Marc W. Brown ’99 to lead Law Alumni Association
2018-19 officers and directors elected
Marc W. Brown '99
Marc W. Brown ’99, a partner at Goldberg Segalla, has been elected 2018-2019 president of the UB Law Alumni Association (LAA). A lifetime member of the Association, Marc has served on the LAA board since 2008, and was previously president of the Association’s GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Group from 2006-2007.
"I am very excited to be leading the UB Law Alumni Association this year,” says Brown. “In addition to planning our yearly social events and education programs both in Buffalo and across our out of town chapters, our Board is looking forward to connecting with our current students and being a source to mentor and guide them throughout the year. We can't wait to get started."
At Goldberg Segalla, Brown focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation. In addition, he has extensive appellate experience and is a former judicial clerk for New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department.
Other 2018-19 Officers include:
Scott C. Becker ’93
President-Elect
Partner, Kavinoky Cook LLP
Amy L. Hemenway ’01
Vice President
Partner, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Elizabeth A. Kraengel ’07
Vice President
Partner, Duke, Holzman, Photiadis & Gresens LLP
Tiffany R. Perry ’00
Vice President
Court Attorney Referee, Erie County Family Court
Elizabeth M. Savino ’92
Vice President
Vice President, Human Resources, CTG, Inc
Jason G. Ulatowski ’07
Vice President
Associate General Counsel, PCB Piezotronics, Inc
Jaime C. Gallagher ’02
Treasurer
Associate Counsel, New York State Liquor Authority
Jeffrey C. Stravino
Assistant Treasurer
Partner, Hodgson Russ LLP
Amy P. Herstek ’04
Secretary
Contract and Grant Specialist, University at Buffalo’s Office of Technology Transfer
Anne E. Joynt ’05
Assistant Secretary
Junior Partner, Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC
Marion K. Henderson ’65
Secretary Emerita
Retired
Pietra G. Zaffram ’01
Immediate Past President
Partner, Harris Beach PLLC
Ilene R. Fleischmann
Vice Dean for Alumni and Executive Director
Our 2018-19 LAA Directors:
Ericka N. Bennett ’05
Associate General Counsel, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Thomas C. Burnham ’03
Partner, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP
Nicholas J. DiCesare ’04
Partner, Barclay Damon LLP
Kevin J. Espinosa ’09
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, M&T Bank
Heather A. Giambra ’04
Partner, Schröder, Joseph & Associates, LLP
Megan A. Gomez ’05
Senior Legal Counsel, Univera Health Care
Thomas M. Gordon ’05
Partner, Gross Shuman Brizdle & Gilfillan, PC
Michael J. Hecker ’09
Partner, Hodgson Russ LLP
Hon. William J. Hochul, Jr. ’84
General Counsel, Delaware North
Andrew B. Isenberg ’92
District Executive, New York State Unified Court System
Marybeth Priore Mantharam ’03
Shareholder, Colucci & Gallaher, P.C.
Erika M. Marabella ’04
Corporate Counsel, Rich Products Corporation
Richard J. Marinaccio ’07
Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP
Richard J. Morrisroe ’11
City Attorney, City of Dunkirk
Melissa Hancock Nickson ’97
Senior Law Clerk to Hon. Eugene F. Pigott, Jr.
Hon. Henry J. Nowak ’93
Justice, New York State Supreme Court
James M. O’Keefe ’07
Attorney, William Mattar Law Offices
Rachel M. Hezel Rzayev ’07
Attorney, Cannon Heyman & Weis, LLP
Daniel E. Sarzynski ’99
Partner, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC
Dennis K. Schaeffer ’99
Partner, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Diane R. Tiveron ’89
Managing Partner, HoganWillig PLLC
Our GOLD Group
Aaron M. Saykin ’13
Officers and directors of the Law Alumni Association’s GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Group were also elected. The GOLD Group is an arm of the Association focused on organizing educational, social and networking opportunities to assist recent graduates as they transition from student to attorney.
Aaron M. Saykin ’13, an associate in the Buffalo office of Hodgson Russ LLP will serve as 2018-2019 GOLD Group president. Aaron concentrates his practice in business litigation, including complex commercial disputes, media law, construction law, False Claims Act actions, and municipal law.
Other 2018-19 Officers include:
Meghan A. Corcoran ’13
President-Elect
Attorney, National Fuel Gas
Ryan K. Parisi ’10
Immediate Past President
Associate, Seaman Norris LLP
Lydia H. Beebe Safulko ’12
Treasurer
Private Client Fiduciary Advisor, Wilmington Trust, NA
Sarah M. Washington ’16
Treasurer-Elect
Attorney, Connors LLP
Henry A. Zomerfeld ’14
Secretary
Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP
Kerisha H. Hawthorne-Greer ’14
Secretary-Elect
Staff Attorney, Bar Association of Erie County’s Volunteer Lawyers Project
GOLD Group Directors
Samuel A. Alba ’14
Junior Partner, Friedman & Ranzenhoffer
Heather L. Dechert ’10
Associate, Webster Szanyi, LLP
Lisa M. Diaz-Ordaz ’11
Attorney, Law Offices of Destin C. Santacrose
Andrea K. DiLuglio ’15
Associate, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Donell L. Gibson Jr. ’18
Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman
Ari M. Goldberg ’17
Associate, Colucci & Gallaher, PC
Laura A. Groschadl ’12
Principal Law Clerk, New York State Court of Appeals
Patrick D. Leavy ’16
Associate, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC
Cristin L. Murray ’12
Senior Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP
Caitlin E. O’Neil ’15
Attorney, Connors LLP
Seth D. Pullen ’09
Attorney, Richardson & Pullen, PC
Nicholas A. Romano ’13
Attorney, Connors LLP
Erin K. Rozewicz ’17
Attorney, The Coppola Firm
Emily M. Rudroff ’15
Marketing Coordinator, Bond, Schoeneck & King
Sarah E. Siracusa ’14
Attorney, Dempsey and Dempsey
Joseph G. Trapp ’16
Associate, Greco Trapp, PLLC
Patricia L. Warrington
Assistant Director
2018-19 Chairs of our Regional Alumni Chapters
Albany Chapter
Caroline B. Brancatella ’07
Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Patricia S. Sandison ’07
Senior Associate, Hodgson Russ, LLP
Central New York Chapter
Sam M. Tamburo ’68
Attorney, Law Office of Sam M. Tamburo
New York City Chapter
Patrick J. Reinikainen '12
Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP
Daisy A. Tomaselli ’13
Investigator, New York University, Office of Equal Opportunity
Rochester Chapter
Lawrence K. Bice ’12
Counsel and Project Manager, Larimer Law
Stephen G. Bennett '12
Attorney, Evans Fox LLP
Washington, D.C. Chapter
Meredith Jolie '03
Attorney, Garfield Law Group
Dana M. Louttit ’86
Litigation Services Supervising Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP