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THE CHANGING FACE OF LAW EMPLOYMENT ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS CONTENTS
HIGHLIGHTS 6 U.S. News names CWRU a top innovator, The Changing Face of Rankings improve for third straight year 7 Seven law students sweep top national and international awards 33 New mural showcases Cleveland — Law Employment and collaboration ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS 34 NOTABLE MILESTONES: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center celebrates 25th year anniversary 10 The Paths Not Taken 36 The Lawyerette of the ’70s Faced with a dramatically altered legal marketplace, law school graduates are 38 Society of Benchers 2016 increasingly blazing trails in exciting new arenas
66 Honor Roll of Donors 14 Robert Triozzi ‘82 returns to public interest roots as Cuyahoga County’s newest Law Director
16 Mark Griffin ‘94 returns for second term as Cuyahoga County’s Inspector General IN EVERY ISSUE 18 Fighting the Good Fight 4 An Update from the Deans: Q & A Jennifer Branch ’87 has built a career championing controversial issues and standing 44 Faculty Briefs up for what she believes is right 54 Commencement 56 Upcoming Events 20 Passion for Service 58 From the Feed Canadian politician Francois-Philippe Champagne (LLM ‘94) is a leading member of his country’s new government 59 Class Notes 64 In Memoriam 22 Alumna with an eye on Latin America named managing partner of Cleveland office 79 Alumni Committees of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
24 Alumnus puts litigation skills to work at the International Criminal Court
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Throughout this issue, InTHE MAGAZINE OF CASE Brief WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 26 CWRU Law alumni prepare for China, their third U.S. Embassy post you’ll read about the Chelan and Robert Bliss see transformation of Cuba first-hand during last three careers of several of our years in Havana alumni, many of whom are taking paths less traveled. THE CHANGING FACE 27 Recent graduate joins health care and life sciences group at Jones Day in Chicago OF LAW EMPLOYMENT ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO In addition to the alumni PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS whose stories are told in 28 A Neutral Force in the ‘Special’ Cases this issue, we’ve included pictures of Mohamed As Special Master, David R. Cohen ‘91 has worked for 14 federal judges – and counting Ibn Chambas ‘84: Head of the United Nation’s West Africa Bureau; Rear Admiral Janet 30 Alumnus lands dream job with sports agency for LeBron James Donovan ‘83: Head of the U.S. Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps; Fred Gray ‘54: Jim Jiang (MGT ‘09, LAW ‘14) is an attorney with Klutch Sports Group famed civil rights attorney; Martin Gruenberg ‘79: Chairman of the FDIC; Patty Inglis ‘77: 31 Alumna brings health law expertise to the American Academy of Dermatology Executive Vice President of the San Francisco 49ers; and Mark Weinberger ‘87: Global Chairman & CEO of EY. 32 Markus Willoughby ‘95 selected for ‘California Lawyer Attorney of the Year’ award If you’ve got a story to share, don’t hesitate to 32 Jeff Rice ’75 referees Super Bowl 50 contact us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you. 32 Gadeir Abbas ’10 files lawsuit that challenges U.S. terror list In BriefFALL x 2016 x ISSUE 99
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Like the city of Cleveland, which is celebrating its first major sports championship in five decades, the law school has had quite a year. In this Q&A, Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf bring us up to date.
Please begin by telling us about the theme of this issue of In Brief
Michael: Case Western Reserve has always been known as a law school that places our graduates in major law firms. So we weren’t surprised when National Law Journal reported in April 2016 that we were one of the top 30 law schools in the nation that saw the most alumni promoted to partner in the nation’s 100 largest law firms this year. But we also have many alumni with exciting positions in a number of different kinds of practice areas. We wanted to use this issue to showcase this incredible diversity.
What’s new at the law school?
Jessica: Thanks to the efforts of our dedicated admissions staff, faculty, students and alumni, we were able to bring in a terrific new 1L class this fall. At 154 students, it is 23 more than last year, but with the same high credentials. Two thirds of the students are from outside Ohio; and we have over 52 percent women and 20 percent minorities.
Michael: Two years ago, the law school instituted a number of measures to help improve our bar pass rate, which jumped considerably. At a time when law school bar pass rates have been declining across the nation, our rate improved seven percent across the 18 states in which our students took the bar last summer. And we rose from 7th to 3rd place in Ohio. As our bar scores have risen, so too have our employment rates. At the reporting period, 90 percent of the class of 2015 was employed. This is far above the national average.
Jessica: Based on last year’s incoming students’ LSAT scores and GPAs, our bar pass rate, our employment rate and other factors, the law school climbed two more places in the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings issued last spring; that puts us up a total of 11 places over the past three years! We ranked 9th in the nation in health law and 11th in international law. U.S. News also featured Case Western Reserve in its rankings issue as one of five law schools with especially innovative experiential curricula. Also, this year National Jurist magazine named us 15th best in the nation for practical training, and PreLaw magazine designated us a “top tier” law school for IP law.
Michael: We are also happy to report that the law school building has had some recent upgrades. We remodeled the cafe in Blackacre, which is now run by Bon Appetit and, as a result of a student naming contest, is called “Res Judicafe.” In addition, thanks to a generous contribution of the BakerHostetler law firm in honor of its 100th anniversary, we did a beautiful renovation of the BakerHosteter Moot Courtroom. Also, with a grant from the Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino law firm, we created a high-tech IP Venture Clinic conference room across the hall from the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. And finally, with grants from our university, we established a telepresence room A64 and will be constructing an “active learning” classroom A66 this year.
Jessica: The law school had another great fundraising year, exceeding $1.1 million in annual fund dollars and a total of $4 million in attainment. All of that money supports student scholarships. We had more alumni give than in the previous year, and a record-breaking number of students give back to the law school as well. Class giving participation by our 3L students was a record 53 percent, and 56 percent of our LLM students gave to their respective class gift campaigns this past year. Both are remarkable achievements by our students in 2016.
4 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law You have been Co-Deans now for almost three years. What do you consider your most significant accomplishments?
Jessica: Over the past three years, we have implemented what U.S. News has said is one of the most innovative experiential education programs of any law school. This year the law school underwent our once-every seven years re-accreditation review by the American Bar Association and American Association of Law Schools. The ABA and AALS reports were not just positive, they were effusive, especially about our new experiential curriculum and capstone.
Michael: A few months ago, we were asked to speak at an ABA conference for law school deans. They said they wanted to hear about what they called “the Cleveland miracle” – not the Cavs championship but rather how Case Western Reserve’s law school turned crisis into opportunity. It is gratifying to know that the law school’s recent successes are attracting this kind of national attention.
And the innovative Co-Dean model is still working?
Jessica: Even better than anyone expected.
Michael: In fact, it has started a trend. Five other law schools have recently appointed co-deans, including our neighbor, University of Akron.
What are you most looking forward to in the year ahead?
Jessica: Our first ever all-Alumni & Faculty dinner at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame on October 14 is going to be a fantastic event, and we hope many of our alumni will register in the coming weeks. We are also hosting the law school’s first mass-swearing-in event at the U.S. Supreme Court on November 14.
Michael: We are hosting 33 exciting lectures and conferences this year, and the law school will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2017. We will be producing a coffee table book, and hosting special alumni events, to mark the occasion. Whether or not the Cavs repeat as NBA champions, 2016-2017 is going to be a wonderful year for our school.
Jessica: Finally, we are looking forward to continuing to meet our alumni one-on-one and at receptions in Cleveland and on the road. We hope you will enjoy this issue of In Brief. Please don’t hesitate to contact us any time.
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 5 U.S. News names CWRU a top innovator, Rankings improve for third straight year Described as a “pioneer,” Case Western Reserve University School of Law is one of five innovative law schools leading the way in experiential education, according to U.S. News and World Report.
U.S. News published this innovation story in its 2017 ranking of American Law Schools. CWRU improved two places this year, and has climbed eleven places (from #68 to #57) during the past three years.
U.S. News also once again ranked CWRU among the top law schools in Health Law (#9) and International Law (#11).
CWRU’s three-year advance in the rankings reflects improvements in selectivity, student credentials, bar passage, job placement, and reputation.
Additional accolades: • National Law Journal reported in April 2016 that we were one of the top 30 law schools in the nation that saw the most alumni promoted to partner in the nation’s 100 largest law firms this past year • “Ranked in the top tier in IP Law,” National Jurist • “Ranked in the top 25 in Public Interest Law,” National Jurist • “Ranked 15th in Practical Training,” National Jurist • Our faculty are ranked 25th best in scholarly impact - Sisk and Leiter Study
6 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Seven law students sweep top national and international awards
his year, seven Case Western Reserve University School of Law students Tgarnered top honors in national and international competitions. With her essay on
With her essay on “Governing Shared “Governing Shared Natural Resources of the International Seabed Area,” Sharefah Almuhana, a 2016 Natural Resources SJD graduate, won the Best International Future Lawyer Award. of the International
Four students swept top honors at the Seabed Area,” Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s 2016 Ethics and Professionalism Sharefah Almuhana, Essay Competition, presented by AmericanLawRadio.com and Malik Law. a 2016 SJD graduate,
And two other students – Kathleen Harvey won the Best and Kayla Baker of the Class of 2016 – were the winners of the Burton Award for International Future Distinguished Legal Writing and the Jeffrey S. Haber Prize in the Dukeminier Student Lawyer Award. Note Competition.
The main purpose of the CMBA competition is to have students examine real-world ethical challenges that they may face in the early years of their practices. This year’s topic was how to respond if a supervising Thomas M. Horwitz, Director, CMBA Ethics and global property areas, namely, the attorney asks a new attorney to take an and Professionalism Essay Competition. International Seabed Area (the Area), which action that the new attorney thinks might is located beyond the limits of national be unethical. Meanwhile, the Burton prize was given jurisdictions and is rich in valuable mineral to only 10 students nationwide, who deposits such as nickel, copper, cobalt, iron The students whose essays swept the were nominated by their law schools for and manganese. The huge deposits found top honors were enrolled in Professional publishing an exceptional piece of legal beneath the oceans are commercially sound Responsibility with Professor Cassandra writing. Harvey was recognized, along with and estimated to satisfy the energy needs Robertson, Director of the Center for other winners, at a special ceremony in May of the world for centuries. Professional Ethics at CWRU. in Washington, D.C., featuring U.S. Supreme • Seth Osnowitz, Class of ’17 – 1st Place Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Almuhana is currently a legal intern in a U.S. (His essay will be published in the CMBA Stephen Breyer. Immigration Law firm in Laramie, WY, where Bar Journal.) she is learning about U.S. immigration • Seth Garfinkel, Class of ’17 – 2nd Place And the Jeffrey S. Haber Prize went to the law and working on humanitarian cases • Ankita Channarasappa, Class of ’17 – best student note in the country, selected regarding refugees, asylum seekers and Honorable Mention by a panel of UCLA Law Faculty. Baker victims of human trafficking. • Sarah Katz, Class of ’17 – Honorable received a $1,000 honorarium for her prize- Mention winning Note. These awards come at a time when CWRU Law School has heavily invested in its “As a Case alumnus (Class of ‘93), I was Almuhana’s award is based on her research writing curriculum. All students take four especially proud of the number of Case to establish a strategy to distribute the semesters of intensive writing as part of students who took the time and effort to potential outcomes from exploiting the the school’s LLEAP program. n submit entries to the competition,” said natural resources existing in common
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 7 Law school launches new Executive Master’s Degree in Financial Integrity Fueled by demand for senior anti-money laundering/ financial crime-prevention professionals
ase Western Reserve University The 16-month executive program is program. John Byrne, the association’s School of Law added a new executive designed for students with at least three executive vice president and an anti- Cmaster’s degree program in financial years of experience in financial integrity money laundering veteran, will also serve integrity, inspired by increasing demand practice or a related field. Courses will on the faculty. by financial institutions and government be team taught by academics and senior agencies for anti-money laundering experts from government, the private “In today’s challenging compliance experts. sector and international organizations over environment, the opportunities for a series of three-day weekends. advanced training and education has never The United Nations Office on Drugs and been greater,” Byrne said. “The program Crime estimates the amount of money A key part of the program is a supervised will fill a major need and assist both the laundered globally ranges from $800 capstone research project that addresses private and public sectors in combating billion to $2 trillion per year. a current problem in the student’s money laundering and financial crime.” practice to be presented to a panel of Regulatory demands for improved efforts senior regulatory and law enforcement A professional advisory committee chaired to counter money laundering as well as officials. by Rick McDonell, executive secretary of the financing of terrorism and the evasion the Association of Certified Anti-Money of financial sanctions are fueling the need Classes will be held in Cleveland, with Laundering Experts and the former for superior compliance experts. capstone presentations in Washington, D.C. executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force, will guide the program. The Executive Master of Arts in Financial “We are bringing together some of the Integrity (MAFI) will begin in the fall, best practitioners and academics in the “This program is a perfect example of directed by Professor Richard Gordon, world to teach in this program,” said anti-money laundering professionals associate director of the Frederick K. Cox Gordon, a former senior counsel and senior developing a comprehensive compliance International Law Center and director financial sector expert for the International and legal response to the global of the law school’s Financial Integrity Monetary Fund (IMF). Following the 9/11 challenges regarding financial crime,” said Institute. attacks, he served on the select IMF Task Rick Small, senior advisor for anti-money Force on Terrorism Finance. laundering and financial crimes/financial “We are excited to be able to offer a new services for EY, who also serves on the master’s degree in this cutting-edge area The Association of Certified Anti-Money degree program’s advisory committee. of law,” said Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Laundering Specialists will be offering “I am proud to be associated with this Michael Scharf. continuing credits for students in the new ground-breaking effort.” n
8 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Prof. Stephen Anway selected as Attorney of
Kristina Moore, Class of 2017, interviews Professor Sharona Hoffman about her book Aging with a Plan. the Month
Stephen Anway, a partner at Squire Patton Boggs and co-head of BRAZIL, ABORTION investment treaty arbitration at the firm, developed an international arbitration course and teaches it as part of Case Western Reserve AND THE ELECTION: University’s international law curriculum. Anway was recently selected as the Attorney of Faculty and students discuss the Month for Attorney at Law magazine’s June issue.
the most pressing topics in “There is arguably no lawyer whose practice is more international new video series than Stephen Anway’s,” the article states. n hile the world’s attention is riveted by the corruption scandal in Brazil and Presidential Republican Candidate Donald Trump’s proposed foreign policy Wreforms, Case Western Reserve law faculty and students have teamed up to analyze the legal ramifications of these pressing issues and more.
Last winter, the law school launched “Faculty View from CWRU,” a video series featuring interviews between students and faculty on numerous topics.
Each interview is approximately 10 minutes and is published on law.case.edu/videos and through social media.
Topics include: • Foreign Policy and the Presidential Election (Professor Timothy Webster) • The Panama Papers (Professor Richard Gordon) • The New Phase in the War on ISIS (Dean Michael Scharf) • The Future of Abortion Rights and Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole (Professor Jessie Hill) • Aging with a Plan (Professor Sharona Hoffman) • Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples (Professor Dalinyebo Shabalala) • Trying the Trial and Lawyer Misconduct (Professor Andrew Pollis) • The Tamir Rice Case and Police Use of Force (Professor Michael Benza) • The Impeachment of Brazil’s President (Professor Juscelino Colares) • The Paris Climate Change Conference (Professor Juscelino Colares) n
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 9 The Changing Face of Law Employment
10 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS THE PATHS NOT TAKEN Faced with a dramatically altered legal marketplace, law school graduates are increasingly blazing trails in exciting new arenas
egal analysts have been bemoaning the state of the job market for newly minted lawyers ever since the Great Recession of 2008, when Lopportunities seemed to dry up overnight, law schools received fewer and fewer applications, and class sizes decreased significantly.
At the same time, technological innovations began to reduce prospective clients’ needs for basic lawyering skills. People found they could go online to draw up wills and contracts, for example, reducing their need for face time with attorneys.
Law firms, too, saw that new computers might be able to do the job of some first-year associates, reducing their need to recruit new graduates. In fact, this futuristic scenario is already well in the works: ROSS, an artificially intelligent computer that is the legal version of IBM’s Watson, has caught the attention of big firms across the country. ROSS can do document, statute and case searches at lightning speed, and its cognitive computing abilities mean it can learn as it goes, becoming even more accurate over time. Indeed, some believe if ROSS catches on, first- year associates and paralegals may soon become jobs of the past.
With all these factors altering the legal landscape, the market—while heating up in 2016—has not yet fully recovered. According to the 2016 Report on the State of the Legal Market issued by the Center for the Study of the Legal Profession at Georgetown University Law Center and Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor, the law firm market “has changed in significant and fundamental ways” over the past eight years. The report noted that 2015 was the sixth consecutive year of largely flat demand for lawyers, their weakening pricing power and falling productivity. In addition, competitors such as alternative legal services providers, accounting firms and consultants continue to take the place of white- shoe lawyers.
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 11 The Changing Face of Law Employment Alternative Routes What to make of this challenging legal landscape? And what can young lawyers do “We also observed with their JDs to ensure they have satisfying and stimulating careers? While there is no that millennials easy answer to these questions, one thing is certain: Opportunities still exist, especially for wanted to pursue those who are willing to look in unexpected and nontraditional places. things that were
“When the economy changed, and big law law-related but not firms’ hiring practices were not as robust, many of our recent alumni began taking lawyer jobs per se.” different jobs,” says Mary Beth Moore (pictured at right), assistant dean of career development at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. “We also observed to Your Future (2013) writes, “I think it that millennials wanted to pursue things important that young people who are that were law-related but not lawyer jobs planning to enter our profession are exposed per se. Many new graduates would tell us to some thinking about the ways in which that work-life balance was a chief priority, their careers might unfold. The future of law, and they did not see partnership-track jobs For some, like Christopher Chan ‘07 (pictured I say, will be neither Grisham nor Rumpole. as offering that.” on opposite page), the advent of highly Rather, it will be virtual courts, diagnostic sophisticated technology has been nothing expert systems, commoditization, alternative Several developments have contributed short of a boon. Chan is the head of legal sourcing, Internet-based global legal to the rise of new opportunities for young and government relations at RedMart, an businesses, Web-based simulated practice graduates. One is, of course, the impact of e-commerce technology and logistics startup and much more.” new technologies on the way legal services based in Singapore that, he says, “also are both delivered and consumed. Another happens to sell groceries and most anything The JD Advantage is what experts call the “disaggregation” you can imagine.” Chan says that technology One growing area in the new legal landscape of legal services, the fact that they can has dramatically changed the career is what is known as “JD advantage careers,” be outsourced, contracted or provided by possibilities for entrepreneurial attorneys. positions that do not require admission nonlawyers. A third is the fact that clients to the bar or a law license but in which a have increasingly put pricing pressures on “Technology has allowed me to work all over knowledge of the law is a distinct advantage. law firms to deliver more value—what legal the world,” Chan says. “With PDFs, email, Such positions might include a law school author Richard Susskind describes as the electronic signing, cloud storage systems administrator, a compliance analyst, an “more for less challenge”—which increasingly and online archives of legal documents, alternative dispute resolution specialist leads enterprising young lawyers to strike there is no real need to be in the office all or a contracts administrator. Candidates out on their own or pursue alternative paths. the time. All you need nowadays is a laptop with legal skills are often assets at such Yet another is the increased commitment on and a stable Internet connection. In terms wide-ranging organizations as sports talent the part of law schools to exposing students of job mobility, technology like LinkedIn, agencies, movie studios, media companies, to nontraditional uses for one’s JD, through video conferencing software and online the Foreign Service and even the FBI. And, of networking panels, clinical offerings and recruitment databases make finding a job course, a JD can go a long way for individuals innovative curricula. anywhere in the world that much easier.” who want to launch a new enterprise from the ground up, such as establishing Game-Changing Technology Technology has also created job opportunities a consulting or marketing firm; inventing Moore says that in some ways technology has that did not exist even a decade ago. Today, and patenting new products; opening a been a double-edged sword for new lawyers: lawyers are increasingly joining tech startups restaurant, winery or retail business; or It may have closed some doors for them, but in a variety of capacities, not just as counsel. writing legal thrillers. it has also opened others. Technology has Some are working in the booming field of data afforded them the opportunity to rethink privacy; others are joining legal information JD-advantaged attorneys are also often in what a lawyering career entails; it no longer providers such as WestLaw and LexisNexis as a unique position to use their legal skills has to be a high-pressure, 60-hour workweek editors and writers. while achieving greater work-life balance. based on meeting billable hour goals. Now, According to Andraea Carlson ’00, director work can be done remotely and structured As Susskind, the author of the influential of legal recruiting at Thompson Hine in more flexibly. book Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction Cleveland, “Lawyers can get tired of the grind
12 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS
“Technology has allowed me to work all over the world. With PDFs, email, electronic signing, cloud storage systems and online archives of legal documents, there is no real need to be in the office all the time.”
and tired of billable hours. They can start programs to give students a leg up in the skills while still a student not only makes their own companies and make a decent competitive job market. Case Western new graduates more marketable but living, but without the pressures. Some Reserve has 10 such dual-degree programs also helps them know at an early age if people just want to be in the legal field; not that combine JDs with master’s degrees in lawyering is in fact right for them everyone wants to be a rainmaker.” such fields as management, social work, public health and bioethics. And study- “Case is doing a lot in this regard,” says RedMart’s Chan agrees. “Partnerships abroad opportunities that expose students Carlson, who recently spoke on a panel are fewer and harder to come by as senior to the rapidly globalizing legal landscape about alternative careers at her alma mater. partners stay on longer. Thinking outside the have similarly grown in popularity. “If you are a law student, interested in a box and joining a startup allows for much nontraditional career, explore the school’s more experience and responsibility early Case Western Reserve has recognized networking opportunities and symposia. Don’t on. With a legal education and several solid and quickly responded to the urgency of assume you have to be a traditional lawyer, years of on-the-job training, most plucky rethinking what a legal education means and don’t feel guilty about disappointing individuals can tackle 75 percent of the legal in 2016, and it paid off. In March, U.S. News anyone if you don’t choose that path.” issues out there. This knowledge breeds & World Report recognized the law school courage to try new things.” as one of five pioneers in experiential Moore and her colleagues in the law school’s education. The school’s curriculum now career development office say that they are Changing Roles for Law Schools includes a leadership component, which pleased to see so many of today’s students To better prepare students for these new is a 360-degree self-assessment in which approaching their future careers with an paradigms, law schools are increasingly students explore their values and their innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. “We are providing support and resources to those vision for the future and create a learning trying to grow with our students’ interests,” with extra-lawyer ambitions. Additionally, plan. There is also an experiential or clinical she adds. “And students are demanding this several law schools offer joint-degree requirement. Acquiring valuable lawyering of us. In a good way.” n
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 13 The Changing Face of Law Employment
Alumnus returns to public interest roots as Cuyahoga County’s newest Law Director
obert Triozzi ’82 returned to the public “Throughout my career I’ve always tried to directing the variety of legal work in which sector in March 2015 in a new role as find what I call the ‘sweet spot’ where the the Law Department performs on behalf of Rthe Director of Law for Cuyahoga law, public policy and our community come the county. County, and he’s involved in every major together,” Triozzi said. “For me, finding that deal and project. In the last two decades, sweet spot in law, public policy and our “For all intents and purposes, I’m the Triozzi has seamlessly transitioned from community just led me to this opportunity managing partner of a large public law firm, roles in the public sphere to the private with Cuyahoga County. It’s who I am, it’s and I have wonderful colleagues at the sector and back again. what I do, it’s what I enjoy, and it’s the place county,” Triozzi says. “We provide the legal where I believe I can make a meaningful support for all of the county’s initiatives.” He served as a judge at Cleveland Municipal difference to my community. I’m very Court for a decade and as the Law Director fortunate that the opportunity was put in Triozzi’s goal is to allocate public resources for the City of Cleveland for six years before front of me.” to the kinds of programs and services that practicing at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP will most directly affect people’s lives. Many for three years. Though he was very happy Work with the Cuyahoga County’s Law of other initiatives are related to alleviating with his work and colleagues in private Department is diverse, and requires the effects of poverty on the community, and practice, Triozzi says he just couldn’t pass collaboration with fellow attorneys who moving people from poverty to opportunity. up the opportunity to serve the local specialize in many different areas of the law. community once again as Law Director, Triozzi’s role includes overseeing the day- “We provide benefits to folks who need a little this time for the county. to-day operations of the department and more to be able to support themselves and
14 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS their families to overcome barriers to lead Office. He credits his career-long interest in a comment like that with a great degree of meaningful lives,” he said. “We provide the justice, public policy and litigation to his time satisfaction that you’ve made a difference in legal support for all of that.” as an intern there, working with a number someone’s life.” of talented and engaged public servants Other initiatives in this area include attacking who shared his dedication to public service Triozzi’s devotion to a public service career the county’s infant mortality rates, increasing and their local communities inspired him to has resonated with the community as investment in early childhood education, pursue a public service career himself. a whole as well. He served as the City such as pre-kindergarten, and creating more of Cleveland’s Law Director during and employment opportunities for impoverished “The people there were just magnificent after the economic recession of 2008 and citizens through workforce development teachers,” Triozzi said. “I learned so much subsequent subprime crisis, and recalls this programs. from them—not only how to be a prepared work as some of the most difficult in his and a good lawyer, but how to be a good career. Ensuring that citizens continued to In practice, Triozzi and his colleagues person and a good colleague.” get the services they needed and deserved also encounter a great deal of labor and employment issues and contract work. Over $1 billion in funding from the federal, state and local governments goes through “I admire folks who are able to roll up their the county’s law department, where they negotiate contracts with providers in the community to ensure that funds are being sleeves, take the difficult times and difficult allocated appropriately and effectively. The department is prioritizing workforce challenges, and persevere, struggle, and development and connecting with the local business community to provide employment keep moving forward. You see ultimately opportunities for people all over Cuyahoga County. The county’s Law Department the benefit—you look out the window and also provides crucial support for county executives and the directors of each of see vibrancy in our community, and all the the county’s departments. “We define our success by their success,” Triozzi said. “I’m struggles were well worth it.” very grateful to have a group of colleagues here who come to work every day trying to move these things forward.” The collaborative, team-based culture at was a challenge, he said. As Cleveland has Triozzi describes the position as a “full the U.S. Attorney’s Office set a foundational moved past the recession and attracts plate.” The department is involved in every example that has informed his work and more educated young people to the local major project and deal in Cuyahoga County leadership style ever since then. workforce, Triozzi says he now adds this that receives public funding, such as the work to his list of successes. convention center, hotel construction and “That experience as a law student opened other public works. The department’s real up my eyes to what a career in public service “You can look around at our town today, estate practice and public finance groups could be, and during the course of my career and see that there’s vibrancy in many parts keep busy to this end as well. I’ve never forgotten that,” he said. “My of our city. We’re beginning to see a lot of experience as a judge was all rooted in those optimism here about where our community “We’re actively engaging in providing capital initial lessons in leadership, dedication and could go,” he said. and resources to folks who want to move the spirit of community—all that I picked up major projects forward,” Triozzi said. But when I was a law student.” However, this was not without effort. Triozzi the full plate that comes with the job is recounts the difficult decisions that were one major factor that attracted Triozzi to Triozzi’s work has resonated with those in made to get to this point and move beyond the position in the first place. “I get to be the community, even on an individual level. such economically troubling times. involved in so many things that impact our community,” he said. “It’s very gratifying to “Somebody will come up to me and recognize “This is not easy work,” he said. “I admire be in a leadership role to see a community me, particularly from my days as a judge, folks who are able to roll up their sleeves, grow as a result of our effort.” and tell me that my interaction with them take the difficult times and difficult changed their life,” he said. “That whatever it challenges, and persevere, struggle and Triozzi’s focus on local issues and public was that I said, or how I interacted with them keep moving forward. You see ultimately interest work started early on, during his was an important moment for them. It’s the benefit—you look out the window and second year of law school, when he was hard to top that—that’s very generous for see vibrancy in our community, and all the an intern at the United States Attorney’s somebody to say. But you walk away from struggles were well worth it.” n
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Alumnus returns for second term as Cuyahoga County’s Inspector General
ark Griffin ’94 recently returned for his second term as Cuyahoga County’s MInspector General after being nominated by Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and receiving subsequent approval by County Council.
