Pamela Rogers Chepiga was named a director of Mason Industrial Technology, Inc.
Mark H. Tuohey was named to the 2020 Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 list.
William M. Savino was named to the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list for insurance law.
John A. Smith III was honored by the Hudson County Board of Freeholders for his 43 years of service as an assistant county counsel for the County of Hudson.
William M. O’Connor was named to the 2020 Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 list.
Peter B. Skelos was selected to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list.
Susan A. Feeney was named a 2020 Medal of Honor recipient by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation.
Thomas N. Kendris was appointed interim chief legal officer for Novartis, a leading global medicines company.
Robert J. Mongeluzzi was elected to the disciplinary board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Brian M. Murphy joined Hall Booth Smith, P.C., as partner in the New Jersey office.
Adam S. Hoffinger joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder in the Washington, D.C., office and continues to practice in New York.
James Leitner was appointed to the board of directors for the Earth Day Network.
Mitchel Berkey was named to the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list for real estate law.
Laurie Berke-Weiss was named to the Top 100 Lawyers and the Top 50 Women Lawyers lists in New York.
Warren Lyon Feldman joined Nardello & Company as senior counsel in the New York office.
Paul Robinson was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Gerald W. Connolly was appointed administrative judge for New York State’s Third Judicial District.
Michael J. Goldberg was named to the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list for bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law.
Frank Papalia was featured in an article published by Modern Counsel.
Samuel C. Watkins joined Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP as partner in the New York office.
Timothy J. Feighery was named to the 2020 Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 list.
Magda Vives was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Sean M. Moran joined Vinson & Elkins LLP as partner in the Los Angeles office.
John J. Normile was named to the 2020 Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 list.
Regan Shulman was elevated to executive vice president and general counsel of Arch Insurance Group Inc.
Gabrielle Higgins joined Desmarais LLP as the first new partner hire in its San Francisco office.
Andrew Hinton joined the board of advisors for NotMe Solutions.
Sharon McCarthy was named to the Top 50 Women Lawyers list in New York.
Achilles M. Perry was elected to the Fordham Law Alumni Association board of directors.
Carl L. Stine was named to the Top 100 Lawyers list in New York.
Gordon Govens was elected the tenth president of the Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, Texas.
Ed Pagano was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Michael Rosen joined National CineMedia as senior vice president of East Coast sales.
Robert Ticktin was named general counsel of PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Christine Shields Corrigan published a memoir titled Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists.
Andrew E. Schultz was named to the board of managers for Quorum Health Corporation.
Keith Styrcula was appointed to the strategic advisory committee for DelphX Capital Markets Inc.
Dr. Gilberto M. Villacorta was appointed executive vice president for business development at Hesperos, Inc.
Christine Hanlon was sworn in as vice president of the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey and as vice president of Statewide Constitutional Officers Association. She was also honored as the 2020 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore.
Barbara Hart joined Grant & Eisenhofer, LLP, as director and member of the executive committee.
Paul Sweeney was selected to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list.
Jennifer Jones Austin was named chairwoman of the New York City racial-justice commission by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Jill Braunstein was elected to the partnership of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP based in Garden City, New York.
Ilene Farkas was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Danielle Citron joined the University of Virginia School of Law’s faculty in December as the inaugural Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law.
Gina M. Von Oehsen Cleary joined Cranfill Sumner LLP as counsel in the Raleigh, North Carolina, office.
Jason Louis Martinez was named to the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list for corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities and capital markets law.
Anthony John Marisco joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as partner in the New York office.
Brian Cromwell was elected chair of the board of trustees for Blumenthal Performing Arts.
Adam Ziffer launched his new law firm, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & Mckenna, LLP, in New York.
Andrew P. Beame joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP, as partner in the New York office.
Neil Patrick Flynn joined Rosenbaum Famularo, P.C., as the managing attorney in the litigation department.
Rita M. Glavin launched her own firm, Glavin PLLC.
Kyra F. Howell joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as counsel in the Nashville office.
John Laguzza joined Portage Point Partners, LLC, as managing director in the New York office.
Eric W. Penzer was named to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list in the category of estate and trust litigation.
Stacey J. Rappaport was awarded “Best in Insurance & Reinsurance” at the Euromoney Women in Business Law Americas Awards 2020.
Willard C. Shih has been named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Rachel Simon was appointed senior vice president and head of U.S. commercial private and nonprofit, professional lines, and transactional liability claims for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance.
David Tanen was appointed to the board of directors for Neogene Therapeutics, Inc.
Jill Heitler Blomberg was elected to the Fordham Law Alumni Association board of directors.
