has had a long career representing the interests of upstate New York in both the public and private sectors. His private practice experience includes founding and serving as a principal partner and trial attorney at the Watertown-based firm Maloney, Schell & Eisenhauer, and as of counsel at the Syracuse-based firm of Cherundolo, Bottar & Leone. He was a founder of the United States District Court Northern District Bar Association and president of the Jefferson County Bar  
Association.
 
 
1975
Roslyn A. Mazer was nominated by President Obama to serve as Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security. Mazer is currently the inspector general of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), where she manages inspections, audits, and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the ODNI. Mazer serves concurrently as chair of the intelligence community inspectors general forum, working with all intelligence community elements – including the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State – to fulfill community-wide objectives established under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. 

Richard L. Thompson officially assumed the role of chairman of the Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees on May 14, 2011. Thompson, who resides in McLean, Va., joined the board in 2001 and was elected vice-chairman in 2008. In 2010, he was named board chairman-elect.  Thompson is senior counsel at the law firm Patton Boggs LLP, concentrating his work on pharmaceuticals and food and drugs, areas in which he has spent the majority of his professional career. Before joining Patton Boggs, Thompson served as senior vice president for policy and government affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., where he established and led a 45-member global staff and was a member of the company operating committee. Thompson is a member of the Board of Visitors of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.  
 
Harold L. Williams was the subject of a profile in the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dec. 17, 2011) upon the occasion of his retirement as managing attorney for the Cleveland Legal Aid Society's consumer law unit. The article described how Williams helped shape employment and consumer law in the state of Ohio over his 35 years in law practice. Among other triumphs, Williams forced the city of Cleveland to hire and promote black police officers and handled a case that ended discriminatory staffing at state liquor stores.

 

1976
Stephen P. Murphy accepted a pro bono award on behalf of the law firm Reed Smith during the 58th Annual Red Mass and Brunch, celebrated on Oct. 1, 2011 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, D.C. Murphy serves as chair of the Washington, D.C. office's pro bono committee. 

Hon. Booker T. Shaw, spoke to students and faculty members on Oct. 13, 2011, at the Columbus School of Law. His remarks were titled “Opinions: A Judge's Reflections on a Life in Law.” Currently a partner in the St. Louis-based firm of Thomson Coburn LLP, where he is a member of the business litigation practice group, Shaw spent the majority of his career on the bench.
 
 
1977

Christine P. Brown has been selected as a 2011 Oregon Super Lawyer. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, publishes an annual year-end issue that names the Super Lawyers of Oregon law for the coming year. Based on peer recognition and professional achievement, only five percent of attorneys in Oregon are selected as Super Lawyers. Brown specializes in estate planning and probate for Portland-based Garvey Schubert Barer. 

Christine Luchok Fallon has been named the new Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is the 16th Reporter of Decisions and the first woman to hold the position.  Fallon assumed her new duties on March 3. Fallon has served as Deputy Reporter of Decisions since February 1989, writing syllabuses and editing the opinions of the Court for release and publication in the United States Reports.  From 1982-1989, Fallon served as a legal editor at the Research Institute of America in Washington, D.C., where she supervised an editorial staff of seven attorneys, writing, revising, and supplementing loose-leaf employment law publications.
 
Anthony G. Flynn was awarded the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontificae, the highest honor the Pope can confer on a layperson, for distinguished service to the Church in the Diocese of Wilmington, DE. Flynn has represented the diocese and many other Catholic institutions in Delaware for many years. Among other reasons, he was recognized for his representation of the diocese in its recently concluded bankruptcy proceeding.
 
Mary Ellen Signorille has been appointed to the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council. Her appointment was announced by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. Signorille is a senior attorney with AARP Foundation Litigation and cames to the council with more than 30 years of experience involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The 15-member council provides advice on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by ERISA. 
 
Brian J. Smith has retired from the New York State Attorney General's Office after 31 years of service.
 
