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NSU SHEPARD BROAD COLLEGE OF LAW | 2015–2016 REALIZING POTENTIAL The Campaign for Nova Southeastern University
The Campaign for Nova Southeastern University—Realizing Potential— Total offers unprecedented opportunities to support our community’s research $3,502,700 institution. Donations made to the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law afford our law students the opportunity to gain a quality legal education through endowed scholarships, modern facilities, and cutting-edge programs. NSU College of Law has been honored with several generous donations this past year, including an endowed scholarship fund from % of Goal Panza Maurer & Maynard PA and funding for an Adults with Intellectual 55% and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Clinic from the Taft Foundation. See page 32 for a full list of donor contributions. For more information on giving opportunities with NSU College of Law, contact Susan Stephan, director of development, at (954) 262-6261 or at [email protected]. For more information, visit realizingpotential.nova.edu.
NSU College of Law (as of 4/15/16)
Above, left: The Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee Courtroom, with state-of-the-art technology provided through the generous support of the Salah Foundation, allows NSU College of Law students to learn legal skills in a true litigation environment. 3
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2 Message from the Dean 10 Innovation at NSU 3 NSU College of Law News and Events College of Law 31 Cl inical Programs 9 Collaboration and Alumni Chapters 15 L egal Incubator Program 16 T rial and Appellate Advocacy 29 G iving Back to the NSU College of Law 18 G lobal Law Leadership Initiative 20 Health Law Program 35 F aculty Spotlight 22 D iversity 36 F aculty and Staff 23 International Programs Achievements 24 Legal Research and Writing 42 Student Profile 25 Workshops 43 Student News 26 Mentoring Programs and Achievements 27 Online M.S. Programs 50 A lumni Achievements 28 Continued Legal Education
60 In Memoriam
NSU Law Advocate 1 Change is everywhere at NSU, in both our names and our programs. Since the prior edition of this magazine, the Shepard Broad Law Center has become the Shepard Broad College of Law. This was a small change at the law school, but part of a broader transformation across the university to realign undergraduate education with graduate and professional schools. Similarly, Nova Lawyer has become the NSU Law Advocate, reflecting the importance of NSU in the law school’s growing dual degree programs, clinics, and national prominence.
The innovations described throughout the magazine are enhancements to our program and investments in our future. They are built on NSU College of Law’s tradition of experimentation and emphasis on students who receive a practice-ready education.
Change has been a hallmark of NSU College of Law from the beginning. Always welcoming to women and minorities, we have been active in recruiting Canadian attorneys seeking new opportunities in the United States. We have grown to become one of the most diverse law schools in the United States because of this Message emphasis on openness and inclusion, a change we have helped to foster throughout legal education.
At NSU College of Law, our support for clinical and live-client education has also been part of our decades- from the long emphasis on practice-ready education. Through a generous donation from the Taft Foundation, the college will be launching the Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Clinic, enabling the Dean law school to provide pro bono legal services to adults needing legal assistance involving public benefits, housing, and educational rights. We plan to work closely with the Brooklyn Law School, which introduced a similar clinic last spring, also funded by a grant from the Taft Foundation. This partnership across state lines may be a first in legal education.
The new clinic is just one of the areas of clinical growth. In February, we launched our Legal Incubator Program, providing ongoing training to select, recently admitted lawyers in exchange for their commitment to provide pro bono legal services in the Veterans Law Clinic. The first class of incubator attorneys began in April of 2016. To complete a physical renovation of the law clinic, we knocked down the walls to expand the space and transform the environment into a modern, 21st-century law firm space.
This edition of the NSU Law Advocate includes a number of articles on the innovations and growth of NSU College of Law. Our Trial and Appellate Advocacy Program has added multiple, practice-focused training programs for students planning to become trial attorneys. We have increased the number and scope of traveling competition teams. Our Global Law Leadership Institute offers the largest academic program in the business of lawyering anywhere in the country, preparing our students for the economic, social, and professional requirements of modern lawyering. The new group mentoring program has expanded opportunities for students and alumni to get together. These group mentoring sessions provide powerful moments to enhance the education of our students and build the community for our alumni.
I hope you enjoy the features on the continuous growth and innovation of the NSU College of Law. As always, the magazine also has stories about our exemplary faculty members; our talented students; and our wonderful, supportive alumni. So take a few minutes to read about yourself, your friends, and your law school. This is more than just a magazine; consider it a personal invitation to stay involved. We look forward to seeing you here.
Jon M. Garon Dean and Professor of Law
2 Nova Southeastern University NSU College of Law News and Events
Panza Maurer Law Library Dedication South Florida attorneys Thomas F. Panza, J.D., and Susan Horovitz Maurer, J.D., left, have made a lasting mark on the university through a $1-million donation, creating an endowed scholarship fund for NSU College of Law students. In honor of their support, the college named its library the Panza Maurer Law Library at a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting on October 26, 2015.
Above: Thomas F. Panza, J.D., and Susan Horovitz Maurer, J.D., stand in front of the newly dedicated Panza Maurer Law Library. Below: Maurer and Panza, center, are shown before the ribbon-cutting ceremony with (from left) Martin Press, J.D., NSU trustee and member of the Shepard Broad College of Law Board of Governors; Ray Ferrero, Jr., J.D., chancellor; George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president and CEO; Jon M. Garon, J.D., dean, Shepard Broad College of Law; and Abraham S. Fischler, Ed.D., president emeritus of NSU.
NSU Law Advocate 3 NSU College of Law News and Events
Pictured from left to right are Kenny Cordova, executive director, Florida chapter of The Recording Academy; Joel Richard; Dan Warner; Todd Dupler; Jon M. Garon, dean, Shepard Broad College of Law; Kenneth J. Abdo.
On the Record: Artists and Advocacy in the Legislative Arena NSU College of Law and The Recording Academy® Florida Chapter presented a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program on March 3, 2016, at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. On the Record: Artists and Advocacy in the Legislative Arena featured a panel discussion on musical artist issues that are currently in legislative development. The panel was moderated by Kenneth J. Abdo, chair of the entertainment law department at Lommen Abdo law firm and member of the Board of Trustees of The Recording Academy (presenters of the GRAMMY® Awards). Panelists included Todd Dupler, senior director of advocacy and public policy for The Recording Academy®; Joel Richard, legislative counsel for Congressman Ted Deutch; and Dan Warner, GRAMMY®-, Latin GRAMMY®-, and Emmy-winning producer and guitarist.
BLSA: Reclaiming the Vision; Lawyers Tell Stories The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) presents a program honoring African American legal professionals every year during Black History Month. This year’s event was held on February 25, 2016. BLSA, with the National Black Prosecutors Association and the Caribbean Law Student Association, presented Reclaiming the Vision: The Role of Black Professionals in the Criminal Justice System. The evening included a panel discussion by legal professionals. Last year’s presentation, Lawyers Tell Stories, was held on February 18, 2015, and members of the legal community gathered for an evening of storytelling that honored exceptional black men.
4 Nova Southeastern University Public Interest Law Day On February 18, 2016, the Office of Career and Professional Development hosted Public Interest Law Day. This annual event invites local, state, and federal organizations to speak with students about pro bono, internship, clerkship, and fellowship opportunities. This year, 42 federal, state, and local public service organizations attended the event, including more than 17 NSU College of Law alumni. The 2015 Public Interest Law Day was held on February 19 and was attended by 21 NSU College of Law alumni.
Fall 2015 Graduates’ Reception NSU College of Law hosted a reception on December 13, 2015, to honor the fall 2015 graduates. The reception was led by Jon M. Garon, dean of the college, and included speeches by alumna April Martindale and Ishaq Kundawala, a professor at the college.
Public Forum Stirs Opinions on Trans-Pacific Partnership On November 17, 2015, a public forum was held at NSU College of Law to allow community members to voice their opinions on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade and investment agreement reached on October 5, 2015, between a dozen countries from the Americas and Asia. Professor Tim Canova led the public forum and organized the event, which included panelist discussions among speakers from around the country.
NSU Law Advocate 5 NSU College of Law News and Events
Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prisons On September 21, 2015, NSU College of Law hosted an event based on the book, Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prisons. The book’s author, Nell Bernstein, served as the keynote speaker and talked about youth across the nation who have suffered violence and psychological torture in detention centers. The NSU College of Law community, as well as local community activists, met and discussed the topic of juvenile prison systems and their repercussions across the nation.
Nova Law Review Symposium: Shutting Down the School to Prison Pipeline On September 18, 2015, the Nova Law Review and the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association presented the annual symposium titled, Shutting Down the School to Prison Pipeline. Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court justice, served as the keynote speaker. The symposium offered an opportunity for legal professionals, Bar Induction Ceremony educators, and community activists On September 21, 2015, participating members of the class of 2015 who passed the to come together to discuss the July Florida Bar Exam, were sworn in to The Florida Bar at a ceremony attended by nationwide push to make school more than 400 people. Jon M. Garon, NSU College of Law dean, welcomed the group, discipline less exclusionary and congratulating the new lawyers and their families for their hard work and support. more effective so that the juvenile Melanie G. May, J.D. (81), judge of the 4th District Court of Appeal, and judges incarceration rate may be lowered. from the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, administered the oath.
6 Nova Southeastern University TASI A five-day intensive program, Trial Advocacy Summer Institute (TASI) was created in August 2015. This program provides law students with an introduction to skills needed to try basic cases. Students practiced throughout the week, learning how to develop a case theory. After that, they practiced opening statements, direct and cross-examination of witnesses, and closing statements. The students brought all their newly learned skills together on the last day by participating in a final trial. NSU College of Law faculty members, local attorneys, and judges were guest instructors in the program.
Kick for a Cause The second annual Kick for a Cause event was held on March 14, 2015. The event was run by the Student Bar Association and raised more than $10,000 for Miami Children’s Hospital. The all-day event brought NSU’s College of Law, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and College of Pharmacy together to raise awareness for Diamond Blackfan Anemia and the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation.
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Public Interest Law Society Auction The Public Interest Law Society (PILS) hosted their annual auction to celebrate the work of previous Public Interest Fellows, as well as to raise funds and continue the public interest tradition at NSU College of Law. On March 12, 2015, the PILS Auction was held at Vibe/ YOLO in Fort Lauderdale, and it raised more than $14,000 to fund summer public interest fellowships for NSU College of Law students.
Nova Law Review Symposium: New Media and Old Metaphors On February 12–13, 2015, the Nova Law Review, along with the NSU Sports and Entertainment Law Society, hosted their annual symposium, New Media and Old Metaphors. The program centered on business and industry responses to the transformative impact of new media on traditional entertainment and media.
8 Nova Southeastern University Collaboration Brings Programs to Students and Alumni
This year brings many opportunities for NSU College of Law to collaborate with colleges across the Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. These collaborations allow both students and alumni to explore a variety of fields that will highly benefit their law careers.
On April 8, 2016, professors, scientists, and lawyers from both the Shepard Broad College of Law and the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, presented a daylong seminar, Changing Climates, Sea Levels, and Species: Legal and Policy Responses for South Florida. The event was held at the Guy Harvey Research Institute located at the Oceanographic Campus. The seminar explored how climate change and sea level rise affect fish and wildlife habitat management, as well as land use, real estate, and economic development in Florida. Law Alumni The event included a welcome by Richard E. Dodge, Ph.D., dean of the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, as well as four panel sessions. Panelists included Mitchell A. Chester, J.D. (’79); Chapters Expand Keith W. Rizzardi, J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law faculty member; Shannon A. Estenoz, director, Office of Everglades Restoration Across the Nation Initiatives, U.S. Department of the Interior; David White, J.D.; Song Gao, Ph.D., NSU associate professor of chemistry; Joel A. Mintz, J.D., NSU College of Law professor; Erin L. Deady, J.D. (’00); Nicholas For 10 years, law alumni volunteers in Palm G. Aumen, Ph.D., regional science adviser, U.S. Geological Survey; Beach County, Florida, have successfully Jim Murley, J.D., Miami-Dade chief resilience officer; and Jennifer run a local alumni chapter that serves Jurado, Ph.D., director, Broward County Environmental Planning and nearly 1,400 alumni. The alumni in Palm Community Resilience Division. Beach gather several times during the year for networking, educational seminars, and Expanding educational and networking opportunities across campus a holiday party with a charitable purpose allow our students and alumni to widen their breadth of knowledge, (alumni donate new children’s books to the positively impacting their legal careers. For more information about local literacy coalition). this program, as well as other upcoming programs, contact Elena Rose Minicucci, director of alumni relations, at [email protected]. Alumni volunteers in other areas will soon have the opportunity to form local chapters of the Shepard Broad College of Law Alumni Association. For more information about forming an NSU College of Law alumni chapter, please contact Elena Rose Minicucci, director of alumni relations, at [email protected] or (954) 262-6303.
NSU Law Advocate 9 10 Nova Southeastern University Innovation at NSU College of Law
“Today’s lawyers must bring the same level of knowledge about the business of law as they do to the practice of law. NSU provides our students with the knowledge and skills to take control of their own careers and to assure better outcomes for their clients.”
—Jon M. Garon, dean and professor at Shepard Broad College of Law
The NSU College of Law has continued a tradition of The newest seminar room features whiteboard paint so students excellence and innovative legal education since opening its can work in groups and turn any part of the wall into a working doors in 1974. For more than 40 years, it has focused on core board on which to collaborate and experience working as a legal academic foundations, while committing to a dynamic team, as they might do at a law firm. The expansion of the environment that is true to the ever-changing needs of clinical facilities enables the college to move to a leading- students. NSU College of Law was among the first to pioneer edge facility that integrates sophisticated client management live-client, in-house clinical education. In the past decade, software so students are prepared to understand how to bill this has moved from a staple of legal education to becoming time, manage confidentiality, and handle complex matters. a requirement for licensure in some states. The law school received a grant of $1 million from the Taft By 1999, NSU College of Law was known as “the most wired Foundation to fund an Adults with Intellectual and Developmental law school” in the United States. Today, the latest technology Disabilities (AIDD) Clinic, set to be launched in fall 2016. is featured in the Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama There is only one other clinic of its kind in the country, Hancock Lieberman & McKee, P.A., smart courtroom, with making NSU College of Law a forerunner in advocacy for technology made possible from The Salah Foundation. those with special needs. Recently updated systems bring interactive classrooms to life while facilitating the growing demands of online education. —continued on next page
NSU Law Advocate 11 Innovation: Clinical Programs
The college also celebrated the generous scholarship endowment “Today’s lawyers must bring the same level of knowledge from Susan Maurer; Thomas Panza; and the Panza, Maurer, about the business of law as they do to the practice of law,” and Maynard, P.A., law firm, which has been recognized said Jon M. Garon, dean. “NSU provides our students with the through the naming of the Panza Maurer Law Library. knowledge and skills to take control of their own careers and to assure better outcomes for their clients. Often, lawyers only The library is receiving a long-awaited face-lift to small-group train themselves to understand their business issues after they study rooms and a multipurpose area to host conferences have become partners, and for many, that is far too late.” that stream live to audiences across the globe. Of course, the college continues to have a strong collection of print materials The NSU College of Law Legal Incubator is one of the few and to benefit from the eclectic and comprehensive collection in Florida to provide recent graduates with the tangible and donated by Johnny Burris, professor at the college. intangible foundational resources necessary to launch their own law firms. The Legal Incubator is a partner program with But the most important innovations add breadth and depth the Veterans Law Clinic, so participating attorneys commit a to the curriculum. Faculty members have come together to minimum of 200 pro bono hours to NSU’s veteran clients. In build a nationally recognized Trial and Appellate Advocacy exchange, they receive free training and support to develop Program, enabling more than 35 student trial appellate moot their solo or small-firm practices. court and transactional competitions. Students travel the country winning trophies and learning the core legal research, This small-firm emphasis continues to benefit students. In writing, and presentation skills at the heart of legal services. 2015, the college ranked in the top 10 for Best Law Schools for Small Law by the National Jurist. “Being able to control one’s The Global Law Leadership Initiative provides students with destiny does not mean there is less work to do, just that the introductory classes on the business of lawyering. Courses work becomes far more rewarding,” Garon noted. immersing students in the economics, technology, leadership, and management of legal services and training place them These are just a few innovations and expansions. NSU College ahead of the competition when they begin their legal careers. of Law is growing stronger every day, continuing the leadership position it has held in legal education since it opened its doors.
Jon M. Garon, dean of NSU’s College of Law, presents Howard Rothman and representatives from The Taft Foundation with NSU’s Shark Circle Statue. Shark Circle members have donated $1 million or more to NSU.
12 Nova Southeastern University Innovation: Clinical Programs
Clinical Programs Provide Real-World Practice
Answering to the desires of legal employers and law students, In February 2016, the Taft Foundation awarded NSU College the in-house clinical program has gone to a whole new level. of Law $1 million to launch the Adults with Intellectual and The Veterans Law, Children and Families Law, and Dispute Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Clinic. The program is set Resolution clinics operate as a professional law firm in a to launch in the fall of 2016 and will begin enrolling third-year renovated space. All of the clinics utilize a law office case- students to staff it by January 2017. management technology program to provide a law firm environment for third-year legal interns. “Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities have myriad legal issues that can impede their independence The in-house clinical program provides direct legal representation and infringe on their individual rights,” said Jon M. Garon, to the community’s most vulnerable populations. Students dean. “This is an exciting opportunity for us to serve this gain hands-on experience while providing legal services to a vastly underserved population by partnering with the Taft broad range of clients, including victims of domestic violence, Foundation to provide pro bono legal services.” children, veterans, the elderly, and most recently, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
NSU Law Advocate 13 Innovation: Clinical Programs
The AIDD clinic provides an additional outlet for NSU College of Law students to serve Broward County’s underprivileged community. The clinic will also provide community outreach opportunities through workshops, events, and community training regarding issues facing the affected population.
