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Notes 1972 Burton S. Odelson, Frankfort, Ill., was featured in a CBS Sunday Morning story on nationwide medical examinations in police-related deaths in June. Odelson is the founding partner of Odelson, Sterk, Murphey, Frazier, & McGrath, Ltd.
1975 Francis Patrick Murphy, Riverside, Ill., partner at Corboy & Demetrio, was selected as a 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America and a 2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for a second consecutive year.
1979 Gail P. Bley, Northfield, Ill., was named to the Chicago 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain’s Chicago Business. Bley is a partner at Gould & Ratner and has extensive experience in representing real estate and investment partnerships, limited liability companies, and other entities from their inception through the sale, exchange, or other disposition of their holdings.
1983 Carol V. Gilden, Lake Forest, Ill., was named to the Chicago 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain’s Chicago Business. Gilden is a partner at Cohen Milstein’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice group.
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She represents public pension funds, Taft-Hartley pension and health and welfare funds, and other institutional investors in securities class actions, transaction and derivative litigation, and individual actions, as well as in foreign securities litigation. Cynde Munzer, Highland Park, Ill., was named to the Chicago 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain’s Chicago Business. Munzer is a member of Dykema Gossett’s Chicago office and represents clients in business and transactional matters.
1984 Anne L. Alonzo, Washington, D.C., joined Corteva Agriscience as senior vice president, external affairs, and chief sustainability officer. A widely recognized global food and agriculture leader, Alonzo is responsible for setting strategy and leading external affairs, which includes corporate communications, global corporate responsibility, government and industry affairs, and product advocacy. In August she was featured in Successful Farming magazine.
1986 James L. Adelman, Bel Air, Md., was hired by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and is now assigned to the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, a public corporation and independent unit of the state government established in April 2011 in accordance with the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act of 2010. It is responsible for the administration of the Maryland Health Connection and the state’s health insurance marketplace, and works with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland Insurance Administration, the Department of Human Resources, and stakeholders statewide.
1989 Amy R. Blumenfeld Bogost, Madison, Wis., was appointed by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Board of Regents. Bogost is the owner of Bogost Law LLC and most recently focused her practice in the area of Federal Title IX representation of victims of sensitive crimes. She also started a pro bono training for attorneys to help aid survivors of sexual assault on campuses during their grievance process. Laurence M. Landsman, Glenview, Ill., joined Latimer, LeVay Fyock LLC as a partner. Landsman’s practice covers securities litigation, and he has successfully represented brokers and financial advisers in disciplinary actions involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
1992 Frances P. Kao, Chicago , was re-elected to the Cornell College Board of Trustees, where she has served since 2010. Kao is the managing member of PH2 Square LLC, a design firm committed to designing, developing, and building dwellings based on universal design principles to create thoughtful home environments for families with young children, individuals with
disabilities, seniors, and multi-generational families living under one roof.
1993 Rachel B. Cowen, Chicago, was named to the Chicago 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain’s Chicago Business. Cowen is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery and focuses her practice in various employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases in federal and state courts. Her experience includes prosecuting and defending employee mobility and trade secret litigation on an emergency injunctive basis. She also counsels employers facing union organizing activity and picketing, and has successfully tried numerous cases before the National Labor Relations Board. Lesley A. Wallerstein, Highland Park, Ill., is celebrating nearly a decade of running her own patent and trademark law boutique, the Law Office of Lesley A. Wallerstein, LLC. She has offices in Chicago at the Merchandise Mart and in Lake County, Illinois. Wallerstein was recognized as a 2019 Illinois Super Lawyer.
1994 Susan Meyer, Chicago, was named to the Chicago 2020 Notable Women in Law list by Crain’s Chicago Business. Meyer was also selected by Best Lawyers for 2021 for her work in franchise law. She is the leader of the Trademark, Copyright, Media, and Advertising group at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, PC. Kathleen McDonough Mundo, Chicago, published the book Badger State: A Wisconsin Memoir. Mundo is of counsel at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker. Larry R. Rogers Jr., Chicago, was installed as president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Rogers is a partner at Power Rogers, LLP