Griffin is the second Cuyahoga County Inspector General. County Executive Armond Budish first asked Griffin to take on the role in April 2015 after the office was first created as part of a county-wide restructuring in 2011. When Griffin took over about 15 months ago, he finished the last year of his predecessor’s term, and has been appointed to a new five-year term.
With 20 years of experience in private practice before taking on his new role last spring as Inspector General, Griffin started off working in commercial litigation. About 10 years later, he shifted towards employment law, where he represented a number of whistleblowers.
“Part of my practice was to defend whistleblowers or people who’d been terminated for revealing wrongdoing,” Griffin said. “And so moving over to the Inspector General’s office, it’s sort of just moving to the other side of the coin. I’m looking at tips from whistleblowers and following them up, and making sure whistleblowers are protected here in the county.”
Griffin added, “I’ve represented whistleblowers involving issues where pharmacists have reported wrongdoing by the pharmacy, tax whistleblower issues, immigration- related whistleblowers—people who were terminated because they told their employer, ‘Hey, you’re doing something wrong.’
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But those were all situations where the providers aren’t overcharging county entities This move into private practice also gave employee had exposed wrongdoing, and (and therefore taxpayers). They were also Griffin some unexpected public service instead of following up on the tip, the involved in the construction of the $270 opportunities. While at Hahn Loeser, he employer turned around and said, ‘Well, million convention center and hotel. ran for Ohio State Senate, then worked for now you’re fired.’ And in my job, I get to now “We tried to work with them to make sure Lee Fisher’s campaign for governor, where take those tips and follow up on them, and that costs were looked at carefully. There he served as a statewide policy director. In hopefully protect the whistleblower.” have been a lot of people working on that 2004, Griffin ran the Kerry-Edwards field project, but fortunately, it’s come in on time campaign in Cuyahoga County. Broadly, his office is charged with and under budget,” Griffin said. “We were a investigating government waste, fraud and small part of that process.” He closed off the early 2000s by opening his abuse. own practice, which evolved into working on Griffin has always been committed to a number of employment law matters, but he “We try and make the government more government work and public service—both remained active in local government. efficient, and avoid the corruption scandals we had in the past,” Griffin said.
Griffin is also the Chief Ethics Officer for the county. He provides ethics opinions “The legal practice was tremendously and investigates alleged ethics abuses of county officials and employees and helpful because it teaches you how to contractors. Griffin also handles a number of compliance matters for the county, such as think. It teaches you how to write. It registering county contractors, performing background checks on those contractors, teaches you how to speak.” obtaining financial disclosures from high- level executive branch officials and reviewing license records of county employees who drive for the county. on large and small scales. He worked for “I also used my law degree to run the voter a member of Parliament in London after protection efforts for the Democratic party “In any given day, we’re doing a bit of all college, then served as a community for each of the cycles in 2004, 2006, 2008, three—investigations, ethics opinions and development volunteer with the Peace Corps 2010, and 2012, and served as the voter compliance work,” Griffin said. in Cameroon. After completing a master’s protection counsel and regional counsel for degree in Public Policy at Kennedy School of the Obama campaign in ‘08 and 12,’ he said. He directs an office of seven, including four Government at Harvard University, Griffin “What I tried to do was practice law, but also deputy inspectors general who hail from knew he would also get a law degree, and stay involved.” diverse backgrounds: two are attorneys, like wanted to return to Cleveland for law school. Griffin, one is a former police officer and one In 2012, Griffin was appointed to the Ohio is a former state financial auditor. In the “I knew that I wanted to come home. So my ballot board, which approves issues going wake of financial scandals in years past, their thought was, I’d spend few years trying to onto the Ohio ballot, and then writes the focus is on protecting taxpayers’ dollars and get public service experience living outside of language to explain the ballots. bringing money back into the county. Cleveland, and then come back to Cleveland, which has been my home—I was born and “But throughout this period of time, I was “There’s been a little bit of a shift,” Griffin raised here,” he said. “I knew I wanted to constantly looking for ways to get back said. “My predecessor, I think, focused more go to law school here, and I knew I wanted into public service a little bit more, but on HR issues, and my focus has been on to make my career here, and for that, Case also practice law at the same time,” Griffin monetary issues. For example, one of the Western was the obvious choice.” said. “The legal practice was tremendously things that we’ve done is review the loans helpful because it teaches you how to think. from the Department of Development. We After graduating first in his class, Griffin was It teaches you how to write. It teaches found that we have about $2.9 million in offered a position at Hahn Loeser & Parks you how to speak. And after 20 years of delinquent loans that need to be collected. LLP, where he looked forward to working practicing law, I was fortunate that County So that has been one important aspect of with prominent attorneys who also shared Executive Budish called and offered me a what we’re doing—getting that money back his commitment to public service. position as Inspector General, which really for taxpayers.” tied into what I’d been doing as a plaintiff’s “I wanted to figure out a way to balance my lawyer on behalf of whistleblowers and The Inspector General’s office also reviews desire for public involvement with practicing other employees.” n the county’s contracts to ensure that service law as well,” he said.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Plaintiff James Obergefell in the Obergefell v. Hodges case speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)
Jubilation ensued, the cake was cut, and Branch announced on social media that Fighting the Good Fight gay couples wishing to be married that day should obtain a marriage license from a probate judge and proceed to Fountain Jennifer Branch ’87 has built a career Square, where Mayor John Cranley would championing controversial issues and marry them at a 4:30 p.m. ceremony. It was obviously a gratifying victory for all, and standing up for what she believes is right especially for Branch, who has made a career out of representing victims of discrimination, n the morning of June 26, 2015, a the “same-sex marriage” case. Jennifer abuse, police misconduct and voter handful of invited guests gathered in Branch ’87 had invited clients whom she suppression, while also championing women’s Othe conference room of the had represented in several related cases, reproductive rights and the dispossessed. Cincinnati law offices of Gerhardstein & some of which were included as part of Branch Co. LPA, anxiously staring at a Obergefell. Prior to deciding to become an attorney, computer screen. An uncut wedding cake Branch says, “I didn’t know any lawyers or with rainbow frosting sat off to the side. At 10:15 a.m., Scotus Blog flashed the have any particular image of them.” But They were there because there was a good news that by a 5-4 decision, the Supreme the profession appealed to her because chance that on this day the U.S. Supreme Court had legalized same-sex marriage “lawyers helped people, and litigation was a Court would decide Obergefell v. Hodges, throughout the country. way to solve problems.”
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She chose Case Western Reserve Branch then moved on to her current University School of Law after receiving firm—she added her name to the door her BA from New York University. in 2005, shortly after founding partner Bob Laufman retired—where she hit the Despite having excelled academically ground running. “In the first week, I took 10 at NYU, Branch quickly discovered, “I’d depositions,” Branch says. One case (Glover v. never really studied before,” and her first Williamsburg Local School District) involved a semester Property Law class at Case schoolteacher who had been terminated for Western Reserve earned her “the lowest being gay. Branch brought suit, won at trial, grade of my life,” she adds. and Glover was eventually reinstated.
“It was a different way of thinking. I hadn’t That same year brought another big case really been challenged before,” she says. involving private prisons, which had begun to proliferate. Branch says “the worst” Although Branch chose to be a litigator, prisoners from the District of Columbia were the prospect of delivering oral arguments sent to the new, for-profit Northeast Ohio required for the advocacy component at Correctional Center in Youngstown, which the end of her first year terrified her. “But was woefully ill equipped to accommodate Professor Jonathan Entin, one of three them. The firm filed a federal class action judges on the panel, dropped a note in suit on behalf of the prisoners on Eighth my mailbox that was so complimentary Amendment medical, use of force and failure of my ‘natural skills’ that it gave me the to protect claims. Shortly after the case was confidence to pursue what I wanted to do.” settled, the private prison closed for good.
That pursuit led to her clerking during her Citing a litany of cases involving prisoner first summer break, when she received her abuse, mistreatment, prisoner-on-prisoner first “prisoner complaint” case, concerning violence and the like, Branch says, “Unless the quality of prison food. “The only thing you’ve been to prison or around them a lot, I remember is that he Scotch-taped a it’s difficult to understand how dangerous dried-up wad of mashed potatoes to the that private prison was.” form,” she says, laughing. In her career, she has gone on to file dozens of prisoner The firm has defended the law-enforcement “I was lucky complaint cases, including two class side as well. In addition to representing actions. the Sentinel Police Association, whose enough to go to a members are African-American, Branch Upon graduating, Branch joined the Legal has worked on employment cases involving law school where Aid Society of Cincinnati and remained police officers, including a case for an officer there for nine years. In 1996, she left who was discriminated against for being I could create a to become campaign manager for U.S. transgender, which Branch won. Congressional candidate Mark Longabaugh. path to the job I When asked what qualified her for this Some of Branch’s other legal battles include post, Branch says with a laugh, “I was opposing bills that require doctor-owned wanted. I urge enthusiastic!” She adds, “But I’ve been abortion clinics to be licensed as ambulatory involved in campaigns since I was four surgical facilities; bills restricting partial- people to do what years old and my mother took me door-to- birth abortions; and challenging Ohio’s door canvasing in support of a school levy. I licensing requirements of abortion clinics. was adorable, and people would pat me on they want in law the head.” Branch credits Case Western Reserve for allowing her to have a career that deals school and not She helped raise $1 million for with controversial and cutting-edge issues. Longabaugh’s campaign in what was “I was lucky enough to go to a law school take the ultimately a losing effort. where I could create a path to the job I wanted,” she says. “I urge people to do what traditional path.” they want in law school and not take the traditional path.” n
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Passion for Service Canadian politician Francois-Philippe Champagne (LLM ’94), a leading member of his country’s new government, is committed to establishing and implementing its progressive agenda
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rancois-Philippe Champagne (LLM ’94) is quite literally The award granted him the opportunity to meet an elite a poster boy for Case Western Reserve University group of business executives, artists, innovators and FSchool of Law. politicians, and to “expand my work on a global stage,” he says, referring to another one of his lifelong goals, “I was attending the University of Montreal, and one day performing public service. Among the humanitarian I saw a recruitment poster for Case Western Reserve in projects he has helped launch is an orphanage in the hall,” says Champagne, who was recently elected to Cambodia. Canada’s House of Commons and appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance by Prime Minister Finally, in 2014, Champagne decided it was time to return Justin Trudeau. “And I thought, ‘Hmm. I should be applying.’” to his native Canada, where he embarked on an ultimately successful two-year campaign to join Canada’s House of Set on pursuing a career in business and international Commons. A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected law, Champagne quickly sent in an application with a $50 to the position in October 2015. postal check, even though he was positive he wouldn’t be accepted. “I was very involved with student politics, so my “I have a passion to make a difference,” he says. “There is grades were pretty average,” he says with a laugh. no better way than to engage in public service. How can I serve the better good, understanding that the challenges Three weeks later, when the acceptance letter arrived, he we have ahead of us are significant?” was so surprised that he phoned up the registrar. “I said, ‘You know, I’m Canadian. Are you sure you accepted me?’ ” Since taking his seat in the House of Commons, Champagne has been busy helping put the new government’s budget Even when he graduated with honors, Champagne was together, as well as reordering its priorities to reflect a still mystified. “I saw the (program founder), and I said, ‘You more progressive agenda. “We’re doing a lot of work on have to tell me: Why did you accept someone like me?’ He green innovation, social housing, climate change and smiled and said, ‘It wasn’t because of your grades. We had strengthening the middle class,” he says. just started our International Program, and you were the first Canadian (LLM student) to apply.’ ” Part of developing the budget entailed spending a month crisscrossing Canada, visiting universities, nonprofits, Champagne cites that story as an example of ambition, businesses and the like to get citizen input into what hard work and luck coming together—a formula that he monies should be allocated where. touts as being essential to his subsequent success. “In over a hundred days since taking office, our government But he also credits Case Western Reserve with opening was able to change the tone and go back to inspiring people the door to his first job as a staff attorney at Elsag Bailey that we can do better.” Process Automation in Cleveland, which led to spending five years in Italy, when the company was purchased by The contrast with the presidential election campaign an Italian firm and relocated abroad. There, he served as going on in Canada’s neighbor to the south hasn’t escaped corporate group operations attorney for Europe, Africa and Champagne’s notice. the Middle East from 1995 through 1997, and as group operations senior attorney for Europe and the Asia Pacific “It appears to us up north that the United States is more from 1998 through 1999. divided than it needs to be. It’s always more difficult to unite people than to divide,” he says. “I wish people would In 1999, that company was purchased by the ABB always remember that. It’s so easy to put one end of the Corporate Research Center, a Swiss firm that creates country against the other. Great leaders are those who can power and automation technologies, and Champagne unite people and make them realize that we have far more went on to spend eight years in Zurich as group vice in common with each other than not.” president and senior counsel. A position in London with the multinational consulting and engineering firm Amec Foster Champagne says he hopes that one day he might return to Wheeler followed, with Champagne serving as strategic Case Western Reserve and speak to students. “I’d like to development director and acting general counsel, with a tell my story and inspire them to believe that everything is turn as chief ethics officer. possible if you have a dream and follow it.
Then in 2009, in what Champagne calls “a game-changer,” “I would not be where I am today if I had not made the the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global decision to go to Case Western Reserve,” he adds. “It gave a Leader, an exclusive worldwide club limited to about 250 boost to my career, and many times I’ve wondered where I people under the age of 40. would be if I hadn’t spotted that poster.” n
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Michele Connell (center) was inducted into the Society of Benchers in June 2016. She is pictured with Co-Deans Michael Scharf and Jessica Berg. Alumna with an eye on Latin America named managing partner of Cleveland office of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
n January 2016, Michele L. Connell ’03 A partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice, Department of State, serving as a diplomat in officially assumed the role as managing Connell practices in international mergers and Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Warsaw, Poland. Ipartner of the Cleveland office, where acquisitions and corporate governance, often It’s no surprise Connell ended up at Squire global law firm Squire Patton Boggs was advising boards of directors on various issues Patton Boggs, given the firm’s historically founded more than 125 years ago. She is including strategic transactions, executive strong ties to the Latin America region and the first woman in the U.S. to hold this compensation matters and governance and international presence. The firm has an office leadership position at the firm. compliance trends. in the Dominican Republic, a Latin America Executive Committee and dedicated groups “I am honored and privileged to serve in She recently worked with an international of attorneys who practice in other locations this capacity,” she said of her appointment. media client to purchase reality television in the region. Connell is a member of the “Squire Patton Boggs has a long history shows in the U.S., such as Duck Dynasty firm’s 15-member Latin America Executive and culture of engagement with the city of and Cake Boss. As a Midwest attorney with Committee. Cleveland and the state of Ohio. I am looking multiple diversified industrial manufacturing forward to this new challenge and carrying clients, these transactions were certainly a “Although we refer to Latin America as forward a great legacy at this exciting change in pace. a region, we understand that each of period in the history of our firm.” these countries has its own distinct laws,” “As you might expect, the entertainment Connell clarified. Similar to how the term “The office managing partners in this firm industry is full of entrepreneurial and creative “international lawyer” does not mean that the remain active in our practices while also talent,” Connell said. “In addition to customary individual practices in every country around leading strategic and business initiatives,” legal issues, these transactions presented the world, Connell described how her firm she said. “I am still able to have my practice unique intellectual property, structuring and approaches the region. “Our Latin America and the clients that I’ve been working with valuation issues. It has been an interesting Executive Committee sets the strategic since my career began. I greatly enjoy the and illuminating experience in the world of direction for expanding business in the region client-lawyer interaction and was not entertainment.” through its eight Latin American-focused looking to stop practicing law in that fashion Country Desks.” when I was appointed to this leadership Connell has a long-standing interest in Latin position. ” America. Before attending law school, she Through this arrangement, Connell explained, was a foreign service officer with the U.S. “those of us who practice in a particular
22 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS country become experts in that jurisdiction Connell cites two opportunities from her “Upon reflection, if you look at Case’s annual and are well situated to advise our clients State Department experiences that led Women’s Law & Leadership Conference and in those areas.” While local counsel may be her back to a legal career. When she was a take into account the group of presenters engaged in some circumstances, Connell consular officer with the State Department, and attendees—Ann Harlan, Cathy Kilbane, and other colleagues are fluent in the local she worked with immigration attorneys in Geri Presti, Mary Ann Jorgensen and the list languages, laws and customs. Connell’s the U.S., who were working with their clients goes on—there really is a powerful group sweet spot is Brazil, where she has assisted to help relatives move and immigrate to the of women in this town who have coalesced multiple international clients in strategic United States. around the vision of advancing women’s transactions in that market. careers in law firms and in companies.” “While some cases were very difficult, it Brazil, which remained strong and an area often was very helpful to have an attorney For Connell, this network and professional of growth through the recession that hit involved to organize the process and make community around the Case grads in the local the United States and other parts of the the communications go more fluidly. I community is one of the greatest benefits of globe, is now suffering a bit of a reverse of actually enjoyed returning the phone calls to having attended CWRU. fortunes, according to Connell, compounded the immigration attorneys!” she said. by Zika virus complications. Even so, the “I’m on the board of University Circle, Inc., and country contains a middle market group of Secondly, when Connell was in Honduras for have seen first-hand the transformation of consumers that many companies are still her second tour, Hurricane Mitch struck, a this entire area compounded with the growth looking to tap into. disaster which consumed the local office’s of the law school and the university over efforts for the next two years. the years. As a graduate, I have developed a “Despite the challenges, U.S. companies are sense of ownership, commitment and pride in continuing to invest there for the short-term. “I was working at that time in the economic being a part of the generation that is making It is a relatively economical place to invest. I division of the Embassy in addition to Cleveland better for the next.” believe those that are there now are largely wearing the hat of the Department of staying put and trying to wait this out,” Commerce. Following the hurricane, Connell’s Advice for New Attorneys Connell commented. American businesses had the opportunity “I think that students need to reach out and to come down and invest in rebuilding the work on relationship building in a way that Brazil is unique in that it does not allow country through U.S. government-funded we did not have to do fifteen years ago,” foreign partners to practice in the local grants and awards. Our job was to assist Connell said. “It’s essential to make personal law firms. With historical ties to Brazil and those U.S. companies and businesses contacts and to differentiate yourself from its varied market, Squire Patton Boggs is through the contracting process, award the others who are in your graduating class. In able to support its clients and businesses bids and continue working with them in order to do so, you may have to take risks and in Brazil through its established Country Honduras,” she said. potentially work outside of your comfort level. Desks. Squire Patton Boggs has Brazilian- Part of being a lawyer is understanding that licensed attorneys in its Houston office as Connell says those five years of work networking and developing relationships will well as many Latin American practitioners experience with the government provided her be an important aspect to your profession.” in Miami. with a focus in choosing her legal expertise. Her interaction with U.S. businesses in Networking is a process, and Connell advises Along with Brazil, Mexico remains a target Honduras, in particular, is what led her to the students to start with the local alumni base— for the firm. transactional side of the law, versus a career including herself. in litigation, when she entered law school. “Mexico is always very relevant,” Connell “There is a lot to be gained from meeting with said. “We have Mexican-barred attorneys “I enjoyed the counseling and negotiating and talking to the alumni base that’s here in our Houston office with whom I work. aspect the most, and that continues today,” in Cleveland, since we’re easily accessible to Mexico is similar to Brazil in that it is a very she said. the students. I would also highly recommend active environment for us as a firm. Typically tapping into alumni networks that are located we work with our colleagues in Houston The law school’s reputation reached Connell in the cities where you are applying for jobs,” and will engage with local counsel, when across international borders as she was she said. “While it may seem daunting or appropriate.” applying to law schools from abroad. Connell intimidating to contact one of us, I think I can and her husband had an interest in returning confidently speak on behalf of the alumni, Connell says she always had an interest in to Cleveland, where they had family. in that we’re more than happy to have the law, and considered attending law school conversations with rising attorneys. The after graduating from college. However, she Recently, Connell attended an event payoff far outweighs the risk.” took the State Department opportunity during which a CWRU Law graduate, Mark when it came her way. Weinberger, was being honored. A fellow Connell added, “I’d also say that while it is guest next to her asked why Case Western important to listen to and take the advice “In hindsight, after working with the State Reserve produced so many “really strong of others, it is just as important, if not more, Department for a few years, I was able to women lawyers.” to learn to listen to the voice in your head make a more informed decision to attend and follow your instinct. One key aspect of a law school rather than if I had gone straight “It was an interesting observation, and I didn’t successful lawyer is finding your inner voice through after undergrad,” she said. have a quick answer for him,” Connell said. and strength early in your career.” n
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Alumnus puts litigation skills to work at the International Criminal Court Nathan Quick ‘09 was the first Case Western Reserve law student to spend a semester at an international tribunal under the school’s international tribunal externship program. Quick worked as an intern at the Office of the Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), located at The Hague, for six months.
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ust six years after graduating, Quick has already worked on several major trials Jat three international tribunals as both a prosecutor and a legal advisor to the judges. Nathan Quick is one of six Quick’s experiences from his externship, and his work in international law since Case Western Reserve law then, are an asset to him in practice each day in the Trial Division of Chambers at the International Criminal Court (ICC). graduates to have obtained
“Having spent several years at the ECCC full-time employment at (Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) advising judges in pre-trial, trial international criminal tribunals. and appeals chambers really prepared me for the work I now do advising judges on similar, but distinct, issues in international law,” Quick says. and serious violations of international law that arises at trial is such a challenge in In his role at the ICC, Quick reads and analyzes charged in the indictment and sentenced to a light of time constraints and the unique party submissions and evidence, conducts prison term of 50 years. circumstances of a particular issue, case or research on topics that arise throughout trial defendant. It can be very exciting and it’s in proceedings, and then puts such research In 2012, Quick embarked on a new role as such circumstances that I think I thrive.” and analysis into the appropriate form so that a senior legal officer at the Extraordinary ICC judges are able to make well-informed Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Quick takes great pride in what he has decisions. He also drafts decisions, orders and in Phnom Penh, the tribunal set up by the accomplished so far, particularly when the other writings based on the instructions he UN to prosecute the former leaders of the filings, decisions and judgments that he has receives from the judges. Khmer Rouge regime. The ECCC is mandated had a hand in creating are issued. to try those most responsible for the “I’ve always enjoyed the fast pace of trial crimes and serious violations of domestic, “The greatest challenges, I think, always and the skills necessary, for those on the international and conventional law come down to the personal/professional life parties and assisting the Chamber, to committed between 1975 and 1979 during balance, especially in my line of work. As with respond quickly and seek to ensure a fair and Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime. a lot of lawyers involved in trial litigation, expeditious trial overall,” he said. there are points where your entire life has At the ECCC, Quick played a significant role to be devoted to your work—long hours, Before working for the ECCC and ICC, Quick in the ongoing trial of four surviving leaders little time for other interests, everything else got his first taste of international law in of the Khmer Rouge. He also advised judges needs to be put on the back burner,” he said. practice in 2008 when he undertook a on appellate matters arising from ongoing “But then there are also the slow points in semester-long externship at the Special investigations, and assisted the Supreme any trial or between trials, after a judgment is Court for Sierra Leone, where he carved Court Chamber of the ECCC in dealing with completed, for example, when you have a lot out a role for himself on the trial team residual matters relating to the Kaing Guek of time to catch up with friends, family and prosecuting Charles Taylor, the former Eav, or Duch, case. Duch was a former leader your non-work life in general. Taken together president of Liberia. of the Khmer Rouge movement. with living and working so far from home, I think this has proven the biggest challenge, Quick impressed his colleagues and supervisors His current advisory role at the ICC has but has also turned out to be a success.” so much that he was hired soon after moved him away from appellate work, but for graduation as a prosecutor at the SCSL. During Quick, it’s a welcome change. Quick is one of six Case Western Reserve his three years at the SCSL, Quick made key law graduates to have obtained full-time contributions to the Prosecution case-in- “It’s very different from the appellate work I employment at international criminal tribunals. chief, cross-examination of Charles Taylor and did both for the Prosecution at the SCSL and other defense witnesses. He also contributed then for Chambers at the ECCC. The research “To get into the international field, as with a to filings relating to various substantive intensive and theoretical nature of appellate lot of fields, it’s necessary to do internships, and procedural matters, the final trial brief, work is very interesting and I enjoyed it very to do pro bono work, basically to get closing arguments, research and drafting much, but I think I have a strong preference experience whenever and wherever you can,” in anticipation of the final appeals phase, for trial work, especially in a mixed and Quick said. “Eventually, it comes down to preliminary investigations and motions. In April evolving system such as that at the ICC hard work with a bit of luck, as the jobs come 2012, Charles Taylor was convicted of all 11 and at other international courts,” he said. along when you happen to be in the right n counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity “Finding the correct solution to a problem place at the right time.”
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CWRU Law alumni prepare for China, their third U.S. Embassy post Chelan ‘08 and Robert Bliss ‘08 see transformation of Cuba first-hand during last three years in Havana
helan and Robert Bliss, both 2008 said. “Kenya was so security-focused, and media and an internal intranet to suddenly graduates of Case Western Reserve in Cuba we are rebooting a failed bilateral having internet access points. Though not CUniversity School of Law, are helping relationship. And then in China, we will focus completely unrestricted and very expensive citizens around the world in their roles at U.S. on our complicated economic partnerships.” at $2 per hour, the internet hot spots are Embassies. First, they were posted in Kenya, expected to double from 50 to 100. And then Cuba. Next up, China. For the past three years, Chelan has served Cubans are resourceful, creating a network as one of 30 Foreign Service Officers in Cuba. of sharing thumb drives filled with movies, The couple has been married for 14 years, Her husband, Robert, also works for the U.S. television and other media. and they are raising four children—all while Embassy. He adjudicates immigration cases learning foreign languages and cultures, as and also taught classes on social media and “Overall, the country is very, very slowly they assist in major international initiatives, blogging, to name a few. progressing,” Chelan Bliss said. “They sort including bilateral relations and immigration. of do two steps forward, one step back. The internet, Chelan Bliss explained, has For example, they may open a new area to “We’ve worked in places that are about been a huge part of Cuba’s recent progress. private employment, but they don’t want as different as you can get,” Chelan Bliss The country went from only permitting state individuals to make too much money, so if
26 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS people are too successful in a particular profession, they will change the rules to prevent that, or they’ll eliminate the career entirely.”
