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LEXICON SEPTEMBER 2010

A LUMNI ON THE F EDERAL B ENCH

Judge Vanaskie Joins The Four Cs of An Honorable the Third Circuit Eﬀecve Legal Heritage Court of Appeals Pracce A LETTER FROM THE DEAN

I had the good fortune this past May to attend Judge Thomas Vanaskie’s ’78 induction into the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. It was a moving ceremony, with Judge Vanaskie’s wife, Dorothy, and his three adult children at his side, and many Dickinson School of Law students and graduates, and his colleagues watching with pride (including Third Circuit colleague The Honorable D. Brooks Smith ’76, The Honorable William J. Nealon, and almost all of the sit- ting judges of the Middle District of PA!). This issue of our alumni magazine—newly anointed as Lexicon—celebrates Judge Vanaskie’s ascension as well as the remarkable contribution of The Dickinson School of Law over the years to our nation’s federal judiciary. The format and name change of the magazine reflect the sugges- tions of a new editorial board composed of Law School graduates, Law School students, and a few Law School faculty. The new name, Lexicon, which is a play on two words that mean an enduring symbol of law, is part of a public relations strategy that responds to the Law School’s growing national and international prominence and audience. We likely will see our national and international audiences grow even larger with the produc- tion of the new public educational television series, World on Trial, which will be filmed in the Apfelbaum Courtroom of the Law School’s Lewis Katz Building. This new series will present both sides of sharply contested international human rights issues in the context of courtroom trials before live multinational juries and remote juries at distinguished universities throughout the world. World on Trial will be broadcast on public television stations throughout the U.S., on simi- lar stations in other nations, and be available worldwide over the Internet. The pilot episode of World on Trial, filmed this month, examines the legality of France’s 2004 “headscarf law,” which forbids the wearing of conspicuous religious garb in primary and secondary public schools. Many see the law as discriminatory and “Islamophobic”; others view the law as an appropriate means of preserving French secularism in the public arena. The creator and host of World on Trial is acclaimed human rights advocate and author Ran- dall Robinson, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at The Dickinson School of Law. The presiding jurist for the pilot episode will be the eminent human rights barrister, Cherie Booth Blair, Q.C. (wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair). Harvard Law Professor and renowned trial lawyer Charles Ogletree will lead the challenge to the headscarf law; noted French avocat Rémy Schwartz who served as Rapporteur of the Stasi Commission that recommended the headscarf law will lead the defense. All of these 2010-11 initiatives will be accompanied by the strongest entering class, academi- cally speaking, in recent history. These are students who chose The Dickinson School of Law because they are inspired by Judge Vanaskie and our scores of other accomplished graduates, who we hope will continue to support the Law School and our students going forward. With best wishes to all of our friends and alumni, EDITOR IN CHIEF LEXICON Crystal L. Stryker ’04

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Ginelle Sroka PSU ’12 FEATURES DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Kelly Rimmer 8 FEATURED FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP: IQBAL AND SUPERVISORY DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS IMMUNITY Robin Fulton

THE MAKING OF AN ADVOCATE EDITORIAL BOARD 15 Professor Harvey Feldman ’69 WHY I TEACH: Q&A WITH CARLA PRATT Ellen Foreman 16 Director of Marketing and Communications Jessica Holst ’98 18 MEET THE NEW FACULTY Attorney, MidPenn Legal Services Alison Kilmartin ’09 23 JUDGE THOMAS VANASKIE JOINS THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT Associate, Jones Day OF APPEALS Professor Marie T. Reilly Associate Dean of Academic Affairs IN MEMORIAM THE HONORABLE THOMAS M.GOLDEN ’72 Alice Richards ’11 29 Professor Megan Riesmeyer ’03 30 JACK C. KEENEY CONCLUDES 59-YEAR CAREER Professor Victor C. Romero Dyanna Stupar Alumni Relations Coordinator DEPARTMENTS Lexicon is published for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of The Dickinson 2 BY THE NUMBERS School of Law of The Pennsylvania State Uni‐ versity. Correspondence may be addressed 3 ON CAMPUS to the editor. Portions of this magazine may be reprinted if credit is given to The Dickin‐ 10 FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS son School of Law, Lexicon, and the author. 31 GIVING PHOTOS Ian Bradshaw Photography 33 ALUMNI NEWS Department of Justice David Joel Photography Seth Joel Photography 35 CLASS NOTES Peter Olson Photography Reading Eagle Jason Riedmiller Photography Dyanna Stupar This publication is available in alternative media on request.

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Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 1 BY THE NUMBERS

5,389 Applications for the Penn State Dickinson School of Law Class of 2013 — A NEW RECORD $20,000 Raised for 2010 Cherie M. Millage Fellowships funding 11 summer internships in 5 states Facebook fans968 of Penn State Law

“1,968 Practice MBE questions, 77-20 partial essays, 42 full U.S. Senate vote in favor of 42 essays, and performance confirming Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie 6 tests. That was my summer. to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ” – Jaime Bumbarger ’10

Number of U.S. presidents longtime 11Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Keeney ’49 has served Page views of law.psu.edu Alumni named Rising Stars in the first half of 2010 133in Pennsylvania 1,584,235 Named Super Lawyers 203 in Pennsylvania by SuperLawyers.com

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Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 3 ON CAMPUS

ADAM SHAPIRO ’11 “WRITES THE BOOK” ON ARBITRATION IN TAIWAN

Adam Shapiro knew he wanted to work overseas; he has spent the past year polishing his Man- darin language skills. He initially set his sights on summering in a big firm. But international arbitration expert Professor Catherine Rogers suggested a different path. “She mentioned international arbitration institutions as a possibility, and I explored a range of options around China,” Shapiro said. After months of researching organizations and sending out resumes, he began corresponding with rate litigator. “There’s something about massive the Arbitration Association of the Republic of battles between corporate giants with hundreds of China. Though the association had never hosted an millions of dollars at stake that is very compelling intern previously, Shapiro’s persistence paid off, to me,” Shapiro said. He believes his language and he landed in Taiwan in late May. skills, his international arbitration experience, and He feels that he added value to the organization his demonstrated willingness to take risks and try as a translator. The secretary general asked new experiences will make him a strong candidate. Shapiro to draft a translation of Taiwan’s arbitration, mediation, and Dispute Review Board legal Timeout in Taiwan and ethics codes from Chinese into English. “I Despite the long work days in Taipei, Shapiro thought, ‘no way’ could I do that. But as I continued traveled on weekends to see the surrounding coun- working on the project, I gained confidence, and was try. He has been to the mountains, the forests, and happy with the result. Now there is a translation the beaches in this tiny but densely populated is- available for anyone conducting an arbitration in land nation. In spite of his study and the time he English, and I learned a lot working on it as well,” spent living in Japan, he still experienced culture he said. Shapiro further explained that unless both shock. “I’d say that’s the biggest issue anyone parties in a proceeding are using Chinese, English be- would face, in spite of how well you prepare your- comes the default language; about thirty cases per year self. It’s just so different. The people in my office will be governed by the rules he helped to translate. loved to give me the weirdest food to see my reac- Shapiro says he walked into the position, “un- tion,” he said. derstanding all of the concepts and terms because The association’s secretary general paid the of my classes in international arbitration, profes- greatest tribute to Shapiro when the Secretary de- sional responsibility, and the cross border legal termined that he would like to continue the intern- practice seminar.” He added that the experience ship program. Shapiro feels that he has given back has given him insights he could never have gotten something to the Law School. “It hasn’t been an from a classroom. easy summer. I have had to work ten-hour, very Although being part of international arbitra- intense days and eat snake. But it has truly been a tions has been a great experience, Shapiro says he tremendous experience,” he said. continues to have a desire to ultimately be a corpo-

4 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu TAMARA GOOD CHOOSES A SUMMER OF SERVICE

Tamara Good ’12 is no stranger to hard work. She was born in Nigeria, grew up in Cameroon, and eventually earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State Harrisburg while managing a UPS Store. Good is now working her way toward a dual degree in law and international affairs and earned a scholarship to help finance her way through Penn State Law. She’s doing all of this while raising her 5-year-old daughter, Madeleine, and her 3-year-old son, Rhys. Good was a Cherie M. Millage Fellow in 2010 and used the grant to serve the Pennsylvania Im- migrant Resource Center (PIRC), which provides attorneys to allow me to balance as I need to.” counsel and educational resources to secure de- While the time crunch was a challenge, Good fense for immigrants in danger of deportation focused on her reasons for choosing to spend her from the United States. She took on central tasks summer serving others. such as research on asylum, U visas, derivative “Into my adulthood, I have remained on the citizenship, and citizenship access through serv- lookout for ways to make myself available to ice in the military. She educated immigrants and refugees and immigrants, particularly from clients whose only option may be to appear pro French-speaking Africa, to help with any cross- se before an immigration judge. Good has also cultural or adjustment issues as well as language developed a document submission and declara- barriers as they settle into the area. I pursued tion for a case, transferred a case to another law school so that I could find a more formal state, and even represented a client before an means of assisting immigrants and refugees. immigration judge during a hearing. Without the fellowship, I would not have been “Good’s efforts have provided tangible bene- able to pursue the opportunity at PIRC,” she said. fits to PIRC. Her work enabled us to serve more While most law students do not have the people with our limited resources,” said Angela added pressure of raising two children, Good A. Eveler, executive director of PIRC. thinks her family benefits from her work. “I With this fellowship, her school work, and think it is a great thing to show my kids by exam- raising two young children, Good struggled to ple that people all over the world are important find a balance between home and law school. For and that we can constantly look for ways to serve her, finding this balance was the most challeng- others and to be a friend and a help to those ing part of the entire experience. “It has been a around us,” she said. challenge for me to balance all that I want to fit into my internship with my time off that I spend with my two preschool children. I am grateful, however, for the willingness of the supervising

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 5 LAW SCHOOL LAUNCHES NEW RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CLINIC

Today’s agricultural producers need to be sophisti- cated business professionals. With one of the nation’s largest rural populations, Pennsylvania’s economy is dependent upon its rural communities. The Law School launched its new Rural Economic Develop- ment Clinic to support this important sector of our economy, giving law students hands-on learning experience in a wide variety of legal issues specifically faced by agricultural businesses and rural communities. Ross Pifer “Penn State and its law school have a long history of service to Pennsylvania’s rural communities. Since its inception in 1997, the Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center has conducted legal research and performed outreach on a variety of issues that af- fect rural communities,” said Professor Ross Pifer, director of the center. “The establishment of the clinic will expand upon this work by providing legal services to individual clients and client organizations. As a result, law students and rural communities will benefit in a very practical way.” Professor Pifer will also direct the new legal clinic. Operating like a small private law firm, clinic students will work under the supervision of licensed attorneys and will handle a wide variety of legal issues encountered by agricultural businesses and rural communities. The clinic will provide students interested in rural affairs and community development with the practical skills training required in any transactional legal practice, including interviewing, counseling, developing legal strategies, drafting legal documents, and negotiation. “Pennsylvania has a rich rural heritage and is home to more than 2.8 million rural residents,” said Law School Dean Philip McConnaughay. “We want to provide students with the expertise to support the en- trepreneurs and organizations that form the economic foundation of rural Pennsylvania.”

