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was being produced, the Law School the produced, Magazine was being York York Law School students and graduates are York York Law School students and graduates York Law School students and graduates are graduates and students School Law York become indispensable to their organizations; they work harder, put in the extra effort, extra the in put harder, work they organizations; their to indispensable become and place client needs before their own. New New problems, they see solutions. New in nonintuitive places. They take on jobs that give them experience that they later on jobs that give them experience places. They take in nonintuitive turn into even more rewarding opportunities. It gives me great pride as I travel to law firms, government agencies, and corporations to corporations and It gives me great pride as I travel to law firms, government agencies, to talk about our students and graduates as flexible innovators who add significant value every organization with which they affiliate. This can be attributed to characteristics that First, we accept students who have already demonstrated are built into our community. Second, much. achieve and hard work will they that studies undergraduate their through engaged to become student for every ways countless provide and leaders for we look Third, we provide a program that asks a great deal of every in service while they study. In short, it is no surprise student and forces each to become a creative problem solver. that the New Law York School community responds to a crisis seeking aggressively, to make the most of every moment and to achieve everything we can. In crisis there is opportunity . . . for those who seize the day. • • Crisis and Opportunity Crisis A. Matasar Richard By School Law York issue of New As this with pride at all that its 118th Commencement, and I am beaming community celebrated legal a more promising they were entering wish I have accomplished. our graduates and many students crisis continues to hit our profession hard, marketplace; the economic continues to dispense not reach their goals. The faculty and staff are fearful that they may and current friends to call in chits from our former students advice to “hang in there,” quality education we our graduates, and to deliver the best who may be able to employ worry that all We to be effective lawyers when they graduate. can to equip our students the prospects for the future are uncertain. The Others throw up their arms in despair. Facing these conditions, many turn and run. But the bold confront the situation away. frightened ignore the issues and assume them see crisis. I am cheered to be a part of head-on and find an opportunity where others make graduates who and by students defined is very essence whose a bold institution clouds, and understand deeply that they can lemonade out of lemons, find silver linings in make their way in tough times. advice from experts within and outside In this issue of the magazine, we present career like other articles legal job market. This story, our community on how to navigate today’s in the issue, speaks to our community of strivers. •
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Job searchers must get off line and out the door to be A recession-proof practice area may be too much to hope effective. “Intensive, face-to-face personal networking for, but some are recession-resistant. “There are areas is really important,” Leipold says. “Lots of jobs are not that are stronger than others, but still, employers are posted or advertised; they’re stumbled into because you
| very, very cautious in their hiring,” Abrams says. Some were in the right place at the right time.” of the healthiest practices these days are bankruptcy and 6 Lisa Abrams Stephen Furnari ’98 Mariana Hogan
restructuring, compliance, and litigation-heavy areas. Abrams suggests seeking out informational interviews, But lawyers need to have demonstrated an interest in starting with alumni. The key to those kinds of the area and show that they would bring value. interviews is to ask for advice and information, not for a job. “You’re trying to build bridges with someone and Small- to medium-size firms, where billing rates have gather information or intelligence,” she says. “That is been attractive to crunched companies, have been a so helpful in targeting prospective employers and bright spot. “Many of them have actually grown during selling yourself.” the recession,” Leipold says, “but they don’t offset the job losses from the big firms.” Law schools have redoubled efforts to help students build these networking skills early. “We’re being much Some recent New York Law School graduates have more strategic and much more thorough in the way found their first employment through a public service that we teach students to do a job search and market fellowship that arranges work for a limited term at themselves,” says Professor Mariana Hogan, Associate various government agencies, nonprofit organizations, Dean for Professional Development at the Law School. and courts. Dean Reuter says about 20 graduates were “You need to know how to follow up with professional involved last year, the program’s first, and about 30 will contacts in a productive way and maintain those participate this year. contacts so that you are creating a network that you can build on and tap as you progress through law school The School pays students a relatively small stipend, and begin your legal career.” Dean Reuter says, but the rewards have been significant. “Each agency and organization we contacted was And don’t neglect those relationships incredibly appreciative that we’re providing graduates later. “Once you do find a job,” Abrams who can help them out. For the grads, they just have says, “you have to pay attention to loved the work, knowing that their careers as lawyers keeping networks warm so if you want have begun.” to make a change or are forced to make Graduates also have access to a free job database on the a change, you’re ready.” Law School’s Career Services Web site*. And, Mantis points out, many jobs are posted by New York Law The heart of the search is where exactly to find School alumni, offering a ready-made connection. employers who are hiring.
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Hillary Mantis up a shingle, and I’ve been doing it up a shingle, and I’ve was one of the biggest since. It ever life, but it was taken in my risks I’ve taken. one of the best risks I’ve out of the ball hit the certainly I didn’t “Theyear, first doubled in the second business he notes. But park,” his when he matched year, and again in the third year, former firm salary. has some practical advice for lawyers Furnari considering a similar leap: “The critical thing for look at practice is to really startinganyone their own personal expenses and scale them way back. If your to make you expenses, it allows your can reduce you practice.” a longer commitment to the success of your appreciative more makes him even market The current of my colleagues that made the of his decision. “Many been laid off in this cycle.” cut when I got laid off have “It became pretty apparent to me that to me apparent became pretty “It survivalensure in the only way to the have you make sure is to legal market of portablea sizable book business,” 2002, I hung in October he says. “So book built their own he says, unless they have Now, but expensive, more of business, those attorneys are to a firm than those with valuable not much more in a far worse many ways, they’re less experience. “In than [they would be] had they been let position now go then.” When success. found entrepreneurial has also Furnari he began sharing space with a few it had other lawyers, verya significant effect on his practice. “I noticed that a lot of business with some of I was exchanging quickly,
James Leipold search where you’re working on finding something that working you’re where search is truly satisfying.” outside is one option, as is work legal work Temporary nonlegal a taking in shame no “There’s arena. legal the head,” says your over job initially to keep a roof do if you he cautions, “in this market, Leipold. But, important find ways to stay that you more even that, it’s the law and just walk away from can’t You involved. later.” expect to waltz back in two years in says, to keep the situation also important, Mantis It’s is a blip in a long career. spot now A rough perspective. important that to find work for job seekers it’s while So meets some of their needs, flexibility is also important. Mantis job the first time,” your dream find don’t you “If experience and then a positive can still have says, “you on.” move events. can lead to positive layoffs some lawyers, For ’98, who lost his job at a big Furnari ask Stephen Just firm at the end of 2001, after the dot-com York New work legal corporate point, that “At 9/11. and crash significant legal pretty were there and dried up, really he says. the city,” all around layoffs had been looking ahead and Furnari Fortunately, business Unfortunately, quickly landed another job. at his new firm and he was laid off again six was slow he whether consider to him led That later. months would be better off on his own. Of course, patience and persistence don’t pay the bills pay don’t and persistence course, patience Of have many cases, people jobs. “In between for lawyers Abrams in that situation,” to conduct two job searches of your just taking care you’re where says. “One long-term needs, and then a more immediate financial eatures f
the lawyers in the office,” he says. The Law School also encourages first-year students to develop relationships with career counselors and offers Soon, Furnari found his own space and started filling guidance on writing effective résumés, preparing for it with lawyers. His venture, called Law Firm Suites, interviews, and building legal relationships. | has expanded to 15,000 square feet with more than 40 8 lawyers. “It’s turned into a real vibrant community of Through these early efforts, Dean Hogan says, New lawyers at all different stages of their careers,” he says. York Law School seeks to produce graduates with a “five-point portfolio” that demonstrates a progression They share not only referrals but also practice tips from law student to lawyer—a package that “will really and advice. And it allows each attorney to maintain a distinguish our students in the marketplace.” broader spectrum of business. “It’s kind of what you would have at a larger firm, with cross-pollination First on the list is producing integrated transcripts among partners, but without having to tie your and résumés, so each reflects students’ interests. economics to your neighbor,” Furnari explains. Next, students are urged to have three significant legal experiences, like summer work, externships, The solo life is not the answer for everyone forced into or workshops. Third, students should seek out five a career change, but Furnari believes being laid off can advisors, professors, or employers they can go to for have an upside. As difficult as it is to lose a job, he advice and introductions. Fourth, students should be says, “you’ve got to look at it as an opportunity to really able to point to an accomplishment that demonstrates spend some time thinking about what you want to do tenacity and an ability to reach a goal. It could be a legal with your life. accomplishment, like a capstone project, or something like finishing a marathon. And finally, students should “Do something that’s going to inspire you or make you produce published written work or a professional happy,” he says. “If you’re getting the Sunday blues presentation. every weekend because you don’t want to go back to work, you’re not doing the right thing. “In a sense, the market has helped us “I don’t get the Sunday blues anymore,” he says. “I to do this,” Dean Hogan says. “All enjoy what I’ve created.” of these things we are doing with the students, they are things that career The economy has also prompted law schools to do counselors have always advised. But some soul searching and figure out how to develop forward-thinking students. we are advising them to be more conscious of it earlier. And because “I think it is critical to get the students the market is so difficult, we’ve had a to think strategically about their careers more receptive audience in the first- and be conscious about developing year students.” professionally from the very first moment they arrive in law school,” Keeping a sense of perspective and looking ahead can benefit students as well as experienced lawyers. Furnari, Dean Hogan says. To that end, the who has been through rough times and survived, offers first-year program begins with a them this advice: “When you’re in it, sometimes it’s convocation that is “meant hard not to be really worked up, but this market will get to inspire them to use better. If they make the right moves now, I think they’ll their time in law look back at this time with some pride.” school to think about the kind of lawyers they want to be.” eatures | 9
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lmost a decade ago, when Distinguished Adjunct Based on the collection of photos he has produced, AProfessor Lawrence Lederman wandered across the you’d think he had been taking pictures his whole life. landscape of his home in Westchester County, New But nature photography is a relatively new passion York, admiring the trees, he was struck by the sight for Professor Lederman. He first became interested in | of an animal looking back at him. Only this was no photographing trees around 2001, in an effort to create 10 animal hiding in the trees; it was the tree itself—taking an inventory of the trees on his property. He went out on the shape of a woodland creature in the passing and bought a Leica rangefinder camera and taught light. In an instant, the light changed, and the image himself how to shoot. His first shots, he admits, were was gone, but the impression was pressed on Professor “boring” and, according to his wife, simply “looked like Lederman’s mind. And the corporate lawyer-turned- trees.” But with practice, and a careful eye for detail, budding photographer decided to return with his his technique improved. He experimented with light camera to capture what he had seen. and shadow, focus and perception, and before long, his unique vision was coming through the lens. “So I was out there stalking wild animals, that weren’t really animals, in the trees,” he laughs. “I was waiting “The trick is to get the camera to take for the light to hit a tree in a certain way that would the picture that’s in your mind,” he reveal an animal I could see that no one else could.” explains. “You have to have a concept He compares the pursuit to staring up at the sky, envisioning figures in the clouds overhead. of what you want to get out of a picture and get the camera to capture that. It’s very difficult.”
In 2003, Professor Lederman brought a selection of his photos to the New York Botanical Garden, where he has been a board member since 1996, hoping to launch an exhibit. He developed a clever slogan, aimed at marketing the exhibit against the Garden’s competitor, the Bronx Zoo: “All the animals are not in the zoo.”
Larry Lederman, all rights reserved. But the board of directors didn’t go for it. Instead, they directed him to the products department, which jumped at the idea to create a calendar out of his works. The piece sold out, and Professor Lederman has since developed a new calendar for the Botanical Garden almost every year.
