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Duquesne achieves 2nd highest Duquesne School of Law welcomes result on Pennsylvania bar exam Professor Seth Oranburg

Duquesne University School of Law graduates achieved a performance,” said Lally-Green. “Our law program is student- 91.96 percent first-time pass rate on the July 2016 Pennsylvania focused, and these results reflect the value of this approach.” The School of Law welcomes assistant professor of law Seth C. Bar Examination, placing it second among 10 Pennsylvania-area In addition, 103 of 112 Duquesne graduates passed the exam Oranburg. Oranburg received his B.A. from the University of Florida law schools. This pass rate exceeded the Pennsylvania first-time on their first attempt, and three additional applicants, who were and his J.D. from University of Chicago Law School. He studies the average pass rate (75.35 percent) by 16.6 points, marking the taking the exam for the second or later time, also passed. effect of law on innovation and the economy. His research includes 10th time in the last 11 years that Duquesne has exceeded the Duquesne offers law students academic excellence Internet shareholder activism, crowdfunding, venture capital and statewide average. opportunities beginning with their first semester of studies. As angel investing, smart contracts, network effects, information With the exception of the University of Pennsylvania, they move toward their third year of full-time studies or fourth Duquesne placed ahead of Temple, Villanova, Drexel, the year of part-time evening studies, law students can take advantage brokerage, and other commercial activities that relate to securities University of Pittsburgh and other law schools. Only the of a range of special classes to prepare for the bar exam. regulation, corporate finance, business associations, contracts, and University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne had first-time pass “This is a remarkable showing by a talented group of law related legal issues. He publishes his research in esteemed journals rates exceeding 90 percent. The next highest rate was ten points students and faculty who remained focused and worked tirelessly such as the Rutgers University Law Review, Cornell Journal of Law lower, placing Duquesne in an elite category among Pennsylvania to achieve the highest level of excellence on the bar exam and & Public Policy, and Fordham Journal of Corporate Law, and he has law schools. succeeded masterfully,” added Duquesne University President been interviewed by popular publications such as the The Wall Street Duquesne Interim Law Dean Maureen Lally-Green Ken Gormley, who served as law dean from 2010-2015. “The Journal, AboveTheLaw.com, and CommPro.biz. attributed the strong results to the hard work of the students who entire University community is extremely proud of their efforts. Oranburg teaches Contracts and Corporations at Duquesne graduated in 2016, the faculty’s dedication and the University’s These results demonstrate, once again, that Duquesne law Law. Before joining the Duquesne faculty in 2016, he taught legal unwavering support. “We are immensely proud of our students students out-perform the usual metrics through hard work writing courses at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and taught and the entire Duquesne law community for this outstanding and dedication to the task at hand.” Corporations, Closely Held Business Organizations, and Electronic Discovery of Digital Evidence at the Florida State University College of Law. Oranburg’s practice experience includes providing corporate counsel and managing venture capital transactions in Silicon Valley, Calif., and litigating antitrust matters in Washington, D.C.

Fishman retires; Horvath named Director for Lawyer Services

Patricia Horvath is the new associate director for lawyer joining Duquesne University Center for Legal Information as services at Allegheny County Law Library. Horvath’s appointment the assistant, then associate, director for lawyer services (Nov. was formalized after the recent retirement of longtime Associate 1999-June 2016). He is a prolific author with more than 250 Director for Lawyer Services, Dr. Joel Fishman. publications including more than 75 books/pamphlets, 75 articles, Fishman became the head law librarian at Allegheny and 80 book reviews in various library, history, and law review County Law Library (March 1977-November 1977) before periodicals. Fishman’s impact on the legal community was noted in a recent article in The Lawyers Journal of the Allegheny County Bar Association. He will continue to teach at Duquesne as an adjunct professor. Horvath served as the Associate Director for Resources and Finance at Duquesne University Center for Legal Information. She brings many years of experience, with both academic and law On Oct. 17, the School of Law unveiled the portrait of was named chief judge of the court, the first woman to receive that firm library managerial experience to the position. Additionally, Hon. Donetta Ambrose, L’70, painted by artist Joe Routon. Ambrose honor. Then-dean Ken Gormley commissioned the portrait in many in the local and National legal research communities was the first woman elected to the Westmoreland County Court 2015 to commemorate the endowment of the Hon. Donetta are familiar with Horvath through her active participation in of Common Pleas in 1981. After serving on that court for 12 years, Ambrose Scholarship, which provides financial assistance to a professional organizations like the American Association of she was the second woman nominated to serve on the United States law student from Westmoreland County. Pictured here, L-R: Law Libraries (AALL) and Western Pennsylvania Law Library District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, following President Gormley, J.R. Ambrose (son), Judge Ambrose, Routon, NEED Association (WPLLA). the footsteps of her friend, Carol Los Mansmann. In 2002, Ambrose Dean Lally-Green. HIGH-RES PHOTO

2 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 3 NEWS FROM THE BLUFF CLINICS

Clinical Legal Education Updates

The McGinley Endowed Public Service Law Fellowships provides student attorneys with valuable work experience through summer positions in government while supporting the law school’s ongoing commitment to public service. This year’s recipients met Jack McGinley, L’68, whose family endowed the fund, at the annual reception in September, along with Dean Lally-Green and President Gormley. The 2016 McGinley Fellows: Anthony Bianco Pilar Diaz Kate McCarthy Gina Robinson U.S. Dist. Ct., Allegheny County Allegheny County District Allegheny County Western Dist. of PA Public Defender’s Office Attorney’s Office Court of Common Pleas Kaitlyn Burns Kyle Fiesler Elizabeth Mylin Emily Shanahan U.S. Dist. Ct., Allegheny County U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office Allegheny County Western Dist. of PA Public Defender’s Office of Immigration Review Court of Common Pleas Gabrielle Conti Amanda Geary Allen Page Eleni Skezas PA Attorney General’s Office – U.S. Dist. Ct., Lycoming County Allegheny County Child Predator Unit Western Dist. of PA Court of Common Pleas District Attorney’s Office Taylor Corn Nicole King Jason Piatt Alexander Tulaney Allegheny County Public Office of Conflict Counsel U.S. Dist. Ct., PA Office of Attorney General Defender’s Office Western Dist. of PA Kyle Lanning Sara Watkins Juvenile Defender Clinic and Housing Authority team up to serve public housing residents U.S. Dist. Ct., Allegheny County Western Dist. of PA District Attorney’s Office A $100,000 Juvenile Reentry Assistance Program (JRAP) needs (i.e. social work, mental health) as possible. Sizemore- grant will enable the Duquesne University School of Law and the Thompson said she hopes to begin the HACP site visits Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) to assist by November. current and potential public housing residents with juvenile “This grant will help young people who have paid their debt record expungements. to society to get back on the right track, to find stable housing Under the guidance of Assistant Clinical Professor Tiffany and secure sustainable employment,” added HACP Chairwoman Sizemore-Thompson, 10 student attorneys in the School of Valerie McDonald-Roberts. Law’s Juvenile Defender Clinic at Duquesne University will visit Pittsburgh’s single-largest provider of affordable housing, each of the HACP housing sites, where they will conduct intake HACP offers low-income public housing and Housing Choice interviews and provide juvenile expungement consultation, Vouchers for approximately 20,000 residents. Their housing advice and representation. communities include Allegheny Dwellings, Arlington Heights, “We’ll do pro-bono expungement representation for people Bedford Dwellings, Glen Hazel, Hamilton-Larimer, Homewood up to 24 years of age who are at risk for being evicted from public North and Northview Heights. housing because of their juvenile record or who cannot get “We are so happy about the opportunity to partner with into public housing because they have a juvenile record, which HACP on this initiative,” said Sizemore-Thompson. “The excludes them from being eligible,” said Sizemore-Thompson. ability to access quality, affordable housing like that offered by “If we come across someone with an adult record, we will refer the Housing Authority is a great first step toward productive them to the law school’s Civil Rights Clinic, which works with citizenship-we’re thrilled to be able to offer this service to the adult expungements.” affected housing communities.” Law students from visiting professor Rhonda Gay Hartman’s L’79, David Kaleda, L’96, and Mary Frances Woods, L’14, joined the The Juvenile Defender Clinic-one of Allegheny County’s few The JRAP funding was presented through the Department health care law class joined students and faculty from the School law students at a reception hosted by Hartman where they provided of Pharmacy on Capitol Hill to lobby on behalf of pharmacists advice and mentoring. no-cost providers for juvenile expungement representation-offers of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department for a bill. They met with representatives of Senators Pat Toomey Law students who attended the event were Mohammed Al- holistic representation to its clients in order to address as many of Justice. and Bob Casey and Congressmen Keith Rothfus and Tim Murphy Bidhawi, Taylor Brooks, Alyssa Brown, Alyssa Dedola, Angela Giglio, among others. The lobbying was persuasive and the students Ian Grecco, Cynthia Howell, Kathleen Hum, Chalyn Kaufman, represented Duquesne University superbly. Alumni Nancy Pirt, Marissa Kohl, Susan Pickup, Emily Schimizzi, Anne Talarico.

4 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 5 CLINICS

THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY: Education Law Clinic participates in national event Students from the Education Law Clinic participated in Interim Dean the national “Lift Us Up!” conference in Pittsburgh in October. Sponsored by the Dignity in Schools Campaign and the Education Rights Network, the event brought together local, Maureen Lally-Green state, and federal policymakers to discuss solutions to ending “school-to-prison pipelines” and new efforts to keep students in school by reducing the number of school suspensions. Phil Rice, Contributing Writer KDKA-TV covered the event. Learn about Duquesne Law’s Education Law Clinic and how it serves Pittsburgh families, visit duq.edu/law/clinics. Duquesne University boasts many attributes that draw students from around the world. Academic excellence, the prioritizing of moral and spiritual values, the fostering of an ecumenical atmosphere, and an emphasis on service to the Church and to society are some of the loftier attractions. Externship opportunities expand But each student ultimately builds a personal relationship Elizabeth DeLosa, L’10, with Duquesne that is as important as the university’s began to manage the work of Thanks to the work greater mission. For Judge Maureen Lally-Green (L’74), the Pennsylvania Innocence of Professor Kate Norton new interim dean of the Law School, the spiritual essence Project this academic year (right) and Clinical Legal in Duquesne Law’s Tribone Education Director Laurie of Duquesne University is inseparable from the physical Center for Clinical Legal Serafio, law students have new and worldly aspects that garner worldwide attention. For Education. DeLosa currently opportunities for externship Lally-Green, who is the first female graduate of the Law supervises six law students, two from Pitt Law and four from Duquesne Law, and eventually will oversee eight students placements. More than 300 School to be named a dean, the whole is greater than parts. with the help of volunteer attorneys. DeLosa spoke about partners now place Duquesne The community is the spiritual foundation upon which her students’ work at the Pennsylvania Innocence Project’s Law students in externships Duquesne continues to build. In her words, “The way we locally, nationally, and Pittsburgh launch on September 27, 2016 in downtown support each other demonstrates the magic of that spirit.” Pittsburgh. internationally.

