Law Leadership Journal 2023

ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW AT PACE UNIVERSITY

THE 28th ANNUAL Leadership Awards Dinner

Master of Ceremonies

Paul C. Saunders

Retired Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Member, Haub Law Board of Visitors

Co-Chair, Haub Law Campaign Committee

Welcome Remarks

Horace E. Anderson

Dean, Elisabeth Haub School of Law

President’s Remarks Marvin Krislov

President, Pace University

Dinner

Haub Impact Award Presentation

John Lettera, JD ’99

Co-Founder, Fairbridge Asset Management

Acceptance

Distinguished Service Award Presentation

Acceptance

Distinguished Service Award Presentation

John T. O’Connor JD ’86

Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Lisa Dalfonso

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

Anna Marciano Romanella JD ’00

Vice President, Sustainability Zone North America

Nestle, General Counsel & Head of Sustainability

Nespresso USA

Carla Glassman JD ’85

Co-Founder, Of Counsel, Glassman & Brown, LLP

Acceptance

Susan S. Brown JD ’87

Co-Founder, Of Counsel, Glassman & Brown, LLP

March 7, 2023

Dear friends,

Welcome to the 28th annual Law Leadership Awards Celebration at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law.

Our law school community comes together at the Leadership Awards Celebration each year to salute individuals who exemplify leadership and excellence in the practice of law. We also honor Haub Law’s role as an important part of the legal community in Westchester and across the New York metropolitan area. Since our founding in 1976, we have educated nearly 9,000 attorneys, who today hold leadership roles in the judiciary, in private practice, in public interest law, and in corporate America.

Tonight, I am honored to join you to celebrate so many accomplished alumni. The impressive list includes Distinguished Service Award winners Susan S. Brown ’87 and Anna Marciano Romanella ’00, Impact Award winner John T. O’Connor ’86, and the four outstanding young alumni receiving our Rising Star Award, Jonathan Campozano ’17, Hana Heineken ’10, Najia S. Khalid ’09, and Shamik N. Trivedi ’08. Each one is accomplished, respected, and committed to Haub Law and our students. You’ll hear more about them during today’s program.

I also want to express my deep appreciation to tonight’s co-chairs, Mayo Bartlett ’92 and John C. Lettera ’99, for their generosity and dedication to the law school.

Indeed, I am continually impressed by the impressive commitment, creativity, and ambition of our remarkable Haub Law and Pace University communities. Even as the world presents so many challenges, we continue to stand up for those who need us. Our students continue to thrive. Our clinics continue to serve our communities. Our friends and donors continue to generously support Haub Law and Pace. And Haub Law remains the No. 1 Environmental Law program in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

Our success is thanks to you. Thank you for joining us today to celebrate our honorees, and thank you for your ongoing support for the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, for Pace University, and for our students.

Sincerely,

Marvin Krislov

March 7, 2023

Dear Friends of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law,

Thank you for joining us today to celebrate a landmark in the history of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University: the 28th annual Law Leadership Celebration.

We are delighted that for more than a quarter century, this event has brought together the leaders in the New York legal community to support the Law School, while at the same time recognizing those who have made extraordinary contributions to the legal profession and to Haub Law.

The Law Leadership dinner is the signature fundraiser for Haub Law. Through sponsorships and this journal, funds are raised to help underwrite the Law School’s outstanding academic programs, faculty and students.

This annual celebration provides the setting for the presentation of the Distinguished Service Award, which honors individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the legal community, the Law School, or the practice of law. Additionally, the Haub Impact Award, which was given for the first-time last year, recognizes a person who has gone above and beyond to impact students, faculty, and the entire law school community.

This year we are honoring for their distinguished service Susan S. Brown ’87, Co-Founder, Of Counsel, Glassman & Brown, LLP and Anna Marciano Romanella ’00, Vice President, Sustainability Zone North America Nestle, General Counsel & Head of Sustainability Nespresso USA. The recipient of our Impact Award is John T. O'Connor ’86, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.