 
1978
Bennett Beach and Carol Beach (1980) were the subject of a feature story in the Washington Post on April 18, 2011. “43 straight Boston Marathons, and counting” recounted Beach’s string of consecutive marathon runs, the second longest in the history of the fabled race. Beach first ran the Boston Marathon in 1968.
 
Michael T. Concannon was honored with the Golden Door Award from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project for his pro bono service to more than over 55 detained immigrants and refugees. The Seattle-based project promotes justice for low-income immigrants in Washington State by pursuing and defending their legal status.
 
Maureen E. Dwyer has been named to the Washington, D.C., advisory board of BB&T, one of the largest financial services holding companies in the United States. Dwyer is director of the law firm Goulston & Storrs, where she specializes in zoning and municipal law and has been called "one of the top zoning attorneys in the city" by Chambers USA and "one of Washington's best real estate lawyers" by Washingtonian magazine. Dwyer is a member and former president of Commercial Real Estate Women.
 
S. Dennis Holbrook has been named chief legal officer of Norse Energy Corp. ASA. Holbrook joined Norse in 2008 as executive vice president for regulatory compliance and public relations after representing the company for many years as its legal counsel. Holbrook has over 35 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, having worked on energy issues in the U.S Senate, the Federal Energy Administration, the Gas Industry Standards Board, and as an attorney and an energy industry executive.

 

 
1980
Patrick M. Regan is a lead attorney for the plaintiffs suing the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in connection with the June 2009 Red Line train collision that killed eight passengers and a train operator. Regan is a name partner with the Washington, D.C. litigation firm Regan, Zambri & Long. Regan is a member of the Board of Visitors of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.  
 

 
1981

Paul J. Maloney has been recognized as a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer 2011 in personal injury defense and products and professional liability. He is member of the mid-Atlantic firm Carr Maloney. Selections are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of Thomson Reuters. Each year, the research team undertakes a multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Maloney is past president of the Barristers and of the D.C. Defense Lawyers’ Association. 
 
Kathleen McGuan has been appointed senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Omnicare, Inc. McGuan oversees the company’s corporate compliance function and reports directly to Omnicare's board of directors and chief executive officer. She was formerly Omnicare's interim chief compliance officer.
 
Hon. Stephen L. Purcell was sworn in as the chief administrative law judge for the United States Department of Labor on Feb. 18, 2011.  Purcell had previously served at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Attorney's Offices in Baltimore and Orlando. He also worked for seven years as an appellate attorney for the Disabled American Veterans, as well as an administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration. Purcell joined the Department of Labor in 2002.
 
 
1982

Eric Bernard won Silver medals in the shot and javelin (men’s 55-59 age group) at the Granite State Senior Games Track and Field Competition in Manchester, New Hampshire on Aug. 21, 2011. 


Michael J. Bittman has been named to the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year list. This distinction honors attorneys who have earned a high level of respect among peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity. Best Lawyers compiles its lists by conducting extensive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition of the list was compiled by 3.9 million detailed peer evaluations. Bittman is a health care law practitioner with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Orlando, FL.

Terence P. McCourt has joined the law firm of Foley Hoag LLP as a partner in the Boston office and a member of the firm’s labor and employment practice. The practice group specializes  representing employers in labor relations and employment-litigation related to defense matters. 
 
Mary Beth Richards was presented with the Federal Communications Bar Association’s 4th annual Excellence in Government Service Award on May 24th, 2011. The award recognizes federal employees in the communications area whose long-term performance exemplifies the best in government service.

 
 
1983

Kathleen Q. Abernathy has been honored by Legal Momentum with its 2011 Aiming High Award. She was one of six women honored on May 4, 2011 in New York City before 700 attendees. The award recognizes remarkable women whose personal leadership has broken new ground for women in business. Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal defense and education fund dedicated to advancing women's economic and personal security. The Aiming High Awards highlight the accomplishments of women and their contributions to some of the nation's most successful companies. Abernathy is executive vice president and chief legal officer of Frontier Communications. She served as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission from 2001 to 2005 and is an adjunct instructor in communications law at The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.


