Seton Hall Law FALL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT • VOL. 10 ISSUE 1 News for Alumni and Friends of the Seton Hall University School of Law
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Calendar of Events for 2008-09
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Sixth Annual Seton Hall Law and New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association Fall Lecture Featuring the Hon. Richard Linn The Newark Club 6 p.m.
Order of the Coif Induction Law School 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. New Jersey Bar Swearing In Ceremony Law School 6:30 – 7 p.m.
Classes of 1958 & 1968 Reunion Home of Dean Patrick Hobbs 6 – 9:30 p.m.
Young Alumni Night The Newark Club 7 – 9 p.m.
Classes of 1978, 1988, 1993 & 1998 Reunions Law School 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
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Preparing for a Pharmaceutical Response to Pandemic Influenza Law School 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Admissions Open House Law School 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. LEO Program 30th Anniversary Celebration 6 p.m., Tour and Pre-Reception, Law School 7 p.m., Program, Dinner, Dancing, The Newark Club
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Admitted Students Day Law School 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Alumni Dinner Dance 6 p.m.
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San Diego Alumni Reception
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Los Angeles Alumni Event
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Alumni Happy Hour Grasshopper Off the Green, Morristown 7 – 9 p.m.
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Admitted Students Day Law School 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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Merit Scholars Reception The Newark Club 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Alumni Reception at NJSBA Mid-Year Meeting Disney’s Boardwalk Hotel Orlando, FL Samuel J. Heyman Public Service Program and Reception Law School 6 p.m.
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Alumni Reception at the NJSBA Convention Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa
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Class of 2009 Graduation
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Alumni Golf Tournament
We’d like to hear from you. Please contact us at lawalum@shu.edu., or 973-642-8711
Table of Contents Letter from the Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Letter from the Alumni Council President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Law School Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Innocents Convicted: An Empirically Justified Factual Wrongful Conviction Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Faculty Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Strategic Initiatives in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Seton Hall Law Rising Capital Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 In Washington, D.C. and Throughout the Halls of Government . . . . . 14 Graduation 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Class News & Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Honor Roll of Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Letter from Photo : Sean Sime
THE DEAN Seton Hall Law continues to rise. Through academic and professional achievement, our students, faculty, and you, our alumni, are achieving an unprecedented prominence in the law—proving with every success that Seton Hall Law stands at the heart of legal opportunity.
This is the result of a driven, sustained effort. With each Commencement ceremony, we mark the delivery of a class of well-prepared attorneys whom our faculty have readied to lead, advise, and to serve as ambassadors for Seton Hall Law. Our alumni play a key role in preparing the next generation. They give their time, their energy, and their financial support to ensuring the continued success of the school. Here are just a few examples of how this effort has paid off. This year our alumni coaches led Seton Hall to unparalleled victory in the national Moot Court competitions. Our team brought home 27 trophies—the greatest number ever won in a single year by Seton Hall Law. Seton Hall Law faculty includes many alumni, who, though highly accomplished, still take the time to educate and mentor students. These attorneys and judges who teach bring with them the real-world experience that enables students to build their skills, deepen their knowledge, and hone their professionalism. This year our alumni also lent their financial strength. Last year we launched Seton Hall Law Rising, a capital campaign through which we will attract the best and the brightest students, continue to bring world-class faculty to the school, enhance services and opportunities for alumni, and expand our programs and facilities—in short, enhance the value of a Seton Hall Law degree. Through your contributions, which support our students’ experience through scholarship support, distinguished speakers, academic conferences, and interscholastic competitions, I am grateful and proud to announce that Seton Hall Law Rising has raised over $17 million to date. The Law School continues to achieve great things. The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology, established in 2007, has already put us at the forefront of the complex study of intellectual property. This year the American Bar Association acquiesced in our accreditation of the Master of Laws degree in Intellectual Property (IP). This new program offers students an extraordinary ability to compete successfully in the rapidly growing and increasingly complex IP discipline. It is a natural extension of our already strong IP, health law, and pharmaceutical law offerings. We currently offer one of the broadest selections of intellectual property in the entire nation, and an LL.M. in Health Law, which is at the apex of an already top-ranked program. The Intellectual Property LL.M. capitalizes on the synergies between the IP and Health Law curricula, as well as the school’s proximity to major life sciences and telecommunications companies. •
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This year’s conferences and symposia were cutting-edge, featuring prominent leaders such as Gov. Jon Corzine, who joined State senators and Supreme Court justices in a day-long conference which studied the repeal of the death penalty in New Jersey. Our Health Law and Policy program hosted a cadre of distinguished lecturers, panelists, and experts in a series of conferences which explored such issues as changing healthcare regulations, pharmaceutical practices, and policies to address healthcare disparities. The Student Bar Association hosted an evening with author Jeffrey Toobin, who shared his insights on the fascinating history and dynamics of our nation’s Supreme Court. Over the course of this last year, Seton Hall Law professors and alumni have been prominently featured in media throughout the world: in newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the International Herald Tribune; on radio including National Public Radio, Bloomberg, and the BBC; and television news shows on NJN, WABC, CBS, and on 60 Minutes. Every student who serves as a clerk, an intern, a summer associate, or a volunteer carries with him, or her, the good name of Seton Hall Law. Our graduates are in demand like never before: this year the Office of Career Services brought in 30 new top law firms from across the nation, seeking to recruit new associates. As students seek to define their career direction, I share with them my thought that the practice of law offers three essential paths: private practice, public interest, and government service. This issue of Seton Hall Law encapsulates and highlights the stories of alumni, including new graduates, who choose to dedicate their careers to the service of their country through work with government. I am proud of all that the members of the Seton Hall Law community do to make a difference within their chosen career paths. Our new graduates stand upon the shoulders of the greatness of our alumni. Your continued support is essential to keep Seton Hall Law Rising to ever-greater heights.
Patrick E. Hobbs Dean and Professor of Law
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Alumni Council President Jodi Anne Hudson
Seton Hall Law continues to rise in law school rankings, and is home to a top-notch program in the health law field. Faculty with both national and international experiences continue to grace these halls, bringing knowledge and wisdom to Seton Hall Law students. The student body is serious about working hard and learning from the faculty, and from each other, on a daily basis. The school’s Skills Program continues to develop, with headway in the areas of persuasion and advocacy, trial advocacy, and appellate advocacy. The Interscholastic Moot Court Board is recognized nationally. Our students have argued brilliantly against teams from such schools as Harvard and Duke, with their successes reflected by the 27 awards earned during the 2007-08 academic year, a record year for Seton Hall Law and the moot court program.
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I recently ran into an old law school colleague in the Middlesex County Superior Courthouse, where I spend most of my daily waking hours, and we struck up a conversation about our time at Seton Hall Law School. After catching up on the friends with whom neither one of us has been in touch with for some time, we spoke about our current lives—work, school, and family. He asked me if I had returned to Seton Hall over the years, and I was happy to report that not only was I currently president of Seton Hall Law’s Alumni Council, but I was beginning my eighth year as an adjunct professor and director of Seton Hall Law’s Interscholastic Moot Court Board. His interest in moot court piqued as he volunteered to spend a Saturday morning judging one of the 40 schools that came to Seton Hall Law for the John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition.
The success of the program derives from the students and their coaches—Seton Hall Law alumni. The coaches, earning only a small stipend for the time spent at the law school, give back to Seton Hall Law because of their experiences as students. I mention this not to recruit more alumni for the program but to encourage each of you to get involved in some small way—attend a function in your county with Seton Hall Law alumni, play golf at Seton Hall Law’s golf outing, attend the Red Mass, watch Seton Hall basketball at “The Rock” in Newark, or get in touch with old Seton Hall Law colleagues. The continued success of Seton Hall Law depends not only upon the students and faculty who roam the halls each day, but also upon the alumni who continue to carry on its name.
Jodi Anne Hudson, ’96
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For Andrew“AJ”Corimski, joining the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps fulfills a longheld goal of joining the military. As a teenager, he wanted to attend the Virginia Military Institute. But it would have required taking a year off between high school and college, which he preferred not to do. His next plan was to join the ROTC as an undergraduate at Seton Hall University. But he ended up putting that aside so he could take a summer class in Egypt studying Arabic. So he did the next best thing. He graduated college, enrolled at Seton Hall Law School, and after his first year took part in the Navy’s JAG summer program. After his second year, he participated in the Army’s JAG summer program. AJ, 26, explained that as a child growing up in a Pittsburgh suburb his parents instilled in him a strong sense of service to others. They enrolled him in the Boy Scouts and he became an Eagle Scout. His Eagle Scout project was to build a retaining wall to stop the erosion of a neighborhood basketball court. Looking ahead, he noted that “being a lawyer in the military is a really nice way to give back.” He also believes this is an especially important time to be assisting the nation. “Seems now that a lot of people are afraid to go into the military,” he said, “but we still need people who are willing to protect all we have.”
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Andrew “AJ” Corimski
Briana McGarry
Reid Caster
Raised in a small Boston suburb, Briana McGarry, 25, never experienced a rebellious period as a teenager. Instead, it was structure and faith she sought. She found that by attending the University of San Diego, a private Catholic college.
Everyone has to believe in something, says Reid Caster, 2L. For him, it is serving his country.
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Included among Seton Hall Law School’s student body are several who have made the decision to serve their country. Here we profile three: Andrew “AJ” Corimski and Briana McGarry, who graduated this May, and Reid Caster, a 2L.
“I wanted something to live by, and the Catholic Church provides strong values and guidelines,” she said. “One theme that also keeps coming up is that as a Catholic you are not a Catholic in a box, but as a Christian you’re called to serve others.”
This summer as part of the New Jersey National Guard’s 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Reid, 32, along with about 3,000 other New Jersey soldiers, began his deployment to Iraq. Newly married, in the midst of law school, and with a full-time job as a fraud investigator, Reid had quite a bit to put on hold, yet had little reluctance about the deployment. “I feel good about our mission because we’re going over there to help the Iraqi people,” he said.
Coming from a “family with a long and distinguished history in the military,” she also knew at a young age she wanted to join the service. Furthering reinforcing that desire were the things she saw during a mission trip to Mexico as an undergraduate.
He is executive officer for his infantry unit, and also serves as the unit’s equal opportunity officer. He does not come from a military family nor was he encouraged to pursue that direction. The sense of duty is just part of his fiber.
The poverty was deep, as was the desperation—families digging through garbage dumps to find food, people trying to cross the border dying from drinking poisoned water left for them in the desert, children begging on city streets. “It made me really realize how blessed I am to have been born in the United States,” she said. “And it made me want to do my part in protecting and keeping this country the fantastic place it is.”
“Everyone has a sense of duty for something, whether it’s family, community, or country,” he said. “For me, I love our country and our way of life.”
As someone who enjoys learning, reading, studying history, and helping to make a difference in people’s lives, she also found the idea of being a lawyer appealing. So when she learned she could be a lawyer in the military, there was no hesitation. “I said, ‘Sign me up.’ ” Currently, she is clerking for Judge Michael Toto, Middlesex County Family Court, and will be joining the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps next year.
Raised in Pennsylvania, he earned his undergraduate degree from Penn State and then began working in investigations. That work prompted him to attend law school. “In the investigation field, you end up dealing with a lot of lawyers and I wanted to have the education to better do my job,” he explained. Living in Queens at the time, he enrolled at Touro Law, then transferred to Seton Hall Law. It was a decision he is glad he made. “The professors here really care about teaching you how the law works.” he said. “They also have been very supportive as I have moved toward deployment and putting my education on hold.”
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THEIR COUNTRY
A critical span of American history, a 40-year legislative career, the aspirations and struggles of Newark and the surrounding region, a congressman devoted to helping his constituents—these are just a few of the political experiences one encounters in the papers of the late Congressman Peter W. Rodino Jr. housed at Seton Hall Law School. Archivists Bonnie Marie Sauer and Jed Winokur, of The Winthrop Group, processed 632 boxes of Congressman Rodino's personal materials. Papers from his congressional career, running from 1949-1989—including legislation he authored and sponsored, press and campaign materials, speeches, letters, scrapbooks, constituent correspondence, audio tapes of oral histories and his weekly radio addresses—all chronicle the American political process and the character of the congressman born in Newark in 1909. Also housed within the collection are materials from Congressman Rodino’s tenure as a professor at Seton Hall Law School, a position he held from 1989 until his passing in 2005. Today, Professor Paula Franzese holds the chair endowed in the name of Congressman Rodino. “I’m so thrilled that the archive has come to fruition, and that his papers and legacy will be available to students and researchers,” says the congressman’s wife, Joy Rodino. “It’s a very exciting time.” The project was made possible in part by the Class of 1997, which earmarked its reunion gift for the Rodino Library Collection. To make the archives more accessible for researchers, the materials have been organized into different series, including personal, legislative, constituent services, and political. Several of the fragile items such as the scrapbooks, along with the oral histories and radio broadcasts, have been digitized to enable greater access opportunities for researchers and the possibility of online delivery. For more information, visit law.shu.edu/library/Rodino_Collection.htm.
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The Peter W. Rodino Jr. Papers
Heyman Fellow Interns in Estonia Mark Muoio dreams of entering the Foreign Service after he graduates from Seton Hall Law School next year. Helping him to get a bit closer to that dream was his Heyman Fellowship, which allowed him to intern last summer at the U.S. Embassy in Estonia. “Without the Heyman Fellowship, I never would have been able to go,” he said. “I could not have paid for my own way, paid rent, and all my other expenses.” The Heyman program was created through a generous gift from Samuel J. Heyman, Chair of International Specialty Products and former Assistant Attorney General under Robert Kennedy. The program provides both summer fellowships to students for unpaid internships with the federal government, and postgraduate support for recent graduates planning a career in federal service. As an intern at the embassy, Mark worked on a number of projects including many intended “to leave a bright spot in people’s minds about the United States.” One he particularly enjoyed was helping with a box-car derby that drew 2,000 people. “What I enjoyed most about the internship is that the whole point was to be there and interact with people,” he said. “I really enjoyed meeting and talking with different people, and being invited over for dinner.”
Professor David Feige’s
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TV Series Airs on TNT Drawing upon his 15 years as a public defender, Professor David Feige has developed a TV series, “Raising the Bar,” with TV producer Steven Bochco (“Hill Street Blues,” “LA Law,” “Doogie Houser M.D.” ). Airing on TNT, the show stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jane Kaczmarek, and Gloria Reuben as former law school buddies now on opposite sides of the courtroom. The series was inspired by Feige’s acclaimed 2006 memoir, INDEFENSIBLE: ONE LAWYER’S JOURNEY INTO THE INFERNO OF AMERICAN JUSTICE.