Today, Professor Lederman’s photography has reached a whole new level of sophistication, and his work has been featured in exhibits in the U.S. and abroad. His fascination with trees resulted in a new collection, “The Presence of Trees,” which was shown at the Ross Gallery at the New York Botanical Garden from November 18, 2009 to April 11, 2010. The exhibit showcased pictures he has taken of trees at the Botanical Garden and in Westchester at different times of day and throughout the changing seasons. His striking images celebrate everything from the vibrant colors of autumn, to the delicate opening of a springtime flower, to the stillness after a fresh snowfall in the woods. In each case, the photographs reveal Professor Lederman’s reverence for the fleeting moments in nature and the beauty he sees all around him. “What you see is never the same again,” he says. “Basically I’m into poetry and beauty. I’m interested in creating something that moves me.” Lost in the Beauty of Trees Lost in the Beauty of Trees
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Be sure to get a glimpse of how Professor Lederman Professor to get a glimpse of how sure Be School. Law the at viewsyou’re time next the world the stunning portrayals of the natural world will leave His intrigued and inspired. you And for Professor Lederman, the And for Professor law practicing connection between art one. Both is a strong and creating him tap into his imagination and give deal of satisfaction. “Whata great you the from do as an artist is no different concept of constructing a transaction; of imagination a degree both require intellect,” and will of application and of out pleasure get “I says. he constructing a complex transaction, taking an from and I get pleasure sees the that photograph interesting world in a new way.” the Board of Advisors at the Law School’s Center for Center School’s at the Law of Advisors the Board series a lecture and, through Policy Law & Business to regularly speaks 2007, in Center the by launched their careers. students about navigating Lederman Law School, Professor York for New Luckily school to benefit the entire another way has discovered a permanent home for some community—he has found images in the Law School’s of his most magnificent opened the facility brand-new academic building. Since are many of which 22 works, in 2009, he has donated in and library, the in classrooms, in displayed already measuring two The sizable photos, the boardroom. of range the represent larger, and feet three by feet of trees Falls, and include series on Niagara his work, a lake near his a boathouse on the Botanical Garden, brings the Each piece River. and the Bronx property, beauty into and its awe-inspiring of nature raw power community the modern urban complex. And the entire is grateful for his generosity. about donating think twice didn’t Lederman Professor new building. his photographs to the Law School’s sleek new was happy to enhance the environment He he continues to teach and learn. “I would just where “I think them,” he says modestly. like people to enjoy and unique, and maybe all distinctive the photos are them. around to what’s eyes they will open people’s what art is supposed to do—to get people to That’s think about it.” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992) describes and Giroux, Straus (Farrar,
Tombstones: A Lawyer’s Tales from the Takeover Takeover the from Tales A Lawyer’s Tombstones: his experience as one of the most active corporate and his experience as one of the most active States. in the United mergers and acquisitions lawyers Lederman taught Corporate Professor many years, For his alma School of Law, University York Law at New his expertise with And since 2005, he has shared mater. he teaches Law School, where York students at New as & Acquisitions and Mergers Corporate Governance also chairs He of Law. Professor Adjunct Distinguished Decades He’s also interested in depicting how nature is influenced is influenced nature how in depicting interested also He’s see we trees the of “Most versa. and vice humanity by and another, or way one in man by touched been have is Trees’ of ‘The culture. our Presence they represent and an embodiment of our culture as about trees really change our lives.” the way they affect and includes a work other recent Lederman’s Professor where College Art at the Lehman Gallery, 2008 show showcasing selected for an exhibit six of his pieces were And for the last the Bronx. the natural beauty of of in the footsteps he has been following years, three 19th-centurypainter Frederic landscape renowned School of painters. River of the Hudson Church, Edwin on an incredible has taken the professor The project Falls; Niagara with stops in Newfoundland; journey, and Maine; Desert Island, Mount York; New Hudson, a visiting artist he was at the American where Italy, tracing has been he the way, Along Rome. in Academy path, capturing with his camera many of the Church’s in his memorialized places Church same breathtaking of a 21st- paintings—but with the new perspective itinerary are photographer’s on the centuryNext lens. he will continue to America, where and South Jamaica 19th-century and explore and nature, concepts of God today. different are both attitudes toward our how been documented in calendars has already adventure His the nonprofit Partnership, Olana The by produced Olana historic the maintain helps that organization in the Hudson lived Church Frederic estate where see a full collection audiences will get to But Valley. through May from be held at Olana exhibit to at an 2010. October photographer success as a nature Lederman’s Professor as a corporate comes on top of an illustrious career partner and retired a is He professor. law and lawyer chairman of the global corporate practice at Milbank, where York, LLP in New & McCloy Hadley Tweed, he joining Milbank, of counsel. Before he is currently & Katz. His Lipton, Rosen Wachtell, was a partner at book eatures f
Unpacking the Law School’s Latest Bar Pass Rate By LaToya Jordan | rom 2006 to 2008, New York Law School enjoyed 12 last three years and compare that with Fa consistent increase in its bar pass rate, rising from the prior 20 years, we have continued 84 to 94 percent for first-time takers, maintaining a steady lead above the New York State average. In 2009, to do quite well. For decades, our first- however, the Law School saw its bar pass rate dip 10 time pass rate was double digits lower points to 84 percent, although this rate still surpassed than that of other ABA schools. For the state’s 80 percent average for all first-time takers. the last several years, we have been The decline appears to be part of a larger trend, with at about the average of other ABA nine of the state’s 15 law schools showing a drop in schools, and for two of the last three bar pass rates among first-time takers. Administrators years, we’ve been above the average at New York Law School are currently examining the performance of ABA schools. That’s factors that could have contributed to the decrease in really a major improvement over time, order to figure out necessary next steps. and it gives us a target to reference when we look at our performance on any given year.”
Dean Matasar points out that a small percentage of students can effect a major difference in bar pass rates, given that there were approximately 300 people from New York Law School sitting for the bar exam in July 2009, with every three students counting as one percentage point. “A swing from one year to the next of nine points could be based on 27 students, and that is a very low number when you think about what factors could influence someone’s performance,” he says. Such factors could include job loss, lack of funds to enroll in a bar review course, health issues, or family emergencies.
One area where there was a considerable decline was within the Evening Division, showing a pass rate of 71 percent, down 17 percent from the previous year. Law School administrators believe that the tough economy could have played a role in the decline. It’s possible that some evening students, many of whom work full time during the day, couldn’t afford to take time off to do the necessary studying for the bar exam or were working “One thing that’s critical for us to overtime as jobs were lost and companies relied on fewer look at is how we’ve done against the people to get work done. “It was also the first year that performance of all ABA-accredited the private lending market had no bar loans available for law schools,” Dean and President graduates of law schools,” Dean Matasar adds. Richard A. Matasar says. “Even Another area that may have accounted for the decline though we were slightly below the was with test-takers who sat for the New York bar exam average performance of all ABA for the first time, even though they had graduated from schools in New York [88 percent], if the Law School a number of years ago. These alumni, you look at our performance over the who have already been admitted elsewhere, may not Unpacking the Law School’s Latest Bar Pass Rate Unpacking the Law School’s Latest Bar Pass Rate
| 13 f eatures Unpacking the Law School’s Latest Bar Pass Rate Unpacking the Law School’s Latest Bar Pass Rate is required for first-year students in the bottom third in the bottom third students for first-year is required sections. PLAof their academic grade students whose at the end fall in the bottom 25 percent point averages then placed in CCP. year are of their first “The of these programs, thing is that none interesting So CCP or PLA, typically focused on bar prep. are in improvement seen such spectacular we why have to students been requiring we’ve since the bar results asks. “I think the answer Franklin do this?” Professor attention faculty and student is attention—intensive found is we’ve What analysis. to the intricacies of legal that this affects everything, because for the students that PLA and CCP helps, it helps them in all of their classes, which is definitely going to help them perform better the material in mastered on the bar exam since they’ve a deeper way.” of the Applied Director L. Marino, Joseph Professor courses for teaches two of the required Program, Skills and has some ideas for what steps the CCP program need to we the Law School should take next. “I believe from benefit would who students identifying continue and Perspective, National Law in York like New courses bar as other classes that are get them in the class, as well to as reasons external investigate to need We oriented. very close to passing failed, and why those who were of writing keep our students focused on their strengths when studying for the bar.” issues once the specific Matasar, to Dean According the Evening that impeded the success of students in the Law School will been pinpointed, have Division earlier and a method for identifying problems develop and supportto guide students both resources provide on the bar exam. scores getting their best toward Since the jump in the bar pass rate in 2006, and Since in 2007 and 2008, the Law School subsequent increases of the Comprehensive the success has been showcasing (CCP), established in 2003 to Program Curriculum support in the bottom quarter students of their class 2009, reason—in good And with year. their first after 17 percent in CCP passed the bar at a rate students higher than similarly ranked classmates. of the Academic Director Kris Franklin, Professor of Legal Analysis teaches Principles Program, Skills be may students (PLA),where course specialized a PLA focuses CCP. for candidates potential as identified numbers class small and attention individualized on to teach students fundamentals of legal analysis and Even with the lower percentages, percentages, with the lower Even news shared. is still positive to be there Division the Day from Students the same bar at 88 percent, passed the takers in rate as first-time average law ABA-accredited from York New class the of half top the And schools. demonstrating passed at 98 percent, in success continued group’s this when achieving high rates. Moreover, all bar examinations for the results added to the taken in any state are of 2009 87 percent results, York New in bar a to admitted were graduates some jurisdiction. have been as prepared for the exam as recent graduates graduates as recent for the exam been as prepared have for the first time. taking an exam eatures
Professor Joseph L. Marino: Bar Pass Guidance Counselor
| and procedure, evidence, real property, torts, trusts, and 14 wills. After the first run of the class, the bar pass rate reached 72 percent in 2000 and remained relatively steady at that rate until the major increase in 2006.
Another course Professor Marino developed is Consolidated Legal Analysis (CLA), where students learn more about legal analysis, engage in constant drills, and participate in numerous writing workshops. Students also meet once a week with adjunct professors, trained by Professor Marino, in a smaller group setting to receive more individualized instruction. Left to right: Megan Natale 3L with Professor Joseph L. Marino. “These classes have a rigorous When New York Law School reached its first record- workload, but it is done with a high bar pass rate of 84 percent in 2006, surpassing the purpose,” says Professor Marino, who New York State pass rate for the first time, many people also teaches New York Practice. “The were acknowledged for their role in helping students purpose sometimes can get obscured succeed. One name that kept coming up was Professor by the demanding schedule. However, Joseph L. Marino, and his name continues to be brought up when the Law School’s bar pass accomplishments one of the most gratifying aspects of are mentioned. teaching is hearing from the students during bar review when the reason Professor Marino, Director of the Applied Skills behind the hard work becomes clear Program, has been with the Law School since 1994, but has more than 35 years of experience in preparing to them.” students for the bar exam. His father, Joe Marino Sr., In 2003, with the implementation of the Comprehensive founded the Marino Bar Review in 1946 and helped Curriculum Program (CCP), designed to provide prepare students such as Geraldine Ferraro and former intensive support to struggling students, both New New York governors Mario Cuomo and Hugh Carey. York Law in National Perspective and CLA became Professor Marino gladly picked up the baton in the requirements in the program. The first cohort of CCP family business in 1975 and counts the late John F. students took the bar in 2006, and the rest is New York Kennedy Jr. as one of his many success stories. Law School history.
His expertise was first tapped by the Law School “Professor Marino’s work on the courses he’s developed in 2000 by Harry H. Wellington, Professor of Law has been tremendously helpful to our students, and and Dean Emeritus, who asked Professor Marino to the combinations of these courses have been very develop coursework after the 1999 bar pass rate ended influential,” Dean Matasar says. “Professor Marino up at 58 percent. The first course Professor Marino reaches a huge percentage of our students, and we know developed was New York Law in National Perspective, that his expertise has been helpful in providing them which covers eight major subject areas in a comparative with the guidance they need to pass the bar exam and context: contracts and sales, corporations, criminal law be successful after that as well.” | 15 c ampus buzz
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SELECTED CENTER UPDATES SPOTLIGHT Our students also enjoyed attending enjoyed also students Our Review. Law the panels and meeting an extremely personable sitting Delaware Supreme Supreme personable sitting Delaware the panels and meeting an extremely Court Justice.” On November 13, 2009, the Center on Business Law & Policy and the Law & Policy 13, 2009, the Center on Business November On the analyzing symposium a presented Review Law School Law York New The “good faith.” and importance fiduciary evolving of the nature duty of after Faith of Good Duty symposium—titled “The Fiduciary Delaware corporate scholars from Mouse?”—featured or Mickey Meaningful Disney: speaking on four panels. the U.S. and the U.K. in light of the meaning and impact of good faith The speakers addressed of the contours of the duty, redefining recent Court’s Supreme the Delaware Ritter (2006), v. in Stone it within the duty of loyalty placed which expressly “an that stressing (2009), by Ryan v. in Lyondell the duty and perhaps narrowed to carryarguably imperfect attempt” out fiduciary duties should not be equated Court Justice Associate Supreme with a violation of good faith. Delaware commented on the presentations. the author of Lyondell, Berger, Carolyn leading scholars and practitioners to so many to convene happy were “We S. Meyers, Howard important topic,” said Professor discuss this increasingly “The the topic was especially timely given Associate Director. the Center’s leaders and of business perception economy and the public’s state of today’s to disclose information to investors.” their responsibility an Kostant, C. Peter “Thevery was successful,” said Professor conference “The of the event. and the organizer expert and securities law, in corporate we have and fiduciary perspectives, numerous duty was examined from the distinguished participants submissions from that excellent received our in published be will Top: Members of the Center on Business Center on Business of the Members Top: November attend the Center’s Law & Policy symposium. Faith of Good 13, 2009 Duty Faith Professor right) to (left Bottom: Berger, Carolyn and Hon. Stevelman Court of Supreme Associate Justice, Faith of Good at the Duty Delaware, symposium. Center on Financial Services Law than 40 which offers more Services Law program, the launch of the LL.M. in Financial The fall 2009 semester marked law and Offerings include six courses on derivatives all aspects of the global financial servicescourses involving industry. Examination, courses such as Audit, individualized and several a similar number of courses on banking law, products, Laundering Regulation; Anti–Money and Act Secrecy Bank Institutions; Financial Involving Proceedings Inspection and Hedge Institutions; Financial Facing Compliance Issues Global Compensation Issues; Law and Executive Employment and Brokerage and Prime Institutions; Affecting Financial Issues Insolvency and Structure; Their Regulation Funds: fields, many of whom some of the leading legal experts taught by in their respective Courses are Financing. Securities Law School graduates. York New are in Services Program Associates an established also Law on Financial Center the Filler, H. Ronald Professor by Led Three to financial services related and assignments projects law. on various students work which second- and third-year site for the Center that will post current Web a is focused on creating One been established so far. committees have articles,legal and regulatory new various and other important developments, case developments, newsworthy issues on establishing a journal on financial services A second committee is working the financial servicesinvolving industry. industry and students can submit papers or articles practitioners, academics, alumni, for publication. where matters and industry forum that will bring senior governmental a speaker’s student committee is developing And a third legal current that address CLE programs major policy speeches, and will create to the Law School to deliver executives and regulatory issues facing the financial services industry. Business Law & Policy Law & on Business Center
| 16 c ampus buzz | 17 c ampus buzz Top: (left to right) Department of Buildings (left to right) Department of Buildings Top: and D. LiMandri Commissioner Robert York Center for New Sandler, Ross Professor City Law Director. presented Bottom: Commissioner LiMandri at the October at Buildings” Initiatives “New 16, 2009 City Law Breakfast. Justice Richard Goldstone reflects on his role on his reflects Goldstone Richard Justice on Mission Finding in leading the UN Fact October 20, 2009 Conflict at the the Gaza Lecture. Starr C.V.
