Class Notes
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Edward Wallace was included on the City & State 2024 New York City Power 100 list in recognition of leaders who keep the city running.
’78
Roy Scaffidi was named to the Forbes Advisor’s Best Personal Injury Lawyers of Staten Island, NY list for 2024. He was also recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
’79
Devon Reiff was named to the Forbes Advisor’s 2024 Best Personal Injury Lawyers of Staten Island, NY list. He has also been named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list for 19 years straight, starting in 2006.
’80
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Nora Radest was appointed to the board of trustees of Elevate to Even Plus, a nonprofit organization dedicated to facilitating formative, paid summer internship experiences for underserved students. Radest also served as mayor of Summit, New Jersey, from 2015 to 2023.
’84
’85
Bradley J. Butwin was elected to his fourth term as the chair of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, extending his tenure until 2029 and cementing his legacy as the longest-serving chair since the founding family of O’Melveny & Myers.
’86
Timothy Corriston was named one of the Garden State’s top lawyers in the ROI-NJ Influencers Power List 2024. He was also reelected as the managing partner at Connell Foley LLP. He has served as managing partner at the firm since 2022.
’87
Richard K. Hayes became the chief of the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District.
Paul Kelly was included in Crain’s New York Business Notable General Counsels list for 2024.
’88
Nancy Delaney was named a Spirit of Kylemore 2024 honoree.
Philip L. Hirschhorn was recognized on Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars 2024 list. Hirschhorn is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in patent litigation and other intellectual property proceedings.
Joseph Niciforo was appointed as the new chairman of the board at Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc.
’89
Hon. Maria Araújo Kahn received the Henry J. Naruk Judiciary Award at the Connecticut Bar Association’s annual awards celebration, Celebrate with the Stars, on April 3, 2024.
Jack Kiley was named an honoree for the 30th Annual St. Francis Prep Golf Classic. He was recognized for helping to promote academic excellence, true sportsmanship, generosity, and service to others.
Robin Boyle-Laisure published her books Teaching Contract Drafting (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023) and Persuasive Advocacy in Action: A Workbook for Law Students (Carolina Academic Press, 2025).
Louis V. Molinari was appointed as chief marketing officer at Aperture Investors LLC.
Alan Schwartz was promoted to senior managing director, chief legal officer, and co-head of legal and compliance at Vista Equity Partners Management LLC.
’90
David Broderick joined the partnership at Paul Hastings LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Philip F. Corsello joined the partnership at Steptoe LLP.
Lauren McKenna was selected to The Legal Intelligencer’s 2024 Distinguished Leaders list. McKenna is the managing partner of the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild LLP.
Brian O’Sullivan has joined the partnership at Husch Blackwell LLP in the firm’s insurance practice group and as a member of the firm’s virtual office, The Link.
James Whelan was recognized in City & State’s 2024 New York City Power 100 list in recognition of leaders who keep the city running.
’91
Joseph R. Englander joined the partnership at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP.
Jason Halper joined the partnership at Vinson & Elkins LLP.
Gavin Holihan was sworn in as district attorney of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, on January 2, 2024.
Zvi Joseph was appointed to Brenmiller Energy Ltd.’s board of directors.
Theodore Keyes joined the partnership at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
Dr. Esther Nir was appointed interim dean of the College of Professional Studies at New Jersey City University in December 2024.
’92
Daniel Patrick O’Toole was named to Forbes Advisor’s 2024 Best Personal Injury Lawyers of Staten Island, NY list.
Steven Schiesel was named to Forbes Advisor’s 2024 Best Personal Injury Lawyers of Staten Island, NY list.
Ariana J. Tadler was awarded the Women Owned Law Firm of the Year Award by Woman Owned Law for her firm Tadler Law LLP.
’93
Daniel Corcoran joined Certara as general counsel.
Edward C. Fargis was named executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Privia Health Group Inc.
Ilene S. Farkas was appointed co-chair of the litigation group at Pryor Cashman LLP. Farkas is also the co-chair of the music group and co-chair of the copyright, M&E litigation, and music litigation practices.
Vito Fossella was included on the City & State 2024 New York City Power 100 list in recognition of leaders who keep the city running.
