2017 Orientation Distinguished Guest Biographies Upnit Kaur Bhatti, L’15 Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Third District Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Upnit Kaur Bhatti is a law clerk for Judge Theodore A. McKee of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to her clerkship, she was a litigation attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, in its Syracuse offce. After her clerkship, she will join Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer’s litigation department in Washington, DC, Ms. Bhatti completed her undergraduate studies in Political Science and History at the University of Toronto with honors and distinction. In law school, Ms. Bhatti was the Managing Editor of the Syracuse Law Review and served as an extern for United States Magistrate Judge Thérèse Wiley Dancks. She was also an associate member of the Moot Court Honor Society, a Peer Leader, a Diversity Ambassador, and a member of the American Bar Association National Appellate Team. Ms. Bhatti was a Pro Bono scholar and is a member of the Order of the Coif and Order of the Barristers.

Michael A. Bottar, L’03 Partner, Bottar Leone PLLC Syracuse, New York Michael A. Bottar’s practice is limited to the prosecution and trial of medical malpractice, wrongful death, workplace accident, and complex personal injury actions, with a focus on claims for birth injuries, misdiagnosis, surgical errors, governmental negligence, and biomedical product liability. Mr. Bottar is a graduate of Colgate University and a summa cum laude graduate of Syracuse University College of Law, where he is an adjunct professor and teaches a course on law practice management. He is also the author of the civil practice chapter of the Syracuse Law Review’s Survey of New York Law, and is a member of the College of Law’s Board of Advisors. While a student at the College of Law, Mr. Bottar was executive editor of the Syracuse Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. He was inducted into the Order of the Coif, the Order of Barristers, and the Justinian Honorary Law Society, and he received the College of Law’s Robert W. Miller Award, Robert M. Anderson Award, and the Moot Court Team Award. In 2003, the Syracuse Law Review also published his note titled “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: Medicaid Liens, Supplemental Needs Trusts, and Personal Injury Recoveries on Behalf of Infants in New York State Following the Gold Decision.” Mr. Bottar sits on the Board of Directors of the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, and lectures regularly throughout the state on medical malpractice, complex personal injury, and trial-related topics. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Upstate New York Super Lawyers, and he is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Bottar has been recognized as one of New York’s “Top 10 under 40” by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, and as one of New York’s “Top 40 under 40” by The National Trial Lawyers and the American Society of Legal Advocates. Before joining Bottar Leone, PLLC, Michael was a litigation associate with the New York City offce of White & Case LLP, and the Syracuse offce of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC.

1 Laurence G. Bousquet, L’80 Kathia R. Casion, L’98 Member, Bousquet Holstein PLLC Director, Civil Division Legal Aid Society of Rochester Syracuse, New York Rochester, New York Larry Bousquet is a founding member of Bousquet Holstein PLLC and serves on its Board of Kathia M. Casion is the Civil Division Director of the Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY. Her Managers. His practice focuses on acquisitions, sales and mergers, capital formation, enterprise primary area of practice is in real estate representing frst-time home buyers. She currently serves and transaction structuring, partnership and limited liability company law, business and not-for- as the Civil Division Director supervising the 45 staff members who provide legal services in the proft corporation law, commercial transactions, New York and federal tax law, and the law of tax areas of family law, housing, consumer, immigration, and education law in a six county area. exempt organizations. For many years, Mr. Bousquet served as an adjunct faculty member at the Syracuse University College of Law co-teaching partnership taxation. Ms. Casion earned her J.D. in 1998 from Syracuse University College of Law and her B.S. from SUNY Old Westbury. She is admitted to practice in the bars of New York, Federal Court, and the Mr. Bousquet has been deeply involved in civic and volunteer activities in the Syracuse area. He Western District of NY Bankruptcy Court. She was the 2014 recipient of the Greater Rochester is currently the President of the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County; Chair of the Award for Career Achievement. She was an educator and advocate for children’s rights before Board of Trustees of the Crouse Health Foundation; and a member of the Libraries Advisory attending law school. Board of Syracuse University. Ms. Casion currently lives in Brighton, NY, with her husband Joe (L’99), her two children Alex and Mr. Bousquet is a Director and Member of the Executive Committee of CenterState CEO, serves Sofa, and their three dogs. on the Board of Directors of Syracuse 20/20, and is a participant in the Book Buddies program at Seymour Dual Language Academy. He is a member of Consensus and the commission on local government modernization, and he is a past President of the Onondaga Citizens League, where Danielle McCann Cima, L’01 he was the Chair of the 2005 study on Strategic Governmental Consolidation. Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Community Bank N.A. Mr. Bousquet is the immediate past President of the Gifford Foundation Board of Trustees and Syracuse, New York continues to serve as a Trustee. He is a past President of the Everson Museum, where he was Danielle McCann Cima, Esq. is the Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Com- Chair of the Turner to Cezanne Exhibition Committee. Mr. Bousquet is also a past Director of the munity Bank System, Inc. Headquartered in DeWitt, NY, Community Bank System, Inc. has more Syracuse City School District Foundation, where he served as Chair of the Grants Committee, than 230 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont, and past President of the Hiscock Legal Aid Society, and past President of the International Center Western Massachusetts through its banking subsidiary, Community Bank, N.A. With assets of of Syracuse. He is an honors graduate of Kenyon College and the Syracuse University College of approximately $11.0 billion, Community Bank System, Inc. is among the country’s 150 largest Law. Mr. Bousquet was recently chosen to receive the Onondaga County Bar Association’s 2017 fnancial institutions. Distinguished Lawyer Award. Before Mrs. Cima joined Community Bank, she was a member (partner) at Bond, Schoeneck & John F. Boyd II, L’16 King PLLC where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions, securities, and general business law. Litigation Associate, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC Mrs. Cima is a past President of the Central New York Women’s Bar Association and the recipient Syracuse, New York of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York’s Doris S. Hoffman Outstanding New Lawyer Award. Mrs. Cima has received a 40 Under Forty Award and the Women in Business John Boyd is a litigation attorney with experience representing businesses, insurance companies, Award from the Central New York Business Journal. and individuals in a wide variety of litigated matters in both federal and state courts. His practice focuses on civil defense litigation, estates litigation, real property litigation, and insurance litigation. John also has experience in litigating employment law disputes. Sally Curran, Esq. Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, Inc. While a student at the College of Law, Mr. Boyd participated in Moot Court competitions and Syracuse, New York mock trial teams. He was a fnalist of the 38th Annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition and competed in the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition. In 2016, Mr. Boyd and teammates Sally Curran is the Executive Director of the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, won the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition. Inc. (OnVLP), a pro bono legal services organization serving low-income people throughout Central New York. She has guided OnVLP through a spin off into an independent nonproft, major In addition to his practice, Mr. Boyd donates a signifcant amount of time to pro bono initiatives, technology upgrades, and expansion, including new programming to address immigration, family including the Syracuse City Court Eviction Defense Clinic and the McKinley Brighton School Pro matters, LGBT rights, homeless needs, and re-entry work. Ms. Curran is also an Adjunct Professor Bono Clinic. He has judged several Moot Court competitions as an alumnus and served as coach of Law at Cornell Law where she teaches an LGBT Communities Practicum in the clinical program. and attorney advisor for the Thurgood Marshall Trial Team. 2 3 Before joining OnVLP, Ms. Curran had a child-centered family law practice in Portland, Maine, In May of 2016, Ms. Dennis-Taylor joined the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Offce as an where she provided more than 200 hours of pro bono service every year. She graduated summa Assistant District Attorney. Drawing on her experience as a family law mediator, her primary areas cum laude from the University of Maine with degrees in Spanish Language and Women’s Stud- of practice include domestic violence cases, special victims cases, and other criminal law matters. ies and obtained her Juris Doctorate at the City University of New York College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in New York and Maine. Ms. Curran is a member of NYSBA’s President’s Committee on Access to Justice, Committee on Legal Aid, and Pro Bono Coordinators Network. Joseph M. Di Scipio, L’95 She is the Chair-Elect of the Central New York Housing and Homeless Coalition and serves on the Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Fox Television Stations, Inc. boards of the Onondaga County Bar Association and the Syracuse Parks Conservancy. Washington, DC Joseph M. Di Scipio is Vice President, Legal and Federal Communications