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A Message from the Dean...... 3 Board of Trustees...... 4 Full-time Faculty and Instructional Staff...... 5 Adjunct Faculty...... 6 Order of Exercises...... 8 Honors and Prizes...... 11 Degrees with Honors Commencement Prizes Recognition...... 17 John Marshall Harlan Scholars Law Review Moot Court Association Public Service Certificate Certificate of Mastery in Law Practice Technology Patent Law Program The Graduating Class...... 25 LL.M. in Taxation Graduates—February 1, 2008 LL.M. in Taxation Candidates—May 18 and September 1, 2008 J.D. Graduates—February 1, 2008 J.D. Candidates—May 18 and September 1, 2008 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient...... 42 Dennis W. Archer The President’s Medal of Honor Recipient...... 43 The Honorable Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 The President’s Medal of Honor Recipients (2002–Present)...... 44 Honorary Degree Recipients (1955–Present)...... 45 About New York Law School...... 49 The Tradition of Academic Attire and the Symbols of New York Law School...... 56
The audience is requested to remain seated during the processional, to stand for the singing of the National Anthem, and to remain in place at the conclusion of the Commencement exercises until the recessional is concluded. Please refrain from using cell phones and pagers during the Commencement exercises.
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A Message from the Dean
Dear Members of the Class of 2008: Graduation always stirs emotions: Appreciation for the support of parents, family, and friends; elation at finishing school and the student phase of life; anticipation of unique opportunities, new jobs, and the chance to be a lawyer; anxiety over the unknown challenges ahead and even the known challenges (yes, I know the bar exam looms for most of you!); satisfaction in all that has been accomplished; and joy in the wonderful things you plan to do. Graduates, you now join the ranks of New York Law School alumni, who have been making a real difference in the lives of their clients since the 1890s. You too will use your skills, knowledge, values, and talent to make a difference for those needing your expertise.
When you began your career at New York Law School we started a conversation about values and ideals—those you brought with you to school and those we hoped you would develop as a student. Several years later the dialogue has matured: We know that you are fearless and ready to become innovators in your practice. We are confident that you will be consummate professionals with the integrity that marks our graduates. We are proud that you are committed to a more just legal community. The license to practice that you soon will receive requires much from you—ideals, service, commitment to your clients, and devotion to the rule of law. You are certain to embrace such responsibilities with confidence, humility, and grace.
Law teachers often emphasize the intellectual rigor of the path you have chosen. We are tacticians, technical whizzes, learned in the ways of the law. We hope that you share in our enthusiasm for a life of the mind. But, your faculty and staff colleagues also cling to another more emotional side of the life we have chosen—the need to rejoice in the tremendous experiences we have shared over the last few years, the ability to laugh at our foibles, kid each other about our differences, and know that the bonds we share cannot be broken.
Congratulations, Class of 2008. We salute your strength and dedication and welcome you to the ranks of our graduates.
Sincerely,
Richard A. Matasar Dean and President
116th Commencement | 3 Board of Trustees
Officers Arthur N. Abbey ’59 Hon. Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 Richard A. Matasar Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board Dean and President Gerald C. Crotty ’76 Sandra S. Weiksner Vice Chairman of the Board Vice Chairman of the Board
Trustees Armando T. Belly Ronald LaBow ’62 John J. Reddy Jr. ’79 Nancy Lee Berkowitz ’97 * Marc Lasry ’84 Alan J. Schnurman ’71 Anthony Capetola ’70 Susan Mendik Sybil Shainwald ’76 Vincent Carbonell ’00 Ben Pascariu, M.D. * Michael N. Vittorio Alan W. Clark ’77 Steven E. Pegalis ’65 Harry H. Wellington David B. Cornstein Andrew Penson ’84 James D. Zirin Kathleen Grimm ’80 Charles E. Phillips Jr. ’93 Jeffrey D. Knowles ’75 Norman Radow ’81
Trustees Emeriti Jerry Finkelstein ’38 Bayless Manning Hon. Francis T. Murphy Jr. ’52 Alexander D. Forger Hon. Roger J. Miner ’56 John M. Regan Jr. Maurice R. Greenberg ’50
Officers of Administration Richard A. Matasar, B.A., J.D...... Dean, President, and Professor of Law Harry J. Althaus, B.S...... Associate Dean for Special Projects Lenni B. Benson, B.S., J.D...... Associate Dean for Professional Development and Professor of Law Carol A. Buckler, B.A., J.D...... Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Suzanne J.S. Davidson, B.A., J.D...... Associate Dean and Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations Fred DeJohn, B.A., J.D...... Vice President, Finance and Administration Stephen J. Ellmann, B.A., J.D...... Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law Joan Fishman, B.A., M.A...... Associate Dean for Special Projects Nancy J. Guida, B.A...... Vice President, Marketing and Communications Jethro K. Lieberman, B.A., M.Phil., J.D., Ph.D...... Vice President, Academic Publishing and Professor of Law Joyce D. Saltalamachia, A.B., M.L.S., J.D...... Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law
* On leave from Board.
4 | New York Law School Full-time Faculty and Instructional Staff 2007–2008
Susan J. Abraham Peter C. Kostant Faculty Emeriti Deborah N. Archer William P. LaPiana Hon. Sidney H. Asch Richard C.E. Beck Sheldon Leader Hon. Frederic S. Berman ’51 Lenni B. Benson Arthur S. Leonard B. James George Jr. Andrew R. Berman Lawrence C. Levine Quintin Johnstone Molly K. Beutz Jethro K. Lieberman Kim M. Lang Robert Blecker Joseph L. Marino Donald P. Rothschild Lloyd Bonfield Richard D. Marsico E. Donald Shapiro Michael Botein Richard A. Matasar Harry H. Wellington Frank A. Bress Michael T. McCarthy James Brook Carlin Meyer Camille Broussard Howard S. Meyers Carol A. Buckler William R. Mills Eugene Cerruti Frank W. Munger Elizabeth Chambliss Stephen A. Newman Pamela R. Champine Beth Simone Noveck David Chang Rudolph J.R. Peritz Lung-chu Chen Michael L. Perlin Tai-Heng Cheng Edward A. Purcell Jr. Sydney M. Cone III Sadiq Reza Stephen J. Ellmann Michael Roffer ’83 Aleta G. Estreicher Rebecca Roiphe Diane L. Fahey Tanina Rostain Kris Franklin Joyce D. Saltalamachia Doni Gewirtzman Rosalie M. Sanderson Cathy Glaser Ross Sandler Brandt Goldstein David S. Schoenbrod Annette Gordon-Reed Richard K. Sherwin James Grimmelmann James F. Simon Lawrence M. Grosberg Michael B.W. Sinclair Karen Gross Faith Stevelman Jeffrey J. Haas Cameron Stracher Seth D. Harris Nadine Strossen Mariana Hogan Lynn Boepple Su Sandra K. Janin ’75 Ruti G. Teitel David Johnson Ann F. Thomas Randolph N. Jonakait Marshall E. Tracht Kenneth C. Kettering Donald H. Zeigler
116th Commencement | 5 Adjunct Faculty 2007–2008
Distinguished Adjuncts Bridget J. Crawford Jacob I. Friedman ’75 R.B. Bernstein Anthony W. Crowell Richard Friedman David Epstein Heather Cucolo ’03 Charles F. Furtado Jr. Lawrence Lederman Lindsay A. Curcio Paul Gardephe Peter J. Strauss Eva-Marie Cusack ’00 Elizabeth Gertz Cesar de Castro ’00 Joseph Giamboi Daniel S. Abraham ’99 Lisa Del Pizzo Christopher P. Giordano ’93 Miriam R. Adelman Mark F. Dewan Hon. Judith J. Gische Ikiesha T. Al-Shabazz ’01 Angelia M. Dickens Scott Goldfinger Joshua Annenberg Anthony DiSarro ’86 Peter C. Goplerud John Barrie Alan Dixler Joel M. Gora Carole Basri Henry A. Dlugacz ’91 Keri K. Gould Kathryn L. Bedke Donald L. Doernberg Adam S. Grace Marc S. Bekerman Deborah Dorfman Kathleen Grimm ’80 Ameer Benno Donna Dougherty Lee Hannema Richard B. Bernstein Kevin Doyle Rosanne Harvey Martin Bowe ’00 Laura Drager John C. Henry William D. Buckley Victoria L. Eastus Martha R. Hochberger Kirk D. Burkhalter ’04 Laura Eberstein David Horowitz S. Gregory Boyd Marc Edelman Richard M. Horowitz Judith Bresler ’74 James Emory ’88 Mona Houck ’04 Anne K. Callagy David Epstein Steven R. Howard Emily Campbell Lloyd Epstein Thomas Hughes ’85 Peter Canelias Kenneth R. Feinberg Terry J. Ilardi Jean M. Carsey Rona Feinberg Joanne M. Ingham Raymond R. Castello Lucas A. Ferrara William Jannace ’92 Michael Cestaro David L. Ferstendig Eric Janus Nancy Chadrjian Ronald H. Filler Rhonnie Broder Jaus Pei Pei Cheng-de Castro ’00 Daniel Finkelstein Emily F. Johnson Vincent Chirico ’93 Robert J. Firestone ’90 Peter Johnson Margaret L. Clancy Charles M. Fish David M. Kapner Pamela Cohen David Fish ’96 Judith Kaufman Faith Colangelo Lisa Fleischmann David N. Kelley ’86 Julia Ann Cort Spencer B. Freedman Chris Kendall
6 | New York Law School Steven L. Kessler Judith B. Prowda Gary Tidwell Hon. Diane Kiesel John J. Reddy Jr. ’79 Steven Tillem Jay Kogan Jonathan D. Reichman Stan Towne Joel G. Kosman Patrick Reilly Andrew Turro Anna Kozoulina ’00 Michael Resko Francis J. Valentino Sherry Laird Labe Richman Jeanne-Marie D. Van Hemmen Craig A. Landy Andrea Risoli ’00 Jacqueline Valouch ’95 Hon. Gerald Lebovits Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter Amy Vernick Lawrence Lederman Raymond L. Rodriguez Nancy Waite Michelle B. Lee Hon. Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 Suzan Jewell Walsh Margaret Sipser Leibowitz Robert Rosh Philip Weinberg Dean W.M. Leslie Andrew Rothman Charles Weiss Kelly Koenig Levi Mitchell Rubinstein Lori Wentworth-Odierno ’92 Martin P. Levin ’83 K. Elizabeth Ryder ’93 Lis Wiehl Marc M. Lewis ’95 Anne-Marie Santangelo Robert W. Wien ’76 Amy Littman Stella Schindler Hon. Patricia Anne Williams Joseph J. Maltese ’93 Karen Schlossberg Hon. James A. Yates Elizabeth A. Maresca ’97 Lawrence Schnapf ’84 Peter Zablotsky Robert Marino II ’94 Paul Schneiderman Eric Zohn Robyn G. McAllister Andrew Seewald Philip J. Michaels ’76 Philip C. Segal ’73 Oscar Michelen ’85 Ilene Shifrin Gary Minda Elizabeth Shollenberger Zuhayr A. Moghrabi ’67 Richard Siegler Hon. William Mogulescu Cary Stewart Sklaren David T. Moldenhauer Claudia Slovinsky S. Maquita Moody Christina Olson Spiesel Avraham C. Moskowitz Lawton W. Squires ’83 John J. Mulligan Alexandra Standish ’01 Lisa A. Padilla Peter Strauss Steven E. Pegalis ’65 Éva Szeli Russell J. Pinilis K.A. Taipale Steven Plotnick Barry Temkin George Pompetzki ’86 Sandra Thorn
116th Commencement | 7 Order of Exercises
Dean Richard A. Matasar, Presiding
Prelude Jubilate Deo—Gregor Aichinger Contrapunctus—J.S. Bach Quintet #1—Victor Ewald
Marshalls V ictoria Eastus, Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs K enneth Norz, Assistant Dean for Academic Planning and Programming
processional P omp and Circumstance, No. 1 Op. 39—Sir Edward Elgar Triumphal March, Aida—Giuseppe Verdi
greetings Richard A. Matasar Dean and President
The national anthem Charles Joseph Messina Class of 2008
Introduction of Dean Matasar Old Guard
remarks Arthur N. Abbey ’59 Chair, Board of Trustees
awarding of prizes Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Awards Presented by Associate Dean Stephen J. Ellmann
Faculty Awards To be announced
8 | New York Law School awarding of prizes Student Awards (continued) Erin E. Martin, Day Division For the article, “The Intersection Between Finance & Intellectual Property: Trade Secrets, Hedge Funds, & Section 13(F) of the Exchange Act” Martin Simon Krezalek, Evening Division For the article, “How to Minimize the Risk of Violating Due Process Rights While Preserving the BIA’s Ability to Affirm without Opinions”
*The Finalists for the Trustees’ Prize for the Highest Average Presentation by Associate Dean Lenni B. Benson Day Division Evening Division Winston Richmond Brownlow Andrew Almonte Andrew John DeByl Finn Adam Joseph Fleischner Ericka Fowler Manoj Nair Stephanie D. Sado
The Alfred L. Rose Award for Excellence Presentation by Associate Dean Lenni B. Benson Andrew John DeByl Finn, Day Division Stephanie D. Sado, Day Division Manoj Nair, Evening Division
The Dean’s Award for Student Leadership Presentation by Associate Dean Lenni B. Benson Michael J. Harkey Sharon Anne Sorkin Kinanda Williams-Murray
Class of 2008 Teaching Award Presentation by Associate Dean Stephen J. Ellmann Professor Donald H. Zeigler student remarks Ericka Fowler, Day Division Michael Francis O’Connell, Evening Division
* Based on fifth semester grades for Day Division and seventh semester grades for Evening Division students. The final awards will be made after all grades are complete in June, to the student with the highest average in each.