Alumna and law student win pro bono awards Numbers that matter The Allegheny County Bar Foundation announced the 2016 Pro Bono Achievement Awards in October, and a Duquesne Law Hours of legal service to alumna and law student were among the recipients. the region through the Beth A. Dodson, L’ 07, an attorney with BNY Mellon, won 17,800+ clinics the Jane F. Hepting Individual Attorney Award for her work creating pro bono and community education projects. The award recognizes her work recruiting and training colleagues to provide Hours of legal service free legal services, while also handling many cases herself. 5,300+ to the region through Jason E. Piatt won the Law Student Award for volunteering externship placements his time in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, where he worked to defend Pennsylvania state police, and in the Office Hours of legal service to of Judge R. Stanton Wettick in the Allegheny County Court of the region through pro Common Pleas. 2,200+ bono programs In addition to his pro bono activities, Piatt serves the public Academic Year 2015-2016 in Duquesne Law’s Family Law Clinic.

6 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 7 The eldest of eight children, Lally-Green was born in and advisors. This was not a decision to take lightly, and the Governor Tom Ridge. In 1999, she was elected to the court for a University (2009); Anne X. Alpern Award (2006); St. Thomas Sharpsville, Pa., near the Ohio border. When she was 12, the contemplation period included valuable time in her hometown. term of ten years. After retiring in 2009, she worked with Bishop More Award, St. Thomas More Society (2002); and Duquesne family moved nearby to the slightly larger town of Hermitage. “Growing up I had only known one lawyer, a friend of my David Zubik with the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh as associate University Law School Distinguished Alumna Award (2001). Small-town values permeated the Lallys, as did a solid Catholic parents. I spoke with him and he was extremely supportive. I was general secretary, a position she held until the end of August Whether in the public or private sector, Duquesne and upbringing. “We all went to Kennedy Christian, which is now fortunate to receive some scholarship help, and I chose to come 2015. Duquesne alumni have always been an essential part of Lally- called Kennedy Catholic High School,” she recalls. When it came to Duquesne.” Lally-Green’s service to the commonwealth and the judiciary Green’s professional landscape. The sense of fellowship she time to consider colleges, that devotion to Catholic education There really wasn’t any doubt as to which law school she is impressive. Her roles include being chair of the Supreme treasured as a student continues to grow. “When I ran for office was a primary concern, along with geographical considerations. would attend. Unlike many students, Lally-Green was following Court’s Gender Fairness Implementation Committee (2002) I traveled from county to county. The network of alums were a “My father said, ‘It has to be Catholic,’ and he added, ‘You’re the the lead of the university rather than being guided strictly by and the co-chair of the Children’s Fast Track subcommittee great opportunity to connect the dots, yet another derivative of oldest. I don’t want to have to drive too far to the school,’ and he career goals. She was quickly absorbing the possibilities of a that recommended recent substantial changes to the appellate the Spiritans and their philosophy of lifelong community. We actually gave me a radius to choose within.” While her father’s career in law, and in so doing she was finding a clear sense of rules involving children and family matters (2008-09). She was help each other out without asking for anything in return. And methods may seem restrictive, Lally-Green fully embraced his self—she was identifying with the concept. But the foundation of secretary and member of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental that’s special.” reasoning and his motivations. She had already set her sights on these personal ambitions was firmly provided by the university. Commission on Race, Gender and Ethnic Fairness (appointed by Given Lally-Green’s strong association to her alma mater, a particular school that met the criteria anyway. “My uncle, Pat “The attraction was the spirit of Duquesne. Simply stated, here the Supreme Court) (2004- 2007). During her tenure, she chaired her selection to serve as interim dean of the Law School seems Lally, was a graduate of Duquesne, plus Duquesne was one of people are treated with respect—and I give the Spiritans a lot of the committee that developed and proposed to the Supreme like a natural development. “I’ve always stayed close to Duquesne the few co-ed Catholic universities at that time. It was really the credit on that.” obvious choice.” In the 1960s and early 1970s women law students at For Lally-Green, entering college in 1967 meant becoming Duquesne were rare, but toward the end of the decade trailblazers part of an emerging youth movement for which there had such as Carol Los Mansmann (L’67), Donetta Ambrose (L’67) “It is hard to imagine a person been no precedent. The number of college students in the U.S. and Joy Conti Flowers (L’73) had not only demonstrated superb was reaching record highs with each year of the 1960s, a trend academic talents but each would go on to forge impressive paths more qualified and prepared to that would continue through 1975. The Vietnam War, civil in the legal profession. “My class had around 10% women, but rights and other issues were now dominating the activities of I felt very much a part of a community here. And because of serve as dean of the law school students all over the country. Duquesne navigated the era with that community I didn’t encounter some of the problems that common sense and faith. “Father McAnulty was president of the women in other law schools faced. This is directly attributable than Judge Lally-Green.” university at that time. We cannot ignore the incredible presence to the women who preceded me. The four of us—all “Double of Father Mac,” Lally-Green says. The Rev. Henry J. McAnulty Duqers”—became close friends, and Carol Los Mansmann was a — Former dean and current University president served as the ninth president of Duquesne from 1959 until particularly valuable mentor.” Ken Gormley 1980, and afterwards as university chancellor until his death in Law school proved to be a good fit for Lally-Green. She 1995. He cultivated an image of accessibility and community excelled as a student and reveled in the time and experience involvement during his 21 years as university president, and his shared with professors and colleagues. “Professor Robert non-confrontational personality and ability to relate to students Broughton was a property professor—so kind to all of us, always Court a non-discrimination policy and procedures for the throughout my adult life. When this opportunity came up I would prove invaluable in the face of the student unrest that giving his time. Professor Aaron Twersky, our torts professor, judicial branch of government, a proposal that was adopted and thought, ‘what a marvelous privilege!’ And everyone has been characterized many college campuses of the time. “He was bigger was simply terrific. Those are just two—I could go on a litany of made effective January 2008. She served as chair, vice-chair and terrific.” than life, and just so kind and so wonderful. Not just for me—for professors who guided me then and who continue to influence member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Appellate Court Former dean and current University president Ken Gormley everyone. He listened to the students, and he instilled ethics and my life and career. Truly my time at the Law School was a Procedural Rules Committee (2005-2011). She recently served has expressed supreme confidence in the selection. “She is widely professionalism by example.” wonderful experience. Great professors, great classmates, great the Court of Judicial Discipline in its Diversion Program (2105- respected throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and The future Pennsylvania Superior Court judge did not friends.” 2016). nationally, and has enormous credibility in all circles,” Gormley take a —common academic path to law school. “I went into the Upon earning her J.D., Lally-Green practiced with a private Dedication to non-profits remains a priority for Lally-Green. said. “It is hard to imagine a person more qualified and prepared college of arts and was a math major for a couple of years. My law firm in Pittsburgh that dissolved after just few months. She Her positions include serving as chair and member of the board to serve as dean of the law school than Judge Lally-Green.” mathematics teachers were very influential, not just through then went to Washington, D.C., where she served as counsel to of directors for UPMC Mercy Hospital, and serving chair and Interim Dean Lally-Green eloquently accepts the baton teaching but in taking an interest in the students. When I decided Commodity Futures Trading Commission almost three years a member of the board of directors of Cardinal Wuerl North from president Gormley with characteristic optimism and vision. I really wanted to teach, I went to the education school and got before returning to western Pennsylvania. Back in Pittsburgh, she Catholic High School. She is vice chair and member of the board “The Law School has wonderful talent and we have a wonderful secondary education training. I was going to be a math teacher.” was counsel to the former Westinghouse Electric Corporation of directors of Our Campaign for the Church Alive!, Inc., and program. Our faculty is committed to ethics, professionalism In the midst of this process her academic proficiency and knack for six years before taking a moment to reevaluate her life and she is member of the board of directors of Saint Vincent College and academic excellence while maintaining a keen focus on the for teaching led her to tutor other students, including some with her career. “By that time I was married and had two children, so and the board of regents of Saint Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, welfare of the students. When students leave this place they have designs on law school. “I was helping some friends prepare for I decided to slow it down a little bit and spend more time with Pennsylvania. She also serves on the board of directors of two a good sense of doing the right thing the first time. And they have the LSAT, and along the way they challenged me to take the test. my family. With the help and guidance of Dean John Sciullo, for-profit entities. a lifelong commitment to service, whether that means serving I did, and I did fairly well on it. I was now presented with a new a special friend and mentor to me, I began teaching at the Law Not surprisingly, Lally-Green has received awards and clients, serving community, serving society—or all of the above.” option.” School in an adjunct capacity before becoming fulltime.” Joining official recognition throughout her career. Some of the many The spirit of the Duquesne School of Law has a worthy Her introduction into the possibility of attending law school the full-time faculty in 1987, she became a full professor in 1992 honors include Helping Hands Judge Mansmann Award (2011); standard bearer, though she deflects the spotlight. “Duquesne may seem impulsive, but Lally-Green was genuinely interested. and served in that capacity until 1998 when she was appointed to membership in Century Club, Duquesne University (2010); is student-centered, and through the marvelous students of She gave the matter serious thought and consulted trusted friends the Pennsylvania Superior Court, a statewide appellate court, by Presidents’ Award from Saint Francis University and Duquesne Duquesne the spirit carries forward.”

8 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 9 Following Their Own Drummer: Alumni on Non-Traditional Paths Phil Rice, Contributing Writer

