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List of Top 20 under 40 Industry advisor at Aksia in New York. 
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Paying Attention,” a video interview 
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Joseph Carbon was promoted to Rising Star by the New York Law 
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associate attorney at the Greeley, Journal in April 2013. He is a trial Planned Parenthood of New Jersey. 
Colorado, oice of Personal attorney at Brooklyn Defender 
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Marissa T. Jones Finance Co. in August 2013.
Services in New York. (he New 
Sheen York Law Journal)
David Pepper was featured as 
joined the 
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Jennifer Addonizio Rozen was a presenter in November 2013 
named partner at Fishman and Michelle Schenandoah was 
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at a public meeting of the U.S. 
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Maureen Grosdidier was quoted 2013.
Alex J. Tolston was appointed
in “Animal Advocates Irked By 
2005Dog Abuser’s Light Sentence” in as general counsel and corporate Darren Shield was quoted in 
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New York Daily News in December 
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Gables, Florida, in June 2013.
in Digital Trends in February 2013. 
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was named advocacy director at the Alana T. Sliwinski joined the 
2013. She is an attorney with the New York oice of Zetlin & De 
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New York Civil Liberties Union
in New York in October 2013.
2010Chiara LLP as an associate in 
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October 2013, focusing on the 
Adam Gana was named one of She also taught the Legislative 
the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the Advocacy Clinic at NYLS in the representation of corporations 
in complex litigation, including 
United States by the National Trial Fall.
katherine A. Greenier was named 
construction defects, real estate, 
Lawyers Association in October erin Miner gave remarks at
director of the Reproductive environmental, and professional 
2013. He is a managing partner at Freedom Project of the American 
he New York Law School Law liability matters.
Gana LLP in New York.
Review Alumni Network Second Civil Liberties Union of Virginia 
in August 2013. She was quoted
Trevor Timm was awarded the 
Annual Fall Reception in New 
2006York in October 2013. She is Vice in he New York Times article, 2013 Hugh M. Hefner First 
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“Virginia Abortion Clinic Rules Amendment Award in May 2013. 
President and Counsel at Credit 
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Tech Giants Call for Curbs on 
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interview, “Dean: Law Firms 2009Amie L. Stepanovich was quoted in New York Times 
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in December.
‘Support’ NYLS’s 2 Year Degree “More Data on Privacy, but Picture Is He was also named to Forbes 
Program” with Dean Anthony
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magazine’s 30 Under 30 list for 
W. Crowell on Bloomberg Law in Andrea Y. Lee was a featured in June 2013. She was also named to law and policy In January 2014. 
September 2013. In October 2013, Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 list 
speaker at the New York Travel He is the co-founder and executive 
he moderated a panel discussion at Festival at the Bohemian National for law and policy In January 2014. director of the Freedom of the 
New York Law School, “From Law She is the senior policy counsel at 
Hall in New York in April 2013. Press Foundation and activist and 
School to Practice,” on changing Access, an international human rights writer at the Electronic Frontier 
dynamics within the business of She travels to North Korea organization. (he New York Times, 
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