Cubans are paid on average $25 per month and receive subsidized housing and Recent graduate rations, as well as free health care and college education. Bliss said a common misconception about Cuba is the existence of only one equal class, but she has joins health care seen a growing divide among the middle class and poor. Cubans who left the country after the revolution in the 60s and 70s have sent money back to their families for decades, creating huge disparities. and life sciences
“There is a lot of frustration here,” she said. “You may have a brain surgeon living next door to a 25-year-old who doesn’t work but who has a much higher group at Jones standard of living because his uncle in the U.S. sends him money. There are also racial disparities, as many of the Cubans who left in the past and send money to Day in Chicago Cuban relatives are white.” lumna Katherine Makielski ’14 Still, Bliss said, the country has progressed since President Obama announced made a career change when the reestablishment of relations in 2014. Chelan and Robert participated in the Ashe came to Case Western official opening of the embassy with the Secretary of State. They’ve prepped for Reserve to study health law in numerous political visits and delegations. Both spent a very busy March preparing 2011, and she hasn’t looked back. for and supporting President Obama and the First Family’s visit to Cuba. Makielski, now an associate at Jones Day in Chicago, began working “My site was the Gran Teatro, where the in the Health Care and Life Sciences President gave a historic speech live over Cuban “Overall, the group last summer after joining Jones Day almost two years ago. television and radio. After weeks of preparing and country is very, overcoming little emergencies to pull the event Before coming to law school, Makielski knew she wanted together, when I stood side stage and watched the very slowly to work in the health care field, and worked for a time President give that beautiful speech—that was progressing. with a company that marketed pharmaceuticals. the highlight of my tour in Cuba.” They sort of do “The work was great, blending my interests in science, “I couldn’t imagine a better time in Cuba, to be two steps health care and business,” Makielski said. here during the process,” she said. forward, one After working for several years and transitioning from The embassy began its work by focusing step back.” project management to medical writing, she decided to on areas of mutual interest, such as law make a change and return to school. enforcement, environmental cooperation, drug trafficking and maritime rescue at sea. Then it delved into more difficult “I reflected and realized that of all the individuals I subjects, including property claims and human rights issues. Free speech is worked with on a day-to-day basis, my interest was still not recognized as a right. piqued most by the attorneys,” Makielski said. “I had the pleasure of working with attorneys who reviewed “It is a concern for sure. They’ve been open to talking about it, to have a human materials for compliance, advised on novel programming rights bilateral conversation, but I don’t think it will go as smoothly as these and actively engaged in community advocacy and policy other topics,” she said. “But overall, there is more cooperation on a range of efforts. I not only admired the attorneys’ work, but also topics. Soon, we should have regular air service to Cuba on commercial airlines, saw the versatility a law degree offers.” for example.” Now, as an associate at Jones Day, Makielski’s “focused Travel to Cuba has increased, and there are more Americans visiting than ever wandering” has continued to expose her to different before. Cuba has the 8th largest population of immigrants in the U.S. areas and niches within health law.
“I work mostly on fraud and abuse matters, but I also Now that their three-year post in Havana is complete, Chelan and Robert spent have dabbled in some FDA, tele-health and HIPAA/ their summer on “home leave” before starting a two year program to study privacy issues. I’m also fortunate to say my work has Chinese language and culture. spanned litigation, transactions, investigations and compliance counseling,” she said. “For now, I’m enjoying “We do have a lot of say in where we are going,” Chelan said. “They give us a long the journey and look forward to seeing how my work list, and we bid for the jobs that are appealing to us. I guess we just have very and focus areas evolve.” n eclectic interests.” n
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photo by Jess Gamiere A Neutral Force in the ‘Special’ Cases As Special Master, David R. Cohen ‘91 has worked for 14 federal judges – and counting
28 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS
hen David R. Cohen ‘91 began his legal career as a Cohen recalls legendary plaintiff’s trial lawyer Richard federal judicial clerk, he wasn’t concerned about “Dickie” Scruggs’ involvement in the lawsuits. Unusually, Wbillable hours or climbing the ladder. He delighted in Scruggs was on the other side of the table as Sulzer’s lawyer, the opportunity to simply sit down with a judge, to learn and and brought a unique understanding of the mass tort interpret the law. plaintiff’s bar.
“It was the best job a lawyer could ask for,” he says. Cohen worked closely with the Special Master O’Malley appointed to the Sulzer case. It was the first time Cohen That is, until Cohen became a Federal Special Master. He’s was exposed to the role. He was intrigued by the work and one of a select group of lawyers in the country tasked appreciated the neutral position and the benefits the Special with helping resolve the most complicated federal cases – Master provided to the parties and the judge. receiving his appointments not from the President, but from the judges themselves. Special Masters are typically appointed by federal judges in the most complex cases, such as mass torts, class actions, Rarely does a lawyer have an opportunity to assist one patent disputes, and antitrust claims. They are tasked with federal judge in his or her career. Cohen has been appointed resolving discovery disputes recommending rulings, ensuring by 14 different federal judges and assigned to 19 complex judicial orders are followed, arbitrating and mediating. Their cases, many lasting for years. appointment must be approved by both parties.
Cohen is now celebrating his 12th year as a special master. Two years after the Sulzer case, Judge O’Malley was assigned He publishes a monthly Special Master Case Reporter to keep another mass tort MDL – this time involving claims made by the legal community informed of the issues in his field. He ironworkers regarding the manganese contained in welding is also a contributor to and co-editor of Appointing Special rod fumes. The MDL eventually grew to contain more than Masters and Other Judicial Adjuncts: A Benchbook 12,000 individual cases against 70 different defendants. for Judges and Lawyers (available at www.SpecialMaster.law). Like the Sulzer case, the litigation involved fascinating world-class experts, excellent lawyers and high stakes. And it all started with a Case Western Reserve University School of Law connection. “I said to Judge O’Malley, ‘Maybe I should be the Special Master on this one, just kind of joking around,’” Cohen recalls. After her appointment to the federal bench by President “And to her credit, she said, ‘Maybe you should.’ And that was Bill Clinton, the Hon. Kathleen M. O’Malley ‘82 invited Cohen how I got started.” to serve as her judicial clerk and assist her with forming new chambers procedures. The arrangement wasn’t meant The parties approved, so he quit his job as law clerk, opened to last long. But after a one-year hiatus clerking for Chief his private practice, and since then has served as a Special Judge Solomon Oliver, Jr., Cohen went back to work for Judge Master in 18 additional cases. To memorialize his devotion to O’Malley again, and stayed. helping federal judges, he keeps a collection of baseballs they have signed. “One year turned into 10 years,” Cohen said. “She was such a terrific judge and a great boss, I didn’t want to go.” Having worked with so many federal judges, Cohen sees a side of the judicial system few do. One aspect that has stood About six years into her career, Judge O’Malley received out most to him: it doesn’t matter if the judge was appointed a Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) case. The MDL panel by a Democrat or Republican President. He can’t tell the is comprised of seven federal judges who determine difference. All of them work very hard at being fair, he said. whether similar cases filed in different districts should be consolidated. A decision by the MDL Panel to centralize Cohen relishes his ability to delve into the most complicated numerous cases before one judge is meant to avoid cases and learn from experts about neurobiology, medical duplication across the country, prevent inconsistent pretrial engineering, electronics, economic theory and numerous rulings by different judges, and conserve judicial resources. other scientific fields along the way. But above all, he enjoys The MDL panel also decides which federal judge should be not representing one side. assigned the case. “I specialize in being a neutral,” he said. The MDL before Judge O’Malley at that time involved faulty hip implants manufactured by Austin-based Sulzer A legal field all of its own. n Orthopedics. More than 30,000 patients received the implants, many of which failed, and the company eventually settled for more than $1 billion.
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Alumnus lands dream job with sports agency for LeBron James NBA Draft in June. After the draft, he turned Jim Jiang (MGT ‘09, LAW ‘14) is an attorney his attention to the free agency period and worked on negotiating new deals and with Klutch Sports Group extensions.
s the saying goes, timing is everything. courses I needed to take to work in this After commitments are made, the agency And just before Jim Jiang graduated industry,” Jiang said. transitions into marketing deals and client Afrom law school two years ago, the services. timing could not have been better. “It’s a lot of IP contract,” he explained. “The academy really gave me an advantage going “We are very big on making sure we do what With an undergraduate degree in business forward, just to work with those documents. is best for our guys and their families,” Jiang from Case Western Reserve University It’s a lot of luck and a lot of timing to break said. “It’s really about our clients, and we put already under his belt, Jiang wanted to earn into this industry.” them first.” his JD and get the legal skills needed to become an attorney in the sports industry. A couple months after graduating from law His work is nothing like a typical 9 to 5 or law school, Jiang was hired by Klutch Sports firm job. He described it as non-traditional In 2012, the law school launched its Great Group. Klutch was founded by Rich Paul, a and “it keeps me on my toes.” Lakes Sports and Entertainment Law Cleveland-based sports agent whose clients Academy, a summer program for law include LeBron James, Tristan Thompson “In this industry, the hardest part is opening students who want to enter the legal side and John Wall, to name a few. that door,” he said. “But once you are in, you of sports. Jiang landed a placement with the are in.” Cleveland Cavaliers – “a big resume builder,” “It’s very much a team. Rich Paul is the agent he says. of record, and we are all support,” Jiang said. And as for working with LeBron? “As an agency, we have 12 NBA players.” “I was very fortunate to get to learn from “He’s a very cool guy. Very professional. Professors Craig Nard and Peter Carfagna. Over the summer, Jiang handled contract Very friendly. He’s very much like a normal They really gave me a road map of what and administrative duties leading up to the person,” Jiang said. “But … he is LeBron.” n
30 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI USE THEIR LAW DEGREES TO PURSUE UNIQUE CAREER PATHS Alumna brings health law expertise to the American Academy of Dermatology
atasha Pattanshetti ’12 recently joined the American Academy of Dermatology “It’s always important to keep Nas a Regulatory Policy Manager. Pattanshetti, who previously worked as connections with people, especially the Assistant Director of Health Policy and Practice and Center for Professional people you’ve gotten along with. It’s Advocacy with the American Podiatric Medical Association, now focuses on FDA policy easy to lose connections after a concerning drugs and devices impacting the practice of dermatology. summer internship or an externship.”
Pattanshetti’s work spans a broad range of issues crossing federal and state lines. She academy publications and statements such healthcare fraud. Pattanshetti worked for a works with federal regulations and as those made through comment letters in brief time in her local prosecutor’s office and collaborates with colleagues who are response to proposed rules, draft guidances interned with the Office of the Inspector lobbyists to the federal legislature, as well as and requests for information. General for Health and Human Services. others who are focused on state policy, to jointly examine issues affecting the practice Pattanshetti’s proficiency in working in “That ties in to my interest in terms of both of dermatology. interdisciplinary teams comes in part from health law and law enforcement generally,” her health law background and her Master of she said. She will be working on health care “I’m not a lobbyist in terms of what you’d Public Health degree, which she also earned fraud issues with her practice management think on Capitol Hill,” she said. “But my from Case Western Reserve as a dual-degree colleagues in the near future in her new role. advocacy and policy colleagues are all student. advocates for the profession. So, we need to No matter what the specific position is, keep up with advancements in medicine and “In that program, there were a lot of Pattanshetti advises young alums and new how they are regulated.” healthcare providers,” she said. “I think it’s attorneys to identify a skill to take from the really important to get that perspective.” experience, such as learning to speak to There are several hot-button issues on different audiences and tailoring arguments Pattanshetti’s advocacy agenda. While some, Pattanshetti concentrated in health law as a for different groups. such as the proposed ban on tanning beds for law student and took courses in health care minors under 18, may be familiar to much of transactions, health care organizations and In addition, she recommends keeping up the public, other matters of interest, such as health finance. She says she’s learned a lot professional networks. compounded drugs and the evolution of about FDA law and policy, though she biologics and biosimilars, are less well known. obtained some background in the subject by “It’s always important to keep connections taking now-Dean Jessica Berg’s FDA law with people, especially people you’ve gotten “The regulation of biologics and biosimilars is course when she was a law student. along with,” she said. “It’s easy to lose ever-changing,” she said. “Biologics are drugs connections after a summer internship or an with molecules not produced in a lab—they’re Working with the FDA in this role is externship.” taken from natural sources.” Because of that, gratifying, Pattanshetti says, because of biologics aren’t always the same, which their responsiveness to stakeholder input. Professional connections can make excellent complicates FDA regulation. references or sources of advice for career “I’ve enjoyed developing relationships and changes and conundrums. “We’re very focused on providing input to the having conversations with FDA officials,” she FDA and collaborating with other stakeholders said. “It’s a two-way communications street, “They may also have connections that you in this area,” Pattanshetti said. too. They will often give us a heads up if may not have thought of and reach out to there’s something coming up we will need to you about that, as long as you maintain a As the academy’s staff liaison for the comment on, or if we will need to make a relationship. You never know who knows Regulatory Policy Committee, she also works statement to the media.” someone, so it’s good to keep your options with a task force of dermatologist academy open,” Pattanshetti said. n members who volunteer their time to provide There is still one area of particular interest input which helps inform the content for that Pattanshetti hopes to work on:
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 31 The Changing Face of Law Employment Markus Willoughby ‘95 selected for ‘California Lawyer Attorney of the Year’ award
arkus Willoughby ’95 was recently selected for the 2016 “California MLawyer Attorney of the Year” (CLAY) Jeff Rice ’75 referees award. Willoughby, the principal attorney for the Oakland-based Willoughby Law Firm, Super Bowl 50 was honored with the CLAY award for his On Super Bowl Sunday when the Broncos work in the case of Keys v. Alta Bates Summit played the Panthers in Super Bowl 50, Ft. Medical Center, where he was credited Myers, Fla. attorney Jeff Rice ‘75 was on with creating a blueprint for successfully the field – as a member of the elite NFL maintaining claims of negligent infliction of officiating crew for the big game. Rice emotional distress in medical malpractice was one of seven officials. The Northeast cases. Ohio native’s second career started when he was a student at Case Western The CLAY awards honor attorneys across Reserve University School of Law, calling California for work with a significant impact high school games to earn extra money over the past year. Of the 21 achievements and stay involved in the game he loved. statewide in 14 areas of practice selected for Rice is a managing partner of a south the award by California Lawyer in 2016, n Florida law firm. Willoughby’s was the only one in the practice area of medical malpractice.
In Keys v. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Gadeir Abbas ’10 Willoughby represented the sister and files lawsuit that daughter of a malpractice victim who died following complications from thyroid surgery. challenges U.S. He was able to stack claims in addition to the wrongful death award that was based on terror list California’s $250,000 cap on non-economic for “fighting the good fight, every day, for his damages in medical malpractice cases. On clients.” Willoughby has also been selected Attorney Gadeir top of the capped award, his clients received as a Northern California SuperLawyer for Abbas ‘10 is one individual awards of $200,000 and $175,000 2015 and 2016, and is also a member of The of the lawyers who filed a class- for negligent infliction of emotional distress National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. action lawsuit in (NIED), marking the first time in over 30 years federal court in a court has granted a NIED claim in a medical Willoughby concentrates his law practice on April. The Council malpractice case. The Keys v. Alta Bates litigation. He is an experienced civil trial on American- photo by the Summit Medical Center case is now being attorney specializing in plaintiff’s civil Islamic Relations, Associated Press cited in an effort to expand the capped litigation with an emphasis on medical a Muslim civil damages in medical malpractice cases in malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death rights group, filed the lawsuit on behalf several states throughout the country. and elder abuse, but litigates all forms of of thousands of others who have medical injury-related cases. He has tried been placed on the terror watch list. In addition to his selection for the CLAY numerous civil jury trials and/or binding The suit seeks unspecified monetary award, Willoughby has several other career arbitrations in multiple jurisdictions on compensation. Among the plaintiffs is a accomplishments. He is a board member of behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He 4-year-old boy from California who was the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association is often called upon by other attorneys at the placed on the list of suspected terrorists and was nominated as Trial Lawyer of the last minute to try their medical malpractice as a 7-month-old, according to the Year in 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2014, he was jury trials. As lead counsel, Willoughby has lawsuit. n awarded the prestigious Civil Justice Award litigated more than one thousand cases. n
32 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Robert S. Reitman ’58 joined current School of Law students for the unveiling of a Cleveland-themed mural in the school’s atrium. Reitman, George N. Aronoff ’58 and James H. Berick ’58 matched gifts from the law school’s class of 2015 to fund the artwork. New mural showcases Cleveland— and collaboration mural in Case Western Reserve’s “The 3L class gift program is a wonderful Carver noted, the projects show artists they School of Law melds landmarks across opportunity to create a lasting bond can make a living with their artistic abilities. ACleveland on a single canvas teeming between students and Case Western with color. Reserve University School of Law,” he said. “The composition ties everything together,” “I became involved because I feel it’s critical Carver said of the mural’s design. “That’s But the 4-by-9-foot artwork does more than to teach future generations about the what’s so amazing. There’s so much— exhibit regional pride in the atrium of George importance of giving back and staying architecture, bridges, sculptures, statues, the Gund Hall. Given by the law school’s class of engaged.” West Side Market—and it all works together 2015 and crafted by Cleveland School of the as one unit.” Arts students and faculty, the mural Beginning in 2014, two of Reitman’s law showcases the power of collaboration among school classmates, George N. Aronoff ’58 After incorporating feedback on the design students, alumni and the community. and James H. Berick ’58, joined him in from the law school, Carver and CSA seniors matching 3L students’ gifts for the mural. Kieran Delaney and Zhaphar Weaver drew Each year, the 3L class makes a gift to the With fundraising underway, class of 2015 and then painted the artwork. Cleveland law school, a process led by a committee of leaders and law school representatives artist Rick Davis also contributed to the Student Bar Association (SBA) leadership. reached out to Danny Carver (GRS ’81, art project. All told, they invested 280 hours The group solicits ideas and donations for history; GRS ’94, art education), visual arts from concepts to completion. the gift from their classmates. department chair at Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA). Greene shares Carver’s enthusiasm for the “We had always discussed giving something mural. In reflecting on the project, Greene is that would be visible to the student body,” Carver and his high school students recently proudest of how her classmates engaged in class of 2015 SBA president Charlotte Greene completed a mural honoring four-time supporting the gift. (CWR ’12, LAW ’15) said. Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens, who grew up in Cleveland. It hangs at the Lonnie Over just three months of active The committee mulled over options ranging Burten Recreation Center in the Central fundraising, Greene noted, many students from a coffeemaker to a tree planted near neighborhood on the city’s east side. Carver moved from being completely unaware of the school. After conducting an online poll of and his students now are working on a the class gift program to contributing their the class, the mural depicting Cleveland mural celebrating Cleveland’s bridges for own money to it. emerged as students’ top choice. downtown law firm Ulmer & Berne LLP. “I think it sets a really good example for For the past three years, alumnus Robert S. The murals provide Carver’s students with future classes of what they can do for the Reitman ’58 has matched the funds raised experience interacting with clients and school,” she said. n by third-year classes for their gifts. producing professional quality work. And,
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 33 Frederick K. Cox International Law Center celebrates 25th year anniversary NOTABLE MILESTONES
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Michael Reisman, former President, Symposium issues have included: 1991 Inter-American Commission for Human “Terrorism on Trial” (2004), “Rebuilding Rights; Geoffrey Robertson QC, former Nation Building” (2005), “Torture and the The Cox Appeals Judge, Special Court for Sierra War on Terror” (2006), “Lessons from International Leone; Sir Christopher Greenwood, Judge, the Saddam Trial” (2007), “To Prevent Law Center is International Court of Justice; Philippe and Punish: Commemorating the 60th endowed by a Sands, best-selling author and human Anniversary of the Negotiation of the multi-million rights advocate; and Judge Christine van Genocide Convention” (2008), “The ICC dollar gift den Wyngaert, International Criminal and the Crime of Aggression” (2009), “After of the Gund Court. Guantanamo” (2010), “Lawfare” (2011), Foundation. “International Law in Crisis” (2012), That same year, “Presidential Power and Foreign Affairs” CWRU launched Frederick K. Cox, Executive (2013), “End Game: Combating Maritime its LLM program Director of the Gund 2002 Piracy” (2014), “International Regulation for foreign Foundation and members of Emerging Military Technologies” (2015) lawyers, which of the Gund family and “The International Law Legacy of the now enrolls more Obama Administration” (2016). than 50 students a year. 2001 2004 U.N. Under- Bruce J. Klatsky, Chairman and CEO of Secretary Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and The War Crimes Research Office and War General for a member of the Board of Directors Crimes Research Lab are established. Legal Affairs of Human Rights Watch, provided a The office, currently under the co- Hans Corell is special endowment to the law school direction of Prof. Jim Johnson, former presented the for a human rights lecture series and an Chief of Prosecutions of the Special Cox Center’s annual fellowship for two students at Court for Sierra Leone, has provided inaugural Human Rights Watch. Klatsky Lecturers 370 research memos to the Yugoslavia International have included Richard Goldstone, former Tribunal, Rwanda Tribunal, Cambodia Humanitarian Constitutional Court judge in South Tribunal, Special Court for Sierra Leone, Award for Africa and former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the Advancing International Criminal Tribunals for the International Criminal Court, the U.S. Global Justice. Other award winners have Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; Justice Military Commissions Prosecuting Al included: Philippe Kirsch, president of Albert L. Sachs, anti-apartheid activist Qaeda, the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Uganda the International Criminal Court; Judge and Judge, Constitutional Court of South War Crimes Chamber, Interpol and Piracy Thomas Buergenthal, International Africa; Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize- Courts in Kenya, Mauritius and the Court of Justice; Luis Moreno-Ocampo, winning author and human rights expert; Seychelles. Prosecutor, International Criminal Court; David Crane, Chief Prosecutor, Special Robert Petit, International Prosecutor, Court for Sierra Leone; Eli Rosenbaum, Cambodia Genocide Tribunal; Navanethem Director, Department of Justice Office Pillay, U.N. High Commissioner for Human of Special Investigations; Kenneth Roth, 2003 Rights; Brenda J. Hollis, Prosecutor,
Executive Director, Human Rights Watch; Special Court for Sierra Leone; Stephen
The Institute for Rapp, U.S. Ambassador at Large for War At right, Samantha Case Western Reserve
National Security Journal of International Law Power, now Crimes Issues; Fatou Bensouda, Chief
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Law and Policy U.S. Permanent Prosecutor of the International Criminal
deterring the use of child pirates Journal of International Law Case Western Reserve End Game! An International Conference on Shelly L. Whitman Children and Marine Piracy Representative . Combating Maritime Piracy Mark A. isDrumbl establishedChild Pirates: Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Accountability Court; Harold Koh, former Legal Adviser of Milena Sterio Juvenile Pirates: “Lost Boys” or Violent Criminals? FOREWORD to the United new ideas for combating pirate financing Michael P. Scharf & Foreword: End Game! An International Conference on Combating Our Journaland plunder of Matthew E. Carlton Maritime Piracy the U.S. Department of State; Elizabeth Yaron Gottlieb Combating Maritime Piracy: Inter-Disciplinary Cooperation and keynote lecture Information Sharing Nations, chats with Hugh R. Williamson New Thinking in the Fight Against Marine Piracy: Financing and Lt. Gen. Roméo Perspectives on the Growing Trend of Child Piracy InternationalPlunder Pre-Empting Piracy Before Prevention Becomes NecessaryLaw Dallaire Anderson, Executive Director of the roundtable on legal/operational issues in assessing current trends and efforts to Elizabeth Reichard combating and apprehending pirates combat piracy Jon Huggins & Somali Piracy—Are We at the End Game? Michael J. Kelly The Pre-History of Piracy as a Crime & Its Definitional Odyssey Liza Kane-Hartnett(established in Ved P. Nanda & Moving from Crisis Management to a Sustainable Solution for Somali American Bar Association’s Rule of Mark Sloan Operational Responses to Piracy—A First Principles Approach Jonathan Bellish Piracy: Selected Initiatives and the Role of International Law ‘04, the Editor in Simon Barker International Maritime Piracy: An Old Profession That Is Capable of Captain J. Ashley Global Conventions on Maritime Crimes Involving Piratical Acts New Tricks, but Change Is Possible Roach Laurie R. Blank Rules of Engagement and Legal Frameworks for Multinational
1970) moves to Hon. Rosemelle Assessing Current Trends and Efforts to Combat Piracy: Counter-Piracy Operations Mutoka A Case Study on Kenya Law Initiative; and Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Chief of the Journal Sandra L. Hodgkinson Current Trends in Global Piracy: Can Somalia’s Successes Help Combat talking foreign policy Vol. 46 Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and Elsewhere? Radio Broadcast Hosted Talking Foreign Policy: A Roundtable on Piracy a double issue Nos. 1 & 2 Sulakshna Beekarry Assessing Current Trends and Efforts to Combat Piracy by Michael P. Scharf Paul R. Williams & Maritime Piracy: A Sustainable Global Solution Al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for of International Law Pages Lowry Pressly notes 1–462 Garret Bowman Why Now Is the Time to Resolve the Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute symposium Fall Human Rights. after delivering the 2013 Klatsky Lecture. format.
34 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Frederick K. Cox International Law Center celebrates 25th year anniversary Celebrating
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 25 Years 2005 2008 CWRU Jessup Team wins the Jessup World Championship, 2013 and CWRU CWRU Law School, in partnership with student Coursera, presents the world’s first Margaux Day international law MOOC, which has wins the Best enrolled more than 95,000 students from Oralist Award. 137 countries. That same year, CWRU launches its SJD program and enrolls its first SJD candidate (degree received in 2015); there are currently 35 enrolled SJD candidates at the law school. 2009 2014 CWRU launches fundraising initiative The Cox Center War Crimes Research resulting in an endowment for internship program, in association with the Public support in honor the late Henry King International Law and Policy Group, are (1918-2009), the former Nuremberg nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Prosecutor who served as director of by the Chief Prosecutor of the Special CWRU’s Canada-U.S. Law Institute for Court for Sierra Leone for work leading three decades. Cox Center War Crimes to the successful prosecution of Liberian Research Office re-named Henry T. King President Charles Taylor. That same year, War Crimes Research Office. the Cox Center establishes the “Grotian Moment Blog,” which is the top-ranked blog in the 2006 Weblog Awards. Also CWRU establishes concurrent degree in 2005, CWRU establishes the Case 2011 programs with Comillas University Abroad at Home program, which has to in Madrid, Middlesex University in date brought 36 foreign distinguished CWRU Jessup Team wins the Baxter London, University of Paris and Zhejiang professors to teach at the Law School. Award for best brief in the world-wide University in China, and expands the competition. The Cox Center establishes a number of semester abroad exchange Human Rights Documentary Film Series, partners to 22 schools on five continents. which annually brings the director/producer 2006 of an award-winning human rights documentary to present the film and lead Cox Center launches the bi-weekly War a discussion at the law school. 2016 Crimes Prosecution Watch e-newsletter, which has 15,000 subscribers worldwide. Immigration Law Clinic established. Under a new capstone requirement, 2012 3L students earn a semester of credit at any international institution. CWRU 2007 The Cox Center international law program ranked #11 in launches “Talking the nation by U.S. News and World Report. CWRU approves semester-long foreign Foreign Policy,” internships at international tribunals. a quarterly radio That same year, CWRU adds three LLM program produced degree programs: International Business by WCPN 90.3 Law, International Criminal Law and Ideastream, Intellectual Property Law. Cleveland’s NPR station.