NSU College of Law field placement clinics offered a broad range of host offices for third-year students to continue promoting the students’ real-world practice in the fall 2015 semester.
The Civil Field Placement Clinic, under clinic director Judith Karp, offers a varied experience, enabling students to gain transactional and litigation skills in the students’ chosen area of law. The Department of Homeland Security; Robert N. 1 2 Hartsell, P.A.; Dezer Development; K/S Attorneys at Law; Atherton Law Group, P.A.; Angelo & Banta, P.A.; Kanner & Pintaluga, P.A.; Asnis Srebnick & Kaufman, LLC; Kubicki Draper; JM&A Group of JM Enterprises; Omniangle; The Law Offices of Odelia Goldberg; and Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, P.L., all provided externship opportunities.
The Criminal Justice Field Placement Clinic, under the direction of Megan Chaney, clinic director, and Mark Dobson, professor, prepares students to interact with the criminal justice system. Over the past year, certified legal interns in the Criminal Justice Field Placement Clinic secured externships in the public defender’s offices in Broward and Palm Beach counties and the State Attorney’s Offices in Broward, Miami- Dade, and Palm Beach counties. 3 4 In fall 2015, students gained substantive legal knowledge, strengthened their lawyering skills, and were exposed to case- management requirements and legal tasks that most first-year lawyers face when entering the workforce. Students focused on client development and outreach and prepared cases for trial. Many legal interns assisted clients from the initial intake through the conclusion of the cases.
The in-house legal interns—under the guidance and supervision of clinic directors Jayme Cassidy, Brion Blackwelder, and Fran Tetunic—assisted 124 new clients. A conservative count estimates students dedicated approximately 2,200 hours to legal assistance. Also, NSU College of Law in-house clinical 5 programs provided more than $500,000 of legal service to the community. 1. Jayme Cassidy, director of the Veterans Law Clinic 2. Nancy Sanguigni, assistant dean of Clinical Programs Students participating in clinical programs are provided with 3. Brion Blackwelder, director of the Children and Families Clinic resources to test their career goals through real-life legal 4. Fran Tetunic, director of the Dispute Resolution Clinic practice and education. 5. Judith Karp, director of the Civil Field Placement Clinic
14 Nova Southeastern University Innovation: Legal Incubator Program
New Legal Incubator Extends Pro Bono and Lawyer Training to Recent Graduates
The NSU College of Law Legal Incubator Program is enabling services. Both the young attorney and the veteran will be legal entrepreneurship with an innovative new model that empowered by the program. specifically targets a deserving client base: veterans. Legal incubators are a growing movement across the country. In the end, the young attorney gains a sustainable practice Typically, incubators serve a dual purpose of assisting young while serving the modest-means veteran population. Without attorneys with starting their own law practices and providing this type of program, legal assistance would not be available to modest-means clients with avenues to legal assistance. the working-class population of veterans who live paycheck to paycheck or the veterans on a fixed VA disability income. NSU is the first incubator program in the country that will specifically target the veteran population. The new program A long-term goal is that young attorneys will serve as future will operate through the NSU College of Law Veterans Law leaders in the legal community and continue to engage in Clinic. This is a perfect fit for the incubator process because pro bono work while forging a positive change both socially veterans are a client base with a broad range of legal issues. and economically. This will provide the solo practitioner enrolled in the program with a selection from a varied caseload. Recent graduates stand a better chance of launching successful The program will provide the legal entrepreneur with an law firms with training received from theL egal Incubator program. environment that will nurture the startup phases of a solo practice. It also will help reduce the cost of launching a law firm, increase the potential caseload of the attorney, and provide access to resources required to start and sustain the legal practice.
The unique incubator model is an opportunity to provide recent graduates with leverage in a competitive market and an opportunity to serve the growing population of veterans that are in dire need of legal services. Participants will provide 200 hours of pro bono work to indigent clients and offer reduced fees to modest-means clients allowing them access to legal
NSU Law Advocate 15 Innovation: Trial and Appellate Advocacy
Students perform a mock trial in the Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee Courtroom.
Trial and Appellate Advocacy Program Helps Prepare National Champions
The heart of the NSU College of Law Trial and Appellate Program. Her vision is to continue aligning all the pieces Advocacy Program is designed to produce practice-ready, of the advocacy puzzle, from moot court and trial team well-rounded advocates with an emphasis on experiential competitions to trial advocacy and pretrial skills education, learning. Each discrete part of the program focuses on a skill under one program that harnesses the strengths of the existing integral to the success of a modern-day advocate, training advocacy curriculum. students in essential writing and oral presentation skills. By keeping advocacy at the core of legal education, the college The Trial and Appellate Advocacy Program kicked off the forges passionate, ethical, and skilled future lawyers. 2015 school year with the inaugural Trial Advocacy Summer Institute. Twenty-eight students met to learn foundational trial In 2015, Jon M. Garon appointed Megan F. Chaney, associate skills from expert faculty members, judges, and lawyers from professor, as the director of the Trial and Appellate Advocacy the NSU community. The all-volunteer program culminated
16 Nova Southeastern University in mock trials presided over by Broward County judges and an accomplished trial and appellate attorney, continues to attorneys giving up their Saturday to help educate the new prepare students for the National Trial Team Competition. In generation of NSU lawyers. winter 2016, alumnus Berkin Aslan (J.D. 15), the reigning, two-time Best Advocate champion, returned to the college to Once the fall semester began, the advocacy program invited coach a team for the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge held in students from the Nova Law Review, the Moot Court Society, Houston, Texas. and the NSU Trial Association to compete in the 2015 National Pretrial Competition hosted by Stetson University Rounding out the year of trial competitions was a jury College of Law. These three honors organizations joined forces selection competition hosted by the University of Missouri to achieve success at the competition and send a broader in Kansas City, Kansas. To prepare for this competition, three message about collaboration to the mock trial community. talented, hardworking students emerged from a Voir Dire This unique competition requires students to write two Workshop—an intensive, practice-oriented opportunity to different pretrial motions, argue them, and conduct witness learn the art of jury selection. At the Show Me Challenge in examinations to elicit testimony for closing arguments. These Kansas City, Nathan Nelson, 3L, received a perfect score for his rigorous competitions showcase the need for well-rounded jury selection talent and won 2016 Outstanding Voir Dire. advocates in all phases of litigation. The success of this program is apparent in the results. Student Throughout the year, alumni and colleagues from the legal teams consistently perform well in national competitions year community continue to play a key role. Arthur Ted Daus, J.D., after year. Alumni are often recognized as leaders in the legal Broward County assistant state attorney, led a team of four profession, especially in South Florida courtrooms and beyond. students in Buffalo, New York, to the top eight in a national criminal mock trial competition. H. Dohn Williams, J.D.,
Megan F. Chaney, associate professor, director of the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Program
NSU Law Advocate 17 Innovation: Global Law Leadership Initiative
Global Law Leadership Initiative Brings Business of Lawyering into the Classroom
Preparing new lawyers for the realities of the modern, global business, law firm management, and education. They have been legal practice requires a new set of skills to complement very helpful in identifying the key attributes of the successful the critical-reading, problem-solving, legal-drafting, and lawyer and assessing the critical skills essential for working with courtroom skills of the past generations. NSU College colleagues and clients in a variety of legal workplace settings. of Law’s Global Law Leadership Initiative is perhaps the boldest program of its kind in U.S. legal education, building The members of the steering committee include a sustained academic program focused on empowering • Jon M. Garon, dean, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law its graduates to take control of their professional lives and • J. Preston Jones, dean, NSU H. Wayne Huizenga College of enhance all aspects of their clients’ success. Business and Entrepreneurship The initiative is designed to develop the technological, • R obin Blackwell, J.D. (90), director of development for financial, and global economic competencies that are essential leadership gifts, NSU to the modern practice of law. The curriculum develops • S idney C. Calloway, partner, Shutts & Bowen, LLP fundamental skills in business, professionalism, law office management, and networking that will make students more • Amy Foust, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP attractive to prospective employers and better prepared • Morrie Levine, Law Office of Morrie I. Levine, P.A. to establish their own legal practice upon graduation. The • R obin Moselle, J.D. (91), LAWCRAFT® program is particularly useful to first-generation law students who may not have the family and professional mentoring to • S usan H. Stephan, director of development, NSU Shepard teach them the subtle ways to differentiate themselves and Broad College of Law succeed in law practice. • Jay A. Ziskind, J.D. (83), of Jay A. Ziskind, P.A.
The initiative has benefitted from the leadership of a The experience of the steering committee adds an important, sophisticated steering committee of attorney and business real-world perspective to the development of the program. advisers who bring a wealth of experience in law practice, For students starting their careers in large law firms, they
18 Nova Southeastern University must understand how to select mentors and how to steer • Law Practice Business and Technology Workshop (2 credits): their practices toward areas that are both financially and Trains students on a number of key operational aspects of professionally rewarding. For students in smaller firms, they the practice of law including the business foundation of a must quickly learn to promote the practice and steer their efforts successful law firm management; security and confidentiality toward efficiency, economic rewards, and community impact. of client information; marketing, public relations, advertising, In both cases, the lawyers must be able to understand and and social media; duties of technological competence under explain how their legal services will be strategically beneficial the American Bar Association’s Ethics 20/20 amendments to their clients. These are attributes for all successful attorneys to the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility; predictive but concepts never before taught systematically in law school. coding and other ediscovery issues; client intake and case management; and issues related to the scope and The Global Law Leadership Initiative Program begins with an composition of representation including the unauthorized immersive summer semester, often described as the business practice of law and unbundled legal services. of lawyering. The three-course summer sequence is specifically geared to developing the skills and knowledge every attorney These courses are just the beginning. As students continue, needs to understand the economics of the decisions made by they will enroll in courses that focus on areas of business clients, lawyers, and related parties. planning, international law and transactions, intellectual property law, and technology law. Many will take an additional The courses are course on Law Practice Management. These areas are essential • Business Operations for Lawyers (3 credits): Prepares not only to practicing law today, but also to becoming a students to use financial tools and other common prepared professional for the 21st century. Through this model techniques to share information, evaluate risk, conduct curriculum, NSU College of Law students are able to graduate quantitative analysis, and make financial-based decisions. as some of the most well-prepared students in the United States.
• Strategic Business Planning for Lawyers (3 credits): Teaches the fundamentals of client development, ethics, marketing, creating a professional working environment, organizational leadership, and how to manage the constant change at the heart of modern legal practice.
Faculty members and students discuss fundamental skills for successful practice management.
NSU Law Advocate 19 Innovation: Health Law Program
Students Prepare for an Interdisciplinary Approach to Health Law
Building on a history of innovation, NSU College of Law through the Shepard Broad College of Law’s J.D./D.O. provides students interested in health law with excellent program, one of only two in the nation. In the works are joint opportunities for interprofessional collaboration and an degree programs with the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s opportunity to increase practical skills. More than 10 years Public Health Program and NSU’s newly created College of ago, the college became the first American Bar Association- Allopathic Medicine. accredited law school in the nation to offer an online master’s degree in health law to nonlawyer health care professionals. NSU has been one of the few educational institutions to Today, law school faculty members remain deeply engaged in accord law a place within its efforts to create a better health educating both law students and health care professionals. care system by drawing together multiple disciplines. HPD’s Center for Interprofessional Education and Practice engages The college boasts the only health law concentration in faculty members across the university, and it has welcomed the the state of Florida. “Deciding to complete the health law participation of health law faculty members since its inception concentration is one of the best decisions I’ve made,” said in 2010. Center activities include Interprofessional Education alumna Zarinah St. Lawrence (’15), a contract administrator at Day, at which health law students can network with and learn Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation, Florida. “The from students at the HPD. concentration led to interviews and opportunities that would not have been available to me otherwise.” According to Marilyn Uzdavines, assistant professor, “Interprofessional Education Day activities provide our health “Through our health law concentration, students enjoy an law students with a unique opportunity to interact with health important opportunity to build a strong foundation for serving professions students on both a theoretical and practical level. the legal needs of patients, health care payers, and health care Along with classroom presentations, the students participate in providers,” said Kathy Cerminara, professor. “The faculty simulated client experiences. We are excited for our students to members teaching health law courses are dynamic teachers and be part of this collaborative program.” prolific scholars eager to introduce students to both theory and practice.” As part of the emphasis on developing practical skills, NSU College of Law’s unusually close geographic proximity to students participate in the National Health Law Moot Court the HPD fosters such interaction among both faculty members Competition and the L. Edward Bryant Jr. National Health Law and students. It permits law and HPD students to engage in Transactional Competition, which they have won twice. joint activities, such as speaker events and Kick For a Cause, an annual charity kickball tournament. Presence on the same Health law faculty members make a point of collaborating campus also provides unique opportunities for development across professions and encouraging students to do so as of experiential learning placements at the hospital being built well. The college provides numerous opportunities for law on campus and the university’s new Center for Collaborative students to interact with NSU Health Professions Division Research (CCR). The $80-million center will boast the NSU (HPD) faculty members and students in disciplines ranging Cell Therapy Institute for cell-based biomedical research, NSU’s from dental medicine to pharmacy. For example, law students Center for Neuro-immune Medicine, one of the world’s largest benefit from interacting with students of osteopathic medicine wet labs, and the NSU Technology Incubator. Along with the
20 Nova Southeastern University Marilyn Uzdavines, left, and Kathy Cerminara, professors of law, head the Health Law Program.
CCR activities will come a need for legal representation about matters as diverse as health care-related intellectual property law and clinical research regulations. All of this will present potential opportunities for law-student, field-experience placements. “Deciding to complete the health law NSU College of Law students already enjoy numerous concentration is one of the best decisions opportunities for field experiences, including some at local I’ve made. The concentration led to hospitals and health law firms, according to Cerminara. South Florida, composed of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach interviews and opportunities that would counties, has 48 hospitals and numerous other health care not have been available to me otherwise.” businesses, and has been called a “mini Silicon Valley for health care innovation.” As a result, students have the ability to land a —Zarinah St. Lawrence (’15), wide variety of health law placements. “We anticipate a bright contract administrator, future, considering both the exciting developments within NSU Westside Regional Medical Center and the heavy concentration of health care facilities and related businesses in South Florida. It’s a great time to be a health law student at the NSU College of Law,” said Uzdavines.
NSU Law Advocate 21 Innovation: Diversity
Diverse, Inclusive “We are so proud that our law school reflects the richness of cultures and Environment Fuels communities from all over.” —Olympia Duhart, professor, Global Outlook Shepard Broad College of Law
Diversity is a core value at Nova Southeastern University, and it is reflected in the Shepard Broad College of Law.
The college takes pride in being among the most-diverse law schools in the nation. Students are immersed in an environment where they can learn global legal standards from faculty and staff members and fellow international students. Culturally diverse backgrounds offer students the benefit of learning in a community that brings together cultures, ideas, and perspectives from all over the world.
HispanicBusiness.com ranked the Shepard Broad College of Law fifth nationally as one of the Best Law Schools for Diversity Practices. The entering class of 2015 represented 14 states and 9 different countries.
“We are so proud that our law school reflects the richness of cultures and communities from all over,” said Olympia Duhart, professor, NSU College of Law. “And our location in South Florida provides an excellent base for the people who come to us from all over the world.”
As an additional student benefit, every semester the college invites professors from countries such as Italy, Spain, and the Czech Republic to teach courses. This unique opportunity allows students to be exposed directly to global legal education without ever leaving campus.
22 Nova Southeastern University Innovation: International Programs
David Cohen, associate director of International Programs, right, and Catherine Arcabascio, associate dean of International Programs, mentor an international student. NSU College of Law: A Pioneer in International Legal Education
For more than a decade, NSU College of Law has worked in multinational companies around the world. Other graduates close collaboration with colleagues and students from around have obtained positions in academia, a clerkship on the the world. Through its newest endeavor, the college continues Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, and have to pave the way as a leader in global legal education. made appearances on CNN en Español as a guest contributor.
In spring 2015, the college created the fast-growing and Students are offered the opportunity to spend a semester in innovative International Consortium for Global Legal London; a summer in the Netherlands, Spain, or South Korea; Education, which already includes partner universities and and to participate in the American Caribbean Law Initiative, professors in Argentina, the Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, the which brings together students studying law in the United Czech Republic, India, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, South Africa, States, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Trinidad. Spain, Trinidad, and Turkey. Students who do not wish to go abroad may take classes taught by foreign visiting professors each year. Additionally, all students Through the Consortium for Global Legal Education, law are offered a variety of other international and comparative law students, recent law graduates, and law faculty members classes and a clinical externship placement abroad, which may have the opportunity to engage with a diverse—yet culminate in earning a concentration in international law. interconnected—global legal community, develop best practices in legal education, and encourage collaborative international The college also is proud to be the home to both the ILSA Journal research among colleagues from around the world. of International and Comparative Law and the International Citator and Research Guide. The ILSA Journal of International NSU College of Law also has long-standing, dual degree and Comparative Law, a bilingual journal, has a worldwide exchange programs with the University of Barcelona, Roma circulation and produces scholarly work that affects the global Tre University, and Charles University in Prague. Alumni community. The International Citator and Research Guide is who have participated in these programs have been hired the first comprehensive research manual of international legal by some of the most prestigious international law firms and citation and law written for legal practitioners and academics.