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INNOCENTS CONVICTED: An Empirically Justified Factual Wrongful Conviction Rate By D. Michael Risinger, John J. Gibbons Professor of Law
Professor Risinger was recently named the John J. Gibbons Professor of Law. In addition to his duties at Seton Hall, he will be teaching Evidence at U Penn in the fall. This is an abridged version of an article appearing in 97 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 761 (2007), recently cited by Justice John Paul Stevens in his concurrence in Baze v. Rees, 128 S. Ct. 1520 (April 16, 2008). The complete article may be downloaded from Professor Risinger’s webpage at law.shu.edu. “That would make the error rate [in felony convictions] .027 percent—or, to put it another way, a success rate of 99.973 percent.” —Justice Antonin Scalia, concurring in Kansas v. Marsh, June 26, 2006 (quoting Joshua Marquis)
Introduction The news about the astounding accuracy of felony convictions in the United States, delivered by Justice Scalia and Joshua Marquis in the passage above, would be cause for rejoicing if it were true. Imagine. Only 27 factually wrong felony convictions out of every 100,000! Unfortunately, it is not true, as the data developed in this article demonstrate with reasonable certainty.
I. Paleyites and Romillists People who think about the problem of wrongful conviction often fall into two camps, which we might label Paleyites and Romillists. Paleyites, whom I have named after the early exponent of this position, the 18th-century proto-utilitarian the Rev. William Paley, believe that even though it is wrong to convict an innocent person, such convictions are inevitable for maintaining an appropriate level of security for the public in general. Romillists, whom I have named after the early 19thcentury reformist Sir Samuel Romilly, have such a horror of convicting the innocent that they are willing to propose changes to whatever system exists to better protect the innocent, even if they might make the conviction of the truly guilty more difficult. What neither side has a good handle on, however, is the magnitude of factually wrongful conviction and wrongful acquittal. Traditionally, a certain stripe of Paleyite has also denied that wrongful convictions happen at all, or if they happen, they happen •
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so rarely that worrying about them is like worrying about being struck by a meteorite. The reasons assigned for this assumed near-perfection have generally been the numerous layers of filtration involved in the pre-trial system, and the general fairness of the adversary trial itself, with its formal requirement that the prosecution prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Such a position is very difficult to take in the era of DNA exonerations. Difficult—but not impossible, because of insufficient information on actual false conviction rates.
II. An Empirically Justified Factual Wrongful Conviction Rate: The Case of Capital RapeMurders in the 1980s To derive a minimum factual wrongful conviction rate, we must have a numerator and a denominator: the denominator to represent a certain reference set of convictions, and the numerator to represent the number of factually wrongful convictions in that set. I have chosen to include in the numerator only DNA exonerations since it is easy to establish them as being close to indisputable cases of factually wrongful conviction. To obtain a proper sample, one must understand that the cases in which DNA exonerations occur are by definition not a random sample of all cases of criminal convictions. Virtually all such exonerations occur in cases of serious felony, often capital felony, where a trial resulted in a conviction. DNA exonerations can be divided into four groups: capital cases, non-capital homicide cases, non-capital rape/sexual assault case, and others. The most obvious group to concentrate on in searching for a denominator is capital cases. This is because there is a known number of capital cases in the United States since the reestablishment of the
death penalty in 1976 that culminated in DNA exonerations. From 1977 to 1999, that number was 14. During that same period, 5,968 capital sentences were imposed. These figures give an absolute minimum factual error rate in capital sentences imposed of .23 percent. But of course this does not represent the actual rate of factually wrongful conviction. In fact, it is grossly understated because we are using the wrong denominator. The DNA exonerations can only occur in the subset of capital convictions in cases where it is reasonable to believe that bodily sources of DNA might have been left to provide the basis for including or excluding a defendant as the possible perpetrator. Generally, in capital case exonerations, this has meant “rape-murders,” generally homicides where the victim is raped, then killed. In fact, 13 of the 14 DNA exonerations in capital cases involved rape-murders. Both the numerator and the denominator must be chosen carefully both with respect to the kind of defendants we are looking at and the time period chosen for examination. Twelve trials of the 13 capital rape-murder defendants that resulted in factually wrongful convictions took place between 1979 and 1996. Two of the 12 trials are clearly outliers—the 1979 trial of Dennis Williams was three years before the next later trial, and the first trial of Ray Krone (1992) was three years after the next earlier trial. So we will limit ourselves to the 11 cases tried from 1982 to 1989. In addition, we will reduce the number by half an exoneration to cushion against criticism that it is not beyond every doubt that every person exonerated by DNA was factually innocent. So we start with a numerator of 10.5 for the reference period. We have not yet properly derived our denominator, however. DNA exonerations can only occur in those rape-murder cases where usable DNA connected to the perpetrator was available when requested for testing. An examination of the capitally-sentenced cases from 1982 to 1989 revealed approximately 479 rapemurder convictions. But that still overstates the denominator, because exonerations can only occur in cases where DNA survived for later testing. In what percentage of cases from the 1980s did that occur? So far as I know, there is only one organization in the country with records of sufficient experience to give a defensible answer to this question: the Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School. In 2006, I contacted the Innocence Project and asked them to determine the percentage of cases tried in the reference time period, where requests for DNA evidence were made and no usable DNA survived because either it was never collected, or was discarded, destroyed, or degraded. The results were that 77 of 212 cases did not yield usable DNA, a rate of 36.3 percent. In that set, there were 15 rape-murders, of which 5 (33.3 percent) yielded no usable DNA. Although the rape-murder set is smaller, I have elected to use the 33.3 percent rate in an abundance of caution.
The denominator of 479 for capital rape-murder convictions, which we previously derived, must therefore be reduced by 33.3 percent to account for the cases with no usable DNA, yielding a denominator of 319. Using 10.5 as the numerator, as previously explained, we obtain a true minimum innocence rate for rapemurder of 3.3 percent. So there we have it—a conservative minimum factual innocence rate. The question immediately comes to mind: What can this tell us about wrongful conviction rates in general? Before addressing this question, however, we must examine one more issue in regard to our initial reference set—capital rapemurder convictions in the 1980s. We have derived a minimum factual innocence rate. What, if anything, can be said about the maximum factual innocence rate? We have a floor. What can we say about a ceiling? We start off being reasonably sure that there are around 319 capital rape-murder cases with potentially usable DNA evidence. We also know that many of them had the DNA requested and analyzed. In those 319 cases, a few may be so clear on factual guilt that DNA analysis might not have been requested. But in most cases, which are not so clear, DNA exclusion is the greatest post-conviction hope and generally worth requesting. It would be quite surprising if capital post-conviction counsel had failed to request DNA testing in anything close to half of the 319 capital rape-murder cases in the reference set. So I believe we can conclude that the ceiling is not double the floor, but substantially less. I believe we can put a reasonable maximum at around 5 percent. So we have an empirical minimum of 3.3 percent and a likely maximum of around 5 percent for factually wrongful convictions in capital rape-murders in the 1980s.
III. Implications of a 3–5 Percent Factual Wrongful Conviction Rate for Both Paleyites and Romillists These figures are guaranteed not to make many people happy. Whatever the depth (or shallowness) of one’s emotional or moral response to a 3–5 percent factual innocence error rate, it is hard to characterize it as de minimis or to fairly say it represents a “remote” possibility of conviction of the innocent. Paleyites often depend upon such assertions to establish that there is no systemic problem of wrongful conviction. Some Romillists may also find themselves unhappy. We can usefully divide modern Romillists between anti-death penalty advocates and Innocence Network activists. Some anti-death penalty people believe that emphasis on execution of the innocent may get in the way of global abolition of the death penalty for the cases of the obviously (factually) guilty. Many, however, will use innocence data as a tool and would like the rate to be as high as possible, perhaps as high as 10 percent, to be a credible claim. Innocence Network people are likely to be more conflicted. Some may regard the wrongful conviction figure as about what they Fall Two Thousand and Eight
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suspected. Some may view empirical indications that the system works more accurately than their worst fears as good news, though they may have a queasy feeling that a 3–5 percent rate of conviction of the factually innocent is not dramatic enough to engage the conscience of the average citizen, politician, or judge. But for now, I can only say, the facts seem to be the facts.
IV. The Factual Error Rate for Capital RapeMurders in the 1980s: Generalizing to Other Crimes and Other Times The question now becomes whether we can generalize this rate range to other sets of criminal convictions. It seems likely for people who begin pondering the question of wrongful conviction to ask questions like, “What do you suppose the number of factually wrongful convictions per 1,000
Which brings us to those non-capitally sentenced murders where the main issue is perpetrator identity. If the factual wrongful conviction rate in capital non-rape murders seems likely to be about the same as in capital rape-murders, can we generalize this rate to analogous non-capital murders? The first question to deal with is, what do we mean by “analogous” non-capital murders? Just as we limited the set of rapes for which there was a strong argument for extension to “stranger rapes,” similar considerations call for limiting the set of murders for which extension seems strongly justified to those manifesting particular callousness or brutality analogous to capitally sentenced murders. We can hope, at least, that capitally sentenced cases would be the cases where juries would regard themselves as especially obligated to be sure of guilt given their role in the imposition of the death sentence. If that is the case, it
The question now becomes whether we can generalize this rate range to other sets of criminal convictions. convictions is generally?” There are two reasons to resist the temptation to ponder a general average: first, we are unlikely to ever be able to derive it very specifically, and, second, it wouldn’t tell us anything very important if we knew it. Both facts are largely the product of a common reality, which is also intimately involved in the issue of what the capital rape-murder data from the 1980s can tell us about other crimes and other times: The universe of criminal convictions is almost certainly heavily substructured in regard to factual innocence rates.
seems reasonable to suspect that the factual innocence rate in other “analogous” murder cases might be at least as high, if not higher, than in capitally sentenced cases. On the other hand, capital juries are “death qualified,” which may give them a lower decision threshold on the issue of guilt.
First, in regard to other capital murder prosecutions resulting in the imposition of the death penalty, there seems to be no strong reason to believe that the rate was (or is) significantly lower. Richard A. Rosen has recently written that DNA exonerations should be viewed as providing “a random audit” of convictions because they vary from other convictions only by the fortuitous circumstance of the presence of testable DNA. While this argument becomes weaker as the conviction sets become more different, it is fairly robust regarding capital convictions generally, or at least those where perpetrator identity is the main contestable issue.
In addition, many more of the non-capital murder convictions are the result of pleas. Pleas would, perhaps, be expected to represent less unsafe convictions than verdicts—except that many noncapital murder convictions are obtained in the shadow of a potential death sentence. We also know that some of these pleas took place in cases later resulting in exoneration by DNA. All in all, there seems no good reason to believe that the factual innocence rate for non-capitally sentenced murder convictions properly “analogous” to capital murder, when the central issue is the identity of the defendant as the perpetrator, are substantially lower than the capital rape-murder innocence rate established earlier, and it would seem incumbent on those who claim otherwise to proffer substantial reasons for the claimed differences, rather than simply invoking general problems of extension and external validity.
Second, in regard to non-homicide, pre-DNA, rape cases (at least the stranger-on-stranger cases that are most troubling in regard to wrongful identification analogous to rape-murder cases), it is true there is often victim testimony of identification, but, given the vagaries of eyewitness identification, it is not clear which way this cuts. Heavy jury reliance on identifications might actually raise the factual wrongful conviction rate. There are no good data on this issue directly, but there is reason to suspect that it may be high, indeed, higher than the 3 or 4 percent innocence rate in the reference set under some conditions.
I have tried to give some informed discussion concerning likely wrongful conviction rates for various types of crime. However, such arguments about the implications of, and extensions from, the 3.3 percent minimum rate for capital rape-murders in the 1980s are necessarily subject to further reflection and research. But now at least one such wrongful conviction rate has been established. Archimedes famously said, “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.” Further reflection will give us longer and better levers, but at least now we have a place to stand.
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Totaling more than 1,400 pages, it sets forth in a single volume “as close as possible to everything, outside the field of substantive law, that a lawyer would want to know in handling a case at the Supreme Court.”
Seton Hall Law is pleased to announce that Professor Rachel Godsil has been named the Eleanor Bontecou Chair. Eleanor Bontecou, a lawyer, writer, and social justice pioneer, was one of the first attorneys to serve in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights section in the mid-1940s. Together with Nobel Prize winners Ralph Bunche and Gunnar Myrdal, she fought to advance suffrage and civil rights for people of color and women. Her book, THE FEDERAL LOYALTYSECURITY PROGRAM (1953), was one of the first studies of the rise of anti-Communist sentiment in the U.S., and is still considered one of the definitive chronicles of the movement that we now call McCarthyism. Professor Godsil finds inspiration in Eleanor Bontecou’s example; her legal and academic career follows in Ms. Bontecou’s footsteps. She established her name in the field of environmental justice while still a law student. She is a sought-after speaker and writes extensively about the convergence of race, poverty, and the environment. Professor Godsil’s scholarship, which appears in the nation’s top law reviews, includes “Race-Nuisance: The Politics Of Law in the Jim Crow Era”; “Environmental Justice and the Integration Ideal”; “Viewing The Cathedral From Behind the Color Line: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Environmental Racism”; and AWAKENING FROM THE DREAM: CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER SIEGE AND THE NEW STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL JUSTICE (2005). Dean Patrick Hobbs, who hosted a faculty dinner honoring Professor Godsil, observed that she “epitomizes the best of Seton Hall Law School by producing scholarship that contributes to positive changes in the world around her, and serving as one of the best teachers and role models our students encounter. She is also an amazing colleague, having chaired the Admission Committee for several of the school’s most successful years in its entire history.” Prior to joining the faculty in 2000, Professor Godsil was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and an Associate Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was also a member of the Order of the Coif.
Professor Edward A. Hartnett Co-Authors SUPREME COURT PRACTICE Photo: Sean Sime
treatise regarding practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, published this year. The publication is considered the “Bible” of Supreme Court procedure and heavily relied on by attorneys who appear before the Court.
University Confers Eleanor Bontecou Chair on Professor Rachel Godsil
Professor Edward A. Hartnett, who holds the Hughes Chair at Seton Hall Law, has become a co-author of SUPREME COURT PRACTICE, the leading
The first edition of SUPREME COURT PRACTICE was published in 1950. Professor Hartnett, who revised one chapter of the eighth edition published in 2002, joined Eugene Gressman, Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina School of Law, and Kenneth S. Geller, Steven M. Shapiro, and Timothy S. Bishop of Mayer Brown LLP as co-author of the ninth edition. Professor Gressman, a distinguished visiting professor at Seton Hall for several years when Professor Hartnett was new to the academy, has been a co-author of every edition, from 1950 to the present. Professor Hartnett reports, “One of the great privileges of working on the book was accompanying Professor Gressman on a visit to the Supreme Court Clerk’s Office in preparation of the ninth edition, and witnessing firsthand the palpable respect shown him there.”