6 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu PROFESSOR FARMER PROFESSOR PEARSON TALKS ANTITRUST WITH CALLS FOR CCRC U.S. REPRESENTATIVES “BILL OF RIGHTS”

At the request of the U.S. House Judiciary In July 2010, Professor Katherine Committee, Subcommittee on Courts and Pearson called for a national CCRC Competition, Professor Beth Farmer tes- Residents’ Bill of Rights in oral and tified at a hearing on the impact of written testimony before the U.S. China’s antitrust law and other competi- Senate Special Committee on Aging. tion policies on U.S. companies. The July Her appearance was at the invitation 13 hearing covered merger review, mo- of Senators Herb Kohl (D. Wisc.) and nopoly, state-owned enterprises, and in- Bob Corker (R. Tenn.) regarding fi- tellectual property. nancial stability and regulation of Other panelists included Tad Lipsky, a Continuing Care Retirement Commu- partner in the D.C. office of Latham & Watkins nities (CCRCs). The hearing followed the release and former deputy assistant attorney general in of “Continuing Care Retirement Communities: the 1980s; Thomas Barnett, a partner in the D.C. Secure Retirement or Risky Investment?,” a office of Covington & Burling, co-chair of the An- GAO report that cites Professor Pearson’s analy- titrust & Consumer Law Practice Group, and re- sis of state regulation of CCRCs. Also known as cent assistant attorney general in charge of the life care communities, CCRCs offer older adults Justice Department's Antitrust Division; and a range of service-assisted living options, usually Shanker A. Singham, a partner with Squire including independent living cottages, assistance Sanders and chairman of the International with daily living, and full nursing care. Roundtable on Trade and Competition Policy, The worldwide financial crisis has only made Inc. examination of this issue more urgent, she ex- Professor Farmer is in her second year as re- plained. “Recent high-profile bankruptcies have porter for the International Competition Net- revealed the complexity of highly leveraged op- work (ICN) and was recently appointed co-chair erations, justifying a closer examination of of the International Outreach Committee of the CCRCs, particularly those with interlocking con- American Antitrust Institute with Penn State tracts that blend the not-for-profit status of own- Law Professor Stephen Ross. In 2008, Professor ers with for-profit management companies. Farmer spent the spring semester as a Fulbright Older adults pay a dear price to CCRCs for long- scholar researching and lecturing on antitrust term peace of mind, and residents are under- law at the University of International Business standably concerned when their investments are and Economics in Beijing, China. threatened just as they reach the point of need- ing greater care.”

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 7 Featured IQBALand Faculty Scholarship SUPERVISORY IMMUNITY By Kit Kinports

The Supreme Court has shown wrongs inflicted by their subordi- surprisingly little interest in the ques- nates. tions surrounding government super- Nevertheless, the opinion, visors’ liability under a constitutional stripped to its essential holding, does tort regime that otherwise has at- not inexorably lead to the conclusion tracted a good deal of attention from that the Court meant to fundamen- the Court. Only two Supreme Court tally change the landscape of consti- opinions—Rizzo v. Goode and now tutional tort jurisprudence without Ashcroft v. Iqbal—have addressed the benefit of briefing or oral argu- this important and widely litigated ment. The Court’s attention was di- issue, and then only briefly and in rected to the mental state required to passing. Equally surprising, the Court impose liability on a high-ranking in its most recent foray into this government official, and its refer- arena saw fit to call into question ences to discriminatory purpose and decades of uniform lower court prac- supervisory policy-making were tice in a cursory three-paragraph linked to the specific allegations con- analysis that relied exclusively on the tained in Iqbal’s complaint. More- misguided assumption that the doc- over, following the lead of some trine of supervisory liability is indis- federal appellate courts, the Court tinguishable from respondeat may have assumed that supervisory superior. By referring to supervisory officials do violate constitutional liability as a “misnomer” and man- norms when they act with the state of dating that mind re- plaintiffs quired to vi- prove a con- Hopefully, it will not take olate the stitutional another thirty years for constitu- violation on tional provi- the part of the Court to revisit this sion in each govern- question ment defen- issue and clarify the and fail to dant, the scope of its holding. adequately Iqbal Court supervise arguably re- the subordi- treated from the lower courts’ unani- nate who inflicted constitutional in- mous view that supervisors can be jury. Such a failure to act in the face held accountable if they were deliber- of a legal duty would suffice to estab- ately indifferent to, or knew of and lish criminal culpability on an accom- acquiesced in, the constitutional plice liability theory, and public

8 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu officials should at the very least be expected to live up to that standard. Hopefully, it will not take another thirty years for the Court to revisit this issue and clarify the scope of its holding. In the meantime, courts and litigants need not as- sume that Iqbal was intended to work a sea change in the rules governing supervisory ac- countability for constitutional torts. If the Court does take another—and a seri- ous—look at the question of supervisory liability, it should acknowledge, as have the lower courts, that the compensatory and deterrence goals un- derlying Bivens and § 1983 call for a meaningful remedy against those responsible for injury who are best able to institute the reforms needed to Kit Kinports is a scholar of feminist prevent further infringement of constitutional jurisprudence, criminal law, and federal‐ rights. Moreover, if the Court does reconsider ism. She is a former law clerk to U.S. this issue, the complications that arise in apply- Supreme Court Jusce Harry Blackmun ing the qualified immunity defense afford no and is the Polisher Family Faculty justification for abandoning the doctrine of su- Scholar and Professor of Law at Penn pervisory liability. The policy concerns underly- State. To view the complete arcle and ing qualified immunity are best accommodated its citaons, please see Volume 114 of by making the defense unavailable to supervi- the Penn State Law Review. sory officials who are deliberately indifferent to (or know of and acquiesce in) their subordi- nates’ violation of clearly established constitutional law. Under such circumstances, supervisors do not act in an “objectively reason- able” manner, the “unlawfulness” of their conduct is “apparent,” and a fair balance of the competing policy interests therefore mandates a denial of immunity.

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 9 FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS

Willaim Butler Thomas Carbonneau Nicole Chong

Professor William Butler published On the History of tration in London at Queen Mary College. “Build- International Law and International Organiza- ing the Civilization of Arbitration,” a symposium tion: Collected Papers of Sir Paul Vinogradoff. by the Penn State Law Review, appeared in book The second edition of Russian Public Law also ap- form from Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing. peared, as did translations of International Law – The volume was edited by Professor Carbonneau A Russian Approach, and The World Ocean: In- and Angelica M. Sinopole ’09, former editor in ternational Legal Regime. The United Nations Of- chief of the Penn State Law Review who is now an fice on Drugs and Crime (Moscow) published two associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. studies by Professor Butler: Compulsory Measures Professor Nicole Chong, director of the legal writing of Medical Treatment, Russian Law and Nar- program, presented on teaching methodologies at cotics Addiction and The Right to Health and the both the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Confer- United Nations Conventions on Narcotics. Both ence and the Empire State Legal Writing Confer- studies were released for the Third Eastern Europe ence, both in spring of 2010. Professor Chong’s and Central Asia AIDS Conference held in presentation covered effective pedagogical strate- Moscow. Professor Butler also completed a study gies to reinforce the use of sources in written work. of Russian law for the United Nations Develop- ment Program that has been published in Viet- Professor Jamison Colburn’s essay, “Qualitative, Quan- namese at Hanoi. A new edition of his translation titative, and Integrative Conservation,” was pub- of the Russian Civil Code appeared in London and lished in the Washington University Journal of a volume devoted to Russian Criminal Law and Law and Policy as part of their symposium “New Procedure is expected this month. Directions in Environmental Law.” His essay is on the renewal of U.S. environmental law, focusing on Professor Thomas Carbonneau spent a sabbatical se- systemic challenges in ESA implementation. Pro- mester at McGill University in Montreal, from Jan- fessor Colburn also published a piece called uary to June 2010, on a Fulbright Grant. He held “Agency Interpretations” in the Temple Law Re- the Chair in Comparative Law and Legal Pluralism view. This article is on the distinction between during his stay. Professor Carbonneau worked on a agency rules with the force of law and those with- book manuscript titled Freedom and Governance out. The Tulsa Law Review invited Professor Col- in American Arbitration Law, which will be pub- burn to publish an essay called “The Cynic at the lished by Oxford University Press in 2011. The first Circus,” which discussed the Supreme Court’s en- of two volumes of Carbonneau on Arbitration: vironmental cases from the October 2008 term. Collected Essays was published in April 2010; the Additionally, he has authored “Wildfire in the second volume is scheduled to appear this month. East: Managing a Public Problem from the Bottom Professor Carbonneau directed and taught Penn Down,” to be used as the forward in the forthcom- State’s Summer Program in Arbitration at McGill ing edition of the Penn State Environmental Law University in May. He also taught a course in arbi- Review.

