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‘67
Hon. Michael Corriero serves as one of three judges on CBS Media Ventures’ Emmy-nominated syndicated court program HOT BENCH, created by Judge Judy Sheindlin.
‘72
Hon. Randall T. Eng, of counsel at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, is president of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inns of Court.
‘73
Hon. Monroe D. Kiar was honored as a Broward County pioneer by the Board of County Commissioners, the Town of Davie, FL, and the Broward County Historic Preservation Board. He was nominated by the Davie Town Council and Mayor Judy Paul in recognition of his career of service to the community, notably as a town council member and later as mayor.
‘76
Hon. Reinaldo E. Rivera, retired Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department, was honored by the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County at their 2024 Judiciary Night.
‘85
Elisa Garcia is principal at The Red Bee Group.
Tim McCausland is the 2024-2025 president of the Sullivan County Bar Association in Monticello, NY.
‘86
Thomas Infurna is a partner at Chapman and Cutler.
‘88
Michael C. Clarke is executive director of the Irish American Heritage Museum. He is also chairperson at MJQ Irish Cultural & Sports Center and Catskill Irish Arts Committee.
‘89
Carla Caliendo is VP, head of D&O claims at Sompo.
Andrea Cannistraci is the founder and partner at Cannistraci & Co.
Daniel P. Deegan’s firm, Forchelli Deegan Terrana, was recognized at the Long Island Business News’ 2024 Real Estate, Architecture, and Engineering Awards. They were selected as the top law firm in the categories of property tax assessment, adaptive reuse, office redevelopment, residential redevelopment, retail redevelopment, and smart growth.
Brian Schwagerl was named a distinguished fellow by NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association.
‘90
Valerie Capers Workman presented at the Future Talent Council Summit in Stockholm where she discussed generative AI in the global workforce. She was also appointed to the Huston-Tillotson University Board of Trustees.
Jon Devendorf was recognized by Chambers USA as a top-ranked general commercial litigation lawyer in upstate NY.
Ed Hansen is the founder of Transformation Enablement.
‘91
James G. Bartolotto is associate general counsel for litigation at the Department of Housing & Urban Development in Washington, D.C. His new position comes after completing 22 years of service at the Department of Justice’s Civil Division.
Joe Cuomo and Jordan Strudler ‘25 co-authored an article for Forchelli Deegan Terrana, titled, “The Corporate Transparency Act in Year One – Where Do Things Stand?” Joe was also quoted in the Long Island Business News article, “The Upcoming Corporate Transparency Act: What are the Implications.”
Arnie Mascali recently created a property risk private equity firm, Mascali Enterprise, where he serves as founder and CEO.
‘92
Matt Flanagan is a shareholder and co-chair of the disciplinary board representation practice group at Marshall Dennehey.
Glenn Katon is of counsel at Mirador Law where he focuses his practice on personal injury, civil rights, and criminal defense.
Paul J. Napoli, partner at Napoli Shkolnik, was recognized as a 2024 Law360 Environmental MVP for exceptional contributions to environmental litigation.
Kairavi Patel Daum is a luxury real estate advisor at Jones Fridman International.
‘93
Charles Flynn is a charitable estate planning advisor at Mental Health America of Dutchess County.
Anthony LaPorta, partner at Avelino Law, was recognized at the Judiciary Attorney Pro Bono Recognition Celebration for his pro bono work throughout New Jersey.
‘94
Jennifer DeSena, supervisor of the town of North Hempstead, was recognized on City & State New York’s 2024 Long Island Power 100 list.
Todd Gilbert is a partner at Amabile & Erman.
Erica (Bielemeier) Landeros is trust counsel in Fiduciary Trust International’s New York office. She provides guidance on estate planning, advanced tax planning, and trust and estate administration.
Christopher Palmer, managing partner at Cullen and Dykman, served as the chair of the 2024 American Heart Association’s Long Island Heart & Stroke Ball.
