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Alan
Futerfas '87 may be the first Cardozo graduate to argue and win a case
in the US Supreme Court, Artuz v. Bennett. After preparing for an oral
argument that he described as "all-encompassing and exhaustive," he presented
the case for his client, Tony Bennett, whose application for habeas corpus
relief was dismissed by the district court on the grounds that the application
was untimely. Futerfas's firm successfully had that decision reversed by
the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which then remanded it
back to the district court. The Queens County District Attorney's office
petitioned for certiorari, which was granted.
The question presented to the Supreme Court on October 10, 2000, was whether an application for state post-conviction relief, which contains claims that are procedurally barred, is "properly filed" within the meaning of section 2244 (d)(2) of Title 28 U.S.C., such that the time during which such state post-conviction relief is pending tolls the one-year limitations period within which a state inmate must ordinarily file his federal habeas corpus petition. On November 7, the unanimous decision, authored by Justice Antonin Scalia, agreed with Futerfas's interpretation of the statute and affirmed the decision of the Second Circuit.
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Class of 1980
Steven S. Goldenberg is of counsel to Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith,
Ravin, Davis & Himmel, L.L.P., and has been selected for inclusion
in The Best Lawyers in America 2001-2002.
Class of 1981
Gail Markels is senior vice president and general counsel of
the Interactive Digital Software Association, IDSA. Anthony L. Rafel
joined Riddell Williams in Seattle as a principal. His practice focuses
on real estate transactions, condominium construction, and labor and employment
issues.
Class of 1983
Nancy Kramer was a spokesperson for Cardozo in a New York
Law Journal article about hiring trends. Naomi P. Meisels is
counsel at the NYC office of Bryan Cave, L.L.P.
Class of 1984
Rabbi Steven Ettinger was a Scholar in Residence at Congregation
Beth Sholom and is president of Machon L'Torah. Phyllis Kaufman
is an entertainment lawyer in NYC and organized and served as the artistic
director of the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema. Holly Kennedy
Passantino was named of counsel to Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, where
she joined the firm's corporate practice group.
Class of 1985
Dr. Adena K. Berkowitz gave birth to her fourth child, Alexandra
Nicole.
Class of 1986
Mary James Courtenay, CEO of Mary's Games, LLC, based in Seattle,
released a new board game called "Disorder in the Court." Merritt McKeon,
a native of Laguna Beach, CA, was the featured speaker at the Leisure World
Democratic Club and ran as the Democratic candidate for the 70th Assembly
District. Richard Reice is vice president of human resources, labor,
and employment law at Citizen's Communication in Stamford, CT. Peter
Allen Weinmann married Amelida Ortiz on September 3 in Buffalo. He
is in private practice, concentrating on eminent domain and tax assessment
challenges for commercial properties.
Class of 1987
Yisroel Schulman, executive director of the New York Legal Assistance
Group (NYLAG), was given the Attorney General's Aw
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of the elderly and indigent. He has worked at NYLAG for 10 years and watched
it grow into a 30-lawyer organization with a $5 million budget. David
Singer, vice president of Robison Oil in Mount Kisco, was elected to
the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester.
He resides in Bedford Hills with his wife and three children. Joseph
M. Vann is a member in the corporate reorganization and creditors'
rights practice of Gratch Jacobs & Brozman, P.C.
Class of 1988
Lawrence A. Cunningham, a professor at Cardozo and director
of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance, authored
a new book, How to Think like Benjamin Graham and Invest like Warren
Buffett (McGraw-Hill). Lawrence Rosen was named general counsel
for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Inc.
Class of 1989
Barbara Bracher Olson and her husband, Theodore, who represented
George W. Bush in the US Supreme Court during the election, were recently
featured in the "Public Lives" column in The New York Times, December 9.
The article reads in part, "As the power couples of Washington come and
go, the Olsons may have proven themselves in a class by themselves in the
last eight years, becoming the most celebrated and acutely dedicated pair
of conservatives who, with great conviction, have opposed and harried Clinton
Democrats in the main capital arenas: the courts, the Congress, and the
media." David B. Cohen and his wife, Gila, announce the birth of
their first child, Sarah Morgan. Barry G. Margolis announces the
formation of Margolis Bergson L.L.P., in NYC. Lisa M. Peraza joined
Hodgson Russ Andrews Woods & Goodyear in Boca Raton, FL, as a senior
associate in the firm's immigration practice group.
Class of 1990
Howard Berglas and his wife, Judy, announce the birth of twins
Eitan Baruch and Ariella Zahava. Jan Louise Ulman is counsel to
the planning board of the Town of Greenburgh, NY.
Class of 1991
Merrill Cohen was featured in a recent issue of New York Lawyer.
She founded her own practice in 1994 after specializing in immigration
law with several firms. She has handled asylum petitions for clients from
Africa, China, Egypt, Rwanda, and Albania, some pro bono. Karen Fiszer
Stern, a senior attorney for the Social Security Administration, Office
of General Counsel in Manhattan, was married to Jeff Stern this summer.
Class of 1992
Rachel Warren, a member of Cardozo's Board of Directors, was
made a partner at Davidoff & Malito L.L.P.
Class of 1994
Felicia S. Hoeniger was named Tax Legal Director of the Legal
Division by the Commissioner of Revenue Services in Connecticut. Tom
Hroncich, Jr., co-founder of Gay Democrats of Suffolk County, was the
only Democratic candidate to qualify to run for New York's 7th District
Assembly race.
