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Dean Dennis O. Lynch and Laurie Silvers U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I S C H O O L O F L A W BARRISTER December 2000 Alumni Magazine Volume LIII, Number 2

Table of Contents Message from the Dean ...... 1 Alumna Goes Hollywood . . . at Least Online ...... 2 UM Law Faculty, Alumni at Center of Vote Recount ...... 3 ‘Guerrilla Lawyering’ Leads to Florida Bar’s Most Outstanding Young Lawyer Award ...... 4 Prof. Mary Doyle Completes Work for U.S. Department of Interior ...... 5 Hispanic Business Magazine Proclaims UM Law Number One ...... 6 Kogan Co-Chairs National Group to Combat Wrongful Executions ...... 7 Class of 1950 Tells It Like It Was 50 Years Ago ...... 8 Conference to Analyze Role of Free Press ...... 9 Class of ’60 Remember Hard Work, Good Times ...... 10 Lawyers in Leadership Award Honors President Foote ...... 11 ‘First Monday’ Panelists at UM Law Focus on Reducing Gun Violence ...... 12 UM Law Alumni at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton ...... 13 Panel on Women Trial Lawyers ...... 13 Wall of Fame to Honor Moot Court Alumni ...... 14 Honor Roll of Donors ...... 15 The Dean’s Circle ...... 16 Alumni Contributors ...... 18 Class of 2000 Gift to the Law Annual Fund ...... 25 Mariel Melissa Saunderson (Smith) Spencer Memorial Scholarship ...... 26 Memorial Gifts ...... 27 Gerald Kogan Endowed Scholarship ...... 28 Law Parents & Partners Association ...... 29 Children & Youth Law Clinic ...... 29 Center for Ethics & Public Service ...... 30 Friends of Litigation Skills Program ...... 30 Corporations, Foundations & Organizations ...... 31 Friends of the Law School ...... 32 Faculty in the News ...... 33 Class Notes ...... 34 UM Law Events Calendar ...... Inside Back Cover

Cover: Dean Dennis O. Lynch and Laurie Silvers, JD ’77 at a special DEAN Dennis O. Lynch reception for Dean’s Circle members at the Lowe Art Museum. ASSOCIATE DEAN Stephen J. Schnably ASSISTANT DEAN FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Carol Cope BARRISTER is published by the Office of Law Development and Alumni ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENTS William VanderWyden Relations of the University of Miami School of Law. Address correspondence DIRECTOR OF LAW PUBLICATIONS & to Barrister, University of Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral COMMUNICATIONS John Burch Gables, Florida 33124-8087. Telephone: 305-284-3470. E-Mail: DIRECTOR OF LAW ALUMNI RELATIONS Cynthia Sikorski [email protected], Web site: www.law.miami.edu. Copyright 2000 University of Miami School of Law. All rights reserved. PRESIDENT, LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Gary M. Carman Message from the Dean

It is my great privilege to embark Law School, those who will become upon another year as your dean. In this the leaders of our society. Of equal im- time of change and challenges, I call portance are endowment funds to upon all friends and alumni of the Law attract and retain nationally recog- School to join us in shaping the future nized faculty and to improve our of our School and legal education. Pro- educational programs. We believe found and fundamental changes face that such endowment opportunities the legal profession and our society. Let will help us enhance our Law School us meet these challenges together with mission, create a stronger legal com- the leadership and vision that charac- munity, and reach out more terize the very best of our School and effectively to our society. To make our graduates. these goals a reality, we need your For nearly two decades, the Univer- help, your advice, your commitment. sity has thrived under the leadership In this issue of the Barrister, we of President Edward T. (Tad) Foote II, honor alumni and friends of the Law earning a well-deserved place among School whose commitment and sup- universities of national and interna- port are so important to all of us. Your tional reputation. President Foote’s friends and colleagues named in the official retirement in June 1, 2001, will annual Honor Roll of Donors are al- change but not end his long relation- One of the challenges that we will soon ready part of this important journey. ship with the University since he plans face is a campaign to increase the endow- We welcome especially new members to remain as our chancellor for two ment of the University and the Law of the Dean’s Circle, an outstanding more years. School. The educational mission of our group of donors who commit a gift of Law School is grounded on the quality of We now join President Foote and our at least $1,000 each year to the Law our faculty and students and our educa- entire community in welcoming a new School’s Annual Fund. For those of tional programs. Student tuition alone University president, Cabinet Officer you whose friendship and commit- does not and cannot fund the excellence Donna E. Shalala, the current (and ment are recognized in the Barrister, in legal education to which we aspire. To longest-serving) Secretary of Health please accept our gratitude and ap- achieve our goal, we must enlist the sup- and Human Services. Secretary preciation. For those who have not port and commitment of our alumni and Shalala’s appointment as president is yet joined the community of Law friends to increase endowed programs and an event of national note, generating School donors, I hope each of you scholarships. excitement, admiration, and great an- will accept my personal invitation to ticipation for our University and our In the coming months, I will be meet- work with us as we strive to achieve Law School. Her extraordinary career ing with alumni and friends to discuss our excellence in our community. Work- as an academician, a leader in educa- goals for the Law School and how you can ing together, we can accomplish tion, and administrator make her help. We envision endowed scholarships anything. ideally suited to assume the leadership named to honor the best and brightest in of this University. We know her com- our legal community—individuals, law mitment to advancing the vision of our firms, accounting firms and other com- Law School, and we look forward to munity organizations. These scholarships working with her. will be used to recruit and support the Dennis O. Lynch studies of the very best students for our Dean

1 Alumna Goes Hollywood . . . at Least Online

Although she’s never been an actress, Silvers P.A., became her husband as well. director or film producer, Laurie Silvers, In the early 1980s, Silvers and J.D. ’77, is one of Hollywood’s bright- Rubenstein acquired several cable TV est stars—at least in the online world. systems. “I discovered, to my surprise, that As president and vice chairman of I was an entrepreneur,” says Silvers. Hollywood.com, Silvers leads a $130 million public company based in Boca A few years later, Rubenstein and Sil- Raton that delivers entertainment news, vers sold their holdings. “The cable TV information and ticketing services to con- industry was doing very well, and it was a sumers and media businesses worldwide. sound business decision. But I had seller’s remorse. I didn’t want to get out of the One of the pleasures of her phenom- cable industry.” enal success, Silvers says, is the opportunity to give something back. So, Silvers and Rubenstein in 1988 be- During the past year, Silvers has gener- gan another media venture, developing ously donated a significant six-figure the Sci-Fi Channel cable network. Six contribution to her alma mater, UM Law. months prior to its launch in 1992, Sil- She has agreed to take an active role as a vers and Rubenstein sold out to the USA member of the University’s International Network, but stayed on as co-vice chair- Advisory Board and the Law School Vis- men for two years to help the new iting Committee. management. Dean Dennis Lynch is pleased to wel- Meanwhile, the partners were working come Silvers as a member of the Dean’s on their next venture: Big Entertainment, Circle, a prestigious group of friends and a traditional retail company selling prod- alumni of the Law School who commit a ucts from the world of pop culture. In gift of at least $1,000 per year to the Law keeping with that approach, Silvers cre- School’s Annual Fund. The cover photo ated an intellectual property division to of Silvers and Dean Lynch was taken on create books, CD-ROMs, videos and Nov. 21, 2000, at a private reception for other proprietary products. Dean’s Circle members at the Sheldon & With the sudden rise of the Internet, Myrna Palley Contemporary Glass Collec- Big Entertainment evolved into tion: “Splendor in the Glass.” The Palleys, BigE.com, and then became Hollywood. who are also Dean’s Circle members, were ther, who loved the law, but had no for- com—an Internet portal with movie news present to walk guests through this re- mal training, always enjoyed promoting and listings, and subsidiaries like markable exhibition at the Lowe Art family debates,” Silvers recalls. “We would Broadway.com, and MovieTickets.com. Museum on campus. sit around the table and have these won- The company’s business-to-business units Commenting on the future of Internet derful family discussions. That probably also supply thousands of media outlets endeavors such as Hollywood.com, Silvers sparked my own interest in making the with information. says, “It is without question that the law part of my education.” “We have become a major aggregator dissemination of information and enter- Silvers came to the School of Law in of entertainment and event information,” tainment is a huge part of our culture the mid ’70s under the late Dean Soia says Silvers. “While we began as an today. I don’t think the Internet is any- Mentschikoff. “She created an atmo- e-commerce player, today that’s an infini- where near its ultimate potential.” sphere that nurtured the flow of ideas and tesimal part of what we do.” Recently, the Born in Springfield, Illinois, Silvers debates,” Silvers says. “It was an exciting company (NASDAQ: HOLL) voted to graduated from the University of Miami time to be in law school.” change its name to Hollywood Media Corp. to better reflect its integrated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. After graduation, Silvers practiced law HerHollywood. father, Gordon Sherman, was a online and comtraditional media assets. in South Florida, representing media broadcaster whose broadcast properties clients such as cable TV and radio While Silvers no longer practices law, included radio stations in Orlando, station owners and operators. Mitchell she believes her education at the Univer- Daytona Beach and Melbourne. “My fa- Rubenstein, her partner at Rubenstein & (Continued on page 11) 2 UM Law Faculty, Alumni at Center of Vote Recount

visory Committee of Florida Lawyers for Bush and worked on the ballot count for Miami-Dade County. Barry Richard, J.D. 1967, of Greenberg Traurig PA, in Tallahassee, headed Bush’s legal team in Florida during the vote recount. Raquel A. Rodriguez, J.D. 1985, also worked with the GOP legal team, and Joseph P. Klock, Jr., J.D. 1973, represented Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Mark Wallace, J.D. 1992, was lead local counsel for the Bush/Cheney team in Palm Beach County throughout the entire post election process Benedict P. Kuehne, J.D. 1977, was one of the leaders of the Democratic legal team in Florida. Other alumni on Gore’s Florida legal team included Peggy M. Fisher, J.D. 1975, and Karen Gievers, J.D. 1978.

“Democracy in Danger? Election 2000,” part of UM Law’s American Justice Series, Harry Jacobs, J.D. 1975, filed a lawsuit featured the Hon. Gerald Kogan as moderator and a panel that included, from left, to toss out absentee ballots in Seminole professors Terence Anderson, D. Marvin Jones, Stephen Halpert, and Patrick Gudridge. County because Republican operatives The November 20 event drew a standing-room-only crowd of law students, alumni, and had been allowed to complete more than news media to the Law School’s student lounge. 2,000 flawed absentee ballot requests that A originally had been rejected because of s a fascinated and concerned nation incomplete voter information. watched the legal battles following the November 7 Presidential election, UM Other key players included R. Fred Law faculty and alumni emerged both as Lewis, J.D. 1972, as justice of the Florida key players in the daily drama and as Supreme Court; State Senator Tom sources of legal insight for the print and Rossin, J.D. 1965, a member of Florida’s broadcast media. Select Joint Committee on the Manner of the Appointment of Presidential Elec- For instance, Florida Attorney General tors; and Edward J. Pozzuoli, J.D. 1987, Bob Butterworth, J.D. 1969, as Al Gore’s chairman of the Broward County Repub- Florida campaign chairman, telephoned lican Party. the Vice President late on election night to urge him not to concede the election. Joanne Harvest Koren, J.D. 1984, Butterworth was aware that George W. director of UM Law’s Academic Achieve- Bush’s vote majority in Florida was shrink- ment Program, was an official observer of ing steadily and that many votes in Prof. Patrick Gudridge worked with Broward County’s recount. Her photo- Miami-Dade and Broward counties re- Harvard Law professor Lawrence Tribe graph appeared in the November 18 New mained uncounted. As attorney general, on Gore’s brief for the U.S. Supreme York Times. Butterworth has appeared frequently in Court, and Prof. Stephen Halpert was John K. Shubin, J.D. 1988, served as the news since that time. academic chair and a member of the Ad- legal expert for MSNBC. 3 ‘Guerrilla Lawyering’ Leads to Florida Bar’s Most Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Caryn Vogel describes what she does as “guerrilla lawyering.” “My practice involves dozens of ground- level battles every day,” she explained. “AIDS law evolves continuously, and so do the ways I must serve the needs of my clients—all of whom are indigent people who have HIV or are affected by it.” Vogel, a 1996 graduate of UM Law, is the executive director and sole full-time employee of H.E.L.P., Inc., (HIV Educa- tion and Law Project). At the Florida Bar Association’s annual meeting in June, the Young Lawyers Division recognized her as the state’s “Most Outstanding Young Lawyer” for her work. “My father is a lawyer, and I always knew I wanted to be one,” she said. Her interest, from the beginning, has always been public interest law, and the death of a close friend the year before Vogel began law school sparked her interest in helping people affected by HIV. She began laying the groundwork for H.E.L.P. as a student in 1994 by volunteering in HIV and AIDS law and litigation projects. A grant from the echoing green foundation enabled her to devote her efforts fulltime to H.E.L.P. soon after her graduation from law school. “We’re now a full-service law firm, get- munity AIDS organizations, and provid- of friends from law school who can be ting involved in everything from divorce ing culturally sensitive prevention and called on to take on a simple divorce case and custody matters to housing, employ- education material to the South Florida or insurance dispute.” ment discrimination, wrongful insurance community.” Asked what is the most difficult aspect denials, social security appeals, contract By “we,” she means herself (working of her job, she replied: “Maintaining an disputes, and criminal defense,” she said. approximately 70-hour weeks), the two emotional distance. “I currently have approximately 200 cli- or three clinical placement students from “It’s a difficult tightrope to walk because ents, and I’m in court almost every day. UM Law who work with her each semes- I must talk with my clients about some of Altogether, H.E.L.P. has served around ter, and former classmates and other UM the most private aspects of their lives. 400 clients. Law alumni who occasionally volunteer Through the court system, society opens “We take a comprehensive approach to to help with some of her cases. up a person’s past and life styles, so cli- legal representation, which includes “The students I have had working with ents must first open up to me in order for working with clients to solve their legal me have been phenomenal,” she said, me to help them. To do that, they have problems, creating partnerships with com- “and I have a wonderful volunteer base (Continued on page 14) 4 Prof. Mary Doyle Completes Work For U.S. Department of Interior

Prof. Mary Doyle— legislation is also breaking new ground the Fall 2001 semester. In the meantime, former dean, cur- in the area of federal-state relations.” I’m going to take two trips to Asia, where rently on leave of ab- Asked about her post-Washington I’ve never been before, and write about my sence from UM plans, Doyle said, “I’m looking forward to amazing opportunity to see up close how Law—soon will be returning to the faculty at UM Law in a bill becomes a law.” on her way back to Florida. Her work as acting assistant secretary of the interior for water and science is nearly complete. As a new administration takes office in Washington in January, she will both leave that post and relinquish her responsibilities as head of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, the intergovernmental panel that is coordi- nating a new 20-year $7.8 billion effort to restore the Everglades and ensure a long-term water supply for South Florida. Doyle noted that her roles as assistant secretary and head of the task force were tied closely together in that, as assistant secretary, she was responsible for the De- partment of the Interior’s effort to secure passage of legislation authorizing the comprehensive Everglades restoration plan. On November 3—four days before the general election—the U.S. House of Rep- resentatives passed the final version of a water projects bill, including the Ever- glades plan, by a vote of 312 to 2. “The accomplishment of this administration and this Congress of which I will always be proud is the passage of that legislation,” Doyle said. “It authorizes the single largest ecosystem restoration effort ever undertaken by humankind, and as such, it will serve as a model for similar efforts elsewhere. “The nearly $8 billion cost of the effort will be borne equally by the federal government and the State of Florida,” she pointed out. “This is an unusual financial partnership, and it means that the 5 Hispanic Business Magazine Proclaims UM Law Number One

The September issue of Hispanic Busi- place for both ness magazine placed the University of Hispanics and Miami School of Law in first place on the non-Hispanics publication’s annual list of the “Top 10 to study law,” Law Schools for Hispanic Students.” UM Law’s Dean Following UM Law were the law Dennis Lynch schools at Loyola Marymount University emphasized. “For in Los Angeles, St. Mary’s University in instance, we are San Antonio, the University of Florida, ideally located in Stanford University, the University of beautiful Coral Texas at Austin, Texas Southern Univer- Gables and take sity, Fordham University, the University full advantage of of Southern California, and Arizona State South Florida’s in- University. credible cultural and commercial ties with The magazine’s survey of law schools Latin America and accredited by the American Bar Associa- Europe. tion ranked the schools according to five criteria: enrollment (incorporating both “Our J.D. and total and percent Hispanic enrollment), LL.M. offerings in percentage of full-time faculty members comparative law, in- who are Hispanic, student services (such ter-American law, and as Hispanic recruitment programs, international law are mentorship programs, and support orga- among the most exten- nizations), retention rate, and reputation. sive in the country. Pointing out that there are 238 His- “In fact, we teach five panic students among the 1,164 J.D. law courses in Spanish— students at the University of Miami more than any other U.S. law school ceed in a rapidly changing legal envi- School of Law [1999-2000 statistics], the outside of Puerto Rico. Studying in the ronment.” original language is a great way to de- magazine quoted former Associate Dean Students whose native language is not velop a deep understanding of a legal Richard L. Williamson as saying, “We English and whose undergraduate educa- system—an understanding that becomes have a very active Hispanic Law Student tion is from outside the United States are essential for U.S. lawyers as more and Association. It is the largest association required to present results of the Test of more legal practices involve substantial on campus . . . and it also includes English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), contact with corporations and people mentoring programs.” as well as the Law School Admission Test from other countries,” he pointed out. The article also noted that the presi- (LSAT), to be considered for admission “Although our faculty and our curricula dent of the Law Review and the SBA to the University of Miami School of Law. are very strong in international subjects, president were Hispanic and that UM Hispanic Business magazine, which now we are just as strong in other areas, such Law is known as a premier recruitment has a circulation of more than 200,000, as public interest and anti-discrimination source for employers seeking bilingual began operation 20 years ago to create a law, tax law, estate planning, litigation graduates with a thorough knowledge of national Hispanic identity by covering skills, and many others,” Lynch said. “Our the legal systems of Latin America. students not only get a solid grounding the Hispanic economy as one market “Of course, the article could only men- in American law but also develop the rather than a series of local markets. tion a few of the reasons this is a great sophisticated outlook they need to suc- 6 Kogan Co-Chairs National Group To Combat Wrongful Executions

that the risk of wrongful executions in this sometimes, legislatures make the courts country is too high, and we’re working unavailable so that they are unable to together to resolve that problem.” correct mistakes when they occur. As co-chairs, Kogan and Baird fre- “Many of these mistakes, mistakes quently serve as spokespersons for the which wrongly sentence people to death, Committee. require expensive and time-consuming “I estimate that I have participated in retrials,” he emphasized. “This means more than 10,000 criminal cases,” Kogan that the victims’ families must re-live the told the U.S. House of Representatives crime, the wrongly condemned languish Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime on in prison for years, and the guilty remain June 20, 2000, testifying in support of the free to victimize more innocent people.” Innocence Protection Act of 2000, which In his testimony, Kogan called atten- would make DNA testing available for use tion to a recent study by researchers at With more than 40 years of experience in criminal cases. Kogan referred to his Columbia University Law School, which with the nation’s criminal justice system, experience as justice and chief justice of found that two-thirds of the nearly 6,000 Gerald Kogan, J.D. 1955, is well aware the Florida Supreme Court, head of Mi- U.S. trials that have ended in death sen- that the way the courts apply the death ami-Dade County’s capital crimes tences since capital punishment was penalty is fraught with problems. As co- prosecution unit, defense attorney, and resumed in the 1970s have been so flawed chair of a blue-ribbon panel of experts, criminal court trial judge. He is now presi- that re-trials have been ordered. In 82 he’s now in a position to effect solutions. dent of the UM Law-based Alliance for percent of the cases that were re-tried, Ethical Government. the defendants received lesser sentences, Along with co-chair Charles F. Baird, “During my years of service, I came to and in 7 percent of the cases, the defen- former judge, Texas Court of Criminal dants were found not guilty. Appeals, he heads the new National realize . . . that our capital sentencing Committee to Prevent Wrongful system is full of errors at every level. In- Along with legislation making DNA Executions. nocent men and women are sentenced to testing available and mandating that bio- death for a plethora of reasons, including logical evidence be preserved, Kogan said, The committee—whose 23 members overzealous prosecutors and police offic- the law should also ensure that indigent also include such well-known opinion ers, incompetent defense attorneys, and defendants in all 50 states have compe- leaders as Mario Cuomo, former gover- witnesses who testify in good faith but are tent counsel. nor of New York; Charles Gruber, former simply mistaken or, like jailhouse infor- He said only lawyers with experience president of the International Association mants, whose testimony is unreliable. of Chiefs of Police; syndicated columnist in capital cases should be appointed to Ann Landers; David Lawrence, former “Most of those involved in capital represent defendants in death penalty tri- publisher of the Miami Herald and the trials want to see justice done. Unfortu- als. Additionally, he emphasized, jury Detroit Free Press; and William Sessions, nately, they are often unable to achieve instructions should be modified to ad- former director of the FBI—is an initia- this goal. Too often, the system fails to vise jurors about the possibility of eye- tive of Georgetown University Law provide adequate resources to pay for de- witness errors in identification and about Center’s Constitution Project, which fense attorneys and investigations,” the credibility of testimony by jailhouse seeks to develop bipartisan solutions to Kogan pointed out. “Honest mistakes can informants. be made—mistakes that could be pre- constitutional and governance issues. “Whether you’re for or against the vented if the system provided more death penalty,” Kogan said, “you have to “Committee members include Repub- resources. Sometimes, as we have unfor- concern yourself with the possibility of licans and Democrats, conservatives and tunately seen, the system suffers from liberals,” Kogan noted. “We have people complacency and an urge to convict innocent people being executed. “You who are for the death penalty and others someone—anyone—of a heinous crime can’t go to a cemetery and dig up the cof- who are against it; however, we all agree where there is great public pressure. And, fin and say, ‘Sorry, we made a mistake.’ ” 7 Class of 1950 Tells It Like It Was 50 Years Ago

Members of the Class of 1950 gather for a special 50th reunion lunch on Nov. 2, 2000, held in the Law School’s faculty meeting room. From left to right are: Burton Young, Irving Weiner, Edward O’Flynn, David Lococo, Henry Reesburgh, Manuel Lubel, Walter Bell, Joseph Jennings, Denis O’Sullivan, David Levine, Don Mayerson, Hon. Peter Palermo, Mac Mermell, Ernest Ridarsick, Harry Smith, Sidney Efronson, Sarino Costanzo, Lt. Col. Billy Burton, Bennett Lifter, and Joseph Pardo. Missing from the photo are Irwin Block, the Hon. J.C. Henderson, and Joe Ludic.

