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Class of 1980
Wendi G. Glassman, who has worked for Bank Leumi USA since 1983,
was promoted in June to senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate
secretary. Muriel B. Kaplan was married in South Orange, NJ on June
7, to Bob Sturm, whom Muriel describes as "a computer wiz in the pharmaceutical
industry." They live in Emeryville, CA. Muriel is a shareholder and member
in San Francisco's Saltzman & Johnson Law Corporation.
Class of 1981
Christopher Garvey ran for the office of Governor of the State
of New York on the Libertarian ticket in the fall elections. Mitchel
Herstic and his wife, Chani, welcomed the birth of their daughter,
Allison Lebowitz. Daniel A. Reingold was honored by the American
Jewish Congress Metropolitan Region, Westchester County division, for his
"leadership in the advancement of high-
quality geriatric and long-term care through the creative and innovative
management of one of this region's outstanding geriatric centers," the
Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale. Marcia J. Sikowitz was named
a Judge of the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York.
Class of 1982
Barbara Kolsun was elected to chair the board of directors of
the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition. She is the assistant general
counsel at West Point Stevens Company. Kathryn O. Greenberg was
elected to the board of directors of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of
Law. She is the founder and director of the New York Legal Assistance Group.
Jay
Kalish is vice president of Investor Relations and general counsel
at Emultek, a Jerusalem-based company that went public in July. Jay's company
provides simulation-based software solutions for the design, development,
and support of embedded systems applications software. Jay said he is always
available to assist and advise students and alumni looking to settle in
Israel. 
Stephanie
J. Ressler married Michael Hochstat in October.
Timothy Clifford
Riley has relocated his practice from Sherman Oaks to Channel Islands
Harbor, CA. Timothy was certified as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates
Forum in January 1997, where membership is limited to trial lawyers who
have demonstrated exceptional skill by achieving a verdict or settlement
in the amount of $1,000,000 or more. Mark I. Sokolow has been named
a partner at Thacher Proffitt & Wood, where he practices in the corporate
and financial institutions group.
Class of 1984
Robert J. Greenberg has been appointed assistant professor at
YU's Sy Syms School of Business. Previously, he taught in paralegal studies
programs at New York University and Queens College, as well as part time
at Sy Syms. In addition t
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o maintaining a small private practice, he returned
to Cardozo this year to pursue an LL.M. in Intellectual Property. Mark
Weissmann participated in the Essex County (NJ) Bar Association's publication
of a historical account of the development of the Essex County legal system,
With
Honor and Dignity: A History of the Legal Profession in
Essex County.
Class of 1985
Adena Berkowitz, who also holds a doctorate in Jewish ethics
from the Jewish Theological Seminary, recently spoke on "Problems with
Medical Ethics" at The Temple Gates of Zion in Valley Stream, NY. She lectures
across the country on Jewish ethics, and her topics include in-vitro fertilization,
organ donations, autopsies, and end-of-life issues. William B. Schwartz
moved to Vermont in 1996, and is practicing law in Bondville. He has a
general practice, excluding criminal matters, with extensive focus on real
estate and land use. Bill and his wife, Ivy, have two daughters, Jacqueline
Rose, and Caralyn Julia, born June 8.
Class of 1986
Sharon Reider Babb has been appointed a real estate attorney
at Cole, Schotz in New Brunswick, NJ. Jodi Goodelman plans to marry
Jac Zagoory in February 1999. Jodi was appointed by the New York
State Commissioner of Insurance to be an arbitrator in the SUM/UM automobile
insurance program administered by the American Arbitration Association.