Commission compli- Hon. Thérèse Wiley Dancks, L’91 ance, Fox Television Stations, Inc. He is responsible for all FCC regulatory matters relating to the U.S. Magistrate, Northern District of New York Fox-owned and -operated television stations. In addition, Mr. Di Scipio is responsible for negoti- Syracuse, New York ating and drafting all retransmission consent agreements for the Fox-owned stations. Thérèse Wiley Dancks is a United States Magistrate Judge for the 32-county Northern District Before joining Fox, he was a member of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth PLC, where he specialized in of New York. At the time of her appointment in February 2012, she was a founding partner in the broadcast media. Mr. Di Scipio’s practice focused on providing advice and counsel on law frm of Gale & Dancks LLC, where her practice centered on civil litigation and trial work. She FCC compliance in complex transactional matters and credit facility placements as well as all was associated with the Syracuse law frm Mackenzie Hughes LLP from 1991 to 1997. facets of practicing before the FCC. He also negotiated network affliation agreements and retransmission consent agreements on behalf of his broadcasting clients. Before joining Fletcher, Judge Dancks graduated magna cum laude from Le Moyne College in 1985 and earned her Heald & Hildreth, Mr. Di Scipio was a partner at Cohn and Marks in Washington, D.C. Before that, J.D. degree cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law in 1991. She serves on he worked at the FCC as an agent in the feld (where he was awarded the Catherine Forster Public district-wide court committees, US Second Circuit court committees, and Federal Magistrate Service Award for outstanding public service) and, after attending law school, as an attorney in Judges Association committees. the Compliance and Information Bureau and the Common Carrier Bureau. As a native Central New Yorker, Judge Dancks assists local community and professional Mr. Di Scipio is a Past President of the Federal Communications Bar Association. He was organizations, with an emphasis on helping providers of legal services to the indigent and poor, bar awarded the FCBA Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He is a former member of the Board associations, and higher education institutions. She is a past president of the Central New York of Directors of the Syracuse University Alumni Association and is Past President of the Syracuse Women’s Bar Association and established the chapter’s award-winning Domestic Violence Legal University Law Alumni Association. He is the recipient of the Syracuse University College of Law Assistance Clinic during her term. Judge Dancks has served as chairwoman of the Hiscock Legal 2005 Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Aid Society Board of Directors and has co-authored articles for the Syracuse Law Review. She frequently lectures for educational institutions, professional organizations, and bar associations. Mr. Di Scipio holds a J.D. magna cum laude from the College of Law and an M.P.A. from the Max- well School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, as well as a bachelor’s of arts magna cum laude from the University of Denver. Staci Dennis-Taylor, L’14 Assistant District Attorney, Offce of the Onondaga County District Attorney Syracuse, New York Paula T. Edgar, Esq. President, Metropolitan Black Bar Association Staci Dennis-Taylor, Esq. is an Onondaga County Assistant District Attorney. She is a lifetime New York, New York resident of Syracuse and attended local schools, graduating from Corcoran High School in 2003. Paula T. Edgar Esq. is Founder and Principal of PGE LLC, a speaking, coaching, and consulting After high school, Ms. Dennis-Taylor attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Le Moyne frm. PGE LLC provides innovative and strategic solutions on career management, executive/ College, graduating magna cum laude in May of 2010 with a B.A. in English. While completing leadership development, organizational diversity efforts, intercultural competence initiatives, her undergraduate studies, she worked as a paralegal and was drawn to pursue a career in law. She networking, and social media strategy. Paula speaks regularly on these topics by leading continued to make Syracuse her home, marrying her husband here and having children in recent professional development trainings, facilitating workshops, and providing keynote speeches. years, including a pair of twins while in her third year of law school. Ms. Edgar pursued a career in the law after Sept. 11, 2001, when she lost her mother, Joan Donna Upon graduating from Syracuse University College of Law in May 2014, Ms. Dennis-Taylor Griffth in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Since then, for more than a worked as a Family Court Mediator with New Justice Confict Resolution Services, Inc., where she decade, Ms. Edgar has demonstrated leadership in the areas of professional development, social mediated custody and visitation disputes. media strategy, diversity and inclusion, and diversity pipeline best practices. 4 5 Currently active with a number of organizations and social justice initiatives, Ms. Edgar serves as including multi-district litigation and class actions, and drafts and argues appeals in state the President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the immediate past Chair of the New and federal court. Ms. Galbato has had the privilege of counseling and representing a wide York City Bar Association’s Diversity Pipeline Initiatives Committee, and as a member of the variety of clients, including individuals, healthcare providers, manufacturers, media companies, Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) Alumni Board. She is also a Trustee of the Ellis L. Phillips pharmaceutical companies, fnancial institutions, defense contractors, insurance companies, Foundation and a member of the Executive Committees of the Deerfeld Academy Alumni municipalities, not-for-proft organizations, small business owners, school districts and Association and the Network of Bar Leaders. universities. Her practice also includes representing clients in administrative hearings and resolving disputes through mediation. Ms. Edgar’s professional experiences include serving as the inaugural Chief Diversity Offcer at New York Law School, the Associate Director of Career Services at Seton Hall University School Before joining Bond in 2000, Ms. Galbato served for two years as a law clerk to the Hon. Rose- of Law, and as the Executive Director of Practicing Attorneys for Law Students Program, Inc. mary S. Pooler, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She earned her (PALS). Prior to leading PALS, she practiced in the Law Enforcement Division of the New York J.D. summa cum laude in 1998 from Syracuse University College of Law, and her A.B. magna cum City Commission on Human Rights. laude in 1995 from Harvard University. Ms. Edgar received her B.A. in anthropology from the California State University (Fullerton) Ms. Galbato enjoys mentoring new attorneys and law students. She serves on the Associate and her J.D. from the City University of New York School of Law. She also has been recognized by Committee of her frm, and is immediate past Chair of Bond’s Recruiting Committee and of the The Network Journal Magazine as a “40 Under Forty” Achievement Awardee, a Ms. JD “Woman Women’s Initiative. She also has served as a member of her frm’s Diversity and Professional and of Inspiration,” and a “Rising Star” by A Better Chance. Business Development committees. For several years, Ms. Galbato has served on the Board of Directors of the Syracuse University Law Alumni Association (SULAA), where she has chaired the Student Engagement Committee and serves on the Law Honors Committee. Ms. Galbato also Marion H. Fish, L’80 volunteers at Syracuse University College of Law, coaching student advocates for competitions, Partner, Hancock Estabrook LLP judging advocacy competitions, and speaking on issues relating to private practice, interviewing, Syracuse, New York mentoring, work life balance, and diversity. Marion Hancock Fish is a Partner in the trusts and estates, family business succession planning, Ms. Galbato actively engages with the local legal community. She is a member of the Board of tax, corporate and elder Law, and special needs practices of Hancock Estabrook LLP. She focuses Directors of Hiscock Legal Aid Society, which provides legal assistance to individuals and families her practice on representing clients in matters involving estate planning, transfer-of-wealth tax in need in Onondaga County and the surrounding region, and she served as Board Chair for three issues, family business planning and succession, charitable giving, not-for-proft law, and elder law years. Ms. Galbato is a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Women and special needs administration. Ms. Fish works with clients to develop comprehensive plans, in the Law; is Co-Chair of the Appellate Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation and manages the implementation of these plans for effective and effcient estate and trust fund- Section; and also serves as a Board Member of the Central New York Women’s Bar Association ing and administration, using a team approach to address all aspects of estate and tax planning, and the Onondaga County Bar Foundation. Ms. Galbato is a member of the Northern District and administration. Federal Court Bar Association, where she actively participates in continuing legal education programs and bench/bar activities. She also provides pro bono legal services through various or- Having worked with numerous family business owners, Ms. Fish has a signifcant level of ganizations; is a former member of the Board of Directors of Child Care Solutions; and is a 2009 experience developing plans for successful business transition to minimize transfer tax costs graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse. and to position businesses for continued success. She also partners with other professionals, including accountants, fnancial planners, corporate trustees, and business valuation experts, Ms. Galbato lives in Skaneateles with her husband Riccardo T. Galbato, an attorney in private both locally and nationally, to address business valuation; retirement planning; life insurance; practice, and their two sons. She enjoys outdoor activities, traveling and spending time with estate, gift and income tax planning; and tax audit matters. her family.