Half a century ago, the University of had a good time, studied hard, supported you have a judicial mind.’ So, I got into Miami School of Law was very different three children, and practiced law until 10 law school.” years ago.” from today’s institution. Just ask the 21 Joe Jennings remembered that his four- members of the Class of 1950 who “A lot of people are against big gov- year-old daughter went to law school with gathered with their spouses and guests ernment,” Manuel Lubel pointed out. him, becoming a favorite of several mem- in UM Law’s Faculty Lounge for their “Thank God we had big government bers of the faculty. 50th Anniversary Reunion Luncheon then, or we wouldn’t have had the GI Bill Noting that the majority of his col- November 2. of Rights.” leagues were retired, Irwin Block said, “I “Fifty-three years ago, most of us had “After freezing and starving in Louis- am still in the business; I’ll give you my just gotten out of the service; we didn’t ville, Ky.,” Joe Ludic said, “I decided card.” He added that one of his greatest to move to Miami and just starve…. need a four-year degree,” remembered pleasures was seeing his granddaughter There was a different attitude in our Sidney Efronson. “What a motley crew come to UM Law on a full scholarship. day; law graduates wanted to get out we were. No money. We lived on the G.I. and make a living and help people. It Harry Smith said that for his 70th Bill—$85 if you were single, $125 if you wasn’t the L.A. Law syndrome that we birthday, he gave up working Fridays, but were married.” have today.” that his wife says he brings so much work home he might as well be at the office. “I “I thought it would be great to go to Don Mayerson said a friend of his have to go now and put in some billable school in Miami, but when I got here I father’s, Dr. Bowman Ashe, helped him time at the office,” he joked. was sent to the barracks,” Ernest get into law school. “He asked me why I Sidarsick said. “The government pro- wanted to be a lawyer. So, I pulled out a “One of my biggest accomplishments vided our books, paid our tuition. . . . I card that said, ‘You weigh 182 pounds, and is my 13-year-old son,” said 75-year-old 8 Bennett Lifter. “I want my son to enroll considered an Anglo in Miami. If you here and become a lawyer.” went back to Pittsburgh or New York and Matt Mermel said his five children were told them we were Anglos, they would Conference a reason he decided to go to law school— have laughed.” He was elected mayor of so that he could afford to educate them. West Miami. “My neighbors were South- ern Baptist and Jewish, and they didn’t To Analyze Irving Weiner claimed that he had cel- trust each other. They trusted me as the ebrated his 20th birthday this year, poor little Catholic boy,” he said. Role of Free explaining that his birthday is February 29. He said he still has Prof. Richard “My great pleasure was working in the Press Hausler’s mimeographed outline of Fed- Law Library with Harriet French and eral Tax Procedure. Minnette Massey,” noted Ross Costanzo. An exciting conference on the “I can’t thank UM Law enough—it was a role of a free press in the devel- Bill Burton, who retired at 60, said he great experience.” opment and consolidation of “had an enjoyable career in the Air Force” “Dean Lynch’s first mistake was to ask democracies in Latin American and had been a judge advocate and an will bring some of the top think- assistant county attorney. a bunch of lawyers to say a few words,” joked Dave Levine. He noted that he had ers on that topic to UM Law on Ed O’Flynn, who is Burton’s neighbor originally planned to go to the Univer- January 26. in California, worked in domestic coun- sity of Florida but went to the University Put together by Prof. Irwin terintelligence for the FBI after he of Miami instead and “I’ve been here ever Stotzky, director of the Center for graduated from UM Law. “Then, Hoover since.” the Study of Human Rights, the died and I figured it was time to move Burton Young said he will be forever conference will feature two panel on.” He retired 20 years ago but still has discussions and the debut of a a part-time tax and real estate business. in the Law School’s debt—that life has been “totally rewarding and complete” be- movie directed by Academy Referring to his law school days, Sidney cause of the education he received at UM Award winner Jonathan Demme, Efronson said, “I am an organizer. . . . We Law. director of The Silence of the had a baseball team. I was one of the Lambs, Philadelphia, and a wide founding members of the Society of Bar “I’m thrilled to see that we’re all alive,” range of other critically ac- and Gavel. We started Barrister magazine. emphasized Joseph Pardo. “It’s great to claimed dramas, comedies and . . . Having been in Law School was the see everyone and that we’re still doing documentaries. greatest experience. I probably knew ev- well.” During his career, he said, he “got to know a lot of judges and had the privi- The movie, a documentary ery one of the guys by name. I remember titled The Agronomist, depicts incidents we were involved with.” lege of seeing how opinions were written. It was an honor to make the law, to prac- the life of Jean Dominique, the At 76 years of age, Walter Bell is still tice the law, and to be part of the legal Haitian journalist who was assas- practicing law. “My father was a rail- world.” sinated in Haiti last April. roader, and my two brothers were Continuing Legal Education railroaders, but I decided to go to the credits will be available for law- University of Miami,” he said. yers who attend the conference. Denis O’Sullivan also had a railroad For further information on the connection. “I was working on the rail- event, which will be free and road as a brakeman, and I fell and landed open to the public, please con- on and broke the brake stick. I decided tact Prof. Stotzky’s office at that was a hell of a way to make a living,” 305-284-4764. he remembered. “So, I went to Buffalo The panelists’ papers and the and took the GED. A friend said to go to transcript of the panel discussions the University of Miami, that classes were will be printed in an upcoming starting in November. So I applied and issue of the University of Miami was accepted.” Law Review. Peter Palermo said, “I came here from Pittsburgh in 1947. I’m Italian. In Pitts- Harry Smith and Edward O’Flynn share burgh, I was a Yankee. Now, I’m memories of law school. 9 Class of ’60 Remember Hard Work, Good Times

education majors applying.” “Well, I was a physical education major,” Moore said. Professors Clifford Alloway and M. Minnette Massey “taught us how to analyze,” noted Lewis Cohen. “If you can analyze your opponent’s side, you have a great advantage.” Michael Slotnick remembered that Alloway “said you always need footnotes. He told us to drop a footnote that refers to another footnote, and then another one that refers to another footnote, and then one after that referring to an unpub- lished writing.” Hugh Maloney said Alloway “required the name of the case and what it stood for and would preach about the meaning of con law. . . .It escaped me then, and it escapes me now,” he said. “Wesley Sturges was the most memo- The Class of 1960 held its 40th reunion lunch in the Biltmore Hotel’s lovely Altamira rable professor,” Milton Fried stated. “He Room Friday, Nov. 3, 2000. kept talking but made sure that everyone M participated. He told us that it was most emories of hard work, classmates, and Ronald Davis also was among the 29 important to spot the issues.” brilliant professors dominated the conver- evening division students who graduated sation at the 40th Reunion Luncheon of with the Class of 1960. Describing his early days at UM Law, the Class of 1960, November 3 at the George Nachwalter said, “I had no idea “The Class of 1960 was a hardworking Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. what to do. I had to learn a method; I class,” said Kirk McDonald. “I was a class had to figure out a way. . . . I wrote reams “We are proud of our degree and proud agent for years. You may remember that I of notes and synthesized and re-synthe- to be graduates of UM Law,” the Hon. called you to raise money. . . . I appreci- sized everything.” Marvin Gillman told the 23 classmates ated your work ethic, since I would call The Hon. Everett Dudley went to law and guests at the event, adding that many between 7 and 9 p.m., and a third of school at Boston University for two years, in the class had become members of the you were still in the office or out at civic then joined the U.S. Marines. After com- bench. endeavors.” pleting his service, he returned to law “[UM Law] made us better people and The Hon. Martin Kahn remembered a school—this time to UM Law, and had better lawyers,” agreed Judge Edward law student who would send his mother to start over as a 1L. Middlebrooks. to class to take notes for him. “The joke Speaking for the whole class, Mark Kay “There was a lot of quality . . . in our was who would actually end up taking the concluded, “Many of us came from class,” remembered Joseph Segor. “It was bar exam—mom or student.” humble backgrounds, and we wanted to deep quality—everyone had ability and Jim Moore reminisced about an en- better ourselves. We had a burning desire integrity.” trance interview with one of the deans. to be lawyers and amount to something. We left UM with our entire mental pro- Don McClosky, who attended school The dean was talking about another student, a music major, who had applied for cess reconstituted. . . . I am proud to be a at night, noted that “classes were not lawyer and hope the school inculcates the law school and commented, “The next too large, and they always touched on same spirit in its graduates today.” ethics.” thing you know, we’ll have physical 10 Lawyers in Leadership Award (Continued from page 2) Alumna Goes Honors President Foote Hollywood . . . At Least Online

sity of Miami SchoolHollywood. com of Law played a fundamental role in her success as an entrepreneur. “In law school, you are trained to become issue oriented and focus in on the important issues in any transaction,” she says. “I find I can look at a business concept or model and get right to what’s really important.” A resident of Boca Raton and mother of three, Silvers is involved in educational and community activities in Palm Beach County as well as at her alma mater. She is a former board member of the Pine Crest Preparatory School, of the Execu- tive Advisory Board of the School of Business at Florida Atlantic University, and a member of the Economic Council At the Lawyers in Leadership Award presentation are, from left, Jason Kairalla; Geri of Palm Beach County. She is also a Howell; President Edward T. Foote II; Stephen Hauptman; UM Law’s Dean of Students Jeannette Hausler; and Prof. Anthony V. Alfieri, Director of the Center for Ethics and founding board member of BRET, Boca Public Service. Kairalla, Howell, and Hauptman are Steel Hector Fellows at the Center. Raton’s educational television channel. “The more you give, the more you learn,” says Silvers. “I think it’s important UM Law’s Center for Ethics and Public for two years as chancellor following his to realize that everything you do, every Service launched its Lawyers in Leader- retirement as president on June 1, 2001. decision you make, has an ethical com- ship Award Series October 10 by honoring The University has thrived under his ponent. You always have to take that University of Miami President Edward T. leadership. into consideration.” Foote II at an award presentation at the A graduate of Yale University and the While Silvers is proud of her personal School of Law. holder of law degrees from Georgetown and professional accomplishments to The Lawyers in Leadership series is a and Washington universities, he has been date, she’s not ready to sit back and renew program sponsored by the Center to a Marine Corps officer; a daily newspa- lax. “I’m always thinking of what’s next,” honor leading members of the Florida bar per reporter; a law firm associate; vice she says. “I want to bring something new and bench. The presentation events in- chancellor and general counsel of Wash- to the industry. I want to leave my finger- clude informal discussions about the lives ington University; dean and law professor prints on it.” and careers of the prominent community at Washington University School of Law; Dean Lynch adds, “Laurie Silvers is an leaders receiving the award. The series and chairman of a citizens committee to inspiration to all her friends at the Law provides a unique learning opportunity for help prepare plans for desegregating St. School. Not only has she achieved re- students in all fields of study, offering an Louis schools. In Miami, he is co-chair markable success, she also embodies the up-close, personal look at the choices and of the Alliance for Ethical Government highest qualities of professionalism and decisions that have helped establish these and a member of the Miami Coalition for commitment to her family, her commu- leaders in their professions. a Safe and Drug-Free Community. nity and her alma mater. We are delighted to have her support and affection for our The recipient of the first Lawyers in Law School.” Leadership Award, Foote has been president of the University of Miami since 1981 and will remain at the University 11 ‘First Monday’ Panelists at UM Law Focus on Reducing Gun Violence

A Columbine happens every day in America,” said Mimi Watson Sutherland, neurological coordinator at the Univer- sity of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, during a panel discussion hosted by UM Law and focusing on reducing gun violence in America. “Twenty-five years ago I came from Canada to Miami to work in neurosur- gery at Jackson Hospital,” she said. “But I was not prepared for the violence and the carnage of the American handgun. Since 1990, 50,000 children have died as a result of handguns—my entire hometown.” The panel discussion, moderated by Miami Herald columnist Robert Steinback and held at the University’s Ring The- atre, was one of many events hosted by hundreds of law schools and communities throughout the nation as part of the campaign, “First Monday 2000: United to End Gun Violence.” The campaign was this year’s version of a national initiative Miami Herald columnist Robert Steinback moderated the panel. coordinated each year by the Alliance for Justice on the first day of the U.S. Su- preme Court’s new session. In addition to the panel discussion, the event included America: Up in Arms, a documentary narrated by actor Martin Sheen that portrays tragic incidents where guns killed innocent people.

Panelist included (from left): Earl Gallop, Don Gist, Joe Ramallo, Mimi Watson Sutherland, and Stephen Zack.

12 UM Law Alumni at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton

The Florida Commission on the Status of Women has recognized Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., as the “Best Florida Employer for Working Women” among firms that have fewer than 50 employees. The Miami law firm includes 11 UM Law alumni among its 16 attorneys. They are, seated from left, Harley S. Tropin, Gail A. McQuilkin, and Cheryl Glicker; and standing from left, Laurel M. Isicoff, Corali Lopez-Castro, Detra P. Shaw, Kenneth R. Hartmann, Jeannie M. Jontiff, David L. Rosendorf, Adam M. Moskowitz, and Marilyn G. Kohn. Laurel Isicoff, the most recent managing partner of the commercial litigation and bankruptcy firm, was named partner while working part-time. Corali Lopez-Castro was named partner while on maternity leave.

Panel on Women Trial Lawyers

A panel discussion sponsored by UM Law’s Center for Ethics and Public Ser- vice at the School of Law in late September explored issues related to women trial lawyers. The panel of women attorneys, judges and a law professor discussed such topics as whether women are treated differently by judges, whether their gender influ- ences their being chosen to try cases, what ethical issues arise that are unique to women, and needed changes. Panelists included Ellen Freidin, of counsel, Akerman Senterfitt; Barbara Locke, executive partner, Holland & chief for Judge Milian, State Attorney’s Skolnick, partner, Greenberg Traurig; Knight; the Hon. Marilyn Milian, 11th Office; the Hon. Patricia Seitz, U.S. and Prof. Susan Stefan, University of Judicial Circuit; Sandra Miller, division District Court, Southern Florida; Holly Miami School of Law. 13 (Continued from page 4) Wall of Fame ‘Guerrilla Lawyering’ Leads To Honor To Fla. Bar’s Most Outstanding Moot Court Young Lawyer Award Alumni to trust me, and they won’t if I seem aloof. “Most of them start crying at some O point when they tell me their stories. n Thursday, February 8, UM Law’s Moot Court Board will unveil a “Wall of “I’ve been to a lot of funerals and seen Fame” in the Law Library honoring Moot a lot of children orphaned. In fact, I see a Court winners from previous years. lot more reality on a daily basis than most people should have to. Categories include Advanced Moot “For self preservation as well as to serve Court, Mock Trial, Negotiation, Client my clients more effectively, I have to have Counseling, and Mediation Advocacy. it clear in my mind that this is work and The Wall will also cite individuals who that it must be separate from the rest of represented the Law School at the re- my life. gional, state and national levels of the various competitions. “What I feel good about is that I know my work makes a difference. The differ- A cocktail reception on the Bricks will ence may be in helping them live with cal counseling, medical care, food and precede the unveiling. other areas. HIV (which today is very possible for To ensure that the list of engraved people with access to health care and the “My goal for H.E.L.P. is for it to be able names is complete, the Moot Court Board legal system). Many of my clients have to provide more of these services under requests that all winners of Law School passed on, but I know I have helped them one roof,” she said. “The biggest obstacle competitions and past representatives do it with dignity and with a voice.” to that is the difficulty of finding enough of UM Law at state, regional or national Asked to describe her clientele, she funding.” competitions notify the Board through said, “First, they’re all indigent, and many Vogel spends a great deal of time work- e-mail at [email protected] or by phone of them are homeless. Maybe 10 -to- 15 ing on grant proposals and fellowships. at 305-284-3170. percent are homosexual males and an- H.E.L.P. has received support from ap- other 5 percent are intravenous drug users, The Moot Court Board also would approximately 20 foundations, as well as preciate monetary donations to help but the vast majority are straight females monetary contributions from individuals with children. defray the cost of the plaques. and in-kind donations of furniture and To illustrate the problems faced by her computer equipment. H.E.L.P.’s annual clients, Vogel spoke of a single mother “Night of Hope” fundraiser last April who discovered she had HIV only after brought in $17,000. seeing AIDS listed as the cause of death Miami-Dade County recognizes the on the death certificate of her estranged organization as a service provider and husband, whom she had not seen in seven gives technical support as well as finan- years. The client has no health insurance cial reimbursement for some of the and thus has access to medical care only services rendered. when she checks herself into a hospital Someday, Vogel hopes, the organization emergency room. When she is away from will be able to afford a secretary or ad- home, her two teenage children will not ministrative assistant and other attorneys. go to school. In the meantime, she takes comfort in “Obviously, the problems experienced knowing that H.E.L.P. is progressing by that client and her family go well be- steadily and making a strong, positive yond the need for legal help; the needs impact on the lives of people in desper- also extend to social services, psychologi- ate need. 14 Honor Roll of Donors Fiscal Year 2000

June 1, 1999–May 31, 2000

15 Jeannette Hausler, Esq., ’53 The Dean’s Circle Florence Ruth Hecht Andrew B. Hellinger, Esq., ’90 Membership in the University of Miami School of Law Dean’s Circle reflects a high level of Kevin S. Hennessy, Esq., ’86 commitment to the School and a shared vision for ensuring excellence in legal education. Vincent C. Hennessy, Esq., ’71 Deborah Hoffman, Esq., ’83 By making annual gifts of $1,000 or more to the Law Annual Fund, members place themselves Larry Hoffman, Esq., ’54 at the head of a partnership of alumni, parents, and friends who, with the dean, students, faculty, Holland & Knight, LLP and administrators, are dedicated to ensuring that the School takes its place among the nation’s R. Stuart Huff, Esq., ’72 leading law schools. H. Scott Huizenga, Esq., ’89 Each year, the Law School holds several events especially for Dean’s Circle members. J. Bruce Irving, Esq., ’65 Michael R. Josephs, Esq., ’69 We thank all of our Dean’s Circle members for their wonderful generosity and commitment to Judith A. Kaplan the Law School, and we extend a special welcome to our newest Dean’s Circle members. Seymour D. Keith, Esq., ’47 Allan R. Kelley, Esq., ’80 Theodore Klein, Esq., ’64 Joseph P. Klock, Esq., ’73 Benedict P. Kuehne, Esq., ’77 Burton A. Landy, Esq. ’52 Emerson L. Allsworth, Esq., ’52 James Augustus Lanier II, Esq., ’62 Arthur Andersen Foundation Henry Latimer, Esq., ’73 Terence J. Anderson, Esq. Mark Alan Leibowitz, Esq., ’75 Susan H. Aprill, Esq., ’82 Larry Leiby, Esq., ’73 Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund Lewis Jay Levey, Esq., ’86 David Theodore Berg, Sr., Esq., ’63 Bennett M. Lifter, Esq., ’50 William Joseph Berger, Esq., ’75 Susan Lytle Lipton, Esq., ’70 Richard Alan Berkowitz, Esq., ’81 Eric Littman, Esq., ’79 Howard Jay Berlin, Esq., ’79 Ramsey Ludington, Esq., ’52 Lisa C. Berry, Esq., ’83 Dennis O. Lynch Mark Bidner, Esq., ’86 Kerry Ellen Mack, Esq., ’81 Roy Black, Esq., ’70 John D. Mallah, Esq., ’84 Donna R. Blaustein, Esq., ’95 Elliott Manning, Esq. Ian Barry Blaxberg, Esq., ’77 Ray E. Marchman, Jr., Esq., ’61 Terrance Bostic, Esq., ’80 Jerry Markowitz, Esq., ’74 Scott Buddenhagen, Esq., ’83 Ivor Massey, Jr., Esq., ’79 Gary Carman, Esq., ’74 Minnette Massey, Esq., ’51 Wayne Chaplin, Esq., ’82 Patrick McGrotty, Esq., ’57 Sue M. Cobb, Esq., ’78 Thomas R. McGuigan, Esq., ’74 Albert Cohen, Esq., ’53 Victor H. Mendelson, Esq., ’92 Burton M. Cohen, Esq., ’48 Lewis Levey, J.D. ’86, our newest Dean’s Circle member, greets Professor Emeritus Daniel Murray, J.D. ’49, at the November 9 Cristina L. Mendoza, Esq., ’82 David L. Cohen, Esq., ’81 Dean’s Circle Luncheon held at the Banker’s Club in Miami. William F. Merlin, Jr., Esq. Richard P. Cole, Esq. UM Law Professor Michael Froomkin, Internet law expert, was Stuart A. Miller, Esq., ’82 Marc Cooper, Esq., ’75 the guest speaker. Richard C. Milstein, Esq., ’74 Carol Soret Cope, Esq., ’80 Joshua J. Mintz, Esq., ’81 Hon. A. Jay Cristol, ’59 Marsha Barbanel Elser, Esq., ’75 Lewis B. Freeman, Esq., ’74 Steven Mishan, Esq., ’72 Ernesto Cruz, Esq., ’94 Richard Joel Essen, Esq., ’63 Russell W. Galbut, Esq., ’80 Paul Morris, Esq., ’75 Sonia de Cruz, Esq., ’87 Exxon Education Foundation Stuart H. Gitlitz, Esq., ’75 Edward A. Moss, Esq., ’61 Richard T. Dalton, Esq., ’58 Lynda Wolfson Fadel, Esq., ’86 Harlan Mark Gladstein, Esq., ’86 Rene V. Murai, Esq. Robert Earle Dooley, Esq., ’53 Glenn Phillip Falk, Esq., ’73 Barton S. Goldberg, Esq., ’57 Daniel E. Murray, Esq., ’49 Mary Doyle, Esq. Martin Fine, Esq., ’49 Harvey A. Goldman, Esq. Michael Nachwalter, Esq., ’67 Ira J. Druckman, Esq., ’57 First Union National Bank of Jonathan Goodman, Esq., ’83 James H. Nance, Esq., ’56 Everett H. Dudley, Jr., Esq., ’60 Florida—Biscayne Mac A. Greco, Jr., Esq., ’72 Andrew Needle, Esq., ’77 Marc Egort Edwin Fitzpatrick, Jr., Esq., ’76 Stephen Halpert, Esq. Northern Trust Bank Charitable David Elder, Esq., ’78 Joseph Z. Fleming, Esq. Douglas Martin Halsey, Esq., ’79 Foundation Fredrica Elder, Esq., ’88 Florida Bar Association Burton Harrison, Esq., ’52 Bernard H. Oxman, Esq. Ira M. Elegant, Esq., ’66 Brian Foremny, Esq., ’78 Steven E. Hartz, Esq. Sheldon Palley, Esq., ’57

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 16 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **deceased. Robert E. Panoff, Esq., ’76 Michael J. Parenti III, Esq., ’74 Robert Paul, Esq. John W. Perloff, Esq., ’86 Pamela I. Perry, Esq., ’84 Alfredo P. Piccini, Esq., ’56 Steven D. Pinkert, Esq., ’98 Francis M. Pohlig, Esq., ’64 Steven Bart Posner, Esq., ’76 Mark F. Raymond, Esq., ’83 Richard J. Razook, Esq., ’75 Patricia Redmond, Esq., ’79 Luis Reiter, Esq., ’80 Dennis Alan Richard, Esq., ’72 Jack Samuel Ring, Esq., ’57 Frank M. Robbins, Esq., ’52 Harvey Earl Robins, Esq., ’58 Raquel A. Rodriguez, Esq., ’85 Neil Steven Rollnick, Esq., ’68 Donald Spencer Rose, Esq., ’57 Stanley M. Rosenblatt, Esq. ’60 Joseph H. Ross Charles L. Ruffner, Esq., ’64 Elizabeth Koebel Russo, Esq., ’78 Bertley Sager, Esq., ’49 Sheldon & Myrna Palley proudly lead Dean’s Circle members on tours of their fabulous glass Charles F. Sansone, Esq., ’65 collection displayed in the “Splendor in the Glass” exhibit at the Lowe Art Museum. A special Reuben M. Schneider, Esq., ’61 reception for Dean’s Circle members was held on November 21 at the Lowe. Carl Schuster, Esq., ’63 Philip B. Schwartz, Esq., ’78 Peter S. Schwedock, Esq., ’68 Gail D. Serota, Esq., ’79 Joseph H. Serota, Esq., ’78 Honorable Robert L. Shevin, ’57 Edward Robert Shohat, Esq., ’72 Marshall E. Sigel, Esq., ’83 Honorable Samuel I. Silver, ’37 Laurie Silvers, Esq., ’77 David A. Simon, Esq., ’77 Samuel S. Smith, Esq., ’60** Jay H. Solowsky, Esq., ’79 Neal R. Sonnett, Esq., ’67 Brian F. Spector, Esq., ’78 Thomas R. Spencer, Jr., Esq., ’69 Robert A. Stok, Esq., ’90 Richard Joseph Suarez, Esq., ’81 Sambamurthy Subramanian, Esq., ’98 Joel L. Tabas, Esq., ’85 Stephen D. Taylor, Esq. John W. Thornton, Esq., ’77 Melinda S. Thornton, Esq., ’78 Judge Robert and Myrna Shevin admire the Palleys’ exquisite glass collection at the November 21 Eileen L. Tilghman, Esq., ’86 Dean’s Circle reception. Robert H. Traurig, Esq., ’50 Harley S. Tropin, Esq., ’77 Thomas J. Whitehouse, Esq., ’77 Burton Young, Esq., ’50 William P. Vanderwyden III, Esq., ’84 Donald Jay Wolfson, Esq., ’76 Roberto Zarco, Esq., ’85 Irving Waltman, Esq., ’52 Thomas DeLancey Wood, Esq., ’56 Franklin L. Zemel, Esq., ’89 Roger G. Welcher, Esq., ’57 Larry J. Wyman, Esq., ’80 Martin G. Zilber, Esq., ’88

CLASS OF 1960 $5,000 - $9,999 Adele T. Weaver $2,500 - $4,999 Stanley M. Rosenblatt $100 - $249 Hon. Robert G. Faircloth Hon. Marvin H. Gillman Kenneth Felix Kniskern Robert ‘Rick’ Rivenbark Under $100 Richard E. Berkowitz George Linden Moxon Walter S. Pesetsky Michael C. Slotnick Miami Scholar Scholarship recipients enjoy meeting each other at the Scholarship reception held at the UM Faculty Club on September 28.