Class of 1987
Deborah Arnowitz Ashe became co-director of admissions for the
Lower School of Trevor Day School, a coed comprehensive independent school
in Manhattan. Robert J. Cyruli has formed a five- attorney law firm,
Cyruli & Menken, LLP, with offices in Manhattan, Mt. Kisco and Hackensack,
NJ. He continues his practice in real estate law and related commercial
litigation. Robert and his wife live in Bronxville. Alan Futerfas
was profiled in the New York Law Journal after he wrote a brief
for John Gotti's former attorney, Bruce Cutler, in an effort to avoid Cutler's
disqualification from representation of Gotti's son. Joseph Grob
has joined the firm of Moskowitz & Book, LLP, where he is practicing
in the areas of criminal and commercial litigation. Anita H. Grosz
and Francis Dequenne welcomed the arrival of their daughter, Sophie Emilia,
on July 26, in Westminster, England. Anita is practicing intellectual
property law in Wokingham, Berkshire, and is studying European Community
law, and English and E.C. trademark law. Francis is a computer analyst,
and they live in the "Silicon Valley" of England. Leslie Reider
has become a member of the firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman
LLP, where she practices in the area of employment law. Pam Sherman
was profiled in People, May 1998, in an article on career changes.
Pam is an actress, living and working in the Washington, D.C. area. She
has appeared as an attorney in several TV shows. Ole Varmer is now
in the Office of International Law in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. He is an expert in the laws pertaining to historic shipwrecks.
This past summer, Ole was on the US Delegation to the United Nations Educational,
Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) "Meeting of Experts" on the
draft UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
He also presented a paper at the Maritime Law Symposium, "Sunken Treasure:
Law, Technology & Ethics," sponsored by the Maritime Affairs Institute
of Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, RI, and the Journal
of Maritime Law and Commerce. But Ole says the real "hoot" was his
appearance on the "Rivera Live Show" debating the issue of salvage vs.
historic preservation of the RMS Titanic. Stephen Verp has
been named president of the Milton Paper Company, Inc., in Long Island
City. Stephen is the fourth generation in the Milton family and the third
generation of sons-in-law to lead the 82-year-old company. He is also a
newly elected board member of
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the Paper Merchants Association of
New York.
Class of 1988
Georgeanne Gould married Peter Moss on September 13. Georgeanne
is an assistant vice president and financial consultant in the Princeton
office of Merrill Lynch, and her husband is also an attorney. Robert
J. Kurtz appeared in a panel discussion entitled "How to Succeed in
Hollywood . . . While Still Staying Jewish." He has been an associate producer
for "The Bill Cosby Show," "Tony Danza's Hudson Street," and "Grace Under
Fire." Steven Levin has formed Southern Management and Development,
L.P., in Boca Raton, FL to manage and lease property in Florida, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Indiana. He is the president of the company. Karen Mizrahi-Hertz
gave
birth to her second child, Jacob, in April. Her first child is Samantha.
Bruce
Schoenberg has become of counsel to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
in NYC.
Class of 1989
Thomas M. Furth has opened his own practice in the area of intellectual
property litigation and technological licensing, and is also of counsel
to the firm of Jordan and Hamburg. Elisa Lowy is an associate with
Rosenblum Parish & Isaacs PC in San Jose, CA, where she practices in
the area of corporate law. Lauren Singer Salit and her husband,
Mason, welcomed their third child and first son, Maxwell Nathaniel, on
July 31. He joins sisters Taylor and Ilysa. William C. Sandelands
has joined the Hackensack, NJ law firm of Solomon and Weinberg LLP, where
he is practicing in the area of commercial litigation.
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Michael Wildes was elected to the City Council in Englewood, NJ. He won the primary election with 67% of the vote. He is a partner in the firm of Wildes & Weinberg, where he practices with his father, adjunct professor Leon Wildes. |
Class of 1990
Cathleen Clements has been named legal director of the office
of public policy & client advocacy for The Children's Aid Society.
She was formerly a staff attorney and government benefits specialist at
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation B. Michele A. Farber is a trademark
and copyright attorney at AT&T in Basking Ridge, NJ. She is also
an adjunct professor teaching trademark law in the department of legal
studies at Montclair State University (NJ). Michele, who frequently lectures
on trademark and copyright issues, was a speaker on "Current Legal Issues
Impacting Doing Business on the Internet" at the 2nd Annual Intellectual
Property Law Conference for Women Corporate Counsel, and moderated an International
Trademark Association roundtable on "Trademarks and the Internet." Juliette
M. Passer has been elected a full member of the Council on Foreign
Relations. CFR is one of the oldest foreign policy think tanks in the country,
covering a broad range of topics in foreign policy and international law
and commerce. Debra Feiner Sternberg and her husband welcomed the
birth of their third son, Benjamin Noah, who joins brothers Alexander and
Jacob. Nancy Udolf was married to Theodore Schwartz on September
12. Nancy is an associate at Zukerman Gore & Brandeis in NYC. Her husband
is a physician.