10 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu Jamison Colburn Ellen Dannin Jill Engle Michael Foreman

Professor Ellen Dannin submitted comments on the the insurance industry at the American Antitrust proposed “Inherently Governmental Function” Institute conference in Washington, D.C., in policy from the Office of Federal Procurement June. She also wrote the lead article in the Tulane Policy. She also has made numerous addresses Journal of International and Comparative Law this year including the 47th Annual CIRA Confer- and has an article forthcoming in the Oregon ence/International CRIMT Conference in Law Review titled “Competition and Regulation Canada, the Working Class Studies Association in the Insurance Sector: Reassessing the McCar- Conference at SUNY, and the Labor and Employ- ran-Ferguson Act.” ment Relations Association Annual Meeting in Professor and Director of the Penn State Law Civil Rights Atlanta, Georgia. Professor Dannin recently au- Appellate Clinic Michael Foreman anticipates the pub- thored a publication in the University of San lication of “Gross v. FBL Financial Services – Francisco symposium “Evolving Definition of the Oh So Gross!” in the University of Memphis Immigrant Worker: The Intersection Between Em- Law Review. The article analyzes the Gross deci- ployment, Labor, and Human Rights,” titled “Hoff- sion, its impact in the courts, and the pending man Plastics as Labor Law – Equality at Last for legislative response to it. In June, Professor Immigrant Workers?” Foreman served at the National Employment Professor Jill Engle was a recipient of a 2010 Penn- Lawyers Association’s 21st Annual Convention as sylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Award for her a panelist discussing the Gross v. FBL Financial work in developing the Penn State Law Family Services Inc. decision. He also co-paneled the Law Clinic in University Park, her active serv- convention’s keynote presentation “Trends in ice on the MidPenn Legal Services Board, and Employment Discrimination Law.” On May 5, her service as chair of the Pro Bono Committee 2010, he testified before the U.S. House of Rep- of the Centre County Bar Association. Her arti- resentatives Committee on Education and Labor cle, “Collaborative Law in Legal Education: No Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor & Time Like the Present,” is forthcoming in the Pensions on “HR 3721: Protecting Older Workers Penn State Yearbook of Arbitration and Media- Against Discrimination Act.” tion. The article explains the burgeoning use of Professor David H. Kaye’s plenary address to the tri- collaborative law, a method of alternative dis- ennial meeting of the European Association of pute resolution, and argues for its integration Forensic Sciences in Glasgow was published in into law school curricula. the British journal Science & Justice as “The In April, Professor Beth Farmer participated in and Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The NRC Report served as rapporteur at the Ninth Annual Inter- on Strengthening Forensic Science in America.” national Competition Network conference in Is- The Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy tanbul. She presented a paper titled “Public & published his article “Trawling DNA Databases Private: Are the Boundaries in Transition?” on for Partial Matches: What Is the FBI Afraid Of?”

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 11 David Kaye Robert Rains Marie Reilly Catherine Rogers

The study “Science in the Jury Box: Jurors’ Compre- Professor Katherine Pearson’s recent Fulbright scholar- hension of Mitochondrial DNA Evidence,” which he ship has resulted in several forthcoming pieces, in- undertook with psychologists at Cornell University cluding an article titled “The Lesson of the Irish and elsewhere, appears in Law and Human Be- Family Pub: The Elder Law Clinic Path to a More havior. Professor Kaye contributed five chapters to the Thoughtful Practice,” to be published later this supplement of McCormick on Evidence and wrote an year in the Stetson Law Review. annual update to The New Wigmore, a Treatise on Director of the Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Evidence: Expert Evidence. He is the author of Center Ross Pifer published “The Agriculture, Com- two chapters of the forthcoming third edition of munities and Rural Environment Act: Protecting Federal Judicial Center’s Reference Manual on Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Operations from Un- Scientific Evidence and an essay on “Probability, lawful Municipal Regulation,” in the Drake Jour- Individualization, and Uniqueness in Forensic Sci- nal of Agricultural Law. The article reviews the ence Evidence: Listening to the Academies,” pre- legislative history, statutory provisions, and early pared for a forthcoming festschrift in the Brooklyn interpretation of the Agriculture, Communities, Law Review. He was a plenary speaker at the Na- and Rural Environment Act to ascertain the bene- tional Institute of Justice’s “Impression and Pattern fits that have accrued to rural communities as a re- Evidence” symposium. As a member of the National sult of the Act’s passage. Institute of Science and Technology’s Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Latent Print Professor Robert Rains anticipates the publication of Analysis, he is directing the preparation of a report “DOMA and the Social Security Act: an Odd Cou- on best practices for reporting and testifying on fin- ple Begetting Disfavored Children” in the St. Louis gerprint identification. He also maintains a profes- University Law Journal. He recently published a sional blog, “Double Helix Law,” which reports on piece in the University of Miami Law Review ti- developments in forensic genetics. tled “Marriage in the Time of Internet Ministers: I Now Pronounce You Married, But Who Am I to Do Professor Kit Kinports helped organize a panel for the So?” In August, he addressed the Social Security Penn State Law Review’s “Reflections on Iqbal” sym- Administration’s Annual Judicial Education Pro- posium that focused on Ashcroft v. Iqbal’s impact gram on the subject of judicial ethics. on constitutional tort litigation. Her piece for the symposium, “Iqbal and Supervisory Immunity,” de- Associate Dean for Academic Aﬀairs Marie Reilly pub- fends the doctrine of supervisory liability and ar- lished an article in the Journal of Bankruptcy Law gues that the decision in Iqbal does not necessarily and Practice titled “The Case for the Tax Collec- signal the Supreme Court’s intent to repudiate that tor.” Her article considers the power of a trustee in doctrine (see excerpt page 8). She is currently bankruptcy to avoid a transfer of property via a tax working on an article titled “The Supreme Court’s foreclosure in light of the tax collector’s valid exer- Love-Hate Relationship with Miranda,” which dis- cise of state powers to levy and collect tax on real cusses the Court’s pragmatic approach to Miranda property. and the extent to which its most recent decisions Professor Catherine Rogers attended the International deviate from that approach. Arbitration Days Conference in Vienna, Austria, in February of this year, where she made a presentation titled “Ethics in International Arbitration:

12 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu Victor Romero Stephen Ross Geoﬀrey Sco Laurel Terry

Guerilla Tactics in a No-Man’s Land.” Also early thology on Loving v. Virginia (forthcoming from in the year, Professor Rogers published a book Cambridge University Press), to which he con- chapter “The Ethics of Advocacy in International tributed a chapter on the plight of bi-national Arbitration,” in The Art of Advocacy in Interna- same-sex partners as a modern-day version of tional Arbitration (Juris Publishing 2010.) At the Lovings’ dilemma. Fordham Law School’s Fifth Annual Conference on Professor Stephen Ross celebrated the Supreme International Arbitration & Mediation she pre- Court’s unanimous decision in American Needle sented a paper titled “The Expansion of Interna- v. National Football League, where the Court tional Arbitration into Public Realms,” which adopted the argument pressed in an amicus brief will be published in Contemporary Issues in In- he co-authored for the American Antitrust Insti- ternational Arbitration and Mediation: The tute and the Consumer Federation of America Fordham Papers (Martinus Nijhoff 2011.) On opposing the NFL’s efforts to shield their conduct July 17, Professor Rogers, along with Professor from review under the conspiracy section of fed- Laurel Terry, participated in the International eral antitrust laws. He is focusing on books and Legal Ethics Conference IV at Stanford Law teaching materials, including completing the up- School. During the panel, “A Model for Interna- date of the fourth edition of the leading Sports tional Choice of Law and Coordination of Attor- and the Law casebook (Thompson/West, with ney Regulation,” Professors Terry and Rogers Paul Weiler, Gary Roberts, and Roger Abrams); unveiled their draft of new proposed Model Rule co-editing submissions for an International 8.6, a version of which they will submit to the Handbook on Sports Law (Edward Elgar); and American Bar Association’s 20/20 Commission working with Professor Pierre deVos from the on Ethics. On August 31, Professor Rogers pre- University of Cape Town on comparative consti- sented the keynote address, “The Role of Global tutional law materials. He also co-authored a re- Lawyers in Ensuring Social Responsibility, port on reforming British sports for a Human Rights and the International Legal London-based public interest advocacy organiza- Order” in Oslo, Norway, at the HumAk-Forum. tion, Sports Nexus, and began research on the Last year, Professor Victor Romero was named to the use of UK charitable trust law to reform English new Editorial Advisory Board of the New York sports. As Director of the Penn State Institute University Press book series Citizenship and Mi- for Sports Law, Policy, and Research, Pro- gration in the Americas. He moderated “The fessor Ross hosted a number of guests and inter- Chronicles of Adjudication” panel at the “Immi- nal speakers presenting insights on the relevance gration Adjudications” symposium, hosted by of sports history, in the Sutliff Auditorium, in- the Penn State Center for Immigrants’ cluding baseball union chief Michael Weiner, Rights in March 2010. He also served as moder- former NFL International chief Gordon Smeaton, ator and panelist for the panel on “Iqbal and Race” coaches agent Matt Baldwin, and three Penn State at the “Reflections on Iqbal” symposium, hosted professors. He also organized a new Coordinating by the Penn State Law Review on March 26, Committee for Sports Studies at Penn State. 2010. At the Law & Society Annual Meeting in Professor Geoﬀ Sco spent the summer in Japan Chicago on May 27, 2010, Professor Romero was conducting research on intellectual property is- a panelist during a roundtable discussion of sues, regimes for the protection of cultural prop- Kevin Maillard and Rose Cuison Villazor’s an-