NSU Law Advocate 23 Innovation: Legal Research and Writing
Legal Research and Writing Program Sponsors Unique Outreach Initiatives
At NSU College of Law, the Legal Research and Writing Student Outreach hosts lunch-time sessions on time Program (LRW) does more than just focus on the Bluebook. management, interviewing, summer readiness, oral advocacy, The program is committed to ensuring that first-year students citation, and ethics. Outreach programming allows the LRW are trained in the essentials, but strives to deliver much more. program to coordinate with other departments, such as the Career and Professional Development Office and the Veterans “Of course we are dedicated to making sure our students Law Clinic. Outreach efforts also showcase “near-peer” understand the key elements of legal research and writing, mentoring through collaborative efforts among the program but we pride ourselves on teaching the essentials through and students from the Law Review, Moot Court, and ILSA innovative approaches that emphasize skills,” said Olympia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Duhart, director of the LRW program. “The members of the Legal Research and Writing Program faculty work hard to Student outreach events seek to engage the bench and bar. integrate core research and writing instruction with essential Local attorneys participate in the campus programs, and there lawyering skills that are critical in today’s market,” she added. is also a popular LRW program trip to the Broward County Courthouse. At this event, five judges share writing tips and The program features full-time faculty members dedicated lead short classes on professionalism for the students. The to the best teaching practices in the field. In addition to Legal Research and Writing Program Outreach Committee’s incorporating skills-based instruction in the classroom—such final program of the year is always a presentation by Dorian as exposure to client interviews, mediation, and negotiation— K. Damoorgian, judge, Fourth District Court of Appeal. the LRW program features unique outreach initiatives for Damoorgian speaks at the law school and offers his insight on students through special programming. effective oral advocacy.
Three years ago, the Legal Research and Writing Program’s “We are extremely proud of our outreach efforts,” Duhart said. Student Outreach Committee was launched. This committee “They give us the chance to highlight important pedagogical comprises volunteers from the program's faculty. It also organizes goals in an exciting format through important collaborations.” outreach programs outside the classroom to help students develop important skills that support success in the classroom and beyond. Heather Baxter, associate professor, currently chairs the committee.
24 Nova Southeastern University Innovation: Workshops
Workshops Expand Hands-On Skills into the Classroom
The Workshops Program at NSU College of Law is part of Transactional-based courses help students develop skills in the essential core of preparation for students that hones complex counseling, multiparty negotiation, conciliation, and their practice skills before they leave law school. With each document drafting. workshop course, NSU College of Law faculty members work diligently to provide unique experiences that come as close as The learning impact of each workshop is further enhanced possible to real-world scenarios. Taught by full-time faculty by the leading edge technology that is part of the smart members, judges, and some of the leading attorneys in South courtroom and interactive classroom settings around the Florida, students experience litigation and transactional-based facility. Fundamental skills, such as advanced professional courses. There are more than 30 simulation courses covering responsibility, are taught along with timely scenarios such as a range of topics to cultivate experiential learning and serve Florida Land Development and Health Law. NSU graduates are students for a lifelong legal career. well known in the local legal community as being some of the most-prepared law school graduates around. Matthew Miller, Litigation-focused courses allow students to experience the of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, stated it best, “[Shepard Broad process from beginning to end. They simulate representation College of Law students] are better prepared after graduation of a mock client from the initial client interview and filing of than any first-year associate from an Ivy League school.” the complaint, through discovery, motion calendar, a bench trial, and all phases of an appeal.
NSU Law Advocate 25 Innovation: Mentoring Programs
Mentoring opportunities engage practicing attorneys with the next generation.
Group Mentoring Programs Keep Alumni and Students Engaged
In October 2015, the Nova Southeastern University Office of of McIntosh, Sawran and Cartaya, PA in Fort Lauderdale. Alumni Relations introduced a new concept for the Shepard McIntosh delivered an interactive presentation on what Broad College of Law Mentoring Program: group mentoring. partners look for in hiring associates and what lawyers need to Nearly 180 mentors and mentees belong to the program. The know about running a successful practice. He covered topics members meet at the College of Law three times during the including marketing, “rainmaking,” financing, and working academic year. Mentors include NSU College of Law faculty with intergenerational lawyers and clients. and staff members, as well as legal professionals from the community who generously volunteer their time to help guide The last mentoring breakfast of the academic year took place on law students. March 11, 2016. The event featured Greenberg Traurig attorneys Matthew Miller (J.D., ’97), administrative shareholder, and Paul The mentoring program began on October 9, 2015 with a Ranis, who presented, “Creating a Career Path Plan,” which networking breakfast for mentors and mentees. Mary T. Curtis offered law students a solid plan for transitioning from law hosted the first event. She conducted fun, interactive, improv school to their careers. Miller and Ranis described the options exercises that helped everyone get acquainted and practice available to students, including transaction or litigation paths, team-building skills. Mentors and mentees sat together in judicial clerkships, in-house counsel, or creating a company. He practice groups, which enabled them to also network. also explained how to seek those opportunities along the way using mentors. The program held its second breakfast on November 6, 2015. The featured speaker was Douglas McIntosh (J.D., ’81), founder
26 Nova Southeastern University Innovation: Online M.S. Programs
Online M.S. Programs Expand Career Opportunities
NSU College of Law pioneered its first Master of Science NSU College of Law was a frontrunner in offering law-based degree program more than 10 years ago by offering a master’s degrees exclusively to nonlaw students through an ABA- degree in health law. This innovative degree was forged at the accredited law school. The program of study combines intersection of complex legal regulations directly impacting substantive legal information that health care professionals the health care industry. The demand for law-related degrees desired with the practical issues frequently presented in for nonlawyers provided the opportunity to create new and this heavily regulated field. The degree is highly desirable to diverse degree programs. independent students who want to expand their professional competencies to meet workplace demands and excel in their Today, the college continues to meet the increasing demand chosen careers without becoming lawyers. for this type of degree in other fields. It offers four Master of Science degrees: Master of Science in Health Law, Master of Each master’s degree is designed to add value and credentials to Science in Education Law, Master of Science in Employment professionals who recognize the importance of incorporating Law, and Master of Science in Law and Policy. Each degree legal considerations into their professional lives. These degrees offers students the opportunity to concentrate their studies offer competitive advantages in highly regulated professions. on specific interests relevant to their respective disciplines. From physicians to floor nurses, human resource professionals These include some of the most popular areas, such as to school administrators, students continue to use these advanced risk management and regulatory compliance. Advancing degrees as an opportunity to make their careers more fulfilling. distance-education technology allows students to use their smartphones, tablets, and other electronic devices to better connect to their courses, faculty members, and the university.
NSU Law Advocate 27 Innovation: Continued Legal Education
Law Center Plus Helps Develop Practice Skills for New Lawyers Law Center Plus ensures relevant continuing education for alumni.
In February 2015, NSU College of Law launched its monthly and what you need to know to begin a new practice or law-related seminar, “Law Center Plus, Continuing Your Legal Education.” business. Other topics include probate, the role of an attorney The seminar series offers critical skills development to lawyers in the nonprofit world, and balancing work and life. and law students. Continuing legal education credits are available from The Florida Bar for registered participants. Participants can attend in person or via webinar, and a video library is always available online at http://nsuworks.nova.edu Taught by lawyers, law professors, and judges, seminar topics /law_lcpseminar. Alumni worldwide can participate in this cover a broad range of practice areas. These include handling opportunity, and those who attend in person have the added difficult depositions, preparing and using witnesses and experts advantage of networking with each other and speaking with at trial, mediation, using technology in the office and in court, the seminar presenters.
28 Nova Southeastern University A message from Susan Stephan, director of development, Shepard Broad College of Law At NSU College of Law, we are grateful for the support Giving Back of our generous alumni, faculty and staff members, volunteers, law firms, friends, and foundations who help us to excel in so many ways. Your contributions to the NSU allow us to provide the diverse opportunities that define NSU College of Law as an innovative and College of Law dynamic institution.
In addition to your donations to our Law Annual Fund, we are honored to welcome so many of our alumni and friends as strong supporters of student scholarships, our new student mentoring program, our wonderful live-client clinical programs, our new Global Law Leadership Initiative, and our Legal Incubator Program. The number of alumni supporting NSU College of Law is at an all-time high, and we are humbled by your generosity and engagement.
If you would like to join your fellow friends and alumni who are supporting our NSU College of Law community, there are many options. You can sign up to be a mentor to a current student, you can help us reach our alumni participation goal with an annual gift in any amount to any area of NSU that is meaningful to you, or you can participate with an alumni group in South Florida or around the United States on networking and social opportunities.
At NSU and the Shepard Broad College of Law, we have recently announced a new fund-raising campaign for excellence, known as “Realizing Potential: The Campaign for Nova Southeastern University,” with the goal of raising funds to support new endowed student scholarships, clinical education, and innovative faculty members and programs. There are opportunities to participate at every level. Please consider being a part of the future of NSU College of Law.
We are fortunate to count on dedicated alumni and friends who share the same overriding goal: the success of our law school in the pursuit of our mission to ensure that students develop the knowledge, skills, and values that are at the heart of becoming trusted, highly adept, professional lawyers who are respected for serving clients, their communities, and justice. Thank you for your support and loyalty.
Susan Stephan Director of Development
NSU Law Advocate 29 Giving Back
Board of Governors
Profile Melanie G. May, J.D. (’81)
Melanie G. May is serving her third term as chair of the Shepard Broad College of Law Board of Governors, an advisory board that works with the dean to set the strategic directions for the college.
“The NSU College of Law May served as chief judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeal, located in Palm Beach community is honored to County, from 2011 to 2013. have Judge Melanie May’s After graduating from law school at NSU in 1981, she clerked for Peter T. Fay, judge support and leadership, for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981–82. May practiced law with Bunnell, and we are extremely Woulfe, P.A., in Fort Lauderdale, for nine years before her appointment to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in April 1991, where she served in the juvenile delinquency proud of the significant and felony drug court divisions. The Broward County Drug Court won national acclaim impact she has had under May’s leadership, and it served as a mentor court for new drug courts during her throughout South Florida.” tenure. In 2001, Jeb Bush, Florida’s governor at the time, appointed her to the Fourth District Court of Appeal. She was retained in 2004 and 2010.
—Jon M. Garon, May is an active supporter of NSU College of Law. In addition to her leadership role dean and professor at with the Board of Governors, she has been a board member for more than 20 years. For NSU Shepard Broad many years, she has participated in the college’s law commencement exercises and the induction ceremonies for graduates. May has also supported the college financially for College of Law decades. In 2012, she created the Melanie G. May Changing Lives Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a full-time law student. She also serves as an ex officio member on the NSU Board of Trustees.
Additionally, May serves as a board member of the Youth Automotive Training Center, which is a tuition-free, nine-month training program that helps disadvantaged youths. She is currently the vice-president of the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal, serves on the Supreme Court of Florida’s Task Force on Substance Abuse and Mental Health, and has served as chair of the Florida Conference of District Court of Appeal Judges.
“The NSU College of Law community is honored to have Judge Melanie May’s support and leadership, and we are extremely proud of the significant impact she has had throughout South Florida. I have so enjoyed working with her in her role on the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Board of Governors,” said Jon M. Garon, dean.
30 Nova Southeastern University The NSU Shepard Broad College of Law would like to recognize the essential contributions of our board of governors, members of our community who serve as valued advisers to our dean and who also commit to support the college with an annual donation.
2015–2016 NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Board of Governors Mark I. Aronson ’81 Mitchell W. Berger In Memoriam Sharon Kegerris Berger Sheldon J. Schlesinger (1930–2015) Paul D. Bianco, J.D., Ph.D. Lorna E. Brown-Burton ’87 Ira J. Coleman ’86 A close friend of NSU College of Law, Sheldon J. Schlesinger, passed away Robert F. Diaz ’84, judge on December 2, 2015, at the age of 85. Steven B. Dolchin Actively committed to serving the South Florida community, Schlesinger Michael E. Dutko ’84 served on the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Board of Governors for Steven Farbman ’85, approximately 20 years. He also endowed the Sheldon J. Schlesinger Trial Alumni Association president, Advocacy Scholarship, which was created in 1992 to support students who Ex Officio exemplify outstanding performance in trial advocacy. Paul Finizio ’83 Both Nova Southeastern University and NSU College of Law are deeply Jamie Finizio-Bascombe ’93 grateful for Schlesinger’s years of leadership, mentorship, and support. Ron Glantz ’80 Ray Ferrero, Jr., chancellor at Nova Southeastern University, remembered Michael C. Greenberg ’01 Schlesinger as a well-respected trial lawyer. “We went back 50 years and were Gordon James III colleagues and good friends. He had the ability to take complex cases and Robert Kelley ’81 make them easy to understand for the jury and present them in a way that Rick Latta related to them,” Ferrero said. “Sheldon was always very supportive of the law Melanie G. May ’81, judge school and of the university, and we shall miss him.” Douglas M. McIntosh ’81 Schlesinger was a successful personal injury and medical malpractice attorney James F. Miller for more than 50 years; he was known throughout the United States for his Robin Sobo Moselle ’91 professionalism and skill as a trial lawyer. He was a member of one of the most elite groups in the legal field, the Inner Circle of Trial Advocates, which Michael W. Moskowitz includes the nation’s top 100 trial lawyers. The Daily Business Review described Martin R. Press him as “inspired and inspirational.” He was often described as a “super lawyer Michael Ross ’78 in every sense of the word,” and “one of the most powerful personal injury Diana Santa Maria attorneys in the country.” He earned national recognition for his role in Sheldon J. Schlesinger* Florida’s team against Big Tobacco, but had already cemented his professional David W. Singer ’80 reputation as a top litigator. Beverly L. Vesel ’79 Schlesinger was the founding partner and CEO of Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Peter L. Wechsler based in Fort Lauderdale. Both of his sons, Scott Schlesinger, J.D., and Gregg Schlesinger, J.D. (94), are members of his firm. He will be deeply missed Jay A. Ziskind ’83 throughout NSU, the South Florida legal community, and beyond. *Deceased
