Class Notes
compiled and edited by deborah j.wakefield
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2000s
Robert T. Abrams ’54 and his friend Margot Einstein dedicated an Xcelera work station and an echocardiography scanner at the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, Israel. The scanner is named in honor of Ms. Einstein and the work station bears Abrams’s name.
Martin L. Aronson ’58 is senior counsel at Parker Scheer LLP in Boston. He was formerly managing partner at Boston-based White, Inker, Aronson PC.
R.Robert Popeo ’61 is included
in Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business
2008. He is chairman and
president of Mintz, Levin,
Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo
PC and practices in the firm’s
Boston office.
Paul J. McNamara ’65 was
named a “Legal 100” honoree
in Irish America Magazine’s
inaugural feature naming the
top 100 Irish American lawyers
and lawmakers in the US. He is
a partner at Boston-based
Masterman, Culbert & Tully
LLP and specializes in property
and probate law.
Alan S. Goldberg ’67 was appointed to the adjunct faculty of George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, VA. He continues as a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Health Administration and Policy of George Mason University College of Health and Human Services in Fairfax, VA.
Michael E. Mone ’67 was
included in the 2008 “Lawdragon
500 Leading Lawyers
in America” guide published in
Lawdragon Magazine. He is a
partner at Esdaile, Barrett &
Esdaile in Boston.
Ruby R. Wharton ’69 is the recipient of the 2008 Marion Griffin-Frances Loring Award presented by the Association for Women Attorneys in Memphis for her services and contributions to the legal profession. She is managing partner at the Wharton Law Firm in Memphis, TN, where she practices with her son André C. Wharton
Paul M. Kane ’70 was named a
“Legal 100” honoree in Irish
America Magazine’s inaugural
feature naming the top 100
Irish American lawyers and
lawmakers in the US. He is a
partner at McGrath & Kane
in Boston and specializes in
family law
Leo V. Boyle ’71 is included
in the 2008 “Lawdragon 500
Leading Lawyers in America”
guide published in Lawdragon
Magazine. He is a trial attorney
at Boston-based Meehan,
Boyle, Black & Bogdanow PC.
Hon. James J. Brown ’71 retired as a US administrative law judge in October following a thirty-seven-year legal career, including thirteen years on the bench, seventeen years with the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, and seven years in private practice. He was presented with an award for distinguished service by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice in Nov. An author and editor who continues to write and do legal consulting, he published an article entitled “Discovery of Electronically Stored Information” in the July/August 2008 issue of Debt3 Magazine.
Frank J. Connell ’73
was
appointed associate attorney
general with the Oregon
Department of Justice.
James M. Micali ’73 is of
counsel in the Greenville, SC,
office of Ogletree, Deakins,
Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC
following retirement from
his position as chairman
and president of Michelin
North America.
Neal C. Tully ’73 was named a
“Legal 100” honoree in Irish
America Magazine’s inaugural
feature naming the top 100
Irish American lawyers and
lawmakers in the US. He is a
partner at Masterman, Culbert
& Tully LLP in Boston and
practices in the field of eminent
domain law.
Steven Weisman ’73 is the
author of The Truth about
Avoiding Scams, published by
Financial Times Press in 2008.
He has a general law practice
specializing in estate planning
in Cambridge, MA.
John D. Hanify ’74 was named
a “Legal 100” honoree in Irish
America Magazine’s inaugural
feature naming the top 100
Irish American lawyers and
lawmakers in the US. He is co-founder
of Boston-based Hanify
& King PC, and recipient of the
2008 Best Law Firm Profile
Award presented by the Burton
Foundation in association with
the Law Library of Congress
and the Association of Legal
Administrators. Hanify attended
the awards program at The
Library of Congress in
Washington, DC, in June.
Michael B. Katz ’74 was
named a 2008 Massachusetts
“Super Lawyer.” He is a partner
and co-chair of the bankruptcy
department at Bacon
Wilson PC in Springfield, MA.
Joan A. Lukey ’74 was named
president-elect of the American
College of Trial Lawyers. She
is a partner in the litigation
department in the Boston
office of Ropes & Gray LLP.
Hon. Elizabeth Butler ’75 joined JAMS, the Resolution
Experts, in Boston and will
serve as a mediator and arbitrator
in the areas of business
commercial, contracts, employment,
insurance, medical malpractice,
personal injury, and
real estate.