I would like to offer a special thanks to our Law Leadership event co-chairs, Mayo Bartlett, ’92, and John C. Lettera, ’99. Mayo is Principal Attorney with the Law Offices of Mayo Bartlett, PLLC, a 2022 Distinguished Service Award winner and a member of the Law School’s Board of Visitors. John is Founder & CEO of RealFi Financial, LLC, an adjunct professor, recipient of the 2022 Haub Impact Award, and a member of the Law School’s Board of Visitors.

In addition, we are celebrating four outstanding alumni with the annual Rising Star Award in recognition their impact in the field of law during the first fifteen years of their careers.

This year’s Rising Star recipients are: Jonathan Campozano ’17, Staff Attorney, Neighbors Link Community Law Practice, Hana Heineken ’10, Senior Attorney, Climate and Energy Program, Center for International Environmental Law, Najia S. Khalid ’09, Partner, Wiggin and Dana LLP, and Shamik N. Trivedi ’08, Special Counsel, Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel.

This year has been a special time for Haub Law, as we emerge from the depths of the COVID pandemic. We have created new programs, partnerships, events, and opportunities for our students, providing them with an even richer learning experience.

The Law School has become, once again, the epicenter for important programs, public forums, and policy debates in the region, in partnership with public officials, community organizations, alumni and law leaders who share our vision and how this benefits our students.

This year we also saw our Environmental Law program for the second time in a row garner a U.S. News & World Report ranking of No. 1 in the nation, the third top rating in the past 4 years. In addition, Haub Law continues to receive high rankings in Trial Advocacy, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and its Flex JD program. We have also built a reputation as a top law school for women, ranking No. 11 in the nation for female enrollment, according to the 2022 Women in Law School Report from Enjuris, and No. 4 in Greatest Resources for Women, according to The Princeton Review.

I would like to thank the many members of the Westchester County legal and business community who have come together to support the Law School and our students. Your support today and throughout the year is crucial to our continued success as we pursue our mission: to provide students with the high-quality education and personal attention they need to become outstanding attorneys in Westchester County, New York City and across the country.

On behalf of my colleagues and our students, please accept our sincerest thanks for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Horace E. Anderson Jr.

Mayo Bartlett, Esq. ’92 Principal Attorney Law Offices of Mayo Bartlett PLLC

Brian T. Belowich, Esq. ’99

Partner Belowich & Walsh LLP

Vernon J. Brown, Esq. CPA ’96 Chairman & Chief Executive Officer V. Brown & Company, Inc.

Steven J. Chananie, Esq. ’83

Partner Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Jeffrey J. Delaney, Esq. ’92

Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Lisa M. Denig, Esq. ’09 Principal Settlement Coordinator for the 9th Judicial District New York State Unified Court System

Kathleen Donelli, Esq. ’85 Partner Goldschmidt & Genovese LLP

Alfred E. Donnellan, Esq. ’81 Managing Partner

DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP

Anthony J. Enea, Esq. ’85 Managing Member Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP

Christopher B. Fisher, Esq. ’94

Managing Partner Cuddy & Feder LLP

Susan E. Galvao, Esq. ’93

Partner Bleakley, Platt & Schmidt LLP

Angela M. Giannini, Esq. ’88

Partner Fontana Giannini LLP

Board of Visitors

Peter S. Goodman, Esq. ’86 Managing Partner Goodman Law PLLC

The Honorable Philip M. Halpern, Esq. ’80 United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Paul Humphreys, Esq. ’09 Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

The Honorable Linda Jamieson ’79 Supreme Court Justice Supreme Court of the State of New York

Diana B. Kolev, Esq. ’05 Partner DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP

John C. Lettera, Esq. ’99 Founder & CEO Fairbridge Asset Management, LLC

Caesar A. Lopez ’12 Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Orlando City Soccer Club

Senator Shelley B. Mayer New York State Senator The New York State Senate

The Honorable Sondra M. Miller Chief Counsel Goldschmidt & Genovese, LLP

William M. Mooney III, Esq. ’92 Group Director and Senior Vice President Signature Bank

Leslie Morioka Esq. ’93 Partner (Retired) White & Case LLP

The Honorable Richard L. O’Rourke, Esq. ’81 Senior Counsel Keane & Beane, P.C.