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 35 The Lawyerette of the ’70s By Diane Schwartz ‘79
36 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law have saved more than my share of helped her get a job as a lawyer in ephemera from past decades. There it environmental law at another firm. It was I was, long forgotten under a pile of such an obscure area of law; it seemed a scarves, my tie for the office. spinster librarian might find back office work in the field. The woman became the Picture the lawyerette uniform circa 1975. leading authority in environmental law at We were serious feminists who agonized the dawning of this field. over what we should wear. The skirt was straight, just a little below the knees. Heels The women from the big firms who were were low. Panty hose had come to our gathered up to hear her inspiring story had rescue a few years before, leaving garter to endure her advice to never have children belts to our grandmothers. On top of the if you cared to excel in law. blue or black blazer and white shirt, we wore the Brooks Brothers bow tie; it was the final We know how that advice fell on deaf ears. signal as we walked down the halls of the The maternity leave policies in the big firms courts or law firms that we weren’t were slow to evolve, often mere secretaries. A well-dressed secretary would case-by-case arrangements until giving not have been caught dead in this manly birth was normalized decades later. Often manner of dress. the changes came when a newly pregnant attorney just happened to have a father Generally speaking, the fewer the women in who headed up a big law practice. the class, the more likely they graduated at the top of the class. The year I entered Case It does not sound like I have fond nostalgia Western Reserve – 1976 – our numbers shot for these days, but I do. There was instant up by about one third. We now had women sisterhood among women lawyers. As our who didn’t have to prove they could do colleagues rose in ranks in the firms and everything as well as a male counterpart, professional organizations, their successes like Ginger Rogers, backward and in high rallied the newer recruits to aim high and heels. Democracy was kicking in, but gender stay the course. The stories of these women bias was as real as your leather briefcase. touch on the gender bias (or reverse bias) they experienced. Mostly their stories touch Five or 10 years earlier, women who had on how smart and hard working women passed the bar could have met at one table showed themselves to be. Gradually, and in a downtown restaurant. By the time I with positive achievements, the law graduated, these same generous women profession became the channel for both came to meetings in fairly large venues genders to apply aptitude and talent to downtown where we listened to the voices serving the public. When I graduated high of experience to help us along in a school in 1964, no one told high achieving male-dominated profession. Joyce Barrett, female students that a career in law was a for one, spoke about moving from behind possibility. That’s no longer the case. the typewriter to a divorce practice, a field suited to her gender but not a match to her Somehow the tendency to think of jobs as unlimited potential in the profession. The belonging rightly to one sex and not the law firms who would not hire Joyce because other has not disappeared. Women lawyers of her gender had no idea of the intellectual who have brought their young sons to work talent she would have brought to other or court have reported a startling change in practice areas. perceptions. One child, so a friend tells me, came home from a day in court and asked, There were mixed signals about achieving “Mommy, can a boy be a lawyer too?” our professional ambitions without becoming imitation men, like our uniforms She was proud to be able to tell him it was a suggested. One of the women who got her vocation he was able to join. n degree in the ’50s was allowed to work as a Published with permission from Attorney at librarian in one of the big firms. The Law magazine – Cleveland. partners thought so highly of her, they
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 37 2016 Society of Benchers Officers and Inductees From left to right: Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf; Hewitt B. Shaw ‘80, Treasurer; M. Patricia “Pat” Oliver ‘80, Chair; M. Catherine Vernon ’93, Inductee; Michele L. Connell ’03, Inductee; John P. Slagter ’91, Inductee; Associate Dean and Professor B. Jessie Hill, Inductee; Frederick A. Watkins ’68, Inductee; Stephen M. O’Bryan ’69, Inductee; Professor Lewis Katz, Secretary; and Co-Dean Jessica Berg. Not pictured are Geri Presti ‘88, Vice-Chair, and Inductees David S. Kurtz ‘79, Milton A. Marquis ‘84 and Rosemary Ann McCarney. Society of Benchers 2016 The Society of Benchers was established in 1962 to give recognition to graduates who have distinguished themselves in their professions and their communities and have brought honor to the law school. The 54th annual dinner was held on June 23, 2016 at Tucker Ellis LLP. 1
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1) David E. Gilbert, President & CEO of the 2016 Republican National Convention Host Committee, Destination Cleveland and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, gave the keynote address.
2) Pat Oliver ‘80, Chair, and Steve Ellis ‘72 co-hosted the event.
3) Professor Emeritus Leon Gabinet (left) and Professor Lewis Katz served as emcees for the event.
4) Ellen Kirtner ‘16 (middle), Society of Benchers Student Award Winner, and guest Zachary LaFleur ‘16 (left) with Bencher and Professor Emeritus Bill Leatherberry.
5) Benchers Gerald Jackson ‘71 and David Schaefer ‘74.
6) Benchers Luke Dauchot ‘86 and David Dvorak ‘91 reminisce with 4 Professor Lewis Katz.
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Fall 2016 x In Brief x 39 Homecoming & Reunion Weekend October 13-16, 2016 Join your classmates and friends as we celebrate our alumni during Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2016! All alumni are invited to attend the law school’s new signature event, the Alumni & Faculty Dinner: “Rockin’ and Rollin’ through the Years.”
We have a wonderful weekend planned for our reunion-year alumni (those ending in 1’s and 6’s). Whether it’s your 15-year reunion, or your signature 50th, be sure to attend the Reunion Cocktail Reception on Saturday night, and check out many other exciting activities taking place on campus. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 Alumni & Faculty Dinner: “Rockin’ and Rollin’ through the Years” CLE Session: In Honor of Fred Gray ’54: Making Civil Rights Law from Rosa Parks 6:30 P.M. – 10:30 P.M. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to the 21st Century 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard (Located on E. 9th Street) (5 hours of in-person CLE credit available, pending approval) $80 per person 8:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Classes of 2006-2016: $40 per person (includes break to attend homecoming luncheon – see below) Grand Classes (1966 and earlier), plus one guest, are complimentary Moot Court Room, School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard Are you ready to rock?! Get ready to shake, rattle and roll with your Alumni/Public (No CLE credit): Free law school alma mater as we celebrate our inaugural Alumni & Alumni (CLE credit): $100 Faculty Dinner at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. We invite all law Public (CLE credit): $200 school alumni to celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni award winners and this year’s reunion year classes (those ending in 1’s The Law-Review Conference, sponsored by The Arthur W. Fiske and 6’s). Guests will have an “all access pass” to tour the museum Lecture Series, will offer a day-long examination of the work of throughout the evening. Cost includes cocktail reception with hors one of our nation’s most important lawyers and its continuing d’oeuvres, a buffet dinner and open bar. implications. A 1954 graduate of Case Western Reserve University Dress code: Cocktail School of Law, Fred D. Gray is a celebrated figure in the civil rights Complimentary valet available. and legal communities. For more information and to register, please visit law.case.edu/Fred-Gray-Lecture. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 CWRU Homecoming Luncheon Barristers Golden Circle Brunch (open to the entire university) (open only to the classes of 1966 and older) 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom Blackacre, School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard $30 per person Free $15 per person (Classes of 2006 – 2016) Grand Classes (1966 and earlier), plus one guest, are complimentary Brunch ceremony honoring law school graduates of 50 years or more. The event will include the induction of the class of 1966 into the At this annual event, President Barbara R. Snyder shares the state of Barristers Golden Circle. the university with alumni, parents, students, and guests. Enjoy lunch Dress code: Business and join us for one of the most memorable gatherings on campus as Complimentary valet parking available at East Boulevard entrance. we recognize the winners of the 2016 Alumni Association Awards. Complimentary valet available.
2011 2006 2001 1996 1991 1986 1981 RSVP Today: law.case.edu/alumni/reunion For more information, or to register by phone, contact a staff liaison: Class Years Ending in 1’s: Angela Zubko • 216.368.6683 • [email protected] Class Years Ending in 6’s: Margaret Casey • 216.368.0394 • [email protected]
CLE Session (One hour CLE credit for Ohio attorneys) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 12:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. CLASS EVENTS: Moot Court Room, School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard Class of 1966 Event Free 6:30 P.M. – 9:30 P.M. Making Sense of the Supreme Court Davis Room, School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard Under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court has developed a reputation $30 per person as a “conservative” court, yet has also handed down significant “liberal” victories, including rulings on the Affordable Care Act and The Class of 1966, and their guests, will celebrate with all the reunion same-sex marriage. The Court’s recent docket has been filled with year classes during the first hour of the law school’s cocktail reception controversial, high-profile cases, and more are on the way. Moreover, and will then commemorate their 50th year reunion in a private room a new vacancy on the Court means that the Court’s balance, and down the hall. Cost includes light appetizers and beer/wine. trajectory, could change dramatically in the years to come. In this Complimentary valet parking available at East Boulevard entrance. lecture, Professor Adler will look at recent decisions, upcoming cases and the possible consequences of Justice Scalia’s death on how the Class of 1971 Event Court approaches important legal issues. Complimentary valet parking available at East Boulevard entrance. 7:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. Nighttown, Tiffany Room, 12383 Cedar Road School of Law Reunion Cocktail Reception $45 per person Join your classmates at the well-known Cleveland jazz club, 5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Nighttown, to reminisce over dinner and drinks. Cost includes three- Blackacre, School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard course dinner and soft drinks; cash bar. $10 per person Valet parking available for an additional fee. Grand Classes (1966 and earlier), plus one guest, are complimentary Reunion year classes, friends, faculty, and Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Class of 1976 Event Michael Scharf will gather for an evening of memories, fun, food, and spirits at the law school. Alumni of all reunion-year classes (those 7:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. ending in 1’s and 6’s) and guests are invited to attend. Cost includes Home of Pat Plotkin, 17906 Parkland, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. $35 per person Dress Code: Cocktail Pat Plotkin (LAW ’76) has graciously invited us back to her home Complimentary valet parking available at East Boulevard entrance. to celebrate a memorable 40th reunion year. Cost includes light Alumni are encouraged to make plans with classmates on their own appetizers and beer/wine. following the cocktail reception. Location suggestions available at Street parking available. universitycircle.org/destinations/dining. 1981 1976 1971 1966 1961 1956 1951 1946 The retirees are (from left to right) Erik Jensen, Jonathan Entin and Ken Margolis. Three faculty members retire in 2016 Law school honors Erik Jensen, Jonathan Entin and Ken Margolis Jonathan Entin Professor Entin has been teaching at Case Western Reserve since 1984 for a total of 32 years. He’s served for nearly eight years as Associate Dean. A remarkable institutional citizen, Professor Entin has been on every law school committee at some point, and has served at the university level on the Faculty Senate, Senate Executive Committee, Budget Committee, Compensation Committee and Bylaws Committee.
An extremely popular professor, Professor Entin has taught Constitutional Law; Administrative Law, Law, Legislation, and Regulation; Property Law; Mass Media Law; Professor Emeritus Leon Gabinet pays tribute to Jonathan Entin during a special luncheon in May and Courts, Public Policy & Social Change (a to honor the retirees. course he developed).
42 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professors Charlie Korsmo and Andrew Pollis, along with Dean Michael Scharf on guitar, perform a song in honor of Jonathan Entin, Erik Jensen and Ken Margolis. You can view a video of the performance at law.case.edu/videos.
He was voted Teacher of the Year by four graduating classes and Ken Margolis Administrator of the Year by two others. He has also had a secondary Professor Margolis has been a member of the faculty since 1984. appointment in Political Science for 25 years, served as the Faculty He served as Co-Director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center Advisor of the Law Review for 15 years, co-edited the Journal of for 15 years, and was the law school’s inaugural Associate Dean for Legal Education for almost a decade and has over 100 scholarly Experiential Education. publications. In recent years, Professor Margolis has taught in the Community Erik Jensen Development Clinic, which focuses on launching and representing Professor Jensen has been teaching since 1983. His courses have community-based nonprofits. Previously he taught in several of the included Federal Income Tax, Federal Taxation of Partnerships other clinics at the law school, including the Civil Litigation, Criminal and Partners, Federal Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders, Justice and Family Law Clinics. Business Tax Problems, Business Planning and American Indian Law. He is the faculty-liason for the IRS Externship, has been the faculty From modest beginnings (and an off-campus location), under his advisor for the Law Review, and previously was the co-advisor for the leadership, the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center grew to become one Journal of Law, Technology, and the Arts. of the most well-respected programs of its kind in the nation. The clinic now has a prominent place in the building; it has tripled in size. Clinical Professor Jensen is a prolific scholar who has published two books and faculty are now hired on the tenure track, and the clinical program over 100 articles. He was co-editor of the Journal of Legal Education forms the pillar of our recently established capstone requirement. for 6-1/2 years, and has been the editor of the Journal of Taxation of Investments for over five years. The lawyering skills program also grew and improved significantly under Professor Margolis’ leadership. He was the primary architect An outstanding institutional citizen, he served on almost every law of the CaseArc Writing and Skills Program, which laid the foundation school standing committees and a number of the ad hoc ones. At for the current ambitious LLEAP Program. He also helped establish the university level, he has been a Faculty Senator, and a member the Ault Mock Trial competition and greatly expanded the use of of the Faculty Senate Fringe Benefits Committee, the Faculty externships in the skills program. Senate Personnel Committee, the Faculty Senate Committee on University Libraries, the Search Advisory Committee for Director of Professor Margolis also played an important role as chair of several Human Resources, the Panel for Hearing Procedures, the Faculty law school and university committees. He rewrote and shepherded Handbook Revision Committee, the Honorary Degree Committee, the to passage important portions of the University Faculty Handbook Constitution Review Committee, and a quarter century ago chaired a dealing with rank, status, security of position and appointments Committee to Oversee a Feasibility Study on Dependent Care. He is and promotions processes when he was chair of the Personnel currently on the University Budget Committee. Committee. And he drafted many of the key provisions of the Law School Faculty Bylaws pertaining to non-tenure track (and later Professor Jensen is recognized nationally for his expertise. He tenure track) clinical and lawyering skills faculty. was elected to the American College of Tax Counsel and the American Law Institute. Additionally he serves as a Vice Chair of the But for many, fond memories of Professor Margolis are of his Committee on Sales, Exchanges, and Basis of the ABA Section of performances with the faculty-student rock band. A talented Taxation, a member of the Executive Committee of the Cleveland Tax musician and singer with a top 40 hit in the 60s, he teamed up with Institute, and was previously a member of the Executive Committee various faculty and students and supported SPILF through musical of Order of the Coif. fundraisers at the Barking Spider, Euclid Tavern and other venues. n
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Professor Paul Giannelli (pictured) is one of the nation’s top experts in evidence. He was recently named among the most-cited in the nation in his field. Professors Jonathan Adler, Craig Nard, Aaron Perzanowksi and Cassandra Burke Robertson, and Dean Michael Scharf were also among the most-cited in their fields in similar rankings. CWRU LAW PROFESSORS AMONG MOST-CITED IN THE NATION Collectively, the members of Case Western and Technology. He is also working on new Sichelman, a professor at the University of San Reserve University’s law faculty are ranked editions of several books: Courtroom Criminal Diego School of Law, conducted the analysis, 25th in the nation for their scholarly impact, Evidence (5th ed. 2011), Problems in Evidence which included articles as far back as 2005. and their achievements climb even higher in (5th ed. 2011) and Questions & Answers: their respective fields. Evidence (3d ed. 2013). Among the ratings for Nard: • “Rethinking Patent Law’s Uniformity Three professors are named among the Co-Dean Michael Scharf tied with two Principle” (with John F. Duffy) earned the most-cited in the nation, according to recent other professors for 17th in the nation in No. 8 spot of most-cited article for Patent data in Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports. The international law. His latest article, “How Law from 2005-2009, and the No. 17 spot rankings, issued this June, draw upon 2010- the War Against ISIS Changed International for IP Law for the same time frame. 2014 data from a study compiled by Professor Law,” has been listed as a top 10 download Gregory Sisk of the University of St. Thomas. by SSRN in six categories: International • “Legal Forms and the Common Law of Customary Law; Public International Law; Patents” took the No. 12 spot on the list of Jonathan Adler, whose most recent Political Institutions; National Security & most-cited for patent law from 2010-2015 research focuses on the regulation of the Foreign Relations Law; Violence - War, Crime and the No. 18 spot for IP Law for the same e-cigarette industry, is ranked 8th in the & Peace; and Cultural Anthropology. His time frame. country in citations in administrative and/ three most recent books were published by In another analysis of the Sisk data from the or environmental law, and he is tied with Cambridge University Press. Legal Ethics Forum, Professor Cassandra Richard Lazarus of Harvard University. Adler Robertson was named 5th among the is the top-cited professor under the age of Professor Aaron Perzanowski’s article most-cited junior faculty (under the age 50 in the same categories. Adler is a frequent “Digital Exhaustion,” 58 UCLA L. Rev. 889 of 45) whose scholarship is partially in blogger for the washingtonpost.com and his (2011), made two top rankings for most- professional responsibility or the legal latest book, Business and the Roberts Court, cited intellectual property law articles profession. The ranking was published by was published by Oxford University Press published in the last 10 years. It was No. the Legal Ethics Forum and is based on this year. 2 in the “Copyright” category and No. 16 in citations for the past five years. the “Intellectual Property - All” category, Paul Giannelli tied with two other professors according to research by Ted Sichelman of Only a very few law schools have so many for the 5th place spot in citations in evidence. the University of San Diego School of Law. top-cited scholars on their faculty. Over the He is currently serving on the National past three years, Case Western Reserve Commission on Forensic Science, which was Several articles written by Professor Craig University School of Law has risen 11 places established by the U.S. Department of Justice Nard are ranked among the most-cited in in the U.S. News rankings, based in part on and the National Institute of Standards intellectual property law. For that study, Ted its scholarly reputation. n
44 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Jonathan H. Adler “An Administrative Law Fairy Tale,” Liberty CUSLI Symposium Opening Remarks: “Carbon Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law; Law Forum, Feb. 12, 2016. Mitigation: Pricing Approaches and the Potential for Cross-Border, State-Province Director, Center for Business Law and “The Ad Hoc Implementation and Regulation Enforcement of Health Care Reform,” in Cooperation”__(forthcoming, June 2017). “Robert Bork & Commercial Speech,” 10 Liberty’s Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the State (D. Reuter & J. Yoo, eds.), 2016. Journal of Law, Economics & Policy 615 Avidan Y. Cover (2014). “Compelled Commercial Speech and the Associate Professor of Law; Director, Institute Consumer Right-to-Know,” 58 Arizona Law “Dynamic Environmentalism and Adaptive for Global Security Law and Policy Review 421 (2016) Management: Legal Obstacles and “Reconstructing the Right Against Excessive Opportunities,” 11 Journal of Law, Economics Business and the Roberts Court, Oxford Force” (forthcoming in the November 2016 University Press (2016). & Policy 133 (2015). Florida Law Review). “King v. Burwell and the Triumph of Selective “Corporate Avatars and the Erosion of the Contextualism” (w/ Michael Cannon), 15 Jessica W. Berg Populist Fourth Amendment,” 100 Iowa Law Cato Supreme Court Review 35 (2015). Co-Dean; Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Review 1441 (2015). “Debate: King v. Burwell and the Validity of Professor of Law; Professor of Bioethics; Professor of Public Health Federal Tax Subsidies under the Affordable Care Act,” 163 University of Pennsylvania “Reflections on Shared Law School Joseph Custer Associate Professor of Law & Director, Judge Law Review Online 215 (2015). Leadership,” 46 University of Toledo Law Review 299-309 (Dean’s Issue, 2015)(with Ben C. Green Law Library King v. Burwell: “Desperately Seeking Michael Scharf). Contributed to Privacy Rights in the Digital Ambiguity in Clear Statutory Text” (w/ Era, Grey House Publishing, January 2016. Michael Cannon), 40 Journal of Health “Can We Legislate, Regulate or Litigate Politics, Policy & Law 577 (2015). Ourselves Thinner?” University of Rochester, February 2016, University of Wisconsin “The Future of Health Care Reform Remains Madison, March 2016. George W. Dent, Jr. in Federal Court,” in The Future of Health Professor of Law “Medical Decision Making in the Internet Age,” Care Reform in the United States (M. Schill & Keynote Address, Bioethics Network of Ohio, “Same-Sex Marriage—Is the legal Debate Over?” A. Malani eds., 2015). Columbus Ohio, April 2016. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 6, 2015. “Bootleggers, Baptists, and E-Cigs” (w/ R. “The Self-Defeating Claim that Women and Meiners, A. Morriss & B. Yandle), Regulation Minorities Are Weak and Fragile,” National (Spring 2015). Juscelino F. Colares Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law; Association of Scholars, November 30, 2015. Symposium Introduction: “Marijuana, Federal Associate Director, Frederick K. Cox “Independence of Directors in Delaware Power & the States,” 65 Case Western International Law Center; Deputy Director, Corporate Law,” 54 U. Louisville Law Review Reserve Law Review 505 (2015) Financial Integrity Institute; Chair-Elect, 73 (2016). Reviewed C. Murray, “By the People: University Faculty Senate Rebuilding Liberty without Permission,” “Climate Change Mitigation and Trade Rules: Engage, Vol. 16, No. 3 (October 2015). The Opportunities and Limitations of Neutral Jonathan L. Entin David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law “Without Constraint,” Review of N. Stern, Carbon Tariffs,” American Law & Economics Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency, Review (forthcoming). “The Curious Case of the Pompous and Promise of Tackling Climate Change and “Not COOL: How the Appellate Body Postmaster: Myers v. United States,” 65 Case N. Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism Misconstrued the National Treatment Western Reserve Law Review 1059 (2015). vs. the Climate, Times Literary Supplement Principle and Undermined Pro-Consumer “John Quincy Adams,” in The Presidents and (Nov. 13, 2015). Labeling Laws Everywhere,” 51:1 Journal of the Constitution: A Living History 89 (Kenneth World Trade __ (forthcoming, Feb. 2017). “For Tobacco-Free Policy, Don’t Include Gormley ed., 2016). Campus Ban On Electronic Cigarettes,” CUSLI Symposium Remarks: “Canada, United “Use of Foreign Law by the U.S. Supreme CWRU Observer, Nov. 20, 2015. States and European Union—Out of Synch on Court,” in The Culture of Judicial Independence Trade Agreements? Or Are We Sympatico?” “Redefining Waters of the United States,” in a Globalized World (Shimon Shetreet ed., Canada-United States Law Journal___ PERC Reports, Winter 2015. forthcoming). (forthcoming, June 2017).
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TIMOTHY WEBSTER, AN INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AND EXPERT ON CHINA, WINS NATIONAL TEACHING AWARD The Younger Comparativists Committee of At Case Western Reserve University School the American Society of Comparative Law of Law, Professor Webster teaches Chinese has awarded Professor Timothy Webster Law, International Business Transactions, the Richard H. Buxbaum Prize for Teaching International Human Rights and Property in Comparative Law. Law. He first taught Chinese Law as a Graduate Student Instructor at U.C. Created in 2014 to honor Professor Richard Berkeley, while studying for a doctorate in M. Buxbaum, Jackson H. Ralston Professor East Asian Languages and Cultures. After of International Law Emeritus at U.C. law school, Webster taught Chinese Law at Berkeley, the award annually recognizes a Yale Law School, and joined the Case tenure-track faculty member at a North Western Reserve faculty in 2012. American law school who shows "excellence in designing new courses, In a joint statement, Co-Deans Jessica Berg mentoring students, advancing the field of and Michael Scharf said, "Professor comparative law and teaching classes on Webster—who is fluent in Mandarin, either private or public law." Last year, Korean, Japanese, and French—has a rare Society of Comparative Law has McGill University Professor Kirsten Anker gift and passion for Comparative Law. We recognized his accomplishments with this won the inaugural prize. are extremely pleased that the American prestigious honor." n
Paul C. Giannelli “Closing Argument,” 29 Criminal Justice 39 B. Jessie Hill Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. (Winter 2015). Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Weatherhead Professor of Law, Distinguished Co-authored with Salvador, Ohio Juvenile Law Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law University Professor (West Co. 2015). “Change, Dissent, and the Problem of Co-authored with Salvador, Ohio Juvenile Law Co-authored with L. Katz, Ohio Criminal Laws Consent,” in The Rise of Corporate Religious (West Co. 2015). and Rules (West Co. 2016). Liberty (Chad Flanders, Zoë Robinson & Micah Co-authored with E. Imwinkelried, 2015 Schwartzman eds., Oxford University Press Supplement, Scientific Evidence (Lexis Co. 5th 2016) (essay in edited volume). Ayesha Bell Hardaway ed. 2012). “The First Amendment and the Politics of Assistant Professor of Law Co-authored with F. Gilligan, F. Lederer, and Reproductive Health Care,” 50 Wash. U. J.L. & “The Breach of the Common Law Trust E. Imwinkelried, 2015 Supplement, Courtroom Policy (forthcoming 2016). Relationship between The United States and Criminal Evidence (Lexis Co. 5th ed. 2011). Review of P. Horwitz, “First Amendment African Americans – A Substantive Right to Institutions,” 30 J. L. & Religion 530 (2015). 2015 Supplement, Baldwin’s Ohio Practice, Reparations,” 39.4 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Evidence (West Co. 3d ed. 2010). Change 525 (2015). “Some Thoughts About Discrimination, Wisconsin v. Yoder, and the Freedom of Ohio Evidence Handbook (West Co. 2015). “The Case for International Reparations for Association,” 60 St. Louis U. L.J. (forthcoming “‘Junk Science’: The Criminal Cases, in Expert Slavery Is Moral and Lawful, Even If Hard to 2016). Evidence and Scientific Proof in Criminal Prove,” The New York Times “Room for Cases” (Paul Roberts ed. 2014) (reprinting 84 Debate” Op-Ed, October 2015. “Libertarians and Abortion Restrictions: Where’s the Outrage?” The Daily Caller, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 1). “The Paradox of the Right to Contract,” 39 February 16, 2016. “Defense Experts and the Myth of Cross- Seattle U. L. Rev. 957 (2016). Examination,” 30 Criminal Justice __ (Fall Co-authored, with I. Glenn Cohen and M. 2015). Murray, an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case of Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt.
