5th Annual
Outstanding Women in Law
Awards and Garden Party
Welcome
to our fifth annual Outstanding Women in Law reception.
Tonight’s honorees truly are outstanding. They are advocates for the underrepresented, they are leaders in the workplace and in the community, and they are role models for young women aspiring to join the legal profession. We are proud to honor such a diverse and accomplished group of women.
On behalf of Hofstra University and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, congratulations on receiving this honor and thank you for joining us.
I also want to thank our many sponsors for this evening’s event. Your support allows Hofstra Law and our Center for Children, Families and the Law to continue to prepare our students to become future outstanding lawyers.
Your participation is invaluable. Once again, I want to thank all of our honorees, sponsors and guests.
Judge Gail Prudenti, Dean
to our event sponsor Thank You Thank You
Thank You Thank You to our Champion for Women in
Public Service sponsor
Thank You Thank You
to our Advocate for Women sponsors
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2021 Honorees
Congratulations!
Irene Angelakis ’07
Attorney/Mediator
Law Offices of Irene Angelakis, P.C.
Sophia Arzoumanidis ’16 Associate Attorney
Quatela Chimeri PLLC
Susan
Axelrod ’89 Chief Supervisory Officer Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Boruchov, Gabovich & Associates, P.C.
Hana Boruchov Partner
Sandra P. Burgos
ADA and Special Assistant to District Attorney
Madeline Singas
District Attorney’s Office of Nassau County
Cameron
M. Catrambone ’17 Associate Attorney
Cona Elder Law PLLC
Julie Min Chayet Managing Director and Private Client Advisor
Jane Chen ’17 Associate Attorney
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
Ann M. Cook ’98 Deputy General Counsel for Disputes Ernst & Young LLP
Nicole Epstein ’15 Senior Associate
Gerstman Schwartz LLP and Gotham Government Relations & Communications
Laura E. Evangelista ’92 Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Ericka Fang ’09 Partner Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP
Honorable Fern A. Fisher Special Assistant for Social Justice Initiatives to the Dean, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Kaitlyn
E. Flynn ’14 Associate Attorney
Rivkin Radler LLP
Joan Gilmore ’77 Former Director of Litigation Services/Law and Regulation
Grinko Associate Attorney
Dubin & Quartararo, LLP
Katerina
Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley,
Deirdre Hay Director, Graduate Legal Studies
Career Advising Cornell Law School
Tanya Hobson-Williams Principal Hobson-Williams, P.C.
Ellen F. Kessler ’86
Partner
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
E. Kirkpatrick Associate Attorney
Hanna
Jaspan Schlesinger LLP
Brandi P. Klineberg ’03
Counsel
Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
Congratulations! Jennifer
N. Levy Attorney
The Legal Aid Society
Jeanine T. Margiano ’03 Partner
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
Tracey Meyer ’05 Vice President of Compliance and Regulatory Matters
Ross Stores, Inc.
Lisa
Monticciolo ’89 Dean of Students and Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Moreira ’09 Member Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC
Hilary
Carmen Pagan-Ortiz ’00 Of Counsel, Blank Rome LLP
Felicia Pasculli
YuhTyng Patka ’07 Partner
Monica Pham ’11 Senior Director Biogen Congratulations!
Christina
M. Rosas ’03 Counsel
Lazer, Aptheker, Rosella & Yedid, P.C.
Deborah G. Rosenthal Principal Rosenthal, Attorneys at Law, P.C.
Judge
New York City Family Court
Honorable Jeanette Ruiz Administrative
Rebecca Sassouni ’95
Attorney
Rebecca Sassouni, Esq., PLLC
Pamela Silverblatt ’85 Senior Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations
The City University of New York
Brooke Shapiro Vice President & General Counsel Liberty Maritime Corporation
Rebecca Sklar ’13 Associate Attorney
Certiman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Shari Lee Sugarman Principal Sugarman Law PC Congratulations!
Catherine Taylor Principal Citrin Cooperman Congratulations!
Kimberly Trueman ’12 Attorney Burner Law Group, P.C.
Helene M. Weiss ’16
Associate Attorney
Levy Konigsberg LLP
Carolyn Reinach Wolf ’86 Executive Partner
Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf, & Carone, LLP
Former Supervising Judge of the Matrimonial
Parts,
New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County
Honorable Hope Schwartz Zimmerman ’86
Thank You Thank You to Our Generous Supporters
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CONGRATULATES OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
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JANE CHEN, ESQ.
CONGRATULATES OUR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
JANE CHEN, ESQ.
NAMED AN OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN LAW
BY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
MAURICE A. DEANE SCHOOL OF LAW
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. Congratulates Partner
Ellen F. Kessler, Esq. 2021 Outstanding Women In Law Honoree
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We are proud of our brilliant and loving daughter for her well-deserved recognition.We look forward to many more outstanding achievements.
Love, Mom and Dad and
the Monticciolo family
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Congratulations to the 2021 Outstanding Women in Law honorees!
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Congratulations to our former colleague
Congratulations to our former colleague
Hon. Hope Schwartz Zimmerman
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Supervising Judge Jeffrey Goodstein
Hon. Steven Jaeger
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Hon. Stacy Bennett
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Hon. Joseph Conway
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Hon. Edmund Dane
Hon. Edmund Dane
Hon. Sharon Gianelli
Hon. Sharon Gianelli
Hon. David Gugerty
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Hon. Steven Jaeger
Hon. Joseph Lorintz
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Hon. Erica Prager
Hon. Erica Prager
Hon. Thomas Rademaker
Hon. Thomas Rademaker
Hon. Francis Ricigliano
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Hon. Leonard Steinman
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Hon. Howard Sturim
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