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 13 Marco Ventoruzzo Shoba Wadhia Nancy Welsh erties, and international entertainment law issues. He Professor Marco Ventoruzzo has been appointed to lectured in Kyoto on “Innovation and the Signifi- UniCredit’s Board of Supervisors. UniCredit, a cance of Culture in Intellectual Property,” and major multinational financial institution, is ranked “Celebrity, Iemoto Seido, and the Developing among the top ten European banks in terms of as- Right of Publicity in Japan.” He has also presented sets. He was also appointed to the Italian Demo- on the topic of Comparative Issues in Intellectual cratic Party’s board of supervisors to oversee the Property to Japan’s Intellectual Property Office financial management of the party. (Copyright, Trademark and Patent) in Tokyo. His ar- Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Director of the Penn ticle titled “What do Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, State Center for Immigrants’ Rights, has been appointed Elvis Presley, and Utagawa Toyoharu have in Com- to the ABA Commission on Immigration by ABA mon? Protecting Artistic Legacy in the United President Stephen Zack. This September, she will States and Japan: A Comparison of U.S. Legal Prin- deliver the Sixth annual Tom E. Moses Memorial ciples and Iemoto Seido of Japan,” was recently ac- Lecture on the U.S. Constitution titled “Immigra- cepted for publication this coming academic year. tion Law and Policy After 9/11 and Prospects for The article analyzes the vehicles through which a Reform” at the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legisla- celebrity’s image may be protected in the West and tive Studies at Shepherd University, Shepherd- compares them with the system of Iemoto Seido ex- stown, West Virginia. Her article, “The Role of tant in Japan. Professor Scott, along with UNLV Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Law,” is law professor Mary LaFrance and Southwestern forthcoming in the Connecticut Public Interest Law School’s Lon Sobel, is currently writing a Law Journal. She has also authored a piece called, casebook for Thomson-West titled Entertainment “Business as Usual,” due to be published in the Law on a Global Stage. Penn State Law Review “Reflections on Iqbal” sym- This summer, Professor Laurel Terry spoke on several posium. panels at the Fourth Annual International Legal Professor Nancy Welsh’s article, “What Is ‘(Im)Partial Ethics Conference held at Stanford Law School. Enough’ in a World of Embedded Neutrals?,” was The conference was cosponsored by the American published as part of a special issue on funding jus- Bar Association Center for Professional Responsi- tice in the Arizona Law Review. “I Could Have bility and was titled “The Legal Profession in Been a Contender: Summary Jury Trial As A Times of Turbulence.” She was also an invited Means to Overcome Iqbal’s Negative Effects Upon speaker at the 2010 annual meeting of the Federa- Pre-Litigation Communication, Negotiation and tion of Law Societies of Canada in Saint John, New Early, Consensual Dispute Resolution,” will be Brunswick, Canada. She anticipates publication in published later this year by the Penn State Law the Akron Law Review and the Journal of Profes- Review. Professor Welsh also organized, moder- sional Lawyer, respectively titled “From GATS to ated, and presented the Penn State Law Review APEC: The Impact of Trade Agreements on Legal symposium“Reflections on Iqbal.” Services” and “An Introduction to the Financial Action Task Force and the FATF’s 2008 Lawyer Guidance.”

14 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu THE MAKING OF AN ADVOCATE: My Time in the Family Law Clinic

By Alice Richards ’11

Mohandas Gandhi once said, However, with the many “Whatever you do will be insignifi- ups that the clinic experience cant, but it is very important that you brings, I’ve also had my share of do it.” downs. I’ve been hung up on, ig- My biggest challenge as a Family nored, and told I wasn’t doing Law Clinic student was my first hear- my job. I’ve seen tears and ing. My client was a defendant in a fought back tears. I’ve received custody contempt hearing, and I was countless paper cuts and battled trying to get the motion dismissed. numerous paper jams. I’ve at- Over the weeks I had become famil- tempted and failed at hunting iar with every fact in the file, and I down defendants to achieve had a pretty good idea of what infor- service, and have been given the mation would come out at trial. De- runaround by various agencies. spite this, I was still nervous. While I Despite this, I wouldn’t trade had participated in a mock trial com- this experience for anything. petition as a first-year law student, there was noth- I’ve drafted almost every kind of petition in the ing mock about this trial. My performance wasn’t rules of civil procedure. If the Prothonotary’s Of- simply scored and graded. The excitement I felt fice had a frequent filer card, I’d have enough quickly overtook the nervousness when I arrived at points to travel the world. I’ve learned effective the courthouse. “This is why I came to law school,” client counseling and case load management. I’ve I thought, walking into the expansive and intimi- learned about negotiation and mediation, and I dating Cumberland County courtroom. have memorized the most commonly used rules of From the gavel pounding, to the introductions Pennsylvania civil practice. I’ve learned about the and taking my seat at the counsel table next to my practice of law via hands-on experiences, and supervisor, Megan Riesmeyer ’03, the hearing that’s something no textbook, no matter how well was everything I expected. My entire body shook written, could provide me. as I stood up to cross examine the plaintiff. How- Being a public interest advocate may not al- ever, once the first question rolled off my lips, the ways be glamorous, and I may not change the surroundings melted away around me. The specta- world. But by helping a client end an abusive mar- tors and their peering eyes mattered no more. I riage or preventing someone from wrongfully now know what it means to be “in the zone.” The going to prison, I can change the world for one rest of the hearing flew by. What lasted about person. While I may be insignificant, my work is thirty minutes felt more like thirty seconds. Our important. Thanks to the Family Law Clinic, I know outcome was far more satisfying to me than any that being an attorney and advocating for those grade I’ve ever received. We got a ruling in our less fortunate is a career for which I am destined. favor, and for the first time in my life, I truly felt like my actions meant something. The author hails from Baton Rouge, LA, and is a graduate of Louisiana State University.

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 15 WHY I TEACH Q&A with Carla D. Pratt

Professor Carla Pra teaches and writes in the area of race and the law, with par cular emphasis on the role of law in construc ng Indian and African American iden ty. An- other aspect of her scholarship examines the role of race in the legal profession. Prior to joining the Penn State Law faculty in 2000, Professor Pra served as a New Jersey Deputy Aorney General in the Civil Prac ce Division and engaged in private prac ce as a commercial li gator with Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia. She teaches or has taught courses in Cons tu onal Law, Federal Indian Law, Race and Ameri- can Law, and Professional Responsi- bility.

16 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu Q. What kinds of questions do you ask in experience of other racial groups as well, so your research? that they understand that each racialized My research examines the role of race in the group has a unique history that situates the legal profession and asks whether we should group in modern American jurisprudence. continue to take account of race. My current research project is a qualitative study that col- Q. What motivates you to teach? lects narratives of African American lawyers I am motivated to teach by my passion for law who were recently admitted to the bar and ex- and the power that it has to change people’s amines these narratives in an effort to learn lives for the better. where the obstacles are in the pipeline to the legal profession and how African Americans Q. You were a litigator at Drinker Bid- successfully overcome those obstacles to be- dle & Reath and served as Deputy Attor- come licensed practicing lawyers. What sur- ney General of New Jersey. What advice prised me most about this research is that do you have for a new lawyer making regardless of socioeconomic status, our partic- the transition from law student to ipants perceived race as an obstacle to enter- lawyer? ing the legal profession. Race negatively Concentrate on strengthening the skills you influenced how educators, peers, and potential learned in law school and get out of the law li- employers viewed their intellectual and aca- brary. Get involved in the bar and pro bono ac- demic ability to become successful lawyers. tivities. Forming relationships with more experienced lawyers is a good way to find a Q. You teach a class called Race and mentor who can help a young lawyer advance American Law. If you had access to both her career. time travel and an unlimited budget, what would you do in that class? Q. Who were your mentors in life? I would take students back in time to allow My mentors have always been educators, per- them to experience the lives of racialized peo- haps because I always knew I wanted to teach. ple. I would take them to the period of slavery My second grade teacher, Mrs. Allie Davis, and let them experience African American life gave me confidence; my college English pro- as a slave, then as a freed man, then as a dis- fessor, Dr. Richard Fulkerson, recognized my enfranchised second-class citizen. I would let talent for writing; and my law school profes- them experience the political debates and poli- sors Michael Newsom, Spencer Boyer, and cies that subordinated African Americans in Alice Bullock took the time to guide me into employment, education, and housing in an ef- legal academia. fort to demonstrate that the current condition of most African Americans has a direct causal Q. What book has changed the way you connection to the legal and social policies of think or has changed the way you live the past. I would then take them for a second your life? journey in time to experience Native American While many books have touched my heart or conquest, forced removal and segregation, and inspired me, the one that has most influenced forced assimilation, to allow them to experi- the way I live my life is the Bible because it ence the harms to indigenous people from the grounds me in the knowledge that in God’s Native perspective, and tie those harms to the eyes we are all equal and no matter what chal- present day challenges faced by Indian Coun- lenges come our way, He is in control. try. I would take them back in time to live the

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 17 MEET THE NEW FACULTY

Pursuing interests as diverse as the Penn State curriculum, a new cohort of faculty arrived at the Law School this fall. Among them are a famous bankruptcy judge, a doctor, a constuonal scholar, a life sci‐ ences researcher, and some‐ one whose experse was recently sought by President Barack Obama.

2010‐2011 Shughart Scholars Le to right: Charles Keckler, Derek Muller, Anna Laakmann, Jason Bent, and Julia Lee

18 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu ANNOUNCING THE SHUGHART SCHOLAR PROGRAM

Joining Penn State Law this semester are the first Shughart scholars, hand-picked from a competitive, na-

CHARLES N.W. KECKLER tionwide search for scholars of great ac- Vising Assistant Professor of Law complishment and promise. The program is named in honor of rofessor Charles Keckler became interested in law in a very roundabout fashion—by way of evolu- the late Dale F. Shughart Jr. ’74, a Ptionary anthropology. While others may not see longtime friend of the Law School. the connection, Professor Keckler finds it to be a produc- Each year, the Law School will welcome tive way to approach fundamental aspects of law. “For me, law is a particular aspect of human society, as visiting professors scholars of excep- and a set of characteristically human behaviors. The evo- tional quality. lutionary perspective focuses on asking: How did some- Amid the whirlwind of creating syl- thing come into being? How does it change or remain stable? What has caused or may cause it to disappear? labi, meeting students, and writing The answers to these questions may be different, but their next law review articles, Profes- they generally can only be answered by understanding sors Anna Laakmann, M.D., Julia Lee, the functional significance of what you’re studying.” Asking what a law achieves—or law generally— and Charles Keckler, Jason Bent, and Derek how such things can be measured has led his recent re- Muller took time to share their schol- search to have a strong methodological component. One arly passions. of his forthcoming articles questions how we would as- sess whether America has too much or not enough law. Professor Keckler's research focuses on reforms to the litigation system, empirical studies of the judicial process, and how best to strengthen civil society. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama appointed Professor Keckler to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation. As a director of the Legal Services Corporation, he is also involved in an attempt to find metrics for determining how well the civil legal system is operating for America’s poor.

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 19 ANNA BARTOW LAAKMANN, M.D. Visi"ng Assistant Professor of Law

ntrigued by the endless possibilities and challenges presented at the intersection of law and medicine, Profes- Isor Laakmann studies law and technology, intellectual property, and health policy. Combining her law and medical backgrounds, her research explores the ways in which the patent, regulatory, and tort systems interact to impact scientific research, health care markets, the practice of medicine, and population health. “I am particularly interested in examining how scientific innovation prompts changes to existing legal regimes and the reciprocal effects such changes can have on the pace and direction of advancement in biomedicine.”

