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In March 2014, Sherri Donovan appeared on the VH1 reality show Mob Wives, where she dispensed legal counsel to Renee Graziano. She is the principal at Sherri Donovan and Associates, PC, and the divorce clinic specialist for
the Service Fund of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in New York.
Andrew C. McCarthy was featured in the “Trashing the Constitution” panel for Frontpage Mag in November 2014 and quoted in “Some Conservatives Say Deadly Force Used to Subdue Garner Didn’t Fit the Crime” in The New York Times in December 2014. He is a contributing editor to The National Review and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Hon. Bernice Siegal was elected President of the Network of Bar Leaders in December 2014. She is a Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Queens County.
Lee Zimet joined the Tax Department of Berdon LLP in December 2014 as a principal.
He was formerly a director at Deloitte Tax LLP. He is an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School. In addition, he published an article in Tax Notes titled “New Guidance Requires Banks to Review Tax Sharing Agreements,” in the January 12, 2015, issue.
1986
David N. Kelley was featured in “GOP Hits Benghazi Capture”
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on MSNBC in June 2014 and ingredients, advanced
institutions, real estate developers, and mortgage servicers in matters involving mortgage and tax lien foreclosure litigation.
Mark Epstein was quoted in “MTA Print, Radio Ads Tell LIRR Riders About Tentative Strike Plans” in Newsday in July 2014
and in “MetroCard Coding Error Stalls Nearly 10,000 Riders” in
The New York Times in December 2014. He is a partner with Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C., which is dedicated to representing victims of personal injury and wrongful death throughout the state of New York. He is also the chairman of the Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council.
1990
Hugh McDonald joined Troutman Sanders LLP as a partner in its New York office in August 2014 from Dentons in New York. He focuses his practice on all aspects of restructuring including workouts, bankruptcy and related issues,
and bankruptcy-related litigation, and has represented secured
and unsecured creditors, banks, bondholders, debtors, and creditor committees. He is also experienced with asset sales in bankruptcy cases, debtor-in-possession financing, the liquidation of estates, and cross- border cases.
1991 Michael Bowe was interviewed
by Tucker Carlson on Fox
News in October 2014. He is representing the family of Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley Jr., who, along with two other
mentioned and pictured in “Generations of Lawyers Gather for a Reunion Like No Other” in The New York Times in October 2014. He is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in Manhattan, where he focuses on white-collar defense work.
Cynthia Senko Rosicki and
her husband, Tom Rosicki, were winners at the 2014 New York Food & Wine Classic competition in August 2014 and were honored by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The winery they own and operate, Sparkling Pointe, won the award for Best Sparkling Wine of New York. She is a founding partner at Rosicki, Rosicki & Associates P.C. and a member of the New York Law School Board of Trustees.
Vivien Lesnik Weisman was featured in “Think You’re Allowed Free Speech or Privacy? ‘The Hacker Wars’ Proves You Wrong” in Blot Magazine in October 2014. Her latest documentary,
The Hacker Wars, was released in fall 2014. It tells the tales of the anarchic troll provocateur Andrew “weev” Aurenheimer, prodigy hacker Jeremy Hammond, and incendiary watchdog journalist Barrett Brown.
1987 Steven M. Klosk was appointed to
the Board of Directors of NeoStem Inc. in July 2014. The news was reported in MarketWatch Inc. He is President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Cambrex Corp.
in East Rutherford, New Jersey, a provider of active pharmaceutical
intermediates, and finished dosage form products to the branded and generic pharmaceutical markets.
Michael Pecklers, an arbitrator and mediator, writes that he
was a member of an American
Bar Association ADR Section delegation to Cuba in November 2014. As part of this inaugural cultural exchange, he met with the Cuban National Bar Association, law professors, mediators, and Cuban trial attorneys.
Errol Taylor was named one of the Most Influential Black Lawyers of 2015 by Savoy magazine in its March 2015 issue. He is a partner at the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and leads the firm’s biopharma patent litigation practice. He also chairs Milbank’s Diversity Committee. Mr. Taylor participated in New York Law School’s Think BIG event in March and spoke at a Patent Law Lunch in April.
1988
Maureen Salter was honored by City and State with an Above and Beyond Award: Honoring Women of Public and Civic Mind. She is assistant to the President of the United Federation of Teachers.
1989
Don Abraham joined Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP
as special counsel, resident in
the New York office, in January 2015. His practice focuses on tax lien and mortgage foreclosure litigation. He represents financial
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