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Anthony Colucci Jr. '58
Harold M. Halpern '58
John A. Cirando '66
Hon. Joseph D. Mintz '56 has retired as a New York State Supreme Court justice, 8th Judicial District, in Buffalo. Mintz, who served on the bench since 1979, is a resident of Getzville, N.Y.
Anthony J. Colucci Jr. '58 has been named counsel in Colucci & Gallaher in Buffalo, concentrating his practice in corporate counseling and public finance. A past president of the UB Law Alumni Association, he lives in Buffalo.
Harold M. Halpern '58 of East Amherst, N.Y., received the Nathan Benderson Community Service Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo. He is vice president and general counsel for Calamar in Wheatfield, N.Y.
Peter J. Martin '64 received the Striving for Excellence Award from Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, in Buffalo. Martin is a senior partner with Bouvier Partnership in Buffalo, practicing corporate, tax and business law. He is a Buffalo resident.
John A. Cirando '66 was appointed to the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination. The commission evaluates and nominates candidates for vacancies on the state Court of Appeals. Cirando is a partner in the firm D.J. & J.A. Cirando Esqs. in Syracuse, N.Y., where he resides. He concentrates his practice in appellate advocacy, estates, wills and real estate.
James P. Burgio '74
Arthur Herdzik '75
Joseph E. Zdarsky '72 of Williamsville, N.Y., has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Zdarsky is a partner in Zdarsky Sawicki & Agostinelli in Buffalo, practicing business litigation.
James P. Burgio '74 received the Robert M. Kiebala Memorial Award from the Defense Trial Lawyers of Western New York, recognizing him as the 2009 Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year. Burgio is a partner in Burgio Kita & Curvin in Buffalo, where he resides.
Arthur A. Herdzik '75 was a guest speaker at the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Erie Institute of Law CLE program "Masters in Trial" in Buffalo. Herdzik is a member of Chelus Herdzik Speyer & Monte in Buffalo and is a resident of Lancaster, N.Y.
Edward D. Manzo '75 has written the second edition of Patent Claim Interpretation-Global Edition 2009-2010. Manzo is co-founder of Cook Alex in Chicago, and is listed in Who's Who in the World, Best Lawyers in America 2010. He is president-elect of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago and an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law. Manzo resides in Lake Forest, Ill.
Diane F. Bosse '76 has received the New York State Bar Association's 2010 Award for Excellence in Public Service. She practices with Bender & Bender in Buffalo and is a past recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumna Award. Bosse lives in Clarence, N.Y.
Kenneth B. Forrest '76
Kenneth B. Forrest '76 is the recipient of the Jaeckle Award, the highest honor UB Law School and the Law Alumni Association can bestow. Forrest is a partner in Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz in New York City, practicing commercial litigation. He has served for 18 years on UB Law School's Dean's Advisory Council and is a past chairman. Forrest is a resident of Roslyn, N.Y.
Allan D. Mantel '76 was quoted in the Dec. 16, 2009, New York Times article "Claims of Insider Trading From Trader's Ex-Wife." Mantel is a partner in the New York City office of Stein Riso Mantel, immediate past president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of UB Law School's Dean's Advisory Council. He is a New York City resident.
Margaret P. Gryko '77
Michael R. Wright '77
Hon. Gail B. Rice '76 has been named city court judge in New Rochelle, N.Y., where she resides. Rice has been acting judge since 1996 and is a partner in Rice & Rice in New Rochelle, specializing in matrimonial and family law.
Margaret P. Gryko '77 has been elected president of the Niagara Frontier Corporate Counsel Association for 2009-10. Gryko is assistant general counsel for Delaware North Cos. in Buffalo. She is past president of the UB Law Alumni Association and resides in West Seneca, N.Y.
Michael R. Wright '77 is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 in the commercial litigation and construction law categories, the 2009 New York Super Lawyers and the November/December 2009 Super Lawyers-Corporate Counsel edition. Wright is a partner in Levene Gouldin & Thompson in Binghamton, N.Y., where he resides.
Vikki L. Pryor '78 was named one of the 50 most powerful women in New York by Crain's New York Business. 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 a member of the Law School's Dean's Advisory Council. Pryor is a resident of New Rochelle, N.Y.
Maryann Foley '79 was elected secretary of the American Bar Association's family law section. She is a solo practitioner in Anchorage, Alaska, where she resides.