As all graduates of Duquesne School of Law understand, a career in law offers a wide selection also have a sister who is a tax attorney—and she loves it. I kept fulfillment, and she has achieved that goal. “Every day I get to talk of career possibilities. Private practice is the most common route, whether as a sole practitioner, a thinking, ‘I just need to hang in there and I will love it as much as to people who are dedicated to the work that is done at UPMC or they do.’ But that just didn’t happen.” to happy Pitt alums who want to give back to research or student member of a boutique firm or as part of a nationwide full-service firm. There are opportunities for Confronted with the realization that a passion for the law scholarships. It’s a wonderful way to bridge that gap between my government lawyers at the local, state, and federal level. Public interest lawyers work for non-profit was not going to materialize, Sciullo found herself reflecting on law degree and non-profit work.” agencies designed to serve economically disadvantaged people. In-house attorneys advise companies her life and looking for redirection in her career. “There were a As with all professions, fundraising offers a steady ladder number of events that stirred my conscience—my dad passed for career climbing. There are always higher rungs for those and corporations on legal matters. The variations are endless. But some step off these traditional paths away, I had some relationship changes, and I started to think, who seek them, but for a fortunate few there are greater rewards to forge their own trail with their law degree proudly in tow. Led by drive and ingenuity, the territory what am I doing? What do I really enjoy doing with my life?” in recognizing the contentment of a perfect fit. Lisa Sciullo is available to these inspired attorneys is truly boundless. This period of reflection allowed her to bring her life into comfortably in the latter category. “For a while I thought I wanted clearer focus—to see how she could use her law degree in a to ‘move up.’ Then I realized that I work for the two largest manner that she would find personally meaningful. Her love of non-profit organizations in Western Pa., and I’m the director of The faculty of the Law School left a profound imprint on volunteer work provided the first hint of a new direction for her Planned Giving for both—it’s hard to get better than that.” Sciullo. “There were many influential professors. Professor Barker career. “I had sat on a few boards as a legal counsel or as a voting Lisa Sciullo: particularly stands out in my memory. His dedication to the member, and I was president of a group called Vectors Pittsburgh, profession and to the Catholic way of life has really impacted Letting the Heart Take the Lead which was the successor organization to the Pittsburgh Jaycees. I me throughout my career.” Another notable influence, perhaps really enjoyed doing that. When a friend of mine introduced me Jonathan Flickinger: For Lisa Sciullo, L’91, attending Duquesne as an not surprisingly, was her father. “He was an estates and trusts to the idea of professional fundraising, I realized this was a great undergraduate was a natural step, and her continuing on to law attorney and expert; in my current position I do planned giving The Value of Versatility way to bridge the practice of law with my non-profit work.” school seemed almost predestined. Her father, John J. Sciullo, had and I talk to people about putting Pitt or UPMC in their estate or When an opening was announced at the Planned Giving For athletes in the early years of professional team sports, been on the faculty at the Duquesne School of Law since 1963, setting up a trust. There is a genuine connection.” Office of the University of Pittsburgh, Sciullo submitted her versatility was in high demand. Honus Wagner is remembered and by the time Lisa began her freshman year in 1984, her father After graduation Sciullo entered the work force and began resume. While she certainly had qualifications, she was initially as the hall-of-fame shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, leading was the dean of the Law School. Immensely popular and effective successfully plying her trade. The problem, though, was a lack considered an unlikely candidate. “I interviewed with another his team to the World Series in 1903 and 1909. What is less well- as both dean and professor, Dean Sciullo cast a considerable of passion for her chosen profession. “I practiced law for about Duquesne alum, David Dalessandro, and he said to me, ‘why in known is that Honus played every position in the outfield and shadow. But daughter Lisa was not deterred. “Although his being 13 years, mostly municipal and school law. I kept waiting to fall the hell would a lawyer want this job? You can make five times the infield, and he played every position well. Despite his hitting dean of the law school while I was attending made it a little more in love with the law, just like my dad was in love with the law. I as much practicing law than doing this.’ I said ‘well, you are not prowess, that defensive versatility may have been his most valuable challenging, my years as an undergrad and as a law student were going to find somebody who wants to do this job more than asset for the team. He could fill any need on a moment’s notice. wonderful and rewarding.” me. I’m going to take advantage of you because you are going While the comparison may seem far-fetched at first glance, to let me learn on the job, and you’re going to take advantage of Jonathan Flickinger, L’11, brings a comparable versatility to his law me because you’re going to have a lawyer on your staff.’ And it career. worked out well.” Born and raised in Washington, Pa., Flickinger stayed in “There were a number of events Sciullo took to the work, finding the passion that had his hometown to attend Washington and Jefferson College. previously been missing. She quickly progressed to major gift After earning his undergraduate degree, he sought and received fundraising, which are key for any organization. Initially she kept admission to the Law School. “Duquesne was a fantastic choice that stirred my conscience—my dad a hand on her law career, but her heart had clearly found a home. for me, not just because of the education it provides but because Serving a number of positions along the way, Sciullo ultimately it allowed to me get the degree via the Evening Program. This passed away, I had some relationship became the Director of Planned Giving at the Medical and Health meant I could work full time, which gave me exposure to three Sciences Foundation for Pitt and UPMC. different career environments while I was still in law school.” changes, and I started to think, what While it may not appear to bear much resemblance to her Flickinger worked as a law clerk with Buchanan Ingersoll and legal background, the skill set in her executive position is familiar. Rooney, moved on to the Washington County District Attorney’s am I doing? What do I really enjoy “I look for someone who can spot the issue, identify the problem, Office, and finished with Peacock Keller. These work experiences and help identify solutions to problems. Spot the issue was one of introduced him, in order, to the big corporate firm atmosphere, a doing with my life?” the things all the professors wanted to teach you in the first and law and order environment, and a small boutique firm setting. His second year of law school. Spot the issue, identify the problem, versatility was beginning to take shape. figure out what you need to do. The formula still works.” — Lisa Sciullo, L’91 In addition to his employment and academic studies, Sciullo had sought a path that would allow her to use Flickinger pursued another passion during law school that would her legal skills in a manner that nurtured a greater sense of set the stage for post-graduate endeavors of a non-traditional sort.

10 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 11 “I’m very grateful to Duquesne Law for the fun times I had there and for the school’s “I started a letter writing campaign to the world of combat sports, student entering the work force. “It was not a traditional fulltime primarily the Ultimate Fighting Championship. By the end of job. It was contract work, which meant we could be real busy for flexibility to allow me to obtain my degree in law school in 2011, I had written about 500 letters to industry three months and then off for several weeks. That’s a tough way insiders.” He had taken aim at a goal and was not going to give up to make a living.” The versatility of a law degree was front and such an unusual way. without satisfaction. The dedication paid off. “After graduation I center during this time even if the environment was not exactly had success finding a position with an agency called StarPR Las conventional. “I was representing and advocating for a client, — Linda O. Johnston, L ‘80 Vegas run by Jen Wenk, the former PR director for the UFC. The using my law degree for the individual and for the organization, agency handled everything from contracts, endorsements, and work for which I was very well prepared.” Dan Irvin Photography sponsorships—overseeing all the elements of a fighter’s career so Returning to Pittsburgh, Flickinger continued to work with that they can do what they do best.” combat sports promotions and other organizations on a part- Flickinger joined the agency in 2012 and worked fulltime for time basis, but he had his eyes set on new career paths that would When Unocal sold off its various assets, Johnston found herself about a year. Even with his eclectic background, his new position offer long-term opportunities. Already possessing an advanced having to drive 50 miles to work each day. “I did that difficult presented scenarios not often envisioned by the typical law certificate in strategic human resources management from Linda O. Johnston: commute for two years, heading there very early in the morning. By Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Authoring Her Own Path then, my coworkers knew I was also a published writer and I wasn’t Flickinger transitioned into a human resources executive. “As there for them until the company’s official starting time. This gave an HR director I use my labor and employment foundation, For Linda O. Johnston, L ‘80, the idea of attending law me an hour of writing time each weekday morning. When the my contract and compliance understanding, my benefits and school was originally influenced more by Cupid than career company began winding down its business and requesting people compensation, my risk management—essentially every aspect ambitions. “I didn’t start out wanting to be a lawyer,” she recalls. to be “redeployed”rather, unemployed—I took advantage of their of my law school education. The alphabet soup of labor and “I’d gone to Penn State for undergraduate school and gotten a program and left.” employment law is an evolving, ever changing landscape. The degree in journalism with an advertising emphasis. But then I Although her full-time status had changed, Johnston keen awareness acquired from a legal background helps me stay met my husband, Fred, and while we were still dating he told me continued to engage in projects for the company and for other on top of regulations. I can use the law to protect the company or he intended to take the LSAT. That got me thinking about the attorneys on a contractual basis. This allowed her to continue advocate for the employee, depending on the situation.” possibility of my becoming a lawyer, so I took it, too, and by then practicing law as a transactional real estate attorney—and to write. His prowess in the field has not gone unrecognized. In 2016 had made the decision: I did want to be a lawyer. My husband, on Then another opportunity presented itself, though of a slightly he was named an “HR Rising Star” by Human Resource Executive the other hand, chose not to go to law school.” different nature. “When the country’s economy tanked in 2008, I Magazine and a “2016 Game Changer” by Workforce magazine. Looking into law schools in the Pittsburgh area, Johnston was wasn’t able to find more law projects the way I wanted to conduct As he continues to forge his own unique career path, quickly drawn to Duquesne’s reputation and flexibility.“ I started in them, so I became a full-time writer.” Flickinger does not hesitate to reflect positively on his alma Duquesne Law’s night school program since I was working during Johnston no longer maintains her license in Pennsylvania, and mater. “Duquesne provides a great foundation for success no the day for my father’s public relations firm. However, Fred and I her California license is officially inactive. But that doesn’t mean her matter what path you take, whether a traditional path as an married toward the end of my first year, so I transferred into the legal background doesn’t play a role in her literary career. “In my attorney or a non-traditional path being a human resources full-time day program.” When her husband received a job offer first cozy mystery series, the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mysteries, executive. A Duquesne Law education allows you to evolve as in Los Angeles, the newlyweds moved to the West Coast before Kendra was an attorney who lived in the Hollywood Hills with her a person—personally and professionally. If you welcome that Johnston was able to complete her law degree. “Since I would have tricolor Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Lexie. I was a practicing evolution into your world, the potential is limitless.” lost a year’s worth of credits had I transferred to one of the L.A. law attorney then, I live in the Hollywood Hills, and my older Cavalier schools, I became a visiting student at the University of Southern is a tricolor named Lexie. Fortunately, though, I was never accused California School of Law. This allowed me to receive my J.D. degree of an ethics violation, as Kendra was, which caused her to become a from Duquesne.” pet-sitter. Nor, fortunately, do I trip over dead bodies as she did.” After graduation, Johnston briefly held a position with a The prolific author has over 40 novels to her credit, and her law firm in L.A. before being presented with a special career pen doesn’t look to be silenced anytime soon. “At the moment, “Duquesne was a fantastic choice opportunity. “My time at Duquesne helped make it clear to me that I’m writing two mystery series: the Superstition Mysteries, and I wanted to become a transactional attorney and not a litigator, the Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries, both for Midnight Ink. I also for me, not just because of the and I landed my dream job as an in-house transactional real estate write romances for two Harlequin series: paranormal romance attorney with Union Oil Company of California (Unocal).” for Harlequin Nocturne, and romantic suspense for Harlequin education it provides but because Simultaneous with her career advancement as an attorney Romantic Suspense.” came success in another passionate pursuit. “My first fiction Linda Johnston travels a career path that is not exactly typical it allowed to me get the degree via was published while I was still with Unocal, and I continued to of graduates of the Law School, but she carries a fond appreciation write while practicing law.” Johnston’s first published short story, for her academic foundation. “I’m very grateful to Duquesne Law “Different Drummers,” won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for the fun times I had there and for the school’s flexibility to allow the Evening Program.” for best first mystery short story of 1988. She began to build an me to obtain my degree in such an unusual way. Although I really audience with her flair for mystery and romance stories, and the miss practicing law, I intend to remain a full-time writer as long as — Jonathan Flickinger, L’11 pull of the writing life became stronger with each success. I can.” 12 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 13 D.R.E.A.M.: Debt Rules Everything The Democratic Donkey and the Around Me Republican Elephant