116th Commencement | 9 Order of Exercises (continued)
A wARDING of President’s Medal of Honor PRESIDENT’S MEDAL Presentation by Arthur N. Abbey ’59, Chair, Board of Trustees Awarded to the Honorable Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 Member of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School Of Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
conferring of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) honorary degree Presentation by Vincent Carbonell ’00 Dennis W. Archer, Esq. Chairman, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Commencement Mr. Archer address
conferring of Introduction of Candidates student degrees Professor Ann F. Thomas Associate Dean Suzanne J.S. Davidson Associate Dean Lenni B. Benson Professor Elizabeth Chambliss Professor Annette Gordon-Reed Professor Michael L. Perlin Professor Nadine Strossen
Presentation of Candidates Dean Matasar
Conferring of Degrees Chairman Abbey
Closing Remarks Dean Matasar
Recessional Two Voluntaries—Henry Purcell
10 | New York Law School Honors and Prizes
116th Commencement | 11 Degrees with Honors
February 1, 2008 Magna Cum Laude Shayna R. Akkerman Jennifer Virginia Rogers
Cum Laude Volodymyr Basok Irina Kushel Phillip Kin-Keung Eng Danielle T. Paré
May 18, 2008 Summa Cum Laude Andrew Almonte Ericka Fowler Winston Richmond Brownlow Christy Monier Matthew Kelly-Killeen Cullen Stephanie D. Sado Andrew John DeByl Finn
Magna Cum Laude Justin Pierce Berutich Dana Pisacane Lucas T. Charleston Anthony Randazzo Erin Rose Efland Jennifer Danielle Raviele Noelle Valantene Fiorentino Jacqlyn R. Rovine Adam Joseph Fleischner Gary M. Rubin Lindsay K. Flora Kimberly A. Savage Adam B. Hahn Sharon Anne Sorkin Ashley N. Hanson Blaise L. Tottenham Martin Simon Krezalek Shawn Anthony Turck Yevgeny Levin Barbara M. Vaccaro Carlos Luis Lopez Heather J. Webb Jennifer Brandao Magalhaes Summer Marie Woodson Manoj Nair Ian England Young Cara Hobbs O’Brien Oded Zaluski Alicia M. O’Connell
12 | New York Law School Cum Laude Claude Thomas Aiken IV Nicholas Evan Lewis Zainab Aziz Stuart Ethan Leyton Rebecca L. Bock Victoria L. Loughery Kristen Lacey Bohannon Erin E. Martin Jason H. Bresler Jamie McAleavey Samantha Rachel Brinn Russell J. McBrearty Linda Chavez Francis McConville Rory S. Clark Chloe M. McRae Mark Frank Coscia Anna Mikhaleva Erin Cummings Katherine Ann Mikk Brian C. Drozda Josephine (Chung Joo) Moon George A. Esposito Jr. Leni P. Morrison Jackie Ferrari Tracey Nicole Pall Amy Lynn Festante Magdalena M. Perlman Jennifer Anne Fleming Stephen J. Reich Andrew Francis Lisa M. Ruff Samantha Fredrickson Joseph Schifano Adam Scott Furmansky Peter Aaron Schikler Jill Beth Geisenheimer Anna Smushkovich Geoffrey Goell Jaime L. St. Peter Jessica L. Gold Mark D. Stenseth Leanne Raquel Hamovich-Greif Michael T. Strouse Peter Hanschke Shane M. Tattan Michael J. Harkey Michael Treybich John M. Indeck Ruth S. Uselton Patrick J. Jordan V Elizabeth Anne Veit Dimitry Kogan James Vinocur Monica Ann Kolinsky Melissa Wagner Stephanie Irene Kudrle Caitlin J. Walsh Ryan William Lang Kinanda Williams-Murray Elizabeth Lawson Michelle Witten Maureen Ann Lee Jane Joohyun Yoo Arielle G. Lenza Mark Lesniak
116th Commencement | 13 Commencement Prizes
chief justice rose e. bird award the ruben s. fogel commencement for motivation in pursuing award for excellence in constitutional public interest law history and death penalty (Established in honor of Professor Robert Blecker) Kiera Flad Rebecca J. Mayberg Andrew Almonte Aysha Edythe Schomburg alexander d. forger award for distinguished service to the profession center for new york city law fellowship Rebecca Ann Horwitz Natalie Amar Johanna E. Miller Peter Aaron Schikler Desiree C. Hernandez Sanchez
anthony e. jannace award for professor lung-chu chen award outstanding achievement for excellence in the field of human rights Katherine Ann Mikk Michael Nathan Giacopelli Eric Ryan Grossmann media center award for Chloe M. McRae outstanding performance Mark Lesniak helen & andrew dokas memorial award for excellent achievement the abraham “avi” mund prize for excellence in information Sharon Anne Sorkin technology and the law Alicia L. Glaser professor stephen j. ellmann clinical legal education prize new york law school law review award for Diep Nguyen outstanding editorial contribution Lindsay K. Flora faculty award for outstanding service to the new york law school law review Andrew John Debyl Finn new york law school law review award for best note Stephanie D. Sado Ruth S. Uselton “Critical Mass: Restricting Advocates’ Rights Under the Community Reinvestment Act”
14 | New York Law School new york law school moot court joseph solomon award for excellent association best advocate award character and fitness Stephanie Irene Kudrle Jennifer Virginia Rogers new york law school national ernst c. stiefel writing award moot court team for excellence in comparative- Lauren Angelo common civil law Stephanie Irene Kudrle Jason Summerfield Devra Michelle Nemrow F or the Article, “A Constitutional Inquiry Sharon Anne Sorkin into Participation within South Africa’s Criminal Justice System” new york law school moot court award for serving with distinction Michelle Marie Benedetto Allyson Anne Cannistra Anna Mikhaleva Joseph Anthony Niemczyk national association of women lawyers award Trisha Olson order of barristers Natalie Amar Lauren Angelo Vicki S. Becker Alyssa Lauren Gunther Stephanie Irene Kudrle Christopher Chance Miller Devra Michelle Nemrow Joseph Anthony Niemczyk Sharon Anne Sorkin Lindsay A. Zuflacht
116th Commencement | 15 Commencement Prizes (to be announced) These prizes will be awarded after computation of final grades and will be announced on the Law School’s Web site.
professor joseph t. arenson award murray stockman memorial award for excellence in wills and for the highest average in the decedents’ estates law of evidence
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elsberg prize for proficiency louis susman memorial award for in the law of contracts—evening division excellence in the study of the law of evidence u u sylvia d. garland award for excellence in subjects relating to civil litigation woodrow wilson award for proficiency in constitutional law u u harry a. gotimer admiralty award for outstanding work henry j. wolff award for proficiency in the field of admiralty law during a full course of study— evening division u u milton s. gould award for proficiency in the law ross gnesin award for excellence of contracts—day division in workers’ compensation law
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professor albert kalter award abraham markhoff writing award for excellence in tax law (for workers’ compensation)
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professor james p. kibbey memorial award new york law school alumni for excellence in commercial law association awards
u Professor Vincent Lolordo Award for Excellence in Administration d. george levine memorial award of Criminal Justice for the highest grade in the law of real property Dr. Max Reich Award for Excellence u in Civil Trial Advocacy
professor robert r. rosenthal award Professor Ivan Soubbotitch Award for Excellence for excellence in new york practice in Poverty Law and Civil Rights u
professor henry rothblatt award for criminal advocacy
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16 | New York Law School Recognition
116th Commencement | 17 The John Marshall Harlan Scholars The Harlan Scholars designation is tentative pending completion of program requirements.
The John Marshall Harlan Scholars honors program is named for New York Law School’s alumnus and United States Supreme Court justice who served on the Court from 1955 to 1971. The program offers top students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study in a field of law through affiliation with one of the Law School’s seven academic centers. We are pleased to acknowledge the Harlan Scholars of the Class of 2008.
Claude Thomas Aiken IV John M. Indeck Rebecca Nicole Quatinetz Shayna R. Akkerman Krystal Francine Johnson Anthony Randazzo Andrew Almonte Sabrina Joy Antebi Khabie Jennifer Danielle Raviele Justin Pierce Berutich Martin Simon Krezalek Jennifer Virginia Rogers Lisa R. Bourque Irina Kushel Gary M. Rubin Winston Richmond Brownlow Mark B. Lakin Stephanie D. Sado Linda Chavez Ryan William Lang Kimberly A. Savage Rory S. Clark Arielle G. Lenza Sharon Anne Sorkin Matthew Kelly-Killeen Cullen Yevgeny Levin Jaime L. St. Peter Brian C. Drozda Carlos Luis Lopez Michael T. Strouse George A. Esposito Jr. Victoria L. Loughery Shane M. Tattan Jackie Ferrari Jennifer Brandao Magalhaes Matthew A. Taub Amy Lynn Festante Russell J. McBrearty Blaise L. Tottenham Andrew John DeByl Finn Francis McConville Shawn Anthony Turck Noelle Valantene Fiorentino Katherine Ann Mikk Ruth S. Uselton Adam Joseph Fleischner Christy Monier Barbara M. Vaccaro Jennifer Anne Fleming Josephine (Chung Joo) Moon Elizabeth Anne Veit Lindsay K. Flora Manoj Nair James Vinocur Ericka Fowler Cara Hobbs O’Brien Melissa Wagner Samantha Fredrickson Alicia M. O’Connell Caitlin J. Walsh Geoffrey Goell Tracey Nicole Pall Heather J. Webb Jessica L. Gold Danielle T. Paré Summer Marie Woodson Adam B. Hahn Magdalena M. Perlman Jane Joohyun Yoo Ashley N. Hanson Dana Pisacane Oded Zaluski
18 | New York Law School New York Law School Law Review
The New York Law School Law Review is the Law School’s journal for legal scholarship. Members are primarily Harlan Scholars, selected for that honor and for the Law Review based on their GPAs, although a few students are selected through a writing competition. Law Review editors work with the faculty to plan academic symposia as well as with the faculty publisher to select papers for publication. The editors edit all articles, and are responsible for all aspects of the publication process. We are pleased to recognize their achievements.
