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April 2009
Class Action
What's new? Keep in touch with your former classmates, professors and friends by emailing us your news for publication in our e-newsletter, UB Law Links, or in our alumni magazine, the UB Law Forum. Please make sure the news you submit is accurate, complete and legible. Send it to us at: law-alumni@buffalo.edu 1950's | 1960's | 1970's | 1980's | 1990's | 2000's | Marriages | Births | In Memoriam Herald Price Fahringer '56 received the Hon. Robert L. Cohen Award from the New York Criminal Bar Association at a ceremony in New York City. The award, in recognition of lifetime achievement, is the highest honor bestowed by the association. Fahringer, a celebrated civil liberties attorney, is associated with the Manhattan firm Fahringer & Dubno. He lives in Manhattan. Hon. Joseph S. Mattina '56 was reappointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. Mattina, former Erie County Surrogate Court judge, is CEO of Counsel Financial Services in Williamsville, N.Y. He is a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Jaeckle Award. Richard F. Griffin '57 was named to the steering committee for the 25th anniversary celebration of The Best Lawyers in America, held in Atlanta. Griffin was recognized for his listing in the fields of alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, personal injury litigation and product liability litigation. He is of counsel with Kavinoky Cook in Buffalo, where he resides. Griffin is a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumnus Award. Fredric H. Fischer '67 is co-editor in chief of How to Take a Case Before the National Labor Relations Board, Eighth Edition (BNA Books). Fischer is a partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw and is a member of the firm's labor and employment department. He lives in Highland Park, Ill. Terrence M. Connors '71 of Buffalo has been named "Lawyer of the Year" 2009 by Best Lawyers. He was listed in the categories of personal injury, commercial litigation, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, and white-collar and non-white-collar criminal law. Connors is a partner in Connors & Vilardo in Buffalo and a past member of UB Law School's Dean's Advisory Council.
Hon. Alexander W. Hunter Jr. '74 of New Rochelle, N.Y., was re-elected New York State Supreme Court justice, 12th Judicial District, in Bronx, N.Y. He was also recognized for his 20 years of service as an adjunct professor at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, N.Y. Hunter is currently teaching at Concord Law School in Los Angeles. David E. Jacobson '74 has joined Troutman Sanders as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. He is a member of the firm's tax practice group and lives in McLean, Va. Hon. James A.W. McLeod '74 was re-elected Buffalo City Court judge. He has been a city court judge since 1999 and resides in Buffalo. Dianne Bennett '75 has co-authored a book with her husband, William Graebner, Rome the Second Time: 15 ItinerariesThat Don't Go to the Coliseum. The book is an alternative travel guide and history lesson. Bennett is past chair of Hodgson Russ in Buffalo and a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award. She is a Buffalo resident. Maurice L. Sykes '75 has joined Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak as a senior associate in the Buffalo office. He focuses his practice in self-insured and insurance defense litigation. Sykes lives in East Amherst, N.Y. Margaret W. Wong ’76 is representing President Barack Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, who is a Kenyan immigrant living in the U.S. illegally. Wong is managing partner of Margaret W. Wong and Associates in Cleveland. She is a recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna Award, a lifetime member of the UB Law Alumni Association and a member of UB Law School’s Dean’s Advisory Council. Wong lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Dennis R. McCoy '77 was named general awards committee chair of the New York State Bar Association's torts, insurance and compensation law section. McCoy is a partner in the Buffalo office of Hiscock & Barclay. He is a member of UB Law School's Dean's Advisory Council and is a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association. McCoy lives in Snyder, N.Y. James J. Duggan '78 of Amherst, N.Y., has become a partner in the Buffalo office of Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak. He handles cases involving self-insured and insurance defense and insurance coverage litigation. Duggan was a founding partner of Lustig & Brown in Buffalo. Robert B. Fleming Jr. '78 is listed in Best Lawyers as Lawyer of the Year 2009 in the corporate law category. Fleming is a partner in Hodgson Russ in Buffalo, where he resides. Mark J. Moretti '78 was appointed chair of the trial lawyers section of the New York State Bar Association. He is a partner in the Rochester, N.Y., office of Phillips Lytle, practicing in business and tort litigation. Moretti lives in Pittsford, N.Y. Vikki L. Pryor '78 received the Distinguished Alumna Award from the UB Alumni Association. Pryor is president of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance in New York City. She is a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award and is a member of the Law School's Dean's Advisory Council. Pryor is a resident of New Rochelle, N.Y. Claudia G. Allen '79 was named to the 2009 "Ohio Super Lawyers" list. She is a partner in Strauss & Troy in Cincinnati, counseling clients in employee benefits and employment law. Allen lives in Cincinnati.