Darren Farrington was appointed executive director of the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Palmina Fava was selected by Latinvex in its annual ranking of the top 100 female lawyers specializing in Latin America among international law firms.
William Fenrich joined Rockefeller Capital Management as general counsel.
Seth Krasilovsky was named to the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list in the category of estate and trust litigation.
Lawrence F. Metz was appointed to the board of directors for USQRisk.
Maritza Mejia Ming was featured in an article by Spectrum News NY1.
Hon. Holly Schepisi was sworn in on March 25 as the first female senator to represent New Jersey’s 39th Legislative District.
Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard was appointed vice president of business affairs of ABC News.
Doug Davis was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Sean Kane was named to the 2020 Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 list.
Sean O’Neill was appointed United States Consul General in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and represents the United States in northern Thailand.
Babacar Faye was appointed country representative for the International Finance Corporation in Nepal.
Dominick F. Guerriero was promoted to managing director in the real estate structured finance group at Bank of America.
John Piro joined Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins, P.C., as an associate in the Springfield, New Jersey, office.
Howard Roseman was recognized as the “smartest general manager in the NFL,” according to a survey conducted by The Athletic.
Anthony B. Stumbo was promoted to senior partner of Riemer & Braunstein LLP in the New York office.
Mauro Viskovic joined Weiss Zarett Brofman Sonnenklar & Levy P.C. as partner in the New Hyde Park, New York, office.
Eric Okyere Darko was appointed chief operating officer for Phytosciences Ghana Consultants Limited.
Allison E. Holzman joined Cipriano Law Offices, P.C., as counsel in the New Jersey office.
Markus Malik was appointed acting chief financial officer for Areaworks.
Gavin White launched his own law firm, Marchese White, P.A.
Tamar Duvdevani is now the co-chair of the consumer goods and retail subsector at DLA Piper in the New York office.
Joshua Ratner joined Goodwin Procter LLP as partner in the global private equity group in the New York office.
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri was appointed to Upwork’s board of directors.
David M. White was elected to the Fordham Law Alumni Association board of directors.
John C. Anderson returned to Holland & Hart LLP as a litigation partner in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, office.
Seth DuCharme was sworn in as acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Kesha Lambert was appointed to the Professional Photographers of America board of directors.
Eric Lerner was appointed to the board of directors for DigiMax Global Solutions.
Nicholas V. Marchica was elected to the partnership of Allen & Overy, LLP, in the New York office.
Eon S. Nichols was featured in an article titled “Meet the Black Leaders Who Are Changing Westchester” by Westchester Magazine.
Elizabeth Samson joined the American Jewish Congress as executive director.
Mark Shifton was named a fellow by the Construction Lawyers Society of America.
Min Wang was appointed chief operating officer for Monte Rosa Therapeutics.
Azeema Mohaideen Batchelor was elected to the Fordham Law Alumni Association board of directors.
Michele Mathers Chebli was appointed co-lead of the Board Governance for HSBC North America.
Sara J. Crisafulli was elected to the partnership of Loeb & Loeb, LLP, in the New York office.
Melissa Rubenstein was elected mayor of Wyckoff, New Jersey. She is the second woman to hold that seat.
Joseph Wetzel was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Adam Zia was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Theresa Conduah was interviewed by Law360.com about how firms can make intellectual property a more inclusive area of law.
Clare M. Cusack was appointed president and CEO of NYBA and is the first woman to serve in those positions.
Ari Edelman joined Reed Smith LLP as partner in the New York office.
Duane Loft was recognized as one of New York Law Journal’s 2020 Rising Stars.
Heather N. Wyckoff was elected to the partnership of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in the New York office.
Joshua Halpern joined Lockton Companies as partner and co–practice leader of transaction liability in the New York office.
Kristy Rogan Meringolo was elected to the Fordham Law Alumni Association board of directors.
Julian Petty was appointed as an external member of the Warner Music Group Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund board of directors.
Darcy Shapiro was named chief operating officer for the Americas for Cover Genius, a global insurance technology leader.
Aymen Aboushi was selected to serve as chief attorney for the city of Paterson, New Jersey.
Azriel J. Baer was named to the 2020 New York Metro Rising Stars list in the category of estate and probate.
Michael J. Masri joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP as partner in the New York office.
Jennifer Patt joined Blank Rome LLP as an associate in the New York office.
Marisa Sotomayor was recognized as one of New York Law Journal’s 2020 Rising Stars.
Meital Waibsnaider joined Blue State as general counsel.