Professor JennyBrooke Condon Named Gibbons Fellow Photo: Sean Sime
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FACULT Y N E W S
Jenny-Brooke Condon, Visiting Professor in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, has been named a Gibbons Fellow in Public Interest and Constitutional Law. Gibbons Fellows, along with the Gibbons law firm, undertake some of the most significant public interest and constitutional law issues that confront the federal and state courts. The fellowship is a highly competitive and sought-after appointment in the world of public interest law. At Seton Hall Law, Professor Condon has litigated a wide range of immigration and human rights cases and supervised students in all levels of immigration practice and civil litigation. She is one of the lead attorneys challenging a Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision denying asylum to victims of genital mutilation to the Fourth Circuit. She also has co-authored several amicus briefs, with other faculty in the Center for Social Justice, on a variety of high-profile cases challenging executive abuses in the “war on terror,” including two amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Condon earned her J.D. from Seton Hall Law in 2003. As a student, she served as an articles editor of the Law Review and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Barry T. Albin, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and has worked in public interest ever since. Before joining Seton Hall Law, she worked in Washington, D.C. litigating gender-based asylum cases and challenging human rights abuses. Fall Two Thousand and Eight
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FACULT Y N E W S Professor Stephen Lubben Releases Ground-Breaking Bankruptcy Study In the most comprehensive analysis to date of Chapter 11 bankruptcies, Professor Stephen Lubben and his team of investigators found that the presence of creditors’ committees, judge-appointed examiners, and first-day motions, rather than the length of bankruptcy cases, are more likely to impact costs. “Chapter 11 costs,” said Professor Lubben, “are largely the function of the size of the debtor and the complexity of its case. The jurisdiction the case files in or the law firm that represents the debtor does not have any independent significance in predicting costs.” Funded by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the study examined the professional fees of more than 1,000 Chapter 11 cases filed in 2004. Professor Lubben, who served as lead reporter, was assisted by a six-member advisory panel. “The fee study represents the most comprehensive set of data of a large sample of Chapter 11 cases ever compiled by an independent empirical study,” noted Claude “Chip” Bowel Jr., Chair of the ABI’s Professional Fee Study Advisory Board. “The high quality and vast quantity of data gathered by the fee study shows that the ABI’s faith in the project and the reporter was well placed.”
FA C U LT Y B O O K S PROFESSOR PAULA A. FRANZESE (WITH J. GORDON HYLTON, DAVID L. CALLIES, AND DANIEL R. MANDELKER) PROPERTY LAW AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST (3rd edition) Publisher: Matthew Bender The first casebook of its kind to explore the public interest dimensions of property law, with particular emphasis on social justice, environmental concerns, and the interests of the disenfranchised. The text examines the case law and legislative initiatives aimed at promoting inclusionary, and also exclusionary aims, with respect to land use and control. Systems of ownership, takings law, servitudes, landlord/tenant law, and zoning law are presented in the context of their larger policies and consequences. Homeowners associations, as an increasingly predominant manifestation of “privatopia,” are treated in detail, both for their salutary as well as untoward effects on where and how we live.
PROFESSOR CHARLES A. SULLIVAN (WITH MICHAEL J. ZIMMER AND REBECCA HANNER WHITE) CASES AND MATERIALS ON EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (7th edition) Publisher: Aspen A popular and much acclaimed text for over 25 years, CASES AND MATERIALS ON EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION has become the leading casebook in the field because of its unique melding of theory and practice. Now in its seventh edition, it reflects the newest scholarly insights while remaining true to its primary mission of educating students who will be using its doctrinal and theoretic perspectives in practice for counseling, drafting, and litigating. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION features broad but cohesive coverage, which includes discrimination regarding race, sex, age, gender, religion, and disability.
R E T I R I N G FA C U LT Y MARGARET GILHOOLEY Professor Margaret Gilhooley will be retiring from Seton Hall Law School, concluding a 29-year teaching career. An expert in FDA law, Professor Gilhooley has taught Food and Drug Law, Drug Innovation Regulation and Costs, Administrative Law, and Torts. She is best known for her scholarship and contributions in the area of pharmaceutical law, and represents only a small number of experts on FDA law nationwide. Her expertise and teaching talents have been a particular asset for the Health Law & Policy Program, which offers an extensive array of health and pharmaceutical law courses. Many of Professor Gilhooley’s students have gone on to work in government, for health law firms, and as in-house counsel for healthcare institutions, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies. • 10 • Seton Hall University School of Law
LIVINGSTON BAKER Professor Livingston Baker is retiring from Seton Hall Law School, where he has taught on various aspects of international law, including European Union Law, Comparative Law, Public International Law, and International Business Transactions. In addition, he has supervised students participating in externships with the European Court of Justice and the Course of First Instance in Luxemburg, and served as a faculty advisor for the International Law Society. He joined the Seton Hall Law faculty in 1975. Prior to that, he was an associate of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a human rights officer for the United Nations, and taught at Capital University.
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES I N AC T I O N N E W FA C U LT Y EMILY B. GOLDBERG
CAREER SERVICES EXPANDS ITS REACH AROUND THE COUNTRY Photo: Sean Sime
B.A., Tufts University J.D., New York University, School of Law
This year, the Office of Career Services took another major step forward in expanding its reach into the New York, Washington, D.C., and national markets.
She clerked for the Honorable Lawrence M. McKenna of the Southern District of New York. She also served as both a fellow and staff attorney for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs and was a fellow at the National Women’s Law Center. At CSJ, she is working on cases implicating a host of civil rights issues, with a focus on education and prisoners’ rights.
“It’s a good time to be a part of Seton Hall Law,” he says. “Seton Hall Law is rising and I’m proud to be a part of helping students launch their legal careers.”
B.S., Georgetown University J.D., University of Michigan Law School Before joining the Seton Hall Law faculty, Professor Kristin Johnson served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase supporting alternative investment services for private equity and hedge fund clients. Previously, she was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP representing foreign and domestic companies in public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and syndicated lending transactions. She clerked for the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. and was a teaching assistant at Cardozo Law School. Before entering law school, she was an analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co.
This spring, the office nearly doubled the number of firms taking part in its open house, bringing in several more top New York firms, as it also increased the number of firms taking part in its spring and fall recruiting programs. While the major focus has been on New York and Washington, D.C., the office also has added firms from Miami and Phoenix, and Michigan and Delaware to its recruiting programs. Over 25 new firms have been added, including King & Spalding LLP, named one of the best firms for women by Working Mother, and Winston & Strawn LLP, a top ranked firm in the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms. Along with its strong public interest focus, the office also has hired an Associate Director of Government Service to better assist students interested in a career in government service. “It’s important for students to know that when they come to Seton Hall Law they will have many opportunities to find a job that meets their goals,” says Dean Winneker. “It also can be a source of pride for alumni to know that we are increasing the law school’s exposure around the country.”
ALICE RISTROPH A.B., Harvard University J.D., Harvard University Ph.D., Harvard University LL.M., Columbia University
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KRISTIN N. JOHNSON
Hired as Assistant Dean of Career Services in January, Joshua D. Winneker, a 2001 magna cum laude graduate of Seton Hall Law, has brought his strong connections and passion for helping others in their career search.
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Professor Emily Goldberg comes to Seton Hall Law as a visiting professor in the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) following her appointment as a Gibbons Fellow in Public Interest and Constitutional Law at Gibbons P.C. As a Gibbons Fellow, she worked on immigration and civil rights cases, including representing, along with the Seton Hall Law Civil Litigation Clinic, civilly committed individuals challenging inadequate conditions and mental health care.
Professor Alice Ristroph joined the Seton Hall Law faculty after serving as associate professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Prior to that, she worked as a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York, and then was an associate in law at Columbia Law School and a visiting assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College. Her research and teaching interests are in criminal law, constitutional law, and political theory. Recent projects include “Respect and Resistance in Punishment Theory” (California Law Review, forthcoming) and “State Intentions and the Law of Punishment” (Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, forthcoming). For the 2007-08 academic year, she was a faculty fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard, where she worked on a book about the legal regulation of physical violence by both private and public actors.
A New Web Site for Seton Hall Law This fall the new Seton Hall Law School Web site will launch for the benefit of incoming and prospective students. Nearly half of law school applicants rely solely on a school’s Web site to determine where they will apply, so the Web site is critical to recruitment and admissions efforts. The redesigned site will feature a clean, professional look, streamlined navigation, a rich section highlighting the geographic benefits of our surrounding area, and profiles of Seton Hall Law community members—students, faculty, and alumni—who tell stories of their journeys and their law career successes that portray how Seton Hall Law stands At the Heart of Legal Opportunity, the site’s overarching theme. Faculty news, media mentions, events calendars, and profiles will change nearly daily, so visit law.shu.edu often. Fall Two Thousand and Eight
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SETON HALL LAW RISING
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Dear Fellow Alumni, It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that alumni and friends have contributed nearly $18 million to the Seton Hall Law Rising campaign. Our goal is to raise $25 million towards enhancing the value of the Seton Hall Law degree by focusing on six key areas: scholarship funds, academic programs, capital improvements, faculty support, the Annual Fund, and growing the law school’s endowment. We are deeply grateful to all who made leadership gifts and to everyone who has contributed to the campaign. Every gift brings us closer to reaching our goal before the conclusion of the campaign in the summer of 2011.
Along with our fundraising goal, we also hope this campaign will become an impetus for involving more alumni in the life (l-r) Joseph LaSala, Dean Patrick Hobbs, Monsignor Robert Sheeran, and and success of Seton Hall Law School. We have much to be Patrick Dunican at the launch of the Seton Hall Law Rising capital campaign proud of as Seton Hall Law graduates—increased national held last October at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City. rankings, a highly respected faculty, strong clinical and public interest programs, and a student body that wants to succeed and carry on the good name of Seton Hall Law. What we also need is a strong and active base of alumni who are passionate about Seton Hall Law. Currently, only a small percentage of our alumni contribute to the law school on an annual basis. Our hope is that you will become a part of raising that number so it exceeds 20 percent. Seton Hall Law, as with any law school, requires a strong foundation on which it can continue to grow. We can provide that foundation, as we also send a clear message to prospective students that this is a law school which truly cares about their development as future lawyers. Please help us to raise our giving levels by contributing whatever is appropriate for you. A giving envelope has been included in this magazine for your convenience. You also can make an online contribution by visiting the campaign Web site at SetonHallLawRising.com. Together, we can keep Seton Hall Law Rising!
Joseph LaSala ’72
A Sampling of Recent Initiatives FACULTY SUPPORT • Harvey Washington Wiley Chair in Business Ethics • The Schering Plough Chair in Health Care Regulation
Patrick Dunican ’91
Fundraising By Key Areas General Endowment Academic Programs
4% 12%
ANNUAL FUND • The Interscholastic Moot Court Board— A Best Year Ever with 27 Awards SCHOLARSHIPS • The C. Kushner Companies Foundation Endowed Scholarship • The John Deehan Memorial Scholarship, supported by the Torcivia Family Foundation
Facilities
Faculty 45%
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Academic Programs
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General Endowment
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REUNION CLASSES SUPPORT SETON HALL LAW RISING 1977, 1987, 1992, and 1997 contributed approximately $200,000 to the Seton Hall Law Rising capital campaign. Here several from those classes share their thoughts on the value of maintaining their connection to Seton Hall Law.
LES BERGER
LYNNE M. KIZIS
Class of 1967 Hollywood, Florida Private Practice Specializing in Real Estate, Estates, Wills, and Probate, and CEO/President Rhythms at Sea Cruises
Class of 1987 Manasquan Shareholder, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
“Up until a year ago, I really did not consider myself to be an integral part of Seton Hall Law School. I never went back to the law school, never attended a reunion, and never contributed any money. I was not really sure why, but I decided to attend last year’s reunion. It resulted in a life-altering experience. The warmth, connection, and acceptance I felt from (Dean) Patrick (Hobbs), his wife, Joanne, my former classmates and professors, and administrators were phenomenal. Seton Hall Law really has become a place that knows how to treat people like they should be treated. I am very proud to be a part of the Seton Hall Law community, and I now believe it is important to support its ongoing success. Also, Seton Hall Law is fast approaching to be one of the top law schools in the country. Just check the statistics.”
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This academic year five classes held their reunions, bringing together classmates to reminisce and strengthen relationships developed during their law school years, along with showing their support for Seton Hall Law. As part of that support, the reunion Classes of 1967,
Class of 1967 Miami, Florida Partner, Hunton & Williams “Law school is an intense experience at any time, and that was particularly so during the 1960s on Clinton Street. Even though Seton Hall Law was a fairly new law school at the time, I discovered pretty quickly, after entering practice in the courts martial and with the Justice Department, that I had received an excellent education, one that was better than that of many of the lawyers I encountered around the world. I have stayed involved because I want to show I appreciate what I received. This is also a particularly exciting time to be part of the Seton Hall Law School community. Our degrees are like a stock that has gone way up with time and nurturing. We got a really good education in the law. But the current dean and administration have taken that quality and enhanced it for all of us in recent years, beyond anything I might have envisioned in the musty venue on Clinton Street. To watch their obvious excitement about training new lawyers and helping them with placement in a great profession is inspiring. And to participate in that growth is very exciting.”
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WILLIAM COSTIGAN JR. Class of 1977 Middletown Broker Sales Associate, Coldwell Banker “This was the first reunion at Seton Hall Law that I took part in and it was exceptionally well done. I (l-r) Vicki Fleischer, Kathleen and William did have a bit of trouble Costigan Jr., Victoria and James Bruni, and finding the school since Professor Michael Ambrosio. the last time I was there was 30 years ago and then it was just a construction shed! I was a night student, which is a bit different than being a day student, but still developed some strong bonds with some of my classmates. Being a student at Seton Hall Law was a great intellectual experience in large part due to the faculty. I was really able to hone my skills as a law student. Now in my second career, I was able to catch up with former classmates and professors at the reunion and network. I’m a graduate of both NYU’s MBA program and Seton Hall Law and would put them on an equal plane. I am proud to be a graduate of both schools.”
PHILLIP J. DUFFY Photo: William Moree
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TERRY CONNOR
“I have made it a point to attend each reunion held for the Class of 1987 because it is a good way to keep in touch with law school friends. While I am fortunate to run into some of them in my practice in the state and federal courts, others I would not otherwise see. I was pleasantly surprised to have such a great experience at Seton Hall Law School. We did not have this wonderful building to enjoy, but the faculty was superior and that is one of the reasons I decided to support the Gerard Carey Scholarship Fund in honor of our torts professor whose rules I still remember. It is particularly important to support higher education these days. Collegiate and professional education is becoming so costly it could end up off limits to qualified students who do not have the means to pay. The school and the profession are served by ensuring qualified students from diverse backgrounds can attend, so I urge my classmates who can to support the Gerard Carey Scholarship Fund.”
Class of 1992 Madison Counsel, Gibbons P.C. “The reunion allowed me to rekindle friendships with classmates, who may have been out of sight but not out of mind. We were a (l-r) Mike Lonoff, Phil Duffy, Sal Siciliano transition class that started and his wife, Nancy, reminiscing about out in the old building and their days as Seton Hall Law students. finished in a new, state-ofthe-art facility. It was an exciting time to be a part of the law school as it moved to the next level and we moved right along with it. As a student, I really felt like part of a community. We were taught by a tremendous group of dynamic professors who really cared about bringing us along as lawyers and people. There was a heck of a lot of work, but a lot of fun too. There was a personal connection that has made a lasting impression on me, and it was wonderful to see that, after all this time, those connections and that community endure. I’m also really proud of all the good work the law school does. Giving back to the school helps to honor that good work as it also provides opportunities for other students just as they were created for us.”
