Class Notes

Steven Swirsky was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Hon. Peter Skelos was selected to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list.

Richard Winograd was named to Forbes Advisor’s Best Personal Injury Lawyers Newark, NJ of 2023 list.

William Ryan was appointed the town judge of Lake George, New York, by the town board.

Randy Braun was named by Hudson Valley Magazine as one of its top labor and employment attorneys for 2023.

Hon. Mark Dillon published a book of legal history, The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation (SUNY Press 2022), which analyzes Jay’s role in deciding the earliest cases of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1795. The book has been nominated for History Book of the Year by the Foreword Independent Booksellers Association.

Sarah O’Connor was named director of advancement for the Saint Barnabas High School Board of Trustees.

Luís Rodríguez was appointed interim superintendent of Yonkers City School District.

Arthur Y. Ong was elected the next Pacific Symphony chairman of the board.

Alan Schacter was elected a partner at K&L Gates LLP at the firm’s New York office.

Elizabeth Young joined the partnership of FisherBroyles at the firm’s New York office.

Michael Sirignano was selected to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list.

Jeffrey Spindler was brought on as partner at BakerHostetler LLP.

Anamaria Rubinstein Palla joined as a senior associate at Crain Caton & James in the real estate department.

Charles Virginia III joined the Savannah Music Festival board of directors.

Roland Hlawaty was added to the South Street Securities LLC board of directors.

Ronald Holland joined Greenberg Traurig as a partner and shareholder at the firm’s San Francisco office. He was selected to Best Lawyers’ Best Lawyers in America in the San Francisco area for employment law-individuals, employment law-management, labor law-management, and litigation-labor & employment. He has been selected to this list every year since 2010. Holland was also named a Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year in labor law-management.

Lauren McKenna was featured on City & State Pennsylvania’s Law Power 100 list for the second consecutive year. She was also named to the 2023 Women of Influence list by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Bill Min was recognized by the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the General Counsel-Large Legal Department honoree in 2023.

Andrew Tenzer was appointed partner at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP.

Gavin P. Holihan was appointed first assistant district attorney in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Richard Hong was brought on as partner at Morrison Cohen LLP.

Hon. Robert Kirsch was nominated to the U.S. District Court for New Jersey.

Grant Esposito made partner at Proskauer Rose LLP in the firm’s litigation department.

Lisa Hayes was named the section chair of health law for the New York Bar Association.

Shira Levin joined Lane Powell PC as counsel at the firm’s Seattle office.

Matthew Meade was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Gregg Shulklapper joined the partnership at Raines Feldman LLP.

Emily Steinman has been appointed corporate secretary of the Board of Trustees at Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services, Inc.

Ariana Tadler was selected by Exterro as the honoree for the 2023 Honorable Shira Scheindlin Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jennifer Jones Austin received an honorary degree at Fordham University’s 2023 Commencement, and she was recognized by City & State New York in the 2023 iteration of its Power of Diversity: 100 Women list.

Andy Nebens joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its employee benefits group.

Anthony Suarez was appointed a New Jersey Superior Court judge in Bergen County.

Paul Fehlner was named chief IP counsel at The Waltham Company.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Howard was named general counsel of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Anthony Marsico joined Reed Smith LLP as a partner in its global corporate group.

Christopher J. Doyle was named partner at Hogan Lovells LLP in the firm’s M&A department.

Kieran Doyle was elected chair of Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman in the firm’s intellectual property litigation department.

Joe Farca was a candidate for New Rochelle City Council District 6 in the general election.

Brenda Gill was honored by Fordham’s Black Law Students Association at the 50th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Ruth Whitehead Whaley Alumni Dinner.

Steven Gursten was selected to the Best Lawyers in America and the Michigan Super Lawyers lists. He has also been named “Lawyer of the Year” by both Michigan Lawyers Weekly and Best Lawyers in America.

Patrick McGuirk was promoted to vice chair and chief administrative officer of the Bank of Hawaii.

Peter Olinto joined UWorld as global lead instructor in the firm’s accounting and finance department.

James Whang was named the head of the commercial products group of U.S. Bank.

Benjamin Barros was appointed dean of Stetson University College of Law.

Ana Buitrago joined PwC Tax and Legal Services’ NewLaw practice as a senior advisor.

John Doherty joined Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as special counsel.

Alan Levine joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as a partner in the firm’s New York office.

