1927

Louis Carusillo (LL.M.’28) celebrated his 100th birthday in November 2003.

1958
Passaic County Surrogate William J. Bate has been named to the ten-member executive board of the National College of Probate Judges. Prior to his election to the judicial position of Surrogate in 1982, Bate served consecutively as Clifton Councilman, Passaic County Free-holder, New Jersey State Senator, and New Jersey Assemblyman.

1959
Daniel Blume is pleased to announce the relocation of the West Hartford, Connecticut law firm of Blume & Associates.

1963
Robert L. Parks, partner

in the Coral Gables, Fla. firm of Haggard, Parks, Haggard & Bologna, has been appointed to serve on the executive committee and board of directors of the Everglades Foundation, Inc. Parks has also served as chair of the Miami River Commission (1998-present) and chaired the Environmental Regulation Commission for eight years.

1964
Harvey Levinson (LL.M.’65) was appointed chair of the Nassau County Board of Assessors in New York.

1965
William Lenihan (C’57, LL.M.’58) won the Senior New England Championships in basketball and tennis in 2003. This marks his 11th victory in as many years in both events at this level.

1967
Sue S. Stewart, retired partner of Nixon Peabody and a specialist in legal affairs for educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations, has been named vice president and general counsel for the University of Rochester.

1969

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher was elevated to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Before becoming attorney general in 1997, Fisher served as state senator for 22 years.

1970
Martin E. Dollinger (LL.M.), real estate partner in the firm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel, was among the panelists presenting at a seminar entitled “Commercial Real Estate

Transactions: From Handshake to Closing Table,” sponsored by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

1971
Suellen Keiner has been named general counsel and vice president for Academy Programs of the National Academy of Public Administration, a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization that provides expert advice and analysis to members of Congress and other government leaders on improving governance and public sector management.

1972
Sainford K. Ain founded a new firm, Ain & Bank, in Washington, D.C. The firm specializes in family law.

1973
Adjunct professor Edward O’Brien received an honorary doctorate from the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa on December 16th.

The honor was bestowed for O’Brien’s “exceptional contributions to South Africa in the fields of human rights, democracy education and international training of black lawyers.” The University of Natal especially commended O’Brien’s role as co-founder and Executive Director of Street Law, Inc. in Washington, D.C. and his assistance in establishing South Africa’s first street law program at the University of Natal’s Howard College School of Law 1985.

1974
Karen Hedlund is with the new Arlington, Va. office of Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott. She was recognized at the Law Center’s Women’s Forum in 2003.

1977
Michael Nannes has been named managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office of Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky.

Donald F. Parsons was invested as a vice chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery in the fall of 2003.

Salvador T. Perkins is vice president for business planning and client relations for Gerstco. Perkins is a specialist in employee relations and equal employment law.

1978
Roderick H. Morgan has been re-elected as chair of the board of trustees of Vincennes University in Indiana. Morgan, a partner in the municipal/public finance group at Stewart & Irwin, has previously served as first vice chair of the board.

1979
Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. of Detroit has appointed D. Ann Parker to its policy board, which governs all legal services to low-income residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

Evelyn Suarez has joined Williams Mullen as a partner in its international section. She will practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

1980
Edwin N. Lavergne has joined the international regulatory group as a principal in the Washington, D.C. office of Fish & Richardson.

1982
Casa Cornelia, a firm founded by Ann Durst, celebrated its 10th anniversary in November 2003. Casa Cornelia is a public service law firm that provides pro bono legal services to victims of human and civil rights violations. Durst has been honored by the California and San Diego Bars for her pro bono work.

Northwestern Mutual announced that
Greg Oberland was named senior vice president – insurance operations. Oberland is now responsible for new business, policyowner services, and underwriting standards. He was also appointed to the company’s public policy committee.

1983

The Marymount University MBA Alumni Association presented the Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award to Norman Sue Jr. (LL.M. ’86) at its annual fall dinner, which focused on ethics and good governance.