‘95
Gary Rosner has been appointed to the Mediation Ethics Advisory Commitee by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muniz.
‘97
Hon. Juanita Wing-Allen has been appointed as a family court judge in the NYC Civil Court.
Felix Chevalier has been appointed as a trustee to the Houston Municipal Employee Pension System.
Thomas Kennedy is a partner at Macaluso.
‘98
Melissa Demmon is director of risk management at EPIC Law Firm Group.
Andrew Gottesman is a partner at Rosenberg & Estis.
Connor Murphy is senior vice president of the transaction liability team at Lockton.
Courtney Rockett is a partner in the litigation team at Sterlington.
Rory Schnurr is an assistant conflict defender at the Office of the Monroe County Conflict Defender.
Timothy P. Sullivan is president, growth and senior counsel at Kidcaboo.
John Veracoechea is head of casualty specialty lines for North America and senior vice president at AIG.
‘99
Marta Kelly has been promoted to partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
Christopher Mansfield is general counsel at King Kullen.
‘00
Kenneth Lange is of counsel at Wilson Elser.
Kevin Murtagh is director of marine debris disposal and vessel surrendering at the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation.
Edwin A. Ossa, author of The Secret Life of a First-Generation Latino Growing Up in New York City, was featured in the East Harlem Journal and the Buffalo Latino Village. He also participated in the 2024 El Festival del Libro/Festival of Books in El Barrio/East Harlem.
‘01
Jensen Ambachen is general counsel to the City University construction fund at The City University of New York.
Thomas F. Croke is an administrative law judge at the New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board.
Karen Tully was elected and sworn in as the PEF executive board seat 460 representative for the Department of State.
Victoria Wickman is the 57th president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
‘02
Dennis Bartling is a senior manager at GEICO.
Jennifer Giovannetti is an associate at Rella & Associates.
Megan Le has been promoted to partner at Lewis Brisbois.
Brian Levine is CEO of Monmouth Ocean Region Realtors, a non-profit real estate association of approximately 11,000 members.
Daniel J. Solinsky is a senior trial attorney at Leitner Varughese Warywoda.
‘03
Lee Mermelstein is enterprise sales team leader – Northeast United States sell-side at Bloomberg.
‘04
Jac Calabro is a sales director at Epiq.
Tracey Cullen has been promoted to senior vice president of company operations at King Kullen.
Lance Moore is an associate business compliance officer at AbbVie.
‘05
Brooke Camhi is director of business development at Everest Court Reporting.
Alex Chicco is head of legal – commercial transactions North America and global propulsion systems at Airbus.
Elizabeth M. Daitz, assistant commissioner at Suffolk County Police Department, gave a keynote address titled “Transformational Leadership: The Process of Progress” at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Public Safety Symposium.
Ian Fredericks is CEO of Hilco Consumer-Retail, Hilco Global’s consumer products and retail platform.
JJ Klein has been promoted to global head of tax at Millennium.
Megan C. Ryan, chief executive officer and president chief legal officer at Nassau Health Care Corporation, received the Long Island Herald Excellence in Healthcare Award. She is also vice president of the board of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
‘06
Anthony Antonelli is senior vice president and deputy general counsel, global head of litigation, and chief operating officer (CLAO Group) at Royal Bank of Canada.
Ryan Bathie is general counsel at Reich Brothers.
John Cahalan is a partner in the Law Office of Matthew Didora.
Richard Elem is an associate at Murphy Sanchez.
Daniel Gravel is senior counsel, platform and enterprise products, at FIS.
Hon. Cassandra Johnson was elected to serve as Queens Surrogate Court Judge.
‘07
Sophia Candela is litigation counsel at GuideOne Insurance.
Hon. Paul R. Hage is a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Zhanna Kushkhova is a tax manager at KPMG U.S.
Hale Yazicioglu Lake is assistant general counsel at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston.
Lin Lin is director of claims at Everest.
‘08
Steven Banks is special labor relations counsel at Proskauer Rose.
