Class Notes

’61

Dean Emeritus John Feerick was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Bar Foundation. He was also honored by the Benedictine Sisters of Kylemore Abbey on April 20 at Club 101.

’72

Hon. Jacqueline Silbermann presented an alumni talk at her 50th reunion titled “From Fordham to One’s Dreams.”

’73

Peter Sachs was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at South Florida Business & Wealth’s annual Legal Awards.

’76

Edward C. Wallace was named to the “Real Estate Power 100” list by City & State.

’78

William S. Harwood was elected public advocate for the state of Maine.

Judge Denny Chin ’78 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit received the Federal Bar Council’s Learned Hand Medal. The prestigious award, named for the quintessential “judge’s judge,” recognizes excellence in federal jurisprudence and was presented at the organization’s annual Law Day Dinner on May 10. Judge Chin, the Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Fordham Law, helped to launch and co-directs the Law School’s new Center on Asian Americans and the Law.

’79

Janice McKenzie Cole was appointed interim town manager for Hertford, North Carolina.

Stephen Shine was appointed to the National Health Law Program board of ambassadors.

’80

Robert H. Tembeckjian was appointed to the Committee to Review the Operations and Structure of the Commission on Judicial Performance in New York City.

’81

Benjamin B. Tucker retired after serving seven years as the first deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department.

’84

Michael J. Grace announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor in New York.

George A. King was appointed vice chairman and chief investment officer for Fiducia Investors.

Timothy McCann was elevated to the partnership of Hawkins Parnell & Young in the New York office.

’85

Dominic A. Capolongo was named chief revenue officer for LiquidX.

’86

Tim Corriston was elevated to managing partner of Connell Foley in the Roseland, New Jersey, office.

Sarah M. Ward was appointed to the board of directors for CI Financial Corp.

’88

Gregory Karawan became general counsel of Genworth Financial.

Jacqueline O. LiCalzi received the inaugural DEI Advocate Award from the SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society.

’90

Carolyn Brown was appointed executive director for People’s Equal Action and Community Effort (PEACE).

Lauren P. McKenna was named managing partner of Fox Rothschild in the Philadelphia office.

’91

Edward Greason Jr. gave a presentation for Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller titled “A Beginner’s Guide to Probate.”

Monica Hickey-Martin was appointed chief assistant district attorney for Nassau County.

’92

Stephen P. Katz joined the partnership of Connell Foley in the New Jersey office.

Richard P. Puttré joined the partnership of Hogan Lovells in the Miami office.

Steven Williams was awarded a 2022 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award by the Daily Journal.

’93

Hon. Leda Dunn Wettre received the Leonard Manning Achievement Award at the Fordham Law Review Alumni Association’s annual reception and dinner on April 28.

Nicole Macarchuk joined the partnership of Dechert in the San Francisco office.

’94

John R. Ciulla was named the president and chief executive officer of Webster Bank and Webster Financial.

Lisa Lazarus Coviello was named chief executive officer of Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA).

Robert Raymond MacDonnell Jr. joined Nixon Peabody as executive director of wealth management in the Boston office.

Jason L. Martinez was named to the 2021 Best Lawyers in America list.

’95

Erich Gleber was elevated to the partnership of Hawkins Parnell & Young in the New York office.

David Goldstein was elected to the executive committee as the chairperson of the Not-For-Profit Corporations Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Business Law Section.

’96

Daniel G. Ecker was elected as the chair of the trial lawyer section of the New York State Bar Association.

Michael Ross Feinsod was named CEO and chairman of the board of directors for Bespoke Extracts.

Joyce McCarthy was appointed general counsel of Central Garden & Pet, based in Walnut Creek, California.

Valerie White wrote an op-ed in the Gotham Gazette titled “Keys to an Equitable Economic Recovery from the Pandemic in New York.”

’97

Jason A. D’Angelo joined Mutual of America Financial Group as executive vice president and deputy general counsel.

Palmina M. Fava became the co-head of the Government Investigations and White Collar Defense practice group for Vinson & Elkins.

Jennifer Feeney became a member in the bankruptcy department of Otterbourg in the New York office.

