CLASS NOTES Pace Law Alumni Association Board of Directors OFFICERS
Lisa E. Gladwell, Esq. ’10
Mark Meeker, Esq. Dec. ’09 Alumni Association President
Michael T. Goldstein, MD, Esq. ’06
Hon. Carole Princer Levy, ’83 Alumni Association Vice President Adam Ciffone, Esq. ’11 Alumni Association Secretary
Jennifer L. Gray, Esq. ’06
Robert E. Lytle was installed as the 2017 President of the Mercer County Bar Association (MCBA). He is a partner with Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C.
1994
Marc Ehrlich joined TiVo as senior vice president of patent strategy.
David Haimi, Esq. ’12 Mary Clare Haskins, Esq. ’08
Gregory J. McDonald was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018. He is an attorney with Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC.
Adele Lerman Janow, Esq. ’90 Michael LaMagna, Esq. ’07 James M. Lenihan, Esq. ’91
MEMBERS
Caesar Lopez, Esq. ’12
Patricia Bisesto, Esq. ’92
Joseph M. Martin, Esq. ’91
Michael A. Calandra Jr., Esq. ’05
Joseph W. Mazel, Esq. ’97
Jonathan Engel, Esq. ’09
Raymond Perez, Esq. ’00
Hon. Sandra A. Forster ‘79
Christopher M. Psihoules, Esq. ’12
Michael A. Frankel, Esq. ’03
Joseph Ruhl, Esq. ’90
James A. Garvey III, Esq. ’80
Judson K. Siebert, Esq. ’85
Michael G. Gilberg, Esq. ’07
Andrew Teodorescu, Esq. ’13
1986
1990
The Honorable Angela G. Iannacci was appointed to the Appellate Division Second Department by Governor Cuomo.
Richard A. Rosenzweig opened his own practice, Richard A. Rosenzweig Esq. P.C., representing commercial/business owners and property owners in various types of litigation.
1989
Nancy Grasso Barry was made the District Executive of the Ninth Judicial District (Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, and Dutchess Counties). Formerly, she was the Chief Clerk of Westchester Supreme and County Courts. Her responsibilities now include the management of court operations for all Supreme, County Family, Surrogate and City Courts in the 9th JD. Karen Mignone was appointed as Group Director, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs with Xeros Technology Group. Lynn Weinig was named Special Counsel at Windels Marx LLP, a Manhattan-based firm with more than 145 lawyers. She will be Special Counsel to the firm’s real estate and public finance practices in the New York office.
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1991
Amy F. Botwinick Divino received the 2017 Lawyer Monthly’s Women In Law Award.
1992
Maya van Rossum is currently the head of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and is also the author of a book: The Green Amendment.
1993
Robert M. Leff l aunched Black Marjieh Leff & Sanford LLP (BMLS), a full-service metro New York-based law firm.
PA C E L AW A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E
1996 Christopher B. Fisher was appointed Managing Partner at Cuddy & Feder LLP. Chris joined Cuddy & Feder in 1994 and was named a Partner in 1999.
Jawad Hassan (LLM) is a Judge in Pakistan (Lahore High Court). A law school in Pakistan, Nadira Hassan Law Department, was named after his late mother, Nadira Hassan. Judge Hassan was nominated by the Chief Justice to speak at the International Symposium on Judicial Protection of Biodiversity, which was organized by the Supreme People’s Court of China. Seth M. Mandelbaum, a partner in the law firm of at McCullough, Goldberger and Staudt, LLP in White Plains, was a moderator during the Westchester County Association Real Estate Summit, Transforming Westchester: From Innovative Planning to Regulatory Streamlining, which was held in May 2017.
Leanne Murray Shofi joined Cuddy & Feder LLP as Special Counsel to the Litigation and Appellate Practice Group.
1995
Timothy Cox was re-elected to his fourth term as town justice in the Town of Olive, Ulster County, NY. He was first elected in 2005. He also spent the past year serving as President of the Ulster County Magistrates Association. In 2017, he also served on a task force in the New York State Bar Association environmental law section examining constitutional convention issues. Tim remains Corporate Counsel for the Catskill Watershed Corporation in Margaretville, NY concentrating on NYC Watershed matters. He lives in Shokan, NY with his wife Rebecca Balzac (’94) and their two children.
1998
Peter Tambini h elped achieve a very successful verdict for his clients with his law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. The jury awarded the firm’s clients “a $75 million verdict after decades of asbestos exposure” leading to the client’s mesothelioma. Bruce J. Walker w as nominated to serve within the President’s administration as Assistant Secretary of Energy, Electricity, Delivery and Energy Reliability.
1999
Kerri L. Alessi was named counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.