Class of 1991
Anat Becker has joined the Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest
(NJ) as endowment development officer. Before joining the foundation, she
was assistant director of endowments and planned giving at the Anti-Defamation
League in NYC. Sheryl L. Bregman and her husband, Scott Kleinman,
welcomed the birth of their son, Gregory Moross, on December 20, 1997.
Sheryl is a deputy city attorney in the San Francisco Office of the City
Attorney, where she practices in the area of public design and construction
law. Sheryl lives in Oakland. Richard Buchwald has joined the firm
of Buchwald Asper Gallagher Henteleff in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Michael
A. Gabay has be
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en appointed a financial consultant in the Merrill Lynch
Private Client Group in NYC. Jill Loesberg married David Robbins.
She is an analyst of technology stocks in an investment company in NYC.
Clifford
A. Meirowitz has served as a faculty member at several guardianship
training programs for the Citibar Center for Continuing Legal Education
at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Edward Reich
was married in April. Joel B. Rothman is a partner in the newly
formed firm of Seiden, Alder, Rothman & Petosa, P.A., in Boca Raton,
FL. Tomas Ryan de Heredia was elected to the board of trustees of
the New York County Lawyers' Association. David Sanua, senior attorney
at the New York State Insurance Fund, filed winning briefs in two cases
in the Appellate Division, Third Department, one an employer-employee issue,
and the other a claims filing case. He has also published an epic poem
about the New York City subways, entitled "The Terminus Station," in the
summer 1998 issue of Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature.
Class of 1992
Joshua D. Blackman wrote The Internet Fact Finder for Lawyers:
How to Find Anything on the Net, published by the American Bar Association.
The book teaches how to discover relevant research sources, find experts
and get news on the Net, and conduct medical research, among other topics.
Marilyn
Bodner was promoted from assistant to associate general counsel in
the office of NYC's comptroller. Sharon Dattelkramer Fishman and
Jeffrey Fishman welcomed the birth of their daughter, Alexa Fay. Sara
Goldstein was married to Andrew Blotner in August. She is a vice president
and trademark counsel at Citibank in NYC. David L. Glotzer and Wendy
Jay Lazarus were married in June. David is in house counsel at Prudential
Securities in NYC, and Wendy is an associate with Jasinski & Paranac
in Newark, NJ. Loulou Thassim Saleem serves on the board of directors
of You Participate in Solutions in Staten Island, which features a dispute
resolution center. She is an adjunct professor of English at St. John's
University and a state-certified
mediator and arbitrator.
Class of 1993
David Eigen was married to Cynthia Poster in August. He founded
Vitasave.com, a web site that sells vitamins and other health-related products.
Melissa
Gold and William Jelinek were married on September 13. Melissa
is a vice president and general counsel at Chase Manhattan Bank, and William
is a trademark lawyer at the Esteé Lauder Companies, both in NYC.
Suzanne
Kazenoff was married in August to Jonathan Rosenzweig. She is the director
of permanent placement for the Wallace Law Registry in NYC. Barry Lax
was married to Kristin Jane Kelley on October 31. Barry is an associate
with the NYC law firm of Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann. James
Schwalbe and his wife, Jill, welcomed their first child, William Bernard,
on August 10. Rebecca Fishman Silberstein gave birth on May 18 to
her second child, Joshua, who joins sister Lauren. Rebecca is an associate
in corporate law at Debevoise & Plimpton. Ephraim Sobol's law
firm, Sobol & Greenberg, P.C., has grown and now occupies the entire
third floor at 164 Madison Avenue.