Scott Bogucki is of counsel at Helbraun Levey.
Brian Brenner is associate general counsel at Cross River Bank.
Dienna Ching Corrado is director and senior counsel in the financial sponsors and leveraged finance group at MidCap Financial.
Naomi M. Erwich is interim associate director at Yale University.
Amanda Golob, supervising attorney of the housing law unit at Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, received the New Orleans Bar Foundation’s Mark Moreau Public Interest Law Award in recognition of her service to the New Orleans community.
Christine Hogan is a partner at Constangy.
Brian G. Smith is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s private wealth services practice.
Megha Thakkar recently announced the grand opening of her law firm, Thakkar Family Law, based in Piscataway, NJ. The firm focuses on divorce, custody, child support, domestic violence, and all other family law matters.
Sean Thorsen is a transaction manager at Morgan Stanley.
‘09
Lindsey Savage, senior vice president at Blackstone, was named president of the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations.
Heidi Roll Weir is a claims consultant at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions.
‘10
Sergio Blanco has been promoted to senior counsel at BDO USA.
Andrew Braid is counsel at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Cate Carbonaro is executive director at The Retreat, an organization dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence, abuse, and trafficking across Long Island.
Sheridan Chu is the owner of the Law Office of Sheridan C. Chu.
Evan Foxx is a partner at Cooley, Cooley, & Foxx.
Theodore J. Hawkins is counsel at Calcagni & Kanefsky.
Brittany Irving is managing attorney at Neighborhood Defender Service in Houston, TX.
Kate McGrath is chief strategy officer and general counsel at Ascend Public Charter Schools.
Christopher Meskill was admitted to partnership as a tax principal in Deloitte Tax’s Global Information Reporting Practice.
Virginia Palitz is director of legal investigations at Sumitomo Mitsui.
Katrina Vetrano Perez has been promoted to assistant director of professional development at New York City Law Department.
Renton Persaud has been promoted to partner at Catalano Gallardo & Petropoulos.
Travis Powers is a partner in the bankruptcy, restructuring, and commercial litigation practice group at Hodgson Russ.
Timothy Salter has been promoted to special counsel of the bankruptcy, restructuring, and litigation group at McCarter & English.
Adam Sloane is a senior associate attorney Cohen Cleary.
Nick Smith is executive director at Communities Resist, Inc.(CoRe).
‘11
Priscilla Escobedo is special counsel in Barclay Damon’s health and human services providers team and corporate practice area.
Elizabeth Riordan Hurley has been promoted to managing attorney at The Waterfront Project.
Tim Poydenis, corporate partner in Holland & Knight’s Century City, CA office, was selected one of Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leaders of Influence: Private Equity, Investors & Advisors.
Eric Wahrburg is of counsel at Ropers Majeski.
‘12
Ryan Adams is a public company advisory and governance partner in Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office.
Kinny Bagga is system director and corporate counsel at CommonSpirit Health.
Patrick Steven Burns is a trial attorney at USAA.
Benjamin Casilio is a trust officer at Wilmington Trust.
Terence Cremins has been promoted to director, enterprise risk management at PenFed Credit Union.
Alet Haywood is director of the domestic violence law unit at New York Legal Assistance Group.
Thomas J. Kehoe, Jr., CEO at Frontier Advisors, joined the Ventura Respiratory Technologies Board of Advisors.
Shintaro Kitayama is an associate at White & Case.
Blaise Latella is a partner at Mayer Brown.
Gregory Melnick is an associate at Flaster Greenberg.
Mariya Pincar is assistant vice president at Vantage Risk Companies.
Bradley Small is managing attorney at Vinson & Elkins.
Richard Solow is counsel at Reed Smith.
Jessica Termini is complex claims director at AIG.
Brandon Tittle is the owner of Clover Esthetics.
Christian Van Buskirk is director of ethics and compliance at Terex.
Kevin Ward is senior legal information specialist at Fox News Media.