BRETT M. ANDERS Class of 1997 Basking Ridge Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP “It is hard to believe that more than 10 years has passed since graduating from Seton Hall Law. However, after recently attending my 10-year reunion, it seems like only yesterday that we were being fitted for caps and gowns and planning to start our careers. During the reunion, I was able to reconnect with many of my classmates and hear about the remarkable successes they have had during their first 10 years of practice, which, in many ways, is a testament to the quality of the education provided by the law school. I know many of us would not be where we are today if not for the generosity and support of Seton Hall Law’s alumni, which is why I have chosen to remain involved with the school and would certainly encourage others to do the same. Not only is it very gratifying to do so, but it helps the law school maintain its excellent reputation.” Fall Two Thousand and Eight
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IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THROUGHOUT THE
HALLS OF GOVERNMENT By Kathleen Brunet Eagan
You’ll find them in major law firms throughout the nation’s capital, working with government agencies, and assisting with the development of public policy on both the federal and state levels to improve the lives of everyday citizens. They are the graduates and faculty of Seton Hall Law School.
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n recent years as the strength of the Seton Hall Law degree has increased, so too has the reach of the law school. Seton Hall Law graduates are found in top Washington, D.C. firms such as Hunton & Williams LLP, King & Spalding LLP, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; serving as legal advisors and managers at the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Labor, Homeland Security, and Justice; and assisting such public interest groups as the National Community Reinvestment Collation. Here we profile two Seton Hall Law alumni who are making an impact on the federal level.
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MARK A. DANN Nationally Acclaimed Civil Rights Lawyer Civil rights and educational equity have deep roots in the life of Mark Dann, ’02. Cited as one of the top civil rights attorneys in Washington, D.C., he learned early in life about helping to improve the lives of others. As a child, he listened to stories about how his mother helped launch a boycott in the 1960s • 14 • Seton Hall University School of Law
when a restaurant in Tennessee refused to serve her black friend. Then as a teenager, he saw the sacrifices his parents made to ensure he received a quality education. During an economic downturn in the mid-1980s, his parents lost their jobs and then their home in Syracuse, NY. They could have moved to the South where the cost of living was cheaper and the jobs more plentiful, but rejected that idea. Their chief priority was to ensure their son, then 13, could continue to receive the quality public education he was obtaining in Syracuse. So they lived more frugally, allowing their son to graduate from high school with a top-notch education. Defining moments both: the boycott and those sacrifices. They made him aware not all people are treated equal, as they planted the desire to pursue a career focused on educational equity and civil rights. After graduating from Seton Hall Law, he immersed himself in civil rights work. He was awarded the George N. Lindsay Civil Rights Fellowship with the national office of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in Washington, D.C., where he concentrated on challenging school discrimination and segregation. He worked on the NAACP v. City of Thomasville
Once asked why he chose education as his focus, he replied: “No other group is in greater need of protection than children, many of whom are not even aware of the discrimination they face.” Now a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section, he is responsible for helping to uphold Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, and other related statutes. Earlier this year, at the age of 34 and then an associate at Gebhardt & Associates, LLP, he was named to the 2007 Washington, D.C.’s “Top Lawyers” list by Washingtonian magazine, which cited him as among 16 nationally acclaimed civil rights lawyers. Providing him with the foundation he needed to pursue a career in civil rights, he says, was his Seton Hall Law education. “I picked Seton Hall because I liked its emphasis on practical instruction through moot court competitions, journals, judicial clerkships, and clinics,” he says. What also made a difference, he adds, is the accessibility of the faculty.
“I picked Seton Hall because I liked its emphasis on practical instruction through moot court competitions, journals, judicial clerkships, and clinics.” “I think a lot of the practice of law is a matter of building relationships as anything else, and at Seton Hall the professors are very supportive and encouraging,” says Mr. Dann. While in school, he served as President of the Public Interest Network, helped to coordinate the first annual Public Interest Auction, and was a founding member of the Seton Hall American Constitution Society Chapter. He participated in the Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Board and National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights, and worked as a research assistant on such issues as predatory lending and employment discrimination. Intent on pursuing a career focused on civil rights, he made it a point to build a strong resume as a law student. “If you want to pursue a career in public interest,” he says, “you need to be able to demonstrate a strong desire for helping others.”
ANDREW FARRELLY Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection A Program Manager with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Secure Freight Initiative, Andrew Farrelly, ’06, is just as likely to be awakened at home at 2 a.m. by a ringing cell phone, flying to a foreign port in Beijing, Honduras, Pakistan, or another country, or speaking in slow, short sentences through an interpreter. It’s a busy, demanding job. But it’s work that brings him a great deal of personal satisfaction, knowing he is helping to protect lives.
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School District, and Hoots v. Pennsylvania school segregation cases, assisted with writing briefs in support of the University of Michigan in its affirmative action cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and helped to establish grassroots community lawyers and advocacy programs.
“In my role, I am involved in protecting our nation,” he says. “It allows me to help solve problems in the aggregate that have a broad-reaching effect. When you love what you do, it makes it easy to do your job.” A partnership between the Department of Homeland Security’s Custom and Border Protection, and the Departments of Energy and State, the Secure Freight Initiative was established in 2006 to enhance the federal government’s ability to identify nuclear and radiological materials in shipping containers overseas and inbound containers. Mr. Farrelly’s chief responsibility is to help settle international agreements coordinating U.S. and foreign government efforts to scan shipping containers in ports outside the U.S. As Mr. Farrelly, 30, explains, the work requires an ability to see the big picture from a variety of perspectives, a sensitivity for dealing with people in complex situations, and a capacity for finding common ground. Some of those skills he acquired from his parents. His father is a labor negotiator for Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark and his mother is an Army nurse. His legal education at Seton Hall Law School, he says, also prepared him well for work focused on building international partnerships. “At Seton Hall Law, I obtained a top-notch education in international law and the professors are truly excellent,” he says. “I learned that in international law, there are no hard and fast precedents; it’s a lot more fluid and dynamic. You need to be creative and able to develop solutions. Above all else, my legal education helped me to be confident in my own thought process and prepared me for fielding questions I didn’t even know were coming.” Knowing he wanted to work within the federal government, Professor Tracy Kaye helped pave the way. “Professor Kaye has been a great mentor and friend. She used to work on the Hill and called everyone she knew to let them know I was looking for a policy position,” he recalls. By scheduling as many informational interviews as he could, he ending up meeting someone from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. continued on page 16
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“I learned that in international law, there are no hard and fast precedents; it’s a lot more fluid and dynamic. You need to be creative and able to develop solutions.” Raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he earned his undergraduate degree in history and communications from American University in Washington, D.C. His original plan was to obtain his Ph.D. and teach history. Unable to afford graduate school, he instead looked for work in D.C. He accepted an entrylevel position with former Congressman Don Sherwood of Pennsylvania. It was there that he developed a taste for public policy and soon after decided to earn his law degree. Seton Hall Law provided him with a scholarship to help make that possible and also its first Heyman Fellowship. Created through a generous
donation from Samuel J. Heyman, Chair of International Specialty Products and former Assistant Attorney General under Robert Kennedy, the Heyman Fellowship Program helps to support Seton Hall Law students and graduates interested in a career in federal government. “The program Mr. Heyman set up is of a great service to people like me who choose to pursue a career in government,” says Mr. Farrelly. “I’m not sure I would be able to do what I am doing had I not been provided with some assistance.”
Enhancing Transparency
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in Drug and Device Promotion Launched in April 2007, The Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law was established to extend Seton Hall Law School’s national reputation in health law and policy to the arena of pharmaceutical law and policy. The center’s primary mission is to foster scholarship and recommendations for policy on cutting-edge issues posed by pharmaceutical and health law. The center has also been designed Tracy Mlller as a neutral forum to convene leaders in government, industry, academia, and medicine to consider issues and potential solutions. As Dean Patrick Hobbs stated when announcing the center’s creation, “The Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law will serve as an independent forum for the exploration of the varied and complex issues confronting the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. It will foster informed dialogue between policymakers and the industry.” This important role was well-demonstrated at a forum the center hosted in January on drug and device promotion and continuing medical education. Drawing on participation from leaders in government and industry, and medical and consumer leaders, the forum, “Drawing the Line Between Physician Education and Product Promotion: Charting a Course for Public Policy,” provided the venue for a thought-provoking exploration of policy solutions to enhance transparency and minimize conflicts of interest in drug and device promotion, as well as continuing medical education. Publications are • 16 • Seton Hall University School of Law
now underway that will present concrete recommendations for state and national policy on these issues. This year, the center hired a full-time executive director, Tracy Miller, to further enhance its mission. Ms. Miller is the former general counsel of the Catholic Health Care System (CHCS), a system of hospitals and nursing homes in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Prior to joining CHCS, Ms. Miller was vice president for quality and regulatory affairs at the Greater New York Hospital Association, and founding executive director of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, a commission that proposes law and policy on ethical issues in medicine in New York State. In announcing her appointment, Dean Hobbs commented that he is confident “Ms. Miller’s combined expertise in health law and policy will enable the center to inform and influence public policy on the critical issues on the center’s agenda.” The center held its second forum, “Using Data to Advance Compliance: Emerging Practices in Industry and Government,” on June 4. The day-long forum focused on best practices by industry to proactively use data for compliance, and the way in which government is using data mining and analysis to enhance government oversight. The center is the first of its kind to be devoted to pharmaceutical issues at any law school. It builds on Seton Hall Law’s nationally recognized scholarship in health law, conferences on key public policy questions, and compliance certification training program for compliance professionals and lawyers in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Since its inception in 2004, the Health Care Compliance Certification Program has trained more than 500 professionals.
In Service to New Jersey
This year, Attorney General Anne Milgram turned to Professor Shavar Jeffries to assist her office.
In January, Ms. Milgram appointed Professor Jeffries as her Counsel, a top advisory position in the Office of the Attorney General. As Counsel, Professor Jeffries, who is on leave from the law school, is advising her and her office on legal issues and serving as liaison to the various divisions within the Department of Law and Public Safety. A strong advocate of educational equity and civil rights, Professor Jeffries noted that he welcomed the opportunity as another avenue to work on issues to help improve the lives of state residents.
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From the governor’s office, to the attorney general, to various state commissions and task forces, state officials find Seton Hall Law School faculty members an important resource in the protection of the public welfare. In recent years, Gov. Jon Corzine has asked Dean Patrick Hobbs to serve on the State Commission of Investigation to advise on organized crime and political corruption, Professor Paula Franzese to chair the State Ethics Commission, and Professor John Jacobi to serve as his Senior Associate Counsel.
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Keri Logosso Protecting the Welfare of New Jersey’s Children By Kathleen Brunet Eagan Raised by a mother who worked with special education children and shared that passion with her children over the dinner table, Keri Logosso, ’99, possesses a deeply rooted determination to help children in need. As Director of the Office of Child Health Services with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Ms. Logosso, 33, is fulfilling that purpose for thousands of children across the state. As director, she is part of a team working to improve the state’s child welfare system—with a focus on improving healthcare coordination and outcomes. In 2006, Gov. Jon Corzine created the department as the first cabinet-level agency devoted to child welfare. For Ms. Logosso, her position as director has taken her from a career largely focused on advocating for children and adequate health care for people of all ages, to implementing measures to help some of the state’s most vulnerable individuals—children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect. “There’s a great deal of personal and professional satisfaction that comes from marrying policy with practice,” says Ms. Logosso. For her, it’s also another opportunity to use her law degree and professional training to bring healing to the lives of others. “I really do think that law in most ways is a healing profession,” she says. Her original plan was to become a doctor. During her years as an undergraduate, however, her studies shifted her focus to psychology. The decisive moment that set her on the path to public policy came during her last year of college at a battered women’s shelter where she volunteered. “One night an attorney came in to conduct a workshop for women dealing with domestic violence and my eyes were opened,” she says. “It was the first time I realized the magnitude of legal challenges facing these women and their families.” At Seton Hall Law School, she says, she found professors who helped pave the way for her to pursue a career in public policy. With the assistance of Professors John Jacobi and Paula Franzese, she helped to found the Public Interest Network to provide additional support to
law students interested in pursuing a career in public interest. Two “pillars in New Jersey’s advocacy community” who served as adjunct professors at the time also became her mentors: Kevin Ryan, who was named the first commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, with whom she has worked in several capacities; and Cecilia Zalkind, Executive Director of the Association for Children of New Jersey, who helped Ms. Logosso craft an Equal Justice Fellowship that allowed her to work with the association for two years and continues to be her “professional mother.” The first time she worked for Mr. Ryan was in her third year of law school as a volunteer at Covenant House in Newark, a nonprofit agency serving runaway and homeless youth. Following her fellowship at the Association for Children, she joined Lowenstein Sandler as a litigation associate, and then clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz. When Mr. Ryan was appointed by Gov. James McGreevey to head the state’s first Office of the Child Advocate, she became part of the founding staff. Later, Gov. Corzine appointed her to serve as his healthcare policy advisor. In 2007, she was appointed to her current position. With her strong and growing experience in government service, healthcare access, and public policy, Ms. Logosso says, she often thinks about eventually “bringing it back to the community”— Newark in particular. “I did not know Newark at all before Seton Hall Law,” she says. “But once I did, I was bitten by the Newark bug. The city has so much to offer, but it also has such a great need for services. I hope to continue being a part of helping to meet those needs throughout my career.” Fall Two Thousand and Eight
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The Importance of Raising the Bar
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Judge Michael A. Chagares
JUDGE MICHAEL A. CHAGARES UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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Seton Hall Law held its 2008 commencement exercises on May 23 at the Prudential Center. Flanked by his colleagues, Judge Michael Chagares, an adjunct professor at the law school and Seton Hall Law alum, was awarded an honorary Juris Doctoris. Judge Chagares opened his remarks by sharing his experience of his own commencement with the Class of 2008: “I can’t believe it has been 21 years since I was sitting where you are, in alphabetical order. I remember so clearly talking to the guy next to me, my friend, classmate, and now U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, about what we would be doing in the future.” He then discussed the role of the law profession in our society, and how the Class of 2008 can help heighten society’s perceptions of those who practice law: “You are entering what I regard as a ‘helping’ profession. Attorneys help resolve problems, help people in crisis, and help people pursue their rights… You can help to control and improve the image of our profession. It is in your interest and the interest of our system of justice for you to act. It is a challenge and an opportunity that is at your feet…It is a privilege to represent your fellow man in the pursuit of justice. “You are now experts in the law, but you must remember that you are also counselors. Service to your client is far more than an analytical exercise to decide whether a cause of action has merit or whether there is a viable defense…In Friedman v. Commissioner of Public Safety, the Minnesota Supreme Court commented ‘… A good lawyer is not only interested in protecting the client’s legal rights, but also in the well-being, and mental and physical health of the client. A lawyer has an affirmative duty to be a counselor to his client.’ “I learned this at Seton Hall, I teach this to my students at Seton Hall, and I’m sure other professors have made this point to you as well. Deliver quality and caring representation, and you will raise the image of our profession, one client at a time.”
