LAW ALUMNI 1983 Paul Klemow of Lake Worth, FL, is the owner of PowerLegal, PA, a firm that offers consumers the benefits of lawyer-drafted, customized estate planning documents at prices comparable to LegalZoom’s online template forms. His goal is to advance the public’s accessibility to inexpensive, competent legal help.
1984 Janet (Kipphut) Ainsworth ’74, JD ’84, of Guilford, CT, recently celebrated her 20th anniversary as a staff attorney with the state of Connecticut's Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (formerly the Department of Public Safety). In November 2015, she received the “Appie of the Year” award from the Connecticut chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club for service as an activity leader and work on various committees, including serving as chapter chair for nearly three years.
1985 Linda Stark is a realtor working for One Sotheby’s International Realty in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She specializes in residential realty, condominiums and single-family homes.
1986 Brian DelGatto of Darien, CT, is the New England regional managing partner at Wilson Elser in Stamford. Brian has been with the firm more than 29 years, serving on the executive committee and founding the Connecticut office, which now has 23 lawyers. He was named to the firm’s overall compensation committee.
1987 Deirdre (O’Connor) McGuinness of Fairfield, CT, has been appointed managing director for Epiq Sys-
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tems, a leading global provider of integrated technology and services for the legal profession. She is an active member in industry organizations and currently serves on the strategic planning committees for the Southern and Eastern District of New York Bankruptcy Courts. Thomas Parrino of New Canaan, CT, cofounder of the Westport-based law firm Nusbaum & Parrino, recently named Laura Shattuck, JD ’99, a partner in the firm, making Shattuck the first new partner since 1992.
1988 Sandra (Provorny) Lax of Stratford, CT, became president of the Connecticut chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers for the 2015-16 term. She is a partner in Lax & Truax.
1990 Bruce L. Galaro is a principal attorney with Business Law Group. He relocated his corporate practice to St. George, UT, in September 2015, and continues to support his Connecticut and international corporate clients from Utah. Edward Sokolnicki ’78, JD ’90, recently completed a six-month assignment for Computer Sciences Corp. in Munich, Germany. He lives in Ansonia, CT.
1991 Jim McGreevy is president and CEO of Beer Institute, a national trade association for America’s beer brewers, located in Washington, D.C., where he lives. Robert T. Terenzio of Tampa, FL, owns the Law Offices of Robert T. Terenzio in Orlando. Following initial successes in the EU and Spanish-speaking South American countries, the firm will be introducing surrogacy and gamete donation to Brazil via a series of conferences in São Paulo.
1996 Anthony R. Minchella is a managing member at Minchella & Associates in Middlebury, CT, where he lives. He was voted a Connecticut and New England Super Lawyer for the 6th year in a row in the practice areas of commercial litigation and employment. The Middlebury firm, a litigation boutique, now has a total of three attorneys and two staff.
1998 Stephan Ariyan of Killingworth, CT, completed his master of science from Columbia University, New York City, with a focus on negotiation and conflict resolution. Craig Aronow of East Brunswick, NJ, is the newly elected president of the New Jersey Association of County Bar Presidents. He is an attorney with Rebenack, Aronow & Mascolo. He is president of the Middlesex County Bar Association and is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Michelle (Fenton) Hellbusch of Eden Prairie, MN, is thrilled to have her dream job in sports and entertainment. She is one of the members of the lead discovery team of attorneys in a multi-state, class action sports litigation case against the NHL, pertaining to representation of retired NHL players in claims arising from concussive head injuries suffered during their professional playing careers.
2000 Pamela Levin (Costa) Cameron of Farmington, CT, is a litigation attorney at Moore, O’Brien & Foti. The firm recently moved from Cheshire to Middlebury, CT. Jamahl K. Evans of New Haven is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is currently working as a budget analyst assigned to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. He was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010
and again in 2014. He has won numerous service awards, including the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NATO International Security Assistance Force Ribbon and Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He and his wife, Maria, have four children: Anetha, 14, Jamahl Jr., 13, Adam, 10, and Raphael, 7. Erik L. Gray of New York, NY, is a trial attorney at Weiss & Rosenbloom, a personal injury law firm in New York City. He recently was certified as a life member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which are among the most prestigious associations of trial attorneys in the United States. Julia Flanagan of New York, NY, joined KPMG’s state and local tax practice in New York City as a managing director in the alternative investment/financial services area. Julia works primarily on large private equity clients.
2001 Tanya (Wolanic) Bovée of Guilford, CT, has been named the new managing shareholder in the Hartford office of Jackson Lewis, a national firm representing management in employment matters. She is past president of the Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association and still serves on the CAPABA board of directors. She also is active in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and is a board member for the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity, which works to improve opportunities for attorneys of color in Connecticut. Jamie LaMere of Torrington, CT, is Torrington’s new corporation counsel. She was appointed by Mayor Elinor Carbone. She lives in Torrington with her husband, Donovan Riley, and her four children, Vivienne, James, Jack and Thomas.