New York City Law Center for New York D. LiMandri, 16, 2009, Robert on October the City Law Breakfast At outlined City Department of Buildings, York Commissioner of the New of safety new and strategies aimed at bringing a higher level several programs using include strategies These constructioncity accountability to and sites. of safety inspectors, launching a new GPS devices to track the whereabouts information online construction sites, and uploading more unit to oversee for the public. resource a detailed zoning to create Department also the Buildings explained how Commissioner LiMandri At times, inspectors with the helps other city agencies fulfill their mandates. and fire, police, city’s the with together sites Department review Buildings testing Department has also strengthened The Buildings departments.parks their safety and compliance. rides to ensure of amusement park the passed by the 12 new safety laws recently reviewed Commissioner LiMandri Department’s These laws will expand the Buildings City Council. York New that his emphasized the public. He to better protect powers enforcement of the city’s and that he intends to be a strict enforcer mandate is public safety, construction sites. shutting down if it requires building codes, even always see, and dangers they can’t from Yorkers New to protect here are “We but for the only for ourselves, the board—not across raising standards are we stated. LiMandri Commissioner industry,” In his C.V. Starr Lecture on October 20, 2009, Justice Richard J. Goldstone J. Goldstone Richard Justice 20, 2009, on October Lecture Starr his C.V. In Mission Finding Fact Nations United role as head of the on his reflected alleged violations of international Conflict, which investigated on the Gaza December from Forces Defense and the Israel Hamas human rights laws by 2009. “Thisresolution coming 2008 to January first time that a would be the Israel,” against biased Council would not be Rights the [UN] Human of out to lead the mission noted that he had consented He said. Goldstone Justice against resolutions Rights Council, which has passed more only if the Human its mandate to investigate against any other nation, broadened than Israel all groups. committed by atrocities criminal law, of international development also described the decades-long He war officials liable for which held Nazi trials, beginning with the Nuremberg of era, which has seen the creation the current crimes, and continuing through Court of the UN’s Criminal and the development a permanent International Rwanda, war crimes committed in Cambodia, ad hoc tribunals to prosecute among other nations. Yugoslavia, and the former Leone, Sierra of the UN who served Goldstone, as the Chief Prosecutor Justice and Rwanda, Yugoslavia for the former Tribunals Criminal International to atrocities which deciding in observedrole a played politics that politics of international understand the you don’t first. “If prosecute Serbia When international justice.” understand don’t he said, “you justice,” conflict of the Balkans of its officials in the the prosecution protested no basis of complaining to be have “You replied, Goldstone 1990s, Justice The international community has to start somewhere.” the first. International Law for International Center
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anelists and attendees discussed the legal aspect of the settlement itself, anelists and attendees discussed the legal aspect of the settlement itself, The Center for Real Estate Studies hosted two Breakfast Forums during during Forums two Breakfast hosted Studies Estate The Center for Real real York’s New each successful breakfast, With the fall 2009 semester. for vital source upon the Center as a relies estate community increasingly and information sharing. networking on Forum Breakfast Annual Third hosted its 15, 2009, the Center October On Property on “Responsible with a focus Estate Development Real Sustainable III, Senior G. Lashbrook William speakers included The keynote Investment.” of Director Cherie Santos-Wuest, Estate Finance; of PNC Real President Vice Taft, and Nathan TIAA-CREF; at and Community Investments Social Global The speakers shared Companies. Rose at Jonathan of Acquisitions Director is pursuedreal property development their experiences in this new field, where people, and the planet.with a simultaneous commitment to profit, on “Distressed Forum the Center hosted a Breakfast 18, 2009, November On experta range of exploring Investments,” Estate Real and Alternative Debt Berman, R. Andrew Professor debt markets. distressed on today’s perspectives moderated a panel of distinguished speakers Director, Founding the Center’s Lasry ’84, LLP; Marc & Bird at Alston Partner Forte, P. that included Joseph ’81, J. Radow and Norman Capital Group; Chairman and CEO of Avenue all industryThe speakers, who are The RADCO Companies. of President in distressed some of their successful strategies for investing leaders, shared on and made predictions when investing, estate, identified traps to avoid real the recession. from as the U.S. economy recovers debt investing distressed P the potential the ramifications of the settlement on the publishing industry, public policy effects of digitization on literary where as a whole, and culture and was prepared The conference stands in such a battle for copyrights. Interest for the Public who either worked student volunteers managed by of copyright in the future simply interested or were Initiative Book Search watched the more 150 guests attended in person, and dozens Roughly law. opening gave A. Matasar Richard and President online. Dean stream live ran a series of Chused and Camille Broussard Richard Professors remarks, and librarians Law School professors York panels, and many other New their support. turned out to show On October 8–10, 2009, the Institute for Information Law & Policy presented presented Law & Policy for Information 8–10, 2009, the Institute October On Book Search focused on the complex Google a conference for Digitize,” “D Is Institute’s of the Director as Grimmelmann, James Professor settlement. and a leading expert on the Google Initiative Book Search Interest Public Law School to York at New the conference settlement, organized Book Search and are emerged issues that have the numerous a forum for addressing provide large. at society to relevant most the lenses of copyright, civilpractitioners examined the settlement through literary and the publishing culture, antitrust, information policy, procedure, fairness was timed to coincide with the rescheduled The conference industry. 20097, October case, which was held on Search Book Google hearing in the the Law School. blocks from just five in Manhattan, Top: (left to right) William G. Lashbrook III,G. Lashbrook William to right) (left Top: R. Berman, Andrew Professor Taft, Nathan 15, at the October and Cherie Santos-Wuest Forum. 2009 Breakfast Lasry Marc Bottom: (left to right) Panelists Berman Professor Forte, P. ’84, Joseph ’81 at J. Radow (moderator), and Norman Forum. 18, 2009 Breakfast the November Top: Panelist Professor Lateef Mtima of Professor Panelist Top: societal the addresses University Howard Book Google impacts of the proposed 2009 D Is settlement at the October Search conference. for Digitize explains the Reetz Daniel Bottom: Panelist mechanics of his homemade book scanner at the conference. Institute for Information Law & Policy Real Estate Studies Studies for Real Estate Center
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Justice Action Center The Safe Passage Immigration Project at the Justice Action Center (JAC) provides legal assistance to unrepresented minors seeking special immigrant juvenile status in family and immigration court. On November 14, 2009, the project held a “Know Your Rights” presentation and immigration screening at the SCO Family of Services in Queens, New York. JAC capstone students
presented on various topics, such as the process for gaining special immigrant | juvenile status, the consequences of lacking an immigration status, what to do if an immigration officer searches you, and alternative immigration 19 benefits. The presentation was followed by a game designed to introduce the many available types of immigration status and the various kinds of relief for which one may apply.
After the presentation and game, volunteer attorneys and students interviewed children, birth parents, and guardians to determine whether the children present at the event were eligible for special immigrant juvenile status and to answer their questions about various other immigration issues. The students who volunteered at the event were Amy Bower 4L Evening Division, Daniel
Top: JAC students who are working on Chu 1L, Mary Frakes 3L, Michele Gallo 2L, Mark Heron 2L, Luz Maria the Safe Passage Immigration Project for Restrepo 3L, Viviana Salcedo 1L, Kiran Siddiqi 3L, Bijitha Varghese 2L, their capstones this year (left to right): Luz Maria Restrepo 3L, Amy Bower 4L Evening and Olga Zagika 1L. Volunteer attorneys in attendance included New York Division, and Kiran Siddiqi 3L. Law School Professors Lenni B. Benson, Lindsay A. Curcio, and Richard Bottom: (left to right) Safe Passage Co- D. Marsico (Center Director), as well as alumni Veronica Frosen ’09, Alissa directors Professors Lenni B. Benson and Lindsay A. Curcio. Sandman ’07, Rosanna Servidio ’09, and Martha Voelz ’09. Morris Heney, Director of SCO Family of Services, was also present.
Introducing: The Obiter Dictum The Law Review’s New Web Publication
The Obiter Dictum is an innovative Web-based publication that complements the printed New York Law School Law Review. The online publication presents legal scholarship in a briefer, more digestible format and contains interactive blogging and tagging features. The editors encourage all visitors to contribute to the site’s content through virtual commentary and feedback. They also hope to expand The Obiter Dictum to include student submissions from the entire New York Law School community.
www.theobiterdictum.org full-time students as Harlan Scholars—participatingfull-time students as Harlan in among other activities. Court and Law Review, Moot a father became recently it? McGrath do they do How and of Nelbee, the namesake to Annuelle Sebine, lot of midnight hours at his desk, and spends a therefore nature. by owl” “night is a self-proclaimed Valentini their business attending law school while developing Of I says, “I want to do something where Valentini venture, is the perfect way and Nelbee can combine my interests, experience hands-on that software have I can because the perfect match!” the legal input. It’s but also have planned timeline, this stage in their thoroughly At on completed and is working the duo has a prototype launch the plans to with for investors, a pitch video Future site after they take the bar exam this summer. application designed to include an iPhone developments functionality and accessibility. further Nelbee’s enhance to as travelling is also constantly networking, McGrath that as he can to find events capital many local venture who will help launch Nelbee. right investor are both economy, of an adverse in the face Even succeed. opportunity for“This is a great confident they’ll carved have we’ll can get off the ground, us because if we estate is the time real that by such a niche for ourselves be in a perfect position to have back in full swing, we’ll that they’ve already, that people know a viable product will be a huge demand,” states McGrath. There used. before praise even received has already And the product was named a regional 2009, Nelbee its launch. In Pitching state in FundingPost’s York winner for New nationwide venture largest contest—the America Across indications positive With kind. its capital contest of more be couldn’t Valentini and McGrath this, as such encouraged.
couple months before graduation, two New York York graduation, two New couple months before an award- have already Law School students A Student Spotlight: Student Online Real Estate Venture Develop Entrepreneurs Two and became quick friends and colleagues. Their idea and became quick friends and colleagues. before many revisions for a new through went business known now crystallizing estate venture into the real who has (http://nelbee.com). McGrath, Nelbee as whose background Valentini, estate, and experience in real technology and engineering, combined is in software the scheduling processes their skills to streamline properties. in buying, selling, and renting involved properties, available for search to buyers allows Nelbee and fill or seller, schedule appointments with a broker site. out paperwork—all one comprehensive through is Valentini, and McGrath calculated by The end result, week in a given an estimated eight hours of time saved online system Their entirely for all parties involved. in the process eliminates the constant phone tag involved hold on listings, as and ends the monopoly that brokers rather appointments will be based on time availability users to site also allows The availability. than broker access and submit all the necessary forms disclosure office. online, rather than having to get to a broker’s “Where Valentini. says time,” real in is “Everything the competition is from is going to be different Nelbee going to be able to do the scheduling right that you’re away and get the confirmation right away.” careers, startingto addition entrepreneurial their In stellar also maintained have Valentini and McGrath part-time both converted from to academic careers: winning technology venture in the works. Classmates in the works. winning technology venture 3L and McGrath and business partners Michael a to launch Nelbee, preparing 3L are Valentini Edward users a “beeline to real application that gives Web-based tagline says. estate,” as the company met at law school orientation Valentini and McGrath
| 20 c ampus buzz ampus buzz | 21 Each presentation was followed by a Q&A session and by was followed Each presentation participants workshop the by in commentary provided the comments, on how remarked Ellmann Dean in Italy. a European from paper topics which spoke to students’ helped the and international law–minded perspective, arguments. And students to think about their own value of presenting on the reflected Norys student Jenna “It audience. international an expertsto representing become a and extensively prepared to have was great of some authority . . . and then get to confront source different on similar topics from working others who are The individual who commented on my perspectives. on a similar issue for work paper is doing some prep an open to have so it was great Nations, the United about the topic with him.” conversation one of the workshop been invited by The students have to submit their final papers for potential organizers publication in a journal. electronic surveillance;electronic the limits of of (for example, in the context secrecy detention Ghraib); Abu photos from wartime during of terrorists based evidence; and the CIA-run on secret program. drone Predator hanks to the technology of videoconferencing, six of videoconferencing, hanks to the technology papers Law School students presented York New on constitutional approaches to fighting terrorism terrorism to fighting on constitutional approaches on November Italy, in Florence, held at a conference on campus in their seminar room 13, 2009, from 3L, Greenier The students—Katherine Manhattan. 3L, Kottakis Kleidman 3L, Julie 3L, Jamie Jason Adam enrolled 2L—are Norys 3L, and Jenna Moran Juliana Agencies, a The Constitution and Intelligence in learning course taught by project-based yearlong, for Associate Dean J. Ellmann, Stephen Professor Learning. and Collaborative Development Faculty was part of a two-day workshop, The videoconference on Focus Terrorism: to “Constitutional Responses presented Their Oversight,” Agencies and Intelligence Law Department, Institute’s University the European by Association of in collaboration with the International on Constitutional Group Research Constitutional Law’s Responses to Terrorism. Left to right: 3L. 3L, Katherine Greenier Moran 3L, Juliana Jason Adam J. Ellmann, Stephen Kleidman 3L, Dean 3L, Jamie Kottakis 2L, Julie Norys Jenna Students presented their research research their presented Students to the on a range of topics related of antiterrorism constitutionality use tactics, including government militaryof private contractors; T International to International Present School Students Law New York Intelligence Agencies the Constitution and Scholars on 23 24 25 26 Professor Ruti G. Teitel Professor Ruti G. Teitel Professor Peter Johnson ’96 Professor Peter Johnson ’96 Puts Grant’s Indian at Center Stage Indian at Center Stage Puts Grant’s with Students at New York Law School with Students at New York Dean Stephen J. Ellmann’s Guide to the Guide to the Dean Stephen J. Ellmann’s Documents the Evolution of Humanity Law Documents the Evolution of Humanity William Patry Discusses the Copyright Wars William Patry Discusses the Copyright Wars Ins and Outs of Interviewing and Counseling Clients Counseling Clients Ins and Outs of Interviewing and
eeteet the authorsthe authors| 22 m eet the authors | 23 laws of war, is shaping the discourse of international laws of war, issue is a world. “At and insecure in an unstable relations point as a departure taking wide expansion of legality, and state interests, sovereignty classic conceptions of state humanitarianof incorporation the towards and moving concerns as a crucial the justification of state element in system,” she says.action in the international legal sources, heavily on relied process research Her CourtHuman of of the European including proceedings Rights, Court Human of Inter-American the and Rights international criminal opinions from as landmark as well In Yugoslavia. to the former Nuremberg tribunals from of reorientation these opinions, she noted the apparent international law: “The making a point of courts were largely into their charters that their goals were reading human beings.” concerned with protecting of Hugo to the works all the way back reached also She and a 17th-century jurist, philosopher, Dutch Grotius, of father” as a “founding theologian regarded contemporary international law. was about Humanity’s Teitel As passionate as Professor on theLaw, she found it a challenge to balance work list of activities andbook with her ever-expanding coursesshe teaches School, Law the At obligations. and Law, Transnational Justice, Transitional including and runs in a seminar and workshop Law, Comparative has become more Rights. She Human International for Center School’s the with the years over involved servesand Law Director. as its Associate International Law and Justice is also Chair of the Global She Colloquium. has taught at institutions Teitel Professor Externally, Law University Aviv Tel the world, including around of and the University of Ulster, School, the University The Hebrew at and she will be a visiting professor Siena, is also a visiting in 2010. She of Jerusalem University Global at the London School of Economics professor she collaborates on a research where Governance, transitional justice and global civil society. on project issues closely with more her to “work allows This project such as and with policymakers for areas on the ground” and Afghanistan—prime locations where the Balkans helped produce of transitional justice have the processes phenomenon of humanity law. the growing , which chronicles the chronicles which Law, Humanity’s hen Professor Ruti G. Teitel wrote her first book, wrote Teitel G. Ruti hen Professor than , she did much more Justice Transitional W By Edie Sachs Edie By Professor Ruti G. Teitel Teitel Ruti G. Professor Law Evolution of Humanity Documents the publish a book. She became the originator of an entirely became the originator of an entirely publish a book. She academic are there Today, of international law. new area at institutions colloquia, and seminars courses, centers, the world dedicated to the study of transitional all over in 1991. Teitel Professor justice—a term coined by with her she hopes to accomplish a similar feat Now Law, to be published in forthcoming book, Humanity’s (which Press University Oxford 2010 by November in 2000). Justice published Transitional Essentially, internationalof area emerging an of impact and evolution is an law,” to as “humanity legal scholarship referred Justice Transitional project. of the Transitional outgrowth operatingjustice looks at the political and legal processes or autocratic repressive in states transitioning from law is in to democratic societies. Humanity regimes fundamentala justice: transitional of product a many ways shift in international law that focuses on the rights of the than rather groups, affiliative their and beings human of states and state-based institutions. interests took destabilization great a century, 20th late the “In of gradual decolonization, increasing place as a result says War,” globalization, and the end of the Cold emerged, and states have more “Many Teitel. Professor of political violence, both interstate and intrastate, levels a range of brought These conflicts have escalated. have interventionsin the name of and engagements to the through with Somalia, ‘humanity’—starting and Afghanistan.” Iraq, Balkans, a the law of humanity, Teitel, to Professor According that spans human rights, criminal justice, and theregime meet the authors
