DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY virtual commencement ceremony School of Law Friday, May 29, 2020 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW virtual commencement ceremony Friday, May 29, 2020 message from the dean april m. barton, b.s., j.d. Dear Graduates, On the occasion of Duquesne University School of Law’s 106th Commencement (but very first virtual Commencement!), I congratulate you on reaching this important milestone. It is a major achievement to successfully complete your legal studies and receive your Juris Doctor degree. We are extremely proud of your academic accomplishments, which place you among an elite group of legal professionals in the United States who have satisfied the rigorous standards necessary to earn this distinguished degree. Today is a day of great celebration amidst a backdrop of challenge and uncertainty. Throughout this most difficult time, you have persevered. You have completed every course, overcome every hurdle, and passed the finish line. Accomplishing this great goal, now more than ever, took immense courage. Though you are leaving behind your days as law students, you will always remain part of the Duquesne University School of Law family. Please return often to your alma mater to join us for events and to serve as role models for a new generation of graduates. I ask for God’s blessing on each of you in a very special way as you seek to serve our society, the pursuit of justice, and the rule of law, with the many gifts God has granted you. You are no longer students of the law but rather its ambassadors and protectors. On behalf of the entire faculty and staff, student body and nearly 8,000 active alumni of the School of Law, CONGRATULATIONS! commencement speaker honorable judge elliot howsie, l ’98 After graduating from Central Catholic High School, Elliot attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice. Elliot worked in social services, where he met people at low points in their lives and offered a second chance. While working two full-time jobs, Elliot earned his Juris Doctor from Duquesne University School of Law’s Evening Division. He also served as an intern for the Public Defender’s Office and Neighborhood Legal Services. Elliot began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Justin M. Johnson of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Elliot later served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted cases involving child abuse. He later established his own law firm and specialized in criminal law matters and personal injury cases. On March 19, 2012, Elliot was appointed as Allegheny County’s first African American Chief Public Defender. Elliot managed the Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender, providing legal representation to any indigent person charged with a crime who was facing incarceration. Elliot’s dedication ensured quality representation, fairness of process, and equality of resources. As a result, Elliot was chosen to sit on committees to improve the criminal justice system, most notably the Justice Reinvestment Committee. In 2019, Elliot was nominated by Governor Wolf to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. He was confirmed in a unanimous vote and serves in the Family Division of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Elliot also serves as Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University School of Law and on the Macedonia FACE Board of Directors. DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY PRELUDE Pomp and Circumstance with Photo Montage . Elgar OPENING OF CEREMONY . Wes Oliver Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law INVOCATION . Rev . William Christy, C .S .Sp . Director of Campus Ministry and University Chaplain REMARKS . .. Tyler C . Bartholomew Student Speaker, Class of 2020 REMARKS AND INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER . April M . Barton Dean and Professor of Law COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER . .. Judge Elliot Howsie Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas COMMENCEMENT MEANING . Wes Oliver Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES . Ella Kwisnek Associate Dean for Students REMARKS . April M . Barton Dean and Professor of Law CONFERRING OF DEGREES . Ken Gormley President and Professor of Law MESSAGES FROM SPECIAL GUESTS BENEDICTION . Rev . William Christy, C .S .Sp . Director of Campus Ministry and University Chaplain POSTLUDE Duquesne Alma Mater with Photo Montage Alumni Well Wishes Law School Community Well Wishes 1 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER Joseph Carl Breil, Composer Rev . John F . Malloy, C .S .Sp ., Lyricist Al - ma Ma - ter, old Du-quesne, Guide and friend of our youth-ful days, We, thy sons and daught - ers all, our loy-al voi-ces raise. The hours we spent at thy Moth-er-knee, and drank of wis-dom’s store, Shall e’er in mem’ry trea - sured be, Tho’ we roam the whole world o’er. Then for-ward ev-er, dear Al - ma Ma-ter! O’er our hearts un - ri-valed reign. On- ward ev-er, old Al - ma Ma-ter! All hail to thee, Du - quesne! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JURIS DOCTOR CLASS OF 2020! WE CELEBRATE YOU! 2 THE JURIS DOCTOR OF LAW DEGREE CANDIDATES GRADUATING WITH ACADEMIC HONOR SUMMA CUM LAUDE Cassandra Leigh Boyer Madeline Williams Sheerer Angela Rose Capelety Mark R . Stevens, Jr . Gerard Hornby Serena Marie Tamburrino Joanne Lynn Parise Joshua B . Winters MAGNA CUM LAUDE Carrie Reid Garrison Samuel C . Nolan Mariah Nicole Mandy Oluwaseyi Ayomikun Odunaiya Tricia Ann Martino Paige Kay Thomas Danielle Marie Mrdjenovich CUM LAUDE Madison E . Baric Patrick Kelly Maria V . Carr Steven John Reddy John Alfons Daller Amanda Nichol Schiavo Kathryn M . Flynn Jonathan Edward Sersen Samantha Jade Hanson-Lenn Alana Marie Staniszewski Megan Lynn Horney Christopher Scott Winkler Kaelyn C . Jacques 3 THE JURIS DOCTOR OF LAW DEGREE IS CONFERRED UPON: JOHN PAUL ABDA B .A ., West Virginia University, 2016 CATHERINE H . AIKENS B .A ., Kent State University, 2017 CALLUM T . APPLEBY B .A ., Bethany College, 2017 JUSTIN MICHAEL BAHORICH B . A ., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2013 MADISON E . BARIC B .A ., Allegheny College, 2017 TYLER C . BARTHOLOMEW B .S ., Saint Joseph’s University, 2017 ELIZABETH ANNE BECKER B .S ., Saint Vincent College, 2017 McCALL M . BEHRINGER B .A ., Duquesne University, 2017 JOSEPH BERKEBILE B .S ., Robert Morris University, 2017 CASSANDRA LEIGH BOYER B .S ., Duquesne University, 2016 NICHOLAS ANDREW BRADY B .A ., University of Pittsburgh, 2014 KYLE T . BRAUN B .S ., Wilmington University, 2016 ERIC JOHN BRUNNER B .S ., Shippensburg University, 2017 KELLY S . BUCHANAN B .A ., Miami University, 1996 M .B .A ., Mississippi State University, 2002 4 JAMES B . CAMPESE B .A ., Washington & Jefferson College, 2017 ANGELA ROSE CAPELETY B .A ., University of Dayton, 2017 KELLY WILSON CAPONE B .A ., Washington & Jefferson College, 2017 MARIA V . CARR B .S ., Loyola University, 2017 DANA L . COREY B .S ., Robert Morris University, 2000 M .B .A ., Robert Morris University, 2003 ALAINA DIANE COURY B .A ., Elon University, 2016 KATIE MARIE CRYSTALOSKI B .A ., Duquesne University . 2017 JOHN ALFONS DALLER B .S ., St . John’s University, 1981 M .S ., St . John’s University, 1983 M .D ., State University of New York, 1987 Ph .D ., University of Arizona, 1994 JAMIE LYNN DAVIS B .S ., Youngstown State University, 2017 JACOB A . DEANE B .A ., St . Vincent College, 2017 DANIELLE M . DiLEVA B .A ., Thiel College, 2016 KRISTA MARIE DiPAOLO B .A ., University of Pittsburgh, 2012 ANNETTE LIVIA DOHANICS B .A ., The University of Iowa, 2016 RYAN J . DUNN B .A ., Westminster College, 2016 5 ELIZABETH ROSE ECHARD B .A ., Duquesne University, 2016 WILLIAM T . FAGAN Bachelor of Business Management, Temple University, 2015 JOHN FREDERICK FINKE B .S ., Clarion University, 2017 KATHRYN M . FLYNN B .S ., Slippery Rock University, 2017 BRIANNE M . FRAWLEY B .S ., Drexel University, 2015 BRIANNA NICOLE GALLAGHER Doctor of Pharmacy, Duquesne University, 2017 ELLE ELAINE GANDOLFI B .S ., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2017 CARRIE REID GARRISON B .M ., Duquesne University, 2016 B .A ., Duquesne University, 2017 MARCO G . GARZA B .A ., Syracuse University, 2017 AZHIARE R . GOODWIN-ROWE B .A ., West Virginia University, 2017 BEATA IRENA GRAY B .A ., Slippery Rock University, 2011 JULIANNE GRAZIANO B .S .N ., The Pennsylvania State University, 2014 MICHAEL ADAM GREEN B .S ., University of Pittsburgh, 2017 DANIELLE E . GRIMM B .A ., University of Pittsburgh, 2012 KELSEY JEAN GROSS B .A ., West Virginia University, 2016 6 JACOB CHARLES HANLEY B .S ., Robert Morris University, 2016 SAMANTHA JADE HANSON-LENN B .A ., St . Cloud State University, 2015 GERARD HORNBY B .A ., Duquesne University, 2017 MEGAN LYNN HORNEY B .A ., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017 JACEY LYNN HUNTER B .A ., University of Pittsburgh, 2017 NEIL R . ISLER B .S ., California University of Pennsylvania, 2015 KAELYN C . JACQUES B .S ., University of Scranton, 2016 ASHLEY R . JAVIER B .A ., Gannon University, 2017 BRIDGET ERIN KEARNEY B .S ., Rochester Institute of Technology, 2015 BENJAMIN MICHAEL KELLY B .A ., Duquesne University, 2015 PATRICK KELLY B .S ., The Pennsylvania State University, 2016 KRISTEN L . KITZMAN B .A ., University of Pittsburgh, 2013 ALLISON MARIE KOSHUTE B .A ., Washington & Jefferson College, 2012 MARY ELIZABETH KUZNIK B .A ., University of Pittsburgh, 1978 B .M ., Seton Hill University, 1980 JENNIFER ANN LAPINSKI B .A ., Westminster College, 2015 7 ZACHARY LEBO B .S ., West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 2017 BENJAMIN M . LEHMAN B .A ., Temple University, 2016 AMANDA MAE LEONARD B .A ., Westminster College, 2012 JOSEPH RICHARD LEWIS III Bachelor of Business Administration, Columbus State University, 2015 SARAH EILEEN LINDER B .A ., Hofstra University, 2017 ALEXANDER LOCKE B .A ., Saint Vincent College, 2013 TRISTAN KARL LUENGEN B .S ., West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 2016 RYAN LUTZ B .S ., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 2013 PAUL A . LUVARA B .S ., Point Park University, 2014 MICHAEL JAMES MACIARELLO B .S ., Duquesne University, 2017 NICOLE J .