Benjamin Winchel is economic and trade sanctions manager at PwC.
‘13
Tad Bardenwerper is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
Stephen Bock is a dispute resolution arbitrator at Riot Games’ Esports.
Jacob Chase has been promoted to of counsel at Goldenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe.
Enisa Dervisevic is deputy staff judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps.
Kristina Duffy, of counsel at Kaufman Dolowich, was a guest lecturer in Adjunct Professor Christopher Arcitio’s ‘17 course, “Drafting: New York Civil Practice.”
Scarlett Lopez Freeman is a partner at Fisher Phillips.
Benjamin J. Frenkel is an associate attorney at Greenspoon Marder.
LaAsia Hundley has been promoted to chief procurement officer and VP, supply chain at Con Edison.
Brian Kesselman is co-founder and chief revenue officer at Skematic.
Philip Kim is director and assistant general counsel at Geico.
Andrew Lipton is vice president of the financial services group at Aon.
Kap Misir is vice president, business and legal affairs, talent development and talent relations at WWE.
Hon. Javier E. Ortiz has been promoted to housing court judge in the New York State Unified Court System.
Samantha Silverstein has been promoted to vice president, associate general counsel at the Girl Scouts of the USA.
‘14
Jeffrey Biel has been promoted to vice president, legal affairs – late night, specials & live events at NBCUniversal.
Lauren Bryant is a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.
Andrew Ciccaroni is an associate at Masiakos Mercurio & Associates.
Joseph Donnelly is a senior trial attorney at Meirowitz & Wasserberg.
Lisa Fresolone has been promoted to partner at Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles.
Robert Garafola is a partner at NNU Immigration.
Liana Tsirulnik Janove has been promoted to assistant vice president at The Federal Savings Bank.
Rebecca Klebanoff has been promoted to vice president and general counsel at BOND Brothers.
Tim Langan, Jr. is special counsel at Kennedys.
Shlomo Maza has been promoted to of counsel at Paul Hastings.
Kathleen Mullins has been promoted to of counsel at Kaufman Dolowich.
Max Rayetsky, a construction attorney at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, was selected as a fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America.
Amanda A. Rottermund is a partner of art and cultural property at Loeb & Loeb.
Edda Santiago, senior vice president and deputy general counsel at Covenant House, is a new member of Chief, the largest network for senior executive women dedicated to maximizing their leadership impact. She was recently honored with the 2024 Impact Award by the Hispanic National Bar Association.
‘15
Christina Bello has been promoted to vice president regulatory affairs at VillageCare.
Jonah Blumenthal is a financial advisor at Opal Wealth Advisors.
Maria Castiglie is a senior associate at Arnold & Porter.
Thomas Engelhardt has been promoted to partner at Latham & Watkins. He is a member of the M&A and private equity practice and corporate department in the New York office.
Christiana Fraser has been promoted to counsel at Dorf Nelson & Zauderer.
Jaclyn Hosty is the manager of paralegal administration at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Jacqueline Lamar is an associate at Friedman Vartolo.
Pardis Camarda Moreland is managing attorney at Your Insurance Attorney.
Kelly E. Moynihan is counsel at Lowenstein Sandler.
Alesya Nasimova, global head of privacy and DPO at Brex, spoke at the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Privacy, Security, Risk Conference and at the ALM Law.com Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference.
Jennifer Prevete is vice president of litigation at Altice USA.
Ayanna Yasmin Thomas is general counsel at Democracy Prep Public Schools.
‘16
Nancy Bello is a senior associate at King & Spalding.
Michael Benzaki is an associate at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin.
Caitlyn (O’Neill) Brady is assistant vice president, professional liability claims, at Ascot Group.
Daniella Ciollo is assistant chief counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Kierra Greenwood is of counsel at Chartwell Law.
Ryan D. Matthews is an associate attorney in Belkin Burden Goldman’s administrative law department.
