Dean’s Advisory Council
The Dean's Advisory Council meets twice a year to assist the dean in the development of policies and plans for the law school. The members provide guidance and counsel to the dean on matters such as curriculum, development, alumni relations, governmental relations, public service, and administration for the school.
Marc A. Alpert ’86
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary,
Loews Corporation
Mason P. Ashe ’89
Founder & CEO
Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
Michael A. Battle '81
Partner
Barnes and Thornburg, LLP
Jonathan S. Beane '98
Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
National Football League (NFL)
Brian J. Bocketti ’98
Partner
Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP
Marc. W. Brown ’99
Partner
Goldberg Segalla, LLP
Robert Brucato, Jr. ’90
President, Law Alumni Association
Senior Appellate Counsel, Counsel Press
H. Todd Bullard ’87
Partner
Harris Beach Murtha PLLC
Hon. Betty Calvo-Torres ’98
Judge of the Court of Claims
New York State Supreme Court
Paula M. Ciprich ’85
Senior Vice President and General Counsel (Ret.)
National Fuel Gas Company
Paul R. Comeau '73
Senior Partner
Hodgson Russ, LLP
John P. Comerford ’95
Senior Partner
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC
Douglas W. Dimitroff ’89
Managing Partner
Phillips Lytle, LLP
Mary Joanne Dowd '80
Counsel
Arent Fox, PLLC
Frank H. Ewing ’12
Member, Board of Directors
AML RightSource, LLC
Hon. Paula Feroleto '82
Justice, NYS Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District
Hon. Julio M. Fuentes '75
United States Circuit Judge (Ret.)
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Terrence M. Gilbride ’88
Senior Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer, Buffalo Bills LLC
F. Kenneth Graham ’11
Partner
Phillips Lytle, LLP
Josephine A. Greco ’81
Partner, Greco Trapp, PLLC
Robert J. Gutowski ’99
General Counsel
MSCI, Inc.
Hon. Craig Hannah '95
Associate Justice
New York State Supreme Court
Appellate Division, 4th Department
Michael J. Hecker ’09
Partner
Hodgson Russ LLP
Hon. Barbara Howe ’80
Retired
Anne E. Joynt '05
Partner
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC
Bruce Karpati ’96
Partner
Global Chief Compliance Officer
KKR & Co, Inc
Sachin Kohli ’06
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Stephen S. Korniczky ’87
Partner
Sheppard Mullin
Jonathan S. Malamud (Jon) ‘82
Chief Legal Officer (Ret.)
Prudential Holdings of Japan
Prudential Financial Inc.
Michael D. Mann ’06
Partner
Sidley Austin, LLP
Kenneth A. Manning ’77
Partner
Phillips Lytle LLP
Dennis R. McCoy '77
Partner (Ret.)
Barclay Damon LLP
Hon. Michael M. Mohun ’80
Judge (Ret.)
Wyoming County Court
Jennifer Oliver ’07
Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Jessica Ortiz ’05
Executive Director
Office of General Counsel
EY
Neil A. Pawlowski ’10
Partner
Duggan & Pawlowski LLP
Hon. Erin M. Peradotto '84
Partner
Harris Beach Murtha PLLC
Todd J. Potter, Jr. ’15
President, GOLD Group
Law Office of Todd J. Potter, Jr.
Hon. Yadira A. Ramos-Herbert ’05
Mayor
City of New Rochelle
Tracey M. Rinaldi '06
Vice President and Private Wealth Advisor
Capital Group Private Client Services
Hon. Trini E. Ross ’92
Retired U.S. Attorney for Western District of New York
William F. Savino ‘75
Partner, Woods Oviatt Gilman
Aaron M. Saykin ’13
Partner, Hodson Russ, LLP
Daniel A. Sikka ’07
Managing Counsel
Global Labor and Employment
McDonald’s Corporation
Kathi S. Westcott ’94
Deputy General Counsel and Senior Director, Legal Affairs
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Christopher A. Wightman '99
Chair, Dean’s Advisory Council;
Partner, PJT Camberview
Brent L. Wilson '76
Partner, Elarbee Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP
Margaret W. Wong '76
Founder and Managing Partner, Margaret W. Wong & Associates Co., LLC
Emeritus
- Thomas E. Black, Jr. ’79
- Jill K. Bond ’85
- Hilary P. Bradford ’53
- Thomas R. Bremer ’79
- Hon. Elena Cacavas-Schietinger ’85
- Ross M. Cellino, Jr. ’82
- Robert B. Conklin ’68
- Gary A. DeWaal ’80
- Louis P. DiLorenzo ’76
- Ann E. Evanko ’79
- Robert P. Fine ’68
- Kenneth B. Forrest ’76
- Hon. Paul L. Friedman ’68
- Hon. Judith J. Gische ’80
- Garry M. Graber ’78
- Hon. Samuel L. Green ’67 (ret.)
- Christopher T. Greene ’74
- Pamela Davis Heilman ’75
- Judith B. Ittig ’71
- Roger J. Jones ’83
- Harvey L. Kaminski ’77
- James M. Keneally ’82
- Kristin Graham Koehler ’94
- Hon. Paul J. Korniczky ’86
- Nicole C. Lee ’02
- Francis M. Letro ’79
- Erik D. Lindauer ’81
- Carol M. Matorin ’76
- David J. McNamara
- Hon. Ann T. Mikoll ’54 (ret.)
- Celeste M. Murphy ’97
- William A. Niese ’61
- Denise E. O’Donnell ’82
- Daniel C. Oliverio ’82
- Alphonso O’Neil-White
- Jean Carol Powers ’79
- Vikki L. Pryor ’78
- Barbara L. Schifeling ’84
- Robert C. Schwenkel ’82
- Hon. Rose H. Sconiers ’73
- Samuel Shapiro ’65
- David F. Smith ’78
- Mark K. Suzumoto ’82
- Jeffrey L. Tanenbaum ’76
- Hon. Lourdes M. Ventura ’98
- Mark J. Weinstein ’81
- Steven J. Weiss ’91
- Jeffery D. Williams ’90
- Michael R. Wolford ’68