Terrie Benson Murray '79 was elected recording secretary of the Philanthropic Education Organization for the CM Chapter, based in Orchard Park, N.Y., where she resides. She is a founding member of the chapter and is also the project chairperson for Cottey College, a private two-year liberal arts college for women in Nevada, Mo. Murray is an associate with Cohen & Lombardo in Buffalo. Jean C. Powers '79 received the UB Alumni Association Volunteer Recognition Medal. Powers is a partner in the Amherst, N.Y., office of Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, practicing in the real estate group. She is a member emeritus of UB Law School's Dean's Advisory Council, a former recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award and a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association. She lives in Williamsville, N.Y. Hon. Barbara Howe '80 was appointed president of the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Women Judges. Howe is Erie County Surrogate Court judge in Buffalo, where she resides. She is a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award, a former president of the UB Law Alumni Association and an adjunct faculty member at the Law School. Patrick C. O'Reilly '80 is listed in Best Lawyers as Lawyer of the Year 2009. He is a senior partner in the firm Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria in Buffalo, where he resides. O'Reilly is an adjunct faculty member at UB Law School and is a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association and the New York Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Michael L. Ciminelli '81 of Rochester, N.Y., is the new commander of patrol division west for the Rochester Police Department. Ciminelli recently served as deputy chief counsel for operational law for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C., and previously served for 11 years in the Rochester Police Department as a patrol officer, an investigator and a sergeant. Richard P. Valentine '81 has joined Rosenthal Siegel & Muenkel in the Buffalo office. Valentine practices in plaintiff's medical malpractice. He was previously a partner in Hamsher & Valentine in Buffalo, where he resides. Denise E. O'Donnell '82 was named deputy secretary for public safety by New York State Gov. David A. Paterson. She will oversee all homeland security and criminal justice agencies, in addition to maintaining her current position as commissioner of the Division of Criminal Justice Services in Albany, N.Y. O'Donnell also received the New York State Bar Association's Excellence in Public Service Award. A past president of the UB Law Alumni Association, she is also a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award. She is a Buffalo resident. Hon. Tracey A. Bannister '84 was elected New York State Supreme Court justice, Eighth Judicial District in Buffalo. Bannister lives in Kenmore, N.Y. Perry Binder '84 has written the book Unlocking Your Rubber Room, with "44 off-the-wall lessons to lighten and transform everyday life." The book is available at www.YourRubberRoom.com and Amazon.com. Binder is an assistant professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta, where he resides. Patrick J. Higgins '84 is editor in chief and contributing author of the New York State Bar Association treatise "The Plaintiff's Personal Injury Action in New York State." Higgins was also named in the 2008 Upstate Super Lawyers. He is a partner in Powers & Santola in Albany, N.Y., where he resides. John T. Kolaga '85 was named special counsel in the Buffalo office of Damon & Morey. Kolaga is chair of the environmental law practice group and is listed in Business First "Who's Who in Law" for environmental law. He is a Buffalo resident.
Michael G. Zapson '85 was appointed to serve on the Democratic Judiciary Committee by Nassau County Democratic Leader Jay Jacobs. Zapson is managing attorney in Davidoff Malito & Hutcher in the Garden City, N.Y., office, specializing in commercial litigation, real estate, zoning, estate planning and estate administration. Zapson lives in Long Beach, N.Y. Hon. Rolf M.Thorsen '86 was elected town justice of Clarkstown Town Court, County of Rockland, in New City, N.Y., where he resides. Katherine A. Fijal '88 has become a member of the Buffalo-based firm Hurwitz & Fine. Fijal is a litigation attorney in the insurance coverage practice group. She is a Buffalo resident. Diane R. Tiveron '89 has been promoted to partner in the firm HoganWillig in Buffalo. Tiveron handles cases involving business and commercial law, civil litigation and bankruptcy. She is a resident of Lockport, N.Y. Carl J. Tierney '91 was awarded the Group Superior Honor Award from the secretary of state in recognition of outstanding work during the negotiation of missile defense agreements with the Czech Republic and Poland. Tierney is associate deputy general counsel, international affairs, for the Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel, in Washington, D.C. He is currently on a leave of absence and is deployed as an Air Force Reserve Judge Advocate to Southwest Asia, supporting air operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tierney resides in Falls Church, Va.