NSU Law Advocate 31 Giving Back
Honor Roll Donors $25,000+ The Salah Foundation* Ruden, McClosky, Smith, et al.* The Albert E. & Esther G. Kaufman Foundation Beth Kobliner Shaw * Henry Anderson The Shepard Broad Foundation* *^ John B. Anderson David W. Singer * Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund, Inc. Linda F. Stein*# Donor Timothy Bascombe and Jamie Finizio-Bascombe Taft Foundation*^ * Mr. and Mrs. Peter Battisti George J. Taylor* * The Bay Branch Foundation Elaine Wold * Honor Roll Becker & Poliakoff PA Dr. Keith C. Wold * Berger Singerman LLP Jay A. Ziskind*# Mitchell Berger and Sharon Kegerreis Berger* * Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Bisk *Fellows Society Member Please review our Barbara Britzke and Joseph Harbaugh ^Diamond Shark Circle Member * Donor Honor Roll, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Broad #1964 Society Member * as well as our list of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Burpee Johnny C. Burris* Lifetime Giving Society 2015 Honor Roll Donors Catri, Holton, Kessler, & Kessler, P.A.* Members, whose Dr. Luis Cruz George Acquaye generosity continues Cuban American Bar Association, Inc.* Mark Agulnik, J.D.,’03 to inspire us. C. William Trout Charitable Trust*^ Joseph Albury, J.D., ’01 The David & Jodi Epstein Foundation* Iliana Alem Earl Vettel Trust* Juan Carlos Alexander, J.D., ’11 We would like to extend Pauline Ellsworth Angela Amorosi, J.D., ’78 sincere gratitude to our Mr. and Mrs. Arthur I. Epstein* Diane Angella, J.D., ’82 donors for supporting Mr. and Mrs. David Epstein* Laurie Anton, J.D., ’89 Estate of Mr. August C. Paoli* Catherine Arcabascio NSU Shepard Broad The Estate of Mrs. Lillian Pollock Timothy Arcaro College of Law. If you Isaac Feder Trust* Carlos Arce have questions about Finizio & Finizio, P.A. Frances Arnold, J.D., ’80 making a contribution, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Finizio Mark Aronson, J.D., ’81 * Scott Atherton, J.D., ’04 please contact Susan The Florida Bar Foundation Florida Chapter American Academy of Xavier Atria, J.D., ’86 Stephan, director Matrimonial Lawyers Brian Balaguera, J.D., ’06 of development, at Florida Lawyers Legal Insurance Corporation Jacqueline Banke, J.D., ’90 (954) 262-6261 or at Ronald Glantz and Wendy Newman Glantz Eunice Baros, J.D., ’80 # # [email protected]. Adam Goldberg and Elena Rose Minicucci Darlene Barron, J.D., ’13 The Honorable and Mrs. Jose Gonzalez* Valerie Barton, J.D., ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Gottesman-Warrior* Heather Baxter, J.D., ’00 The Jeanne & Irwin Levy Foundation Inc. Darlene Bedley Brian Kahan* Larry Behar, J.D., ’79 Sylvia Kaplan Michael Beharry Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin Adrienne Beinfest Donald Kreiss Elliot Beinfest, J.D., ’77 Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Michael Bender Jon and Elaine Krupnick* Sheena Benjamin-Wise, J.D., ’01 Law Alumni Association Mitchell Berger Leo Goodwin Foundation, Inc.* Sharon Kegerreis Berger Debra Levine William Berger, J.D., ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levy Stephen Berkovits, J.D., ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Maister Joel Berman Laurence and Susan Maurer*^ Rita Berman Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McAllister* Elizabeth Besade, J.D., ’08 Douglas and Theresa McIntosh* Gary Betensky, J.D., ’84 Hancock Liberman McKee* Aquanetta Betts, J.D., ’00 Dr. Louis Monteleone* Cathy Bierman, J.D., ’94 Nova University Law School Bookstore Brion Blackwelder Panza Maurer & Maynard P.A.*^ Patricia Blackwelder Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Panza*^ Robin Blackwell, J.D., ’90 Toni Marsengill Paoli* Lisette Blanco, J.D., ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Prugh* Roberto Bode Rogow Greenberg Foundation, Inc.* John, Bohatch, J.D., ’85 Jacquelyn and Bruce Rogow* Rebecca Bratter, J.D., ’03 Marc and Susan Rohr* Brian Breiter, J.D., ’95
32 Nova Southeastern University The Salah Foundation* Scott Brenner, J.D., ’85 Debra Duckett, J.D., ’90 Crystal Hall, J.D., ’08 Ruden, McClosky, Smith, et al.* Morris Broad Olympia Duhart, J.D., ’03 Steven Hammer, J.D., ’86 Beth Kobliner Shaw Abby Brodie, J.D., ’09 Melissa Dursi, J.D., ’15 Alan Harding, J.D., ’89 The Shepard Broad Foundation* Caroline Brown, J.D., ’01 Michael Dutko, J.D., ’84 Lauren Harris, J.D., ’11 David W. Singer Ronald Brown Nathaniel Dutt, J.D., ’12 Lynda Harris Linda F. Stein*# Scott Brown, J.D., ’03 Christopher Dutton, J.D., ’14 linda Harrison Taft Foundation*^ Sharon Brown Cynthia Duval Anneke Hercules George J. Taylor* Carol Sellers Brugger, J.D., ’91 Austin Duvernoy, J.D., ’82 Ron Herman, J.D., ’00 Elaine Wold Johnny Clark Burris Peter Dyson, J.D., ’07 Cristina Hernandez Dr. Keith C. Wold Lorna Brown-Burton, J.D., ’87 Diane Ede, J.D., ’03 Beth-Ann Herschaft, J.D., ’94 Jay A. Ziskind*# Charles Burton, J.D., ’84 Joshua Eggnatz, J.D., ’09 Jibrael Hindi, J.D., ’15 Tule Cabrera, J.D., ’08 Michael Ehren, J.D., ’07 Joseph Hnylka *Fellows Society Member Laura Cancilla, J.D., ’09 Lynn Epstein, J.D., ’86 Jodi Hochman ^Diamond Shark Circle Member Timothy Canova Brandon Esquenazi Rodger Hochman, J.D., ’94 #1964 Society Member Linda Carol, J.D., ’96 Marta Estevez Damien Hoffman, J.D., ’00 Erica Case, J.D., ’14 Donna Evertz, J.D., ’94 Peter Holden, J.D., ’89 2015 Honor Roll Donors Jayme Cassidy Noel Facey Elizabeth Hood, J.D., ’10 Kathy Cerminara Mona Fandel, J.D., ’77 Josh Hyatt, J.D., ’04 George Acquaye Carisa Champion-Lippmann, J.D., ’15 Steven Farbman, J.D., ’85 Areto Imoukhuede Mark Agulnik, J.D.,’03 Ramon Chamy, J.D., ’02 Joseph Fazio, J.D., ’94 Anthony Jackson, J.D., ’91 Joseph Albury, J.D., ’01 Mary Chandelle Vivian, Fazio, J.D., ’96 Patricia Jackson Iliana Alem Megan Chaney Lauren Feffer, J.D., ’11 Rebecca Jackson, J.D., ’12 Juan Carlos Alexander, J.D., ’11 Philip Charamella, J.D., ’84 Patrick Ferguson, J.D., ’15 Debra Jacoby, J.D., ’05 Angela Amorosi, J.D., ’78 Ladonna Cody, J.D., ’81 Jamie Finizio-Bascombe, J.D., ’93 Gordon James Diane Angella, J.D., ’82 Richard Coker, J.D., ’82 Paul Finizio, J.D., ’83 Celia Jarvis, J.D., ’11 Laurie Anton, J.D., ’89 Gayle Coleman, J.D., ’90 Barry Finkel, J.D., ’83 Suzanne Jarvis, J.D., ’81 Catherine Arcabascio Ira Coleman Michael Fischler, J.D., ’78 Bonni Jensen, J.D., ’90 Timothy Arcaro Jill Coleman Shirley Fischler, J.D., ’02 Elizabeth Johnson, J.D., ’89 Carlos Arce Phyllis Coleman Charles, Flaxman, J.D., ’81 Matthew Jones, J.D., ’88 Frances Arnold, J.D., ’80 Mary Collins Roger Fleming, J.D., ’82 Adrienne Kaltman, J.D., ’10 Mark Aronson, J.D., ’81 Maria Consuegra, J.D., ’88 Michael Flynn Rachael Kamlet Scott Atherton, J.D., ’04 Leslie Cooney Rose Flynn Sylvia Kaplan Xavier Atria, J.D., ’86 Elle Cox Judith Ford, J.D., ’90 Sofia Kaplun-Ioannou J.D., ’93 Brian Balaguera, J.D., ’06 Hilary Creary, J.D., ’93 Amanda Foster Billie Jo Kaufman, J.D., ’90 Jacqueline Banke, J.D., ’90 Kathryn Crocquet, J.D., ’04 Barry Franklin, J.D., ’79 Robert Kaye Eunice Baros, J.D., ’80 Stephanie Cruz, J.D., ’15 John Fuller, J.D., ’79 Christopher Kelley, J.D., ’80 Darlene Barron, J.D., ’13 Michele Cummings, J.D., ’80 Alan Gabriel, J.D., ’79 Robert Kelley, J.D., ’81 Valerie Barton, J.D., ’06 Debra Moss Curtis Mark Gaeta, J.D., ’81 Shahabudeen Khan, J.D., ’03 Heather Baxter, J.D., ’00 Karen Curtis, J.D., ’78 Jessica Garcia, J.D., ’99 Sheleen Khan, J.D., ’02 Darlene Bedley Gabrielle D’Agostino, J.D., ’03 Neil Garfield, J.D., ’78 Ralph King, J.D., ’11 Larry Behar, J.D., ’79 Michael Dale Jon M. Garon Louise Kingsley, J.D., ’84 Michael Beharry Pamela D’Alo Balaguera, J.D., ’12 Stacy Garon Rian Kinney, J.D., ’08 Adrienne Beinfest Larry Davis, J.D., ’84 Dean Gettis, J.D., ’85 Kurt Klaus, J.D., ’79 Elliot Beinfest, J.D., ’77 Rita Dee, J.D., ’82 Natalie Giachos, J.D., ’06 Lawrence Klayman, J.D., ’94 Michael Bender James Dehart, J.D., ’77 Fabio Giallanza, J.D., ’14 Tamara Klopenstein, J.D., ’89 Sheena Benjamin-Wise, J.D., ’01 Nicola DeHart, J.D., ’12 Anne Giri, J.D., ’02 Ryan Knight, J.D., ’15 Mitchell Berger Maria Del Campillo, J.D., ’12 Ronald Glantz, J.D., ’80 Nancy Knutson Sharon Kegerreis Berger Jorge Delgado, J.D., ’99 Wendy Newman Glantz, J.D., ’82 Anita Paoli Kotler, J.D., ’90 William Berger, J.D., ’03 Michael DeLuca, J.D., ’93 Joyce Goff, J.D., ’03 Elizabeth Krant, J.D., ’99 Stephen Berkovits, J.D., ’04 Erica DeSanti, J.D., ’15 Adam Goldberg, J.D., ’95 William Kruger Joel Berman Dian Diaz Renee Goldenberg, J.D., ’84 Elaine Krupnick, J.D., ’84 Rita Berman Robert Diaz, J.D., ’84 Pearl Goldman, J.D., ’86 Douglas Kugal, J.D., ’95 Elizabeth Besade, J.D., ’08 Kathryn Dobson Brian Goldwyn, J.D., ’01 Ishaq Kundawala Gary Betensky, J.D., ’84 Mark Dobson Jennifer Gordon Chad Laing, J.D., ’00 Aquanetta Betts, J.D., ’00 John Dodig Lyon Greenblatt, J.D., ’81 Arlene Lakin, J.D., ’91 Cathy Bierman, J.D., ’94 Lorrie Dodig Robert Gregg James Lamb, J.D., ’98 Brion Blackwelder Steven Dolchin Robert Groelle, J.D., ’89 Elena Langan Patricia Blackwelder Adam Doner, J.D., ’83 Joseph Grohman Deanna Langer Robin Blackwell, J.D., ’90 Prince Donnahoe Darla Grondin, J.D., ’12 Rudy Langer Lisette Blanco, J.D., ’98 Douglas Donoho Cristina Groschel, J.D., ’99 Kimberly Lansford, J.D., ’06 Roberto Bode Melissa Minsk Donoho Richard Grosso Nancy Lapierre, J.D., ’97 John, Bohatch, J.D., ’85 Kevin Donovan Christina Gruendel, J.D., ’93 Rick Latta Rebecca Bratter, J.D., ’03 Erin Dougherty, J.D., ’97 Lilian Guzman Laurence Leeds, J.D., ’86 Brian Breiter, J.D., ’95 Margherita Downey, J.D., ’97 Christian Guzzano, J.D., ’00 Robert Levine, J.D., ’86
NSU Law Advocate 33 Giving Back
Chad Levy, J.D., ’04 Gema Polimeni, J.D., ’09 Linda Stein, J.D., ’84 James Levy Chaya Posner, J.D., ’12 Michael Steinbaum, J.D., ’07 Nicole Levy Cynthia Pyfrom, J.D., ’13 Michael Steiner, J.D., ’81 Kenneth J. Lewis, Jr., J.D., ’04 John Christian Ramos, J.D., ’13 Susan H. Stephan Maria Lewis, J.D., ’81 Celia Randolph, J.D., ’96 Eric Stettin, J.D., ’89 Sherisse Lewis Rodney Rawls, J.D., ’99 Michael Stevens, J.D., ’08 Andrew Lieberman, J.D., ’07 Melinda Reinders Michelle Suarez, J.D., ’13 Peggy Linn, J.D., ’84 Michael Reith, J.D., ’77 Jane Sullivan, J.D., ’97 Donna Litman Bruno Renda, J.D., ’11 Jaclyn Switalski, J.D., ’15 Robert Littner Barry Resnik Terry Szucsko, J.D., ’08 Michael Lyons, J.D., ’97 Marcy Resnik Caroline Tabash, J.D., ’14 Stephanie Lyons, J.D., ’98 Rebecca Rhew, J.D., ’10 Maria Tako, J.D., ’04 Kimberly Mack, J.D., ’06 Rebecca Rich Fran Tetunic, J.D., ’84 Scott Mager, J.D., ’88 Gail Richmond Adrian Thomas, J.D., ’93 Sara Mammarella, J.D., ’10 Michael Richmond Michele Thomas, J.D., ’93 Joseph Mannino, J.D., ’79 Gregory Ritter, J.D., ’83 Simone Thomas, J.D., ’07 Hanna Manzur, J.D., ’10 Kyle Roberts, J.D., ’15 Tracy Timberlake Elena Marty-Nelson Don Rogers, J.D., ’87 Lynn Bennett Toland Jani Maurer Lyn Roman, J.D., ’15 Howard Toland, J.D., ’83 Laurence Maurer, J.D., ’81 Rodney Romano, J.D., ’86 Frank Toral, J.D., ’92 Susan Maurer, J.D., ’80 Karen Rose Michael Torres, J.D., ’01 Melanie May, J.D., ’81 Alison Rosenberg Brent Trapana, J.D., ’12 Catherine Mazzullo, J.D., ’87 Michael Ross Audra Trattler, J.D., ’92 Timothy McDonnell Stefan Rubin Michael Ullman, J.D., ’78 Douglas McIntosh, J.D., ’81 Dena Sacharow, J.D., ’10 Marilyn Uzdavines Theresa McIntosh Scott Sakin, J.D., ’82 Herbert Uzzi, J.D., ’14 Connie Mederos-Jacobs, J.D., ’89 Diana Santa Maria Beverly Vesel, J.D., ’79 Heidi Mehaffey, J.D., ’11 Mark Sargent, J.D., ’14 Sharon Walker, J.D., ’94 Malcolm Meister, J.D., ’96 Carrie Sarver, J.D., ’05 Ethan Wall, J.D., ’07 Andrew Mescolotto, J.D., ’06 James Sawran, J.D., ’82 Whitney Warnke, J.D., ’00 Natalie Mescolotto, J.D., ’06 Steven Schart, J.D., ’95 Andrew Washor, J.D., ’78 Diana Meyer, J.D., ’02 Ellen Schneider, J.D., ’84 Kathryn Webber Cynthia Miller Walter Schneider, J.D., ’95 Peter Wechsler James Miller David Schweiger, J.D., ’97 Scott Weicholz, J.D., ’15 David Millheiser, J.D., ’94 Leslie Scribani, J.D., ’02 Todd Weicholz, J.D., ’01 Elena Rose Minicucci, J.D., ’96 Matthew Seamon, J.D., ’07 Peter Weinstein, J.D., ’91 Joel Mintz Justin Seekamp, J.D., ’11 Justin Weisberg J.D., ’97 Scott Modlin, J.D., ’91 Barry Segal, J.D., ’96 Scott Weiselberg, J.D., ’97 Michael Molinaro, J.D., ’91 Kevin Sellar David Weiss, J.D., ’86 Elizabeth Montaigne, J.D., ’90 Sagi Shaked, J.D., ’00 Thomas West Anat More, J.D., ’02 Timothy Shields David Wiegand, J.D., ’81 Gerald Morris, J.D., ’77 Elise Shourds, J.D., ’00 Joan Wilcox, J.D., ’01 Nicole Morris, J.D., ’04 Florence Shu-Acquaye James Wilets Robin Moselle, J.D., ’91 Patricia Shub, J.D., ’89 Jene Williams, J.D., ’95 Michael Moskowitz Michael Siegel, J.D., ’85 Mary Williams, J.D., ’98 Robert Moskovitz, J.D., ’98 Barry Silverman Nikeisha Williams, J.D., ’06 Mark Mucci, J.D., ’89 Judy Silverman Cornel Williams Joseph Natiello, J.D., ’12 Theresa Simonson, J.D., ’92 Scott Windsor, J.D., ’04 Frantz Nelson, J.D., ’06 David Singer, J.D., ’80 Henry Wintz, J.D., ’11 Maitte Netsch, J.D., ’78 Jeremy Singer, J.D., ’11 Todd Wise, J.D., ’13 Lewis Niad, J.D., ’91 Teresa Sjogren, J.D., ’87 Yvonne Brown Wright, J.D., ’95 Marcie Nolan, J.D., ’08 Patricia Smith Julie Woodruff, J.D., ’95 Robyn Nolan, J.D., ’06 Peter Smith, J.D., ’87 Joseph Yachanin, J.D., ’79 John O’Hara, J.D., ’02 Ronald Smith, J.D., ’81 Doreen Yaffa J.D., ’94 Norman Ostrau, J.D., ’79 Robert Smoley, J.D., ’78 Samuel Yaffa, J.D., ’94 Ruby Patel, J.D., ’14 Scott Sobol, J.D., ’03 Stuart Yanofsky, J.D., ’89 Shire Patel, J.D., ’14 Donna Greenspan Solomon, J.D., ’95 Alejandro Zamora, J.D., ’85 Maria Patullo, J.D., ’92 Mark Solomon, J.D., ’79 Marie Zamy Dana Pechersky, J.D., ’11 Mindy Solomon, J.D., ’81 Muriel Zbar, J.D., ’81 Augusto Perera, J.D., ’14 Keith Sonderling, J.D., ’08 Thomas Zeichman, J.D., ’12 Roma Perez Pedro Sotolongo, J.D., ’02 Jay Ziskind, J.D., ’83 William Perez Kimberly Spagui, J.D., ’08 Robert Pinkiert, J.D., ’91 Marc Spector, J.D., ’97
34 Nova Southeastern University Faculty Spotlight
Professor Makes an Impact Locally, Globally
For more than 30 years, Michael J. Dale has been an integral Florida” published by the Nova Law Review. In addition, he wrote part of the NSU College of Law community. With a passion an op-ed piece, “The Dark Hole that is the Broward Dependency for advocating for family and juvenile justice, Dale has been a Court,” published in January 2015 by the Sun Sentinel. practicing lawyer in civil rights litigation for more than 40 years. Dale has been involved in juvenile justice issues, such as the A devoted member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy biannual update to his Matthew Bender two-volume text, (NITA) program at the college, he continues to work alongside “Representing the Child Client” in July 2015. He has spoken professors Michael Flynn, Kate Webber, and Mark Dobson, as at the Broward County Bar Association Constitution Day in well as Jayme Cassidy, Veterans Law Clinic director, to instill September 2015 and at the Temple Law School Symposium, in students the skills necessary to litigate legal cases. He has Aligning the Juvenile and Family Court with Adolescent been the program director for the NITA Florida Deposition Development—Rethinking Current Approaches in October 2015. program for more than 24 years and continues to be highly He handled three NSU College of Law Clinic dependency involved with NITA. cases in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in fall 2015.