Dean Stephen J. Ellmann’s Guide to the Ins and Outs of Interviewing and Counseling Clients By LaToya Jordan
challenge students to think more critically about what they’ve just read. One of the guiding principles the authors based their analyses on is “engaged client- centeredness,” which requires that lawyers collaborate with their clients, offering support, expertise, and even
| disagreement, all with the ultimate aim of enabling the clients to shape the goals for the representation. 24 Because Lawyers and Clients examines a range of topics, Dean Ellmann thought it would be best to partner with a group of writers. With five busy authors in four different cities, the professors divided up the writing. For instance, Dean Ellmann wrote three chapters, ll law students are taught the fundamentals of “Truth and Consequences,” “Engaging in Moral interviewing and counseling their clients. But in the A Dialogue,” and “Fast Talking: Lawyering Expertise and real world of practice, there are many issues that may Its Impact on Interviewing and Counseling.” But all arise that challenge the lawyer-client relationship. How five authors participated in the discussion and revision can students learn to recognize and manage these issues? of every chapter. Some answers can be found in a new book by Professor Lawyers and Clients is geared towards students and Stephen J. Ellmann, Associate Dean for Faculty clinical law teachers, and it appears to have started to Development and Collaborative Learning. He co-wrote reach its intended audience. Since its release in October Lawyers and Clients: Critical Issues in Interviewing and 2009, the book has been adopted by six law schools and Counseling (West, 2009) with four other law school will hopefully continue to be tapped by professors who professors—Robert D. Dinerstein, Isabelle R. Gunning, teach interviewing and counseling. Dean Ellmann Katherine R. Kruse, and Ann C. Shalleck. Rather than believes the book will guide students in thinking a textbook of basic techniques, says Dean Ellmann, the through important issues they might not have thought book is “meant to help students to reflect on the most about when first learning how to speak with clients. In difficult issues that we, as a group, have come to see in addition, he says, the authors set out to contribute to interviewing and counseling over the years.” the scholarship of clinical teaching. “It happens that in Some of these issues include connecting with clients this particular academic field, quite a lot of the real from a range of different backgrounds, in terms of race, movement forward in how we as a group of teachers gender, sexual orientation, and class, as well as with think about issues has actually been articulated first in “atypical clients” such as preadolescent children, the textbooks, so I hope we are in this tradition.” elderly, or those with psychosocial or mental disorders. Dean Ellmann is an expert on legal ethics, constitutional The book also explores whether lawyers need to seek law, South African law, and clinical legal education, the truth from their clients, and how lawyers might with the latter informing his writing for Lawyers and make use of narrative theory to understand clients’ Clients. He says “the book would have been hard to stories. In addition, the authors examine communication write without experience as both a lawyer and a clinical strategies for talking to clients about the law in an law teacher.” He is the founder of the Clinical Theory understandable way. Workshop and is currently planning a conference for Almost every chapter features an extended, fictional the fall 2010 semester to celebrate the Workshop’s 25th lawyer-client dialogue (or dialogues) to illustrate a anniversary, and to reflect on “25 Years of Clinical particular issue, followed by a thorough analysis of the Scholarship: What Have We Learned and What Should lawyers’ approaches, and closing with questions that We Work On Next?” eet the authors | 25 m Professor Johnson uses Johnson Professor to one of these moments illustrate a central theme Parker’s in the novel: struggle two between and identities—Seneca American. Records didn’t Parker that show make it to his own leaving his wedding, who bride and Grant, her away, was to give standing at the altar. The couple married in fewa later, days secret no one but to this day, what happened knows the In in between. is shown book, Parker in white man’s dressing suddenly garb, wedding Feeling appalled at the sight of himself in the mirror. in whiskey and his distress he drowns like an imposter, the yelling River, himself into the Potomac throws ancestors, only to wake up the next names of his Indian day having missed the event. is a man who Parker Johnson’s Professor all, Above of half first the In action. the of center the at be to longs the book, he spends many frustrating blocked years pursuing his goals because of his race—he was from and despite joining the military, from originally barred to take the bar exam. allowed was never studying law, was finally permitted to serve in the army when Parker Grant in intervened. And after fighting alongside Grant reflected, Parker war, the of battles bloodiest the of one “They the happiest 40 days of my life.” were and voice- a theater as background Johnson’s Professor his writing, with vivid in actor shines through over The online language and plenty of action in every scene. the audio book, has published Audible.com bookstore performing His all 40 voices. Johnson with Professor of 19th-century about a group actors, next novel, the historic Manhattan The Players, a scene at features he is a member. where club, actors’ hen Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. to Ulysses E. Lee surrendered hen Robert an unlikely War, in 1865, ending the Civil Grant By Andrea Juncos Andrea By W Johnson ’96 Peter Professor at Center Stage Indian Puts Grant’s scribe documented the terms of defeat. There in the in There defeat. of terms the documented scribe among the decorated leaders CourtHouse, Appomattox Indian Seneca armies, a Union of the Confederate and sat with pen in hand, etching S. Parker chief named Ely the birth stone. of a unified nation into military secretary and a lieutenant was Grant’s Parker in Grant’s only mention His colonel in his army. at his role memoirs is in a footnote describing this critical is with this footnote, and It Appomattox. Professor that Adjunct moment in American history, ’96 begins his new self-published novel, Johnson Peter (2009). Indian Grant’s real-life Parker’s is a fictional account of Indian Grant’s in his youth journey from traces Parker’s It adventures. land as a tribe’s his fighting to save York, upstate New D.C., to his Washington, translator and negotiator in Affairs in appointment as Commissioner of Indian pushing cabinet, to his final career presidential Grant’s Department. Along City Police York paper in the New under post cabinet his from resigns Parker way, the of dollars in thousands earns and loses of fraud, charges a white society belle young and weds the stock market, Grant in a bar first meets He enough to be his daughter. a lifelong bond. Illinois, and the two develop fight in this compelling plot With just the facts. And those are story the be to Parker’s found Johnson Professor line, “I thought it was perfect framework for his first novel. a riot that a guy became famous for his handwriting,” outlines of his story so the bare are he says. “And written a anybody I thought, why hasn’t improbable. about this?” novel started that took book project a Johnson Professor So three out over spread years, nonconsecutive three as both an actor and a decades, amidst a busy career part available, resources limited historical With lawyer. “There story. Parker’s of the fun was filling in the gaps in all these holes that make his storyare very sketchy in but wonderful in terms of emotion. terms of biography, you moments where having those ‘eureka’ I loved to fix this!” how I know realize:
Patry wanted to pierce the fog of wanted to pierce Patry Panics, Moral Patry knows the really compelling stories and can compelling the really knows Patry them within the larger history.” contextualize With dominant rhetorical, criticizing discussion by polarized to copyright. approaches linguistic, and political more association, are making a direct by “Metaphors, is indirect,” the association than similes, where powerful do not say ‘X owners acted Thus, “copyright he writes. like a pirate,’ but instead that ‘X is a pirate.’ “Thealmost is wars copyright the in metaphors of use of calculated political result the negative, entirely opponents to make strategies to completely demonize is argues, Patry This, people.” ‘bad’ be to appear them to copyright get approaches exactly what current wrong. who considers himself a centrist, is concerned Patry, to step have “You all with crafting laws that work. above of it a recognition purpose. Is back and decide the law’s it a tool of hegemonic Is authors are? great how can it accomplish certaincapitalists? Or goals, such as things that wouldn’t for creating incentives providing otherwise?”be created than make arguments about specific laws, rather But, citing a is quick to scrutinize the larger process, Patry seen as belief among some policymakers that “being important than actually doing something is more demonizing, and This has led to more getting it done.” jail time and financial to arguments for increased an the law if it’s respect penalties, “but people won’t overreaction.” a changing advocates Patry place of overreaction, In consumers protected, artists are legal landscape where empirically the form of and substance—in respected, are also hopes that if solutions—trumpsvetted style. He by enacted, consumers will respond these changes are until But respect. copyright with renewed approaching he warns, copyright law this social contract is repaired, largely ineffective. could remain in the business of selling things to a body you’re “Once don’t simultaneously terrorize, of consumers you expect the law to Don’t you. expect people to respect work.” (Oxford University Press, 2009), should know. He He 2009), should know. Press, University (Oxford rom the 1800s, when copyright was called a “right the 1800s, when copyright was called a “right rom partisan discussions to the present God,” by created F By Diana Barnes-Brown Diana By Discusses the Copyright Wars Wars the Copyright Patry Discusses William Law School at New York with Students of pirates, parasites, and tyrants, one thing has remained remained has thing one tyrants, and parasites, pirates, of deeply held, and consistent: viewson copyright are objective. often not purely and the Copyright Panics of Moral author Patry, William Wars of House has been copyright counsel to the U.S. of and a policy advisor to the Register Representatives on Copyright Patry also authored Copyrights. He that treatise 2007), a seven-volume West, (Thomson eponymous Nimmer’s to Melville has been compared Copyright is Senior Patry on the topic. Currently, work Inc. Counsel at Google, so much an “wasn’t notes, Patry Panics, Moral but a explanation of the elements of the law itself, at a discourse,” directed discussion of the surrounding at just 266 compelling pages, audience. Indeed, broader accessible than many the book is slimmer and more contemporary novels. York with students at New Panics Moral discussed Patry James 2009. Professor 2, Law School on November remarks, speak, to Patry invited who Grimmelmann, had firmly established views of the students there “Few opportunityon copyright, so it was a valuable to look the talk about copyright, examine we how inside make, and ask importantassumptions we questions.” adds that the students were Grimmelmann Professor we professors, not alone in gaining new insight. “As in cases. But the landmark know the law; we know of the law itself, knowledge to his encyclopedic addition
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n the United States, public interest law is a respected profession that can lead to lasting social change and even even and change social lasting to lead can that profession respected a is law interest public States, United the n organizer as a community Obama, for example, startedBarack his career President enormous political influence. By Andrea Juncos Andrea By I Professor Frank W. Munger Studies Studies Munger W. Frank Professor Spotlight: Faculty in Thailand Cause Lawyers constitutions, including the current one adopted in 2007. constitutions, including the current by police, human trafficking, extra-judicial killings in the last 60 years. has increased Thai cause lawyers the number of Amidst all of these dangers and developments, the Law School Admission 2006, with a grant from In about their experiences, or their impact. is known little But new as one of the first ground breaks research their stories. His uncover set out to Munger Council, Professor Asian society. in a developing careers studies to examine lawyers’ and their clients, Thai cause lawyers of interviews has conducted hundreds with Munger 2006, Professor Since The process society. Thai of and other members lawyers, officials, corporate government as law professors, as well Thailand to the poorest in central of Bangkok the thriving metropolis from the country, has taken him all over a large number of where has spent much of his time in Chiang Mai, rural communities of the northeast. He has strained traditional Thai ways of life, of ways Thai traditional strained has and civil rights attorney. But what role do public interest lawyers play in other parts lawyers And what can of the world? do public interest role what But and civil rights attorney. human and global an expert research in social science Munger, W. Frank Professor their experiences? learn from we lawyers lawyers,” “cause of careers the examining been has he where Thailand, to questions these brought rights, States has important in the United work for students and lawyers implications for social causes. His who advocate the globe. and around research. Munger’s unique political and cultural history made it a fascinating landscape for Professor Thailand’s it was another nation. But by been colonized Thailand has never Asia, neighbors in Southeast many of its Unlike monarchy its absolute overthrew Thailand 1932, colonizers—in values of nearby Western by the influenced heavily then, it has alternated between a constitution. Since under and established a parliamentary form of government liberal constitution The countryperiods of parliamentary adopted an extraordinary, democracy and military rule. and the of government, courtsa system of administrative institutions for oversight and other 1997, creating in and their traditional practices. these new between developments still navigating the relationship Thai people are fundamental conflict is still being “a Munger, says Professor of the country,” the heart of the political culture “At comfortable with, which may Thai feel more and something many democracy Western-style out between worked and countries Thailand to paying close attention this reason, For authoritarian direction. leanings in a more have like it will teach us a lot about what a very important sector of the world is going to be about.” and the quality of life has improved. its society has urbanized, economy has grown, Thailand’s 1932, Since says Professor Munger, “and Munger, says Professor
aculty highlights | 38 aculty highlights | 39 at Chumchon Thai Slum Foundation in Bangkok. Professor Munger meets scholar-activist Jamnong Chitnirat Professor Munger meets scholar-activist democracy. The second generation comprises lawyers who are members of the so-called “October generation,”of the so-called “October members who are comprises lawyers The second generation democracy. and1980s the in profession the entered who Lawyers 1973. 14, participatedwho students October on the uprising in liberal constitution Thailand’s cohort. And the fourth1990s constitute a third started generation law after practicing was adopted in 1997. rights, social movements—women’s in three played have lawyers cause the study is the role Another dimension of based on their parallels chose the first two movements Munger rights, and slum rights. Professor environmental international whole a there’s and States, United the in verymovements powerful are “Both culture. Western in and Western the between the relationship I wanted to understand about those things. So community that talks The slum rights movement he explains. quite different,” but might in fact be similar, which seem Thai movements the have doesn’t The movement world does. the way the third slums have don’t example. “We an opposite presents countries.” Western in rhetoric of any movement pick up the perfect can’t parallel to the U.S. so it been have who of lawyers highlights narratives Munger articles Professor of law review a series about the project, In and best known, Thailand’s Among his intervieweesmovements. is and most influential in their specific generations practice.years in private 30 over and political prisoners who defended activists possibly first, human rights lawyer, in the 1980s, and an of NGOs who helped establish a network generation lawyer include an October Others new court. administrative victories in the nation’s rights litigator who has won many landmark environmental each time, and how over has developed the field of cause lawyering how paths shows Chartingtheir career individuals situated how generation. reveal of the previous the work “The narratives generation has benefited from and resources, a map of the opportunities, institutions, creating others in a field of power, to in relation themselves he writes. Thai cause lawyers,” by each generation of intergenerational influence experienced has used ethnographic of Michigan, the University in sociology and a J.D. from who has a Ph.D. Munger, Professor ordinary of people of law in the lives his studies of the role example, of his projects—for methods in many research Act. with Disabilities and the impact of the 1992 Americans wage labor, conditions of low poverty, confronting high-ranking government open,” even Thai interviewees to be “amazingly As in his other studies, he has found his officials who might otherwise courts. of the the inner workings be tight-lipped about “The willingness of my on his has worked Munger possible,” he says. Professor interviewees me makes my research with their lives to share including students at the Law School. assistants, with a team of research Thailand project The experiences work. Munger’s Professor lessons to be gained from many are alike, there scholars and lawyers For often think that we West the insights for tackling human rights issues. “In may provide Thai cause lawyers of is that necessarily true? It’s But lawyers. courts, more more law, more requires human rights problems addressing Thailand . . . to see what pragmatic decisions they make about the use of law, in worth of lawyers studying a group and when it doesn’t.” and when it works common law and civil law systems, and the between larger lessons about the differences are also feels that there He of importing is otherwise as the impact of constitutionalism on a nation that value each into other countries, as well relationship for America’s has payoffs he adds, the project the most abstract level, economically successful. At a development, to have has been saying that in order Bank World the years, of the world. “For with the rest country a good rule to have has of law system, with courts a rule have law of China, which doesn’t and litigation. But happening?” what’s So system, is buryingWest. the articles has written several exploring these Munger Professor plans to bring on a book. He questions and is also working Law School, York at New classroom learned into the what he’s Policy, Welfare Social he teaches Constitutional Law, where and seminars on contemporary justice, poverty, Land Use, and globalization issues.