Judge Chagares also urged the graduates to share the benefits of their legal education by participating in civic groups, moot court competitions, and career days at local schools, and to give back to the community through pro bono work and other public interest opportunities. “Attorneys are some of the most generous people I know, and that generosity speaks very well for the legal profession. Donated legal services contribute to society in a very meaningful way and clearly demonstrate the value of the bar to the public at large. Counsel your clients well and endeavor to raise the image of the legal profession. It is in your interest and in the interest of our system of justice.” And with his send-off, Judge Chagares encouraged the graduates: “You may be looking to either side of you and thinking, what is the big deal, all these other people have done the same thing I have. But you have accomplished something very unique and very difficult. You are some of the besteducated people on the face of the earth. Graduating Seton Hall Law School is an incredible achievement. I believe you will find that your sacrifice and hard work at Seton Hall will be the start of an exciting and fulfilling journey.” Judge Chagares was appointed Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by President Bush in 2006. Before taking the bench, Judge Chagares was one of New Jersey’s premier appellate litigators. From 2004 until his appointment to the bench, Judge Chagares was a partner in the New Jersey law firm of Cole Schotz. Prior to that, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney as Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Newark. He appeared in federal court on a daily basis and handled major items of litigation, including civil fraud prosecutions, immigration appeals, regulatory cases, civil rights complaints, and civil RICO actions where the United States sought relief. Judge Chagares graduated from Gettysburg College in 1984 and from Seton Hall Law in 1987. While at Seton Hall Law, he was editor of the Law Review. At the 2008 Commencement, Seton Hall Law conferred 260 J.D., 20 M.S.J., and 3 LL.M. degrees. 1. THE PROCESSION Professor Charles Wefing, the most senior member of the Seton Hall Law faculty, leads the 2008 Commencement procession.
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2. SETON HALL LAW'S HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE Randall Sampson earned the highest grade-point average not only in the Class of 2008, but in the entire history of Seton Hall Law. Here Professor Denis McLaughlin joins Randy outside the Prudential Center following the 2008 Commencement ceremony. 3. A HAWAIIAN TRADITION Kim Moon (Jennykim) Jung and Christina Bae are festooned with flowers from their families, a Hawaiian tradition. Their parents flew in from Hawaii to take part in the graduation ceremony.
5. PROUD GRADUATES John Harmon and Peter Knob proudly display their J.D. diplomas outside the Prudential Center.
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6. TIME FOR A HUG Shaun Rae Whitney hugs her sister following the 2008 Commencement ceremony.
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4. THE CLASS GIFT Portia Schlagel presents the Class Gift, the greatest amount raised by a class in the history of the law school. The class gift totaling more than $25,000 will be used to name the Director of Student Services Office in honor of Director of Student Services Cindy Wilson, ‘00.
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& Notes Brian J. Molloy ’78, of Westfield, was named one of “The Best Lawyers in America.”
1980 Robert G. Kenny ’81, of New Brunswick, became the Mobilization Assistant to the Deputy Judge Advocate General at the Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Sean Sime
David B. Merclean ’81, of Pennington, was appointed Chief Financial Officer to the Board of Directors of Mercer Insurance Group (NASDAG MIGP).
The Class of 1958
Wanda M. Akin ’82, of South Orange, was named the “First in the World” to have 11 Darfurian applicants recognized and granted victim status by the International Criminal Court.
(l-r) Charles C. Festa, Matthew T. Rinaldo, and William B. McGuire, all members of the Class of 1958, join Dean Patrick Hobbs for a special reunion event preceding the 2008 Commencement ceremony last May.
1970 Richard H. Steen ’75, of Lawrenceville, was installed as the First Vice President of the New Jersey State Bar Association on May 22.
Thomas N. Torzewski ’83, of Springfield, became Tax Partner at Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus.
Anne S. Babineau ’77, of Woodbridge, is listed in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America and received the distinctive Real Estate New Jersey’s Magazine’s “Women Award in Real Estate.” She was appointed Shareholder at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer.
Cynthia C. Celentano ’85, of Oakland, became Partner of Fazio & Associates in Seacaucus, which will now become Fazio & Celentano. Angelo Cifaldi ’84, of North Haledon, was named one of “The Best Lawyers in America.”
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Maria Balzano ’78, of Denville, was appointed Regional Attorney in the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel.
Café Deni The coffee shop at Seton Hall Law will soon have a name—Café Deni—in recognition of the generosity of William P. Deni Sr., ’72, and his family, which pledged $200,000 to the Seton Hall Law Rising campaign. Pictured here in the coffee shop are (l-r) William P. Deni Jr., ’03, his sister Joanne, William P. Deni Sr., and wife, Judi. • 20 • Seton Hall University School of Law
The St. Thomas Moore Medal Christopher Christie, ’87, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, with his family, wife, Mary Pat, daughters Sarah Anne and Bridget, and sons Patrick and Andrew, at Seton Hall Law’s Annual Red Mass shortly before receiving the St. Thomas Moore Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of law, and service to the community and Catholic Church.
Vincenzo Paparo ’91, of Ramsey, was inducted into the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Gary M. Albrecht ’94, of Ringwood, was selected as one of “New Jersey Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars” in the area of real estate.
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Gregory W. Fortsch ’94, of Alexandria, VA, became Senior Attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. John T. Farinella Jr. ’94, of South Plainfield, became Principal of Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights. Brian Gallagher ’94, of Westmont, completed the Atlantic City Marathon last October. David A. De Simone ’95, of Allenwood, is Vice President and General Counsel at AtlantiCare.
Professor Mark Alexander Receives Leadership Award Professor Mark Alexander receives the Aletha R. Wright Volunteer Leadership Award from Leadership New Jersey (LNJ) for Outstanding Civic and Political Service. (l-r) Mary O’Malley, Chair of the Board of Trustees of LNJ; Professor Alexander; Meg Neafsey, Immediate Past Chair of LNJ’s Graduate Organization; and Thomas Dallessio, LNJ Executive Director.
Christine Luba Carver ’98, of Hillsborough, became Associate General Counsel at King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Bridgewater. Melissa Geist ’98, of Yardley, PA, became Partner of Reed Smith LLP.
The Honorable Robert H. Gardner ’85, of Essex Falls, was sworn in as a Superior Court Judge on January 11. Pamela T. Miller ’85, of Hackensack, was named one of Business Insurance’s “Women to Watch.”
Janet H. Molnar ’86, of Morris Plains, left private practice and is now serving as the Regional Coordinator of Central Jersey Legal Services’ Volunteer Attorney Program. Lynne M. Kizis ’87, of Woodbridge, was named one of “The Best Lawyers in America.” Edward T. Kole ’87 was named one of “The Best Lawyers in America.”
1990 Frances P. Allegra ’90, of Miami Shores, FL, received the Third Annual “Day of the Child Award.” Robert T. Evers ’90, of Caldwell, joined Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin. John M. McDonnell ’90, of West Orange, became Partner of Trenk, DiPasquale, Webster, Della, Fera & Sodo. Ellen W. Lambert ’91 is Director of the Global Merck Foundation located at Whitehouse Station.
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Karol Corbin Walker ’86, of Morris Township, became Shareholder to LeClair Ryan.
An Inspiration Aney Chandy, ’96, addresses the audience at the Asian-Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) banquet held in March. Former Corporation Counsel for the City of Newark and now Special Counsel to Mayor Cory Booker, Ms. Chandy was presented with the APALSA Impact Award.
Heidi Hilgendorff ’98, of Basking Ridge, became Counsel to Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP. John E. Hogan ’98, of Shrewsbury, became Shareholder of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. Jeffrey S. Mandel ’98, of Morristown, became Partner of PinilisHalpern, LLC.
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& Notes 2000 Craig Carpenito ’00, of Manalapan, joined the New York office of Alston & Bird as Counsel. Jason Quintero ’00, of Haddonfield, became Shareholder of Carlton Fields. Matthew D’Ambrosio ’01, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is Head of North America Compliance for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Inc., the North American subsidiary of a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in India. Nicole DiMaria ’01, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, Associate at Wolff & Samson in West Orange, gave a presentation to the Seton Hall Law School’s Health Law Forum regarding practical tips for the new healthcare attorney.
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Nicole M. Goodwin ’01, of Scottsdale, AZ, is an associate of Quarles and Brady. Mark A. Dann ’02, of Silver Spring, MD, was named one of Washington, D.C.’s “Top Lawyers” by the Washingtonian magazine and listed among 16 nationally acclaimed and wellrespected civil rights lawyers. Michael P. Sugrue ’02, of North Andover, MA, became Director of Client Development & Strategy at Stratify Incorporation.
Madame Tussauds Ken Oleckna, ’72, strikes a pose with Evander Holyfield, heavyweight champion of the world, at Seton Hall Law’s New York Alumni Reception at Madame Tussauds held last January.
Sean P. Cotton ’03, of Gross Pointe Farms, MI, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, became General Counsel and Vice President of The Health Plan of Michigan.
Hany Mawla ’98, of Roseland, joined Greenbaum Rowe Smith Ravin Davis & Himmel as an associate. Brian J. Waters ’98, of Neshanic Station, became Counsel to Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP.
Greg Dadika ’99, of New Providence, became Partner at Reed Smith LLP. Jerome D. Jabbour ’99, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, serves as Vice President and General Counsel for Wockhardt USA, Inc. and Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals in Bedminster. William S. Peck ’99, of Manalapan, joined Cahn & Parra, LLC as an associate. Michael San Giacomo ’99, of West Caldwell, became Partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP. Annette Tantillo M.S.J. ’99, of Venter Valley, PA, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is Director of Clinical Resource Management for U-Penn Health System in Philadelphia. • 22 • Seton Hall University School of Law
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Frank J. Chesky III ’99, of Bristol, Connecticut, became Of Counsel at Northeast Utilities.
Haiti Rule of Law Project Professor Bryan Lonegan talks with two Haitian girls while in the country as part of Seton Hall Law’s Haiti Rule of Law Project. The project and Dean Patrick Hobbs were honored this year by the Haiti Solidarity Network of the North East for assisting Haiti’s l’Ecole Superieure Catholique de Droit so its students may serve as catalysts for democratic development in Haiti through the promotion of the rule of law and increased respect for individual rights.
Patricia E. Houser M.S.J. ’03, of Charlestown, RI, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is Manager of Review Committees and Communications for the Office of Research Administration at Lifespan Corporation, a four-hospital system in Rhode Island.
James T. Elliott ’04, of Basking Ridge, became Tax Partner to the firm of Stern & Kilcullen, LLC. Daniel R. Levy ’04, of Englishtown, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, Associate at Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. in Newark, wrote an article, “New Jersey Enacts Law Requiring HIV Testing for Both Pregnant Women and Newborns,” for the New Jersey Law Journal.
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Alfred C. Schielke ’03, of Hackensack, became an associate to the firm of Phillips Nizer.
Samuel J. Heyman Public Service Reception (l-r) The Honorable Stuart Rabner, Samuel J. Heyman, and Dean Patrick Hobbs at the annual public service reception named in honor of Mr. Heyman, who provided the funding to establish the Samuel J. Heyman Fellowship Program at Seton Hall Law to assist students and recent graduates interested in a career in government service.
Suzan S. McGovern M.S.J. ’04, of Brooklyn, NY, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is the new IRB Coordinator for New York Methodist Hospital. Stephanie Macholtz ’05, of Whippany, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, accepted a position with KPMG, LLP, in New York.
Sherri Bauerle M.S.J. ’07, of Hamilton, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, matriculated into the Nurse Practitioner Program in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jason J. Faler M.S.J. ’06, of Salem, OR, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is one of the founders of The Checkpoint One Foundation, featured on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, in the Christian Science Monitor, and in The New York Times. The foundation strives to bring Iraqi and Afghan interpreters to safety in the United States. For more information, visit www.cponefoundation.org.
Megan A. Scanlon ’06, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is an associate with LeClairRyan in Williamsburg, VA. Gina M. Schneider ’06, of Kendall Park, is an associate with Genova, Burns & Vernoia.
Kristen De Noia ’08, of Park Ridge, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, accepted a clerkship with the Honorable Bryan D. Garruto of the Family Division in the Middlesex County Superior Court.
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Lauren M. Kostinas ’06, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is an associate with Genova, Burns & Vernoia in the firm’s Livingston office.
Andrew K. Taylor ’07, of Somerville, is an associate with Norris, McLaughlin and Marcus, P.A.
The Annual Alumni Golf Outing Foursome (l-r) Jim Donohue, Mike D’Alessio, Tim Donohue, ’84, and Chris Adams, ’98, take a moment for a photo before teeing off at this year’s alumni golf outing held this past June at the Suburban Golf Club in Union.
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Nicole Gerritsen ’08, of Jefferson, and teammate Jonathan Henry ’08, of Kearney, finished second place overall and won the award for Best Brief in the National Health Law Moot Court Competition held last November. Their brief will be published in the American Journal of Legal Medicine.
Brian J. Pollock ’01 and Alexis Pollock, of Atlantic Highlands, a son, Liam Avery, on July 29, 2007. Beth M. Pocius ’02 and Bryan Pocius, of Sunnyside, NY, a daughter, Sarina Rae on April 21, 2008. Timothy C. Bennett ’03 and Danielle Burd-Bennett ‘02, of Maplewood, twin sons, Gavin Charles and William Miles, on July 31, 2007. Joseph C. DeFilippi ’03 and Jennifer DeFilippi, of Pennington, triplets, two daughters and one son, Chloe May, Mia Rose, and Harry Joseph, on February 28, 2007. Martin J. Foncello ’05 and Nicole Foncello, of Newark, a daughter, Nina Rose, on January 4, 2008.
John Kaveney ’08, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is an associate with Kalison, McBride, Jackson & Murphy in Warren.
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Kristy Kwiatkowski ’08, of Manalapan, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is an associate at McCarter & English, LLP in Newark.
Alicia M. Nestor ’00 to William R. Gable
Kari Larsen Ronan LL.M. ’08, of Rutherford, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, will have her thesis, “Deliberately Indifferent: Government Response to HIV in U.S. Prisons,” published in the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy. Allison Weyer ’08, of Tucson, AZ, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is an associate with Ryley Carlock & Applewhite in Phoenix, AZ. Dennis Williams ’08, a graduate of the Health Law & Policy Program, is an associate with Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP in New York City.
BIRTHS: Jeffrey Bryan ’97 and Dana Scancarella-Bryan ’97, third child, a daughter, Kylie Jane. Chris Chiafullo ’98 and his wife, Lauren, a son, James Joseph, on March 19, 2006. Kevin G. Walsh ’98 and Lisa Walsh ’98, a daughter, Hope Frances, on March 25, 2008. Jamie Pukl-Werbel ’98 and Matthew Werbel, second child, a daughter, Abigail Mae, on August 20, 2007. William S. Peck ’99 and Maureen Peck, of Manalapan, a son, Benjamin Ryan, on February 14, 2008. Craig Carpenito ’00 and Jessica Carpenito, of Manalapan, a daughter, Madison Kathryn, on January 16, 2008.
