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Charles e. Phillips was included in Crain’s New York Business’
list of “Most Connected New Yorkers,” published in June 2014. He was also listed as one of
Savoy Magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America,” in March 2014. In June, he delivered the keynote speech at Cloud Expo in New York. He is Chief Executive Officer at Infor in New York and a New York Law School Trustee.
Steven J. Slutzky was selected by The American Lawyer as one of
its “Dealmakers of the Year” and was featured in “Steven Slutzky, Debevoise,” and “Can You Hear Me Now?”in the April 2014 issue. He is a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in Manhattan.
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Connie J. Alimena was promoted to Regional Vice President in the Manhattan office of Statewide Abstract Corp. in February 2014.
Stacey e. Ziskin Gabay was featured in two Newsday articles: one in January 2014 titled, “Gabila’s Knishes: From Humble Beginnings to National Reach,” and one in December 2013 titled, “Knish Shortage to Linger, Says Gabila’s.” She is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and co-owner of Gabila’s Knishes in Long Island.
John Gallagher is the author of Black Ice: The Val James Story, a biography of the first American- born black person to play in the National Hockey League. The
Terri L. Adler was featured in “Adler’s an Action, Adventure Kinda Lawyer,” in Real Estate
and copyright litigation practice.
Thomas D. Croci was featured in “Tom Croci, Islip Town Supervisor,
Adrian G. Looney was interviewed by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel in “Pfizer: A
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book is to be released in February Weekly in March 2014. She is Chair
Returns from Deployment in Afghanistan,” in Newsday in June 2014. A commander in the U.S. Navy, he was deployed in Afghanistan last July, 16 months into his first term as Town Supervisor of Islip, New York.
Bray B. Kelly was a featured panelist at a “Spotlight on Entrepreneurship Luncheon” at New York Law School in April 2014. He is founder and Managing Director at JBK Capital, LLC, a private equity and advisory firm in Manhattan.
reginald A. Long Sr. spoke at both undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies
of California University of Pennsylvania in May 2014. He
is a partner in the law firm of Love and Long, LLP which has offices in Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia.
Jennifer A. McCool has been named Chief Legal Officer of Related Companies in Manhattan. This news appeared in Real Estate Weekly in May 2014. She oversees Related’s corporate and deal-based legal activities nationally and the companies’ day-to-day compliance initiatives.
Michael V. Solomita joined the Manhattan office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group in May 2014. The news appeared on Street Insider and Bloomberg Law.
2015 by ECW Press of Toronto. He is a federal prosecutor in Philadelphia.
Jason S. Haselkorn became a candidate for Juno Beach Council, Seat 1, in March 2014. The news was covered in Bloomberg Law and My Palm Beach Post. He is a partner at Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Susan B. Henner’s article, “Vying for Visas,” was published in the Westchester County Business Journal in February 2014. She is the principal attorney at Susan B. Henner, Attorney at Law, PLLC, which focuses on immigration law.
Mojgan Lancman was nominated by the Queens Democratic
Party for a Queens Civil Court Judgeship, in May 2014. The news appeared in Crain’s New York Business and the Queens Chronicle. She was elected in November. She previously served as a court referee in Queens Supreme Court. Before that, she was a principal law clerk under Queens Supreme Court Judge Roger Rosengarten.
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James H. McQuade joined the Manhattan office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as a partner in January 2014. He specializes in employment law.
of the Real Estate Practice Group at Duval & Stachenfeld LLP in Manhattan.
Mary F. Breheney was featured in “Legal Late Bloomers,” in Inside Counsel magazine in July 2014. The article focused on how she attended NYLS in her late 30s and set up her elder law practice, Glenn & Breheney, PLLC, in Newburgh, New York, which serves the Hudson Valley.
Christopher Coco was a featured panelist at a “Spotlight on Entrepreneurship Luncheon,” at New York Law School in April 2014. He is a partner at Public House Investments, which operates over a dozen restaurants across the country.
richard Malagiere joined the Jackson, New Jersey, office of Gertner, Mandel & Peslak, LLC in February 2014 as of counsel in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.
Lance Topol joined Norcom Mortgage as a wholesale account executive in its Glen Cove, New York, office in January 2014.
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Ann Schofield Baker has joined
Perkins Coie LLP’s New York
office as a partner in the firm’s
Commercial Litigation practice
focusing on intellectual property and
other complex commercial matters.
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She was most recently the head of
McKool Smith’s national trademark
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