Michael Binns was named to The Daily Report’s “On the Rise” list and will be included in a special edition of The Daily Report highlighting the 2020 Georgia Legal Awards. He was also named a 2020 Rising Star by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Donald J. D’Amico joined Neudata as its general counsel and in-house legal expert on alternative data.
Michael Dunn was appointed assistant vice president of equity and inclusion at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Kathleen N. Ehrhard was elected as equity partner of McCarter & English LLP in the New York office.
Jordan R. Fasbender was named executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary of iHeartMedia, Inc.
David L. Hecht was named to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list.
Katherine C. Hughes became the director of U.S. pro bono efforts for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. She was also elected to the Fordham Law Alumni Association board of directors.
Gabrielle Markeson joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP as counsel in the Seattle office.
Brian P. Morgan was elected to the partnership of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in the New York office.
Lindsey D. Schmidt was elected to the partnership of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, in the New York office.
Owen M. Schmidt joined Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP as partner in the New York office.
Yung-Hoon Ha joined Desmarais LLP as partner in the New York office.
Howah Hung joined Constellation Pharmaceuticals Inc. as senior legal and IP counsel.
Eliza Orlins was interviewed by UnderTheRadarMag.com about her campaign for 2021 Manhattan District Attorney.
Allison Zolot joined Townsquare Media as SVP and lead in-house counsel based in Purchase, New York.
Richard P. Cronin was named the chairperson of the Tax Certiorari Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. He was also named to the 2020 New York Metro Rising Stars list.
Christelle Dorcil became the global manager of associate engagement at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in the New York office.
Justin Elliott joined Latham & Watkins LLP as partner in the real estate practice group in the New York office.
Jeffrey Kramer was elected to the partnership of Locke Lord, LLP, in the New York office.
Ernestine J. Mings was selected to the 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder Program for Blank Rome LLP.
Morgan Fraser Mouchette was recognized as one of New York Law Journal’s 2020 Rising Stars.
Michael J. Sullivan was elected to the partnership of Spiro Harrison in the Red Bank, New Jersey, office.
Máximo José Bomchil was elected to the partnership of Bomchil LLP based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thomas A. Cournoyer was elected to the partnership of Blank Rome LLP in the New York office.
Jannis Flachsmann was appointed to NetCents Technology’s advisory board.
Gene Y. Kang was named to the 2021 “Ones to Watch” list by Best Lawyers in America.
Joseph T. Kohn joined Quarles & Brady LLP as partner in the Naples, Florida, office.
Matthew J. Schenker was elected to the partnership of Fox Rothschild LLP in the New York office.
Joanna Shihadeh was named one of Billboard’s 2020 Top Music Lawyers.
Diana Marin was named to the Food Security Council within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Matthew Miller joined K&L Gates as partner in the firm’s new Nashville office.
Gail Neely was promoted to counsel at Latham & Watkins LLP in the New York office.
Kaloyan Radosslavov was appointed the new manager of Arco Vara Bulgaria.
Diana Sanders was honored on the 2021 Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers list and the Billboard’s Women in Music Executive list in 2020. She is also the current elected president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Barristers and Young Attorneys section for 2019–20.
Charlotte Zubizarreta joined Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, as an associate in the Miami office.
Luis Calvo joined ScottHulse P.C. as an associate attorney in the El Paso, Texas, office.
Katie Grant Crane joined McAfee & Taft as an associate in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, office.
Katherine DeStefano joined the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee as special counsel.
Jerry Dickinson was honored as Shaler Area’s annual distinguished alumnus.
Gregg Hilzer joined Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. as partner in the Hackensack, New Jersey, office.
Daniel Lust headlined a sports law networking event hosted by the Florida Law Students Sports & Entertainment Law Council.
Tiffany Lu Leichman was elected to the partnership of Sherman & Howard L.L.C. in the Denver, Colorado, office.
Scott B. Silverberg was named to the 2020 New York Metro Rising Stars list.
Alex Wentworth-Ping joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York as assistant U.S. attorney.
Veronica Dunlap was named a 2020 recipient of the Outstanding Public Service award by the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division. She also joined Pro Bono Net as director of New York programs.
Scott Handwerker joined the counsel of Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP, in the Riverhead, New York, office.
Alexander Zozos joined Coinbase as senior product counsel.
Erica Appelman joined DLA Piper as an associate in the New York office.
Madhundra Sivakumar joined Ballard Spahr LLP as an associate in the Philadelphia office.
Bronte Prins was elevated to vice president of the legal department for the Southern Land Company.
Kevin J. Quaratino joined Foley & Lardner LLP as an associate in the New York office.
Krina Merchant joined Digitech, a leading provider of EMS billing and technology services, as corporate counsel.