J.D., Stanford M.D., University of Pennsylvania

JULIA Y. LEE Visi"ng Assistant Professor of Law

rofessor Julia Lee focuses her research on banking and securities regulation and administrative law. PShe is particularly interested in studying financial services regulation from a historical and social science perspective. “I hope to bring courses alive for students in a way that is both accessible and interesting to them. Courses like Payment Systems touch on many aspects of daily life, from swiping a credit card at your local grocery store, to buying an item on eBay, to making a down payment on your car or home. I hope to instill in students an appreciation of how the laws and regulations governing a field developed, what they are now, and how they are likely to change in the future.”

J.D., Yale FDIC Aorney in Chicago Wilmer Hale

20 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu JASON R. BENT Visi ng Assistant Professor of Law

ason Bent focuses on labor and employment law, including systemic theories of employment discrimination. “Aside Jfrom discrimination law, I am also interested in what statis- tics and probability theories can tell us about worker safety policy and the prevention of and compensation for workplace exposures to chemicals or hazardous substances. Statistical analysis can play an important role in risk assessment for various types of workplace exposures, but there are some fundamental questions about who should bear the costs of any remaining uncertainties and whether the market or the current workers’ compensation schemes are adequate or appropriate tools for allocating those costs.”

J.D., University of Michigan Smith & Bent, P.C.

DEREK T. MULLER Visi ng Assistant Professor of Law

y scholarship unites the very old with the very new. It dives deep into constitutional and elec- Mtion scholarship at the heart of a current, ac- tively discussed issue to examine how we arrived at our understanding of that issue,” said Muller. “The research, however, is not simply historical; it seeks answers to current questions through the lens of history by considering the trajectory of the entire history of a constitutional pro- vision and its implications for the current issue.”

J.D., University of Notre Dame Kirkland and Ellis, LLP

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 21 THE HON. SAMUEL L. BUFFORD Dis"nguished Scholar in Residence

amuel L. Bufford joins Penn State Law following a renowned career as one of the nation’s leading U.S. bankruptcy judges. SWidely regarded as well as one of the foremost scholars of U.S. and comparative insolvency law, he is the author of United States In- ternational Insolvency Law (Oxford University Press 2009) and numerous other scholarly books and articles pertaining to insolvency law. Judge Bufford served previously as the Nomura Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School and as a lecturer in law at the University of South- ern California Law Center.

Ph.D., University of Texas, Aus"n J.D., University of Michigan

ADAM MUCHMORE Assistant Professor of Law

dam Muchmore joins Penn State Law from the University of Chicago Law School where he was a Bigelow Teaching Fellow. A His research focuses on the tradeoffs between alternative ap- proaches to government regulation, with an emphasis on food and drug law and the regulation of international business. “I am particularly interested in the interaction between government regulation and private-law remedies and the consequences of domestic regulatory programs for cross-border activity. I am also interested in the ways procedural and evidentiary rules shape the behavior of individuals and businesses outside of court.”

J.D., Yale Clerk, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

22 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu JUDGE VANASKIE JOINS THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

By Crystal Stryker ’04

“The American dream is

alive and well,” said Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie ’78 as he was sworn in to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on May 10, 2010. Surrounded by friends, family, colleagues, and in the company of both of Pennsyl- vania’s U.S. Senators, Judge Vanaskie and other speakers celebrated his journey from the son of a bricklayer in a small coal-mining town to his appointment to the second highest court in the land. “We celebrate Judge Vanaskie’s integrity, so important in our judiciary, so important in public office. As well, we celebrate, I believe, his stellar performance, a real example of excel- lence in his service the last sixteen years as a member of the District Court here in Scranton and throughout the Middle District,” said Sena- tor Robert P. Casey Jr. Senator Casey and his father, former Gov- ernor Robert P. Casey, were two of the many individuals Judge Vanaskie credited with his Judge Vanaskie in a vintage 1930s courtroom in the William J. Nealon Building in Scranton, PA. success—from his college football coach to Judge Genevieve Blatt, who he said was the “first person to introduce me to the workings of judicial chambers.” He described the Honorable William Nealon, for whom he clerked, as “one of the truly great jurists in the history of the republic.” The ceremony took place in Scranton in the building named for Judge Nealon.

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 23 Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeng: Know Ye; That reposing special trust and confidence in the wisdom, uprightness and learning of Thomas I. Vanaskie of Pennsylvania, I have nomi‐ nated, and, by and with the advice and con‐ sent of the Senate, do appoint him a United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and do authorize and empower him to exe‐ cute and fulfill the dues of that Office, ac‐ cording to the Constuon and Laws of the Judge Vanaskie is assisted by his son, Thomas I. United States. Vanaskie Jr. during the investiture on May 10, 2010.

Christian Haugsby, president of the Middle His son, Thomas I. Vanaskie Jr. rose to assist District of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar his father in his swearing in. Judge Vanaskie then Association where Judge Vanaskie served as a shared his thoughts on the American Dream. Federal District Judge, thanked the judge for his “I was extremely proud to attend the investi- leadership of the federal bar. “Judge Vanaskie has ture ceremony marking Judge Vanaskie’s ascen- helped to instill in us a commitment to profession- sion to our nation's second highest court,” said alism, civility, and recognition that the law is more Dean Philip J. McConnaughay. “Tom Vanaskie has than mere theory but a real force in the world with been a friend, teacher, mentor, and outstanding real impact on the lives of real people,” Haugsby example of professional and personal accomplish- said. He went on to quote President Roosevelt, ad- ment to all Dickinson School of Law students and vising Judge Vanaskie to “hit the line hard.” alumni. It is the Law School’s great fortune that he It was an allusion to Judge Vanaskie’s days continues to serve on our adjunct faculty and as a playing defense on the Lycoming College football member of our Board of Counselors.” team. Some would call him a star; he prefers to Judge Vanaskie later said in an interview that say, “I was a football player.” He was a first team he wanted to express the appreciation he has for Academic All-American and an honorable mention the education he received at The Dickinson School All-American player and later played flag football of Law. In addition to strong writing skills that for The Dickinson School of Law intramural team. helped him earn the respect of Judge Nealon dur- After comments by Judge Nealon, the clerk of ing his post-graduation clerkship, he credited his courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania read legal education with giving him the tools to suc- aloud the Presidential Commission, which states ceed. Reflecting upon his education at The Dickin- in part: son School of Law he said, “It was a solid foundation for a very successful private practice,

24 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu The 1978 Dickinson School of Law flag football team played on fields near Route 11 in Carlisle. Standing: Robert J. Jeffery ’78, Harvey Feldman ’69, Eugene Melody ’80, Daniel Pipitone ’79, Anthony Adonizio Jr. ’78, Richard Fehling ’79, Thomas Vanaskie ’78, Daniel Dineen ’75 Kneeling: Kevin Sanders ’78, Bruce McKendrick ’78, Robert M. Maskrey ’78, William Levy ’78, and Richard Stanko ’79. and now I think I’ve done okay as a judge. I owe it all to what happened back then.” He particularly enjoyed Pennsylvania Prac- tice with Judge Dale F. Shughart ’38 and took a particular liking to international law and contracts with Professor Joseph Kelly, whose precision and intellect inspired him. Vanaskie worked as Professor Kelly’s research assistant. While intellect and precision are the bread and butter of a federal judge, Judge Vanaskie’s space within the courthouse sheds light on what matters most to him. Known for compassion and civility to litigants and attorneys, Judge Vanaskie has deco- Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. (left) stands with the Vanaskie rated the anteroom of his chambers in a way that family. In his remarks Judge Vanaskie credited his wife, Dottie, for supporting his career. “Dottie, more than any reminds people of where they are and what mat- other person, is responsible for my proudest accomplish- ters. Clarence Darrow rests his defense in a 1930 ments, our three children,” he said. To his left are their daughters Laura and Dian and son Thomas I. Vanaskie Jr. photo. A steamer entering Ellis Island in 1905 hangs at eye level. President Lincoln’s profile is framed, circa 1862. Stan Musial and Willie Mays forever stand shoulder to shoulder. A young Babe Ruth smiles, “Barnstorming” in his prime, in a 1927 dugout, with young African American fans clustered behind him. The space reminds the visitor of justice, hard work, inclusion, hope, achievement, and respect. It could be a shrine to why we practice law in the first place, or to the American Dream. The extended Vanaskie family gathered for the investiture. His mother, Dolores, is seated to his left. Judge Vanaskie credited her and his late father with teaching all seven Vanaskie siblings “hard work and the meaning of selfless sacrifice.” Family photos courtesy of Jason Riedmiller Photography

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 25 JUDGE VANASKIE’S “FOUR CS” OF EFFECTIVE LEGAL PRACTICE

Civility. Lawyers have to treat each other and the litigants on the other side with utmost respect. Communication. Most of the difficulties that are encountered in professional life and on the professional responsibility level arise out of the breakdown of communication between the client and the attorney. It is important that a client understands or the lawyer on the other side knows that their calls are going to be returned in a prompt and timely manner. Compassion. We should always have a sense of empathy. Lawyers should recognize compassion for the unrep- resented in terms of being willing to undertake representation, and also empathy for the other side, rec- ognizing that most cases involve real human beings. For many, many of the participants in the litigation process it’s the most important thing going on in their lives at any time. Completion. When I was a young lawyer, an elderly lawyer named Morris Gelb gave me this advice: try to complete one thing each day. Even if it’s just one letter, get one thing completed each day.