Michael A. Curto was appointed to serve on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. The board consists of 13 members, two appointed by the governor. Curto is the deputy chair of the business department of Patton Boggs LLP, in Washington, D.C. He is also a member of the firm's management committee and head of the firm's ERISA and employee benefits practice. Outside of the firm, Curto has served as vice chairman of the board of directors for the National Family Caregivers Association.  

Edward (Ed) V. Gregorowicz has joined Avison Young's brokerage operations as a principal in the Washington, DC office. Gregorowicz focuses his efforts on federal government leasing activities and plays a key role in guiding the expansion of the firm’s services in the national capital region and other U.S. and Canadian markets. For the past 17 years, Gregorowicz operated his own firm, focusing on General Services Administration and federal government real estate transactions around the U.S.  

John Polanin Jr. has been appointed executive director and head of compliance for the Americas at Macquarie Group based in New York City. Before joining Macquarie, Polanin was global head of legal and compliance policy for UBS AG. Previously, he worked as head of compliance for UBS Wealth Management Americas, head of compliance for the Americas at UBS Investment Bank, managing attorney for equities at UBS Warburg, and deputy general counsel for equity capital markets, transaction services and research at PaineWebber Incorporated. 
 
 
1985
Jeffrey McFadden has been named to the 2012 list of The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. McFadden is an intellectual property attorney in the Winston-Salem office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.  
 
Stephanie L. Seidman has joined the San Diego office of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP as a partner, where she will lead the firm’s intellectual property and technology efforts in San Diego. With more than 25 years of experience, Seidman is noted for her representation of early stage, emerging, and developing companies, as well as public companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She has prosecuted hundreds of biotechnical, pharmaceutical, and other chemical patents earning an international reputation for her management of patent portfolios involving complex technologies. 
 

Robert L. and Suzanne M. Stoll were featured in an article published in The Washington Post on April 3, 2011, “City Stickers: In Kalorama, an urban roost with room for all.” The story discussed their move back into Washington, D.C., after many years in the suburbs and the renovation of their Kalorama neighborhood condo.

Gregory Ugalde is the father of two current students at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law: Kathleen, Class of 2012, and Andrew, Class of 2014. Ugalde is president and chief legal officer of T&M Building Co., Inc., based in Torrington, CT.

 
1986
John A. Bauer has joined Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as a member in the firm's intellectual property practice in New York. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Bauer was a partner in an international law firm, where he focused on patent litigation, due diligence, and client counseling. He has represented clients in a variety of biotechnology and high technology patent infringement cases, as well as in interferences.

Brian D. O’Keefe announced the formation of Lippitt O’Keefe, PLLC, which began operating on July 1, 2011, in Birmingham, MI.



Paul H. Schieber presented at the Mortgage Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Conference September 25-27, 2011 in Washington, D.C., where he outlined the necessary tools to sharpen a company’s regulatory compliance. Schieber is immediate past chair of the business law section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. 

1987

Andrew F. Palmieri has been elected to a one-year term as chair of the ABA section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law. His election was announced in August, 2011. Palmieri is a partner in the project and resource development department in the Washington, D.C. office of Saul Ewing. 
 

1988 

Carl R. Ficks, Jr. has been appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors for the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, Conn. The Hospital for Special Care is a private, not-for-profit long term acute and chronic care hospital, known for its expertise in neuromuscular care, physical rehabilitation, respiratory and pulmonary care, and medically complex pediatrics. Ficks is a partner with the Hartford office of Halloran & Sage, LLP, where he is co-chair of the firm’s trucking and transportation practice.