Dean’s Scholarship recipients gather for recognition at a special reception held on September 28 at the Faculty Club.

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased 21 Donna Brown Michelson Under $100 Gary Mark Held Jay A. Steinman Andrew Zelman Lawrence M. Ploucha Daniel J. Barsky Steven H. Kane Gary M. Thom Under $100 Gregory P. Kinsella Benjamin S. Waxman Jean F. Reed Neil B. Bogatz Albert Alfred Ackerman Ana E. Landa Lauri Waldman Ross Eric Rawson Bredemeyer Under $100 Jeffrey A. Blaker Kathleen Mahoney Nancy Faye Schleifer Thomas A. Dye Lisa Catherine Berry Perry Ian Cone Stephen A. McLaughlin Patrick Joseph Sheehan Muriel C. Efron Debra E. Fields Jerold P. Dornbush Rosa Figarola Morales Rosanne Jennifer Shore Joseph Peter Galella Gary D. Fields Steven E. Eisenberg Fernando Moreno Matthew Sitkowski, Jr. Gary Richard Jones Mary E. Hammel Scott Phillip Goldkin Marianne H. Nation Naomi Behar Smith Joanne Virginia Kacin Steven Kass Dennis E. Grummer Burton P. Nuckols, Jr. Barry A. Stein Dennis G. Kainen Robert M. Schwartz Lewis H. Homer III Laurie Rosen Riemer Alison Colman Weinger Andrew J. Krause Gary M. Stein Judith Kenney Denise K. Stewart Under $100 Leslie Sue Luft Nancy A. Stone Steven A. Klinger Marc P. Zwetchkenbaum Joseph Randolph Buchanan Jeffrey H. Marcus Yvonne Vinkemulder Barbara L. Kornblau Barbara C. McCauley Robert H. Yaffe Andrew D. Caverly CLASS OF 1983 William M. Neely Stephen A. Chaplin Mark Anton Pedisich Abigail Price-Williams $1,000 - $2,500 CLASS OF 1984 Lawrence H. Engelman Carl C. Radom Rosemary S. Rifkin Richard W. Krattenmaker Robert Douglas Scharf Hayes G. Wood $1,000 - $2,499 Sam C. Rupe John S. Lewis David Hendricks Schulson Scott J. Buddenhagen John D. Mallah Edward Steven Schwartz Seth A. Marmor Mark F. Raymond Zorian I. Sperkacz CLASS OF 1985 James Crumm Seiffert Robin F. Milich $100 - $500 William VanderWyden III $1,000 - $4,999 Lane Bruce Swiren Marilyn W. Miller Gary Alan Blaustein $500 - $999 Jay A. Martus Sanford C. Nadler Diane Herman Tutt Robin Wilson Faber Barbara Sanford Creegan Raquel A. Rodriguez Bonnie L. Rentschler J. Christy Wilson III Tammy Jean Fox-Isicoff $100 - $499 Joel L. Tabas Hon. Mary W. Sheffield Brian Keith Gart CLASS OF 1982 Daniel F. Beasley Roberto Zarco Don H. Twietmeyer William E. Gregory Gregory R. Clough $100 - $499 J. Donald Wasil $2,500 - $4,999 David Jonathan Harris Robert O. Dugan Ramon Louis Anderson Stuart Alan Miller Paul A. Herman James C. Evans Ramon R. Cacicedo, Jr. CLASS OF 1981 $1,000 - $2,499 Ira E. Hoffman Laurie Pickle Evans Robert S. Gelber $2,500 - $4,999 Wayne E. Chaplin Seth S. Holbrook Howard Scott Grossman Robin Gerofsky Joshua Jules Mintz David Lee Deehl Eric David Isicoff Anna L. Hackman Ervin A. Gonzalez Jeffrey Alan Klein $1,000 - $2,499 $100 - $500 Stuart R. Manoff Keith T. Grumer Scott W. Leeds Kerry Ellen Mack Robert G. Amsel Alan J. Marcus Marlene S. Kaplan Richard J. Margolis Richard Joseph Suarez Mark Jeffrey Buhler Timothy W. Ross Steven C. Marks Steven T. Mindlin Hon. Alexander Penelas $500 - $999 Ira B. Coldren, Jr. Cindy D. Sackrin J. Scott Murphy Adrienne F. Promoff Stephen Edward Cook Joel C. Shapiro John W. Pennington III Carol Schoffel Eugene Alan Rostov Steven Wayne Davis David N. Tenenbaum $100 - $499 Dennis Dustin Smith Neil W. Scott Hon. Kevin Michael Emas Laura Rubbo Tenenbaum Hon. Ted Eugene Bandstra Daniel E. Somers Sandra A. Cordek Wolpe ** Steven J. Franz Myrna D. Bricker Nancy Pomeroy Gordon John Ravenel Chase Henry Morrison Knoblock Eric M. Cohen Claudia Gay Lemon Samuel J. Dubbin Robert Lubin Nicholas Charles Harris William James Matevich Karen Levine Lawrence Fred Michelson Jeanette Elaine Marbert Nikki J. Nedbor James Samuel Maxwell John Edward Phelan Lisa Novick Millhauser Alan David Sackrin Lana T. Monchek Jacqueline Hogan Scola Dennis A. Nowak Gerardo Miguel Simms Paul K. Parkinson Douglas J. Weiser Sonia M. Pawluc Gary Steven Winston Kathryn Ann Pidgeon Betsy Finn Yegelwel Steven D. Pidgeon Pamela Jackson Reynolds Under $100 Jose Emilio Sirven William S. Berk Ellen Beth Channing Patricia G. Welles Dean Lynch joins Jay Shapiro, J.D. ’87, donor representative, in congratulating Carol Lee Cohen Emily Varani, the Stephen Arky Scholarship recipient at the Named Scholarship Beverly A. Wyckoff Carolina A. Echarte Reception held at the UM Faculty Club on September 27. Judith Agronove Friedman The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 22 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased Under $100 Attilio M. Costabel Kyle C. Brooks Dan A. Mittman $100 - $499 Jerald S. Beer Robin G. Gart Mitchell I. Horowitz Ralph W. Sloan Luis Enrique Barreto Mario Bick Leslie Faye Hecker Jacqueline A. Julio Cathy M. Stutin Boris E. Foster Peter Edward Bronstein Richard Siegmeister Hon. Carroll J. Kelly Stacey A. Van Malden Martin M. Freeman Jody Collins Terri Grumer Sonn Robert Paul LeBlanc Brooke Fried Evan M. Feldman Under $100 Glenn S. Levine CLASS OF 1991 Gary N. Mansfield Leana Marie Marks Dina S. Bechhof-Abrams James M. Meyer $1,000 - $2,499 CLASS OF 1986 Maury R. Olicker William D. Motherway Tina Paraskevas Felix Spencer Marc Aronfeld Yvette Ostolaza $2,500 - $4,999 Jeffrey W. Frantz Under $100 $500 - $999 Debra Griffin Stevens John J. Grundhauser John Michael Alvarez Lynda Wolfson Fadel Rosanne Model Aldo A. Benejam Under $100 John W. Perloff Ana Cela Harris Edward H. Zebersky Elyssa J. Burack Jeffrey William Johnson Joseph Gardner Dato, Jr. $1,000 - 2,499 $100 - $499 Juan J. Farach Marie Toussaint Lacroix Ellen E. Feir Kevin S. Hennessy Camilla M. Cochrane Ivan F. Fernandez Alice Jacobson Lash Paul T. Ryder, Jr. Eileen L. Tilghman Geraldine M. DeBianchi Ariel E. Furst Ileana Marcos-Rodriguez Nancy Romfh Schlichting Gail Ash Dotson John Paul Guinan $100 - $500 Stephen Charles Minana William E. Solomon David C. Knapp Michelle B. Alvarez Scott K. Spivack William J. Gross Donald B. Mitchell Jeffrey L. Ment Esther Levy Blynn Andrew B. Woolf Gloretta Hall Olivio M. Morales Kelley June O’Neil Kathleen Leta Deutsch Lucinda A. Hofmann Steven H. Naturman John M. Quaranta Robert N. Duggan CLASS OF 1990 Jose I. Irizarry-Yordan Laurie C. O’Neill Thomas A. T. Ronzetti Harlan Mark Gladstein Cheryl Julian Kaufman Muriel L. Plevy-Zbar $5,000 - $9,999 Jennifer M. Smith Hon. Amy Beth Karan Alvin F. Lindsay III Jill F. Rubin Michael Richard Bakst Elizabeth Thompson Stack Dana M. Kaufman Stuart N. Ratzan Neal C. Schulwolf $1,000 - $2,499 Richard S. Wagman Stuart L. Koenigsberg Howard B. Senior III Bernard F. Superstein Lewis Jay Levey Robert A. Stok Raquel Puig Zaldivar Robert L. Tammara CLASS OF 1993 Craig V. Rasile $100 - $499 Under $100 Susan Korenvaes Robin Deborah J. Goodall $5,000 - $9,999 CLASS OF 1988 Raphael Maria Bastian Dena J. Rosenzweig Lance A. Harke Carlos E. Silva $500 - $999 Michael R. Burke Maria L. Rubio Jennifer M. Hoberman $500 - $999 Frank A. Crisafi Robin S. Rosenbaum Scott E. Schwartz Scott A. Kornspan Stacey A. Guilianti Deanna Gross Rasco Donald T. Shouldice William J. Spratt, Jr. Susan Fleischner Kornspan Lawrence E. Sindoni $100 - $499 Jeffrey N. Steinsnyder $100 - $499 Darin J. Lentner Josephine R. Van Hemert Dianne O. Fischer Julie R. Waas Rochelle Berkowitz Norma Ledesma Meyer Timothy J. Van Hemert Sunny G. Goldin Norman M. Waas Amy F. Isackson-Rojas Patrick T. O’Brien Bridget M. Whitley Mayra P. Lindsay Farrokh Jhabvala Arthur R. Redgrave Under $100 Mara Shlackman Ross M. Johnston Under $100 Andres Alberto Bengochea CLASS OF 1992 Under $100 Elizabeth S. Katzen Andrew R. Herron Julie W. Brown Sarah B. Clasby Paul S. Martin Paula L. Herron $5,000 - $9,999 Susan Nadler Eisenberg Richard D. Friess Dennis D. Mele Stephen J. Kolski, Jr. Jorge E. Silva Laura M. Fabar Jennifer Levitz Hodges Susan R. Geiger Jeffrey R. Sonn Eric L. Lundt Carter N. McDowell Under $100 S. Andrew Ostapski Jose A. Casal Robert James Riggio Lucian E. Ferster Laura B. Seder Saul Kravec Mark C. Maroon CLASS OF 1987 John J. McNally $2,500 - $4,999 Jay D. Mussman Sonia de Cruz Jonathan R. Rubin Sondra R. Schwartz $1,000 - $2,499 Dennis L. Thomas Barbara Ehrich Locke F. Chet Taylor Sarah Zuckerman Wiener Gale A. Zoller $500 - $999 Grisel Alonso CLASS OF 1989 Robert W. Creegan $1,000 - $2,499 Elisa Erickson H. Scott Huizenga Earlene Crossley, recipient of the Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton Scholarship, is Guy Austin Rasco Franklin L. Zemel joined by members of the firm: Kenneth Hartman, J.D. ’86, Harley Tropin, J.D. ’77, and John Kozyak as well as Dean Lynch at the September 27 Named $100 - $499 $100 - $250 Scholarship Reception. Deborah B. Bujalski Mark Edward Allsworth The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased 23 Donald O. Johnson CLASS OF 1996 Matthew Edmund Mazur Garvin P. Stryker Jamie D. Knoll Richard S. Matlock Vivian Maria Niebla Yara A. Zakharia Joseph E. Kramek $1,000 - $2,499 Reed J. Slogoff Randy J. Pope Carlos A. Zumpano Jong H. Lee Christopher R. Eck Peter A. Savarese Michael A. Luis CLASS OF 1994 $100 - $499 CLASS OF 2000 Monica Stinson Steve W. Marsee Allison Kanofsky Berg $2,500 - $4,999 Maurice H. Sullivan III $100 - $500 William T. McCauley Laurie G. Cohen Ernesto Cruz Ronald Surin Thomas S. Donnelly Gregory Allan McFarlane Michael C. Klasfeld $100 - $250 Bert E. Uebele IV Brian Theophilus James Christopher T. McKay Rosine M. Plank-Brumback Dorothy F. Easley Annette M. Thompson Arthur D. Lake Shannon P. McKenna Jonathan R. Rosenn Beth B. Woods Deborah J. Gander Johanna V. Martinez Joseph P. Montminy Charles George Under $100 Hashi Nagubadi Spencer J. Multack CLASS OF 1999 Frederick Hoops III Michelle M. Austin Desiree Ortiz-Cruz Julio E. Munoz Mark S. Lieblich Thomas Carrero, Jr. $100 - $499 Deborah A. Terzian Kamlesh Oza Leon N. Patricios Youndy C. Cook Thais L. Hernandez Sarah Margot Nu Williams Claudia L. Pernudi Mark W. Richardson Kenneth R. Harrison, Sr. Under $100 Under $100 Lucretia A. Pitts Susan M. Salvatore David Stephen Hope Kristi Johnson Bomar Ivette Lisette Arango Serogine Rambali Under $100 Amanda R. Jacobson Jill Goldberg Carmel Carlos J. Bonilla Daniel B. Rogers Donnette S. Russell-Love Thomas J. Baker Richard W. Long Scott Howard Carter Robert P. Boone III Karen Berg Brigham Jeffrey R. Margolis Heui Y. Choi Christina M. Ceballos Melissa M. Ruth Melinda K. Burton Jill Soman Reiter Michael J. Ciaccio Heather J. Cohen Erum Siddiqui Shannon Campbell Neal Rosensweig Barbara S. Diamond Neil C. Cox Jay Edward Silver Andrew Froman Bradley A. Silverman Osvaldo M. Diaz Michael J. Crowley Susan M. Spence Julie Bork Glassman Christine A. Dixon Ana L. D’Costa Nelson M. Taracido Owen E. Kahn CLASS OF 1997 Steven L. Ellison Diego-Paolo DePani Catherine T. Than Daniel Lemongello Joseph L. Whalen $1,000 - $2,499 Frank S. Hong Benjamin L. England Mariana V. Llanso Virginia M. Johnson Rebecca J. Williams Jacqulyn Mack Darlene C. Fernandez Kenneth F. Money, Jr. Kira E. Willig Marilyn G. Kohn Ronnie Fernandez Kevin J. Morris $100 - $499 George J. Konoval Craig S. Forrester Gregg I. Shavitz Colleen M. Grady CLASS OF 2001 David M. Kubiliun Karyna Gonzalez-Rabagh Victoria L. Winfield Armando A. Rodriguez-Feo $250 - $499 Jennifer L. Leshner Matthew J. Grothenhuis Sylvia L. Wenger Joi L. Pearsall Vincent N. Trimarco, Jr. CLASS OF 1995 Toya J. Hampton Under $100 Kathleen R. Pugh Brooks J. Holcomb $500 - $999 CLASS OF 2002 Tiffani G. Lee Steven J. Samuelson Suzanne S. Hollander Timothy J. Roth $100 - $250 Marnin J. Michaels Russell W. Sinnett Joshua M. Kaye James P. Schooley $100 - $499 Eric J. Spett Suzanne E. St. Luce Paul J. Keenan, Jr. William Ernest Aylsworth Anna Marie A. Tettamanti Pamela J. Steed Jennifer Terzian Marni B. Lennon James T. Varnadoe John A. Myer Mark D. Passler CLASS OF 1998 Yvette Michelle Ramirez $1,000 - $2,499 Barbara E. Schnepper Steven D. Pinkert Miguel A. Zaldivar Sambamurthy Subramanian Under $100 $100 - $499 Antonio Arzola Paul B. Kunz Jonathan D. Colan Anamarie M. Maltzman Lisette Sanabria Dede Joel Martin McTague Laura J. Ensley-Stanton Joel E. Rose Daniel L. Leyton Richard L. Steinberg Margarita P. Muina Under $100 James D. Payer Kevin R. Anthony Jed A. Plafker Sheldon J. Blumling Rolande S. Pryce Stefania Bologna Melissa E. Rhoads John J. Uustal Carlos I. Cardelle Kevin W. Whitehead Robert E. Kloss Dean Lynch and Barbara Phillips congratulate Sebrina Mendoza, JD ’00, one of Scott I. Wolf Anna A. Krimshtein the recipients of the Louis Phillips Memorial Scholarship, established in memory Jorge A. Lopez of Barbara’s father, Louis, J.D. ’48.

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 24 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased Class of 2000 Gift to the Law Annual Fund

At their spring hooding ceremony, the Class of 2000 presented their class gift to the Law Annual Fund in support of the acquisition of a bronze bust of the late Professor Richard A. Hausler. We thank the following donors for their participation:

Ivette Lisette Arango Lucretia A. Pitts Carlos J. Bonilla Serogine Rambali Robert P. Boone III Marielis Rivera Christina M. Ceballos Daniel B. Rogers Heather J. Cohen Donnette S. Russell-Love Neil C. Cox Melissa M. Ruth Michael J. Crowley James P. Schooley* Ana L. D’Costa Erum Siddiqui Diego-Paolo DePani Jay Edward Silver Thomas S. Donnelly* Susan M. Spence Benjamin L. England Student Bar Association Darlene C. Fernandez Nelson M. Taracido Ronnie Fernandez Deborah A. Terzian* Craig S. Forrester Jennifer S. Terzian* Karyna Gonzalez-Rabagh Catherine T. Than Matthew J. Grothenhuis Joseph L. Whalen Dean Dennis Lynch congratulates a Class of 2000 graduate at the Spring 2000 Hooding Ceremony held on May 21 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Miami. Toya J. Hampton Rebecca J. Williams Brooks J. Holcomb Sarah Margot Nu Williams* Suzanne S. Hollander Kira E. Willig Brian Theophilus James* Joshua M. Kaye Paul J. Keenan, Jr. *Leadership Gifts Jamie D. Knoll Joseph E. Kramek Arthur D. Lake* Jong H. Lee Michael A. Luis Steve W. Marsee Johanna V. Martinez* D. Stewart MacIntyre III William T. McCauley Gregory Allan McFarlane Christopher T. McKay Shannon P. McKenna Joseph P. Montminy Spencer J. Multack Julio E. Munoz Hashi Nagubadi* Kamlesh Oza Desiree Ortiz-Cruz* Claudia L. Pernudi Mary Penn, of the Dean of Students office, assists Doug Hiller with his regalia at the Spring 2000 Hooding Ceremony.

On December 8, 1999, UM law graduate Mariel Melissa Spencer died tragically of complications from acute leukemia at the age of 28. Mariel enrolled in both the J.D. and LL.M. in Tax programs at the University of Miami School of Law, graduating in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Mariel enjoyed her association with UM, where she was a member of the Inter- American Law Review and where she discovered her passion for tax law. Upon graduating from UM, Mariel began her career working for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Miami as a state and local tax consultant. To honor Mariel’s passion for learning and her devotion to the field of tax, Mariel’s husband, Kevin Spencer, JD ’96, family and friends established a scholarship in her name at the Law School. The Mariel Melissa Saunderson (Smith) Spencer Scholarship will be awarded to a second- or third-year female J.D. student or a female LL.M. student who has at least a 3.0 grade point average, has an interest in practicing tax law, and demonstrates financial need. We thank the following who have contributed to the Mariel Melissa Saunderson (Smith) Spencer Memorial Scholarship during its first year:

Mary P. Alloway Jerry Malcom Patricia D. Amaducci Luis Martinez-Monfort Anonymous Robert M. McKey, Jr., M.D. Paul A. Basile Iris Shapiro Miller Jay Koren, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, congratulates Deanna Timothy D. Batdorf Kevin S. Neiman Novak, the recipient of the Mariel Spencer Memorial Scholarship, at the Named Scholarship reception on September 27. Norma Castillo PricewaterhouseCoopers Ricardo Cornoa Gerald & Sybil Pulver Spencer J. David Jack & Jill Reiter Michael G. Fass Lester E. Riordan Menashe R. Frank Shoshana D. Samole Jennifer Lynch Giol Charles & Linda Sands Michael Andrew Haggard Dana Valenti Schwind Ann Marie Halleck Joshua Silber Amanda R. Jacobson Adam & Elissa Silverman Ashley Howell Kaplan Brian T. S. Smith Stacey A. Koch Thomas Kevin Spencer Jay Koren Laura R. Weinfeld Jed L. Kurzban Jeffrey D. Weinstock Kelly Kranys Liang Philip & Diane Zinn Jessica Lovio-Rodriguez

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 26 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased Memorial Gifts

Memorial gifts were received in memory of many of the beloved members of our Law School family. This past year we were deeply saddened by the deaths of alumnus William “Bill” Colson on October 14, 1999, Professor Clifford Alloway on October 30, 1999 and Professor Richard Hausler on March 18, 2000. We thank the following contributors for their memorial gifts.