26 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu AN HONORABLE Presidential Picks HERITAGE Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles Alvin Jones ’10 (1887‐1966) Judge Vanaskie joins fel- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit low alumnus Judge D. July 14, 1939 Brooks Smith ’76 on The Third Circuit Court of Ap- John F. Kennedy Michael Henry Sheridan ’36 Mitchell Harry Cohen ’28 peals, considered one of the (1912‐1976) (1904‐1991) U.S. District Court for the U.S. District Court for the most powerful and influential Middle District of Pennsylvania District of New Jersey courts in the nation covering August 15, 1961 July 6, 1962 a region that represents more Lyndon B. Johnson than 20 million people. The Emanuel Mac Troutman ’36 two have known each other (1915‐2004) U.S. District Court for the since their law school days in Eastern District of Pennsylvania Carlisle. May 24, 1967

“It goes without saying Richard M. Nixon that I was delighted to have John Berne Hannum ’41 Clarence C. Newcomer ’48 another Penn State Dickinson U.S. District Court for the (1923‐2005) Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court for the alum become a member of March 24, 1969 Eastern District of Pennsylvania November 17, 1971 our court. But beyond alle- giance to an alma mater, I was Jimmy Carter grateful that the President Sylvia H. Rambo ’62 U.S. District Court for the and Congress gave us a judge Middle District of Pennsylvania who is as well-thought of by May 29, 1979 colleagues and practicing lawyers as is Judge Vanaskie.” Ronald Reagan “Judge Vanaskie and I William W. Caldwell ’51 Edwin M. Kosik ’51 Robert S. Gawthrop III ’70 U.S. District Court for the U.S. District Court for the (1942‐1999) simply continue a tradition of Middle District of Pennsylvania Middle District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court for the February 19, 1982 May 14, 1986 Eastern District of Pennsylvania public service that has exem- September 30, 1987 plified the careers of so many George W. Bush Christopher C. Conner ’82 of our fellow alums,” Judge U.S. District Court for the Smith said. D. Brooks Smith ’76 Middle District of Pennsylvania Thomas M. Golden ’72 U.S. Court of Appeals February 28, 2002 (1948‐2010) for the Third Circuit U.S. District Court for the September 10, 2001 John E. Jones III ’80 Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. District Court for the January 25, 2006 Middle District of Pennsylvania February 28, 2002 Barack Obama

Thomas I. Vanaskie ’78 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit August 7, 2009

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 27 FINDING A COACH

worked in New York City as a legal assistant at Polk Davis and Fried Frank. Ultimately, she de- cided to follow her mother’s footsteps into the legal profession. Even though she loved living in New York City, Saidman-Krauss chose Penn State Law because she knew so many talented alumni. “I met a lot of smart, successful people who were alumni of The Dickinson School of Law and they all had great things to say about the school.” Two relatives of hers, Hannah Greenwald ’98 and Sandor Yelen ’56, are also Law School alumni. When Saidman-Krauss began the search for a summer legal experience, she knew right where to start. She sent a cover letter and ré-

Rebekah Saidman-Krauss ’12 served an internship with Judge sumé to Judge Vanaskie, who was able to inter- Vanaskie, who judged her in a high school mock trial competition. view her just days later during a visit to Carlisle. Saidman-Krauss became one of four sum- Rebekah Saidman-Krauss ’12 was a mer interns in his chambers over the summer of teenager when she tried her first case in a federal 2010. Judge Vanaskie’s approach to mentoring courtroom. is to give each intern and clerk the opportunity She was a high school student at Wyoming to do what he does and walk through his thought Seminary, and her mock trial team made it to the process on legal analysis. regional rounds. As a special honor, the competi- “There are times in which we have good de- tion was held in the William J. Nealon Building in bates, and they are very effective. Sometimes I Scranton. can explain why from a practical standpoint a Judging her that day were at least two Dick- certain decision made more sense than another inson School of Law alumni—Judge Correale decision,” said Judge Vanaskie. He also mentors Stevens ’72 and Judge Thomas Vanaskie clerks and interns on their writing skills, adding ’78, who was at that time on the federal district that most of his work as a district judge involved court bench. After the competition was over her assessing arguments that were made in writing. mother, Sheila Saidman, insisted on introducing Lunch time is an institution in Vanaskie’s her to Judge Vanaskie, who presided over the chambers. Even though Judge Vanaskie found it competition. “exceptionally hard” to juggle both his district “I didn’t realize at the time what an honor it court cases and the Third Circuit work, he main- was to compete before a brilliant, well-respected tained his habit of eating lunch with his interns judge,” Saidman-Krauss said. and clerks over the summer of 2010. They dis- “I was astounded that a person of Judge cussed the day’s courtroom events, current Vanaskie’s capacity—a federal judge—would sit events and, of course, sports. Judge Vanaskie ad- with, listen to, coach, and constructively criticize mits that mentoring is part of his natural disposition. high school mock trial teams,” said Saidman, an When asked what he would do in life if he attorney who specializes in education labor issues. were not a lawyer or a judge, Vanaskie said, “I’d Saidman-Krauss went on to study religion probably be a teacher or a coach.” and Biblical literature at Smith College and

28 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu The Loss of a Friend and Jurist IN MEMORIAM JUDGE THOMAS GOLDEN

When Judge Thomas M. Golden ’72 passed away on July 31, 2010, the judiciary and the Law School lost a true friend. He was a member of the Law School Board of Counselors and, ac- cording to his former law partner and friend, a generous person. “Tom was the kind of person you want to practice law with,” said Attorney John C. Bradley Jr. ’72 of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. “He cared deeply about clients and took the time to be a good friend to a good many people.” The two initially met as adversaries in the 1980s. Bradley remembers that they “threw everything but the kitchen sink” at one another The late Thomas M. Golden celebrated his nomina- tion in May 2006 by President George W. Bush to but treated one another as professionals and, become a federal judge. Photo: Reading Eagle/Ben eventually, as friends. When the firm in which Hasty Bradley worked contemplated a merger, he sought the counsel of his former adversary and islative Task Force. Judge Golden received the agreed to join Golden’s firm, which then became Berks County Bar Association Presidential Golden Bradley and Masano. The two practiced Award for Distinguished Service and the Hyman together for more than six years until President Award for Outstanding Service to the Bar of George W. Bush nominated Golden to the U.S. Berks County. District Court for the Eastern District of Penn- “Judge Golden was a faithful friend to The sylvania in 2006. Dickinson School of Law, and his service, guid- Judge Golden brought more than twenty- ance, and legal acumen will be missed,” said Law five years of private practice experience to the School Dean Philip J. McConnaughay. federal bench. He was a former president of the Judge Golden shared forty-two years of mar- Pennsylvania Bar Association and served as riage with Penny J. (Fankhanel) Golden PSU ’71. president of the Berks County Bar Association. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two He was a former member of the House of Dele- children, Kristin P. Golden Mancuso PSU ’91 gates of the American Bar Association and was a and Matthew T. Golden PSU ’08, and three Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He grandchildren, William C. Mancuso, Alexander received two President’s Awards from the Penn- J. Mancuso, and Vivian K. Golden. Also surviv- sylvania Bar Association for his outstanding ing are his mother-in-law, Judith Fankhanel, leadership as chair of the Client and Community and his daughter-in-law, Olivia B. Golden. He Relations Committee and as co-chair of the Leg- was 62 years old.

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 29 JACK KEENEY CONCLUDES 59-YEAR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CAREER

turned to school on the GI Bill and earned his law degree at The Dickinson School of Law through an accelerated program. “It was, and is, an outstanding school close to home,” he said, remembering a congenial atmos- phere. He joined the Justice Department in 1951 under the Truman Administration, initially working on prosecuting members of the Communist Party who were working to overthrow the U.S. Government. He moved to the Organized Crime unit in 1960, where he stayed until he became chief of the Fraud Section in 1969. He particularly enjoyed working for Robert Kennedy. Keeney said in an NPR interview in 2007 that Kennedy was “the most fascinating” attorney general for whom Jack Keeney ’49 (right) meets First Lady Michelle Obama in June 2010 as Attorney General Eric Holder he worked. Kennedy’s responsive management looks on. Photo: Department of Jusce style and proximity to staff attorneys was unique for the time. Keeney explained in a 1999 interview rom navigating a B-17 over Nazi Germany in the USABulletin that under Kennedy, “Line at- to fighting organized crime for Robert torneys got to talk to the attorney general which Kennedy, John C. “Jack” Keeney ’49 F was unheard of.” has led a life of service to the United States. As an Keeney became a deputy acting assistant at- attorney in the Justice Department over the torney general several times over the course of his tenures of eleven U.S. presidents and twenty-one sixty-year career. He earned the Attorney Gen- attorneys general, Keeney announced in July that eral’s Award in 1996 and was awarded the Henry he would retire in three months. E. Petersen Memorial Award for his contribution His service to the United States began in 1943, to the Criminal Division. In 2000, the Justice De- when he interrupted his education to serve in the partment named a building in Washington, D.C., United States Army Air Corps. Along with the rest after him. of his B-17 crew, he was taken prisoner in Nazi Asked how he would advise young attorneys to Germany, an experience he described in a 1996 in- build their reputations, he explained that integrity terview with DC Bar. to the law is key. “Be careful that what you do is “I hit the ground in a pool of mud and was im- the right thing,” he said. “Sometimes what’s legal mediately surrounded by a bunch of kids who were is not really the right thing to do. If you’re stretch- toting rifles. Germany was in tough shape. Their ing the law sometimes it’s a bad idea even though manpower base was so depleted they were con- technically it might be legal.” scripting twelve, thirteen, fourteen year old boys. After the announcement of his retirement on They pointed their rifles at me, and I became a July 12, 2010, members of the media stood to ap- prisoner of war,” he said. After the war, he re- plaud the career of this dedicated civil servant.