Richard G. Kent ’75 is a partner
at Meyers, Breiner & Kent LLP
in Fairfield, CT, and practices
matrimonial law with an emphasis
on custody cases. He
has published six books and is
currently working on a book
about the US Tennis Open. He has been name a Best Lawyer in America, and a Connecticut Super Lawyer.
Mark N. Berman ’76is included in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 for his practice in financial restructuring and bankruptcy. He is a partner in the Boston office of Nixon Peabody LLP.
Michael D. Jones ’76
is chief
operating officer at the Public
Broadcasting Service in
Arlington, VA.
Regina S. Rockefeller ’76
is
included in Chambers USA:
America’s Leading Lawyers for
Business 2008 for her practice
in health care. She is a partner
in the Boston office of Nixon
Peabody LLP.
Charles M. Meyer ’77
is president
and managing partner of
Santen & Hughes in Cincinnati, OH, and specializes in business
law and commercial litigation.
He is chair of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation
for Findlay Market, the nonprofit
that operates historic
Findlay Market.
Edward J. Notis-McConarty '77
is one of five recipients of
the 2008 Adams Pro Bono
Publico Award presented by
Supreme Judicial Court Justice
Francis X. Spina on behalf of
the Supreme Judicial Court
Standing Committee on Pro
Bono Legal Services. He is a
partner at Hemenway &
Barnes LLP in Boston.
Jeffrey S. Sabin ’77
is a
partner and co-head of the
global financial restructuring
practice group in the New
York, NY, office of Bingham
McCutchen LLP. He was
formerly a partner at Schulte,
Roth & Zabel LLP in
New York, NY.
Mercedes S. Evans ’78
is the
recipient of the 2008 Bishop
James Augustine Healy Award
presented by the Office of
Cultural Diversity of the
Archdiocese of Boston.
Daniel W. Sklar ’78
is included
in Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business
2008 for his practice in financial
restructuring and bankruptcy.
He is senior counsel in the
Manchester, NH, office of
Nixon Peabody LLP.
Rudy J. Cerone ’79,
a partner
in the New Orleans, LA, office
of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC,
was included in Best Lawyers
in America 2009 for his practice
in bankruptcy and creditor-debtor
rights law.
Marian T. Ryan ’79
is the
recipient of the Middlesex
County (MA) Bar Association
Lifetime Achievement Award.
She is chief of the Elder/Disabled
Abuse Division of the Middlesex
District Attorney’s Office.
Sandra L. Tedlock ’79
was
named a 2008 “Southwest
Super Lawyer” in the category of family law by Law and
Politics magazine. She is in
private practice in Tucson, AZ.
Rebecca J. Wilson ’79
was
elected to the International
Association of Defense Counsel
Board of Directors. She is a
partner at Boston-based
Peabody & Arnold LLP and
concentrates her practice in the
areas of employment law and
professional liability.
Robert J. Ambrogi ’80 was
elected to the Board of Trustees
of the Massachusetts Bar
Association. He is in private
practice in Rockport, MA,
and focuses on media and
new media law, arbitration,
and mediation.
Jesse A. Finkelstein ’80 is listed
in the International Who’s
Who of Merger and Acquisition
Lawyers 2008. He is a partner
in the corporate department at
Richards, Layton & Finger PA
in Wilmington, DE.
Juliane M. Balliro ’81,
a partner in the Boston office
of Wolf, Block, Schorr &
Solis-Cohen LLP, is included
in the 2008 “Lawdragon 500
Leading Lawyers in America”
guide published in Lawdragon
Magazine.
Mark C. Perlberg ’81 was
elected to the Board of Directors
of the National Association
of Professional Employer
Organizations. He is president
and chief executive officer of
Oasis Outsourcing in West
Palm Beach, FL.
John A. Tarantino ’81 a
partner in the Providence, RI,
office of Adler Pollock &
Sheehan PC, is included in
the 2008 “Lawdragon 500
Leading Lawyers in America”
guide published in Lawdragon
Magazine.
Steven H. Wright ’81 is managing
partner of the Boston office
of Holland & Knight LLP.
Jonathan M. Albano ’82 was
elected co-chair of the Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties
Section of the Boston Bar
Association. He is a partner in
the Boston office of Bingham
McCutchen LLP and focuses
his practice on constitutional
and commercial litigation.
Bobby B. Gillenwater ’83 is
the managing partner of the
Fort Wayne, IN, office of
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
and practices in the firm’s
intellectual department.
