Class Notes: August 2021

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Richard “Dick” Greenalch, Sr. ’61 was honored by the Branford Veterans Parade Committee and the Town of Branford, Connecticut as grand marshal of the 2021 Branford Memorial Day Parade.

Ken Kunzman ’61 received an honorary doctorate from Seton Hall University. 

Jack S. Kannry ’68 presented a webinar for construction industry clients and colleagues, entitled “Prudent Documents Practices for Construction Contractors in the Pandemic Era and Beyond”.

Robert E. Korn ’69 was honored at the Florida Bar 50-Year Member and Senior Counselor Luncheon for his 50 years of membership. 

Peter Michael Brooke ’71 was honored at the Florida Bar 50-Year Member and Senior Counselor Luncheon for his 50 years of membership.

Leslie D. Corwin ’73 joined Duane Morris LLP as counsel in the New York office. 

Ralph P. Craviso ’73 was appointed as the interim executive director of the Santa Fe Symphony in New Mexico. 

Robert F. Klueger ’73 published his book “Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and the Roads to Paris.” 

Neal R. Stoll ’73 was chosen as a distinguished biographee of “Marquis Who’s Who.” 

Jack Ford ’75 received an honorary degree from New Jersey City University.

Joseph Manso ’79 was selected as the U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. 

Mark Axinn ’81 was appointed as chair of the cooperative and condominium practice at Phillips Nizer LLP.

Hon. Perry Criscitelli ’81 received the Nassau County Magistrates Association Hon. Frank J. Santagata Memorial Award.

Patrick Foye ’81 was named the interim CEO and president of Empire State Development. 

​​Stephen R. Reynolds ’83 was named to serve as the new president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey (ICUNJ) by the members of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey (AICUNJ) and the Independent College Fund of New Jersey (ICFNJ). 

Michelle Keates ’85 joined the Stockton University Board of Trustees.

Timothy Corriston ’86 was recognized in the 2021 Chambers USA Guide in environmental law.

Aaron Haleva ’86 joined Montgomery McCracken Walker & Roads as partner in the New Jersey office.

Robert G. Leary, Jr. ’86 was appointed to the RSA Insurance Group executive board. 

Annemarie McAvoy ’87 was interviewed by SiriusXM Patriot 125 about cyber attacks and ransomware.

Philip L. Hirschhorn ’88 was named among Managing Intellectual Property 2021 ‘IP Stars’.

Anne Donnelly ’89 was nominated for Nassau County district attorney.

George M. Gianfrancisco ’91 was appointed to the board of directors of EnvisionLA.

Hon. Madeline Singas ’91 was nominated to the New York State Court of Appeals by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Eric Grossman ’93 was elected to the board of trustees for Hamilton College

Kevin Matz ’93 was elected as the vice president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA).

Jennifer Mone ’93 was promoted to vice president for legal affairs and general counsel at Hofstra University. 

Lisa M. Gomez ’94 was named the nominee for assistant secretary for employee benefits security, Department of Labor by President Joe Biden. 

Kevin J. Curnin ’95 was selected as the first chief operating officer at Iona College.

Ted Hunter ’95 joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP as partner in the New York office.

Silvana Merlino ’95 joined Rivkin Radler LLP as counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, in the Long Island, New York office.

Michael Gilligan ’97 joined Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr as partner in the New York office. 

Nitin Khakee ’97 was appointed to general counsel for Melody Investment Advisors LP.

Sergio Villaverde ’97 was featured in an online article by The Riverdale Press. Read more here

Laura M. Raisty ’98 joined Kenney & Sams, P.C. as counsel in the Boston office. 

Michael Blackshear ’99 was elected to Syracuse University’s board of trustees. 

Amy Ortner ’99 was named general counsel for Primary Wave Music.  

Gregory Ruback ’99 joined Schulte Roth & Zabel as partner in the New York office. 

Joseph Choi ’01 joined Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP as partner in the New York office. 

Susan Chung ’01 joined the Graduate Lawyering Program faculty at NYU Law School.

Deirdre Harding ’01 joined TPG Capital LP as in-house legal chief.