Paul Keneally was awarded the Queenie Zuehlke Visionary Award by Literacy Rochester. He was also appointed to serve on the board of directors of the St. John’s Foundation.
Eileen McCarthy was named general counsel and corporate secretary of JetBlue Airways Corporation.
Craig Solar joined the partnership at Venable LLP.
’94
John R. Ciulla became chairman of the board of Webster Financial Corporation and Webster Bank, National Association.
Michael P. Iuliano joined Kinderhook Industries LLC as general counsel and chief compliance officer.
Lisa Spivak Katz was hired as the chief government affairs officer of the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM).
Kevin Puvalowski joined the partnership at Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP.
Judy Turchin was appointed as independent director to the executive board of Mint House, a premier hospitality brand offering a new category for long- and short-term accommodations.
’95
Paul Washington was appointed as the president and CEO of The Society for Corporate Governance, the leading organization for corporate governance in the United States.
’96
Adrienne Valencia Garcia was appointed to the board of directors of the Fordham Law Alumni Association.
Michelle Mancino Marsh was appointed to the executive committee at ArentFox Schiff. Marsh is also co-leader of the firm’s consumer products group.
Stacey J. Rappaport was named a finalist for the Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards for Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyer of the Year. Rappaport previously won the award in 2020 and 2022. She and her pro bono team at Milbank were also honored at this year’s Sanctuary for Families, Above and Beyond Awards for their remarkable outcomes over their four-year representation of a survivor of intimate partner violence. Rappaport was also recognized on Lawdragon’s 2025 500 Leading Litigators in America guide and Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 US Guide as a litigation star.
’97
Palmina Fava was recognized in Lawdragon’s annual 500 Leading Litigators in America list for 2025. She was also individually recognized in Global Investigations Review 2024 GIR 30 list.
Lillian Grossbard joined the partnership at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Andrew Lee joined the New York Jets as chief legal officer. Lee was formerly the team’s general counsel from 2005 to 2009.
E. Scott Morvillo joined the partnership at Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
Sergio Villaverde was appointed as the judge advocate for the New York Naval Militia. He was also elected president of the Bronx County Bar Association.
’98
Edgar De Leon was appointed as commissioner of the New York State Liquor Authority.
Bindu Donovan joined Morrison Foerster as a partner at the firm’s New York office.
Samrat “Sam” Khichi was named best general counsel of 2024 by Corporate Counsel. He was recognized for his achievement at the American Lawyer Industry Awards in New York City on November 13. Khichi is currently the general counsel at CVS Health.
Jeffrey Meckler presented and participated in an open Q&A on Tribe Public’s webinar titled “Fully Engaging the Human Immune System to Cure Disease.”
James I. Rapp joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as a partner.
Andrew E. Roth was appointed to the board of directors and advisory committee at Valeos Transplant Society.
Daiske Yoshida joined Google as senior counsel of regulatory affairs.
’99
Isaac Greaney joined the partnership at Moses Singer LLP in the firm’s litigation practice group.
Steven Rockoff joined the partnership at Loeb & Loeb LLP at the firm’s New York office.
’00
Maria da Paz Tierno Lopes joined the partnership at Demarest Advogados in the firm’s corporate and mergers and acquisitions practice areas.
Marco Viskovic joined the partnership at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP.
’01
Susan Chung was appointed as the director of the graduate lawyering program at New York University School of Law.
Anthony Constatinople was included on City & State’s 2024 New York City Power 100 list in recognition of leaders who keep the city running.
Christine Schessler Poscablo was promoted to deputy chief of the civil division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She was also recently awarded the Henry L. Stimson Medal, presented annually by the New York City Bar Association, to outstanding assistant U.S. attorneys in the Southern District and in the Eastern District of New York.
Hon. Jacob Zelmanovitz was elected judge for the Brooklyn 5th Municipal Court District of the New York City Civil Court.
’02
Jennifer Palmer was appointed to the board of directors of Starr Equity Holdings.
Joshua Ratner joined the partnership at Paul Hastings LLP.
David M. White was appointed to the District of New Jersey Lawyers’ Advisory Committee.
Aaron Zerykier joined the partnership at Rivkin Radler LLP.
’03
Lee Cortes joined the partnership at Arnold & Porter LLP.
William MacGregor joined the partnership at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP.