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Thomas Claps ’95 to Colleen Meade
Cherilyn Carlsen ’00 to Christopher B. Carlsen Sean P. Cotton ’03 to Nancy E. Johann ’03 Jennifer L. Marino ’05 to Roy Thibodaux ’05
IN MEMORIAM Joseph Slowinski, a respected member of the Seton Hall Law School faculty for 34 years, passed away May 12, 2008. During his tenure with the law school, he taught over 5,000 students, and established and directed the trial moot court program. He retired in 1986, receiving Seton Hall’s Miriam Theresa Rooney Award. He served as staff attorney to the Newark Legal Services Project during the 1967 Newark riots. Included among his awards, he was the recipient of the 1967 Urban Services Award and the 1970 Ford Foundation Urban Law Scholar Award. Correction As a result of an editing error, a sentence in the article, “Discouraging Racial Preferences in Adoptions” in the Fall 2007 edition of Seton Hall Law was inadvertently changed in meaning. The sentence should have read: “Unconscious biases against African-Americans may have made it easier to accept these myths about international and domestic adoptions.”
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Honor Roll of Giving
Seton Hall Law is on the rise! Through the generous support of alumni and friends, Seton Hall Law continues to grow in strength and reputation. Over the past year, we have increased our scholarship support to attract top students, implemented a more comprehensive skills training program, and expanded the reach of our clinical programs. None of this could have happened without your help and generosity. The Seton Hall Law Rising capital campaign to date has raised more than $17 million towards its $25 million goal. But this is just the start. Together, we can continue to provide the resources and means to recognize Seton Hall Law among the nation’s top law schools. Each person and organization listed in this Honor Roll of Giving, along with those who have generously given of their time, has played a role in shaping the future of Seton Hall Law. Your investment in our faculty, students, and programs is deeply appreciated and critical to Seton Hall Law’s ongoing success.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
The Honor Roll of Giving thanks individuals, law firms, corporations, and foundations for gifts received from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
New Jersey State Bar Foundation Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. Public Service Electric & Gas Foundation Purdue Pharma L.P. Sage Foundation
LEADERSHIP GIFTS
MIRIAM T. ROONEY SOCIETY
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ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Samuel F. Altiero ’77 Nicholas R. Amato ’64 Mitch F. Baumeister ’72 Lynn Baumeister Maury Cartine ’70 DEAN’S COUNCIL (Gifts of $100,000 - $499,999) Robin Cartine Lawrence R. Codey ’69 Terence G. Connor ’67 ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Michael DeCotiis ’91 Charles Kushner Joseph M. DeCotiis ’94 David M. Orbach Joseph J. DePalma ’78 Dara Orbach Anthony P. DiTommaso ’97 Peter Larson ‘74 Jennifer DiTommaso Lee Larson Patrick C. Dunican ’91 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND Christina Dunican John C. Esposito FOUNDATIONS C. Kushner Companies Foundation Carol L. Forte ’84 Robert E. Galloway Johnson & Johnson John C. Gibbons ’72 Bernard M. Hartnett ’55 LAW PARTNERS Katharine Sweeny Hayden ’75 (Gifts of $25,000 - $99,999) Matthew J. Hayes ’49 Dean Patrick E. Hobbs ’82 ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Joanne Hobbs James S. D’Agostino ’74 William J. Jordan ’92 Diane G. D'Agostino ’75 Stephen B. Judlowe ’65 William P. Deni Sr. ’72 Helen Judlowe William P. Deni Jr. ’03 Joseph P. LaSala ’72 Judi Deni Debra LaSala James P. Dugan Allyn Z. Lite ’78 John J. Gibbons Robert Marino ’73 Samuel J. Heyman Kevin H. Marino ’84 Ronnie Heyman Rita Marino ’94 Alfred F. Jablonski ’54 William B. McGuire ’58 Sue Jablonski Lois McGuire Kevin M. Kilcullen Professor Denis McLaughlin Jane Kilcullen Barbara McLaughlin Anthony J. Marchetta John H. McNeill ’65 James R. Napolitano ’67 Loren M. Merson-Breslow ’98 Thomas M. Nee ’73 Robert O. Meyer ’77 Richard D. Schibell ’73 Sean T. Monaghan ’83 Daniel C. Schiff James C. Orr ’61 Janet Schiff Sharon Orr LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND Kevin M. Prongay ’73 Nan Prongay ’74 FOUNDATIONS Michael F. Quinn ’81 American Bankruptcy Institute Robert G. Rose ’74 Annette Heyman Foundation Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation Ellen Rose Timothy G. Rothwell ’76 Centocor, Inc. Joseph Schiavone Day Pitney, LLP Bernard A. Schwartz ’78 Hoffmann-La Roche, LTD Ruth Sharkey The Kaplen Foundation LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS MCJ / Amelior Foundation Schering-Plough Foundation
Thomas J. Sharkey ’54 Joseph A. Torcivia ’58 Jeffrey Vanderbeek James B. Ventantonio ’61 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS Baumeister & Samuels, P.C. Blume, Goldfaden, Berkowitz, Donnelly, Fried & Forte Budd Larner, PC Capstone Advisory Group CIGNA Corporation Columbian Foundation DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Wisler, LLP Exxon Mobil Foundation Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C. Gibbons P.C. Graham & Curtin Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Jackson Lewis LLP Joseph P. Miele Foundation Lite DePalma Greenberg & Rivas LLC Marino Tortorella, P.C. McElroy Deutsch & Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Merck & Company, Inc. Miraj Corp N.J. Institute For Continuing Legal Education Prudential Center Robertson Frelich Bruno & Cohen, LLC Rose L. Amato Foundation Inc. sanofi-aventis SBC Management Corp. Schwartz Foundation The OSO Group, LTD. Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry LLP The Torcivia Family Foundation Waters, McPherson, McNeill PC
ROBERT DIAB SOCIETY (Gifts of $2,500 - $4,999) ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Professor Michael P. Ambrosio William B. Butler ’67 Clay Constantinou ’81 Dennis J. Drasco Donna D. Gardiner ’89 Robert M. Gardiner Janice Gordon Daniel M. Hurley ’67 Vice President Catherine A. Kiernan ’86 Kenneth S. Oleckna ’69 Mary L. Parker ’75 Wayne Positan Anthony J. Principi ’75 Elizabeth Principi ’76
Sean Sabeti ’93 Paul Sauchelli ’92 John K. Sherwood ’86 Michael D. Sirota John J. Sumas ’00 William J. Van Nostrand ’72 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS Cole Schotz Meisel Forman & Leonard, P.A. Law Firm of Sean Sabeti, P.C. Lowenstein Sandler PC Lum Danzis Drasco Positan, LLC Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company SBC Communications Inc. Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Thomson - West Corporation
EDWARD HENRICKSON SOCIETY (Gifts of $1,000 - $2,499) ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Victor A. Afanador ’98 Dawn Afanador Charles M. Aulino ’74 Robert T. Bissett ’74 Associate Dean Kathleen Boozang Lawrence P. Brady ’64 G. M. Brown ’67 Robert W. Byrne ’84 Madelyn Camacho McClammy ’98 Eleanor S. Campbell ’97 Sheilagh M. Clarke ’95 William T. Connell ’76 Sean P. Cotton ’03 Michael E. Cozine ’60 Sean Critchley ’96 Deanna V. Critchley ’96 Sean M. Cunningham Janet M. Dempsey-Malone William Dowd ’75 Ronald A. Draucikas ’80 Professor Howard M. Erichson Kathleen B. Estabrooks ’77 Assistant Dean Vicki Fleischer Craig Fleischer Russell T. Giglio ’92 Walter J. Greenhalgh ’74 Anthony M. Gruppuso ’94 Joseph A. Hallock ’71 George R. Hardin ’68 Gregory J. Irwin ’79 David B. Katz ’87 Margaret B. Kelley ’88 Thomas C. Kelly ’66 Timothy King ’75 Lynne M. Kizis ’87 Mimi Lakind ’93 Wendy J. Lario ’92 James N. Lawlor ’92
John N. Lemieux ’79 Arnold D. Litt ’74 Robert K. Malone ’84 Scott J. Mariani ’91 James S. Marotta ’74 Robert J. Martin ’79 Stephen M. McCabe ’62 Professor Catherine M. McCauliff James I. McClammy ’98 Robert J. Moore Vincenzo Paparo ’91 Dean Emeritus Ronald J. Riccio ’68 Kenneth A. Rosen Stuart A. Rosenblatt ’67 James F. Ryan ’74 John C. Stockman ’91 Katherine A. Suplee ’77 John D. Tortorella ’99 Frank J. Vecchione ’64 Dorothea O. Wefing ’72 Professor John B. Wefing Marie White Bell ’73 Loria B. Yeadon ’94
Michael D. Bell ’97 Leslie H. Berger ’67 Gina A. Bilangi ’93 Kurt T. Borowsky ’61 Michael V. Camerino ’64 Julia A. Cannarozzi ’87 Christopher R. Carton ’95 Frank Chau ’88 Anthony T. Colasanti ’67 Matthew L. D'Ambrosio ’01 Edward J. De Pascale ’73 Roger W. Dinella ’91 Joseph P. Donohue ’78 Phillip J. Duffy ’92 Mariellen Dugan ’91 Michael J. Dunne ’84 Manuel P. Fanarjian ’67 Theodore A. Fiore ’97 Nina R. Florczak ’67 Christine M. Ford ’97 Barry Frost Joseph Giordano Lauren Handler Martin A. Hewitt ’99 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND Donna M. Jennings ’95 FOUNDATIONS Garrett L. Joest ’80 American International Group James B. Johnston ’82 B.F. Goodrich Maureen M. Johnston ’90 Colgate-Palmolive Co. Stephanie M. Kay ’92 Community Foundation of Thomas F. Kelaher ’60 New Jersey Anne M. Kelly ’77 Doyle & Brady John L. Kemenczy ’87 Factory Mutual Insurance Co James A. Kiick ’92 G. Michael Brown & Associates, PC David R. Kott Giblin & Lynch Catherine C. Krauss ’84 Hallock & Cammarota, LLP William P. Krauss ’81 Herten Burstein Sheridan Cevasco Brian W. Kronick ’86 Bottinelli Litt & Harz LLc John Kuchinski ’85 Honeywell, Inc. James J. Kuhn ’93 Kathleen B. Estabrooks, P.C. Joseph M. Lamastra ’86 Liz Claiborne, Inc. Robert T. Lawless ’80 Middlecott Foundation Ernest V. Linek ’82 Monsen Engineering Co. Felice T. Londa ’82 New Jersey Natural Gas Company John W. Luciani Pfizer, Inc. John L. Madden ’67 Shop Rite Robert G. Marasco ’03 Simpson Thacher & Bartett Aldo J. Martinez ’83 The Brunetti Foundation Joanne M. Maxwell ’87 The Geiger Foundation, Inc. Richard C. McDonnell ’69 The Glenmede Trust Co. Professor Andrea G. McDowell Trenk, DiPasquale, Webster, Kevin J. McGee ’92 Dellafera & Sodono, PC John A. McLaughlin ’56 Ventantonio & Wildenhain Sheila F. McShane ’00 Margaret M. McVeigh ’78 BARRISTER’S SOCIETY Anna P. Navatta ’82 (Gifts of $500 - $999) George W. Parsons Robert F. Perry ’84 ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Christopher S. Porrino ’92 Joseph F. Andolino ’75 Thomas F. Quinn ’81 Robert L. Baechtold ’66 Mary D. Quinn ’82 Patricia A. Barbieri ’91 Peter C. Richardson ’77 Lori-Ann B. Barrett ’93 Scott C. Riley ’81 Matthew P. Barrett ’92 Thomas M. Roughneen ’95
David A. Ruhnke ’75 Ian R. Scheinmann ’94 Shoshana Schiff ’98 Patricia B. Schramm ’96 Walter K. Scott ’97 Lenka Scott ’89 Kenneth A. Scutari ’74 Janet Senft Pearce ’94 Christina S. Shenouda ’93 Scott M. Sinins ’97 Laura A. Sinins ’99 Samuel J. Sirota ’59 Beverly S. Sirota ’76 Emil Richard Skula ’82 Glenn J. Smith ’86 Leon J. Sokol ’75 Richard H. Steen ’75 Thomas H. Sullivan ’69 Michael C. Sullivan ’88 Michael Sullivan ’88 Elizabeth B. Thompson Michael J. Urbano ’69 Alyson N. Villano ’05 John S. Voynick ’80 Joseph T. Walsh ’89 John B. Wilson ’90 Maureen M. Woolley ’90 Mara E. Zazzali-Hogan ’98 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS Banc of America Securities Bingham LLP Hedinger & Lawless, LLC Independent College Fund of NJ IWIRC New Jersey Network Kopff, Nardelli & Dopf LLp KPMG Foundation Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. MetLife Foundation New Jersey Foundation For Aging Pisarri, McEnroe & Careri Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. Renda and Voynick Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP Schering-Plough Corporation Sellar Richardson, P.C. State Farm Insurance Companies Teich Groh Walter A. & Mary Catherine Scott Foundation
BENEFACTOR’S SOCIETY (Gifts of $250 - $499) ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Gregory L. Acquaviva ’06 Evans C. Agrapidis ’83 Elizabeth C. Anastasio ’84 Roderick B. Anderson ’61 Joseph A. Arnold ’03 Donna J. Baboulis ’81
Omri M. Behr ’66 Jed Berman David C. Berry ’97 Robert A. Bianchi ’55 Angelo R. Bianchi ’88 Stephen E. Block Randye E. Bloom ’79 Marie Rose Bloomer ’76 Anthony V. Boccabella ’50 John J. Bolan ’72 George F. Bolster ’74 Armando O. Bonilla ’92 Colleen D. Brennan ’91 Robert C. Brown ’88 Anne K. Brown ’91 Jeffrey S. Brown ’82 Michael J. Brunda Christine A. Bucca ’84 JoAnn Burk ’81 Carmine D. Campanile ’79 Anthony M. Campisano ’83 William C. Carey ’69 Geoffrey W. Castello ’95 Lizanne J. Ceconi ’82 Julie L. Cibulskis ’98 Eileen M. Cirri ’05 Denis E. Cole ’65 James R. Connell ’88 Samuel V. Convery ’69 Gavin A. Cook ’88 Patricia Cromie ’87 John D. Cromie ’87 Stephen D. Cuyler ’75 Mark H. Daaleman ’83 Alana J. Darnell ’04 Thomas A. Della Croce ’94 Carmen J. DiMaria ’93 Donald P. Dinella ’93 Bryan C. Diner ’87 Ami E. Doshi ’07 Aaron T. Duff Timothy M. Duncan ’95 Brian E. Early ’99 James T. Elliott ’04 Gerald C. Escala ’64 Lewis J. Fernandez ’78 Rudolph A. Filko ’87 Lisa A. Firko ’83 William J. Fisher ’72 Pamela B. Friedman ’83 Edward J. Frisch ’76 Marie L. Garibaldi Jeffrey S. Ginsberg ’93 Henry S. Goldfine ’96 Phyllis Gutto Brew ’87 John F. Hamill ’80 Richard F. Hamilton ’74 Director Simone HandlerHutchinson ’93 Stephan C. Hansbury ’77 Karen A. Harding ’90 Patrick D. Healy ’66 James C. Heimlich ’69
Robert M. Henry ’91 Edward J. Hesketh ’04 John E. Hogan ’98 Hope D. Hurowitz ’91 Christopher G. Izzo ’00 Carol G. Jacobson ’78 Kenneth W. Kayser ’77 Michael C. Keefe ’79 Paul A. Keenan ’94 Laura A. Keenan ’94 Augustine J. Kelly ’62 Paul H. Kochanski ’80 Mary G. Kunik ’77 Jeffrey A. Levine ’85 Paula S. Lieb ’93 Stephen E. Mainardi ’83 Nicole Maroulakos Goodwin ’01 Mary J. Masella ’82 Mary S. Massey ’85 Edward H. Mazer ’74 Paul J. Mc Enroe ’95 Kathleen McCormick Campi ’79 Andrew McCray ’91 Stephen McManus ’90 Louis C. Meyer ’72 Darren J. Mills ’05 Cherylyn Esoy Mizzo Thomas D. Monte ’72 John M. Moore Charles A. Musante ’97 David A. Nicolette ’65 Mark E. Nikolsky ’01 John P. Nulty ’67 James J. O'Connell ’66 James J. O'Hara ’85 Thomas M. Olson ’82 Margaret E. Padovano ’74 Kim A. Pascarella ’77 Chris E. Piasecki ’79 Loren Pierce Alexis ’85 John J. Pierson ’80 Leonardo Rinaldi Elaine A. Rocha-Bennett ’98 Giacomo G. Rosati ’54 Alan Rosenzweig Jayne M. Ross ’82 Jason M. Ross ’96 Susan R. Rubright ’85 Jeffrey P. Ruddy ’67 Richard M. Rufolo ’87 Daniel J. Russell ’54 Andrea B. Schwartz ’93 Thomas P. Scrivo ’89 Sarah P. Setrakian ’01 John L. Shahdanian ’97 Brigid Shanley Lamb ’76 Robert W. Smith ’84 Darryl M. Spruill ’95 Noelle L. Stanley Arthur G. Stein ’66 Dinah E. Stevens ’78 Michael C. Sudol ’65 Professor Charles A. Sullivan
John Talian Lynne M. Tatum ’03 Lincoln A. Terzian ’93 Richard W. Tkach ’80 Karen J. Underwood ’97 Allen J. Underwood ’97 Michael W. Valente ’98 David J. Waldman ’68 Kevin G. Walsh ’98 Lisa Walsh ’95 Jack S. Weinstein ‘82 Carl F. Wronko ’73 LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS ADP Foundation Bank of America Berger & Sklaw, LLP Bianchi & Bianchi, LLC Chasan, Leyner & Lamparello, PC Convery & Convery, P.C. General Motors Corporation J.J. Pierson, P.C. McCarter & English, LLP McDonnell and Whitaker, LLP McGraw Hill Inc Rabinowitz, Lubetkin & Tully, LLC S. M. Electric Co., Inc. Speed Financial Services Inc. Union Bank of Switzerland United Parcel Service of America Walder, Hayden & Brogan, P.A.