Erin McGrady is senior trial attorney at Patrick S. Owen, PLLC.
Madeline Murphy is deputy director of enforcement at the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Lauren Russo, an associate at Rivkin Radler, is the president of the Friends Academy Alumni Association.
Courtney Swartz is of counsel at Chartwell Law.
Robert W. Vogel has been promoted to partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
‘17
Brittany Adikes is a litigation attorney at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek.
Shaharyar Ali, deputy litigation bureau chief in Nassau County, presented to over 100 police officers in Nassau County about trial prep and the litigation process. He also spoke at the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America 2024 Gala about the growing Pakistani American population in Nassau County.
Morgan Cline is a visiting assistant professor of marketing at Marymount Manhattan College.
Amber Costanzo is an attorney at Herman Law.
Victoria Drake is senior counsel at Nikon.
Kelly Eder is senior paralegal, intellectual property – content and brands at Mattel.
Philip Leggio is an associate at Berger Fink.
Michael Joseph Lezamiz is a partner at Sutton & Smyth.
Bingjie Liu is director at Merck.
Sean Michael Shute is a speechwriter for Drug Enforcement Administrator Anne Milgram.
‘18
Divya Acharya is an ombudsperson at the York Regional Police.
Lana Boris-Murphy is senior claims executive at NorthStandard.
James Carroll has been promoted to senior manager at Andersen.
Richard Cordero is a commercial real estate associate at KI Legal.
John Cosgrove is counsel at Travelers.
James Duckham is a claims consultant at Nationwide.
Tyler Levine is a compliance associate at Pomona Capital.
Rosana Nikolovski is an associate at Awad & Khoury
Christina Papathomas is a court attorney in the New York State Unified Court System.
Ashleigh B. Shelton is special assistant to the director, division of law, in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
Maria Stamatelatos is of counsel at Brooks & Berne.
‘19
Anne-Marie Berraute has been promoted to senior associate attorney at the Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein.
Ramzy Dawoud is an attorney at Lewis Brisbois.
Kelsey Dougherty Howard is a litigation associate at Milber Makris Plousadis Seiden.
Konstantin Dukhovnyy is supervising attorney at Urban Justice Center.
Kelly Frevele is public disclosure counsel at Glencore.
Wallis Granat is a commercial litigation associate at Rivkin Radler.
Kayla Laskin is an associate at Carter Ledyard & Milburn.
Shane Magnetti is assistant corporation counsel in the appeals division at the New York City Law Department.
Aldo Paredes is managing attorney at King & Spalding.
Matthew Roberts is a compliance associate at RBC.
Amanda Schaefer is a bankruptcy associate at Pryor Cashman.
‘20
Abir Ahmed is assistant counsel at New York State Office of Cannabis Management.
Rasha El Mouatassim Bih is an associate at Paul Hastings.
Kayla Dimatos is an associate at Fried Frank.
Devin A. Fairrow is an attorney at Best, Vanderlaan & Harrington.
Precious Lewis is assistant general counsel of government contracts at Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
Jessica Moore is an associate in the commercial litigation department and intellectual property and technology practice group at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek.
Gabriella Petrillo is an associate attorney at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads.
Patrick Reilly is a baseball arbitration consultant at Major League Baseball Players Association.
Gianni Sbarro is general counsel at Rothmann’s Group.
Robert Torres is assistant vice president, RWI at Ryan Transactional Risk.
‘21
Jeremy Ashton is assistant director of admissions at Brooklyn Law School.
Joseph Benincasa IV is an associate in the NFL concussion settlement group at Sacco & Fillas.
Christopher J. Byrne is an assistant attorney general in the office of the New York State Attorney General.
Nicole Taylor Dang has been promoted to associate director of admissions at Cardozo School of Law.
Matthew Fischman is a private client investment associate at J.P. Morgan.
Jess Gorski is an associate at Goodwin Procter.
Jennifer Hopkins is an associate in the commercial litigation and white collar and government investigations practice at Barclay Damon.
