Fall 2009
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Contents 3 Letter from Dean Jeff Shields 4 Reunion 2009 8 Report of Giving 18 Class Notes News from your classmates and profiles of
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Robin Bren ’78 Tom Clancy ’80 Orestes Anastasia ’95 Kim Jenkins ’02 Derek Campbell ’06
Cover and Contents page photos by Kathleen Dooher
35 In Memorium
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Loquitur Fall 2009 Volume 23, Number 1 President and Dean Jeff Shields Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs Editor Carol Westberg Production Editor Jennie Clarke Contributing Editors Susan Davidson Jennifer Hayslett Contributing Writers Meg Lundstrom Regina Kuehnemund Special Thanks To Milo Cutler Kim Evans Mary Lou Lorenz Patty McIlvaine Design Glenn Suokko, Inc. Printing Capital Offset Company, Inc.
Published by Vermont Law School 164 Chelsea Street, PO Box 96 South Royalton, VT 05068 www.vermontlaw.edu
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Kathleen Dooher
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Letter from Dean Jeff Shields Greetings, alumni and friends! Despite the impact of the terrible economy in the past year, Vermont Law School’s alumni and friends have continued to support our extraordinary programs, faculty, and students. I thank you. Your help has made it possible to recruit the strongest class in the history of the law school. Grade point averages are at record levels, and the demonstrated record among new students in terms of quality of leadership and commitment is amazing. We have recruited top faculty this year, including nationally known scholars from Georgetown and Yale. Two of our professors have been selected as Fulbright Scholars for the 2009–10 academic year—Tracy Bach, who will work in Senegal, and Jason Czarnezki, who will work in China. Although we trimmed this fall’s Loquitur to Class Notes and the Report of Giving as part of an effort to steward the school’s funds carefully in this challenging economic climate, we plan to return to full issues with features and regular departments next year. You have made this and much more possible through your leadership and financial commitment. With gratitude,
Geoffrey B. Shields President, Dean, and Professor of Law
Rose McNulty-Murphy
Reunion 2009
And they’re off! The 2009 Chase Race runners at the starting line
Each year as the end of summer approaches, the Office for Institutional Advancement prepares for its best-loved event—reunion. This year, on September 11 and 12, alumni from the classes of 1979, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004 arrived from all over the country to reconnect with their classmates and friends. It was a fabulous weekend of golf, Chase Race, hiking, biking, rugby, fly fishing, and of course, much reminiscing. Camp VLS provided fun activities for the kids, and reunioners enjoyed a barbecue on the green, a wine and cheese reception on Friday night, and a Vermont microbrew tasting on Saturday, along with plenty of other Vermont fare. All VLS food offerings came primarily from local farms and dairies. Professors David Firestone, Cheryl Hanna, Pat Parenteau, Linda Smiddy ’79, Gil Kujovich, and others visited with reunioners throughout the weekend. Also this year, VLS honored Former Dean Max Kempner with a portrait, which was unveiled during reunion. We look forward to the end of summer of 2010 when we will again be the grateful hosts of the next reunion classes: 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005. Mark your calendars! Mark Sciarrotta ’96 and son, River, enjoy the race from the sidelines.
Photographs by John Douglas/Flying Squirrel Graphics
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John Kessler ’88 and Pat Biggam ’79 pause for a photo before the bike ride.
Greg McPolin ’99 and daughter Emma at the Chase Race
Team ELC: Professor Martha Judy and ELC staff members Anne Mansfield, Alicia Cordero, and Jett Vaden
Meron Biru, partner of reunioner David Saffold ’04
Professor Pat Parenteau visited with reunioners on the quad.
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Going for the block at the Ultimate games
Jenny Carter ‘00, wife of Andrew Carter ’99, takes a break with son, Seb.
Mike Shafer ’79 and Tom Truman ’79 review their yearbook.
Former Dean Max Kempner speaks at his portrait unveiling.
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Future VLS Class of 2029 Maya Levitt, daughter of Richard ’99
The Fighting Swans hosted a rousing rugby match.
Artist Kate Gridley and her portrait of Max Kempner
Another happy Camp VLSer
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Report of Giving Vermont Law School thanks the donors who made a financial gift to the school during the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009. The generosity of the VLS community is reflected in each and every name below. We are grateful for your ongoing support.
Leaders’ Circle The Leaders’ Circle recognizes the notable group of VLS alumni, parents, and friends whose commitment to VLS and consistent financial support at the leadership level enable the ongoing growth and development of Vermont Law School. Leaders’ Circle members understand the importance of offering competitive scholarships to first-rate applicants, retaining outstanding professors, and supporting operations. Through their annual leadership, Leaders’ Circle members raise Vermont Law School to even higher levels of distinction. $5,000 Wick R. Chambers 78 Caryn J. Clayman 83 Mr. Perez C. Ehrich* Andrew L. Harris 06 Gerard E. Jones* and Emily G. Jones Mr. William B. Lytton, Esq.* Alice and George* McKann Charles E. Shafer 77* and Judith W. Shafer Mary G. Wilson* $2,500 Joel T. 94 and Carolyn Faxon Barbara C. Mulligan Huppé 88 Edward C. Mattes, Jr. 83* Pamela J. Pescosolido 90 Beverlee J. Roper 81 Jay A. Scherline, Esq. 76 $1,000
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Samara D. Anderson 03 Christopher 94 and Marietta 94 Anderson Janet E. Arnold 91 and James A. Gratton 90 Bradford T. Atwood 90 and Vice President Lorraine Atwood Richard* and Beth Ayres Marilyn J. Bartlett 91 Edna Y. Baugh 83
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Kelly L. Berfield 01 Glenn J. Berger, Esq. 78* and Rachel S. Cox Sandra L. Bograd 83 Elizabeth Manuel Braudis 91 Randy* and Andrea Brock Professor and Mrs. Richard O. Brooks Bradley B. Brownlow 01 Robert R. Brunelli 90 Joseph and Amelia Burke Ingrid Busson 99 Leslie A. Cadwell 94 J. Scott 80* and Cathleen Cameron Mr. James N. Cameron Bret A. Campbell 94 Andrew M. Carter 99 and Jennifer L. Carter 00 Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. Jim 91 and Joni 91 Clemons David 86 and Nancy Cole Alexa A. Cole 98 Peter B. Colgrove 84 David E. Collins Edwin I. Colodny* Colleen Connor 85* and Brian Kelahan Jesse M. Corum IV 77 Robert C. Costello 92 Carolina T. Curbelo 05 and Jose E. Díaz Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Debevoise Ann T. Debevoise** Sean J. Delaney 96 Patricia DeLuca 84 William A. Despo 76 Jerry* and Candy Diamond Michael D. Donovan 84 Ms. Maureen P. Dougherty Brian Dunkiel 96 Christopher L. Dutton* Stephen Dycus and Elizabeth R. Dycus Paul R. Engster 77 Robert A. Fasanella 86 Fred M. Feder, Esq. 77 Jennifer Feeley Hyzer 02 Janice A. Forgays, Esq. 85* Michael J. Franco 85 and Mary G. Franco Peter 99 and Victoire Gardner Clara F. Gimenez 03
* Trustee during FY 2009 ** Trustee Emeritus
Jerry and Jeannette Goldstone Greg Gotwald 04 Holly Ernst 88 and J. Chris Groschner Sheppard* and Joan Guryan Mickey Haggerty 77 Peter W. Hall* and Rebecca M. Dunton Susan L. Hamilton 88 Geoffrey H. Hand 03 Zoe 06 and Spencer 04 Hanes Cheryl Hanna and Paul Henninge James E. Hanson II 83* Mark R. Harbaugh 99 Bill 93 and Kathy 93 Hatfield Jennifer and Thornton Hayslett Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs Lou Helmuth 84 and Lisa Steindler Larry D. Henin 78 Hershenson, Carter, Scott and McGee, PC Randy A. Hertz* Stephen T. Hesse 89 Michael O. Hill 84 The Honorable Philip H. Hoff** Jerry Howe 83 MSEL Jason Hutt 98 Jeffrey 82 and Nancy Johnson Scott R. Johnson 79 Keith A. Johnston 04 James E. Joyce, Jr. 77 James Kalashian 83 Byron S. Kalogerou 86 Howard M. Kanner 01 Edward T. Keable 86 Mark L. Keene 94 Max and Paige Kempner Roger and Frances Kennedy Joseph Kennedy 93 Roger and Frances Kennedy Patrick 03 and Cara Kenney Michael Kessler 80 and Lorraine Magee Mary Ann and Richard D. Keyser 80 John M. Kirk III 92 Irwin G. Klein 77 John Lanahan 87 Bill 82* and Gerry Leckerling Carl Lisman, Esq. Les 78 and Sharon Loffman R. J. Lyman 93 Carla D. Macaluso 96 Lori* and Timon Malloy
Margaret A. Mangan 86 Scott Michael Mapes, PE, Esq. 87 and Stephanie J. Mapes, Esq. 88 Evelyn Marcus 06 Hugh H. Marthinsen 94 David M. Martini 78 Kirk F. Marty 96 Lucia and Matthew* Matule 94 Robert W. Maxwell, Esq. 86 Karen McAndrew, Esq. M. Andrew McLain 05 Greg 99 and Kirstin (Rohrer) 99 McPolin Laurie D. Medley 01 David Meezan 97 and Erin Meezan 97 Michael D. Mercer 99 William H. Meub III 78 Sharon D. Meyers 79 Professor and Mrs. Marc B. Mihaly William Miller 86 and Sarah Jenkinson Phoebe A. Mix 79 James Moreno 88 and Sarah Nicklin Doug 83 and Jennifer Mulvaney Gail H. Nichols 80 Tom 96 and Shannon 97 O’Donnell Lawrence H. Olive 76 Anne Debevoise Ostby 89 W. Bruce Pasfield 84 R. Allan Paul, Esq.** and Elsie E. Paul Dominique A. Pollara 84 Alex S. Polonsky 98 E. Miles Prentice III, Esq. Bruce N. Proctor 82 Robert D.* and Catharine B. Rachlin Charles S. “Tuck” Rainwater 03 and Erin K.M. Rainwater 03 Mark L. Randall 87 Norman* and Evelyn Redlich Christopher M. Reid 99 and Tara A. Reid 98 Stephen A. Reynes 79 Bill Reynolds 87 Alan D. Rose, Jr. 94 David 01 and Tiffanie Ross Gary D. Russell 96 S. Mark Sciarrotta 96 Mark H. Scribner 81
Robert M. Shafer 79 Laura Lynn Shafer Jane Sheehan 87 Lynda L. Sherman 05 Jeff and Genie Shields Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shields Alexander 95 and Tracy 95 Shriver David J. Singer 04 Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Smith Brooks 96 and Jennifer Smith Charles C. Soltan 87 Kemp 87 and Edith Stickney Nathan A. Stokes 04 Richard and Christie Sykes Richard K. Teitell 77 Lydia Bottome Turanchik 98 and Stephen Turanchik Mr. Dale H. Van Erden Vitt & Rattigan, PLC Edward N. Wadsworth 03 Donna Watts 83 and John Monahan 83 Lucy McVitty Weber 85 Robert F. Weisberg 01 John E. Westerman 82 Martha A. Wieler 91 LaJuana S. Wilcher Mara Williams Oakes David M. (Max) Williamson 97 Karen M. Willis 95 Gregory 86 and Laura Wirth Ned 89 and Mary Witte and Sons Christopher B. Wren 99 Deborah and Kinvin Wroth Catherine Wyngarden Muir 96 and Brockett Muir III Dr. Fran Yates* Andrew J. Yoon 99 Peter Zamore 79 $500 (For VLS Alumni 2003–09) Christopher J. Adamo 04 Emily M. Lamond 04
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In Honor Of and Memorial Gifts In Honor of Professor Susan Apel Anonymous ’85 In Memory of Joseph M. and Louise M. Bartlett Marilyn J. Bartlett 91 In Honor of Stephen Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Smith In Memory of Mr. Robert A. Hyman ’83 Stuart P. Hersh 83 and Janet Hersh Donna Watts 83 and John Monahan 83 In Memory of Peter Lavigne ’84 Edward C. Mattes, Jr. 83 In Memory of Peter Lavigne ’84 and Alana Ryan ’84 Anonymous 84 N. Abigail Armstrong 84 David F. Bowen 84 Barry Bram 84 and Mary McLain and Family Rex 84 and Cricket Brien Timothy Clapp 84 Peter B. Colgrove 84 Stephen J. Craddock 84
James Kalashian 83 and Patricia DeLuca 84 Michael D. Donovan 84 Bradley K. Enterline 84 Joy Dickstein Finkel 84 Susan Boyle Ford 84 Gary A. Gabree 84 Kathleen Hassey 84 Lou Helmuth 84 and Lisa Steindler Michael O. Hill 84 Pamela C. Kraynak 84 Terrence A. Low 84 James M. Munsey 84 Brendan P. Murray 84 Leslie A. Nielsen 84 Veronica K. OConnor 84 W. Bruce Pasfield 84 Marjorie Power 84 Gregory S. Shepler 84 David E. Sherman 84 William E. Slade 84 Sharon C. Somers 84 Mark 84 and Terri-Lynn Thayer Charlotte E. Thomas 84
Dean’s Leadership Committee It is with great appreciation that VLS recognizes the members of the Dean’s Leadership Committee from this past fiscal year. The Dean’s Leadership Committee acts as an advisory group to the dean, and members have made a special commitment to support VLS with leadership gifts and to encourage other alumni and friends to join them in making these vital contributions. Charles E. Shafer 77*, Chair Bradford T. Atwood 90
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Jim Clemons 91 David Cole 86 Carolina T. Curbelo 05 William A. Despo 76 Holly Ernst Groschner 88 William S. Hatfield 93 Lou Helmuth 84 Jason B. Hutt 98 Bill Leckerling 82* Greg 99 and Kirstin (Rohrer) ’99 McPolin Sharon D. Meyers 79 Beverlee J. Roper 81 Brooks Smith 96 Nathan A. Stokes 04 Ned Witte 89 Peter H. Zamore 79
In Memory of Professor Michael A. Mello Al Arpad 02 Ms. Kerri Martin Bartlett Ana L. Bidoglio 03 Mr. Richard S. Boskey Ms. Ellen Brugger Mr. James P. Cooney III Jan P. Dembinski 99 Eric M. Freedman and Melissa Nathanson Ms. Lissa J. Gardner Ms. Cammie R. Hauptfuhrer Jonathan D. Marcus 91 Deanna L. Mello 96 Mr. Mark W. Merritt Mr. James E. Pfander Karen Gottlieb and Elliot Scherker Lynda L. Sherman 05 Ms. Belinda B. Sifford John Spackman Ms. Elizabeth G. Taylor Lydia Bottome Turanchik 98 and Stephen Turanchik Bill and Ellen Swain Veen 99 Vice Dean Stephanie Willbanks and Mr. Stephen Willbanks
In Memory of Ralph Miller, my Father Professor Alan S. Miller In Memory of The Honorable James L. Oakes Mr. James G. Williams and Ms. Lori A. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freed In Memory of Marcus T. Reynolds Bill Reynolds 87 In Honor of Antonio Díaz Sánchez Carolina T. Curbelo 05 and Jose E. Díaz In Honor of the SRLC Clinicians, Work-studies, and Volunteers James C. May and Natalia E. May 09 In Honor of Judge Sterry Waterman James and Gretchen Morse
Sustaining Supporters Vermont Law School is grateful for the reliable and consistent support of our recurring monthly donors. Monthly gifts help sustain the excellent programs at VLS and provide support that can be counted on throughout the year. All monthly donors at $88.33 a month and above for three consecutive years are also members of the VLS Leaders’ Circle. Marilyn J. Bartlett 91 James L. Beausoleil Jr. 94 Robert R. Bent 81 and Jacqueline A. Hughes 81
Scott D. Clausen 03 Ms. Maureen P. Dougherty Greg Gotwald 04 Christine LeBel 94 John and Joyce Lefebure Philip Maier 81 Luke T. Martone 06 Mike Miller 91 James Moreno 88 and Sarah Nicklin Kelleigh Domaingue Murphy 04 Michael Myers 93 Lawrence H. Olive 76 David 01 and Tiffanie Ross Nancy E. Smith 80 Richard and Christie Sykes Donna Watts 83 and John Monahan 83
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Our Donors Douglas Meredith Legacy Society
BENEFACTORS $300,000 and above
L. Douglas Meredith (1905–93) was a businessman, professor, civic leader, and VLS board member. His leadership and philanthropic vision, including a generous bequest to Vermont Law School, helped make VLS the strong institution it is today. The Douglas Meredith Legacy Society was founded to acknowledge other individuals who have made a planned gift or included Vermont Law School in their estate plans. We would like to thank the following society members.