1989
Nanci E. Nishimura has been appointed by California Gov. Jerry Brown to the Commission on Judicial Performance. The commission consists of eleven members who are appointed to four-year terms. Nishimura is a partner with the law firm of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP. Earlier in her career, Nishimura clerked at the U. S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the International Trade Commission, and served as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. She has appeared before the United States Supreme Court in a precedent-setting privacy case and was named one of 2010's Top 100 Women Litigators by the Daily Journal in California.

Keith Pagnani was named among the 2011 “Dealmakers of the Year” by The American Lawyer. He was recognized for his role representing Alcon, Inc.’s independent directors committee in Alcon’s acquisition by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG. Pagnani is a partner in the New York City office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he co-leads the firm’s healthcare and life sciences practice. 

James G. Votaw has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as counsel in the firm’s national energy, environment and natural resources practice. Votaw joins from WilmerHale, where he had practiced for many years. Votaw assists industry clients in the nanotechnology, high tech and clean tech sectors.
 
 
1990
Michael J. Bidwill spoke at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law on Sept. 15, 2011. His remarks to students were titled “Courtroom to Cleats: A Lawyer’s Journey through the NFL.” Bidwill is president of the Arizona Cardinals football team.

Mark J. Powell served as an instructor for the Advanced Trial Skills seminar sponsored by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C. Powell, a partner in the Scranton-based Powell Law firm, has served as an instructor at NITA seminars in Washington, D.C., each year since 2004.


 

 
1991 

Patrick T. Clendenen was selected by the American Diabetes Association to receive a Father of the Year Award, to be presented on June 14, 2011 at the Seaport World Trade in Boston. The award is intended to identify and honor fathers who have demonstrated the ability to balance their personal lives, to serve as role models for their children, and to help make a positive difference in their community. Clendenen is a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and a member of the Board of Visitors for The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
 
Jerome "Jerry" Murphy has been named President and CEO of Atlanta-based FSC Securities Corporation, one of the largest independent broker-dealer networks in the United States. Murphy joined the firm in 2005 and has served in a variety of roles, including, most recently, as executive vice president of Advisor Group. Before moving to the broker-dealer space, Murphy was director, Policy and Practice Team for the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Michael J. Ryan, Jr. is the senior vice president and managing director, Board Services for Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext Company. He is responsible for heading the NYSE Board education program and other board service offerings. Ryan formerly served as president and chief operating officer of PROXY Governance, Inc.
 
 
1992  
Alice S. Fisher, a former Justice Department assistant attorney general who rejoined Latham & Watkins in May 2008, was named in March 2011 the firm’s Washington managing partner. Fisher practices in white-collar criminal defense and internal investigations. From 2005 to 2008, Fisher was in charge of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Fisher rejoined Latham as global co-chairwoman of the white-collar and government investigations practice. 
 
 
 
1993 
Carey Gunn Helm has joined Winstead PC in Austin, Texas, as of counsel. She practices in the firm’s real estate development and investments practice group. Helm is a native of Austin with a real estate practice focused on condominiums, community associations, timeshares, and resort development. She ran her own firm for several years in Vail, Colorado. Helm was previously with Armbrust and Brown PLLC.
 
Ingrid Turner was named among “Washington’s 100 Most Powerful Women,” by Washingtonian Magazine (Oct. 2011). Turner serves as chair of Prince George’s County Council. An Annapolis graduate and retired Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, she was her colleagues’ unanimous choice as leader.
 
 
1994
D. Michael Lyles was appointed by Prince George’s County Maryland, County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III to serve as executive director of the Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission. Lyles most recently served as department counsel with the Department of Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals, representing it in industrial security clearance hearings.
 
 
1995
Sean D. Kennedy has been named the top lobbyist for the Air Transport Association of America, Inc. He had previously served as a senior White House aide to the Obama Administration.
 
 
1996
Michael P. Donahue has been elevated to partnership in CommLaw Group. In recognition of his achievement and contributions, the firm was renamed Marashlian & Donahue, LLC, The CommLaw Group. The firm specializes in serving the legal needs of the communications industry.
 