​​Victoria Lane ’02 was appointed chief special counsel for ethics, risk and compliance for New York.

Wendy R. Stein ’02 joined Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC as a member in the New York office.

Jeffrey Coviello ’03 joined the board of directors of Greenwich United Way. 

Seth D. DuCharme ’03 joined Bracewell LLP as partner in the New York office.  

Yan K. Laurency ’03 joined Blank Rome as a senior attorney in the firm’s Real Estate in New York.

Victor Levy ’03 joined the partnership of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the Investment Funds Group in the New York office.

Brynn Metsger-Hare ’05 was elected as the executive director of the State of Vermont Cannabis Control Board.

Gregory Xethalis ’05 joined Multicoin Capital Management LLC as general counsel.

Kristin A. Gore ’06 received the National Bar Association’s Top 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates Award.

Merritt Johnson ’06 joined Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP  as a partner in the New York office.

Judy Mok ’07 elected to the partnership of Ballard Spahr LLP in the New York Office.

Victor O. Olds ’07 was appointed chief procurement officer and director of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services.

Kimberly Pallen ’07 was elected to the partnership of Withers LLP in the San Francisco office.

Julia Stensby ’07 joined University of Missouri-Columbia as an equity consultant and investigator.

David L. Hahn ’08 was elected to the partnership of Davis Polk in the New York office. 

Kristin Johnston ’10 joined Eventbrite as senior director and associate general counsel in the Nashville office.

Matt Putorti ’11 announced his candidacy for Congress in New York’s 21st district.

Luisa Rosario ’11 welcomed her twin daughters, Ava and Arya, on April 26. 

Jodie Shihadeh ’11 launched her firm Shihadeh Law P.C., a boutique transactional entertainment law firm that practices in New York and Los Angeles.

Daniel White ’11 joined Juul Labs as senior counsel of litigation.

Andrew Carty ’12 was named to Law360’s Rising Stars list for 2021in the bankruptcy category.

Rony Rothken ’12 was elected to the partnership of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the New York office.

Anne Barrett ’13 was elected to the partnership of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in the New York office.

Steven Daroci ’13 was elected partner at Fox Rothschild LLP in their Princeton office. 

Erin Klewin ’13 joined Danone North America as a litigation counsel in the New York office. 

Paul DeCoster ’14 joined Sheffield Haworth as executive director. 

Drew Morris ’15 was interviewed by Corporate Counsel about his experience going from an associate at a law firm to in-house counsel at a startup. Read more here

Tracy Solomon ’15 joined Heidell Pittoni Murphy & Bach LLP as an associate attorney in the New York office.

Mary Kate Brennan ’17 joined the trademark and copyright group of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP’s Washington, D.C. office as an associate.

Susan S. Formosa ’17 joined Fullerton Beck LLP as an associate in the New York office. 

Allessandra Rose Johnson ’17 became litigation associate at O’Melveny & Myers LLP in the New York office.

Kate Ross ’17 and Josh Liebman ’17 were married at Blooming Hill Farm in the Hudson River Valley on June 26, 2021.  The Honorable Judith C. McCarthy, a federal magistrate judge for whom Kate is clerking, officiated. Kate and Josh met in a Constitutional Torts seminar at Fordham during their 2L year. 

Kaitlyn Walsh ’17 and Biagio Marino ’17 were married on May 1 in Manhasset, New York.

Katie Zacharias ’18 married David Kilgariff on June 19 in Manhattan, New York.

Roxy Menhaji ’19 became the General Counsel at ONE Management, LLC.

Julianne Thibodeaux ’20 became the sales director for textiles and leather at Evolved By Nature.

Miles Thomsen ’20 joined KPMG as an associate in the Hannover and Munich, Germany offices. 

Moriah Lutz-Tveite ’21 became the client relationship manager at Bolt Threads.

Hema Lochan ’21 was interviewed for the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division, Young Lawyers Rising podcast about the short story she recently wrote. Listen to the podcast here.

Jocelynn Strutt ’21 became the Vice President of licensing at Daytona Apparel Group.

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