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
H. Todd Bullard ’87
Partner
Harris Beach LLP
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
Partner
Phillips Lytle, LLP
Mary Joanne Dowd '80
Partner
Arent Fox, PLLC
Ann E. Evanko '79
Special Counsel
Hurwitz & Fine, PC
Frank H. Ewing ’12
Chief Executive Officer
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
Hon. Judith J. Gische '80
Senior Counsel
Blank Rome LLP
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
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
Dennis R. McCoy '77
Partner (Ret.)
Barclay Damon LLP
Hon. Michael M. Mohun ’80
Judge (Ret.)
Wyoming County Court
Jennifer Oliver ’07
Counsel, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Jessica Ortiz ’05
Deputy Inspector General,
Director of Investigations,
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Office of Inspector General
Neil A. Pawlowski ’10
Partner
Duggan & Pawlowski LLP
Hon. Erin M. Peradotto '84
Partner
Harris Beach PLLC
Yadira A. Ramos-Herbert ’05
Mayor
City of New Rochelle
Tracey M. Rinaldi '06
Vice President and Senior Relationship Specialist
Capital Group Private Client Services
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
Steven J. Weiss '91
Partner
Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP
Kathi S. Westcott ’94
Senior Director & Senior Counsel, 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
Henry A. Zomerfeld ’14
Senior Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP
Emeritus
Thomas E. Black, Jr. ’79
Managing Partner, Black Mann & Graham
Jill K. Bond ’85
Senior Vice President/General Counsel (Ret.), Rich Products Corporation
Hilary P. Bradford ’53
Underberg & Kessler LLP (Ret.)
Thomas R. Bremer ’79
US Surgical Corporation (Ret.)
Hon. Elena Cacavas-Schietinger ’85
Administrative Law Judge (Ret.)
Founder and Principal, Cacavas ADR
Ross M. Cellino, Jr. '82
Partner, Cellino Law
Robert B. Conklin ’68
Of Counsel, Hodgson Russ LLP
Gary A. DeWaal ’80
Special Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Louis P. DiLorenzo ’76
Partner, Bond, Schoeneck & King
Garry M. Graber '78
Partner (Ret.), Hodgson Russ, LLP
Robert P. Fine ’68
Founder and Senior Counsel, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.
Kenneth B. Forrest ’76
Of Counsel, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
Hon. Paul L. Friedman ’68
US District Court Judge District of Columbia
Hon. Samuel L. Green ’67
Senior Associate Judge (Ret.), NYS Supreme Court
National Arbitration & Mediation
Christopher T. Greene ’74
Partner, Barclay Damon LLP
Pamela Davis Heilman ’75
Partner (Ret.), Hodgson Russ LLP
Hon. Barbara Howe ’80
Erie County Court Surrogate (Ret.)
Judith B. Ittig ’71
Partner, Ittig & Ittig, P.C.
Roger J. Jones ’83
Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Harvey L. Kaminski ’77
Prestige Capital Corporation (Ret.)
James M. Keneally ’82
Chief, Law Claims Division
New York City Comptroller’s Office
Kristin Graham Koehler ’94
Managing Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Hon. Paul J. Korniczky ‘86
Administrative Patent Judge, US Patent & Trademark Office
Nicole C. Lee ’02
Principal, The Lee Bayard Group, LLC
Francis M. Letro ’79
Law Office of Francis M. Letro
Erik D. Lindauer ’81
Senior Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell
Kenneth A. Manning ’77
Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP
Carol M. Matorin ’76
Senior Vice President (Ret.), General Counsel, Marc Jacobs International, LLC
David McNamara
Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP
Hon. Ann T. Mikoll ’54
Justice (Ret.), Appellate Division, Third Department
Celeste M. Murphy ’97
Legal Branch Chief, Corporation Finance,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
William A. Niese ’61
Vice President & General Counsel (Ret.), Times Mirror Company
Denise E. O’Donnell ’82
Distinguished Sr. Fellow/Litmus, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management
Daniel Oliverio ’82
Chairman Emeritus, Hodgson Russ LLP
Alphonso O’Neil-White
President and CEO (Ret.), HealthNow New York Inc.
Jean Carol Powers ’79
Special Counsel (Ret.), Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP
Vikki L. Pryor ’78
Managing Principal & Founder, Change Create Transform LLC
Barbara L. Schifeling ’84
Partner (Ret.), Damon Morey LLP
Robert C. Schwenkel ’82
Partner, Fried Frank
Hon. Rose H. Sconiers ’73
Associate Justice (Ret.)
NYS Supreme Court
Appellate Division, 4th Department
Samuel Shapiro ’65
Partner, Kavinoky Cook LLP
David F. Smith ’78
Chairman – Board of Directors, National Fuel Gas Company
Mark K. Suzumoto ’82
Chief Legal Officer, Capital Brands, LLC
Jeffrey L. Tanenbaum ’76
Partner (Ret.), Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Hon. Lourdes M. Ventura ’98
Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County
Mark J. Weinstein ’81
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Jeffery D. Williams ’90
Vice President/Sr. Associate General Counsel/Ethics Officer,
National Geographic Society
Michael R. Wolford ’68
Managing Partner, The Wolford Law Firm LLP