Machell A. Hamlin has been named assistant vice president of the GEICO companies with staff counsel responsibilities. Hamlin joined GEICO in 1986, working in a series of claims’ positions, including claim service representative, telephone adjuster and continuing unit examiner, and later she served as the Maryland Insurance Department liaison, representing GEICO before Administrative Law Judges. In 1996, Hamlin began her staff counsel career where she litigated cases in D.C. and Maryland. She later joined GEICO’s legislative counsel department, rising to senior counsel, where she interacted with state legislators and regulators in addition to testifying at hearings in accordance with GEICO’s interests in nine states.  
 
 
1997     
Scott N. Flesch was promoted to chief, Bid Protests, U.S. Army Litigation Center, contract and fiscal law division. He is based in Arlington, VA.
 
Vincent A. Lacovara III has been appointed The Catholic University of America’s first compliance officer. In his new position, Lacovara is responsible for implementing the university’s compliance and ethics program, including reviewing University policies and procedures for compliance with state and federal laws and regulations; coordinating compliance efforts and training throughout the University; investigating compliance lapses and overseeing implementation of corrective actions; and assisting members of the University community with compliance questions and concerns. 
 
Nancy M. Palermo is managing partner of Garrison & Sisson, an attorney search firm that was voted Best Legal Recruiter in the Nov., 2011 publication “The Best of Legal Times,” a reader’s choice nod to Washington, D.C.’s top legal vendors, law schools and business service providers. Palermo is a member of the Board of Visitors for The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law. She resides in North Potomac, MD, with her husband, their three children and basset hound.
 
Jonathon A. Rabin has been named a shareholder in Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, PLLC, in the firm’s Troy, Michigan offices. Rabin’s areas of practice include labor and employment, and litigation and risk management law.
 
Jessica B. Reilly’s law practice, Restivo & Reilly, LLC, has opened new offices in Key Largo and Orlando, FL. The firm focuses on family and criminal law. Reilly is a former assistant state attorney for Miami-Dade County where she prosecuted felonies and misdemeanors. 

 
1998
Cassandra Goldman serves as Wabash County State's Attorney, Wabash County, IL. She has filed her petition to run for re-election in the March 20, 2012 Illinois primary. Goldman has served as the State's Attorney since her election to the position in November of 2008.
 
Matthew A. Martel has joined McDermott Will & Emery LLP as a partner in its trial practice, based in Boston.  Martel represents clients in a wide variety of disputes, including corporate governance and shareholder litigation, litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions, as well as government and self-regulatory organization investigations and enforcement actions. Martel serves on the board of directors for the Massachusetts chapter of the March of Dimes. He has been named a “Massachusetts Rising Star” in the areas of general litigation and securities litigation by Super Lawyers magazine. 
 
Catherine M. Reese has become a Virginia Supreme Court Family Mediator. She is the owner of Reese Law Office in Fairfax City, Va. 
 
Jeremy Schwer has joined the Washington, DC office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner. Previously, he was co-head of the renewable energy practice group at Hunton & Williams.
 
Jodi Scott has joined the Denver office of Hogan Lovells as a partner in its food, drug, medical device and agricultural practice. Scott was formerly with Medtronic Inc., where she concentrated in medical device compliance issues and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory matters.
At Hogan, she will guide medical technology clients' U.S. marketing requirements and help them maintain compliance with FDA quality and other post-market regulations.
 

Nicole Tzetzo has been has been selected as a "40 under 40" award recipient by Business First of Buffalo. Each year the business journal recognizes forty honorees under the age of forty for their outstanding levels of professional achievement and community involvement. Tzetzo is a partner with Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP of Buffalo, NY, where she is a member of the firm’s executive committee and tax practice group.
 
 
1999
Daniel M. Gallagher Jr. was confirmed by the United States Senate on Oct. 2, 2011, 1 to serve as one of the five commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nominated by President Obama on May 18, 2011, Gallagher is the first graduate of the Columbus School of Law to serve as commissioner for the government’s primary regulatory agency overseeing the securities industry.
 