Felipe Paez, Esq. USMC ’96 Global Lead Counsel, Privacy and Information EY

Joseph M. Pastore III, Esq. ’91 Chairman Pastore LLC

Anthony Pirrotti Jr., Esq. ’90 Partner Pirrotti & Glatt Law Firm PLLC

John J. Rapisardi, Esq. ’82 Partner and Global Restructuring Practice Chair O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Miriam Rocah District Attorney County of Westchester

Jerold R. Ruderman, Esq. Senior Counsel Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Paul C. Saunders Distinguished Visitor from Practice Georgetown University Law Center

The Honorable Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr. Partner, Litigation Department Dorf & Nelson LLP

Christopher J. Wallace, Esq. ’97 Vice President and Assistant General Council Choice Hotels International

Russell M. Yankwitt, Esq. Founding Partner Yankwitt LLP

Distinguished Service Award Recipients

2022

Mayo Bartlett, JD ’92

Brian S. Hermann ’91

2021

Virginia Wong ’93

2020

Louis V. Fasulo, Esq. ’83

Jerold Ruderman, Esq. and Hon. Terry Jane Ruderman ’80

2019

Christopher B. Fisher, Esq. ’94

Dennis J. Kenny, Esq.

2018

Jeffrey J. Delaney, Esq. ’92

Anthony J. Enea, Esq. ’85

2017

The Honorable Janet DiFiore

Jay C. Carlisle II

2016

Chris Carnicelli, Esq. ’93

Peter Goodman, Esq. ’86

2015

The Honorable Jonathan Lippman

Andrew V. Tung, ASLA, Esq. ’95, LEED AP

2014

Bradford W. Hildebrandt

Judith E. Turkel, Esq. ’81

2012

John C. Lettera, Esq. ’99

Anthony G. Piscionere, Esq. ’80

2011

David Anthony Pope

Robert S. Tucker, Esq. ’96

2010

Thomas H. Welby, Esq. ’85

Liliane A. Haub

Christian W. E. Haub

2009

Delores Scott Brathwaite, Esq. ’84

Thomas R. Lalla, Jr., Esq.

John J. Rapisardi, Esq. ’82

2008

Vernon J. Brown, Esq. ’96

Robert B. Marcus, Esq. ’79

Steven J. Schwartzapfel, Esq. ’80

2007

Noah J. Hanft, Esq. Janet A. Johnson

2006

Philip M. Halpern, Esq. ’80

Judith Ann Lockhart, Esq. ’85

Donald J. Rosenberg, Esq.

2005

David Boies, Esq.

Kathleen Donelli, Esq. ’85

John T. O’Connor, Esq. ’86

2004

David R. Andrews, Esq.

Alfred E. Donnellan, Esq. ’81

2003

V. Gerard Comizio, Esq. ’80

Patrick V. DeIorio, Esq.

2002

Michael C. Finnegan, Esq. ’87

The Honorable Sondra Miller

2001

The Honorable Terry Jane Ruderman ’80

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Esq. ’87

Peter John Sacripanti, Esq. ’84

2000

The Honorable John P. Cahill ’85

Lucille A. Fontana, Esq. ’81

1999

Marvin D. Genzer, Esq. ’81

William F. Plunkett, Jr., Esq.

1998

William F. Harrington, Esq. Dean Richard L. Ottinger

1997

Henry G. Miller, Esq.

1996

William M. Mooney, Jr.