Joseph G. Makowski '79 was named chair of a new investigative practice group in Siegel Kelleher & Kahn in Buffalo. The group represents clients who have suffered substantial losses in the stock market. Makowski, a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association, is a Buffalo resident.
Barry Ginsberg '80 has been named executive director of the New York State Commission on Public Integrity in Albany, N.Y., where he resides. Ginsberg previously served as acting director and general counsel.
Kenneth Patricia '80 has become special counsel in Bouvier Partnership in the Buffalo office, practicing in litigation. Patricia lives in Amherst, N.Y.
Michael Anthony Rossi '80
Patrick J. Higgins '84
Michael Anthony Rossi '80 of Grand Island, N.Y., was reappointed to a five-year term on the Town of Grand Island Board of Ethics. Rossi serves as chairman and is a solo practitioner in Grand Island.
Richard A. Denmon '82, a shareholder in Carlton Fields in Tampa, Fla., has been included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the securities law category. He practices in the areas of corporate, securities and tax and lives in Valrico, Fla.
Patrick J. Higgins '84 has been named a fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation. He was also named to Super Lawyers 2009 and is chair of the New York State Bar Association seminar "Handling Tough Issues in a Plaintiff's Personal Injury Case." Higgins is a partner in Powers & Santola in Albany, N.Y., where he resides.
Virginia A. Seitz '85 received the 2009 PAR Flex Success Award by the Project for Attorney Retention, a national organization dedicated to advancing women lawyers and improving work-life balance for all lawyers. Seitz is a partner in Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C., where she resides.
Donna L. Burden '87 was elected a national director of DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar at its annual meeting in Chicago. Burden is founding member of Burden Gulisano & Hickey in Buffalo. She is a resident of Williamsville, N.Y.
Daniel DeLaus Jr. '87 was appointed deputy county executive by Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks. DeLaus, who previously served as county attorney, lives in Webster, N.Y.
Nancy Braun '88 owns Showcase Realty, a full-service real estate firm in Pineville, N.C. The firm specializes in residential and commercial sales, property management and foreclosures. Braun is a resident of Charlotte, N.C.
Brian M. Martin '88 was named to Ethisphere's 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics 2009. Martin is senior vice president and general counsel for KLA-Tencor in Milpitas, Calif., and a UB Law School adjunct faculty member, teaching ethics within the in-house legal community. He lives in Fremont, Calif.
Karen L. Spencer '88 of East Aurora, N.Y., has taken a position as archives and special collections librarian at UB. She previously served for 35 years in the Charles B. Sears Law Library at UB Law School.
Hon. Stephen K. Lindley '89 of Pittsford, N.Y., was appointed by Gov. David A. Paterson to the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Rochester, N.Y. Lindley previously served as a New York State Supreme Court justice, 7th Judicial District, in Rochester.
Markian M.W. Melnyk '90 has written the book Offshore Power about developing offshore renewable energy projects. Melnyk is special counsel in Dewey & LeBoeuf in the Washington, D.C., office. He lives in College Park, Md.
Christopher J. Belter '93 was named chair of the construction law committee for DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar at the group's annual meeting in Chicago. Belter is a senior trial partner in Goldberg Segalla in Buffalo. Belter lives on Grand Island, N.Y.
Hon. Henry J. Nowak '93 was named vice president of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society board of managers. Nowak is a city court judge in Buffalo, where he resides.
Alisa A. Lukasiewicz '95 is special counsel in Phillips Lytle in the Buffalo office, specializing in labor and employment law. She previously served as corporation counsel for the City of Buffalo, where she resides.
Dylan S. Mitchell '95 was elected a partner in Blank Rome in the New York City office. A member of the matrimonial group, he lives in Mineola, N.Y.
Hilary C. Banker '96 was elected president of the Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York. She is a partner in Burgio Kita & Curvin in Buffalo and a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association's GOLD Group and the Western New York Chapter of the Women's Bar Association. Banker is a Buffalo resident.
Paul A Gennari '99
Tasha T. Dandridge-Richburg '98 of Amherst, N.Y., was elected treasurer of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, in Buffalo. She practices tort defense in the Buffalo office of Hurwitz & Fine.
Paul A. Gennari '99 was elected of counsel in Steptoe & Johnson in the Washington, D.C., office. He is a member of the intellectual property group, focusing on patent litigation. He lives in Arlington, Va.
Suzanne Hill Patrick '01 has become director of career services at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, where she resides.