 
2000
Alison J. Katrivanos (Napolitano) has accepted the position as principle law clerk to New York State Supreme Court Justice Joseph A. Santorelli and will be working in Central Islip, N.Y., handling matrimonial actions.
 
Brad Kieserman serves as chief counsel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The office of the general counsel advises the administrator and all of FEMA’s directorates on legal matters related to agency programs and operations. Prior to joining FEMA, Kieserman served as associate general counsel for operations and enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security. 

 

 

2001 

Doyle Chisholm has been named associate general counsel of Seneca One Finance, Inc., in Bethesda, MD. 
 

 

2002
Eugene N. Hansen has been promoted from associate to special counsel with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. He is resident in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Hansen joined the firm in 2003 and is a litigator whose work includes securities and commercial litigation, international arbitration and white-collar criminal investigations.

Michael S. Heyl was the subject of a story in the online Maryland Bar Bulletin that described his bid to become one of fewer than 100 people worldwide to complete a marathon on every continental mainland. At the time of the story, Heyl had recently completed the 2010 Antarctic Ice Marathon. Heyl is a partner resident in Hogan Lovells Washington, D.C. office, where his practice covers the medical device area with an emphasis on post-market enforcement matters.  

 
2003
Nicole Heiser was interviewed on the website of Ms. J.D., a nonprofit organization that "seeks to improve the experiences of women law students and lawyers." Heiser practices employment law in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel, General Law Division.


2004
Matthew D. Alegi was promoted to shareholder with Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., based in Potomac, MD. Alegi is chair of the firm’s residential real estate practice group. Alegi is also currently co-chair of the Bar Association of Montgomery County's Real Estate Section and is a regular speaker at continuing legal and professional education courses, including acting as the keynote speaker at a day-long course covering the fundamentals of real estate closings in Maryland.   
 
Carolyn M. Angelaccio has been recognized as a 2011 Rising Star by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphia magazine, as 2011 Super Lawyers®. Just 2.5 percent of the state’s up-and-coming lawyers achieve Rising Stars status. Rising Stars are the top up-and-coming lawyers in Pennsylvania who are either 40 years of age or less, or have been practicing law for 10 years or less.  Angelaccio concentrates her practice on civil litigation with the Bucks County law firm Curtin & Heefner LLP.


2005
Christopher Armstrong has been selected as a 2012 Washington Fellow of the National Review Institute. The Institute was founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1991 to engage in policy development, public education, and advocacy that would advance conservative principles. Armstrong serves as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways & Means, where he conducts oversight and investigations for Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI).

Patricio Asfura-Heim is the author of a chapter in the book, “Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War-Torn Societies” (U. S. Institute of Peace Press). Asfura-Heim’s chapter deals with tribal customary law in Al Anbar, Iraq, where he spent several months in 2007 researching the subject as an embedded analyst for Marine General John Allen. Asfura-Heim is a political and military analyst with the Center for Strategic Studies.

Beth Davis-Pratt accepted a position as senior policy analyst for child welfare at the Center for Law and Social Policy, where she to focuses on child welfare issues, including kinship, education, and child welfare financing. She was previously with the Children’s Defense Fund.
 
Hrant Jamgochian was the subject of a profile in the Washington Post business section on May 21, 2011. Jamgochian is the executive director of Dialysis Patient Citizens.
 

Kelly M. Marzullo has joined Tydings & Rosenberg LLP as an associate in its litigation department. The Baltimore law firm provides legal services in a variety of areas, including corporate, business and tax, real estate, commercial litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and estates and trusts.
 

Michael R. Sachs, an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, is among the prosecutors handling a major case involving charges against 28 people in connection with an organized criminal credit card forgery and larceny operation in New York City. The sting operation involved law enforcement officials from the New York City Police Department, the Secret Service and the FBI.    