Suzanne Galbato, L’98 Colleen M. Gibbons, L’17 Member, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC Associate, Bousquet Holstein PLLC Syracuse, New York Syracuse, New York Born and raised in Central New York, Suzanne Galbato is Deputy Chair of the Litigation Colleen Gibbons is a 2017 cum laude alumna of the Syracuse University College of Law, having Department of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, in Syracuse, NY. Ms. Galbato litigates commercial, completed curricular programs in disability law and policy and estate planning. Ms. Gibbons is False Claims Act, employment discrimination, antitrust and environmental cases. She also the most recent past-president of the Student Bar Association (SBA) and was the 2016–2017 handles litigation throughout New York state courts and in federal courts across the country, Syracuse University College of Law Pro Bono Fellow. 6 7 In her time at the College, Ms. Gibbons served a term as president of Syracuse’s National approvals for building and expansion projects, ensuring zoning, variance and code compliance, Women’s Law Student Association, and was an active member of the Disability Law Society, assessing environmental issues, and identifying and addressing permitting issues. Syracuse Public Interest Network, Syracuse Law and Civic Engagement Forum, OutLaw, If/ When/How, and the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. Ms. Gibbons also completed the Low Ms. Granzow’s experience also includes extensive work in easements, land use, and funding Income Taxpayer Clinic and the Disability Law Clinic. She served as a student mentor for interna- procurement with municipal and private entities in Upstate New York. tional students enrolled in the LL.M. program in American Law. During her 2L year, Ms. Gibbons was a Research Assistant for Professor Mary Helen McNeal. Colleen was also an arguing member Ms. Granzow obtained her B.S. from St. Lawrence University and her J.D. from Syracuse Univer- of two intercollegiate trial teams and during her 3L year she, along with her partner Justin Wilson, sity College of Law. She is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York and the won the College of Law’s Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Her community involvement includes prior service on the Boards of Directors of Huntington Family Centers and the OnCenter Before law school, Ms. Gibbons worked at Syracuse University’s Falk College as the Project Corporation. Manager for a National Institutes of Health grant. She completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Human and Community Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her B.S. in Exceptional Education at Buffalo State College. Ms. Gibbons taught elementary school in Melanie Gray, L’81 Oneida, NY, for fve years. Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP Houston, Texas While at law school, Ms. Gibbons interned at the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga Coun- ty, where she worked in the Family Clinic and Landlord-Tenant Clinic providing legal assistance Melanie Gray is a litigation partner in Winston & Strawn’s Houston offce and concentrates her and advice to low-income members of the Syracuse community. She also was a summer associate practice in complex commercial litigation, with particular expertise in complex bankruptcy cases. at Bousquet Holstein, focusing on multiple areas of civil practice. She has extensive experience litigating contract and business disputes and serves as a trusted advisor to companies who fnd themselves facing “bet the company” litigation risks or fnancial Ms. Gibbons is a passionate animal advocate and is actively involved with the Onondaga County distress. Bar Association’s Volunteer Advocate Lawyer for Animals program. She also is on the mentoring committee for the CNY Women’s Bar Association. Ms. Gibbons recently joined the SULAA board Ms. Gray is best known for managing complex cases requiring diverse teams of lawyers in dif- and looks forward to maintaining an active and engaged connection to the law school. ferent practice areas. As one of the lead attorneys representing Enron in its chapter 11 case, she coordinated the multitude of attorneys and frms working for Enron. She was a lead attorney in more than 30 lawsuits seeking to recover more than $1 billion due to the company under various Jennifer B. Granzow, L’97 fnancial derivative contracts. Gray’s client representations include the Examiner in the Caesar’s Attorney, Wladis Law Firm Entertainment Chapter 11 case; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Brookfeld Power Corpora- Syracuse, New York tion; General Growth Properties; Lockton Companies; Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.; American Airlines; General Electric; General Motors; J.C. Flowers & Co.; and Pilgrams Pride. Jennifer Granzow practices in the areas of real estate, business, corporate, and municipal law, with a concentration in government relations and economic development. Her practice includes Ms. Gray has served in leadership roles in a number of legal organizations, including serving on the contract drafting and negotiation, formation of business entities, issues of municipal law, grant Board of the Houston Bar Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Committee on Law and Accounting of writing, and residential and commercial real estate. the Houston Bar Association, and the Texas Accounting and Lawyers for the Arts. She is a Found- ing Member of the Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. Gray is a She has counseled municipal and private sector clients with respect to large scale commercial member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and a life member of the Texas and residential developments and is experienced in eminent domain proceedings, public bidding Women Lawyers. She holds membership in other invitation-only organizations, including the requirements, Freedom of Information Law issues, the State Environmental Quality Review Act American Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation, the College of the State Bar of Texas, and and related environmental law matters, as well as various aspects of public fnance. Litigation Counsel of America. Ms. Granzow works extensively with municipal and private clients, helping them achieve their Ms. Gray is widely known for her community service and contributions to the arts, education, business and economic development objectives. She has authored grant applications that have and the advancement of women and currently serves on the following boards: Girls Inc. (Vice resulted in the award of more than $30 million for her clients. Chair); Greater Houston Community Foundation; Society for the Performing Arts (Board Chair); Foundation for Jones Hall; Legacy Community Health Services Endowment; and Teen & Family Before joining the Wladis Law Firm, Ms. Granzow was employed by Pyramid Management Services. She was also an active board member of the Post Oak School, Planned Parenthood of Group, Inc., one of the premier shopping center developers and managers in the northeast. Gulf Coast Texas, where she chaired its $16.5 million capital campaign. While at Pyramid, she focused on commercial real estate and municipal law issues. Ms. Granzow participated in “Right to Build” projects for various shopping centers, obtaining governmental 8 9 Ms. Gray has earned multiple recognitions for professional excellence and public service. In Elizabeth E. Hofmeister 2015, she and her husband, Mark Wawro, were selected by the Southwest Region of the Director of Legal Recruiting and Development, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP Anti-Defamation League as the 2015 Karen H. Susman Jurisprudence Award recipients, which Rochester, New York recognizes leaders within the legal community who exhibit a commitment to equality, justice, fairness, and community service and who have made exemplary contributions to their profession. Elizabeth Hofmeister has more than 20 years of experience in the legal recruiting and profes- In 2013, Benchmark Litigation named her as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation and she is sional development felds. She is presently the Director of Legal Recruiting and Development at listed in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Harter Secrest & Emery LLP in Rochester, NY. In her current role, she is responsible for attorney Rights category. In 2011, she received the Distinguished Alumna Achievement Award from recruitment, training, professional development, and performance management. Ms. Hofmeister Syracuse University College of Law. In 2010, she was recognized as one of Texas’ Most Powerful graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. degree in political science and worked as a Women by Texas Diversity Council. Ms. Gray has been named a Texas Super Lawyer in each year sales representative for Xerox Corporation in Chicago before deciding to attend law school. since 2003 and was named one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas in 2005 for her work Ms. Hofmeister graduated from Albany Law School and practiced commercial real estate law in business litigation and bankruptcy. In 2003, she was recognized as a Woman Achiever by the for four years in New York and Boston before making a career transition into legal professional