This year, he traveled across the country to teach at various While Dale continues to make an impact locally, the summer programs, including the NITA/ABA Annual Trial Skills of 2015 led Dale to expand his talents globally. He traveled Program in Boulder, Colorado; Nixon Peabody Fact to Japan to train Japanese law professors in skills education Investigation Program in San Francisco, California; Hogen recently developed in U.S. law schools. As a result of his Lovells Expert Deposition Program in New York City, New visit, Dale will publish his lecture series, The Evolving York; NITA Florida Deposition Program at NSU College Methods of Teaching Law in the United States—from Case of Law; and the Southern Poverty Law Center Negotiations Method/Socratic Method to Clinical Legal Education after Program in Montgomery, Alabama. Working with NITA, it is translated into Japanese for publication in the Nagoya he coauthored the organization’s first juvenile delinquency University Journal of Law and Politics. case file—with J.C. Lore, professor at Rutgers Camden Law School—entitled In Re Lewis and published by LexisNexis. A member of the bars of the states of Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, and New York, Dale received his J.D. from Boston Author of more than 75 articles, Dale has recently added several College in 1970. He has been a faculty member at NSU since articles to his résumé, including his 25th “Annual Survey of 1985, and currently teaches courses in family law and juvenile law.
NSU Law Advocate 35 Timothy L. Arcaro
Adoption, in Adoption, Paternity, and Other Florida Faculty and Staff Family Practice (11th ed. LexisNexis Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2015). Achievements Law School Migration to Distance Learning Platforms, Presenter at the 2015 Distance Learning Administrators Conference, University of West Georgia (June 2015)
Heather Baxter
Killing Two Birds With One Stone: Where the Indigent Defense Crisis and the Law Job Shortage Crisis Intersect, 18 Berkeley J. Afr.-Am. L. & Pol’y __ (forthcoming 2016).
Everything I Learned About Teaching Legal Writing I Learned From Being a Parent, 22 Persp.: Teaching L. Res. & Writing 147 (2014).
Randolph Braccialarghe
Reappointed to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws by Florida Governor Rick Scott
Op-ed articles on “Gun-Free Zones” appeared in the Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, Tallahassee Democrat, and USA Today, (April/May 2015).
Camille Lamar Campbell
Story-Craft: A Primer for Writing Persuasive Legal Stories (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, forthcoming 2016).
Attorneys for the Damned: Using Legal Storytelling to Facilitate Zealous Representation of Unpopular, Unlikeable, or Infamous Clients, 20 The Second Draft 2, 24 (2015).
Timing is Everything: Teaching Essential Time Management Skills for “Real-World” Legal Writing, 22 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 125 (2014).
Timothy Canova
The Role of Central Banks in Global Austerity, 22:2 Indiana J. Global Legal Stud. 665 (2015).
The Fox, the Henhouse, and the Federal Reserve, Limes: the Italian Journal of Geopolitics (2015), reprinted in Heartland: Eurasian Journal of Geopolitics (2015).
The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and Public Finance, in When Government Helped: Learning From The
36 Nova Southeastern University Faculty and Staff Achievements
Successes and Failures of the New Deal (Sheila Collins Ten Years After Terri Schiavo, With Reflections On Eulana and Gertrude Goldberg, ed., Oxford University Press, 2014). Englaro, Keynote at University of Milan Faculty of Law, Milan, Italy (July 2015) George W. Bush and the Failure of Laissez-Faire, Panelist at 12th Presidential Conference on George Walker Bush, Hofstra The End-of-Life Landscape Ten Years After Schiavo, Presenter University (March 2015) at ASLME Health Law Professors Conference (June 2015)
Discussion Group: Governmental Transparency and Openness, Hospice, Palliative Care, and Aid in Dying: The Current Status Panelist at Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 2015) of End of Life Policies in the United States and Their Impact on Population, Copresenter at Geriatrics Eighth Annual Op-ed., Helping Struggling Seniors and Disabled, Miami Interprofessional Training Institute: Collaborating for Quality Herald, August 2015. (May 2015)
Schiavo, Ten Years Later, Presenter at Florida Bioethics Jayme Cassidy Network Annual Clinical Bioethics Conference, Miami, Florida (April 17, 2015) Awarded NSU Excellence in Community Service award at the annual NSU Team 2020 Celebration What Deans Would Tell Newer Law Teachers If They Asked, Panelist at Southeastern Association of Law Schools In re Valor: Policy and Action in Veterans Legal Aid, Presenter (August 2014) at University of Memphis Law Review Annual Symposium (March 2015) Creating and Designing an Effective First-Year Course, Upper- Level Elective Course, or Seminar, Panelist at Southeastern Suddenly Discharged the Combat Continues: Eliminating the Association of Law Schools (August 2014) Legal Services Gap to Ensure Veterans’ Success After Leaving Military Service, 45 U. Mem. L. Rev. 837 (2015) Faculty Development Deans: Defining Our Role, Tips for Each Other, and Others, Discussion Group Participant at Discussion Group: Veterans Clinics—Serving Those Who Southeastern Association of Law Schools (August 3, 2014) Served, Panelist at Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 2015) Hot Issues in Law and Bioethics, Panelist at Southeastern Association of Law Schools (August 2014)
Collaboratively Serving Those Who Have Served: Envisioning Kathy Cerminara A Medical-Legal Partnership Veterans’ Clinic as Part of Coauthored with Thaddeus M. Pope, & Alan Meisel, The Right Interprofessional Education Efforts, Panelist at American to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking (3d ed. Supp., Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics Health Law Professors Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, annual update since 2013, Conference (June 2014) forthcoming 2016). Interview, Deeper Look, Al Jazeera America, (November 2015) Right to Die Law and Policy, in Encyclopedia of Bioethics (end-of-life decision making by and on behalf of children) (4th ed., Macmillan Reference USA, 2014).
Coauthored Abstract, End of Life as a Public Health Issue: Setting Megan F. Chaney the Ethics and Policy Making Agenda, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting (October/November 4, 2015). The Living, the Dead, the Undecided: An Annotated Bibliography of Law Review Articles Dealing With the Law Designing Effective First-Year and Upper-Level Courses, and of Absentees and Returnees 44 Int’l J. Legal Info. __ Hot Issues in Law and Bioethics, Panelist at Southeastern (forthcoming 2016). Association of Law Schools Conference (July 2015) Post-Adjudicatory Juvenile Defense Attorneys: More Thoughts Health Care Reform Efforts in the United States: Steps Toward on Reimagining Juvenile Justice, 42 Cap. U. L. Rev. 491 (2014). a Better Death, Presenter, and Therapeutic Jurisprudence Approaches to Dealing With Vulnerable Populations, Panelist Using the Law and Economics to Reform the System of Criminal at 34th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Justice, Presenter at Judicial Symposium, George Mason Vienna, Austria (July 2015) University School of Law’s Judicial Symposium (2015)
NSU Law Advocate 37 Faculty and Staff Achievements
Leslie Cooney Frederick Douglass on Shelby County, 17 Berkeley J. Afr.-Am. L. & Pol’y 141 (2015). Commentator, Junior Scholars Works-in-Progress Workshop: Private Law, Southeastern Association of Law Schools Appointed to serve a two-year term on the Publications Conference (July 2015) Committee for the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Completed a two-year term as copresident of the Society of Jane E. Cross American Law Teachers (SALT) and continues her service on A Matter of Discretion: The De Facto Abolition of the the SALT Board of Governors Mandatory Death Penalty in Barbados—A Study of the Boyce Appointed to serve on the Standing Committee on the and Joseph Cases, 46 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 39 (2014). Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Connecting the Work of Clinicians, Legal Writing Professors, Students for the Association of American Law Schools. and Practicing Attorneys to prepare for Law Practice, Breaking-In and Staying-In at Every Level, Panelist at Moderator at Southeast-Southwest People of Color Legal Southeast-Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Scholarship Conference (March 2015) Conference (March 2015)
Mentoring Law Students Who are First-Generation Debra M. Curtis Professionals, Panelist; Putting Your Teaching Philosophy to Work in the Classroom, Panelist; and Navigating Identity: The The Codification of Professionalism: Can you Sanction Lawyers Challenges of Diversity and Professionalism in the Academy, into Being Nice?, 40 J. Legal Prof. __ (forthcoming 2016). Moderator at Southeastern Association of Law Schools Beg Borrow or Steal: Ten Lessons Legal Education Can Learn Conference (July 2015) from Other Disciplines, 48 U.S.F.L. Rev. 349 (2014).
Mike Flynn Michael J. Dale Negligence Standard of Care, in Encyclopedia of Forensic Representing the Child Client (Matthew Bender, 2015). and Legal Medicine (Elsevier, 2014).
2015 Survey of Juvenile Law, 40 Nova L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016). Negligence Duty of Care, in Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Elsevier, 2014). 2014 Survey of Juvenile Law, 39 Nova L. Rev. 37 (2014). Negligence Causation, in Encyclopedia of Forensic and Aligning the Juvenile and Family Court with Adolescent Legal Medicine (Elsevier, 2014). Development—Rethinking Current Approaches, Panelist at Temple Law School Symposium on the Future of Juvenile Negligence Quantum, in Encyclopedia of Forensic and Justice (October 2015) Legal Medicine (Elsevier, 2014). Medical Malpractice-Medico-Legal Perspective, in Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Elsevier, 2014). Mark Dobson The Unwritten Rules of Sports and Medical Malpractice, 19 J. Ch.8: Hearsay Rule, in Evidence in Florida (10th ed., Health Care L. & P. __ (forthcoming 2016). LexisNexis Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2015)
Ch. 9: Hearsay Exceptions, in Evidence in Florida (10th ed., LexisNexis Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2015). Jon M. Garon To Promote the Progress: Incentives, Exclusives, and Values to Build a more Perfect Creative Culture, 40 Ohio N. L. Rev. Olympia Duhart 467 (2014).
It’s not For a Grade: The Rewards and Risks of Low-Risk Commercializing the Digital Canvas: Renewing Rights of Assessment in the High-Stakes Law School Classroom, 7 Elon L. Attribution for Artists in the Networked Economy, 1 Tex. A&M R e v. 491 (2015). L aw. R e v. 837 (2014).
38 Nova Southeastern University Edward Snowden: Patriot, Traitor, Whistleblower, Spy? and The Adventure of the Norwood Builder: A Lawyerly Annotated Advice for Newer Law Professors from Law School Deans, Edition, 2015 Green Bag Almanac & Reader 116 Panelist at Southeastern Association of Law Schools (July 2015) (forthcoming 2016).
Vanished Planes, 12 FIU L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016).
Pearl Goldman Florida Legal Malpractice and Attorney Ethics 2015, (3d ed. 2015). Florida Criminal Law (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming Feb. 2016). The Tate Letter: Some Words Regarding Its Authorship, 55 Am. J. Legal Hist. __ (forthcoming 2016). Legal Informatics Project, Participant at the Australian National University College of Law, Canberra (2015) A Survey of Florida Baseball Cases, 40 Nova L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016).
The Story of the Gary, Indiana, Crucifix, 49 Val. U. L. Rev. Richard Grosso 873 (2015). Planning and Permitting to Reduce and Respond to Global Aboitiz & Co. v. Price: Some Lingering Questions, 55 Am. J. Warming and Sea Level Rise, 6 J. Animal & Envtl. L. 41 (2015). Legal Hist. 64 (2015). Planning and Permitting to Reduce and Respond to Global The Theatrical Counselor, 54 Am. J. Legal Hist. 121 (2014). Warming and Sea Level Rise in Florida, 30 J. Land Use & Envtl. L. 201 (2015). The Law School Admiralty Exam, 45 J. Mar. L. & Com. 97 (2014).
linda f. harrison Ishaq Kundawala
Newsflash: My Hair is Not Like Yours: Workplace Grooming Wellness International Network v. Sharif: Minimizing the Policies for Black Women as Racial Stereotyping in Violation of Jurisdictional Impact of Stern Through Consent of Bankruptcy Title VII, 22 Cardozo J. L. & Gender __ (forthcoming 2016). Litigants, 44 Cap. U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016).
Teaching the Unprepared Law Student, Presenter at Southeast- Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Elena Langan (March 2015) The Elimination of Child “Custody” Litigation: Using Business Branding Techniques to Transform Social Behavior, __ Pace L. Joseph Hnylka R e v. __ (forthcoming 2016).
Continuing to Litigate After You Have Won: Courts Defy Article III and Distort the “Personal Stake” Requirement to Avoid Mooting James B. Levy TCPA Class Actions, 64 Drake L. Rev __ (forthcoming 2016). Teaching the Digital Caveman: Rethinking the Use of Classroom Technology in Law School, 19 Chapman L. Rev. __ Areto Imoukhuede (forthcoming 2016).
The Real Homeland Security Gaps, 42 Ohio N. U. L. Rev. __ Presenter at eMerge Americas Technology Conference (May 2015) (forthcoming 2016). Using Evolutionary Technology to Inform Decisions About Educational Rights and the New Due Process, 47 Ind. L. Rev. Classroom Technology, Presenter at Association of Legal 467 (2014). Writing Directors Biennial Conference (June 2015)
Robert Jarvis Kenneth L. Lewis, Jr.
The Living, the Dead, the Undecided: An Annotated Bibliography The Namibian Holocaust: Genocide Ignored, History Repeated, Yet of Law Review Articles Dealing With the Law of Absentees and Reparations Denied, __ Fla. J. Int’l L. __ (forthcoming 2016). Returnees 44 Int’l J. Legal Info. __ (forthcoming 2016).
NSU Law Advocate 39 Faculty and Staff Achievements
Donna Litman Time for a Restatement, 32 Envt’l. Forum 38 (2015).
People of the Book: Judaism’s Influence on American Legal Climate Disruption and Governmental Action: Approaches, Scholarship, My Journey from Judaism to Jewish Law, 16 Obstacles, and Opportunities, 38 Nova L. Rev. 387 (2014). Rutgers J. of L. & Religion 330 (2015). Measuring Environmental Enforcement Success: The Elusive A Case on the Border Between Jewish and American Rules Search for Objectivity, 44 Envt’l L. Rptr. 10751 (2014). of Statutory Construction: A Comparative Analysis, in XXV Book Review of Thomas O’McGarity: Freedom To Harm: The Jewish Law Association Studies—Jewish Law and its Lasting Legacy of the Laissez-Faire Revival, 64 J. Legal Educ. Interaction with Other Legal Systems 120 (Deborah 136 (2014). Charles Publications, 2014). Elected president of the board of the Everglades Law Center Repairing Broken Trusts and Drafting Trusts That Don’t Break, Copresenter at Third Annual Elder Law Symposium, Elder Trends in the Law and Politics of Public Health and the Law Section of The Florida Bar (February 2015) Environment, Opening Address at Northeast Florida Environmental Summit, Jacksonville, FL (2015)
Op-ed, Animas River Spill: Root Causes and Continuing Elena Marty-Nelson Threats, The Hill (2015). Olivas the Accidental Historian—Residency in Higher How to Involve Students in Real-World Problems, Education, in Michael Olivas (Carolina Academic Press, Commentator at AALS (January 2016) forthcoming 2016). Climate Change And The Appropriate Role Of Cost-Benefit Testamentary Capacity and Validity of Wills (Bureau of Analysis In Environmental Regulation, Presenter at Scholars’ National Affairs, 2014). Meeting of the Center for Progressive Reform at Fordham Intersection of Law, Religion, and Infectious Disease on the (forthcoming 2016) Handling and Disposition of Human Remains, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law __ (forthcoming 2015). Frank Orlando, Retired Judge The Intersection of Law, Religion, and Infectious Disease on the Handling and Disposition of Human Remains, Law, Religion Presenter at ABA Criminal Justice Academics Committee, and Health in the United States, Cambridge University Washington, D.C. (October 2015) Press __ (forthcoming 2017). Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison, Speaker Law, Religion, and Health in America, Panelist at Petrie- and Organizer, NSU Law Symposium (September 2015) Flom Center for Health Law, Bioethics, and Biotechnology at Harvard Law School (2015) Roma Perez Developing a Curriculum for 21st Century Law Practice and Beyond: The Role of Assessments, Panelist at Southeast- Not “Special” Enough for Chapter 7: An Analysis of the Special Southwest People of Color Conference, University of North Circumstances Provision of the Bankruptcy Code, 61 Clev. St. Carolina Central (2015) L. Rev. 983 (2014).
