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your professional accomplishments, personal milestones, and/or any other news you would like to share with the New York Law School community. Send us your news via e-mail to magazine@nyls.edu or via the Web at www.nyls.edu/magazine.
Stacie Truesdell Michaels Will & Emery LLP in January 2014. Information Officer for the
is a disability policy specialist in New Jersey and holds an M.A. in Disability Law from NYLS.
Brian A. Seidenberg has joined GrayRobinson’s real estate group in its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office as an associate attorney. He practices in the area of real estate, focusing on complex commercial transactions, land use, and development matters.
2010 remington Gregg wrote an
article, “The LGBT Community’s Struggle for Equality is Inspired and Legally Grounded in the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” for the American Constitution Society’s blog in July 2014. He is legislative counsel for the Human Rights Campaign.
Daniel S. Makoski joined the Annandale, New Jersey, office
of Gebhardt & Kiefer, P.C. in
May 2014. His primary areas of concentration are tax planning, tax controversy, transactional business matters, and wills, trusts, and estate planning.
Luz M. restrepo was a presenter at the Safe Passage Project CLE on “Best Practices Before the Asylum Office,” in February 2014. She is an asylum officer in Newark, New Jersey.
Amie L. Stepanovich joined
the Washington D.C., office of Access Now in February 2014
as Senior Policy Counsel and launched her first project, www. encryptallthethings.net. She spoke to the NYLS Dean’s Leadership Council in spring 2014.
was recently promoted to Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Wynn Las Vegas.
Jeffrey D. Mullen was featured
in a CBS News video, “Dynamics, Inc. Fights Credit Card Fraud with Hidden Electronic Credit,” in April 2014. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Dynamics Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2006 Michael J. Forino
joined the Hackensack,
New Jersey, office of Archer & Greiner, P.C.
in May 2014
as an associate and member of the
Commercial Litigation Practice Group.
Matthew S. Necci
became a partner at Halloran
& Sage LLP
in Hartford,
Connecticut, in March 2014.
David Schnurman, CEO of FurtherEd Inc. and
Lawline, was featured in several interviews on Sarder TV including one on the topic, “Are Leaders Born or Made?,” in which he talks about his belief that the skills needed to be a leader can be taught.
2007
elijah J. Hammans writes that he was elected partner at McDermott
He works in the firm’s Chicago office and practices in the corporate advisory group focusing on private equity and M&A transactions.
Alanna Iacono was appointed associate attorney at Jacobowitz & Gubits LLP in Walden, New York, in January 2014. The news appeared in The Daily Freeman and the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Michael J. Zussman joined the Manhattan office of Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard LLP as of counsel in May 2014.
2008
Ken C. Biberaj writes that in March 2014 he joined the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center and took
a leadership role with a local Upper West Side political club, the Ansonia Independent Democrats. He continues to promote The Russian Tea Room with a more active role on the real estate side of the business.
rory S. Clark writes that his article, “The Ins and Outs of a Successful Estate Sale,” co-authored with Mary Croly, was published
in the Real Estate Weekly Opinion Section in February 2014. He is a licensed associate real estate broker at Halstead Property, LLC in Manhattan.
George esposito has joined Pepper Hamilton LLP as an associate in the Manhattan office. Previously, he was at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.
Joonho J. Lee was promoted to Senior Vice President and Group
Financial Institution Supervisory Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in February 2014.
Michael F. O’Connell writes
that he was appointed an assistant attorney general in the Office
of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in May
2014. His practice focuses on personnel matters, the defense of employment discrimination claims, and the review of contracts, draft legislation, and regulations.
Heather A. Schiavone joined Penino & Moynihan, LLP in 2013. She continues to focus her practice on general insurance defense litigation and medical malpractice defense.
2009 Maryam B. Biazar was featured
in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat article, “Santa Rosa Grad Serves Aboard USS Reagan,” in April 2014. She is a lieutenant in the Navy and serves as a judge advocate general aboard the San Diego- based U.S.S. Ronald Reagan.
Julia M. Greenberg joined the Manhattan elder law firm Lamson & Cutner, P.C. as a partner in January 2014.
Cecilia V. Perez-Matos joined the Boca Raton, Florida, office of The Berman Law Group in February 2014. She specializes in probate and estate litigation and fiduciary administration.
Salvatore Pizzuro wrote “The Christie Watch...and How He Will Move to the Right,” in New Jersey Newsroom in January 2014. He
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