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1965 Michael Weisser was quoted in
“Marijuana Edibles Smothered
by Red Tape” in the Philadelphia Inquirer in June 2014. He is
the Chief Executive Officer
of Garden State Dispensary, a medical marijuana dispensary that opened in December 2013 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He was also interviewed in “N.J. medical marijuana program stagnating because state limits illnesses, bars edibles, critics say,” on NJ.com in March 2015.
1969 Paul Bennett Marrow wrote
“Judicial Supervision of an Ongoing Arbitration” for the New York Law Journal in August 2014. He has served as a commercial arbitration attorney regarding cases involving business dissolution, consumer contracts, construction contracts, computer technology, insurance contracts, credit and loan agreements, and securities for over 40 years. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School, where he teaches Domestic Arbitration.
Stanley J. Somer was appointed
as Village Justice for the Village of Ashoken, Long Island, New York and began serving in July 2014. Mr. Somer has been a resident of the village for 30 years and assumed
the role as Associate Justice of the at Venable LLP ‘s Washington, Hon. Faviola A. Court. He is a partner at Somer, D.C., office on February 18, Soto was honored
Compiled by Danielle Weitzman
Heller & Corwin, in Commack, New York, specializing in landlord- tenant, condominium, and co-op matters.
1971
2015, also featured a networking reception . Mr. Knowles is a partner at Venable and Vice Chair of the New York Law School Board of Trustees.
as the inaugural recipient of the Kathleen Grimm Medal at the
Commencement Exercises in May
at Carnegie Hall. She was also featured in “Dominican Blue Book: Faviola
Soto” in Dominican Today in November 2014. She has served on the New York State Court of Claims since 2006, was the first Dominican judge in New York, and the first Hispanic to sit in the Court of Claims.
1979 Hon. Joan M. Azrack was
confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in December 2014. Since 1990, she served as
a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York, and she served as Chief Magistrate Judge from 2000 to 2005.
John J. Reddy co-hosted the
New York Law School New Jersey Connections Kick-Off Reception for over 75 New Jersey students, alumni, faculty, and friends at The Park Avenue Club in Florham, New Jersey, on January 7, 2015. He is a partner at Reddy, Levy & Ziffer, P.C. of New York and a New York Law School Trustee.
1977 Philip Schnelwar writes that he
has been the Village Justice for
the Village of Wesley Hills, in Rockland County, New York, since 1990. He is a criminal defense attorney in the Law Offices of Philip Schnelwar, in Wesley Hills.
1973 Hon. Joseph Maltese was the
Guest of Honor at the Columbian Lawyers Association 65th Annual Christmas Luncheon in December 2014 in Astoria, New York. He is Justice of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial Department.
1975
Jeffrey D. Knowles hosted “A Special Evening with New York Law School for Alumni and Friends” featuring Professor Robert Blecker speaking about his new book, The Death of Punishment: Searching for Justice Among the Worst of the Worst. The event , held
Frank Kruppenbacher writes that he is currently serving as Chairman of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, having been appointed by Governor Charlie Crist and reappointed by Governor Rick Scott. He previously served on the Sales Tax Revision Commission and the Florida Commission on Ethics. He was recently presented with the Mahatma Gandhi Award for his contributions to diversity
in Central Florida. He was the first attorney in Florida to obtain a state court ruling permitting a Florida Clerk to perform a same-sex marriage. He is a partner in the law firm of Morgan and Morgan, P.A. in Orlando, Florida.
1978
Roger C. Campbell was named the secretary of the Board of Directors of the Wounded Warrior Project , which serves injured service members and their families, in November 2014. He previously served as Deputy Executive Director of the Life Raft Group.
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