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Anjelica Cappellino co-authored “The Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the Pursuit of Fair and Just Sentences” with fellow alumnus and professor, John Meringolo
’99. The article was published in Albany Law Review’s “Miscarriages of Justice” issue in 2014. The piece examines the history of sentencing in the federal system and the creation and evolution of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. The article also discusses mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses, and how these statutes effectively conflict with the Guidelines’ purposes,
as well as the future of federal sentencing in light of recent policy shifts, such as Attorney General
Eric Holder’s expressed support of changing mandatory minimums. Ms. Cappellino is an associate with Meringolo & Associates, PC in New York.
Michele Gallo
joined Klasko Immigration
Law Partners as an associate attorney in
November 2014. Her
practice is focused on employment-based
non-immigrant and immigrant matters for large corporations with
a high volume of immigration matters. She has extensive experience advising clients throughout the
labor certification process, including assisting companies in planning
for the labor certification process, performing the labor market test in the United States, filing the Form ETA 9089, and responding to audit requests by the Department of Labor.
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Jason S. Kreps Danielle Sennett was quoted in
Lawrence Winegrad
joined Archer Norris in Walnut Creek, California, in October 2014. He represents
corporate clients on various complex business transactions,
including M&A transactions, corporate finance, and real estate finance. His real estate background allows him to handle a variety
of deals from inception through closing and supervising all aspects of the real estate process for a wide array of properties such as multi-family, mixed-use, office, cooperatives, condominiums, hospitals, and commercial buildings.
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David Brown writes that he was selected to participate in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s Board Observer Program for 2014-2015 with the SeniorLAW center, a Pennsylvania nonprofit organization that improves the lives of older citizens and protects their rights through legal representation, education, and advocacy. He
is an associate at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP in Philadelphia.
Aaron Lund writes that his article titled “Increased Enforcement Action Likely on the Horizon
for Ambulance Providers” was published in the January-February 2015 issue of Air Medical
Journal. In addition, he was recently appointed as the co-chair of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Affairs Committee at the New York County Lawyers
joined the
law firm of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick &
Raspanti, LLP in January 2015
as an associate in the Government Enforcement,
Compliance, White Collar Litigation, and Health Care practice groups in the firm’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kreps was in private practice in New York City, where he represented emerging companies in a broad range of corporate and intellectual property matters, including corporate organization and governance, early-stage capital generation, software development contracts, and business and finance ventures.
Joan V. O’Hara writes, “The summer after my 2L year (2010),
I landed an internship with
the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security. As Class Speaker at our graduation in 2011, I was delighted to announce that I had accepted a full-time permanent position with the Committee as Counsel. In 2013, I was named Deputy General Counsel. And in November 2014, I was named General Counsel.
I am now the lead attorney for
the Committee, responsible for developing and implementing
the Committee’s legislative
agenda, advising Committee Chairman Michael McCaul on
all legal considerations informing national and homeland security, and managing a full-time staff of talented lawyers.”
“In a Queens Court, Women in Prostitution Cases Are Seen
as Victims” in The New York Times in November 2014.
She is a public defender with Queens Law Associates and is assigned to the Human Trafficking Intervention Court in Queens.
The Women Builders Council recognized Alana Sliwinski 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 an associate at Zetlin & De’Chiara LLP in New York.
Claire R. Thomas was honored with the Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Award
for her article “Bridging the
Gap for Immigrant Children: Understanding Immigration Relief for Child Migrants,” co-written with Professor Lenni Benson, as part of the PLI Course Handbook Series (2014). She was featured
in “Attorneys Jump In to Help Children in Immigration Court” in the New York Law Journal and in “The Border Kid Crisis Hits the Courts” in the Daily Beast
in September 2014. She is a staff attorney with the Safe Passage Project at New York Law School and an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School.
Trevor Timm was quoted in “Snowden Tells Hackers of the World to Unite” in The Daily Beast in July 2014. He is Executive Director at the Freedom of the Press Foundation and an activist and writer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, California.
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