By Mike Jones, Web Editor By Sarah Weikart, Executive Editor

Summer 2016 Issue Preview A founding principle of public universities is that the It all started with an insult. During Andrew Jackson’s relative low cost gives greater access to affordable education for 1828 presidential campaign, his political opponents labeled Juris—The Duquesne Law Magazine is an ABA award- lower and middle class state residents. The rising cost of higher him a “jackass.” All political parties express their ideologies winning student-run publication with a long history. The first education has made the accessible into the insurmountable. to the electorate through symbols such as flags, posters issue was released in 1967 in traditional newspaper format. Over Over the past 25 years the number of administrators and and slogans. As the political debate heats up in this year’s the years, the publication has evolved from a newspaper to a staffers employed by universities has more than doubled, upcoming election, there are two prominent symbols that semi-journal to a newsmagazine. Through this rich history Juris a rate twice as fast as the growth of students; all the while America sees day in and day out, the Democratic donkey and has developed into a publication that incorporates traditional schools have entered into an arms race over more livable (and the Republican elephant. The historical basis on which these citation standards and unique graphics for substantial legal news superfluous) campus amenities. As time goes on, and higher two famous party animals were founded has helped shape articles. Juris also now has a full blog, featuring timely posts education becomes more expensive, fewer graduates are able to their respective political parties. about current legal issues, and Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn repay their debts. The system is broken and it begs for reform accounts. from candidates in the upcoming national election. TheJuris staff hopes you will enjoy the following article previews and read the full versions along with other excellent student pieces on the Juris website, jurismagazine.com. The Pennsylvania Attorney General Office: Meghan Collins, a 2016 JD candidate, is the editor-in- The Perils of Voting for the Wrong Candidate chief and designer of Juris. She is the student articles editor of the Duquesne Business Law Journal and president of both the By Katie Burns, Staff Writer Duquesne Intellectual Property Law Association and the Corporate Law Society. She graduated with her JD/MBA this spring and is interested in pursuing a career in compliance. 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Why the Candidates’ Language Skills Matter the Upcoming Election By Justin Bernard, Associate Editor The Difference Between a Primary and a Caucus By Natalie Tupta, Staff Writer By Kevin Neumar, Associate Editor With the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, a void exists By Thomas Cocchi, Executive Editor on the Supreme Court and the next justice selected to fill that Consider the following scenario: The government void could drastically affect the political make-up of the Court The months preceding the presidential election mark the Anyone who has been paying attention to the 2016 unlocks your iPhone by having Apple invent a new operating for years to come. In the event that no justice is confirmed to most lengthy, extensive and public job interviews held in the presidential election season has certainly heard about the Iowa system that bypasses any protection-saving measures fill the vacant seat, the potential for 4-4 deadlocks could leave United States. 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However, these terms encompass significantly absolute access to personal electronic information is such a On Feb. 4, 1988, Justice Anthony Kennedy was confirmed by the such characteristic which speaks to the candidate’s ability to different electoral events in the political process that leads contentious issue that presidential candidates are forced to Senate after President Reagan’s nomination. In the last 60 years, communicate with a wide variety of people in our country and to a party nomination for president. Understanding the choose a position. A position that does not fall easily within 19 of the 20 most moderate Supreme Court nominees have been abroad. Multilingualism is a “presidential” trait voters should differences between a primary and a caucus is important to party lines. confirmed by the Senate, but only time will tell if Chief Judge consider when casting their vote in the upcoming election. understanding just how much, or how little, wins in different Merrick Garland will get a hearing before the Senate. states might mean to a primary candidate.

14 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 15 Mark Yochum’s Next Act Jacob Rooksby, Associate Dean of Administration & Assistant Professor of Law

guffaws, no matter how well-worn the joke. Take for example his pretension, he embodies the notion that one can be both a law regular aside at the annual public-interest law auction, that Dean professor and a regular, congenial person. He met his wife at the Emeritus Cafardi’s favorite Italian food restaurant was actually Red Dog Saloon in an old hotel where the Mellon Bank Center the Olive Garden. His witticisms had zing without the sting. is now located. Some of their favorite hobbies together include Blessed with an actor’s sense of timing and delivery, he reminded bowling, drinking beer, and visiting casinos. generations of students that “income is income, from whatever Professor Yochum’s colloquial approach to teaching source derived.” made otherwise inaccessible topics actually relatable and fun This leading man joined the Law School as an assistant for students. His passion and enthusiasm for life conveyed to professor in Fall of 1983, after working as in-house counsel for students a sense that, with the right attitude, any legal subject the Koppers Corporation for two years, and practicing law for can be exciting. Like many students, Pittsburgh attorney and five years before that with Berkman Ruslander Pohl Lieber & Duquesne Law graduate Jon R. Perry ’91 remembers Professor PHOTOS Engel, a predecessor firm to Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC. Yochum’s legendary teaching of tax. “Mark had the terrible Professor Ronald Ricci ’76, who has known Professor Yochum misfortune of trying to teach us tax,” he said. “I don’t think since the 3rd grade, when they both attended the same grade anybody in the class liked the subject. But Mark is such a dynamic TO COME school in Pleasant Hills, helped recruit him to the Law School. individual, he actually made it fun for us. And we ended up “We came through when Kingsfield from The Paper Chase was enjoying the class—not the subject matter—but the class, because seen as the model professor,” Professor Ricci said. “Mark, with his of him, and his teaching style and his humor, and his laidback acting background, showed that the study of law can actually be attitude.” Despite the friendly distance that all professors must very entertaining. I think that was his strength as a teacher: you erect with students, Perry recalls that “we knew Professor Yochum didn’t have to be Kingsfield, you could actually make an effort to cared about us as people, and he was one of the few professors entertain, to make it fun, and a lot of us started to emulate what that was willing to give that feeling to us.” he did. I’ve never seen a professor who has a better rapport with Alumnus Raymond C. Vogliano ’92 agrees. Now practicing the students. That’s the reason the students enjoyed him so much. with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, where he chairs The students know where his heart is. He had a demanding the firm’s tax and estates & trust group, Vogliano recalls that nature, but at the same time, he would do anything for them.” Professor Yochum “gave me the confidence to look at myself and Professor Yochum was a history major at Carnegie Mellon say, ‘if you push yourself hard enough, you can do this.’ That University, graduating in 1974. He credits CMU with cultivating meant the world to me. Without him, I probably wouldn’t be here his interest in theater. There he participated in Scotch’n’Soda today.” Vogliano continues: “He taught tax on Friday night. There Theatre, an independent student group that puts on student- are very few people who can make that damn internal revenue written musicals, some of which, like Pippin, have gone on to code interesting, but I could not imagine a more enjoyable Friday receive national acclaim. night! I looked forward to that Friday night class. It was almost Yochum attended law school at Georgetown University Law like a breath of fresh air. We had fun. He made the code fun.” Center directly after graduation from CMU, but not because In addition to tax, through the years Professor Yochum also he had any master plan for becoming a lawyer or law professor. taught professional responsibility, estate planning, legal writing, “I was an idiot,” Professor Yochum told me, in his typical self- debtors’ and creditors’ rights, and bankruptcy law. He even taught “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely well-read scholar; cheerful and supportive colleague; jocular deprecating fashion, “but I always I thought I had a facility with criminal law to the Honorable Dwayne Woodruff ’88, formerly players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one emcee at events for alumni and students; omnipresent force yacking. Law was an opportunity for me to do that.” He honed an a cornerback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, now a judge on the man in his time plays many parts.” Seven, to be exact. So wrote in the bankruptcy bar; renowned local thespian, writer, and interest in federal income tax law during his time at Georgetown, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. William Shakespeare in his comedy, “As You Like It.” director; and master of the continuing legal education (CLE) and began practice in the area after graduation in 1977. Marriage Indeed, Professor Yochum made his mark on many judges At Duquesne Law School’s center stage, it’s curtain call for seminar. to his wife Kathleen came in 1986, and the birth of his daughter during his time at Duquesne. Judge Rita Hathaway ’88, of the one of our most talented and colorful actors. Professor Mark His famous lines are perhaps even more numerous. Only Molly in 1992. Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas, credits Professor Yochum turned in his equity card this fall, after 33 years of Professor Yochum could tell a room full of people, in the Down-to-earth is a quality that permeates most aspects Yochum with influencing her career on the bench. “He is the one service on the full-time faculty. He is anything but out of Central politest of ways, to “shut up,” and they would listen. Intoned in of Professor Yochum’s life, despite his vast success, illustrious who influenced me the most in wanting to be a trial attorney,” she Casting. a distinctive guttural draw, his seemingly unrehearsed quips in credentials, and estimable family provenance (his father retired said. “Because of the enthusiasm he had, and after working with Yochum’s starring roles have been many: engaging professor; front of students, staff, and professors alike forever drew hearty in 1988 as chief financial officer of Westinghouse). No fan of him on moot court and being one of his students, I just felt like I

16 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 17 wanted to be in the courtroom.” continues to sell, although the speech changes over the years.” Jeffrey A. Deller ’96, Chief Judge of the United States Like any good actor, Professor Yochum always knew his audience. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, What he likes about acting is the discipline and devotion to says that Professor Yochum “was always approachable to all the text that it requires. “Almost half of my preparation for any play is students, whether he actually taught them or not.” He remembers reading words, over and over and over again, and thinking about that Professor Yochum “made tax exciting, and he brought that to their meaning,” he said. “I can be more spontaneous in class, the classroom, and the bankruptcy class, and everyone I talked to which I never do in theater.” He also enjoys getting to work with who had him for tax said the same thing. He taught it in a fashion people from all walks of life. Yochum performed in his first play, that was cogent, understandable, and actually entertaining, and Same Time Next Year, while a practicing attorney. Since then, by there is no better way to learn than being taught by somebody his count, he’s performed in over 60 plays and musicals, including like that.” Glengarry Glen Ross, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Angels in Judge Deller also recalls Professor Yochum’s lasting influence America. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called his 2002 performance outside the classroom, as a frequent contributor to CLE and other in A Tuna Christmas, a comedy about life in a fictional Texas programming. As he reflected, “I have been in the bankruptcy town, “critic proof.” Even though he’s performed in venues of all community for twenty years, and I cannot remember a bench-bar sizes, large and small, Professor Yochum prefers the latter, because conference, a bankruptcy symposium, or an event sponsored by they offer what he calls “close-up magic.” the American Bankruptcy Institute where Mark wasn’t one of Of his theater days of past, Professor Yochum downplays his the featured speakers. He has taught professional responsibility stardom, but does reflect that he “got to play all the great parts of to lawyers at large and to the bankruptcy bar for the past twenty American theater for a guy who looks like me.” He says he never years, not only locally but nationally. Not many people can say remembers being on stage, “only standing in the dark, waiting that they have that type of a specialty. No one else has been able to go on. That’s the exciting part.” As he reflects on his life in law to mesh bankruptcy and professional responsibility like Professor and the classroom, his reminiscence is touched, predictably, with Yochum has done.” humor. “It’s all about the kids,” he told me. “I’ll miss class, but not Professor Yochum’s interest in CLE programming began the faculty meetings.” when Pennsylvania instituted mandatory continuing legal Back to Shakespeare. Man’s fifth part in life is the justice education in 1993. He went to the Law School’s dean at that phase, where he is “Full of wise saws, and modern instances”—in time, John J. Sciullo, and said, to Professor Yochum’s recollection, other words, shrewd sayings and fresh thoughts. It is in this role “I know show business. Let me do this. I know how to produce that Professor Yochum has enjoyed such a long and storied run. events. But it would be better if I can be the performer as well.” When the critics write their final reviews, and understudies reflect There was a content gap for CLE programming, and Professor on his years of performance at Duquesne Law, there will be no GORMLEY BOOK Yochum aimed to fill it. disputing: Yochum was theater at its best. Dean Sciullo gave him $500 in seed money to start a CLE series. Professor Yochum never asked for any additional money ARTICLE TO COME after that, as the series grew into a widely successful offering for alumni and practicing attorneys, at one point hosting twelve CLEs a year at the Law School. Professor Yochum was the master organizer—he determined presentation topics, recruited presenters, and, of course, performed. Some of his original and timeless offerings include “Fred Merkle’s Bonehead Play” (a tear-jerker that analyzes how we deal with error), “The 1911 Bar Exam” (a look at the evolving conceptions of professionalism), and a perpetual crowd favorite, “Sex with Clients” (no description necessary). Of the origin of the latter’s cheeky title, Yochum remarked that “With a title like that, I thought it would sell. It