Pace Law School’s Class of 1979

1995 Cuddy & Feder

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Distinguished Service Award Honoree

SuSan S. Brown, JD ’87 Co-Founder, Of Counsel Glassman & Brown, LLP

SUSAN S. BROWN is a co-founding member of the law firm of Glassman & Brown, LLP; she is now Of Counsel to the firm practicing primarily in the areas of Guardianship, Elder Law and Estates and Trusts. Ms. Brown was the first woman admitted to the partnership of the McCarthy Fingar, LLP law firm where she started her legal career. Ms. Brown graduated from Bucknell University in 1978 and received her law degree from Pace University School of Law in 1987, where she was a member and editor of the Pace Law Review. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Connecticut. She is the immediate past President of the Board of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association Foundation. She has served as a Vice President of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and as co-chair of its Estates and Trusts Committee. Ms. Brown taught courses in estate administration, will drafting, advanced estate planning, retirement asset planning, contested guardianships, and elder law ethics for the New York State, Westchester County and Westchester Women’s Bar Associations and for Pace University School of Law Continuing Legal Education. She has served as a presenter at Senior Law Day sponsored by Westchester County and she lectured on the topic of US-international estate taxation before the Association of American Wives of Europeans in Paris, France.

Ms. Brown serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Rye, NY. She attempts to speak conversational French. Ms. Brown has been happily married to J. Frank Brown for over 40 years; she is the proud mother of Christopher and Sarah, the grateful mother-in-law of Bernadette and Shay; and she is completely over-the-moon crazy about her four grandchildren: Philip, Nathaniel, Audrey and Julian.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Distinguished Service Award Honoree

anna Marciano roManella, JD ’00

Vice President, Sustainability Zone North America Nestle General Counsel & Head of Sustainability Nespresso USA

Anna Marciano is VP, Sustainability Zone North America, General Counsel & Head of Sustainability for Nespresso USA.

Anna joined Nestlé five years ago, first at Nestlé Waters North America advising on legal and sustainability, and more recently as the Division General Counsel for Nestlé Premium Waters and Nespresso USA. Anna was recently promoted to serve as VP of Sustainability for Zone North America. Anna partners closely with global Nestlé technical and content experts to advance our sustainability commitments while helping deliver more sustainable solutions for our customers and consumers, while being a force for good in our communities.

Prior to Nestlé, Anna was with Heineken USA where she served as Deputy General Counsel. Prior to that, she was the division General Counsel of Euro RSCG Worldwide and with Cadbury/Snapple for eight years, serving in various capacities, including as Assistant General Counsel for the North American division of the confectionary company.

She is an active board member of both the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, and on the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Business Law Hub at Elisabeth Haub School of Law

Anna is a purpose-driven leader seeking to inspire others to take a chance and own the stage.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Haub Impact Award Honoree

John T. o’connor, JD ’86 Partner

John has more than 35 years’ experience counseling clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, equity financings and general corporate matters. His practice primarily involves representing corporate issuers and private equity investors.

John has worked with clients across a wide range of activities, including acquisitions and divestitures, contested transactions, proxy contests, portfolio investing, equity and mezzanine debt financings, and restructurings.

He currently represents issuers and private equity investors in the technology, energy and retail and consumer products sectors, and has represented clients in the transportation, energy and financial services sectors in a broad range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and in bankruptcy-related divestitures and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, he was a partner for twenty years with Milbank LLP.

John is a graduate and Emeritus Trustee of Gettysburg College, where he served on the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2014.

He earned his JD at Pace University School of Law in 1986, graduating magna cum laude and class valedictorian. He has served on the Pace University Board of Trustees since March 2006, and is currently Chair of the University Operations Committee and a member of the Finance & Audit Committee and the Executive Committee.

John is the recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award from Pace Law School.

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Elisabeth Haub School of Law Honors

Haub Law Rising Star awardees

The Rising Star Awards are given annually in recognition of a legal professional who has impacted the field of law during the first fifteen years of the recipient's legal career. The Rising Star Awardees demonstrate a commitment to Haub Law, the legal profession, and an ingenuity of thought that has the potential for having substantial and lasting influence upon the legal profession.

JonaThan caMpozano, JD ’17

Staff Attorney at Neighbors Link Community Law Practice

Jonathan Campozano is a Staff Attorney with Neighbors Link Community Law Practice where he provides legal services to immigrants in New York. He teaches immigration law in WCC's Paralegal Certificate Program.