Matthew Goldfarb joined LICT as special advisor to the chairman.

Robert Gorzelany was elevated to the partnership of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in their New York office.

Jill Heitler Blomberg presented an alumni talk at her 25th reunion titled “Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable.”

Anna Newsom joined Providence as executive vice president and chief legal officer.

Mark S. Pannes was named president for strategy and corporate growth by Circuit of the Americas.

’98

Marjorie De La Cruz was appointed to the board of directors for United Way of Westchester and Putnam.

Tami Stark was elevated to the partnership of White & Case in the New York office.

Ashok David Marin was named general counsel for Ichnos Science.

Julie E. Min Chayet joined Fiduciary Trust International as wealth director in the New York office.

Robert Sutton joined the partnership of Proskauer in the New York office.

’99

Michael E. Campion was named division chief for the newly created Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office of New Jersey.

Jeffrey Gordon was elevated to managing partner and co-fund manager of the Riverside Strategic Capital Fund at The Riverside Company.

Michelle Jubelirer was elevated to chair and CEO of Capitol Music Group.

Hon. Rachel S. Pauley was appointed to Civil Court in New York.

’00

Elizabeth Crotty was appointed commissioner and chair of the New York City Business Integrity Commission by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Hon. Ramon Pagán was appointed to the Oregon Court of Appeals.

’01

Argiroula M. O’Leary joined Ryan as principal of advocacy services in the New York office.

Ava Schoen was elected to the partnership of Tonkon Torp in the Portland, Oregon, office.

’02

Jessica Berman was named commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League.

’03

Mauricio España was recognized in Diversity Journal’s Q1 2022 edition in the “Latino Leaders Worth Watching” section.

Ellen Smiley was elevated to the partnership of Latham & Watkins in the New York office.

’04

Michael Brenner became a principal court attorney for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Department in Manhattan.

Dorothy Mehta joined the partnership of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in the Washington, D.C., office.

John Owens became a special referee for the New York State Unified Court System.

’05

Ari Edelman joined the partnership of McDermott Will & Emery in the New York office.

Gayle S. Gerson joined the partnership of Jaspan Schlesinger in the Garden City, New Jersey, office.

Samantha P. Lewis was elevated to the partnership of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in the Atlanta office.

Anna Mercado Clark was elected development director of the New York Asian American Bar Association.

Sylvia Shweder moved to Laos to serve on a detail for the Department of Justice as the regional resident legal advisor for Counter Wildlife Trafficking in Southeast Asia.

Edward Welch joined the partnership of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in the New York office.

’06

Nicholas Federici joined the partnership of Stradley Ronon in the New York office.

Sean Kirby was elevated to the partnership of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton in the New York office.

Bonnie Neuman was interviewed by Law.com in an article titled “How I Made Partner and Head of the Real Estate Finance Group.”

David H. Reichenberg joined the partnership of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in the New York office.

’07

Joseph Orbach was elected to the partnership of Thompson Coburn Hahn & Hessen in the New York office.

’08

Melissa G. R. Goldstein was elected to the partnership of Schulte Roth & Zabel in the Washington, D.C., office.

Daniel A. Gottesman was elected to the management committee at Ulmer & Berne in the Cleveland office.

Tiffany Hall was named executive vice president and general counsel for Mastercard, North America.

Vianny Pichardo was selected as a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

’09

Andrew E. Clyne was named managing director of Lateral Link in the New York office.

Lilliana Dealbert was elevated to senior counsel of Bracewell in the New York office.

Howah Hung joined Design Therapeutics as the senior director and senior IP and licensing counsel.

Carla R. Karp joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the New Jersey office.

Michael L. Kenny Jr. was elevated to the partnership of Wiggin and Dana in the New York office.

Joe Quintero was elected to the city council in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Katherine A. Rocco joined the partnership of Latham & Watkins in the New York office.

Dr. Jonathan M. Spenner was elected shareholder of Leydig, Voit & Mayer in the Chicago office.

’10

Josyl L. Barchue joined the general counsel’s office at Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Jeffrey Cunningham was elevated to the partnership of Goldberg Segalla in the White Plains, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut, offices.