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At the 11th Cardozo Negotiation and Mediation Clinic alumni reunion,
graduates agreed that the clinic was one of their most memorable, positive
and useful law school experiences. Current students joined alumni
and clinic faculty.
(from left) Jed Melnick '00, David Blatt '98, Shana Tesler '99, Steven
Yadegari '98, Prof. Lela Love, and Joshua
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Class of 1994
Rachel Mohl Abrahams is the program officer at The Avi Chai
Foundation, a philanthropic found
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ation in NYC committed to encouraging
Jews toward greater commitment to observance and encouraging mutual understanding
among Jews of different religious backgrounds. Meir Y. Blonder joined
the recently formed intellectual property group at Sidley & Austin.
He continues to practice primarily in the area of patent law. Dr. Yassin
El-Ayouty presented "Reforming the U.N." at Nova Southeastern University's
Law Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where he also coordinates the placement
of International Practice Clinic students. Lauren P. Katz and Matthew
J. Kluger, who met in the January AEP program and are now criminal
defense attorneys in Bronx County, planned to marry in November. Lauren
is an associate in the law offices of Murray Richman, and Matthew is with
the Bronx Public Defender. Brian Miller and his wife, Deirdre, welcomed
their third child, Shanan Alexander. He joins sisters Gabrielle and Kayla.
Diane
Rein and her husband, David, welcomed their first baby, Alexander William
Louis, on May 7. Eric Rothman and his wife, Pamela, welcomed the
birth of their daughter, Olivia Brooke, in June. Stephanie Allison Spirt
was married to David Evenchick on August 16, 1997. Stephanie is an associate
with Alter & Goldman in NYC.
Class of 1995
Tal Fried and Dina Lynn Shapiro were married on September 14.
They live in NYC, where Dina is a real estate associate with Kronish Leib
Weiner & Hellman, LLP. Tal is a solo practitioner and counsel for two
Internet companies. Mario Joseph successfully argued before the
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, in
an action to both disqualify opposing counsel and recover damages for the
wrongful death of a shooting victim at a Queens nursing home. Andrew
P. Kahn was named director of sales for Design Trust Inc., a Wilton,
CT corporate identity and strategic communications firm. He will be responsible
for all facets of business development. Sara Meyers was married
to Kenneth Sadinoff on October 25. Sara is a staff lawyer at the New York
Legal Assistance Group in Manhattan. Lori Nevias and her husband,
Joe Ida, welcomed their first baby, Antonia Isadora, on November 29, 1997.
Lori is an associate with Goldstein & Greenlaw, LLP in Kew Gardens,
NY. Jason Pomeranc was profiled in Crain's New York Business
on May 25.
He and his two older brothers in The Pomeranc Group have begun to build,
and will
manage, a 100-room luxury hotel in SoHo. Stephen Wallach and
his wife, Miriam, welcomed their first child, Elizabeth Emma, on September
25.
Class of 1996
David Baskind participated in the Essex County (NJ) Bar Association's
publication of With Honor and Dignity: A History of the Legal Profession
in Essex County. Melissa Channing has joined Holland & Knight
LLP as an associate in the Miami firm's real estate, environment, and land
use department. Shimmie Horn and his wife have been named Guardians
at Yeshiva University. Richard Horowitz was appointed to the White
Collar Crime Committee of the American Society for Industrial Security,
and named advisor to the National Cargo Security Council on international
trade- and cargo-related money laundering issues. In addition, he was asked
to prepare a policy statement on the Economic Espionage Act and competitive
intelligence by the Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals.
He spoke on this issue in the US, London, and Brussels. Paul A. Johnson
and Gregory M. Demel recently formed SatinJam LLP. The partnership,
under SatinJam Sports, represents professional athletes in the NBA, NFL,
Major League Baseball, and Major League Soccer. In addition to customary
contract negotiations, they also provide financial management services
and legal counseling. Susan Kaplan married Charles S. Caranicas
on May 3. Susan, who was with Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, is currently
associated with Baden Kramer Huffman & Brodsky, P.C.
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in NYC, practicing
civil and criminal litigation. Charlie is a student at Columbia School
of Law and a jazz trumpeter who performs with the Rainbow Room Orchestra.
