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Class of 1982
Felicia P. Buebel is vice president for legal affairs at Loews
Cineplex Entertainment Corporation. She is primarily involved in domestic
and international leasing. Mark S. Edelstein joined the firm of
Morrison & Foerster, LLP as the partner in charge of the firm's real
estate finance practice. Judith L. Levy is senior vice president
and senior legal advisor at IBJ Whitehall Asset Management Group. Prior
to this position, Ms. Levy was vice president and legal counsel for Credit
Suisse First Boston. In recognition of his charitable work, Andrew Lutzkey
received the New York State Bar Association 2000 President's Pro Bono Service
Award. He has donated many hours of work to the Bronx division of Network
for Women Services, a nonprofit organization providing legal services to
low-income women. He also has a private practice in the Bronx, is involved
in Midnight Run, a nonprofit organization helping New York City's homeless,
and regularly participates in Career Day at local Bronx schools. Paul
A. Metselaar runs his family's business, World Travel Specialists Group,
which handles the travel needs of specific professions. The Lawyer's Travel
Service, a division of the company, has more than 300 US law firms as clients.
Class of 1983
Neal H. Herstik is a name partner at Gross, Truss & Herstik,
P.C.
Class of 1984
Lisa Sarnoff Gochman, a deputy attorney general in the Division
of Criminal Justice, Appellate Section, in Trenton, NJ, argued before the
US Supreme Court this March in the matter of Charles C. Apprendi, Jr.
v. New Jersey. Lisa defended the constitutionality of New Jersey's
hate crime statute.
Class of 1985
Dr. Adena K. Berkowitz, who is a noted scholar in the field
of Jewish ethics, is the scholar-in-residence at Congregation Beth Torah
in Dallas, TX. Midge M. Hyman joined the firm of Cowan, Liebowitz
& Latman, P.C. as a partner this February. She specializes in trademark
and copyright law.
Class of 1986
David F. Adler is a partner in the firm of Jones, Day, Reavis
& Pogue in Cleveland, OH, where he practices in the commercial litigation
area. David is the father of three children, ages four, six, and seven.
Michele
Kunowitz Jaspen announced the birth of twins, Caroline and Daniel,
born June 24, 1999. Peter Weinmann, former narcotics bureau chief
of the Erie County District Attorney's office, has returned to private
practice and joined the law firm of Michael Wolfgang. He now practices
in the areas of eminent domain and real estate tax assessment review.
Class of 1987
Dana A. Mitchell Jaffe was elected to Nassau County District
Court in January 1997. Prior to her election, she was a partner in the
law firm of Mitchell Jaffe & Jaffe. Mark J. Speciner is a partner
at the firm of Harris, Beach & Wilcox, LLP. Mark practices trademark
and copyright law in the firm's NYC office. He is married to Midge Hyman
'85, and they have a nine-year-old daughter, Arielle.
Class of 1988
Harold K. Gordon is a partner in the law firm of Jones, Day,
Reavis & Pogue, where he practices in the litigation group. Marc
Handelman has worked in the legal publishing arena for the past several
years as an editor with Brownstone Publishers. His first book, A Dog's
Guide to Life: the Bala Diaries, was released in June.
Class of 1989
Michael B. Silvermintz is on the executive committee of York
Hunter, a construction services firm.
Class of 1991
Paul Brusiloff was named partner at Debeviose & Plimpton.
Nathaniel
D. Feller is in private practice, specializing in estate planning and
administration, and has served as president of the Jewish Community Council
of the Rockaway Peninsula for the past five years. Philip S. Sloan
is director of global event marketing for EMC Corporation. He is responsible
for worldwide strategic sponsorship activities and information technology
conferences.
Class of 1993
Henry Bregstein is a partner in the firm of Rosenman & Colin
LLP, practicing in the corporate, banking, and finance areas. Etta Ibok
opened a solo practice concentrating in the areas of civil rights, immigration,
and family law. Prior to opening her own firm, she worked for more than
six years as a litigator for the Office of Corporation Counsel of the City
of New York. Vera Losonci is international counsel at Debevoise
& Plimpton in London. Before taking this position, she worked in the
firm's Budapest and Paris offices.
Class of 1994
Rachel Mohl Abrahams and her husband, Dr. Stewart Abrahams,
announce the birth of a son. Lawrence A. Klein joined Caminus Corporation
as in-house counsel and is responsible for all legal matters, including
corporate finance and securities law, labor and employment issues, trademark,
licensing, and contracts drafting and negotiating. In addition, he maintains
a small, elite, private entertainment practice.
Class of 1995
David Slotkin is general counsel for Primus Telecommunications
Group Inc. He was featured in an article in Legal Times which noted
that young people (David is 30 years old) are ocuppying executive positions
in high-tech companies.
Class of 1997
Jacqueline J. Klosek is an associate with the firm Friedman
Siegelbaum, LLP. Anthony H. Son joined the Silicon Valley offices
of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP, practicing in the area of intellectual
property.
Class of 1998
Shari M. Blecher joined the firm of Goldshore & Wolf, P.C.
Her areas of concentration are environmental and commercial litigation
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and regulatory compliance. Theodore Froum has joined the law firm
of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, in the Ann Arbor office, as an
associate in the business and finance group. Arthur B. Schwartz,
known also as "Cornholio Esquire, CEO of the Greedy Associates," was named
one of the most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal
in the June 12 issue. He is credited with "goosing the great associate
raise of 2000. . .serves as ringmaster of factious, fractious Infirmation.com
chat groups" that draw up to 1.5 million page views a week. Schwartz is
a business development leader at FindLaw Inc.
Class of 1999
Jeffrey Seewald was appointed assistant corporation counsel
for the City of New York. Mary Kate Woods is a media defense litigator
with CBS Broadcasting, Inc. Peter K. Yu is the executive director
of Cardozo's Intellectual Property Law Program and continues to be deputy
director of the Squadron Program. His article "Succession by Estoppel;
Hong Kong's Succession to the ICCPR" was published in Pepperdine Law
Review. As a research associate of the Programme in Comparative Media
Law & Policy at Oxford University, he coordinates the ESIS II project
launched by the Information Society Promotion Office of the European Commission.
In Memoriam
Elaine J. Kotin '83 was a dedicated civil servant. For many
years, she was an attorney for the NYPD's Civil Enforcement Unit. She is
survived by her husband of 50 years, Neil; her daughter, Debbie Insdorf
'80; son-in-law Michael; and two grandchildren.
Nine prominent constitutional lawyers provide answers in the next issue
of
Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature
Provocative essays by Milner Ball, Arthur Eisenberg,
Kenneth Karst, Calvin Massey, Richard Parker, David Richards,
Jeffrey Rosen, Cass Sunstein, and Richard Weisberg
are featured in
"The Privatization of Our Public Discourse"
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