Claude Thomas Aiken IV Krystal Francine Johnson Dana Pisacane Shayna R. Akkerman Christopher Patrick Keenoy Rebecca Nicole Quatinetz Andrew Almonte Sabrina Joy Antebi Khabie Anthony Randazzo Justin Pierce Berutich Martin Simon Krezalek Jennifer Danielle Raviele Lisa R. Bourque Stephanie Irene Kudrle Jennifer Virginia Rogers Winston Richmond Brownlow Irina Kushel Gary M. Rubin Linda Chavez Mark B. Lakin Stephanie D. Sado Rory S. Clark Ryan William Lang Kimberly A. Savage Matthew Kelly-Killeen Cullen Arielle G. Lenza Sharon Anne Sorkin Brian C. Drozda Yevgeny Levin Jaime L. St. Peter Erin Rose Efland Stuart Ethan Leyton Michael T. Strouse George A. Esposito Jr. Carlos Luis Lopez Shane M. Tattan Jackie Ferrari Victoria L. Loughery Matthew A. Taub Amy Lynn Festante Jennifer Brandao Magalhaes Blaise L. Tottenham Andrew John DeByl Finn Erin E. Martin Shawn Anthony Turck Noelle Valantene Fiorentino Russell J. McBrearty Ruth S. Uselton Adam Joseph Fleischner Francis McConville Barbara M. Vaccaro Jennifer Anne Fleming Katherine Ann Mikk Elizabeth Anne Veit Lindsay K. Flora Christy Monier James Vinocur Ericka Fowler Josephine (Chung Joo) Moon Melissa Wagner Samantha Fredrickson Manoj Nair Caitlin J. Walsh Geoffrey Goell Cara Hobbs O’Brien Heather J. Webb Jessica L. Gold Alicia M. O’Connell Summer Marie Woodson Adam B. Hahn Tracey Nicole Pall Jane Joohyun Yoo Ashley N. Hanson Danielle T. Paré Oded Zaluski John M. Indeck Magdalena M. Perlman
116th Commencement | 19 New York Law School Moot Court Association
The New York Law School Moot Court Association is a student-run organization that focuses on oral advocacy and brief writing skills at the appellate level. Students are accepted into the organization by competing in the Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition, a constitutional law intramural competition. The Froessel Competition is one of the most challenging intramural competitions in the country and one of the most demanding recruiting tools used by a moot court association in selecting its members. We are pleased to recognize the members of the Moot Court Association.
Natalie Amar Karlton Jarrett Devra Michelle Nemrow Lauren Angelo Patrick J. Jordan V Joseph Anthony Niemczyk Scott Baldassano Jack S. Kallus Eric Opanga Vicki S. Becker Stephanie Irene Kudrle Luba Reife Michelle Marie Benedetto Maureen Ann Lee Gregory Adam Ring John Buza Thomas Liou Jacqlyn R. Rovine Allyson Anne Cannistra Stephanie Ayn McKaughan Laura E. Seidl Ogechi Patricia Eto Farrell P. McManus Sharon Anne Sorkin Andrew John DeByl Finn Chloe M. McRae Sujan H. Vasavada Lindsay K. Flora Charles Joseph Messina Carla Y. Warsaw Alyssa Lauren Gunther Anna Mikhaleva Lindsay A. Zuflacht Reyna Paz Hernandez Christopher Chance Miller
20 | New York Law School Public Service Certificate
The Office of Professional Development is pleased to recognize the members of the Class of 2008 who have earned the Public Service Certificate. Students earning the certificate have performed at least forty hours of voluntary service while in law school, or have a combination of at least thirty hours of voluntary service and another thirty hours of public interest work done through a work-study placement, clinic, or externship.
Shayna R. Akkerman Jill Beth Geisenheimer Elizabeth Pappas Lauren Angelo Virginia M. Goggin Jessica Peña Steven N. Atchison Natalee N. Graham Sylvie L. F. Richards Michael Evan Auerbach Aliaksandra Greco Caroline Elizabeth Ross Paul T. Basmajian Eric Ryan Grossmann Gary M. Rubin Vicki S. Becker Leanne Raquel Hamovich-Greif Mario Kevin Salazar Anitra Bogart Kamilah M. Holder Arika Evangeline Sánchez Lucas T. Charleston Valarie Y. Jackson Desiree C. Hernandez Sanchez Hilary Kristin Chernin Jasmine Alicia James Joseph Schifano Tiffany Cirigliano Bryan C. Johnson Aysha Edythe Schomburg Julissa Collado Jack S. Kallus Lauren Shapiro Ann Marie Collins Uri Kim Brenna Sharp Adam Cooper Sharon Koppula Sigalle M. Shpayher Ralph Cosentino Brian Joseph Krist Ronnie Simhon Catherine A. Crane Jessica Arnona Leiter Melinda Lee Skinner-Cifuentes Nima Daivari Seth Loomis Sharon Anne Sorkin Sofia M. Dee Arthur O. Louissaint Jane A. Storch Sean Rey Delgado Rebecca J. Mayberg Jason Summerfield Kevin DeLyon Francis McConville Peter H. Tsai Joy Adefolajimi Fasanya Chloe M. McRae Johara P. Tucker Kiera Flad Johanna E. Miller Barbara M. Vaccaro Lindsay K. Flora Devra Michelle Nemrow Dorianne Van Dyke Kristen Leigh Forbes Kristen Marie O’Connell Barbara Ann Vazquez Ericka Fowler Lola Oguntunde Eric Justin Wursthorn Samantha Fredrickson Lesley Alison O’Neill Oded Zaluski
116th Commencement | 21 Certificate of Mastery of Law Practice Technology
The Institute for Information Law & Policy is pleased to recognize the following students who have earned a Certificate of Mastery of Law Practice Technology. This certificate recognizes students who have demonstrated an exceptional understanding, use, and/or design of technologies that will improve law practice and legal institutions. The certificate program offers tutored exploration of various legal technology topics, regular meetings to share acquired expertise, access to software programs for hands- on learning, guest speakers, and opportunities for team projects as well as individual work. We are pleased to acknowledge the Certificate of Mastery of Law Practice Technology recipients of the Class of 2008.
Derek Gilchrist Mohammed Yehia Kashef Joonho John Lee Elizabeth Caitlin Reilly William J. Stock Christopher K. Wong
22 | New York Law School Patent Law Program
The Institute for Information Law & Policy is pleased to recognize the following students who have completed the requirements of the New York Law School Patent Law Program. The Program demands the completion of a rigorous course of study. Those law students who are eligible, as determined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, also sit for the exam for admission to the Patent Bar prior to graduation. We are pleased to acknowledge the following members of the Class of 2008 who have successfully completed the Patent Law Program and the Patent Agent’s exam.
Marc J. Avila Justin Benjamin Bender Dennis Powei Chen Steven S. Chiu Joseph Anthony Farco Mohammed Yehia Kashef Dimitry Kogan Emily Justine Larrimer Sana Ahmed Shaikh William J. Stock Christopher K. Wong
116th Commencement | 23
LL.M. in Taxation Graduates February 1, 2008
LL.M. in Taxation Candidates May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
116th Commencement | 25 LL.M. in Taxation Graduates February 1, 2008
Damon P. Bender Laurent Hetu Abiola Oriowo B.A. Syracuse University Diploma of Collegial Studies, J.D. University of Dayton J.D. Nova Southeastern University Cégep d’Ahuntsic J.D. University of Montreal Mark Rushnak Irene Glazer B.A. University of Maryland J.D. I.I. Mechnikov Odessa Myung Kim J.D. Widener University State University B.A. Yonsei University J.D. Rutgers School of Law-Newark Alan Goldenberg B.S. Yeshiva University J.D. Long Island University
LL.M. in Taxation Candidates May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
Carolina L. Abenante Keisha Gaillard Barbara A. Sangiuliano B.S. Seton Hall University B.S. Bryant College B.A. Muhlenberg College J.D. New York Law School J.D. Thurgood Marshall Law J.D. Seton Hall Law School School Laurie Belony Melissa Jill Sgambati B.A. City University of Ernest Gary B.A. Tufts University New York/Queens College B.S. College at Old Westbury J.D. New York Law School J.D. The George Washington M.B.A. St. John’s University University Law School J.D. New York Law School Ashiza Shah J.D. New York Law School Stephen Arthur Bonfa Georgia Davies Graham B.A. Fordham University B.A. George Washington University Tishya M. Signorelli J.D. New York Law School J.D. New York Law School B.A. Farleigh Dickinson University J.D. New York Law School Karen R. Cross Jina Guirguis B.A. City University of J.D. New York Law School Joseph W. Trank New York/Queens College B.S. Sacred Heart University J.D. New York Law School David Kubikian J.D. Pace University B.A. Hofstra University Dwight Day J.D. Brooklyn Law School Mary C. Wilson American University of Paris B.B.A./M.B.A. Pace University J.D. New York Law School J.D. New York Law School
26 | New York Law School J.D. Graduates February 1, 2008
J.D. Candidates May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
116th Commencement | 27 J.D. Graduates February 1, 2008
Shayna R. Akkerman Phillip Kin-Keung Eng Arthur O. Louissaint B.A. New York University B.S. Cornell University B.A. State University of New York/Geneseo Ana Lucia Alvarado Shahrokh Falati B.B.A. City University of B.S. University of Edinburgh Tareq Mahmud New York/Baruch College Scotland B.A. University of Chicago Ph.D. University of Bristol Regina Amporfro Ian Scott Mellor B.A. Cornell University Arthur Farberov B.A. University of Maryland/ B.A. New York University College Park Nicole Lyn Annenberg B.A. University of Michigan Jean C. Fischer Leslie C. Meyers B.B.A. University of San Diego B.A. Hampton University Volodymyr Basok Bachelor’s Lviv State University Vanessa Forcina Irena Mykyta Master’s Lviv State University B.B.A. City University of New B.A. Kiev State York/Baruch College Mary Madelin Baxter Steven D. Newman B.A. Eckerd College Noah Jordan Fried B.A. Adelphi University B.A. University of Maryland/ John L. Boutsikakis College Park Kristen Marie O’Connell B.A. Muhlenberg College B.S. New York University Robert Gerard Giancola Danielle Brenner B.S. Boston College Michael Francis O’Connell B.A. New York University B.A. University of San Francisco Heidi Giegerich Adam M. Brown B.A. New York University Young-Jae Oh B.A. State University of B.A. University of Rochester New York/Buffalo Anna N. Gordoenskaia B.A. Rutgers, The State University Louis Panagiotakis Cassita B. Charles of New Jersey B.A. St. John’s University B.A. City University of New York/ Brooklyn College David Groeger Danielle T. Paré B.A. University of Miami B.A. University of Colorado Douglas Clark B.A. Pace University Nicole Mari Junco Charles A. Pipins II B.A. New York University B.F.A. Millikin University Barbara Allen Cole B.S. University of Florida David Knopfler Jacob Daniel Plotsky B.S. Touro College B.S. Arizona State University Julianna Crawford B.A. City University of Irina Kushel Evelina Popijakowska New York/City College B.A. Pace University B.A. State University of New York/ M.A. University of Southern Buffalo California Yael Kenan Levy B.S. New York University Hillery Pous Linda Cinguina Davidoff B.A. University of Maryland/ B.A. Boston College Silvia Maria Lopez College Park M.A. Columbia University B.A. Saint Mary’s College
28 | New York Law School Jeffrey Risman Brenna Sharp Timothy K. Wirch B.S. State University of New York/ B.S. State University of B.S. Southern Oregon University Binghamton University New York/Plattsburgh M.A. University of Arizona Eric Justin Wursthorn Valerie Lynn Riso B.A. Cornell University B.A. State University of New York/ Ronnie Simhon Binghamton University B.S. State University of New York/ Michael A. Yurasov-Lichtenberg M.S. St. John’s University Albany D.O. First Leningrad Medical Institute Jennifer Virginia Rogers Michael Tsugel B.A. University of Massachusetts B.B.A. City University of New Stephanos Zannikos York/Baruch College B.S. New York University Regan S. Serlin B.A. University of Timur Ture Erika Zorn Southern California B.A. New York University B.A. University of Delaware
Carmen Seto Ernestine Jallaya Zahir Ward B.A. St. John’s University B.A. Bryn Mawr College
116th Commencement | 29 J.D. Candidates May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