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a lumni events We are pleased to pleased to are We a snapshot present the manyof some of that took alumni events the place throughout fall 2009 semester. LoCicero ’84, President and CEO of The Segal Company, a leading actuarial, employee benefits, and human a leading actuarial, employee Company, The Segal and CEO of ’84, President LoCicero October 2009: The Spotlight Luncheon Series the Law School community had the opportunity 2009, members of October to meet some of its most In of area practical advice about each graduate’s stories, and receive outstanding alumni, hear many fascinating Chairman and mogul estate real ’63, N. Field Lawrence back welcomed 6, the Law School expertise.October On 14, October than 150 students. On for a lunchtime discussion with more and CEO of NSB Associates, Inc., them for success. Guest prepared here the legal training they received discussed how successful entrepreneurs three a mobile cupcake company; Joseph of CupcakeStop, and Proprietor ’09, Founder speakers included Lev J. Ekster A. a global investigative Solutions LLC, Guidepost J. O’Connell ’97, CEO of consulting firm; and Andrew resources Counsel at and General ’77, Principal Jr. Tricarico A. 28, James on October Lastly, and security services company. financial climate. to discuss the current returned Jones, Edward September 14, 2009: A Conversation with Judge Judy ’65 with Judge Judy 14, 2009: A Conversation September mater to her alma returned Judy, Judge TV show her hit courtroom for ’65, renowned Sheindlin Judith Hon. The Law School and after her talk. both before ovation a standing she received 14, 2009, where on September new building was standing in the School’s Center and the Events her back, to welcome community was delighted listened intently as she Judy with Judge room had the privilege of being in the same who Students only. room participated the audience and from took questions in a number She with the crowd. her career insights from shared Law School family. York of photo opportunities biggest fans, her New with her
| 42 a lumni events | 43 a lumni events ean’s Council members and their guests met at the theater on October 1, 2009 to view the Second Stage Theatre’s Theatre’s Stage 1, 2009 to view the Second met at the theater on October Council members and their guests ean’s October 7, 2009: Staten Island Reception for Alumni and Friends October 7, 2009: Staten Island Reception Law York 7, 2009, he hosted another fabulous party October for New ’82 did it again. On Bisignano Anthony F. Participating Lakes Park. The Lake Club in Clove at Island in Staten or residing School alumni and friends working the latest news about and heard Island, Staten with other graduates from and reconnected guests met, networked, the Law School and its new building. October 1, 2009: Dean’s Council Theater Night Council Theater 2009: Dean’s October 1, D spirit of the human body and human the power explores This one-woman show . Easy Down of Let Me production Ann Governor Texas and former including Lance Armstrong sources a series of first-person accounts from through guests enjoyed After the show, Smith. written, and performed Deavere Anna The play was conceived, by Richards. Artistic Theatre Stage and Second Foglia, Leonard Director with Smith, and a conversation reception a private Rothman. Carole Director to the Law School $5,000 or more alumni and friends who contribute generous recognizes Council The Dean’s of President Vice ’99, Assistant Rosen please contact Seth about becoming a member, learn more To annually. or [email protected]. at 212.431.2169 Development, October 21, 2009: Long Island Reception for Alumni and Friends October 21, 2009: Long Island Reception for and award- 21, 2009, Anthony A. Capetola ’70—trustee, October alumnus, highly sought-after trial attorney, On alumni andSchool Law York winning for New Reception Island the annual Long hosted restaurateur—graciously to delicious food and treated were Attendees York. New in East Meadow, Park The Carltun at Eisenhower friends at Court. Supreme State York ’71, New Thomas Phelan Justice the guest of honor, by drinks and thoughtful remarks you are If locations. Relations is always looking for new hosts and fresh Alumni and Development of The Office of Alumni President Vice Assistant Regist-Tomlinson, Tara contact please event, in hosting a regional interested at 212.431.2808 or [email protected]. Relations, October 13, 2009: Reunion 2010 Kickoff Reception 2009: Reunion 2010 October 13, York New hosted the graciously LLP, Venable ’90, both partners with Volpe J. and Michael ’75 D. Knowles Jeffrey was The reception in Manhattan. Venable 13, 2009 at on October Kickoff Reception 2010 Law School Reunion Committee. considering joining their Reunion ending in “0” and “5” who were class years for all alumni from the remarkable update on all of insider’s hear an A. Matasar, had the opportunity Richard Dean to meet with Guests with wonderful food and drinks company. great Law School, and enjoy things going on at the
| 44 a lumni events | 45 a lumni events December 3, 2009: The 2009 Holiday Party December 3, 2009: The 2009 Holiday Party Association hosted their second annual Bar Law School Alumni Association and the Student York The New cocktails and dinner With new building. alumni-student holiday party 3, 2009 in the Law School’s on December the holiday season and friends enjoyed staff, students, alumni, faculty, Center, in the beautifully decorated Events and met new friends. networked, reconnected, together, December 1, 2009: BLSA Scholarship Cocktail Reception Cocktail Reception 1, 2009: BLSA Scholarship December Association (BLSA) Law Students Black Law School’s and alumni of the Matasar 1, 2009, Dean December On Law School BLSA York new the New building for Gallery of the School’s in the Grand hosted a cocktail reception BLSA and meet current an opportunity alumni to reconnect for BLSA provided The reception Alumni Network. A. ’98, and Charles Webb B. John II ’99, S. Moore ’95, Emerson Arletha Miles-Boyce members. BLSA alumni attracting and retaining aimed at Initiative Scholarship a newWhites ’01 announced Network BLSA Alumni as many endowing to cushion the cost of law school by is intended The initiative students. African American more for BLSA members as possible. scholarships designated Law School or participating BLSA in an existing York at New about establishing a scholarship learn more To and Alumni for Development President Vice and Associate Dean Davidson, please contact Suzanne scholarship, [email protected]. at 212.431.2818 or Relations,
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Meringolo John that was founded by P.C. & Associates, Meringolo Pakkala Christine By M to observe on cases in all stages and work Reflecting on her externship experience, Alissa Kelman 3L adds, on her externship experience, Alissa Reflecting “Mr. Meringolo introduces us to judges, allows us us to judges, allows introduces Meringolo “Mr. to take part in client and trial strategy meetings, and Greco Jerome extern input,” our considers always ’08 Hoyos and his associates [Andrea 2L says. “He Cagno ’99] often take time out of their and Paul legal issues, busy schedules to explain relevant the of workings the and requirements, procedural legal profession.” . . . to deposing witnesses to attending trials at the state and federal levels. and invited graciously informed me of the case developments Meringolo Mr. me to attend client meetings and strategy meetings with assisting counsel and court.” exposes students to the particulars The hands-on training the firm provides in the field. of criminal defense and, in some cases, launches their careers endless details and issues to keep track of in a criminal defense “There are them is quite a challenge,” says to mentally organize case, and learning how is that being realized Anjelica Cappellino 2L. “The most important thing I’ve spent My time an attorney is, particularly job. in these fields, a 24-hour-a-day path.” in this career at this externship has solidified my interest of the members are graduates of New York Law School. Meringolo, at the Law School. Meringolo, York graduates of New of the members are of criminal he has carvedhelm, is only 36, but the arena in an enviable career cases including high-profile of number a has tried He defense. Thomas v. States in and as co-counselUnited as lead attorney, DePalma Gregory part was also the team that of . He Boyle Edmund v. States and United Carbonaro crime family. of the Gotti Gotti, “Junior” A. defended John to these attention-getting federal criminal defense cases, the firm addition In of range a broad cases, covering handles a number of federal and state civil 10b-5 fraud, common law fraud, Act and Exchange issues such as Securities negligence, Article and contract disputes. 78 proceedings, close connection says of his firm’s in giving back,” Meringolo believe “I strongly Advocacy Trial A. Bress’s Frank he assists in Professor to the Law School, where students for current and recruits events, with a Lawyer” class, speaks at “Lunch you should find a externships at his firm. time or money, you have “Whether school.” to your appreciation your way to show engage in many aspects of invited to actively School externs are Law York New attending trials as observersfirm life, from to writing motions and briefs. And grateful for the opportunity experience. to gain invaluable they are o ’99 l o g . Merin C John E in prison. he faced 30 years though even chose to go to trial Lucente in prison. Dr. 10 years Lucente Dr. offered prosecutor the Kings County witnesses, including medical experts, than 20 prosecution the Kings County more of of trial and intense cross-examination weeks After three May 2010. sentence in Lucente a non-incarceration Dr. capitulated and offered Office District Attorney’s * Lucente, Doctor v. update:Duringjury thefollowing selectioninPeople provided Afterthisarticle written,Meringolo was Note: ditor’s Meringolo is a fierce champion of his fellow New York Law School graduates and chooses several students for Law School graduates and chooses several York New champion of his fellow is a fierce Meringolo he all of the externs intimately in each aspect of the matters involves Meringolo “Mr. externships each year. work.” a trivial task or busy is given 2L says. “Nobody DeStefano handles,” extern David not about the sex appeal behind each headline case. “It’s work to his interns the hard emphasizes fact, Meringolo In he says. “And than the other lawyer,” hard—harder about working of the case or the notoriety one may gain. It’s client.” of your in the best interest about working it’s most importantly, a union representative, up with his father, grew He modest means. from came native Brooklyn, The Bensonhurst, ethic and family values. work who helped frame his strong Bank Deutsche fire at the former died in the infamous Graffagnino, P. Joseph When a childhood friend, firefighter them. the family to represent was asked by building in 2007, Meringolo and family, Joey’s is an honor and privilege to represent It my family. were family as if they the Graffagnino “I love I will do the best I can for his children.” I hope he knows “Everyone in the United States deserves a fair trial. That’s the cornerstone of the cornerstone of That’s deserves a fair trial. States in the United “Everyone says. “When Meringolo citizens,” States as United enjoy we that the freedoms just because or local D.A. can indict people the government comes a day there they will when come a day will there be sure can them, you like they don’t like.” do indict and convict people we John C. Meringolo is the first to admit that he defends individuals accused of some pretty awful crimes: murder, awful crimes: murder, of some pretty to admit that he defends individuals accused is the first C. Meringolo John the advice of difficult defenses, he has always followed the most through even Yet, racketeering, embezzlement. always and hard Work 2007: to 2003 from worked he whom for LaRossa, James attorney trial famed mentor, his clients. empathy for your have individuals, high-profile defended a number of & Associates has heart.the advice to has taken Meringolo Meringolo conspiracy in his fourth trial in 2009. with racketeering and murder who was charged Gotti, A. including John the had “double because prosecutors has handled Meringolo any other case” was “unlike Gotti Defending offices Attorney’s States the United from head-to-head with prosecutors team went Meringolo’s manpower.” and York New as the FBI from as well Florida, of District and Middle York of New District the Southern from Florida. team putting in been accomplished without his hard-working could not have task” says the “arduous Meringolo right to the best defense. Gotti’s believing in marathon hours and fiercely odds at trial. facing seemingly insurmountable the rights of anyone to protect a point of pride for Meringolo It’s crime family captain of the Gambino include reputed has represented the other clients that Meringolo of Some recently, insider-trading scheme. More who is accused of a $196,000,000 H. Brooks, and David DePalma, Gregory doctor charged with the illegal sale of steroids.* Island a Staten Lucente, he defended Richard “Everyone in the United States Deserves a Fair Trial” Deserves a Fair States in the United “Everyone
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Cagno points to a recent case in which a concrete laborer came to him with shoulder and back injuries suffered in came to him with shoulder and back injuries suffered laborer case in which a concrete Cagno points to a recent The client, age 33 and the since his accident. to work had not returned garage constructiona parking accident. He by his original attorney to accept a $150,000 settlement. After paying a workers’ was being pushed father of five, been left with less than $60,000, would have compensation lien on the settlement and attorney fees, the laborer $1.5 million settlement. a secured took the case and eventually Cagno says. He of his snow-covered of his kids playing in front Cagno says. “I just got a picture to Pennsylvania,” moved “He thing.” the most rewarding That’s house. “People can get desensitized,” he says. “They might say, ‘All you have here is a here have you ‘All he says. “They can get desensitized,” say, might “People in a few client will be back to work months.’ and your non-displaced fracture, same for my client, that his be the job is to point out that life may never My When of his family. of his life and the lives changed the course injuries have is hurt a constructionjob in a worker on the of the loss can cause it accident, for the sake of to bring it back to reality I have income for the whole family. my clients. I try to educate my adversary as to who my client is.” Most cases require acquiring knowledge about a specific injury. Cagno brings in expert but also familiarizes witnesses about a specific injury. acquiring knowledge cases require Most himself with the technical aspects of the injury medical texts. reading by and an University, at Kutztown criminal justice and psychology studied native Jersey, New River, Toms The opposing counsel to Getting insurance companies and his law practice. understanding of human behavior flavors the issue head-on confronts he says Cagno he says. is vital, injury, another just individual, not an as client his see handled thousands of claims of a certain adjustors may have that the insurance kind of injury. acknowledging by will ask them to think about his client alone. he But “What I really enjoy about personal injury“Whatwho has been enjoy law is that anyone I really a have if they don’t negligence—even of someone else’s as a result injured The clients only pay an them. a top attorney to represent penny—can retain damages.” can recover attorney fee if we Paul Cagno always knew he wanted to be a lawyer. But he vividly recalls the moment when he knew what kind recalls he vividly But Cagno always knew a lawyer. he wanted to be Paul Cagno was the Law School, and York course at New Advocacy Trial was during a he wanted to be. It of lawyer case. baby” in a “shaken prosecutor is what practicing law is all about,” this Wow, opening statement and I thought to myself: “I stood up to make my going to court and making an argument.” love “I still Cagno recalls. accidents, construction & Associates, focuses his practice on automobile site at Meringolo Cagno, a trial attorney malpractice cases. falls and medical involving accidents, and lawsuits Helping Every Client to Be Seen as an Individual an Individual as Seen Be Client to Every Helping
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School Law York at Web via the or to [email protected] e-mail . www.nyls.edu/magazine 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 - 1981 Mark Conrad served as an adjunct pro- fessor at New York Law School teaching Sports Law during the fall 2009 semester. In addition to his full-time position as As- sociate Professor of Law and Ethics at undergraduate and Fordham University’s graduate schools of business, he has also sports taught at Columbia University’s management program. James White is the new leader of the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. The Jersey Law Center in New the New Jersey seminar was sponsored by Law Sec- Family State Bar Association’s New Jersey the with in association tion Legal Education. Institute for Continuing McLaughlin Stanton is a member of Norris New Jer in Bridgewater, & Marcus, P.A. 1980 Hon. Robert C. Mulvey was appointed Administrative Judge of the New Sixth Judi- State Unified Court System’s York cial District in July 2009. He has served as a justice of the Supreme Court in the Sixth Judicial District since 2001. (New State Unified Court System) York Charles Radcliffe joined First Republic fall 2009 as LLC in Securities Company, Managing Director in the Manhattan of- fice. Radcliffe works with individuals, families, businesses, foundations, and nonprofit organizations to help meet their investment needs. (First Republic Bank) Arnold Stream has been selected as Chair of the Insurance Law Committee of the New York County Lawyers’ Asso- at Burns, counselor is a Stream ciation. in Garden LLP & Reardon, Tamigi Russo, (NYCLA) New York. City, sey, where he practices matrimonial and sey, (Norris McLaughlin & Marcus) family law. - 1979 a in participated Stanton J. Michael in Family Law seminar titled “Hot Tips 2009: Judicial Notice and Burdens of Per New the at 2009 3, October on suasion” Sybil Shainwald received the 2010 by the presented Award, Spivack I. Edith Rights Committee of the New Women’s York County Lawyers’ Association. The award is given to individuals who have dedicated themselves to advancing the rights. status of women and women’s Shainwald is the President of the Law Of- of fices of Sybil Shainwald and a trustee Law School. New York joined the law firm of Richard Wall Stefankiewicz & Barnes, LLC in North Counsel in as Of Wildwood, New Jersey, fall 2009. He concentrates his practice on tax matters for businesses and individu- als, providing advice, planning, and rep- resentation before the IRS and state tax authorities. (Stefankiewicz & Barnes) 1976 1975 is the Assistant William Weisenberg Ohio State Bar Executive Director of the of the American Association and the Chair Committee on Standing Bar Association’s Judicial Independence. 1974 Hardin was elected a fellow G. Timothy of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) in May 2009. He was ACREL to elected lawyers 27 only of one in the United States in 2009. Hardin is the In- of Fidelity National Title President Vice where Texas, Dallas, in Company surance he manages the Dallas operation of the national title services division. - 1969 Edward Klein published the article “The Rise of Sustainable Packaging” in Prod- of Food issue 2009 September the produced by Virgo uct Design magazine, President of Publishing. Klein is the Vice Pak, Inc. Environmental Affairs at Tetra (Food Product Design) 1968 has retired after 31 John Ferrara Jr. Connecti- Inc. in Danbury, years at Praxair, cut, where he was Senior Counsel and Managing Attorney. was elected Chair Hon. Arthur Doran Jr. man of the (New Municipal Yonkers York) Housing Authority Board of Commission- ers in August 2009. Doran is retired after serving as a Yonkers City Court judge for more than 20 years. (City of Yonkers) 1967 1950 Eugene Brannigan is active in the Nas- As- Lawyer Association’s Bar County sau sistance Program Committee in Mineola, New York, helping lawyers deal with de- pression and alcohol and drug addiction. 1938 in featured was Woodman Richard Utica, New in Observer-Dispatch York’s about his le- December 2009 in an article spans seven decades. At which gal career, partner a as practicing still he is 96, age and Getman in Waterville, at Woodman He was honored by the New Oneida York. for December in Association Bar County more than half a century of service to the field of law. Class Notes Class Scalzo Melissa by Compiled
| 52 c lass notes | 53 c lass notes - 1986 St. Scott Albergate joined Dr. The Rev. Episcopal Church in New Orleans as Paul’s ) Pastor in fall 2009. (The Times-Picayune dur spoke Lark Christerson Blanche ing the Knowledge Congress Webcast Legislation–2010 Is Here: “Estate Tax What Now?” on February 22, 2010. She Bank Deutsche at director managing is a (Knowledge Management. Wealth Private Congress) has been appointed Louis Crespo Jr. Chair of the Civil Rights and Liberties Committee at the New York County Law- yers’ Association. He is a special referee of the New York State Supreme (NYCLA) Court, County. New York Marc S. Dobin recently re-opened his P.A., in Jupiter, law firm, Marc S. Dobin, Florida, where his practice focuses on litiga- investment-related and securities represents firm The regulation. and tion brokerage firms, individual brokers, and public customers. Dobin also started a blog called Lawyers Are from Jupiter. He will serve a two-year term. Pellitta is a He will serve a two-year & Marcus, member of Norris McLaughlin he where Jersey, New Bridgewater, in P.A. (Norris McLaugh- specializes in litigation. lin & Marcus) James J. Quaglietta has retired to Palm taxation federal a after Florida, Harbor, that spanned and estate planning career four decades. Lee Zimet has been appointed Chairman of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) Bankruptcy and Financial Re- Committee. The term of the organizations 1, 2010. June on begin will appointment LLP in Man- Zimet works for Deloitte Tax hattan. - Eric Gurgold, an at- planning estate has been torney, elected a stock- holder with the firm Henderson, Frank- lin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. in Fort Myers, Florida. (Henderson P.A. Franklin) Robert Schaffer has joined the Manhat- tan office of McDermott Will & Emery His practice focuses on LLP as a partner. patent prosecution, patent litigation, and transactional work predominantly with pharmaceutical and biotech industries. (McDermott Will & Emery) 1985 Hon. Judith N. McMahon, Supreme New Court Justice in Richmond County, York, received the Elizabeth A. Connelly Island Staten the from Award Leadership Caucus on October 24, Political Women’s in Leadership Women 2009, at the group’s Forum. (Staten Island Advance) Presi- named been has Pellitta Nicholas of Hunterdon dent of the Board of Trustees Prevention Resources, a social services agency based in Flemington, New Jersey. 1984 College students by being a role model. a role by being students College Arts and Sci- Cohen is the Chair of Liberal ences, New York, in School Berkeley’s of Liberal Arts. (Berkeley College) William J. Rita and Ena Marini got mar in Rockport, ried at the Samoset Resort is The couple Maine, on February 7, 2009. son their of birth the announce to pleased Saint Vincent’s William Fabrizio Rita at Hospital in Manhattan on November 24, 2009. Rita runs a full-service law firm in Manhattan.