Judah
Prero and his wife, Sossy, had a baby girl, Elisheva, on May 20. She
joins siblings Daniel and Sarah. Shellie Rosan married Gordon Ritter
in April. In September, when they moved to Wilmington, VT, Shellie left
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP and joined Pepe & Hazard, LLP in Hartford,
CT. Larry Schwarz founded Rumpus Toys in New York, whose motto is
Ludus
est nobis constanter industria (Play is our constant work). His toys
are sold in FAO Schwarz (no relation) and Toys 'R' Us. Ilene Siegel
Deutsch joined The Children's Law Center as a staff attorney in December
1997. She represents children in custody and visitation cases.
Daniel
M. Weitz has been named statewide coordinator of alternative dispute
resolution programs for the Unified Court System of New York State.
Ephraim
Z. Zinkin has been named a litigation associate at Smith, Stratton,
Wise, Heher & Brennan in Princeton, NJ.
Class of 1997
Scott Brewster is a staff attorney in the Bronx County Office
of The Legal Aid Society of NYC. Saul Greenstein has been selected,
pursuant to the US Attorney General's Honor Program, the attorney-advisor
for New York Immigration Court. He will act as head judicial law clerk.
Karen
M. Stecker has joined the Cleveland, OH law firm of Hahn Loeser &
Parks LLP as an associate. She practices in the areas of business, corporate,
and securities law.
Class of 1998
Seth B. Davis reviewed the book The Law School Rules: 115
Easy Ways to Make the Challenges of Law School Seem Like "Small Stuff"
for the New York Law Journal, August 21, 1998. Seth is an assistant
district attorney in the Manhattan DA's Office. Jay Heinrich and
his wife, Ilana, welcomed the birth of their first child, Eve Beth, on
August 22. Jay is an associate at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Nachman
Troodler and his wife, Rebecca, welcomed the birth of their daughter,
Atara Leah on May 27, just in time for her to attend graduation.
IN MEMORIAM
Shira Greenberg Ruskay '79, who held a master's degree in special
education from Columbia and a master's of social work from NYU, worked
at the Visiting Nurse Service Hospice Care Program. She also maintained
a private practice counseling surviving family members. Shira spent her
last weeks as a patient of the hospice program.
Mayer Rossabi '88 died of a brain tumor on August 28. He was a solo practitioner and had been a member of the Criminal Law Clinic while at Cardozo. Memorial contributions may be made to Brain Tumor Research, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032.
Alison Curelop Hayward '89 died on September 2 at the age of 37. She was living in Columbia, MO, writing for legal periodicals such as the Missouri Bar Journal and the National Bar Journal. Alison clerked in US District Court and had been a public defender in New Hampshire. Memorial contributions may be made to Alison Curelop Hayward Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Mrs. Harry Tether, 37 Summit Avenue, Bronxville, NY 10708.
Robert Alan Kessler '89 passed away on February 1 at the age of 31. He is survived by his wife, Pamela Lawrence-Kessler '90.
Cindy Moy '96, passed away on July 9. She was 28 and had battled leukemia bravely for 11 months. Contributions may be sent to The Moy Fund, established by her family to assist the Singapore Marrow Donor Programme, 77 East 12th Street, Apt. 7A, New York, NY 10003.
The Classes of 1983, 1988, and 1993 Hold Reunions
More than 200 alumni attended the reunions held in May for the classes
of 1983,
1988, and 1993. They met with former classmates and professors at Bridgewaters
in South Street Seaport. (All photo captions read
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left to right)
Mark Goldberg '83, Kerry Elgarten '83, Prof. Jonathon Silver, Elyse Beyer '83 
Debra Wind Krim '83, Dean Verkuil, Barry Farkas '83, Paige Applebaum Farkas, AECOM '89
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Gregg Willinger '88, Reuven Epstein '88,
Gary Miller '88 
Gary Miller '88, Pamela Milgrim '88
Avram Morell '93, Perry Lattiboudere '93,
Elaine Gangel '83, Linda Samson '83,
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