Alumna Kimberly L. Turner ’98 has been appointed senior vice president, chief risk officer at Centric Bank to oversee risk management and organizational compliance. Turner is responsible for identifying, monitoring, and managing strategic, financial, and operational risks across the growing institution. … Recruited as the first credit and risk manager for New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation, a mission-based funder of energy efficiency projects for buildings, Turner established credit decision processes and loan product guidelines and developed underwriting guidelines for small businesses and contractors. She also boasts a 30-year career in risk management for banks and financial services firms, serving…
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Alumnus Matthew Meade ’92, a member of Eckert Seamans and noted authority on data security and privacy, was named to lead the Sedona Conference Working Group 11 (Data Security and Privacy Liability) Brainstorming Group. The group is charged with drafting a new model data breach notification law. Meade, who is also a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group Series Leadership Council, concentrates his practice in the area of data security providing advice to clients regarding data breaches, information and records management, and other areas concerning data security. He helps clients identify business risks associated with the use and storage…
Alumnus Julian Petty ’06 has been named executive vice president and head of business & legal affairs for Warner Bros. Records. Warner Bros. Records (WBR) has announced the appointment of Julian Petty as Executive Vice President and Head of Business & Legal Affairs. Based in Los Angeles, Petty will report to Warner Bros. Records Co-Chairman & CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck and Co-Chairman & COO Tom Corson. Named a “Top Music Lawyer” by Billboard magazine in 2017 and 2018, Petty is a widely respected industry leader recognized for his talents as a proactive deal maker. “As we’re developing a culturally connected,…
Deborah Denno was quoted in a Daily Cougar article about lethal injection as a form of capital punishment. Lethal injection in the form of a triple-drug cocktail was proposed in 1977. The primary method of execution in the United States is now lethal injection, accounting for 88 percent of all executions in the past 41 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. From 1890 to 2010, 7.1 percent of executions by lethal injection resulted in prolonged or painful death, which is the highest rate among forms of capital punishment, according to Statista. According to Deborah W. Denno, a…
Alumna Alessandra Biaggi ’12 was sworn in as the new representative of the 34th Senate District by new Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Biaggi was sworn in by new senate majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins in front of an invited crowd of hundreds at Lehman’s Lovinger Theater. And while inaugurations like Biaggi’s were taking place all over the state, there was something about this particular win that made Democrats like U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer quite ecstatic, taking time off from negotiations to end the partial federal government shutdown in Washington to attend. “It’s making a lot of us happy for…
Bruce Green was quoted in a New York Post article regarding ethical attorney-client behavior. Sarma Melngailis, the so-called “Vegan Bernie Madoff,” and Jeffrey Lichtman, the renowned defense lawyer now repping El Chapo, have taken attorney-client privilege to a whole new level. The stunning restaurateur was arrested in May 2016 for stealing nearly $2 million from her celeb-favorite Gramercy Park eatery, Pure Food and Wine. Lichtman, while working for Mexican druglord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, took on Melngailis’ case in February 2017. The Post was provided hundreds of X-rated text messages between Melngailis, 46, and Lichtman, 53, spanning from February 2017…
Bruce Green was quoted in a Washington Examiner article about the possibility of attorney general nominee William Barr recusing himself from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Attorney general nominee William Barr may have to recuse himself from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, activists and attorneys say, pointing to at least two arguments that he cannot impartially supervise Mueller. The arguments indicate pressure for recusal may come from both sides of the aisle: Democrats are concerned that Barr prejudged the Mueller investigation in a 20-page memo written in June; the other argument, emerging this week, is spurring fears among…
Adjunct Professor Lawrence Brennan was quoted in a Navy Times article about the legal battle involving the collision of the USS Fitzgerald. The Navy has awarded roughly $533 million in contracts and modifications for repair and modernization of the ship since September 2017, according to Pentagon contract listings. “That’s a lot of money and it’s not a lot of money,” Lawrence Brennan, a retired Navy captain and attorney who teaches admiralty and maritime law at Fordham Law School, said of the settlement amount. “The really tough questions are the injury and death claims being asserted against Crystal by the deceased…
Alumna and adjunct professor Nicole Mazanitis ’10 has been elected partner at Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle. New Partner appointments in New York include Gabriel Hertzberg, Nicole Mazanitis and Kevin Meehan in Litigation; Randy DeSmyter and in Corporate; Simon Batifort and Arianna Sánchez Galindo in International Arbitration; and Catherine Baecher in Real Estate. Edoardo Zucchelli, who is affiliated with the Commercial Litigation and Arbitration practices, has been promoted to partner in Milan. … Ms. Nicole Mazanitis is a commercial litigator with significant experience in intellectual property disputes including utility, design, and pharmaceutical patent infringement, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, unfair competition,…
Alumna Preetha Chakrabarti ’12 received the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award by NYSBA’s Young Lawyers Section. NYSBA’s Young Lawyers Section will recognize Preetha Chakrabarti, Esq. of New York (Crowell & Moring LLP) with the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, which is given to an attorney who has actively practiced less than 10 years and has a distinguished record of commitment to the finest tradition of the bar through public service and professional activities. Chakrabarti is a member of her firm’s intellectual property group, which deals with litigation, counseling, and prosecution, as well as the environment and natural resources group, which assists clients…