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Anonymous (8) Caryn J. Clayman 83 Edwin I. Colodny* Colleen Connor 85* Thomas M.† and Ann T.** Debevoise Perez C. Ehrich* Terry M. Ehrich† Robert A. Fasanella 86 Lillian and Ben Gingold† Mickey Haggerty 77 Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs James and Sally† Hill
The Honorable Philip H.** and Joan Hoff Barbara C. Mulligan Huppé 88 R. Scott Johnston 82 Roger and Frances Kennedy Michael Kessler 80 J. Michael McGarry III, Esq. L. Douglas Meredith† Francis E. Morrissey 88 Daniel G. Murphy 81 Andrew H. Neisner 84† Katherine E. Nunes† The Honorable James L.† and Mara Williams Oakes Margaret L. Olnek 92 J. Brian Potts 81 Elizabeth Ross† Robert M. Shafer 79 Jeff and Genie Shields Denton Shriver† Kemp Stickney 87 Harry F. Waggoner 00 Professor Burns Weston Hilton A. Wick† Norman and Jeanne Williams Dr. Fran Yates* Jean and Jeffrey Young † deceased
Legacy Scholarship Partners Thanks to the Legacy Scholarship Partners, Vermont Law School receives scholarship funding as a means to engage and recruit deserving high-level students. Legacy Scholarship Partners are law firms and businesses that commit to supporting one or more students during their three years at Vermont Law School with current-use scholarship funds.
* Trustee during FY 2009 ** Trustee Emeritus
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P. C. Lisman, Webster & Leckerling Paul Frank + Collins Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC
GREEN MOUNTAIN SOCIETY $100,000–$299,999 Anonymous (3) James E. Hanson II 83* High Meadows Fund Dr. Fran Yates* CATAMOUNT CLUB $50,000–$99,999 Mr. Adam J. Lewis Vermont Bar Foundation WHITE RIVER SOCIETY $10,000–$49,999 Anonymous Anonymous Foundation Jessie-Lea Abbott Bradford T. Atwood 90 and Vice President Lorraine Atwood The Byrne Foundation J. Scott 80* and Cathleen Cameron The Canaday Family Charitable Trust Wick R. Chambers 78 William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Ann T. Debevoise** Ms. Shannon K. Ehrich Warren Ms. Gillian C. Ehrich Mr. Perez C. Ehrich* General Electric Foundation The Estate of Ben Gingold Mr. and Mrs. Alvin P. Gutman Harris Family Foundation Andrew L. Harris 06 Heather Campbell Henry Randy A. Hertz* The Johnson Family Foundation Lori* and Timon Malloy Alice and George McKann* Deanna L. Mello 96 Kevin R. 87* and Lori J. Mendik Robert and Holly Miller National Life Group Norman* and Evelyn Redlich The Salmon Foundation, Inc.
Charles E. Shafer 77* and Judith W. Shafer Jeff and Genie Shields Ms. Elizabeth Steele Sun Hill Foundation The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation The Windham Foundation, Inc. PRESIDENT’S SOCIETY $5,000–$9,999 Janet E. Arnold 91 and James A. Gratton 90 Glenn J. Berger, Esq. 78* and Rachel S. Cox Leslie A. Cadwell 94 Caryn J. Clayman 83 Jim 91 and Joni 91 Clemons Michael D. Donovan 84 Joel T. 94 and Carolyn Faxon Barbara C. Mulligan Huppé 88 Jephson Educational Trust Jeffrey 82 and Nancy Johnson Gerard E. Jones* and Emily G. Jones Bill 82* and Gerry Leckerling Lisman, Webster & Leckerling Carl Lisman, Esq. Mr. William B. Lytton, Esq.* Paul Frank + Collins R. Allan Paul, Esq.** and Elsie E. Paul Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC Mr. and Ms. Stephen Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. John W. Shields Robert D. Taisey, Esq.* Mary G. Wilson* DEAN’S SOCIETY $2,500–$4,999 Randy and Andrea Brock Ms. Susan M. Campbell Peter H. Carter, Esq. 78 Colleen Connor 85* and Brian Kelahan Dinse, Knapp and McAndrew, P. C. Christopher L. Dutton* Stephen Dycus* and Elizabeth R. Dycus Janice A. Forgays, Esq. 85* Lisbeth A. Freeman 09 Sheppard* and Joan Guryan Hershenson, Carter, Scott and McGee, PC
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Patrick 03 and Cara Kenney Michael Kessler 80 and Lorraine Magee The Kimball Foundation Edward C. Mattes, Jr. 83* Lucia and Matthew Matule 94* Maverick Lloyd Foundation James C. May and Natalia E. May 09 Karen McAndrew, Esq. Merchants Bank Foundation, Inc. Nuveen Benevolent Trust Pamela J. Pescosolido 90 Robert D.* and Catharine B. Rachlin The Estate of Marcus T. Reynolds Bill Reynolds 87 Beverlee J. Roper 81 Jay A. Scherline, Esq. 76 Vermont Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Deborah and Kinvin Wroth TOWER CLUB $1,000–$2,499 Anonymous 85 Anonymous 87 Anonymous 09 Christopher J. Adamo 04 Christopher 94 and Marietta 94 Anderson Samara D. Anderson 03 Mr. Andrew J. Arkin Richard* and Beth Ayres Marilyn J. Bartlett 91 Edna Y. Baugh 83 Joseph C. Benning 83 Kelly L. Berfield 01 Frances E. Bivens, Esq. Richelle M. Blanc 88 Irvin A. Borenstein 80 The Braxton Fund, Inc. Professor and Mrs. Richard O. Brooks Bradley B. Brownlow 01 Robert R. Brunelli 90 Joel R. Burcat, Esq. 80 Joseph and Amelia Burke Judson 89 and Carol Burnham Ingrid Busson 99 Mr. James N. Cameron Bret A. Campbell 94 Andrew M. Carter 99 and Jennifer L. Carter 00 Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. Ms. Amy Cohen Alexa A. Cole 98
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David 86 and Nancy Cole Peter B. Colgrove 84 Edwin I. Colodny* Keith J. Cornell 87 Jesse M. Corum IV 77 Carolina T. Curbelo 05 and Jose E. Díaz Mr. Frederick T. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Debevoise Sean J. Delaney 96 William A. Despo 76 Jerry and Candy Diamond* Anthony D. Dokurno, Esq. 82 Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Dougherty Ms. Maureen P. Dougherty Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC Brian Dunkiel 96 Dwight Asset Management Co. John Echeverria and Carin Pratt Professor Arthur Edersheim and Ms. Susan Elder Sara Engelhardt 04 Bradley K. Enterline 84 Robert A. Fasanella 86 Fred M. Feder, Esq. 77 Jennifer Feeley Hyzer 02 Beverly F. Fiertz 86 Jaime and Zoraida Fonalledas Representative and Mrs. Robert A. Foose Michael J. Franco 85 and Mary G. Franco Ms. Ellen Frost Peter 99 and Victoire Gardner Jerry and Jeannette Goldstone Rebecca A. Gonzalez 02 Holly Ernst 88 and J. Chris Groschner Mickey Haggerty 77 Peter W. Hall* and Rebecca M. Dunton Susan L. Hamilton 88 Zoe 06 and Spencer 04 Hanes Bill 93 and Kathy 93 Hatfield Mr. Edward J. Hayes Jennifer* and Thornton Hayslett Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs Lou Helmuth 84 and Lisa Steindler Larry D. Henin 78 Stephen T. Hesse 89 Michael O. Hill 84 The Honorable Philip H. Hoff** Jerry Howe 83 MSEL Jason Hutt 98* IBM Corporation Scott R. Johnson 79 Mr. Robert T. Jones Jr. James E. Joyce, Jr. 77
James Kalashian 83 and Patricia DeLuca 84 Byron S. Kalogerou 86 Howard M. Kanner 01 Joy Kanwar-Nori 99 and Sateesh Nori Edward T. Keable 86 Mark L. Keene 94 Max and Paige Kempner Joseph Kennedy 93 Roger and Frances Kennedy Mary Ann and Richard D. Keyser 80 John M. Kirk III 92 Irwin G. Klein 77 Emily M. Lamond 04 John Lanahan 87 Les 78 and Sharon Loffman Aaron S. Lotlikar 09* R. J. Lyman 93 Carla D. Macaluso 96 Margaret A. Mangan 86 Evelyn Marcus 06 Hugh H. Marthinsen 94 David M. Martini 78 Kirk F. Marty 96 The Mary W. Harriman Foundation Robert W. Maxwell, Esq. 86 The Honorable Mary McGowan Davis M. Andrew McLain 05 Michael and Jane McLain Greg 99 and Kirstin (Rohrer) 99 McPolin David Meezan 97 and Erin Meezan 97 Michael D. Mercer 99 MetLife Foundation Meub Gallivan Carter & Larson Attorneys, PC William H. Meub III 78 Sharon D. Meyers 79 Professor and Mrs. Marc B. Mihaly William Miller 86 and Sarah Jenkinson Phoebe A. Mix 79 Regine D. Monde 09 James Moreno 88 and Sarah Nicklin Doug 83 and Jennifer Mulvaney James M. Munsey 84 Meagan T. Munsey 05 Lawton U. Nalley 08 Gail H. Nichols 80 Karis L. North 95 Marjorie C. Northrop Friedman 99
Tom 96 and Shannon 97 ODonnell Lawrence H. Olive 76 Margaret L. Olnek 92 Anne Debevoise Ostby 89 W. Bruce Pasfield 84 Mr. William F. Pedersen Alex S. Polonsky 98 Marjorie Power 84 E. Miles Prentice III, Esq. Bruce N. Proctor 82 Charles S. “Tuck” Rainwater 03 and Erin K.M. Rainwater 03 Mark L. Randall 87 Elizabeth K. Rattigan, Esq. 95 RBC Capital Markets Christopher M. Reid 99 and Tara A. Reid 98 Alan D. Rose, Jr. 94 David 01 and Tiffanie Ross S. Mark Sciarrotta 96 Geoff Sewake 09 Samuel W. Seymour, Esq. Laura Lynn Shafer Robert M. Shafer 79 Alison L. Share 08 and Jamalea J. Westerhold 08 Jane Sheehan 87 Lynda L. Sherman 05 Alexander 95 and Tracy 95 Shriver David J. Singer 04 Brooks 96 and Jennifer Smith Mr. and Mrs. Don A. Smith Charles C. Soltan 87 State Street Matching Gift Program Kemp 87 and Edith Stickney Nathan A. Stokes 04 Sandra S. Susse 86 Richard and Christie Sykes Richard K. Teitell 77 Johanna 07 and Rory 07 Thibault Tom Truman 79 Lydia Bottome Turanchik 98 and Stephen Turanchik Mr. Dale H. Van Erden Vitt and Rattigan, PLC Geoffrey J. Vitt, Esq. Edward N. Wadsworth 03 Donna Watts 83 and John Monahan 83 Lucy McVitty Weber 85 Ms. Patricia H. Weisberg Robert F. Weisberg 01 John E. Westerman 82 Heather Whitney 07 Martha A. Wieler 91
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LaJuana S. Wilcher Mara Williams Oakes David M. (Max) Williamson 97 Gregory 86 and Laura Wirth Ned 89 and Mary Witte and sons Dr. Holly Nash Wolff 91 Christopher B. Wren 99 Catherine Wyngarden Muir 96 and Brockett Muir III Andrew J. Yoon 99 Peter Zamore 79 Professor Maryann Zavez 86 ADVOCATE’S CIRCLE $500–$999 Lori A. Alvord, M.D. American Express Gift Matching Program N. Abigail Armstrong 84 Al Arpad 02 Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Barnard Electric, Inc. James L. Beausoleil Jr. 94 Anne and Eugene L. Bondy, Jr. Michael W. Borkowski 76 David F. Bowen 84 Roberta S. Bren 78 The Honorable Jaclyn A. Brilling 79 Mr. Abraham J. Brook Capital One Michael J. Chazan 85 Edward J. Chesnik 76 J. Lee Clancy, Ph.D. 92 Robert C. Costello 92 David R. Cowles 88 Ms. Cathleen M. Crowley Michael Cullen 82 Adam 98 and Andrea 97 Daly Jeffrey F. Davis 09 Diageo North America Mr. Henry L. Diamond Priscilla B. Dube 80 Paul R. Engster 77 Thomas French 93 Jesse Friedman 00 David L. Galgay, Jr. 87 Robert T. Gannett Jackie Gardina and Lauren Bassing Gifford Medical Center Mr. Edward Gillis ’92 and Mrs. Linda Mandell Gillis ’94 Joseph L. Gillis 90 Greg Gotwald 04 Robert and Cheryl Gresham
* Trustee during FY 2009 ** Trustee Emeritus
Thomas J. Hall 86 and Gail A. Hall Thomas J. Hamel 88 Christophe 77 and Martha Harold Kathleen Hassey 84 William V. Healey 78 Susan Cooper Hermanson 92 Stuart 83 and Janet Hersh Shelley Hill 81 Professor Martha L. Judy Debra A. Kaelin-Kirby 83 and Jeffery H. Kirby 83 Kaplan, Inc. Thomas J. Kavaler, Esq. Susan G. Lacoste 03 Christopher B. Leopold 78 Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Lind Terrence A. Low 84 Katharine A. Marvin 92 Timothy J. McGrath 81 Joseph R. Mirrione 77 The Morrison & Foerster Foundation The Honorable J. Garvan Murtha Joseph J. ODea 78 Thomas R. ODonnell 85 Open Space Institute Susan E. Oram 83 Lawrence B. Pedowitz, Esq. Joseph J. Pizonka 76 Angela J. Prodan 94 Stephen A. Reynes 79 Jerome J. Richards 83 Charles R. Schaller 90 Mark H. Scribner 81 C.J. and Gail Seitz David E. Sherman 84 Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Daniel Sherwood Sotelino 09 and Mariah P. Sotelino Mark 84 and Terri-Lynn Thayer Martha Tierney 96 and Jonathan Kilburn 96 Truex Cullins and Partners, Inc. Micaela Tucker 09 Bill and Ellen Swain Veen 99 Keith and Kelly Weisinger Vice Dean Stephanie Willbanks and Mr. Stephen Willbanks SOUTH ROYALTON SOCIETY $250–$499 Anonymous Anonymous 96 Nicole Allard 01 and Yates Oppermann 01
Sandra L. Allen 88 Mr. Harry B. Ash Chuck 85 and Jen (Marindin) 87 Assini Stephen A. Baker 88 BAR/BRI Bar Review Joshua L. Belcher 08 and Sarah E. Belcher Robert R. Bent 81 and Jacqueline A. Hughes 81 Jocelyn Ceasar Bishop 97 and Robert Bishop Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont Heather S. Bowman 98 William P. Brady 80 Elizabeth Manuel Braudis 91 Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. Dave Carpenter 97 Colin P. Carroll 04 CIGNA Foundation Jeremy G. Clemans 06 and Emma M. Sisti 06 Jack B. Cohen 09 Richard Colbert 90 The Continental Bank Foundation Joe Cook 97 Mr. James P. Cooney III Stephen J. Craddock 84 Scott and Judy Davis Ralph DeSena 80 Clancy I. DeSmet 06 Charles E. Di Leva 78 Douglas Ebeling 97 Robin E. Eiseman 02 Ross H. Elwyn 09 Melanie Fenzel 09 Ronald A. Ferrara 09 First American Title Insurance Company Fitz, Vogt & Associates, Ltd. Blas Fonalledas 09 Susan Boyle Ford 84 John L. Franco 78 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freed Arthur C. Gallagher 87 Susan L. Garcia 91 James Garrett 09 Clara F. Gimenez 03 Eric Kemper Goldwarg 09 Opticus IP Law PLLC Del Greer 09 Samatha D. Grist 09 Tom S. Hanson 95 Catherine Harwood, Esq. 83 Don Hebert 89 and Holly Fazzino