 
Elizabeth "Liz" M. Wroe has joined B&D Consulting as a vice president in the firm's health and life sciences group. B&D Consulting is a national advisory and advocacy firm based in Washington, D.C. since 1985. Previously, Wroe served U.S. Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as the health policy director and counsel for the U.S. Senate Budget Committee. During law school, Wroe was a health law clerk for the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and a legal aid intern with the Catholic Charities Archdiocesan Legal Network.
 
 
2006
John L. Schlageter is general counsel for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. This military ordinariate is a special diocese canonically erected by Pope Pius XII in 1939 for members and others employed by the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, the Veterans Health Administration and its patients, and for Americans in government service overseas. Schlageter is also a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, as is Catholic University law school Professor Michael Noone, posing with him on Feb. 22, 2011, at the Basilica of the National Shrine.
 
Rebecca Symes is the director of constituent services for Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY). Symes was previously a staff attorney with Housing Conservation Coordinators in New York City. 
 
LT Sean Thompson, JAGC, USN, and his wife Jill celebrate the birth of their third child, Westley. Thompson  is the flag aide for the Deputy JAG of the Navy and is stationed at the Pentagon.

 

2007
Ariel A. Gonzalez has joined AARP as director of health and family advocacy. Gonzalez is the lead lobbyist and spokesperson for health and family related matters for AARP and its 40 million members.

Jamie Gross has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Goulston and Storrs as an associate in the real estate practice group. She focuses her practice on real estate transactions, including military housing privatization and real estate development.
 
 
Ashley C. Haun has joined Roetzel & Andress in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as an associate attorney with the business litigation practice group. Her practice is focused on civil litigation, with an emphasis on matters pertaining to real property.
 
William O. Jawando is associate director of the Office of Public Engagement for the Obama Administration. Jawando leads OPE’s education outreach efforts and also works on African American outreach. He most recently served as director of boards and commissions at the U.S. Department of Education. Earlier in his career, Jawando worked first for then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and more recently as a legislative aide in the office of Senator Barack Obama.
 
Danielle Benoit Manner has joined the legal department of Pfizer, Inc. as privacy counsel, where she practices at the company’s New York headquarters.
 
Jeremy R. Moss, an associate with MercerTrigiani law firm, was named “Educator of the Year” by the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (WMCCAI) during its annual awards dinner held on Nov. 12, 2011. Moss was recognized for his leadership in educating the community association industry by speaking at chapter-sponsored programs, writing articles for Quorum - a magazine for community association volunteer leaders, and for his service on the Virginia Legislative Committee.
 
Erica Stevens’ engagement and marriage to Martin Hewitt was the subject of a feature story in the April 29, 2011, edition of the Washington Post.
 
 

2008
William "Billy" P. Cannon III has joined Offit Kurman in Bethesda, Md. as an associate in its landlord representation group. Cannon's practice is focused on representation of landlords and property managers of residential and commercial real estate. Cannon was recently recognized as a 2012 Maryland Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Elizabeth Pugliese was awarded the President's Citation for Outstanding Pro Bono Service (pro bono clinic cases) at the Montgomery County Bar Foundation's 117th Annual Law Day held on April 21, 2011. 


2009
Maria L. Lokshin is program coordinator, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,
American University Washington College of Law. 
 
 
2010
Charles J. Andres, Jr., will be joining Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, a Washington, D.C. based intellectual property law firm, as a biotechnology and chemical associate. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Andres was an associate in the Alexandria, VA, office of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP.
 
Laila Leigh was profiled on Aug. 7, 2011 in the Washington Post Capital Business section for a story, “Young lawyers made their mark by sticking to their goals.” Leigh is currently a family law staff attorney at Maryland Legal Aid Bureau.
 


Diana E. Cole Surprenant has joined Adams and Reese as a litigation associate in the firm’s New Orleans office. She has experience in litigation matters, including maritime and insurance law. Prior to her current position, Surprenant clerked for Judge Jay C. Zainey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, where she researched and drafted opinions, prepared jury interrogatories, completed verdict forms and voir dire questions. 