Scott B. Schwartz '91 spoke on "Ten Tips on Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Practice" at a panel discussion sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Intellectual Property Law Institute. Schwartz is a member of the intellectual property department in Cozen O'Connor in Philadelphia. He is a resident of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Catherine Cerulli '92 received the Kate Stoneman Award at Albany Law School. The award is named for the first woman attorney licensed in New York. Cerulli is assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center and director of its Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization in Rochester, N.Y., where she resides. She is also director of research for the Women, Children and Social Justice Clinic at UB Law School.
Michael J. Keane '92 has been named special counsel in the Buffalo-based firm Colucci & Gallaher. He represents clients in personal injury and business litigation and lives in Orchard Park, N.Y. Frank T. Housh '93, a West Seneca, N.Y., resident, was elected Western New York regional vice president of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council. He practices in Cohen & Lombardo in Buffalo, in civil litigation, special education and criminal defense. Cathy Lovejoy Maloney '94 of Snyder, N.Y., is the new executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension in Lockport, N.Y. She has previously served as executive director of the Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens. Amy Habib Rittling '95 has become a partner in Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman in Buffalo. She concentrates her practice in state and federal employment and general business counseling and litigation. Rittling lives in Amherst, N.Y. Pauline C. Will '96 was named partner in Watson Bennett Colligan Johnson & Schechter in Buffalo. She specializes in toxic tort litigation, product liability, trucking industry defense litigation, insurance defense and criminal law. Will is a resident of Lancaster, N.Y. Philip D. Leone '97 has opened his own law firm in Buffalo. He focuses his practice on plaintiff representation in personal injury claims, estate administration, residential real estate transactions and misdemeanor/traffic violations. Leone lives in Depew, N.Y. Maj. Scott Lovelock '97 received the Meritorious Service Medal for his performance during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lovelock is assigned to the 152nd Air Operations Group out of the Air National Guard Base at Hancock Field, Hancock International Airport, in Syracuse, N.Y. This is the second time he has been awarded this medal. In addition, he received the Air Force Commendation Medal for outstanding achievement as chief of the Master Air Attack Plan Cell, Combat Plans Division, Combined Air and Space Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Lovelock lives in Clifton Park, N.Y. Jeremy J. Best '98 has accepted a position as senior attorney at the Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department, in the Ogdensburg, N.Y. office. He lives in Brasher Falls, N.Y.
Theresa M. Cusimano '98, a human rights advocate, was sentenced to 60 days in federal prison for nonviolent civil disobedience. She was charged with trespassing after walking onto the Fort Benning, Ga., military base to protest the controversial Army training school called School of the Americas. Cusimano is executive director of the Colorado Campus Compact at Regis University in Denver, where she resides. Eric C. Naegely '98 is a partner in Damon & Morey in Buffalo. He specializes in medical malpractice and insurance defense. He lives in Amherst, N.Y.
Frank J. Sparacino '98 is assistant managing attorney of the Law Office of Teresa M. Spina, Geico staff counsel, in Woodbury, N.Y. He has been with the firm since December 2002 and is a resident of Melville, N.Y. Shelly Baldwin '99 of Yonkers, N.Y., has become a partner in Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker in the New York City office. Baldwin concentrates her practice in the defense of health care professionals and institutions in medical malpractice and negligence claims. Katherine E. Cauley '99 was named partner in Hodgson Russ in Buffalo. She is a member of the estates and trusts practice group, concentrating in estate and trust law, cross-border tax and estate planning. Cauley is a Buffalo resident. Damon M. Gruber '99 has become a partner in Goldberg Segalla in Buffalo. He practices in workers' compensation, accidental work injury, occupational disease claims, psychological stress claims, automobile negligence and accidental death. Gruber resides in Williamsville, N.Y. Kirstin Lowry Sommers '99 is of counsel in Hurwitz & Fine in Buffalo. She joined the commercial real estate development and finance practice group, concentrating on sustainable development projects, environmental regulatory matters and environmental business practices. Sommers is the only LEED-accredited professional attorney in Western New York (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System), and is a resident of Orchard Park, N.Y. John C. Godsoe '00 is a member of Bond Schoeneck & King, focusing his practice in employee benefits law in Buffalo. Godsoe handles matters involving the design, implementation and termination of qualified pension plans, tax-sheltered annuity plans, self-funded medical plans, cafeteria plans and COBRA compliance. He is a Buffalo resident.
