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Joseph V. Monachino, a pioneering National Guard Bureau attorney who was instrumental in founding the Youth ChalleNGe Program retired on March 12, 2011. The Young ChalleNGe is a program that provides young people a chance at a better life. 1963
Marvin I. Honig has retired from the active practice of law and resides in Saint Petersburg, Fla. Donald J. Snyder received the Marvin A. Rapp Award for Distinguished Trustee Service given by the New York Community College Trustees, Inc., for his service as Herkimer County Community College Board of Trustees Chairman. 1966
Hon. Norman I. Siegel is Justice of the Supreme Court of the Fourth Judicial District for the State of New York. 1969
Harvey Randall authored an article, “Appointment to Positions in New York State’s Civil Service,” published in the fall 2010 issue of Municipal Lawyer. 1970
Hon. Erik E. Joh has been named president and CEO of Cypress Trust Company in Palm Beach, Fla. Hon. Frank B. Williams has retired from the New York
State Supreme Court 4th Judicial District.
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Hon. Francis D. Phillips II began his seventh term as Orange County District Attorney in January 2010.
Michael J. Novack has retired as Clerk of the Court after a 38-year history with the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court. 1973
Thomas L. Chapple has retired from Gannett Co. Inc., after a 30-year career. He recently formed The Chapple Leadership Group LLC. James E. Nelson has been named town attorney for Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 1974
Joseph J. Carline joined Couch White, LLP as Of Counsel in Albany. Randall J. Ezick has joined D’Agostino, Krackeler, Maguire & Cardona, P.C. as of counsel in Albany. Hon. Patricia D. Marks has stepped down as Monroe County Court Judge after 25 years. She plans to remain with the New York State Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, which she co-chairs, and the Permanent Sentencing Commission. Lucien A. Morin II was presented with the 2010 William E. McKnight Volunteer Service Award by Volunteer
Doreen A. Simmons has been named the 2011 Syracuse Environmental Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication in the legal profession. 1975
Richard E. Casagrande has been named general counsel to New York State United Teachers. James P. Clough has joined Rutan & Tucker LLP as partner in the Corporate Section in Costa Mesa, Calif. Charles W. Stiefel has been appointed to the board of directors for Electro-Optical Sciences, a medical technology company in Irvington, N.Y. Sharon P. Stiller has joined Abrams Fensterman as a partner and director of the Employment Law Practice in Rochester, N.Y. 1976
David I. Rosenberg was honored by the Board of Jewish Education
of Greater New York and Suffolk Association for Jewish Educational Services recognizing his lifetime of achievement and influence on Jewish education. 1977
Barbara A. Asheld has joined Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel in the health services practice and will be based in the firm’s Albany office. Mitchell H. Pally has been hired as CEO of Long Island Builders Institute in Islandia, N.Y. Claudia A. Wagner has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as a partner in the Government Division in New York, N.Y. 1978
Robert D. Mayberger has been appointed Clerk of the Court for the N.Y. State Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department. 1979
James N. Baldwin has been appointed chief of staff of the New York State Education Department in Albany, N.Y. Mark S. Ruderman is labor counsel for the borough of Tenafly, N.J. Dale Skivington has joined Dell Computers, Austin, Texas, as chief privacy officer. She recently retired from Kodak as assistant general counsel.
Stephen V. Treglia retired as assistant district attorney after
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