Prior to that, Jonathan served as an Assistant County Attorney in Westchester County’s Law Department, in both the Family Court and Appeals, Opinions and Legislation bureaus. He was also an Associate Counsel with the New York State Senate Democratic Majority, where he worked on significant pieces of legislation, including the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act and the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act (“Green Light NY”). Jonathan began his law career as an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow with the Empire Justice Center in Yonkers.

Jonathan graduated from SUNY Purchase with a Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Studies, and obtained his Juris Doctor Degree from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. There, he also served as president of both the Pace Immigration Law Society and Latin American Law Students Association, and he remains an Alumni Admissions Ambassador for prospective law students.

hana heineken, JD ’10 Attorney at ClientEarth

Hana Heineken (she/her) recently started as an attorney on corporate law and finance at ClientEarth, while also being in pursuit of her LLM in securities law at Georgetown Law. Previously to ClientEarth, Hana was a Senior Attorney in the Climate and Energy Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), where she focused on holding financial institutions accountable for their climate impacts.

Prior to CIEL, Heineken was a Senior Campaigner on Responsible Finance at the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), where she led global campaigns on multinational banks for their role in the climate crisis, deforestation, and human rights violations. Notably, her work led to the adoption of precedent-setting policies by the largest banks in Japan. Prior to RAN, Hana worked as a Senior Campaigner at Global Witness, focused on investigating and strengthening regulations on the global illegal logging trade as well as advocacy on World Bank environmental and social safeguards. Hana is a native of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Princeton University with a BA in Politics and earned her JD at Pace Law School, specializing in international and environmental law. She is barred in NY and DC.

na Jia k haliD, JD ’09

Partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP

Najia is a business immigration lawyer dedicated to helping employers across industries mobilize global talent. She leads Wiggin and Dana’s Business Immigration and Compliance Practice and is also a Partner at wiggin(x), the firm’s division focused on emerging entities and entrepreneurs. Najia is often regarded as “in-house” immigration counsel for sophisticated employers seeking to navigate U.S. business immigration laws and the intersection of related employment, tax, corporate, and other regulatory areas. Najia also serves as Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, a role through which she works to ensure all firm professionals receive equitable access to meaningful work opportunities and mentorship. She is a James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation, a Benchmark Litigation Labor and Employment Star, and a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader. Najia was also recognized by the Connecticut Law Tribune for its inaugural Diversity Initiative Legal Award and named to the Lawyers of Color Hot List for 2022. Najia obtained her law degree from Pace. While in law school, Najia served on Honor Board, cofounded and served on the Board of the Muslim Law Students Association, and served on the Board of Asian American Law Student Association. She also devoted time to the Immigration Justice Clinic and represented indigent immigrants in complex removal proceedings, including immigration raid detainees, women with claims under the Violence Against Women Act, and asylees seeking immigration relief in the U.S. She continues similar work on a pro bono basis.

ShaMik n. TriveDi, JD ’08

Special Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel

Shamik N. Trivedi is a Special Counsel with the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel. Based in Washington, Shamik serves as a legal advisor to the Large Business & International (LB&I) Division of the IRS, counseling examiners and attorneys on issues impacting IRS audits, appeals, and litigation. From June 2021 to April 2022, Shamik served as Senior Tax Counsel in the White House, advising the Office of Presidential Personnel and the White House Counsel’s Office on tax matters. In that role, Shamik oversaw and was responsible for the tax compliance of all nominees and appointees of the President, prepared dozens of witnesses for meetings and testimony before the Senate, and routinely briefed senior administration officials.

Prior to his public service, Shamik was a Senior Manager in Grant Thornton LLP’s Washington National Tax Office in Washington, D.C., where he represented individuals and businesses before the IRS in examinations and appeals, and in matters before the Office of Chief Counsel. He began his career as a legal reporter for Tax Analysts, a widely-read technical tax publication, where he covered Congress, the courts, IRS, the Treasury Department, and the Department of Justice.