New York YMCA and as one of 10 Houston Women on the Move by Texas Executive Women development. Ms. Hofmeister previously served as the Director of Training and Development at in 2001. Litigation Management named her as a “Lone Star All Star” for being among the state’s two AmLaw 100 law frms and served as the Director of Professional Development at a global “effective litigators and communicators with great judgment.” management consulting frm. She has been a long-standing member (and former Board Member) For Syracuse University, Gray is a member of the College of Law Advisory Board. She served on of the Professional Development Consortium and has been an active member of NALP. the search committee for the Dean of the College of Law in 2016. She also served as a Co-Chair for the Campaign for Syracuse University, which concluded in 2012. For the Board of Trustees, Richard D. Hole, L’75 Gray serves on the Board of Trustees Executive Committee, and on the Academic Affairs and Of Counsel, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC Budget committees. Syracuse, New York She and her husband, Mark Wawro, are the parents of William, Christopher, and Allison. William Richard D. Hole is Of Counsel with the Syracuse, NY,-based frm Bond, Schoeneck & King. For is a 2011 graduate of SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. the past eight years, he served as Chairman of the frm’s management committee. He is a member and former chair of the frm’s employee benefts and executive compensation practice group and Robert M. Hallenbeck, L’82 has more than 40 years’ experience counseling a wide range of clients on the design, implemen- Attorney, Maryland Innovation Initiative tation, and maintenance of their employee beneft plans and program. Mr. Hole has served as Baltimore, Maryland counsel to pension committees and investment committees for the retirement plans of numerous private employers, providing advice and guidance on fduciary and other compliance issues. He Robert “Bob” Hallenbeck has spent more than 30 years working with inventors, entrepreneurs, has represented employers in proceedings before the US Department of Labor, Pension Beneft and university tech transfer offces in developing, funding, licensing, and commercializing technol- Guaranty Corporation, and Internal Revenue Service. ogy, especially biotechnology and medical technology. Mr. Hallenbeck is a registered patent Mr. Hole also has maintained an extensive practice in health care law. He has represented attorney with both B.S. (St. Lawrence University) and M.S. (Syracuse University) degrees in numerous physician groups in all aspects of their practice and served as counsel to hospitals and biology. nursing homes and their boards. While in private practice with Nixon Peabody and then while working at one of the world’s lead- Mr. Hole serves on the boards of the United Way of Central New York; Central New York Com- ing medical technology companies, Becton Dickinson, Mr. Hallenbeck worked with universities munity Foundation; Seward House Museum; Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, and both small and large companies to develop and commercialize technology. He did this both Inc.; CenterstateCEO; Skaneateles Lake Association; and the Manufacturers Association of Cen- as a lawyer for BD but also as the head of business development and strategy, including a period tral New York, for which he also serves as General Counsel. Mr. Hole is a member of the Syracuse where he ran BD’s venture capital fund. Although retired from BD in 2015, after nearly 28 years, University College of Law Board of Advisors. Mr. Hallenbeck continues to be involved in technology transfer and development through his role as Chair of both the Maryland Innovation Initiative and the Maryland E-nnovation Initiative Mr. Hole earned his B.A. from Hamilton College in 1971 and his J.D. from Syracuse University Program. Through these initiatives—and through his role as a former member of the Board of College of Law in 1975. While at the College, Mr. Hole was a member of the Syracuse Law Fairleigh Dickinson University and the advisory board at the College of Law—Mr. Hallenbeck has Review and served as its Business Manager. a strong understanding of higher education and the role technology transfer can play there. He continues to work with early and later stage companies, as well as universities, as they navigate through the commercialization process. To that end, Mr. Hallenbeck recently joined the board of an early stage med-tech company Sonavex, in Baltimore, MD. 10 11

Christopher S. Jennison, L’16 experience also includes positions as an intern to the Hon. Jan E. Dubois, Senior Judge, US District Attorney, US Department of Transportation Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and extern at the US Attorney’s Offce for the Northern Washington, DC District of New York, where he assisted in prosecuting child exploitation cases. Christopher Jennison is an Attorney-Advisor with the US Department of Transportation. He is At Lowenstein Sandler, Mr. Kaplan focuses on complex commercial litigation, as well as products an employment and labor litigator with the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Offce of liability, mass tort, toxic tort, and dram shop cases. He also handles a wide array of civil litigation Chief Counsel. He entered the department as an Honors Attorney, serving details in the Offce and appeals in both state and federal courts across the country and has experience in domestic of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings of the Department’s Offce of General Counsel, the and international arbitrations. In addition to his civil practice, he concentrates on white collar Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and the FAA’s Enforcement Division. He criminal law, representing individuals and corporations in matters involving allegations of mail has worked on matters spanning aviation consumer protection, charter licensing, disability rights, and wire fraud, health care fraud, and tax evasion. He also conducts internal investigations and aerospace safety, pipeline development safety, and federal preemption of state regulation in the defends clients in investigations and civil proceedings brought by the state and federal regulatory aerospace and hazardous materials sectors. authorities. He maintains an active pro bono practice and provides representation to victims of domestic violence through Lowenstein’s partnership with Partners for Women and Justice and the Mr. Jennison earned his J.D. in 2016 from Syracuse University’s College of Law, his M.P.A. in 2014 Rachel Coalition. from the University of Pennsylvania, and his B.A., cum laude, in 2012 from Syracuse University, where he was a Remembrance Scholar. While at Syracuse Law, he worked for Judge Mary Ellen Dawn J. Krigstin, L’03 Coster Williams of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and with then-Senate Majority Leader Harry CEO, Envoy Specialty LLC Reid, as well as for the Inspector General’s Offce of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. New York, New York He is admitted to the bars of the state of Maryland and the District of Maryland. Dawn J. Krigstin is the CEO of Envoy Specialty, a boutique, specialty lines claims service provider. Mr. Jennison is an active member of the Maryland State, Federal, and American bar associations. Before joining Envoy Specialty, Ms. Krigstin was the Senior Vice President and Chief Claims In the Maryland State Bar Association, he is a member of the Section of Legal Education and Offcer for Ironshore Environmental. Ms. Krigstin has extensive experience resolving complex Admissions to the Bar’s Council, and he serves as the MSBA Young Lawyer representative in claims and managing litigation around the globe. the ABA’s House of Delegates. Within the ABA, he is an appointed member of the Standing Committee on Paralegals, the accrediting body of paralegal education programs. Mr. Jennison Ms. Krigstin began her career as part of a litigation team at a large New York City law frm before served as the Law Student At-Large on the ABA’s Board of Governors from 2015-16, where pursuing in-house executive opportunities. At Envoy Specialty, Ms. Krigstin leads a department he shepherded a policy requiring panelist diversity in ABA-sponsored CLEs and successfully that helps insurance carriers and policyholders resolve a wide variety of claims associated with introduced a resolution calling for support of the Uniform Bar Exam. mold, toxic tort, pollution releases, construction accidents, product liability, emerging risks, and professional liability matters. In 2002, Ms. Krigstin earned her J.D. from Syracuse University Mr. Jennison is currently an appointed member of the Montgomery County Commission on College of Law. In her free time, Ms. Krigstin devotes time as a member of the Board of Trustees Juvenile Justice, and an elected director of the Strathmore-Bel Pre Recreation Association. He of the Development School for the Youth, a nonproft educational organization that uplifts serves on the board of the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Washington DC, and he volunteers inner-city high school students by offering them training, mentorship, and real-world exposure as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad. to the corporate world.