46 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Sharona Hoffman “President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Co-authored with M. Myers, “Shareholder Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center; Deserves Deference,” The Cleveland Plain Litigation That Works,” The New York Times, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Jurisprudence; Dealer, April 3, 2016. April 16, 2015. Professor of Bioethics “Let The Pols Pick The Nominees,” Baltimore Co-authored with M. Myers, “Reforming “Improving Regulatory Enforcement in the Sun, May 1, 2016. Modern Appraisal Litigation,” Blue Sky Blog, Face of Inadequate Resources,” 43 Journal of “Capital Assets: A Guide for the Novice, with Columbia Law School, March 16, 2016. Law, Medicine, and Ethics 33 (Supp. no. 2, Tips for the Experienced,” Journal of Taxation “The Audience for Corporate Disclosure,” __ 2015). of Investments, Summer 2016. Iowa L. Rev. ____ (forthcoming 2016). “Lifting the Taboo on End of Life Chapter on “The Taxing Power” for The Powers Co-authored with M. Myers, “Interest in Conversations,” The Jewish Advocate, of the U.S. Congress: Where Constitutional Appraisal,” 42 J. of Corporation Law __ December 25, 2015. Authority Begins and Ends (Brien Hallett ed., (forthcoming 2016). “How to Become A Member of Your Own Greenwood Press) (forthcoming 2016) “Reforming Modern Appraisal Litigation” Medical Team,” Healthy Aging. (forthcoming 41 Del. J. of Corp. L. __ (2016)) “Why Your Parents’ Finances Are Your Lewis R. Katz (with M. Myers) Business,” AgingCare.com. John C. Hutchins Professor of Law; Director, Co-authored with M. Myers, “Aggregation by “Faith in an Unconventional Approach to Find Foreign Graduate Studies Acquisition: Replacing the Class Action with a Care,” The Caregiver’s Voice, January 25, 2016. Introduction, Symposium, “When at Twenty: Market for Legal Claims,” __ Iowa L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2016). Electronic Health Records and Medical big Systemic Racial Bias and The Criminal Justice Data: Law and Policy, Cambridge University System,” 60 CWRU L. Rev 923 (2016). Co-authored with M. Myers, “The Deterrence Press (forthcoming 2016). Ohio Arrest Search and Seizure (Thomson Value of Stockholder Appraisal,” The Research Handbook on Mergers & Acquisitions (Elgar, “The Promise and Perils of Open Medical Reuters/Westlaw 2015 edition). 2016 edition). Data,” 46 Hastings Center Report 6 (2016) Co-authored with P. Giannelli, J. Lipton, P. Invited to contribute a chapter to the “Citizen Science: The Law and Ethics of Public Crocker, and J. Martin, Baldwin’s Ohio Practice: Research Handbook on Shareholder Litigation Access to Medical Big Data,” 30 Berkeley Katz & Giannelli Criminal Law, Third edition (Sean Griffith, Verity Winship, David Webber, Technology Law Journal 1741 (2016) 2014-2015 supplement (Thomson Reuters/ Westlaw 2015). & Jessica Erikson, eds.). The handbook is part of the Research Handbooks in Corporate Law Co-authored with P. Giannelli, Baldwin’s Ohio Daniel A. Jaffe and Governance series (Randall Thomas, ed.). Practice: Katz & Giannelli Ohio Criminal Laws Professor of Lawyering Skills and Rules (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw 2015). Co-authored with Hastings, Manoloff, and Juliet P. Kostritsky Sharb, Ohio School Law (West Publications, Everett D. & Eugenia S. McCurdy Professor of Charles Korsmo 2015-2016). Contract Law Associate Professor of Law “Efficient Contextualism” (co-authored with “High-Frequency Trading: A Regulatory Erik M. Jensen Peter M. Gerhart) 76 Pittsburgh Law Review Strategy” (2014) was selected for reprint in Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law 509 (2015). the 2015 volume of the Securities Law “Taxation and the Constitution: Recent Review (Donald Langevoort, ed.) as one of the “Why Context Matters What Lawyers Say Articles,” 151 Tax Notes 231 (2016) outstanding securities law articles of 2014. About Choice of Law in Merger Agreements” 13 DePaul Business and Commercial Law “King v. Burwell, the Affordable Care Act, and Co-authored with M. Myers, “Appraisal Journal 211 (2015). Deference to Administrative Interpretations Arbitrage and the Future of Public Company of the Internal Revenue Code,” Journal of M&A,” 92 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1551 (2015). Kyle Chen, Harold Haller, Juliet P. Kostritsky & Taxation of Investments, Fall 2015. Wojbor A. Woyczynski “Empirical Study Redux “The Reasonable Person Standard: A New on Choice of Law and Forum in M&A: The “In Praise of Citation and Circulation, and of Perspective on the Incentive Effects of a Data and Its Limits” 16 Michigan State Journal Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement,” 18 The Tailored Negligence Standard,” Eur. J. of L. & of Business & Securities Law 1 (2016). Green Bag 2d 245 (2015). Econ. (2015).
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 47 Faculty Briefs PROFESSOR RUQAIIJAH YEARBY NAMED THE LAW SCHOOL’S FIRST ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR DIVERSITY Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s first tenured female African-American professor has been named as the school’s inaugural Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness. Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, who joined the faculty four and a half years ago, began her administrative position in January.
“Professor Yearby’s knowledge, experience and commitment to helping others make her uniquely suited to take on this new role,” Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf said. “Case Western Reserve has a long and proud history of commitment to diversity, and we expect to build on that progress with this appointment.”
In her role, Yearby draws upon her health law expertise, which focuses on ensuring that the Health Law Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby is Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s new most vulnerable people (children, elderly, Associate Dean for Diversity. women, minorities, the disabled and the poor) are valued and have an opportunity to An honors biology major in college, Yearby Yearby is the second university faculty excel. Her research centers on how the U.S. discovered what would become the focus of member to assume a school-based must create a supportive community in her legal scholarship during a National administrative post dedicated to diversity. In which all those living in the U.S. have Science Foundation-supported research trip 2012 the School of Medicine named professor meaningful access to quality health care, to South Africa. As she observed sharp Sana Loue as its first vice dean for faculty without having to submit to dangerous and differences in access to health care development and diversity; Yearby has served unnecessary medical research. firsthand, she began to recognize that on the school’s advisory committee for faculty solutions could not come solely from development and diversity since 2014. Yearby has chaired the law school’s Diversity medical professionals – no matter how Committee since 2014 and also has well-meaning. Berg and Scharf long have emphasized the participated in several university-wide broad importance of diversity and inclusion, groups and initiatives related to diversity. “It showed me that there will always be and as deans made improving The engagement here reflects a trend dating disparities unless the laws and structures underrepresented minority enrollment among back to her undergraduate days at the of society mandate equality,” she said. their leadership priorities. About one-fifth of University of Michigan, when she founded this year’s entering class comes from and led “United Brothers and Sisters,” a After graduating from Michigan, Yearby underrepresented groups. The school recently student organization dedicated to bringing went on to earn a Master’s in Public Health transformed two of its restrooms into together students from different cultures, from Johns Hopkins University and a Juris all-gender restrooms and this year had faculty religions and lifestyles through diversity- Doctorate from Georgetown University. In and staff participate in the university’s related programming. 2003 she became the first African- Diversity 360 education program. The American woman hired to a tenure-track program is required for students as well. “As the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said: ‘I can position at the Loyola Chicago School of never be what I ought to be until you are Law; five years later she joined the “We know the law school can be doing so what you ought to be. And you can never be University of Buffalo as an associate much more,” the deans said. “We think this what you ought to be until I am what I ought professor in both its law school and its [appointment] will make for a better to be,’” Associate Dean Yearby explained. She school of public health and health educational and scholarly climate, enhance added, “Thus, throughout my life I have professions. admissions recruitment and provide worked to improve the lives of others.” opportunities to engage more alumni.” n
48 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Raymond Ku Dale A. Nance “Digital Copyright Exhaustion and Personal Professor of Law; Director, Center for John Homer Kapp Professor of Law Property,” in Research Handbook on IP Cyberspace Law & Policy Exhaustion and Parallel Imports (Irene Caboli The Burdens of Proof: Discriminatory Power, & Edward Lee eds.) (Edward Elgar, “Data Privacy as a Civil Right,” 103 Ky. L. J. Weight of Evidence, and Tenacity of Belief forthcoming 2016). 391 (2015). (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Cyberspace Law: Cases and Materials (Aspen “Truth, Justification, and Knowledge in the 4th ed. forthcoming). Epistemology of Adjudication,” in Proceedings Andrew S. Pollis of the International Conference on Facts and Professor of Law Evidence (forthcoming 2016). “Ten Tips for Oral Argument,” 32 GPSolo Kevin C. McMunigal Magazine 32 (No. 5, Sept./Oct. 2015). Professor of Law Craig Nard “Recent Amendments to the Appellate Rules,” Co-authored with P. Joy, “The Ethics of Cleve. Metro. Bar J. 34 (Oct. 2015). Prosecutorial Disclosure,” 30 Crim. Just. 41 Galen J. Roush Professor of Law; Director, Co-authored with M. P. Painter, Baldwin’s (Fall 2015). Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts and the FUSION Certificate Program Ohio Appellate Practice (2015-16 edition). in Design, Innovation & IP Management “Trying the Trial,” 84 Geo .Wash. L. Rev. 55 Laura E. McNally-Levine “Legal Fictions and Patent Law’s Disclosure (2016). Director, Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center; Function,” 69 Vanderbilt Law Review ___ Director, Health Law Clinic (forthcoming 2016). Robert Rapp Poster Presentation, “Multidisciplinary “Patent Law’s Institutional Players,” in Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence Transition Clinic for Youth with Autism: A Rethinking International Intellectual Property “Revisiting Private Trading Platforms for Unique Role for Medical-Legal Partners” at Law (CEIPI-ICTSD) (forthcoming 2016). the National Medical Legal Partnership Restricted Securities and Pathways to Summit, April 2016 Indianapolis, Indiana. Liquidity,” Accredited Investor Markets (AIMkts) (June 15, 2016). Facilitated multiple sessions of the Aaron Perzanowski Community Action Poverty Simulation for Professor of Law “Regulation A+ Limited Public Offerings Under medical residents, fellows, and doctors, social Co-authored with J. Silbey and M. Trimble, Securities Act Section 3(b)(2),” Lexis Practice workers, nurses, lawyers and law students. “Afterword: Conferring About the Conference,” Advisor Journal, Winter 2015-2016. Presented sessions on guardianship, special 52 Houston Law Review 679 (2015). “Exemptions from Qualification Under Florida education and public benefits to health “What We Buy When We Buy Now,” 165 Law,” Lexis Practice Advisor Journal, Winter professionals and students. University of Pennsylvania Law Review 2015-2016. (forthcoming). “Sale of Equity Securities In a Private Placement for the Florida Attorney,” Lexis Maxwell J. Mehlman “The Interaction of Exhaustion and the General Law,” 102 Virginia Law Review Online Practice Advisor Journal, Winter 2015-2016. Director of the Law-Medicine Center; Arthur 8 (2016). E. Petersilge Professor of Law; Professor of “Exemptions From Qualification Under New Bioethics, School of Medicine; Distinguished Co-authored with J. Schultz, “Reconciling York Law,” Lexis Practice Advisor Journal, University Professor Personal & Intellectual Property,” 90 Notre Winter 2015-2016. Dame Law Review 1213 (2015). “Reproductive Information and Reproductive “Sale of Equity Securities in a Private Placement Decision-Making,” 43 Journal of Law, Medicine Co-authored with J. Schultz, “Legislating for the New York Attorney,” Lexis Practice & Ethics 241-244 (2015). Digital Exhaustion,” 28 Berkeley Technology Advisor Journal, Winter 2015-2016. Law Journal 1535 (2015). “Can Law Save Medicine?” 36 Journal of Legal Co-authored with J. Schultz, The End of Medicine 121-157 (2016). Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Co-authored with Angoff, Malone, Silver, and Economy (MIT Press, forthcoming 2016). Weinberger, “Compensating Persons Injured Edited with K. Darling, Creativity Without Law: by Medical Malpractice and Other Tortious Challenging the Assumptions of Intellectual Behavior for Future Medical Expenses Under Property (NYU Press, forthcoming 2016). the Affordable Care Act,” 25 Annals of Health Law 35 (2016).
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Cassandra Burke Robertson Matthew Rossman Timothy Webster Professor of Law; Laura B. Chisolm Professor of Law Assistant Professor of Law, Director of Asian Distinguished Research Scholar; Director of “Evaluating Trickle Down Charity,” 24 J. Afford. Legal Studies the Center for Professional Ethics Professor Hous. & Community Dev. L. 59 (2015). “China’s WTO Compliance,” in China and the of Law; Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished (reprint) New International Economic Order 133 (Colin Research Scholar; Director of the Center for Picker et al. eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, Professional Ethics “Homeowners Hardest Hit by Foreclosure Crisis Deserve ‘Disaster’ Relief,” The Cleveland 2015). “Online Reputation Management in Attorney Plain Dealer, April 13, 2016. “Why Does the United States Oppose Asian Regulation,” 29 Geo. J. Legal Ethics (2015). “Counting Casualties in Communities Hit Investment?,” 37 Nw J. Int’l L. & Bus. Co-authored with C. Rhodes, “A Shifting Hardest by the Foreclosure Crisis,” 2016 Utah (forthcoming 2016). (Selected for the Yale/ Equilibrium: Personal Jurisdiction, Law Review 245 (2016). Stanford/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum, 2016) Transnational Litigation, and the Problem of Nonparties,” 19 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. (symposium, 2015). Michael P. Scharf Martha Woodmansee Professor of English and Law “Low Sanctions, High Costs: The Risk to Co-Dean of the Law School and Director of Democratic Liberty,” 66 Fla. L. Rev. Forum 31 the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, “The ‘Romantic’ Author,” Research Handbook (2015). Joseph C. Hostetler - BakerHostetler on the History of Copyright Law, ed. Isabella Professor of Law Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui. Co-authored with C. A. Pierce, J. M. Cornett, A. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, B. Long, and P. Schaefer, Professional “How the War Against ISIS Changed (2016). Responsibility in the Life of the Lawyer 2d ed. International Law,” 48 Case Western Reserve (West 2015). Journal of International Law 15-67 (2016). Reviwed by K. Bowery, “Law, Aesthetics and Copyright Historiography: A Critical Reading of “Personal Jurisdiction in Legal Malpractice “The Rise of ISIS Has Radically Changed the Genealogies of Martha Woodmansee and Litigation,” 6 St. Mary’s Journal on Legal International Law,” Business Insider, March Mark Rose,” Research Handbook on the Malpractice & Ethics 2 (2016). 31, 2016. History of Copyright Law, ed. Isabella “The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic,” in The Co-authored with I. D. Manta, “Challenging Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui. Cambridge Companion to International the No-Fly List: The Status of the Litigation Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar, Criminal Law 295-311 (William A. Schabas, after Five Years,” ABA Section of Litigation: (2016). Civil Rights (2015). ed., Cambridge University Press, 2016). “State Law Litigation of International Norms: Global Litigation, Local Judgment Ruqaiijah Yearby Enforcement,” 108 ASIL Proceedings 439 Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and (2015). Inclusiveness and Professor of Law, Co-authored with I. Manta, “Secret Associate Director of the Law-Medicine Jurisdiction,” 66 Emory L. J. __ (forthcoming Center, Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished 2016). Research Scholars “Involuntary Consent: Conditioning Access to Health Care on Participation in Clinical Trials,” 44 J. of L. Med. & Ethics (forthcoming 2016).
50 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law LAW-MEDICINE CENTER CO-DIRECTORS PARTICIPATE IN WHITE HOUSE PRECISION MEDICINE INITIATIVE Professor Sharona Hoffman was invited by the White House to participate in the Precision Medicine Initiative Summit on February 25 in Washington, D.C., and Professor Max Mehlman was appointed by the National Institute of Health as a scientific review panel member.
The Summit, which President Obama attended, brought together leaders from the federal government, private sector, academia, research organizations and patient advocacy groups to discuss how to implement the president’s Precision Medicine Initiative. President Obama announced the launch of the initiative during his State of the Union address in 2015. He described it as an effort to revolutionize the way health is improved and disease is treated.
Mehlman is one of two bioethics experts who reviewed applications to establish Healthcare Provider Organization (HPO) Enrollment Centers within the NIH Cohort Program. The President’s goal is to create a national research cohort of one million or more volunteers. The HPO centers are one of two mechanisms under the Initiative for creating the Cohort Program, which Mehlman describes as a mammoth “geno-pheno bank” – that is, a research program in which individuals’ genes are decoded and matched with their personal health records to enable researchers to look for links between specific genetic variations and diseases, health risks and drug responses. The NIH will be awarding $28 million in grants in FY 2016 to successful applicants for the grants that Mehlman reviewed.
Precision medicine is an innovative approach that takes into account individual differences in genetics, environments and lifestyles and gives medical professionals the resources they need to target the specific treatments of the illnesses patients encounter.
“We are very proud that our distinguished professors have been invited to be on the ground floor of this pioneering initiative,” said Co-Dean Jessica Berg.
Professor Hoffman is the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, Professor of Bioethics and Co-Director of the Law-Medicine Center. In 2013, Professor Hoffman was selected by the Robert Wood Johnson University School of Medicine. He is the co-author of Access to the Foundation for a scholar-in-residence fellowship in public health Genome: The Challenge to Equality; co-editor, with Tom Murray, of law. She has also twice spent a sabbatical semester as a Visiting the Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology; Scholar at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007 and co-author of Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy, the first casebook on 2014). Professor Hoffman has published over 60 articles and book genetics and law, now in its fourth edition; author of Wondergenes: chapters on health law and civil rights issues. She is also the author Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Society, published in 2003 of the book Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can by the Indiana University Press; The Price of Perfection: Individualism Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow (Praeger 2015). and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement, published in 2009 by the Johns Hopkins University Press; and Transhumanist Dreams Professor Mehlman is Distinguished University Professor, Arthur E. and Dystopian Nightmares: The Promise and Peril of Genetic Petersilge Professor of Law and Director of the Law-Medicine Engineering, published in 2012 by the Johns Hopkins University Center, and Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve Press. n
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 51 Pictured are the first students in the Colloquium on Law and Business, along with Professor Juliet Kostritsky (first row, third from left). The program is now open to attorneys for no-cost CLE credit. Weekly colloquium on law and business offered for free in-person CLE credit
his fall, Case Western Reserve First, junior attorneys must develop “hard The curriculum will include sessions focused University School of Law will host the skills” in the law and business arena to on the role of the business lawyer, reading a TColloquium on Law and Business. The transition to senior leadership positions. balance sheet, valuation of a company, colloquium, offered as a weekly class to law Second, these skills must be developed corporate governance, corporate ethics, and business students, will also be available relatively early in an attorney’s career since negotiation, networking, raising capital, for attorneys to participate in weekly women attorneys who fail to transition to private equity, the role of the board of sessions of their choosing for no-cost CLE leadership positions within five to nine directors, professionalism, business credit. years after law school are statistically much development and securitization. Although the more likely to leave the legal field colloquium is part of the Women’s Law and The course developed from the devoted altogether. Leadership Initiative, both male and female efforts of the Women’s Law and Leadership students take the class and male and female group, which noted the problem that though This course aims to offer students and attorneys are encouraged to register for women represent approximately half of all attorneys an introduction to the business these CLE opportunities. More than half of law graduates, women represent only 16% of skills needed to rise to the highest levels of our incoming Law and Business class is male. law firm equity partners and even fewer law practice and organizational leadership. corporate general counsels. The Women’s Starting on Aug. 31 and running through Nov. For attorneys who would like to attend and Law and Leadership Initiative identified two 22, the colloquium will meet on Wednesdays receive CLE credit, please contact Juliet significant factors that can hold female from 4 to 6 p.m., focusing on a different Kostritsky at [email protected]. attorneys from reaching their full potential. aspect of law and business each week.
52 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Week 6 (10/5) Negotiation Skills • Lisa Wood, Assistant Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law • Patty Rubin, Partner, BDO USA LLP • Lewis Baum, Owner, Baum Blaugrund LLC • Katy Mercer, Professor of Lawyering Skills, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Week 7 (10/12) The Business of Corporations: Boards of Directors • Diana Bilimoria, KeyBank Professor and Chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University • Cathy Kilbane, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Sherwin Williams • Geri Presti, General Counsel, Executive Vice President And Secretary, Forest City Realty Trust, Inc
Week 8 (10/19) Professionalism • Steve Ellis, Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP • David Hooker, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP
Week 9 (10/26) Business Development I: Networking, Rainmaking, and Making Connections • Rita Maimbourg, Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP • George Skupski, Associate Attorney , BakerHostetler LLP
Week 10 (11/2) Business Development II: Team and Project Management • Suzanne Day, Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Legal And Ethics Officer and President Of Lubrizol Oilfield Solutions • Suzanne Hanselman, Partner, BakerHostetler LLP • Pat Oliver, Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP Week 1 (8/31) Introducing the Course: Role of the • Zachary Griffin, Corporate Attorney Transactional/Business Lawyer (Part I) • Colleen Batcheler, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Week 11 (11/9) Ethics in a Corporate and Business Corporate Secretary, ConAgra Foods Setting • Carolyn Buller, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs • Cassandra Robertson, Professor of Law; Laura B. Chisolm • Jes Warren, Founder and General Counsel, Jes Warren LLC Distinguished Research Scholar; Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Week 2 (9/7) Role of the Business Lawyer (Part II) Law • Michele Connell, Managing Partner, Squire Patton Boggs • Colin Jennings, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP Cleveland office • Laura Hauser, Managing Member, Hauser Law LLC • Janet Miller, Chief Legal Officer, University Hospitals Health System • Bill Leatherberry, Professor Emeritus of Law, Case Western • Tom Piraino, Former General Counsel, Parker Hannifin Corp. Reserve University School of Law • David P. Porter, Retired, Jones Day Week 3 (9/14) Organizational Finance I: Reading an Income Statement/Balance Sheet Week 12 (11/9) Corporate Governance Non-Profits and • Gregory A. Jonas, Professor of Accounting, Weatherhead School of For-Profit Entities Management, Case Western Reserve University • Thomas Aldrich, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP • Michael Ellis, Partner, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Week 4 (9/21) Organizational Finance II: Valuation of a • Christopher Hewitt, Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP Company • Jennifer Kogut Lewis, Counsel, Jones Day • William Mahnic, Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, • Matthew Rossman, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve Case Western Reserve University University School of Law • Lynn-Ann Gries, Venture Capital Investor and Investment Banker, Former President and Chief Investment Officer, Jump Start Week 13 (11/22) Securitization: What is it and What • Robin J. Davenport, Vice President of Corporate Finance, Parker- Lawyers Need To Know Hannifin Corp • Sara Whetzel, Attorney, USAA • Pantea Stevenson, Shareholder, Bean, Kinney & Korman
Week 5 (9/28) Raising Capital, Private Equity, etc. • Denise Carkhuff, Partner, Jones Day • Glenn Morrical, Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP Fall 2016 x In Brief x 53 2016COMMENCEMENT
(left to right) Co-Dean Michael Scharf; Rosemary McCarney, Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations and the law school’s first foreign exchange student; Commencement Speaker Richard North Patterson ’71, New York Times bestselling author; and Co-Dean Jessica Berg. 54 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law Fall 2016 x In Brief x 55 2016-2017 UPCOMING EVENTS EVENTS ARE WEBCAST AT LAW.CASE.EDU/LECTURES WHERE YOU CAN ALSO GET CLE CREDIT INFORMATION, AGENDAS AND MORE INFORMATION.