18 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 19 COMMENCEMENT

102nd Commencement Duquesne University School of Law Ceremonies Class of 2015

Mark Gregory Adams Brandon Michael Eberle Anthony J. Owen On June 5, 124 students were conferred the degree of Juris Jessica Lynn Altobelli Alyssa R. Federoff Alison R. Palmeri Doctor while one received the degree of Master of Laws for Christian Anthony Angotti Devon Francesca Ferris Danielle Marie Parks Foreign Lawyers. Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge Ryan David Balbierz Kristine Ann Grega Joseph John Peluso Jr. was the keynote speaker. Special recognition for service to the Nicholas Adam Barone Morgan S. Hays Ana Lisa Petrella School of Law was given to former dean and now president Ken Amanda S. Barr Elisabeth Rather Healey Thomas More Pié, Jr. Gormley, along with Nancy Perkins, who finished her term as Nicholas R. Basara Joseph Andrew Heisler Alexandria Marie Popovnak interim dean. As is the tradition, the Dr. John and Liz Murray Connor Alan Battin Courtney Chandler Hower Anthony Nicholas Pugliese Tallie R. Van Vuren Excellence in Scholarship Award was presented to professors Justin A. Bernard Matthew N. Korenoski Susan Qin Kathryn Anne VanDeveer Robert S. Barker and Jane Campbell Moriarty, and graduate Brendan Kenneth Birmingham Allison Kowalewski Christopher C. Quinn Eric G. VanKirk Maria Sasinoski. Morgan Taylor Boccio Danielle L. Kowalkowski Casey Rankin Erika Lynne Vasques Cassandra D. Bodkin Vincent James Krawiec Alexander Christopher Alexa Leigh Veselic Kyle D. Boker Joseph David Krebs Reading Noah James Walstrom Robert J. Bosilovic III Jeanmarie C. Larkin Sabrina Rachele Rearick Luke William Watterson Rebecca Lee Canterbury Justin Nicholas Leonelli David Stewart Richards IV Hillary M. Weaver Megan Elizabeth Carben Marcus A. Lipinski Meredith Joanne Risati Sarah Kimberly Weikart Joseph Caulfield Cynthia Valerie Lose Anna F. Robosson Jonathan Russell Williams Anthony John Chiappetta Tami Lanell Mack Jorge M. Rojas Tynishia Williams Tambria Mae Chinchor Zane Aubrey Madden Eric Benjamin Rudel Leah Marie Wilson Rachael Dawn Clark Chelsea M. Mague Rhoda Ann Ruple Rebekah Erin Woolner James A. Clayton Valerie Anna Mahoney Maria Lynn Sasinoski Corey Scott Young Andrew W. Clifford Scott Andrew Martin Alexis Katherine Schaming Matthew David Zagorski Thomas Francis Cocchi Jr. Nina Martinelli Kayla Schindler George Samuel Zavadak Meghan L. Collins Lauren Lynn Mathews Emily Elizabeth Seelman Chloe Christine Zidian Curtis M. Corson, Jr. Quinn Anthony McCall Raymond A. Setaro III G. David Zimmermann Hillary Cullen Cox Margaret Elizabeth McGannon Tyler S. Setcavage John Christopher Zozula Caption Annamarie Danylo Shiann Brooke McGovern Brandon M. Shields Matthew John Bolewitz David Michael DelGreco Paul S. McGrath Joseph Silko Kevin Brian Lorello Jillian Marie Denicola Nicholis Salvatore Joseph Nichole Elizabeth Sisk Brook Thomas Dirlam Milardo Carlo Joseph Spagnolo LL.M. Robert J. Dobkin Katelin J. Montgomery Brandon Scott Sprecher Tongtong Zhou Emma Rose Donahey Sarah Elizabeth Morrison Alyssa Renee Sweeney Danielle Marie Donivan Abigail Rae Nath Samantha C. Tamburro Emily Claire Downing Kevin Neumar Adam Joseph Tragone Christina Marie Dubosky Justin DeWayne Norris Elizabeth Ann Tuttle

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20 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 21 FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Steven Baicker-McKee HONOR Tracey McCants Lewis • Seeing Voices: Are You Lying Now? Neursocience, Law, and The Obsession with Deception. Panel on Creativity, Science, and the • Invited to serve as a consultant for the American Law Institute’s PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES PRESENTATIONS Brain. Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD (Sept. 15, 2016). Restatement Project on Children and the Law. • Federal Litigator (newsletter) (May-October 2016). • Presenter, Community Expungement Presentation with • Second Annual Presidential Conference on The Integrity of Pennsylvania State Representative Jake Wheatley. Youth Places, • A student’s guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Creation (final day program facilitator). Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (July 5, 2016). 2016-2017 (with Janssen, W.M.). St. Paul: West Academic Maryann Herman Pittsburgh, PA (Sept. 28-30, 2016). Publishing (2016). • Presenter, Allegheny County Anchored Re-Entry Consortium PRESENTATION • Panelist. Re-imagining the ideal role of prosecutors. Workshop (ACAR) at The Nuts and Bolts of Hiring Re-Entrants! • Mastering Multiple Choice for Federal Civil Procedure (with on Criminal Law & Procedure, Southeastern Association of • Presented at the Association of Academic Support Educators Community College of Allegheny County, Allegheny Campus, Janssen, W. M.). 2d Ed. St. Paul, MN: West Academic (April Law Schools Annual Conference. Amelia Island, FL (Aug. 3-8). National Conference, City University of New York Law School. Pittsburgh, PA (June 10, 2016). 2016). New York, N.Y. (May 24-26, 2016). • Courtroom knowledge of forensic technology and the impact • Keynote speaker, Manchester Charter School Restorative on Frye and Daubert standards. Workshop hosted by M.S. Justice Program, PA Supreme Court, Pittsburgh, PA (May Forensic Science and Law Program at Duquesne University Robert S. Barker 2016). Hoard Katz (Visiting Professor) and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence at RTI HONOR PRESENTATIONS • TEDx Pittsburgh TED Presenter, “Activate Forgiveness.” International. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Aug. 9-10, Soldiers and Sailors Hall, Pittsburgh, PA (May 22, 2016). 2016). Named Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Law by his • Two Speaking Sessions at SEALS, Southeast Association of Law colleagues and Duquesne University. Schools Annual Conference. Amelia Island, Fla. (Aug. 2016). APPOINTMENT • Stream Chair and Speaker. The Ethics & Regulation of Lawyers Worldwide: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. • Appointed third permanent member of Board of Directors • What course, experience, or activity do you want students to have 2016 International Legal Ethics Conference VII, Fordham Law of The August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Julia M. Glencer more available to them in law school? Third Annual Wolters School, New York, N.Y. (July 14-16, 2016). Kluwer Legal Education Leading Edge Conference (July 2016). Pittsburgh, Pa. PUBLICATION/ARTICLE • Patients, Doctors, and Chronic Pain: Preliminary Thoughts • What Law School Curriculum Committees Can Learn from About Legal Issues Arising from the CDC Guidelines. • “Seek Out Different Learning Experiences to Inspire Your Architecture Schools. Third Biennial Transactional Law Frank Yining Liu (photo) Chronic Pain Research Consortium Annual Retreat and 5th Teaching: Vignettes from Flute Camp.” Perspectives: Teaching Conference, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Ga. Anniversary. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. (June 14, Legal Research & Writing, 24(36-40) (July, 2016). AWARD (June 11, 2016). 2016). PRESENTATIONS • Recognized by the American • Seeing Voices: Neuroscience Contributions to a Legal Association of Law Libraries “We Don’t Need No Or-Ee-En-Tay-Shun:” Why An Early Start Reconstruction of the Insanity Defense. Fordham Law Review Rona Kaufman Kitchen (AALL) with the prestigious to Legal Research & Writing is the Best Way for Students to Symposium on Criminal Law and Neuroscience, Akron “Hall of Fame” award on July Begin Law Study (with Levine, J.M.). Legal Writing Institute HONOR University School of Law, Akron, Ohio (April 13, 2016). 18 in Chicago. Liu helped build Conference, Hilton Portland, Portland, OR (July 10-13, 2016). • Alumni Awardee at the University of Pittsburgh’s Chabad and improve Duquesne School PUBLICATION/ARTICLE Appreciating the Law as a Literary Profession. Continuing Legal House on Campus 28th Anniversary Celebration, Pittsburgh, of Law’s research facilities, • Scientific Evidence (with Giannelli, Imwinkelried, and Roth). 5th Education, Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pa. specifically the Duquesne Ed, 2012 (Two Volumes) and Supplement (2013, 2014, 2015, Pa. (April 23, 2016). University Center for Legal 2016, ---) (Sept. 2016). Information (DCLI) and AWARD Bruce Ledewitz Allegheny County Law Library • Received the Duquesne Law Student Bar Association’s 2016 PRESENTATIONS (ACLL). Katherine L. W. Norton Excellence in Teaching Award. • The Role of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools in the Renewal of PRESENTATION American Democracy. 22nd Annual Conference of Religiously Jane Campbell Moriarty Rhonda Gay Hartman (Visiting Professor) Affiliated Law Schools, Challenges and Opportunities for Faith Encouraged not Prohibited – Should the Academically Based Legal Education. Virginia Beach, VA (Sept. 30, 2016). PRESENTATIONS Underperforming Law Student Be Encouraged – Rather PRESENTATION That Prohibited – From Participating in Externships. Presented • Distinguished lecturer. Prosecutor, Ethics, and Promoting Justice. • The Crisis in Pennsylvania Government. Allegheny County at the Association of Academic Support Educators National • Invited participant and led a discussion about state anti- Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility’s Lecture Courthouse, Pittsburgh, PA (Aug. 26, 2016). Conference at CUNY New York City, N.Y. (May 24, 2016). bullying laws for the Roundtable on the Biological and Series, Turning a Blind Eye: Prosecutorial Ethics and Expert Psychosocial Effects of Peer Victimization: Lessons for Evidence, at the University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Bullying Prevention for the Project on Preventing Bullying Jan Levine Ohio (Oct. 28, 2016). Wesley M. Oliver Through Science, Law, and Practices. National Research • From Out of the Shadows: Illuminating the Intersection of PUBLICATION/ARTICLE Council and the Health and Medicine Division of the PRESENTATION Mental Health and the Law. Lecture on Seeing Voices: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. • Bill Cosby, The Lustful Disposition Exception and the Doctrine of “We Don’t Need No Or-Ee-En-Tay-Shun:” Why An Early Start to Potential Neuroscience Contributions to a Reconstruction National Academy of Science Building, Washington, D.C. Chances, 93 Wash. L. Rev. 1131-1141 (2016). Legal Research & Writing is the Best Way for Students to Begin Law of Legal Insanity. The 16th Annual Forensic Science and Law (June 9-10, 2016). Study (with Glencer, J.M.). Legal Writing Institute Conference, Symposium, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. (October 21, Hilton Portland, Portland, OR (July 10-13, 2016). 2016).