Irena Royzman joined the partnership at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on the firm’s intellectual property litigation team.
’04
John P. Gordon III was recognized in Best Lawyers’ Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2025 edition.
Jeffrey Klein was appointed as the chief operating officer at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City.
Danitra Tierra Oliver started a new position as global employment counsel at Quaker Houghton.
John Owens Jr. was sworn in as a member of One Hundred Black Men, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to leveraging its members’ collective talent, ability, and energy toward achieving meaningful gains for the Black community.
Seth Schaeffer joined Smithfield Foods as associate general counsel – litigation.
Stanley B. Tarr was appointed chair of the Blank Rome LLP office in Wilmington, Delaware.
’05
Joshua Geller was named first chief legal officer at Calabrio Inc.
Cheryl Ginsburg joined the partnership at Braverman Greenspun P.C.
Tal Hacohen joined the partnership at Holland & Knight LLP.
Hon. Cynthia Isales was elevated to the position of acting justice of the New York State Supreme Court. Judge Isales has been assigned to serve in the New York State Supreme Court, Bronx County – Criminal Term.
Daniel Lisk became of counsel at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.
Aviah Cohen Pierson became senior vice president and chief legal officer at Quality Medical Management Services USA.
’06
Warren Margolies joined the partnership at Dentons US LLP.
Elizabeth G. McCabe joined the partnership at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Hoyoon Nam became a new shareholder at Vedder Price.
Hon. Ralph L. Wolf was sworn in as a civil court judge for New York County on December 19, 2024.
Dr. George Wu joined Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP as counsel.
’07
Evan B. Citron joined Jackson Lewis P.C. as a principal.
David Feder was appointed to the board of directors of the Fordham Law Alumni Association.
Emily Katz-Turner joined Ducera Partners LLC as a managing director.
James Dustin Mandolfo joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as counsel in the firm’s congressional investigations and white collar defense and investigations practices.
Daniel Miller joined Krauss Shaknes Tallentire & Messeri LLP, a matrimonial boutique law firm, as an associate in New York.
Kimberly Pallen and Christopher LaVigne ’09 secured a defense victory for cryptocurrency exchange Kraken on March 28, 2024, following a four-week trial in San Francisco Superior Court that centered on an ex-employee’s claims of wrongful termination. The victory was recognized in the Daily Journal as one of the “Top Verdicts of 2024.”
Eve-Christie M. Vermynck joined the partnership at King & Spalding LLP.
Judy Wu joined Dime Community Bancshares Inc. as executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary.
’08
Cicek Olgu Kama was appointed as the chair of Transparency International, Turkiye Chapter. Transparency International is a global movement working in over 100 countries, including the USA, to end the injustice of corruption.
Christina C. Okereke was appointed as special counsel for opioid abatement at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
Hon. Kyu Young (Mike) Paek was selected to serve as a United States bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of New York in Poughkeepsie.
Randi Siegal Weniger joined Bressley, Amery & Ross P.C. as a principal in the firm’s trusts and estates practice.
’09
Andrew Glickman joined the partnership at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP in the firm’s corporate and securities practice group.
Jennifer Gniady joined the partnership at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP.
Adriana Kosovych was promoted to the position of member at Epstein Becker & Green P.C.
Mary Lovely joined the partnership at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP at the firm’s Houston office.
Sagar Patel joined the partnership at Seward & Kissel LLP.
Michael Wargon was elevated to the position of partner at Day Pitney LLP at the firm’s Boca Raton office.
’10
Mark Goldstein was named to the 2024 Enable Role Model List sponsored by Dow. Compiled by INvolve, the diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancy and global network, the Enable Role Model List celebrates diverse business leaders and their allies who are breaking down barriers and creating more inclusive workplaces worldwide. Goldstein is a labor and employment partner at at Reed Smith LLP, as well as the co-founder and leader of the firm’s global Mental Health Task Force.
Jayme Jonat joined the partnership at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP.
Christopher McNamara joined the partnership at Foley & Lardner LLP.
Federica Pietrogrande joined The Brattle Group as a principal in the firm’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice.
Sandra P. Plaza was acknowledged by Marquis Who’s Who for excellence in legal counsel.
Justina K. Rivera was recognized as a trailblazer at the Fordham Law School BLSA Alumni Trailblazer Celebration on February 21, 2024.