Michael A. Kaplan, L’11 Kimberly C. Lau, L’06 Litigation Associate, Lowenstein Sandler LLP Partner, Warshaw Burstein LLP Roseland, New Jersey New York, New York Michael A. Kaplan graduated summa cum laude from the College of Law in 2011. While in law Kimberly C. Lau is Partner and Chair of the Title IX/College Disciplinary Department of Warshaw school, he was the executive director of the Moot Court Honor Society and lead articles editor of Burstein LLP in New York City. Her experience includes state and federal practice, trials, the Syracuse Law Review; he was also a member of Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court arbitrations, mediations, and appeals in commercial litigation and Title IX/college disciplinary Team and Justinian Honor Society. Upon graduation, he was awarded the ALI-ABA Scholarship matters. Over the years, Ms. Lau has obtained several successes for her clients, including a $2 & Leadership Award and a Scribes Award for legal writing and was selected to the Orders of the million dollar judgment in a real estate partnership dispute, and a unanimous jury verdict in an Coif and Barristers. adverse possession action. Ms. Lau has successfully represented numerous students both male and female in more than 100 proceedings addressing a broad spectrum of disciplinary matters, Mr. Kaplan is a litigation associate at Lowenstein Sandler LLP, with offces in Roseland, NJ, New including, academic dishonesty, theft, harassment, sexual misconduct, and gender discrimination York, NY, and Washington, DC. Before joining the frm, he served as a judicial law clerk to the at major college and universities across the country. She regularly serves in a critical advisory Honorable Gary L. Sharpe, chief judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. His role during student disciplinary proceedings. 12 13 Ms. Lau received her B.A. with the highest honors in 2003 from Syracuse University and her J.D. Hon. Joanne M. Mahoney, L’90 from Syracuse University College of Law in 2006 as a Chancellor’s Scholar. In her 2L year she County Executive, Offce of the Onondaga County Executive interned with the United States Attorney’s Offce, Northern District of New York in Syracuse, NY, Syracuse, New York where she worked on asylum cases and issues of qualifed immunity. Elected in November 2007, Joanne M. Mahoney is the frst woman to serve as Onondaga County Ms. Lau’s affliations include the New York County Lawyers Association, New York Women’s Executive. A native of Syracuse, Ms. Mahoney graduated from Corcoran High School, Syracuse Bar Association, Families Advocating for Campus Equality (FACE), National Association of Pro- University’s School of Management, and Syracuse University College of Law. fessional Women, and Asian Women in Business. After spending time in private practice, Ms. Mahoney worked for fve years as a criminal pros- In October 2014, she was the lead speaker for a continuing education legal program, where she ecutor in the District Attorney’s Offce before being elected Councilor-at-Large in the City of presented on the history and future trends of Title IX, hosted by DLA Piper LLP in Washington, Syracuse, where she served a four-year term. In 2008 Ms. Mahoney led Onondaga County to DC. In July 2017, Ms. Lau was invited to present her views on restorative justice at the 2nd Annual work toward a more sustainable community, culminating in “Save the Rain”, a comprehensive Title IX ExecuSummit in Uncasville, CT. Ms. Lau has authored numerous articles on issues storm water management plan developed to reduce pollution to Onondaga Lake. Ms. Mahoney affecting how colleges and universities handle sexual assault on campus, the federal privacy also has placed an emphasis on literacy and education, guiding the County’s partnership with Say statutes impacting student education records, and tips for her extensive experience in handling Yes to Education, which makes college a possibility for many students. more than 100 cases in this area across the nation at both public and private education institutions. Ms. Mahoney has made diversifying county government and supporting minority and women owned businesses a priority. She established a partnership with On Point for College, which pro- Ms. Lau’s expertise in Title IX and college disciplinary matters has been featured on national news vides summer jobs for college students. She also successfully created a dedicated funding stream outlets, such as, CNN, ABC’s Nightline, and The Wall Street Journal, and she has been quoted in for arts organizations in the Syracuse community. national news media, including Newsweek, Yahoo News, The New York Observer, and The Daily Beast. In 2010, then Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo asked Ms. Mahoney to serve as Co-Chair of his transition team. In 2012, Gov. Cuomo appointed Ms. Mahoney to serve as a Trustee for the New Ms. Lau is on the Board of Advisors of FACE, and she is a Board Member of Syracuse University York Power Authority and most recently the governor appointed her as Chair of the New York Law Alumni Association. State Thruway Authority. In November 2015, Ms. Mahoney was elected to her third term as County Executive. Ms. Mahoney and her husband Marc Overdyk have four sons and reside in the Town of Dewitt. Hon. Theodore H. Limpert, L’88 City Court Judge, Syracuse City Court Syracuse, New York Marc A. Malftano, L’78 Attorney/Real Estate Developer Theodore “Ted” Limpert is a Syracuse City Court Judge. He was appointed to the Bench in Novem- Syracuse, New York ber 2009 and elected to a 10-year term in November, 2010. As a City Court Judge, he handles both criminal and civil cases. Before becoming a Judge, he was in private practice for more than 20 Marc A. Malftano is a self-employed attorney and real estate developer. From October 2003 years. through July 2004, he was a development principal in Destiny USA Management LLC, responsible for environmental due diligence, creation of legal structures for the various entities, Judge Limpert grew up in Camillus, NY, and graduated from Bucknell University with a B.S. in negotiation of the state and local incentive programs, and coordination of legal matters with the Biology in 1981. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law in many outside counsel assisting in this project. 1988. He was commissioned in 1982 through the Air National Guard’s Academy of Military Science. He became an operational member of Syracuse’s 174th Fighter Wing in May 1984, and Before joining Destiny, Mr. Malftano was associated with Pyramid Management Group, Inc. and he was the 138th Fighter Squadron Commander from May 2003 to September 2007. Judge The Pyramid Companies for more than 25 years. During most of his tenure there, he acted as Limpert has more than 2,200 hours in the F-16 and logged nearly 750 hours in the A-10 Warthog. General Counsel, and at various times he also held the titles of Director of Management and Op- erating Offcer. Mr. Malftano’s legal experience with the company grew out of his negotiation of Judge Limpert has deployed to SW Asia seven times, beginning with Operation Desert Storm, with hundreds of complex lease transactions and reciprocal easement agreements; his participation in subsequent deployments supporting Northern Watch, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation and negotiation of the business and legal terms of more than $2 billion of fnancing transactions; Enduring Freedom. Judge Limpert, as a colonel, was the 174th Fighter Wing Detachment Com- the coordination of litigation and governmental affairs matters for the company; right to build mander and 332nd Expeditionary Squadron Commander during the unit’s 2006 OIF deployment. matters; and the supervision of an in-house staff of lawyers and paralegals. He few his 106th combat mission in October 2008, during his last OIF deployment. In 2011 he As an attorney Mr. Malftano practices in the areas of business and commercial transactions, zon- volunteered as the Senior Reserve Air Component Advisor to the COMUSAFCENT Al Udeid Air ing, and environmental law. He is a principal in a number of entities that have developed and own Base, Qatar, where he also travelled to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Oman, and Kyrgyzstan. commercial properties and residential land developments. 14 15 Mr. Malftano is the Chairman of the Town of Onondaga Planning Board, and he is the Chairman followed by Senior Manager of the valuation practice of Ernst & Young, before focusing on man- of the Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors. He has been active as a board agement consulting as a testifying expert in derivatives. He applied his expertise to credit default member on several community boards of directors and foundations. He also is an adjunct swaps and collateralized mortgage obligations in the fnancial sector. professor at the Syracuse University College of Law, where he teaches commercial real estate. Dr. Murphy holds a Ph.D. in Quantitative Finance from Syracuse University; a J.D. with a certifcate Mr. Malftano received a B.A. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from the College of Law. in Technology Commercialization Law from the College of Law; and an MBA in accounting from the Whitman School. His undergraduate degree is in Chemical Engineering (with honors) from Clarkson Dr. Thomas Murphy, L’93 University. He is published in journals and book chapters, including Energy Risk Management, Risk Managing Director, Valuation Risk & Strategy LLC International, and he has lectured in the US, Europe, and China. Skaneateles, New York

