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1930s
Benjamin J. Cantor ’37, a pioneer in the field of forensic
photography for seventy years, is the author of Courtroom Guide for Non-lawyers
and a co-author of Photographs in Civil Litigation.
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1960s
Bruce N. Sachar ’60 has published From the Chicken
House to the Court House (Author-House 2004), an autobiography that weaves
recollections from his life with the details of a murder trial he’s just
concluded. Sachar practices in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Hon. Joseph J. Reardon ’64 was elected
to the Raymond Moore Foundation Board of Trustees. He is the first justice of
the Barnstable Division of the District Court Department of the Massachusetts
Trial Court. He and his wife, Eileen, have seven children and live in Medway,
Massachusetts.
Michael E. Mooney ’69 received a Distinguished
Achievement Award for outstanding commitment to public service from St. Norbert
College in De Pere, Wisconsin. He is managing partner at Nutter, McClennen &
Fish LLP in Boston.
Thomas F. Stephenson ’69 was named to
a six-year term on the Harvard University Board of Overseers.
James C. Sturdevant ’72 was selected as a finalist for
the 2004 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Foundation for his contribution to the public interest as co-counsel in Miller
v. Bank of America. He is the founder of the Sturdevant Law Firm in San
Francisco, California, and president of the Consumer Attorneys of California.
James C. Stokes ’75 was named co-chair of the Boston
Bar Association International Law Section. He is a partner in the corporate
governance and mergers and acquisitions practice groups at Bingham McCutchen
LLP in Boston.
Jerold L. Zaro ’76 was appointed commissioner of the New Jersey
Sports and Exposition Authority. He is president and managing partner of Ansell,
Zaro, Grimm & Aaron, P.C., in Ocean, New Jersey.
Peter F. Zupcofska ’76 was elected to the Boston Bar
Association Council. He is a partner in the estate planning practice group at
Bingham McCutchen LLP in Boston and specializes in probate litigation and family
law.
R. J. Cinquegrana ’78 was elected vice president of the Boston
Bar Association. He is a partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston, where
he leads the firm’s government enforcement and compliance practice group.
Mitchell E. Rudin ’78 was appointed president of the
New York Tri-State Region of CB Richard Ellis, a real estate services firm with
corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California. He and his wife, Bonnie,
have three children and live in Scarsdale, New York.
Lauren Stiller Rikleen ’79 was named to the list of Massachusetts
“Super Lawyers,” a distinction granted to 5 percent of attorneys
in the state through voting by their peers. The polling was conducted by Law
& Politics, and the results were published in the November 2004 issue
of Boston Magazine.
Ronald A. LeGrand ’80 was named chief diversity officer
of the AARP. He was formerly the organization’s director of African-American
membership development.
Ann L. Palmieri ’81 was elected president of the Tufts
University Alumni Association.
Kenneth F. Ehrlich ’82 was named co-chair of the Boston
Bar Association Business Law Section. He is a partner in the business department
of Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP in Boston.
Jonathan E. Moskin ’83 is a partner at White & Case
LLP in New York, New York, where he practices in the areas of litigation and
intellectual property law.
Deborah Anne O’Malley ’85 joined Bowditch &
Dewey LLP in Worcester, Massachusetts, as a partner in the firm’s real
estate and environmental practice group.
Donna Stoehr Hanlon ’87 is assistant general counsel
of Fidelity Investments in Boston. She was formerly senior counsel in the ERISA/employee
benefits practice group of the Boston firm Goodwin Procter LLP.
Hon. David K. Chivers ’88 was sworn in for his third six-year
term as an administrative judge with the Massachusetts Department of Industrial
Accidents. He and his wife, Marie, live with their two sons in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
Stephen D. Menard ’88 joined Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle
& Lombardo, P.C., in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, where he practices defense
litigation.
John J. Isaza ’89 is general counsel for IntraLase, a
Lasik eye surgery medical device company headquartered in Irvine, California.
Kelly Wilkins MacHenry ’91 joined Snell & Wilmer
LLP in Phoenix, Arizona, and concentrates her practice in product liability
litigation.
Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr. ’91 opened Sanchez-Medina & Associates,
P.A., in Coral Gables, Florida, and specializes in corporate, real estate, and
tax law.
Joan Redleaf Durbin ’92, her husband, Mark, and their
son Zachary announce the birth of Samuel Joseph Durbin in December 2003. She
works as associate regional counsel for the US Environmental Protection Agency
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Brigida Benitez ’93 was awarded the Excellence in the Legal Profession
Award by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Richard D. Lara ’93 is a partner at Mase, Gassenheimer
& Lara, P.A., in Miami, Florida, and focuses his practice on complex civil
and commercial litigation. He and his wife, Bertha, have two daughters and live
in Miami.
Scott C. Rankin ’93 was promoted to senior vice president and
associate general counsel of the Bond Market Association, where he is also managing
director of the association’s European Securitisation Forum. A resident
of London, England, Rankin hosted an alumni roundtable regarding legal careers
abroad for students in the BC Law London Program this spring.
Steven Chan ’95 is general counsel and company secretary of Chinadotcom
Corporation, headquartered in Hong Kong, China.
Steven M. Rosenthal ’95 is senior counsel in the intellectual
property department at Diageo North America in Stamford, Connecticut. Formerly,
he was a senior associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in
New York, New York.