Jenny A. Acasio Michael Evan Auerbach Victoria L. Benton B.S. St. John’s University B.B.A. George Washington B.S. Butler University University Kathy Alexandra Achille Justin Pierce Berutich B.A. Johns Hopkins University Violetta Averbakh B.A. Florida Atlantic University B.S. New York University Claude Thomas Aiken IV Katherine Berwitt B.A. Grove City College Edward R. Averbuch B.A. University of Michigan B.A. University of Connecticut Lauren Ashley Alfano Ken Biberaj B.A. State University of Marc J. Avila B.A. American University New York/Albany B.S. University of Maryland/ College Park Mollie S. Bisesi Ryan K. Allen B.S. Northeastern University B.A. Indiana University Marisol Ramos Avila B.S. University of California/ Aaron Bloch Andrew Almonte San Diego B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. State University of New York/ Binghamton University Binghamton University Carla Aviles B.A. Boston University Joshua Teixler Block Manny J. Alvelo Jr. B.A. DePauw University B.S. Wagner College Zainab Aziz B.A. New York University Rebecca L. Bock Natalie Amar B.A. Pitzer College B.A. Bard College Scott Baldassano B.A. Rowan University Nicole Bodzon Carina Andreika B.A. George Washington University B.A. University of Connecticut Charles M. Barbuti B.B.A. City University of New Anitra Bogart Lauren Angelo York/Baruch College B.A. University of Rhode Island B.A. University of Maryland/ College Park Hope Barry Kristen Lacey Bohannon B.A. Mount Holyoke College B.S. University of Texas Austin Shelli Arbusman B.A. Brandeis University Paul T. Basmajian Jeffrey Edward Bollinger Jr. B.A. Colby College B.S. University of Scranton Rikki Hope Arden B.A. University of Michigan Vicki S. Becker Mark J. Botros B.A. University of Wisconsin B.B.A. Pace University Anna Aronova B.S. City University of Nelson Raymond Belen Lisa R. Bourque New York/John Jay College B.A. New York University B.A. American University of Criminal Justice Justin Benjamin Bender Diane Bradshaw Michael Arounian B.S. Tennessee B.S. The City University B.S. Yeshiva University Technological University of New York
Steven N. Atchison Michelle Marie Benedetto Jason H. Bresler B.A. Carnegie Mellon University B.A. Long Island University B.A. University of Connecticut
30 | New York Law School Samantha Rachel Brinn Dennis Powei Chen Catherine A. Crane B.A. Brandeis University B.S. University of Maryland/ B.S. Illinois State University College Park George Brown Carmelita Cruz B.A. Trinity College Monica M. Cheng B.S. Junior College of Albany B.A. State University of New York/ Patrick James Brown Buffalo Richard Dean Cuiffo B.A. Fordham University B.A. Concordia University Hilary Kristin Chernin Winston Richmond Brownlow B.A. Skidmore College Matthew Kelly-Killeen Cullen B.A. State University of B.S. Georgetown University New York/Albany Santosh N. Chitalia B.A. University of Maryland/ Erin Cummings Victor J. Brubaker College Park B.A. State University of New York/ B.S. Louisiana State University Binghamton University Steven S. Chiu Adam E. Buchanan B.S. Rutgers, The State University Alexander Jonathan Daigle B.A. University of Massachusetts of New Jersey B.A. Emory University M.S. Stevens Institute of Technology Aleksandr Burman Nima Daivari B.S. Polytechnic University John Joseph Truex Chung B.A. University of Southern B.A. Gettysburg College California John Buza B.A. State University of New York/ Tiffany Cirigliano Ilana R. Darsky Stony Brook University B.A. Vassar College B.S. Washington University in St Louis Allyson Anne Cannistra Rory S. Clark B.A. Flagler College B.A. State University of New York/ Camie Dart Binghamton University B.A. Brenau College Archie Capinguian B.S. San Beda College Julissa Collado Iris Das B.A. City University of B.A. Boston College Meaghan E. Carey New York/John Jay College B.A. Hamilton College of Criminal Justice Timmery Philana Davis B.S. Rutgers, The State University Lizy Elizabeth Chandy Ann Marie Collins of New Jersey B.S. St. John’s University B.A. Montclair State University M.B.A. Fordham University Andrew Wayne Dean Adam Cooper B.A. Rutgers, The State University Lucas T. Charleston B.A. University of Massachusetts of New Jersey B.A. Monmouth College Mark Frank Coscia Sofia M. Dee Alana Charny B.S. Villanova University B.A. Fordham University B.A. University of California/ Los Angeles Ralph Cosentino Sean Rey Delgado B.A. St. Francis College B.A. Colgate University Linda Chavez B.S. St. John’s University Ryan Crandell Kevin DeLyon B.S. Oregon State University B.S. William Paterson University
116th Commencement | 31 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
Arti K. Desai Erin Rose Efland Kiera Flad B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.A. University of Maryland/ B.A. University of Washington of New Jersey College Park Adam Joseph Fleischner Jerry R. Dial II George A. Esposito Jr. B.A. Emory University B.A. New York University B.A. Boston College Jennifer Anne Fleming Javad E. Djafari Ogechi Patricia Eto B.A. The College of New Jersey B.B.A. George Washington B.A. Emory University M.A. Michigan State University University Lauren Taylor Everhart Lindsay K. Flora David L. Dockery B.A. State University of B.A. American University B.M. University of Michigan New York/Albany M.M. University of Michigan Kristen Leigh Forbes Renee Catherine Fahey B.A. University of Rhode Island Melodi Dogan B.A. Hofstra University B.A. Barnard College– Ericka Fowler Columbia University Joseph Anthony Farco B.A. New School for Social B.S. Stevens Institute of Technology Research Jason Terrell Dorn B.A. Virginia Military Institute Joy Adefolajimi Fasanya Andrew Francis B.A. Lehigh University B.A. Queens University Amy Jitendra Doshi B.B.A. Pace University Erin T. Felker Samantha Fredrickson B.A. University of Virginia B.A. University of Nevada, Reno Brianne N. Dotts B.A. Clark University Michael Fenton Adam Scott Furmansky B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. University of Rochester Megan L. Douglas Baruch College B.A. New York University M.A. City University of New York/ David M Galan Queens College B.A. University of North Florida Brian C. Drozda M.S. St. John’s University B.A. Vanderbilt University Cynthia Rose Ganiere Katie Feola B.A. Marymount Manhattan Jenny Dube B.A. Vassar College College B.A. New York University Agnes Fercowicz Manuel Garcia Nicholas Xavier Duran B.S. Fordham University B.S. City University of B.S. University of Florida New York/John Jay College Jackie Ferrari of Criminal Justice Beth Nicole Dwyer B.A. St. John Fisher College B.A. Southern Oregon University Jesse Wilson Garth M.A. Southern Oregon University Amy Lynn Festante B.A. Williams College B.A. Syracuse University Meghan E. Dwyer Michael Gasi B.A. New York University Andrew John DeByl Finn B.S. New York University B.S. University of Wisconsin Adam Edelstein Amy Elizabeth Gasiorowski B.B.A. Carnegie Mellon University Noelle Valantene Fiorentino B.A. Fairfield University B.A. Pace University
32 | New York Law School Jill Beth Geisenheimer Justin Marc Goldstein Alisha Harracksingh B.A. Lafayette College B.A. Gettysburg College B.A. Howard University
Laini George Allison C. Gordon Amy Hasselbeck B.A. City University of New York/ B.S. University of Maryland/ B.A. State University of Brooklyn College College Park New York/Buffalo
Nicole Gerber Natalee N. Graham Jeremy L. Havens B.A. University of Maryland/ B.A. Brandeis University B.S. City University of New York/ College Park Baruch College Aliaksandra Greco Michael Nathan Giacopelli B.A. City University of New York/ Manette Evelyn Hawkins B.A. Drew University Baruch College B.A. Vanderbilt University
Derek Gilchrist Amanda Mary Gregory Kimberly S. Heifferman B.A. University of Vermont B.A. Purdue University B.A. University of Florida West Lafayette Autumn Deva Ginsburg Jon Heredia B.A. University of Pittsburgh Eric Ryan Grossmann B.A. University of San Francisco M.Ed. Columbia University B.A. Indiana University Aramis Hernandez Justin P. Givens Stephen Benjamin Grunberg B.A. Florida International B.A. University of Alabama B.A. University of Connecticut University
Alicia L. Glaser Alyssa Lauren Gunther Reyna Paz Hernandez B.A. University of Minnesota B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Harvard University Albany Geoffrey Goell Jason A. Hirschel B.A. Saint Louis University Adam B. Hahn B.A. University of Michigan B.B.A. University of Georgia– Virginia M. Goggin Athens Elizabeth Hoffmann B.A. The Ohio State University B.A. American University Deborah Smith Halturewicz Jessica L. Gold B.A. Rutgers, The State University Kamilah M. Holder B.A. State University of New York/ of New Jersey B.A. Eastern Michigan University Binghamton University Leanne Raquel Hamovich-Greif S. Joonho Hong Alana Goldberg B.A. University of Toronto B.S. State University of B.A. Brandeis University M.A. Queens University New York/Albany
Heather I. Goldberg Peter Hanschke Rebecca Ann Horwitz B.A. American University B.B.A. Western Connecticut B.A. George Washington University M.S.W. New York University State University Andrea Hoyos Gillian Golden Ashley N. Hanson B.A. Florida International B.A. Syracuse University B.A. Case Western Reserve University University Elizabeth M. Goldfinger Ethan Patrick Hussey B.A. University of Maryland/ Michael J. Harkey B.A. Fordham University College Park B.S. Texas A & M University
116th Commencement | 33 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
John M. Indeck Jack S. Kallus Ashley H. Klugman B.A. University of B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Brandeis University California/San Diego Queens College Alexander Fa Jen Ko Adrian Eduardo Irias Viktoriya Kamyshanova B.A. Boston College B.A. University of Miami B.S. City University of New York/John Jay College of Criminal Justice Dimitry Kogan Matthew Iwamaye B.S. University of Maryland, Baltimore B.S. University of Maryland/ Joshua Kaplan College Park B.S. City University of New York/ Paul Kogan Brooklyn College B.A. City University of New York/John Valarie Y. Jackson Jay College of Criminal Justice B.A. Wesleyan University Mohammed Yehia Kashef M.S. Columbia University B.S. State University of New York/ Monica Ann Kolinsky M.A. Columbia University Binghamton University B.S. Moravian College PH.D. Cornell Medical College and Brad Jaeger Christopher Patrick Keenoy Graduate School of Medical Sciences B.S. University of Scranton B.A. College of William And Mary Julia Ann Kolva Jasmine Alicia James Antoinette L. Kemp B.A. Barnard College–Columbia B.A. State University of B.S. St. John’s University University New York/Albany Stephen Kenny Mikhail Kopelevich Karlton Jarrett B.S. Syracuse University B.A. City University of New York/ B.T. City University of New York/New M.S. Syracuse University Baruch College York City College of Technology Sabrina Joy Antebi Khabie Sharon Koppula Krystal Francine Johnson B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.A. Hofstra University Baruch College of New Jersey
Bryan C. Johnson Kathleen Kim Hilary Korman B.S. University of Toronto B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Boston University Binghamton University Patrick J. Jordan V Bianca Kosta-Rodriguez B.A. Pace University Uri Kim B.A. Saint Edwards University B.A. City University of New York/ Edit Juhasz Hunter College Maxim V. Kotelevets B.S. New York Institute B.A. State University of New York/ of Technology Jason P. Kinsella Stony Brook University B.A. Boston College Lauren Dianne Julian Martin Simon Krezalek B.B.A. University of Georgia–Athens Shawna Anne Kirchner B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University B.A. Rutgers, The State University Michael Jurista of New Jersey Brian Joseph Krist B.A. The Pennsylvania State University B.A. Washington College Dennis P. Kisyk Jr. Scott Justin B.A. Quinnipiac University Stephanie Irene Kudrle B.A. University of Georgia–Athens B.A. University of Minnesota Alla Kleban Stephanie Elizabeth Kalan B.B.A. City University of New York/ Mark B. Lakin B.B.A. University of Wisconsin Baruch College B.A. Bradley University
34 | New York Law School Ryan William Lang Mark Lesniak Jennifer Brandao Magalhaes B.A. University of Vermont B.A. University of Iowa B.A. University of Virginia