30 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu GIVING

A Message From STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP JAMES DURHAM ’65 RECIPIENT PROFILE: Chair of the Law School’s For the Future Campaign Christine Arena — Ginelle Sroka I love the law and our profession. The Dickinson School of Law gave all of us an outstanding legal education, which provided the basis for our life’s work. We had the benefit of the investment of those who came before us and it is important that we pay a dividend on that investment by investing in those who will follow us through our school. As I weighed the choices of where I can make a difference with my volunteer time and financial resources, our law school and the legal profession came out on top. I therefore volunteered to chair the largest fundraising ef- Arena tours a C-17 during her summer internship with the fort in The Dickinson School of Law’s history. the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Hawaii. The Law School has launched a $35 million Chrisne Arena plans to graduate in May 2011, campaign to benefit students as a part of Penn take the New York and New Jersey Bar exams, and State’s $2 billion capital campaign. For the Future: perhaps join the JAG Corps of the U.S. Air Force. None The Campaign for Penn State Students is de- of these plans would have been possible without the signed to provide future attorneys with access help of a merit scholarship and the Zygmunt R. and and opportunity through scholarship support. Gertrude A. Bialkowski Memorial Scholarship. Cho- sen for her achievements as an undergraduate and These scholarships are vital to recruiting top ap- performance on the LSAT, Arena maintains that she plicants. For the Future also aims to build the would not have been able to attend Penn State Law strength and quality of the Law School faculty, without the scholarships. enrich the experiences of the students outside Arena has excelled, earning a place on the Penn the classrooms, foster research initiatives, and State Environmental Law Review and becoming its sustain the overall quality for which our alma 2010-2011 symposium editor. She founded the Pris- mater is so well known. oner Awareness Project, an organizaon that collects books for prisoners and offers educaon for cizens As chair of the Law School’s campaign, I to raise awareness and promote acceptance for am proud to say that we have already raised some of the issues surrounding incarceraon. Arena more than $25 million through the generosity is also a big sister to a girl named Misty through the of Law School alumni and friends. I urge you to Big Brothers Big Sisters Program. invest some of your present and future finan- Arena is grateful for the relief of some of the cial resources in our law school for the next immense financial burden of law school. She remem- generation of law students, for the continued bers how much it helped her, especially during her contributions of Dickinson School of Law to first year. “Having a scholarship relieved a lot of pressure for me and allowed me to focus on my studies. I the legal profession, and For the Future! did not have to worry about how I was going to pay my bills or eat or go home over spring break. I was able to focus on pung all of my energy into school.”

Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 20102010 31

ALUMNI NEWS

PEDRO CORTÉS ACCEPTS NEW POSITION AT EVERYONE COUNTS

Pedro A. Cortés ’99 resigned as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on June 11, 2010, to become executive vice president of Everyone Counts, a company specializing in military and overseas voting technology. In his new role, Cortés’ primary responsibility is strategic business development, including the Latin American and Caribbean marketplace. He was ready for a change. “Being secretary of the Commonwealth was a dream come true and I will cherish the experience for the rest of my life,” said Cortés. “While the job was enjoyable and professionally reward- ing, after seventeen years in the state government, it was time to expand my horizons. The offer to work for a reputable company that helps to enfranchise the members of our Armed Forces, overseas citizens, and people with disability was too attractive to pass up.” As the former chief elections official in Pennsylvania, one of Cortés’ top priorities was to ensure the voice of every eligible voter was heard on Election Day. The Department of State works Commission, and one of the 25 Most Influential closely with Pennsylvania’s sixty-seven counties Minorities Over the Past 25 Years by the Central to see that the elections are fair, accurate, acces- Penn Business Journal. He was the first Latino sible, and secure. These are also the guiding confirmed to the state cabinet and the longest- principals of Everyone Counts. serving Secretary of the Commonwealth in “Since 1996, Everyone Counts has worked Pennsylvania history. diligently to increase access to the ballot while Cortés resides in Harrisburg with his wife, enhancing voter security,” said Cortés. “The Lissette, and daughter, Gabriela. He encourages company is a pioneer in electronic voting tech- new attorneys to be humble. “Humility trumps nology for absentee voters and has successfully any professional success you can attain. We all carried out hundreds of public and private elec- know individuals who have let titles and power tions. At Everyone Counts, I am able to draw on get the better of them. Resist that temptation. Be my elections administration experience to pro- approachable, have a kind word to say, and be tect and promote the backbone of democracy.” sincere in your praise of others. If you do that, Cortes was selected as one of the 150 Living you will encounter real success.” Legacies by the Harrisburg SusqueCentennial Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 33 A PRIVILEGE and an OBLIGATION

Susham Modi ’10 was on the road to Boston for an interview at Harvard University when he received a phone call that made him forget all about what could be the most important interview of his life. The call was from a client he worked with the prior summer as a Cherie M. Millage Fellow at Holland & Knight’s Community Services Team, where Modi helped clients seeking asylum in the United States. It was good news: the client’s son fi- nally arrived into the United States after a grant of asylum and would now be able to join his mother. Riding on that success, Modi completed the interview and was ultimately chosen as an Immi- gration and Refugee Advocacy Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic. He began working there in August and focuses on pursuing changes to the immigration system, a body themselves,” he said. of law he finds in dire need of reform. “The laws on Modi is attracted to immigration law because immigration have been amended so many times he wants to help others. “I’ve been given an incred- that now often people that deserve asylum and ible gift. I’m blessed to have a law degree, and with other forms of relief in this country are denied it that gift comes both a privilege and an obligation for unjust reasons. The amount of reform work to help those less fortunate. Penn State Law has that needs to be done and its complexity are some incredible opportunities for public interest work. I of the most challenging parts of working in this really can’t emphasize how much change a law stu- field,” he said. dent can make in someone’s life,” Modi said. Under the supervision of Professor Deborah Anker, clinical professor of law at Harvard, Modi, among other things, works with Greater Boston You can help fund the Cherie M. Millage Legal Services to develop community information Fellowship program by: projects to help immigrants learn about their • Donating to the annual Public rights, a project he says could make a significant Interest Law Fund auctions impact for refugees who face a shortage of attor- (contact [email protected]) neys willing to represent them. “The ‘Know- Your-Rights’ presentations will increase individu- • Visiting www.giveto.psu.edu to als’ knowledge about their situations, their rights, make a monetary gift and can help them find an attorney to represent Contact Director of Development Kelly Rim- them. Providing this kind of information is crucial, mer to learn more. especially to those immigrants who represent