Class of 1995
Felicia Stacey Gordon joined the New York County Lawyers Association,
and chairs the Foreign and International Law Committee law student internship
program. Catherine Larocca has joined Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
in their business insolvency and creditor's rights group in San Diego,
CA. Y. David Taller wrote an article, "Proof of Recurring Conditions
Can Satisfy Prima Facie Requirement For Notice in Slip-and-Fall Litigation,"
which was published in the September 2000 New York State Bar Association
Journal.
Class of 1996
Joshua G. Gerstin was appointed by the Florida Bar to serve
on its Consumer Protection Law Committee. In addition, he was appointed
by the Palm Beach County Bar Association to serve on its Community Association
Law Committee. Jon Henes started a software company, BlazeVentures,
that helps law firms and their clients manage documents and communicate
instantly on a single secure Web-based platform. Shi
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mmie Horn opened
up a new restaurant, Triomphe, in his Iroquois Hotel on 44th Street in
Manhattan. Richard Horowitz was interviewed by Investor's Business
Daily about his work consulting on industrial espionage and other corporate
security cases. Jeff Marx has written and sold over 4,000 copies
of his recent book, How to Win a High School Election. Ephrain
Zinkin announces the birth of a daughter, Tamar Sarah.
Class of 1997
Jacqueline Klosek is an associate in the corporate department
of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, L.L.P. Luca Palombo was recently
married and has followed a four-generation family tradition by opening
a new bakery in Co-op City.
Class of 1998
Yael Orkaby Aspir announces the birth of a son, Gabriel Noah.
Daryl
G. Berg is now director of business development, New Media, for EMI
Recorded Music. Adam S. Bernick, an associate with Eizen Fineburg
& McCarthy, L.L.P., in Philadelphia, authored an article in
Pennsylvania
CPA Journal, entitled "It's Never too Early to Save for College." Theodore
E. Froum is an associate in the business and finance group of Miller,
Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, P.L.C., in their Ann Arbor, MI, office.
Class of 1999
Peter J. Bilfield has joined Littman Krooks Roth & Ball
P.C. Lisa Dawson has joined Koenitsberg & Rubin, L.L.P., in
NYC. Steven J. German practices at Terris, Pravlik and Millian,
L.L.P., in Washington, DC, and was part of an eight-attorney team that
litigated Harris v. Florida Elections Canvassing Commission, from the Florida
state court all the way to the US Supreme Court. He represented a group
of Florida voters in the overseas absentee ballot election contest cases.
Ran
Z. Schijanovich is a detention attorney with the Catholic Legal Immigrant
Network and has worked since February at the Elizabeth, NJ, Detention Center.
Daniel
E. Schoenberg is an associate in the corporate and bankruptcy taxation
practice of Gratch Jacobs & Brozman, P.C. Mary Kate Woods joined
the Los Angeles firm of White O'Connor Curry Gatti & Avanzado, which
specializes in media and entertainment litigation.
Andrew S. Zucker
is an associate in the litigation department of Norris, McLaughlin, &
Marcus, P.A.
Class of 2000
Gregory M. Dell is an assistant state attorney in Broward County,
FL. Jill Farbman is an associate in the governmental affairs group
of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti in Morristown, NJ. Erez
Gilad is an associate and member of the financial restructuring department
at the NYC office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. David D. Kim
joined the intellectual property department of Norris, McLaughlin &
Marcus, P.A., in their NYC office. Sharon Steiglitz joined the corporate
mergers and acquisitions department of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's
NYC office.
Class of 1999
Roberta Kraus is an associate at the Manhattan law firm Robin
Blecker & Daley, where she practices trademark, copyright, and Internet
law. Efrat Lev is a legal counselor in the Finance and International
Activity Department of Bank Hapoalim B.M., the largest bank in Israel.
She published "The Indenture Trustee: Does It Really Protect Bondholders?"
in the U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. She and her husband, Zev, anounce the
birth of their second son, Gil, last January.
Class of 2000
Julia Bogudlova is at Lowenfeld & Associates in NYC, where
she works on international copyright protection matters. She plans to take
the patent bar in April. Isabel Feichtner is employed at Cravath
Swaine & Moore as a foreign associate in the corporate department.
She plans to return to Germany in August to pursue her Referendiat (practical
training). Robert Greenberg continues as a professor of business
law at Y
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returned to her native Australia, where she works on mergers and acquisitions
and privatization matters in the corporate department at Corrs Chambers
Westgarth in Sydney. Zhi (Leon) Li returned to China after graduation
to resume his law practice. With several Shanghai lawyers he will be starting
a new law firm, Sinotimes Partners, which will serve high-tech companies.
Ruth
Metcalfe-Hay works as a contract administrator in the legal department
of Computer Sciences Corporation in NYC.
Judy Abrams '96 had been a former associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and at Cardozo was a member of the Law Review. She is survived by her 15-year-old son.
Ravindra (Rav) Murthy '96 was a member of the Law Review and clerked for the Honorable Leonard Bernikow, US magistrate judge for the Southern District of New York, prior to practicing at Debevoise & Plimpton.
Pamela Vanderputten-Silvernagle '90 was an attorney with the Sussex County Public Defender's Office in the child guardian program. She is survived by her husband, Sean Mike, and her son, Sean Michael, Jr.
Ian A. Spetgang '82 was a member of Temple Judea of Bucks County, where he taught religious school. He is survived by his wife, Judith A. Gerber, and two children, Sarah and David Spetgang.
Laurie Beth Tobin '82 was an attorney in Woodbridge, NJ,
and a member of the New Jersey State Bar. She was 45 years old.
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