Kathleen Marron Trabold joined Darger Errante Yavitz & Blau LLP as counsel.

Jim Rittinger was appointed new general counsel and corporate secretary for Empower AI, a leading provider of advanced information technology solutions and professional services to U.S. government agencies.

Samantha Vaughan was appointed chief privacy officer at Verisk.

Scott Welkis joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP as a partner in the firm’s banking and finance group and chair of its special situations practice.

Valerie White was celebrated as a Champion of Urban Law honoree at the Fordham Urban Law Anniversary Reception. She was also honored by the Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation at its 36th Annual Community Builders Awards.

Matthew Hiltzik, president and CEO of Hiltzik Strategies, joined distinguished Cornell alumni and faculty as a panelist at the Cornell University event “Transcending the Echo Chamber: Polarization and the Media.”

Joseph Laroski was nominated by President Joe Biden to join the United States Court of International Trade.

Sal Romanello joined the Memphis Grizzlies as general counsel and senior vice president of business administration.

Guillermo Todd joined BakerHostetler LLP as counsel.

Stefan Grant was appointed deputy director at the Louisiana Cancer Research Center.

Sam Khichi joined CVS Health as executive vice president, chief policy officer, and general counsel.

Staci Rosche was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Barbara Ruskin was appointed to the board of directors at Virpax Pharmaceuticals.

Andrew Walsh joined Verrill Dana LLP as partner in the firm’s business law group at its Westport, Connecticut, office.

John Cushing joined Brown Rudnick’s Boston office as a partner in the corporate practice.

Cheryl Lagay was promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP. She was also named to the 2022 Women Lawyers of the Year list by the New Jersey Law Journal.

Dennis Manfredi was appointed co-head of the U.S. insurance practice at Clifford Chance.

Gabriel Monzon-Cortarelli joined Becker as a shareholder in the firm’s corporate practice and chair of the international practice group, Europe and Latin America.

Rossina Petrova joined Eversheds Sutherland LLP as counsel.

Jessica Thaler-Parker was named the section chair of business law for the New York Bar Association.

Andrew Rabinowitz was appointed partner and head of operations for the finance and legal teams at 26North Partners LP.

Shari Safra was appointed the 26th president of AMIT Children.

Yoram Elkaim was appointed the head of legal, international for Google and is now managing all local legal teams outside of the United States.

Dana Fritz was elevated to counsel in the corporate department of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.

Amy Lefkowitz was confirmed to the bench of the New Jersey Superior Court in Bergen County.

Jeffrey Mann joined the partnership of McCarter & English, LLP, specializing in intellectual property.

Daniel Messeloff was named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list. He has been selected to this list every year since 2017.

Michael Perna received the Jonathan Lippman Pro Bono Award by the New York State Bar Association.

David Greenberg became of counsel at Davis+Gilbert LLP.

Rachel Hold-Weiss was appointed partner at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP.

Joey Koch was appointed vice president of public housing properties at C&C Apartment Management, LLC.

James Logan was appointed president and CEO of the Wege Foundation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Rosevelie Márquez-Morales was promoted to chief diversity officer for the Americas at Hogan Lovells US LLP. She was also honored as a Latina trailblazer by LatinoJustice PRLDEF in June 2023.

Suzanne Miles-Gustave was appointed acting commission of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

James Reagan was appointed co–managing partner at Duane Morris LLP in the firm’s New York office.

Steven Sandretto joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder.

Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri was appointed the alternative asset manager chief operating officer of TPG Capital.

Lori Harrison joined Proskauer Rose LLP as trademark counsel in the firm’s litigation department at its New York office.

Justin Klein was appointed partner at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP at the firm’s New York office.

Esa Niinimäki was appointed chief legal officer and member of the group leadership team at Nokia.

Kim Smith was elevated to partner at Esseks, Hefter, Angel, Di Talia & Pasca LLP.

Lars Sjöbring joined SSAB as head of legal affairs.

Frank Weigand was named partner and chair of the trade and marketing practice at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP.

John Blevin was named senior vice president of Computer Services, Inc.

Dana Boylan was named Westbury Village Justice.

John Gordon was promoted to partner at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP in the firm’s industrial development agency benefits and government incentives practice group. He was also included in the 2023 New York Super Metro Lawyers list and the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2024 edition.

Gabrielle Mannuzza joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP as senior counsel at the firm’s New York office.

John Owens Jr. joined the New York City Law Department as deputy chief of the ethics and compliance division.