IN MEMORY OF Barry G. Hastings Robert Chisholm Edward J. Robinson CLIFFORD C. ALLOWAY, JD Louis J. Hector Norma Lee Cortonesi Barbara D. Ruud ’49 Bernice Kraslow Attilio M. Costabel Daniel and Iris Schnipper Mary Alloway Maher, Gibson and Guiley Danny A. Couch William Sekoff Richard J. Burton & Associates P.A. Pat Maloney Gigi Carrier Cowell Benjamin M. Shore Thomas A. Clingan Anne B. McDougall Hon. A. Jay Cristol, Ph.D. Henry King Stanford Betty Ann Good Nancy N. McLamore Ernesto Cruz Susan Stefan Howard MacFarlane Miami Catering Sonia Cruz Leslie Sternlieb Michael C. Slotnick Susan J. Moll Rebecca K. Deakin Irwin P. Stotzky Waltman & Cohen Northern Trust Bank of Florida Christopher Eck Richard J. Suarez Northern Trust Company Jeffrey A. Galant Deborah A. Terzian IN MEMORY OF Pfleger Financial Group Joseph Peter Galella Jennifer S. Terzian ALAN BERTINI Joseph Bennett Reisman Serafina Giambona Anthony and Maria Tigri Law Offices of Bruce A. Blitman Stephen F. Rossman Barbara Green Robert H. Traurig Madeline T. Sackel Louis L. I. Grossman William P. VanderWyden IN MEMORY OF Chesterfield Smith Arthur Hertz Irving Waltman DAVID CATSMAN Sports Illustrated George and Donna Hippman Thomas and Abigail Watts-Fitzgerald Betty Roth Naster Robert H. Traurig Ritta Krawzyk Hogan Douglas J. Weiser Wendy Traurig Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Melvin F. Williams Bernice M. Walton Jacqueline A. Julio Yara Zakharia IN MEMORY OF Zack Kosnitzky, P.A. Judith Kaplan Charles and Beatriz Zyne WILLIAM R. COLSON, JD ’48 Michael C. Klasfeld Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen IN MEMORY OF Charles and Laura Kline N MEMORY OF Aragon, Burlington, Weil & I DANTE B. FASCELL Hon. Gerald and Irene Kogan Crockett, P.A. FRANCIS XAVIER LAMBERT John Chapman Chester Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Irwin P. Stotzky Reubin O’Donovan Askew Tetzel, P.A. William F. Blews Marni B. Lennon Francis L. Carter IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF James B. Lord Merrill C. Cook, Jr. RICHARD A. HAUSLER MARTIN MOLDOFF Mark C. Maroon Coral Gables Community Barbara Angel William Morris Moldoff B. Taylor Mattis Foundation Michelle B. Alvarez Ursula Metzger-Wellisch Albert E. Dotson, Jr. BAC Florida Bank IN MEMORY OF Richard C. Milstein Robert O. Dugan Patricia A. Breslin NICOLE ELAINE KLEBAN B. Douglas Morriss Hon. Joe Eaton Dixon Brown Carol F. Weinstein George Onoprienko Florida Lawyers Action Group Ray Calafell, Jr. John W. Pennington, III William Anson Graham Gary M. Carman Demetrio Perez Cami Green Frank Carrillo Hannah Polansky Grossman & Roth, P.A. Carrillo & Carrillo, P.A. Joanne M. Popper Annette Jones Hartley Charlie Carroll Thomas E. Caskey Daniel Raab

To honor Justice Gerald Kogan’s many years of outstanding contributions to the University of Miami School of Law and Florida’s legal system and for his championship of individual rights, an endowed scholarship was created in Justice Kogan’s name. The Kogan Scholarship will support the studies of law students who demonstrate the integrity, scholarship, and devotion to public service characterized by Justice Kogan’s exemplary career in the law. We thank the following contributors for their generosity.

Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. Bertram Laurence Diskin Howard A. Kusnick Alan S. Ross Hon. Harry Lee Anstead Hon. Kevin Michael Emas Robert K. Levenson, Jr. Charles L. Ruffner Bernard A. Applebaum Irwin S. Futerfas Lili Levi Charles F. Sansone Michael Brian Berger B. Milfred Gerson Kenneth W. Lipman Elliot H. Scherker Irwin J. Block Thelma V. A. Gibson Richard S. Masington Stephen John Schnably Hon. Stephen T. Brown Hon. Stanley Morton Goldstein James H. Nance Hon. Robert L. Shevin Carl L. Campbell Samuel Goldstein Bernard H. Oxman Edward Robert Shohat Sy Chadroff Jay S. Gottlieb Hon. Peter R. Palermo Cynthia C. Sikorski Ruth Cielak Col. Brodes Hartley Sheldon Bruce Palley Gary P. Simon Norman & Joan Ciment Foundation Hon. Fred A. Hazouri Robert E. Panoff Simon & Simon Hon. Charles Cobb Gerald Thomas Heffernan Hon. Barbara Pariente David S. Solovey Cobb Family Foundation Allan M. Herbert Mark D. Passler Christina A. Spaulding Herbert Jay Cohen Patricia McBride Herbert M. Lee Pearce Foundation, Inc. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Lewis F. Cohen Sanford Hildebrandt Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. Rebecca A. Cox Richard J. Horwich Mirabito & Christiansen, P.A. Steinberg & Associates Myles Gary Cypen Alma Jennings Foundation Shirley L. Richter Robert S. Steinberg Stephen Cypen Hon. Carroll J. Kelly Robbins Tunkey Ross Amsel Raben R. Earl Welbaum Deutsch & Blumberg, P.A. Helene Putnam Kichefski & Waxman, P.A. Mark Richard Wolfe Steven Deutsch H. Robert Koltnow Amy Debra Ronner Thomas DeLancey Wood Deutsch Family Foundation Benedict P. Kuehne Stanley M. Rosenblatt Burton Young Hon. Jeffrey Rosinek

Friends and colleagues gather to celebrate the establishment of the Gerald Kogan Endowed Scholarship at a UM Law alumni reception at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Bar on June 22, 2000.

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 28 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased Law Parents & Partners Association

Parents, spouses, and others who play important roles in the away-from-school lives of UM Law students often also provide significant support for Law School-related activities. In 1999–00, the Law Parents and Partners Association supported such programs and activities as refreshments for new student orientation, a welcome reception for new students and their parents and partners, a reception for graduating student leaders, and various other student programs. We recognize the following individuals for their generous support:

DEAN’S COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING COLLEAGUES (Gifts of $500) (Gifts of $50) Roshanak Azimpoor Harley N. Andrews John W. Pennington III Ralph P. and Ann T. Campanozzi Janice M. Weiss Jane Dockery Melinda Hasselman Harrison FACULTY COLLEAGUES Ian and Arlene Hassin (Gifts of $250) Cheng-Bih Li Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso M. Diaz Jack and Toni Porter Barbara and Larry Newman Terry M. Reisman Robert C. and Karen Rice Howard and Elyse Ross Carrie and David Schulman RESEARCH COLLEAGUES David P. and Kathy Skerry (Gifts of $125) Eleanne Soto Charles and Connie Barry Deidrea Waite Harriet and Robert Boxer Dennis and Linda Weisenberg Wayne and Bonnie Brown Dr. and Mrs. Jack Yaffa Bennett and Jody David Myra and Gary Zale Theodore and Helen Nestor Dean Lynch greets UM alumnus Thomas Seymour, JD ’67, and Neil and Kathryn Parker his daughter Courtney at the 1-L Welcome Reception held in the Vincent N. Trimarco, Jr. Student Lounge on September 12, 2000. Eladio and Deisy B. Valdes Conrad and Linda Zurich Children & Youth Law Clinic The University of Miami’s Children & Youth Law Clinic—run by faculty members and students of the School of Law—was established with the help of a 1995 start-up grant from the echoing green foundation and is partially funded by grants from the Florida Bar Foundation and other organizations. The Clinic provides legal representation to poor children (primarily those within the foster care system), ensuring that they have a voice in court proceedings, and engaging in impact litigation, law reform advocacy and community lawyering. We recognize the following contributors to the Children & Youth Law Clinic for their generous support during the past fiscal year.

FOUNDERS BENEFACTORS PATRONS PARTNERS ($50,000 - $99,999) ($5,000 - $9,999) ($1,000 - $4,999) (Under $1,000) The Florida Bar Foundation BankAtlantic Foundation, Inc. Jeffrey and Areta Kaufman Emerson Allsworth Center for the Study of Harvey Goldman Mary Coombs GRAND BENEFACTORS Mergers & Acquisitions Hon. Steven David Robinson Rebecca A. Cox ($25,000 - $49,999) Lewis Family Foundation Silva & Silva, P.A. Barbara Green Schiff Hardin & Waite The Florida Bar Foundation Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. Adela Maruri The Florida Victims of Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade Thomas Robinson Crime Act (VOCA) County Jonathan S. Simon Janet Ellen Stearns Leslie Sternlieb

BENEFACTORS GRAND PATRONS PATRONS FRIENDS ($10,000 - $24,999) ($5,000 - $9,000) ($1,000 - $4,999) (Under $500) Alliance for Ethical Government, Inc. Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. Bankruptcy Bar Association Hector & Harke, LLP Gulliver Academy Elizabeth Catsman Ellen C. Freidin The Florida Bar Hunton & Williams Jefferson L. Ford III UNICCO Palmer Trinity School

Friends of Litigation Skills Program

One of UM Law’s greatest strengths, the Litigation Skills Program, is among the most extensive and respected such programs in the country. The legal community has been a strong supporter of the program and has been a major factor in its growing excellence. We deeply appreciate the generosity of the following organizations and individuals, whose financial contributions helped support the Litigation Skills program during the past fiscal year.

PATRONS DONORS John C. Dellagloria Robert J. Link ($2,500 - $4,999) (Under $1,000) Steven L. Ellison Matthew E. Mazur, Jr. Laurence M. Rose Robert J. Alspector John Hart Ely Laurie C. O’Neill Allison K. Berg Deborah J. Gander Mark D. Passler Kathleen G. Hoague Rolande Pryce SPONSORS Kristi Bomar Amanda R. Jacobson Ronald Surin ($1,000 - $2,499) Chris Brown Brown & Brown David C. Knapp Bert Uebele IV The Hon. Philip Bloom Heui Young Choi Glenn Lapides Barbara Ellen Vicevich David L. Deehl Michael Ciaccio Jennifer Lynne Leshner Peter M. Wolf

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 30 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased Corporations, Foundations & Organizations Corporations, foundations and other organizations generously contribute to the University of Miami School of Law. These gifts have taken various forms—from making direct grants and matching employee contributions to sponsoring events and serving as trustees of foundations that have made the Law School the benefactor of their largess. We deeply appreciate their generosity and its implicit statement of the high value the legal and business communities place on our School.

$25,000 and Above John & Catherine MacArthur Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Clark Hill PLC Dade Community Foundation Foundation Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. Dun & Bradstreet Company Florida Bar Foundation Kenny Nachwalter Seymour Arnold Tabas, Freedman, Orshan & Soloff, P.A. Foundation Florida Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Critchlow & Spector Thomson Muraro Razook & Hart, P.A. Fireman’s Fund Foundation Mitchell Wolfson Family Foundation VCH Funding Corp Formcraft Tool Company $10,000 - $24,999 Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno West Flagler Associates Limited Law Offices of Alan S. Gordon, P.A. Alliance For Ethical Government Selma Oritt Foundation, Inc. Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce C Z Foundation, Inc. Shutts & Bowen Grossman & Goldman, P.A. Exxon Education Foundation UNICCO $500 - $999 Guttenmacher & Bohatch, P.A. First Union National Bank Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County Aragon, Burlington, Weil & Hart Realty Corporation Crockett, P.A. Gulliver Academy, Inc. Hector & Harke LLP $1,000 - $4,999 Association of Legal Administrators - Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, P.A. Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger & Adorno & Zeder Community Care Palm Beach County Chapter Palmer Trinity School Tetzel, P.A. Andersen Consulting Foundation Druckman, Kristal & Breslow, P.A. Ress Family Foundation, Inc. Mediation & Legal Services P.A. Angones, Hunter, McClure, Lynch & Fuller, Mallah & Associates, P.A. Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Williams, P.A. B. Milfred Gerson Estate Trust Russell, P.A. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Attorneys Title Insurance Fund Grossman and Roth Steel Hector & Davis LLP Northern Trust Bank of Florida BAC Florida Bank Maher, Gibson and Guiley Pfleger Financial Group $5,000 - $9,999 Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Miami Catering Law Offices of Charles J. Piven, P.A. Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A. Southern District of Florida Nelson & Feldman Russo Parrish Appelate Firm Baker & McKenzie Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. Northern Trust Company Bernard Shapiro Fund Inc. Bakst Cloyd & Bakst, P.A. Bedzow, Korn, Brown, Miller & Shepard, Filburn & Goodblatt, P.A. St. Paul Companies Inc. BankAtlantic Foundation, Inc. Zemel, P.A. Wood, Hengber & Goldstein Texaco, Inc. Camner, Lipsitz & Poller, P.A. Black, Srebnick & Kornspan, P.A. Zebersky & Giulianti, P.A. Community Foundation of Broward Essen, Essen, Susaneck, Canet & Under $100 $250 - $499 Holland & Knight Charitable Lipson, P.A. Law Offices of Bruce A. Blitman Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen Foundation Lewis B. Freeman & Partners Inc. R. E. Chisholm Architects Inc. Richard J. Burton & Associates, P.A Hunton & Williams Goodkind Labton Rudoff & Delta Air Lines Foundation Carrillo & Carrillo, P.A. Jefferson Lee Ford III Memorial Sucharow LLP Duke Law Firm, P.C. Coral Gables Community Foundation Foundation Jewish Communal Fund Florida Lawyers Action Group George, Hartz, Lundeen, Flagg & Lewis Family Foundation Jewish Federation of Broward Grumer & Levin, P.A. Fulmer Merlin Law Group Abraham Kaplan Charitable Kopplow & Flynn, P.A. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Schiff Hardin & Waite Foundation Latinmed, Inc. The Lubrizol Foundation Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart Kaufman Foundation, Inc. Lawrence & Daniels Silva & Silva, P.A. F. Martin Perry & Associates Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. Marimar Marine Industries, Inc. St. Thomas University, Inc. Simon & Simon, P. A. Bennett M. Lifter Foundation, Inc. Law Office of George L. Moxon United Way of Miami-Dade County Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Nance, Cacciatore & Hamilton Nationwide Insurance Foundation Waltman & Cohen Flom LLP Office Technology Supplies Professional Legal Services Zack Kosnitzky, P.A. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Pertnoy, Solowsky, Allen & Haber, P.A. Rosewood Properties Ponzoli, Wassenberg & Sperkacz, P.A. $2,500 - $4,999 $100 - $249 David N. Rosner Charitable Foundation Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh American Academy of Matrimonial Appel & Brown, P.A. Weiss & Kahn, P.A. Mirabito & Christensen, P.A. Lawyers, Florida Chapter Bluestein & Wayne, P.A. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Cobb Family Foundation, Inc. Bonding Corporation of America Raben & Waxman, P.A. Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Colson, Book Horizons Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P Matthews, Martinez & Mendoza Brown & Brown South Florida Association for Law Deutsch Family Foundation Burton & Lee Placement Florida Lawyers Legal Insurance Norman & Joan Ciment Foundation Sports Illustrated

The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased 31 Melinda H. Harrison Friends of the Law School Ian Hassin The Law School has many friends in the community—on campus, in the legal marketplace, and in the Susan H. Kass Carol Siegler Koltnow community at large. The support of our non-alumni friends is greatly appreciated. It is with much Glenn Lapides gratitude that we list below those friends who contributed between June 1, 1999 and May 31, 2000. Cheng-Bih Li Ronni S. Lustig Gloria MacFarlan $10,000 - $24,999 Myrna Palley Charles W. Barry, Jr. Hannah Polansky D. Stewart MacIntyre III Anonymous Joseph H. Ross William F. Blews Margaret V. Post James B. Marceau Gigi Carrier Cowell Nanette Robin Ruffner Harriet Siegel Boxer Juan Ramirez, Jr. Lynn Sherry Marks Lewis M. Ress Roberta Schwedock Eleine H. Brooks Hon. Edward J. Robinson Roberta Martin Jean P. Soman Myrna Bressack Shevin Bonita K. Brown Tom Robinson Adela M. Maruri Rosalyn B. Stuzin Chesterfield Smith Demetra (Truly) D. Burton Barbara D. Ruud Angel Maruri Jacqueline Smith Mindy E. Cassel Violet Susan Sable $5,000 - $9,999 Susan W. Minana Samuel C. Thompson, Jr. Ruth Cielak Will Anthony Sekoff Elizabeth Catsman Susan J. Moll Gerald B. Wald Thomas A. Clingan, Jr. Jenine Lister Silverman Alan B. Levan Betty Roth Naster Marsha Habif Zarco Lucille Walter Cohen Henry King Stanford Susie C. Levan Cynthia G. Pesetsky Leslie Faye Coller Ruth King Stanford Agnes C. Reid $500 - $999 Joanne M. Popper Danny A. Couch Helene L. Starr $2,500 - $4,999 Linda Rae Altman Toni Porter Roshanak Azimpoor Westwell R. Daniels Riva Golub Steinman Jean F. Alexander ** Sonya Dubbin Rapee Terence G. Biddulph Bennett L. David III Robert C. Strauss Hon. Charles Elvan Cobb, Jr. Marcia Reisman Rosetta Shaikun Bierman Albert E. Dotson, Jr. Maurine M. Tew Georgia Stephens Pearson Norma Reisman William S. Blatt Hon. Joe Eaton Jacqueline B. Traurig Laurence M. Rose Terry Milton Reisman Mary I. Coombs Patricia MacVicar Eaton William T. Tyrrell Stephen John Schnably Andrea F. Rosenblatt James Alan Gershow Dayle Hayman Fierro Deisy B. Valdes Arthur M. Simon Elyse Ross Joyce Feinstein Gould Ana M. Fournaris Barbara A. Weintraub Meryl L. Spector Ann Beth Simon Rubin P. Joy Fried Hon. Gerald T. Louis J. Hector Madeline T. Sackel Heather M. Spencer Nancy K. Galbut Wetherington Andrea Joslin Cecilia Sanchez-Galarraga $1,000 - $2,499 Thelma V. A. Gibson Melvin F. Williams Kathleen Frechette Kelley Joan Stankiewicz Scheer Terence J. Anderson Candice Elias Grossman Jessie F. Wolfson Betty Jane Koppen Sandra Adelle Schneider Georgina Angones Annette Jones Hartley Eleanor C. Zahner Pat Maloney Iris D. Schnipper Marlene Solar Berg Col. Brodes Hartley Ellen B. Zonn Leslie Sternlieb David B. Schulman Madeline H. Biondo Hon. Fred A. Hazouri Linda Zurich Janice Greenfield Weiss Scott Seder Hon. Elaine Bloom Diane H. Heilbronner Under $100 $250 - $499 Jonathan Steven Simon Hon. Philip Bloom Arthur H. Hertz Robert J. Alspector Bernard A. Applebaum David P. Skerry Caroline Mary Bradley Donna J. Hippman Harley N. Andrews Dixon R. Brown Martin Sloan Hon. Gerald B. Cope, Jr. Ralph Isackson Barbara A. Angel Natalia Penin Cacicedo Susan Zeientz Slotnick Eleanor Rubin Cristol Helene Putnam Kichefski Joan M. Baumer Francis L. Carter Beverly B. Snyder Mary Doyle Sharlena Korman Sue Bergacker Joseph A. De Maria Eleanne Soto Sharon Glickman Elegant Caryl Shapiro Koven Patricia A. Breslin Alfonso M. Diaz Karen L. Spigler Eddi-Ann R. Freeman Bernice Kraslow Ralph P. Campanozzi John Hart Ely William Joseph Stanton A. Michael Froomkin David J. Kraslow Luis A. Carballo Elizabeth W. Ketaineck Janet E. Stearns Harvey Goldman Betty Cohen Kushen** Charlie Carroll Irene Vulgan Kogan Edmund H. Stewart, Jr. William Anson Graham Cindy M. Lamel Lynita Caskey Rywka Konsker Maria R. Tigri Stephen K. Halpert Lidia L. Lechtman Jon H. Channing Joseph B. Leader Wendy Traurig Steven E. Hartz Jason Lennon John Chapman Chester Cara Nusinov Leibowitz Eduardo Waite Barry G. Hastings James B. Lord Merrill C. Cook, Jr. Lawrence B. Newman Carol F. Weinstein Richard A. Hausler ** Anne B. McDougall Rebecca K. Deakin Demetrio Perez Linda S. Weisenberg Florence Ruth Hecht Nancy N. McLamore Olga Rodriguez del Valle Robert C. Rice Nancy Freedman Weissman Sonya Pallot Horwich Margaret ‘Peggy’ McMahon Marilyn Castle Dellagloria Karen Franzblau Rossman Helene ‘Lee’ R. Wiener Judith A. Kaplan Kathleen L. Mele Jane Dockery Stephen F. Rossman Beverly S. Wiesner Lynn B. Kislak Clara Milikowski Raul Echarte Charles L. Stevens Margaret K. Wilson Patricia P. Lanier B. Douglas Morriss Lilliam O. Furst Irwin P. Stotzky Jack B. Yaffa Dennis O. Lynch Theodore Nestor Denise M. Gerson Donna Straus Jane Marcus Yaffe Elliott Manning George Onoprienko Serafina Giambona Vincent N. Trimarco, Jr. Roberto Carlos Zaldivar Devra C. Martus Anne Marie Papy Michael A. Goldberg Myra Zale Luisa B. Murai $100 - $249 Courtney E. Parker Betty Ann Good Bernard Joseph Zumpano Rene V. Murai Shelli Susan Amsel H. J. (Jack) Pfleger, Jr. Louis L. Grossman Charles Michael Zyne Bernard H. Oxman Hon. Harry Lee Anstead Jeanie Pfleger Jessie E. Harris The above list contains the names of donors who made a gift to the Law School between June 1, 1999, and May 31, 2000. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. 32 We offer our sincere apologies for any typographical errors or omissions. **Deceased Faculty in the News While UM Law’s constitutional law gap between academic research and real- Informative, readable and useful to faculty was busy talking with the ity has direct impact on their lives. the general public as well as to law- press about the Presidential election, Prof. Enrique Fernandez-Barros has yers, policymakers, and mental health Prof. Michael become associated professionals, the book covers disabil- Froomkin con- with the law firm of ity discrimination in a myriad of tinued to be in Ruden, McClosky, applications (insurance, child cus- demand as one Smith, Schuster & tody, institutionalization, professional of the nation’s Russell, P.A., as an education and discipline, and other primary author- advisor in foreign categories). ities on Internet law, helping the “Laws that prohibit much of this law. In recent firm establish busi- discrimination have been passed; it is months, he has been quoted in such ness and governmental relationships in up to all of us to learn them, under- publications as the Washington Post, Latin America. stand them, take them seriously, and the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the enforce them,” Stefan says in the Economist, the Guardian (United In September, Prof. Michael Fischl book’s introduction. “These laws will Kingdom), the Miami Daily Business hosted a symposium on Duncan not eradicate discrimination, but we Review, the Broward Daily Business Re- Kennedy’s book, A Critique of Adjudica- must at least try to hold this country view, the Industry Standard, the South tion. Papers from the three-day event will to the promises embodied in its laws.” Florida Sun-Sentinel, ICANN Watch, be published in the Cardozo Law Review. the Cook Report on Internet, and the Prof. Edgardo Rotman participated in Unequal Rights is published by the National Law Journal. an international American Psychological Association. A companion volume by Stefan— Prof. David Abraham was also symposium of experts on “Crisis of Employment Discrimination Against quoted in an Internet-related article Americans with Mental Disabilities, and when Miami Today published an ar- Criminal Law and the Americans with Disabilities Act— ticle on “Dot-Coms Here Inflate Crime Policy” and will be published in 2001. Demand for Immigration Specialists.” in an international workshop, “Toward In early December, the Dade Wired Magazine sought Prof. the Global Aboli- County Psychological Association Caroline Bradley’s opinion in an tion of Capital Punishment.” Both events presented Prof. article about were in Germany in October. Following Bruce Winick Sealand, a tiny his participation in the second event, at with an award island in the the Max Planck Institute for Criminal for “Significant North Sea that Law, the director of the Institute, Prof. Contributions may be trans- Hans-Joerg Albrecht visited UM Law to to the Field of formed into an make a presentation to the faculty on Psychology and electronic data “Trends in Crime, Causes of Crime, and Law.” Continu- haven outside the Role of Criminal Policy.” Prof. ing his heavy the jurisdiction of national govern- Jonathan Simon organized the November schedule of speaking engagements, ments. 10 event. Winick has participated in confer- The University of Miami’s Miami In her recently published book—Un- ences in Dana Point, Calif.; Grand Magazine fea- equal Rights:Discrimination Against People Rapids, Mich.; Arlington, Va.; Mara- D. tured Prof. with Mental Disabilities, and the Americans thon Key, Fla; Miami Beach; Coral Marvin Jones with Disabilities Act—Prof. Susan Stefan Gables; San Diego; and other cities in an article on emphasizes that discrimination against during fall 2000. faculty mem- people with psychiatric disabilities is per- bers for whom vasive throughout American society. the challenge of bridging the