Sheldon K. Smith '01 was elected president of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, in Buffalo. He is a senior associate in Nixon Peabody in Buffalo and a resident of Orchard Park, N.Y.
Marybeth Priore '03
Yadira A Ramos-Herbert '05
Bartholomew Chacchia '06
Jennifer Flannery '06
James W. Mahoney '07
Michelle Schwach '08
Jon Paul Anthony '09
Kathryn J. Synor '02 has opened her own general-practice firm in Troy, Mo. The firm handles cases involving traffic tickets, divorce and child support, adoptions, wills and trusts, power of attorney, deeds and leases, contracts, collections and personal injury. Synor is a resident of Foristell, Mo.
Thomas M. Krol '03 is general counsel for Steuben Foods, Elmhurst Dairy, Dora's Naturals and affiliates in Elma, N.Y. Krol is a Buffalo resident.
Marybeth Priore '03 has been named a shareholder in Colucci & Gallaher in Buffalo. Priore handles cases involving products liability, intellectual property and general litigation. She is immediate past president of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York, Western New York Chapter, and lives in East Amherst, N.Y.
Hon. Julie M. Rosen '03 has been appointed an administrative law judge for the New York State Department of Labor in the Rochester, N.Y., office. Rosen previously served as a senior attorney for Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society in Syracuse, N.Y.
Kimberly Jetty '05 is an associate in Chelus Herdzik Speyer & Monte in the Buffalo and Cheektowaga, N.Y., offices, handling general practice and litigation matters. She is a resident of Kenmore, N.Y.
Molly M. Mallia '05 of Buffalo has been named state director of the Western New York Chapter of the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York. She practices as an associate in the labor and employment department in Damon Morey in the Buffalo office. Mallia is president-elect of UB Law School's GOLD Group.
Yadira A. Ramos-Herbert '05 of New Rochelle, N.Y., has become an associate in Goldberg Segalla in the White Plains, N.Y., office. She practices in labor law and product liability.
Scott J. Bizub '06 has joined Siegel Kelleher & Kahn in Buffalo, where he resides. Bizub practices in personal injury.
Bartholomew Chacchia '06 has become associated with Harter Secrest & Emery in the Rochester, N.Y., office. He concentrates his practice in finance and mergers and acquisitions. Chacchia lives in Fairport, N.Y.
Jennifer G. Flannery '06 was selected to join Estate Analysts of Western New York. Flannery is an associate in Damon Morey in Buffalo, practicing in the trust and estate and corporate departments. A member of the UB Law Alumni Association's GOLD Group, she is a Buffalo resident.
Minryu Sarah Kim '06 was elected a director of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, in Buffalo. Kim is an associate in Phillips Lytle in Buffalo, where she resides.
James W. Mahoney '07 is an associate in Harter Secrest & Emery in the Buffalo office. Mahoney practices environmental law, land use, zoning and municipal law. He is a resident of Amherst, N.Y.
Michelle Schwach '08 has accepted a position as an associate with Cohen & Lombardo in Buffalo, concentrating her practice in matrimonial and family law. She lives in Amherst, N.Y.
Jon Paul Anthony '09 has joined Hahn Loeser & Parks as an associate, practicing complex commercial litigation in the Cleveland office.
Pamela S. Schaller '09 was elected recording secretary of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York, in Buffalo. She practices with Hodgson Russ in Buffalo, where she resides.
Congratulations to the following newlyweds :
Elizabeth Tertinek Midgley '03 and J.P. Midgley, Sept. 12, 2009.
Brian & Julieann Swann's daughter Grace Elizabeth
To Chandy Kemp '94 and Chris Kemp, a daughter, Marin Ivy, on July 17, 2009, in Le Roy, N.Y.
To Kimberlee McGrath Dunlop '03 and Joseph Dunlop, a son, Alex Michael, on Sept. 18, 2009, in Amherst, N.Y.
To Brian M. Swann '05 and Julieann Swann '05, a daughter, Grace Elizabeth, on Dec. 31, 2009, in Orchard Park, N.Y.
The Law School extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the following friends and alumni/ae:
Hon. Theodore S. Kasler '53, Lancaster, N.Y.
William T. Quigley '53, Buffalo
Peter S. Gilfillan '71, Amherst, N.Y.
William R. Greiner, University President Emeritus and Professor of Law. Professor Greiner joined the law faculty in 1967 and rose to become UB's 13th president in 1991. He served until 2003 and was named president emeritus Nov. 17 by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
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