Daniel B. Winslow ’83
was
elected to a one-year term as
the national delegate for the
Massachusetts chapter of the
Federal Bar Association. He is
a partner in the trial practice
group in the Boston office of
Duane Morris LLP.
Douglas K. Sheff ’84 was elected
secretary of the Massachusetts
Bar Association for 2008–2009.
He is the senior partner at Sheff
Law Offices PC in Boston and
specializes in all aspects of
personal injury law.
Charla B. Stevens ’84
was
elected to the New Hampshire
Women’s Bar Association Board
as the representative for Hillsborough
County, North. She is
an associate in the Manchester,
NH, office of McLane, Graf,
Raulerson & Middleton PA.
David L. Arons ’85 is president
of the South Area Solomon
Schechter Day School in
Norwood, MA. In practice
at Issadore & Arons LLP in
Norwell, MA, he resides with
his wife, Dr. Lynn Brandes,
and their son in Sharon, MA.
Marguerite M. Dorn ’85 is co-founder
with Carol O’Day ’87
of a business entitled The New
Having It All, online at
www.thenewhavingitall.com.
They lecture, consult, and
coach on issues related to
work/life balance, and conduct
seminars and workshops. Dorn
has three children and teaches
in the Women’s Studies Department
at Merrimack College in
North Andover, MA.
David R. Lira ’86 is included
in the 2008 “Lawdragon 500
Leading Lawyers in America”
guide published in Lawdragon
Magazine. He is a partner at
Girardi & Keese in Los
Angeles, CA.
William L. Norine ’86 was
appointed Burnett County
district attorney by Wisconsin
Governor James Doyle.
Randal V. Stephenson ’86 is
senior managing director and
head of mergers, acquisitions
and corporate advisory at Pali
Capital in New York, NY.
Kerry Kennedy ’87 was featured
in a Boston Globe article, “A
Kennedy Plumbs Life as a
Catholic,” by Michael Paulson
about her new book, Being
Catholic Now, published by
Random House in Sept.
Carol O’Day ’87 is co-founder
with Marguerite M. Dorn ’85
of a business entitled The New
Having It All, online at
www.thenewhavingitall.com.
They lecture, consult, and coach
on issues related to work/life
balance, and conduct seminars
and workshops. O’Day is a
published writer and lives with
her husband and two children
in Los Angeles, CA.
Frederick S. Lane ’88, author
of The Court and the Cross:
The Religious Right’s Crusade
to Reshape the Supreme Court,
presented a lecture on the
Religious Right’s assault on
the Supreme Court as part of
the Center for Inquiry “Voices
of Reason” lecture series in
New York, NY, in Nov.
Maria E. Recalde ’88, a partner
in the Boston office of Sheehan,
Phinney, Bass & Green PA, was
named one of the “20 on the
Move: Hispanic Executives
Making an Impact in Boston”
by Boston Business Journal
and El Planeta, a regional
Hispanic newspaper based
in Boston.
Gary J. Oberstein ’89 is
included in Chambers USA:
America’s Leading Lawyers for
Business 2008 for his practice
in labor and employment. He is
a partner in the Boston office
of Nixon Peabody LLP.
Mark A. Spitz ’89 is a senior attorney with the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. He was formerly general counsel of Pomeroy IT Solutions in Cincinnati, OH.
Walter E. Judge Jr. ’90 is listed
in Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business
2008 for his practice in commercial
litigation. He is a partner
at Downs, Rachlin & Martin
PLLC in Burlington, VT,
and a member of the adjunct
faculty at Vermont Law School
in South Royalton, VT.
Hon. Erik P. Kimball ’90 was
appointed a bankruptcy judge
for the Southern District of
Florida, West Palm Beach
Division, by the US Court of
Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit in June.
Lisa M. Harris ’91 married
Kenneth Robinson in
Greenville, SC, in Aug.
Steven S. Locke ’91 is co-chair
of the College and University
Law Section of the Boston Bar
Association. He is an associate
general counsel at Brandeis
University in Waltham, MA.
Jeffrey S. Bagnell ’92 won a
multimillion dollar verdict for
the plaintiff in an employment
law case in July. He is in private
practice in Westport, CT.
Glenn E. Deegan ’92 is vice-president,
general counsel, and
secretary of Altra Holdings in
Quincy, MA.
Patricia A. Markus ’92 was
appointed vice-chair of the
Health Information and Technology
Practice Group of the
American Health Lawyers
Association in June. A partner
in the Raleigh, NC, office of
Smith, Moore & Leatherwood
LLP, she is included in Best
Lawyers in America 2009 for
her practice in health care law.