Jeffrey A. Taub was named special counsel at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in the New York office.

’12

Kent D. Anderson was elected to the partnership of Lowenstein Sandler in the New Jersey office.

Jay Baroody joined Seward & Kissel’s New York office as counsel.

Preetha Chakrabarti received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York.

Stephanie Fakih announced her candidacy for the newly drawn 54th State House District in Michigan.

Andrew Goldsmith joined Pryor Cashman’s New York office as counsel.

Meghan Hill joined Pryor Cashman’s New York office as counsel.

Amee A. Parekh Narayan was elevated to the partnership of Hunton Andrews Kurth in the Dallas office.

Andrea Vazquez was promoted to director of the legislative division for the New York City Council by Speaker Adrienne E. Adams.

Scott T. Witthuhn joined Cummings & Lockwood’s Stamford, Connecticut, office as counsel.

’13

Thomas Bellafemine joined Genova Burns as an associate in the New York and New Jersey offices.

Gregory Cage joined the partnership of Goodwin Procter in the New York office.

Alex D’Amico joined Amazon as corporate counsel, privacy.

Claudia B. Dubón was elevated to the partnership of Olshan Frome Wolosky in the New York office.

Lauren Kanzer was elevated to the partnership of Vinson & Elkins in the New York office.

Samantha Katz was elevated to the partnership of Winston & Strawn in the New York office.

Daniel Kozin was elevated to the partnership of White & Case in the New York office.

Zachary Lupu joined the partnership of Goodwin Procter in the New York office.

David Mou was named head of regulatory product management at Cover Whale in New York.

Malhar Naik joined the partnership of Goodwin Procter in the New York office.

Kurt Plankl joined Seward & Kissel’s New York office as counsel.

’14

Alexander J. Callen received the Cornerstone Award from the Lawyers Alliance for New York.

Sarah Carnes was elevated to the partnership of Cole Schotz in the New York office.

Patrick Knowles joined Cassin & Cassin as an associate in the New York office.

’15

Brian Pugh was sworn in for a third term as mayor of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

’16

Anthoula Vasiliou opened her firm Gutman Vasiliou in New York.

’17

Taylor L. Procopio joined Goldberg Segalla as an associate in the Syracuse office.

’18

Laura Bilder joined Digital Currency Group as associate counsel in the Stamford, Connecticut, office.

’19

Dagim Tilahun Hailu joined Norton Rose Fulbright as an associate in the New York office.

’20

Timothy Kelly joined the Office of Chief Counsel at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

’21

Kathleen M. Miller was appointed to IOU Financial’s board of directors.

Christopher Vaughan joined Bressler, Amery & Ross as an associate in the Florham Park, New Jersey, office.

Fordham Law European Reunion

After a long time apart, our European Alumni Chapter reunited in June to learn from and celebrate with each other. They toasted Rosa Giovanna Barresi, LL.M. ’05, for her leadership through the pandemic, and ushered in its new leaders, Riccardo Ciullo, LL.M. ’12, and Hasti Feriduni, LL.M. ’17. The event was hosted by Constanza Vergara Jaakkola, partner at Pérez-Llorca.

Save the Date Paris, June 23 & 24, 2023

Join Dean Diller and Assistant Dean Vera Tkachuk to reconnect with friends, classmates, and colleagues in this dynamic global city.

Marriages and Births

Roger Cappucci ’15 married Emma Raymond in August at Fordham University Church.

Allison Saltstein ’16 married Samantha Fleischman in November in Brooklyn, New York.

Josyl Barchue ’10 and his wife, Heather, welcomed their son, Jordan Lucas, on February 10.