Francine L. Semaya of one named was Insurance Business “Women magazine’s for 2009. to Watch” She was selected for her accomplish- Barbara Cohen was honored by Berke- ley College in fall 2009 with the New York Outstanding Teaching Award, given to faculty members who demonstrate commitment to the success of Berkeley 1983 1982 Ross Sichenzia David Cohen joined Friedman Ference LLP in Manhattan as Counsel in January 2010. His practice focuses on bankruptcy matters, including creditors’ rights and reorganizations, com- and and transportation mercial litigation, cargo matters. ments in the field of legal insurance regu- latory matters. Semaya is a partner with Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst in Manhat- insurance tan, where she chairs the firm’s regulatory group. (Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst) the current Chief of the Harry Wallace, Unkechaug Indian Nation, was featured magazine on in an article in New York October 4, 2009. The article detailed the long battle between New City’s York - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Wal tribe in Long Island over the sale lace’s of tax-free cigarettes in the state of New ) (New York York. Culture in the Bronx, New He York. spoke in the society at its opening platform 13, 2009. meeting house on September “Healthcare White also gave a talk called on September Is a Right” at the society ) 27, 2009. (The Riverdale Press Jonathan Grosser, a partner in the real estate practice group at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, has Philadelphia, in 1993 with partner a elected Susan Friery was where she fo- Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, cuses on general tort, medical malpractice, litigation. and aviation product liability, York, Boston, New She works in the firm’s and Los Angeles offices and resides near Boston. (Kreindler & Kreindler) 1995 1992 James O’Neill was formally sworn in on Attorney of District 2009 as 1, December North Carolina. Formerly Forsyth County, O’Neill was an assistant district attorney, Perdue to fin- appointed by Governor Bev D.A., who ish out the term of the previous office. (Winston- retired after 19 years in Salem Journal) a partner in the San Diego Sean Prosser, was rec- & Foerster LLP, office of Morrison ognized by Best Lawyers in America 2010 for his expertise in securities litigation and corporate governance/compliance in San Diego also was named He law. Super Lawyers 2010. been appointed Chair of the Montgomery County Board of the American Red Cross, This Chapter. Pennsylvania Southeastern is the second largest chapter in the na- tion, providing relief to families in Bucks, and Delaware, Montgomery, Chester, Philadelphia Counties. (Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young) boardelected to the was Michael Pagano of governors of the Indiana State Bar Asso- ciation at its 2009 annual meeting. He will 1991 Dep- was appointed Jennifer Manner uty Chief of the Federal Communications Public Safety and Home- Commission’s D.C., land Security Bureau in Washington, in summer 2009. (FCC) Thomas Quaadman was featured in the September 2009 issue of The Metropoli- tan Corporate Counsel in a Q&A article Access: Don’t Proxy “SEC-Mandated titled Quaadman Works.” That System a Change Report- Financial for Director Executive is ing Policy and Investor Opportunity at the Center for U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s - Capital Market Competitiveness in Wash ington, D.C. (The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel) James F. Faraguna recently released James F. America Lives in Brooklyn: From West , a book honoring Point to Street Vendor veterans through poems, es- America’s says, and letters. He is a private practitio- ner and grassroots activist specializing in veteran advocacy. Cindy Rose is the Executive Director of Media Digital Entertainment at Virgin TV in London. She leads the company’s of including the development strategy, its digital platform and video-on-demand Media) service. (Virgin 1990 4). Brighton also published an article in the published an article 4). Brighton also Journal, the ABI issue of 2010 February the Respon- “TOUSA: Do Lenders Have from Their sibility to Protect Borrowers XXIX, No. 1). Own Bad Judgment?” (Vol. K&L Gates LLP Brighton is a partner with in Charlotte, North Carolina. of Eric Dale has been elected Secretary Bar As- the Fairfield County (Connecticut) in the Stamford, sociation. He is a partner Robinson & Cole Connecticut, office of (Stamford Advocate) LLP. - Eliot Engel published the article DePaul Business & Commercial Law Commercial & Business DePaul on April 16, 2009, and the journal Journal on April 16, 2009, subsequently published a transcript of the Chapter 11 in panel, “For Better or Worse: 7, No. Downturn” (Vol. the Post-BAPCPA 1989 Jo Ann Brighton spoke at the American (ABI) 2009 Winter Bankruptcy Institute’s Leadership Conference in La Quinta, Cali- fornia, in December 2009. She was also a panelist at a symposium presented by the 1988 appointed Mary Mastropaolo has been Committee Affairs Municipal the of Chair Associa- Lawyers’ County York New the at tion. She is General Counsel for the Office of the Public Advocate of the City of New (NYCLA) York. Rep. America” in the “Iran Meddling in Latin the Latin Ameri- October 27, 2009 issue of . He is a congressman can Herald Tribune chairs he and District, 17th York’s New for Affairs’ Sub- the Committee on Foreign Hemisphere. Western the on committee ) (Latin American Herald Tribune - Edward L. Larsen, of the law firm Ed Flor in Naples, P.A. ward L. Larsen, Esq., Aid Service ida, was named as the Legal “Pro Bono Attorney of of Collier County’s the Month” for September 2009. In addi- tion to running his own practice, Larsen is an active member of the Foreclosure Task Force, helping to plan outreach events and services to the to provide pro bono legal public at these events. He is also a panel Care Pro Lawyers Collier of the member Bono Program. George A. Smith has been a partner in the law firm of Murphy & Lambiase in Goshen, New York, since 2008. He spe- cializes in litigation. 1987
| 54 c lass notes | 55 c lass notes - 2003 30of only Olschan was one Jacqueline business leaders to be named a 2009 MS Corporate Achiever by the National Multi- Chapter. Connecticut ple Sclerosis Society, MS Corporate Achievers is a recognition program honoring some of Connecticut’s most influential leaders while raising ongoingensure to funds critically needed 2000 - Gregory Dell was recently named a part Edelman & ner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz (Wilson Elser) Dicker LLP in Manhattan. was promotedBernadette Kelly Kirwin & Wollan to partner at Mound Cotton in January 2010.Greengrass in Manhattan complex insur She specializes in litigating 2002 a Butch Bakery, David Arrick launched masculine alternative to the average cup- cake shop, in New City York in December 2009. With flavors and packaging geared toward male customers, Butch Bakery cupcakes are available for delivery in and and Queens Brooklyn, Manhattan, Previ- be in storefront bakeries. soon will attorney on Arrick was a securities ously, (Butch Bakery) Street. Wall Elisa Gerontianos has been recognized as a 2009 Empire Counsel Honoree by the New York State Bar Association for her commitment to pro bono work. She City volunteers regularly for the New York Department of Small Business Services and the Lawyers Foreclosure Intervention Network at the Association of the Bar of the City of New She York. is also a board Community Board member on Manhattan’s Kitchen Land 4, chairing its Clinton/Hell’s Use Committee, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. Gerontianos is a found- & Gerontianos, ing partner of Weinberg in Manhattan. P.C. ance coverage disputes. (Mound Cotton) ance coverage disputes. Andrea Barton Reeves joined HARC, Inc. as Vice Ad- of President ministration in fall 2009. HARC is a nonprofit organiza- 1998 to Counsel Of is Crawford Christopher Hafeez & Youssef PLLC, a newly estab- lished law firm in Plymouth, Michigan. Crawford focuses on insurance defense family law, and coverage, personal injury, and appellate practice. He is also a man- aging attorney with LegalEase Solutions LLC, an offshore legal support company. (The Examiner) Daniel Jacobson has been appointed General Counsel for Bruderman Brothers, Long in based a private broker-dealer Inc., (Bruderman Brothers) Island, New York. mal- Deborah Meyer joined the medical practice defense practice in the Manhat- tan office of LeClairRyan as Counsel in November 2009. (LeClairRyan) was appointed Chief was appointed Howard Bernstein for 2009 October in Officer Compliance Group, Inc., a fi- Merriman Curhan Ford with offices in San nancial services firm He oversees and Manhattan. Francisco and of compliance the implementation on behalf of the regulatory best practices - stakeholders. (San Francisco Busi firm’s ) ness Times atJohn Kheit has been named a partner in Manhattan. HisChadbourne & Parke LLP practice focuses on intellectual property ) and litigation. (Computer Business Week tion in Hartford, Connecticut, that helps people with intellectual disabilities and their families. (HARC) Assistant appointed was Werbel David General Counsel at GTECH Corporation in technology a gaming GTECH is 2009. fall services company based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Alba Alessandro Alba has been named a partner at Hodgson Russ LLP in Manhat- tan, where she is a member of the firm’s insurance and rein- 1997 - Theodore Davis, an attorney and arbitra tor based in Long Island New City, isYork, the Make-A-Wishan active supporter of Foundation of Metro New York. In August 2009, Davis participated in his ninth annual IslandFire of coast the along walk 33-mile to raise money for the organization. Since 2001, he has raised more than $40,000. Daniel Dubree was appointed Assis- of Bureau Federal of the Director tant Technology Information Investigation’s D.C., Washington, in Division Operations in July 2009. He oversees the operations information and maintenance of the FBI’s technology systems worldwide. (FBI) one of named was Beth Kissane Mary four new board members for the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) in fall Man- the at principal a is Kissane 2009. an Associates, & Walek of office hattan independent financial and corporate pub- lic relations firm. (NIRI) - Trust of Board Helen Ullrich joined the ees of Orange County Community College, State University of New in York, Septem- David Governor by Appointed 2009. ber Paterson, she will serve until the summer of Partner Managing is of 2013. Ullrich New Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP in Chester, (SUNY Orange) York. 1996 represent District 1 and his term will expire 1 and his term will represent District is Magistrate of Indiana’s in 2011. Pagano Division 3, inLake Superior Court, County ) Crown Point, Indiana. (Gary Post-Tribune surance practice group. (Hodgson Russ) - - 2009 Anthony Bruno was named the runner up in the annual George Jay Joseph Edu- for competition Award Writing Law cation “Is Achieving Equal Education his paper, Possible? An Empirical Study of New York of- an He received Schools.” State Public Univer fer of publication from St. John’s Economic and Rights of Civil Journal sity’s Development for its summer 2010 issue. Bruno currently works as a law clerk in the office of the U.S. Court of staff attorney’s Appeals for the Second Circuit. Lesley Portnoy is an associate in the New York office of Bakerwhere he handles a variety of litiga- & Hostetler, tion and transactional matters. (Baker & Hostetler) 2007 Jennifer Nelsen has joined the Houston LLP as Weil, Gotshal & Manges office of complex commer an associate focused on 2008 - President of Man Ken Biberaj, the Vice was recently Room, Russian Tea hattan’s approved by the New York State Bank- ing Department to serve on the Board of Directors of Hanover Community Bank in Garden City Park, New York. Biberaj was New also featured in an article in Crain’s Business on December 6, 2009, titled York “A Russian Revival on the Menu.” The efforts to revamp story highlights Biberaj’s wider a to appeal to menu restaurant’s the Business) New York audience. (Crain’s Samantha Fredrickson is working with the New York Civil Liberties Union as the Chapter Director. Nassau County (New York) Johanna Miller is working as Public Policy Counsel for the New Civil York Lib- erties Union in Manhattan. cial litigation. (Weil, Gotshal & Manges) cial litigation. (Weil,