LAW ASSOCIATE’S SOCIETY (Gifts up to $249) ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Mitchell W. Abrahams ’83 Richard P. Adinaro Sandra A. Adinaro ’61 Barry Ages Jay T. Ahern ’58 Charleen M. Aina ’76 Mary P. Alleruzzo-Nelson ’92 Joseph M. Almeida ’68 Amr Aly ’96 Victor Angeline ’83 Francine F. Antell ’00 Frances L. Antonin ’76 Kiesha T. Astwood ’06 Michele S. Austin Brooke E. Bagley ’07 Jill L. Baker William D. Baker Karen M. Baker ’97 Karl K. Baldys ’77 John M. Barbarula ’74 Leah E. Barhash Susan Batta Hale Drew J. Bauman ’63 Valerie J. Baumann ’84 Mark A. Baumgarten ’67 Joseph F. Becker ’73
Joseph J. Bell ’84 Angel M. Bello-Billini ’76 Barbara K. Bick ’85 Jonathan D. Bick ’82 Jacqueline F. Biondi ’83 David M. Blackwell ’94 Richard R. Bleakley ’82 George M. Bloom ’77 Denise Bodkin-Scheiner ’06 Frank J. Bogatay ’93 Jerry Bonanno ’05 August A. Bonavita ’85 H. R. Boney ’74 Tonianne J. Bongiovanni ’88 Alan A. Bornstein ’98 Gregory W. Boyle ’91 John F. Bracaglia ’59 Thomas E. Bracken ’68 Eileen M. Brackup ’85 Daniel S. Braverman ’94 Richard F. Breitweiser ’89 Joseph P. Brennan ’73 Richard E. Brennan ’67 Elizabeth D. Brennan ’05 Eugene L. Brenycz ’89 Joseph L. Brescher ’62 Pamela A. Brink Mulligan ’01 Ellen A. Brodsky ’81 Thomas F. Brogan ’76 Peter R. Brogan ’68 Noraleigh S. Brown ’90 Kevin A. Buchan ’04 Paul V. Buday ’77 Gary A. Bundy ’82 Christopher W. Burdick ’83 Edward J. Butler ’90 Cathleen T. Butler D’Orsi ’96 Gloria L. Buxbaum ’92 Dawnette A. Byfield-Law ’93 Michael L. Calder ’06 Denise J. Calinda ’92 Kevin G. Callahan ’72 David V. Calviello ’96 Andy R. Camacho ’03 Robert T. Canavan ’92 Thomas Cannan David M. Cap ’86 Michelle Capezza ’96 Robert M. Carducci ’90 Craig Carpenito ’00 Robert W. Carter ’03 Robert Carter Kevin K. Carton ’99 Iskender H. Catto ’00 Sharon K. Cepeda ’97 Saverio V. Cereste ’65 A.J. Chasnoff Carol H. Chesler ’97 Lisa F. Chrystal ’82 Andrea N. Cipriani ’05 Vicki A. Citrino ’92 Robert D. Clarke ’95 Kenneth J. Coffin ’71
Daniel J. Cogan ’95 Robert B. Cohen ’92 Professor Carl H. Coleman ’86 John E. Coley Jeffrey J. Coniaris ’66 Mark B. Conlan Tracey A. Connors ’00 Kathryn D. Connors Rendo ’89 John D. Conroy ’69 Dean Constantine ’74 Carolyn R. Conway ’89 Andrew P. Corcoran ’06 Donald F. Corke ’73 Associate Dean John K. Cornwell ’72 Daniel F. Corrigan John R. Cosmi ’06 Marion G. Costanza ’66 Edward Costello ’90 Janet Costello ’88 Stephen W. Craig Ralph G. Cretella ’82 Donald Cronin ’87 Dennis J. Cummins Brian J. Cupka ’57 Michael D’Alessio ’81 John D'Amico ’68 Robert G. Dachisen Joseph T. Daly ’93 Henry Dantzig ’68 George E. Davey ’83 Risa M. David ’83 Virginia E. Davis ’74 Stephanie L. Davis ’03 Christina M. Davitt ’05 Mylie C. Dawkins Frank J. De Angelis ’96 Danielle Deak Mitchell J. Decter ’03 Danielle DeFilippis ’04 Philip J. Degnan ’96 James M. Deichert ’72 Janet Del Gaizo ’01 Cathleen R. Delanoy ’84 Edward J. Delanoy ’84 Janet DelGaizo Anna M. Delio ’01 Mary S. DeLuca ’94 Marianne M. DeMarco ’85 Roger A. Demareski ’99 Patricia B. Demeter ’90 Lawrence J. DeMooy Maurice M. DePicciotto ’76 Thomas J. DeSanto ’74 Corinne M. DeStefano ’82 Louis M. DeStefano ’75 John G. Devlin ’88 Suneeta T. Dewan ’97 Eric S. Dicker ’89 Marci A. DiFrancesco ’98 Charles R. Digisi ’52 Carlota Dominguez Thomas F. Dominiecki ’61 Joan M. Donnelly ’75
Olga V. Donovan David A. Dow ’98 Michael V. Dowgin ’80 Maria Draucikas ’05 Colleen D. Duffy ’84 W. H. Dumont ’67 Robert E. Dunn ’86 John P. Dunphy Joseph J. Dvorak ’66 Maureen T. Egan ’96 Robert D. Emer ’93 Stephanie D. Emperio ’83 Denise M. Errico-Esmerado ’96 John G. Esmerado ’89 Liliana M. Esposito ’06 David M. Fabian ’86 Marie-Laurence Fabian ’86 Nino F. Falcone ’84 Robert R. Fanburg ’77 Alissa H. Faris ’06 Antonio D. Favetta ’75 Anna M. Fazio ’86 Frank Fazio ’89 Michael A. Fazio Angela C. Femino ’87 Kathleen S. Ferraro ’95 Jonathan Fetner Peter A. Fico ’82 Rebecca Fields ’74 Laurie M. Fierro ’83 Martin I. Finston ’92 Professor Linda E. Fisher John W. Fisher ’75 William Fishkin ’01 Roger W. Flartey ’76 Thomas D. Flinn ’81 Martin J. Foncello ’05 Leonard Fondetto ’99 Director Gina M. Fondetto Terrence J. Foran ’78 Gregory W. Fortsch ’94 Maria Fragassi Santangelo ’92 Eda Franzetti Tato Timothy J. Fraser ’02 John D. Frederickson ’81 Bernard W. Freedman ’66 Kenneth B. Friedman ’72 Susan H. Frost Rao ’76 Michael Fusco Kelly B. Gaertner ’06 Lucy Ann Galioto ’83 Robert A. Galizio ’87 Susan M. Gallagher Donna D. Gallucio ’80 Richard S. Gannon ’91 Linda M. Garibaldi ’97 Jonathan E. Gates ’06 Larry S. Geller ’74 Barry Geltzeiler Frank M. Gennaro ’80 Michael M. Gennaro ’82 John G. Geppert ’83 Carol F. Gerity ’76
Salvatore A. Giampiccolo ’89 Gregory G. Gianforcaro ’87 James A. Gibbons ’82 Brooke Gillar ’04 Nicholas A. Giuditta ’88 Larisa V. Gjivoje ’93 Ronald L. Glick Gregory Gogo ’80 Stanley D. Goldman ’69 Joel M. Goldstein ’76 Judyth L. Goldstein Elga A. Goodman ’96 Denise Goodwin Edward R. Goracy ’81 Jamie R. Gottlieb Michael L. Grabler ’70 Joseph W. Grather ’98 Richard D. Gray William D. Green ’76 Betty Grindlinger Sharon J. Grisez Andrew M. Grodin ’03 Joseph G. Groshong ’03 Carol A. Gross ’85 Robert E. Gross Harry R. Gudenberg ’70 Missak Haigentz ’79 Emma J. Hale Steven E. Halpern ’00 Paul J. Hanak ’71 Gerald B. Hanifan ’61 William C. Hanse ’70 Meghan L. Hansen ’03 Jane M. Hanson Tara Hapward ’95 Curt M. Hapward ’97 Kathleen B. Harden ’89 Henry W. Hardy ’74 Thomas C. Hart ’79 G. Hasslocher Andrea W. Hattan ’05 Jeremiah F. Healy Richard N. Held ’90 Scott T. Heller ’85 Peter J. Hendricks ’86 Gerald E. Hespos ’81 Henry W. Heunemann ’74 Ronald A. Hewitt ’05 Thomas S. Higgins ’68 Noel L. Hillman ’85 Mindy J. Himelman ’86 Sandra J. Hlatky ’80 Frank P. Hoffman ’71 Janet C. Hoffman Clayton L. Hoffner ’73 Charles J. Hollenbeck ’74 Analisa S. Holmes ’88 Jay Holub ’03 Paige T. Hopper Fred J. Howlett ’77 Jodi A. Hudson ’96 Edward P. Hughes ’55 John J. Hughes
Olga Hunczak Mac D. Hunter ’63 Joanne S. Ingerman ’94 Gregory S. Inman ’85 Anita T. Isola ’79 Peter W. Jabbour ’06 John Z. Jackson ’75 Jessica K. Jacob ’94 Kenneth W. Jiang ’96 Nancy J. Johnson ’89 Robert S. Johnson ’62 Peter L. Johnston ’96 William B. Jones ’95 Susan M. Joseph ’75 Arlynn M. Josephs Erin Kahn ’05 George A. Kalosieh ’79 Marie L. Kalosieh ’64 Palaiyur S. Kalyanaraman ’94 Sean M. Kane ’99 Sarah A. Kaput ’05 Catherine L. Karanas ’87 Elizabeth S. Kardos Shannon M. Kasley ’97 Elyssa S. Kates ’00 Neil F. Katz ’75 Professor Tracy A. Kaye Ellen L. Kelleher John C. Kelly ’63 Professor Kevin B. Kelly Sharon L. Kemble Ryan P. Kennedy ’05 Mary G. Kennedy ’05 Elizabeth A. Kenny ’93 Katherine A. Kenworthy Thomas R. Kerr ’74 David S. Kessler ’73 Marilyn Kessous ’96 Mary L. Keyser Alexandra Khorover ’06 Dorhee Kim-Young ’03 Christine S. Kirkland ’03 Thomas S. Kirschenbaum ’64 Robert S. Kivetz Olivia P. Klein ’85 Steven Kleinman ’02 Albert G. Kobylarz ’74 Susan A. Koester ’93 Deborah A. Kole ’76 Irene N. Komandis ’05 Phyllis H. Konner ’73 Kenneth L. Konner ’71 Charles H. Koons ’64 James A. Kosch ’81 Susan G. Kowal Mishler ’97 Walter J. Krako ’63 Ellen D. Kramer Lambert ’91 Martin E. Kravarik ’68 John M. Krenzel ’83 Norman H. Krueger ’64 Fred C. Kuhlwilm ’73 Richard L. Kuhrt ’84 Benjamin F. Lambert ’68
Thornton R. Land ’71 Martin S. Landis ’75 Michael J. Langan ’81 Sharon Ann LaToracca ’83 John F. LaToracca ’88 Lawrence Latore ’74 Robert D. Laurino ’79 Joseph H. Lavery ’71 Gerry A. Lavner Eleanor S. Lazarus ’85 Brian Leddy Amara Lennon ’06 Bruno L. Leopizzi ’51 Bruce H. Levitt Ronald S. Levitt ’68 Albert M. Lewis ’82 Lawrence E. Leykam Victor M. Liccione ’59 Scott R. Liddle Rukhsanah L. Lighari ’06 Andrew D. Linden ’07 Theodore Liscinski ’67 James P. Lisovicz ’82 Paul A. Lisovicz ’82 Rocco Luisi ’97 Peter J. Luizzi ’88 Michael R. Luke ’06 George T. Lyons Kathleen A. Lyons-Boswick ’84 Anita W. Magatti ’80 Frank R. Magnelli ’69 John J. Mahon ’62 John J. Maiorana ’78 Professor Solangel Maldonado Michael S. Maneri ’83 Christina M. Manuelli ’96 Richard M. Marano ’85 Margaret M. Marley ’86 William G. Marriott ’72 Jason R. Martucci ’06 Katherine E. Maskevich ’05 Anthony M. Massi ’75 Paul B. Matey ’01 Edwin R. Matthews Fabio L. Mattiasich ’06 Jolanta Maziarz ’06 James L. Mc Ginnis ’94 Geoffrey A. McCarthy ’05 Peter A. McCord ’72 Donald S. McCord ’67 Jeffrey L. McCormick ’75 William McCormick Eric D. McCullough ’01 Peter J. McDonald ’59 Patrick J. McDonough ’76 Kevin M. Mcdonough ’05 Harry D. McEnroe ’85 Lauren McFadden ’03 George D. McGill ’90 Alvina M. McHale Thomas D. McKeon ’80 Daniel B. McKeown ’84 Kathleen McMahon ’05
Edward R. McMahon ’75 Edward F. McTiernan ’87 Meghan V. Meehan ’03 Daniel J. Meehan William J. Mehr ’70 Loretta Melito Linda A. Mellina ’00 George E. Mettler ’71 Michael D. Mezzacca ’92 Ilene S. Miklos ’90 William A. Miller ’81 Matthew M. Miller ’06 Stephanie J. Miller ’05 Margaret P. Miller-Sanders ’84 Natasha Z. Millman-Fitterman ’03 Daniel C. Minc ’77 Frederick H. Mircoff ’74 Arlene E. Mirsky ’79 Kevin Monaghan Kathleen A. Moore Michael F. Moran ’74 Eli Morawiec ’91 Michael F. Moriarty ’86 Karen H. Moriarty ’83 Susan M. Moryan ’80 Michael R. Mosca ’88 James J. Motley ’89 Charles G. Mueller ’68 Gerald J. Mullaney ’69 Susan N. Mullen ’62 James M. Mulvaney ’69 James F. Mulvihill ’71 Michael P. Murphy W Michael Murphy, Jr Joyce R. Murray ’85 Joseph E. Murray ’62 Barbara S. Murray ’85 Michael Muscio ’70 Louis P. Nappen ’05 Marie D. Nardino ’79 Colin Nash ’04 Melissa A. Natale ’03 Evan S. Neadel ’06 Alma N. Nelson Cassell Lu A. Niemira ’78 Brendan W. Nolan ’88 Karl Norgard ’04 Harry D. Norton ’77 Kelly A. Noto ’05 Robert B. Nussbaum ’87 Mary K. O’Brien ’86 Francis X. O’Brien ’69 Patrick J. O’Dea ’03 John F. O’Hern ’94 Michael F. O’Neill ’80 James G. O’Neill ’92 Lawrence M. O’Reilly ’83 Maureen I. O’Reilly ’77 Steven R. Oberndorf ’75 J. R. Oldroyd ’68 Frederick W. Padden ’63 Denise L. Panicucci ’89 Robert C. Papa ’95
