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1999
Dianne M. Cavaliere published an adult paranormal romance novel called Wynter’s Horizon, published by Evernight Publishing. She writes under the pen name Dee C. May from her home in Davidson, N.C.
John P. Gaughan has been named partner at Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, in Buffalo, N.Y. Brian Henzel has joined Morgenstern DeVoesick PLLC in Pittsford, N.Y., as counsel to the firm. 2000
Larry P. Cote has joined the firm Quarles & Brady LLP in their Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the Health Law Group. Monique Honaman appeared on “The Today Show” to discuss her 2010 book: The High Road Has Less Traffic: Honest Advice on the Path Through Love and Divorce.
Westchester, N.Y.
Katrine A. Beck has been selected as a Rising Star – Westchester’s 40 Under 40 by the Business Council of
Arthur C. Mueller has been named executive director and head of investigations for UBS Financial Services, Inc., in New York.
Tanhena Pacheco Dunn has been appointed as the first executive director for compliance and campus climate by The State University of N.Y. at New Paltz.
Hon. Llinet Beltre Rosado has been elected Civil Court Judge of Bronx County, N.Y.
Richard Fuerst was elected president of the Living Resources Foundation in Albany, N.Y.
John Vagianelis has been named principal of Mazzota, Siegel & Vagianelis, P.C., in Albany.
David Levy has been named to the board of directors of The Legal Project in Albany.
Kristen Mollnow Walsh has been promoted to partner at Nixon Peabody LLP in Rochester, N.Y.
Amy B. Royal has been named to the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Top Women of Law.
1998
Hon. Michael A. Sciortino was recognized by Rochester, N.Y.’s Daily Record in an article titled “Sciortino: Attorney, judge, local rock star.”
Stephen J. Acquario has received the Advocacy Award for the ABA’s Section of State and Local Government Law. He is the executive director of the N.Y. State Association of Counties. Scott Susko has joined McDermott Will & Emery in Boston, Mass., as a partner.
Hon. Lillian Wan has been appointed a Bronx (N.Y.) Family Court Judge by N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg. 2001
Jennifer Chung has joined the N.Y. State Department of Economic Development in New York City as an assistant counsel.
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Amanda K. Hiller has been appointed Deputy Commissioner and Counsel of the N.Y. State Department of Tax and Finance. Maureen E. Maney was installed as the president of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY). Maureen is the first President of WBASNY to come from the Central New York Chapter. She has also been elected to the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central N.Y. and has been named a Rising Star by the New York Law Journal. Justin Teff has been promoted to partner at Kirk & Teff LLP in Schenectady, N.Y. 2002
David C. Bruffett Jr. has been elected judge for the Town of Cicero, N.Y. Syreeta Carrington has been named 2012 Glenfield, N.J. Middle School Teacher of the Year. Andrea F. Composto of the Law Offices of Composto & Composto in Brooklyn, N.Y., was elected Vice President to the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) at its Annual Convention in Verona, N.Y. Heidi W. Feinberg has been named a 2013 Up & Coming Attorney by Rochester, N.Y.’s Daily Record.
Brian D. Hendrickson has become the new principal of City Hill Middle School in Naugatuck, Conn. Patrick K. Jordan has been promoted to Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Albany. Samuel J. Kaufman has been named to Virginia Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” for the fourth consecutive year. He has also received a Top 40 Under 40 award from both The National Trial Lawyers and Style Weekly. 2003
Laura M. Jordan has been named a “Best Lawyer in America” for medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. She is an attorney with Powers and Santola, LLP, in Albany. Janet Kealy is now Senior Attorney with the N. Y. State Workers’ Compensation Board in Schenectady, N.Y. Patrick McDonnell has received dual licenses to practice in the United States and Canada. He resides in Buffalo, N.Y. Meredith Moriarty has joined Smith Hoke PLLC in Albany. Gregory R. Nearpass has been named a 2013 Up & Coming Attorney by Rochester, N.Y.’s Daily Record. Alexander Stabinski has been named partner at Maynard, O’Connor, Smith & Catalinotto, LLP in Saugerties, N.Y. 2004
Joseph T. Burns has been selected for an American Council of Young Political Leaders delegation to the People’s Republic of China.