1984
Ileana Blanco, trial partner in the Houston office of Bracewell & Patterson, was recently named one of 10 “Women on the Move,” an award given annually by Texas Executive Women and the Houston Chronicle. Blanco is involved in the Houston and Texas Bar Associations and is a past president of the Association of Women Attorneys.

1985
John Steele has joined the San Francisco law firm of Rogers Joseph O’Donnell & Phillips as a shareholder, specializing in legal ethics consultations and the defense of legal malpractice claims. Steele teaches legal ethics as an adjunct lecturer at Stanford Law School and the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall.

1986
William M. Burke is currently serving the second year of a two-year term on Bond, Schoeneck & King’s executive committee. He practices in the trusts and estates field in the firm’s Naples, Fla. office.

Trip Mackintosh was made partner at Holland & Hart in Denver.

1987
Richard F. Jackson has joined Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering as counsel in the Washington, D.C. office. He will practice in the securities group, with a particular focus on investment management issues.

Stuart Kerr is senior counsel for Southeast Europe in the commercial law development program in the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce.

Bridget M. O’Keefe joined the Chicago office of Michael Best & Friedrich as a partner.

In Detroit, Kelvin W. Scott recently became vice president and general counsel of Plastech Engineered Products, a tier one supplier of plastic automotive components.

1988
Scott R. Borstein has joined the Chicago office of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon as a partner. Borstein will head up the firm’s zoning and land use practice.

Timothy A. Canova, professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, was awarded an academic fellowship by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C.

Joel Nishida and his wife, Hiroko, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Alex.

.Cynthia F. Reaves, a partner in the Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in the health care department, was elected to the board of trustees of Marygrove College in Detroit.

1989
John Beins and his co-counsel, Connie Kratovil Lavelle (LL.M.’93) announce that Beins, Goldberg & Gleiberman is the recipient of the 2003 Cardinal Hickey Award given by the Washington Archdiocesan Legal Network of Catholic Charities and was named the 2003 Maryland Legal Services Corporation Law Firm of the Year for its pro bono work. The firm also recently distributed over $800,000 in class action settlement funds to a number of Maryland charities.

1990
John Washlick (LL.M.), a senior member of Cozen O’Connor’s health law department, was a featured speaker at the second annual Mid-Atlantic Health Care Compliance Conference.

1991
Steve Gorelick was elected a member of the law firm of Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross in Newark, N.J., practicing principally in the areas of commercial and securities litigation. He lives in Maplewood, N.J. with his wife, Melanie, and daughters, Shira and Shoshana.

Barbara D. Linney (LL.M.), partner in the privately held & emerging companies/international trade practice group of Blank Rome, participated in a conference, “Developing Women Entrepreneurs for the Global Marketplace,” sponsored by Temple University’s Fox School of Business, Center for International Business Education and Research. Linney also spoke at the Marine Log Program “Maritime Legislation, Regulation & Policy.”

Colin H. Murray was elected partner in the San Diego office of Baker & McKenzie. Murray is a member of the litigation practice group, focusing on complex commercial litigation, securities and white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, and employment disputes.

1992
Andrew Butler and his wife have opened their own firm, Butler & Kriegel, in Newton, Mass. The practice focuses on estate planning, probate, tax and corporate law.

1993

Peter J. Barrett has been named a partner in the Providence, R.I. office of Edwards & Angell.  Barrett’s practice concentrates in the communications industry.

Kari M. Desgalier, senior counsel in the San Diego office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory, has been appointed to the 2004 board of directors for the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, San Diego Chapter. Desgalier has also been named co-chair of the organization’s legislative committee.

Dr. Rod Edmond has opened a new law practice, Edmonds & Associates, concentrating in the area of personal injury.

Wendy Radmacher-Willis became the executive director of the City Club of Portland, Ore.

1994
Christopher J. Hewitt was promoted to partner in the Cleveland office of Jones Day.

Andrew D. Muhlbach was elected partner in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster.

1995
William J. Bachman was elected partner in the firm of Williams & Connolly.

Nebraska native James Creigh was made partner in the Omaha, Neb. office of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin. Creigh was lecturer on securities law at the University of California at Berkeley.