Joel Mintz Gail Richmond, Professor Emerita
Lessons from EPA’s Enforcement History for Next Generation Received the Distinguished Service Award at the annual Environmental Compliance, in Next Generation SEALS conference in July 2015 Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (Environmental Law Institute, 2014). Becka Rich Civil Enforcement, in Environmental Law Practice Guide: State and Federal Law (Matthew Bender, 2014). Making Legal Research an Epic Win: Using Games to Engage Lawyers and Students, Presenter at Southeastern Association Restating Environmental Law, 40 Columbia J. Envt’l. L. 1 (2015). of Law Librarians Annual Conference (April 2016)
40 Nova Southeastern University Marc Rohr Selected as one of three elder care coordinators for a two-year pilot program in Palm Beach County’s 15th Judicial Circuit De Minimis Content Discrimination: The Vexing Matter of Sign- Ordinance Exemptions, 8 Elon L. Rev. 327 (2016).
Counseling the Provocative Client: What is Protected Marilyn L. Uzdavines Speech under the First Amendment and How to Counsel a Superpriority of Remediation Liens: A Cure to the Virus of Provocative Client, Panelist at The Florida Bar, Entertainment, Blight, 45 U. Baltimore L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016). Arts, and Sports Law Section (2015) Barking Dogs: Code Enforcement Agencies Are All Bark and No Published several works and wrote an essay, “Reflections,” Bite (Unless the Inspectors Have Assault Rifles), 54 Washburn (found at bit.ly/marc-rohr) targeted toward NSU College of L. J. 161 (2015). Law alumni Presenter at Legal Writing Institute’s One-Day Conference, University of Miami (December 2014) Alison Rosenberg Appointed by the president of the Florida Bar to serve on the Appointed a 2016 Leadership Academy Fellow by the Florida Bar Committee on Diversity and Inclusion American Association of Law Libraries Leadership Development Committee (April 2016) Kate Webber
It is Political: Using the Models of Judicial Decision-Making to John Sanchez Explain the Partisan History of Title VII, __ St. John’s U. L. Accrual of Constructive Discharge Claims Under Title VII, 39 R e v. __ (forthcoming 2015). Am. J. Trial Advoc. 65 (2015). Correcting the Supreme Court—Will it Listen? Using the Models of Judicial Decision-Making to Predict the Future of the ADA Amendments Act, 23 S. Cal. Interdisc. L. J. 305 (2014). Florence Shu-Acquaye
The Unintended Consequence to Legalizing Marijuana Use: The Banking Conundrum, __ Clev. St. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016). Eric Young
The Role of States in Shaping the Legal Debate on Medical Appointed by the Florida Secretary of State to a four-year Marijuana, __ Hamline L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2016). term on Florida’s Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Council Recognized by Legacy South Florida magazine as one of South Florida’s Top Black Educators Nominated and elected to serve as vice chair in 2016–2017, and chair in 2017–2018 to the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Council Michele Struffolino
Sex Discrimination to Avoid Ethical Challenge, 23 Am. U. J. Gender Soc. Pol’y & L. 487 (2015).
Limited Scope not Limited Competence: Skills Needed to Provide Increased Access to Justice Through Unbundled Legal Services in Domestic-Relations Matters, 56 S. Tex. L. Rev. 159 (2014).
Fran L. Tetunic
Mediator Conflicts: Navigating the Waives When Worlds Collide, Speaker at American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution 17th Spring Conference (April 2015)
NSU Law Advocate 41 Student Profile
Jared Rosenstein is pictured with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, top; Jared Moskowitz, state representative, Broward County, District 97, center; and at bottom with his girlfriend, Nicole Gomez, and Governor Rick Scott and his wife, Ann.
Student Pursues Goal After Health Challenge
It’s often an interesting or challenging life experience that leads months of recovery, Rosenstein used this challenge in his life as our students on the path to a career in law. Or sometimes, an motivation to act on his ultimate goal: pursuing a degree in law. interest in law is sparked by a single moment. For first-year law student Jared Rosenstein, his journey to law school—and passion Rosenstein began at NSU College of Law in the part-time for politics—began with the 2008 presidential election. program in August 2015. That same summer, during a special legislative session, he worked with Moskowitz on helping the Then, while a student at Broward College, Rosenstein state legislature craft a redistricting plan for Florida that would volunteered with Alex Sink’s gubernational campaign in pass muster with the Florida courts. One of his proudest 2010. It was this campaign that led him to seek admission to achievements was being named one of the 30 under 30 rising Florida State University to pursue a degree in political science. stars of Florida politics by the SaintPetersBlog.com website in While at FSU, Rosenstein tenaciously handed out résumés October 2015. throughout Florida’s state capitol. They landed in the right hands, and he soon found internships with Ellyn Bogdanoff, A lifelong animal lover, his passion has resulted in Rosenstein J.D. (03), state senator, Broward County; Holly Raschein, state taking a special interest in animal rights legislation during representative, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties; and Bill his first few semesters at NSU College of Law. “Rosenstein Hager, state representative, Palm Beach County. Rosenstein is a star student who helped one of my animal law students ultimately landed a job with Hager. get involved in trying to pass greyhound racing decoupling legislation,” said Phyllis Coleman, professor at the college. After the 2014 legislative session, Rosenstein was recruited to become a legislative aide to Jared Moskowitz, state Rosenstein spends his time advocating and supporting representative, Broward County, District 97. Moskowitz organizations, such as the Humane Society of Broward earned his J.D. from NSU College of Law in 2007. County, Lauren’s Kids, and The Jewish Federation of Broward County. He will graduate in 2018 and plans to use his J.D. to In 2014, Rosenstein was faced with an aggressive cancer diagnosis advocate on behalf of businesses, municipalities, and nonprofit that required two surgeries and a grueling recovery process. After originations before the state legislature in Tallahassee.
42 Nova Southeastern University Student News and Achievements
The Big Thank You Scholarship Luncheon 2015 Nova Southeastern University’s Big Thank You Scholarship Luncheon, hosted by George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president and chief executive officer, was held on March 23, 2015, in the Arena at the Don Taft University Center. The luncheon is held each year to honor scholarship donors. These donors had the opportunity to meet their scholarship recipients and, likewise, recipients were able to thank donors for allowing them to continue to pursue a quality education at NSU.
Donors and recipients gather at the Big Thank You Scholarship Luncheon. Left: Chandeline Belony (recipient of the Rose Family Changing Lives Law Scholarship) and Karen Rose Below: Jon M. Garon, Abraham Vais, Elliot Borkson (Trustee of the Leo Goodwin Foundation), Ariel Deray, and Toni Pollard
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Lilian Guzman, left, and Samantha Bowen
Estefania Negrette, left, and Erica Ramos, right Lynn Taylor, left, and Yineth Sanchez
NSU Defeats the Competition
In November 2015, Samantha Association Competition in October in the 27th Annual Domenick L. Bowen and Lilian Guzman 2015. Students Estefania Negrette Gabrielli National Family Law Moot represented NSU College of Law and Erica Ramos were part of the Court Competition. Yineth Sanchez at the National Thomas Tang Moot winning team. also received the award for Third Best Court Competition in New Orleans, Oral Advocate out of 32 competitors. Louisiana. Bowen and Guzman earned NSU’s Jessup International Moot Court Jessica Donner and Shantanu Patel a spot in the national competition team advanced to the quarter-finals in were members of the practice teams. Valeria based on their outstanding Chicago, Illinois. The advocates Professor Douglas Flemons, from the Angelucci Christina Black Matthew performance at the central regional , , College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Gottlieb, Matthew Hinds competition. At regionals held in and easily Sciences, assisted with team building Columbus, Ohio, the NSU team won a defeated their opponents, including the and other strategies. NSU College second place Brief Award; Bowen was University of Notre Dame, University of Law alumni Anthony Abiuso, J.D. named second place Oralist. NSU’s of Indiana, and Marquette University. (14), and Kenneth Louie, J.D. (13), Bryan Appel team was 1 of only 15 to advance Team alternates were and as well as Susan Stephan, J.D., director Tricia-Gaye Cotterell to the national competition from 5 , and the team brief of development and adjunct professor, Jill Feluren different regionals held throughout editor was . The team was provided valuable feedback to the the country. The team was coached coached by Joseph Hnylka, professor, team during its practice negotiations. by Michael Richmond and Heather and assisted by attorney Aaron Marcus Leslie Cooney and Donna Litman, Baxter, both professors at the college. of Boies Schiller & Flexner. both NSU College of Law professors, Lynn Taylor coached the team. The Moot Court team won Best Brief The Moot Court team of Yineth Sanchez at the National Puerto Rican Bar and won first place
44 Nova Southeastern University Students Performed More Than 19,000 hours of Pro Bono Legal Work The graduating classes of May 2015 and December 2014 volunteered for more than 19,000 hours of pro bono legal work while in law school. The total number of hours is the equivalent of more than 380 work weeks (at 50 hours per week) or more than 7.5 years of service (at 50 work weeks Transactional Law Competition Team Wins Award for Best Draft per year). The three The Transactional Law Team received the winning draft for their contract—a Seller’s levels of recognition were Agreement—at the 2015 Transactional Law Meet in Atlanta. Students Eric Jackwin (left) Bronze (50–124 hours) and Robert Talbert (right) penned the winning agreement. Professors Donna Litman with 24 students, Silver (middle) and Leslie Cooney (not shown) coached the team. (125–299 hours) with 38 students, and Gold (300+ hours) with 29 students. Additionally, in 2015, the college had 12 students receive NSU Public Interest Fellowships. Each student was awarded a stipend between $1,000 and $2,000. The placements included state attorney offices, public defender offices, city attorney offices, legal aid/legal service offices, and federal agencies. The 2015 fellows completed Students Donate More Than 10,000 Cans of Food 2,600 hours of service In November 2015, the Public Interest Law Society, in collaboration with the Phi Alpha to our community, and Delta legal fraternity, collected and donated more than 10,000 cans of food to Feeding many completed above South Florida. The annual canned food drive is part of a tradition at NSU College of and beyond the 200-hour Law, called Canned Immunity, where students are encouraged to donate cans to their commitment required classes to receive immunity from being called on during class. Classes engage in healthy for the fellowship. competition to see which will donate the highest number of cans. The tradition motivates and encourages students to give back to the community. Professor Michael Richmond’s Torts class won the competition by donating approximately 5,000 cans.
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In 2015, Student Bar Association president Lyn Roman won STUEY Awards for NSU Student Government of the Year and was Student of the Year for NSU College of Law.
In March 2015, Sarah Bramblette, a master’s degree student in the Health Law Program, gave a talk about obesity, Breaking Bias, at TEDxNSU.
In April 2015, Berkin Aslan was awarded the Clark Award for Best Advocate at the South Texas Challenge at the Trial Advocacy Competition. He was the only student, out of nearly 140, to be awarded in the preliminary rounds.
Candace Lerman beat three health care professionals to win the Costs of Care essay contest in October 2015 and received Berkin Aslan a cash prize. Having been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder herself, Lerman is a proud advocate for rare disease research. She volunteers at the Rare Disease United Foundation and travels to Washington, D.C., every year for Rare Disease Week, where she lobbies government officials for research funding, approval of medications, and treatment protocols.
Ritika Singh was crowned Miss India Florida 2015 and will compete for the title of Miss India USA in New York in December 2016. The Florida title comes with an active schedule of community activities.
Candace Lerman Ritika Singh
46 Nova Southeastern University Brandon Dinetz was selected as one of only eight advanced trial advocacy students in the country to compete in Baylor Law School’s Academy of the Advocate School of the Advanced Trial in Saint Andrews, Scotland. Four advocates from this intensive two-week trial program are selected to participate in the final trial for the Academy of the Advocate Quaich. Dinetz won the first place trophy, which is an engraved silver bowl known as the Quaich. Dinetz fought off jet lag to demonstrate his winning opening statement at the Trial Advocacy Summer Institute at the NSU College of Law on August 13, 2015.
Heidi Mehaffey and May Salmeron, both class of 2015 graduates, are already active in The Florida Bar, which published their seminar papers in the Animal Law Committee newsletter. Brandon Dinetz Heidi Mehaffey NSU College of Law won the Membership Award for having the highest increase in student membership in The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division—Law Student Division for 2014–2015.
Antoinette (Toni) Pollard was recently named an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Greenberg Traurig, LLP, and The Florida Bar Foundation. Pollard was the only law student in Florida to be offered this fellowship for the class of 2015.
Maureen DeAngles, a health law concentration student and treasurer of PULSE!, won second place in the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) Student Writing Competition in Law, Medicine, and Ethics. She was recognized at the ACLM 55th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Antoinette (Toni) Pollard
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Achievement Awards
2014 Graduation Honors
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Scholarship Danielle Kaye Awarded to a student exhibiting outstanding academic ability in the areas of matrimonial and family law
American Bankruptcy Institute Award Stratton Smiley Awarded to a student exhibiting outstanding academic ability in the area of bankruptcy law
Danielle Kaye Paul Joseph Award Isidoro Lopez Awarded to a student demonstrating a strong and ongoing commitment to social justice
Larry Kalevitch Award Christoph Stoehrfeldt Awarded to a student demonstrating exceptional promise in the areas of business or bankruptcy law
Krupnick & Campbell Award Citra Registe Awarded to a student demonstrating exceptional skills in the area of trial advocacy
ALI-ABA Scholarship and Leadership Award Tricia Branker, Melanie Dunkiel, Herbert Uzzi,
Isidoro Lopez Citra Registe Stratton Smiley, Kimberly Wald Awarded to students demonstrating a combination of exceptional scholarship and leadership skills
NITA Excellence in Advocacy Award Jay Dermer Awarded to a student exhibiting exceptional advocacy skills
The Honorable Charles I. Kaplan Outstanding Service Award Fernanda Torres Awarded to a student who has demonstrated dedication and commitment to children and families through work in NSU College of Law’s Children and Families Clinic, exemplifying Charles Kaplan’s character of hard work, integrity, and competency F ernanda Torres, right
48 Nova Southeastern University Achievement Awards
2015 Graduation Honors
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Scholarship Alfred Marten Awarded to a student exhibiting outstanding academic ability in the areas of matrimonial and family law
American Bankruptcy Institute Award Nathaly Lewis Awarded to a student exhibiting outstanding academic ability in the area of bankruptcy law Nathaly Lewis
Paul Joseph Award Devora Aertker Awarded to a student demonstrating a strong and ongoing commitment to social justice
Larry Kalevitch Award Robert Talbert Awarded to a student demonstrating exceptional promise in the areas of business or bankruptcy law
Krupnick & Campbell Award Berkin Aslan Awarded to a student demonstrating exceptional skills in the area of trial advocacy Robert Talbert NITA Excellence in Advocacy Award Andrew Jaffe Awarded to a student exhibiting exceptional advocacy skills
The Honorable Charles I. Kaplan Outstanding Service Award Shatoria Means Awarded to a student who has demonstrated dedication and commitment to children and families through work in NSU College of Law ’s Children and Families Clinic, exemplifying Charles Kaplan’s character of hard work, integrity, and competency
Shatoria Means
NSU Law Advocate 49 Alumni Achievements
NSU Honors Distinguished College of Law Alumni
Michael A. Fischler, J.D. (78), founding Partner of Fischler & Friedman, P.A., won the 2015 Nova Southeastern University Distinguished Alumni Award from the Shepard Broad College of Law for his achievements, which exemplify NSU’s Core Values. As president of the Stephen R. Booher Inn of Court (2015–2016) in Broward, Fischler creates mentoring opportunities for young lawyers and law students and participates in local charities, including the Hundred Club of Broward County and the Broward County Bar Association. He is a founding member of B’nai B’rith Justice Unit in Broward County.
Renee Goldenberg, J.D. (84), a circuit judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Broward County, and chair of the Family Division, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from NSU College of Law in 2014 for her achievements, which exemplify NSU’s Core Values. Her work as a board- certified family lawyer, circuit judge, and mediator is one of distinguished service and extraordinary achievement that impacts Florida family law, the practice of law, and administration of justice through the courts.
Michael A. Fischler, at top in center, is presented the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Shepard Broad College of Law by its dean, Jon M. Garon, left, and Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, NSU vice president for Advancement and Community Relations. Left: Renee Goldenberg, center, receives the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award from Anderson and Garon.