Shamik is a frequent speaker on tax procedure and ethics and serves as Vice Chair of the Standards of Tax Practice Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Tax Section. He was a Nolan Fellow of the ABA Tax Section from 2019-2020, and is a former chair of the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Section on Taxation (2017-2018). From 2019-2020, he served as a member of the board of the Community Tax Law Project, based in Richmond, VA.

Shamik credits Bridget Crawford and her Federal Income Tax I course from the Spring of 2007 for sparking his interest in the tax law. He lives in Washington with his wife, Adrienne, an attorney with the EPA and also a 2008 Pace Law graduate, and his two daughters.

hauB law riSing STar awarD recipienTS

2021

2022

Keji Ayorinde ’08

Robyn Downing ’17

Caesar Lopez ’12 Christopher Messina ’10

Steven Sarno ’09

Michael Bauscher, JD ’10 Cayleigh Eckhardt, JD ’15

Cherie Phoenix-Sharpe, JD ’07 Fatima Silva, JD ’08

Kevin Sylvester, JD ’15

Alumni Association Board of Directors

Officers

Andrew Teodorescu, Esq. ’13 Alumni Association President Attorney-Adviser FAA, Environmental Law Branch

Lisa E. Gladwell, Esq. ’10 Alumni Association Vice President Attorney, Chairman New Jersey Recovery Advocates

Gail M. Mulligan, Esq. ’09 Alumni Association Treasurer Committee Chair – Fundraising Human Resources Generalist County of Rockland

Leanne Murray Shofi, Esq. ’94 Alumni Association Secretary Special Counsel, Pastore LLC

Board Members

Patricia Bisesto, Esq. ’92 Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

Michael A. Calandra Jr., Esq. ’05 Executive Director Morgan Stanley, Inc.

Aharon Diaz Jr., Esq. ’12 Assistant District Attorney Queens District Attorney's Office

Jeremy Wm. Farrington, Esq. ’11 Committee Chair – Social

Conflicts Attorney Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

The Honorable Sandra A. Forster ’79 (Retired) Judge Greenburgh Town Justice

Stephen Forte, Esq. ’08 Counsel Shipman & Goodwin, LLP

Michael A. Frankel, Esq. ’03 Committee Chair – Nominations

Attorney

Jackson Lewis LLP

James A. Garvey III, Esq. ’80 Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

Rebecca Gigliotti, Esq. ’18 Attorney-at-Law Law Offices of Lisa M. Gigliotti

Michael G. Gilberg, Esq. ’07 Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

Michael T. Goldstein, MD, Esq. ’06 Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

Jennifer L. Gray, Esq. ’06 Partner Keane & Beane, P.C.

George Haddad, Esq. ’15 Supervising Attorney Hudson Valley Justice Center

Jasmine Hosein, Esq. ’12 Senior Counsel Products & Innovation Mastercard International

Adele Lerman Janow, Esq. ’90 Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

Sameera Ansari Kalra, Esq. ’09 Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

Ashley Kersting, Esq. ’16 Partner Miller Zeiderman LLP

Michael Kremen, Esq. ’08 Committee Chair – Judicial Attorney-at-Law Private Practice

James M. Lenihan, Esq. ’91 Partner Lenihan & Associates

The Honorable Carole Levy ’83 Director Emerita (Retired) Magistrate, Bronx Family Court

Benjamin Lowenthal, Esq. ’13 Associate Hendrick Phillips Salzman Siegel

Andrea Madrid, Esq. ’12 Senior Staff Attorney Queens Legal Services

Joseph M. Martin, Esq. ’91 Director Emeritus Principal Jackson Lewis P.C.

Lt. Col. Joseph W. Mazel, Esq. ’97 Assistant General Counsel Federal Bureau of Investigation Office of the General Counsel

Mark Meeker, Esq. ’10

Committee Chair - By-Laws

Assistant General Counsel

American Maritime Safety, Inc.