Professor John W. Hennessey** and The Honorable Madeleine Kunin D. Page Hetrick 96 and Asian Clemente Jeremy D. Hoff 07 Nathaniel R. Huckel-Bauer 06 Susan B. Hulme 78 Anthony and Martha Iarrapino Maryanne and Alan Innes Owen 77 and Wendy Jenkins Mark T. Johnson 90 Kinney Pike Insurance, Inc. Byron Kirkpatrick 06 Hart 06 and Stephanie Knight Megen Karakelian LaVine 96 Ms. Jenepher R. Lingelbach Magee Office Plus Peter W. Marshall 88 Mr. and Mrs. George L. Marx Joe W. McCaleb 95 Michael G. McCann 94 William and Marion McCullough Sean Patrick McGrath 09 Mr. Richard McKinney and Ms. Sharon McKinney David 91 and Nancy Mears John 85 and Barrie Mercer Parker 04 and Molly Moore James and Gretchen Morse Constance Neary 89 Leslie A. Nielsen 84 Fran and Steve ODay Maggie Olson 09 Francis X. Ounan 82 Joseph Pinto 80 Pascal M. Porthault 09 Tracey Renee Quincel 09 Thomas P. Rizzuto 83 Susan Meyer Ross 95 Catherine Johnson Rothwell 82 Alan M. Roughton 07 Richard A. Sadlock 86 Rodrigo Sales 95 Stephen Salvo 77 Leonard B. Sand Robert A. Schweitzer 93 Mrs. Patricia Scribner Robert H. Sheil, Esq. 78 Ms. Karin Sheldon and Mr. James Thurber Richard Simon 89 Robert V. Simpson, Jr. 78 Maria and Richard Slenker Professor Linda Smiddy 79 and Mr. James Smiddy 79 Allison Smith 07 Nancy E. Smith 80
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Students for Community Outreach and Education Cristina Stummer 01 Professor Peter R. Teachout and The Honorable Mary M. Teachout Robert W. and Vivian I. Toan Tamara D. Toles 09 Maja B. Toncic 09 Victoria Leonhart Trefts 82 Kelly J. Trendell 09 Mrs. Wilva Trent Oliver Trixl 09 Professor Jack Tuholske Verizon Eric J. Voigt 94 and Diana Goell Voigt 95 Arthur O. Wilkonson Robert C. F. Willson 86 Professor David A. Wirth Professor Carl Yirka and Ms. Mary Jo Colbeck Geoffrey G. Young 80 CENTURY CLUB $100–$249 Anonymous Anonymous 84 Anonymous 05 Anonymous 09 5 Olde Tavern and Grille Jennifer Abdella 07 and Charles Benjamin Nathan Adams 98 and Samantha Fenrow 99 Sally J. Adams 09 Mr. and Ms. Thomas Adkins Steve 82 and Lisa 82 Adler Dorothy Aicher 81 Steve 80 and Nancy Allenby Eric W. Alletzhauser 92 Richard D. Allred 79 John M. Alsup 09 Sam Ames 07 L. Randolph Amis III 80 Lisa Byrne Anastasio-Potter 94 Mark E. Anderson 94 Steve 79 and Ellen Ankuda Cynthia Corlett Argentine 91 Mrs. Christa F. Armstrong James and Carol Armstrong Nancy E. Arnold 93 Penny Huss Asherman 99 Patricia and Richard N. Aslin Peter and Eloise Ault Robert E. Bailey 87 Hugh 06 and Ashley Bailey Ms. Kathy Ball-Toncic
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Jenny and Joe Ballway Barristers Book Shop Ms. Kerri Martin Bartlett Maureen S. Bayer 07 Anselm and Raven 07 Beach Gene Bergman 94 and Wendy Coe Mr. John D. Bernetich Richard M. Bianculli, Jr. 03 James L. Bickford 78 Mrs. Ralph Bischoff Julie A. Blair 97 Mary Bleier 09 Arlene and Walter Blum Jamie S. Bolyard 09 and Abby Haywood Heather M. Bonnett 04 William E. Borah, Esq. Mr. Richard S. Boskey Douglas Bothwell Richard K. Bowen 85 Violet Boston Breedlove Steve and Ruth Breinig Rex 84 and Cricket Brien Claudia H. Bristow 78 Daniel A. Bronk 91 David P. Brook 86 Edward A. Brown 93 Sharon and Marty Brown Mr. Henry Brubaker and Ms. Leslie Brubaker Peter C. Bullard 82 Shelby Rust Kammeyer Busó 09 Elizabeth J. Byrne 90 Christopher M. Cady 97 and Kerry A. McDonald-Cady 97 Caitlin A. Callaghan, Ph.D. 09 Char, Rick, Meaghan, and Patrick Callaghan Derek B. Campbell 06 and Quoc P. Nguyen 08 Megan B. Campbell 07 and Henry D. Corbett IV 07 Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Sandra Carlton Carroll and Scribner PC Mr. William P. Carter, Sr. Pat Casey 87 and Amy Walker-Casey Andria L. Catalano Redcrow 96 Laurie S. Catron 81 Drs. Eugene and Jean Ceglowski Susan Ceglowski 93 and John Thrasher 93 Spencer Chaffee and Juliette Wilk-Chaffee Mr. and Mrs. Alford Chin Baldwin D. Chin 92
Bonnie Christian 09 Marilyn Christian Nesha R. ChristianHendrickson 08 Peter M. Clark 07 Scott D. Clausen 03 Jim, Karen, and Jamie Lee Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Colalillo Mr. Ken Collins and Ms. Margie Collins Torend L. Collins 09 Carol L. Conragan 95 Ted Conwell 94 Allison Cook 09 Thomas N. Cooper 81 and Susan H. Cooper 81 P. Christopher Cotronei 77 Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP John D. Craven 78 Brian P. Creech 05 Ellen J. Crivella 07 Ruth and James Crum Camie and Glory Dalmacio John F. Danehey 94 and Anna Osterberg Danehey 95 Susan Davidson Meredith H. Davies 99 Ms. Suzanne Davis Allen D. Decker 00 Rachel K. Degenhardt 09 Jan Peter Dembinski 99 Ruth 90 and Anthony DEredita 89 Susan and David Devor The Diamond Family William P. Dietrich 02 Heather Dlhopolsky 05 Richard John Donovan 09 John and Sandra Dooley Warren, Debbie and Sam Dreher Emilie Dubreil 09 Mr. Joseph Duggan and Ms. Teresa Duggan Tim Duggan 07 Mr. James A. Dumont Leah, Tom, Emma, and Erin Dundon Mr. and Mrs. J. Marvin Dunkiel Lucie Bourassa Dvorak 95 Patrick M. Egan 76 David and Susan Elwyn Jennifer Emens-Butler 95 Elijah 02 and Lisa Emerson Mrs. William B. Emmons, Jr. Ella A. Erway Susan E. Farady 94 Dr. Stuart L. Farber Lisa Fearon 08
Tom Federle 96 Mr. Jerry Fenzel Nancy Ferrara Joy Dickstein Finkel 84 Professor and Ms. David B. Firestone Caroline 04 and Erin Fisher Sarah L. Flint 06 Megan Foote Monsky 02 Susan B. Ford 84 and James J. Ford Sarah B. Foulke 82 Allison Blum Freeman 97 and Paul C. Freeman 98 Steven Freihofner, Esq. 80 Roberta A. Gabrenya 82 Meredith Policinski Gammill 02 James Gardner 09 Ms. Lissa J. Gardner Michael and Jane Gardner Crombie and Deborah Garrett Darrell and Barbara Gerke Ernest and Charlotte Gibson Adolfo and Bertha Gil Larry and Darcy Gill and Family Clare A. Ginger 83 Ms. Helen W. Gjessing GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Suzanne Fay Glynn 78 Richards Gordon 82 Stanley B. 98 and Jennifer C. Green Diane and Larry Greenfield Brent J. Greenwell Mike and Vicki Grist John E. Grzybek 89 Hackett Valine & MacDonald, Inc. Matthew W. Haggman 01 Jason 04 and Julie 04 Hamilton Cheryl Hanna and Paul Henninge John D. Harper 81 Cammie Hart David T. Hasbrook 87 Jane Haskins Ms. Cammie R. Hauptfuhrer Ms. Claire Hayes and Mr. George Hayes Sarah and Michael Healy Karen A. Heggen 91 Sherry Heinzerling Laura J. Hill-Eubanks 04 Daniel S. Hirschman 99 Karrin A. Hoesing 07 Kevin M. Hogan 91 Amanda Holder-Robinson 09 Maureen T. Holland 89 Caleb J. Holmes 07
Report of Giving
Anna L. Huffman 05 Susan Leonard Hutchinson 86 The Innisfree Foundation Saunterre Irish 00 Patrick Jacobi 06 and Tracy Coppola 06 Joe Jacumin 04 Associate Dean Shirley A. Jefferson 86 Anna Leigh Johnson 09 Richard and Connie Johnson Shephard S. Johnson, Jr. 86 Keith A. Johnston 04 Eric D. Jones 94 Linda M. Joyce 96 Gilbert P. Kaback 89 Mindy Kammeyer Steven J. Kantor 82 Bruce Kaplan MSEL 03 David H. Kaplan, Esq. Greg and Liz Karas Natalie Karas 09 Muriel Kelly Heather 02 and Brian Kennealy Dianne Kenney 91 Susan Kidd 83 Stephanie A. Kiefer 95 Gail Killefer 80 Scott King 09 Ryan V. Klee 05 Cynthia J. KoenemannWarren 98 Andrew E. Kohn 07 Daniel P. Kravets 98 Pamela C. Kraynak 84 Mr. Donald M. Kreis Kelly A. Krug 09 Marie and Ed Kulschinsky Mr. James R. Kyle and Ms. Cheryl L. Kyle James M. LaMonda 06 Ashley Laney 09 John T. Leddy, Esq. Joan Sarles Lee 80 Ms. Cara N. Leibowitz Xavier LeRoux 09 Kevin O. Leske 99 Sharon M. Levasseur Emily Lewis 09 Linda and Jon Lewis Philip D. Lewis 92 Tracey L. Lewis 09 Paul Lhevine 94 Bernard Lisman, Esq.** Randall M. Livingston 82 Katherine M. Lizdas 02 Victoria Suzanne Lloyd 09 Peter 91 and Cathy Lobel Ed 80 and Cris Lopacki
** Trustee Emeritus
Akram M. Louis 09 Brenda J. Luciano 09 Tim 01 and Tricia 01 Lyle Christopher J. Lynch 92 Gerald J. Magee 08 Erin Mahaney 95 and Michael Lauffer 95 Philip Maier 81 Johan W. E. Maitland 94 and Lynda K. Maitland Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Maloney Robert Manby 79 Audrey Mandel Drs. Vincent and Sally Marchesi The Honorable Stephen B. Martin Edward G. Martoglio 82 Katie Rebholz Mathias 06 and Christopher Mathias 07 Jeffrey C. Matte 83 Hayley Mauskapf 09 Justin 08 and Kathleen McCabe Thomas J. McCabe, Jr. 77 Helen and Bryan McCarthy Ellen Young McClain 81 Patricia A. McCullough 94 Codee Lynn McDaniel 09 Larry McGovern 80 Robert W. McLeod 00 Dr. P. Michael McLinn and Ms. Claudette McLinn Mr. and Ms. James E. Meketa Alfred B. Mencuccini 82 Timothy E. Mering 81 Dwight and Susan Merriam Mr. Mark W. Merritt Professor and Mrs. Philip N. Meyer 80 Cécile Michel 09 Christopher K. Middleton Jr. 06 Bob Miessau 93 Virginia P. Mihalko 81 Stephen M. Miles 96 Ruth M. Milkey Professor Alan S. Miller Daniel S. Miller 98 John D. Miller, Jr. 09 Michael Miller 07 and Emily Jackson 07 Erin Minks 03 Alex and Josephine Monu Katharine G. More Elizabeth Ann Mortimer 09 Erin L. Murphy 09 Kelleigh Domaingue Murphy 04 Brendan P. Murray 84 Professors Lois G. and Joseph N. Muzio
Michael Myers 93 Mr. David B. Myette Donald P. Nagle 88 and Janice D. Evans 89 Amy C. Nardi 00 Adam Necrason 96 Betsey S. Neslin 80 Matthew Niemerski 01 Timothy J. Noonan 94 Northeast Utilities Peg Nugent Alex E. Nuti-de Biasi 05 Mr. and Mrs. Levi Nwaohuocha Raymond J. Obuchowski, Esq. 80 Veronica K. OConnor 84 Michael J. OGrady 96 Kate 00 and Tim 02 Olson George H. Ostler 83 Seydou and Françoise Ouattara Djenebou Ouattara 09 Mark G. Ouellette 87 Jessica L. Papazian-Ross 88 and Stefan Ross 89 Lorin E. Parker 03 Todd K. Parker 06 Parmar Family David C. Patterson 76 Mr. and Mrs. Donald Paul Laura L. Peck 93 Kim Perdue 06 Joseph Perella 88 Martha Petersen Mr. James E. Pfander Planet Hair PNC Wealth Management Thomas S. Polk 05 Dana E. Prescott 83 John C. Putney 81 Queen City Printers Inc. Ronald and Candice Quincel April Quinn 09 Amanda Rauer 09 George W. Redder 83 Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Redder Kristen Reed 09 Helen H. Reiff 90 Bridgette Remington 09 and Kirk Postlewait Ronald B. Resetarits 91 Sherriff S. Richards 09 Catherine Richmond 02 Sam Riley Medlock 08 Daniel N. Roberts 06 The Neal Roberts Family Foundation Dr. Stephen C. Robinson and Ms. Carla R. Robinson Margaret P. Roraback 87
Jeffrey Rosenthal 78 Kristin A. Ross 09 Robert and Barbara Rothstein William Rothstein 09 Craig Royce Mackenzie Victoria Royce 04 The Rugby House Fidel R. Rul III 06 Michael J. Sabbeth 09 Carole and Steve Sabbeth Ernest Sachs 78 Sacha Cyrill Saint-Cyr 09 Mr. William D. Sampson Virginia and Christopher Sanchez Jennifer Allyson Saunders 09 Jean Saunders and Rodney Saunders Harriet and Arthur Savage Rick and Naomi Sawyer Patricia Callahan Scalf 88 Jerome C. Schaub, Jr. 79 Karen Gottlieb and Elliot Scherker Todd Schlossberg 90 and Chris Bullard Professor Elizabeth M. Schmidt Adam Schneider, Esq. 81 Seth G. Schofield 04 Mr. Steven Schreier Darin T. Schroeder 09 Ted and Renee Schroeder Robert and Carol Schwartz Louise E. Searle Marlene Sewake and A. J. Pasquarelli David Shanks 06 Kelly J. Shepherd 01 Nathaniel T. Shoaff 07 Alan M. Shoer 83 Stephanie Showalter 01 Ms. Belinda B. Sifford Paul D. Silvia 83 Ravi K. Sinha 09 Susan K. Sively 83 William E. Slade 84 Shannon Slowey 04 Kane H. Smart 09 Carman-Snow Family Jennifer Shaw Snow 09 Dr. and Ms. David J. Snyder Sharon C. Somers 84 Karen and Fernando Sotelino Craig C. Sparks 09 Amy M. Spicer 96 Mr. Donald Spicer and Ms. Sue Spicer Gretchen Staft 09 Michael A. Stahler 08 Daniel S. Stevens 09
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Report of Giving
William and Jean Stinchcombe Catherine R. Stitt 09 Charles Storrow 82 Alan W. Strasser 93 Hilary (Hurt) Stubben 01 Lindsey and Debi Suggs Allison Y. Summerville 09 Kaori Sunagawa 08 Tyler J. Sutton 01 Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Swartout Susan W. Sweetser 85 Ms. Elizabeth G. Taylor Kurt Terwilliger 90 and Margaret Stolfa 91 Ms. Linda S. Thomas Matthew J. W. Tjosvold 09 Beverly S.K. Tom 90 Mr. Zeljko Toncic Ann C. Toohey 98 Sarah Yates Toomey 92 Micaela Tuckers Family Craig and Cathy Traugott Jesse Traugott 09 Jason K. Tucker 09 and Katherine L. Tucker 09 United Technologies Matching Gifts Program UnumProvident Corporation Mr. John H. Vogel and Ms. Judith Music Carole J. Wacey, Esq. 92 Margaret I. Waldock 92 Paul A. Ward, Jr. 81 Sam Webb 97 Ron and Linda Weisinger Michael B. Whipple 98 Gary R. Wieland, Esq. 82 Eric R. Wilkinson 96 Sara L. Wilkinson 09 Craig and Nancy Willis Karen M. Willis 95 Amy and Tom Willis C. Colon Willoughby, Jr. 79 Craig P. Wilson 92 Mr. Richard G. Wirth and Mrs. Clara R. Wirth Mr. Walter J. Wrann and Ms. Phyllis M. Wrann Daniel W. Wright 96 Kenneth and Judith Yalowitz Mr. Stanley D. Zemansky Frederick N. Zeytoonjian 92 FRIENDS OF VLS Up to $99 Anonymous 82 Anonymous 83 Anonymous 90
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Anonymous 95 Anonymous 00 Anonymous 01 Anonymous 06 (2) Anonymous 08 (2) Carolyn Murillo Alderman 09 Stephanie Altman 07 Margaret W. Ament 04 William and Hale Ament American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont Dirk Anderson 93 Diana and George A. Andrusyshyn 83 Eglantina A. Arnold 07 Melissa Arnold 05 Thomas J. Ashley 08 Professor Tracy L. Bach Paul J. Ballenger 09 Garrett A. Baxter 03 Mark E. Beaudoin 08 Jonathan 95 and Suzi 94 Beck Jesse A. Bell 05 and Forest E. Bell 04 Clark H. Bensen 78 Nancy Goldwarg Berger 78 Mr. Patrick H. Berry Ana L. Bidoglio 03 Suzanne E. Blanchard 89 Kerry M. Bleskan 07 The Boeing Gift Matching Program Rebecca E. Boucher 03 Renee J. Bouplon 97 Rachel M. Boylan 92 Cecelia Cunningham Bozetarnik 83 Barry Bram 84 and Mary McLain and Family Sarah E. Branch 06 Evan B. Brandes, Esq. 03 Sheila A. Brennan Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brilling David Brody 80 Charles J. Brown 93 Justin A. Brown 09 Luther Brown Ms. Ellen Brugger Clare A. Buckley 92 Brett Burton 96 Ms. Sandra Byrne Megan Campbell 09 Nicholas Campbell 11 Ms. Sandra Campbell Lisa M. Campion 11 Roald Cann Ashley B. Carson 06 Ed and Marilee Carson Jacquelin J. Carty 09