Sharon A. Hwang ’93 was
elected to a three-year term on
the Board of Directors of the
Coalition of Women’s Initiatives
in Law Firms. She is a partner
at McAndrews, Held & Malloy
in Chicago, IL.
Andres L. Navarrete ’93 is
senior vice-president and chief
counsel for national lending and
regulatory matters at Capital
One Financial Corporation.
Nicholas W. Targ ’93 was
instrumental in the establishment
of the Georgia Diversity
Fellowship in Environmental
Law for 2009, co-sponsored
by Holland & Knight and the
American Bar Association
Section of Environment, Energy,
and Resources. He is senior
counsel in the San Francisco,
CA, office of Holland &
Knight LLP and practices
environmental, land use,
and natural resources law.
Donald J. J. Cordell ’94 is a
partner in the Framingham,
MA, office of Bowditch &
Dewey LLP and concentrates
his practice in the areas of
estate planning and business
and corporate law. He was
formerly a partner at Seegel,
Lipshutz & Wilchins LLP in
Wellesley, MA.
John T. Morrier ’95 is included
in Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business
2008 for his practice in bankruptcy
and restructuring. He is
of counsel in the Boston office
of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky & Popeo PC
Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss ’95, a partner at Fein, Such, Kahn
& Shepard PC in Parsippany,
NJ, was honored as a 2008
“40 Under 40” business leader
in New Jersey by NJBIZ
magazine. She was featured in
a Sept./Oct. 2008 Consumer
Digest article, “Survival Guide:
Keys to Successful Estate Planning,”
as an authority on estate
planning and elder law issues.
R. Daniel O’Connor ’96, counsel in the litigation
department at Ropes & Gray
LLP in Boston, was appointed
co-chair of the Securities Fraud
Subcommittee of the American
Bar Association Criminal
Justice Section’s White-Collar
Crime Committee.
William C. Acevedo ’97 was
appointed to the Board of
Directors of the Regional Parks
Foundation, an organization
dedicated to supporting the
East Bay Regional Park District
in California’s Alameda
and Contra Costa Counties.
He is a partner at Wendel,
Rosen, Black & Dean LLP in
Oakland, CA.
Kelly A. Leighton ’97 was
named co-chair of Policy of the
Family Law Section Steering
Committee of the Boston Bar
Association. She is senior
attorney at Greater Boston
Legal Services.
Fernando M. Pinguelo ’97, an
attorney in the Somerville, NJ,
office of Norris, McLaughlin &
Marcus PA, was selected by
New Jersey Law Journal as one
of the state’s “40 Under 40”
promising attorneys. In November,
he spoke at a Mercer
County Bar Association
e-Discovery Seminar.
Gary J. Creem ’98 was named
a 2008 “Up and Coming
Lawyer” by Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly. He is an
associate in the corporate
department of the Boston
office of Proskauer Rose LLP.
Peter V. Hogan ’98 is a partner
at Richardson & Patel LLP in
Los Angeles, CA, and focuses
his practice in corporate and
securities law.
Tanya Greene Wallace ’98 is a
partner at Shackelford, Melton
& McKinley LLP in Dallas,
TX, and focuses her practice
on corporate transaction and
commercial litigation.
Damon P. Hart ’99 was elected
president of the Massachusetts
Black Lawyers Association in
April, named a “40 Under
40” business leader by
Boston Business Journal in
Aug., and featured in an
article entitled “Damon P.
Hart: Building Community”
published in the Boston Business Journal in Aug. He is
a partner in the Boston office
of Holland & Knight LLP.
William J. Lovett ’99 was
named a 2008 “Up and Coming
Lawyer” by Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly. He is an
associate at Dwyer & Collora
LLP in Boston and specializes
in complex business litigation
and white-collar criminal
defense.
Frederick Van Magness Jr. ’99 founded Lyric Consulting, a
public relations firm focused
on political and business consulting.
He and his wife, Amy,
and their three children live in
Reading, PA.
2000s
James B. Eldridge ’00 was
elected to the Massachusetts
State Senate, representing the
District of Middlesex and
Worcester.
Matthew J. Lawlor ’00, counsel
in the Boston office of
Robinson & Cole LLP, was
named co-chair of the Land
Use and Development Committee
of the Boston Bar Association
Real Estate Section.