 
2011
Jay All’s article, "Again From the Top! The Continuing Pursuit of a General Public Performance Right in Sound Recording" was accepted for publication in Vol. 22 of the Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology. While he was a student, All’s article was nominated by Professor George Smith and Practitioner-in-Residence Kathleen Abernathy for presentation in the 2010 Student Scholar Series at the Columbus School of Law. 
 
Cristina Caraballo has joined B&D Consulting as a specialist in the energy, climate and environment group in the Washington, D.C. office. Caraballo will assist clients in the energy and manufacturing industries with research and implementation of federal legislative, regulatory and public policy strategies related to fossil energy, renewable energy, and renewable and alternative fuels.
 
Melissa Nonaka has been accepted for publication by Michigan State University's Journal of Law and Medicine. Her article, “Enough is Enough: India's Fight Against Lawful Generic Seizures of Medicine,” will be forthcoming next year. Nonaka was nominated for the Student Scholars Series by the Catholic University Health Law Journal. Professor Megan Labelle acted as her respondent.
 

Christopher T. Page has joined Williamsburg, Virginia-based Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. as an associate where his practice will focus on litigation matters. 

Laura Lynn Thomas has joined the Law Office of Jane Frankel Sims, LLC in Baltimore as a law clerk. During law school, she was the president of the Hughes Senate of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity International and received the Dean's Award for Leadership.

 

In Memoriam


1949
Thomas M. Sullivan died on Monday, August 23, 2010, at the age of 88. He had been ill and in a care center for 15 months in Kansas City, MO. Sullivan served with the United States Marine Corp in World War II and Korea, retiring from the Marines as a Lt. Colonel. He practiced law in Kansas City and was a partner in the Downey, Sullivan & FitzGerald law firm. One of his greatest triumphs was the successful argument of Barerra vs. Wheeler in front of the United States Supreme Court. The case advocated that educationally deprived nonpublic school children be provided comparable services to educationally deprived public school children. In 1986 he received the Catholic University Alumni Association Annual Award for outstanding achievement in the field of law. Sullivan is He is survived by his wife, Kay O'Connor Sullivan, and his daughter, Eileen Sullivan Grebowiec. 

 
1951
Carl J. Morano of McLean, Va., died Nov. 20, 2011.  He was the husband of Leonore Leone Morano.
Born in Scranton, he served in World War II with four of his late brothers. He is survived by six children, nine grandchildren; and a sister, Mary Piazza. Military honors were held at Arlington National Cemetery.


Stephen Opsasnick died on Sept. 21, 2011.  

 
1952
Harry J. Cappello passed away on April 26, 2011.
 
 
1963
Theodore E. Breault passed away on Dec. 18, 2011.
 
John Castellano passed away on Nov. 1, 2011.
 

1973

James Arthur McCall, 63, passed away on Nov. 21, 2011, at Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD, with family and friends praying at his side. Jim, as he was called, resided in Chevy Chase, Maryland with his beloved wife, Shirley C. McCall. He is also survived by a loving and devoted son, Marcus M. McCall and his dear mother Maggie McCall of Mount Union, PA. Jim was a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the United States Supreme Court Bar. He was special counsel to the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters. (photo)
 

1983
Bernard R. Corbett passed away on Sept. 16, 2011.
 
 
2000
George Bowman "Bo" LeNoir, died Tuesday June 1, 2011 in Chattanooga, TN at the age of 56. LeNoir earned his B. A. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he later worked as an assistant director of undergraduate services. He moved to Washington D.C. where he was director of graduate enrollment services at George Washington School of Business. He earned his M.A. and J.D. from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. and was the organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Upon his return to Chattanooga he engaged in the private practice of law and was serving as the director of legal services at the Hamilton County Juvenile Court at the time of his death.

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