Danielle Marino is corporate counsel at Tradeweb.
Cameron Michelsen is a law clerk at Meagher + Geer in their Minneapolis, MN, office.
Loredana Miranda is an associate at White & Case.
Andrei Pilipetskii is managing director at R.K. Weinman & Associates.
Zachary Sobel is an associate in the capital markets group at Sullivan & Worcester.
Kylie Springs, a CRE attorney at Farrell Fritz, was recognized in Long Island Business News’ Emerging Leaders Under 30 list.
Drew Stanko is an associate at Scott+Scott.
Jessica Wang is an associate at Kennedys.
Ross Weiner is an associate at Winston & Strawn.
‘22
Laura Chambers is an agency attorney at the New York Police Department.
Jessica Fermin is an associate at Wicker Smith.
Mark Kindschuh is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
Santina Lopez is a court attorney at the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
Patrick G. Messina is a senior attorney at the New York State Department of Financial Services.
Julia Prescott is an associate at Coulson.
Alessia Riccio is an associate in the Law Office of Cynthia R. Lane.
Mary Kate Sherwood is an associate at David Polk & Wardwell.
Priya Suresh is a private client associate at McDermott Will & Emery.
Alexis Zobeideh is an associate at Loeb & Loeb.
‘23
Sophie Brill’s paper, “Re-Righting History: A Critical Race Perspective of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization” has been published in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice.
Giancarlo Conte is an associate at Matthew J. Nolfo & Associates.
Kiosha Ford is privacy counsel at Verily.
Michael O. Fraser is a legislative assistant in the office of Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Thomas Goddard is an associate at Sidley Austin.
Ilayna Guevrekian is an associate in the business restructuring and insolvency group at Morrison Foerster.
Marcus Gutierrez is an associate at Carman Callahan & Ingham.
Nicholas Hasbun is an associate at Adler & Stachenfeld.
Kimberly Lee is an associate at DePinto Faldetta.
Julia Liebman is a law clerk at Schulte Roth & Zabel.
Brian Tully is a law clerk at Mendes & Mount.
Marina Wilson is a law clerk at Fors | Attorneys at Law.
‘24
Oscar Ayala-Cardozo is a district attorney law assistant at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.
Andrew Braverman is an associate at Braverman Greenspun.
Rory Buckley has been promoted to associate at Sullivan Papain Block McManus Coffinas & Cannavo.
Anthony Curry is a trial attorney at New York County Defender Services.
Ryan DeSimone is a law clerk at Paul Hastings.
Kiaya Rose Dilsner-Lopez is a law clerk at Lowenstein Sandler.
Cole Eiber was recognized as a 2024 Fall ADA Class Spotlight at the Queens District Attorney’s Office.
Amanda Gazzo is a law clerk at Kaufman Dolowich.
Joshua Halilej has joined Gabriel Law Firm.
Robert Hitscherich is a junior assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
Suzanne Hom is a law clerk at Kennedys.
Maike Lara, legal assistant at The Grande Law Firm, launched his book, How to Achieve Legal Success in the United States. He also gave a TED Talk as part of the TEDxCLZ project, where he shared his story and reflected on how discipline and focus are the keys to turning goals into achievements.
Caitlyn Marino is a law clerk at the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of New York.
Margaret McAvoy is an associate in Moore & Van Allen’s financial services group.
Jennifer Milo is an associate at Smith Buss & Jacobs.
Natalie Mishkin is an assistant district attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Rebecca Nasibi is a law clerk at Cullen and Dykman.
Zachary Rozycki is a law clerk at Belkin Burden Goldman.
Odalmy Ruiz is assistant corporation counsel at the New York City Law Department.
Marianna Sheedy is a law graduate at New York Legal Assistance Group’s Tenants’ Rights Unit.
Carson Sugg is a law clerk at Clifford Chance.
Sarah Umstadt is a law clerk at A&O Shearman.
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