50 Nova Southeastern University Alumni Achievements
Victoria Sigler, a circuit judge in Faye E. Jones joined the University 1977 the Criminal Division for the 11th of Illinois College of Law as the Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade director of the Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Kent A. Gaertner, Of Counsel to County, Florida, retired June 30, 2015. Memorial Library. Springer Brown, LLC, was elected to the Illinois State Bar Association’s David W. Singer, of David W. Singer & Steven S. Newburgh, partner at Board of Governors. Associates, P.A., was awarded the Trial McLaughlin & Stern, was reappointed Workers Care Award by the American chair of the Bankruptcy Bar Association, Association of Justice. Singer was Southern District of Florida Pro Bono awarded the 2015 Community Service Committee for Palm Beach County. 1978 Award in Broward County from the Broward American Federation William C. Stalions, of the Law Sandy Karlan joined the Center for of Labor—Congress of Industrial Office of William C. Stalions, P.A., was Conflict Resolution in Miami. She Organizations (AFL-CIO). recently honored for excellence in the was appointed by Rick Scott, Florida area of wills and trusts law. governor, to the Children and Youth Jayne Weintraub, Of Counsel to Broad Cabinet. In 2014, she was honored as a and Cassel, received the Women in Law pioneer of women and children’s rights award by the Daily Business Review. by the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (Miami-Dade), the Gwen 1983 S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Ginger Lerner-Wren, county judge Association, and Legal Services of in Broward County’s Mental Health Greater Miami. The Sandy Karlan Law 1981 Court, was awarded the National Student Fellowship at Legal Services of Robert Kelley, managing Partner Council for Behavioral Health’s Greater Miami, Inc., was established at Kelley/Uustal, was featured in the Elected Official Service in Advocacy. in her name. She was appointed to the October 2014 ABA Journal about the executive council of The First Family Dive Bar group he founded in 2011. Law American Inn of Court in 2015. Douglas McIntosh and his firm, 1984 McIntosh, Sawran & Cartaya, P.A., won an award as Corporate Partner of Gary S. Betensky, shareholder 1979 the Year from the 16th Annual Student with Richman Greer, has been Life Achievement Awards at NSU in reappointed to serve on The Florida Roy R. Lustig, with the Law Offices March 2015. McIntosh and his firm Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee. of Roy R. Lustig, P.A., was named as a have made resource donations to the Legal Leader in October 2014. NSU Panza Maurer Law Library. Andrea Kessler, partner at Catri, Holton, Kessler, & Kessler, P.A., was Mindy Solomon, county court judge awarded the Broward County Bar in the Criminal Division of the 17th Association President’s Award. 1980 Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, was profiled as “Judge of the Week” by the Christopher M. Neilson, of the Law Michele K. Cummings, shareholder Daily Business Review on May 1, 2015. Offices of Christopher Mark Neilson, with GrayRobinson, was named 2015 P.A., is the recipient of the 2015 Broward Attorney of the Year by Broward College Alumni Hall of Distinction Lawyers Care. Award for Service to the Community. 1982 Eunice Baros, of Eunice Baros Law, Richard Perry, of Richard A. Perry, P.A., LLC, was invited to become a fellow of Lucy Chernow Brown joined the was awarded The Florida Bar President’s the American Bar Foundation. Judicial Arbitration and Mediation 2015 Pro Bono Service Award. Services (JAMS).
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the 2015 Best Lawyers in America for Maria Mitropoulos Gonzalez, of 1985 the second consecutive year. Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A., successfully achieved National Steven S. Farbman, of the Law Offices Yueh-Mei Kim Nutter, partner Board of Trial Advocacy Board of Steven Spencer Farbman, was elected at Brinkley Morgan, received an Certification as a Family Law president of the Shepard Broad College Exceptional People Impacting Trial Advocate. of Law Alumni Association Board the Community Award from the of Directors for a term of two years, Mental Health Association of Billie Jo Kaufman, associate dean for effective July 1, 2015. Southeast Florida. She also won the the Library and Information Resources Community Impact Advocacy Award and professor of law at American Melinda S. Gentile, partner at from the Faulk Center for Counseling University Washington College of Peckar & Abramson, received The and was selected as a fellow of the Law, received the 2015 Association Florida Bar Real Property Probate American Academy of Matrimonial of American Law Schools’ Section on and Trust Law Section’s Lifetime Lawyers (AAML). Law Libraries and Legal Information Achievement Award for her service. Distinguished Service award. Gentile cochaired the 2014 Groundbreaking Women in Tracy B. Newmark joined Kelley Construction Conference. 1988 Kronenberg in Fort Lauderdale as a partner in its new family law Mary Vlasek Snell, of Pavese Law Douglas Ede joined the Madalon practice group. Firm, was awarded the Outstanding Law Firm in Fort Lauderdale as a Pro Bono Service Award from the Lee managing partner. County Bar Association. 1991 1989 Melinda N. Coonrod of the Florida 1986 Commission on Offender Review in Mary A. D’Ambrosio is a judge of Tallahassee, Florida, was unanimously Kevin Crosby, shareholder at compensation claims in the Office of appointed by the Florida Senate to GrayRobinson, was named as a the Judges of Compensation Claims serve as commissioner/vice chair of Florida Super Lawyer in June 2014. in West Palm Beach, Florida, and was the commission. awarded the 2015 Kennie Edwards Steven J. Hammer, of the Law Office Award by the Workers’ Compensation Arlene Lakin has become Of Counsel of Steven J. Hammer, P.A., and his Practice Committee of the Palm Beach to MacLean & Ema in Pompano colleagues from the Schlesinger firm County Bar Association. Beach, Florida. won a $35-million verdict in a tobacco litigation case against Philip Morris Robin S. Moselle was named U.S.A. and Liggett Group. He also won president of the Broward County Bar a $3.1-million verdict in a tobacco Association for 2015–2016. litigation suit. Hammer worked with 1990 attorneys Scott P. Schlesinger and Barbara L. Porter has become a Jonathan Gdanski on the case against Marc L. Brumer, managing partner partner with Kelly Kronenberg in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. with Brumer & Brumer, P.A., was named as a Legal Leader in Miami Lakes, Florida. October 2014. Marco E. Rojas, partner with R&S 1987 Preston J. Fields, Sr., shareholder International Law Group LLP, with Preston J. Fields, P.A., was elected was named as a Legal Leader in vice president of Operations of the October 2014. John M. Dodig, partner at Feldman, Gulf Stream Council of the Boy Scouts Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, of America. Frank Terzo, shareholder with Weinstock & Dodig, LLP, is listed among GrayRobinson, was named to the
52 Nova Southeastern University 2016 Best Lawyers in America in the (BCWLA) for 2015–2016. She was Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor the chairperson for the Dining in the 1994 Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Dark gala in October 2014 hosted Pete D’Alessandro rejoined the Denver Law practice area. He was named by The Lighthouse of Broward. Nuggets as senior vice president of to Best Lawyers since 2009 and as a Finizio Bascombe was awarded a business and team operations. Florida Super Lawyer in 2014. Bravo! Award at the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association Board 25th Edwina Kessler, with Catri, Holton, Anniversary Annual Installation and Kessler, & Kessler P.A., was elected Scholarship Gala and Silent Auction. secretary of the Broward County Bar She was also elected for the Broward 1992 Association 2015 Board of Directors. County Bar Association 2015 Board of Bradley Gould, shareholder with Directors Central Seat Number Four. GrayRobinson, was named as a Florida Super Lawyer in June 2014 Leon M. Biegalski was named and as a member of the 2016 Best the deputy secretary of the 1995 Lawyers in America list of outstanding Florida Department of Business Scott Forman, shareholder and attorneys in the Eminent Domain and and Professional Regulation, in member of the board of directors at Condemnation Law practice area. Tallahassee, Florida. Littler Mendelson, P.C., was recognized as a Fastcase Legal Innovator. Andrea R. Gundersen, of the Law Anthony A. Garganese, managing Offices of Andrea R. Gundersen P.A., shareholder at Garganese, Weiss Jeffrey A. Kasky, of Kasky Mediation was selected for the 11th annual & D’Agresta, P.A., was appointed Group, was named president of The edition of Florida Trend Magazine’s president of the Florida Municipal Autism Channel in West Palm Beach, Florida Legal Elite for 2014. Attorneys Association. Florida. He has been asked to join the Autism Advisory Board for Royal Anne Hinds joined Osborne and Juliette Lippman, partner at Caribbean International. Associates in Boca Raton, Florida. Kirschbaum Birnbaum Lippman & She was awarded The Florida Bar Gregoire, was honored as a Woman of Bruce S. Liebman joined Fowler President’s Pro Bono Service Award Distinction by the Boys & Girls Club White Burnett in Fort Lauderdale for 2015. of Broward County. Lippman’s firm was named as the Broward Legal Aid’s as a shareholder in the commercial litigation practice group. Paul L. Luger, partner with Hurley, Law Firm of the Year in 2015. Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waranch & Sarahnell Murphy, assistant state Westcott, P.A., has been named Cristina Pierson joined Kelley/Uustal attorney, State Attorney’s Office, managing partner of the Fort Pierce, in Fort Lauderdale. 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Fort Florida, office. Neal I. Sklar, of Peckar & Abramson, Lauderdale, was awarded the Joseph J. Carter Professionalism Award. Jane-Robin Wender, a partner at was named in Best Lawyers in Wender, Hedler & Hessen, was elected America for 2015. chair of the board of directors for the Treasure Coast Chapter of the Friends Adrian Philip Thomas, senior partner of the 440 Scholarship Fund. with Adrian Philip Thomas, P.A., 1996 was named as a Legal Leader in October 2014. Cheryl Caracuzzo was appointed by Florida’s governor, Rick Scott, to 1993 Noel Wise, a principal and founding the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial member of WG&R Law Group, has Circuit for Palm Beach County, Florida. Jamie Finizio Bascombe, founding been appointed judge for the Alameda Angela Descoteau Shaw joined Broad partner at Finizio & Finizio, serves on County (CA) Superior Court. and Cassel in Orlando, Florida, in the the board of directors of the Broward firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. County Women Lawyers Association
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Nellie L. King, of the Law Offices of the Florida Courts Vision 2016 Stephen J. Zaccor, assistant state of Nellie L. King, P.A., in West Palm Technology Commission. attorney in Broward County, Florida, Beach, Florida, worked on The was appointed by Florida’s governor, Clemency Project 2014. The project Angela Cohen Valdivieso has joined Rick Scott, to the Broward County screens and files clemency petitions Roig Lawyers as a senior associate. Court in January. for prisoners convicted of drug-related crimes who were sentenced to many years in prison. 1998 1999
Glenn M. Cooper, shareholder with Kathleen Angione joined McGlinchey 1997 GrayRobinson in Fort Lauderdale and Stafford’s Fort Lauderdale office as Miami, Florida, was appointed president Of Counsel. Cheryl Bucker, of Cheryl Bucker, of the Quebec Florida Chamber of P.A., was installed as secretary of the Commerce Florida Chapter. Isabelle Azria joined Arnstein & Broward County Women Lawyers Lehr LLP as an associate with the Association (BCWLA) for 2015–2016. Sandy Fay was promoted to Commercial and Real Estate Finance partner with Colodny Fass in Fort Transactions Practice Group. Hilary A. Creary joined Sheena Lauderdale, in their insurance Benjamin-Wise, J.D. (01), to form regulatory law and corporate and Giuseppina Miranda, judge in the Benjamin-Wise Creary & Associates, transactional division. 17th Judicial Circuit Court in the P.L.L.C., in Pompano Beach, Florida. County Court Civil Division, was Troy Kishbaugh was named chair named the judicial liaison to the Jeff Ostrow, managing partner and of Health Care Practice Group at Broward County Women Lawyers cofounder of Kopelowitz Ostrow GrayRobinson, P.A. Association for 2015–2016. Ferguson Weiselberg, P.A., along with his partner Jason Alperstein Patrick Krechowski joined Andrew T. Price joined Credit Union and associate Scott Edelsberg, won a GrayRobinson in Jacksonville, Florida, National Association in Washington, $4.9-million settlement in a class- as Of Counsel. D.C., as the senior director of action case against Michael Kors advocacy and counsel. outlet stores. Margaret McMorrow, with Northern Trust NA in Bonita, was awarded the Thomas Hill Wright III, was named Gladys Pérez, county judge with Honorable Janeice T. Martin Equal chief operating officer and director Miami-Dade County Court, joined Justice Award in April 2014. for Earth Science Tech, Inc., in Boca Shutts & Bowen as a partner in the Raton, Florida. Miami, Florida, office in the firm’s Peter L. Meltzer, of Pathman Lewis, Class Action and Mass Litigation LLP, was elected to the Board of Defense practice group. Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in 2014. 2000 Clifford Porter has been named as executive assistant to the president for Drew Stoller, managing partner at Michelle Gomez joined Kelley government and community relations Roig Lawyers, has been appointed Kronenberg, Fort Lauderdale, as at Albany State University. to serve on the Alternative Dispute a partner. Resolution and Judicial Relations Kathleen (Kathy) Savor is now the Committees for the Palm Beach Jenna T. Hackman was made director of circuit court operations for County Bar Association. a partner at Roig Lawyers in its the Clerk and Comptroller in Palm Deerfield Beach, Florida, office and Beach County, Florida. Jane West, of Jane West Law, P.L., was selected to the South Florida Go became a founding member of the St. Red for Women Campaign Executive John Stewart, a partner with Stewart Johns County Association for Women Leadership Committee. Evans Stewart & Emmons, is the chair Lawyers and is serving as president.
54 Nova Southeastern University Michael Leader, with Leader & Matthew Thibaut, Partner at Ciklin, Michael Minardi joined Kelley Leader, P.A., was elected to the Lubitz & O’Connell in West Palm Kronenberg in West Palm Beach, Broward County Bar Association Beach, Florida, was selected by Legal Florida, as a partner. 2015 Board of Directors Central Seat Aid Society of Palm Beach County Number One. for the 2015 Employment Law Pro Rachel Ricci, an associate with Bono Award. Broad and Cassel, was named to the Tina Lewert of Lewert Law, LLC, Chamber of Commerce of the Palm in Boca Raton, Florida, was selected Todd Weicholz, along with his partner Beaches’ Board of Directors for 2015. as a 2015 member of the National Chad Laing, J.D. (00), expanded Association of Distinguished Counsel. their firm Laing & Weicholz by hiring Sorraya M. Solages-Jones has Dominique Venetsanopoulous. opened SMS|JONES LAW, PLLC, in Kristen M. Lynch has joined Lubell Wellington, Florida. Rosen in Fort Lauderdale as a partner. Frank Soto became a partner at Haber Luis A. Mena, managing member of 2002 Slade, PA, in its Miami, Florida, office. Mena Law Firm, was named as a Legal Leader in October 2014. Louise Caro is the managing partner in the newly launched Napoli Shkolnik, Bonnie Navin, an attorney with PLLC, in Coconut Grove, Florida. 2003 Kelley/Uustal in Fort Lauderdale, won a medical malpractice case in July in Jonathan L. Cooley became a partner Jeffrey Backman, an attorney with which the jury awarded more than with Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox & Greenspoon Marder, P.A., in Fort $1.4 million in damages. Waranchin in Fort Myers, Florida. Lauderdale, was honored at the Cooley also became board certified in 2014 Daily Business Review Rising Elizabeth Ricci, of Rambana and workers’ compensation law. Star event on September 17, 2014. Ricci PLLC, was awarded The Florida Backman has a civil litigation practice. Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Michael Gilden, partner with Award for 2015. Kopelwitz Ostrow Ferguson Rebecca Bratter, a shareholder Weiselberg, was honored at the 2014 with Greenspoon Marder in Fort Karen Schapira has been promoted Daily Business Review Rising Star event. Lauderdale, has been appointed to a to partner at Florida Health Law three-year term to the Young at Art Center in Davie, Florida. Michael G. Howard, of the Law Museum Board of Directors. The Office of Michael G. Howard, PA, was Young at Art Museum provides a awarded The Florida Bar President’s unique art experience for children. Pro Bono Service Award for 2015. Bratter chairs Greenspoon’s Banking 2001 and Finance Litigation Group. She also Richard Q. Lewis III, an associate serves as the firm’s litigation manager. Suzette Cozzi became a partner with with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Kelly Kronenberg in Fort Lauderdale. in Sarasota, was named chair of Edward Holloran III, joined the Business Law Section of the Quarles & Brady as a partner in John E. Eckard II was made managing Sarasota County Bar Association Indianapolis, Indiana. partner at Roig Lawyers at its Orlando, and has been named to the audit Florida, office and was accepted into committee of the Sarasota Memorial Kal LeVar Evans was appointed to the the Orange County Bar Association’s Healthcare Foundation. 17th Judicial Circuit Court’s County Leadership Law 2015 Program. Criminal Court, located in Broward Orfelia M. Mayor, partner with County, Florida. Elisha D. Roy, of Elisha D. Roy, P.A., bankruptcy law firm Casas & Mayor, was elected chairwoman of the board has joined the Palm Beach County Tax Ana M. Lopez, of Lopez Law, LLC, of the Stand Up Foundation. Collector’s Office as general counsel. was chosen as the 2015 voluntary bar liaison chair for the Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida.