Elizabeth Catlin 08 Sara Cavin 06 David J. Celone 92 Ms. Joanne A. Cenneta Janice Y. Chan 11 Michael Jay Chernick 91 Timothy Clapp 84 Joseph and Marilyn Clopman Mr. Edmund Coffin James Coffrin 80 Kathy and Mark Cohen Warren T. Coleman 99 Daniel Collins 95 Timothy D. Connolly 09 Hannah M. M. Connor 07 John and Diane Cooke Danna B. Cooper 09 Robert W. Corbisier 03 Mr. George Cosentino-Roush and Ms. Paula Cosentino-Roush Paul V. Craco 93 James C. Crowley 92 Erin J. Curley 09 Professor Jason Czarnezki Jeff Davis 00 Polly d. Davis 91 Jonathan DeCarlo 09 Paula M. Dees 01 Mr. Lawrence E. Deetz and Ms. Connie E. Deetz Jim and Ellen Deppe Adam R. Dilts 07 Joseph M. and L. Brooke 94 Dingledine Roy and Linda Doan Jon Dodson 07 Elizabeth M. Donick 08 John Donnelly 86 Paul A. Donohue 81 Gregory F. Dorrington 07 Kathleen Lennon Doster 98 Robert C. Downey 93 Katie J. Duke 06 David N. Dunn 81 Ronald R. Dupuis 09 Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Marc D. Eagle 82 and Shari J. Young 87 Jonathan M. Eck 06 Muhammad El Gawhary 09 Mr. Salah-Eddin El Gawhary and Mrs. Ghada Khalifa Ms. Anna E. Elwyn Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Emens William S. Eubanks 08 Daniel W. Ewald 81
Charles K. Eypper 09 William V. Ferdinand, Jr. 92 Matthew A. Ferrigno 06 Paul Finnerty 82 Natalie M. Firestine 08 Mr. Rodney Fisk and Mrs. Mary Fisk Mrs. Barbara FitzPatrick Professor Rebecca Flanagan Catherine J. Flinchbaugh 08 and Michael A. Klass 08 Jessica S. Fox 07 Rachel A. Frank 04 Eric M. Freedman and Melissa Nathanson Anna Brantley Fry 00 Mark E. Furlan 92 Laura A. Furrey 08 Gary A. Gabree 84 Charles W. Gallagher 86 Mr. Enrique Alonso Garcia Katie Brown Garrett 95 Barbara S. Gatski Valeria A. Gheorghiu 06 Adolfo A. Gil 09 Nicholas H. Gilbert 91 Global Impact Bruce W. Glover 89 Brett M. Godush 01 Christopher R. Gohagan 08 William M. Goldman 00 Jordan Goldwarg Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Golian Maria E. Gomez 05 Professor Oliver Goodenough and Representative Alison Clarkson Robert L. Gresham Jr. 07 Mr. David Grinnell Marissa Griswold 06 Kelly L. Guhanick 05 Tanya Gulesserian 98 and Stephen Velyvis 98 John K. Hamer 94 and Anne-Marie L. Storey 95 Sidney 05 and Stephanie 05 Hamilton Matthew Harnett 83 Lucille Harold Mr. John Hasen Arnie and Billie Haskins Peg Hatfield Taylor E. C. Hawes 97 B. Cory Hawryluk 93 Job C. Heintz 95 Kristen Heinzerling 03 Dot Helling 81 Elle Henderson 09 Richard F. Hentz 99
Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy within this report. If you find an error, please accept our sincere apologies and notify the VLS Office for Institutional Advancement by emailing mcutler@vermontlaw.edu or by calling 802-831-1313. Thank you.
Peter 05 and Kathryn 05 Herbst Shiloh S. Hernandez 08 Charles and Karen Hines Mr. David Holmes and Mrs. Antonia K. Holmes Rachel H. Houseman 93 Christine A. Hoyt, Esq. 86 Mr. Bruce Hurd and Ms. Pamela Van Scotter Raymond and Kathy Hurt Mr. Joshua S. Hyman Peter S. Hyndman 89 Matthew Iler 93 Michael A. Innes 08 Andrew M. Jackson 79 Paul and Nora Jehn Professor Gregory Johnson Harriet Arnold Johnston Betty, Ben and Stephanie Jones Carolyn E. Jordan 05 Joanne Jordan 90 Katrina C. KamantauskasHolder 88 and A. Darwin Holder, Jr. 89 Geoffrey S. Kany 95 Susan A. Keane 07 Doug and Dana Kelly Steven Kelton 05 Kimberly T. Kernan 08 John W. Kessler 88 Patricia A. Killigrew 98 Jane J. Kim 08 Stephen Kim 09 Theresa J. Kliczewski 05 Ms. Ruthann M. Kline Smith Stephanie Kodish 02 and Robert Blitt Leah Isabel Korce 07 Carlette A. Kruse 08 Mr. David A. Kuntz and Ms. Lisa A. Kuntz Michele Ferland Kupersmith 82 Matt LaMothe 09 Kyle H. Landis-Marinello 05 Latin American Law Students Association Diana and George Lauffer The Estate of Peter M. Lavigne 84 Emily A. Laz 08 Christine LeBel 94 Alexander P. Lee 01 Brian T. Leeds 07 John and Joyce Lefebure Franziskus Lepionka 02 and Jennifer Lacroix Richard 99 and Alexis 00 Levitt Kyle Lewis 09
Lori J. Lewis 93 Ms. Linda Li Mr. Timothy Lochhead and Ms. Jane Lochhead Melissa K. Locke 08 Lockheed Martin Corporation Annette L. Lorraine 94 Pamela Lundquist 07 Nicole S. Lynch 08 Martha A. Lyons, Esq. 83 Elizabeth C. MacDonough 98 Andrew W. MacLean, Esq. Mrs. Gerda Marcus Jonathan D. Marcus 91 Amanda Chase Margolies 89 Ashley T. Martin 08 Jeffrey C. Martin 85 William L. Martin III 08 Luke T. Martone 06 Catherine J. Mauldin 05 David M. McCullough 07 Paul F. McDermott 03 Ines M. McGillion, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. William E. McKay Catherine M. McLinn 09 Kelly A. C. McMichael 03 Sarah 08 and Dan Merlo John P. Meyer 09 Peter D. Meyer 91 Christopher A. Micciche 82 Andrew Mikell 83 Stephen and Christina Mikolop Jayme G. Miller 09 Ms. Judith H. Miller Mike Miller 91 Michael A. Mills 00 Molly M. Mimier 05 Josh M. Minges 03 Ericka L. Moerkerken 98 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Mohr Sanders Moore 09 Melissa R. Mooza 09 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Moreno Daphne Moritz, Esq. 90 Michelle M. Moses 89 Elizabeth V. Mulholland 07 Evan J. Mulholland 05 Jennifer Murphy 07 William K. Murphy 76 Susan A. Nawrocki 87 Taylor R. Neff 09 Shane D. Neldner 07 Ms. Katharine F. Nelson Elizabeth Anne Nolan 08 Nordson Corporation Sarah North 00 Joshua S. OHara 07 Jessica L. Olson 07 Clare L. OShaughnessy 98
Ms. Nancy G. Parent Eric G. Parker, Esq. 81 Gina M. Pasquantonio 08 Mark J. Pasquariello 89 and Julia G. Allan 90 Nadege (Charles) Paulson 02 and Kyle A. Paulson 00 Mr. and Mrs. Allan Penar Mr. and Ms. Jean R. Perrette Ryan N. Petersen 08 Jill Pfenning 07 Mr. Thomas H. Phillips and Ms. Benita Phillips Abigail Wuest Potts 04 and Brian H. Potts 04 Ms. Jane Chewning Prugh Nikhil D. Pundit 07 Andrew M. Purrott 03 Putnam Investments Matching Gifts Program Bruce M. Read 83 Michael D. Rizzuto 80 Karen and Geofrey Roscoe Edith S. Rose Victoria Blum Rosendahl 87 Keith Ross 85 Mike Routhier 07 Kathryn K. Rowen 05 and Jennifer A. Willis 05 Cheri J. Ruch 87 Matthew D. Rush 07 Dr. Rosemarie Russo 86 Mr. I. W. Sadoo and Mrs. H. K. Sadoo Matthew C. 96 and Jennifer Deck Samuelson 96 Mr. Jerry Sawma and Ms. Christine Pinney Professor Anna Saxman 85 and Mr. Robert Halpert 83 Jordan T. Schiller 05 Daniel P. Schramm 08 Edward W. Schuller 80 Andrew L. Schwartz 10 Susan M. Schwartzkopf 04 Carol and David Settino Robin Ball Shapiro 85 and David Shapiro Ruth Littner Shaw 81 and Andrew Shaw 81 Gregory S. Shepler 84 M. and Safia K. Shoaib Ayubi Morris L. Silver, Esq. 86 John P. Simpson 96 Annelisa D. Smith 05 Glenn R. Smith 89 Jeffrey A. Sommer 86 John Spackman
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Robb A. Spensley 09 Kim and Steve Spensley Ms. L. Harriet Standring Michael Stanley 10 Leslie Staudinger Mark L. Stephen 76 Ms. Judith Stitt Mr. Allan Stokes and Mrs. Doreen Stokes Tim Sullivan 05 and Dana Barile 04 Edward D. Sutton 85 Christina R. Switzer 08 Andrew D. Taylor III 04 Charlotte E. Thomas 84 Jennifer R. Thomas Brian Thompson 08 Victoria L.H. Thompson Jonathan K. Thorne 09 Hannah M. Thorssin-Bahri 07 Kevin W. Tompsett 99 Michael K. Travers, Jr. 93 Brian Turner 06 Amy R. Vaden 08 Julie A. Van Erden 09 Daniel J. Van Orman 07 Tammara M. Van Ryn-Lincoln 90 Sarah Dixon Vanderlaan Robert L. Varner 88 Pamela A. Vesilind 08 Joelle Vince 96 Arthur M. von Lehe 07 Ms. Sarah W. Vorder Bruegge Christopher S. Walker 08 Jeff and Kathy Walter Craig Wells 95 Professor Emily W. Wetherell 04 Charles W. White Jr. 07 Anna J. Wildeman 07 Frederick Wilhelms III 77 Mr. James G. Williams and Ms. Lori A. Williams Jamie J. Williams 08 Linda J. Williamson 05 Anna B. Fry 00 and John G. Wilson Jacob Z. Win 08 Judith and Ba Win Jill S. Windwer 85 Keilly L. Witman 06 Dinah G. Wolff 91 Warren D. Wynshaw 76 Stephanie Young 05 and Darren Springer 05 Philip H. Zalinger, Jr. 77 Mary Zehnder 87
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Class Notes A Message from the Vermont Law School Alumni Association President
It is my pleasure to introduce your current VLSAA board of directors, to update you on some of the board’s initiatives, and to invite you to get involved with the law school and the VLSAA. Over the last year, through appointments and the recent election, the board replenished its talent pool and became even more diverse. The board continues to work closely with the alumni office in many important capacities and on several initiatives. One of those is to reinvigorate the Chase Race, a beloved VLS tradition begun in 1988 to honor the late Dean Jonathon Chase. The race raises funds for the Chase Scholarship, which supports students pursuing studies in civil rights, public interest law, and social justice. Many alums have expressed their desire to maintain and enhance Dean Chase’s legacy through this event. By the time this issue of Loquitur reaches your hands, this year’s Chase Race—a 5K fun run—will be a good reunion weekend memory, and we hope to report great participation in the event. The VLSAA board is committed to upholding and supporting this and other legacy events at your alma mater. With over 5,500 graduates in the VLS alumni diaspora, the board is taking steps to expand the number and role of regional alumni groups. Currently, there are “official” regional groups in the District of 18 loquitur
Columbia, New Jersey, and Boston. It appears that our next regional groups will be forming in the Philadelphia metro region and in Portland, Oregon. Regional groups are easy to organize and provide great professional networking and social opportunities for people with the shared sense of community that is known to Vermont Law School graduates. Each regional group is able to appoint an alumnus to serve on the VLSAA board. Please contact the VLS alumni office for information on organizing a regional group in your area. The board has been engaged in a strategic planning initiative over the last year, to more clearly define our mission and our strategic priorities. Building regional groups where we have a strong cadre of alumni has been identified by the board as a top priority. Other priorities include enhancing relationships and communications between the VLS board of trustees and the VLSAA and developing as partners with the law school to encourage alumni engagement. At commencement this year, I presented the annual Alumni Association Award, which the board created to recognize a member of the graduating class whose thoughtful interest and energy has enriched the law school community in a special, recognizable way. The competition was stiff, but the board was proud to add Del Greer ’09 (see inside back cover) to the distinguished list of VLSAA Award recipients. Del excelled academically and was a prominent leader in many aspects of campus life over her three years. Congratulations, Del! Thank you for the opportunity to serve as president of the VLSAA board. Your board is full of talent and energy, and is committed to maintaining and improving the school for students and alumni alike. We can do our job better the more we hear from you, so I encourage you contact me
with concerns or ideas. I promise to bring your thoughts to your alumni board for discussion. Warmest regards from the Green Mountains, S. Mark Sciarrotta ’96 msciarrotta@velco.com Your VLSAA Board Members
Edna Y. Baugh ’83 (Vice President) Janet E. Arnold ’91 (Secretary) Colleen H. Connor ’85 (Alumni Representative to the VLS Board of Trustees) Jason Hutt ’98 (Alumni Representative to the VLS Board of Trustees) Marilyn J. Bartlett ’91 Richelle M. Blanc ’88 Eric Broadway ’95 Carolina T. Curbelo ’05 (New Jersey Regional Group Representative) Clancy I. DeSmet ’06 Douglas Ebeling ’97 Michael Formica ’98 Heather Spurlock Kennealy ’02 Professor David K. Mears ’91 Deanna Mello ’96 Karis L. North ’95 Catherine R. Rebholz ’06 Fidel R. Rul III ’06 Allison W. Smith ’07 (MSEL representative)
Class Notes
1976 Sam Slaiby is the Democratic nominee for mayor of Torrington, Connecticut. Sam’s practice concentrates on bankruptcy, real estate, commercial, probate/ estate practice, elder law, and family law. He is admitted to practice before all Connecticut courts, the U.S. District Court for the State of Connecticut, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Litchfield County Bar Association and the Connecticut Bar Association. He is currently actively involved with the newly organized Litchfield County Collaborative Divorce Group, a group of experienced family law advocates trained and committed to render legal services to people seeking to resolve divorce issues by negotiation and compromise rather than by litigation.
