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in order to focus his life’s work on Simon S. Kogan joined the Holt, P.A. in Fort Myers, Florida,
Nicholas F. Pellitta received the 2013 Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Chamber of Commerce President’s Award at the Annual Meeting and Dinner Dance in March 2014. He is a member of the Bridgewater, New Jersey, law firm of Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. In April 2014, the firm was selected as counsel for the Flemington Business Improvement District, and Pellitta will provide legal services and guidance to the Board of Directors.
Pauline C. reich writes that she has been a professor at Waseda University School of Law in Tokyo, Japan, since 1995. She is general editor of Cybercrime and Security (Thomson Reuters/West), which is updated quarterly, and co-author/co-editor of Law Policy and Technology: Cyberterrorism, Information Warfare and Internet Immobilization (IGI Global, 2012). She is the founder and Director of the Asia-Pacific Cyberlaw, Cybercrime and Internet Security Research Institute in Tokyo, and speaks at law and IT conferences in Asia, the United States, and Europe. She has also been a consultant to the United Nations, and to information security and other companies.
1986 Holly Gregory joined the
Manhattan office of Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in January 2014. She is co-head of the firm’s global Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation practice.
David N. Kelley was a guest on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell in June 2014, discussing with Ari Melber the
ending human trafficking. Johnson now works as the reporter and chief drafter of the American Bar Association’s Business Conduct Standards to Eradicate Labor Human Rights Impacts in Hiring and Supply Chain Practices. He
is also a member of the Michigan Attorney General’s Commission on Human Trafficking, and the State of Michigan’s Human Trafficking Task Force. Before he stepped down from his role as LL.M. Corporate Law and Finance Director at Cooley, he was actively involved in a number
of access to justice and access to law school programs, including Cooley’s high school and college pipeline programs.
1982
Neil H. Kessner was featured
in the Commercial Observer article, “Adding Value with Neil Kessner,” in February 2014. He is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of SL Green Realty Corp. in Manhattan.
1983 Andrew C. Kassner has been
elected the next Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, effective February 1, 2015. He is a well- known restructuring lawyer who has been at the firm for 28 years, and led its corporate restructuring practice group for almost 20 years. He has held several management positions with the firm, including a number of terms as a Managing Partner of the firm.
Cheyenne, Wyoming, office of Protek/Luxuriant Holdings as legal counsel in March 2014.
Barbara C. Meili was named among the 2014 “Top Dealmakers” by Multichannel News in the article, “Legal Eagles Make Tough Deals Fly,” in April 2014. She is chair of the New York Entertainment and Media Practice in the Manhattan office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Vincent J. Viola was featured in “New Owner Giving Panthers Some Hope,” in the Buffalo News in January 2014. He was also featured in “Billionaire Panthers Owner Takes Control of Eastern Air Lines” in The Next Miami in July 2014. He is the Executive Chairman of Virtu Financial and owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team. (See also page 2.)
1984
e. Drew Britcher
writes that he was included
in New Jersey Super Lawyers for 2014. The
news appeared in Ridgewood- Glen Rock Patch
and NJ.com. He is a founding partner at Britcher,
Leone & Roth, LLC in Glen Rock, New Jersey.
eric Gurgold wrote a chapter, “Strategies for Trusts and Estates in Florida,” published in Inside the Minds by Thomson Reuters in April 2014. This news appeared in Naple News and the Business Observer. He is a stockholder at Henderson, Franklin, Starnes &
concentrating in estate planning and administration, elder law, probate litigation, title insurance claims related to probate issues, business law, and taxation.
Marc Lasry purchased the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team with Wesley Edens in April 2014. The news was covered in many media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NBA.com, The New York Times, ESPN, Bloomberg News, Bleacher Report, Journal Sentinel, The Modesto Bee, WSAW, Fox 6 Now, The American Lawyer, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He also hosted the “Give the Gift of Education,” the first annual NYLS Scholarship Benefit Dinner in April 2014. (See also page 2.)
Philip r. West was elected Chairman of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, which has seven U.S. offices and three overseas offices, and assumed leadership of the firm in January 2014. The appointment was covered in various media outlets including The Washington Post, The National Law Journal, Law360, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Politico.
1985 Andrew C. McCarthy was
featured in The Washington Times article, “‘Impeach Obama’ is topic of new book by former federal prosecutor,” in May 2014. His new book, Faithless Execution, was published in June 2014 by Encounter Books. He is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the Foundation
for Defense of Democracies in Manhattan.
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