September 8th, 2016 September 21st, 2016 October 6th, 2016 Governance, Corruption and Transparency: A THE LOUIS C. GREENWOOD LECTURE SERIES THE FRANK J. BATTISTI MEMORIAL LECTURE Q&A Discussion with Peter Eigen, Founder of The Present and Future of Reproductive Creating An Affirmative Vision for the Right Transparency International Rights to Vote in the Wake of the 2016 Elections Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency B. Jessie Hill, Associate Dean for Academic Franita Tolson, Betty T. Ferguson Professor of 2016International Affairs & Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Voting Rights, FSU College of Law Sponsors: Inamori International Center for Law, CWRU School of Law 6:00-7:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) Ethics and Excellence, The Frederick K. Cox CWRU Law Downtown International Law Center, and the Financial 8:30-9:30 a.m., City Club of Cleveland October 13th, 2016 Integrity Institute DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURE- 12:00-1:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) September 23rd, 2016 SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL GEORGE A. LEET BUSINESS LAW CONFERENCE SECURITY LAW & POLICY September 14th, 2016 Business in the Roberts Court From CWRU School of Law to the ICC: Current SUMNER CANARY LECTURE Sponsored by the Center for Business Law & Issues in International Criminal Law Institutionalizing Dissent Regulation Nathan Quick, International Criminal Court Neal K. Katyal, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Paul & 8:30-4:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law, Georgetown University; former September 29-30th, 2016 October 14th, 2016 Acting Solicitor General of the United States 10TH INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW THE LAW-REVIEW CONFERENCE 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) DIALOGS In Honor of Fred Gray: Making Civil Rights The International Military Tribunal At Law from Rosa Parks to the Twenty-First September 16th, 2016 Nuremberg “A Lasting Legacy for the Future” Century FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW Nuremberg, Germany Sponsored by The Arthur W. Fiske Lecture CENTER CONFERENCE Series The Art of International Law October 5th, 2016 8:30-4:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) 8:30-5:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) ELENA AND MILES ZAREMSKI LAW- MEDICINE FORUM Alumni & Faculty Dinner: September 20th, 2016 The Future of Healthcare Privacy “Rockin’ and Rollin’ through the Years” THE INTERNATIONAL LAW STUDENT Kirk J. Nahra, Partner, Wiley Rein LLC, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ASSOCIATION LECTURE Washington, D.C. 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk & the 12:00-1:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial October 15th, 2016 Lawrence Douglas, Author and James J. October 6th, 2016 BARRISTER’S DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Grosfeld Professor of Law, THE LEWIS KATZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND LECTURE Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst CONFERENCE Making Sense of the Supreme Court College Contemporary Legal and Ethical Issues Jonathan Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Co-sponsored by the Frederick K. Cox Related to the Investigation of the Professor of Law; Director, Center for Business International Law Center Assassination of John F. Kennedy Law and Regulation, CWRU School of Law 5:30-7:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) 8:30-4:15 p.m., CWRU Tinkham Veale 12:30-1:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) University Center Ballroom
56 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law School of Law Reunion Cocktail Reception November 1st, 2016 November 14, 2016 (for classes ending in 1s and 6s) MAXWELL J. MEHLMAN LECTURE Washington, DC Alumni Reception 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Blackacre, School of Law, Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations: A 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Location: TBD 11075 East Boulevard Solution to Rising Program Costs? Matt Herndon, Chief Legal Officer & Vice November 16th, 2016 October 18th, 2016 President of Government Affairs Boston THE LOUIS C. GREENWOOD LECTURE SERIES SPANGENBERG DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Medical Center HealthNet Plan The United States as a Refuge State for Child The Uneasy Relationship Between Innovation 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) Abductors: Why the U.S. Fails to Meet Its Own Expectations Relative to the Hague and Intellectual Property Protection November 4th, 2016 Convention The Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley, United 5th Annual Women’s Law & Leadership Andrew A. Zashin, Co-Managing Partner, States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Conference Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A., Adjunct Professor, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., CWRU Tinkham Veale CWRU School of Law; Fellow, International University Center Ballroom A&B Academy of Family Lawyers October 19th, 2016 Amy M. Keating, Associate Attorney, Zashin & THE LOUIS C. GREENWOOD LECTURE SERIES November 9th, 2016 Rich Co., L.P.A.; Co-Adjunct Professor, CWRU Different Rules for Prosecutors? Election 2016: The Day After School of Law Kevin C. McMunigal, Professor of Law, CWRU Co-sponsored by The Institute for Global CWRU Law Downtown School of Law Security Law & Policy & The Frederick K. Cox 8:30-9:00 a.m., City Club of Cleveland CWRU Law Downtown International Law Center 8:30-9:00 a.m., City Club of Cleveland 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) November 19th, 2016 ELMER F. AND ELLEN LAWS BURWIG LECTURE November 11th, 2016 Panel on Professionalism & Ethics October 28th, 2016 THE SPANGENBERG CENTER FOR LAW, 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Moot Courtroom (A59) INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW CONFERENCE TECHNOLOGY & THE ARTS CONFERENCE 2-hours Professionalism & Ethics Credit Trade Law Enforcement and Justice in Who owns tradition? Reconceptualizing the pending approval Changing Times: A Practitioner-Focused Protection of Indigenous and Traditional Conference on United States International Knowledge Trade Law 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) Sponsored by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center 8:00 a.m.-12 p.m.; Moot Courtroom (A59)
March 9th, 2017 States Relationship: Law, Policy and Politics THE BRUCE J. KLATSKY SEMINAR IN HUMAN in Tumultuous Times RIGHTS March 30, 2016: 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Distinguished Michael H. Posner, Former Assistant Lectures Secretary of State for Democracy, March 31, 2016: 8:30 - 5:00 p.m. Conference Human Rights and Labor; Professor, Panels Stern School of Business 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) April 7th, 2017 PRECISION MEDICINE CONFERENCE 2017 March 22nd, 2017 Legal Challenges in Precision Medicine February 10th, 2017 THE LOUIS C. GREENWOOD LECTURE SERIES Sponsored by The Law-Medicine Center & the THE LAW-MEDICINE CENTER CONFERENCE Framework Contracts American Health Lawyers Association Medical-Legal Partnerships: Transforming Juliet P. Kostritsky, Everett D. & Eugenia 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Venue TBD; visit law.case. Interprofessional Collaboration and S. McCurdy Professor of Contract Law, edu for more information Education CWRU School of Law 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., CWRU Tinkham Veale CWRU Law Downtown April 19th, 2017 University Center (Ballroom A) 8:30-9:00 a.m., City Club of Cleveland THE LOUIS C. GREENWOOD LECTURE SERIES Cross-Cultural Negotiation Between Lawyer March 3rd, 2017 March 23rd, 2017 and Lawyer or/and between Lawyer/Party 2nd Annual Human Trafficking Conference THE NORMAN A. SUGARMAN TAX LECTURE and Mediator 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., CWRU Tinkham Veale Improving IRS Charity Oversight: Responsible Kathryn S. Mercer, Professor of Lawyering University Center (Ballrooms A/B) Congressional Delegation, Responsive IRS Skills, CWRU School of Law Rulemaking CWRU Law Downtown March 6th, 2017 Philip Hackney, James E. & Betty M. Phillips 8:30-9:00 a.m., City Club of Cleveland THE OLIVER C. SCHROEDER SCHOLAR-IN- Associate Professor of Law, LSU Law Center RESIDENCE LECTURE 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) May 17th, 2017 How America’s Healthcare Became a Big THE LOUIS C. GREENWOOD LECTURE SERIES Business March 30-31st, 2017 Litigating World War II Elisabeth Rosenthal, Author, Editor-in-Chief THE HENRY T. KING CANADA-UNITED STATES Timothy Webster, Professor of Law, at Kaiser Health News LAW CONFERENCE CWRU School of Law 4:30-5:30 p.m., Moot Courtroom (A59) State of Our Nations: The Canada–United 8:30-9:00 a.m., City Club of Cleveland
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Mary Whitmer – was named general Class of Class of 1954 1971* counsel at Dottore Companies, LLC (Cleveland, OH) and was recognized as one William Miller – spoke at the Ohio Hon. Herbert Phipps – of the Court of of Crain’s Magazine’s “People on the Move” Statehouse, in honor of the Governor’s 36th Appeals of Georgia, was awarded the 2015 in 2016. annual Holocaust Commemoration Chief Justice Thomas O. Marshall Program. Professionalism Award from the State Bar Terry Zimmerman – of Baker Hardesty & of Georgia for demonstrating the highest Kaffen, was honored by the Akron Bar level of professional conduct and for having Association’s senior lawyers committee a paramount reputation for Class of 1967 and awarded the Senior Lawyer of the professionalism as a judge. Year Award. Sheldon “Shelly” Gilman – of Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Goodman, P.S.C. has been selected for inclusion in the 2016 Best Class of 1972 Class of Lawyers list for the fields of Employee 1976* Benefits (ERISA) Law and Trust and Stephen Ellis – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was Beverly Grady – of Roetzel & Andress LPA, Estates Law. He also received the named to the list of the Best Lawyers in was chosen for inclusion in the 2016 Louisville Trust and Estates “Lawyer of the America® for 2016. Florida Super Lawyers list. Year,” was named a 2016 Kentucky Super Lawyer and received the Wilson Wyatt Bruce Mandel – of Ulmer & Berne, LLP, was Award during the Community Foundation Class of 1973 recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer®. of Louisville’s 13th Annual Professional Advisor Seminar for excellence in Alan Baden – of Thompson & Knight LLP, philanthropic advising. was named to the list of the Best Lawyers Class of in America® for 2016. 1977
Frances Floriano Goins – was recognized in Class of Robert Bloom – of Bloom Brothers Supply, 1968 the 2016 edition of Benchmark Litigation was named the chairman of the board at as a “State Litigation Star.” Charles Oestreicher – of Verrill Dana LLP, Geauga Savings Bank. was included in the Best Lawyers in Michael Harris – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was America® for 2016 in Real Estate Law. He named to the list of the Best Lawyers in was also recognized as a Leading Lawyer America® for 2016. and Senior Statesman, in the field of real estate, by Chambers & Partners. Class of 1974 Class of 1978 David Parham – was elected as President Class of 1969 of the Board of Directors of Muskingum Henry Billingsley, II – of Tucker Ellis LLP, Watershed Conservancy District. was named to the list of the Best Lawyers James Klein – of the Charleston School of in America® for 2016. Law, recently returned from a two-month Kip Reader – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, was visit at the East China University of Political recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer. Science and Law in Shanghai where he Hon. Timothy Grendell – of Geauga County taught an intensive six-week course on the (OH), published his article, “Protecting U.S. Judicial Process and Civil Procedure. Ohio’s Children: Ohio Juvenile Court’s Class of 1975 Jurisdiction to Prevent Nonparty’s Interference in the Protection of the Best Louis Rorimer – shared insight on his Interest of the Child.” Ipso Jure. 38(3), 8-12. father’s legacy in the film Monuments Men. Richard Hardy – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer®. Donald Scherzer – of Roetzel & Andress, was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer®.
*Alumni from this class will be celebrating their School of Law reunion in 2016. Fall 2016 x In Brief x 59 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES
Richard Schager, Jr. – of Stamell & Schager, Neil Glassman – of Bayard, P.A., was R. Mark Jones – of Roetzel & Andress, was LLP, was published in the New York Law selected for inclusion in the 2016 Delaware recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer® Journal with his article entitled “Adequacy Super Lawyers list for the area of in the field of Personal Injury. of Class Representatives and Class Counsel Bankruptcy: Business. under CPLR Article 9,” July 7, 2015, at p.4, David Lester – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, was col. 4. Rita Maimbourg – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer®. recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer® Howard Stein – of Certilman Balin Alder & and as one of the Best Lawyers in Irene MacDougall – was named partner Hyman, LLP, was named a 2016 New York America® for 2016. at Walter | Haverfield LLP and chair of Super Lawyer in the field of Real Estate. the firm’s public finance group. She also Matthew Moriarty – of Tucker Ellis LLP, received the Bob Rosewater Memorial was named to the list of the Best Lawyers Award for Meritorious Service to the Class of 1979 in America® for 2016. Real Estate Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Also, she was Jay Rice – of Gallagher Sharp, was certified recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer®. by the Ohio State Bar Association as an Class of 1982 Insurance Coverage Law Specialist. John McLandrich – of Mazanec, Raskin & Charles “Chuck” Hurley – was named Ryder, was named to the list of the Best Daniel Wright – was named one of Crain’s partner at Norton Rose Fulbright’s Lawyers in America® for 2016. Cleveland Business Magazine’s “People on Washington, DC office. the Move” in 2016. Ronn Nadis – of Couzens Lansky Fealk Craig Marvinney – of Walter | Haverfield Ellis, was named a Michigan Super Lawyer LLP, was recognized for his achievements for 2015 and was recognized for his Class of 1980 by the Federation of Defense and outstanding achievement in Real Estate Corporate Counsel (FDCC), was elected to law in the Super Lawyers Business Edition. Bill Gagliano – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, was serve on the organization’s Board of recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer®. Directors for 2015-2016 and received the Annual FDCC Connect Award. Class of 1984 James Goldsmith – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Ambassador Rosemary McCarney – was Michelle Marvinney – joined Walter | Lawyer®. appointed to the position of Canadian Haverfield LLP as a member of their Ambassador and Permanent Financial Services and Real Estate practice David Weibel – of Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel, Representative to the United Nations. groups. was selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers list for 2016 in Employment Elizabeth Murdock Myers – of Verrill Dana William Porter, II – of Vorys, Sater, Seymour Benefits (ERISA) Law and Trust and LLP, was selected for inclusion in the Best and Pease LLP, was named to the list of Estates. Lawyers in America for 2016 in Corporate the Best Lawyers in America® for 2016. Law. She was also recognized as a Leading Lawyer, in the fields of Corporate and Class of 1981* Commercial, by Chambers & Partners. Class of 1985
Alexander Andrews – of Ulmer & Berne Laura Kingsley Hong – of Tucker Ellis LLP, LLP, was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Class of 1983 was named to the list of the Best Lawyers Lawyer®. in America® for 2016. Carol Davis – of High Point University, was Jeffrey Casto – of Roetzel & Andress, was selected as a member of ProPublica Data Kevin Young – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer® Institute’s Class of 2016, where she was published the 2015 edition of Ohio in the area of Personal Injury Law. invited to attend an intensive workshop in Insurance Coverage, issued by Thomas New York City on how to use data, design Reuters and co-authored with Jennifer and code for journalism. Mesko ’11 and Karl Bekeny. He was also named to the list of the Best Lawyers in America® for 2016.
*Alumni from this class will be celebrating their School of Law reunion in 2016. 60 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI CLASS NOTES
Raelene LaPlante – joined Tyler, Simms & Class of Class of 1986* St. Sauveur CPAs, P.C. as a defined 1991* contribution plan administrator. Suzanne Kleinsmith Saganich – of W. Eric Baisden – was named co-chair and FisherBroyles, LLP, was selected for partner in Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & David Watson – of the New York State Bar inclusion in the 2016 Best Lawyers® list in Aronoff LLP’s Labor & Employment Association, was elected to serve as the areas Banking and Finance Law, Practice Group (Cleveland, OH). secretary of the New York Bar Foundation. Financial Services Regulation and Real Estate Law. She was also voted Lawyer of David Dvorak – of Zimmer Holdings, Inc., the Year in the area of Financial Services was elected to serve on St. Jude Medical’s Class of Regulation Law. 1989 Board of Directors.
Bruce McDermot – of Martha Culline, LLP, J. Bret Treier – of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Jacklyn Ford – of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and was named Partner in the Regulatory Pease LLP, was named to the Best Pease LLP, was named to the list of the Department at Martha Culline, LLP. Lawyers in America® for 2016. Best Lawyers in America® for 2016.
Susan Racey – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was Michael Tucker – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, Elizabeth Lacy – was named general named to the list of the Best Lawyers in was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super counsel and vice president of Legal America® for 2016. Lawyer® and as one of the top 100 Operations at Assembly Biosciences. attorneys in Ohio. H. Alan Rothenbuecher – was named H. Kevin McNeelege – published a book on partner in Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & current politics in the United States under Aronoff LLP’s Litigation Practice Group Class of his pen name, Bear Kosik, entitled 1987 (Cleveland, OH). “Restoring the Republic: A New Social Scott Davido – was named senior Contract for We the People” on March 30, managing director at FTI’s Corporate 2016. Class of Finance practice. 1990 John Slagter – was named Best Lawyers’ Bryan Adamson – of Seattle University Jerome Grisko – was named president & “Lawyer of the Year” in the Cleveland area School of Law, was awarded the “William CEO of CBIZ, Inc. in 2016 for Litigation – Real Estate. Pincus Award” by the Association of American Law Schools. Matthew Kadish – of Kadish, Hinkel & Weibel, was selected for inclusion in the Class of 1992 Robert Graziano – joined FisherBroyles, 2016 Best Lawyers in America® in the LLP, the nation’s first and largest cloud- areas of Litigation and Controversy Tax and Corine Corpora – was named an associate based law firm. Tax Law. in Tucker Ellis LLP’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice. Mark Jones – received the “2016 Men of John McCaffrey – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was Excellence” award by the Michigan named to the list of the Best Lawyers in Elizabeth Kaveny – was elected as first vice Chronicle. The award celebrates local America® for 2016. president of the Illinois Bar Foundation African American men and women who (IBF), the charitable arm of the Illinois State inspire others through vision and Bar Association (ISBA). leadership, exceptional achievements, and Class of 1988 participation in community service.
Timothy Downing – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, Capricia Marshall – of Atlantic Council, was was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super selected to serve as The Ohio State Lawyer®. University’s Warren G. Harding Symposium’s 2015 Gala Keynote Speaker. John Lancione – of Lancione & Lancione, was recognized as a Top Attorney in Ohio by Cleveland Magazine.
*Alumni from this class will be celebrating their School of Law reunion in 2016. Fall 2016 x In Brief x 61 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES
Class of 1993 William Culbertson – of BakerHostetler, Class of 1999 was elected president of the Board of Jonathan Agin – was appointed as the first Craig Denney – of Snell & Wilmer LLP, was Directors for Cogswell Hall. executive director of The Max Cure elected by his law representative Foundation (MCF). colleagues to serve as Vice Chair of the Adam Fried – presented a lecture at the national conference for the American Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s Lawyer Aimee Lane – was named partner at Walter Academy of Forensic Psychiatry and the Representative Coordinating Committee | Haverfield LLP. (LRCC) at the 2015 Ninth Circuit Judicial Law. Conference in San Diego. Class of 2000 Thomas Simmons – of Tucker Ellis LLP, Class of 1996* was named to the list of the Best Lawyers Matthew Albers – of Vorys, Sater, Seymour in America® for 2016. Julie Firestone – was named partner at and Pease LLP, was named to the list of Brouse McDowell and as one of Crain’s the Best Lawyers in America for 2016. Cleveland Business Magazine’s “People on Class of 1994 the Move.” Bryan Farkas – of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, was named to the list of Rhonda Ferguson – former vice president, the Best Lawyers in America for 2016. corporate secretary and chief ethics Class of 1997 Catherine Hess – joined the Children’s officers at FirstEnergy Corporation, was National Health System as vice president named chief legal officer and executive vice Nancy Marcus was appointed Senior Staff and chief compliance officer. president at Union Pacific Corp. Attorney in the Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the largest and oldest national Michelle Gillcrist – was named managing organization that litigates LGBT issues. attorney of Ohio Attorney General Mike Class of 2001* DeWine’s Cleveland office. Melinda Reynolds – was named vice Lieutenant Colonel John Merriam – was president of Global Tax at A. Schulman, Inc. Paul Hervey – of Fitzpatrick, Zimmerman & awarded the “Outstanding Career Armed Rose Co., LPA, was elected to serve a Services Attorney Award” by the Judge Galen Schuerlein – joined Roetzel & three-year term as District 14 Advocates Association, the bar association Andress LPA as a business consultant. representative on the Board of Governors for military lawyers, at a banquet held in of the Ohio State Bar Association. He was Washington, D.C. in May 2016. also selected to serve on the Board’s Membership, Public and Media Relations Class of 1998 and Publications Committee. Class of 2003 Michelle Arendt – joined Case Western Reserve University’s Office of General Julie Kass – of Ober | Kaler, was named a Michael Brink – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was Counsel as associate general counsel. 2016 DC Super Lawyer in the area of recognized as a 2016 Ohio Rising Star®. Healthcare. Arjun Kampani – joined Aerojet Rocketdyne Michele Connell – was named the first Holdings, Inc. as vice president, general Michael Petrella – formerly of Sean F. female managing partner of Squire Patton counsel and corporate secretary. O’Shea, was named partner at Boies, Bogg’s Cleveland office. Schiller & Flexner. Jarrod Pontius – was named general Gregory Guice – of Reminger Co., LPA, was counsel and chief administrative officer for named to the 2016 list of Who’s Who in Convergys. Class of 1995 Black Cleveland.
Richik Sarkar – of McGlinchey Stafford, was John Becker – of John W. Becker Law Firm, John Lucci – of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, recognized as a 2016 Ohio Super Lawyer in was selected as chair of the Solo and Small was named co-chair of the Corporate the areas of Business Litigation, Banking Firm Practitioners Section of the Akron Bar Transaction Group. Association and was profiled in the Solo & and Civil Litigation. Small Firm Practitioners Section of Akron Legal News.
*Alumni from this class will be celebrating their School of Law reunion in 2016. 62 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law ALUMNI CLASS NOTES
Courtney McCormick – joined Hall, Render, Class of 2007 Class of 2010 Killian, Heath & Lyman has an associate in the areas of Litigation and Risk Christopher Chan – previously of DoxIQ, Michael Arnold – of Robert J. Fedor Esq, LLC, Management. joined RedMart as director of legal and was recognized as a 2016 Ohio Rising Star. government affairs and was selected to receive one of the 2015 Best Lawyers Frances Floriano Goins – of Ulmer & Berne Class of 2005 under 40 Awards by The National Asian LLP, has been selected for inclusion as a Pacific American Bar Association. Benchmark Litigation Star in General Anthony Catanzarite – of Reminger Co., Commercial Litigation. She was also L.P.A., was named to the Board of Directors Michael Cook – was named partner of recognized among the Top 250 Women in for the Stallions Baseball Club. Collins Einhorn Farrell PC’s Appellate Group Litigation. and was recognized was a 2015 Michigan Bethanie Murray – of Reminger Co., L.P.A., Rising Stars by Super Lawyers®. Erica James, MD – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was was honored as a YWCA of Greater recognized as a 2016 Ohio Rising Star. Cleveland “Woman of Professional Brian Field – joined the United States Excellence.” Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC as an Patricia Jenness – of Michael Best & assistant United States attorney. Friedrich LLP, was named director of Jared Oakes – was named partner at membership for the Association for Women Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Dustin Frazier – of BakerHostetler, was Lawyers. LLP, and as one of Crain’s Cleveland named partner at the Columbus office. Business Magazine’s “People on the Steven Postal – was published in the Move”. Valissa Turner Howard – was named American Bar Association Health Law president of Norman S. Minor Bar Section. His publication was entitled The Association. Joint Replacement Proposed Rule and its Class of 2006* Implication for Post-Acute Care. Seth Wamelink – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was Tomar Brown – was named clinical recognized as a 2016 Ohio Rising Star®. Matthew Wholey – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, assistant professor of law and director of was named as a 2016 Ohio Rising Star®. the Health Law Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Class of 2008 Class of 2011* Gregory McNeal – was appointed to the Kiel Bowen – was named partner at Mayer Federal Aviation Administration’s Micro Brown. Zainab Alwan – joined the Georgia Asylum Unmanned Aircraft Systems Aviation and Immigration Network as an asylum Rulemaking Committee. Pingshan Li – of Ulmer & Berne LLP, was attorney. recognized as a 2016 Ohio Rising Star®. Justin Rice – of Tucker Ellis LLP, received Jennifer Mesko – of Tucker Ellis LLP, was certification as an insurance coverage law David Nafziger – former associate at published the 2015 edition of Ohio specialist by the Ohio State Bar Cantor Colburn LLP, was named partner in Insurance Coverage, issued by Thomas Association. He was also recognized as a the Patent Practice Group of Honigman Reuters and co-authored with Kevin Young 2016 Ohio Rising Star®. Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP’s Intellectual ’85 and Karl Bekeny. Property Department (Bloomfield Hills, MI). Sumit Sud – was appointed special counsel Katharine Quaglieri – joined the U.S. to the Commissioner for Ethics, Risk and Katherine Middleton Zartman – was Customs and Border Protection, Office of Compliance for the New York State appointed prosecutor of Williams County, Chief Counsel, as general attorney. Insurance Fund by Governor Andrew OH. Cuomo. Ilirjan Pipa – joined the Business Department at McDonald Hopkins LLC as Class of 2009 an associate, where he is part of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Erin Klug – was named patent attorney at Practice teams. Varnum LLP.