1977 Andy Kossover was elected to serve on the board of directors of the New York State Defenders Association (NYSDA) at their July 2009 annual meeting held in Saratoga, New York. The NYSDA, a not-for-profit membership organization, has been providing support to New York’s criminal defense community since 1967. Its mission is to improve the quality and scope of publicly supported legal representation to low-income people. Andy is only one of 12 “chief defenders” of the state’s 58 counties to be selected to serve on the board. While attending the conference, he enjoyed catching up with Irwin Klein ’77 and Johnathan Weinrich ’77. Andy has also been nominated to serve on the advisory committee to the New York State Task Force on Wrongful Convictions. The new task force will examine cases in which the judicial system has already made exonerations to prevent wrongful convictions in the future. Andy, who is New York’s Ulster County public defender, contin-
Bill Frattini has been named manager of human resources and safety administration for The Abington Group, Inc., a diversified construction service firm headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Prior to joining Abington, Bill held similar positions with Henry C. Crooker & Sons, a general contractor in Topsham, Maine. Bill and his wife, Barb, live in Bath, Maine. Walter Turner was appointed Federal Magistrate Judge for the District of Hawaii effective May 2009.
his father in 1951. Chris’s dad retired from practice in 1998 and passed away in August 2007. Chris’s daughters are both grown. One is a teacher in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and his youngest is an operations analyst for Best Buy Corporation in Minneapolis. Chris enjoys teaching up-andcoming law students, especially those who share the brotherhood of Vermont Law School. Steve Parady writes from Maine that he was promoted to senior trust officer and chief fiduciary of First Advisors, the investment division of First Bank with branches along the entire coast of Maine. He still manages to play basketball a few times a week. Steve sends his regards to all. John Wertam MSEL will be featured in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Lawyers are selected based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. For the U.S. edition, more than 24,000 lawyers cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal capabilities of other lawyers in the same and related areas of practice. John is 1 of 25 Shipman & Goodwin lawyers selected. John’s practice area is environmental law.
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Thomas “Tom” Aristide is proud to announce that his daughter, Kassandra P. Aristide, graduated from Quinnipiac School of Law in 2007 with an emphasis in education law. She recently joined Tom’s office where they now handle mostly workers’ compensation cases, personal injury, and now education law matters. Tom has, for all intents and purposes, been a sole practitioner with a general practice. In the last 15–20 years he has focused primarily in the area of workers’ compensation law. Christopher Howe is pleased to report that he will be concluding his sixth term as the Fair Haven, Vermont district probate judge, and is thinking of running for reelection again in 2010. Chris continues to practice in the law office established by
David Sleigh of Sleigh & Williams in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, was nominated for the 2009 Vermont Bar Association Pro Bono Award.
ues to maintain his private law practice in New Paltz. He also serves on the board of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Following the NYSDA Saratoga conference, Andy and several other public defenders attended opening day at the Saratoga race track. He reports that his table of public defenders all won money on a horse named Let Freedom Ring. “How fitting!”
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1983 Hon. Daniel F. Caruso of the Fairfield probate district was reelected first vice president-judge of the Connecticut Probate Assembly at the assembly’s annual meeting, which was held in Hartford on April 7. Judge Caruso has held this post since 2006. He previously held office as the assembly’s second vice president-judge and as its recording secretary. He has served as Fairfield’s probate judge since 1995. fall 2009 19
Class Notes
Robin Bren ’78 On Trust and Trademarks Robin Bren got her first law school exam back with a terse note from the professor: “Are you sure you want to be in law school?” Well, no. She was in shell shock: she hadn’t realized how much work was involved, or how bare-bones VLS was in this, its third year. The exam’s first question had been “What is in rem jurisdiction?” “I didn’t know the answer—and there was only one question,” she recalls. She white-knuckled it through her first year, was drawn in by the interesting course topics and avidly attended every summer session, and was acing courses by the end—while surreptitiously fitting in a day a week of skiing. Today, Robin is a well-known trademark attorney, the first woman partner in the prestigious intellectual property firm of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, in Alexandria, Virginia. She counsels clients that range from multinationals to start-ups on how to adopt, clear, and protect their trademarks and to fend off infringement problems. She also advises on unfair competition, false advertising, and copyright matters, and lectures widely on trademark issues. After VLS, she worked in White Plains, New York, for a hard-bitten former DA from the Bronx who hired her because at $75 a week, she was cheaper than a paralegal. She found that defending clients like a wrongly accused rapist and a desperate shoplifter was absorbing but emotionally and financially wearying, and so reluctantly took a job at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The first application she examined was for “Whoops”—fake
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plastic vomit. “I sat there looking at it with a sinking heart and thought, ‘Is this why I went to law school?’“ she recalls. “Luckily, it went uphill from there—it had to!” After two years, she moved to a law firm in Manhattan to work in trademark law. Eight years and two firms later, in 1990, she joined Oblon, Spivak as a partner. Today, her clients include Toyota, Bard, and Hubbell, top companies in the automotive, medical, lighting and wiring fields, and—one of her personal favorites—Car-Freshner Corporation, owner of LITTLE TREE air fresheners, seen nationwide on rear-view mirrors. She was the long-time counsel for Toys “R” Us, defending one of the most parroted trademarks around. “There were so many infringements that I could really hone my skills,” she laughs. The Internet, she says, has made stealing trademarks a game anyone can get into. “When I started out, to infringe a trademark someone had to have a certain amount of money because they needed a business and an office. Now you can have $5 in your pocket and live in Outer Mongolia.” One “R” Us transgressor was located by the warrant office in a trailer in a field in Florida—and the door was answered by a naked man, who in turn hollered for his wife, also nude. She finds the best and least litigious approach is often a low-key but straightforward discussion. “The most important thing is to get not just your client to trust you, but your adversary to trust you,” she says. She believes in teaching her clients to get along without her—an unusual but appreciated approach. “When people ask
about me, ‘Does she think outside the box?’ my colleagues say, ‘What box? She doesn’t even know a box exists!’” she says. She won’t allow any contract language that isn’t crystal clear, a precept she teaches to law students as an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law. And although she loves her clients, she’s happy the stakes are not as high as in criminal law. “I once heard a judge say, ‘Trademarks are about money—that’s all they are.’ It helps you sleep at night.” A strong VLS supporter, she attends almost every reunion, and fondly recalls the mittens she had to wear in class in winter and pet dogs sitting in on lectures. And as for that traumatic exam question— “Twenty years after I graduated, I finally used in rem jurisdiction—in a case involving a domain name!”
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1984 Mark Sank received an award for pro bono work at the June 8, 2009, annual meeting of the Connecticut Bar Association in Hartford, Connecticut. Mark received the award for his work helping day laborers settle wage disputes. Mark and his employees were instrumental in setting up the free clinic to help day laborers. Mark is with Mark Sank & Associates, LLC, of Stamford, Connecticut.
1986 Kristina Bielenberg spent two weeks camping above the Arctic Circle at the foot of the Russell Glacier in western Greenland. Her job was to provide logistical support for a ceremony and teach-in by indigenous elders from around the globe regarding the effects of climate change on their ecosystems and cultures. Jane Goodall and other notable scientists were present to bear witness to the elders’ stories and the rapid melting of the Greenland icecap. Any alumni interested in learning more about this event are welcome to contact Kristina at krisbiel3@yahoo.com Attorney Robin Curtiss, a partner with Van Dorn & Curtiss, specializes in medical malpractice and personal injury work, and recently settled a lead paint poisoning case on behalf a girl who was negatively affected by the lead paint in her family’s rented home during the 1990s. The terms of the settlement require that Curtiss (and anyone else for that matter) refrain from identifying the parties involved, but the case stands out because of the value of the settlement and because lead paint cases continue to come forward despite what is known about the issue. “We obtained a settlement that was three times what anyone told us was possible,” says Curtiss. It is well known that children are particularly susceptible to lead poisoning that can lead to lifelong cognitive damage. “In this case, the child developed attention deficient dis-
order and always struggled in school. You can lose 10 to 20 IQ points depending on how severely poisoned you are,” says Curtiss. Although Curtiss’s firm has a 30-year history of handling personal injury and medical malpractice suits, this was the first case of lead paint poisoning they had come across. Now, having developed a reservoir of information and intelligence around the issue, Curtiss is interested in pursuing other worthwhile lead paint poisoning cases in children. “Having done it once, I would be interested in doing more cases involving lead paint. Like everything, it is a process, and I think we have the process down now.” Bob Maxwell represents domestic and foreign car manufacturers in products liability cases throughout the United States. Bob recently obtained a defense verdict for Ford Motor Company in a double death case tried in Louisiana (DiMaggio v. Ford Motor Company, 22nd JDC). Plaintiffs claimed that all Ford Explorers manufactured from 1991 through 2002 were defective in their handling and stability characteristics. The jury returned a unanimous defense verdict after a two-week trial.
1987 Rebecca “Becca” Rice won the Vermont Bar Association 2009 Pro Bono Award. Becca was nominated by Angele Court, director of Vermont Volunteer Lawyers Project, to recognize her career-long commitment to access to justice. Becca has completed 58 pro bono cases for VVLP over her 21 years with the project. The nomination of Becca for this award was supported by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Colleen A. Brown and Clerk Thomas Hart: “We are aware that the bankruptcy bar in general is extraordinary in its amount of pro bono service and note that Attorney Rice is extraordinary within that group.” In addition to direct client representation in bankruptcy matters, Becca frequently volunteers her time
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as a CLE presenter and panelist to share her expertise with other attorneys. Most recently she has conducted foreclosure defense training workshops for Legal Aid attorneys and for attorneys participating in the Rutland County Pilot Project. She also served on the VBA’s ad hoc committee on changes to the state’s foreclosure law. Rebecca is a partner in the Rutland law firm of Cohen and Rice, where she practices bankruptcy and real estate law.
1988 Daniel Maguire was nominated for the Vermont Bar Association 2009 Pro Bono Award. Dan is the chair of the Criminal Law Section of the VBA and was also recently elected to the Board of Bar Managers at the annual meeting in March 2009. Last fall Dan’s firm, Maguire Law Associates, PLC, hired recent VLS grad Josh O’Hara ’07 as an associate attorney with the office. Dan and his wife, Erin, recently had a baby girl, Emily.