33 CLASS NOTES

Class of 1950 Class of 1952 Guard; the Miami Police Class of 1962 Department; and the Miami SABRINO R. HARRY M. COVEN retired Parks & Recreation Depart- HERBERT ODELL has COSTANZO after 40 years with the Chicago ment. become a member of the law was formerly law firm of Gould & Ratner. firm of Miller & Chevalier, senior partner His wife, Ludmilla Ross TALA ENGEL recently Chartered, as a result of the in the law firm Coven, Ed.D., was a special returned from a two-month merger of Odell & Partners, of Walters, educator for 20 years at New trip to the Ukraine, Russia and LLP, and Miller & Chevalier. Moore & Trier High School in Poland, where she located and Miller & Chevalier is a 90- Costanzo, later Winnetta, Ill., and currently photographed her mother’s and lawyer firm in Washington, Walters Costanzo & Zyne, then serves as an adjunct faculty father’s houses. Engel resides in D.C., where half of its attor- considered to be the largest member at National-Louis Washington, D.C. neys are engaged in tax immigration law firm in the University in Evanston. All practice. Odell has four tax southern United States, and is four children are married: SONIA attorneys, with offices outside now associated with Sidney Maia is advertising art director PRESSMAN Philadelphia. Efronson, Esq., where he at Princeton University Press; FUENTES was specializes in immigration and Jonathan is in real estate the first woman Class of 1963 naturalization, real property development in New York attorney in the and corporations. He and his City; Jessie is a communication Office of the General ARDEN M. SIEGENDORF is wife, Ingrid, are the proud representative for the south- the recipient of this year’s parents of Laura and Laurance eastern states, based in Atlanta; Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportu- seventh Excellence in Conflict and grandparents of Nicholas Daniel is in finance in New Resolution Award, presented Cortes. York City. nity Commission (EEOC) in 1965; one of the founders of by the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium. This Class of 1956 the National Organization for Class of 1951 Women (NOW) in 1966; the award recognizes the contributions made by outstanding The Class of 1956 will hold its highest paid woman at the The Class of 1951 will hold its headquarters of two multina- mediators in resolving public 50th Reunion Celebration 45th Reunion Celebration disputes. next year. Members of the class tional corporations, GTE and next year. Members of the class TRW; and an international Siegendorf is recognized as who are interested in helping who are interested in helping plan the event for their class speaker on women’s rights for one of the most accomplished plan the event for their class the United States Information circuit court mediators and has should contact Cynthia should contact Cynthia Sikorski, director of alumni Agency. “Sex Maniac,” her developed a well-deserved Sikorski, director of alumni piece on the second wave of reputation for helping to settle relations, 305-284-4935, with relations, 305-284-4935, with their ideas and suggestions. the women’s movement and complex public disputes their ideas and suggestions. her role in it, is online again at relating to growth, develop- ROBERT J. NOVAK practices Class of 1957 http://www.wordwrangler.com/ ment, transportation and law out of daughter Mila’s sonia.html. Sonia can be con- environmental issues. The tacted at [email protected]. Conflict Resolution Consor- office in Melrose Park, Ill. BEN DANIEL, a federal tium also recognized Although her practice is prosecutor with the U.S. Siegendorf’s work as chair of almost all Spanish-speaking, Attorney’s Office for the Class of 1961 the Mediation Grievance both Novak and his daughter Southern District of Florida, Committee of the Florida Bar. belong to the Bohemian was camp director this summer The Class of 1961 will hold its Based in Tallahassee, Lawyer’s Association and are at Camp DEFY (Drug Educa- 40th Reunion Celebration Siegendorf has served as an now entertaining several tion for Youth). His leadership next year. Members of the class arbitrator and mediator since Bohemian law students who began as an assignment from who are interested in helping 1989. In 1992, he founded are visiting from the Czech his boss, then U.S. Attorney plan the event for their class and became president of Republic. Novak resides in THOMAS E. SCOTT, JD ’72, should contact Cynthia Tallahassee Mediation Center, Elmhurst. but Daniel later reported that Sikorski, director of alumni Inc., after serving in Miami- “it was the most important relations, 305-284-4935, with Dade County as both a circuit ANDREW R. SABLE passed thing I did all year.” The camp their ideas and suggestions. court and county court judge. away on August 17, 1978, at was a collaborative effort of age 66. His sister, Violet, the U.S. Attorney’s Office; remains among the list of Miami Weed and Seed, a donors, contributing to UM federal crime prevention Law in her brother’s memory. program; the U.S. Coast 34 Class of 1964 Class of 1967 operating and finance equip- real estate transactions and ment leases, foreign debt loan documentation. The firm DAVID N. NISSENBERG GARY F. renegotiations, asset based has offices in Miami, Orlando, introduced the second edition CANNER lending, distribution agree- Tallahassee and Houston and of his book, The Law of was recently ments, franchising, licensing represents clients in corporate Commercial Trucking: Damages appointed and commercial transactions. and international business to Persons and Property, circuit He gained recognition as a transactions, government published by Lexis Publishing mediator for leading commercial aviation relations, real estate banking, last year. It is widely used the U.S. Court attorney when he served as co- intellectual property, insol- throughout the country by of Appeals for chair of the international vency, litigation and attorneys involved in truck the 11th Circuit. Staffing the practice group at Steel Hector immigration. accident litigation. In the past Miami office, Gary will be & Davis, LLP, in Miami and three years, Nissenberg has mediating federal appellate previously as a senior partner The Honor- presented CLE seminars on this cases. The Circuit Mediation at Paul, Landy, Beiley & able MARK subject matter in 40 states. He Office of the Eleventh Circuit Harper. Kilpatrick Stockton is KING LEBAN is a partner in Truck Injury Court of Appeals was created a full-service international law was appointed Lawyers, LLP, a national firm in 1992 to help resolve civil firm with more than 475 to the Miami- based in San Diego that cases on appeal in Alabama, attorneys in 10 offices in Dade County represents victims of cata- Georgia and Florida. The Miami, Fla.; Atlanta and Court in 1995 strophic truck crashes. He can Court now has five circuit Augusta, Ga.; Charlotte, and elected without opposi- be reached at 800-292-5855. mediators and offices in Raleigh and Winston-Salem, tion in 1996 and 2000. He Atlanta, Tampa and Miami. N.C.; Washington, D.C.; serves as district vice president Class of 1965 London; Brussels; and Stockholm. of the Florida Conference of JOEL WEISS has become a County Court Judges and LEONARD member of the law firm of Class of 1971 lectures at the Florida College FRISHMAN is Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, of Advanced Judicial Studies. an arbitrator as a result of the merger of The Class of 1971 will hold its He resides in Coral Gables. and mediator Odell & Partners, LLP, and 30th Reunion Celebration in Miami. He Miller & Chevalier. Miller & next year. Members of the class Class of 1973 reports that he Chevalier is a 90-lawyer firm who are interested in helping is divorced in Washington, D.C., where plan the event for their class ROBERT S. HOROWITZ is and is avail- half of its attorneys are should contact Cynthia deputy chief counsel with the able for special occasions. He engaged in tax practice. Odell Sikorski, director of alumni U.S. Coast Guard in Washing- enjoys boating and flying. has four tax attorneys, with relations, 305-284-4935, with ton, D.C., and resides in Falls offices outside Philadelphia. their ideas and suggestions. Church, Va. Class of 1966 Class of 1968 Class of 1972 Class of 1974 LEONARD T. HELFAND is THOMAS E. CHAMBERS BARRY J. CLYMAN passed JOHN BASTEK retired as completing his recently retired from practice away on February 6, 2000. He captain from the U.S. Coast first year as in Dade County. He now was formerly general counsel Guard after 30 years of service. associate resides in Fall Branch, Tenn. for Leavitt Management He now works as vice presi- general Group, Inc. dent of the International counsel for the Class of 1970 Council of Cruise Lines in Florida Board RICHARD N. KRINZMAN, a Washington, D.C. of Regents, in Tallahassee, GEORGE shareholder and director of where he specializes in labor “ROCKY’ real estate and finance for the GARY law. He and his wife, Dr. Jolie HARPER Miami office of Holtzman, CARMAN, a Pestella, and children Melissa, joined Krinzman, Equels & Furia, senior litiga- age 13, Noah, age 10, and Kilpatrick P.A., was elected chairman of tion partner Sara, age 9, live on a farm in Stockton, LLP, the Friends of WLRN, the and head of Madison, Fla. Helfand is also in the firm’s financial and community the litigation a mediator for the Key Bridge expanding support organization for the group of the Foundation, which handles international practice in public radio and television Miami office of Broad and mediation of Americans with Miami. Harper is a long- station. Krinzman concentrates Cassel, is president of the Law Disabilities Act disputes for standing leader in counseling his practice on transactional Alumni Association for 2000– the U.S. Department of Justice. businesses in connection with matters in the areas of real 2001. Carman practices in the major Latin American property, banking, commercial areas of civil trials, arbitrations transactions, including law and complex commercial and lobbying and negotiation 35 of corporate transactions. He and commercial litigation. is also assistant professor of and economics at the Univer- lobbies before Miami-Dade Bartlett serves on the Ameri- legal studies at Johnson & sity of Massachusetts—Lowell, County and the City of Miami can Arbitration Association Wales University in Provi- where he teaches sports law. Commission for various commercial panel, the dence. He sits on the Salem District corporations regarding zoning, employment list, and as an Court in Salem, N.H. retail space issues at Miami arbitrator and mediator. She Class of 1978 International Airport, and holds the position of chair- JIM LANARD formed a partnership with former New other matters. elect of the Labor and PAUL FAHRENKOPF has Employment Law Section of Jersey governor Jim Florio to joined the law firm of Barnes the New York State Bar assist clients in the areas of STEPHEN & Thornburg in its Washing- NAGIN, a Association and resides in government and community ton, D.C., office after 20 years relations, strategic planning trial lawyer Stamford, Conn. with the U.S. Patent and and communications. The with the law WILLIAM RICHARD Trademark Office (PTO). The firm, FLG Strategies, LLC, and firm of Nagin, BLOOM has the same first firm has over 300 attorneys, the Florio Group, LLC, have Gallop & name, middle initial and last with offices in Indianapolis, offices in Philadelphia. Lanard Figueredo, name as WILLIAM ROBERT Chicago, Washington, South resides in Cherry Hill, N.J. P.A., in Miami, BLOOM, JD ’77, who practices Bend, Elkhart and Fort Wayne. tries patient and antitrust cases. in Miami. Immediately While at the PTO, Fahrenkopf MICHAEL SALES is vice This year, Nagin became board following his graduation from was most recently the trade- president, associate general certified in antitrust and trade UM Law, William Richard mark spokesperson, the counsel and general patent regulation law and was Bloom moved to Portland administrator for communica- counsel at Hughes Electronics selected as chair of the Ore., where he practiced tions and quality in the office in El Segundo, Calif. Antitrust & Trade Regulation family law until earlier this of the assistant commissioner Committee of the Florida Bar. year, when he hung up his for trademarks, and the MARCELA He also authored the chapters briefcase. He is now back in trademarks curator of the “MARCY” B. on antitrust litigation and on school full-time in pursuit of a Patent and Trademark STRAS joined patent litigation for the master’s degree in computer Museum. Prior to that, he was the Washing- Florida Bar’s CLE manual, science and an MBA. He a trademark managing attorney ton, D.C., Business Litigation in Florida, to expects to learn the skills for 12 years and the trademark office of be published in 2000. necessary to engage in an examining attorney for over Thompson interesting and challenging three years. He and his wife, Coburn, LLP, J. RONALD SKIPPER is board second career in the high-tech Terry Holtzman, now a judge as partner in the firm’s immi- certified in wills, trusts and industry. His studies should be with the Trademark Trial and gration and international trade estates and was recently completed prior to the class Appeal Board, reside in practice. Her background elected a fellow of the reunion in 2002, at which time Alexandria, Va. includes more than 20 years in American College of Trust and he expects to renew friendships business immigration, import- Estate Counsel. He practices with his law school classmates. WILLIAM GAMBLE is a export international trade estate planning in Sarasota. principal in the firm of issues and customs law. She has JAMES S. CARMICHAEL is a Emerging Market Strategies in lobbied and advised on trade Class of 1976 rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Providence, R.I., where he legislation and negotiated and Guard and is assigned as chief studies the impact of legal drafted international business The Class of 1976 will hold its counsel responsible for the infrastructure on economic agreements. Thompson delivery of legal services in 25th Reunion Celebration growth. His article, “The Coburn has 272 attorneys support of Coast Guard next year. Members of the class Middle Kingdom Runs Dry,” nationwide, with offices in St. operations through 200 who are interested in helping appeared in the November/ Louis, Mo.; Washington, D.C.; military and civilian attorneys. plan the event for their class December 2000 issue of Billings, Mt.; and Belleville, As a Coast Guard officer for Ill. should contact Cynthia 30 years and a law specialist Foreign Affairs, vol. 79. It Sikorski, director of alumni since 1977, he has had many concerns the terminal dysfunc- relations, 305-284-4935, with operational assignments, tion of the Chinese tax system Class of 1979 their ideas and suggestions. including command of a Coast and its effect on the eventual Guard cutter, as well as various demise of the present govern- The Honorable CINDY S. Class of 1977 legal assignments. He has an ment of China. LEDERMAN, administrative LL.M. in environmental law judge of the juvenile division from George Washington The Honorable MICHAEL E. of the 11th Judicial Circuit in LINDA KLUGER BARTLETT JONES authored the book, is a partner in the New York University and resides in Miami-Dade County, Fla., Clifton, Va. Sports Law, published in 1999 spoke at the workshop on law firm of Bartlett, Bartlett & under the Prentice-Hall Ziegler, a practice primarily children and domestic The Honorable ERNEST G. imprint of Simon & Schuster. violence abuse sponsored by engaged in labor and employ- MAYO is judge of the munici- Judge Jones is also a tenured ment law, construction law the National Academy of pal court of Warren, R.I., and full professor of legal studies Sciences National Research 36 Council and Institute of ABIGAIL WATTS- Court by Governor Jeb Bush CRAIG R. DEARR has his Medicine on April 10, 2000, FITZGERALD left the law and is currently assigned to the own firm in the Datran II at the National Academy of firm of Steel Hector & Davis, criminal division. Center in Kendall. He is Sciences in Washington, D.C. LLP, to start a corporate president of the bench and bar Judge Lederman discussed the practice for the new Miami HOWARD S. MITCHELL is unit of B’nai B’rith, founding justice system’s response to office of Hunton & Williams, currently CEO of the Jamaica member of the Miami-Dade children exposed to violence. a Richmond, Va., firm. The Lottery Company, Ltd., now County Domestic Violence She also spoke at the National Miami office of the firm has one of the most successful Oversight Board, a board Juvenile Justice Summit, in 12 lawyers. Watts-Fitzgerald lotteries in the Caribbean. certified circuit civil and family celebration of the 100th has done much work for the Mitchell practiced as an mediator, and on the board of anniversary of the juvenile National Football League on attorney for 25 years and directors of the Dade County Trial court in America, about their stadium agreements and established the firm of Lawyers Association. juvenile delinquency and represented the NFL in local Mitchell Henson & Co., to which he remains a consultant. “Equal Justice for Delinquent negotiations for Super Bowl DEBORAH ENIX-ROSS was He co-authored “Doing Girls in the Juvenile Justice XXXIII in Miami last January. appointed by the U.S. Depart- Business in Jamaica” for the System.” ments of Commerce and State BRIAN Centre for International Legal as one of eight U.S. members Studies in Salzburg, Austria, ANNETTE STAR ZIEGLER is of the trilateral NAFTA and is chair of the St. Patrick’s LUSTGARTEN and her justice for the Advisory Committee on Foundation that maintains husband relocated five years village of centers for the upliftment of Private Commercial Disputes. ago to beautiful Sedona, Ariz., Woodsburgh, the poor. He resides in She is a fellow of the Ameri- from Mount Dora, Fla. She N.Y. He is a Kingston. can Bar Foundation, a member commutes daily to Flagstaff, corporate of the advisory board of the where she practices family law partner at the Class of 1981 Institute for Transnational and government law at East Meadow law firm of Arbitration, and a member of Mangum, Wall, Stoops & Certilman Balin Adler & The Class of 1981 will be the the board of directors of the Warden. The couple has their Hyman, LLP, where he honored class at Homecoming American Arbitration Associa- first grandchild, Joshua provides counsel to corpora- 2001, holding its 20th tion. Prior to joining the Alexander Book. tions, partnerships and limited Reunion Celebration. Mem- World Intellectual Property liability companies in all areas bers of the class who are Organization in 1998, Enix- CHRISTINA M. O’NEILL of law. A lifelong resident of interested in helping plan the Ross was the director of resides in Laconia, N.H., where the five towns area, Ziegler event for their class should international litigation for the she has served the surrounding resides in Woodsburgh with his contact Cynthia Sikorski, Dispute Analysis and Corpo- communities in the judiciary. wife, Andrea, and their director of alumni relations, rate Recovery Services Group From 1987 to the present, she daughters, Jeri, Carly and Ali. 305-284-4935, with their of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, has served as probate judge in Certilman Balin Adler & ideas and suggestions. LLP, and before that served as Belkrap County, and since Hyman, known also as “The the American representative to 1993 she has been the presid- Personal Lawyers with the Firm BRUCE CAROLAN is head of the International Chamber of ing justice. She has also served Commitment,” has grown into the department of legal studies Commerce, International as acting justice in the one of Long Island’s largest at the Dublin Institute of Court of Arbitration. Rockingham County Probate full-service law firms, with Technology, in Ireland. Court and as family court more than 60 attorneys. Carolan moved to Ireland in JEFFREY MARCUS was judge in Grafton County. “I 1992 as part of an exchange appointed assistant general would like to publicly thank Class of 1980 between Cork City, Ireland, counsel of Hay Group, Inc., a the Honorable Catherine and San Francisco, Calif., where management consulting firm he was deputy city attorney. Pooler, who was my inspiration ANDREW CAVERLY has headquartered in Philadelphia throughout law school,” she He returned to school and with offices worldwide. opened a practice in Andover, obtained an LL.M. in European said. Mass., specializing in antitrust Marcus is responsible for Community law at the Univer- contracts and intellectual and trade regulation. He had sity College, Dublin. Since that RICHARD E. WARNER has previously been head of the property, as well as counseling time, he has taught in Ireland his own firm in Marathon, Fla., Federal Trade Commission’s the E-business unit. He is and London, and, in 1997, was where he practices estate New England regional office married with two sons, ages 4 appointed head of a new law planning and probate. He is a and a trial attorney at the and 2, and resides in school at the Dublin Institute of chair of the probate law antitrust division of the Villanova, Pa. Technology. Carolan welcomes committee of the State of Department of Justice in Florida and is founder and Washington. contact from former UM Law LYNNE OSWALD was president of the Monroe classmates and can be contacted appointed by the Florida County Estate Planning The Honorable HENRY at [email protected] or Board of Governors to a four- Council. LEYTE-VIDAL was appointed through the Dublin Institute of year term on the Judicial to the Miami-Dade County Technology, +353-1-402-3000. Nominating Commission for 37 the First Judicial JEREMY A. SPECTOR is the representation of debtors, Panhandle to Key West in the Circuit, which partner in the public finance creditors and committees, for Florida Keys. Gregory recently includes department of the Philadel- businesses and individuals in got together with another Class Escambia, Santa phia office of Blank Rome all facets of workouts and of 1983 alumnus, ROBERT C. Rosa, Okaloosa Comisky & McCauley, LLP. bankruptcies, and he also MEYER, who handles bank- and Walton He co-chaired the Georgetown represents clients in commer- ruptcy and taxation matters, to counties. University Law Center cial litigation matters. He is purchase the building located Oswald has her Continuing Legal Education currently treasurer of the at 2223 Coral Way, where they own firm in Milton, Fla., and Tax-Exempt Bonds Institute Eastern District of Pennsylva- have their separate law firms. she formerly worked as a felony on Dec. 7–8, 2000, in Washing- nia Bankruptcy Conference Gregory took over the division chief in the State ton, D.C., featuring IRS and serves on numerous ABA handling of defending all Attorney’s Office in Orlando. officials, Treasury and SEC committees. Montgomery, workers’ compensation cases in Anyone having questions or officials, bankers and securities McCracken, Walker & Rhoads the state of Florida for AMS input regarding future nomina- experts and 15 leading has offices in Philadelphia, Staff Leasing out of Dallas, tions can contact her at practitioners. Spector heads Cherry Hill, N.J., and Newark, Tex., and Pacesetter Adjust- 850-626-1444. Blank Rome’s public finance Del. ment Company, headquartered tax practice and counsels in Baton Rouge, La. This has Class of 1982 clients in all areas of tax law FRANCIS CITERA joined the provided him with an oppor- relating to municipal bonds, Chicago office of Greenberg tunity to handle cases in many GARY M. HELD was appointed including governmental, Traurig as a shareholder in the different jurisdictions and to first assistant city attorney for utility, transportation, housing, firm’s litigation practice after appear before various judges Miami Beach, where he serves health care, industrial and serving as chair of the product within the workers’ compensa- as counsel to the city’s planning infrastructure development liability practice group at tion system. Gregory reports board, board of adjustment, operations. The firm has over Foley & Lardner. Citera that “at the ripe age of 38, he design review board and 400 attorneys in Philadelphia, focuses on class actions, mass married Deanna Page and the historic preservation board as Allentown, Media, Cherry torts and commercial litigation couple has two children, well as the city commission on Hill, Trenton, New York, and is vice-chair of the Arielle, age 2, and William land use matters. Held also has a Wilmington, Baltimore, Chicago Bar Association Class Edward, Jr., born on Sept. 5, master’s degree in urban and Washington and Boca Raton. Litigation Committee and a 2000. He spends his free time regional planning from UM and member of the ABA Section playing golf and volleyball has become an avid golfer. Class of 1983 on Litigation, Committee on and deep sea fishing. If any Class Actions. He has also classmates are in the area, both ANA LANDA-GOLDBERG is LISA C. BERRY is general been active in pro bono Gregory and Meyer invite in-house counsel for Aerolease counsel at Juniper Networks, litigation for the American them to stop by. International, Inc., an aircraft Inc., a Mountainview, Calif., Civil Liberties Union. leasing and sales corporation in firm engaged in Internet JOANNE Aspen, Colo. MICHAEL DENNIS, after HARVEST infrastructure solutions. She practicing law for 13 years, resides in Saratoga. KOREN is JOHN PAUL PARKS (LL.M.