Emily Justine Larrimer Matthew John Leszyk Erin Magee B.A. University of California/ B.A. University of Rochester B.S. Northeastern University Santa Cruz M.A. New York University M.S. New York University Samantha Levenstein B.S. University of Florida Sania Malikzay Shira Laskin B.S. Rutgers, The State University B.S. New York University Yevgeny Levin of New Jersey B.B.A. City University of New Elizabeth Lawson York/Baruch College Jacqueline Mancino B.A. University of Tennessee Knox B.A. Temple University Nicholas Evan Lewis Kevin Ledig B.S. Boston University Kevin Dev Maragh B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.A. Johns Hopkins University of New Jersey Stuart Ethan Leyton B.A. University of Rochester Melissa Marcial Joonho John Lee M.B.A. Columbia University B.S. State University of New York/ B.S. University of Connecticut Stony Brook University M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Irina Licandro Institute B.A. American University in Erin E. Martin M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Bulgaria B.A. Marymount Institute Manhattan College Thomas Liou Maureen Ann Lee B.S. Carnegie Mellon University Patricia Marie Martin B.A. Fordham University B.A. Eastern College Melissa Loboguerrero Joseph A. Leffe B.A. University of Florida Joseph Masi III B.A. City University of B.S. Villanova University New York/City College Seth Loomis B.A. University of Delaware Jacqueline A. Materia Saryn Elyse Leibowitz B.A. The Pennsylvania B.A. New York University Marcia Lopes State University B.A. Rutgers, The State University Jessica Arnona Leiter of New Jersey School Rebecca J. Mayberg B.A. Boston University of Engineering B.A. Mills College
Arielle G. Lenza Carlos Luis Lopez Jamie McAleavey B.A. Fordham University B.A. University of Central Florida B.A. Washington College
Laura Lepicovska Jamal Lopez Russell J. McBrearty B.A. The Ohio State University B.S. City University of B.S. City University of New York/John Jay College New York/John Jay College Matthew Lepore of Criminal Justice of Criminal Justice B.S. Northeastern University M.P.A. City University of New York/John Jay College Francis McConville Stephanie G. Lerman of Criminal Justice B.A. University of Notre Dame B.A. University of Pennsylvania Victoria L. Loughery B.A. Fordham University
116th Commencement | 35 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
Mathew Genzer McCurley Jonathan David Moran Christopher W. Nunnally B.A. University of California/ B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.M. East Carolina University Berkeley of New Jersey Caitlin N. Nutter Stephanie Ayn McKaughan Keith Eric Morris B.A. Fordham University B.A. James Madison University B.A. Emory University Cara Hobbs O’Brien Farrell P. McManus Leni P. Morrison B.A. Dartmouth College B.A. Fairfield University B.A. University of Michigan Alicia M. O’Connell Chloe M. McRae Michael Morrow B.A. Bowdoin College B.A. Barnard College– B.A. Dickinson College Columbia University Lola Oguntunde Atossa Movahedi B.S. Arizona State University Charles Joseph Messina B.A. University of Massachusetts B.A. Villanova University Michael Okolica Manoj Nair B.S. Beth Medrash Govoha Anna Mikhaleva B.A. New York University B.A. City University of New York/ Trisha Olson Hunter College Devra Michelle Nemrow B.A. University of Illinois B.A. University of Arizona at Urbania–Champaign Katherine Ann Mikk B.A. Boston University Chris T. Nguyen Lesley Alison O’Neill M.F.A. Emerson College B.S. University of Southern B.F.A. New York University California Christopher Chance Miller Eric Opanga B.S. University of Tennessee– Diep Nguyen B.A. Cornell University Knoxville B.A. Colgate University Patricia Lane O’Shea Johanna E. Miller Paul Nichols B.S. Delaware Valley College B.A. University of Florida B.A. City University of New York/John Jay College Franz E. Paetzold Stephanie Claire Miller of Criminal Justice B.A. Vassar College B.S. The Pennsylvania State University Patrick R. Nicholson Tracey Nicole Pall B.B.A. City University of B.A. Rutgers, The State University Eli Mond New York/Baruch College of New Jersey B.A. Yeshiva University M.B.A. Pace University Joseph Anthony Niemczyk Johnny F. Pan B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. City University of Christy Monier Hunter College New York/John Jay College B.S. University of Texas Austin of Criminal Justice Jeffrey Paul Nosanov Matthew Montouris-Gore B.A. University of California/ Elizabeth Pappas B.A. Memphis State University Irvine B.A. Connecticut College
Josephine (Chung Joo) Moon Yisachar Dov Novoseller Kane Kyoung Park B.A. Bard College Israel Torah Research Institute B.A. State University of New York/Buffalo
36 | New York Law School Amalia Pellet Ahmad W. Rasool Adam J. Roth B.A. City University B.A. New Jersey Institute of B.A. Ithaca College of New York/Queens College Technology Charles E. Roth III Jessica Peña Jennifer Danielle Raviele B.S. University of Washington B.A. University of Central Florida B.S. Fordham University James Francis Roth Stephen Perih Lindsay Nicole Ray B.A. Fordham University B.A. Vassar College B.A. Indiana University Mindy Rotter Magdalena M. Perlman Carl Refsal B.A. City University of New York/ B.A. Adelphi University B.A. Luther College Queens College M.M. Northwestern University M.A. Columbia University Matthew Pettefer B.A. Kennesaw State College Stephen J. Reich Jacqlyn R. Rovine B.A. Johns Hopkins University B.S. New York University Elizabeth M. Pettit B.S. Georgetown University Luba Reife Gary M. Rubin B.A. Rutgers, The State University B.A. Brandeis University Ann Pirraglia of New Jersey B.A. St. John’s University Lisa M. Ruff Elizabeth Caitlin Reilly B.A. University of Michigan Dana Pisacane B.A. University of Vermont B.A. Hamilton College M.S. University of New Hampshire Stephanie D. Sado B.A. George Washington University Nicole P. Planell Jonathan W. Rich B.A. Fordham University B.A. Cornell University Mario Kevin Salazar B.S. Cornell University Allen Pheap Prak Sylvie L. F. Richards B.S. San Jose State University B.A. Indiana State University, Arika Evangeline Sánchez Terre Haute B.B.A. University of Hawaii Jessica Grace Price Ph.D. Columbia University at Manoa B.S. Skidmore College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Desiree C. Hernandez Sanchez Rebecca Nicole Quatinetz B.S. University of Puerto Rico B.A. Pitzer College Gregory Adam Ring B.A. University of Michigan Jesse Santaularia Robin Rae B.S. University of Florida B.A. City University of New York/ Aubrey D. Robertson III Hunter College B.A. Baylor University Baha Sarana B.S. City University of Elizabeth Rand Kiel Roeschke New York/John Jay College B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Michigan State University of Criminal Justice Stony Brook University Eric Rogers Kimberly A. Savage Anthony Randazzo B.S. University of Florida B.A. Catholic University B.A. New York University of America Jorge Tomas Roman Matthew P. Raso B.A. Columbia University Michelle D. Schenandoah B.A. State University of New York/ B.A. Cornell University Binghamton University Caroline Elizabeth Ross B.A. University of Delaware
116th Commencement | 37 J.D. Candidates (continued) May 18, 2008 and September 1, 2008
Heather Ann Schiavone Elyssa Rachael Sims Jane A. Storch B.A. State University B.A. University of California/ B.S. Syracuse University of New York/Albany Los Angeles Michael T. Strouse Wen Yan Schieffelin Wendy Jarelle Singletary B.S. Temple University B.S. New York University B.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Melissa Stacy Studin Joseph Schifano B.S. New York University B.S. State University of New York/ Kevin Anthony Sinno Binghamton University B.A. Seton Hall University Lorraine Marie Sult B.A. Immaculata University Peter Aaron Schikler Melinda Lee Skinner-Cifuentes B.A. Indiana University B.S. St. Lawrence University Jason Summerfield M.A. Columbia University M.A. City University of B.M. New York University Graduate School of Arts New York/John Jay College & Sciences of Criminal Justice Eric Gu-Lei Tan B.A. University of Leah A. Schmidt Ruthy Slomowits California/Los Angeles B.A. Salisbury State University B.A. The Pennsylvania State University Yana Tandeytnik Matthew Stephen Schneider B.A. Pace University B.A. Washington University Julie C. Smith in St. Louis B.S. University of Michigan Shane M. Tattan B.S. Boston University Aysha Edythe Schomburg Anna Smushkovich B.A. University of Virginia B.A. City University of Matthew A. Taub M.A. New York University New York/Hunter College B.A. American University
Laura E. Seidl Adam A. Sokolik Christina Morgan Tinucci B.S. Michigan State University B.S. Villanova University B.A. Lehigh University
Sana Ahmed Shaikh Sharon Anne Sorkin Dustin Torres B.S. University of Delaware B.A. Kenyon College B.S. Ohio University/Athens
Lauren Shapiro David G. Soskin Blaise L. Tottenham B.S. Boston University B.A. University of Maryland/ B.A. Haverford College College Park Daniel Stephen Shimko Dean Cole Trautmann Jr. B.A. Boston College Nicole Ann-Marie Spence B.A. Trinity College B.A. Smith College Sigalle M. Shpayher Malkie Treff B.A. Yeshiva University Jaime L. St. Peter B.S. City University of B.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University New York/Brooklyn College Aileen Siclait B.A. Florida International David Standish Jr. Michael Treybich University B.A. Saint Peter’s College B.S. State University of New York/Buffalo Joshua Alan Silver Mark D. Stenseth B.F.A. University of Colorado B.A. University of Minnesota Peter H. Tsai B.S. Drexel University Matthew Jordan Silverstein William J. Stock B.A. Syracuse University B.S. University of Colorado
38 | New York Law School Johara P. Tucker Mirjana A. Vuga Ethan C. Wood B.A. Wesleyan University B.A. Fordham University B.A. Drew University
Shawn Anthony Turck Melissa Wagner Summer Marie Woodson B.B.A. City University of New B.S. The Pennsylvania State B.I.S. Arizona State University York/Baruch College University Nicholas Woody Eralda Tushe Caitlin J. Walsh B.A. Susquehanna University B.A. Fordham University B.A. St. John’s University Xiaonan (Shannon) Wu Florence E. Ulysse Carla Y. Warsaw B.A. Goshen College B.S.N. City University of New B.A. University of Wisconsin York/City College Jane Joohyun Yoo Heather J. Webb B.A. Boston College Ruth S. Uselton B.A. University of B.S. The Pennsylvania State California/Berkeley Ian England Young University B.A. University of California/ Ali Weinberg San Diego Barbara M. Vaccaro B.A. University of Michigan B.A. University of Delaware Marco Paolo Lacson Yupangco Gregory A. Wetzel B.A. University of California/ Dorianne Van Dyke B.S. Ohio University/Athens Santa Barbara B.A. New York University W. Demia Wilburn Nicholas John Zaita Courtney Vargas B.A. New York University B.S. University of Tampa B.A. Muhlenberg College Margot Nicole Wilensky Sawsan Y. Zaky Sujan H. Vasavada B.A. Colgate University B.B.A. Pace University B.S. University of California/ Riverside Kinanda Williams-Murray Oded Zaluski B.A. Long Island University B.S. Ithaca College Barbara Ann Vazquez B.S. Northeastern University Janna Carlene Wince Agnes A. Zawadzki B.F.A. University of Miami B.A. City University of New York/ Elizabeth Anne Veit Hunter College B.A. Trinity College Laura Elizabeth Winter M.A. Columbia University B.A. Bucknell University Felix Zeydelis B.A. State University of New York/ Scott William Vieth Michelle Witten Stony Brook University B.A. University of Florida B.A. University of Wisconsin Madiha M. Zuberi Alla Vigdorchik Amanda Beth Wolf B.A. University of B.A. Fordham University B.A. Barnard College– California/Irvine Columbia University James Vinocur Lindsay A. Zuflacht B.A. University of Wisconsin Christopher K. Wong B.A. Tulane University B.S. University of Denver Dina Vinokurova B.A. State University of New York/ Harriet Wong Stony Brook University B.B.A. City University of New York/Baruch College
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President’s Medal of Honor and Honorary Degree Citations
116th Commencement | 41 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws Dennis W. Archer Chairman Dickinson Wright PLLC
New York Law School is proud to honor Dennis W. Archer, prominent attorney and public servant, for the courage, intellect, passion, and commitment he brings to the pursuit of justice.
