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Lauren Taylor Byrne was named managing director with Alvarez & Marsal in December 2007. She lives in New York, N.Y., with her husband, Gregory D. Byrne ’96.
Stephanie DiLallo Bitter became a principal at the law firm of Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, PC in Glens Falls, N.Y.
Bethlehem Town Justice Ryan Donovan has joined the law firm of fellow Albany Law alumni Greg Harris ’79 and Michael Conway ’95. The new firm will be called Harris, Conway and Donovan, PLLC.
Crystal Doolity has joined the firm of Maynard, O’Connor, Smith & Catalinoto, LLP in Albany, N.Y.
North Greenbush Town Justice Andrew G. Ceresia has been elected President of the Rensselaer County Bar Association. In addition to his Town judicial duties, he has also served as an Acting City Court Judge in Rensselaer, Hudson and Albany City Courts. Melissa M. Zambri has been elected to the partnership at Hiscock & Barclay LLP
Shannon D. Frazier has accepted a position at O’Connor, O’Connor, Bresee & First PC in Albany, N.Y. Catherine Hedgeman, of Generation Next, has been appointed by former First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer to the newly created Young Leaders Congress. Paul A. Konstanty has been promoted to membership in the firm Steptoe &
in Albany, N.Y. 1999
Alice M. Breding has accepted a position at the Piedmont Law Firm in Latham, N.Y. Karen Folster Lesperance, a lawyer with the Poughkeepsie law firm McCabe & Mack, has been appointed to the board of The Alzheimer’s Association’s Hudson Valley, Rockland, Westchester chapter. Jennifer Ploetz Williams has joined the law firm of Mackenzie Hughes LLP in Syracuse, N.Y.
Johnson. David Levy has received the Kurt Clobridge Memorial Award for Pro Bono Service as presented by The Legal Project of the Capital District Women’s Bar Association. John R. Vero has joined Union College’s Board of Trustees as the new president of the Alumni Council. He is also a member of Albany Law’s National Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Maureen E. Maney has been made a partner in the law firm of Hancock & Estabrook, LLP in Syracuse, N.Y. 2002
David C. Bruffett, Jr. has joined the Sugarman Law Firm, in Syracuse, N.Y., as an associate. 2003
Carin M. Cardinale has joined the firm of Towne, Bartkowski & DiFio Kean, PC in Albany, N.Y. Peng Jiang is with Latham & Watkins’ Hong Kong office. He and his wife, Li Tang ’03, are expecting their first child in September. Kiley D. Scott has been named partner at the firm of Tully Rinckey PLLC in Albany, N.Y. Lovely Warren has been elected a City Councilwoman for the Northeast District of Rochester, N.Y. Kara Wilson has been appointed assistant district attorney, Oneida County, N.Y.
Jonathan Schopf has joined the firm of Pattison Sampson Ginsberg & Griffin P.C. in Troy, N.Y., as an associate focusing on civil and criminal litigation and real estate law. 2005
Noelle M. Pecora has joined the Poughkeepsie law firm of McCabe & Mack as an associate attorney in the firm’s trusts and estate department. Brian D. Pilatzke was named acting public defender in St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Cheryl E. Sarjeant has joined Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP. She will work in the firm’s commercial real estate group. Gregory Teresi has been appointed to the position of corporate counsel for the city of Cohoes, N.Y. Thais M. Triehy joined Hiscock & Barclay in Albany, N.Y., as an associate attorney. 2006
Maxine Barasch is president and founder of the Capital Alliance of Young Professionals, a networking vehicle for young professionals.
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