John Mulligan, Esq. ’88

Senior Tax Counsel

NYC Dept. of Finance Legal Affairs Division

Susan Mulliken, Esq. ’11

Assistant General Counsel Mercy College

Diana E. Neeves, Esq. ’16

Associate Robinson + Cole LLP

Jacqueline A. Parker, Esq. ’95 Deputy Director of Consumer Fairness Compliance at Citigroup Inc.

Nicholas Pasalides, Esq. ’11

Partner Reich Reich & Reich, P.C.

Patrick Paul, Esq. ’16

Agency Attorney II, Trials and Litigation Division NYC Department of Correction

Raymond Perez, Esq. ’00

Partner

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP

Captain Thomas Persico, Esq. ’18

First Lieutenant, Judge Advocate, Defense Counsel aboard Camp Lejeune Legal Services Support Section - East USMC

Christopher M. Psihoules, Esq. ’12

Associate Norton Rose Fulbright

Cassia R. Schaeffer, Esq. ’15

Partner Cassin & Cassin LLP

Judson K. Siebert, Esq. ’85

Managing Member Keane & Beane, P.C.

Nicole M. Varisco, Esq. ’10

Partner, Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols & Porter, LLP

Event Sponsors (cont.)

Associates

DelBello Donnellan Wingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP

R. Bradford Evans

James Flanagan

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Fairbridge Asset Management, LLC

Goldschmidt & Genovese, LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Senator Shelley B. Mayer

John T. O’Connor, JD ’86

Hon. Terry Jane Ruderman ’80 and Jerry Ruderman

estlé USA is proud to support Pace Law School & congratulates this year’s honorees.

FRESHFIELDS IS PROUD TO SUPPORT

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law

and congratulates Distinguished Service Award Winners, Susan S. Brown, Glassman & Brown LLP, and Anna Marciano Romanella, Nespresso USA, and Impact Award Winner, John T. O’Connor, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

Congratulates tonight's honorees:

Susan S. Brown, JD '87

Anna Marciano Romanella, JD '00

John T. O'Connor, JD '86

John T. O’Connor, Partner ‘86 Pace University Trustee

Samuel L. Brown, Partner ‘07

Susan S. Failla, Partner ‘95

Angie Yearick, Counsel ‘06

Peter J. Mignone, Partner (BBA) ‘93

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Pace University Alumni

Best wishes to the Elisabeth Haub School of Law on its continued success.

From,

Honorable Terry Jane Ruderman ’80

Jerold R. Ruderman, Esq.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S S U S A N S .

B R O W N ’ 8 7 , A C A R I N G M O T H E R ,

G R A N D M O T H E R , A N D S U P P O R T E R

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E L I S A B E T H H A U B S C H O O L O F

L A W A T P A C E U N I V E R S I T Y

~ C H R I S T O P H E R , B E R N A D E T T E &

P H I L I P B R O W N

~ S A R A H , S H A Y , N A T H A N I E L ,

A U D R E Y , & J U L I A N W E S T E R

"As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we'll all be better off for it."

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Congratulations Honorees

HAROLD E. KAPLAN, M.H.A., J.D.

Pace University – BBA ’72, JD ’83

ARBITRATOR / ARBITRATION CONSULTANT

Florida Board Certified Health Law Attorney 1995 - 2020

A NATIONAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE LIMITED TO HEALTH CARE AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES

PEER REVIEWED AND ARBITRATED CASES FOR:

THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION – HEALTH CARE PANEL AND MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS PANEL

THE AMERICAN HEALTH LAW ASSOCIATION – PANELIST, ADR SERVICE

THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU – AUTO LINE AND NATIONAL CLASS ACTION CASES

MEMBER OF NEW YORK AND FLORIDA BARS

MARTINDALE-HUBBELL® AV RATED AND REGISTER OF PREEMINENT LAWYERS

The Goodman Law PLLC Bankruptcy, Corporate Restructuring and Crisis Management Practice

Proudly supports the Elisabeth Haub School of Law and Salutes this years

Distinguished Service Award recipients

Peter

S. Goodman, Pace Law ’86

Congratulations to John T. O'Connor

We are proud to support you in receiving the Haub Impact Award

Your Friends, Thomas M. Bloomer '86

Ruta M. Carroll '86

G. Roxanne Elings '86

Peter S. Goodman '86

Vincent A. Nagler '86

Tab R. Shanafelt '86

Jeffrey M. Winn'86

We are proud to honor our dear friend

SUSAN S. BROWN

for 35 years of exemplary leadership and service that has greatly benefited Haub Law School, the legal profession and the community served by it.