Dennis W. Archer is Chairman of Dickinson Wright, a Detroit-based law firm with more than 200 attorneys, with offices in Michigan and Washington, D.C. He sits on the corporate boards of Johnson Controls Inc., Compuware Corporation, and Masco Corporation. He also is on the nonprofit boards of the CATCH Foundation and the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan.
Archer served two four-year terms as mayor of the City of Detroit (1994–2001) and earned national and international respect for his success in changing Detroit’s image and direction. In 2000, Mayor Archer was named Public Official of the Year byGoverning magazine. Archer served on the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and was President of the National League of Cities from 2000 to 2001. He received an Award of Excellence and was named 1998 Newsmaker of the Year by Engineering News-Record magazine, a sister publication of BusinessWeek. He has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans byEbony magazine; and one of the 100 Most Powerful Attorneys in the United States by the National Law Journal. Archer was named one of the 25 Most Dynamic Mayors in America by Newsweek magazine.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Western Michigan University and taught learning disabled students in the Detroit Public Schools. Archer earned his Juris Doctor from Detroit College of Law in 1970. He began practicing law thereafter, working as a trial lawyer and a partner in several Detroit firms, serving as Associate Professor of the Detroit College of Law and Adjunct Professor at Wayne State University Law School.
In 1985, Governor James Blanchard appointed Archer an Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He was elected to an eight-year term the following year. In his final year on the bench in 1990, Archer was named the most respected judge in Michigan by Michigan Lawyers Weekly.
Archer has long been active in the organized bar. He was the first person of color elected president of the American Bar Association (2003–2004) as well as the State Bar of Michigan. He has also served as president of the Wolverine Bar Association and the National Bar Association. Archer is a Life Member of the Fellows of The American Bar Foundation and the National Bar Association, a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, a Fellow of the College of Law Office Management and Life Member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Archer is married to Trudy DunCombe Archer, retired Judge of Michigan’s 36th District Court. They have two sons, Dennis W. Archer Jr. and Vincent DunCombe Archer, and a grandson, Dennis Wayne Archer III.
For your outstanding accomplishments and influence in the field of law, New York Law School takes great pride in awarding you, Dennis W. Archer, the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa, with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities thereunto appertaining.
42 | New York Law School President’s Medal of Honor The Honorable Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 Member of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School Of Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1931, Ernst H. Rosenberger emigrated to New York City with his parents and sister in order to escape Nazi persecution. He began working to support his family at age 12, after suffering the loss of his father two years earlier. He attended Stuyvesant High School, and enlisted in the U.S. Army at 18—less than one year before the start of the Korean War. He was later discharged, having attained the rank of Corporal in the 101st Airborne Division. Justice Rosenberger then began study at City College of New York, graduating in 1955, and subsequently enrolling at New York Law School.
During law school, Justice Rosenberger lived and worked at the St. Barnabas House, an emergency shelter for children in Manhattan. He excelled in law school, serving as Associate Editor and Editor in Chief of the Law Review, and as a member of the National Moot Court team. After graduation, Justice Rosenberger worked at a small firm for a year before starting his own practice.
Justice Rosenberger has made a lifelong commitment to defending the rights of the disenfranchised. He acted as pro bono defense attorney on several Freedom Ride cases in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961, and voluntarily served on many similar cases throughout the South in the years that followed—never accepting fees or compensation.
Justice Rosenberger became a New York City Criminal Court Judge in 1972, and was named Acting Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York beginning in 1973. In 1975, he was one of two U.S. judges invited by the West German government to observe and study youth laws and the courts. Justice Rosenberger was appointed to the Supreme Court of the State of New York in 1977, and served as Presiding Justice of the Court’s Extraordinary Special and Trial Term for investigation of corruption in the criminal justice system. He became an Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, in 1985, and sat on more than 15,000 criminal and civil appeals from the highest trial courts of New York, before his retirement from the bench in 2004.
Currently, Justice Rosenberger is Of Counsel to Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, where he focuses on domestic and international litigation, as well as arbitration, alternative and international dispute resolution, and mediation. He is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for New York Law School, where he has taught part-time continuously since 1976.
Justice Rosenberger has received many honors and awards for his service in the legal profession, including the New York State Bar Association Award for Outstanding Work in the Field of Criminal Justice Education in 1980, awarded for the Criminal Justice Seminar he teaches at New York Law School. He has received the New York Law School Faculty Distinguished Service Certificate five times, and was the New York County Lawyers’ Association’s inaugural recipient of the Jack Newton Lerner Distinguished CLE Lecturer Award in 1998. Justice Rosenberger received the Benjamin Nathan Cardozo Award from the Jewish Lawyers’ Guild in 2000, and the William J. Brennan Award from the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2001. He was named one of New York’s best judges by both New York Magazine and the Village Voice.
New York Law School honors Ernst H. Rosenberger for his inspiring leadership, his unswerving dedication to the rule of law and the rights of all people, and his devotion to teaching and to the legal profession.
116th Commencement | 43 The President’s Medal of Honor Recipients 2002 to the Present
Awarded to New York Law School’s most outstanding and accomplished alumni and its most generous benefactors, the President’s Medal of Honor acknowledges those who have made the most significant contributions to the history of the Law School by their exemplary professional lives and their generosity.
2008 2004 The Honorable J. Bruce Llewellyn ’60 Ernst H. Rosenberger ’58 Member of the Board of Trustees Member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman and CEO of Philadelphia Coca-Cola New York Law School Bottling Company, Inc. Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School Founder of “100 Black Men” Of Counsel, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 2003 2007 Awarded posthumously to SYBIL SHAINWALD ’76 Shepard Broad ’27 Member of the Board of Trustees, Member of the Board of Trustees New York Law School Founder, Broad and Cassel President, Law Offices of Sybil Shainwald Benefactor, Shepard Broad Scholarship Fund Benefactor, The Shepard and Ruth K. Broad 2006 Student Center Awarded posthumously to PHILIP M. DAMASHEK 2002 Member of the Board of Trustees, Awarded posthumously to New York Law School Bernard H. Mendik ’58 Managing Partner, Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Damashek & Shoot President, Bernard H. Mendik Company, LLC President, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1990–91) Benefactor, The Mendik Law Library
2005 Lawrence s. Huntington ’64 Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus of the Board, Fiduciary Trust Company International Generous Benefactor
44 | New York Law School Honorary Degree Recipients 1955 to the Present
1955 The Honorable Charles William Froessel ’13 1966 Daniel Gutman The Honorable John Marshall Harlan ’24 John Van Voorhis Archibald Robinson Watson 1967 Alfred J. Bohlinger ’24 1956 Albert Cohn 1908 Leo M. Cherne ’34 Albert Conway The Honorable W. Averell Harriman Denis O’Leary 1968 The Honorable Ramsey Clark 1957 Nathaniel L. Goldstein ’18 Tom C. Clark Charles H. Griffiths ’10 David Finkelstein David W Peck Orison S. Marden Robert Morris Morgenthau 1958 The Honorable Joseph A. Cox Edward Joseph Mortola James Thomas Hallinan II Gerald Nolan 1969 Jerry Finkelstein ’38 Ferdinand Pecora John-Seward Johnson John Vincent Thornton 1959 Bernard Botein Theodore Granik 1970 Adrian P. Burke Philip M. Kleinfield ’16 Joseph I. Lubin ’30 Edward J. Neary ’15 Joseph Edward Lumbard Jr. Samuel Miller ’26 1960 Charles Stewart Desmond 1971 Willard Heckel 1961 Robert Moses John E. Scileppi
1962 Stanley Howells Fund 1972 Maurice R. Greenberg ’50 Sylvester Comstock Smith Jr. ’18 Samuel Rabin Murray Stockman ’15 The Honorable Whitney North Seymour Jr.