Richard Saenz received the 2024 Louis J. Lefkowitz Award from Fordham Law School. He was also selected as a 2024–2025 Wasserstein Public Interest Program Fellow at Harvard Law School. The program recognizes exemplary lawyers who have distinguished themselves in public interest work and who can advise students who are considering similar career paths.
Julia R. Zousmer was named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2024 list.
’11
Elliot Buckman joined Zaiger Linden Roberti LLC as counsel.
April Kim joined the partnership at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, working in projects and energy transition.
David Kupfer joined the partnership at King & Spalding LLP in the firm’s business litigation practice group.
Allison Mahoney started her own law firm, ALM Law LLC.
Michal Shinnar was named “among the most influential and respected practitioners in the employment law sector in Maryland” in the Daily Record’s 2023 Employment Law Power list. She was also named to the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list for her work in labor and employment law.
Daniel Tyrrell joined Bressler, Amery & Ross P.C. as counsel in commercial litigation.
Robert Vacchiano was elevated to counsel at Riker Danzig LLP.
’12
Jorge Aviles was promoted to counsel at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
Jay Baroody joined the partnership at Seward & Kissel LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Alexander Franchilli joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as counsel.
Andrew Goldsmith joined the partnership at Pryor Cashman LLP. He was also named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2024 list.
Meghan Hill joined the partnership at Pryor Cashman LLP.
Sean Koehler was elevated to the position of partner at Wiggin and Dana LLP.
Debolina Kowshik joined the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as contracts counsel.
Gail Neely joined the partnership at Latham & Watkins LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Ashleigh J. Owens was named chief of staff for the Richmond County District Attorney’s office.
Joseph Rivera was named to the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list and the Lawyers of Color annual hot list for 2024.
Richard Topaz joined the partnership at Saul Ewing LLP at the firm’s Baltimore office.
Kevin Wakefield became of counsel at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
Philip Wolf joined the partnership at Latham & Watkins LLP.
Yang (Evonne) Xu joined the partnership at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP at the firm’s Detroit office.
’13
Thomas Bellifemine joined the Morristown office of Ogletree Deakins as of counsel.
Osmel “Oz” Cuan was appointed as managing principal and tax liability practice leader of Vanbridge, an EPIC company.
Jerry Dickinson ’13 Appointed Dean at Pitt Law
In January 2025, Jerry Dickinson ’13 was appointed dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law following a comprehensive national search. Prior to joining Pitt Law’s faculty in 2017, he practiced at Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh, where he founded the Housing Rights Project, a pro bono initiative that defended indigent tenants from eviction in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Timothy Fitzmaurice joined the partnership at Alston & Bird at the firm’s Atlanta office.
Michael Guippone was promoted to the partnership at ArentFox Schiff.
Gregg Hilzer joined Stevens & Lee LLP as co-chair of the cannabis law group.
Erin Klewin was appointed to the board of directors of the Fordham Law Alumni Association. She was also promoted to senior counsel at Danone North America.
Dan Lust was elevated to counsel at Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP.
Scott B. Silverberg was listed in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice areas of elder law and trusts and estates.
Albert Suh completed an executive master’s degree in public administration from the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University.
’14
Milana Dostanich and Katerina Housos launched the Inspiring Women in Law League (IWILL), a new membership community aimed at fostering advancement and networking opportunities for women in the legal sector.
Veronica Dunlap was recognized at the Fordham Law School BLSA Alumni Trailblazer Celebration on February 21, 2024.
Jose Fernandez joined the partnership at Thompson Coburn LLP.
Keith D. Hoffmann was appointed as chief of policy to Attorney General Peter F. Neronha in Rhode Island.
Noelle Indelicato joined the partnership at Seward & Kissel LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Tania Khatibifar was promoted to counsel at Haynes and Boone LLP in the firm’s real estate practice group.
Matthew Marcucci was promoted to counsel at Warshaw Burstein LLP.
Robyn Michaelson was named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2024 list.
Andrew Todres was named a partner at Ropes & Gray LLP.
Melissa Marie Verpile was acknowledged by Marquis Who’s Who for excellence in legal counsel.
’15
Michelle Chan was appointed to the board of directors of the Fordham Law Alumni Association.