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Roland E. Schwartz, shareholder Patrick G. Brugger made partner at at GrayRobinson, was named as a 2005 Shutts & Bowen, LLP. Florida Super Lawyer in June 2014. Miguel Armenteros was promoted to Marta Colomar-Garcia was partner with Perlman, Bajandaas, Yevoli Alison Smith, Partner with Weiss promoted to partner at Diaz-Reus, & Albright, P.L. in Miami, Florida. Serota, was honored at the 2014 Daily in Miami, Florida. Colomar-Garcia Business Review Rising Star. Smith was is listed as an Up and Comer by Brett C. Barner became a partner elected to the Broward County Bar Florida Trend Magazine. at Barner & Barner, P.A. (formerly Association 2015 Board of Directors Freeman Barner & Associates, P.A) Central Seat Number Three. Richard Y. Cheng was recognized in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. in 2015 as a Texas Rising Star by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers and Jennifer Erdelyi, Of Counsel to as a D Magazine Best Lawyer, both in Colodny Fass, became president of the health care law category. 2004 Broward County Women Lawyers Association for 2015–2016. Alexander D. Brown has joined The Jennifer Diaz, founder of Diaz Concept Law Group, P.A., in Fort Trade Law, was named a winner of Emily Patricia Graham, of The Law Lauderdale as a partner. the AXA Advisors Businesswomen Offices of Emily Patricia Graham, of the Year Awards from the Coral chaired the Entertainment, Arts, and Julie Hough, owner of Hough Law Gables Chamber of Commerce. She Sports Law Section of The Florida Bar Group, serves as a board member of was elected executive vice president for 2014–2015. the Broward County Women Lawyers of the Organization of Women in Association for 2015. International Trade. Michael K. Grife, of The Grife Law Firm, was elected to the Board of Cortney Kaiserman, a shareholder Nina Weatherly Di Pietro was the South Palm Beach County Bar with GrayRobinson, was named a appointed to the 17th Judicial Circuit Association’s Young Lawyers Section. Florida Super Lawyer in June 2014. Court for Broward County as a judge in the County Court by Rick Scott, Matthew McKim joined McDermott Florida’s governor. Will & Emery in Chicago, Illinois, as a partner. 2006 Michael A. Igel joined Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns as a partner. Abigail Beebe received the Pro Irene B. Pons Meyers, of Pons Law Bono Attorney of the Year Award by Firm, was chosen as the 2015 secretary William N. Lazarchick, Jr., joined Florida Children’s First and is also the for the Hispanic Bar Association of Greenspoon Marder as senior counsel. secretary of the executive committee Central Florida. of the Family Law Section of The Bram Maravent is corporate counsel Florida Bar. Carlos E. Sardi opened Sardi Law, for First Data Corporation. PLLC, in Coral Gables, Florida. Leila A. Billings joined Zebersky Stephen G. Mellor was promoted to Payne. She is the president of the Sean F. Thompson has become a partner at Roig Lawyers. Broward County Hispanic Bar partner with Krupnick Campbell Association for 2015–2016. Malone Buser Slama Hancock Alan J. Paoli of the Law Office of Liberman in Fort Lauderdale. August C. Paoli, P.A., was installed Jason B. Blank was selected as a as president of the Kiwanis Florida member of the National Council for the Stephanie Valentine joined the Dolman Foundation for 2015–2016. Arts and Sciences through the George Law Group in Clearwater, Florida. Washington University Columbian Louis Reinstein made partner at College of Arts and Sciences. Bunnell & Woulfe, P.A., in Fort Lauderdale. Reinstein was appointed vice chair of the Broward County
56 Nova Southeastern University Bar Association Appellate Section, Joshua Frachtman is an associate Kelly Corcoran joined Ball Janik LLP. is the chair of the Broward County with Baker & Zimmerman in Affordable Housing Committee, and Parkland, Florida. Thomas Fabricio of Walton Lantaff serves on the B’nai B’rith Justice Unit Shroeder & Carson was appointed Board of Directors. In 2015, he was Jeff Gluck opened his own law practice, to the Broward County Parks and elected chair of the Plantation, Florida, Gluck Law Group in Los Angeles. Recreation Advisory Board. Educational Advisory Board. Andrew Lieberman and Todd Wise, Marissa Pullano is a member of Jeffrey Spiegel was named partner J.D. (13), created WiseLieberman, The Florida Bar’s Rules and Forms with Gordon & Rees in New York City. PLLC. Lieberman serves on the Law Committee, Children’s Issues Alumni Board of Directors for the Committee, and Support Issues Temi Zeitenberg has opened the Law Shepard Broad College of Law. Committee for 2015. Office of Temi Zeitenberg, LLC. Eric S. Rosen is a member of the Chad J. Robinson is an attorney with 2014–2015 Broward County Bar Wites & Kapetan, P.A. Association’s Young Lawyers’ Section 2007 Board of Directors. He was named by Sara M. Sandler was a member of Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for 2015. the 2014–2015 Broward County Bar Annabella Barboza, an attorney Association’s Young Lawyers’ Section with the law firm of Phelan Hallinan Scott H. Silver has become a partner Board of Directors. Diamond & Jones, PLLC, in Fort with Jones Walker. Lauderdale, recently became a board- John D. Sarai is a partner with SM Law certified real estate attorney. Her Nalini Singh is founding partner of Group in Sherman Oaks, California. areas of practice include real estate Jackson Singh, PLLC. transactional and litigation, probate, Keith Sonderling was promoted to a estate planning, and corporate law. Adam Werner of Gordon & Doner, shareholder at Gunster in 2015. She is a former fellow of The Florida P.A., launched a new website to assist Bar Leadership Academy, and she veterans with disability benefits. Andrew M. Stella joined Lytal, Reiter, is actively involved with the Real Smith, Ivey & Fronrath LLP. Property Probate and Trust Law Ethan Wall opened Ethan Wall, P.A., and Section of The Florida Bar. founded socialmedialawandorder.com. Wall was awarded the 2014 Lynn Nicolle B. Brito joined Futch Most Productive Young Lawyer 2009 Kelley Kronenberg. Award by The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division. Wall serves as a Brian Abelow has become a partner Kerry Ann Cummings has joined director on the NSU Law Alumni with Benson, Mucci & Weiss PL along McGlinchey Stafford as an associate. Association Board of Directors. with NSU alumnus Mark S. Mucci J.D. (89). Michael DePrima joined the firm of EKS&H. Laura Miller Arcaro received a pro 2008 bono award on Law Day 2015 by Michael L. Ehren was appointed to Broward Lawyers Care. the board of directors for Debbie’s Arturo L. Arca joined Roig Lawyers. Dream Foundation: Curing Stomach Scott Nyman opened Nyman IP LLC, Cancer. Ehren is also on the board of Kristin E. Bianculli, with Kelley/Uustal, in Chicago, Illinois. directors for the NSU Law Alumni has been named to Super Lawyers as a Association, and serves as chair of the Rising Star for 2015. Christopher J. Pelatti joined Kelley Professional Development Committee. Kronenberg as an associate. Genny A. Castellanos founded De Novo Review, LLC.
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Kayla Riera-Gomez was named Brent M. Reitman is a member of Association Board of Directors for a one of the 40 Under 40 Outstanding the 2014–2015 Broward County Bar two-year term, effective July 1, 2015. Lawyers of South Florida by the Cystic Association’s Young Lawyers’ Section Fibrosis Foundation. Board of Directors. Lauren J. Stone joined Justice Law.
Carlos F. Rodriguez joined Alvarez Noah E. Storch joined Littler, in Jason M. Vanslette has joined Barbara as Of Counsel. Miami, Florida, as an associate. Kelley Kronenberg.
Jeffry Wank is president of the Young Daniel A. Velasquez has joined Christine Whited joined Provda Law Lawyers Section of the Broward Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine as Firm at its New York City office. County Bar Association. an associate. Nikeisha Williams has been appointed to the Bench and Bar Committee of the Broward County 2010 2011 Bar Association. She was also elected to the Caribbean Bar Association’s Shantal Formia Becher joined Kelley Executive Board. Kronenberg.
Daniel Devine has been promoted to shareholder at Santucci Priore, P.L. 2012
Renita Henry was a member of the Adriana Maria Barba was named 2014–2015 Broward County Bar corporate social responsibility chair Association’s Young Lawyers’ Section for Hansa Mercator Group, a division Board of Directors. of Amicorp Group in Barcelona, Spain. Valerie Barnhart, a partner at Kelley Kronenberg, P.A., won The Florida Dane Leitner of Ward Damon was Wesley Friedman was promoted Bar Young Lawyers Division’s Board appointed to serve on the Helping to corporate counsel for the Arena of Governors Most Productive Board Young Professionals Excel Steering Football League in Chicago. Member Award for 2015. Barnhart Council, part of the Northern Palm also received the 2016 STUEY Award Beach Chamber of Commerce. George L. Metcalfe, Jr., joined for Alumni of the Year. Richman Greer as an associate. Lindsay Timari Massillon was a Natalie S. Kay joined Kelley member of the 2014–2015 Broward Joseph R. Natiello has joined Kronenberg, P.A. County Bar Association’s Young Kelley Kronenberg. Lawyers’ Section Board of Directors. Andrea Macatangay was awarded a Alejandra M. Rodriguez joined grant from NBC Universal Foundation’s Beatriz Osorio has joined Gunster as Huston, May & Fayez, LLC. 21st Century Solutions for the Mission an associate. United Veterans Pro Bono Project. Andrew Spence is an associate with Bruno Renda of McIntosh, Sawran Carlson Meissner Hart & Hayslett. Brittany Rawlings is the founder of & Cartaya, P.A., was named to the fashionboss.com; owner of the Law Florida Legal Elite list as an Up and Office of Brittany Rawlings, P.A.; and Comer by Florida Trend Magazine. the owner and designer of B. Rawlings. 2013 Justin Seekamp joined Cole, Scott Casey M. Reiter joined Greenspoon and Kissane, P.A., as an associate. Alicia Noelle Braker joined Shuffield Marder in the West Palm Beach, Lowman & Wilson, P.A. Florida, office. Jeremy Singer was elected vice president of the Law Alumni
58 Nova Southeastern University Mar Estrach is an associate with Krystine Espina is an associate with Carissa Rose Champion-Lippmann Clifford Chance in Barcelona, Spain. Yaffa and Associates. was named to the American Osteopathic Association Board Chad B. Gordon joined Burns White. Marta Garcia joined Diaz Reus & of Trustees as its sole student Targ as an associate. representative. Champion-Lippmann Thasaian Q. Jordan joined is a sixth-year osteopathic medical Kubicki Draper. Jennifer Gaviria is a governmental student and Master of Public Health consultant with Capital City candidate at NSU. She is the inaugural Gretel Echarte Morales joined Consulting, LLC. student in NSU’s pilot parallel D.O./ Kelley Kronenberg. J.D. program. She was named overall Leeza D. Gotkin has joined Roig NSU Student of the Year in 2014. Matthew L. Napier joined Roig Lawyers as an associate. Lawyers as an associate. Sunni M. DeGracia joined Roig Law Lydia Harley joined as an associate at as an associate. Justin Orosz is an assistant public Kelley Kronenberg. defender in the 7th Judicial Circuit Ariel R. Deray joined Arnstein & Lehr Court of Florida. Christine Justmann joined Children’s LLP as an associate. Legal Services. Jessie Pulitzer joined Critton, Luttier Brittany N. Henderson joined & Coleman as an associate. Robert L. Newman joined Blaut Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Weiss Law Group. Fistos & Lehrman as an associate. Rachel Slone joined the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Emily Pineless joined GrayRobinson Astrid C. Hervas joined Kelley Tobacco Products as regulatory counsel. as an associate. Kronenberg as an associate.
Kameelah Spence is a privacy Lisa A. Reves of Rosenbaum Antoinette (Toni) S. Pollard joined analyst at the University of Florida. Mollengarden, PLLC, has been accepted the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach into the Craig S. Barnard Inn of Court. County as a 2015–2017 Equal Justice Michelle K. Suarez joined Works fellow. Kelley Kronenberg. Amanda Rose Sejba is an attorney with Coast-to-Coast Legal Aid as an Maria T. Santi joined the law offices Equal Justice Works fellow. of Kelley Kronenberg.
2014 Stratton Smiley is a judicial law Tova N. Verchow joined Gladstone & clerk for Melanie G. May, J.D. (81), Weissman as an associate attorney. Seth C. Behn joined Lewis, Longman judge in Florida’s Fourth District & Walker. Court of Appeal.
Henry Jessie Brewer is a staff Rahysa C. Vargas joined For the most current listing of Alumni attorney to Melodie H. Clayton, judge Kelley Kronenberg. Achievements, check out the Alumni for the Cobb County State Court Newsletter at law.nova.edu/alumni. located in Georgia. Dominique Venetsanopoulos joined Laing & Weicholz. Lauren Capriotti is corporate counsel with iCan Benefit Group, LLC.
Sheri-Lynn Corey-Forte joined Roig 2015 Lawyers as an associate. C. Eric Bearden has joined Benson, Camila A. Daza serves on the board Mucci & Weiss as an associate. for Covenant House Florida.
NSU Law Advocate 59 Donald E. Hahamovitch, J.D. (’82), Sheldon “Shelley” J. Schlesinger, passed away June 24, 2015, at the J.D., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, age of 79. He practiced law in South passed away on December 2, 2015, In Memoriam Florida and provided pro bono at the age of 85. Schlesinger was the services to the community. founding partner and CEO of Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., and served on the Andrea L. Kessler, J.D. (’84), of Fort NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Lauderdale, Florida, passed away on Board of Governors for many years. March 31, 2016. She was a partner at He was a member of one of the most Catri, Holton, Kessler, & Kessler, P.A. elite groups in the legal field, the in Fort Lauderdale. Eugene Hartman Brandt, J.D. (’84), Inner Circle of Trial Advocates, which includes the nation’s top 100 trial of Juno Beach, Florida, passed away Paul N. Lashbrook, J.D. (’83), of lawyers. NSU is deeply grateful for his on November 28, 2014. He was Of Wilmore, Kentucky, passed away on years of leadership, mentorship, and Counsel to Peterson Bernard, where June 28, 2015. He practiced real estate support to the NSU community. (See he practiced construction law and law in Wilmore, Kentucky, and was story on page 33.) was a mediator. also a member of The Florida Bar. He was an automobile enthusiast and a Albert Cyril Eaton, J.D. (’83), of Tegan Slaton, J.D. (’90), passed member of the Society of Automotive Orlando, Florida, passed away on away December 27, 2015 in Key West, Historians’ Board. Lashbrook taught November 18, 2014. He owned his Florida. He was a retired circuit judge middle school for 18 years before own law practice in Orlando. in the 16th Judicial Circuit (Monroe becoming an attorney. County, Florida). Slaton had a long Robert Elder, J.D. (’96), passed away career of service as a public defender, Greg A. Lewen, J.D. (’94), passed away on December 4, 2015. He was Of traffic magistrate, family court mediator, on August 27, 2015. He was a family Counsel to Crary Buchanan in Stuart, hearing officer, special magistrate, and law attorney and partner at Kahn, Florida. His practice included civil circuit judge. Through the years, his Lewen & Resnik, P.L. in Dania Beach, litigation, including construction passion for protecting children was Florida. He was active in the 17th lien law and construction defects, foremost in his work as he handled Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad Litem commercial disputes, real property dependency, dissolution of marriage, program and a director at Temple disputes, probate, wills and trust and child support cases as a lawyer and Beth Emet. He also helped various litigation, creditors’ rights, and UCC-1 while on the bench. He is survived by community organizations including matters as adopted by the Florida his wife, Rosemary Enright, a public David Posnack JCC. Lewen received his Statutes. He was married to Elysse defender in Monroe County, Florida. B.A. from the University of Maryland. (Rispoli) Elder (’96), and lived in Rochelle (Shelly) Solomon, Sewalls’s Point, Florida, with Elysse Laura L. Mall, J.D. (’98), of Palm (formerly Heller), J.D. (’91), and their three children. Beach County, Florida, passed away on passed away on October 7, 2014 in April 12, 2016. She was an employment Gregory Stephen Fields, J.D. (’99), Fort Lauderdale. and labor lawyer at FordHarrison, LLP passed away on December 3, 2014. He in West Palm Beach. worked as chief legislative aid to Eleanor Kathleen Zisa Stacey, J.D. (’85), of Montpelier, Virginia, passed away Sobel and Elaine Schwartz, both Marcie Nolan, J.D. (’08), of Fort on January 15, 2015. She owned her Florida representatives from Broward Lauderdale, Florida, passed away in own law firm in Glen Allen, Virginia, County. He also enjoyed writing April of 2016. She was a partner and where she practiced business, estate, historical fiction and won numerous certified land planner at Becker & insurance, and real estate law. writing awards and competitions. Poliakoff in Fort Lauderdale. John R. Williams, J.D. (’12), passed John G. George, J.D. (’81), passed James E. Rogers, J.D. (’10), passed away on February 12, 2015. He was away November 8, 2015. He owned away October 22, 2015 in Brooklyn, an associate with Kirwan Spellacy George Law Group, PA, in Fort New York. He practiced law in New and Danner in Fort Lauderdale. His Lauderdale, and practiced civil and York and Florida. A memorial service practice areas included real estate, criminal litigation. He was a Vietnam was held on November 8, 2015, at foreclosure, and landlord tenant law. War veteran. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.
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The NSU Shepard Broad College of Law hosted its biennial attorney admissions to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on April 19, 2016. This year, 12 alumni were admitted to practice before the court and watch oral arguments. George L. Hanbury II (front, third from left), president and CEO of NSU; Martin Press (front, third from right), NSU trustee and chairman emeritus of the Shepard Broad College of Law Board of Governors; and Jon M. Garon (front, second from right), dean, attended the admissions ceremony with the alumni.
The 2016 SCOTUS candidates who were admitted include Tara Campion (2011), Emmanuela Charles (2010), Joshua Eggnatz (2009), Michael Ehren (2007), Steven S. Farbman (1985), Nathaniel Flinchbaugh (2011), Lisa Goldberg (1984), Benjamin Lopatin (2009), Joseph Natiello (2012), Michael Pascucci (2008), Adam Schloss (2007), and Jane G. West (1998).