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Seth Oranburg Ann Marie Schiavone Development Update PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES PRESENTATION Jeanine L. DeBor, Esq. Director, Law Alumni Relations & Development • A Place of Their Own: Crowds in the New Market for Equity • Beyond Legal Writing: Teaching Seminars & Casebook Courses Crowdfunding. Minnesota Law Review Headnotes, 100(2), Panel. Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference, Hilton 147-166 (2016). Portland, Portland, OR (July 2016). Centennial Campaign Wrap-up • Bridgefunding: Crowdfunding and the market for entrepreneurial On Sept. 30, the Centennial Fellows Wall was dedicated. The finance. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 25(2), Laurie Serafino 397-452 (2015). 84 names of alumni and friends on the wall represent those who PRESENTATION donated in excess of $10,000 during the Centennial Campaign, which we kicked off in Sept. 2010 in anticipation of our • Access to Justice. Continuing Legal Education, Pennsylvania John T. Rago Centennial Celebration in 2011. The campaign ended at the end Supreme Court Disciplinary Board Education Program, Omni of 2014, the centennial celebration of the first graduating class. PRESENTATION Bedford Springs Resort, Bedford, PA (July 22, 2016). Total funds raised exceeded $3.2 million. The campaign supported major initiatives in the School • Police body cams deployment and evidence-based practices . . of Law, including student scholarships and resource funds, . Pennsylvania police and prosecutors belatedly acknowledge Tiffany Sizemore-Thompson clinical legal education, bar exam preparation, and technological the public owns the criminal justice system. Faculty exchange upgrades. The following endowed funds were established: program presentation. University of Akron School of Law. PRESENTATIONS Akron, Ohio (April 1, 2016). • The Honorable Donetta Ambrose Scholarship • Class of 1976 Fund • Co-Presenter. Avoiding the Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline: Legal • Mary R. Grealy Scholarship • Second Century Distinguished Speakers Fund MEDIA Advocacy and Trauma-Informed Services for Our Most Vulnerable Youth. Pennsylvania Statewide Adoption and • Reginald P. Robosson Law Scholarship (for a woman’s first year • Interviewed by Slate (Slate.com) on conviction integrity Additionally, the Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Permanency Network 2016 Summer Statewide Meeting, academic achievement) & criminal justice reforms in Pennsylvania for article, Education was named as a result of the generosity of Thomas and Kalahari Resorts, Pocono Manor, PA (June 13-14, 2016). • R. Elliot Katherman Scholarship “Pennsylvania’s Shame,” by Lara Bazelon (Oct. 12, 2016). Michele Tribone. Within the clinic building, the August Damian • Suppression of Statements, Cross-Examination, & Transfer to • Varrenti Hernandez Family Resource Fund Courtroom and Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Classroom were Adult Court. • Law Alumni Association Career Services Fund named. Public Service Law Fellowship Funds were enhanced, including establishing the McGinley Public Service Fellows Jacob H. Rooksby • Law Alumni Association Bar Prep Fund • National Juvenile Defender Center Summer Academy Faculty program. PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES Member, Georgetown Law Center, Washington, D.C. (June • John F. Naughton Student Resource Fund A full list of the Centennial Fellows may be found at duq.edu/ 19-25, 2016). • The Branding of the American Mind: How Universities Capture, • Student Bar Association Centennial Fund law/alumni/support-duquesne-law. Manage, and Monetize Intellectual Property and Why It Matters MEDIA (Johns Hopkins University Press) (Sept. 2016). • “Community Gathers at Restorative Justice Meeting.” The New Call to Excellence Fund progressing to its goal • A Fresh Look at Copyright on Campus. 81(3) Missouri Law Pittsburgh Courier (April 15, 2016). Review 769-810 (2016). In the fall of 2014, then-dean Ken Gormley announced PRESENTATIONS a critical source of bridge funding to weather the national Tara L. Willke downturn in legal education. The Call to Excellence Fund • Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) 2016: The New Federal PUBLICATION addresses the current trend and provides funding for key PHOTO OF KEN AND PEIRCES AT TRIBUTE) Private Cause of Action for Trade Secret Misappropriation. initiatives: Continuing Legal Education presented by Western District • Three Wrongs Do Not Make a Right: Federal Sovereign Expanding and intensifying our Bar Exam Preparation of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, Immunity, the Feres Doctrine, and the Denial of Claims Brought • programs to give every student the chance to excel. in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property by Military Mothers and Their Children for Injuries Sustained Law Association and Duquesne University School of Law. Pre-Birth. 2016 Wis. L. Rev. 263 (May 2016). • Launching a new Wills and Estates Clinic to provide Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh, PA (June 22, 2016). experiential education while offering low-income and elderly PRESENTATION individuals much-needed legal services at no charge. • Establishing the John E. Murray, Jr. Endowed Visiting • Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the United States Professorship to forever honor the TEXT MISSING • Adult Learning Theory Applied to Legal Research. Legal Writing • Creating full-semester externships for students to work (seminar course). University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Institute Biennial Conference, Hilton Portland, Portland, OR in Harrisburg, Washington, D.C., and other cities to gain (June 8-17, 2016). Our goal of $2 million by December 31 is within reach: as of (July 13, 2016). experience in public service law positions in the executive, October 31, $1,931,000 has been raised. A Tribute to Ken Gormley • Book talk. The Branding of the American Mind. Pre-law Society, legislative, and judicial branches. on June 23 raised over $105,000 toward the fund. We are grateful Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (April 7, 2016) • Increasing scholarships to allow highly qualified students who to everyone who attended and supported this initiative, with MEDIA wish to attend Duquesne University School of Law – including special thanks to our Gold Sponsors: Gretchen (L’80) and Jim those from diverse backgrounds – to do so during difficult (L’79) Haggerty, KGA Partners, LLC, Kline & Specter, P.C. • Interviewed for Essential Pittsburgh, 90.5 WESA FM re: economic times. technology & study abroad programs (April 22, 2016). To learn more about donating to the School of Law, please contact Jeanine DeBor at [email protected]. To make a donation online, please visit duq.edu/law/alumni/support-duquesne-law 24 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER SUMMER 2016 25 DLAA UPDATES

Young Alumni Profile: Message from the DLAA President Justin Ring, L’14 Dear Friends,

“It doesn’t matter what you do ... so long as you “May we live in interesting times” is an English expression also known as “the Chinese Curse “ * The phrase presents itself change something from the way it was before as a good wish but is more of a curse in that “interesting times” is you touched it into something that’s like you meant as existing in a worrisome world. Need new callout Duquesne University School of Law has just survived some after you take your hands away.” interesting times in the legal educational area and has done so in — Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 an exemplary manner. We are not yet through this rough spot but our school has weathered this storm in good nick. Ken Gormley, who led us through these trying times, has moved his office to the top of the hill to become the President of Home: New York, NY year of law school, I saw first-hand what the position I aspired to the University, and Maureen Lally-Green is serving as the interim actually looked like by working at a boutique patent law practice dean. I am excited to watch both of my friends excel in their new and a medical device company. I also spent three semesters Education: Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience, University of positions. Southern California enrolled in law clinics and externships through the Duquesne Our law school continues to shine in national recognition, Clinical Legal Education office. While those semesters were some being ranked with the nation’s best law schools in the following Experience: Currently a Contracts & Licensing / Patent Fellow of the most challenging because of overlapping coursework and at Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, the Office of Technology internship time commitments, I was motivated by the fact that areas: One of America’s Best Graduate Schools, Best Value Among Commercialization for the Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn the material covered in class became immediately meaningful Private Law Schools, great Part-Time Programs. To cap this good School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Previously and applicable to my work. The opportunity to divide my time news, Duquesne achieved a 91.96 percent first-time pass rate on clerked at Ronald Law Group, a boutique intellectual property between learning in a lecture hall and in a law practice made my the July 2016 Pennsylvania Bar Examination, second in our state law firm, and Legal Intern at Blue Belt Technologies, a medical legal education much more dynamic. and leading the other law schools by many points. device startup company. It is an honor and a great time to be the president of our law What was the benefit of your summer abroad studying law alumni association. I am proud to follow in the steps of all of the Invited Lecturer on Patent Law and Technology in Beijing? Honors: prior presidents who have set a high bar for my involvement. Commercialization at both the Icahn School of Medicine at I enrolled in the Beijing summer study abroad program as a I first became involved in the Law Alumni Association Mount Sinai and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; unique way to experience a new culture and it delivered that and Member of the Louis L. Manderino Appellate Moot Court Honor more. Through lectures focused on Chinese legal history and as a way to give back to the school that gave me so much. My Society at the Duquesne University School of Law recent sweeping changes to Chinese intellectual property laws, I graduation from law school changed the trajectory of my life that developed a deep understanding of the dual role that a country’s would not have happened without the help that I received from Favorite Quote: “Coming back to where you started is not the legal system plays: both in defining relationships and transactions my professors and fellow students. same as never leaving.” - Terry Pratchett within that country’s borders, and in establishing the country’s Our Law Alumni Association has established many endowed reputation on a global stage. Additionally, on a more practical funds that assist the law school in maintaining its level of note, I participate in discussions about patent protection in What’s in your briefcase? I often only carry my laptop – doing excellence. These established funds support the Law Alumni China that arise in my current work, which involves licensing my part to save paper in the legal profession. Scholarship, the writing program, the Career Services office and technology to companies that commercialize products globally. bar preparation. We are always working with the administration What are your passions? Always trying something new. That was the greatest impetus for moving to New York after law school, What would you say about the value of your to recognize new areas where we can be of assistance. and it’s tied directly to my interest in patent law as well. I have to Duquesne Law education? I can speak on behalf of the DLAA Board of Governors stay at the forefront of both the ever-changing patent laws and I chose to attend Duquesne Law because I wanted a significant in that we hope that you look back on how Duquesne Law the science underlying an invention to foster a new technology portion of my legal education to focus on practical lawyering has altered you life’s direction, join the Duquesne Law Alumni from its earliest stages all the way through potentially becoming skills. For me, Duquesne’s value was in the opportunities, Association, and, as a member, help the administration with its a product. resources, and network it provided to make that happen. I trained needs. I thank all of our members, and I look forward to seeing in trial and appellate advocacy with local judges, counselled you at our upcoming events. You completed numerous internships in Pittsburgh while in nonprofit organizations benefitting the greater Pittsburgh area, law school. Tell us about that. and much more, all within the short three-year time frame of Sincerely, I took every opportunity during law school to work as an intern law school. When I graduated I felt prepared to enter the legal or law clerk – and there were many opportunities through profession, and the list of practical experiences I had accumulated Insert Garry Signature Duquesne. My first internships were recommended by my set me apart from the crowd when I was searching for my first intellectual property professor, Jacob Rooksby, who introduced job. I can’t speak highly enough of the legal education I received me to patent law as a possible career path. In just my second at Duquesne. Garry A. Nelson, L’82