*Alumni from this class will be celebrating their School of Law reunion in 2016. Fall 2016 x In Brief x 63 ALUMNI CLASS NOTES In Memoriam July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016 Gregory Watkins – formerly associate at Maria Carr – joined McDonald Hopkins LLC Brennan, Manna & Diamond, joined Franz as an associate in the Business Ward LLP’s Corporate/M&A Practice Group Restructuring Services Department. In Memoriam includes names of deceased as an associate (Cleveland, OH). alumni forwarded to Case Western Reserve Joseph Kocian, V – was named editor and University School of Law over the past year. translator at WritePath and joined AML Mr. Quentin H. Alexander (LAW ’45) Class of RightSource as a compliance analyst. 2012 Mr. Marion B. Amato (LAW ’62) Mr. James A. Amdur (ADL ’57, LAW ’60) Kimberly Brown – joined Access to Justice Jeremy Saks – joined Fish & Richardson’s and Judicial Reform’s Kenyan office as field Intellectual Property Group as an associate. Ms. Deborah Michels Badger (LAW ’75) program manager. Mr. Kenneth S. Baldwin (ADL ’47, LAW ’48) Mr. Thomas A. Benedett (ADL ’51, LAW ’56 ) Amanda McHenry – joined BakerHostetler’s Class of 2015 Mr. I. Joseph Berger (ADL ’47, LAW ’50) Employment Group (Columbus, OH) as an Mr. Marvin Drucker (ADL ’49, LAW ’56) associate. Matthew Barbara – joined Reminger Co., Mr. Terrence Durica (LAW ’74) LPA as an associate in the field of Mr. Charles W. Edwards (LAW ’50) Mark Silvaggio – was named manager of insurance coverage/bad faith, Appellate Mr. Larry B. Faigin (ADL ’65, LAW ’68) Tax Practices at PwC. advocacy, health care, professional liability, Mr. Harold J. Fast (LAW ’49) and general liability litigation. Mr. Jeffrey D. Fincun (LAW ’73) Mr. Leigh Mark Fisher (LAW ’65) Class of 2013 Danielle Bennett – joined Reminger Co., LPA as an associate in the field of medical Mr. Francis G. Fitzpatrick (LAW ’51) Natalie Cheung – joined Lewis Roca malpractice defense, long-term care and Mr. Richard A. Fromson (LAW ’55) Rothgerber Christie LLP as an associate in general liability. Mr. John H. Gherlein (LAW ’51) the Business Transaction Department. Ms. Philene Gotsis (LAW ’87) Mathew Drocton – of Vorys, Sater, Seymour Mr. Robert C. Grisanti (LAW ’43) and Pease LLP, was chosen to clerk for Emily Danford – joined Benesch, Mr. Gary C. Johnson (LAW ’80) Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. ’83 of the U.S. Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP as an Mr. Theodore W. Jones (ADL ’47, LAW ’51) associate. District Court, District of Rhode Island. Mr. Franklyn S. Judson (ADL ’38, LAW ’40) Mr. John Timothy Kalnay (LAW ’98) Sara Elaqad – joined Margaret Wong and JoAnna Gavigan – was named as one of Hon. Leonard L. Kopowski (LAW ’72) Associates LLC as a law clerk and Minds Crain’s Cleveland Business Magazine’s Matter Cleveland as senior vice president “People on the Move.” Mr. William M. Kraus (ADL ’47, LAW ’50) of programs. Mr. Joseph E. McCarthy (ADL ’39, LAW ’41) Shipra Kumar – joined Matasar Jacobs LLC Mr. Andrew J. McLandrich (ADL ’48, LAW ’50) Shaleika Vargas – served as the keynote as an associate. Mr. Irvin Myron Milner (ADL ’37, LAW ’40, LAW ’70) speaker for the Hispanic Heritage Month Ms. Tracey Kyle O’Day (LAW ’87) Donielle Robinson – joined Jayaram Law Celebration Gala. Mr. Eugene C. Peck (LAW ’48) Group as an associate. COL Leonard R. Piotrowski (LAW ’63) Zachary Walker – was chosen to clerk for Mr. Clifford James Preminger (LAW ’76) Judge Delissa A. Ridgway of the United Kirk Shaw – joined Day Ketterer as an Mr. John J. Reidy, Jr. (LAW ’57) States Court of International Trade. associate. Mr. Clyde K. Rhein (LAW ’48) Veronique (Jiefei) Yang – joined Clifford Mr. Alan Ellis Riedel (LAW ’55) Class of 2014 Chance (Shanghai, China). Mr. James L. Ryhal, Jr. (CLC ’49, LAW ’52) Mr. George Joseph Sadd (LAW ’67, LAW ’73) Audrey Balint – joined Ice Miller LLP as an Mr. Morton Lawrence Stone (ADL ’52, LAW ’54) associate attorney. Mr. Sol Tushman (ADL ’50, LAW ’53) Mr. Thomas A. Unverferth (LAW ’58) Mr. Joseph Paul Valentino (LAW ’67) Mr. Robert T. Weigel (LAW ’51)
*Alumni from this class will be celebrating their School of Law reunion in 2016. 64 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law SCHOOL OF LAW MERCHANDISE
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Fall 2016 x In Brief x 65 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
2015-2016 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
HONOR ROLL BY DONOR CLUB
Recognizing alumni and friends who have Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made gifts to the law school during fiscal Dickinson Wright PLLC DEANS’ SOCIETY year 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). DLA Piper LLP ($5,000 - $9,999) Robert Brayden Downing ’79 Oakley V. Andrews ’65 LEADER Mary Lynn Durham ’78 Michael Anthony Benoit ’93 ($100,000+) Stephen C. Ellis ’72 Katherine Diane Brandt ’89 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Carfagna BakerHostetler Natalie K. Finn ’72 Angela Genovese Carlin ’55 Mrs. Wana E. Barnett* Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. ’68 Michael Allen Cyphert (ADL ’70, LAW ’73) Estate of Mildred H. Fagen Margaret J. Grover ’83 Luke Lucien Dauchot (WRC ’83, LAW ’86) Carleton C. Hutchins Trust Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Mr. and Mrs. James C. Diggs (ADL ’70, LAW ’73) Spangenberg Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Holtman (LAW ’67; NUR ’66) Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather The Burton D. Morgan Foundation Patricia Marcus Inglis ’77 Fund Richard H. Verheij (WRC ’80, LAW ’83) J. Ambrose Purcell Trust Gale Holly Freeman ’89 James F. Koehler ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Goodman (LAW ’60; FSM ’60) Donald L. Korb ’73 Richard C. Haber ’90 BENEFACTOR Emma Skoff Lincoln (FSM ’44, LAW ’49) Mr. and Mrs. James Hagy (WRC ’75, LAW ’78; WRC ’76) ($25,000 - $99,999) John Michael Majoras (WRC ’83, LAW ’86) Loren W. Hershey ’76 Jeffery M. Mallamad ’79 Joel and Susan Metzenbaum Hyatt ’81 Stanley I.* (ADL ’41, LAW ’46) and Hope S.* Adelstein Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McCreary, III ’76 Jewish Federation of Cleveland Family Fund The Honorable Paul Brickner ’66 McDonald Hopkins LLC Carole J. Jones Gary L. Bryenton ’65 Paul Bechtner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Kalberer (FSM ’55, LAW ’81; Estate of Clinton* and Margaret W.* Dewitt Laura Green Quatela ’82 ADL ’55) The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation Patricia Ann Ruf John P. Kellogg ’80 Byron Samuel Krantz ’62 Lauren B. ’99 and Randall Shy Catherine Kilbane (WRC ’84, LAW ’87) and Don Bullock George L. Majoros, Jr. ’86 Squire Patton Boggs Foundation Charles R. Kowal ’78 Ranney Foundation Eugene Stevens (ADL ’56, LAW ’58) Brett S. Krantz Schwab Charitable Fund Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP Michele L.S. Krantz The Ferry Family Foundation Technicolor David Steven Kurtz (WRC ’76, LAW ’79) Ulmer & Berne LLP Tucker Ellis LLP LWH Family Foundation Estate of Mr. Thomas A. Unverferth ’58 Michael John Lyle ’88 Frederick A. Watkins ’68 Mark & Nancy Weinberger Family Foundation PARTNER Robert P. Weaver, Ph.D. (WRC ’73, LAW ’76) Gertrude M. Massey ($10,000 - $24,999) Robert C. ’56 and Suzanne Weber Mr. and Mrs. David Talmage Musselman ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Alan Weinberger (MGT ’87, LAW ’87) M. Patricia Oliver ’80 Anonymous Fred Weisman (ADL ’48, LAW ’51) Hon. Judith H. ’76 and Robert Rawson Lawrence E. Apolzon ’82 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wheeler (LAW ’64; SAS ’70) Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Reitman (LAW ’58; WRC ’82) Brent D. Ballard ’85 Wolf Family Foundation Robert & Sylvia Reitman Family Foundation The Cleveland Foundation James B. and Jane S. Wolf, Jr. (FSM ’53) Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt B. Shaw ’80
66 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law *deceased Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Earving L. Blythe W. Jay Frazier ’99 John Ford Strong ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Bolton ’79 Howard J. Freedman ’70 The Krantz Family Philanthropic Fund J. Kenneth Brown ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Friedman (LAW ’59; SAS ’63) Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Winslow (LAW ’75; WRC ’74) John D. Brown ’69 Leon and Laille* Gabinet Mr. and Mrs. Larry William Zukerman ’85 George Damron Callard ’92 John H. Gherlein* ’51 Charles E. Zumkehr ‘64 Craig Edward Chapman ’80 Mr. and Mrs. John Mills Gherlein ’80 Douglas W. Charnas ’78 Rachel Mills Gherlein (NUR ’50) Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Chattman ’67 Sheldon G. Gilman ’67 Children’s Law Group Mr. and Ms. David Goldberg ’69 COLLEAGUE Hon. Joseph E. Cirigliano ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Herschel Goldstein (ADL ’61, ($1,000 - $4,999) John Coury ’90 and Maureen Clancy ’90 LAW ’67; FSM ’63, GRS ’69) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. Cook (LAW ’90; LAW ’90) Michael R. Gordon ’85 Christopher Fleming ’90 and Jessica Abrahams ’90 Ret. Hon. Colleen Conway Cooney (WRC ’78, LAW ’81) James D. Graham ’95 Bryan L. Adamson ’90 Timothy Joseph Coughlin ’84 Joan M. ’76 and Alan D. Gross Andrew Agati ’95 Richard O. Cunningham Adam Paul Hall ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Allgood ’77 Mr. and Mrs. David Cupar (CAS ’96, LAW ’99; LAW ’98) Richard G. Hardy ’78 John M. Alten ’99 Richard Cusick ’55 Harold E. & Nancy S. Friedman Philanthropic Fund Robert D. Anderle ’90 Carolyn Wesley Davenport ’80 Michael F. Harris ’77 Stephen Anway Kenneth Boone Davis, Jr. ’74 Katherine Hatton ’80 and Richard Bilotti Markus Edgars Apelis ’08 Rhonda Baker Debevec ’97 Mark Andrew Healey ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Baldwin ’68 Mr. and Ms. Grant Neil Dinner (LAW ’96; SAS ’97) Justin E. Herdman Debbie Moss Batt (LAW ’78, MGT ’90) Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Duff (LAW ’84; LAW ’90) Jeffrey Marc Herman ’85 Mara E. Cushwa ’90 and John Paul Batt ’78 Mr. and Mrs. John P. Dunn ’75 Carolyn P. Hermon-Percell ’95 Caitlin Bell David Carr Dvorak ’91 Matthew Hartell Herndon ’92 David L. and Christine L. Bell (CIT ’74, LAW ’77; Alexander Carl Elsberg ’96 Karl G. Herold ’72 NUR ‘76, WRC ’77) J. Martin Erbaugh ’73 Donald A. Heydt ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Larry M. Bell ’61 Fay Sharpe LLP Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Hopwood (LAW ’74; LYS ’74) Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP John J. Filak ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allan Hulme (LAW ’79; NUR ’93) Co-Dean Jessica Berg (GRS ’09, Public Health) Toni Marie Fisher ’87 Anita P. Jackson, Ph.D. James H. Berick ’58 Dr. and Mrs. Scott D. Flamm ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Jackson (LAW ’61; FSM ’58) Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon I. Berns ’60 Oldrich Foucek, III ’75 Jennifer and Grant Dinner Fund J.V. Biernacki Carol Tyler Fox, Ph.D. (GRS ’70, GRS ’72, LAW ’05) Jewish Community Federation of Louisville KY William D. Beyer ’69 Diane M. Francis Joanne & David Rosen Family Fund
*deceased Fall 2016 x In Brief x 67 2015-2016 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Bernard Charles Johnson ’69 Marshall I. Nurenberg (CLC ’50, LAW ’53) and Candace M. Jones ’92 Joanne M. Klein (CLC ’58, GRS ’63) Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn S. Judson* (ADL ’38, LAW ’40) Stephen M. O’Bryan ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kancler (LAW ’64; NUR ’65, Anthony Joseph O’Malley ’84 SAS ’91) Timothy Opsitnick ’85 and Janet Gosche Prof. and Mrs. Lewis R. Katz William S. Paddock ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kaufman (LAW ’56; FSM ’56) David L. Parham (CIT ’67, LAW ’74) Elizabeth J. Keefer Michael A. Pavlick ’90 Richard Arthur Keeney ’59 Deborah Pergament ’98 Hon. Stephen Hughes Kehoe ’86 Stephen John Petras, Jr. ’79 Kendis Family Trust Hon. James M. Petro ’73 Mr. and Mrs. James Kendis (ADL ’63, LAW ’66; FSM ’65) Mr. and Mrs. Alan Petrov (LAW ’74; SAS ’90) Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kendis (ADL ’66, LAW ’69) Dr. John R. Sedor and Geralyn Presti (LAW ‘88, Margaret A. Kennedy ’76 SAS ‘88) Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Kinzler (WRC ’80, LAW ’84) Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc. James M. Klein ’69 Stacy S. ’82 and Dr. Patrick G. Quinn (MED ’87) Stephen J. Knerly, Jr. ’76 Steven Gerald Rado ’08 James Charles Koenig (MGT ’83, LAW ’87) Amanda M. Raines ’03 Randall L. Solomon ’73 Anthony Dean Konkoly (LAW ’86, MGT ’96) Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Randall (LAW ’72; SAS ’71) William F. Stoll, Jr. ’73 John Krajewski ’85 and Judith Steiner ‘87 Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Rapp (ADL ’69, LAW ’72; Susan and Howard Hopwood Fund Thomas ’82 and Dr. Dana Kromer NUR ’72) Mr. and Mrs. Mark F. Swary ’73 Edward Thaddeus Krumeich, II ’75 Sarah and Kip Reader ’74 James E. Thomson ’61 David Alan Kutik ’80 Robert Philip Reffner ’77 Lawrence P. Trepeck Carmen Frank Lamancusa ’67 Hon. Kenneth A. Rocco ’65 T. Tucci ’82 and N. Hronek ’82 Wilbur C. Leatherberry (ADL ’65, LAW ’68) William P. Rogers, Jr. ’78 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Donald E. Lefton ’55 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rorimer (LAW ’75; GRS ’75) David F. Walbert ’72 Terry Leiden ’70 Theodore F. Rose ’69 R. Byron Wallace ’74 Leslie D. and John P. Dunn Philanthropic Fund David Ira Rosen ’77 Mr. and Mrs. David S. Weil, Jr. (LAW ‘70; CLC ‘68) George C. Limbach ’58 Daniel B. Roth ’56 Marvin L. Weinberg ’77 Karl Averell Limbach* ’57 RSW Hospitality, Inc. Jerome F. Weiss ’71 Rita ’81 and Charles L. Maimbourg Patrick Joseph Saccogna ’90, ’99 Kristine Marie Wellman ’95 Joel A. Makee ’69 Valerie Gentile Sachs ’81 Mr. and Mrs. John R. Werren ’61 Jennifer Rebecca Malkin (WRC ’83, LAW ’86) John Michael Saganich (WRC ’79, LAW ’84) Jerome F. Weiss ’71 Hon. Theodore S. Mandeville, Jr. ’56 Dean Michael Scharf Dennis R. Wilcox ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Marcela ’81 Donald S. Scherzer ’75 Hazel Martin Willacy ’76 The Honorable Alfred ’56 and Margery Margolis Alexander Cochran Schoch ’79 Michelle Williams ’86 and Harvey Cain Milton A. Marquis ’84 and Pamela E. Whittaker Marjorie M. Seeley Lewis I. Winarsky ’72 Dr. and Mrs. Robert James Marshall (LAW ’90; Joseph Marc Sellers ’79 David Pierson Woolsey ’82 GRS ’88, MED ’93) Arthur W. Shantz, Jr. ’68 William T. Wuliger ’69 Donald S. Maurice, Jr. ’88 Michael J. Shapiro ’94 Kevin Michael Young ’85 Hon. John James McConnell, Jr. ’83 Roger Lee Shumaker ’76 John Adam Zangerle, III ’91 J. Timothy McDonald ’90 Alan S. Sims (ADL ’55, LAW ’58) Charles B. Zellmer ’72 Kevin David McDonald ’78 George L. McGaughey, Jr. ’75 Alex S. Melgun (ADL ‘52, LAW ’55) Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Messerman (ADL ’58, LAW ’61) MATCHING GIFTS Thomas and Dr. Terri Ann Mester (LAW ’69; WRC ’78, GRS ’84, GRS ’93) Bank of America Foundation Lubrizol Foundation Osborne Mills, Jr. ’75 BNY Mellon Community Partnership McGuireWoods, LLP Karen G. Milton ’81 Deloitte Foundation NACCO Industries, Inc. William A. Minnich ’57 Dow Corning Corporation Norfolk Southern Foundation Ross I. Molho ’93 Eaton Charitable Fund Ohio National Foundation George Joseph Moscarino ’58 Ernst & Young Foundation Parker Hannifin Foundation George M. Moscarino ’83 FIS Group Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Jacqueline Ann Musacchia ’88 GE Fund Solvay USA Inc. Tariq Mahmood Naeem ’00 General Mills Foundation Sherwin-Williams Foundation Harini Narayanswamy ’07 James Hardie Building Products Inc. Walter | Haverfield LLP Norman S. Minor Bar Association John Huntington Fund for Education Wells Fargo Community Support Lincoln Financial Group Foundation, Inc.
68 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law *deceased CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
LEW KATZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The class of 1969 spearheaded the formation Mr. and Mrs. John Mills Gherlein ’80 of an endowed scholarship, in honor of Mr. and Ms. David Goldberg ’69 Professor Lewis (Lew) R. Katz’s 50th year of Christopher J. Goldthorpe ’70 teaching at the law school. What started out Michael D. Goler ’77 as an idea by the class during their 45th Charles Edward Guerrier (ADL ’69, LAW ’72) reunion has become a school-wide movement Adam Paul Hall ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay Montamat Hoguet (LAW ’10, and has resulted in a sizable scholarship, in MED ’12; CAS ’12) honor of Lew. Special thanks to the list of Dr. and Mrs. Jan Horbaly (ADL ’66, LAW ’69; GRS ’69) alumni and friends below who gave generously Daniel Joseph Hudak ’68 to the scholarship since its establishment Bernard Charles Johnson ’69 through July 31, 2016. Candace M. Jones ’92 Mr. James and Dr. Kimberly Kaffenbarger (LAW ’94; Anonymous ’75 MED ’95) Professor Lew Katz, 1984. Thomas E. Africa ’71 Bart Kalnay ’07 Andrew Agati ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Karakul (LAW ’79; WRC ’73) Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Peterman ’73 Gita Akbarzadeh ’04 Daivia S. Kasper ’95 Kathleen Anne Pettingill (LAW ’81, SAS ’82) William ’69 and Karen Allport Prof. and Mrs. Lewis R. Katz Dr. John Sedor and Geralyn Presti (LAW ’88, SAS ’88) James D. Asimes (LAW ’15, MGT ’15) Mr. and Mrs. John Colonel Kealy ’69 John Chandler Rayson ’74 Association of Municipal County Judges of Ohio, Inc. Francis Barry Keefe ’73 Richard H. Bamberger Philanthropic Fund Baker & Associates Prof. Robin M. Kennedy ’70 Janice E. Rieth ’78 Scott L. Baker ’85 David Herman Kessler ’74 Benjamin Lee Ristau ’13 Richard H. Bamberger ’72 James M. Klein ’69 Theodore F. Rose ’69 Roger S. Bamberger ’72 Randall Girard Klimchock ’89 Scott M. Rosenzweig ’77 Heather Bartzi ’05 Peter Edward Koenig ’81 RSW Hospitality, Inc. John G. Beck ’91 Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Koosed ’74; ’74 Brent Michael Ryan ’06 Marc S. Beckman ’94 Susan Marie Kornatowski (CAS ’05, LAW ’08) Lawrence E. Sachs ’83 Ed ’83 and Denise Bell ’83 Neil J. Kozokoff ’81 John M. Saganich ’84 William D. Beyer ’69 Alan Robert Kretzer ’68 Karen R. Savransky (WRC ’73, LAW ’76) Allegra M.C. Black ’00 Edward Thaddeus Krumeich, II ’75 Charles Robert Schaefer ’69 Kent Howard Borges ’77 Jack Kurant ’71 Jay Shapiro ’80 Steven E. Borgeson ’82 Ellen Lake ’70 David Bennett Sholem ’78 Hon. Donna J. Bowman ’70 Pearce ’74 and Jill Leary Jerry B. Silverman ’69 The Honorable Paul Brickner ’66 Nelson Robert Leese ’13 Cynthia Anne Smith ’82 Carl Frederick Brooker, IV ’10 Ya-Hsuan Lin ’09 Michael Warren Smith (LAW ’99, MGT ’99) John D. Brown ’69 Larry B. Litwin ’70 Robert M. Spira ’72 Stephen L. Buescher ’69 Evan E. Lloyd ’66 Susan St. Onge ’91 Cynthia R. Burgin ’85 Gerry and Sheri Lublin (ADL ’66, LAW ’69; FSM ’69) Kevin Kenji Takata ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Carlini (LAW ’73; FSM ’71) Ermel Ray Luckett, Jr. ’88 Christopher Taliferro Tall ’92 Citizens Supporting Uffman-Kirsch Michael K. Lyons ’85 Ed H. Tetelman ’72 Daniel ‘62 and Carol Clancy Joel A. Makee ’69 Robert L. Tobik (ADL ’66, LAW ’69) Mr. and Mrs. Terence Clark (LAW ’69; NUR ’69) Mary D. Maloney ’95 Richard H. Verheij (WRC ’80, LAW ’83) The Cleveland Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Margolis (LAW ’86; MGT ’90) Hon. William F. B. Vodrey ’92 Joel M. Cockrell ’73 Jeffrey B. Marks ’69 Zachary John Walker ’13 Hon. Colleen Conway Cooney (WRC ’78, LAW ’81) Hon. John James McConnell, Jr. ’83 R. Byron Wallace ’74 Stuart W. Cordell ’81 James W. McKee ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Webster (LAW ’73; FSM Angela Birch Cox ’87 Prof. Frank S. Merritt ’68 ’71) Michael Patrick Coyne ’79 John R. Miller ’76 Steven Harris Weigler ’92 Michelle Bisenius Creger ’81 Pamela Sue Miller ’88 Mr. and Mrs. David S. Weil, Jr. (LAW ‘70; CLC ‘68) Luke Lucien Dauchot (WRC ’83, LAW ’86) William A. Minnich ’57 Harold Roy Weinberg (ADL ’66, LAW ’69) Steven Joseph Deerwester ’75 Martin Lee Mizel ’69 Kurt B. Wentz ’74 John A. Demer, Jr. ’71 Mr. and Mrs. John Mulligan (LAW ’74; GRS ’74) Diane Rubin Williams ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Duff ’84; ’90 John Martin Nolan ’87 Thomas L. Wiseman ’69 William John Edwards, II ’69 Stephen M. O’Bryan ’69 Marshall J. Wolf ’67 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Matthew C. O’Connell ’83 William T. Wuliger ’69 Hon. Jay T. Finch ’85 Christopher M. O’Connor ’00 Alan Charles Yarcusko ’93 Carol Tyler Fox, Ph.D. (GRS ’70, GRS ’72, LAW ’05) Nancy A. Oretskin ’88 Howard J. Freedman ’70 William S. Paddock ’69 If interested in supporting the scholarship, Gregory Thomas Frohman ’14 James M. Pasch ’10 please contact the Office of Alumni Relations Nicholas Joseph Gaffney, III ’87 John Charles Paul ’79 & Development at (216) 368-3308. Mr. Martin Gelfand ’97 and Dr. Sherry Ball Joseph M. Paul ’69
Fall 2016 x In Brief x 69 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
LAW FIRM GIVING CHALLENGE
The School of Law is grateful to the law firms Cavitch Familo & Durkin Co., L.P.A. and alumni volunteers/representatives who Managing Partner: Michael C. Cohan annually participate in the Law Firm Giving LFGC Representative: Mark A. Trubiano ’88 Challenge (LFGC). With the assistance of HONOR ROLL BY participating alumni at respective firms and Gallagher Sharp FIRM SUPPORT firm support, the 2015-2016 Law Firm Giving Managing Partner: Timothy T. Brick ’88 Challenge raised more than $320,000 for the LFGC Representative: Colleen Mountcastle ’98 Law School Annual Fund. LFGC Representative: Alan Petrov ’74 LEADER ($100,000+) Congratulations to the following 2015-2016 Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP BakerHostetler Giving Challenge winners: Managing Partner: Lawrence E. Oscar LFGC Representative: Eric Levasseur ’02 First Place, Participation – 100% LFGC Representative: Michael Pascoe ’06 BENEFACTOR (listed in order of achievement): ($25,000 - $99,999) 1. Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Jones Day Ulmer & Berne LLP 2. Buckley King Partner-in-Charge: Heather Lennox 3. Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP LFGC Representative: Dennis L. Murphy ’91 PARTNER Second Place, Participation McDonald Hopkins LLC ($10,000 - $24,999) Tucker Ellis LLP Managing Partner: Shawn M. Riley ’86 Dickinson Wright PLLC LFGC Representative: David B. Cupar ’99 DLA Piper LLP Third Place, Participation Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP McDonald Hopkins LLC Partner-in-Charge: Hugh McKay Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP Total Giving LFGC Representative: Donald J. Fisher ’76 Tucker Ellis LLP (alumni and firm support combined): 1. BakerHostetler Reminger Co., LPA DEANS’ SOCIETY 2. Ulmer & Berne LLP Managing Partner: Stephen E. Walters 3. Tucker Ellis LLP LFGC Representative: Holly M. Wilson ’01 ($5,000 - $9,999) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP BakerHostetler Roetzel & Andress Managing Partner: Hewitt B. Shaw ’80 Partner-in-Charge: Robert E. Blackham COLLEAGUE LFGC Representative: David A. Carney ’05 LFGC Representative: R. Mark Jones ’93 ($1,000 - $4,999) Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Managing Partner: Gregg A. Eisenberg Managing Partner: Michele L. Connell ’03 Fay Sharpe LLP LFGC Representative: Bernard G. Goodman ’60 LFGC Representative: John D. Lazzaretti ’06 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Brouse McDowell Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP Partner-in-Charge: Christopher Carney ’86 Partner-in-Charge: Kevin D. Barnes LFGC Representative: Thomas A. Gattozzi ’91 LFGC Representative: Joel A. Makee ’69
Walter | Haverfield LLP Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC Thompson Hine Managing Partner: Ralph E. Cascarilla Managing Partner and LFGC Representative: Partner-in-Charge: Robin Minter Smyers LFGC Representative: Mark S. Fusco ’88 John P. Slagter ’91 LFGC Representative: Conor A. McLaughlin ’07
Weston Hurd LLP Buckley King Tucker Ellis LLP Managing Partner: Carolyn M. Cappel Managing Partner: Brent Buckley Managing Partner: Joseph J. Morford LFGC Representative: Warren Rosman ’76 LFGC Representative: Carol K. Metz ’00 LFGC Representative: Nicole Braden Lewis ’01 LFGC Representative: Heidi J. Milicic ’96 Zashin & Rich Ulmer & Berne LLP Managing Partners: Andrew Zashin ’93 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Managing Partner: Harold (Kip) Reader ’74 and Stephen Zashin ’95 Managing Partner: Brent D. Ballard ’85 LFGC Representative: Jennifer Lawry Adams ’96 LFGC Representative: Michael Brittain ’79 LFGC Representative: George S. Crisci ’83 LFGC Representative: Donald Lampert ’86 Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP Managing Partner: Anthony O’Malley ’84 LFGC Representative: Bryan J. Farkas ’00
70 x Case Western Reserve University School of Law 2015-2016 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
HONOR ROLL BY DONOR BY CLASS YEAR
