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Charles W. Chiampou was named to the Board of Trustees
of Niagara University in February 2014. He is a partner at Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP in Amherst, New York.
Justin Driscoll was elected Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the New York Power Authority, the statewide public power utility headquartered in White Plains. Before joining the Power Authority, he was in private practice for more than 30 years, most recently as a partner in Brown & Weinraub PLLC in Manhattan.
Kathleen Grimm was honored with the President’s Medal at the 122nd New York Law School Commencement on May 21.
She is a New York Law School Trustee and Deputy Chancellor of Operations at the New York City Department of Education.
1981
Mark A. Conrad was quoted
in “Doubt Lingers Over NFL Settlement,” in The New York Times in January 2014. He was also quoted in The New York
Times article, “New Guard of Owners Could Be Key in Sterling’s Fate,” and in The Christian
Science Monitor in April 2014.
He is director of sports business specialization at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in Manhattan.
e. Christopher Johnson Jr. recently announced that he will be leaving the full-time faculty at Thomas M. Cooley Law School
has been named a Fellow of the Christina M. Employment Laws?” in July
Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of 1 percent
of American lawyers. Fellows are selected based upon excellence
and accomplishment in litigation and superior ethical reputation. McDermott focuses his practice in the defense of marine construction projects around the New York City Metropolitan area. His clients include general contractors, vessel owners, municipalities, and various other agencies.
James P. Pagano writes that, on June 26, 2014, he became the
65th President of the Columbian Lawyers Association of Queens, an organization for attorneys of Italian heritage. He is the principal of James Pagano, Attorney of Law in Manhattan.
1976
Michael A. Salberg wrote a letter to the editor published in The New York Times on February 4, 2014, in response to “Why Israel Fears the Boycott.” He is Director of the International Affairs for the Anti- Defamation League in Manhattan.
1977 Hon. William F. Mastro was
presented with the 49th Annual Rapallo Award by the Columbian Lawyers Association in April 2014. The news was featured in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He is an Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department in Brooklyn, New York.
Storm received the Connecticut Bar Association’s Citizen of the Law award in
March 2014. She is a partner at Byrne & Storm, P.C.
in Hartford, Connecticut.
1978
Marilyn rae Baskin was a winning co-plaintiff in Baskin v. Bogan, a marriage equality lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. On June 25, Judge Richard L. Young ruled that Indiana Code Section 31-11-1-1, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman and voids marriages between same-sex couples, was unconstitutional. On September 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the ruling, striking down marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin. On October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for review, allowing marriage equality to begin in Indiana.
Michael J. Soltis wrote several articles for The National Law Review: “Obesity, Like a Neon Green Mohawk Hairdo, Not
an Impairment Under ADA (Americans with Disabilities
Act)” in February 2014; “Sixth Circuit Court Silences Horn in ADA Accommodation Case— Americans with Disabilities Act” and “Department of Justice (DOJ) Strikes Landmark Consent Decree in Web, Mobile Access Case” in March 2014; and “What is Your State’s Grade on Family Friendly
2014. He is the office managing shareholder and litigation manager of the Stamford, Connecticut, office of Jackson Lewis P.C.
1979
Hon. Joan M. Azrack was nominated by President Obama to serve as a U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of New York in September 2014. She has served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York since 1990, and she served as Chief Magistrate Judge from 2000 to 2005.
Hon. Laura Safer espinoza was named a “2014 MAKER: Women Who Make Southwest Florida for 2014,” by WGCU Public Media in January 2014. She is Executive Director of the Fair Food Standard Council, which oversees the Fair Food Program, and she spoke at the Second Annual U.N. Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2013. The Fair Food Program was also mentioned in, “Advocates for Workers Raise the Ire of Business,” in The New York Times in January 2014.
Stephen P. Moyer joined Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, as General Counsel in September 2013.
Hon. Jonah Triebwasser has been named the Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Law, Youth & Citizenship. He is the Town and Village Justice of Red Hook in Dutchess County, NewYork.
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