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Ken Biberaj was elected Chairman New York in October 2014. most colorful criminal defense Postgraduate Fellow at the Institute
of the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and mentioned in Crain’s New York Business and Capital New York in December 2014. He continues to promote The Russian Tea Room with a more active role on the real estate side of the business. He was interviewed on “Citywide with Ken Fisher” on CUNY TV in January 2015.
Erin Bond was recognized by the Women Builders Council as one
of its Outstanding Women in the Building Industry for 2015 at the Council’s 11th Annual Champion Awards Dinner. The event was hosted in March 2015, at Gotham Hall in Manhattan. She is Assistant Dean for Academic Programs Development at New York Law School.
Jean Fischer was quoted in “Foundation Sends Kin of 9/11 Victims to College” in The New York Times in September 2014. The article describes how scholarship money she received from the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund after her fire captain husband, John Fischer, was killed on 9/11 allowed her to attend New
York Law School. She is a sole practitioner in Staten Island, New York.
Desirée Hernandez, a staff attorney at the Safe Passage Project, gave a presentation at a CLE program organized by the law firm of Baker Hostetler in October 2014. She was quoted in “In NY, Volunteer Attorneys Lend Voice, Legal Help, To Border Kids,” on nbcnews.com in March 2015.
Martin Krezalek joined Blank Rome LLP as an associate in
He concentrates his practice in complex commercial and corporate litigation matters, with a particular focus on disputes involving complex financial products and derivatives, substantial contractual disputes, securities litigation, and bankruptcy-related litigation.
Matthew Taub authored his
first novel, Death of the Dying City, published by Sunbury Press in September 2014. He is an associate at the Taub Law Firm, PC in New York, a plaintiffs’ personal injury firm. His work has appeared in publications including Absinthe Revival, The Weekenders, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Greenpointers, and Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.
2009 Pierre Ciric wrote “Why Ronald
Lauder is Right About Nazi- Looted Art in Museums” and “Opinion: Hopi and Navajo Masks Auction Precedent in France is Dangerous” in Artnet News in
July 2014. He is the founder of
the Ciric Law Firm, PLLC in
New York, and a board member
of both the French-American Bar Association and the New York Law School Alumni Association. The Ciric Law Firm, PLLC represents the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) and its director and co-founder, Ori Z. Soltes.
Louis Gelormino was featured on Partners in Crime, a television series that premiered on the USA Network in October 2014. The series is described by the USA Network as “a docu-soap” featuring “one of America’s
attorneys, Mario Gallucci” and Mr. Gelormino. He is an associate at Helbock, Nappa & Gallucci LLP on Staten Island.
Cary London reports that, after spending two years defending the New York Policy Department at 1 Police Plaza, and three years
as a public defender at Brooklyn Defender Services, he opened his own firm in late 2014. The new firm, London Indusi LLP, was featured in articles in the New York Daily News in November 2014 and The Huffington Post in January 2015.
Kristin Marchesiello writes
that she received her LL.M.
in Intellectual Property from Fordham University School of Law in May 2014, graduating cum laude. She also joined Luxottica Group in its global intellectual property department.
Carmen Presinal-Roberts, an alumna of the Graduate Tax Program and an attorney at
the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel, was recently honored with the IRS Commissioner’s Award for her outstanding service and advocacy.
Christopher K. Wong was named a Presidential Innovation Fellow last year. He is working on Crowdsourcing Initiatives at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. He
is a technologist and expert in intellectual property law with a passion for improving the patent system. Wong was previously the Executive Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School
of Law and, before that, a
for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School. While at New York Law School, Wong served as the founding project manager of Peer to Patent—a historic initiative allowing the public to participate in the patent examination process—and
lead researcher of the National Science Foundation-funded Open Patent project exploring the use of user-generated tags to improve understanding of patent information.
2010
Michael T. Leigh joined
the Louisville, Kentucky, office of Stites & Harbison, PLLC
in January 2015. He joined the firm
as an attorney in the Business Litigation
Service Group. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense.
He represents publicly traded
and privately held companies in corporate governance, securities, and commercial litigation, and advises clients in internal corporate and regulatory investigations.
Jeffrey Linehan was quoted in “Prescription Fraud Charges
for Prominent Manhattan Dermatologist” in The New York Times in July 2014. He is an Assistant District Attorney for New York County with the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York.
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