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    You are at:Home»Insider»Class Notes»Class Notes: May 2019
    Anastasia Danias Schmidt ’98

    Class Notes: May 2019

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    By lawalumni on May 7, 2019 Class Notes, Insider

    Rick Turk, Director of Development at Fordham Law School, received the Guiding Light award from the Immigration Advocacy Project student group. Rick works with the student group and the Feerick Center to raise funds to support their work.

    Honorable Sherry Klein Heitler ’76 has been awarded with the 25 Years of Distinguished Judicial Service Certificate.

    Honorable Eileen Bransten ’79 has been awarded with the 25 Years of Distinguished Judicial Service Certificate.

    Patrick J. Foye ’81 was appointed as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

    NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker ’81 is this year’s commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient for the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

    Steve Reynolds ’83 rejoined Gibbons as partner in the commercial and criminal litigation department.

    Robert Insolia ’84 has been promoted from Managing Partner to Firm Chairman at Goodwin Procter, effective October 1.

    Bradley J. Butwin ’85 was honored at the annual Law Review dinner with the Leonard F. Manning Achievement Award.

    William Campbell ’85 has joined Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as partner.

    Louise Firestone ’85 co-hosted the second annual in-house pro bono clinic for Winston and LVMH volunteers.

    George Talarico ’88 has joined Foley & Mansfield, PLLP as partner.

    Lynn Malzone Ierardi ’89 has recently published her book, “Storytelling: The Secret Sauce of Fundraising Success”.

    Carmel Morales ’90 was honored at the Latin American Law Students Association Alumni and Student Award Dinner with the Dos Centavos award.

    Leslie Zmugg ’94 has joined Gordon Brothers as general counsel in their Boston Headquarters.

    John Doherty ’96 was elected to the board of The Coast Guard Foundation.

    Valerie White ’96 was honored with the Louis J. Lefkowitz Award at the Fordham Urban Law Journal Alumni dinner.

    Adam Endick ’97 has joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner.

    Patrick F. Rice ’97 has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as partner and shareholder of Corporate Practice.

    Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard ’97 was honored at the Black Law Student Association Ruth Whitehead Whaley Alumni Dinner.

    Deepak Reddy ’98 has joined McGuire Woods LLP as partner.

    Anastasia Danias Schmidt ’98 has joined Major League Soccer as Executive Vice President and General Council.

    Terry Eder Kaufman ’99 was featured in The Key Pianists Series and played a show at Carnegie Hall on April 8, 2019.

    Jim Montes ’00 was appointed President of Carver Community Development Corporation, the largest subsidiary of Carver Federal Savings Bank.

    Howard Zucker ’00 presented his TED Talk “From Einstein to ‘Baby Sharks’: Relativity in the age of Virality.” at the TEDxCornell on April 28.

    Cheryl Cosenza ’01 and her fiancé, Scott, welcomed their first daughter, Porsha.

    Jennifer Gerdes Harris ’02 was elected to partner at The Sanders Firm in Mineola, NY.

    Libby Vazquez ’02 was honored at the Latin American Law Students Association Alumni and Student Award Dinner with the Anew A. Rivera Alumni Achievement award.

    Michael Yim ’02 received The Honorable Denny Chin ’78 Alumni Award for Excellence at the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association Annual Spring Alumni Dinner.

    David Foster ’04 was named Forty Under 40 by Sports Business Journal.

    Gina DelChiaro ’05 joined Akerman LLP as partner and director of pro bono initiatives.

    Jonathan Watkins ’05 had his article, Market Lending Update #5: The Very Long Arm of the Colorado Law, published in the National Law Review.  Click here to read the full article.

    Lee Jason Goldberg ’08 received the Michael B. Davis-Elyse Hilton Alumni Award at the OUTLaws’ alumni dinner.

    Ryan Hopkins ’08 has joined White & Case’s global project development and finance practice and global construction group as a partner in the firm’s Houston office.

    Gerald Dickinson ’13 is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 18th District. Learn more.

    Erin A. Watkins ’13 has joined the legal counsel of Dassault Systèmes.

    Tara Moss ’14 co-hosted the second annual in-house pro bono clinic for Winston and LVMH volunteers.

    Mitesh Patel ’14 has been selected to join the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder Program.

    Caleb Davis ’15 has joined the firm Kane Russell Coleman Logan as an associate in the litigation group in Dallas, Texas.

    Jason Kosek ’15 has joined Zetlin & De Chiara LLP as an attorney.

    Jennifer Queliz ’15 was selected as a fellow in the 2019 National Employment Law Council Academy.

    Stan Yakoff ’18 has joined Citadel Securities to help manage supervisory responsibilities for equity trading.

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