Catherine Grantier Cooley '01, a Hamburg, N.Y., resident, is a partner in the Buffalo office of Hodgson Russ. She is a member of the business litigation group, practicing in securities, ERISA, and employment and construction litigation. Ellen B. Sturm '01 is practicing with Cellino & Barnes in the Buffalo office. Sturm specializes in personal injury litigation and appellate matters. She was previously an associate in Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in Wilmington, Del. Tara Johnson '02 was promoted to legal counsel for Excellus Health Plan in Rochester, N.Y. She previously served as associate counsel. Johnson lives in Webster, N.Y. Nicole C. Lee '02 received the George W. Thorn Award from the UB Alumni Association. Lee is executive director of TransAfrica Forum in Washington, D.C., where she resides.
Joseph M. Hanna '05 was named partner in Goldberg Segalla in Buffalo. He focuses his practice in intellectual property law, construction litigation, fidelity and surety law, and sports and entertainment law. He is the national vice chair of the ABA's arts, entertainment and sports law section. He also is founder and president of the Bunkers in Baghdad Troop Program. Hanna is a resident of Amherst, N.Y. Fatimat O. Reid '05 has become associated with Davidson Fink in Rochester, N.Y., practicing commercial litigation. She resides in West Irondequoit, N.Y. Minryu Kim '06 was elected a director of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York in Buffalo. She practices civil litigation as an associate with Phillips Lytle in Buffalo, where she resides.
Carla J. Miller Montroy '06 was chosen to represent Liz Claiborne Inc. and Redbook magazine in a national coalition of concerned citizens who are advocating for legislation to ensure teen dating violence education. Montroy is a Buffalo solo practitioner practicing in criminal defense and family law. A member of UB Law Alumni Association's GOLD Group, she lives in West Seneca, N.Y. Mathew J. Morton '07 practices as an associate in Lipsitz & Ponterio in Buffalo, where he resides. Morton handles cases involving asbestos and mesothelioma litigation as well as automobile accidents. Patrick M. McNelis '07 has joined Goldstein Ackerhalt & Pletcher in Buffalo. McNelis will focus in special education and education, wills, trusts, guardianship, not-for-profit corporation law, disability discrimination, health law and vaccine injury cases. He is a resident of Amherst, N.Y. Kara M. Addelman '08 has become associated with Damon & Morey in the Buffalo office. She practices in the firm's general litigation department and resides in Williamsville, N.Y. Roland R. Georger '08 has joined Damon & Morey as an associate in the Buffalo office. Georger practices in the real estate department and is a member of the zoning and land use practice group and the environmental law practice group. He is a resident of Williamsville, N.Y. Amanda J. Kelly '08 is an associate in HoganWillig in Amherst, N.Y. She practices in family law and personal injury. Kelly lives in North Tonawanda, N.Y. Amanda L. Lowe '08 of Depew, N.Y., has joined HoganWillig as an associate in the Amherst, N.Y., office. She concentrates in civil litigation, personal injury and medical malpractice. Taylor M. Miranda '08 practices in the business litigation and insolvency department of Damon & Morey. She joined the firm as an associate in the Buffalo office and resides in West Seneca, N.Y. Congratulations to the following newlyweds:
Stephanie G. Carter '01 and Jason C. Pennington, Dec. 19, 2008 To Simon A. Fleischmann '01 and Jamie H. Fleischmann, a daughter, Remi Adel, on Feb. 18, 2009, in Chicago. The Law School extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the following friends and alumni/ae: Montgomery G. Pooley '41, Buffalo |
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