34 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu CLASS NOTES

1950s 1977 ders & Sorrentino, was roy, Deutsch, Mul- Deanna R. Pealer has been named a Pennsylvania vaney & Carpenter, 1959 elected president of the 2010 Super Lawyer. LLP. He focuses on com- Sherwood L. Yergey, found- Colombia-Montour Bar mercial, nonprofit, inter- ing partner of Pottstown Association, Inc. for the 1979 national, and litigation law firm of Yergey, Daylor, 2010-11 term. She is a gen- Dusty E. Kirk and her 13- matters. He has also been Allebach, Scheffey & Pi- eral practitioner with an person team recently moved named the Institute of cardi, has announced his office in Bloomsburg, PA. from Pepper Hamilton Corean-American Studies retirement. Real Estate to Reed Smith, (ICAS) Fellow. William Z. Sco Jr., the LLP in one of the largest 1960s managing attorney in the mass legal industry moves 1984 1965 Bethlehem, PA, office of in the Pittsburgh, PA, re- Nicholas Bybel Jr. and G. Carmen P. Belefonte has re- Marshall, Dennehey, gion’s recent history. Philip Rutledge ’78, found- ceived the President’s Warner, Coleman & Dusty currently practices ing partners of the Lemoyne, Award from the Pennsyl- Goggin, began a three- in all aspects of real estate PA, law firm Bybel Rut- vania Association of Jus- year term on the Pennsyl- development. Included in ledge LLP, announced tice, becoming the first vania Bar Association’s the shift was Alan Sable ’92. the founding of Common- attorney to have been Board of Governors on wealth Advisors LLC, awarded both the Milton May 14, 2010. 1980s an investment banking D. Rosenberg Award and firm that will provide ad- 1978 1981 vice on mergers and acqui- the President’s Award. He Craig J. Staudenmaier, part- is an attorney with the law Pamelee Marie McFarland sitions, capital raising, married Raymond Finley ner at Nauman, Smith, strategic planning, and firm of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Shissler & Hall LLP, has Barrett & Bendesky, PC. Murphy Jr., a certified corporate governance for public accountant and been named by Pennsylva- financial institutions in the partner in Sullivan & Com- nia Super Lawyers maga- Mid-Atlantic region. 1970s pany in Providence, RI. zine as one of the 2010 top 1970 Pamelee worked as an as- attorneys in the common- 1985 The Honorable John H. sistant to the president of wealth of Pennsylvania. J. Eric Rathburn has been Yoder, president judge of the Community College of Craig concentrates his elected to a three-year McKean County, retired in Rhode Island and from practice in the areas of term as a member of the October 2009 after 22 2005-08 she was senior state and federal litigation Board of Directors of the years of service as a dis- legal counsel to the Rhode and he routinely repre- Haverford Township trict justice and 5 years as Island Department of Ad- sents clients in all phases School District Education a judge of the Court of ministration. of the litigation process, Foundation. Eric is a part- Common Pleas. including mediation and ner with the Philadelphia PA American Water Presi- arbitration. law firm of Obermayer, 1972 dent Kathy L. Pape is Rebmann, Maxwell Superior Court Judge Correale among 25 women from Daniel L. Sullivan ’81 and &Hippel LLP, as well as Stevens has been ap- Central Pennsylvania to Robert C. Saidis ’75 have re- a member of the firm’s pointed to the Gaming earn the Women of Influ- cently announced the for- Business and Finance De- Law Committee, Law-Re- ence award for her out- mation of Saidis Sullivan partment, the Website lated Education Commit- standing leadership, Law as of July 1, 2010. Committee, and the imme- tee, and the Appellate integrity, and accomplish- The two attorneys for- diate past chairman of the Advocacy Committee of ments. With more than 30 merly practiced at the firm Recruiting Committee. His the Pennsylvania Bar As- years of experience in the of Saidis, Flower & Lind- practice includes a wide sociation. utility industry, Pape is a say. array of business transac- nationally recognized ex- tions and business law 1973 pert on the water and 1983 matters, including joint Terry Bossert has been ap- wastewater industries. She George Cornelius has been ventures and strategic al- pointed vice president of also served on Governor selected by the Bridgewater liances; mergers, acquisi- Government Affairs for Rendell’s Sustainable College Board of Trustees tions, and divestitures; Chief Oil & Gas LLC, pro- Water Infrastructure Task to serve as the eighth pres- and technology and intel- viding counsel to executive Force and as senior vice ident of the college. lectual property licensing. management on all legisla- president, treasurer, and tive and regulatory mat- rate counsel for Aqua Michael E. Scullin has been Elaine A. Stanko, a partner ters related to Chief’s America Inc. elected vice president of in the Chester County of- business. the Consular Corps Associ- fice of Fox Rothschild G. Philip Rutledge (see ation of Philadelphia. LLP, was recently selected 1975 Nicholas Bybel Jr. ’84) Michael is the honorary for the 2010 “Take the Robert C. Saidis (see Daniel counsel of France in Lead” award from Girl L. Sullivan ’81) Barabara L. Hollenbach, a Philadelphia and Wilming- Scouts of Eastern Pennsyl- member of Tallman Hud- ton and counsel to McEl- vania. She works in the Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • September 2010 35 firm’s Corporate Depart- ger, began a 3-year term on provides updates on impor- as a planned gifts and major ment and represents lenders, the Pennsylvania Bar Asso- tant cases and trends in gifts officer. He lives in ranging from large interna- ciation Board of Governors Pennsylvania civil litigation Bucks County, PA, with his tional lenders to small com- on May 14, 2010. matters. partner Steven. munity banks, as well as borrowers, including indi- 1989 Jennifer Harlacher Sibum has Edward G. Lanza has joined viduals, corporations, part- Peter L. Tracey joined the been sworn in as Monroe the litigation practice of nerships, and other entities, Washington, D.C., office of County’s (PA) newest Com- Eckert Seamans LLC, as in a variety of commercial Perkins Coie LLP. mon Pleas Court Judge. an associate in the Harris- financing transactions. burg, PA, office. He prac- 1990s 1995 tices in the area of utilities Robert J. DeSousa was Keith Marlowe has formed and tele-communications elected to a second term as 1990 Marlowe Legal Advi- law, energy regulation, civil state judge advocate at the Paul C. Troy, a partner in the sors, LLC, in Jenkintown, litigation, and administra- State Convention of the Vet- Norristown, PA, law firm of PA. The new firm advises tive law. erans of Foreign War in Kane, Pugh, Knoell, clients on corporate and se- Gettysburg. He is of counsel Troy & Kramer, LLP, has curities law matters (includ- 1998 to the firm Dethlefs-Pykosh recently been elected vice ing capital raising) and also Lisa (Sne) Ferrick married Law Group, LLC in Camp president of the Pennsylva- provides outsourced general Timothy P. Ferrick on Sep- Hill, PA. He also serves as a nia Bar Institute’s Board of counsel services. The firm’s tember 3, 2005, in Erie, PA. lieutenant colonel in the Directors. He is secretary of clients include start-up and On November 7, 2009, they Pennsylvania Army Na- the Montgomery County emerging growth compa- welcomed their identical tional Guard, where he has Bar Association and cur- nies, public companies, pri- twin boys, Liam Joseph Fer- been appointed commander rently focuses his practice vate investment funds, and rick and Connor Arthur Fer- of the 728th Regional Trail on professional liability, investment advisors. Keith rick. Lisa is assistant Defense Team. DeSousa, his medical malpractice, auto- was previously general district attorney for Erie wife, and four children re- mobile injury, and common counsel and chief operating County, PA. side in Hanover, PA. carrier litigation. officer of a hedge fund based in Bala Cynwyd, PA. 1999 1986 1992 Jon Woodard and his wife, Stephen H. Sherman has Patrick J. Murphy recently Aaron Young joined Reed Nadia Hayard Woodard, been appointed general joined Apple Inc. as senior Smith LLP as a partner celebrated the birth of their counsel to Americas at BSI counsel, taking on the re- and member of the State daughter, Anna “Annie” Group in Reston, VA, and sponsibilities of their patent Tax Group. He is based in Elizabeth Woodard on Au- practices at the Law Of- strategy and IP licensing the firm’s New York office. gust 28, 2009. He is a part- fices of Stephen H. matters. ner and patent attorney Sherman, PLLC. Gregory S. Spizer, of Anapol, with the Erie, PA, law firm Alan Sable was a part of the Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, of MacDonald, Illig, 1987 mass move from Pepper Feldman & Smalley, P.C., Jones & Britton LLP, Amelia Taylor has been ap- Hamilton to Reed has recently participated in where he focuses his prac- pointed to the Board of Smith, LLP in May of the Mass Torts Judicial tice on international IP law. Trustees of the Princeton 2010. Alan is now a partner Forum. The forum was de- at Reed Smith. Bar Association. signed to help attorneys 2000s achieve better results with Laurie Israel’s Brookline, MA, 1993 their mass tort cases. He 2000 firm has been reorganized Daniel E. Cummins, currently was involved with the “So- David Tshudy is a real estate as Israel, Van Kooy & a partner in the Scranton, cial Media, Juries, and the and land use lawyer for Days, LLC to include 5 PA, law firm of Foley, Use of Internet–Ethical Pit- Stevens & Lee. On June 4, lawyers. She is active in the Cognetti, Comerford, falls and Things to Avoid,” 2010, he presented at a land collaborative law bar and is Cimini & Cummins, has discussion, covering social law seminar in Harrisburg, a board member of the been contracted by the media and trials. PA, concerning the Marcel- Massachusetts Council on George T. Bisel Company lus Shale. He also writes Family Mediation. She has Inc. to be the new writer of 1996 and lectures on real estate been developing the field of the annual supplement to Michele (Stawinski) Burk‐ related matters and is a li- marital mediation and fre- the Pennsylvania Trial Ad- holder and her husband, censed title agent in the quently presents on this vocacy Handbook. In addi- Anthony, welcomed their state of Pennsylvania. topic. She is currently de- tion to his insurance first child, Eli Nathaniel veloping the first registry defense civil litigation work, Burkholder, on May 10, Andrew Raslton has been ap- site for marital mediators. he also continues to write a 2010. pointed to a 5-year term on monthly civil litigation col- the Board of Directors of 1988 umn in the Pennsylvania 1997 the Redevelopment Author- David E. Schwager, a partner Law Weekly and maintains Thomas J. Moore joined the ity of the City of Allentown in the Wilkes-Barre, PA, law his blog, Tort Talk Berks County Community (PA) (RACA). RACA’s mis- firm of Chariton & Schwa- (www.torttalk.com), which Foundation in Reading, PA, sion is to prevent and elimi-

36 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • law.psu.edu nate blight within the City tions and tax planning for the areas of corporate and sisted colonization under of Allentown, particularly closely held businesses and commercial litigation, cor- the U.S. Endangered in the city’s Focus and Re- individuals. porate bankruptcy, reor- Species Act” in the journal habilitation Areas. ganization, and liquidation. Conservation Letters. 2004 2001 Carolyn (Fenton) Larrabee T. Marshall Fawleyjoined 2008 Arthur Bobbouine Jr. has re- was recently hired by the the firm of Wilson, Elser, Mahew Sheehan recently cently been appointed by Pennsylvania State Univer- Moskowitz, Edelman & accepted a clerkship with Carolee Medico Olenginski sity as the director of Stu- Dicker LLP as an associ- the Honorable Jane R. as Luzerne County (PA) dent Legal Services. This ate in the McLean, VA, of- Roth on the United States Prothonotary deputy. new office will provide fice. Court of Appeals for the legal advice and represen- Third Circuit. Matthew also 2002 tation to University Park James S. Liskow and his conducted his first oral ar- Lisa Woodburn, of the Har- students on a wide variety wife, Anne, celebrated the gument before the Penn- risburg, PA, law firm of legal issues. In addition, birth of their first child, sylvania Superior Court on Angino & Rovner, be- she and her husband, Tom, Natalie Karen Liskow, on June 22, 2010. came chair of the Pennsyl- welcomed their first child, March 11, 2010. He is an vania Bar Association (PBA) Emma Ruth, on March 30, attorney with DeCaro, 2009 Young Lawyer Division 2010. Doran, Siciliano, Gal- Elizabeth Hunt joined the (YLD) at the association’s lagher & DeBlasis LLP Center County, PA, District annual meeting on May 14, Gene M. Molino is an asso- in Maryland. Attorney’s office as an as- 2010, in Hershey, PA. ciate in the law offices of sistant prosecutor. Vough & Associates in Jennifer (Denchak) Wetzel 2003 Pittston, PA, and also serves and husband Matthew wel- Collin Keyser accepted a liti- Rachel Obaldo has joined as a judicial law clerk to comed their first child, gation association position the law firm of Cole, the Honorable David W. Ashley Emma on April 15, with Hamburg, Robin, Schotz, Meisel, Forman Lupas, Luzerne County 2010. Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin & Leonard as an associ- Court of Common Pleas. in Lansdale, PA, in March ate. Rachel practices in the Previously, he served more 2006 2010, after clerking for areas of bankruptcy, gen- than two years as an assis- Amanda Nicole (Costley) Judge Robert Simpson Jr. eral corporate law, and tant district attorney for Mann and her husband, of the Pennsylvania Com- business litigation. Luzerne County. James, welcomed their monwealth Court. He now first child, a boy named focuses on the representa- Nicole A. Casciola married Michael J. Parker, an attor- Peyton Austin, on Febru- tion of businesses and resi- Allen J. Scazafabo Jr. ’02on ney with Abrahamsen, ary 24, 2010, in Richmond, dents in commercial May 21, 2010, at the Riu Conaboy & Abraham- VA. litigation, personal injury, Palace in Punta Cana, Do- sen P.C., was recently and landlord-tenant law. minican Republic. Guests certified as a civil trial ad- Jason Ruﬀ has joined in attendance included vocate in Social Security American Benefit Plan Ad- Mahew Goodrich ’02, Ali‐ Disability Law by the Na- ministrators, Inc., as its cia Zito ’02, Rachel Newman tional Board of Trial Advo- national labor relations di- In Memoriam ’03, Eric Newman ’02, and cacy. He is one of only two rector. Amy Kaunas ’03. attorneys in the Common- Dr. John G. Williams ’57 wealth of Pennsylvania Dale A. Tice has joined the Carl G. Wass ’62 Adam Fernandez has joined with this distinction. firm of Marshall, Parker The Hon. Henry “Hank” the law firm of Wisler & Associates as an asso- S. Kenderdine Jr. ’71 Pearlstine, LLP in Blue 2005 ciate attorney, practicing Bell, PA, as an associate. Foni A. Antoniadis joined primarily in the areas of Robert C. Sprenkle Jr. ’72 He is a member of the the law firm of Stradley, elder law and oil and gas law. James O. Hausch ’77 firm’s Business, Tax and Ronon, Stevens & Joseph A. Lach ’77 Estate Practice Groups. Young LLP in the firm’s 2007 Todd Getgen ’97 Philadelphia, PA, and published His practice focuses on Patrick D. Shirey Elsie Gornall (Hon. ’02) structuring and imple- Wilmington, DE, offices. a peer-reviewed policy per- menting business transac- Antoniadis will focus on spectives paper titled “As- Robert G. Oberly ’10

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