UB Law Forum Volume 4 Number 1 Winter 1989 Article 32 1-1-1989 Class Action UB Law Forum Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/ub_law_forum Recommended Citation UB Law Forum (1989) "Class Action," UB Law Forum: Vol. 4 : No. 1 , Article 32. Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/ub_law_forum/vol4/iss1/32 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Alumni Publications at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in UB Law Forum by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLASS ACTION 1930s July. A retired Erie Community College of Honor was formed to recognize out­ Winifred C. Stanley '33, of Kenmore, administrator, he has been on the board for standing dedication to the college. A Re­ N.Y. , has retired from the practice of law. 11 years, but it is his first time at the helm. publican, Mattina was elected in 1981 to a In 1942 , she was elected to Congress as a 10-year term as surrogate judge. He had Representative-at-Large from New York, 1950s previously served as a State Supreme Court serving from 1943 to 1945. The position of Chief City Judge Wilbur Trammell '53 justice. Representative-at-Large has since been was honored by ilie Buffalo Board of eliminated. Education's Department of School Integra­ James N. Carlo '58 of Magavern & She was recently invited by the National tion when he was awarded a 1988 Quality Magavem in Buffalo, has been elected Women's Political Caucus - New York Integrated Education Award. The award president of the Niagara Frontier Council Chapter to prepare a statement concerning recognizes Buffalo citizens for outstanding of the Navy League. He is a former director her term in Congress and the role of women contributions in the promotion of inter­ of the Erie County Bar Assn. in politics. The statement was read at a cultural relations in the areas of law, educa­ reception in March in New York City, when tion, government, medicine, journalism, Anthony J. Colucci, Jr. '58, senior the NWPC celebrated Women's History community service and civil rights. managing partner in ilie Buffalo law firm of Month by honoring the 12 women who have Block and Colucci, P.C. , was appointed by represented New York State in Congress. Hon. John J. Callahan '54 has been Gov. Cuomo to serve on the New York State elected vice president of ilie Niagara Fron­ Project Finance Agency, which administers William D. Kiley '35 of Cazenovia, tier Council of the Navy League. a revolving fund of over $300,000,000 N.Y. was given the 50-Year Lawyer Award relating to residential and commercial by the New York State Bar Association. Anthony M. Leone '54 of Williams­ projects. Colucci also serves on the cor­ The award is presented to a lawyer who has ville, N.Y. is president of ilie Rotary Club porate board of the NYS Mortgage Loan completed 50 or more years of active of Williamsville and helped to form the Enforcement & Administrative Corp., a practice "with honor, distinction and ser­ State University at Buffalo Rotaract Club. subsidiary of the NYS Urban Development vice to both profession and community." Corp. Kil ey, who has been in public service and James T. McFarland '54 is currently private practice since 1936, was one of the serving a six-year tenn as a member of ilie David C. Fielding '58 has been named a founders of Vernon Downs and was the New York State Public Service Commis­ partner at Saperston & Day in Buffalo. founding partner of Madison County's sion. He was appointed in June, 1987, by He is a member of ilie firm's corporate largest law finn, Kiley, Feldmann, Wha­ Gov. Cuomo. He retired from the New department. len, Devine & Patane. Before forming tl1e York State Senate in 1978 after serv ing 13 firm, he served as Maclison County attor­ years in ilie state legislature. He returned to John H. Stenger '58, a partner in the ney and as special assistant attorney private practice and served thereafter as a Buffalo law firm of Jaeckle, Fleischmann general, Albany investigation. member of the New York State Civil Ser­ and Mugel, has been named chairman of vice Commission by appointment of Gov. the American College of Trial Lawyers' The U.S. Supreme Court has asked Hugh S. Carey. committee on teaching tria! advocacy. retired Judge Matthew J. Jasen '39 to Stenger was inducted in 1978 as a fellow of help it sort out the nearly 200-year-old John T. Frizzell '55 was presented with the American College, a national honorary boundary dispute between the states of the Lawyer of the Year Award at the IOl st organization of leading trial lawyers, and Illinois and Kentucky. He has been named Annual Dinner of