Theodore W. Connolly ’02 was
named a 2008 “Up and Coming
Lawyer” by Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly. He is an
associate in the Boston office
of Edwards, Angell, Palmer &
Dodge LLP and practices in
the area of restructuring and
insolvency.
Lisa M. Gaulin ’02 is one of
five recipients of the 2008
Adams Pro Bono Publico
Award presented by Supreme
Judicial Court Justice Francis
X. Spina on behalf of the
Supreme Judicial Court Standing
Committee on Pro Bono
Legal Services. She is an associate
at Choate, Hall & Stewart
LLP in Boston.
Joshua E. Menard ’02
is an
associate in the Concord, NH,
office of Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau
& Pachios LLP. His practice
concentrates on bankruptcy
and commercial law.
Danielle Porcelli Bianchi ’03 married Nicholas Bianchi in
Georgetown, Washington, DC,
in June. She is the director of
recruiting at George Washington
University Law School in
Washington, DC. The couple
resides in Reston, VA.
Juan A. Concepción ’03 was
named one of the “20 on the
Move: Hispanic Executives
Making an Impact in Boston”
by Boston Business Journal
and El Planeta. He is a business
litigation associate in
the Boston office of Nixon
Peabody LLP.
Lauren E. Dwyer ’03 is an
associate in the litigation
department at Donoghue,
Barrett & Singal PC in Boston.
Greta LaMountain ’03 is an
associate in the Amherst, MA,
office of Bacon Wilson PC.
Nicholas M. O’Donnell ’03 was
named a 2008 “Up and Coming
Lawyer” by Massachusetts
Lawyers Weekly. He is a litigation
associate in the Boston office
of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
Robert D. Bailey ’04 is an
associate in the litigation
practice group at Sterns &
Weinroth PC in Trenton, NJ.
Sheila L. Bautista ’04 is an
assistant district attorney in the
Manhattan District Attorney’s
Office in New York, NY.
Michael J. O’Donnell ’04 is an
associate in civil litigation at
Robinson, Curley & Clayton
PC in Chicago, IL.
Jessica Baumgarten Baggenstos
’05 married Martin Baggenstos
in Aug. An associate and a
member of the tax and wealth
planning group at Venable LLP
in Washington, DC, she completed
her LL.M. in taxation at
Georgetown University Law
Center in May.
Cameron M. Luitjens ’05 is
an associate in the Minneapolis,
MN, office of Fish &
Richardson PC and practices
patent prosecution in the
areas of biotechnology, molecular
biology, and medical
technology.
Rev. Darryl D. Roberts ’05 was the guest preacher at the
33rd Annual Observance of
the Vera Hollis Blackshear
Education Fund at Mother
Easter Baptist Church in
Moultrie, GA. He is a doctoral
student in the Ethics and Society
Program at Emory University
in Atlanta, GA.
Christopher M. Gosselin ’06
is a litigation
associate in the Boston office of Sullivan &
Worcester LLP.
Timothy A. Landry ’07 is a litigation associate in
the Boston office of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
Rebecca A. Corcoran ’08
is an associate in
the Philadelphia, PA, office of White &
Williams LLP and focuses her practice on
general litigation.
Rafael De Carvalho Munoz ’08
is an associate
in the Boston office of Sullivan &
Worcester LLP.
Rachael E. O’Beirne ’08
is an associate
in the Boston office of Sullivan &
Worcester LLP.
Jonathan Shapira ’08, an associate in the Boston office of Goodwin Procter LLP, organized the Boston Israel Cleantech Alliance to promote connections between cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, academic researchers, and government officials in Israel and Boston.
IN MEMORIAM
Selwyn A. Kudisch ’37
Hon. William J. McGair ’46
Gene V. Santeusanio ’46
Joseph C. Barry ’47
Vincent W. Johnson ’47
Charles K. Rush ’48
Robert J. Bernard ’49
Joseph F. Howard ’49
Hon. William A. Shue ’49
Thomas J. Kane ’50
Emile R. Bussiere ’54
Francisco G. Ermilio ’54
Stephen J. Sedensky Jr. ’54
James F. Callahan ’55
Robert E. Bellman ’59
K. John Dyer ’59
Hon. Kyran P. Molloy ’59
Robert M. Spector ’59
Paul J. Adams ’60
Angelo J. Cannizzaro ’63
John C. Creney ’65
Matthew K. Garvey ’69
Jerome S. Horvitz ’71
Mary F. Costello ’79
Susanna K. Burgett ’85
Roger French ’90
Tara L. Riedley ’04