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64th Annual Reunion Dinner

Moving reunion dinner to fall did not impact the success of the event as over 250 alumni and friends in attendance on Oct. 21. Proceeds from the event once again benefited the Public Interest Law Association (PILA), which is dedicated to increasing awareness of public interest issues as well as providing opportunities for students to gain experience in the public interest field. KDKA TV personality Jon Delano regaled the crowd with stories from both of the summer’s political conventions. Greg Kirstein, L’82, was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Kirstein is the senior vice president and general counsel for the Columbus Blue Jackets and oversees the club’s legal matters and human resources department. He also teaches Sports Law as an adjunct professor at the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University and serves as secretary of the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation and is a board member of Duquesne’s University Athletic Fund. Tracey McCants Lewis,L’00, received the Outstanding Achievement Award. McCants Lewis is assistant clinical professor and pro bono program coordinator at Duquesne University School of Law. She teaches in the Civil Rights Clinic and Unemployment Compensation Clinic and focuses her scholarship on critical race theory, feminist legal theory, and the application of legal storytelling in clinical legal education. In 2015, the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh named her as a Racial Justice Award honoree during the 24th annual event. The Meritorious Service Award was presented to Gino F. Peluso, L’80, a past president of the Law Alumni Association and past member of the School of Law Advisory Board. A practicing attorney for more than 35 years in Westmoreland County, Gino remains active in the DLAA and represents the Duquesne Law community wherever he goes.

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1978 June Swanson, a partner of Meyer, David L. Spurgeon, Esq. has been appointed contract negotiations, private arbritration Thomas R. Kline has been awarded Unkovic & Scott, has been named to to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny and trials in state and federal court. the 2016 Justice Michael A. Musmanno the board of directors of South Hills County. Award for his skill and achievements in Interfaith Movement. Alka A. Patel has been elected to the the courtroom, as well as his commitment 1994 Allegheny County Bar Association as its Daniel A. Pepper has joined Comcast as VP, to trial advocacy. 1985 Women in Law Division Vice-Chair. Megan Harmon for being recognized Deputy General Counsel for Data Security in The Legal 500 US’ 2016 edition as and Privacy. Rothey ’84 Daley ’98 John W. McTiernan, attorney and 2002 Gutnick ’98 Kenyon ’98 co-chair of the mergers & acquisitions Daniel W. Kunz, Esq. has been named administrative partner of Caroselli, group, named the best for middle-market President of the board of directors for Beachler, McTiernan & Coleman, was 1995 transactions. She has also been named to James C. Conley and Jack R. Owen Foundation of HOPE. appointed a workers’ compensation judge the board of directors of the Association announced the formation of Owen & by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1962 for Corporate Growth, Pittsburgh. Conley LLC, a firm focusing on nonprofit Doneld G. Shelkey, Esq. has been selected Department of Labor and Industry. Peter F. Vaira has been named a recipient organizations, churches, taxes, employee as one of the 2016 Lawyers on the Fast of The Legal Intelligencer’s Lifetime Deborah A. Iwanyshyn has bee benefits, estates and trusts, and health law. Track by The Legal Intelligencer. Francis E. Pipak, Jr. has been honored Achievement Award. appointed as the chair of the Taxation with an Alumni of Distinction Committee of the American Bar 1996 award from Saint Vincent College in 2003 1969 Association. Nicola Y. Henry-Taylor has joined Myers Law Christopher Apessos has join the Tinstman ’99 Cardone ’03 recognition of his meritorious service and Edward J. Abes was awarded the Group LLC. Smith Apessos Law Firm, LLC, focusing commitment to the school. Irvin Stander Memorial Award by the Thomas A. Tribone was named a finalist primarily on Personal Injury - General Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ for the Platts Global Energy Awards. The 1997 Workers’ Compensations, and Business Larry A. Silverman has opened the Compensation Law Section. 2016 finalists were chosen from over 170 Michael Sterling passed the Nevada Bar Litigation. Law Office of Larry A. Silverman, Esq., nominees from 30 nominating countries. Exam. primarily focused on representing small 1970 David Cardone has been named a businesses and nonprofits. David Millstein received the 2016 Louis 1987 1998 partner of the newly formed Dunn J. Goffman Award from the Pennsylvania John Cerilli was named Co-Chair of Robert Daley, of Robert Peirce & Associates, DeSantis Walt & Kendrick, LLP. Bar Foundation for outstanding pro bono 1980 Littler Mendelson P.C.’s Energy Industry was awarded the 2016 Appellate Advocacy Richard J. Schubert has been elected to Mohn ’05 Gribbin ’06 service. Practice Group. Award by the national Pound Civil Justice Elisabeth W. Molnar has been selected as the Allegheny County Bar Association Institute. one of the 2016 Lawyers on the Fast Track Judicary Committee. 1971 Valerie Faeth has been elected to serve a by The Legal Intelligencer. Stanley M. Stein has been elected to the Laura Beth Gutnick has been unanimously 2006 three-year term on The Pittburgh Opera’s Michelle Mantine has been selected as Allegheny County Bar Association Judicary 1982 re-elected to Strassburger McKenna Gutnick Mark V. Santo has joined the law firm of board. 2004 one of the 2016 Lawyers on the Fast Track Committee. He has also been selected as & Gesky’s executive committee. Dean F. Falavolito has joined Jackson Fox Rothschild LLP as a partner based in by The Legal Intelligencer. a member of the Civil Procedural Rules Lewis, P.C. as a Principal. its Pittsburgh office. John P. Goodrich was appointed by the Committee for a three-year term. Kathryn M. Kenyon has been appointed Pennsylvania Supreme Court to a three- Charles D. Scholz, Esq. has joined to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania year term as a member of the Diciplinary Jessica M. Jurasko has joined Burns Houston Harbaugh as a senior associate 1983 Disciplinary Board. 1972 Carol A. Behers has been elected to the Board. White LLC. in its business law group. Nicholas P. Cafardi has joined Cafardi Allegheny County Bar Association Board Ferguson Wyrick Weis + Stotler, 1999 of Governors. Marie Milie Jones has been elected 2005 concentrating his practice in the areas of Dean Geibel has been named Chief Patent 2007 to membership in the Association of Matthew M. Mohn, Esq. has been elected Bradley J. Breslin is now Vice President, nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations Counsel & Associate General Counsel at to the Carnegie Lilbrary of Pittsburgh’s Richard Lettieri was the recipient of Defense Trial Attorneys. Advisory Operations for Exiger. and canon law. Samtec Inc. board of trustees for a second three-year an award presented by the U.S. Court, term. He has also been named Reed Beth A. Dodson has been awarded the Western District of PA for his efforts to 1988 Chrystal Tinstman has been elected to 1973 Craig Cochenour, a 1981 pharmacy Smith LLP’s head of the firm’s emerging Jane F. Hepting Individual Attorney Warren D. Ferry received the first annual directorship at Strassburger McKenna Gutnik school graduate and 1988 law school growth/venture capital practice. Award by the ACBA. Champion of Justice Award from the Suzanne Belot Norton has joined the & Gefsky. practice of Rohrbachers, Cron, Manahan, graduate, delivered the Commencement Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Tyra M. Oliver has been elected to the Trimble & Zimmerman Co., LPA as a address at the Mylan School of Pharmacy Eleanor Vaida Gerhards has been Association (WPTLA) at the annual Commencement ceremony on May 21, 2000 Allegheny County Bar Association Board shareholder/partner. Leslie A. Dutchcot joined PNC’s Wealth elevated to partner at Fox Rothschild LLP. judiciary dinner on May 13, 2016. 2016. of Governots . 1984 Management Group. 1974 Rhoda Shear Neft has been appointed 1991 Susan A. Ott has joined Owen & Conley Patsy Iezzi, Jr. attorney and CPA, authored Jennifer R. Minter is the first woman to be 2008 by ABA Chair of the House of Delegates Christopher Lee has been named the LLC. Bridget R. Guarascio has been elected the fictional novel Celimin. More info. can appointed co-chair of the corporate section at to the House Committee on Issues of Shareholder-In-Charge of Dickey to the Allegheny County Bar Association be found at www.patiezzi.com. Burchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. Concern to the Legal Profession. McCamey & Chilcote PC’s Pittsburgh 2006 Women in Law Division Council. office. Thomas M. Gribbin, Esq. has joined 1977 2001 Willig, Williams & Davidson in their Melaine S. Rothey has been elected the Michael Herald is Director for the Brian J. Cali was appointed by the Julian Neiser has joined Spilman Thomas Philadelphia office. 108th President of the Allegheny County 1993 firm Major, Lindsey & Africa in Pennsylvania Supreme Court to a second Debbie M. Lestitian has been named & Battle, PLLC concentrating his practice Bar Association. Washington, D.C. three-year term as a member of the Chief of Human Resources and on commercial and construction litigation, Diciplinary Board. Administration for the city of Pittsburgh. Timothy P. Ryan was honored by Saint Amie M. Mihalko, Esq. has been elevated Vincent College with an Alumni of to partner at Gordon & Rees, LLP. Distinction award.