— fulfilled a life-long dream of director of the Taxation) has relocated to ERIC R. BILLINGS has taken owning and operating a Academic Scottsdale, Ariz., and formed a a new position at Merrill summer camp for children, Achievement professional limited liability Lynch as counsel to Merrill Spring Mountain Camp in Program at the company that is of counsel to Lynch Bank USA, a Utah Lower Gwynedd, Pa. University of the Scottsdale law firm of Miami School of Law. Koren industrial loan corporation. CHERYL GREEN-BARNETT Lowry, Clements & Powell, P.C. He works in downtown Salt coordinates a nationally Parks is admitted to practice in has her own practice in recognized program of Lake City and resides in Childersburg, Ala, and she is Arizona, Florida and the suburban Sandy, Utah. assistance by upper-level District of Columbia and married to Paul, with three students for first-year law concentrates his practice in ROBERT M. children ages 14, 11 and 9. students that enables the business law, estate planning, BOVARNICK The family resides in students to acclimate to the wills, trusts, probate and trust joined the law Sylacauga, Ala. varied demands of the law firm of school curriculum. Commonly administration, and related WILLIAM E. GREGORY has Montgomery, known as the “Dean’s Fellows,” litigation. Parks can be reached been practicing workers’ at [email protected] McCracken, the student assistants act as Walker & compensation law since mentors for assigned courses in SUSAN REISS is senior counsel Rhoads, LLP, as graduating from UM Law, each first-year section. for the Walt Disney Company of counsel in the bankruptcy representing both claimants in Anaheim, Calif. She resides section in the firm’s Philadel- and employer/carriers all over GARY W. PALMER currently in Marina del Rey. phia office. Bovarnick the state of Florida, from serves as deputy director of concentrates his practice on Panama City in the Florida Coast Guard International 38 Affairs in Washington, D.C. home park owners statewide JERALD M. GOODMAN was DIANA He formerly spent two years as and assists residents in convert- named managing partner at SANTA the Coast Guard representative ing their communities to Schnader Harrison Segal & MARIA co- at the White House Office of resident ownership. Lewis, LLP, a 250-lawyer firm chaired the National Drug Control Policy. with a national and interna- Academy of Palmer resides in Owings, Md. IAN tional practice, founded in Florida Trial COMISKY Philadelphia in 1935 and Lawyers 2000 MOHAMED spoke on the serving clients in more than 30 Annual A. TUMI legislative areas of law. The firm has Convention held at the Tampa (LL.M.— developments additional offices in New Convention Center from June Comparative in tax, money York, Georgia, California, 14–17. During the presidential Law) is an laundering and Washington, D.C., New Jersey, luncheon at the convention, attorney and asset and and throughout Pennsylvania. she received the “Staff legal consult- forfeiture areas at the Civil Goodman is a partner in the Appreciation Award” from the ant with the and Criminal Tax Penalties real estate and financial Academy of Florida Trial firm of Moh’d Tumi & Meeting of the ABA Tax institutions practice groups Lawyers. She was also honored Partners in Tripoli, Libya. Section on May 13, 2000, in and is admitted to practice in by EAGLE (Endowment for After leaving UM Law, Tumi Washington, D.C. Comisky is a Pennsylvania and Florida. Academy Giving to Law and received an LL.M. with highest partner in the law firm of Education) with the “Wings of honors from George Washing- Blank Rome Comisky & MICHAEL Justice” award on June 15, and ton University. McCauley, LLP, where he KOSNITZKY, she was appointed by Florida concentrates his practice in the one of the Bar President Herman Class of 1984 area of white-collar criminal founding Russomanno to the Florida defense of corporations and partners of Bar’s Citizens Forum. Santa DANIEL F. individuals, including Zack Maria is founder and manag- BEASLEY criminal and civil tax litiga- Kosnitzky, P.A., ing partner of the Law recently tion. Comisky is a former in Miami, has Offices of Diana Santa moved from assistant U.S. Attorney for the been named managing partner. Maria, P.A., located in Miami, after Southern District of Florida Kosnitzky is a board certified Davie, Fla., which specializes 14 years with and practices in the Philadel- tax attorney. Zack Kosnitzky is in all areas of personal Fowler, White, phia and Boca Raton offices of a full service law firm with injury, wrongful death and Burnett, the firm. He is co-author of particular concentrations in medical malpractice. Hurley, Banick & Strictroot, Tax Fraud & Evasion, a two- corporate securities and P.A., to join the firm of Lanier volume treatise, and is a transactional law, federal and WILLIAM P. Ford Shaver & Payne, P.C., in member of the American state taxation, complex VANDER Huntsville, Ala. This move College of Tax Counsel. commercial litigation, health WYDEN III is places him, his wife, Tammy, care law, pension plans, trusts associate dean and their two boys, Adam and JEROLD P. DORNBUSH is a and estates, entertainment law, of students at Luke, closer to their extended partner at Dornbush Mensch intellectual property law, and the University family and a family farm. Mandelstam & Schaeffer, LLP, real estate law. of Miami Beasley continues to practice specializing in real estate and School of Law, civil litigation. corporate law. The Manhattan LAURIN D. QUAIT is partner where he has served the UM firm is a general practice firm in the Denver office of Baker Law community for 13 years. DAVID BERNSTEIN, a specializing in corporate and & Hostetler, LLP, where he While continuing to address partner with the law firm of commercial matters. Dornbush concentrates his practice in the the needs of students, he also Ruden, McClosky, Smith, resides in East Hills, N.Y. area of construction litigation, works with the Dean in the Schuster & Russell, P.A., was including suretyship matters area of development and recently appointed to the ROBERT O. DUGAN recently and commercial and domestic alumni relations. He coordi- Mobile Home Task Force joined the Coral Gables law litigation. Baker & Hostetler is nates UM Law’s Partnership for Committee for the Pinellas firm of Parenti, Falk, Waas, among the nation’s largest law Professionalism effort to County Board of County Hernandez & Cortina, P.A., firms, with more than 500 involve judges, attorneys and Commissioners, a 10-member where he practices in the areas attorneys in offices in Beverly students in discussing issues of committee that provides for of general liability, auto Hills, Cincinnati, Cleveland, ethics and professionalism. the protection of property negligence and medical Columbus, Denver, Houston, The program sponsors events rights of individual mobile malpractice. Prior to joining Long Beach, Los Angeles, each October and March. home owners when the Parenti Falk, he was senior Orlando, and Washington. underlying land transitions to trial counsel for FPL. DAVID M. ZINDER, formerly a different use. Bernstein has a assistant corporation counsel national mobile home park for the City of Chicago in its practice, represents mobile 39 individual defense litigation adjunct professor at the Curiam Affirmance,” which ees and has written numerous division, has formed the Law University of Miami School of will appear in 24 Seattle articles and taught seminars on Offices of David M. Zinder Law for the trial skills civil University Law Review (2001). sexual harassment, employ- where he is engaged in the litigation program. He wrote a Ronner was also featured on ment discrimination, election general practice of law with chapter on “Expert Testimony” the television show, Lifetime law, and starting businesses. special emphasis in general in the Lawyers Cooperative Live, discussing issues raised in civil, business and commercial Practice Guide, and on “Evi- her article, “Women Who DONALD P. DUFRESNE, a practicing attorney with the litigation, civil rights litiga- dence” in the American Inns of Dance on the Professional West Palm Beach office of tion, employment law Court Civil Procedure Series. Track: Custody and the Red Broad and Cassel, was recently litigation, discrimination Gonzalez has also written Shoes,” published in 23 appointed to the Palm Beach litigation, law enforcement numerous articles on legal Harvard Women’s Law Journal County Sports Commission, a liability defense and munici- issues and is a frequent lecturer (2000). She recently did a private/public partnership. pal tort liability. Zinder is also for the Academy of Florida presentation on appellate Dufresne practices in all areas of counsel to Wolf, Moskowitz Trial Lawyers, the Dade therapeutic jurisprudence at of business, real estate and and Holland, which practices County Bar Association and the International Alliance of equine law. general business, tax, estate other bar associations. Holistic Lawyers Conference planning, probate and real in Chicago. Another recent GERALYN M. PASSARO, estate law. He can be reached MICHAEL J. article, “Punishment Meted formerly a shareholder at at 205 West Wacker Drive, HIGER, a Out For Acquittals: An Peters Robertson Parsons Chicago 60606, and at 312- partner in the Antitherapeutic Jurisprudence Mowers & Passaro, P.A., has 920-0632. North Miami Atrocity,” can be found in 41 joined the firm of Stephens firm of Mintz, Arizona Law Review (1999). Lynn Klein, P.A., as a partner Class of 1985 Truppman, in its Ft. Lauderdale office. Clein & Higer, Class of 1986 She is also the proud mother of MARSHALL I. FARKAS is a P.A., was a three-year-old daughter, general master in the family appointed to serve as treasurer DONNA BALLMAN, a Ft. Jadia, and resides in Tamarac. law division of the 13th for the South Florida Patent Lauderdale attorney, as been Judicial Circuit in Tampa. He Law Association. Higer is a named to the advisory board JOHN E. TOBER was named resides in Brandon. commercial litigator who of Leading Florida Attorneys, partner and chair of the transactional and business law practices in both state and which surveys over 20,000 department at the Miami firm ERVIN A. federal courts. attorneys to name the top GONZALEZ is of Zack Kosnitzky, P.A., where JEFFREY A. MOWERS joined attorneys in their respective partner in the fields. Less than 6 percent of his practice includes general Miami law Pyszka, Blackmon, Levy & counsel representation, general Mowers, P.A. He was formerly the attorneys licensed to firm of Colson, practice in Florida have been corporate and commercial law, with Peters Robertson Parsons foreign and domestic transac- Hicks, Eidson selected, and Ballman has Mowers & Passaro, P.A. tions, private offerings, federal et al, where been named a Leading Florida his practice Attorney in the area of and state securities regulatory ALEXANDER matters, mergers and acquisi- focuses on civil trial law. employment law since 1996. PENELAS was tions and business planning Gonzalez is board certified as a She is a solo practitioner reelected and venture capital transac- specialist in civil trial law by whose practice includes both mayor of tions for developing stage the Florida Bar and the plaintiff and defense of Miami-Dade companies. Zack Kosnitzky is a National Board of Trial employment discrimination, County full service law firm with Advocacy, and he is also board employment litigation, sexual without a run- particular concentrations in harassment, and housing certified as a specialist in off, facing a slate of contenders corporate securities and discrimination. She also serves business litigation law by the in the Sept. 5, 2000, election. transactional law, federal and on the employment arbitration Florida Bar. He is president of state taxation, complex and employment mediation the Dade County Bar Associa- AMY D. commercial litigation, health panels for the American tion, past president of the RONNER, law care law, pension plans, trusts Arbitration Association. For Dade County Trial Lawyers professor at St. and estates, entertainment law, her service to the African- Association, a subcommittee intellectual property law, and Thomas American community, chair in the Florida Bar’s Rules University real estate law. of Civil Procedure Committee, Ballman has received three School of Law, awards from PULSE, a consor- former director of the Acad- has co- tium of most of the African Class of 1987 emy of Florida Trial Lawyers, authored an American churches in Miami- and a member of the article with UM Law professor Dade County that deals with DAVID M. HUTT is partner at Academy’s CLE Committee Bruce J. Winick, entitled, issues of discrimination. She the law firm of Hutt & and Constitutional Challenge “Silencing the Appellant’s also serves as counsel to the Shimanowitz in Woodbridge, Committee. Gonzalez is an Voice; the Antitherapeutic Per Federation of Black Employ- N.J. The firm concentrates in 40 areas of real estate, land use counsel of the Broward with offices in Miami, New transactional matters. Payne is and real estate related litiga- County Health Department. York, Los Angeles, Houston, vice president of the UM Law tion. He and his wife, Sara, Foxborough, Philadelphia and Alumni Association. reside in Edison, N.J., and are Class of 1988 Washington. celebrating the birth of their JULIE TEAMKIN PRONESTI first child, Daniel Ryan Hutt. The Honor- The Honorable is assistant state attorney. She able BETH CARROLL J. and her husband, Tom, JEFFREY W. JOHNSON BLOOM is on KELLY serves as announce the birth of Blaise resigned from Hinshaw & maternity county court David Pronesti, on July 31, Culbertson to be a co-founder leave after judge in 2000. The family resides in of the Ft. Lauderdale law firm giving birth to Miami-Dade Aventura. of Johnson, Leiter & Belsky. her second County, His two partners are STEVEN child, Oliver presiding over Class of 1990 J. LEITER, JD ’92, and ERIC Louis, on August 20, 2000. domestic violence, criminal G. BELSKY, JD ’93. The Oliver joins sibling Jacob, age and traffic cases. She is STACEY A. GIULIANTI partners will continue the 4, in the family. president elect of the Law began his second year as a practice of being a full service Alumni Association. traffic magistrate for Broward insurance defense firm, MARIA T. CURRIER has County, Fla., hearing traffic specializing in automobile, joined the Miami office of AMANDA BERLOWE JAFFE and boating infractions at the premises, products liability, Hunton & Williams as a practices in the field of South Satellite Courthouse. legal malpractice, insurance partner on the corporate and employee benefits and Giulianti is a partner in the coverage and appeals. Johnson finance staff, focusing on executive compensation in the Hollywood firm of Zebersky & resides in Boca Raton. health care and international firm of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Giulianti, P.A., specializing in transactions. Szuch, with offices in Florham nursing home negligence, STEVE ROSSI is a board Park, N.J., and Manhattan. personal injury, PIP insurance certified criminal defense ROY KOBERT chairs the She is active in the local denials and commercial attorney and is local legal bankruptcy practice manage- community of benefits litigation. counsel for the Broward ment group for Broad and professionals and has authored Teachers Union. He practices Cassel and is based in the firm’s or co-authored several articles KATHLEEN E. KARELIS was in the Ft. Lauderdale firm of Orlando office. on benefits issues, including a named partner at the Washing- Braverman and Rossi. recent article that appears in ton, D.C., office of Crowell & ALIX MICHEL is shareholder the Journal of Compensation Morning, LLP, a full service SCOTT SAUL has had his in the law firm of Fowler and Benefits. She lives in firm of 240 attorneys, with own practice since 1991. His White Burnett Hurley Banick Maplewood, N.J., with her offices in Washington, D.C.; practice, following his work as & Strickroot. husband, Mark, and her son, Irvine, Calif.; London; and a state prosecutor from 1987- Ian. Brussels. Karelis specializes in 1991, is limited to criminal F. CHET TAYLOR is chief federal health care matters, litigation counsel for defense. He tries cases all over GLENN LEVINE was named counseling Medicare, Medic- Stockwalk.com Group, Inc., the country and is a member of co-chair of the Center for aid, TRICARE, FEHBP, and an investment banking firm in several state and federal bars. Strategic and International Medicare risk contractors and Scott has tried over 170 trial Minneapolis. He resides in Studies’ US-EU-Poland border Maple Grove, Minn. providers on the full range of to verdict, and several cases crossing working group, which regulatory issues. have received media atten- is advising the Polish govern- tion. In addition to being a Class of 1989 ment on border crossing and KAREN JOSEFSBERG LADIS busy lawyer, he also has been customs matters with Russia, has served as a coordinator of married since 1988 and has BRIAN E. BOMSTEIN was Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, the “Put Something Back” pro four children. He is active in appointed senior vice presi- Slovakia and the Czech bono project of Miami-Dade children’s sports leagues by dent and general counsel at Republic. Levine works and County since 1991. She is coaching tackle football, Bayview Financial Trading resides in Washington, D.C. pleased to announce the birth baseball and soccer. Group, a leader in the mort- of her fourth child, Ross, born gage banking service industry, TODD S. PAYNE is partner in KIMBERLY TENDRICH is Sept. 21, 2000. Young Ross where he is responsible for all the Hollywood, Fla., firm of chief legal counsel to A.G. joins siblings Ilana, 5, Mat- legal matters and transactions Zebersky, Payne & Kushner, Holley State Hospital in thew, 4, and Kayla, 2, in their concerning the company and LLP. The firm practices in the Lantana, Fla. A.G. Holley is Pinecrest home. areas of probate, wills, trusts, the only freestanding tubercu- its affiliates, management of estate planning and tax losis sanatorium in the United in-house and outside legal JODI SEITLIN serves as States, treating the most difficult counsel, and oversight of the matters, along with a contin- assistant district legal counsel cases of tuberculosis in internal regulatory compliance ued focus on plaintiff’s at Child Welfare Legal Florida. Prior to joining A.G. department. Bayview Finan- personal injury, commercial Services for the State of Florida Holley, Tendrich was chief legal cial has over 500 employees litigation, corporate and Department of Children and 41 Families, District 12, in Orlando office of Baker & in its Singapore headquarters. KIMBERLY NOWORYTA Daytona Beach. Hostetler, where he has Until February, Model was SUNNER is shareholder of specialized in corporate and senior attorney with Texaco, Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Class of 1991 securities law since 1991. He concentrating on Texaco’s in Orlando, where she concen- also became one of the firm’s operations in the Caribbean, trates in the areas of real estate The Class of 1991 will hold its leading technology associates. France and West Africa. She transactions and financial 10th Reunion Celebration In April 2000, Fountas was then assigned to the institutions and lender next year. Members of the became general counsel for Texaco/Chevron joint venture, representation. class who are interested in Military Commercial Tech- Caltex, the oldest joint venture helping plan the event for their nologies, Inc. (MILCOM), in business history. It was RUSSELL M. VERONA and class should contact Cynthia headquartered in Maitland, formed in the 1930s and ASA B. GROVES, III, JD ’85, Sikorski, director of alumni Fla. MILCOM is one of the operates in Asia, Africa, and the are pleased to announce the relations, 305-284-4935, with largest defense technology Middle East with over 8000 formation of Groves & their ideas and suggestions. incubators in the United employees. Model concentrates Verona, P.A., in Miami. The States. It creates and develops on corporate transactions and firm concentrates in civil trial SPENCER companies in the communica- compliance. She is enjoying practice in state and federal ARONFELD tions field based on proven the Southeast Asia experience courts. returned to technology originating from and welcomes any of her Gerry Spence’s the defense industry. classmates who are visiting the EDWARD H. ZEBERSKY is Trial Lawyers region. She can be reached by partner in the Hollywood firm College as an DAVID L. GLAZER is manag- e-mail at of Zebersky, Payne & Kushner, instructor this ing partner of Behar, Gutt & [email protected]. LLP, that specializes in the past summer. Glazer, P.A., with offices in areas of probate, wills, trusts, Aronfeld has his own litigation Aventura and Boca Raton, TERESA J. MOORE is partner estate planning and tax firm in Coral Gables and has which he founded in 1991 in the West Palm Beach office matters, along with a contin- been seen recently on many with classmate, IRA GUTT, JD of Greenberg Traurig, where ued focus on plaintiff’s news and magazine programs ’91. Glazer heads the elder law, she specializes in environmen- personal injury, commercial with stories of his clients’ trusts and estates and real tal and land use law. She was litigation, corporate and struggles to obtain justice. estate departments in this six- formerly compliance counsel transactional matters. attorney firm and manages the to American Bankers Insur- RAPHAEL M. BASTIAN and firm’s business affairs. Ira Gutt ance Group in Miami. Class of 1992 her husband, JAMES N. is national counsel to Dent BOINK, JR., JD ’93, welcomed Wizard International and DEBORAH MORDECAI ROBERT their second daughter, Marika heads the firm’s commercial EDWARDS practices at the BIRCH is an Bastian Boink, on Feb. 28, litigation department. Miami firm of Edwards & associate at the 2000. Raphael is currently Carstarphen, P.A. Philadelphia general counsel and secretary KAREN KATONAH recently law firm of KENNETH L. SCHWARTZ is for SAT Group, Inc., and accepted a position at the Mesirov partner in the New York-based James, who earned his MBA West Palm Beach firm of Gelman Jaffe Searcy, Denney, Scarola, international law firm of in 1998, is a senior business Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz & Cramer & analyst for Royal Caribbean Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., as Jamieson, LLP, in the wealth the senior research associate. Klinger LLP, where he concen- Cruises, Ltd., in Miami. The trates on private equity transfer and tax department She and her husband adopted family lives in Pinecrest. investments, mergers and and concentrates his practice an infant girl from Vladimir, acquisitions, and securities in the areas of tax and estates. BRIAN D. BOCK practices Russia, on May 3, 2000. The transactions involving His experience also includes labor and employment law at couple traveled to Russia for a emerging and established Latin tax planning and compliance, the firm of Atkinson, week and returned with American companies. Prior to as well as estate planning and Andelson, Loya, Ruud & daughter Larissa Nicole. joining the firm, Schwartz was administration. Romo in its Riverside, Calif., Karen reports, “We are both a foreign associate at the office. The firm also has extremely fortunate to have Mexican law firm of Bryan JERRY P. BRODSKY is partner offices in Cerritos, Pleasanton, her. She is a wonderful child!” Gonzalez Vargas y Gonzalez at Ruden McClosky Smith Sacramento, San Diego and Baz in Mexico City and Schuster & Russell, in Fort Solana Beach. GARY S. KLEIN is a partner in Ciudad Juarez, where he Lauderdale, where he special- the Stanford, Conn., law firm concentrated on strategic izes in construction, real estate, JOHN L. DiMASI practices at of Sandak Friedman investments by U.S. multina- transportation and commercial Miller, South & DiMasi, P.A., Hennessey & Greco, LLP. tional corporations in Mexican litigation. in Winter Park, Fla. telecommunications and cable ROSANNE MODEL has been television companies. He met SCOTT BROOK and his wife, CHRISTOPHER N. “loaned” by her employer, his wife, Maryela, while Brenda, had their second FOUNTAS is partner in the Texaco, to its affiliate, Caltex working in Mexico. child, Samantha. In March 42 2000, Brook opened his own ERIC S. KLEINMAN is LEANA VASTINE MARKS corporate practice group and law practice specializing in partner in the Miami firm of and her husband, STEVEN C. an associate with the Miami workers’ compensation and Adorno & Zeder, where he MARKS, JD ’85, had their first office of Broad and Cassel. recently began a mediation practices in the firm’s insur- child, Camden Marie, on practice as well. He has also ance and personal injury March 22, 2000. Leana works JOHN M. QUARANTA is established the Brook Founda- defense department. Kleinman as the volunteer legal counsel partner at the Miami firm of tion to assist in connecting specializes in civil trial to the Junior League of Miami. Rodriguez and Angelo, where mentors with children in practice, representing insur- he specializes in commercial Broward County. Classmates ance companies and ERIC J. MATHESON recently litigation. He was formerly a are encouraged to call Scott at corporations in connection received the LL.M. in Estate senior associate at Tew 954-757-5551 with personal injury, property Planning from the University Cardenas Rebak Kellogg or e-mail him at damage and insurance of Miami and expanded his Demaria & Tague. [email protected] coverage issues at both the office in Palm Beach. He claims and litigation stages. He continues to practice in the JEFF SPIGEL practices at the STEVEN G. CALAMUSA Washington, D.C., office of practices with the firm of also handles matters in the areas of business, estate Atlanta’s King & Spalding and Davis, Gordon & Doner, P.A., fields of commercial, profes- planning and administration, specializes in the area of in West Palm Beach. sional, premises, auto and and real estate law. Eric, his products liability. wife and five-year-old son live antitrust law. TAMARA CARMICHAEL is in Boca Raton, where the firm LINDA M. partner at the Miami office of TODD F. KOBRIN is partner has a second office. THOMAS, a Broad and Cassel, where she in the Orlando office of Colson scholar, specializes in intellectual Holland & Knight, LLP, GREGORY MAYBACK graduated with property, commercial litiga- concentrating his practice in joined the Hollywood, Fla., a Ph.D. in tion and dispute resolution. commercial, construction, and law firm of Lerner and real property litigation. Greenberg, P.A., specializing in architecture MARTIN MOSS FREEMAN patent, trademark and copy- from Georgia (LL.M.