Dr. Thomas Murphy was among the frst class of students in the Technology Commercialization Marc A. Neporent, L’82 Law Program. His career has focused outside of the traditional law frm career path, and he credits Chief Operating Offcer and General Counsel, Cerberus Capital Management L.P. attending the College of Law with helping make that career choice possible though programs such New York, New York as TCLP and through dual degree opportunities. Mark A. Neporent is Chief Operating Offcer, General Counsel, and a Senior Managing Director of Dr. Murphy’s message to the members of the entering law class is to “use the skills you came in Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. since 1998. with, no matter what your degrees and experiences are, and to acquire new ones that will Cerberus is a private investment frm with over $30 billion of assets under management in four compliment your law degree and career. Today’s world has increasing levels of risk, uncertainty, primary strategies: distressed investing, loan origination to middle-market business, control and and extreme events, and your skills will make a difference.” non-control private equity, and real estate. Mr. Neporent is responsible for the day-to-day Dr. Murphy is an expert in quantitative (mathematical) modeling of complex derivative structures management of the frm and is a member of the frm’s investment committee, compensation embedded inside fnancial assets; manufacturing processes (energy, materials, chemicals, and committee, valuation committee, and risk /compliance committee. In addition to his role as COO, patent portfolios); and contracts in the form of complex terms and conditions. He has testifed in General Counsel, and Senior Managing Director, Mr. Neporent is in charge of the frm’s media some of the highest profle cases, before judges and juries, arbitration panels, the SEC, and CFTC. relations and is a member of the Board of Directors of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Co., LLC. His clients include international energy companies, law frms, private equity, manufacturing, Mr. Neporent joined the frm from Schulte Roth & Zabel, where he was a partner in its business mining, transportation, and advanced technology industries. He has held senior positions with the reorganization and fnance group. He has served on numerous boards of directors including: Big Four auditing frms Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young, and was a partner/director at major SuperValu, Inc.; GMAC LLC; AMC Financial Corporation; EXCO Holdings, Inc.; MCI World Com; consulting frms, including Charles River Associates. He applies his background and expertise SSA Global Technologies; Tandem Staffng Solutions; Chrysler Holdings; Core Pointe Insurance to help clients understand complex contracts and securities, many of which have contributed to Company; and Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. major upsets in the energy and fnancial markets. Mr. Neporent has more than 30 years of experience in the distressed securities, bankruptcy, and Before attending graduate school, Dr. Murphy was a Research Engineer with the DuPont, where high-yield fnance business. He began his legal career with Otterbourg, Steindler, and Houston he gained practical experience in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and research, including & Rosen as an Associate in the Creditors’ Rights Department. He was admitted to the New York a new venture assignment at the DuPont Experimental Station. State Bar in 1983 and the Connecticut Bar in 1982. After graduate school, Dr. Murphy restarted his career as the Energy Manager of a major energy- Mr. Neporent served as a Trustee of the Association of Bankruptcy Professionals from 1990 to intensive industrial gas company in Houston, TX, where he helped managed risk through a 1996 and as the Member of the Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization, for portfolio of industrial gas pipelines, gas storage and power generation facilities. With his the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Neporent received background in engineering, law, and fnance, Dr. Murphy was able to keep that company from a Bachelor’s degree from the Lehigh University in 1979 and a law degree from the Syracuse adopting risky hedging strategies. He was then recruited by Kansas State University (KSU), University College of Law, cum laude, in 1982. where he was an Associate Professor and taught advanced fnancial theory, options, futures, and other derivative securities to M.B.A. and Ph.D. students. For Syracuse University, Mr. Neporent serves on the Board of Trustees Budget and Facilities committees and also serves on the College of Law Board of Advisors. He has lectured in the College At KSU, Dr. Murphy held a concurrent position with a venture capital group commercializing of Law Continuing Legal Education Program. advanced technologies, and he was president and CEO of two successful start-up companies, one in nanotechnology and the other in biotechnology. He then became the Senior Manager of the quantitative services team in the Capital Markets practice of Deloitte & Touche in Houston,

16 17 Carey W. Ng, L’02 Sarah M. Oliker, L’03 Assistant District Attorney, Offce of the New York County District Attorney Assistant General Counsel, ConMed Corporation New York, New York Utica, New York Carey Ng serves as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Sarah M. Oliker, as Assistant General Counsel at CONMED Corporation, advises on international Offce. He is assigned to the Rackets Bureau prosecuting complex white-collar crime. Previously, and domestic distribution matters and health care provider arrangements, and she provides he has handled a range of misdemeanor and felony trials, including fnancial crime, identity theft, strategic counsel on day-to-day matters affecting ConMed’s business. Before joining ConMed, and sex crimes prosecutions. He also has handled numerous grand jury presentations, search Ms. Oliker served as Senior Counsel for ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., where she structured warrants, and wire taps, working with local and federal law enforcement agencies. complex physician arrangements and hospital joint ventures, provided health care regulatory and reimbursement counsel, and oversaw the Corporate Compliance Program. Prior to ProCure, While a student at the College of Law, Mr. Ng was the solicitations editor of the Digest, the journal Ms. Oliker spent fve years with Epstein Becker & Green in its Health Care & Life Sciences group of the Italian-American Bar Association. He also participated on several Moot Court and mock trial teams, including the ATLA Trial Competition and Asian-American Bar Association Moot based in Washington, DC, where her practice consisted of health regulatory and transactional Court competition. matters, representing clients from all verticals of the health care industry. She is admitted to practice in Washington, DC, and New York and is a member of the American Health Lawyers In 2001, Mr. Ng and a teammate won the Northeast Regional of the Asian-American Bar Association. Association Moot Court competition (beating Harvard University). Mr. Ng was elected to the Order of the Barristers, and also has worked as an intern in the Chambers of the Hon. Frederick J. Ms. Oliker holds a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and is a 2003 Syracuse University Scullin, then-chief judge for the Northern District of New York, and the US Attorney’s Offce for College of Law graduate. In addition, Ms. Oliker is the immediate Past President of the Syracuse the Eastern District of New York. While at Syracuse University, he also earned an M.P.A. degree University Law Alumni Association. In this role, she encouraged engagement between graduates from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. and helped