- Michael Suarez joined Goldberg Segalla LLP as an associate in summer practicesHe 2009. general litigation White in the firm’s 2006 injury personal in specializes Landa Evan Faegen- Edelsteins at The family law and (The Manhattan. LLP in & Brown burg ) Times New York 2005 - Rebecca McCarthy is an associate at in Phoe- P.C. torney with Asser Law Group, on all aspects of nix, Arizona. She focuses including the area of immigration law, immigration removal defense and criminal (Asser Law Group) law. Jeffrey Mullen is the founder and Chief Inc., a Pitts- Executive Officer of Dynamics produces and burgh-based company that manufactures “next-generation” payment cards. In September 2009, the company announced that it closed an initial, over subscribed $5.7 million Series A round of financing led by Adams Capital Manage- ment. (Dynamics Inc.) Andres Munoz was appointed one of 10 new assistant district attorneys in the of- A. Brown Richard Attorney of District fice in Queens, New York, in October 2009. (The Queens Gazette) office. (Goldberg Segalla) Plains, New York, in the National featured Evan White was Journal on August 28, 2009 in an article paying tribute to the late Senator Edward Going to Were titled “People Kennedy, White recounted his expe- Washington.” rience as a teenager testifying about his disease at a hearing battle with Lyme Currently, chaired by Senator Kennedy. White is a labor and employment attorney in New York. - - titled “The Chal- “The Journal titled National Law Neda Shahidyazdani co-founded SYM in summer which opened Law Group LLP, 2009 in Los Angeles. The firm specializes in immigration law and criminal law. 2004 lenge of Being a GC in an Always-On En- Always-On an GC in a Being of lenge 2009. She serves vironment” on July 30, Corporation, iXP to Counsel Corporate as New in Cranbury, an innovation company The company designs emergency Jersey. communications systems for municipal and state law enforcement, fire and emer gency medical services departments, and (National departments. safety campus Law Journal) Daniel Parisi wrote “But My Lawyer Approved,” an article Was Said My Visa published in Immigration Daily in October is an associate at ASG Immi- 2009. Parisi gration in London. Megan Penick has been elected as an director of China Wind Sys- independent tems, Inc., a leading supplier of forged products and industrial equipment to the in China. other industries power and wind audit and She serves on the company’s compensation committees. Penick owns Penick & Associates LLC in Tarrytown, and U.S. with works she where York, New China-based companies in developing cor porate governance best practices. (China Wind Systems) Cherita Thomas was appointed As- sistant Corporate Secretary for the Pall Directors of Board the by Corporation on July 16, 2009. She assumed this role in addition to her responsibilities as the Securities and Exchange Com- company’s mission attorney. scientific research. A longtime supporterscientific research. at associate an is Olschan chapter, the of LLP in Stam- Sandak Hennessey & Greco ) ford, Connecticut. (Stamford Plus in Amy Onder was featured in an article the
| 56 c lass notes | | 57 57 c lass notes “I’ve been able to meet a lot of influential people who been able to meet a lot of influential “I’ve ‘alternate by my intrigued and impressed find themselves more told me that they have And clients have lifestyle.’ derby.” roller an attorney because of confidence in me as York The sportkeep up with New also enables her to been who come to her bouts. “It’s Law School classmates in helping me stay connected with other alumni,” valuable she says. real estate, tax, Valandingham focuses on her firm, At handles property tax She municipal, and land use law. functions and boards, planning town represents appeals, She municipalities. various for attorney town the as West of also serves as the public defender for the town Jersey. New Caldwell, used her legal expertise to Valandingham Recently, league called the derby roller establish a new women’s The new league consists of two Brigade. Derby Jerzey which absorbed a majority teams: the Corporal Punishers, Madams; Morristown the now-retired of the skaters from which is for skaters Pains, and a “B” team called the Major less experienced and/or want to participate who are Valandingham rather than competitively. recreationally possibly league, the for additional options considering is team and a kids’ including a noncontact competitive team. trying to “This up-and-coming sport, is an and I’m in who might be interested out to anyone get the word to get on have even don’t participating,” she says. “You contracts, marketing, Fund-raising, skates to get involved. so much to do.” licensing—there’s of Elizabeth Elizabeth of nom de derby atching her flying around the track in fishnets and the track in fishnets atching her flying around a miniskirt, under from long blond hair spilling By Edie Sachs Edie By W The Not-So-Secret Life of “Lawless Lizzie”: Lizzie”: Life of “Lawless The Not-So-Secret Derby Champ ’02, Roller Elizabeth Valandingham her helmet, you might not guess that “Lawless Lizzie” is Lizzie” might not guess that “Lawless her helmet, you this fearless fact, actually a very In law-abiding citizen. is a lawyer— roller derby flat track competitor in women’s Jersey- New one who just made partner Morristown, at the PC. DeMarzo, & McCord based firm of O’Donnell the is Lizzie” “Lawless Valandingham ’02, who started skating with the Morristown ’02, who started skating with the Morristown Valandingham team in 2007. Madams with a few friends at I was in Morristown evening, “One a from the corner located around which was restaurant a our waitress, “and recalls, Valandingham rink,” local roller the Madams, who just happened to be the team captain of derby should go check out the roller you said, ‘Hey, I did—and I fell in love.” So tonight.’ in her been on skates before had never Valandingham veryto and happy welcoming were the skaters But life. The sport join the team. teach her the skills she needed to skills tests in areas new to pass various members requires speed before such as jumping, blocking, and skating with they can compete. called “bouts,” and each bout is divided Competitions are a jam, a shortinto up During “jams.” called periods must try as passing points by to score “jammer” team’s the skaters as possible. In many of the opposing team’s and skate defensively and “blockers” “pivots” process, them. passing from jammer tryteam’s other the keep to is a blocker for her team. Valandingham sport? regulations a dangerous “There derby are roller Is pertaining to the types of physical contact permitted can definitely get hurt,” skaters, but you says between any serious sustained who hasn’t Valandingham, a fast-paced, full-contact injuries to date. “It’s sport that is very It athletic and competitive.” and trust deal of loyalty a great also promotes among teammates. as a derby roller characterizes Valandingham family-friendly sport that donates a portion of the of bouts to local charitable organizations. proceeds local often attended by bouts are As a result, dignitaries and politicians, which has had the added Valandingham of furthering her career. benefit for 61 59 61 61 60
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Patrick J. Foley ’61 Patrick J. Foley he New York Law School community mourns the passing of Patrick J. Foley, Class of 1961, one of the Law Class J. Foley, Law School community mourns the passing of Patrick York he New 21, 2009 at age 79. died on October most distinguished graduates. He School’s oley was a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. He started his career as an assistant started his career Corps in the early 1950s. He Marine States oley was a sergeant in the United F at Hagerdorn was in his next position, as an account executive It Company. Insurance underwriter Mutual for Atlantic important law was to the insurance industry “how I’d and that if I wanted to advance, that he realized & Company, he said. to get a law degree,” have faculty members made strong student, graduating in 1961. Several Law School as an evening York attended New Foley at the and Estates Trusts, Wills, who taught Arenson, T. Joseph Professor on him, including Adjunct impressions and who taught Civil Procedure Reich, was Max Another memorable professor than 40 years. Law School for more advance from worked use a textbook. He didn’t “He said Foley. the best teacher there,” was probably “He Evidence. actual studying current, were we So the Court by of Appeals. sheets—cases that had been decided within the past year decided.” cases almost as soon as they were served of the as a director his life, Foley member of the Law School community throughout prominent An active, ’61 J. Foley 1986, he established the Patrick support. generous In Alumni Association and continuously provided her a matching gift from both AIG and his wife Ann through by with additional funding provided Scholarship Fund Scholarship has been instrumental in enabling J. Foley its inception, the Patrick IBM. Since employer, in the insurance industrystudents who work education. a legal to achieve an Law School, York wanted to support we to the Law School because New wife Ann and I decided to give “My an to awarded Scholarship, ’61 Foley J. Patrick The education. great me a gave that institution learning excellent our support.” show we is how in the insurance industry, student working Division Evening new building. the Law School’s operating center on the fifth floor of named the network Foundation Family The Foley ’61, who J. Foley honor of Patrick “In bears a plaque that reads: Center” Operating ’61 Network J. Foley The “Patrick all, and kept it to himself.” knew all, saw all, remembered extend our We also mourned in 2009. whose passing we and Mrs. Foley, Foley The Law School is grateful to both Mr. and their granddaughter Nicole. and Maura, John condolences to their children In an interview with the Law School in 2008, Foley said: “When I look back on my life, I’m proud of how hard I hard of how proud “When said: an interview I look back on my life, I’m In with the Law School in 2008, Foley Group, American International with spent 32 years And he had every to be. Foley and what I achieved.” reason worked also was Counsel. He and Associate General President Vice in 1995 as culminating in his retirement (AIG), Inc. domestic insurance companies. Counsel of AIG’s General He served for three as a director retirement: own definition of Foley had his A man with infinite energy and creativity, Atlantis subsidiary servedhe which for companies, successful two founded and companies, President—Foley as AIG’s of a real Corp., Holding Atlantis Foley and Florida, based in South Consultants, an advising and consulting company incomparable talent for sense of humor nor his neither his great illnesses, by years Challenged in recent estate company. and new challenges flourished unabated. storytelling for knowledge and his thirst wavered, T n memoriam i
Ari Kiev ’88
he Law School community mourns the loss of Ari Kiev, Class of 1988, a well-known psychiatrist, lawyer, and Tauthor. He died on November 18, 2009 at age 75. A New York City native, Dr. Kiev was born in the Bronx and grew up in Washington Heights. He graduated from Harvard in 1954 and then earned his M.D. at Cornell Medical College. Early in his career, he studied how other cultures address mental health issues—an interest that took him across the globe and led to the publication of several
| books, including Transcultural Psychiatry (Free Press, 1972). He also focused his research on depression and suicide prevention. After completing his training in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and the Institute of Psychiatry at 60 the Maudsley Hospital in London, Dr. Kiev became the head of social psychiatry at Cornell, where he founded and directed the Suicide Prevention Clinic. In 1970, he established the Social Psychiatry Research Institute in Manhattan.