Stephanie Denker joined the partnership at Saul Ewing LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Gregory Harvey spoke at the 2024 GCC East Conference on the panel “Creating a Culture of Privacy: Structuring a Privacy Program that Delivers.”
Robert Hubley was promoted to counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Kevin Kiley Jr. joined Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP as an associate in the firm’s real estate practice group.
Patrick Prin joined Ropes & Gray LLP as counsel.
Claire Stevens was elected to the partnership at Finn Dixon and Herling LLP.
Matthew Sorensen was promoted to counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Benjamin H. Weissman was named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2024 list.
Ryan White was elected to the partnership at Husch Blackwell.
’16
Matthew Bruno was elected to the partnership at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
Alexandra Cornel-Kim was promoted to senior associate at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP.
Corey Dietrich was promoted to partner at Proskauer Rose LLP.
Christopher Gonnella joined the partnership at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Christina Kim was elected to the partnership at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
Brian Lee was promoted to member at Stites & Harbison PLLC.
Andrew Mazzarella was promoted to special counsel at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Alexandra Mogul was promoted to counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP at the firm’s New York office.
Frank Paz joined the partnership at Morrison Foerster LLP.
Kevin Quaratino was appointed to the board of directors of the Fordham Law Alumni Association.
Jason Robinson joined Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP as senior counsel with the law firm’s real estate team in New York City.
Ferdinand Ruplin joined the partnership at Tonkon Torp LLP.
Emily A. Vance was elected partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Jeffrey Xu was named to the partnership at Morrison & Foerster LLP in the firm’s transactions department and the finance group.
’17
Fletcher Corley joined Braverman Greenspun P.C. as an associate focusing on real estate–related litigation.
Derick Dailey was accepted into the Obama Leaders USA 2024–2025 cohort.
Vincent Fuller II was recognized at the Fordham Law School BLSA Alumni Trailblazer Celebration on February 21, 2024.
John Loubriel was promoted to counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
Matt Tellem joined the Phoenix Suns as assistant general manager.
Andrew Washburn was elected to the partnership of Underberg & Kessler LLP at the firm’s Rochester office.
’18
Khasim Lockhart was recognized at the Fordham Law School BLSA Alumni Trailblazer Celebration on February 21, 2024.
Jillian Shapiro was promoted to the role of principal at Fish & Richardson P.C.
’19
Traci Krasne joined Fox Rothschild LLP in New York as an associate in the labor and employment department.
Dr. Richard Wong was promoted to principal at Fish & Richardson P.C.
’20
Amanda Fenelon joined Fox Rothschild LLP in New York as an associate in the taxation and wealth planning department.
Dr. Justin Sears was promoted to principal at Fish & Richardson P.C.
’21
Alexander Blisko joined Rivkin Radler LLP as an associate at the firm’s Uniondale, New York, office.
Mohamed Sweify was named as an awardee on the Arab America Foundation’s (AAF) 2024 40 Under 40 list.
’22
Peter Morrison is serving a one-year clerkship with a U.S. magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York.
Hongyu Wang joined Flaster Greenberg P.C. as an associate.
’23
Michael Mehary was appointed as an assistant district attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.
’24
Aafke Pronk joined Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP as counsel.
HONORING BILL URQUHART, FCRH ’69, LAW ’78
Madrid, Spain | June 27–28, 2025
Births
Joshua Liebman ’17 and Caitlin Ross ’17 celebrated the birth of their daughter.
Stephen Moccia ’18 celebrated the birth of his daughter in August 2024.
Diana Imbert-Hodges ’19 celebrated the birth of her baby boy, Lenox, in the summer of 2024.
In Memoriam
’54 Hon. John F. Keenan
’55 Ralph Conte
’55 Ralph Nobile
’55 John F. Strouse Jr.
’56 Norbert Dengler
’56 Hon. William Johnston
’58 John J. Reilly
’59 Robert Dobbin
’59 Edward J. Joyce Jr.