Arielle Garcia was appointed the first chief privacy officer for UM, a global media agency.
Immanuel Kim joined Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP as an associate in the New York office.
Imran Yassin joined Chapman and Cutler LLP as an associate in the New York office.
Åase Naaman Jensen was appointed senior vice president and head of Skuld New York.
Alicia Serrani started her company, Masks&Totes, which produces reusable face masks.
Thomas Porrovecchio ’06 and his wife, Maria, welcomed their son, Carlo Giuseppe.
Heather Sertial ’09 and her husband David welcomed their son, Joseph, on June 19, 2020.
Anthony Pirraglia ’10 and his wife welcomed their daughter, Bodhi Sage Pirraglia, on December 9, 2020.
Amy Young Lynott ’12 married Jordan Lynott on September 12, 2020, in Middletown, New York.
Alexandra White ’17 and Joel Kuzniecky ’17 were married on February 14, 2021, in Harrison, New York.
Bronwyn C. Roantree ’18 welcomed twins.
Professor of Law
“Carl helped pioneer banking law in American legal education. He made a major impact on our school and on the students he taught over forty years,” said Dean Matthew Diller. “We will miss Carl’s optimism, wisdom, and friendship.”
Felsenfeld was one of the first individuals to teach banking law both in the United States and around the world. He obtained practical experience working in Citicorp’s consumer finance and domestic corporate finance groups and applied that experience to his classes in secured transactions, commercial paper, bankruptcy, and banking in Fordham Law’s groundbreaking commercial law program.
Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law and Murray Professor of Law Emerita
“Gail spent virtually her whole adult life at Fordham Law—as a student, member of the faculty and associate dean,” said Dean Matthew Diller. “One of her most admirable qualities was her devotion to the students, putting them first and always being there with her office door open to answer students’ questions.”
Reginald T. Brewster ’50
Nicholas A. Scibilia ’51
Hon. Alfred Laureta ’53
Robert James Brady ’55
Martin Robert Weinberg ’55
G. Gordon Liddy ’57
J. Willard O’Brien ’57
William Edward Fay III ’58
Edward W. Greason, Sr. ’58
Hon. W. Denis Donovan ’59
Arthur J. Vouté ’59
John Douglas Harding ’60
Francis J. Kane ’61
M. Barry Levy ’61
Raymond T. Bennett ’62
Edward P. McCarthy ’62
Joseph E. Geoghan ’64
Hon. James McGovern ’64
Marianne Maloney Dowling ’65
John Joseph Oitzinger ’65
Martin J. Neville ’66
Lawrence E. Gershman ’68
Daniel Murray ’70
Joseph F. Porrino ’70
Dan Dineen ’71
Gerald Daly ’72
Marie Dooley ’72
Joseph J. Ryglicki ’72
Robert Leonard Herrick ’73
Andrew DeNatale ’75
John Mulry ’76
Charles Adams ’77
Hon. Cornelius Blackshear ’77
Eugenia Manning Schmidley ’77
Erwin Goldman ’78
Peter Hauspurg ’78
Thomas J. Drury ’80
Fr. Edward J. McGovern, M.M. ’81
Richard “Terry” Jeroloman ’85
Maura Fleming ’86
Susan Baidzar Arkun ’89
Reginald T. Brewster ’50
Nicholas A. Scibilia ’51
Hon. Alfred Laureta ’53
Robert James Brady ’55
Martin Robert Weinberg ’55
G. Gordon Liddy ’57
J. Willard O’Brien ’57
William Edward Fay III ’58
Edward W. Greason, Sr. ’58
Hon. W. Denis Donovan ’59
Arthur J. Vouté ’59
John Douglas Harding ’60
Francis J. Kane ’61
M. Barry Levy ’61
Raymond T. Bennett ’62
Edward P. McCarthy ’62
Joseph E. Geoghan ’64
Hon. James McGovern ’64
Marianne Maloney Dowling ’65
John Joseph Oitzinger ’65
Lawrence E. Gershman ’68
Daniel Murray ’70
Joseph F. Porrino ’70
Dan Dineen ’71
Gerald Daly ’72
Marie Dooley ’72
Joseph J. Ryglicki ’72
Robert Leonard Herrick ’73
Andrew DeNatale ’75
John Mulry ’76
Charles Adams ’77
Hon. Cornelius Blackshear ’77
Eugenia Manning Schmidley ’77
Erwin Goldman ’78
Peter Hauspurg ’78
Thomas J. Drury ’80
Fr. Edward J. McGovern, M.M. ’81
Richard “Terry” Jeroloman ’85
Maura Fleming ’86
Susan Baidzar Arkun ’89