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Felicia Valle is an Excelsior Service Fellow at the NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance.
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The Jiang’s, Despite Distance, Stay Close to the Law School
Matthew M. Zapala has joined Ganz Wolkenbreit & Siegfeld LLP in Albany, as an associate attorney.
MARRIAGES Kelleena Richards ’98 and Grant Roberts were married in October 2014.
BIRTHS Alissa Yohey ’01 and her husband, Christpher Templeton, welcomed their son, Nolan Christopher, on May 3. Brandy Murphy ’02 and her husband, John, welcomed their third son, Maveryck, on July 10, 2013. Jessica R. Giroux ’03 and her husband, Bob Lalley ’05, welcomed their daughter, Asis James Lalley, on November 24, 2014. Lisa M. Ogden ’03 and her husband, Joe, welcomed a son, John Richard, on April 30, 2014.
Li and Peng Jiang continue to keep Albany Law School in their thoughts. Both members of the class of 2003, both from China, they met at law school the first semester, started dating soon after and married a month after graduating.
Peng grew up in Qingdao, a coastal city famous for its beer. He attended Qingdao University, then Iowa State University for his master’s degree in hotel management before law school. Li grew up in Chongqing in the southwest of China, along the Yangzhi River. She went to the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in China, earned her Bachelor’s degree, then studied for her Master’s in Business at the University of Bridgeport, Conn., before attending Albany Law. They then moved to New York City, where Peng worked for Sullivan & Cromwell and Li worked for Kevin Kerveng Tung P.C. They moved to Hong Kong, where they lived for seven years, and
had their two daughters, Peng worked for Sullivan & Cromwell initially, then moved to Debevoise & Plimpton, Latham Watkins, and Skadden Arps while Li worked for Ng & Shum Solicitors, a Hong Kong law firm. In 2012 they moved to Beijing, where Li now works at the law firm Jincheng Tongda & Neal, and Peng works as in-house counsel for the China Investment Corporation, a PRC sovereign wealth fund. Their daughters are Nan and Shan. The Jiang’s continue to stay connected and support the law school. They offered tours of their firms to Albany Law students during the School’s former annual trips to China over spring break.
Jacqueline Zore-Smrek ’03 and her husband, Rob, welcomed their second son, Austin Ryan, on March 11, 2014. Christopher Hemstead ’05 and wife, Brook, welcomed their daughter, Tess Elinore, on March 2, 2015. Jennifer Albright ’06 and husband, Mark Kaplowitz ’06, welcomed daughter, Rosemarie, on Sept. 27, 2014. Heather Hage ’06 and husband, Christopher Rositano, welcomed a son, Jamison, their third child, on May 13, 2014. Lincy Jacob ’07 announced the birth of her daughter, Anna Marie, in March 2014. Rebecca L. Kannan ’09 and husband Naresh Kannan ’13, announced the birth of their daughter, Margot, in April. Benjamin Loefke ’10 and his wife Megan, announced the birth of their son, Cullen Frederick.
They’ll Always Have the DAMC Every spot on the Albany Law campus means something to someone. Chaula Shukla ’13 and Matt Tulio ’13 had Contracts together in 2011 in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom. Matt proposed to Chaula in the same room this past fall, the room where they are pictured above. They will be married in October in—not the DAMC— Westchester County. This year Chaula finished her two year position as the Clinic & Justice Center’s Barry A. Gold Health Law Fellow. Matt is an Excelsior Service Fellow at the N.Y. Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance (OTDA) —Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH).
Guin Steward ’10 and Rob Shore ’10 were married in Toronto on Sept. 13, 2014. Guests, from left, are: Earl Redding ’03, Marisa Floriani ’10, Linsey Capaceltro ’09, Peter McCormack ’10 Chris and Kim Michaels ’10, Andrea Sisca ’10, John Braunstein ’10, Lisa Ugelow ’10, Courtney Kelly ’10 Jeremy Moon ’07 and Jennifer Kim—former staff at the clinic.
SUMMER 2015
ALBANYLAW MAGAZINE
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