Michel Paradis joined the partnership of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP in the firm’s litigation practice at its New York office.

Lisa Marie Riggins was appointed USO Southeast Region President.

Seth Schaeffer was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Tracy Sigal joined Morrison Cohen LLP as a senior counsel in the firm’s corporate department.

Shweta Udeshi McCallen joined Davis+ Gilbert LLP as e-discovery counsel.

Ian Carleton Schaefer joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as partner in the firm’s labor and employment practice group.

Kevin S. Zadourian was hired as counsel at Lowenstein Sandler LLP at the firm’s New York office.

Michael Kahn was promoted to counsel at Mayer Brown LLP.

Marcy Katz joined Pryor Cashman as a partner in the firm’s family law group in New York.

S. Starling Marshall was named to the National Law Journal’s 2023 list of Tax Law Trailblazers.

Anna Mercado Clark was named the first chief information and security officer of Phillips Lytle LLP. She also received the Professional Achievement Award from the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey at its 24th Annual Gala.

Emma Becker was promoted to partnership at Day Pitney LLP.

In addition to her role as chief diversity officer at Goldman Sachs, Megan Hogan is now leading the firm’s global talent function, which includes the learning and engagement, performance management, talent mobility, and people science teams.

Meir Hornung was elected to partner at Millbank’s New York office as a member of the firm’s leveraged finance group.

Lisa Ju joined K&L Gates as counsel.

Grissel Seijo started as associate general counsel, head of labor and employment, at S&P Global.

Susan Stanley-Long joined Newark-based law firm Genova Burns as counsel in the firm’s bankruptcy practice.

Samuel Stern published a book, The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Cross-Examination (Skyhorse Publishing 2023), which offers a step-by-side guide for lawyers on successfully cross-examining a witness with expertise and finesse.

Faranak Tabatabai was named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2023 list.

Stacie Trott joined DLA Piper as co-chair of global and New York real estate practices.

Ralph Wolf was recognized for his work with adult survivors of child sexual assault by Child USA.

Shaila Rahman Diwan has taken on a new board position as chairman at Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc.

Rory Greebel joined Fox Rothschild LLP as a partner in the litigation department at the firm’s New York office.

Kizzy Jarashow was promoted to partner at Goodwin in the firm’s financial restructuring practice.

William Lim joined the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services as deputy counsel.

Peter Linken joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as counsel at the firm’s securities and shareholder litigation practice based in New York.

Francis Lively was appointed a board member of the Yale School of Management’s International Center for Finance.

Suzanne Volpe was elevated to partnership at Keane & Beane P.C.

Sahar Hakakian was promoted to partnership at Akerman LLP in the real estate department at the firm’s New York office.

Lindsay Hartman was elected a partner at Burr & Forman in the firm’s real estate practice group at its Hilton Head, South Carolina, office.

Garrett Kamen made partner at Fisher Phillips at the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office.

Bruno Marasso was selected for the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers in America list for his work in personal injury litigation-plaintiffs and product liability litigation-plaintiffs. He was also named an emerging lawyer in Illinois for 2023 by the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board.

Patrick Monahan joined Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman, P.C. as an associate.

Veronica Montenegro joined Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann as senior counsel.

Brian Morgan was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Rudy Randazzo made partner at Riker Danzig LLP in the firm’s governmental affairs group.

Jennifer Schramm was named a partner at King & Spalding at the firm’s New York office.

Erin Simmons joined Haynes and Boone as a partner in the firm’s finance practice department at its Denver office.

Katherine Skeele was elevated to partnership at Holland & Knight at the firm’s New York office in its litigation section.

Jared Sunshine was promoted to practice management counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

John Suwatson was promoted to partnership at Genova Burns.

Maria von Schack was elected a partner at the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers.

Jennifer Walsh made partner at Wilson Elser at the firm’s New York office.

James Z. Fang joined Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as partner in the firm’s M&A and corporate advisory practice.

Pat Fitzpatrick was promoted to senior director at Eli Lilly and Company in the firm’s ethics and compliance, global privacy practice in its Indianapolis office.

Laura Garr was named a partner in the commercial litigation practice of White & Case at the firm’s New York office.

Rachel Kaufman was appointed chief of the New York City Law Department’s e-discovery division.