1963 Sydney E Foster 1973 The Honorable Paul J. Curran Charles H. Dyson 1964 George J. Beldock Harry B. Helmsley Hunter Labatut Delatour 1906 E. Donald Shapiro Marvin R. Dye The Honorable Joseph Weintraub Alfred Gross 1974 The Honorable Brendan T. Byrne 1965 Edwin L. Weisel Walter M. Jeffords Jr. The Honorable David T. Wilentz ’17 Samuel J. LeFrak The Honorable Owen McGivern
116th Commencement | 45 Honorary Degree Recipients (continued) 1955 to the Present
1975 The Honorable Charles D. Breitel 1980 The Honorable Richard Reeve Baxter William J. Curran The Most Reverend Terence Cardinal Cooke Gen. John Einar Murray The Honorable Richard N. Gardner The Honorable Peter W. Rodino Jr. A. Leo Levin Stefan Treschel The Honorable Lewis F. Powell Jr. The Honorable Robert F. Wagner 1900 Edward Allen Tamm William Weary 1981 Mario M. Biaggi ’63 1976 The Honorable Warren E. Burger The Honorable William Frank Buckley Jr. Milton Helpern The Honorable William Joseph Casey Mary Gardiner Jones The Honorable Matthew Joseph Jasen Gen. Rowland F. Kirks The Honorable James Skelly Wright Harry Ostrov ’25 The Honorable Edward D. Re Joseph Solomon ’27 1982 The Honorable Mary S. Coleman The Honorable Alfonse M. D’Amato 1977 The Honorable Dennis DeConcini Archbishop Jakovos Elizabeth Hughes Gossett Rex E. Lee The Honorable Howard T. Markey The Honorable Shigeru Oda The Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan Thomas Grey Wicker Albert M. Sacks 1983 The Honorable Harry A. Blackmun 1978 The Honorable Griffen B. Bell The Honorable Sherman G. Finesilver The Honorable Gerald R. Ford The Honorable Constance Baker Motley The Honorable Erwin N. Griswold Albert Parker ’21 The Honorable Damon J. Keith The Honorable Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman 1984 The Honorable Geraldine A. Ferraro 1979 The Honorable Benjamin R. Civiletti The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. The Honorable Lawrence H. Cooke Eugene V. Rostow Barbara Knowles Debs Robert B. Stevens Abraham S. Goldstein Otto L. Walter ’54 The Honorable Jacob K. Javits The Honorable Wade H. McCree Jr. 1985 The Honorable Mario M. Cuomo The Honorable Francis T. Murphy ’52 Robert B. McKay The Honorable Potter Stewart Bill Moyers The Honorable Ellen Ash Peters Donna E. Shalala
46 | New York Law School 1986 Barbara Aronstein Black 1996 The Honorable Sidney H. Asch The Honorable William Joseph Brennan Jr. Boris Leavitt ’26 The Honorable Edward I. Koch The Honorable Jon O. Newman Myres Smith McDougal The Honorable Spottswood W. Robinson III 1997 The Honorable Harry T. Edwards Dr. Raymond D. Horton 1987 Fred W. Friendly Lewis M. Steel ’63 The Honorable Thomas Howard Kean Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. 1998 Joseph T. Arenson Ellen V. Futter Lawrence S. Huntington ’64 Vernon E. Jordan Jr. 1988 The Honorable Patricia McGowan Wald Archibald R. Murray 1999 The Honorable Guido Calabresi Ernst C. Stiefel 2000 Sybil Shainwald ’76 1989 J. William Campo Harry H. Wellington The Honorable Roger J. Miner ’56 The Honorable Ralph K. Winter
1990 Alvin J. Bronstein ’51 2001 Taylor R. Briggs (posthumously) Linda A. Fairstein Ira Glasser The Honorable Milton L. Williams ’63 The Honorable Judith B. Sheindlin ’65
1991 The Honorable David N. Dinkins 2002 The Honorable Pierre N. Leval, LL.D. The Honorable John H. Sununu The Honorable Charles E. Schumer, LL.D.
1992 The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor 2003 The Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, LL.D. James F. Simon 2004 The Honorable Alexis M. Herman, LL.D. 1993 Shepard Broad ’27 Anthony Lewis, LL.D. Drew S. Days III The Honorable Judith S. Kaye 2005 The Honorable Bob Kerrey, LL.D.
1994 The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani 2006 The Honorable Joel I. Klein, LL.D. Bernard H. Mendik ’58 2007 David Boies 1995 The Honorable José A. Cabranes Alexander D. Forger 2008 Dennis W. Archer
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About New York Law School
116th Commencement | 49 About New York Law School Learn law. Take action.
founding Secretary of State of the New York Law School was established in 1891 by United States. Columbia College School of Law faculty, students, Many of those attending at the beginning of and alumni who were protesting their trustees’ the twentieth century became founders or name attempts to dictate the teaching methods used by partners of leading law firms, including Henry professors. The central figure in the revolt against Hurlbut Abbott of Breed, Abbott & Morgan; Edwin Columbia and the subsequent creation of New York Sunderland of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland Law School was Columbia Law School’s founder, & Kiendel; and Thomas Debevoise of Debevoise & Theodore Dwight, a major figure in the history of Plimpton. American legal scholarship. Classes of the 1920s and 1930s produced graduates who would play a leading role in the profession. the early years Among the most notable was U.S. Supreme Court Almost immediately, New York Law School attained Justice John Marshall Harlan. Other prominent a formidable reputation due to the excellence of its graduates included Albert Parker, a founding partner students and faculty. of Parker, Chapin, Flattau & Klimpl; Randolph From its beginning, New York Law School has been E. Paul and John F. Wharton, founding partners dedicated to providing diverse routes to achievement of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; through innovation in scholarship, service, and Alfred Rose, a founding partner of Proskauer, professional training. By 1904, New York Law Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn; Cameron F. MacRae, School was the largest law school in the country. a former chairman of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene That year, the school’s founders created one of the & MacRae; Chester Carlson, who invented the nation’s first evening divisions to provide a flexible xerography process leading to the founding of Xerox alternative to full-time legal education for those Corporation; and Justice Emilio Nuñez, the first in the workforce or with family obligations. The Latino to be named to the bench in New York State. Evening Division also allowed students to build New York Law School closed for one year during upon previously established successful careers or to World War I, interrupting a steady expansion that begin a second career. had lasted until the mid-1920s. While the situation Among the Law School’s early lecturers were improved by the 1ate 1930s, the draft in 1940 dealt Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. The the institution another blow when the Law School first class included James Gerard, who went on to was forced to close in 1941 for the duration of serve as ambassador to Germany during World War World War II. I, and Bainbridge Colby, who became secretary of state under President Wilson. Other early graduates post-war rebuilding included Robert F. Wagner, a future U.S. senator In 1947, New York Law School reopened and began from New York and a leader in developing national to rebuild. A major impetus came from graduates labor policy, and two Pulitzer Prize winners: Wallace who formed a committee spearheaded by New York Stevens (poetry) and Elmer Rice (drama). Another State Supreme Court Justice Albert Cohn. The prominent alumnus from the pre–World War I era new program was small, but the Law School made was the Honorable James S. Watson, a distinguished significant strides, and gained accreditation from the judge and an important member of New York’s American Bar Association in 1954. African American community. The judge’s daughter, Barbara Watson, also attended the Law School and Many graduates, now prominent in the bar, the was the first woman to attain the rank of Assistant judiciary, and business, were students during these
50 | New York Law School years. They include the Honorable Roger J. Miner In 1992, Harry H. Wellington, Sterling Professor of ’56, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Law Emeritus and former dean of Yale Law School, Circuit; Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy ’52, became the fourteenth dean and president of New New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division; York Law School. Under Dean Wellington’s dynamic Administrative Law Judge Mary E. Cerbone ’59; leadership, a strategic plan was implemented to Judge Judith B. Sheindlin ’65, supervising judge position New York Law School as a vital urban law of the New York City Family Court; Lawrence S. center with an academic program that integrates the Huntington ’64, Chairman Emeritus of the Board, strategic and ethical perspectives of the practicing Fiduciary Trust International and former chairman attorney. Dean Wellington broadened the Law of the Law School’s Board of Trustees; the late Otto School’s curriculum to increase emphasis on the L. Walter ’54, founding partner, Walter, Conston, development of professional skills. Alexander & Green; and the late Bernard H. Mendik ’58, real estate industry leader and former chairman In addition to the Media Center, two new centers of the Law School’s Board of Trustees. for specialized study opened. The Center for New York City Law was established in 1993 to focus on Steady growth marked the next decades. With the study of New York City government. Founded the appointment of E. Donald Shapiro as dean in 1996, the Center for International Law supports in the early 1970s, the Law School joined the teaching and research in all areas of international law Association of American Law Schools and the but concentrates on the law of international trade trustees authorized an increase in the size of the and finance. full-time faculty. Admissions requirements were raised and enrollment grew. As facilities expanded, During Dean Wellington’s tenure, the Ernst C. Stiefel an endowment fund was established. In 1975, the Professorship of Comparative Law was created. School received its first endowed professorship, the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professorship of Law. the present and our shared future The School’s first center for specialized study, the Richard A. Matasar, a nationally recognized scholar Communications Media Center (now the Media in civil procedure and federal jurisdiction, was Center), opened in 1977. named the fifteenth president and dean of New York Law School on July 1, 2000. growth and revitalization Almost immediately, Dean Matasar led a Dramatic growth and revitalization continued under comprehensive, collegial self-evaluation process the leadership of James F. Simon, dean from 1983 involving all members of the New York Law until 1992. A series of major facility renovations School community in an exercise that sharpened were begun, highlighted by the opening of the the definition of its goals. The School articulated a Mendik Library in 1990. This was followed by the mission statement centered on three goals that focus construction of the Samuel and Ethel LeFrak Moot its approach to legal education: Court Room, the Ernst Stiefel Reading Room, and • to embrace innovation; the Shepard and Ruth K. Broad Student Center. An • to foster integrity and professionalism; extensive remodeling and modernization program • to advance justice for a diverse society. transformed the Law School’s classrooms, offices, and specialty training areas. During Dean Simon’s On this principled foundation, the Law School tenure, the Rita and Joseph Solomon Professorship created a plan for its future to strengthen skills and of Wills, Trusts, and Estates was added, and the Law values education for its students. School introduced an innovative Lawyering Skills Program into the curriculum.