’59 Edward Kozmor
’59 Sid Whelan
’59 Frank Zeller
’60 Anthony J. Colavita
’60 Hon. Eugene L. Nardelli
’60 Gerald Schroth
’60 Edward Stoeber
’60 Andrew Wallace
’61 Gerald Connell
’61 Peter M. Dunn
’61 Edward P. Hand
’61 Joseph Kirley
’61 Thomas J. Rosati
’62 John Porco
63 Robert Berson
’63 John Crowley
’64 Hon. William J. Lavery
’65 John W. Lyttle Jr.
’65 Robert “Bob” Neuner
’66 William Frank
’66 Peter Ledwith
’67 Donato Caruso
’67 Bob Hollweg
’68 Gerald Hayes
’69 Theodore Bajo
’69 Michael Corrigan
’69 Gerald E. Loehr
’69 Peter Martin Jr.
’69 Alfred Suesser
’71 Luke Pittoni
’72 John J. O’Connor
’74 Simos Dimas
’74 James Exnicios
’74 John E. Schmeltzer III
’75 Robert Lonergan
’75 Ann La Rue Matlow
’75 Fumiaki Mizuki
’76 Roger Mehle
’77 Thomas Bellone
’77 Michael J.P. Malone
’78 Gary J. Groot
’79 Robert Bruce England
’80 James J. Glenn
’80 Malcolm Keen
’80 John J. Murphy
’81 Mark Dryer
’83 Thomas Wall
’86 Patricia Moss
’87 Andrew Mattei
’88 Marilyn Macron
’89 Joseph Haralson
’92 Christopher Morvillo
’92 Neda Morvillo
’93 Stacy Gordon
’94 Lawrence D. McCabe
’03 David Kostus
’24 Michael Money
’54 Hon. John F. Keenan
’55 Ralph Conte
’55 Ralph Nobile
’55 John F. Strouse Jr.
’56 Norbert Dengler
’56 Hon. William Johnston
’58 John J. Reilly
’59 Robert Dobbin
’59 Edward J. Joyce Jr.
’59 Edward Kozmor
’59 Sid Whelan
’59 Frank Zeller
’60 Anthony J. Colavita
’60 Hon. Eugene L. Nardelli
’60 Gerald Schroth
’60 Edward Stoeber
’60 Andrew Wallace
’61 Gerald Connell
’61 Peter M. Dunn
’61 Edward P. Hand
’61 Joseph Kirley
’61 Thomas J. Rosati
’62 Richard Burke
’62 John Porco
63 Robert Berson
’63 John Crowley
’64 Hon. William J. Lavery
’65 John W. Lyttle Jr.
’65 Robert “Bob” Neuner
’66 William Frank
’66 Peter Ledwith
’67 Donato Caruso
’67 Bob Hollweg
’68 Gerald Hayes
’69 Theodore Bajo
’69 Michael Corrigan
’69 Gerald E. Loehr
’69 Peter Martin Jr.
’69 Alfred Suesser
’71 Luke Pittoni
’72 John J. O’Connor
’74 Simos Dimas
’74 James Exnicios
’74 John E. Schmeltzer III
’75 Robert Lonergan
’75 James Lozier
’75 Ann La Rue Matlow
’75 Fumiaki Mizuki
’76 Roger Mehle
’77 Thomas Bellone
’77 Michael J.P. Malone
’78 Gary J. Groot
’79 Robert Bruce England
’80 James J. Glenn
’80 Malcolm Keen
’80 John J. Murphy
’81 Mark Dryer
’83 Thomas Wall
’86 Patricia Moss
’87 Andrew Mattei
’88 Marilyn Macron
’89 Joseph Haralson
’92 Christopher Morvillo
’92 Neda Morvillo
’93 Stacy Gordon
’94 Lawrence D. McCabe
’03 David Kostus
’24 Michael Money
Christopher Morvillo ’92 and Neda Morvillo ’92
The couple, along with 20 other passengers and crew members on board, had been celebrating the acquittal of Mr. Morvillo’s client, British tech mogul Mike Lynch, by a U.S. federal jury on 15 fraud and conspiracy charges over the nearly $11 billion sale of his business software firm, Autonomy, to Hewlett-Packard in 2011. The vessel capsized during a freak storm.
The couple met at Fordham Law during their 1L year. Mr. Morvillo was an active and caring alumnus who mentored many Fordham graduates and served as a beloved professor of legal writing.