Recognizing alumni who have made gifts to the law school during fiscal year 2016 (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). 1940 Joseph Paul Sontich, Sr. Jack E. Shelley 1956 John P. Falcone Harold H. Uible Harold L. Ticktin David Friedman Franklyn S. Judson* Eugene M. Adelman J. Andrew Kundtz Irvin Myron Milner* Allen B. Bickart George C. Limbach 1950 1954 Martin C. Blake George Joseph Moscarino Ignatius A. Comella Hon. Daniel Eugene Gallagher Jerome M. Ellerin 1942 Robert S. Reitman William S. Leizman Herbert B. Levine John J. Filak Jack L. Rappoport Alan S. Sims Hon. George W. Spanagel William J. Miller David L. Freeman Eugene Stevens Eldon S. Wright, Jr. Eleanore S. Neubert Sanford A. Halpert Thomas A. Unverferth* 1946 R. Joseph Opperman Jack Kaufman Stanley I. Adelstein* 1951 Benjamin H. Rosker J. Robert Malloy Morton Lawrence Stone* Hon. Theodore S. Mandeville, Jr. Richard G. Bell 1959 Melvin J. Strouse Hon. Alfred L. Margolis Hon. William Ridenour Baird 1947 John H. Gherlein* Daniel B. Roth Daniel P. Batista John D. Cannell Alvin L. Gray Keith E. Spero Ralph V. Cosiano Richard C. Rose John A. Howard 1955 Robert C. Weber Harold E. Friedman John K. Sullivan Angela Genovese Carlin Gerald E. Fuerst Fred Weisman William V. Cawley 1948 Capt. John Terence Gladis* Rudolph S. Zadnik Hon. R.R. Denny Clunk 1957 James F. Brucklacher Alan D. Greenberg Richard Cusick Karl Averell Limbach* Richard A. Chenoweth Richard Arthur Keeney Frank H. Harvey, Jr. James C. McGrath Vincent F. Kelleher 1952 Richard N. Mitchell Donald E. Lefton William A. Minnich Hon. Max B. Stewart Hon. Joseph E. Cirigliano Robert Franklin Orth Alex S. Melgun James F. O’Day Joseph J. Sommer Hon. Leo Michael Spellacy Bernard H. Niehaus Daniel S. Rak Laurence D. Steinsapir 1949 Charles R. Perelman Joseph G. Schneider James F. Sweeney Donald Richard Brooks 1953 Alan Ellis Riedel* Donald Matthew Tomsik Harold J. Fast* Lewis Einbund James E. Wanner Emma Skoff Lincoln Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr. 1958 Harold L. Witsaman George N. Aronoff William C. McCoy Marshall I. Nurenberg James H. Berick Sheldon E. Ross Albert Obermeyer
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J. David Buzzard Prof. Frank S. Merritt Larry B. Litwin Logan Fulrath, Jr. Charles R. Oestreicher John P. Malone, Jr. Mark Joel Goldberg W. James Ollinger Seth Benjamin Marks John A. Hallbauer Hon. Michael E. O’Malley Irvin Myron Milner* James D. Kendis Hon. Martin O’Donnell Parks John Ford Strong Thomas J. LaFond Michael Alan Pohl Hon. Raymond F. Voelker Dale C. LaPorte Robert G. Rubin David S. Weil, Jr. Evan E. Lloyd George R. Sapir John Garver Morrisson Arthur W. Shantz, Jr. 1971 Raymond Ronald November David Niel Strand Thomas E. Africa Benson Dale Pilloff Frederick A. Watkins Thomas G. Belden James F. Sweeney Robert Stanley Wilson, Jr. Jerry W. Boykin C. Max Vassanelli Joseph W. Casper 1969 Madge Langer Casper 1967 William W. Allport John A. Demer, Jr. Gerald B. Chattman William D. Beyer Charles W. Findlay, III Richard M. Fanelly John D. Brown Richard E. Hahn 1960 H. Philip Heil Sheldon G. Gilman Stephen L. Buescher Katherine Ann Hossofsky William E. Karnatz, Sr. Anonymous Elliott Herschel Goldstein Terence James Clark Jack Kurant Byron Samuel Krantz Sheldon I. Berns Jerrold L. Goldstein Kenneth L. Cohen Carl A. Nunziato William H. Logsdon Dick Brubaker David Bruce Harrison William John Edwards, II Ellen W. Ott Frederick M. Lombardi Thomas P. Butler, Jr. Ronald E. Holtman David Goldberg Jerold George Paquette Frank Charles Manak, III Bernard Goodman Carmen Frank Lamancusa Charles A. Hambly, Jr. Hon. Herbert E. Phipps James S. Monahan Richard Alan Goulder Hon. Alfred W. Mackey George E. Harwin Jerome F. Weiss Ivan L. Otto John B. Hammett Lloyd D. Mazur Dr. Jan Horbaly Alan Jay Shapiro Neal P. Lavelle Hon. Richard J. McMonagle Bernard Charles Johnson 1972 John Clayton Oberholtzer John Colonel Kealy Prof. Albert H. Leyerle Carolyn Watts Allen James Lee Parker Robert D. Kendis Robert Michael Lustig 1963 Joseph J. Allotta Samuel Richard Petry, II James M. Klein Donald W. Perkal Ronald H. Gordon Mark David Averbach Charles Preston Rose, Jr. Gerald R. Lublin John Henry Wilharm, Jr. Charles W. Lissauer Richard H. Bamberger Aberdeen Hutchison Sabo Joel A. Makee Carole Ann Mancino Roger S. Bamberger William A. Shira, III Jeffrey B. Marks Paul A. Mancino, Jr. Douglas N. Barr 1961 William Lee Spring James W. McKee William A. Papenbrock Richard A. Bloomfield Lawrence M. Bell John D. Steele, Jr. Thomas Mester Thomas B. Brigham, Jr. Richard G. Bell Hon. Ronald Suster Martin Lee Mizel Alan K. Brown Don Peden Brown 1964 Marshall J. Wolf Hon. Thomas F. Norton J. Douglas Butler, M.D. J. Kenneth Brown John D. Emerich John A. Zangerle Stephen M. O’Bryan Paul M. Dutton John Jay Freer Thomas A. Heffernan William S. Paddock Stephen C. Ellis Timothy A. Garry Edward Kancler Joseph M. Paul 1968 Natalie K. Finn Hon. Joseph Giulitto Gary W. Melsher Theodore F. Rose Timothy R. Arnold William H. Fulton Michael T. Honohan Richard A. Rosner Charles Robert Schaefer Thomas S. Baker, Jr. John H. Gibbon Robert H. Jackson John D. Wheeler Jerry B. Silverman Christopher W. Baldwin Paul Dale Glenn Donald N. Jaffe Charles E. Zumkehr Robert L. Tobik John F. Dunlap Charles Edward Guerrier Myron L. Joseph Harold Roy Weinberg John M. Flynn Karl G. Herold John O. Martin Thomas L. Wiseman Gerald A. Messerman 1965 Austin T. Fragomen, Jr. Paul K. Kiever Oakley V. Andrews William T. Wuliger Major General (RET) Robert Alan Barry George Col. William C. Kirk Robert S. Balantzow E. Murray Harlan M. Gordon Hon. William J. Martin Christ Boukis Raymond Ronald November Ronald G. Gymer 1970 Lawrence W. Nelson Gary L. Bryenton James E. Thomson Daniel Joseph Hudak Thomas Harvie Barnard Benjamin J. Randall Thomas J. Eberly John R. Werren John J. Hurley, Jr. Hon. Donna J. Bowman Robert N. Rapp Hon. H. F. Inderlied, Jr. Peter C. Wykoff Donald A. Insul Michael Drain Roland W. Riggs, III Hon. Kenneth A. Rocco David Carroll Johnson Harry E. Field Robert M. Spira John G. Sayle Daniel M. Jonas Howard J. Freedman William R. Strachan 1962 Frederick Glenn Wilder Thomas J. Kiss W. Logan Fry Ed H. Tetelman Robert Michael Beno Robert J. Kolesar Christopher J. Goldthorpe Stephen D. Tompkins Daniel Thomas Clancy Timothy E. Kramer Hon. John Robert Hoffman, Jr. Col. Allan A. Toomey Hon. Thomas Patrick Curran 1966 Hon. J. C. Argetsinger, II Alan Robert Kretzer Prof. Robin M. Kennedy Ralph Sargent Tyler, III Hon. Daniel Eugene Gallagher Richard C. Binzley Wilbur C. Leatherberry Ellen Lake David F. Walbert Julius R. Gerlack Hon. Paul Brickner Richard Frank Mack Terry Leiden Robert B. Walker
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Diane Rubin Williams Lawrence L. Newton Lee A. Koosed Thomas Miller George 1976 Lewis I. Winarsky Michael J. Peterman Margery Beth Koosed Richard John Hauer, Jr. Bruce A. Block Charles B. Zellmer Hon. James M. Petro Deanna Coe Kursh Mary Ann Jorgenson Valerie Jane Bryan Ronald C. Pfeiffer Marc S. Loewenthal Frank S. Kedzielawa Randall G. Burnworth Alan A. Rudnick Edward James Mitchell Scott P. Kenney 1973 James Wong Chin James M. Ruschell John Thomas Mulligan George Thomas Kimmel, III Frederick W. Anthony James A. Ellowitz David E. Schreiner David L. Parham Daniel Joseph Kolick Kenneth Earl Banks, Jr. Edward D. Etheredge Jeffrey N. Silverstein Alan M. Petrov Frederick J. Krebs Daniel B. Bennington William N. Farran, III Randall L. Solomon John S. Pyle Edward Thaddeus Krumeich, II Gregory Glenn Binford Donald J. Fisher William F. Stoll, Jr. John Chandler Rayson Gregory M. Lichko Edgar H. Boles, II Richard Charles Foote Mark F. Swary Kip Reader Babcock MacLean Hon. A. Deane Buchanan Margaret J. Gillis Francis G. Titas Marcialyn Glass Robinowitz Margaret A. Malone Margaret Anne Cannon Cathy Carter Godshall Stephen D. Webster Paul M. Shapiro George L. McGaughey, Jr. Abraham Cantor Douglas Neil Godshall Stephen C. Weingrad Edward F. Siegel Thomas F. McKee Lawrence John Carlini Beverly Grady C. David Witt Kenneth D. Simmons Osborne Mills, Jr. Joel M. Cockrell Constance Rudnick Grayson Alan H. Yamamoto Mark J. Skakun Allen R. Musheno Michael Allen Cyphert Joan M. Gross Lawrence R. Sykes Lester S. Potash James C. Diggs Patrick A. Guida R. Byron Wallace Dorothy F. Reichenbach Leonard Ehrenreich 1974 Loren W. Hershey Kurt B. Wentz Louis Rorimer J. Martin Erbaugh Roger E. Bloomfield Mark L. Hoffman, Ph.D. Hon. Edmund B. Round Lawrence J. Friedman Marc A. Boman Joseph Wayne Hull Donald S. Scherzer Nelson E. Genshaft Kenneth Boone Davis, Jr. 1975 William Jacobs Hon. Marilyn E. Shea-Stonum Stanley T. Jaros Thomas F. Dowd Anonymous Hon. Michael P. Kelbley Hon. Kenneth R. Spanagel Susan Stevens Jaros Julie P. Dubick Douglas C. Carlson Margaret A. Kennedy Marc S. Stein Margaret Nancy Johnson Mitchell B. Dubick Michael J. Casper Stephen J. Knerly, Jr. Carol B. Tanenbaum Francis Barry Keefe Howard H. Hopwood, III Thomas David Corrigan John C. Lucas Gerald P. Vargo James F. Koehler Douglas M. Johnson Kevin A. Cudney David J. Lundgren Peter Weinberger Donald L. Korb Timothy D. Johnson Steven Joseph Deerwester Robert G. McCreary, III G. Kimball Williams Thomas Dutton Leidy Stephen Richard Kalette Thomas C. Doolan Patrick Michael McLaughlin Peter H. Winslow Michael K. Magness Mark David Katz Stanley M. Dub Dixon F. Miller John C. Wojteczko Bernard J. Monbouquette David Herman Kessler Leslie Dunn John R. Miller Mary Ann Zimmer Robert Sherman Moore Timothy J. Kincaid Jeffrey Mark Embleton Alan C. Porter R. Richard Newcomb Andrew Kohn Oldrich Foucek, III Jeffrey P. Posner
*deceased Fall 2016 x In Brief x 73 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Hon. Judith Harris Rawson Phillip J. Kolczynski Donald A. Heydt Jill Goubeaux Clark James Richard Daly, III Warren M. Rosman Mary E. Lewis William H. Howard Michael Patrick Coyne Carolyn Wesley Davenport Dennis A. Rotman Marianne Ludwig Janet MacKenzie Kittel Robert Brayden Downing Michael Edward Elliott Ann C. Rowland Richard K. MacBarron Joy L. Koletsky Robert Charles Ellis Hon. William Calvin Fee Karen R. Savransky David G. Mayer Charles R. Kowal Marye L. Elmlinger Anne Rothwell Forlines Roger Lee Shumaker Christopher C. McCracken Eric S. Lamm David Lake Giles Mary Anne Garvey Ricardo Benjamin Teamor Robert Philip Reffner Christine Blair Legow Marc William Groedel Earl Francis Ghaster, Jr. Robert P. Weaver, Ph.D. David Ira Rosen Paul J. Lupia Martin James Gruenberg John Mills Gherlein Hazel Martin Willacy Scott M. Rosenzweig Kevin David McDonald Charles Moorman Hall Ronald Eric Gluck Cary J. Zabell Jacqueline Simpson Louise Wenner McKinney David Joseph Helscher James Arthur Goldsmith Robin Stuart Stefan H. Jefferson Megargel, II Roy Allan Hulme Colleen Flynn Goss 1977 Debra Samad Thomas Karen N. Moellenberg John S. Inglis Katherine Hatton Stephen Good Thomas Andrew R. Morse Cary Douglas Jones Martin Rossiter Hoke Joan U. Allgood Marvin L. Weinberg Daniel H. Plumly Kurt Karakul Jeffrey Richard Huntsberger Janet Roberta Beck Dennis R. Wilcox Mary Ann Rabin David Steven Kurtz Patricia F. Jacobson David L. Bell Scott Russell Wilson Radd L. Riebe Jeffery M. Mallamad Nora A. Jones Kent Howard Borges Hon. Daniel V. Zemaitis Janice E. Rieth Stephen A. Markus John P. Kellogg Thomas Boustead William P. Rogers, Jr. Alexander G. Nossiff R. Eric Kennedy Jonathan M. Boylan Stephen Albert Santangelo Robert John O’Brien David Alan Kutik Kerry D. Bruce 1978 Michael David Schenker John Charles Paul Scott Wood Lafferty Herman J. Carach Debbie Moss Batt Joan C. Scott John A. Pendergrass, III Thomas M. Lawrence Joseph D. Carney John Paul Batt David Bennett Sholem Stephen John Petras, Jr. Paul Brian Madow James A. Clark Victoria Matts Beach Kenneth A. Sprang Jan L. Roller Lisa Froimson Mann William Mark Crawforth Bruce J. Belman McCullough A. Williams, III Alexander Cochran Schoch Rosaleen Kiernan Mazanec Philip J. Croyle Henry Edmund Billingsley, II F. J. Witt, III Joseph Marc Sellers Jean McQuillan B. Amanda Garver William O. W. Bush Gail L. Young Arthur J. Tassi, III M. Patricia Oliver Jean Brewster Giddings Steven A. Caputo Cynthia J. Wiens Dominic Vincent Perry Gwenn E. Glover Douglas W. Charnas Penny Rabinkoff Michael D. Goler Diane Citron 1979 Michael Joseph Russo, Ph.D. Michael F. Harris Kevin Cogan Christopher Norman Ames 1980 Amy R. Schmidt David L. Huber Mary Lynn Durham Richard M. Bain Christopher Mark Bechhold Philip Arend Schuster Patricia Marcus Inglis Thomas B. Ewing Andrea L. Berger Anna Mae Blankemeyer Jay Shapiro Peter A. Joy James C. Hagy Harvey Paul Blank Craig Edward Chapman Hewitt B. Shaw Gordon D. Kinder, II Richard G. Hardy Julia Sayers Bolton David Arthur Christiansen Harry Thomas Sigmier Bernard P. Klein Stephen M. Harnik Michael E. Brittain Janet W. Coquillette
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David Clyde Vanaman Stacy Smith Quinn Carol Koletsky Marilyn Gottlieb Wasser Anne Beltz Rimmler Keith Robert Kraus Irene Lowe Willson Philipp Lee Rimmler Albert Joseph Lucas Barbara Ann Wolf John D. Robinett Milton A. Marquis Debra Dee Rosman Sheila Anne McKeon 1981 Robert Stephen Rybka David Landers O’Connell Cynthia Anne Smith Anthony Joseph O’Malley John Malcolm Allan, Jr. Robert J. Triozzi Craig Turner Ornell Alexander McAllister Andrews Theodore J. Tucci James Charles Perry Mary K. Bender Michael Willis Vary, Ph.D. John Michael Saganich Thomas Craig Blank David Pierson Woolsey Kevin Kenji Takata Hon. Colleen Conway Cooney Lisa Katherine Toner Stuart W. Cordell Nelson A. Toner Michelle Bisenius Creger 1983 Gregory J. Viviani Kathryn Gonser Eloff Bruce G. Alexander Amy L. Weber Christine M. Farquhar David Altman Robert Mitchell Weiss Bob Charles Griffo Jane M. Bauschard John M. Wirtshafter William Arthur Harwood Denise Dzurec Bell Barbara Ann Langhenry Harry B. Zornow Susan Metzenbaum Hyatt Edward Joseph Bell 1986 Edward James Mamone Robert Mason Ingersoll Donna L. Cahill John Francis McCaffrey Luke Lucien Dauchot Jean C. Kalberer Kenneth Scott Cline John Kelly McDonald 1985 Mark David Euster Jeffrey Stephen Kaufman George Sabato Crisci Scott L. Baker John Martin Nolan Mark Andrew Healey Peter Edward Koenig James Dodds Curphey Brent D. Ballard Grant Elliott Pollack Kirsten Anne Hotchkiss Neil J. Kozokoff Jack T. Diamond Daniel C. Barr Donza Michelle Poole Ari Hershel Jaffe Rita Ann Maimbourg Robert Edelstein John Walter Boyd Amy Soppel Renshaw Hon. Stephen Hughes Kehoe Paul A. Marcela John R. Estadt Cynthia R. Burgin Judith A. Steiner Anthony Dean Konkoly Steven J. Miller R. Leland Evans Bret J. Cimorell Rosemary Sweeney Enid L. Kushner Karen G. Milton William C. Geary, III M. Bradley Dean Ronald Jay Teplitzky Donald Eli Lampert, Ph.D. Matthew Patrick Moriarty Margaret J. Grover Gary Stuart Desberg Mary S. Timpany John Michael Majoras Kathleen Anne Pettingill R. Mark Jones Deirdre Anne Donnelly Timothy N. Toma George L. Majoros, Jr. James E. Phillips Steven Elliott Kahan Hon. Jay T. Finch Renee Fern Videlefsky Jennifer Rebecca Malkin Steven Brian Potter Richard Joseph Kapner Michael R. Gordon Mark Alan Weinberger Jeffrey Hellman Margolis Steven Arthur Rosenberg Hon. John James McConnell, Jr. Daniel Conger Harkins Linda R. Mittleman Valerie Gentile Sachs Kathryn Lynn Mercer, Ph.D. M. Ann Harlan David Talmage Musselman G. Vincent Slusarz Barry J. Miller Geoffrey P. Haslam 1988 Suzanne Kleinsmith Saganich Helen M. Bell John Edward Stillpass George M. Moscarino Adrienne Sauro Heckman Karen Ann Skarupski Kathy DeVito Cohen Ronn Samuel Nadis Jeffrey Marc Herman Ann Kowal Smith, D.M. Loretta H. Garrison Matthew C. O’Connell Laura Kingsley Hong 1982 Elizabeth Anne St. Lifer James Hanston Grove Eric Vincent Oliver Ruth D. Kahn Lawrence E. Apolzon Michael Scott Tucker Alan Craig Hochheiser Lawrence E. Sachs Carol A. Kenney Gary Steven Blake Rochelle Friedman Walk Santo Incorvaia Alan Wesley Scheufler Lori Elaine Kirschner Steven E. Borgeson Kevin Charles Williams Sharon L. Knaggs Paul Joseph Singerman John Kenneth Krajewski Regina L. Chiarucci Michelle Anne Williams Frank Guy Lamancusa Richard H. Verheij Jeffrey W. Krueger Andre Ashley Craig Meryl Sugar Zweig Lori Bornstein Linskey Linda Lockler Wilkins Michael K. Lyons Sheryl Ann DeSantis Paul Eric Linskey Jane S. Markson Ian S. Haberman, Ph.D. Catherine Elizabeth Little Judith Bliss McBride 1987 Nancy A. Hronek 1984 Ermel Ray Luckett, Jr. Gregory Valentin Mersol Barbara Lee Armstrong Timothy Sean Kerr Lawrence Raymond Bach Saralee K. Luke Robert William Monroe Phillip Mark Callesen Jane Kestenbaum Mohammed J. Bidar Michael John Lyle J. Patrick Morris Angela Birch Cox Timothy A. Konieczny Brian S. Braunstein Bernadette Mihalic Mast Timothy M. Opsitnick Toni Marie Fisher John L. Kraus Howard E. Coburn David L. Mast David B. Ritter Nicholas Joseph Gaffney, III Thomas Robert Kromer Geoffrey Cooper James Frederick Mathews Craig S. Sampson Lynn Maureen Gattozzi Kathy P. Lazar Timothy Joseph Coughlin Donald S. Maurice, Jr. Ingrid Sapona Debra S. Grischkan John W. Lebold Bruce Hunter Cox Thomas I. Michals Bridget Hart Shea Jill Friedman Helfman William F. Lepage Susan Woodward Demaske Pamela Sue Miller Robert Daniel Sweeney, Jr. Bruce Douglas Hendryx Raymond Michael Malone Therese Sweeney Drake Jacqueline Ann Musacchia Douglas V. Van Dyk John F. Hill Robert Alan Miller Jane Rolnick Duff Nancy A. Oretskin Alan Yanowitz Craig Stephen Jones Constance Anne Nearhood William Davis Fosnight Debra Ann Perelman Kevin Michael Young Edmund George Kauntz Lynn Frances Ondrey Gruber Rae E. Griffin Geralyn Marie Presti James Nicholas Zerefos Catherine Mary Kilbane William M. Ondrey Gruber David Michael Grodhaus Lisa Ann Roberts-Mamone Larry William Zukerman James Charles Koenig Laura Green Quatela Alexander C. Kinzler Bonny Elaine Sweeney
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Susan St. Onge Mariel Ann Harris, M.D. 1997 Christopher Frederick Swing James A. Kaffenbarger, Jr. Joseph Charles Blasko Christopher Paul Thorman Elisabeth R. Moore Larry Willis Conner, II John Adam Zangerle, III A. Tod Northman Rhonda Baker Debevec Timothy P. Roth James Thomas Dixon Kathleen D. Rothman 1992 Michael Allen Fixler Amanda M. Seewald Michael John Benza Martin D. Gelfand Michael J. Shapiro George Damron Callard Laurel Skillicorn Gibbs Seth M. Wolf John Theodore Castele Kevin P. Gluntz Karen Margaret Coblentz Jon Joseph Goldwood James Francis Contini, II 1995 Jason A. Korosec Joseph Walter Deighton Andrew Agati Lora Lynne Krider Victoria L. Donati Aaron B. Alexander Catherine Marie Mauk Robert Stephen Faxon Stephen Eric Baskin Elizabeth Merryweather Donald S. Gries Keiko Bjorkman David M. Neumann Robert S. Gurwin Larissa Larson Bungo Renee Lee Snow John Suderley Harris Kim Rosen Cullers Jennifer Louise Vergilii Matthew Hartell Herndon Michael A. Cullers Olga Yefimovna Zullig Mark Anthony Trubiano Timothy J. Duff Candace M. Jones James David DeRosa Jeffrey Lang Weidenthal Christopher D. Fleming Denise Lynn Kipfstuhl Anne Lederman Flamm Jeanne Martoglio Wilson Patricia A. Gajda 1998 Susan R. Massey Lisa H. Fraley Richard Evan Wolfson Amy Scott Gilchrist Coreen Antoinette Bromfield John William McKenzie James D. Graham Robert Francis Yonchak Richard C. Haber Benjamin W. Chase Susan Steinle McKenzie Daniel R. Hansen Terence M. Kennedy Jennifer Cupar Robert S. Melson Carolyn P. Hermon-Percell Marjorie H. Kitchell Sharmili Poonam Das 1989 Jacquelyn Nance Alison M. Hill Paula Sue Klausner Andrew Mark Fowerbaugh David Allan Basinski, Jr. Jane Eileen Penttila Lincoln G. Kaiser Laurie C. Knapp Frederick Peter Lehr Katherine Diane Brandt Scott Carleton Peters Daivia S. Kasper Rob M. Kochis Wendy Jean Lewis Margaret Suzanne Callesen Laura Marie Simmons Gregory W. Knapp Charles R. Manak John Hartman May Russell Neil Cunningham H. William Smith, III Kirstin T. Knight Capricia P. Marshall Kevin Scott McDonald Alan Paul DiGirolamo Christopher Taliferro Tall Richard W. Landoll J. Timothy McDonald John Joseph McGuire David Leroy Drechsler Ramesh Thambuswamy Mary D. Maloney Anne Morgan McDowell Deborah Pergament Gale Holly Freeman George Glines Thompson Nicole Robilotto Nason Alexandra M. H. McPeek Joshua D. Silverman Adam Paul Hall Hon. William F. B. Vodrey Kristine Marie Wellman Ronald A. Mingus Christopher H. Hunter S. Peter Voudouris John A. Young Christian Riter Patno Mark Peter Kesslen Steven Harris Weigler 1999 Michael A. Pavlick Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier John M. Alten Elaine Welsh Rosenberger Randall Girard Klimchock 1996 Jaime Marie Bouvier Gregg A. Rossi 1993 Jennifer L. Adams Andrej Nicholas Lah David B. Cupar Patrick Joseph Saccogna A. Michael Anderton Robert D. Barr James Thompson Lang Larry Bruce Donovan Robert E. Sebold Elissa Morganti Banas Angela Thi Bennett Kevin David Margolis W. Jay Frazier Michael Anthony Benoit Stacey Lemming Blasko Mark Raymond Mitchell Lesley Ann Gordon Christopher Dean Cusimano Grant Neil Dinner Susan Lynn Racey 1991 Robert Kamins Suzanne Faul Day Alexander Carl Elsberg Harold Ray Rauzi Daniel E. Anker, Ph.D. Caroline Louisa Marks Craig Stephen Denney M. David Galin Brian Julius Tareshawty Brian Mark Bartko Jill Elaine Nelson Cynthia Dollar Arthur E. Gibbs, III Alan Victor Wunsch John G. Beck Richard Christopher Rezie Alan David Fuente Julia Marie Jordan James Walter Brown, III Lawrence Hunter Richards Susan Lynn Mizer Matthew David Kades David R. Cohen Patrick Joseph Saccogna 1990 Ross I. Molho Ingrid A. Kinkopf-Zajac Lisa Dianne Crissman Lauren B. Shy Jessica Catherine Abrahams Orly Robin Rumberg David Ashley Kornbluth David Carr Dvorak Michael Warren Smith Bryan L. Adamson Meera R. Scarrow, M.D. Heidi Jeanne Milicic Van Courtland Ernest Michael Robert Tucci Robert D. Anderle Thomas Robert Simmons Michael G. Riley Christina D’Eramo Evans Sherri Lynn Bishop Gail Richardson Taylor Alan M. Scarrow, M.D. Thomas C. Gilchrist William J. Brucker Lee S. Walko Eric Jon Schaeffer 2000 Robert M. Loesch Rita Bryce Seth M. Wolf Laura Cardwell Schaeffer Allegra M.C. Black Donald John Moracz Maureen E. Clancy Alan Charles Yarcusko Randall K. Skalberg Robert E. Cahill Dimitri John Nionakis Craig D. Cook Malcolm Scott Young Valencia Marie Strowder Jessica A. Fiscus Suzanne Young Park Janet K. Cook Tracey Lyn Turnbull Brentley S. Foster Helen Probst Mills John M. Coury Erica Kirstin Williams Leigh R. Greden John Peter Slagter 1994 Mara E. Cushwa Rebecca Wistner Haverstick Robert Kamins Todd M. Smith Marc S. Beckman Carol K. Metz Dominic A. DiPuccio Robert Scott Frost Pamela Beth Zoslov
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Tariq Mahmood Naeem Marianna J. Perakis Christopher M. McLaughlin Douglas J. Gordon Conor Andrew McLaughlin Christian A. Natiello Jennifer Lawless Roth Robert B. Port John David Lazzaretti Harini Narayanswamy Christopher M. O’Connor Jack Turner, II Pejavar Nikhil Rao David Charles Maurer Matthew Linden Paeffgen Jodi Rich Elizabeth Terese Reichard Mark Wallace McDougall Evan T. Perry Benjamin Creighton Sasse 2003 Amelia S. Renkert-Thomas Jonathan Andre Monette Graham Christian Polando Corinna M. Taubner Matthew Shady Michael Benson Pascoe Matthew Sutherland Spaeder Atossa Alavi Erica Uytingco David Andrew Sims Erin Michelle Prest Benjamin Leiberman Stulberg Barbara A. Binzak, Ph.D. Laura Kendall Sitarski Justin Edward Rice Seth Howard Wamelink Michele L. Connell Jennifer L. Stapleton Brent Michael Ryan Matthew Donald Wartko 2001 Matthew R. Duncan Aporajita Saha John Joseph Allotta Ryan W. Falk Marc Andrew Schworm Nicole E. Braden Lewis Gregory David Fernengel 2005 2008 Anthony Roman Vacanti Brian David Dautch John J. Flynn Heather Bartzi Markus Edgars Apelis Michael Allen Van Lente, Margaret Katherine Feltz Jeffrey William Gallup Ryan Franz Bocskay Gary Michael Broadbent Ph.D. Sara Dawson Harvey Mandi Jo Hanneke David Alan Carney Kyle Thomas R. Cutts Sara Busch Whetzel Emery G. Lee, III, Ph.D. Lee Michael Korland Carol Tyler Fox, Ph.D. William John Danso Christopher Matthew Wirth Alexander Loshakov Hilary Sara Leeds David James Grover Marc B. Demers Amelia Jane Workman Farago Justin Paul Meyers John Paul Daniel Lucci John Joseph Harrington Kathleen Agnes Hahner Catherine Lupo Miller Brent Michael Pietrafese Katharine Johnson Peter W. Kelly Ross Perry Miller Matthew Irving Pollack Vinciquerra 2007 Susan Marie Kornatowski Sonja C. Rice Amanda M. Raines Amy Elizabeth Miller Ronald Gary Blum, Jr. Thomas Robert Peppard, Jr. Patricia M. Ritzert Danae K. Remmert Justin A. Morocco Susan Matthees Blum Steven Gerald Rado Karen Elizabeth Ross Mark Robert Starr Bethanie Elise Murray Kevin Ray Caudill Will S. Randall, II Rennie Caryn Rutman Thomas M. Welsh, Jr. Brian Andrew Murray Steven W. Day Jessica Marie Sandler Jennifer Ann Swenson 2004 Javier Adolfo Pacheco Ndubisi Anthony Ezeolu Noelle Margherita Shanahan Daniel Dennis Ujczo Paula Cristina Rosario Ivan Ross Goldberg Cutts Gita Akbarzadeh Monica Dolores Tarasco Glen Morad Guyuron Adam Paul Slepecky James Franklin Anderton, Sr. Audrey Robinson Tedford John William Hutchinson Kimberly Ann Textoris 2002 Matthew A. Bobrowski Joshua Hunt Joseph Schuyler Exton Von Oeyen Beth Norwood Fischer Juliet P. Castrovinci Bart Kalnay Jiajia (Veronica) Xu Adrienne B. Kirshner Pete Collins 2006 Gabrielle Theresa Kelly Eric Scott Zell Eric Blake Levasseur Ayesha B. Hardaway Tomar Nicole Brown James D. Kuthe Hugh Barrett McClean Gregg M. Heinemann Rebecca Ann Glick Caitlin Anne McDonough
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