ALUMNI NEWS
Reunions Energize Alumni Spirit The classes of ’07, ’02, ’97, ’92, ’87 and ’82 filled two floors at the Harmonie Club on May 17 to celebrate Cardozo reunions in a gathering that was intimate, elegant, and charged with good will and high spirits. The most well-attended reunion celebration in the history of the law school was also the ultimate powernetworking event, with leaders from law, business, government and the judiciary coming together to recreate the camaraderie of their law school years. Warmly welcomed by Alumni Association Chair Mark Yagerman ’79, and toasted by Dean Matthew Diller, alumni celebrated their accomplishments and their shared legacy. Longlost friends were re-acquainted, absent classmates were remembered, law school experiences were fondly recalled. “Do you remember…?”, “Do you ever hear from …?”, “Whatever happened to …?” were the questions heard throughout the night. As participants enjoyed a delicious buffet, Cory Zimmerman ’02—like most—was focused on conversation. “I didn’t eat or drink much because I was so involved talking to my classmates,” he
confessed. Judge Tanya Kennedy ’92 concluded that a good time was definitely had by all. Noel Williams ’87 thought that once every five years isn’t quite enough. “Hopefully,” he said, “as a result of this many of us will get to see each other more frequently than every five years!” Faculty and administrators also joined the party. Professors Jonathan Silver, Stewart Sterk, David Rudenstine, Peter Lushing, Malvina Halberstam, Lynn Wishart, Melanie Leslie and Arthur Jacobson attended. When Dean Diller noted during his remarks that there are now more than 11,000 alumni, Isabel Balson, Cardozo’s long-time registrar, commented, “And I’ve probably graduated 10,000 of them.” She was joined by a host of Cardozo administrators and deans including Assistant Dean Amy Sugin and Cardozo’s new Associate Dean of Career Services Marcia Levy who, on behalf of current students, energetically networked with potential employers among the hundreds of well-placed and well-connected reunion guests. And—if this weren’t enough—the evening surpassed the Class Reunion Campaign fundraising goal by 36 percent. These gifts to the law school’s Annual Fund will support, among other activities, scholarship resources and postgraduate fellowships, and also address the most pressing needs of the law school. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience reunions yourself. Next year’s reunions will bring together alumni from class years ending with a “3” or an “8.” If you would like to help to bring your class together again, please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs, cardozoalumni@yu.edu.
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2011 Steven Matthew Cytryn wrote an article, “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Providing Effective Relief to the Actually Innocent in New York” that was recently accepted for publication in the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal. Benjamin Fisher returned
to England to join the aviation finance practice at Stephenson Harwood in London. Jason S. Goldstein married Samantha Leavitt at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in
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New York City. Mr. Goldstein is a litigation associate in the New York law firm Bernstein Liebhard. Iwona Golebiowska married
Robert William Bannon II on June 2, 2011. Jonathan Igwebueze has
recently taken a new position as a contract specialist with the Department of Defense in the Light/Attack Helicopter Program Office in Maryland. Sugandha Kamal married
Rishi Raj Baruah in 2011 and works as a senior associate at Dua Associates in Mumbai, India, specializing in corporate law.
Anne Laredo is an associate in Latham & Watkins’ Paris office. Her practice focuses primarily on general corporate law and more particularly on mergers and acquisitions. Oscar Luis Moret continued
working at the International Institute of New Jersey, a nonprofit organization committed to the Northern New Jersey immigrant community. He has been promoted to director of the Immigration Law Center after 3 years of serving as an immigration specialist. Glen Parker co-founded a
mediation partnership this year, Parker Murphy Mediation, based in Brooklyn.
(www.pmmediation.com). This fall, Glen will also continue his work as a fellow for the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution.
Caroline Camp was made an associate in the Trademark Department at the international IP law firm Ladas & Parry LLP in New York.
Raina Sabharwal Thakur was
Sekou Campbell, attorney in
married in February 2012 in India. She is an independent practicing lawyer in Chandigarh, India, and deals with criminal, civil and various other kinds of cases.
the Litigation Department at Fox Rothschild LLP, has been named among The Network Journal’s “40 Under Forty” for his contributions to the areas of law, education and theater.
2010 Karla (Ng) Aspiras works in
New York as in-house trademark counsel for a global branding and business consultancy firm called Verbal Identity at Interbrand, a UK-based company. She was married in January 2011.
Melody Chen is assistant
vice president in the Office of the Corporate Secretary at Manulife Financial in Toronto. Manulife is a global financial services company, operating in the U.S. as John Hancock Financial Services. cardozo life
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