—Taxation) was ANTHONY M. LAWHON is right law and computer law Institute of awarded the bronze medal by a shareholder in the Naples and is executive vice president Technology in August 2000 the National Oceanic and law firm of Parrish, White, of the Patent Law Association and has accepted a research Atmospheric Administration Lawhon & Moore, P.A., where of South Florida. and teaching faculty appoint- for his work on the President’s he continues to concentrate ment at Tech, where she will Lands Legacy Initiative and his practice in the areas of GAIL A. McQUILKIN teach in the areas of architec- reauthorization of the Coastal commercial litigation and became a shareholder in the ture, civil engineering and Zone Management Act. appellate practice. Miami firm of Kozyak Tropin building construction. Her Freeman serves as attorney & Throckmorton, P.A. areas of research include sick advisor in the NOAA’s Office STEVEN J. LEITER is a co- building syndrome, indoor air JACLYN MUSKAT, after of the General Counsel and founder of the Ft. Lauderdale quality, cost engineering, practicing law in New York for resides in Silver Spring, Md. law firm of Johnson, Leiter & construction law and building seven years, has relocated back The bronze medal is the Belsky. His two partners are rehabilitation. She continues to Florida and begun a law highest honorary award given JEFFREY W. JOHNSON, to practice law and consult in practice with partner Marni by the NOAA, an agency of JD ’87, and ERIC G. BELSKY, the areas of construction Belkin, Muskat & Belkin, P.A., the U.S. Department of JD ’93. The partners will claims and construction located in Boca Raton. Commerce. continue the practice of being litigation. a full service insurance defense Muskat specializes in personal BROOKE FRIED is assistant firm, specializing in automo- injury and product liability, OLIVER general counsel at the Univer- bile, premises, products and Belkin concentrates in WRAGG sity of Miami. liability, legal malpractice, commercial and corporate law. opened his insurance coverage and The partners have also opened own trial and DON HOWARD heads the appeals. a title insurance company, litigation legal department at Elamex, Fortune Title Services, LLC, practice in S.A. de C.U., a Mexican FLEUR J. LOBREE serves as an and have begun an extensive Miami last company that helps United attorney with the Third real estate practice. Muskat year, where he States and other foreign District Court of Appeal in resides in Boca Raton. specializes in personal injury, companies establish factories Miami. product liability, commercial in Mexico. Howard works in SCOT PATRICK O’BRIEN is litigation and the education of Cuidad Juarez and resides in El JOHN CYRIL MALLOY III is partner in the Miami office of children with mental disabili- Paso. All UM Law alumni are a litigation partner with the Akerman Senterfitt, where he ties. He is currently welcome to call and visit any intellectual property firm of practices corporate and editor-in-chief of The Bulletin time they are in the El Paso/ Malloy & Malloy, P.A., securities law. He was formerly of the Dade County Bar Juarez area. in Miami. an associate with the firm’s Association. 43 ANDRE J. ZAMORANO insurance defense and general PATER A. MATOS became a tion and commercial litiga- joined the Miami office of the liability. partner with the firm of Malloy tion, including mechanic’s lien Washington, D.C., firm of & Malloy, P.A., a patent, and surety claim enforcement. Verner Liipfert Bernhard MARIAN HARDING trademark and copyright law Prior to joining Vedder Price, McPherson and Hand as an COCHRAN married Steven firm with offices in Miami and he was an associate with associate in the firm’s litigation Lee Cochran of the U.S. Air Ft. Lauderdale. Matos will Levinson, Murray & Jensen, department. He was formerly Force, in 1995. She gave birth continue to concentrate in P.C., in Chicago. Vedder Price an associate at Shutts & to a baby girl last year and is patent prosecution, licensing is a full-service law firm with Bowen, LLP. now working as general and litigation. approximately 180 attorneys counsel for Atico Interna- in Chicago and New York Class of 1993 tional USA, Inc., a consumer GARY M. MURPHREE is City. goods import corporation in partner at the Miami law firm of ERIC G. BELSKY is a co- Fort Lauderdale, where her Ferrell Schultz Carter & Fertel, BRIAN H. founder of the Ft. Lauderdale practice centers on administra- where he specializes in bank- BIEBER law firm of Johnson, Leiter & tive law, intellectual property ruptcy law. He was formerly specializes in Belsky. His two partners are and general corporate matters. partner with Coll Davidson deceptive JEFFREY W. JOHNSON, JD Carter Smith Salter & Barkett. trade practices WILLIAM J. CROWLEY, after at the firm of ’87, and STEVEN J. LEITER, working in Boston for the past HERNAN PANTALEON JD ’92. The partners will Joel two years, has transferred to the (LL.M.—Comparative Law) is Hirschhorn, continue the practice of being New York City office of now a local partner in the a full service insurance defense P.A., in Coral Gables, and has PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Buenos Aires office of Baker become a partner in the firm firm, specializing in automo- where he practices in the area and McKenzie. bile, premises, products liability, that is now known as of mergers and acquisitions. Hirschhorn & Bieber, P.A. legal malpractice, insurance He resides in Manhattan. RAYMOND M. RANELLUCCI coverage and appeals. is a financial advisor in the SUSAN K. BOZORGI ANNE MARIE ESTEVEZ is Brickell office of Morgan recently opened her own law KEITH JEFFREY BLUM partner at the Miami office of Stanley Dean Witter. (LL.M.—Taxation) has been firm, Susan K. Bozorgi, P.A., Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, on Brickell Ave., in Miami, named a partner in the health where she was formerly an LAUREN B. ROSENBERG specializing in criminal law department of the Miami associate. She specializes in joined Drinker Biddle & Reath, defense. Bozorgi left the firm of Zack Kosnitzky, P.A., litigation, employment, labor LLP, as an associate in the Miami-Dade County Public where he focuses his practice and admiralty. litigation department in the Defender’s Office after on corporate and transactional firm’s Philadelphia office. She practicing as an assistant representation of a variety of MARGARET HALEY and formerly worked as a litigation public defender since gradua- health care providers and KEN VALENTINI announce associate with the Miami office tion from UM Law. other business organizations, the birth of Haley Marcella of Akerman, Senterfitt & with a concentration in Valentini, born on July 9, Eidson, P.A., where she was KIM GALSKY COHEN and mergers, acquisitions, reorgani- 2000. involved in all aspects of her husband, Andrew, an- zations, taxation, other commercial, employment and nounce the birth of their first affiliations and contract and DONALD O. JOHNSON, an civil rights litigation. child, Adam Joshua Cohen, on document negotiation. associate in the litigation June 29, 2000. Kim is a member department in the Washington, Class of 1994 of the Nevada Bar and resides JULIE BRAMAN KANE is D.C., office of McKenna & in Las Vegas. partner at the Miami firm of Cunco, LLP, recently earned an JEFFREY S. BAILEY is Colson Hicks Eidson Colson LL.M. in trial advocacy at associate general counsel for TANYA Matthews Martinez Mendoza Temple University School of Del Monte Fresh Produce DOMINICK is Kalbac & Kane, where she was Law. He concentrates in the Company, one of the world’s president and formerly an associate. She area of commerce litigation largest producers and market- CEO for the specializes in product liability, and is currently representing ers of fresh fruit. Prior to his American medical malpractice and policyholders in Y2K insur- Center for general personal injury recent move, he was a senior ance recovery cases. He resides Conflict litigation. associate at the law firm of in Silver Spring, Md. Akerman Senterfitt. Resolution, located in Cleveland, Ohio. SARAH B. CLASBY is partner HARRIS B. KATZ practices at She now serves as a mediator in the Miami law firm of PETER J. BEDARD has joined the Miami Beach office of and arbitrator for the Hector & Harke, LLP. The firm the Chicago office of Vedder, Grover, Weinstein & Trop, Cuyahoga County Juvenile specializes in commercial Price, Kaufman & Kamholz in P.A. The firm also has an office Court, the Better Business litigation, product liability, the firm’s general litigation in Naples. Bureau, the U.S. Postal Service securities, business torts, practice. Bedard handles all aspects of complex construc- and private companies. She 44 has also completed her masters WILLIAM R. LOWMAN has ANDREW F. RIER and for Economic, Business and degree in dispute resolution at been named a shareholder in JAMES N. DOHERTY, JD ’94, Agricultural Affairs. Her Pepperdine School of Law. the Orlando firm of formed a partnership in the portfolio holds a wide range of Dominick’s company has been Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser law firm of Rier & Doherty, international trade issues, approved by the Ohio & Sutcliff, P.A., where he is a located in Miami, where they including the export finance Supreme Court to train others member of the firm’s commer- focus on civil litigation, agencies, Latin America and as certified mediators. She cial section. He focuses his family and criminal law. Asia, and relations with the resides in Cleveland and practice in the areas of U.S. business and agricultural would enjoy hearing from her corporate, tax and business IAN M. SIROTA practices at communities. Prior to taking colleagues at 216-574-9043. planning, mergers and acquisi- the Westmont, N.J., office of this appointment at State, tions, high net worth, business Margolis Edelstein and resides Camner was the country JONATHAN FRIEDLAND succession and estate planning, in Mt. Laurel, N.J. He would manager for North Africa and has been an associate for the charitable organizations and enjoy hearing from fellow UM the Middle East at the U.S. last five years in the Miami planning, and international Law alumni, by telephone, Trade and Development firm of Merl, Burstyn & business. 856-869-6704, or e-mail: Agency. She resides in Associates, P.A., a plaintiff’s [email protected]. Washington, D.C. personal injury/medical DAVID E. LURIE joined malpractice law firm. He and Zurich, US, a member of the SARAH STEINBAUM MARNI his wife, Nicole, a media Zurich Financial Services opened her own firm, Sarah CHAPLIN relations consultant at the Group, as professional liability Steinbaum, P.A., across from LENNON University of Miami, reside in claims counsel in the New the Miami-Dade County serves as Pinecrest. York, N.Y., specialties home courthouse in Miami. assistant dean office, where he concentrates of students and JOACHIM HOFMANN in architects and engineers LAURA director of (LL.M.—Comparative Law) professional liability. He was STUZIN disability joined Novartis AG in Basel, previously associated with joined the law services at UM Law. She also Switzerland, where he special- Bruce Somerstein & Associates firm of coordinates H.O.P.E. (Helping izes in trademark law. He in New York, N.Y. He resides Rumberger Others through Pro bono resides in Loerrach, Germany. in Forest Hills, N.Y. Kirk & Efforts), a community service Caldwell, P.A., endeavor for the Law School CHRISTIN LAHIFF KENNETH F. MONEY, JR., after four years community. SEMPREBON has been was recently admitted to the as an assistant state attorney at working for the past five years Massachusetts Bar. His firm is the Miami-Dade County State STEVEN as a Vermont state attorney for located in Portsmouth, N.H., Attorney’s Office. Stuzin REED COHEN child support and collections where he concentrates his specializes in insurance started his own and enforcement. She and her practice in the areas of estate defense and products liability. firm after husband, Jeffrey Semprebon, planning, probate and trust She and her husband, Daniel graduating in happily report the birth of administration, and business Bernstein, became the parents 1995, where their first child, Laurel Katrina, law. Money is also admitted to of a baby boy, Eric Charles he has a on Feb. 8, 2000. They live practice in New Hampshire, Bernstein, born July 21, 2000, general across the Vermont border in Maine and Florida. and reside on Miami Beach. practice and concentrates in Claremont, N.H., and enjoy the areas of real estate law and their rural setting and the LESTER J. PERLING was ERIC ZIMMELMAN and his wills and trusts. He recently fantastic New England elected partner, effective in wife, Nicole, announce the hired a UM Law graduate who autumn. January of this year, at the Fort birth of their son, Sam will be the firm’s first associate Lauderdale office of Broad Zimmelman, born June 12, after she passes the bar exam. MARK and Cassel, where he practices 2000. Eric continues to The firm operates in Pembroke LIEBLICH was health law, representing all publish his guides to collegiate Pines and serves Miami-Dade elected to the types of health care providers cities (Boston, Miami, and and Broward counties. board of and concentrating in health Orlando) and to disseminate discount card mailers in directors of the care fraud and abuse, regula- JORDAN A. FISCH joined residential markets. They Seminole tion and government the Hackensack, N.J., firm of reside in Coconut Grove. County/Lake reimbursement. He was Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman Mary Regional formerly an associate with the & Leonard, P.A., as an associ- Chamber of Commerce. He firm and was a hospital Class of 1995 ate in the corporate law practices at the law firm of administrator for 10 years department, where he will Baker & Hostetler, LLP, in its before becoming an attorney. DANIELLE D. CAMNER continue to focus his practice Orlando office. He resides in Hollywood. joined the U.S. Department of on general corporate and State as a special assistant to transaction law, including the Under Secretary of State mergers and acquisitions, 45 commercial lending and London Summer Program at attorneys practicing in West STEVEN COHEN lives in Los corporate finance. The firm is UM Law, and their subsequent Palm Beach, Naples, Chicago, Angeles and works as director one of the largest law firms in marriage has resulted in two Milwaukee, Madison and of business and legal affairs for New Jersey, with more than 80 children, Luke and Tess. Phoenix. USA Broadcasting, where he attorneys. Fisch was formerly runs the West Coast business with Ravin, Sarasohn, Cook, MARK M. HEINISH has NUNOTTE and legal affairs department, Baumgarten, Fisch & Rosen, become associated with the ZAMA overseeing production, P.C. He resides in New York law firm of Ritter Chusid returned to programming and broadcast City. Bivona & Cohen, in Boca Boston after operations legal and business Raton, specializing in insur- serving for concerns. He was formerly ROBERT S.M. GORMAN has ance defense and commercial almost four with Polygram/Universal joined the New York office of litigation. He resides in years as a television, and he resides in the international law firm of Cooper City. diplomat in Woodland Hills, Calif. Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, the rank of counselor to the where he practices in all areas JEANNIE M. JONTIFF permanent mission of Haiti to WILLIAM J. DENIUS is an of intellectual property law, practices in the Miami firm the Organization of American associate with Gray, Harris & with a primary emphasis on of Koyzak, Tropin and States. She opened the Law Robinson, P.A., in the firm’s high technology patents, Throckmorton, P.A., where Office of Nunotte Zama in Melbourne, Fla., office. The particularly regarding electri- she focuses on commercial Cambridge, Mass., where her firm also has offices in cal and computer-related litigation and bankruptcy. practice consists of immigra- Orlando and Tallahassee. He inventions. Prior to joining the She is a director of the Dade tion, personal injury, family previously served as a public firm, Gorman was associated County Bar Association, and law and mediation. Last year, defender for the 18th judicial with the law firm of Hedman, she is mother to Lauren, 7, and she gave birth to a lovely circuit of Florida. Gibson & Costigan, P.C., in Matthew, 5. daughter, Rebecca Nicole. She New York. Fulbright & resides in Melrose, Mass. CHRISTOPHER R. ECK is Jaworski was established in MAITRI “MIKE” director of the Division of Houston in 1919 and has more KLINKOSUM is an associate Class of 1996 Historic Preservation for than 670 attorneys in its with the law firm of Vannoy, Miami-Dade County. Both Colvard, Triplett & Vannoy, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los The Class of 1996 will hold its prior to attending UM Law Angeles, New York, San PLLC, in North Wilkesboro, and afterwards, he worked as N.C., practicing in the areas of 5th Reunion Celebration next Antonio, Washington, Hong year. Members of the class who an archeologist and historian, Kong and London offices. plaintiff’s litigation and and he now oversees the domestic relations. Klinkosum are interested in helping plan the event for their class should management and designation ROBERT S. GROSSMAN has returned to North Carolina of countywide historical and after practicing for two years as contact Cynthia Sikorski, his own firm in Garden City, director of alumni relations, archeological sites, including N.Y., where he specializes in an assistant public defender in the renowned “Miami Circle.” Cook County (Chicago), Ill. 305-284-4935, with their commercial litigation, real ideas and suggestions. In the Spring 2000 semester, he estate, estate planning and Before assuming his current taught a course at UM Law: estate administration. He position, Klinkosum practiced JOYCE ACKERBAUM COX Introduction to Historic would enjoy hearing from his with the North Carolina firm is an associate in the Orlando Preservation Law. He resides UM Law colleagues by of Willardson, Lipscomb & office of Akerman Senterfitt & with his wife, Tracy, in Fort telephone, 516-745-1700, fax, Beal, LLP, in the areas of Eidson. Since graduating from Lauderdale. 516-745-1715, or e-mail, insurance defense, subroga- UM Law, she has practiced [email protected] tion, and criminal defense. primarily in the field of labor DENISE GARNO (formerly and employment law, and she GUNN) married GREGORY CARY B. MARK D. PASSLER M. GARNO, JD ’96, on Sept. joined the West Palm Beach resides in Orlando with her HALL, after husband, Matt. 9, 2000, after they met while practicing for office of Quarles & Brady, LLP, studying at UM Law. Denise is five years in where he concentrates on CONSTANCE L. practicing products liability Maryland, has patent, trademark, copyright BRANDENBURG established defense at Wilson, Elser, relocated to and licensing law. Before her real estate practice in Moskowitz, Edelman & Pennsylvania, joining Quarles & Brady, Pinecrest soon after gradua- Dicker, LLP, in Miami, and where he is Passler worked as an attorney tion. Tiring of the commute, Greg practices in the area of associated with the law firm of in the U.S. Air Force’s Elec- she recently moved her commercial litigation at Powell, Trachtman, Logan, tronics Systems Center in practice to her hometown of Navon, Kopelman, O’Donnell Carrle, Bowman & Lombardo, Boston and as a special Miami Springs, where the two- & Lavin. P.C., in King of Prussia, Pa., assistant U.S. attorney for the minute commute to her lovely and focuses his practice on District of Massachusetts. office surely beats the traffic MICHAEL C. KLASFELD has commercial litigation. Hall Quarles & Brady is a full- on the Palmetto expressway. taken over the office of met his wife during the service law firm with 350 veteran attorney Philip 46 Berman in Pompano Beach, LOREN DONALD PEARSON TRACY L. SMITH, after three criminal defense in the Fla., forming the law firm of recently joined the Hollywood years as program planning Hollidaysburg, Pa., law firm of Michael C. Klasfeld, P.A., law firm of Lerner & attorney in the continuing Evey, Routch, Black, Dorezas, practicing largely within the Greenberg, P.A., where he legal education department at Magee & Levine, LLP. realm of real estate law, with a practices in the areas of Georgetown University Law focus on investor interests, or patents, trademarks and Center has made a move. Still JUSTIN B. more specifically, quiet title of copyrights. He resides on in Washington, D.C., she is ELEGANT real property. Klasfeld also Miami Beach. now a grievance attorney at and his wife, handles bankruptcy, family law, the American Foreign Service Jennifer, and wills, trusts and estates. TOMAS A. PILA has his own Association, the labor/ proudly Recently separated from his firm, Pila & Associates, located management union for foreign announce the wife, he resides in Boca Raton. in the Roads section of Miami. service employees. birth of their first child, DONNA K. KNAPTON is an JEFFREY T. ROBERTS Class of 1997 Luke Andrew, on July 13, enforcement attorney with the practices both criminal U.S. Securities & Exchange 2000. Luke was born weighing defense and civil litigation in Commission in Washington, HENRIK ADAMSEN 7 lbs. and was 20 inches in the Jeff Roberts Law Firm in D.C., and she resides in (LL.M.—Comparative Law) is length. Jennifer is an adjunct Arlington, Va. Newport Beach, Calif. He an associate with the law firm of professor of psychology at maintains contact with many Bertel Rasmussen & Fialin, a Miami-Dade Community STACEY A. KOCH joined the UM Law alumni in southern member of the Advodan College, and Justin is a civil Kansas City-based law firm of California. Society of law firms which is a trial attorney with William L. Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, loose association of about 50 Petros, P.A., in Coconut as an associate in the national MARCO RUBIO serves the law firms throughout Denmark. Grove. The family resides on products liability litigation people of the State of Florida Adamsen’s main area of work is Miami Beach. division of the Miami office. as a representative in the state general practice, including Prior to joining the firm, Koch legislature. litigation, corporate and private CHARLES J. FOSCHINI is practiced in the Miami office law, and also sports and vice president of L.J. Melody ADAM M. SCHENCK co- of Hinshaw & Culbertson. international law. He resides in & Company, a CB Richard authored the “Pre-Mortem Svendborg, Denmark. Ellis Company headquartered GARY LEIBOWITZ is an Estate Planning Checklist,” in Houston. The company is associate in the Baltimore published by the ALI-ABA CHRISTINE L. AGNEW one of the largest real estate office of Saul, Ewing, Committee on Professional recently joined the Houston investment banking firms in Weinberg & Green, where he Education. This is a single office of Weil, Gotshal & the U.S. and operates offices in practices in the litigation resource containing over Manges, LLP, where she 30 major metropolitan markets department, focusing on 3,000 individual checklist practices in the tax depart- and maintains an asset commercial litigation. The items and hundreds of cita- ment, focusing on corporate management portfolio totaling longtime Baltimore firm of tions to cases, the Internal and partnership tax issues. over $14 billion. Foschini Weinberg & Green recently Revenue Code sections and operates from the Miami office merged with Saul, Ewing, regulations, and secondary DONNA BOSTIC WARD is on Brickell Avenue. Remick & Saul in order to sources to help answer tough an associate in the litigation form the new mid-Atlantic questions. The entire “Check- department of Baker & SABIHA GHOGHAWALA is regional firm, consisting of list” is also on CD-ROM, Hostetler and resides in primarily involved in drafting more than 225 attorneys, with which allows estate planners to Missouri City, Tex. and negotiating licensing offices in Baltimore, Philadel- search for key issues and terms agreements and other corpo- phia, New York, Princeton, and to adopt the “Checklist” STEPHEN L. COHEN joined rate contractual matters as an Wilmington, Harrisburg and to each client’s situation. the U.S. Department of Justice in-house contracts attorney at Berwyn. Leibowitz lives in Schenck is an attorney in the as a trial attorney in Washing- Portal Software, Inc., in Baltimore. Law Offices of Edward S. ton, D.C., last year. He spent Cupertino, Calif., and she the previous year as a law clerk SPENCER G. MORGAN Schlesinger, P.C., in Hastings- resides in Santa Clara. on-Hudson, N.Y. for the Honorable Ursula joined the Miami-based firm of Ungaro-Benages in the Cohen Berke Bernstein Brodie JUDD A. GILEFSKY works as ANNA SELDEN is the Southern District of Florida. a tax consultant at the Los & Kondell as an associate, Cohen resides in Washington. where he focuses on civil faculty manuscript editor at Angeles office of Arthur Georgetown University Law litigation. ROBERT S. Andersen, LLP. He resides in Center in Washington, D.C., Hermosa Beach. where she edits any manuscript DONALDSON ELIZABETH NEVINS practices practices criminal defense at (journal articles, speeches, ADAM D. HARMELIN corporate law, Bridgeman, Morkin & Shapiro texts, and treatises) prepared recently left the Broward municipal law, in Fountain Valley (Orange by faculty members. She County Public Defender’s County), Calif. resides in Arlington. and civil and Office to open his own firm in 47 Ft. Lauderdale, concentrating Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in David and his wife, Josephine, together they live in Hono- on criminal defense in the New York, and he would love live in South Miami. lulu. Dawn and Stephen will South Florida area. Harmelin to hear from his classmates by return to Miami in 2002, when resides in Dania Beach. telephone, 212- 596-9012, or CARL-CHRISTIAN THEIR Stephen begins his clerkship e-mail, [email protected]. (LL.M.—Comparative Law) with the Hon. Peter T. Fay, IAN HOCHMAN married John and Saba reside in was elected president of the senior judge, United States Katherine Ardalan Hochman, Clifton, N.J. German American Commerce Court of Appeals for the 11th a 1999 UM Medical School Council of Central Florida. He Circuit. graduate, on May 29, 1999. BRANDON A. ROTBART is of counsel with the law firm After completing a judicial practices at the Law Offices of of Hendry, Stoner, Sawicki & SHELDON BLUMLING is an clerkship with the Honorable Alan E. Weinstein, in Miami Brown, P.A., in Orlando, where associate with the Atlanta Lacey A. Collier in the U. S. Beach. he specializes in international office of Jones, Day, Reavis & District Court for the Northern business law. He is licensed to Pogue, practicing in the area District of Florida, he is now a JOSE SAUD serves as trade practice in Germany and in of ERISA/employee benefits. third-year associate in the developer with the Trade New York. litigation department at Mission Center of the Ameri- JOHN BOLANOVICH Willkie Farr & Gallagher in cas through the office of the SUSIE WEISENBERG is an practices labor and employ- New York City, where the mayor of Miami-Dade County. associate in the environmental ment law defense in the couple resides. litigation and regulatory Tampa office of Allen, Norton JENNIFER SCHWARTZ is practice group at Haight, & Blue, P.A. Bolanovich, his MICHAEL P. INDERBITZIN director of business develop- Brown & Bonesteel, LLP, in wife, and their one-year old (LL.M.