Dr. Kiev developed an interest in the psychology of athletic performance, based on his interactions with Olympic athletes at his sons’ gym. For several years, he coached Olympic and professional athletes to help them conquer their fears and maximize their performance. He became the first psychiatrist to be appointed to the United States Olympic Committee’s sports medicine committee.
In the 1990s, Dr. Kiev applied his work with top athletes to the financial industry, training Wall Street traders to help them achieve their maximum potential. He saw many parallels between the two fields and taught traders relaxation and visualization techniques so they could cope with the intense pressures of the industry and excel in their careers. He coached traders at the New York hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors for 16 years.
Dr. Kiev served as an expert witness in several court cases, which inspired him to pursue a law degree at New York Law School. He enrolled in the Evening Division and graduated in 1988. A lifelong student, Dr. Kiev was pursuing an executive M.B.A. at George Washington University at the time of his death.
Throughout his career, Dr. Kiev authored more than 20 books reflecting his varied interests and wide range of expertise. His best-selling works include Trading to Win: The Psychology of Mastering the Markets (Wiley, 1998) and A Strategy for Daily Living: The Classic Guide to Success and Fulfillment (Free Press, 1973, 2008). Among his memorable quotes from A Strategy for Daily Living are: “Satisfaction comes from the process of pursuing your vision, not the attainment of it,” and “If you believe you can do something, you will never give up because of obstacles. If you believe you cannot do something, you will be more inclined to give up early.”
Dr. Kiev was also the founder of the Kiev Foundation, which donated more than 15,000 rare books on Jewish theology to George Washington University’s Gelman Library in 1996.
Dr. Kiev resided in Park Ridge, New Jersey, and is survived by his wife Phyllis, two sons, and four grandchildren. The Law School extends condolences to his entire family.
The Law School is grateful to Dr. Kiev’s family for providing the source material for this article.
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Steven Finz ’70, a law professor and provider of continuing legal education, died September 17, 2009 in Santa Rosa, California, from a heart infection. He was 66.
Professor Finz was the founder and director of Advance College of Continuing Legal Education, a business that offers lawyers and judges CLE credits from courses on audiotapes that he wrote and recorded. He was Chair of the Torts Department at Western State University College of Law (now Thomas Jefferson School of Law) in San Diego until 1990. He was also an adjunct professor at National University Law School in San Diego and served on the faculty of the California Appellate Justice Institute in 2000. Professor Finz frequently spoke at law conferences throughout California | and he authored many law-related articles, including regular features in Plaintiff, a magazine for Northern California 61 plaintiffs’ attorneys, and Advocate, a publication of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.
A New York native, Professor Finz graduated from Bronx High School of Science and Queens College of the City University of New York. After graduating from New York Law School in 1970 and establishing his legal career in the city, Professor Finz embarked with his wife and three children on a two-year, cross-country journey that eventually led them to San Diego, where he started teaching at Western State University. Later, he managed a full working farm alongside his teaching career. In 1994, Professor Finz and his wife moved to Sea Ranch, California, where he continued to run his CLE business. He is survived by his wife Iris, their three children, four grandchildren, and his brother and sister.
Rose M. Mankos ’99 died in a tragic subway accident in Manhattan on March 11, 2010. She was 48 years old. A resident of the Stuyvesant Town neighborhood of Manhattan, Mankos previously worked as a senior court analyst at the state Office of Court Administration’s Continuing Legal Education program, last working there in February 2008. She was admitted to the New York bar in 2001. Mankos is survived by her mother, who resides at a nursing home in New Jersey; her father, who lives in North Bergen, New Jersey; and a brother who lives in Pittsburgh.
Rick Wagner ’81, a Brooklyn lawyer known for his work on behalf of the poor, died suddenly at his home from what appeared to be a heart attack on September 21, 2009. He was 65.
Wagner was the director of litigation for Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, which has offices in Williamsburg and East New York. He became a well-respected figure in the Brooklyn community for using civil racketeering laws against predatory landlords and protecting impoverished homeowners from foreclosure. He was known among family, friends, and colleagues for his colorful language and bold sense of humor.
Wagner grew up in the Five Towns area of Long Island. After graduating from New York Law School in 1981, he worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights and later founded his own firm. He joined Legal Services in 1985. He is survived by his sister, brother-in-law, and a nephew. eritage heritage |
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Professor Cyril C. Means Jr. Constitutional Law Scholar Whose Work 64 Influenced Roe v. Wade Decision heritage
John F. Hylan, Class of 1897 96th Mayor of New York City | By Amelia Jonakait
63 railroad man at heart, Mayor John F. Hylan, Class Aof 1897, was instrumental in the development of one of the most extensive public transit systems in the world—the New York City subway system. But before he made a name for himself in urban affairs, Hylan began life on his family’s farm in upstate New York. By age 19, he realized agrarian life didn’t suit him, so with only $4.50 in his wallet and a new bride at his side, he relocated to Brooklyn, New York.
Hylan found work at the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, eventually rising to the position of locomotive engineer. While working on the railroad, Hylan decided to explore a whole new track and enrolled at New York Law School. He graduated in 1897 and began a career in politics.
Although Hylan was fired from his engineer job for allegedly almost running down his supervisor while he was crossing the tracks—Hylan claimed wrongful legs over our cities, states, and nation. At the head is a discharge, although some say he was studying a law small group of banking houses generally referred to as book while driving—his interest in the subway system ‘international bankers.’ This little coterie . . . run our John F. Hylan, Class of 1897 never subsided, and his role in the political arena grew. government for their own selfish ends.” He became a judge in the Kings County court, and was Hylan was given the moniker “Honest John” by his 96th Mayor of New York City then lured by Tammany Hall (the political machine of the supporters, and in his “Rules for City Employees,” he Democratic Party) to run against fellow New York Law demonstrated his belief in a strong work ethic: “[City School alumnus John Purroy Mitchel, Class of 1901, workers] must not roll in city automobiles with cigars in as mayor of New York City. Hylan defeated Mitchel in their mouths . . . [or] be conspicuous at baseball games the 1917 election, aided by the backing of newspaper when they should be in their offices.” On the other hand, magnate William Randolph Hearst, who shared Hylan’s he remained faithful to the will of Tammany Hall, and was support for municipal ownership of utilities, to become also widely believed to be firmly in Hearst’s back pocket. Professor Cyril C. Means Jr. the 96th mayor of New York. He served two terms from 1918 to 1925. In 1925, Hylan was defeated in his bid for reelection in Constitutional Law Scholar Whose Work the primaries by another Law School alumnus, Senator As mayor, Hylan pursued his interests in the railroad James J. “Jimmy” Walker, Class of 1926, who served as Influenced Roe v. Wade Decision and public transit by devoting his time and energy to mayor from 1926 to 1932. In his last year in office, Hylan the creation of a unified subway system—at that time, reconfigured part of the transit system and created the individual subway lines were operated by privately- city-owned and -operated Independent Subway System owned companies. He owed his reelection in 1921 to his (ISS). But his larger dream didn’t become a reality until opposition to a state plan that would raise the five-cent after his death, when the ISS and the other privately- subway fare. He subsequently created a transit commission owned companies merged, finally creating a centralized to construct a system that was city-controlled rather than citywide subway system. independently owned. Hylan died in his home in Forest Hills, Queens, in 1936 Hylan’s opposition to privatization also applied to private at the age of 67. In his memory, the major Staten Island banking. In a famous speech against big business in 1922, roadway Southfield Avenue, which runs almost the entire he said: “The real menace of our Republic is the invisible length of the borough, was renamed Hylan Boulevard. government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy heritage
Professor Cyril C. Means Jr. Constitutional Law Scholar Whose Work Influenced | Roe v. Wade Decision 64 By Edie Sachs
rofessor Cyril C. Means Jr., who taught at New York for a law no longer exists, the law itself ceases to exist,” he PLaw School from 1965 to 1989, was a specialist in argued that laws banning abortion had become obsolete. constitutional law, but he gained a national profile because of his connection to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in The Supreme Court adopted Professor Means’s reasoning. Roe v. Wade. He authored two seminal law review articles Justice Blackmun cited his articles seven times in his on the history of abortion that were relied on heavily by written decision, and Sarah Weddington, the young the Supreme Court justices and cited numerous times by lawyer arguing the case on behalf of “Jane Roe,” later Justice Harry Blackmun in his opinion. observed that the justices had copies of the professor’s articles with them on the bench. Weddington herself In 1968, Professor Means, a co-founder of the National referred to his version of abortion history three times in Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL— her oral argument. the organization that later evolved into the National Abortion Rights Action League), was appointed by Since that time—continuing well beyond his death in Governor Nelson Rockefeller to a special commission 1992 up until the present day—pro-life activists and charged with reviewing and considering possible changes scholars have singled out Professor Means as a special to New York State’s abortion laws. (The chairman of this target of criticism for his influence on theRoe decision. commission was Hon. Charles W. Froessel ’13, LL.M. The unfortunate consequence is the overshadowing of ’14, the former judge of the New York State Court of his scholarly pursuits and accomplishments in other areas Appeals.) such as adoption, surrogacy, and presidential scholarship, not to mention his fine reputation as a teacher of law. Professor Means undertook a study of the law of abortion from a historical perspective. He published the results of At New York Law School, Professor Means was well his research in the form of two articles in the New York regarded by both students and fellow faculty members. Law Forum, the precursor to the New York Law School In the May 2007 issue of the “Alumni Connections” Law Review. In 1968, he published “The Law of New newsletter, Alan W. Clark ’77, a Law School trustee, noted York Concerning Abortion and the Status of the Foetus, him as “a great constitutional law professor.” And Professor 1664–1968: A Case of Cessation of Constitutionality,” 14 Arthur S. Leonard, who served together on the faculty New York Law Forum 411; and in 1971, “The Phoenix with him for seven years, still appreciates the assistance of Abortional Freedom: Is a Penumbral or Ninth- Professor Means provided him by recommending a source Amendment Right About to Arise from the Nineteenth- for a law review article. Century Legislative Ashes of a Fourteenth-Century Common-Law Liberty?” 17 New York Law Forum 335. “Even though he was one of the most distinguished members of the faculty, he In Professor Means’s view, abortion was an English was always interested in everyone else’s common law liberty, and the abortion laws of the past research and activities, and was always existed mainly to protect a woman from a surgical procedure deemed more dangerous than childbirth. But ready to be helpful,” says Professor with the advance of medical science and the improvement Leonard. “He had great intellectual of surgical techniques, the danger to women’s health no curiosity and was a font of information. longer existed. Using a well-known principle of common He never stopped learning, which is the law, cessante ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex: “when the reason mark of a true scholar.” Bookmark it! Magazine | Spring/Summer 2010
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