1990 Massachusetts State Representative Charles A. Murphy was recently appointed chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Murphy has been the state representative from the 21st Middlesex District (Burlington, Bedford, and part of Wilmington) since 1997. He lives in Burlington, Massachusetts, with his wife, Nan, an assistant elementary school principal in Lowell, Massachusetts, and their two daughters, Grace and Amelia.
1991 After 17 years of working for others, Jeff Conner opened his own practice in Winter Garden, Florida, which is just west of Orlando and where Jeff has resided for fall 2009 21
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Tom Clancy ’80 Where Society and the Individual Intersect
If you ever get pulled over by a highway patrolman and he refrains from randomly searching your car, you might give some thanks to Tom Clancy. A leading authority on the Fourth Amendment, Tom is the director of a University of Mississippi center that has carefully trained thousands of judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials on the always-evolving intricacies of search and seizure. The Fourth Amendment, he says, “is where the society and individual intersect,” and the title of his organization—the National Center for Justice and
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the Rule of Law (NCJRL)—emphasizes the need to rigorously balance both sides of the equation. “The Fourth Amendment is the least understood but the most implicated and litigated part of our Constitution,” he says. “It affects about 800 million airline passengers a year whose bodies and bags are screened, 12 million who are arrested, and those involved in countless traffic stops and drug testing—the list goes on and on. The promise of the Fourth Amendment is that people will be secure, but not absolutely—just against unreasonable search and seizure. And we’re always pushing at the question of what that means.” The philosophical dimensions engage him. A philosophy graduate of Notre Dame, he was inspired at Vermont Law School by professors such as Kenneth Kreiling, Stephen Dycus, and David Firestone: “They infected me with their love for the law and taught me analytical skills I rely on to this day.” He left cum laude with a clear idea of his focus: teaching and criminal appellate law, arenas in which he could “argue about what the law should be.” During 25 years, he briefed and argued over 900 criminal appeals cases while serving as chief of the Post Conviction Unit in the State’s Attorney’s Office for Prince George’s County, Maryland, and as an assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland in the Criminal Appeals Division. He developed his Fourth Amendment expertise teaching at law schools of the University of Baltimore, the University of Maryland, American University, and at VLS for a summer stint. In 2001, he was recruited by Ole
Miss officials to be NCJRL’s first director. NCJRL’s major focus is its Fourth Amendment Initiative, which sponsors an annual symposium with top scholars, runs national training conferences for trial and appellate judges, and supports a journal that explores all sides of the issue. The rapidly growing Cyber Crime Initiative trains judges, attorney generals, and law enforcement officials on computer-related searches. “Most computer crime cases are not about hackers but involve murderers or drug criminals storing something on a physical device like a computer or cell phone,” Tom says. His days are spent in program planning and teaching criminal law at Ole Miss, and—with a $2.5 million budget and eight-person staff—in administrative and grant-writing tasks. On a recent trip north, he stopped and marveled at the size and beauty of VLS, which has grown since earlier days, then went to Harvard to read John Adams’ handwritten notes on what would become the Fourth Amendment. “I wish I had another one of me, I have so much I want to do,” he says. He’s written a dozen law review articles, but it’s his new book, The Fourth Amendment: Its History and Interpretation (Carolina Academic Press, 2008) that has given him the rejoinder he’s been waiting for. “Now when people ask me if I’m Tom Clancy the author, I can say ‘Yes!’”
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over two years. Jeff’s practice will continue to be exclusively family law, for which he is board certified, although Jeff is hopeful to eventually have a full-time family law mediation practice. Jeff currently serves on the marital and family law certification committee of the Florida Bar as well as several committees of the family law section. After receiving a degree in recreation management from the University of Montana and a master’s in environmental law from Vermont Law School, Peter Keller entered a two-year Presidential Management Fellow program in Washington, D.C., which offered him various assignments in federal government service. After working with the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service for many years, he was awarded a two-year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs, during which he chronicled the status of public and private protected areas in Chile and Argentina. From 2003–06 he served as the U.S. Forest Service’s regional wilderness and rivers program leader in California. From 2006–08, Peter was the regional environmental advisor for Central America and Mexico based in El Salvador with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since June of 2008, he has been the biodiversity advisor for USAID’s Latin America and Caribbean Bureau. Peter lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife and two kids (ages nine months and four years).
1992 Rick Ammons JD/MSEL is working by day (and some nights) as a staff attorney in Brattleboro for the Vermont Defender General’s Office and on remaining nights as a guitar player for Rick & The Redhead, an acoustic duo entertaining audiences in New England. Diane (the Redhead) and Rick live together with their two dogs in a house in the country in Troy, New Hampshire. Check them out at
www.rickandtheredhead.com. Patricia Kingcade was recently promoted to supervisor in the environmental law division, Office of the Judge Advocate General for the United States Army. This section focuses on all federal environmental laws, including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and associated regulations for disposal, acquisition, and compliance actions on U.S. Army lands. Jeff Lee JD/MSEL and his wife, Tilly, welcomed their second child, Lucas Mason Chang Lee, to their family on May 23, 2009. Lucas joins their first son, Jackson, who turned three years old on August 3. Jeff and his family live in San Mateo, California, and have been renovating their house this summer to install a more energy-efficient, environmentally friendly heating/cooling system and water-efficient fixtures. Jeff is a litigation partner with GCA Law Partners in Silicon Valley. He handles a variety of disputes, including federal and state environmental matters and intellectual property cases (patent, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.) for his clients. In his spare time—which is minimal since Lucas was born—Jeff teaches and practices the Chinese health and martial art of taijiquan (a.k.a. “tai chi chuan”).
1993 Since 2002, Karen Wade JD/MSEL has been working as the general counsel and chief operating officer of the Sabre Companies, including Sabre Technical Services, LLC, Sabre Energy Services, LLC, and Sabre Oxidation Technologies, Inc. Primarily known for their expertise in biological response and remediation, this is the company that used chlorine diox-
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ide gas to decontaminate the Hart Senate Office Building, Brentwood and Trenton postal distribution facilities, and the AMI headquarters in Florida after anthrax release there. Since then, the technology has been used in every biological incident around the world. The company is currently engaged in cleanup from the Chinese drywall used extensively in the southern states, especially Florida, during the housing boom. Karen just returned from Tanzania, where she and her husband have been working on a pilot program to bring water and electricity to “sister” schools. At the Sinai school in Babati, Tanzania, children were walking more than two miles to the nearest well. Karen brought middle school students, including her 13-year-old son, Daniel, to meet the 640 students in Babati, to see the well that was drilled, and to help renovate the classrooms. Karen returns to Tanzania in September, and the program will be launched nationally next spring. Karen’s 10-year-old daughter, Grace, and 8-year-old son Patrick, are “happy, healthy, and full of life.”
1994 Shipman & Goodwin Attorney Matt Ranelli JD’94/MSEL’97, a resident of New Haven, Connecticut, has passed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) professional accreditation exam and is now a LEED Accredited Professional, or LEED AP. The LEED green building rating system provides standards for environmentally sustainable construction. Buildings that meet a sufficient number of LEED standards are referred to as LEED-certified. LEED Professional Accreditation distinguishes professionals with the knowledge and skills to successfully steward the LEED certification process. Over 70,000 professionals in the United States, mostly architects, engineers, and contractors, are LEED APs. Matt is counsel in Shipman & Goodwin’s Hartford, Connecticut office. He practices fall 2009 23
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in the areas of environmental, energy, and land use law.
1995 Job Heintz JD/MSL is chief executive officer of the Himalayan Cataract Project. As CEO, Job is responsible for the implementation and coordination of strategies that meet programmatic and organizational needs of the organization. Under Job’s leadership, the Himalayan Cataract Project has received a rare fourth consecutive four-star rating from Charity Navigator. The Waterbury, Vermont-based Himalayan Cataract Project works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness through high-quality ophthalmic care, education, and the establishment of a world-class eye care infrastructure in the Himalaya and Sub-Saharan Africa.
1996 Joseph E. Gortych has a sole-practice IP firm based in Sarasota, Florida, called Opticus IP Law, PLLC, which specializes in optics, photonics, and semiconductor technologies. While he enjoys being president of the firm, he laments that “no matter how hard I work, I just can’t ever seem to make partner. . . .” Seth Handy JD/MSEL has become of counsel to Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman, LLP, and will provide legal council to clients on land use and development, environmental, municipal, and commercial law, and civil litigation. Seth and his wife, Charlotte, have three children and live in Providence, Rhode Island. Jill Jacoby MSEL has recently graduated from Antioch University’s PhD program in leadership and change. She has been involved with various projects that focus on raising water literacy through the arts and science. She currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota, and hopes someone at VLS will offer her a job so she can 24 loquitur
Jill Jacoby MSEL’96 return to Vermont! Kelly Lowry JD/MSEL, while a lawyer at top firm in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has been wildly successful starting a nonprofit organization, GlobalBike. In July they won the highly prestigious international “Best Project by a Professional Sports Team” at the Beyond Sport Summit in London, celebrating the world’s best sport-led social innovation projects. The team was selected for their role in promoting the nonprofit organization, which supplies bicycles in developing countries to enable care workers to address some of the world’s most challenging problems, such as inadequate healthcare, poverty, poor sanitation, and lack of education. Kelly has been approached by some of the largest multinational corporations who would like to support their cause. Mollie Roth reports, “Not sure when I last checked in, but my apparent need to constantly be on the move took me from Washington, D.C., to Phoenix, Arizona, in January of last year. The culture shock has been somewhat intense but the ability to run, swim, and bike outside in January is lovely (notwithstanding the Easy-Bake
Oven temperatures in summer!). I have put the actual practice of law behind me for now and am corporate counsel and VP of business development for an international consulting company (completely virtual) working in personalized medicine. A position as a visiting faculty fellow at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at ASU brought me to Arizona, where I focus on the intersection of law and personalized medicine. Some of you might actually have read a paper or two of mine! I am just finishing up my LLM in biotechnology and genomics (they may grant me the degree if I ever manage to complete the four papers I owe) and I am starting to teach this coming semester: Genetics and Law—a completely terrifying prospect! I spend what little down-time I have training for half Ironman triathlons and getting out of the desert to scuba dive as often as possible. Hope everyone is well.”
Mollie Roth ’96’s diving partners on her last scuba outing
1997 Lori A. Anthony has been appointed chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s civil rights section. She has served as an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights section since 2003. In 2007, she took on the additional responsibility of comanaging attorney for the Cincinnati regional office. The Attorney General’s civil rights section prosecutes violations of Ohio’s civil rights laws. The section handles
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Orestes Anastasia ’95 On the Front Lines with Global Clean Energy
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“We’re promoting clean energy initiatives in six countries, and are expanding work in environmental law and green buildings, industries, and communities in China.”
His post-college travels convinced Orestes Anastasia that he could make a difference as an environmental lawyer. “The greatest challenges are in developing countries, and they’re getting progressively worse,” he says. His choice of Vermont Law School, with its top ranking and dual degree program in environmental law, has given Orestes the career flexibility and impact to fight climate change at home and abroad, and it helped him respond to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Orestes entered the public sector while a student at VLS with an internship in Washington, D.C., and he returned after graduation. “It’s a great place—the hub of
engagement for environmental and international development,” he says, “and the caliber of professionals is outstanding.” After nine years of environmental law and climate-focused work supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and others, he headed to Thailand to manage USAID’s environmental programs there. Then disaster struck. Soon after the 2004 tsunami, Orestes led the U.S. government’s $14 million initiative to help develop a regional warning system—partnering with five Asian countries, five U.S. government agencies, and teams of technical contractors. Among their achievements: deploying deep-ocean buoy systems that could relay undersea earthquake data to satellite networks; setting up disaster warning centers; and training authorities and communities how to respond. After three years of work and testing, Indonesia could issue a life-saving warning within 10 minutes of a triggering event on the ocean floor.
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“A slight deviation from environmental law,” Orestes jokes, but he believes his core coursework and environmental focus have prepared him to step in and contribute in a big way. “Legal education involves a level of rigor that can greatly benefit work in complex, developing-country contexts,” he says. He adds, “We do a lot of writing here, and while I’m often complimented on my skills, I have to credit VLS for providing such solid training in strong, compelling writing.” Now refocused on climate change, Orestes is leading half a dozen new climate-related programs, with more on the horizon. “We’re promoting clean energy initiatives in six countries, and are expanding work in environmental law and green buildings, industries, and communities in China,” he explains. One such partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council promises particular impact in China, which constructs the equivalent of 50 times the commercial space of Manhattan in new buildings every year. Orestes looks with optimism to the future: “These programs are starting to make a dent in the overwhelming global challenges ahead, particularly in Asia.”
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cases involving discrimination, primarily in the areas of employment, housing, and places of public accommodations. In 2008, the section assisted victims of discrimination through settlements totaling nearly $850,000 and secured numerous creative and equitable remedies for victims of housing, employment, credit, and public accommodation discrimination or retaliation. Anthony started her career in the Attorney General’s office in 2001 as an assistant attorney general in the Workers’ Compensation section. Rebecca Ramos JD/MSEL is a partner in the governmental relations firm Palmetto Public Affairs LLC, which is 1 of 20 business, government, and nonprofit professionals recently named as Liberty Fellows. The firm provides lobbying and advocacy services, political consulting, grassroots development, public messaging, and political strategy services in South Carolina. Rebecca is a founding member of The Daughters of Susan B., a group of more than 100 women advocating for increasing the number of women in the democratic process. She served on the executive committee as the communications chairman of Women Giving for Spartanburg, a women’s philanthropic organization and a special project of the Spartanburg County Foundation. Ramos lives in Spartanburg with her husband, Kelly Lowry JD/MSEL’96, and two children. Mark Washko and his wife, Caroline, are happy to announce the newest addition to the Washko family, Grace Christine, who was born April 8, 2009. Grace joins her brother, James (5), and sister, Mary (3). David M. “Max” Williamson was featured in the April 27 Burlington Free Press “Movers and Shapers in the News” article citing the news that he has joined Andrews Kurth LLP of Washington, D.C. Max was hired to help build out the firm’s environment, climate change, and legislative affairs practice. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and New York City offices. 26 loquitur
1998 Shawn Smith JD/MSEL has recently opened two “specialty” real estate businesses in Woodstock, Vermont. Earth Asset Partnership, LP, is a private real estate consulting business; the other business, United Country-The Legacy Collection, is a real estate brokerage firm. She has been working in these fields since graduating. Shawn focuses her consulting business on complicated family planning and valuation work and specializes in conservation easement planning and valuation projects. She works internationally and recently finished a job in South America for the World Wildlife Fund. To complement the consulting work, she opened a boutique real estate brokerage firm last June. In March 2009 they expanded their office to include street-level space in Woodstock, Vermont.
since the 1600s. When the job of Upper James Riverkeeper was created, Dave Sligh saw his chance. “I went to law school to combine legal skills with the science background I had developed over my 15-year career,” Sligh says. Waterkeepers like Sligh belong to a worldwide alliance of activists protecting nearly 200 rivers, bays, lakes, and coastlines. They use all tools necessary to enhance water quality and strengthen communities. Sligh works for the James River Association and says, “I’m on and around the water throughout the year and the rest of the time I’m speaking to citizen’s groups, commenting on environmental regulations, or investigating pollution problems to enforce state laws and the Clean Water Act. This is my dream job.”