to keep them connected to the College of Law, where, as a student, she was active in both the student government and in the formation of the Health Law Society. Mr. Ng is the current chair of the Syracuse University Law Alumni Association (SULAA). Ms. Oliker serves on the Board of Directors of Med Tech, which is the trade association for New York State’s biomed industry representing the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical Hon. Daniel J. O’Connor, L’13 technology companies, their suppliers and service providers, and research universities. Franklin County Recorder and Partner, Weis + O’Connor Columbus, OH Joshua Frakes Patterson, L’00 Daniel “Danny” J. O’Connor Jr. is Franklin County’s 30th Recorder and the youngest countywide Deputy General Counsel, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. executive offce holder in Franklin County history. He was elected in November 2016 to his frst New Canaan, Connecticut four-year term. Joshua Patterson has served as in-house counsel in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry In between his undergraduate studies and law school, Mr. O’Connor served in the Jesuit Volunteer for 17 years. Mr. Patterson began his career at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was Corps as a legal advocate at Part of the Solution Legal Clinic in The Bronx, NY. In this capacity, responsible for general corporate transactional matters, with a focus in clinical trials, patient Mr. O’Connor worked with veterans, immigrants, homeless individuals, and individuals stricken privacy, and FDA regulatory practice. At Amylin, he handled the transactional work supporting by poverty. more than 400 clinical trial sites for Amylin’s leading two frst-in-class diabetes therapies that Mr. O’Connor graduated from Wright State University, where he was President of the College were ultimately granted regulatory approval by the FDA and European regulatory authorities. Democrats, and Syracuse University College of Law, where he was a law alumni scholarship In his current position as Deputy General Counsel of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mr. Patterson recipient, member of the Dean’s List, Vice President of the Student Body, and recipient of the spearheads transactions to advance Ionis’ 34-drug pipeline and specializes in intellectual property General Electric Student Leadership Award. licensing. Mr. Patterson also handles legal matters for Ionis’ subsidiary, Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. After graduating law school and passing the Ohio Bar, Mr. O’Connor worked in the Franklin located in Cambridge, MA. To date, Mr. Patterson has completed strategic licensing transactions County Prosecutor’s Offce in the juvenile division. In 2014, he joined his current law frm of Weis at Ionis and Akcea, resulting in more than $1.5 billion in cash, with the potential for additional + O’Connor, where he is a partner and specializes in family law. In 2015, Mr. O’Connor and his downstream revenue of up to $9 billion. In addition, he is responsible for the transactional partner, Amy Weis, were honored to contribute to the American Association of Matrimonial matters related to Ionis’ and Akcea’s clinical trials, including the pivotal clinical trials of Ionis’ Lawyer’s Amicus Brief, which asked the Supreme Court of the United States to rule in favor of drug, SPINRAZA (nusinersen), approved in the United States and the European Union for use in marriage equality. patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Mr. O’Connor resides in Clintonville and loves enjoying all that the great city of Columbus, OH, Mr. Patterson lives in New Canaan, CT with his wife, Sabrina Cerretani Patterson L’01 (who is has to offer. Senior Counsel with a utility management company), and their fve children. 18 19 Lisa A. Peebles, L’92 Sarah J. Reckess, L’09 Federal Public Defender, Offce of the Federal Public Defender Director, Center for Court Innovation Syracuse, New York Syracuse, New York Lisa Peebles joined the Northern District of New York Federal Public Defender’s Offce in August Sarah Reckess, Esq., is the Director of the Center for Court Innovation’s Upstate offce, where she 1999. She was appointed First Assistant Public Defender in 2005 and Interim Federal Public oversees the development and implementation of problem-solving justice initiatives in Upstate Defender in November 2010. She was offcially appointed as the Federal Public Defender for New York. She also works on the Tribal Justice Exchange, a program funded by the US Depart- the Northern District of New York in 2013. Ms. Peebles is a native of Cleveland, OH, and has ment of Justice to provide training and technical assistance to tribal courts around the country. practiced law in the Syracuse area for the past 24 years. She received her undergraduate degree Ms. Reckess has planned and implemented a number of court-based programs that reduce from Akron University and her law degree from Syracuse University. recidivism, empower communities, and support justice system reform, including an adolescent diversion program in Syracuse City Court; an employment services program for noncustodial Ms. Peebles worked as a clerk in the US Attorney’s Offce in Syracuse while attending law school. parents who cannot pay their child support payments; an ESL program for drug court participants; Upon being admitted to the Bar, she worked from 1993-1994 in the Jefferson County Public and a neighborhood-based restorative justice program that diverts criminal and family court Defender’s Offce. Thereafter, she operated a private practice with emphasis on criminal defense cases from the Onondaga County justice system. Ms. Reckess is a SAMHSA-certifed Trauma- matters. She has tried more than 45 cases to verdict, including both civil and criminal. She has Informed Care Trainer and a facilitator for Community-Police Dialogues in the city of Syracuse, in handled numerous appeals in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Peebles has dedicated her collaboration with the Syracuse Police Department. career to indigent defense work, and in 2014 she was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Award for outstanding criminal practitioner by the NYSACDL. Ms. Reckess graduated cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law, and she also holds a master’s degree in Literature and Environment from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Mount Holyoke College. While at the College of Law, Susan K. Reardon, L’76 Ms. Reckess was a student advocate in the Children’s Rights and Family Law Clinic and a Family Director of Federal Affairs, Johnson & Johnson (retired) Advocate Program Fellow in partnership with Upstate Medical University. Washington, DC

Susan K. Reardon served as Director, International Policy, Worldwide Government Affairs and Daniel R. Rose, Esq. Policy at Johnson & Johnson (J&J) based in Washington, DC, until April of 2014. In her position, Associate, Costello, Cooney & Fearon PLLC she advanced global trade and health issues working with industry associations, government Syracuse, New York agencies, business organizations and others to shape policies consistent with J&J interests. Mr. Rose joined Costello, Cooney & Fearon PLLC as an associate in 2013. He practices primarily Before this international position, she advocated on behalf of the medical device and diagnostic in civil litigation with particular focus on professional liability defense and construction/labor law. companies of J&J before Congress and federal agencies. Before joining the frm, Mr. Rose clerked for two years at the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Before her career at J&J, Ms. Reardon held several positions at the Advanced Medical Technology Division, Fourth Department in Rochester, NY, where he worked closely with the judges and other Association (AdvaMed) where she was responsible for regulatory and reimbursement issues clerks on both criminal and civil appeals. affecting the medical technology industry. She also served in the federal government, includ- ing the US Department of Health and Human Services, where she was Acting General Counsel Mr. Rose graduated magna cum laude from The College of William and Mary in 2004 with a dual concentration and high honors in German and European Studies. He graduated cum laude with among other positions; the US Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Small his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2011. While in law school, Mr. Business Administration. She practiced law in Oswego, NY, and served as Counsel to the local Rose served on the editorial board of the North Carolina Law Review and his student article school district. on complex litigation issues surrounding collateral estoppel in patent Markman hearings was Ms. Reardon earned her B.A. (magna cum laude) in International Relations from Syracuse selected for publication. Mr. Rose also served as the President of Carolina Law’s Lambda Law Students Association and completed more than 100 hours of pro bono work during his time in University and her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law, where she served on, and law school. published in, the Syracuse Law Review. She is the recipient of several awards including the W. Quinn Jordan Memorial Award for signifcant government affairs accomplishments. She Mr. Rose is admitted to practice in the state of New York and in Federal Court for the Northern currently serves as a member of the Syracuse College of Law Board of Advisors. and Western Districts of New York. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Onondaga County Bar Association. He regularly takes on pro bono cases with the Volunteer Lawyer Project, assisting transgender clients to obtain legal name changes and updated name and gender marker information on identifcation documents. When not practicing law, Mr. Rose enjoys traveling with his husband and their dog, Elroy. 20 21