—Comparative Law) ment at EverAd, Inc., an Santa Monica, Calif., and lives son, Noah Jullian, reside in has joined the corporate Internet technology firm in in Hermosa Beach. Orlando. He was a featured finance department of New York City. After practic- speaker this fall at the Florida Shearman & Sterling in New ing law in Florida for two AFSHIN YAZDIAN was Restaurant Association’s York. years, she passed the New York named vice president of annual trade show and bar exam and relocated to business development and convention in Orlando. MICHAEL MIRER, a former New York City. mergers and acquisitions for assistant state attorney in eConception, a growing J. ANTHONY BRADLEY Miami-Dade County, is now LARRY A. SCHWARTZ venture capital firm. Yazdian (LL.M.—Taxation) is an practicing criminal defense recently moved to Los Angeles began his career in the associate with Glankler with the Miami law firm of and began working at Lewis, corporate, securities and Brown, PLLC, in Memphis, Jeffrey S. Weiner, P.A. Mirer D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, e-business group of Waller Tenn., where he practices in resides in Aventura. LLP, a full-service law firm Lansden Dortch & Davis, the areas of corporate and with more than 200 attorneys Nashville’s largest law firm. estate tax. H. JOHN in six offices throughout His responsibilities at RIZVI prac- California, where he practices eConception include assisting CARLOS I. CARDELLE is a tices patent, in the areas of construction with the development of staff attorney with Lan Chile, trademark and defense and professional the incubated companies and at its office located at Miami copyright law liability defense. Prior to the coordination of all International Airport. as a litigation joining the firm, Schwartz was acquisition activity relating associate with an associate at Allison & to eConception and the SARAH (LANZETTI) COE Fish & Neave Roberts, P.A., in Miami. He is incubated companies. was appointed to a position in in New York City. Rizvi’s licensed to practice in both the office of the general article, “Lost Profits in Florida and California. Class of 1998 counsel at the U.S. Depart- Cyberspace,” appeared in the ment of Commerce in DAVID M. Washington, D.C. September 2000 issue of MARVE ANN ALAIMO Intellectual Property Today. SCOTT is associated with (LL.M.—Estate Planning) is THIERRY DESMET practices Founded in 1878, Fish & a new mother to Charles Neave has 170 attorneys, who the law firm of white-collar criminal defense Alley, Maass, Salvatore Alaimo, born and business litigation in the practice exclusively in the April 27, 2000. area of intellectual property. Rogers & Miami office of Zuckerman Spaeder. He recently pub- The firm’s long history of Lindsay, P.A., STEPHEN R. ASTLEY joined protecting innovative technol- in Palm Beach, lished an article, “The the Judge Advocate General’s Economic Espionage Act of ogy includes patenting of the where he practices in the area Corps of the United States Wright Brothers’ airplane, of admiralty and maritime law. 1996: Are We Finally Taking Navy, where he practices Corporate Spies Seriously?” in Thomas Edison’s lightbulb, He is also active in the federal criminal defense. He and Henry Ford’s Motel “T.” guardian ad litem program as The Houston Journal of recently married his long-time International Law. Rizvi was recently married to an advocate for dependent love, Dawn Gonzalez, and Saba Zehra, a dentist with children at the appellate level. 48 GERALD S. DUTY is an firm of Baker & McKenzie, in JOEL ROSE serves as an speaker and panelist in the Bay associate with the Miami law the Miami office, where she assistant general counsel to the Area. He resides in San firm of Whisenand & Turney, concentrates in corporate and Edison Project, the nation’s Rafael, Calif. P.A., which specializes in securities law. largest private manager of international business transac- public schools, located in New BRIAN L. SMITH has joined tions, finance and banking. He TIMOTHY C. LINCOLN is York City. the Orlando office of Adams, resides in Coral Gables. legal counsel for Marquette Hill, Reis, Adams, Hall & Realty, Inc., a real estate CARL ROSEN (LL.M.—Estate Shieffelin as an associate. The ALEX ESPENKOTTER joined management firm in Fort Planning) and his wife firm is a general litigation law the law firm of Ruden, Lauderdale, where he has announce the birth of their firm involved in virtually all McClosky, Smith, Schuster & served in various management second child, Rachel Lyndsay, areas of civil litigation, with Russell, P.A., as an associate in roles since 1995. on March 25, 2000. concentrations in medical the Ft. Lauderdale office. malpractice defense, medical Espenkotter is in the firm’s JORGE A. LOPEZ returned to K. DENISE RUCKER, after staff litigation, antitrust, health trusts and estates practice Miami in the litigation spending two years in the U.S. care law, product liability and group, where he concentrates department of Akerman Coast Guard office of legisla- general liability. his practice in estate and gift Senterfitt, after serving for two tion, now works as special tax planning, trust administra- years as a judicial law clerk for assistant to the director of the CRAIG SOHN (LL.M.— tion, generation-skipping Justice Harry Lee Anstead at Commandant’s international Estate Planning) and his wife, transfer tax and charitable the Supreme Court of Florida. affairs staff in Washington, Yolanda, celebrated the birth giving. Ruden McClosky is a D.C. She resides in Alexan- of their first child, Grace, on full-service Florida law firm JOEL McTAGUE is an dria, Va. Feb. 28, 2000. with offices in Ft. Lauderdale, associate with English Miami, Naples, Port St. Lucie, McCaughan & O’Bryan in JOHN P. RICHARD L. STEINBERG Sarasota, St. Petersburg, their Fort Lauderdale office, RUTLEDGE continues to serve the people Tallahassee, Tampa and West where he concentrates in (LL.M.—Real of South Florida as an attorney Palm Beach. finance, securities, corporate Property and and as a volunteer in the and intellectual property law. Development), community. He is a member of JOSHUA P. FEILER joined He resides in Boca Raton. while remain- the board of directors of the Ruden, McCloskey, Smith, ing general Dade County Bar Association, Schuster & Russell in Fort REINCE R. PRIEBUS is an counsel to a member of the Mt. Sinai Lauderdale as an associate, associate at Michael Best & Dead End Street Publications, Hospital Young Presidents, and where he will concentrate his Friedrich in Milwaukee, where LLC, the premier e-publisher a Big Brother with Big Brothers practice in the areas of federal he works in the business/ of alternative literature based and Big Sisters of Greater and state income tax and state corporate litigation practice in Hoquiam, Wash., has Miami. corporate and partnership law. area. The firm has more than recently become associated 230 attorneys in offices in with Donahue, Gallagher, HARRY TEICHMAN JASON P. HERMAN joined Milwaukee, Chicago, and Woods & Wood, LLP. The completed his LL.M. in the Orlando firm of Longwell Madison, practicing as a full- highly regarded northern Taxation at New York & Cairns, P.A., as an associate, service business/corporate law California-based firm handles University and is employed by where he will continue to firm. He and his wife, Sally, intellectual property work for Hunton Williams in Atlanta, practice criminal defense. live in Racine, Wisc. many of the world’s largest where he focuses his practice software companies (including on tax controversy and SHAWN M. JORDAN does SUAN WISE ROGERS has Microsoft, Autodesk, planning. Teichman was plaintiff’s litigation in the been working at the Holly- Macromedia and ASP-ONE) formerly at the Tampa office Miami office of Murray wood, Fla., law firm of Larry S. and most popular entertainers of Fowler White, and he reports that he is still “as good Gordon. Davis, P.A., concentrating in (including Carlos Santana, the looking and single as ever.” criminal defense and mental Grateful Dead and Phish). JULIAN T. KEMP is a legal health law since graduation Rutledge handles software specialist with the fair employ- and has been involved in BERT E. UEBELE IV is anti-piracy matters, drafts associated with Glick & ment practices division in the several murder cases that have software and web site develop- been publicized in Broward. Retamar in Boca Raton, Fla. office of the county manager ment agreements, OEM, ASP Her son will graduate from for Miami-Dade County. and webcasting agreements, high school this year and is CATHY M. WAGGONER patent and merchandise ANNA KRIMSHTEIN and one of Miami-Dade’s top cross- was recently named general licenses, terms of use, privacy her husband, Jesse Lugo, country runners. She resides in counsel for the Copa Casino in statements, promissory notes became the proud parents of Aventura and would enjoy Gulfport, Miss., where she and security agreements. He Jacob Alexander Lugo, born hearing from her classmates. handles all legal business for has published recent articles Feb. 23, 2000. Since gradua- the casino. She resides in and is a columnist, presenter, tion, Anna has been with the Biloxi. 49 TODD L. WALLEN joined the he practices in the area of Wendel, LLP. He resides in ADRIANA Miami office of Shook, Hardy affordable housing tax credits. Arlington. GOMEZ & Bacon, LLP, as an associate He is admitted to practice in joined the in the tort section. Shook, the Commonwealth of ANTHONY J. FANTAUZZI, Orlando firm Hardy & Bacon is an interna- Massachusetts. The firm has III, is an associate with Bavol of Hill, Reis, tional law firm of more than more than 400 attorneys Bush & Sisco, P.A., a civil Adams, Hall & 420 attorneys, based in Kansas working in offices in New litigation firm in Tampa, Shieffelin, City, with additional offices in Hampshire, Massachusetts, specializing in medical P.A., as an Overland Park, Houston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, malpractice and product associate working in the areas Miami, Washington, D.C., San New York, Washington, D.C., liability claims. He resides in of medical malpractice and Francisco, London, Zurich, and Virginia. Carter resides in Brandon and asks his class- insurance defense. The firm is Geneva, Buenos Aires and Charlestown with his wife, mates to contact him through a general litigation law firm Melbourne. Cristie. his email address, afant@bbs- involved in all areas of civil law.net defense litigation. Concentra- MICHAEL J. CIACCIO is an Class of 1999 MARLENE A. FERNANDEZ tions include medical mal- associate in the New York firm is an associate in the Miami practice defense, health care of Proskauer Rose, LLP, and he JOHN ALBERT is assistant office of White & Case, LLP. law, nursing home defense, and state attorney in the 18th lives in Mineola, N.Y. hospital antitrust litigation. DANA FOSTER is an Judicial Circuit in Viera, Fla., HAROLD “HAL” DAVIS associate in the Miami office LISA HALPERN is an and resides in Merritt Island. joined Arter & Hadden, LLP, of White & Case, LLP. associate in the New York law STEPHANIE as an associate in the firm’s firm of Spielman & Kassimir, L. BANDY is Washington, D.C., office, RICHARD FOWLER practices P.C., and she also resides in an associate at where he practices in the labor at the law firm of Behar, Gutt Manhattan. the Miami and employment group. & Glazer, P.A., in Aventura. office of Established in 1843, Arter & DAVID A. JAGOLINZER is an Walton, Hadden has offices in Cleve- DEBRA FRANK practices in associate in the civil litigation Lantaff, land, Columbus and Dayton, the Miami law firm of firm of Ferraro & Associates, Schroeder & Ohio; Austin, Dallas and San Genovese Lichtman Joblove P.A., and he resides on Miami Carson, P.A., and resides in Antonio, Tex.; Irvine, Los & Battista, P.A., where she Beach. Miami. Angeles, Sacramento, San focuses on commercial Diego, San Francisco and litigation. KEITH JARET is a conversion KRISTI J. BOMAR represents Woodland Hills, Calif.; and administrator with Morgan domestic violence victims at Washington, D.C. RICHARD N. FREETH passed Stanley Dean Witter in Jersey Bay Area Legal Services, Inc., the New York bar exam and is City, N.J. He resides in in NewPort Richey, Fla. She EDUARDO de la CRUZ- practicing at the Wall Street Ronkonkoma, N.Y. resides in Tampa. MUNOZ is an associate in the firm of Cheven, Keely & Miami civil litigation firm of Hatzis. SAGI KFIR practices in the LAETITIA C. BONA is Mario Tacher & Associates, P.A. Miami law firm of Avania associated with the Miami law JILL GOLDBERG CARMEL Bondklayder, Blackwell & firm of Hoffman & Hoffman, BETH A. DeSANTO is is associate corporate counsel Baumgarten, and he lives in specializing in corporate working at Clifford Chance, a with Ryder System, Inc., in Aventura. Wall Street firm that handles Miami. She resides in Aventura. litigation, commercial MARILYN G. KOHN joined litigation, insurance defense, mergers and acquisitions with TRAVIS GODWIN has been the Miami firm of Kozyak aviation law, bankruptcy and a specialty in technology- appointed state liaison for the Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., civil litigation. related transactions and e-commerce. She resides in Defense Research Institute’s as an associate. Manhattan. Medical Liability Committee, STEVEN K. BRUMER is an JANET SANDRA KREDI is a associate at the Miami firm of a national membership CHRISTINE A. DIXON has organization for defense, senior associate with Arthur Hightower & Rudd, P.A., and Andersen, LLP, in Miami, he lives in Coral Gables. moved from Miami to El Paso, insurance and corporate Tex., and practices with the counsel. Godwin is associated which provides tax and legal JEFFREY W. BUTCHER is an EEOC. She is busy with a full with the Tampa office of advisory services. caseload, but is enjoying the Ruden, McClosky, Smith, associate at the Coral Gables RYAN KROIZ is an associate scenery and the change in Schuster & Russell, P.A., where law firm of Pearson & Mayer, tax consultant with temperature and humidity. he concentrates his practice in P.A. PriceWaterhouseCoopers in commercial and liability New York, and he resides in SCOTT CARTER is an LAURENCE J. EDSON is an litigation, professional Manhattan. associate in the Boston office associate at the Alexandria, licensure defense, administra- of Nixon Peabody, LLP, where Va., firm of Parkhurst & tive law, and health care law. 50 RYAN KUHL is a deputy resides on Miami Beach. She AMY SALSBURG is a ELIZABETH SHOLEH county attorney in the has published numerous litigation associate in the Fort SOBHANY resides in Coral Maricopa County Attorney’s articles in the Florida Bar Lauderdale office of Ruden Gables with her newest Office in Phoenix, Ariz. Journal and the New York Law McClosky. She resides in additions, twin boys, born Journal. Plantation. June 2, 2000. NIKKI B. LEWIS is practicing with the media law group at ANN KOWEL MILLER MARIA A. SANTE-GRALIA CLAIRE P. SUBRAN is the Miami office of Steel recently relocated from practices in the area of working with issues involving Hector & Davis, LLP. She also Denver and is now director of commercial litigation in the insurance defense with practices general commercial admissions at California Miami law firm of Catlin, VIVIAN CHOU, JD ’92, in litigation. She resides in Western School of Law in San Saxon, Tuttle & Evans, P.A. Miami. Miami and is a member of Diego. Glendale Missionary Baptist TONYA L. SAYERS (LL.M.— MARK ALAN Church in Richmond Heights. ALISON SMALLOW MIRER Estate Planning) practices at SYLVESTER is is associate in-house counsel at the law firm of Bethea, Jordan an associate MILANDE LOUIMA is an Gator Investments in North & Griffin, P.A., in Hilton with the associate with the Law Offices Miami Beach, where she Head, S.C. Miami law of Tracie A. Sundack, LLC, in practices commercial real firm of White Plains, N.Y. The firm estate. She resides in Aventura DANIEL S. SCHNEIDER, after Leesfield, specializes in plaintiff’s civil with husband MICHAEL spending the last year in Leighton, rights and personal injury MIRER, JD ’97. Seattle, has moved to the Los Rubio & Mahfood, P.A., a litigation and has an office in Angeles firm of Howarth and civil litigation firm specializ- Manhattan. Louima resides in RALPH A. NARDI practices Smith, concentrating in civil ing in wrongful death, Queens. in the areas of tax and estate litigation, both plaintiff and personal injury, medical planning at the Coral Gables defense work. He was married malpractice, and class action MARILEN MARNETT firm of Packman Neuwahl & in Seattle on Aug. 13, 2000. practices intellectual property litigation. He resides in Rosenberg. Miami. law as an associate in the THOMAS SCOLARO is Miami law firm of Robert M. STEPHEN J. PADULA is an an associate at Leesfield, THOMAS TEDESCO, JR. Schwartz, P.A. associate in the Law Offices of Leighton, Rubio & Mahfood is an estate and financial Mark R. Osherow, P.A., in in Miami. IRIS MARTINEZ-PETA is an specialist with the Barrett Boca Raton, where he also Company, Inc., in Pompano associate in the Puerto Rico resides. ALESSANDRA P. SERANO is Beach. He resides in Plantation. law firm of Martinez Rivera, an associate at Houney Simon P.A., where she concentrates in AMALIA PAPADIMITRIOU Arnold & White, LLP, in Los JOHN L. URBAN joined the civil litigation, personal injury is a legal associate at Interna- Angeles, the largest intellec- and workers’ compensation. Miami office of Martens tional Corporation in Fort tual property law firm in the She resides in San Juan with Lauderdale. She also resides in Dunaj Marlowe Davis & country. She has worked on her husband, Ryan, and her Fort Lauderdale. Marlowe as an associate daughter, Natalia. Doe v. Unocal, a case that attorney. The firm has offices CHRISTIAN PETRIC is a allowed foreign defendants to in Miami and Tampa Bay and SCOTT McKAY practices litigation associate in the West sue U.S. corporations in practices in the commercial at the Miami law firm of Palm Beach law firm of federal court for activities litigation, corporate defense, Campbell & Denes, where he Conroy, Simberg & Ganon. abroad under a 200 year-old employment law, creditors’ was the senior law clerk for He resides in Jupiter. law, the Alien Tort Claims rights, construction law, and two years. McKay’s areas of Act. She resides in Manhattan computer law areas. Urban practice include class action ROBERT D. RIGHTMEYER is Beach, Calif. resides in Davie. litigation, commercial an associate at Cole, White & litigation, personal injury, Billbrough in Miami. He lives RUSSELL W. SINNETT is a ANDREA Y. WANG works as disability insurance and other in Pembroke Pines. litigation attorney at the a staff attorney at Watchtower, forms of civil law at the trial Cheyenne, Wyo., law firm of a human rights and civil rights PATRICE ROBINET joined and appellate level. Ross, Ross & Santini, LLC, a organization based in Greenberg Traurig, P.A., in its general law practice concen- Patterson, N.Y. RENAE Miami office, where she is an trating in torts, personal injury, associate in the international MELZER is an contracts, divorce and wills. SARAH WOLF joined the corporate group. associate in the He lives in Cheyenne. technology department of Miami office THOMAS ROONEY and Classmates are encouraged to Avent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin of Gunster, TAR LOMBARDI (JD ’99) catch up on his personal news & Kahn, in Washington, D.C. Yoakley, were married on Sept. 11, at his website: Her areas of practice are Valdes Fauli & 1999. Both practice with the www.russellnet.com. advertising, e-commerce and Stewart and U.S. Army JAG Corps. Internet law. 51 Class of 2000 DANIEL W. MATLOW is an associate at Vezina, Lawrence Miami Law Alumni ROBBIE BOONE earned the & Piscitelli, a Fort Lauderdale JD/MBA and is an analyst with boutique firm specializing in U.S. Trust, a wealth manage- construction litigation. Want to Know ment firm in Greensboro, N.C., LUIS A. PEREZ (LL.M.— From all reports, the most avidly read section of the Barrister where he also resides. Taxation) joined the Miami (for both the printed and the Web site versions) is “Class Notes.” R. EDSON BRIGGS, JR. law firm of Zack Kosnitzky as The Law School’s more than 14,000 alumni want to know what (LL.M.—Inter-American Law) an associate in the corporate, their classmates have been doing—about the awards they’ve practices in the Miami firm of finance and taxation depart- received, high-profile cases they’ve won, law firms or cities they Ferrell, Shultz, Carter, ment. Prior to joining the have moved to, pro bono activities they have undertaken, Zumpano & Fertel, P.A., a firm, Perez was a contracts small, but high-powered and administrator and staff spouses they have married, etc. growing firm, with a nucleus of accountant for the aviation It’s easy to ensure that your news gets into the communica- very experienced practitioners. sales and leasing department tions network: Just fill out the form below and send it (along Briggs is concentrating on of Ryder Systems, Inc. commercial litigation, with a photograph of yourself, if you like) to John Burch, international transactions and DANIEL B. ROGERS serves as Director of Law Publications and Communications, School of creditors rights, involving a staff attorney for Chief Judge Law, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL significant contact with Latin Martha Warner at the Fourth 33124-8087. American parties. His experi- District Court of Appeals in ence includes four years of West Palm Beach. If you would like to comment on a Barrister article or on an service with Southcom in ERUM SIDDIQUI serves as issue of importance to other UM Law grads through a letter to Panama and fluency in the the editor, please send that submission to John Burch as well. Spanish language. assistant state attorney in Daytona Beach, Volusia LARRY BROWN works in the County, Fla. intellectual property group of Name: ______Class Year: ____ Akerman Senterfitt in R. SCOTT SIMMONS joined Boynton Beach. the Orlando firm of Hill, Reis, Home Address: ______Adams, Hall & Schieffelin, REY CASTELLANOS has P.A., as an associate. The firm City: ______State: ______ZIP: ______been serving as legislative is a general litigation law firm assistant to Florida Senator Home Phone: ______Home Fax: ______involved in all areas of civil Mario Diaz-Balart, District 37, Job Title: ______in both the Miami and defense litigation. Concentra- Tallahassee offices. tions include medical mal- Type of Business: ______practice defense, health care BRIAN CHESLACK and his law, nursing home defense, and Employer/ Firm: ______wife announce the birth of hospital antitrust litigation. their third child, Kai Gregory, Business Address: ______BLANCA SORDO, a Decem- born on May 3, 2000. City: ______State: ______ZIP: ______ber 1999 graduate, practices AMI L. DiLORENZO is an with the Law Offices of Stuart Business Phone: ______Business Fax: ______associate in the Coral Gables A. Goldstein, located in firm of Welbaum, Gregory, Kendall. E-mail Address: ______Hingston, Greanleaf & Gregory, LLP. BENJAMIN WOLKOV joined Would you like your e-mail address included in a directory available on UM Law’s Web site? Yes ❏ No ❏ PETER J. IACONO is an the Miami office of Hunston associate with the Naples & Willis, where he serves as an Information for “Class Notes”: office of Quarles & Brady. associate on the project development, finance and DAGMAR LLAUDY is an leasing team, focusing on ______associate with the Miami law infrastructure and finance in ______firm of Keller & Houck, P.A., the Americas. specializing in maritime law. ______SONIA ZELEDON relocated ANA CRISTINA LLOYD is to Ann Arbor, Mich., after ______assistant attorney general receiving a National Associa- doing criminal appeals with ______tion of Public Interest Lawyers the Miami office of the Attorney General of the State (NAPIL) fellowship. She will ______be working with farm workers. of Florida. ______52 UM Law Events Calendar January 2001 Monday, 1/8, to Friday, 1/12 35th Annual Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Fontainebleau Hilton Resort and Towers, Miami Beach Wednesday, 1/10 Alumni Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning Thursday, 1/18 Law Alumni Association Executive Board Meeting, 8 a.m., Broad & Cassel Tuesday, 1/23 Law Alumni Association Faculty Speaker Series, CLE Noon, Broward Location TBA Friday, 1/26 Conference on Role of Free Press and Freedom of Expression in Developing Democracies, School of Law February 2001 Friday, 2/2, to Sunday, 2/4 MacBeth, 8 p.m. (2/2–3), 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. (2/4), School of Law Thursday, 2/8, to Friday, 2/9 Fifth Annual Institute on Mergers & Acquisitions: Corporate, Securities & Related Aspects, Eden Roc Resort & Spa, Miami Beach Tuesday, 2/13 Law Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting, Noon, Broad & Cassel Sunday, 2/18 to Monday 2/19 Dean Lynch visits alumni in Los Angeles Thursday, 2/22 Miami Spring Social Event, Location TBA March 2001 Wednesday, 3/7 Partnership for Professionalism, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Faculty Club Thursday, 3/8 to Friday 3/9 Fourth Annual Institute on Tax Considerations in Mergers & Acquisitions Eden Roc Resort & Spa, Miami Beach Thursday, 3/15 to Saturday, 3/17 International and Foreign Law Alumni Reunion, School of Law April 2001 Monday, 4/1 to Friday 4/6 New York and Washington, D.C. Alumni Visits Tuesday, 4/10 Law Alumni Association Board of Directors Meeting Noon, Broad & Cassel Thursday, 4/12 Law Review Alumni Reception, 6–8 p.m., Location TBA Tuesday, 4/17 Law Alumni Association Faculty Speaker Series IV, Noon, Location TBA Wednesday, 4/25 Law Alumni Association/Student Leaders Recognition Reception 5:30–7:30 p.m., Location TBA May 2001 Sunday, 5/20 Hooding Ceremony, 2:00 p.m., James L. Knight Center NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID MIAMI, FLORIDA P.O. Box 248087 PERMIT NO. 438 Coral Gables, Florida 33124-8087