2000 Joy Braunstein MSEL and Mark Milmaster announce the birth of their son on July 27 at 8:50 pm. He is growing and thriving. He entered the world at 7 lb., 1 oz., measuring 20 in. His name is Jordan Zev Milmaster.
Leonardo Ramirez (subcontractor), Steve Gretzinger (WWF Global Forest & Trade Network Latin coordinator), Shawn Smith JD/MSEL’98, and Juan Pablo (owner of a Bolivian-based forest-products company) in Bolivia
1999 Jessica O’Donnell JD/MSEL and Mike Miller announce the birth of their twins, Heath and Emily, on April 18, 2009. David Sligh has finally returned home. After leaving VLS in 1999, Sligh worked across the Southeast but felt the pull of western Virginia—where he was born and where his family has lived
Mark Milmaster and Joy Braunstein MSEL’00 welcome new son, Jordan Zev Milmaster Greta Gard MSEL, of Juneau, Alaska and Michael Eadington, of Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe, Nevada were married May 23, 2009, on the Big Island of Hawaii, on
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the beach of a freshwater lagoon, at Kiholo Bay. The couple combined their names, becoming the Gard-Eadingtons. Their reception luau was held south of the ceremony in Kona, at a sacred old Hawaiian village, on the point of the King Kamehameha Hotel.
2002 Annie (Breckenridge) Barrett and John Barrett were married at the Barnard Inn in 2003. They have been living in Tucson, Arizona for six years and have two children, Will (4½) and Lily (2). Annie is an assistant attorney general working as a prosecutor in the child support enforcement section and John works for DeConcini, McDonald, Yetwin and Lacy, focusing mainly on commercial litigation and appeals. They keep in touch with other VLS alumni, and this past winter Chris Albert came out west to ride in a 24-hour mountain bike race with John. The Barretts love living in the desert, but of course they miss the Green Mountains now and again.
Annie (Breckenridge) Barrett ’02 and John Barrett’ 02 and their children, Will and Lily
Vinetta Rosa Denzio, daughter of Emily (Sutton) Dezio ’02 Emily (Sutton) Dezio and Tony Dezio announce the birth of their daughter, Vinetta Rosa Dezio, born on April 16, 2009, at 9:33 am. Susan (Kegg) Eastman began a new position in Tuba City, Arizona, as an attorney for the Navajo-Hopi Legal Services Program, which is part of the Navajo Nation Department of Justice. Susan moved to Flagstaff and commutes to Tuba City (80 miles away) on a Navajo transit bus for $1 each ride. The position allows her to work in the field she went to law school for—federal Indian law. NavajoHopi Legal Services deals with Navajo housing benefits claims arising from the displacement of Navajos by the federal Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act, which settled the land dispute between the Hopis and Navajos. Susan will be interviewing claimants to determine eligibility for housing benefits and representing them at administrative hearings and appeals in the
Megan Foote Monsky JD’02, Maclain Monsky, Scott Hulbert JD’02, Rowan Hulbert, and Kate (Mackay) Hulbert MSEL’01 in Founders Park, Alexandria, Virginia
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federal United States District Court for Arizona in Phoenix. Scott and Kate (Mackay) Hulbert MSEL’01, and their son, Rowan, met up with Megan Foote Monsky and her daughter, Maclain, on their quick visit to the Washington, D.C. area from their home in Phoenix, Arizona, in May 2009. Maclain and Rowan, ages 18 months and 2 years, enjoyed playing with each other in Founder’s Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Jennifer Tomas JD/MSEL married Matthew Van Wie in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 31, 2008. Son Isaac Jack Van Wie was born on March 19, 2009. He was 8 lb. and 21 in. All are living happily in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
Isaac Jack Van Wie, son of Jennifer (Tomas) Van Wie JD/MSEL’02
2003 Samara Anderson recently resigned from her associate position at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in Albany, New York, and is now an adjunct professor at Mildred Elley College teaching environmental law and law courses in the paralegal studies program. She is also pursuing the creation of a podcast on the leading edge of sustainability, including the business and legal communities. Samara is also the CEO of Sassy Whipcrack Productions, a film production company dedicated to sharing adventures with others in short films, blogs, and documentaries. Clara Gimenez was recently recognized by Vermont Women in Higher Education as the winner of the 2009 Peggy R. fall 2009 27
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Kim Jenkins ’02 Legal Guidance for Rikers Inmates Kim Jenkins passes through three checkpoints and two locked gates with metal detectors daily to reach her law library and the people she serves—2,500 inmates incarcerated at Riker’s Island Correctional Facility awaiting hearings or serving sentences for crimes ranging from murder to narcotics to shoplifting. They find in her someone who will guide them through the intricacies of legal actions on matters ranging from parole to divorce and landlord disputes—and, not incidentally, show them respect. “I wake up in the morning and I can’t wait to get to work,” she says. “I know I’m in the right place.” By age 16, Kim wanted to be a lawyer: “I’m a fighter, always standing up for someone else,” she says. But in her 20s, she “wasn’t brave enough to jump into it,” and instead, she trained as a paralegal and worked 18 years for corporate law firms handling patent, trademark, antitrust, publishing, and finance matters. Married and raising a son, she had put law school firmly out of her mind. But it was still in her husband Horton’s mind as he prayed she would attain her career goals during a prayer circle at their church. VLS alum William McCoy ’96, who was part of the circle, listened carefully—and within a year, Kim was accepted at VLS and was packing her bags for herself and her fouryear-old son, Caleb, “crying like a baby I was so afraid.” She quickly found in South Royalton “warm and inviting” VLS folks, a closeby apartment, excellent daycare—and the
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need for a new way of analytical thinking in her courses. “It was like trying to swim through mud,” she says, “but once I start something, there’s never a thought about quitting.” Her husband came up almost every weekend from Long Island. After VLS, she worked in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and then for a criminal defense attorney, but when she needed a change in schedule to care for a mother on dialysis and two brothers with lung cancer, she jumped at the legal coordinator position at Rikers. The law library that she supervises— the outcome of a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating access to legal information for prisoners—supplies law books, computer databases, 175 boilerplate
legal forms, and a bilingual inmate staff of eight, who also help with photocopying and mailing. The prisoners rotate into the library on six shifts daily—segregated in housing units by the violence of their crimes, gang membership, and mental disorders. “Legally we can’t function as their attorneys, but because a lot of them can’t write or aren’t educated, we can assist them in helping to fill out the forms and write their motions,” Kim says. She also intercedes with the inmates living in medical and drug detox sections when she sees a confused prisoner not getting the care he is entitled to. “The inmates know that in this big vast system, if they want to get something done, there is one person here who will help them,” she says. Not that she’s a pushover: “If you give someone a sandwich, the next thing they’ll be asking you to get them drugs,” she says. She draws the line and opts for frankness: “You have a family, a child that needs you—you don’t need to be in here,” she’ll castigate an inmate, or “You are a brilliant guy, you have skills—you don’t need to be breaking into warehouses at night.” In two years, she’s seen inmates she’s helped come back through again—apologizing ashamedly when they see her. “You can’t invest too much hope—but I don’t want to abandon the person when he might just be at his turning point,” she says.
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cated solely to prosecuting environmental crimes. She works with investigators from the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
2004 Samara Anderson ’03 and friend climbing to the top of the world at the north rim of the Grand Canyon Williams Emerging Professional Award. The award is presented to a woman who is in the early stages of her career; demonstrates excellence in her contributions to students, colleagues, and/or her institution in such areas as service, innovative programs, teaching, and research; and shows promise and potential for future contributions. Clara currently serves as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at Vermont Law School. Geoff Hand became a partner in the Burlington, Vermont law firm Shems Dunkiel Raubvogel & Saunders in 2009. Geoff’s legal work primarily focuses on the complex and evolving fields of environmental law and renewable energy development. He has extensive experience in a wide range of state and federal environmental matters, from local land use permitting issues to groundbreaking federal climate change litigation. He also provides counsel to renewable energy developers and has handled permitting for several major energy projects in front of the Vermont Public Service Board. Geoff has successfully argued cases in the Vermont Supreme Court involving both Act 250, Vermont’s land use development law, and section 248, Vermont’s energy development law. He has also litigated numerous cases before the Vermont Environmental Court and in federal courts around the country. Ashley McMahan MSEL is the only state prosecutor in South Carolina dedi-
On December 13, 2008, Dana Barile and Tim Sullivan ’05 were married in New York City. Several VLS alumni were in attendance for the ceremony at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church and the reception at Battery Gardens, which overlooks New York Harbor. Following their wedding weekend, Dana and Tim honeymooned on the Islands of Maui and Hawaii. Tim is an attorney in the U.S. EPA’s Office of Civil Enforcement, where he focuses on CAFO (factory farm) and multimedia enforcement matters. Dana is an attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, where she works on corporate and government regulatory enforcement issues. Tim and Dana reside in Washington, D.C., and recently moved into a house in the District’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Adam F. Blalock JD/MSEL and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their first child,
At the Barile-Sullivan wedding: Nithin Akuthota 1L’02/’03, Tim Mahon ’05, Anthony Iarrapino ’03, Joslyn Wilschek ’03, Tim Sullivan ’05, Dana Barile ’04, Joel Steinberg ’04, Riley Peterson ’05, wedding guest, Marc Santora MSEL’03, and wedding guest
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Adam Blalock JD/MSEL’04 with new daughter Anna Kathyrn Anna Kathryn, on March 7, 2009. Adam practices environmental law for the Florida House of Representatives. Leigh “Childs” Cantey MSEL is handling the environmental civil cases in South Carolina. She is working on the South Carolina v. North Carolina water rights case and is also working on cases involving removal of river shacks in the lower part of the state. Greg Gotwald has received 1 of only 13 Up & Coming Lawyers awards in Indiana, given by the statewide publication Indiana Lawyer. Greg is an associate with the law firm of Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, a leading environmental law firm in the Midwest, with 34 attorneys in
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Spencer Hanes JD/MSEL’04 with daughter Juliette Suzanne Hanes offices in Indianapolis and South Bend. Up & Coming Lawyers must not have been out of law school more than five years and are selected for having already demonstrated leadership and a talent for making an impact. Greg was also selected by his undergraduate alma mater, RoseHulman Institute of Technology, as one of its distinguished young alumni. Spencer Hanes JD/MSEL and Zoe Gamble Hanes JD/MSEL’06 announce the arrival of Juliette Suzanne Hanes. Born on February 25, 2009, she weighed 7 lb., 14 oz. and was 20.5 in. long at birth. Susan Schwartzkopf was named principal at Wuestling & James LC in Saint Louis, Missouri. Susan heads up the firm’s federal motion practice. In this role, Susan is the firm’s specialist for removal to federal court, federal transfer, and class actions. Susan also serves on the firm’s legal malpractice defense and insurance coverage and extracontractual liability teams. She has considerable experience defending attorneys in cases alleging violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and also handles complex insurance coverage questions.
2005 Sasha Abelson JD/MSEL currently lives in Venice, California, and works in Santa Monica at a nonprofit called Seventh Generation Advisors; her title is sustainability and climate policy advisor. Sasha’s 30 loquitur
work is split between climate policy work at the regional and state level and evaluating sustainable and green companies for potential investment opportunity. She will be heading to Copenhagen with her company to attend the International Climate Conference this December. Allison Bellins MSEL and Keith Dennis MSEL were married on June 20, 2009, on the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Kelly Guhanick MSEL was in attendance. Keith and Allison live in northern Virginia and work in Washington, D.C.. Allison serves as communications director for the Green Power Partnership at the Environmental Protection Agency. Keith works at First Environment on issues surrounding greenhouse gas management and recently earned his professional engineering license.
Rose Louise Bragg, daughter of David Bragg ’05, with her mother, Kate They are very happy with their healthy little girl. Carolina Curbelo and her husband, Jose Diaz, welcomed their son to the world on July 7, 2009, at 5:47 pm. Manuel Ignacio Diaz Curbelo weighed in at 6 lb., 15 oz. and was 20.5 in. long at birth.
Allison Bellins MSEL’05 and Keith Dennis MSEL’05 were married on Cape Cod. Olaseni Bello is licensed in New York and is currently working as a special assistant to the district attorney in the eastern judicial circuit of Georgia in Savannah, Georgia. He has accepted a commission to Army JAG, which commences in July 2010. David Bragg JD/MSEL and his wife, Kate, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Rose Louise, on February 20, 2009. Nicole Candelora-Norman JD/MSEL and her husband, Jesse, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Joanna Evelyn Norman, on July 7, 2009.
Manuel Ignacio Diaz Curbelo, son of Carolina Curbelo ’05 Jerry Edwards is 1 of 10 lawyers to be selected for membership in the 2009–10 Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) leadership class. The purpose of this program is to introduce young lawyers to LSBA functions and to recruit them for leadership positions in the LSBA. Steve Kelton was one of thousands of attorneys laid off in the spring of 2009. After several months of renovating his house and interviewing for jobs, he
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accepted a position with the District of Columbia Department of the Environment, Office of Enforcement and Environmental Justice. Amy Manzelli JD’05/MSEL’07 has been named a “rising star” in environmental law by Super Lawyers magazine. Amy is an associate attorney at Sulloway & Hollis, PLLC, in Concord, New Hampshire. Molly Mimier JD/MSEL began a new job as a junior foreign service officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in March 2009. Following a training period in Washington, D.C., she will be living abroad and working on international development projects. Once she is at her foreign post, Molly says she will be more than happy to entertain VLS alumni as houseguests! After two years of practicing family law as an associate at Foley & Lardner, LLP, Sierra (Harlacher) Pino recently joined Kates & Barlow, PC, a new boutique domestic relations firm in Boston, Massachusetts. After three and a half years with the National Governors Association, Darren Springer JD/MSEL accepted a legislative position with United States Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in March of 2009. In his new role as the energy and environment legislative aide, Darren works to advance the senator’s legislative priorities on global warming, energy, and environment policy. Senator Sanders serves on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee as well as the Environment and Public Works Committee, for which he chairs the Green Jobs and New Economy Subcommittee. Stephanie Young JD/MSEL and Darren were married in Stowe in 2007 and are now living in Alexandria, Virginia. Stephanie is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) campaign director for the Partnership Project, a coalition of environmental groups. Karen Witherell is now with Clements Pajak Law Offices in Newton, Massachusetts, and specializes in tax-based estate planning and administration.
2006 Ashley Carson is the executive director of the Older Women’s League (OWL), a national grassroots advocacy and education organization focused on the issues important to women as they age. Her office is located in Washington, D.C., but the organization has chapters all over the country, including one in Vermont. On July 24, Ashley was invited, along with six other women, to talk policy with the first lady, Michelle Obama, at the White House. Carson used her time to talk about the issues most important to midlife and older women, including access to health care, age and gender rating in health-care insurance reform, fighting elder abuse, and improving women’s economic security by strengthening Social Security. After the policy meeting, all of the women were invited to tour the White House kitchen garden.