Frank W. Ryan IV, L’94 Edward H. Townsend IV, L’10 Partner, DLA Piper Associate, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP New York, New York Rochester, New York Frank Ryan graduated from Syracuse University College of Law, earning magna cum laude honors Edward “Ted” Townsend advises hospitals, health care providers, facilities, and organizations and the Order of the Coif. Before law school, he graduated with a B.S. from Syracuse University in connection with operational, compliance, and governance matters, including corporate and was a four-year varsity letter winner. compliance, HIPAA, fraud and abuse, professional licensure and misconduct issues, the Mr. Ryan is a Partner at DLA Piper; US Chair of its Intellectual Property Practice; Deputy Chair implementation of internal compliance programs, patient-related issues, medical staff issues, and of the Global Media, Sport, and Entertainment Sector; and a member of the frm’s Executive psychiatric commitment issues. A large portion of Mr. Townsend’s practice is devoted to assisting Committee and Global Board. He provides legal and strategic advice to multinational clients physician practices and other health care entities with business acquisitions and sales; ACO who draw on his experience in litigation, intellectual property, media and sports, and complex formation and participation; and issues relating to the formation, governance, ownership, commercial matters. operation, transfer, and termination of such entities. He also counsels clients on contracting matters, including reviewing and negotiating managed care agreements. Mr. Ryan has successfully taken a wide variety of cases to trial and his clients turn to him as a go-to litigator and strategist for their most important matters. He has run merger and acquisition Mr. Townsend also provides counsel to health care providers in federal and state audits and teams in domestic and cross-border transactions involving media and sport, and he regularly investigations, including counseling clients with respect to Medicare and Medicaid voluntary counsels clients on content distribution agreements, patent litigation, and intellectual property self-disclosures. portfolio development and protection.

Mr. Ryan’s experience includes numerous engagements for ESPN, Disney, ABC, various NCAA Tiffany L. Townsend, L’96 athletic conferences, Nike, Al Jazeera, and beIN Sport, as well as for a number of other prominent Attorney, IBM Corporation networks and media- and sports-related entities. In addition, he is an accomplished trial lawyer Somers, New York who has litigated hundreds of intellectual property and commercial matters. Tiffany Townsend is a magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University College of Law’s class of 1996. While at the College of Law, she studied under Ted Hagelin in the Law, Technology, and Gregory M. Sobo, L’99 Management program. She was also an active member of the travelling moot court programs and Attorney, Sobo & Sobo LLP is a member of Order of the Coif. Middletown, New York For the past 20 years Ms. Townsend has been employed by IBM in various roles. She started in Gregory M. Sobo graduated from Colgate University in 1994 with high honors. He then became IP law (since her background is in chemistry and computer engineering) and has held positions the 10th ranked springboard diver in the United States and made a run at the 1996 Olympic in patent work, portfolio development, mergers and acquisition, and patent and technology Games. Mr. Sobo attended the Syracuse University College of Law, where he graduated licensing. Most recently she was Counsel on the marketing legal team. magna cum laude in 1999, and he was named one of the 10 best prospective trial lawyers by the National Institute of Trial Lawyers Association. While attending the College of Law, Mr. Sobo participated in a variety of activities, including the Golda Zimmerman, L’80 Syracuse Law Review (for which he was Executive Editor); the National Trial Team; the Criminal Attorney, Law Offces of Golda Zimmerman (retired) Law Clinic; the Justinian Honor Society; and the Order of the Coif. Syracuse, New York Mr. Sobo began his legal career at a top New York City frm Dechert Price & Rhoads, where he Golda Zimmerman is an internationally recognized expert and frequent speaker and lecturer served in the litigation department. He soon returned to his hometown in Orange County, NY, to on adoption law and family formation. She is currently retired from the active practice of law, join his father, Gary M. Sobo, in private practice. Mr. Sobo transformed his father’s solo real estate but she continues to serve as an expert witness and consults on diffcult cases nationally and practice into Sobo & Sobo LLP, one of the top four largest personal injury law frms in New York internationally. State, with more than 30 lawyers and eight offces. A 1980 graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law, Ms. Zimmerman has an extensive Mr. Sobo is the Founding and Managing Partner of Sobo & Sobo LLP. He concentrates his practice knowledge of domestic and intercountry adoption processes and family formation processes, on personal injury litigation, where he has won numerous jury verdicts and settled many cases. He and possesses a particular expertise in Chinese adoptions. She has visited China on numerous has represented clients with all types of injuries, including wrongful death. Mr. Sobo has published occasions and was invited by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs to serve as part of a 30-member in the feld of negligence and personal injury law, and his works have been recognized by delegation to study ways to ease intercountry adoption processes. authorities such as the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. 22 23 Ms. Zimmerman taught adoption law and family formation at Syracuse University College of Law for more than a decade—one of only a handful of professionals who teach in this specialty area—and she has presented extensively to attorneys and other groups and organizations on these subjects. Before her law career, Ms. Zimmerman was an elementary school teacher and a university administrator. She holds an M.S. degree in educational administration. Additionally, Ms. Zimmerman is a four-term Board Member and Founding Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, as well as a Founding Member of New York Attorneys for Adoption and Family Formation. She is a former Director of the Onondaga County Bar Association and a former Board Member of the Women’s Bar Association of New York State. She served for many years as a Judicial Evaluator for the Women’s Bar Association of Central New York. Ms. Zimmerman is editor and author of Adoption Law in New York and the Supplement to Adoption Law in New York, published by the New York State Bar Association. Her second book— Adoption Law: Practice and Procedure in the 21st Century—was published by the New York State Bar Association. In 2004, Ms. Zimmerman received congressional recognition for her adoption law work by being chosen by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute to receive the “Angels in Adoption” award, which was presented in Washington, DC. This award recognizes individuals who have made a difference to the lives of children in this country and around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes and who have eliminated the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic need for a family.

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