Mr. Morvillo, 59, began his career as an associate litigator at Weil Gotshal & Manges before spending six years as a U.S. assistant attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he investigated, tried, and handled appeals in various criminal cases. He followed in the footsteps of his father, the prominent white-collar criminal defense lawyer Robert G. Morvillo, leading the securities fraud unit and criminal division before becoming a name partner at his father’s firm, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason Anello & Bohrer, in 2005. In 2011, Mr. Morvillo joined Clifford Chance, representing defendants accused of insider trading, fraud, trade secret theft, and suspected violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Arms Export Control Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Most notably, Mr. Morvillo assisted in the criminal investigation surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and was a part of a landmark decision in 2018 that set a precedent for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecutions. He was ranked among the 500 leading U.S. litigators for white-collar and investigation practices by Lawdragon in 2022.
Mrs. Morvillo, 57, was widely respected as a skilled jewelry designer.
They are survived by their daughters Sabrina and Sophia Morvillo.
Judge John F. Keenan ’54
During his more than four decades on the court, Judge Keenan presided over numerous historically significant cases, including the sentencing of high-profile terrorists, the racketeering case against the Philippines’ former first lady Imelda Marcos, and the conviction of 13 members of the Colombo organized crime family. He died on October 27, 2024, at age 94.
“Judge Keenan was not only a respected member of the legal profession but an esteemed jurist and an invaluable part of our alumni family,” said Dean Joseph Landau. “Throughout his life and career, he demonstrated his commitment to nurturing the next generation of leaders by hiring numerous Fordham Law students as clerks, exemplifying the many ways he embodied the mission of our Law School.”
Judge Keenan graduated from Regis High School in 1947 and earned his B.B.A. from Manhattan College in 1951 and his J.D. from Fordham Law in 1954. After law school, he served two years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. In 1956, he joined Halpin, Keogh & St. John but left to become an assistant district attorney in New York County. He became the chief assistant to three district attorneys, Michael F. Armstrong of Queens, Richard H. Kuh of Manhattan, and Robert M. Morgenthau of Manhattan.
In 1976, New York Governor Hugh L. Carey and New York Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz ’25 jointly named Judge Keenan deputy attorney general, the state’s special prosecutor for corruption. In 1979, Keenan was appointed by Mayor Ed Koch as chairman and president of the city’s Off-Track Betting Corporation and was later appointed as the mayor’s Coordinator of Criminal Justice in 1982. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Keenan as district judge for the Southern District of New York. He achieved senior status in 1996.
In 1994, Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Judge Keenan to serve on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. He also served on the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules of the Judicial Conference for two terms.
Judge Keenan was a devoted Fordham Law alumnus who served the Fordham community for more than 50 years. He was vice president of the Fordham Law Alumni Association board, served on search committees for new deans, taught trial advocacy, and judged moot court competitions. As a student, he led Fordham to the finals of the Sutherland Cup Moot Court Competition.
Judge Keenan received numerous recognitions from the Fordham Law community, including the Fordham-Stein Prize in 2009 and the Milton Fisher ’42 Second Harvest Award in 2017. He was to receive the James F. Gill Spirit of Hope Award at the 2024 Feerick Center Awards and Benefit Reception, held one day after his passing.
During his time on the bench, Judge Keenan had hired most of his clerks from Fordham Law. “Any success that I have enjoyed during my 34 years on the ‘Mother Court’ is of course due to the loyalty, the honesty, the intelligence, and the dedication of my law clerks,” he said in 2017.
“Clerking for Judge Keenan was not a job, it was a life-changing experience,” said Sharon L. McCarthy ’89, partner at Kostelanetz LLP. “Every day with Judge Keenan was new and interesting, and he has been for me, as he has been for all of his law clerks, a lifelong mentor and friend.”
“He was a giant in our profession, and he was a profoundly decent and humble man,” added Rita Glavin ’96, principal at Glavin PLLC. “I clerked for him for two years, but he became the most important mentor in my life. He loved the Law School, loved the profession, and loved people. One of his largest legacies was setting an example for so many lawyers on how to practice law and be a good person.”
In recognition of Judge Keenan’s extraordinary legacy and impact, Pat Hynes ’66 announced in March that she has founded a scholarship in his honor.
Judge Keenan is survived by his wife, Diane, daughter Marie, and two grandchildren.