Ashley Carson ’06 with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the White House Viva Coaxum is an immigration officer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security in Baltimore, Maryland. Jen DeHart Hass JD/MSEL and Mike Hass announce the birth of Charlotte Augusta DeHart Hass on November 28, 2008 (5 lb., 10 oz.). Jen and Mike are doing great and love being parents! Jen is the U.S. Customs and Border Protection environmental planning branch chief.
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She is in charge of the agency’s compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and Endangered Species Act (among others). In April 2009, Clancy DeSmet MSEL’03/JD’06 became a certified floodplain manager (CFM), as duly registered from the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), an organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, the National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning, and recovery. The ASFPM has become a respected voice in floodplain management practice and policy in the United States because it represents the flood hazard specialists of local, state, and federal government, the research community, the insurance industry, and the fields of engineering, hydrologic forecasting, emergency response, water resources, and others. Clancy is the planning and zoning administrator in the Department of Planning and Community Development in Montpelier, Vermont. Zoe Gamble Hanes JD/MSEL and Spencer Hanes JD/MSEL’04 announce the arrival of Juliette Suzanne Hanes, born on February 25, 2009. She weighed 7 lb., 14 oz. and was 20.5 in. long at birth. Zoe and Spencer recently made Charlotte, North Carolina, their home. Zoe is now special counsel with the law firm of Blanco Tackabery & Matamoras, PA, in Charlotte, and focuses her practice exclusively on renewable energy law. She represents clients on all aspects of developing renewable energy projects, including equity syndication and finance for projects utilizing federal and state energy tax credits. She recently spoke on the topic of affordable housing and renewable energy at the 2009 Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation Partners Conference. Jenna Gatski and Matt Einstein JD/ MSEL were married on June 20, 2009, on a vineyard in Geneva, New York. Matt’s dad, Stu Einstein, the mayor of Geneva, officiated. The wedding party included fall 2009 31
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Derek Campbell ’06 In the Fray with Sea Turtles and International Trade It’s 2006, a balmy summer night on a Pacific Coast beach in Guatemala. Working with other volunteers, Derek Campbell follows sea turtle tracks through the sand to find a nesting female. Digging underneath, he brings up about 100 pingpong-sized eggs, which he puts carefully into a container and carries over to a fenced-off, guarded area. With poachers thus thwarted, the eggs now have a good chance of becoming turtles rather than an aphrodisiac, eaten raw and washed down with orange juice, in Guatemala City. Fast forward to 2009, to the Office of General Counsel for International Law at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington, D.C. Derek is a NOAA attorney-advisor, where his assignments include acting as counsel to the Chair of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles (IAC). “We’re engaged in a number of activities that can have an impact,” Derek says. For example, capacity-building and international accords raise the odds that Guatemalan fishers will employ bycatch mitigation methods that reduce fisheries interactions harmful to endangered sea turtles. Derek started his position in February 2007, less than a year after leaving Vermont Law School, and sea turtles are just a fraction of his portfolio. He is also the lead NOAA attorney on environmental aspects of international trade agreements; advises on international fisheries agreements and U.S. fisheries laws with trade provisions; works to negotiate and
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implement international accords on illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing; advises on U.S. ratification of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention; and drafts proposals to designate Marine Protected Areas to protect coral reefs. Although international and intergovernmental consensus sometimes proceeds at, well, a turtle’s pace, Derek feels lucky to be in the middle of the fray. “What inspires me is being part of the development and evolution of international norms to tackle environmental issues—such as oceans and fisheries—that are inherently international in nature,” he says. A political science and philosophy major at the University of Wisconsin, Derek was getting restless as a publicist for indie film distributor Miramax in Manhattan in 2002 when he had “a eureka moment” listening to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak at a fundraiser about the evolution of environmental law. A visit to VLS on a glorious spring day clinched the deal. He focused on international, environmental, and trade law in his coursework and in intensives during summer sessions, earning a JD cum laude and MSEL magna cum laude. At the VLS Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, he worked under professors David Mears ’91 and Patrick Parenteau to write an amicus brief in a case brought by the National Wildlife Federation: he believes it helped persuade the First Circuit Court to rule that jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act extended far upstream to a cranberry farmer who destroyed wetlands to create a bog. It gave Derek “a great calling card” that helped him obtain a post-graduate externship at NOAA—and that put him
in a strong position when a job opened in his department. “I was very fortunate—it was the perfect fit for the training I had at VLS,” says Derek. His days often consist of advising program clients, including as a member of U.S. delegations to international meetings, on international law and trade issues; developing U.S. positions for treaty negotiations; giving input to pending Congressional bills on international fisheries and trade measures; and advising NOAA on positions regarding disputes in the World Trade Organization. He spends about five weeks a year at international treaty talks in places like Turkey, Morocco, and Italy. Within a block of his Mount Pleasant home in Washington, D.C., “live almost as many VLS people as lived around me off the Green in SoRo,” he says. With his girlfriend, Quoc Nguyen JD/MSEL’08, who works in the office of General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency, he tends to community garden plots, and he combs flea markets for old albums to play as a DJ at friends’ parties. He also works at a Community Supported Agriculture farm in nearby Maryland on the weekends, where his pig-wrangling days at Fat Rooster Farm in Royalton come in handy. And soon he hopes to travel back to that Guatemalan beach— for “an on-the-ground version of what I do at NOAA,” he says with a smile.
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Miss Bella as the flower pup—she made the couple very proud— and Luke Martone as a groomsman. Other VLSers who were there to cheer on the couple include Agnes Lech, Emily Merolli JD/MSEL, Victoria Pells, Tim Winslow, and Christie Roberts. Mary Margaret Knight, daughter of B. Hart Knight ’06, born April 30, 2009
Matt Einstein JD/MSEL’06 and Jenna Gatski ’06 share a toast at their wedding in June 2009. Valeria A. Gheorghiu JD/MSEL was a featured speaker in a presentation about prosecuting the Bush administration for war crimes, presented in April in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Albany, New York. Since graduating from Vermont Law School, Gheorghiu practiced at the Workers’ Rights Law Center of New York. She is planning on opening a solo practice in New York. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar (with admission pending to the New York Bar this year), the National Lawyers’ Guild International Committee, and the Justice Robert Jackson Steering Committee. She is published in the Fourth World Journal on her work in India as a fellow for the Center for World Indigenous Studies with Gene Campaign. B. Hart Knight has been selected for the 2009 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Top 30 Under 30. Nashville’s Top 30 Under 30 is an event that recognizes Nashville’s young professionals and philanthropists while benefiting the CFF. Honorees were nominated by coworkers, friends, and family for their dedication to their professional and charitable endeavors. The top 30 honorees were then selected by a special subcommittee of the Top 30 Under
30 planning committee during the month of June. Hart and his wife became new parents when Mary Margaret Knight was born on April 30, 2009. Ivan Mendez was presented with a New York City Bar annual Municipal Affairs Award, given to outstanding assistant corporation counsels at the law department. Ivan works in the labor and employment division. Hiscock & Barclay, LLP associate Danielle Mettler JD/MSEL coauthored a chapter in the new book The Legal Impact of Climate Change: Leading Lawyers on Preparing for New Environmental Legislation, Assessing Green Programs for Clients, and Working with Government Agencies on Climate Change Issues (Inside the Minds) published by Thomson Reuters/Aspatore (2008). The chapter, entitled “Climate Change Issues Affect Corporate Risks and Opportunities,” explains the increasing importance of climate change and its potential impacts to companies. It also details specific steps that companies can take to determine their potential risks and opportunities. After graduating, Robert Rygiel returned to his home in Auburn, where he worked as a law clerk for the senior circuit court judge of the 37th Circuit Court of Alabama. Since August 2008, he has been working at the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts, a state agency located in the Alabama Supreme Court Building, where he supervises and monitors Alabama’s court referral education program, and is head of the Administrative Office
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of Court grant-writing team. With President Obama’s recent stimulus package, he has been exclusively working on grants to secure money to enhance Alabama’s drug court programs and disseminating funding to treatment programs. Ryan Thrasher MSEL is in house counsel for 10 Best, a Greenville, South Carolina-based international e-commerce company.
2007 Maureen Bayer JD/MSEL is living in beautiful Marin County, California, and practicing environmental litigation at Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC in Lafayette, California. Maureen was on the trial team representing North Carolina in an air pollution nuisance suit against the Tennessee Valley Authority in the Western District of North Carolina last summer. The judgment came down in favor of North Carolina in early 2009, and TVA was ordered to clean up their act. It was a great first trial experience! Jonathan G. Cohen has joined his father’s law firm, the I. Mark Cohen Law Group. Jonathan is the director of the firm’s bankruptcy practice group. He lives in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Ellen Crivella MSEL, Brock Howell ’07, Amy Atwood ’00 and her husband,
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Noah Greenwald, Jesse Ratcliffe MSEL ’99, and Professor Marc Mihaly had dinner in Portland, Oregon, in April. Ellen is excited about starting a regional group of VLS alumni in Portland.
Greg ’07 and Jessica Dorrington exploring the wilderness near Anchorage, Alaska Jess Fox JD/MSEL moved back to Michigan graduation weekend 2007. She was sworn in to the State Bar of Michigan on November 13, 2007, on motion of an attorney that she interned for during her undergrad days at Michigan State. Jess works at Nolan, Thomsen & Villas, PC, in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, not far from her home in Charlotte. She is a member of the American Inns of Court, Thomas M. Cooley Law School Chapter; the Ingham County Bar Association; the Eaton County Bar Association; and the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, among others. Jess is a member of the federal bar for both the eastern and western Districts of Michigan and was recently published in the Ingham County Bar Association’s Briefs. Troy Frederick JD/MSEL has joined the law firm of Marcus & Mack in Indiana, Pennsylvania, as an associate attorney. Marcus and Mack practices personal 34 loquitur
injury law. He resides in Smicksburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Beth, and son, Ethan. Adam Hescock is a New Hampshire public defender working out of the Orford, New Hampshire office. He started right out of law school after he took the bar in the summer of 2007. Adam is on the New Hampshire Bar Association’s New Lawyer’s Committee. He looks forward to attending upcoming VLS events. Adam and his wife, Sheilah, who he married while in law school, live in Norwich, Vermont. Their daughter, Nina, who will be turning two years old in November, joins half-sisters, Emily (16) and Holly (17), students at Hanover High, and halfbrother, Max (13) a middle-school student. Britta Hinrichsen is a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in its Environment and Natural Resources Division. Britta works primarily on Clean Water Act enforcement cases and CERCLA. Britta says “The best part of my job is working with experts, because I can use my science background and legal skills together to better understand and develop my cases.” Michele Maresca and Peter Royer are thrilled to announce the arrival of Peter J. Royer III, born on March 29, 2009. Michele and Peter were married in April 2008 on Captiva Island, Florida. After being admitted to the Massachusetts and D.C. bars, Raven Perry-Beach accepted a position as an attorney advisor to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Board of Veterans’ Appeals in Washington, D.C. She married Anselm Beach on 08/08/08 at 8:08 pm aboard the yacht Latigo in Palm Coast, Florida. Daughter Adrianne Olivia arrived on February 24, 2009, and the couple subsequently relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where Anselm serves as a strategic planner for the Veterans Administration. Raven is currently a stay-at-home mommy, but plans to return to work later this year. The couple recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary.
William Jonah McGowan, son of John McGowan ’07
Raven Perry-Beach ’07 married Anselm Beach Avery Staley has been appointed special counsel to North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton. Avery is excited about the opportunity to work with the lieutenant governor in serving the people of North Carolina. The lieutenant governor is tasked with presiding over the North Carolina Senate, serving on the state Board of Education, the state Board
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of North Carolina Community Colleges, and North Carolina Economic Development Board. In addition, the lieutenant governor serves as a source of information and guidance to help resolve problems for the citizens of North Carolina.
2008 Justin Park JD/MSEL is the program director for Georgia Land Trust in southwest Georgia. He is also the program director for the Chattahoochee Valley Land Trust (its service-for-hire arrangement with GLT), and he focuses on a 15-county area around Columbus, Georgia. Justin is the point of contact for all mitigation-related easements, doing some work north of Atlanta and on the coast near Savannah. Most of the mitigation projects come up in the first half of the year, and most of the conservation easement donations in southwest Georgia and the Columbus area come in around the second half of the year, as people try to get their donation done before December 31st. Most recently, he became staff attorney as well. Justin says “I get outside a lot, walk properties with landowners, and help them leave a legacy through conservation. It’s a nice balance of trail and office.” The website is www.galandtrust.org. Justin would be glad to talk with any VLS grads. He can be contacted at 315-408-1837 or by email at jmparkvt@gmail.com.
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In Memoriam James F. Collins ’77 of Freehold Township, New Jersey, passed away March 12, 2009. He was born and raised in Freehold. James was a great husband to his wife of 39 years, Susan, and a great father to his son, Christopher. He loved reading the New York Times, doing crossword puzzles, and collecting toy tractors, but he really hated yard work. Richard Allyn Miller ’77 of Brattleboro, Vermont, died peacefully at his home on February 20, 2009. He was born on July 3, 1947, in Portland, Maine. He loved the outdoors and was a hunter and fisherman. He was well known at local Brattleboro events and will be missed by many. Victor Pellegrino ’77, a Tampa attorney, died of cancer in June. Victor was an expert on DUI law. Friends say that he didn’t find that particular subspecialty— it found him. “Victor was very passionate about it,” said attorney Denis deVlaming, a friend of 25 years. “He attacked every aspect of it. If a stone can be overturned, Victor would find what’s underneath it.” Victor was the lead attorney on more than 1,000 DUI cases and successfully challenged portions of the state driving under the influence laws, such as the law giving judges the authority to impound the cars of convicted drunken drivers regardless of who owned the vehicle. Pellegrino thought that DUI was “a matter of opinion,” and that a jury should decide if a defendant
was impaired, not just police officers, his friend deVlaming said. Pellegrino was a founder and current dean of the National College for DUI Defense. He lectured and published articles on DUI issues, tactics, and ethics. He was a recent winner of the Herbert G. Goldberg Criminal Law American Inn of Court Jack Edmund Award. Diane E. Campbell ’92 passed away peacefully at her home in Thetford, Vermont, at first light on Saturday, May 23, 2009. John D. Carroll ’96, an assistant district attorney for the Special Victims Bureau in Queens, died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday March 5, 2009. After graduating from law school, he worked for over 10 years as a dedicated prosecutor within the Special Victims Bureau. He was an accomplished trial attorney, continually advocating for women and children’s rights. A remarkable athlete, in 1981 he set the Delaware state high jump record with a jump of 6 ft., 11.25 in.—a record that has never been broken. A basketball player as well, he was 1 of 10 individuals nominated for Delaware’s high school athlete of the year. John had a great passion for music and was a self-taught guitarist and singer/songwriter. He was an original member of the rock bands The Knobs in Delaware, The Bailiwicks in Vermont, and The Macaulays in New York.
Adam Province completed his Advance Writing Requirement (AWR) under Dean Jeff Shields’ sponsorship. Adam’s paper, titled “You Don’t Have to Go Home but You Can’t Stay Here: Recent Environmental Violations Lead to Wearing Out Our Welcome in Japan,” is going to be published in the upcoming December 2009/January 2010 issue of the Naval Law Review. Send us your notes at alumni@vermontlaw.edu
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