Adriana Kosovych was promoted to partner at Epstein Becker Green in the firm’s employment and labor and workforce management practice groups at its New York office. She was also selected for the Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list for her work in labor and employment, which she has been named to since 2021.

Adam Lapidus joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as of counsel.

Steven Lipstein was promoted to partner at the Woodbridge office of Lucosky Brookman in the firm’s corporate and securities practice group.

Elaine K. Lou was promoted to the role of deputy chief with the criminal division of the Offices of the United States Attorneys.

Avital Malina was elevated to of counsel in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd’s Melville, New York, office in the firm’s complex securities litigation practice.

Elisabeth Miller was elected to of counsel at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

Terence Reynolds made partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick at the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office.

Sunila Sreepada was named a Rising Star by the New York Law Journal. She was also named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2023 list.

Matthew Stark was named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2023 list.

Roxana Banu was appointed fellow and tutor in law at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University in England.

Sasha Bass was named to the 2023 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch list for trusts and estates in Los Angeles.

Corey Calabrese was appointed to counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP.

Richard Cronin was named to the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list.

Justin D’Aloia joined Pomerantz as a partner in securities litigation at the firm’s New York office.

Robert Gibbons was appointed chief technology officer at NinjaOne.

Mark Goldstein was selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Daniel Guisbond was promoted to of counsel at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell at the firm’s Denver office.

Timothy Holland was promoted to partner at Katsky Korins.

Agatha Liu joined Duane Morris as partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice groups in its Silicon Valley office.

Lynelle Maginley-Liddie was appointed commissioner for the New York City Department of Correction.

Vanessa Nadal joined Estée Lauder as global marketing counsel.

Emily Nash was promoted to counsel in the intellectual property and technology and IP transactions practices of Mayer Brown’s Chicago and New York offices.

Daniel Richards was named a partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs.

Diana Santos was promoted to counsel, IBM Consulting, global generative AI lead at IBM.

Ross Sturman joined White & Case LLP as a partner at the firm’s New York office.

Stephanie Benecchi moved to Berger Montague’s Philadelphia office to help the firm launch a new intellectual property practice.

Megan Alessi was appointed partner at Latham & Watkins LLP.

Benjamin Arrow was elected a partner at Finn Dixon & Herling.

Patrick Beath was appointed the corporation counsel for the City of Rochester, New York.

Brandon Berkowski was promoted to special litigation counsel at Fullerton Beck.

Bernard Dufresne was named a 2023 Rising Stars – 40 Under 40 Award recipient by the Business Council of Westchester.

Valerie Hooker was elevated to principal as Jackson Lewis P.C. in the firm’s Miami office, where she represents public and private employers in labor and employment law matters.

Christie Houlihan got engaged to Rahul Chatterjee.

David Kupfer made partner at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.

Barish Ozdamar was elevated to partnership at WilmerHale at the firm’s New York office.

David Salhanick joined A.Y. Strauss as counsel.

Jennifer Suh was appointed partner at Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP.

Daniel Tyrrell was promoted to counsel at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi in the firm’s litigation and white collar criminal defense and government investigations groups.

Allison Wuertz was elevated to the partnership of Hogan Lovells at the firm’s New York office.

Francesca Brody was named a Rising Star by the New York Law Journal.

Chardaie Charlemagne was elevated to partner at BakerHostetler at the firm’s San Francisco office.

Andrew Cohen was named a partner at Patterson Belknap in the firm’s litigation department.

Sarah Constantine was promoted to partnership at Arnold & Porter at the firm’s New York office.

Kaitlyn Anne Crowe was elected a member of Mintz at the firm’s New York office.

Shaelyn Dawson made partner at Morrison Foerster at the firm’s San Francisco office.

Jessica Furgiuele was promoted to senior counsel at Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas.

Todd Gilbert was promoted to counsel at Sidley Austin in the firm’s capital markets group at its Los Angeles office.

April Kim was named a Rising Star on Law360’s Rising Star 2023 list.

Joseph Lawlor was promoted to partnership at Haynes and Boone at the firm’s New York office.

George LoBiondo became a partner at Patterson Belknap in the firm’s litigation department.

Meghan McKeever was elected a partner at Torys at the firm’s New York office.

Matthew Miller was an honoree on Bloomberg Law’s They’ve Got Next: 40 Under 40 list.

Siobhain Minarovich made partner at Rivkin Radler in the firm’s insurance coverage practice group. She was also recognized with a Leadership in Law award by Long Island Business News.