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Michael L. Ihrig is now an associate Katharine L. Platt has joined Steptoe & Salah Blaik has joined Gusty A.E. Sunseri attorney at Porzio Bromberg & Newman, 2014 and Associates. Johnson PLLC’s labor and employment law Daniel C. Conlon has joined Tucker P.C. in New York City. practice. Arensberg, P.C as an attorney focusing on David Frantz has joined Dell, Moser, Lane municipal law, real estate and zoning. Donald M. Lewinski has been named David E. Renner, Esq. has joined Post & & Loughney LLC. Senior Attorney of Litigation at Crown Schell, P.C. Lauren Gailey has begun a clerkship Castle. Brittany Kriebel has joined Hertiage Elder with Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Law & Estate Planning, LLC. Shipkovitz ’09 Petrunya ’10 2012 Appeals for Sixth Circuit. Conlon ’14 Ryan ’15 Justin T. Romano, Esq. has been selected as Peter J. Bicontini has joined Distasio a Board Member for the Pittsburgh Urban Martin L. Ryan has been named Chief & Kowalski, LLC, a Wilkes-Barres, Trisha Longenette has joined Lewis Leadership Service Experience (PULSE) Executive Officer of Montauk Enegry Pennslyvania Law firm who handles medical Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. and as an OnBoard Member for the World malpractice, products of liability and other Holdings, LLC. Justin N. Leonelli is now an associate Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. attorney at Meyer Unkovic & Scott, personal injury matters. Lori B. Love has joined The Law Firm of Daniel Sodroski has joined Borah LLP. Fenters Ward as an associate. Lara Shipkovitz has rejoined Bernstein- Amee L. Mazzarese is the recipient of Goldstein Altschuler Nahins & Goidel, P.C. Burkley, P.C. as an associate with the firm’s Nicholis S. Milardo has joined the Dickie McCamey & Chilcote’s Annual Molly A. Myers joined Leech Tishman’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice. Warren County Courthouse as an David B. Fawcett Pro Bono Service Award, real estate and corporate practice groups. 2016 Rose ’10 Flickinger ’11 recognizing Mazzarese for her significant Robert J. Bosilovic III is now an associate Assistant Public Defender. Corinne McGinley Smith has been elected attorney at Gordon & Rees LLP. number of volunteer hours. Elena C. Nola has been elected to the to the Allegheny County Bar Association as Katelin J. Montgomery has joined Allegheny County Bar Association Young its Young Lawyers Division Chair. Rebecca Canterbury has joined Spivak Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. Matthew C. Pilsner has joined Buchanan Lawyers Division Council. Ingersoll & Rooney, PC as an associate. Law Firm in Dormont, PA, as an associate Brett Warren has joined Leech Tishman Katelin J. Montgomery is now an Autumn L. Pividori, Esq. has joined Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC. Hillary Cox is now an associate attorney at associate attorney at Dickie, McCamey Robert D. Raver and, Shayna A. (Petrella) Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Raver, L’14, were married in August. Steele Schneider. & Chilcote. 2010 Goggin, P.C. Joseph V. Balestrino is now associate Jillian M. Denicola has been named an Sabrina Rearick has joined K&L Gates Platt ’11 Bicontini ’12 Kate Stoy has joined Meyer, Unkovic & Shayna A. Raver has been elected to the general counsel of labor & employment for associate at Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie LLP as an associate. Scott, LLP concentrating her practice in the Allgeheny County Bar Association Young Construction & Healthcare Consultants, an P.C. areas of Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyers Division Council. affiliate of Grane Healthcare. Emily Seelman has been named an Danielle Donivan has joined Evey Black associate at Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & 2013 Andrew G. Rothey has been elected to the Max Petrunya, of Robert Peirce & Jonathan J. Ehret has joined Robb Leonard Attorneys, LLC as an associate. Lampl LLC. Allegheny County Bar Association Young Associates, has been inducted into the Mulvihill LLP. Lawyers Division Council. Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny Alyssa Federoff is now the Title IX Samantha Tamburro has joined County. Christy Gamble is now the Director of Coordinator for Bethany College. Rogers and Rogers, PC as a law clerk. 2015 Health Policy & Legislative Affairs for Black Mazzarese ’12 Raver ’12 Matthew B. Andersen, Esq. has joined Michaelene E. Rose, Esq. Michaelene Women’s Health Imperative. She always was Kristine Grega has joined Andracki, Sysak Eric VanKirk has joined the Allegheny Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus. (Weimer) Rose married Jason J. Rose, MD a panelist at the Millennial Outreach and & Artman, P.C. as an associate attorney. Court of Common Pleas. in a ceremony at the Chapel at Duquesne Engagement Summit hosted at the White University on Saturday, August 6 2016. House. Michaelene is a legal risk and commerical affairs counsel at Westinghoue Electric Co. John J. Heurich joins the Pittsburgh office of Rawle & Henderson LLP as an associate. Aaron W. Smith is now an associate attorney at Peacock Keller & Ecker, LLP. Edward A. Knafelc has been selected In Memoriam O’Rourke ’13 Shannon, ’13 as member of the Pennsylvania Bar 2011 Association’s Bar Leadership Institute Class It is with deep sadness that we list the following School of Law alumni who passed away: Jonathan Flickinger received the ‘Game of 2016-2017. Changer’ award presented by Workforce Michael J. Moyer, Esq. has joined PNC June E. Bandemer, Esq. L’83 Harvey J. Eger, Esq. L’70 Marvin Kirshner, Esq. L’64 Edward T. Rowe, Jr., Esq. L’73 Magazine, which recognizes the Top 25 Wealth Management as Senior Wealth Mary L. O’Rourke has joined Robb Leonard James W. Baumbach, Esq. L’77 Frederick B. Gieg, Esq. L’71 Mariah L. Klinefelter, Esq. L’06 Albert H. Slater III, Esq. L’68 Executives under 40. He was also named Strategist and Vice President Mulvihill LLP as an associate focusing on Gail Booker, Esq. L’61 Kristen M. Humphrey, Esq. L’95 Kenneth B. Kutzer, Esq. L’74 William G. Sutter, Esq. L’65 an “HR Rising Star” by Human Resource commercial litigation, complex insurance August C. Damian, Esq. L’60 Bruce M. Johnson, Esq. L’72 Bernard J. McAuley, Esq. L’62 Janet N. Valentine, Esq. L’70 Executive Magazine. coverage and extra-contractual litigation Jessica C. Tully has joined Dudley, Ronald D. DelCotto, Esq. L’71 Bonnie J. Karsten, Esq. L’78 The Hon. Debra A. Pezze L’79 Charles J. Weyandt, Esq. L’67 Topper & Feuerzeig, LLP as of counsel Andria M. Krupa has been elected to the Andrew D. Shannon, Esq. has joined Robb 2009 Allegheny County Bar Association Young Leonard Mulvihill LLP. This list is provided through Duquesne University’s Advancement Records Office and may not be complete. If you have Tara E. Hansen has joined Cafardi Lawyers Division Council. She has also information about an alumnus who passed away this past year and is not listed, please contact the Law Alumni Office at Ferguson Wyrick Weis + Stotler, joined the law firm of Cordell & Cordell as 412.396.5215 so we may update our records. concentrating her practice in the areas of an associate. commerical litigation and real estate law.

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DIPLA Welcomes Alum Viccaro The Story Behind “Death By Cyanide” by Paula Reed Ward Nicole Prieto, 2D Andrew Kiger, 3D

Dr. Autumn Klein died from cyanide poisoning. The police said that her husband, Dr. Robert Ferrante, had poisoned her. Ferrante was later found guilty for the murder of Klein. This case was shrouded with mystery and intrigue for a number of reasons, and with this buzz around the city of Pittsburgh to understand how this could happen, Paula Reed Ward decided she would be the one to tell the full story of this trial. Duquesne’s Criminal Justice Program and the Criminal Law Association hosted a book talk with Ward on Oct. 4. Ward had been covering trials in Allegheny County for several years, but once she heard about Klein’s death, she knew she needed to go further than any other case she had ever followed; thus, “Death by Cyanide” was written. It became more than a story for Ward; she said there was an immediate connection with Klein and that connection is what really made the book. She even said she thought she and Klein would have made great friends. Ward spoke with friends, family, and coworkers to see what kind of person was Klein. It was clear Michael Jones, Ryan Naumann, Nicole Prieto, Patrick Viccaro, Prof. Jacob Rooksby that she was an amazing person. However, the toughest people to interview were the ones who tried to save Autumn’s life by On Oct. 6, Duquesne University School of Law alumnus You have bricks and mortar, but you have a lot of technology.” performing over 20 minutes of CPR. Pat Viccaro, L’74, visited the School of Law to present “In-House From a company’s publications to its website’s functionality Ward also spoke with Ferrante multiple times and he sent 30 Corporate Practice, Intellectual Property, and Law in a Global and branding efforts, Viccaro emphasized the need to think of plus pages of handwritten answers to her questions while in jail. Setting”. The event was hosted by the Duquesne Intellectual all of the corporate functions involved in a business—not only He is still adamant that he did not kill his wife and is currently Property Law Association (DIPLA) and consisted of an open for the benefit of IP matters, but for the company as a whole. trying to prove that the cyanide test the doctors performed was happened and whether Ferrante actually did kill Klein. The book dialogue between Viccaro and several law students interested in IP. “You want to be a business lawyer,” he said. “You give a legal in fact a false positive. Ward found him personable, and from her is complete and fair, and discusses the trial and the couples’ life Before going to law school, Viccaro graduated from the opinion on things, but you have to have your business hat on. . . interviews she learned he was a good father to their daughter. together. “Death by Cyanide” really dives into the lives of two University of Pittsburgh with a degree in aerospace engineering . [As in-house counsel,] you’re now a bridge between executive Throughout this whole process Ward made it clear that people that seemed happy to everyone on the outside but ended and worked for Grumman Aerospace Corporation as a flight management and the rest of the workers. The issues you deal with she would not come to any conclusions about what she thought in a tragedy that still has some mystery about it. test engineer. After becoming a patent attorney, he broadened in-house will affect them directly. You’re that bridge to make sure his experience into areas touching on a variety of fields, such as everything keeps going in the right direction.” trademarks, corporate matters, and international business. He Viccaro considered patent law something he always thought would go on to work for Alcoa, Inc., and Allegheny Technologies he could do. He said that going into the field allows you to be a Incorporated (ATI), and is currently primary counsel for the first specialist, but he also cautioned against pigeonholing yourself too U.S.-China joint venture in the steel industry—a position he has soon into your career. held since 1996. “Allow yourself the opportunity to have a broader During his presentation, he emphasized how there is no experience,” he said. “If [an issue] wasn’t IP, I could still handle it. doubt that we are in a global economy. “You don’t need as much You know enough to issue spot and deal with it. . . . Broadening infrastructure,” he said, stressing the need to be a business- your experience is more exciting than writing patent applications minded. “Without IP, your company has nothing to offer anyone. all day!” MORE TO COME

34 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER FALL/WINTER 2016 35 Career Services Update Maria D. Comas (L’00), Director of Career Services Samantha H. Coyne, Employer Outreach Manager

Judicial, Government and Public Interest Law Reception

Salus Populi Suprema Lex: The Welfare of the People is the County Bar Foundation, that provide much needed service to Highest Law. Our School of Law’s motto was lived in full at our community and offer externship, fellowship, and pro bono the Sixth Annual Judicial, Government and Public Interest Law activities in which they may participate. Reception held on October 18. This event was our biggest yet Students appreciate everyone’s collective efforts to make with more than eighty judges and attorneys in attendance, along receptions like this possible. According to Natalie Tupta, 2D with nearly 150 students. The Career Services Office and Office student “[t]his is one of the most valuable events we host at of Clinical Legal Education created this program in order to bring Duquesne Law because our students are able to meet with the bench and public service bar together with our students so attorneys who are practicing law for the most admirable reasons they may learn about externships, pro bono, and post-graduate -- to serve the public and to provide legal services to those who opportunities in our region. The ability to talk with members may otherwise be unable to afford legal representation. The of the judiciary and attorneys who work in various government event allows for networking with local public interest attorneys agencies and public interest organizations is a great benefit to our who can offer our students opportunities to develop their legal students. Many of them would not have the chance, for example, skills through public service.” We are committed to providing to speak uninterrupted with a judge with fellow students for a our students with avenues for exploring these important ways prolonged period of time. Similarly, they might not otherwise to contribute in public service and public interest, and we look be in front of non-profit organizations, such as the Allegheny forward to having this event again next year.

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Members of the Class of 2015 at this year’s Pennsylvania Bar Admissions Ceremony

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