the Bar Association of .has been a faculty member at trial advocacy special master by ilie high court to take Erie County in June. programs throughout the country. testimony and issue a report on his find­ ings. Chief Justice William Rehnquist Edward P. Gueth, Jr. '55 is Daemon Thomas R. Beecher, Jr. '59 has been asked Jasen to intervene in the dispute, College's chairman of the Board of elected vice chairman of the Board of which involves the Ohio River. Now senior Trustees. Gueth, an attorney in private Trustees of Buffalo General Hospital. He is counsel to Moot & Sprague, Judge Jasen practice, joined the board in 1967. He a partner in the law firm of Albrecht, retired as senior associate judge of the New resides in East Amherst, N.Y. Maguire, Heffern, & Gregg. York State Court of Appeals in 1985 . Erie County Surrogate JosephS. Mat­ 1960s 1940s tina '56 has been named to the HaU of Peter E. KJaasesz '61 has been named a Dr. Oscar Smukler '49 was elected Honor at the National Judicial College at partner in the firm of Brown & Kelly. president of ilie Buffalo School Board in the University of Nevada in Reno. The Hall which has been newly merged with 49 Harrington & Klaasesz. He resides in state's appeals court. Lancaster, N.Y. Called the Judicial Commission on Minorities, the panel has already held a number of public hearings across the state. Lawrence Chesler '62 was promoted to The commission is under a two-year man­ vice president of Computer Consoles, Inc. date from Chief State Judge Sol Wachtler to in Rochester, N.Y. He is also assistant review the treatment of minorites in the secretary and associate corporate counsel state court system in terms of employment of the company. opportunity and their standing as litigants, witnesses, jurors, lawyers and judges. David A. Siegel '64 has been elected to They must also tell Wachtler whether the Board of Governors of the American minorities are provided equal justice and Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, con­ adequate legal representation in the court sisting of attorneys who are leading practi­ system. tioners of family law. Siegel was also Judge Green was one of 16 persons to be appointed to the Executive Committee of honored by the Buffalo Board of Educa­ the New York State Family Law Commit­ tion's Department of School Integration tee. He is a member of the Rosenthal, with a 1988 Quality Integrated Education Siegel, Muenkel, Wolf, and Curvin law Award. The award recognizes Buffalo citi­ firm in Buffalo. zens for outstanding contributions in the Hon. Samuel L. Green '67 promotion of intercultural relations. He was also recently elected to the Board Vincent J. Sorrentino '64, of Hamburg, Harold J. Brand, Jr. '67, executive of Trustees of the Albright Knox Art N.Y., has been elected chairman of the Erie assistant to State Supreme Court Justice Gallery. County Democratic Committee. He suc­ James B. Kane, administrative judge of the ceeds the reti ring Joseph F. Crangle '59. 8th Judicial District, has been elected presi­ Gary A. Gerace '69 has been promoted Sorrentino, who is Hamburg town attorney, dent of the Erie County Bar Foundation. to managing attorney for the Eastern Hills has been Hamburg's Democratic chairman The Bar Foundation , founded in 1957, office of Hyatt Legal Services in Williams­ since 1982 and chairman for two years provides assistance to troubled members of ville, N.Y. He previously was a staff of the Democratic Town Chairmen's the legal community and promotes pro­ Association. grams to increase public understanding of attorney in the firm's Southgate office. the legal system. Bohdan M. Ha rasym '69 has been Hon. M. Dolores Denman '65, associ­ Frank J . Clark m '67 has been named elected president of the 400-member Law­ ate justice of the Appellate Division of fi rst deputy district attorney by Kevin M. yers Club of Buffalo, succeeding F. James State Supreme Court, received the 1988 Dillon, Erie County's district attorney. An Kane, Jr. Achievement Award of Buffalo Branch, assistant district attorney from 1972 American Association of University through 1979, Clark has been a federal Allan M . Lewis '69 was honored as the Women. She was cited for her legal and prosecutor since 1983. Between his govern­ Israel Bonds Organization's Man of the professional, civic and educational organi­ ment posts, he was an attorney with the Year in June. A senior partner in Lewis & zations. The award has been given annually Buffalo law ftrm of Moot and Sprague. Lewis P.C. , his specialty is civil trial work since 1940 to a woman whose achievements fo r and against insurance carriers.