Toral S. Parekh ’06 Reena M. Patel ’04 Margaret K. Paterson ’79 Anna T. Patounakis ’02 Mary Anne Payne Allen B. Pearl ’60 Alan J. Pecora ’92 Joseph A. Pelizzoni ’73 Jean C. Pelletreau ’70 Robert G. Pelletreau ’74 David M. Petrick ’99 Marybeth Petriella Hernandez ’95 Gabrielle Pettineo ’04 Kevin J. Pflug ’06 Spiro A. Phanos ’05 Michael D. Phillips ’79 Oscar N. Pinkas ’06 Jacqueline Pirone ’04 Joseph P. Pirrello ’91 James C. Pitney ’75 Paulette L. Pitt ’85 Lisa N. Pitt ’06 Anna-Maria Pittella ’73 Erwin E. Pollack ’61 Merric J. Polloway ’00 Bridget M. Polloway ’00 Ann M. Pompelio ’97 Gary S. Poplaski ’97 Joseph P. Pospis ’75 Professor H. K. Prempeh Jamie C. Pukl - Werbel ’98 Sylvester A. Puzio ’62 Catherine M. Queenan ’75 Edward P. Queenan ’76 Sharon A. Quinn ’92 Jonathan Rabinowitz Ronald S. Radding ’68 Nora A. Rahner ’05 Cristina Ramundo ’03 Crandon Randell ’72 Anthony Rapa ’07 David Ravin Michael L. Ravin ’83 Carole M. Ravin ’94 Bernard J. Recenello ’77 Robert F. Reddington John J. Redmond Matthew J. Regan ’86 Daniel P. Regan ’03 Frederic J. Regenye ’95 Audena B. Reger ’99 Grace S. Register Danielle E. Reid ’06 Keri L. Reid ’82 Vincent E. Reilly ’76 Louis P. Renzi ’84 Nicholas J. Repici ’04 William F. Rhatican ’62 John L. Riordan ’71 Professor Michael Risinger Lesley C. Risinger ’03 Daniel Ritson ’03 Gary L. Riveles ’94
Richard J. Roddy ’75 William Rodriguez ’91 Gregory J. Rokosz ’99 Christopher S. Romanyshyn ’95 Leonard P. Rosa ’71 George C. Roselle ’83 Stephen R. Rosen ’74 Mary Ross Bonds Mindy M. Roth ’88 Vincent J. Rubino ’80 Gary J. Ruckelshaus ’99 Eric J. Rudolph ’93 Kevin Ruesterholz Carmen C. Rusignola ’48 David C. Russo ’78 Alfonse R. Russo ’59 Shannon Ryan James T. Ryan ’88 Thomas N. Ryan ’85 Kristine V. Ryan ’96 Laura A. Saladino Olivier Salvagno ’98 Roenzo M. Sangiorgi ’78 Barbara A. SanGiuliano ’89 Anthony E. Santoriello ’97 James C. Savage ’67 James J. Savage ’93 Erin L. Scanga ’05 William G. Schanck ’71 Gina M. Schneider ’06 Jennifer L. Schoenberg ’05 Michael H. Schreiber ’82 Lawence D. Schuler ’72 Ira J. Schultz ’79 Megan E. Schwartz ’03 Lee D. Schwartz ’06 Sharone Schwartz Kaufman ’06 Phyllis B. Schwarz Joshua Schwarz Lisa M. Scorsolini ’07 Melanie J. Scroble ’97 James J. Seaman ’83 Daniel R. Seaman ’06 Sherry M. Seidman Robert L. Selvers ’02 Damian C. Shammas ’99 Steven Shaw Elizabeth M. Shea ’99 John J. Sheedy ’73 Scott C. Shelley ’93 Diane M. Shelley ’89 Virginia Shen Stephen J. Shepherd ’83 Jean A. Sheppard ’82 Aliza Sherman ’06 Nicole Shkedi ’05 Scott J. Sholder ’07 Neil H. Shuster ’70 Jeanne M. Silberman ’98 Ruben D. Silverman ’50 Cristina Sinclair ’98 Brian N. Sinclair ’98 Simone D. Sinisi ’06
Margaret L. Skarbek Stefandl ’04 Richard Skorupski Jill S. Slattery ’79 Roger G. Smith ’68 Christine Socha Anthony J. Sodono ’90 Wilma Solomon ’72 Joel M. Solow ’74 August R. Soltis ’84 Geoffrey D. Soriano ’89 Thomas J. Spies ’74 Theresa S. Spola Doyle ’87 William Squire ’81 Geri L. Squire ’68 Jesse D. Stalnaker ’06 Donald Stanzione Harry Starrett ’71 Christine H. Steinberg ’74 Counselor Joseph L. Steinberg Bennett M. Stern ’65 Robert G. Stevens ’71 Charles J. Stoia ’88 Joyce A. Strawser Susan Stryker ’85 Dana Stumberger ’05 Edward A. Sturchio ’00 Julia Su ’00 Kerstin Sundstrom ’07 Ronald S. Suss ’74 Joseph E. Sutton ’98 Maryrose F. Swift ’75 Susan M. Szafranski ’00 Richard C. Takvorian ’00 John F. Tarrant ’80 Robert J. Tarte ’65 Margaret L. Tarver ’82 Stephen P. Tasy ’84 Andrew K. Taylor ’07 Ronald J. Tell ’63 Scott A. Telson ’80 Janet Thieberger Charles J. Thomas Gary A. Thomas ’87 Jennifer Thompson Mary K. Tivenan ’79 Charles P. Tivenan ’75 Betty A. Toy ’64 Edward J. Toy ’58 Louis J. Trachtman ’92 Peter B. Treichler ’79 Calvin O. Trevenen ’79 Peter S. Twombly ’82 Lynn F. Urstadt ’71 Dina M. Vanides Christoffers ’98 Ann M. Vaurio ’76 John W. Verlaque ’92 Edythe G. Victor ’91 Anita Vooss James J. Waldron Karen Walsh Pappas ’94 Thomas R. Walters ’90 Winston S. Waters ’81 Mitchell Watford
Judy P. Watkins ’83 Christina E. Weaver ’78 Eric S. Wei ’06 Joan M. Weidner ’82 Sharon L. Weiner ’94 Emily J. Weiner ’06 Shelly Weizman Marcia B. Welcome ’81 John C. Weldin ’81 Harold N. Wells ’74 Eleanor H. Welsh Mark A. Wenczel ’92 Mark L. Whipkey ’03 James A. White ’71 Shirley L. Whiteneck ’85 Trevor S. Whiting ’07 Melvin S. Whitken ’62 Jonathan Williams ’00 Lorraine K. Wilson ’86 Abraham Wilson ’74 Novalyn L. Winfield ’76 William T. Wise ’60 Matthew C. Wolfberg ’69 William J. Wolfe ’01 Richard G. Wood ’99 Mark Wovsaniker Peter R. Yarem ’79 Raynard Yuro ’00 Marcia L. Zalewski ’00 Kenneth P. Zebrowski ’05 Denise K. Zevallos ’82
Law Office of Laurie M. Fierro Law Offices of Micahel H. Schreiber, Esq. Law Offices of Saverio V. Cereste Law School Admission Council Mautone & Horan, PA Mehr, LaFrance & Williams Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Foundation Norfolk Southern Corp. Ogden CAP Properties, LLC Okin, Hollander & DeLuca, L.L.P. Patton Boggs LLP Peter B. Treichler, Law Office Philips Electronics North America Corporation Rosenberg, Minc, Falkoff & Wolff, LLP Russo & Russo, P.C. Saint Stephen’s Church & Preschool Silverman and Silverman Ted Liscinski, Jr., LLC Turner Law Firm, LLC Unilever Bestfoods Verizon Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz Whitemarsh Corporation Wolff & Samson, PC World Learning Wyeth
LAW FIRMS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS Adorno & Yoss, LLP Almeida, Livingston & Stanton Amerada Hess Corp. American Express Company Anthony M. Massi, LLC Bank of America Barbarula Law Offices Barcroft Hospitality Comm. Bernheim-Aptar-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Burke Supply Company, Inc. Burton Agency, Inc. Canavan & Monka LLC Chubb And Son Inc CIT Connell Foley LLP Cozen O'Connor Dow Jones & Co., Inc. Fore Golf Services, LLC Gibbons Law Firm Gift Planning Council of New Jersey Hennessy Travelers Association International Business Machines Keyspan Energy Kirkland & Ellis Foundation Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP Law Office of Angela C. Femino, LLC Law Office of Drew J. Bauman
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Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, PA Michael D. Sirota Susan M. Galllagher Barcroft Hospitality Comm. David Lewis Michael P. Ambrosio Dean Cornwell Catherine McCauliff Denise F. Millman Natasha Z. Millman-Fitterman Edward S. Hendrickson Thomas S. Higgens Mary Ross Bonds Susan J. Holland Carole Csontos Sharon L. Kemble Alma Neas Nelson Cassel Richard D. Gray Olga Hunczak Michael V. Dowgin Mark Manigan Jeremiah F. Healy III Mathew J. Regan Jill L. Baker Katherine A. Kenworthy Roger Grant Smith Joseph P. LaSala McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney Denise Goodwin Mark H. Daaleman Lisa Chrystal Herzberg John D'Amico Richard P. Adinaro James A. White Eleanor H. Welsh Federalist Society James A. Kosch Matthew Baumeister Wilma E. Solomon Paul Flynn Joseph LaSala McElroy, Deutsch and Mulvaney Mylie Dawkins Paula Franzese Gift Planning Council of NJ Robert A. Berman ’57 Jed Berman
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THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS
“ The best way
Each year, the entire Seton Hall Law community is enriched by the time, talent, and energy volunteers
to sum up the
dedicate to the law school. Volunteers serve as mentors, adjunct professors, judges in student
Seton Hall Law
competitions, and as speakers. They also serve on
experience is to
boards and committees, help to raise money, and plan and attend our events. Through our volunteers,
say that it has been a ‘complete’
we benefit from the strength of community, the
experience. I have always felt I truly
power of continuity, and a continuing influx of experience and knowledge. We are deeply grateful to all of our volunteers for the thousands of hours
was getting more than what I paid
”
for at Seton Hall Law.
you donate to Seton Hall Law. Please accept this as
MICHAEL YELLIN, ’08
our heartfelt thank you for your ongoing support and loyalty.
“ I want to be someone who works hard, does a fantastic job, and helps others. Seton Hall Law provided me with the
”
opportunities so I can become that type of lawyer.
CHRISTINA PARLAPIANO, ’08
“ Law school can be hard, but Seton Hall Law has created the best possible environment where you can really learn, thrive,
”
and reach a level you might not otherwise be able to reach. RANDALL SAMSON, ’08
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SETON HALL LAW RISING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
Photo: William Moree
Photo: William Moree
at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City
The Professors (l-r) Professor Denis McLaughlin, wife, Barbara, and Professors Michael Risinger and Margaret Gilhooley pose for a photo with the New York skyline as a backdrop.
Photo: William Moree
Photo: William Moree
The McElory Deutsch Table (Top row, l-r) Joseph LaSala, ’72, Joseph Lombardi, Thomas Gardiner, Dean Patrick Hobbs, Professor Ronald Riccio, Jeremy Farrell, ’07, (bottom row) Alyssa Cimino, Donna Gardiner, ’89, Erin Scanga, ’05, and Debra LaSala take time for a group photo.
A Night of Smiles Dean Patrick Hobbs talks with alumni and friends at the campaign launch’s cocktail hour.
Photo: William Moree
Photo: William Moree
A Quiet Moment Mimi Lakind, ’93, and her husband, Alvin, enjoy the setting outside the Hyatt Regency along the Hudson River.
Catching Up Karol Corbin Walker, ’86, and Patrick Dunican, ’91, share a moment together as the festivities get started.
Broadway Tunes Linda Eder entertains the audience at the launch of the Seton Hall Law Rising campaign, delighting them with Broadway show tunes and an upbeat selection of other material. Fall Two Thousand and Eight • 29 •
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