Carla and Loren Glassman

ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW at PACE UNIVERSITY

28th Annual Leadership Awards Dinner

CONGRATULATIONS

to our inspiring Co-Founder, Mentor and Colleague

SUSAN S. BROWN

Co-Founder, Of Counsel, GLASSMAN & BROWN, LLP

And to fellow community leaders

ANNA MARCIANO ROMANELLA and JOHN T. O’CONNOR

GLASSMAN & BROWN, LLP

ELIZABETH A. CUMMING, Partner

MEREDITH G. MIALKOWSKI, Partner

CARLA D. GLASSMAN, Of Counsel

SUSAN S. BROWN, Of Counsel

MARIA B. WHEALAN, Of Counsel

(914) 686-0108

http://glassmanbrown.com

Congratulations to the honorees for their achievements in their legal and professional careers.

Congratulations to the faculty, administrative and support staff at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University on the excellent education provided to its students.

Stephen M. Perlitsh, Esq., Class of 1982

The Law Office of Stephen M. Perlitsh 110 West 34th Street, Suite 300 New York, NY 10001 (212) 840-3878

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ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW AT PACE UNIVERSITY

Congratulations to tonight’s honorees:

Susan S. Brown JD ’87 Co-Founder, Of Counsel Glassman & Brown, LLP

Anna Marciano Romanella JD ’00 VP, Sustainability Zone North America Nestle, General Counsel & Head of Sustainability, Nespresso USA

John T. O’Connor JD ’86 Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, LLP

About the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Since its founding in 1976, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has provided an excellent legal education to students who have a passion for the law. We believe that a great legal education must teach more than statutes, regulations, and case law. Students must also gain concrete practice skills and begin to learn the strategies and tactics of representation.

As legal practice becomes ever more specialized, ever more complex and ever more competitive, our distinctive approach is more important than ever. We continue to build on our historic strength of training practice-ready lawyers through our field placement programs and nationally recognized clinics, including our Energy and Climate Center, Investor Rights Clinic, Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, Land Use Law Center, Criminal Justice Center, and Women’s Justice Center.

Our Environmental Law Program has long been ranked among the world’s leading university programs, with a current #1 ranking by U.S. News & World Report, and we have earned a preeminent reputation in Public Interest Law, Criminal Law, and in programs such as Trial Advocacy. Students enjoy significant flexibility and breadth – in addition to the traditional JD, Haub Law offers

an accelerated two and a half year JD, a Flex JD scheduling option, Advanced Certificates and other Paths to Practice, eight joint degrees, and Master’s of Law degree options.

We are proud that the strength of our curriculum is enhanced by our diverse community. This year’s entering class includes 273 new JD students, including 64 students in our Part-time Flex Division. These students come from 27 states and 138 different colleges and universities. 31% are coming directly from college, 25 have one or more graduate degrees already and 27% are students of diversity. Each student brings unique perspectives and ideas to our classrooms and programs. We are also pleased to have 10 exchange students from our partner universities in France, Germany, Spain and Brazil and 27 LLM students from 14 different countries.

Haub Law’s unique "Path to Practice" curriculum, our superb location in the heart of the nation's most dynamic legal marketplace, our commitment to providing the best possible education at an exceptional value to students, and our nationally recognized centers of excellence set Haub Law apart. As we look toward the future, we anticipate even greater success in the years ahead. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HAUB LAW, VISIT http://law.pace.edu.