Dechert announced that Douglas Dick was promoted to partner. Dick practices in the firm’s financial services group and is resident in the Newport Beach, Calif. office.

Jonathan M. Epstein was elected partner at Holland & Knight. Epstein practices in the area of international trade and international telecommunications.

C. Brendan Johnson has joined the international firm of Bryan Cave as counsel in the St. Louis and Chicago offices. Johnson is a member of corporate finance & securities; entrepreneurial, technology & commercial practice; and transactions client service groups.

Jeffrey J. Lopez was appointed counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Drinker Biddle & Reath. Lopez concentrates primarily on general commercial litigation and construction law.

David S. Sanders was elected partner at Foley & Lardner in Washington, D.C.

1996
Margaret A. Deluca was named principal of Cummings & Lockwood early this year. Deluca has been involved in fundraising for the Stamford, Conn. chapter of the American Red Cross and is currently president of the board of directors for Guardianship and Advocacy Resource Program, Inc.

John P. Farnsworth has become a member of the firm Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann.

1997
J. Michael Cornett (LL.M.) was elected to become a member of the Washington, D.C. firm Miller & Chevalier.

Gable & Gotwals announced the addition of Amy J. Schaffer as an associate in the firm’s Tulsa, Okla. office.

Kerry Ann McArdle has become an associate with the Morristown, N.J. based firm Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti.

Melissa Mulkey (LL.M.) has joined McGlinchey Stafford’s labor and employment section as an associate in the New Orleans office.

1999
Chad Dotson was elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for Wise County and the City of Norton, Va. Dotson is the youngest elected prosecutor in Virginia and among the youngest in the nation.

Scott D. Reinke has joined the Columbus, Ohio office of Hahn Loeser & Parks as an associate. Reinke will practice in the corporate and securities area.

Adam Walker was named Volunteer Attorney of the Year by the District of Columbia Employment Justice Center in August 2003. Walker is a senior associate and member of Miller & Chevalier’s litigation department.

2000
Brian Konradi has joined the Memphis, Tenn. office of Bass, Berry & Sims as an associate in the corporate and securities practice area.

Jumana Musa has joined Amnesty International USA as an advocacy director, focusing on domestic human rights concerns and international justice issues, especially those related to U.S. policies and practices post-September 11.

Baker Botts welcomed Eric Weingarten (LL.M.) as an associate in the global projects department of the Washington, D.C. office. His practice will focus on infrastructure development and finance with an emphasis in electric power, oil, and gas.

2001
Mia Carpiniello is an assistant city solicitor for the City of Philadelphia, focusing her practice on appellate litigation and legislation. She recently argued her first case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Lauren Gelman is the assistant director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.

2002
Yelena Antipova (LL.M.) is a staff attorney with Calfee, Halter & Griswold in Columbus, Ohio. Antipova focuses on general corporate and tax law.

Savannah Guthrie has joined Court TV as a correspondent for

the network’s live daytime trial coverage. Guthrie, who has extensive experience in television news, will cover trials around the country.

Mitchell A. Newmark, former deputy attorney general of the New Jersey Attorney General’s office, has joined the New York office of Morrison & Foerster.

Todd E. Robenson (LL.M.) has joined the Cincinnati office of Keating, Muething & Klekamp to practice in the area of business representation and transactions.

2003
Alan J. Arville is an associate with Schottenstein Zox & Dunn in Columbus, Ohio. He works in the firm’s health law practice area and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in November 2003.

Gable & Gotwals announced the addition of Cason P. Carter as an associate in the firm’s Tulsa, Okla. office.

Peter Chang has joined the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski as an associate.

Meghan E. Dilley is an associate with Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels.

Merle S. Elliott has joined McAndrews, Held & Malloy as an associate. Elliott is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Rachel Flum is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker Botts.

Raymond Krauze in an associate in the Chicago office of Michael Best & Friedrich in the litigation practice group.

Justin A. Mallot is an associate with Marks Gray, P.A. in Jacksonville, Fla.

Cortney R. Oren is an associate in the Cleveland office of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff. Melissa Pierre has joined Blank Rome as an associate.