116th Commencement | 51 The words “Learn law. Take action.” express the • The Comprehensive Curriculum addresses the Law School’s commitment to teach students to use needs of students who require a special course of the skills and knowledge they acquire as lawyers study to enhance mastery of fundamental aspects to do something valuable for others. By fostering of legal analysis and writing; and an internal culture that embraces innovation and creativity, the Law School encourages students to • The Professional Development Project helps develop the ability to adapt to new situations as students develop their professional portfolio— they arise, to change their behavior when change volunteer opportunities, extracurricular requires it, and to graduate with a commitment to a programs, solid legal skills—and a strong sense of lifetime of learning. Through an extensive program professionalism and legal ethics. for professional development, with an emphasis on In 2002, the Law School also introduced an integrity and professionalism, the faculty and staff innovative admissions option, the Wallace Stevens engage students in the ongoing improvement of the Scholars Program, under which a small group legal profession. of professionals with postgraduate degrees and significant work experience will be admitted without reinvigorating the curriculum having taken the LSAT, but with the requirement The faculty has adopted a new curricular approach, that they take it after admission to the Law School. grounded on a strong J.D. curriculum, to provide The program honors the great American poet and students with different avenues for academic success. New York Law School alumnus, Wallace Stevens Dubbed “the right program for each student,” this Class of 1903. new approach acknowledges that different practice settings require differing levels of training. For In 2003, following a review by the American Bar example, students working in larger organizations Association and the New York State Board of with extensive in-house training programs have less Regents, the Law School established a new degree need for hands-on training than those who will open program, a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation. The a solo practice. Those in larger organizations may program is open to graduates of U.S. and foreign law need training in a specialized area, while those in schools and offers advanced tax training for attorneys general practice settings may need more breadth and who seek to acquire a thorough grounding in U.S. less specialized expertise. tax law and to master the skills needed to work at the most challenging levels of tax practice. New York The faculty approved and implemented several Law School is now one of only two law schools in new initiatives which together comprise The Right the New York City metropolitan area to offer this Program for Each Student: advanced training for tax lawyers. • The John Marshall Harlan Scholars Program, a new honors program named for New York academic centers Law School’s alumnus and United States Supreme The School’s academic centers, programs, and Court justice who served on the Court from projects led by members of the faculty, continue to 1955 to 1971. The program offers top students be developed to maximize the effectiveness of faculty the opportunity to pursue in-depth study in a research and scholarly endeavors, teaching, and field of law through affiliation with one of five activism, and to increase opportunities for students academic centers; to engage in important policy issues. The centers and projects complement course work in civil rights, • The Individual Program provides a curricular international human rights, international trade focus for students in the middle of the class who and finance, constitutional law, urban legal studies, are likely to pursue careers as general practitioners information law and policy, tax law, labor and and advocates; employment law, real estate law, and professional
52 | New York Law School values and practice. Seven academic centers, development of lawyering skills and reflective described below, play an integral role in the Harlan professionalism, including consideration of how Scholars Honors Program. these have evolved over the decades, even as business and ethical pressures have intensified and become Center for International Law more complex, and the roles of lawyers in society In mid-1996, New York Law School, aided by a have multiplied. grant from the C.V. Starr Foundation, created the Center for Real Estate Studies Center for International Law. The Center supports The Center for Real Estate Studies provides students teaching and research in all areas of international law with a unique educational opportunity to study both but concentrates on the law of international trade the private practice and public regulation of real and finance, deriving much of its strength from estate. Leveraging the School’s location in the prime interaction with New York’s business, commercial, real estate market of New York City, the Center financial, and legal communities. The Center enables students to gain practical experience in the organizes symposia events to engage students and real estate community and make contacts for future faculty in discussions of important and timely issues employment. Launched in 2007, the Center offers with experts and practitioners in the field. For an extensive selection of classroom courses, advanced professional development, the Center offers extensive seminars, and independent study projects, as well as resources for studying and researching careers in externships in governmental offices and real estate international law. firms. It also sponsors conferences, symposia, and Center for New York City Law continuing legal education programs on a broad Established in 1993, the Center for New York spectrum of issues. The Center for Real Estate City Law is the only program of its kind in the Studies aims to help bridge the existing gap between country. Its objectives are to gather and disseminate the private practice and academic study of real estate, information about New York City’s laws, rules, and and will become one of the premier research centers procedures; to sponsor publications, symposia, and in the country for the study of real estate. conferences on topics related to governing the city; Center on Business Law & Policy and to suggest reforms to make city government The Center on Business Law & Policy was more effective and efficient. The Center’s bimonthly established in academic year 2005–06. The Center is publication, CityLaw, tracks New York City’s rules designed to provide its Harlan Scholars an enriched and regulations, how they are enforced, and court educational experience in the business, securities, challenges to them. Its Web site, www.citylaw.org, and commercial law areas. The Center’s goal is to contains a searchable library of more than 5,000 prepare a motivated, hard-working corps of students administrative decisions of New York City agencies. to excel as planners and counselors in general In 2004, the Center launched a second publication, advising, litigation, and especially deal-making CityLand, a monthly newsletter reporting the situations where businesses and other commercial actions and decisions by New York City’s primary entities are clients. Center graduates will have a firm land use agencies. grounding in the fundamentals needed to enter Center for Professional Values and Practice business-oriented law firms, law departments in The School’s Center for Professional Values and corporations, investment banks, financial services Practice provides a vehicle through which to examine and brokerage firms, institutional investors, as the role of the legal profession and approaches well as regulators and other commercially oriented to law practice. The Center’s work supports the governmental offices, and will be exposed to the areas of law that are relevant to these types of practices.
116th Commencement | 53 Institute for Information Law and Policy solid foundation in the fundamentals of substantive Established in 2003, the Institute for Information tax law and basic tax research and writing skills, Law and Policy is New York Law School’s home while keeping the highest standards of professional for the study of law, technology, and civil liberties. responsibility always in focus. The wide range of Participants in the Institute aim not only to elective courses allows each student to fully prepare understand the interplay of law and technology for a capstone research and writing seminar in his but to influence its development. The Institute or her chosen area of concentration. The capstone develops and applies theories of information and seminars give students an opportunity to tackle communication to analyze law and policy. It also sophisticated problems at the forefront of current seeks to design new technologies and systems that tax practice under the guidance of practicing lawyers will best serve democratic values in the digital age. who are leaders in the field. The Institute is, above all, a “do tank,” where lawyers innovate, harnessing the new tools of information Labor & Employment Law Program and communications to the goals of social justice. Ever since New York Law School alumnus Senator In 2005, the Institute began the Certificate in the Robert F. Wagner—the “legislative pilot of the Mastery of Law Practice Technology. The program New Deal”—wrote and led the fight to enact the is intended to demonstrate to potential employers National Labor Relations Act, New York Law School that the student awarded the certificate is unusually has remained on the cutting edge of labor and qualified with respect to understanding and use of employment law and public policy. In the tradition technologies employed in law practice. of Senator Wagner, New York Law School’s Labor & Employment Law Program seeks to advance and Justice Action Center influence law and public policy with an action- The Justice Action Center brings together New oriented, public-interested agenda. York Law School faculty and students in an ongoing critical evaluation of public interest lawyering. Lawyering Skills Center Through scholarship and fieldwork, the Center Experiential learning is an integral part of the New seeks to evaluate the efficacy of law as an agent of York Law School curriculum. Beginning with the change and social betterment. Through a focused first-year required course called Lawyering, every curriculum, symposia, clinical experience, and student is given the opportunity to apply her or his research opportunities, the Center seeks to instill legal reasoning and analysis skills in the context of a in students a deeper intellectual understanding of simulated interview of a client, then in an interview the law regardless of their final career goals, and to of a witness and finally in a session in which they present opportunities to maintain their ties to the counsel a client. This course is a ground-breaking social justice community beyond law school. and innovative way to introduce students to the tasks that lawyers are asked to perform. Building on the Lawyering course, the Lawyering Skills Center programs and projects offers advanced simulation courses, an extensive Graduate Tax Program Externship Program, and a rich array of clinics. The Graduate Tax Program embodies a unique, measured approach to graduate tax study to enable Media Center students to increase their mastery of tax law and The Media Center, one of the oldest and most refine their practice skills in order to better serve extensive programs of its kind, was established their clients and communities. All students complete in 1977 in response to the explosive growth of a rigorous core curriculum and also choose an area communication technologies. The Center continues of concentration. The core curriculum provides a to promote education, discussion, research, and
54 | New York Law School writing about mass-communications law. The Government leaders and judges from the United faculty offers a substantial number of related courses States and abroad often speak at or visit the Law and extracurricular programs dealing with issues School. These have included former President such as cable television franchising procedures, Jimmy Carter; Justices of the Supreme Court Ruth direct broadcast satellites, videotext services, racial Bader Ginsburg, Harry A. Blackmun, William discrimination in television, and the future of public J. Brennan Jr., Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day broadcasting. O’Connor, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas; former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo; Mental Disability Law former New York City Mayors Edward I. Koch, Another unique program, New York Law School’s David N. Dinkins, Rudolph W. Giuliani and Online Course in Mental Disability Law, is offered current Mayor Michael Bloomberg; U.S. Senator to professionals who work with, or on behalf of, Edward M. Kennedy; U.S. Solicitor General Drew persons with mental disabilities. The fourteen-week S. Days III; former U.S. Ambassador to the United course is delivered directly to students through the Nations Thomas Pickering; and Chief Prosecutor convenience of distance education. Luis Moreno Ocampo of the International Criminal Court. Program in Law & Journalism The Program in Law & Journalism, established The School’s success as a center for intellectual and in 2005, is New York Law School’s home for the cultural exchange will continue to grow with its new study of the relation-ship between and among law, state-of-the-art academic building, currently under lawyers, the media, and the public. The Program construction. In August 2006, New York Law School is affiliated with the Institute for Information Law broke ground on a $190 million expansion and and Policy, the Law School’s center for innovation renovation program that will transform its TriBeCa in information technology, and the Center for campus into a cohesive architectural complex nearly Professional Values and Practice. The Program double its current size. The centerpiece of the provides a forum for working journalists to learn expansion will be a new glass-enclosed, 235,000- about legal issues, for lawyers to learn about the square-foot, nine-level building—five stories above work of journalists, for students who are interested ground and four below—which will integrate with in legal careers at the intersection of law and the School’s existing three buildings. The new journalism, and for academics whose scholarly facility will allow New York Law School to enhance interests may encompass both arenas. student support, expand the faculty, and deepen its extraordinary program. Completion of the two- poised for success phase building program is slated for 2010. New York Law School is poised for continued success. Its vitality springs from the dedication of its stellar faculty, the talent and energy of its students, and the strong support and commitment of its graduates.
The Law School’s distinguished full-time faculty comprises productive scholars who are dedicated educators. Some of the nation’s most prominent scholars from other law schools also have served as visiting professors. Student enrollment has remained at a level of almost 1,400 students in the Day and Evening Divisions.
116th Commencement | 55 The Tradition of Academic Attire and the Symbols of New York Law School
Academic dress and graduation date back to the Caps 12th century at the formation of early universities According to historians, academic caps were adopted in Europe. Historians believe that academic dress for this use by the church in 1311 and are based on originated when scholars, who were largely clerics or a close-fitting cap worn by the ancient Romans. There aspiring clerics, wore long robes and hoods to keep are two styles of caps: the Oxford, a stiff mortarboard; warm in unheated buildings. From these practical and the Cambridge, a beret-like soft cap. When origins, the gowns, hoods, and caps have developed worn with baccalaureate and master’s gowns, the caps into the accepted attire that symbolizes scholarly generally have black tassels. Our students process with achievement. Over time, colleges and universities the Cambridge caps made of velvet and with gold have customized the ensemble to reflect their tassels, as befits the doctoral degree. schools’ unique symbols of visual identity such as the seal, school colors, and additional adornments that Braided Cords become part of their commencement traditions. Introduced as a new component of our academic attire in 2005, Faculty members, staff, and guests in today’s the braided cords are symbols procession are robed in the gowns appropriate of academic achievement worn to their highest degrees earned, and their hoods on top of the gown on the right carry the distinctive colors of the institutions from shoulder by the candidates for the which they received those degrees. Differences in post-graduate degree of Master of the doctoral, master’s, and baccalaureate gowns are Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation. illustrated below. Seal The Law School’s seal dates to the School’s founding in 1891. It is used on all documents related to academic matters such as the diploma, certificates, and all publications and other print items related to commencement. In the center scroll depicted on the Bachelor Master Doctor seal are inscribed the words of the juris praecepta of the Justinian Code: Juris praecepta sunt haec: Gowns honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique Our graduating students in both the J.D. and LL.M. tribuere (The precepts of law are these: to live degree programs process with the traditional doctoral honestly, not to injure anyone, and to render to gown with bell-shaped sleeves. The gowns have three each person what is due.) velvet stripes on the sleeves and velvet panels on the front and neck.
Hoods The hoods, designed with the Law School’s official colors, blue and gray, are worn draped over the shoulders with the lining exposed on the back of the gown. The satin lining comprises a gray chevron on a blue background. The velvet border on the hood is of a prescribed width and color Purple (purple) for the field of law. Grey Light Blue
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