In Memoriam

Hon. Paul A. Victor ’50
Leonard Yohay ’50
George H. Elwood ’52
Hon. Anthony J. Mercorella ’52
Thomas “Tom” N. O’Hara ’54
Elaine Diserio Schroeder ’55
James Dugan ’57
Maurice Curran ’58
William F. Ranscht ’59
Anthony DeRiggi ’60
John McLoughlin ’61
Hon. Ken Rudolph ’61
Richard Cunningham ’62
William Lucas ’62
Stephen J. Fearon ’63
John “Jack” Lloyd Anner III ’64

Henry E. Gorayeb ’64
Frank W. LiVolsi Jr. ’65
Louis C. Zowine ’65
Richard G. Hohn ’66
Charles Brennan ’69
William R. “Bill” Lonergan Jr. ’69
Theodore A. Ulrich ’70
Richard J. Carter Jr. ’71
Edward James Waters ’71
Hon. Edmund G. Fitzgerald Jr. ’72
Kathleen Moran ’73
Richard Wickerham ’75
Hon. Eileen Bransten ’79
Scott Simpson ’82
Kathleen Errett ’83
George F. Newton ’84

John K. Bingham ’85
Paul Gliatta ’87
Stanley A. Bowker ’89
Amelia “Amy” Klein ’89
Michael L. Marley ’90
Douglas James McKay ’90
Thomas Harris Astore ’91
Edward Rademaker ’93
Carol Whitesides ’98
Gavin White ’01
Marcia DePolo ’05
Jennifer Patricia Muñoz ’05
Susan Ingargiola ’15
Adj. Prof. Tom Halket
Adj. Prof. Eugene Harper FCRH ’66
Visiting Prof. Lloyd Weinreb

Maria L. Marcus

Joseph M. McLaughlin Chair and Professor of Law Emerita

Fordham Law mourns the loss of Maria Lenhoff Marcus, Joseph M. McLaughlin Chair and professor of law emerita and moderator of the Moot Court Board. The second woman to be granted tenure at the Law School, Marcus was a member of the faculty for 33 years, from 1978 until her retirement in 2011. She died April 27 at age 88.

In addition to her teaching and scholarship, Marcus shepherded multiple generations of students in Fordham Law’s Moot Court program. She served as the program’s faculty moderator and coach for 42 years—including for 10 years after her retirement.

“Countless Fordham lawyers have made their way in the profession by reliance on the ‘Marcus method’ of written and oral advocacy, which requires discipline, clarity of expression, and keen legal analysis,” said Dean Matthew Diller. “Many still hear Maria’s voice in their heads providing a firm compass to draw on when they encounter challenges.”

Before joining the Fordham Law faculty, Marcus had a distinguished legal career, serving as a fellow with the New York Bar Foundation, associate counsel for the NAACP’s national office, assistant attorney general for New York State, chief of the litigation bureau for the attorney general of New York State, and vice president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. As one of the leading U.S. Supreme Court advocates in the 1970s, she argued—and won—six cases before the Court on behalf of New York state, including New York Telephone v. New York State Department of Labor (1979), which secured unemployment benefits for striking workers.

Read her full obituary at
law.fordham.edu/MarcusObituary

Donald Sharpe

Professor Emeritus

Fordham Law sadly lost Professor Emeritus Donald Sharpe, 87, on January 3, 2022. A member of the faculty for nearly 50 years who served under five deans, Sharpe not only shaped the Law School’s tax law curriculum, but diligently worked throughout his career to make legal education more affordable.

After working in private practice and teaching at Albany Law School, New York University’s Institute on Federal Taxation, and the Practising Law Institute, Sharpe joined Fordham Law in the fall of 1972. It was evident that teaching was one of Sharpe’s passions through the number of courses he taught—including estate planning and the evening section of income tax—and the lasting impact he had on his students. In their class evaluations of his classes in 2010, students called Sharpe a “tax genius,” as well as “kind, knowledgeable, and dedicated.” One student even commented, “If Professor Sharpe ever decides to retire, just replay his class tapes instead of hiring another professor.”

“Together with [Professor] Gus Katsoris, Don fleshed out the tax curriculum from a single course to a whole panoply of offerings,” said Dean Matthew Diller.

In the late 1980s, Sharpe led the effort to create the first student loan forgiveness program at Fordham Law, which has helped hundreds of graduates entering the public sector. He was named the chair of the student financial aid committee in 1988 by then Dean John D. Feerick ’61 and served on Fordham University’s Advisory Committee on Planned Charitable Giving.

Read his full obituary at
law.fordham.edu/SharpeObituary

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