Gregory P. Varga ’95 was elected partner in the insurance group
at Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford, Connecticut. He and his wife, Tara,
have two children and live in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Andrew M. Apfelberg ’96 joined Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff in
Los Angeles, California, as a member of the firm’s corporate and securities
practice.
Jennifer McCoid Thompson ’96 and her husband, Craig,
welcomed their first son, Nolan Alden, in November 2003. She is senior counsel
at the Weather Channel in Atlanta Georgia.
Christina D. Cobb ’97 is portfolio manager in the personal
financial counseling group at Ernst & Young LLP in Boston.
Christine A. Kelly ’97 was appointed director of the
BC Law School Fund in October.
Carolyn J. Ratner ’98 is a litigation associate in the national
health law practice at Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., in Washington, DC.
Timothy N. Schofield ’99 is principal attorney of Schofield
& Associates, a Boston firm specializing in civil litigation, trusts and
estates, and criminal defense. Formerly, he was an associate with the Boston
firms Sally & Fitch LLP and Goulston & Storrs.
Susan M. Tarrant ’99 is an associate at Casner &
Edwards LLP in Boston and practices in the area of nonprofit organizations.
Formerly, she was with the Boston firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky &
Popeo, P.C.
Meredith A. Geller ’00 joined the faculty of Northern
Illinois University College of Law in DeKalb, Illinois, as a legal writing instructor
and academic support coordinator.
Louis P. Lehot ’00 has relocated to the Paris, France, office
of Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he is a member of the firm’s capital
markets practice. He and his wife, Tita, and their son, Adam, welcomed the arrival
of a baby girl, Jasmine Elise, in May.
John R. Connolly ’01 joined Hanify & King, P.C., in Boston
as an associate in the firm’s bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice
group. He and his wife, Margaret, live in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
James S. Sanzi ’01, a lieutenant in the US Navy JAG Corps, was
assigned as a special assistant US attorney to the civil division of the US
Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of California. He and his wife,
Erika, live in San Diego, California.
Scott T. Lashway ’02 is an associate in the litigation practice
group at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP in Boston. Formerly, he was an associate
at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in Washington, DC.
Nicolas M. O’Donnell ’03 was selected for the 2004–2005
Public Interest Leadership Program of the Boston Bar Association.
Robert D. Bailey ’04 is an associate at Riker, Danzig, Scherer,
Hyland & Perretti LLP in Morristown, New Jersey, and focuses his practice
in the areas of commercial litigation and product liability.
Edward J. O’Brien ’35
Isadore Reece ’35
Edward I. Bailen ’41
John F. Cremens ’41
Saul E. Katz ’41
Ernest C. Sullivan ’47
Edmund A. Baldi ’48
Richard J. Ferriter ’48
John J. McCarthy ’48
William G. Shea ’48
Robert F. Troy ’48
Richard L. Wilder ’48
Edward G. Boyle ’49
Francis T. Jantzen ’49
John S. Lennon ’49
Paul D. Sheehey ’49
Francis I. Sullivan ’49
James F. Travers ’49
William T. Cahill ’50
John J. Lynch ’50
Joseph P. Murray ’50
Louis A. Perras ’50
Eugene J. Cafarelli ’51
Joseph P. Fleming ’51
Eric J. Stenholm ’51
Adolph N. Anderson ’53
James F. Morrissey ’53
Cornelius F. Murphy ’57
Joseph A. McDonough ’58
Leonard J. Powers ’58
Owen S. Clark ’60
Frederick A. Lawrence ’60
Joseph A. Sesnovich ’61
Paul G. Garrity ’62
Willard J. Stievater ’64
Joseph G. M. Vidoli ’64
Thomas L. Leen ’66
Harold C. DuLong ’68
Brian R. Saltus ’69
Paul D. Gallese ’72
Robert B. Patterson ’72
H. Michael Zukowski ’78
Aruneshwar Das ’81
Kenneth D. Herman ’81
Angel Ojeda Jr. ’84
Albert T. Anastasio ’85
James D. P. Farrell ’86
Michael Duk Young Park ’94
Loretta M. Radikas ’95
Adam M. Rayman ’01
Hon. Suzanne V. DelVecchio ’67 and Hon. R.
Malcolm Graham ’74, awarded honorary doctors of law degrees by
New England School of Law in Boston.
Thomas R. Murtagh ’69, confirmed as associate justice
of the Massachusetts Superior Court in October.
Hon. Barbara J. Rouse ’73, appointed chief justice of
the Superior Court Department of the Trial Court of Massachusetts, succeeding
Suzanne V. DelVecchio ’67.
Hon. Robert C. Scott ’73, Democratic representative from
Virginia, was honored by the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Foundation in
September.
Hon. Lynda M. Connolly ’74, sworn in as chief justice
of the District Court Department of the Trial Court of Massachusetts in June.
Philip D. O’Neill Jr. ’77, appointed Nomura Lecturer
on Law at Harvard Law School.
David W. Bianchi ’79, listed among the top 2 percent
of civil trial lawyers in Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2004.
John A. Tarantino ’81, inducted as a fellow into the
International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Maria E. Recalde ’88, awarded a Certificate of Distinguished
Service by the Boston Bar Association for her work as Boston Bar Journal
chair.
David P. Rosenblatt ’82, recipient of the American Jewish
Committee‘s 2004 Judge Learned Hand Award and, with Michael D. Brockelman
’66, named a “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics.