The Bridge - Fall 2018

Volume XVI Fall 2018 NEW ENGLAND LAW | BOSTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE New England Law alums make their case before the Supreme Court The Bridge  A

2 A Conversation 4 Events with the Dean 2018 Commencement • 2017 Dean’s 10 In the Media Reception and Alumni Career Forum • Annual Minority Alumni Welcome Reception • 2018 Law Day Banquet • Alumni Reunion Weekend • Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony • Washington, D.C., Alumni Reception Page 12 12 Alumni Spotlight Final Interpretations: New England Law Alumni Make Their New England Law Case Before the Supreme Court Before the Supreme Court Page 17 16 Asked | Answered 18 Reflections on Law School Enhancing Legal Leveraging the Law for Accessibility Prowess with Business An Eye for Estate Planning • Embarking Savvy on a Career in Intellectual Property Law • Combining a Legal Degree with Smart Policing 24 Annual Giving 31 Class Action Program Page 21 43 In Memoriam 44 Findings Persistent and Fearless Pursuit of Equality

A Note on Our Name and Logo Our alumni magazine is called The Bridge for a few reasons. Its goal is to serve as a bridge that connects alumni, faculty, students, and administrators. The name is also directly linked with the bridge in the law school’s logo, which celebrates our Boston home and the school’s innovators, and recalls the spirit of graduate Leonard P. Zakim ’78, for whom the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston is named. With a legacy of more than a century, we also honor our past and maintain a bridge to our history as Portia Law. THE BRIDGE Cover photo: facebook.com/newenglandlawboston XVI iStock/Getty Images @NewEnglandLaw Fall 2018 Join our group: New England Law | Boston Change of address and @NewEnglandLawBoston John F. O’Brien ’77, Dean inquiries about Alumni Relations or the Annual The Bridge is published by Giving Program: the Office of Communications 617-422-7422 and Marketing. [email protected] Photos: New England Law | Boston Tony Rinaldo Photography, 154 Stuart Street Ella Rinaldo Photography, Boston, MA 02116 Hilary Schwab Photography, Luciano Puliti/Jan Press, Leise Jones Photography, Jessica Kaminski/The Refinery Photo Studio LLC The Bridge  1

Dean John F. O’Brien ’77 < A Conversation with the Dean New England Law | Boston is celebrating Dean John O’Brien’s thirtieth year at the helm—and thirty years of providing a cutting-edge legal education, supported by innovative academic programs, alumni leaders in all areas of the legal profession, and faculty who are breaking new academic ground. The Bridge: During your career as Dean of the law school, you’ve witnessed tremendous change—both at New England Law and in the world of legal education. How have you helped navigate and adapt to these changes? Dean O’Brien: The extent to which legal education has changed—and the opportunity we have to change with it to better serve our students—is a big part of what keeps me coming to work every day. Being an independent law school with a talented and supportive Board of Trustees means we have the flexibility to make changes quickly. When I started this job in 1988, legal education across the country was primarily focused on the theoretical. Students would read casebooks to see how the law was applied, one case after another. We were ahead of the curve on experiential (clinical) teaching, but there was a lot less of it back then. Over the years, we’ve looked for ways to give students more practical experience to meet the changing expectations of the marketplace. At New England Law, we developed clinical and experiential opportunities that helped us become a more hands-on, practice-based institution. Now we have incredibly strong clinical programs that do a much better job preparing our graduates not only to pass the bar but also to make an impact as lawyers right away. There’s a strong emphasis today on ensuring graduates are practice-ready, and New England Law does that extremely well. 2  The Bridge 

The Bridge: What’s next for legal education, and what Our graduates go on to do great things, many on the does it take for a law school to remain relevant today? national stage. These include people like Paula Carey, Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Trial Court; Karyn Dean O’Brien: It’s difficult to make predictions: Polito, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; the late enrollment in law school—and higher education— John Simpson, former director of the Secret Service; tends to go in cycles. We need to develop the best and Susan Crawford, the first woman appointed as programs with the most effective professors to ensure Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for our success no matter the current trend. We’ve done a the Armed Forces. lot in recent years in support of this goal: We introduced Pathways to the Profession programs that Our more recent graduates are also poised to make help students prepare for successful careers in an impact: we tied with Harvard for top honors in seventeen in-demand legal specialties. We launched Massachusetts in a 2016 Pro Bono Honor Roll, and concentrations in Immigration and Intellectual Property we saw 12 percent of the Class of 2017 secure Law that position our students at the forefront of two clerkships—more than other Boston schools and more of the most vibrant and fastest growing practice areas. than double our close competitors. And we started offering our Summer Fellowship Program, which provides rising 2Ls hands-on We have programs and opportunities that help experiences they won’t get in a classroom. More than students achieve whatever they aspire to. Throughout half of our students take advantage of this program, their time at New England Law, they have access to and we are the only school, to my knowledge, to clinics, judicial internships, international study, pro provide such an opportunity with a stipend for all bono experiences, and much more. Practical training students. begins year one with The Lawyering Experience, which helps our 1Ls understand the range of I also rely on the expertise of our community. We opportunities available to them and start preparing for encourage faculty members to develop new and their individual careers, and continues through the innovative ideas—and they rise to the challenge. The final semester and bar exam training. same is true for our students. Every year I meet with the president of the Student Bar Association and say, Faculty members play a huge part in setting students “We think we’re doing well, but if you have suggestions up for success as well, whether by serving as mentors, about how to improve, we want to hear them.” For connecting students to extraordinary internship example, the Massachusetts Future Jurists Program, a opportunities, or leading by example. And our faculty recent mock trial competition run in partnership with really does set an example worth emulating: we have the Department of Youth Services, came from a members working on peace-building efforts in student-driven initiative. Colombia, sharing legal best practices in China, and defending human rights here in Boston. In a similar The Bridge: New England Law students also make way, our alumni provide mentoring, networking their mark in the wider world. In fact, the alumni connections, and hands-on learning opportunities that spotlight features three individuals who tried cases can quite literally change the course of our students’ that made it all the way to the United States Supreme careers and lives. Court. How does New England Law prepare students for success? But, ultimately, it’s up to our students to make the most of the opportunities they have. It takes intelligence, a Dean O’Brien: When you have a case that succeeds bit of street savvy, and the willingness to work your tail at the highest court, some people say it’s luck. But as off. I’ve never seen that combination fail. the expression goes, “the harder you work, the luckier you get.” I’ve always found that our students bring an impressive work ethic. When you pair that with the opportunities they encounter here, it’s no wonder they’re able to find success after graduation. The Bridge  3

EVENTS 2018 Commencement 2 1 1 5 3 Student Award Winners 4 Commencement Speaker Reverend Dr. Ray Hammond Front row (L-R): Leonela Felix, Raquel Founder, Bethel A.M.E. Church, and Lea Muscioni, Jessica Rodenhiser, Erin Trustees Chairman Martin C. Foster '80 Elizabeth Connors 2 Back Row (L-R): Joshua David Reilly, Faculty Processional Lesly Marian Suriel Guerrero, Alissa Sue Egg Koenig, Nikia Elizabeth 3 Williams, Shannon Kathleen Keating, Rachael Erin Bandeira and Dean John Ibrahim Otieno Dawood, Cayla Rita F. O'Brien '77 Barbour, Amelia Grace Pennington, Christopher S. Fox, Courtney Mone’t M. 4 Person, Alison Michele Shea Matthew Lawrence Spurling 6 Valedictorian Day Division Amelia Grace Pennington 7 Valedictorian Evening Division Joshua David Reilly 8 Leonela Felix 4  The Bridge 

5 Honorary Degree Recipients Susan Axelrod The Reverend Dr. Ray Founding Chair, Hammond Citizens United for Founder and Pastor, Research in Epilepsy Bethel African Methodist Doctor of Humanities Episcopal Church Doctor of Humanities Judith G. Greenberg Associate Dean, Edward Kelley 6 7 New England Law | Boston Chief Executive Officer, Doctor of Laws Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps Doctor of Humanities Robert Lewis, Jr. President and Founder, The BASE and The Boston Astros Doctor of Humanities Student Awards 8 Dean Arthur W. MacLean New England Law | Award for Academic Boston Outstanding Excellence Scholastic Amelia Grace Pennington Achievement Award Joshua David Reilly Rachael Erin Bandeira Erin Elizabeth Connors Trustee Bradbury Gilbert Shannon Kathleen Keating Award for Excellence in Raquel Lea Muscioni Achievement Courtney Mone’t M. Person President Anna E. Alison Michele Shea Hirsch Award Leonela Felix New England Law | Lesly Marian Suriel Boston Service Award Guerrero Ibrahim Otieno Dawood Christopher S. Fox Dean’s Award Alissa Sue Egg Koenig Cayla Rita Barbour Jessica Rodenhiser Dean Timothy J. Cronin Jr., Memorial Award Nikia Elizabeth Williams The Bridge  5

EVENTS 1 2 3 Dean’s Reception Alumni Career Forum 4 November 15, 2017 November 15, 2017 Boston Park Plaza Hotel Boston Park Plaza Hotel 12 Honoring Massachusetts 34 Lieutenant Governor 1 Karyn Polito '91 Alyssa Scarpulla '20 1 2 Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito ’91 Timothy Sweetland '05 and members of the Class of 1991 3 2 Robert Romano '04 Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito ‘91 4 3 Lianne Henderson '15 Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito ’91, Dean John F. O’Brien ’77, and Trustees Chairman Martin C. Foster ’80 4 Larry Lucchino; Sharon Shelfer Casey ’91; Hon. David A. Lowy, adjunct professor of law; Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito ’91; Hon. Thomas Reilly; Trustee Hon. Wayne A. Budd '81 (honorary), '89 (honorary); Dean John F. O’Brien ’77; and Trustees Chairman Martin C. Foster ’80 6  The Bridge 

1 Law Day Banquet and Barrister’s Ball April 6, 2018 Sheraton Boston Hotel With a keynote address by the Honorable Thomas M. Hardiman, Third Circuit 2 3 Court of Appeals 1 Hon. Thomas M. Hardiman 2 Student Bar Association President Cayla Rita Barbour ’18 and Student Bar Association Social Chair Sarah Seger ’19 3 Hon. Thomas M. Hardiman and Trustee Hon. Wayne A. Budd '81 (honorary), '89 4 (honorary) 4 Dean John O’Brien ’77 addresses a full house 35th Annual Minority Alumni Welcome Reception September 14, 2018 1 Revere Hotel Boston Common 1 Emmanuel Okharedia III ’15, Justin Banks ’15, Kerry Burke II ’15 2 Breanishea Amaya ’15 3 Hon. Roberto Ronquillo, Jr. '84 23 The Bridge  7

Alumni Reunion Weekend 1 2 April 27-28, 2018 4 Liberty Hotel Boston 5 Red Sox Game at Fenway Park 8 Celebrating the classes ending in 3 and 8! 1 5 James Hughes '55 Joseph Solomon, Jr. '08 M. Carolyn Hughes RJ Parker '08 Dean John F. O'Brien '77 Danielle Parker 2 6 Stepanie Sherwood '08 Michelle Hamory Shannon (Flanders) Borthwick '08 Lucas Hamory '13 Lauren Vandervelde '13 3 Tara (Sullivan) Nechev '13 Colleen Carcone '98 Vladimir Nechev '13 Deborah Ianno Dominick Ianno '98 7 Amy Driscoll '98 Brian Mahler '08 John Callahan '98 Gregory Donovan '98 8 Class of 1983 4 Elizabeth Nicastro Dean John F. O'Brien '77 Amy Nicastro Clark Christine Nicastro '94 Cosmo Nicastro '57 (deceased) Trustees Chairman Martin C. Foster '80 3 76 8  The Bridge 

1 2 34 5 67 8 15 Dean John F. O'Brien '77 Mario Capano '83 Mary Lou Eliades Richard Bardi '83 George Eliades '68 Trustee Al Balboni '83 Trustees Chairman Martin C. Foster '80 6 2 (Unknown) 9 Hon. Mary (Rukavina) Kuhnmuench '83 Hon. Mary (Rukavina) Kuhnmuench '83 (Unknown) Ronald Surabian '83 7 Lori Goldin '82 Class of 1978 Patricia Surabian David Murphy '83 8 James Joyce '83 Class of 1988 3 9 Shelley Gervais Class of 1993 Marc Melikian '78 4 Lori Goldin '82 Peter Tsaffaras '83 The Bridge  9

EVENTS 1 2 Supreme Court 3 Swearing-In Ceremony 45 June 11, 2018 1 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the 2018 New England Law delegation 2 Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., addresses the crowd 3 Arthur Langlais, Sandra Langlais Kister ’09, Christopher Parisi ’12, Michael Carroll ’14, Jennifer Fellman, Gerald Cohen ’96, Deborah Stoloff 4 Sara David '05 and Nina Shapiro '84 5 Vijay Raghavan and Nisha Raghavan '99 Turn to page 14 for a closer look at New England Law alumni and their Supreme Court experiences! 10  The Bridge 

1 New England Law Goes to Washington On June 11, 2018, a cohort of New England graduates were admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. They join the ranks of many New England Law alumni now eligible to argue cases before the Supreme Court. 2 Our next delegation will be admitted Monday, April 6, 2020. Visit https://alumni.nesl.edu/supremecourt as further details are released throughout 2019. Washington, D.C., 3 Alumni Reception June 9, 2018 National Press Club 1 Che Odom ’10 and Shadi Salehi ’10 2 Elisabeth Baker ’14, Rachel Jacobovits ’13, Marc Canada, and Jackson Hau ’15 43 George Hailer ’88 and Richard Rafferty ’88 4 Bilal Siddiqi ’16 and Zachary Chase ’17 5 Andrea Zeitman ’00, Christopher Hughes ’16, and Anita Castro ’16 5 The Bridge  11

In the Media New England Law faculty are The Hill often asked by the media to share their insights and expertise “In weighing religion versus equality, the Supreme Court on various legal matters, from takes the cake” groundbreaking local cases with national ramifications to By Professor Lawrence Friedman, June 6, 2018 human rights issues of global consequence. Here are some “To read the headlines about the long awaited decision in the recent highlights. Masterpiece Cakeshop case, one reasonably might think the Supreme Court resolved the tension between a baker’s right of religious freedom and the freedom from discrimination guaranteed by Colorado law. But the court did no such thing. Rather, Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, concluded that, because the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s consideration of a same-sex couple’s challenge to a baker’s refusal to make them a wedding cake reflected a bias against religious freedom, the ruling against the baker could not be upheld.” Professor Lawrence Friedman Professor Friedman comments on the Supreme Court’s decision to side with the baker in the highly-publicized Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado case. NPR “After Oxfam's sex scandal: shocking revelations, a scramble for solutions” By Courtney Columbus, March 16, 2018 “The allegations of sexual abuse by humanitarian workers and U.N. peacekeepers include inappropriate conduct among staffers as well as toward local populations. But it's the latter scandals that are raising the deepest sense of outrage. 'When we go to work in these countries where there is no infrastructure and we're supposed to be there to help facilitate, the rule of law and order and instead we're taking advantage of that vacuum — that to me is the absolute worst offense,' Dina Francesca Haynes, who has worked for the U.N. refugee agency in Croatia and for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, told NPR.” Professor Dina Francesca Haynes Professor Haynes shares her opinion on the Oxfam sexual abuse scandal. 12  The Bridge 

CBS Boston The National Law Journal “Attorney for victims tries to block release of child rapist” “Lead plaintiff in state street overbilling probe hires own By CBS Boston staff, June 4, 2018 counsel but stays in case” “Justice Scott Kafker of the Supreme Judicial Court said in his ruling that Chapman’s victims were 'understandably upset and By Amanda Bronstad, June 7, 2018 frightened' about his potential release. But Kafker said the proper requirements governing Chapman’s release were followed under “That issue became clearer when, following a closed sidebar the law. Wendy Murphy, an attorney for victims, blasted the discussion, Lukey stated in court: ‘We wish to make it clear that decision and filed another bid on Monday to block his release the nature of the misconduct which is asserted relates to the while she tries to convince the full court to review the matter. existence of a so-called bare referral or origination or forwarding fee, as permitted under Massachusetts Rules of Professional Murphy appeared at a press conference with a man who said he Conduct, which was not disclosed to the court under the was a victim of Chapman’s. The man called it a 'farce' that premises of Rule 54(d)(2), and which the master feels was Chapman was no longer considered to be too dangerous to be on inappropriately withheld from the court.’ the street.” Given that the hearing was public, she said, ‘I did not wish anyone Adjunct Professor Wendy Murphy publicly present to be left with the impression that there was In a video segment for CBS Boston, Professor Murphy speaks on behalf of anything more nefarious than that.’ the victims of convicted child rapist, Wayne Chapman. Sinnott responded: ‘This was not a referral fee. This was a finder’s Boston.com fee. And, more importantly, this was a finder’s fee that was not disclosed to the client, to the class, to co-counsel, nor to the “4 questions — and answers — about Michelle Carter’s court.’ appeal in the texting suicide case” By Dialynn Dwyer, October 4, 2018 Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct permits a referral “David Siegel, professor of law at New England Law, told Boston. fee — a fee paid from one law firm to another for referring a com the SJC will basically be considering two sets of questions client — ‘only if the client is notified before or at the time the as they hear the arguments on Thursday. The first set addresses client enters into a fee agreement.’ But the Massachusetts rules the ‘sufficiency of the evidence’ presented in the case — whether on referral fees are less stringent than that of the American Bar there was enough evidence for the judge to find her guilty of Association’s, said Tigran Eldred, a professor at New England involuntary manslaughter, he said. Law | Boston. ‘I think it’s really important to understand that this is a case that is ‘The ABA rules require that, if there’s going to be a division of made based almost entirely on these electronic messages,’ Siegel fees between two or more lawyers that either the fees are said. ‘And it was based on electronic messages that were both distributed proportionate to the amount of work each lawyer prior to and during the time when the young man was in the car does, or that those lawyers take on ethical responsibility for all and died and then afterwards. That was used as evidence to the work done,’ he said.” conclude the degree of risk that she was aware of and whether she acted or didn’t act appropriately under the circumstances, so Professor Tigran Eldred those are the sufficiency of the evidence questions.’” Professor Eldred comments on a controversy surrounding the executive director of an Arkansas pension fund who retained outside counsel but Professor David Siegel insisted he could continue to serve as lead plaintiff in Settlements with Professor Siegel comments on Commonwealth v. Carter, a case brought to State Street Corp. the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appealing the conviction of Michelle Carter, a teen accused of urging her boyfriend to commit suicide. The Bridge  13

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., with the 2018 delegation of New England Law | Boston graduates admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court 14  The Bridge 

FINAL INTERPRETATIONS: New England Law SupremBefoere tChe ourt A landmark decision in immigration law New England Law | Boston Todd Pomerleau ’05 began working as a public defender after alumni Todd Pomerleau ’05, graduating from New England Law but soon transitioned to immigration Joel MacMull ’04, and Chester law. “I’ve always tended to side with the defendant, and I naturally Darling ’69 reflect on what it’s gravitate towards fighting for the less powerful party,” he said. “I had like—and what it means—to extensive criminal defense experience, so I was well-positioned to fight take a case to the highest court on the behalf of immigrants.” in the land. He and his legal partner, Jeffrey Rubin, are currently celebrating a significant win for immigrant rights. This summer, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor on Pereira v. Sessions, a case in which they represented Wescley Pereira, a Brazilian man who overstayed his U.S. visa and was arrested in the mid-2000s. Pereira was sent a notice to appear (NTA) for a hearing after his arrest, but it was mailed to the wrong address. It wasn’t until a decade later, when Pereira was pulled over at a traffic stop, that he realized he’d missed the hearing and could soon be deported. continued on next page The Bridge  15

Todd Pomerleau '05 Joel MacMull ’04 “He had lived in the U.S. for more than ten What’s in a name? years, so he would normally be eligible to apply to have his deportation cancelled,” said At New England Law, Joel MacMull ’04 Pomerleau. Noncitizens who have resided in studied commercial and constitutional the U.S. for more than ten years and meet litigation, discovering an interest in intellectual certain criteria are able to apply for property law that quickly developed into a cancellation of removal, making them eligible passion. After passing the bar, he began for permanent legal status. However, if that working with Ron Coleman, a fellow IP person is served an NTA, they are not able to attorney. A few years later, they took on the accrue any more time until after the cause of a musician named Simon Tam in the proceedings are resolved. Pomerleau adds, case Matal v. Tam. “The government argued that according to this ‘stop time’ rule, Pereira was unable to Tam had applied for a trademark registration accumulate residency time—his clock was on the mark “The Slants,” the name of his paused more than a decade earlier without band. “As a person of Taiwanese descent, he him knowing.” saw this as a way of celebrating his identity and reclaiming a hurtful word,” explains Pomerleau noted that the NTA that Pereira MacMull. The U.S. Patent and Trademark was served did not include the date and time Office (PTO) saw it as disparaging to of his hearing, and therefore was not a Asians—and the application was denied. complete document. Pomerleau and Rubin presented this argument to the Board of Finding the situation ironic and deeply Immigration Appeals. The court ruled against frustrating, Tam reached out to MacMull and them, claiming that the notice was served and Coleman. They appealed on his behalf and that the date and time were immaterial. were again denied. This time the PTO appeal board cited the Lanham Act. “The Lanham Act They eventually partnered with another Boston is fundamental to our trademark system. It has office to appeal and appeared last spring a section that prevents the registration of before the Supreme Court. In an 8-1 decision, ‘disparaging’ marks,” said MacMull. “But who the Court ruled in their favor, declaring that an determines what’s disparaging?” NTA must specify where and when the hearing will take place, as is specified within the legal This opened the door for MacMull and description of what a notice includes. Coleman to approach the case as an issue of free speech. “I drafted a brief that argued the “It feels amazing to win this case, but what's PTO appeal board didn’t have jurisdiction on really remarkable is the clarity of the decision constitutional matters and then appealed to and the thousands of removal proceedings it the U.S. Court for the Federal Circuit.” And will impact,” reflects Pomerleau. “It’s a then? “We lost again,” MacMull said. milestone case.” His disappointment was short-lived, though; in a stunning reversal, the circuit court vacated 16  The Bridge 

its own ruling and decided to hear the issue represented the South Boston Allied War again, this time as a constitutional case. Veterans Council, the organizers of Boston’s “Rather than try to make an argument about St. Patrick’s Day parade. GLIB, a gay pride whether or not the mark ‘The Slants’ is group, asked to participate in the parade, but offensive, we were asking the Court to the Council denied them permission to march. consider whether the government has the “GLIB had performed demonstrations against power to restrain speech that it deems the Catholic Church that offended some offensive at all,” MacMull said. This time they residents,” explains Darling, “so the Council won, causing the PTO board to appeal to the told them they didn’t want to seem like they Supreme Court. were promoting GLIB’s message by having their banners in the parade. GLIB sued the In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled Council claiming that it was discriminatory to unanimously that the provision in 1052(a) of prevent their participation.” the Lanham Act that proscribes the registration of disparaging trademarks is For many people, then and now, the political incompatible with the First Amendment. For overtones of the case are hard to ignore. But MacMull, his training at New England Law Darling is quick to note this was never an positioned him to see this case through—even issue of gay rights—for him, the case was a as they encountered setbacks. “I’m not cut-and-dry First Amendment issue. “I’ve typically a constitutional lawyer. I had a argued cases for gay groups and against well-rounded foundation that prepared me to them. If it had been about homophobia, I never change our approach when this became a would have taken the case. But if there’s any First Amendment question. Now I can say that bright star in the constitutional constellation, I helped set a legal precedent for the nation.” it’s the First Amendment. This was about compelled speech.” The Superior Court of Massachusetts claimed that since the parade was in a public place, it didn’t qualify for First Amendment protection. Darling argued that the parade was itself speech, and that the Council had a right to exclude the messages of groups with which it disagreed. The matter was appealed all the way to the United States Supreme Court. Chester Darling ’68 The ruling was unanimous: the Supreme Court held that organizers of a parade cannot be A deep commitment to the First compelled to include groups whose message Amendment they do not support. “Litigating in that courtroom was a real highlight of my career,” Chester Darling ’68 had a hunger for said Darling. “Hurley has now been cited more challenge that led him to try cases across the than 2,000 times. I had the amazing legal spectrum, often putting him into opportunity to help determine how we long-odds situations. He recalls, “I took cases interpret and apply one of our most important that a lot of others wouldn’t—but where there’s American rights.” injury, it’s the legal system’s responsibility to provide remedy.” In 1992, Darling was approached with Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, & Bisexual Group of Boston (GLIB). John Hurley The Bridge  17

Asked­ Leveraging the Law for Accessibility 18  The Bridge  Jessica Podesva ’16 is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), where she works to ensure people with disabilities have access to integrated and respectful health care in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other laws. What inspired you to practice law? How did this experience influence your professional path? I’ve always believed the law is an avenue for pursuing a more equal and just society. I’m a My internship helped me understand the person with a disability, and because of this I complex layers of accessibility as well as the have inherently understood some of the ripple effect it can have on cultivating culture institutional barriers, preconceptions, and shift. The MBTA case is an excellent example stereotypes people with disabilities encounter of this; over the years, there has not only been in everyday life. My experiences ignited a improvement of physical access for persons passion to learn more about ways to use the with disabilities but also a substantial cultural law to address head-on the challenges that shift of inclusion within the MBTA’s leadership people with disabilities face. and administration. How have you been able to make good on In my experience, two areas that have a that ambition? significant impact on maintaining independence for people with disabilities are When I came to New England Law, I was health care and transportation. During my particularly interested in health and disability internship, I had the opportunity to work on law. During my second year, I began an transportation, and now, as an Equal Justice internship at GBLS that gave me the Works Fellow, I’m able to expand and focus on opportunity to work on the enforcement phase health care. People with disabilities frequently of a settlement agreement between the have difficulty receiving integrated, equal, and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority respectful medical care. Some barriers include (MBTA) and GBLS, requiring the MBTA to the lack of adaptive medical equipment such improve accessibility for persons with as examination tables and scales, or issues disabilities to its bus and subway services. that arise when health care workers aren’t Enforcement entailed collaborating with the properly trained. In my current role, I plaintiffs and various MBTA departments to collaborate with community organizations, meet the requirements of the settlement and health care providers, and clients to address create a fully accessible public transportation different barriers to health care. system. Some of my responsibilities included testifying before the Massachusetts How do you plan to use your legal Department of Transportation board, education to continue effecting change? organizing meetings, and reviewing MBTA I hope never to stop fighting for the rights of progress reports. persons with disabilities. I am the first generation to grow up with guaranteed civil rights under the ADA. This privilege is not lost on me. Just last January, the bill H.R.620 was passed in the House of Representatives, which, if passed in the Senate, will make it more difficult and time-intensive to ensure businesses and other public entities are accessible for people with disabilities. Restricted access remains one of the few socially acceptable forms of segregation. There is a long way to go before we have achieved the full equality envisioned by the ADA. I’m fortunate enough to be in a position where I can be an advocate, and I am grateful for the opportunity to work with this community.

Enhancing Legal Prowess with Business Savvy Answered Michael Rispin ’13 is the corporate counsel at Harley-Davidson. He recently provided legal guidance during the company’s decision to shift some of its motorcycle production to Europe, and ensured the organization’s newest strategic growth plan complied with Wall Street regulations. During your time at New England Law, you I worked with Harley-Davidson’s leadership to worked as an investigative paralegal for disclose the effects of these tariffs on our the U.S. Securities and Exchange business in a way that reflected positively on Commission (SEC). Describe how you our company and complied with SEC balanced your legal education with a regulations. It was a unique situation that was demanding career. widely reported—the entire world was I worked in the SEC’s enforcement division, watching what I was writing. where I assisted in litigation and dipped my toes in some federal court cases, serving as The company recently announced its an investigative witness and questioning accelerated growth plan, More Roads to securities fraud suspects. One of my Harley-Davidson, outlining a strategy to professors at New England Law, David expedite international growth and manufacture London, worked as the senior counsel in the innovative new motorcycles—two of which SEC’s Market Abuse Unit, so I also were featured in the Marvel films The participated in some of his investigations. The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter learning curve is steep in securities law, so it Soldier. I ensured the announcement and was exciting to master legal theories in an its accompanying documentation complied academic environment, then work alongside with Wall Street regulations and worked to my professor to apply my knowledge in a mitigate risk. professional setting. I like to say my experience as a paralegal ignited my interest Currently, I’m managing two complex tax cases in securities law, and New England Law that have reached the highest court in their provided me with the knowledge and respective states, and which could potentially opportunity to become an attorney. result in new laws. The first case involves a constitutional challenge to California’s How did your background in securities corporate income tax filing requirements, influence your professional trajectory? and the second is related to how property After graduation, I was hired as the corporate taxes are calculated in York County, and securities counsel by Tecogen, a Pennsylvania. Multiple legal journals have manufacturer of clean-energy generators. covered the proceedings. They were in the midst of going public, and since my responsibilities at the SEC involved All these projects represent a unique analyzing the filings of IPOs and public culmination of my education and professional companies, I had the necessary knowledge to experience, and rely on my knowledge of the ensure their smooth transition into the public legal landscape and ability to translate that market. I also negotiated a variety of corporate specialized expertise for a broader audience. contracts, including international joint venture agreements. These experiences paved the What’s next? way for my current position at Harley- I’m passionate about helping businesses Davidson, where I manage SEC disclosure, advance their mission, but I also make sure I corporate governance, and a variety of volunteer my time and knowledge to help commercial contracts, including software—as people, too. When I lived in Boston, I did pro well as any litigation arising from these areas. bono work for the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, where I advocated on What are the most exciting projects you’ve behalf of domestic abuse victims. I hope to worked on at Harley-Davidson thus far? eventually supplement my legal work at Harley-Davidson issued a disclosure this June Harley-Davidson with pro bono services related to retaliatory tariffs placed on the here in the Milwaukee area. company’s motorcycles sold in Europe. The Bridge  19

Reflections on Law School Combining a Legal happy to partner on projects and share Degree with Smart their knowledge. “Everyone worked hard Policing and supported each other, so I never hesitated to ask a classmate—or a professor—a question.” “My courses and Byron Foote ’18 is the son of a Boston His desire to see—and participate in—the professors gave me a police officer, and he grew up aspiring to legal process led him to complete a clinic greater respect for either enter the police academy or attend with Professor Caryn Mitchell-Munevar. “I the Constitution and a law school. In the end, he chose both. worked as a student attorney on a divorce deep appreciation of case, which required me to conduct the Law Enforcement Two years after completing his extensive research and pore over every Oath of Honor.” undergraduate studies in political science, detail of the case,” he said. “It was a Foote took the LSAT and applied to New sensitive case that required me to rely on —Byron Foote ’18 England Law at the same time that he the instincts I cultivated as an officer as submitted his application to the Boston well as the knowledge gleaned from my Police Academy. When he was accepted legal education.” His hard work in and out into both programs, he postponed his of the classroom didn’t go unnoticed: enrollment at New England Law for a year Foote won the school’s Charles Hamilton while he completed his police training. Houston Enrichment Program scholarly After he was inducted as an officer, Foote achievement award, awarded to students began night classes at New England Law of color who maintain a 3.25 GPA or while patrolling the Boston neighborhood higher for three semesters. of Mattapan during the day. Foote credits New England Law with Foote embraced the challenge of providing critical insight into the legal navigating the nuances of the law while landscape of policing. “My courses and simultaneously enforcing it and said his professors gave me a greater respect for time at New England Law provided unique the Constitution and a deep appreciation insights and powerful learning of the Law Enforcement Oath of Honor,” experiences for an officer on the job. “At he said. In an era marked by distrust night, I’d take courses in criminal between police and minority communities, procedure and evidence law. Then in the Foote sees his legal background as an morning, I’d put on my uniform and see essential advantage for bridging the gap. the concepts I just learned in action on “When I encounter people as an officer, the streets,” said Foote. “It was the I’m extremely conscious of their rights and definition of ‘hands-on learning.’ When I’d make sure I clearly articulate my legal go to court to testify or present evidence, I powers.” knew what all the lawyers in the room were doing.” Foote intends to eventually practice as an attorney, perhaps in criminal law. But Although Foote was balancing a whether as officer or attorney, he remains demanding job and late nights of dedicated to a compassionate vision of coursework and studying, he found service. “My mission has always been to himself energized by the collaborative help people. And New England Law student atmosphere at New England Law. enabled me to be a better officer and a Many of his classmates also juggled trusted resource to the city I serve.” careers as well as families, and they were 20  The Bridge 

“Learning the process Embarking on a Career The experience also inspired Pennington behind protecting a in Intellectual Property to network extensively and build her client’s creative product Law connections inside and outside the IP was fascinating.” field. “A lot of law school is learning how Even as a child, Amelia Pennington ’18 to talk to incredibly intelligent people,” she —Amelia Pennington ’18 knew she was destined for law school. “I said. “I attended every networking used to write contracts as a kid that I’d opportunity I could.” She worked as a give to my parents,” she said. “I’d stipulate, judicial intern for the United States District ‘If I do two loads of laundry, I should be Court in Boston, and embarked on a able to stay up until 10:00 p.m.’ I think it summer associate position with Morgan, was inevitable that I’d become an Lewis, & Bockius LLP. attorney,” she said with a laugh. All the while, Pennington embodied the Pennington hails from mid-coast Maine, work ethic her father spoke of: she won and she completed her undergraduate fourteen CALI Excellence for the Future education in a rural town in Pennsylvania. Awards, flexed her IP muscles in an When it came to applying to law school, award-winning Boston Patent Law she was attracted to New England Law’s Association competition essay (featured in urban location and reputation for the fall 2017 issue of The Bridge), and hard-working students. “My dad always represented New England Law as part of told me, ‘Don’t let anyone outwork you,’” a two-person trademark moot court team she said. “And it felt like everyone that competed in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot embraced that philosophy at New England Court Competition in New York. She Law.” graduated this spring as valedictorian of her class and was offered a position at Morgan Lewis as a litigation associate. Here, her long-time interest in law evolved “I’m extremely excited to start at Morgan into a passion for intellectual property Lewis,” she said. “After I received my offer, litigation after she took an IP course I got an email from several of the New taught by Professor Peter Karol. “His class England Law alumni in the office revealed the incredible nuance and welcoming me aboard. And when I found creativity the branding world offers,” she out I was valedictorian, the chair of said. “Learning the process behind Morgan Lewis emailed me to congratulate protecting a client’s creative product was me.” fascinating.” Pennington is particularly enthusiastic Professor Karol encouraged Pennington about the opportunities that exist in the to consider an internship with an IP firm, relatively new and increasingly important leading her to complete a Summer field of intellectual property. “In the IP Fellowship with Sunstein Kann Murphy & world, the arguments that you can make Timbers LLP after her first year at New are very fluid and creative,” she said. “You England Law. The fellowship gave her can debate that a trademark is not essential hands-on experience: she descriptive in fifteen different ways, and conducted research for partners in the I’m eager to see those debates in Trademark Practice Group, drafted and action—especially at a firm with such a filed responses to office actions with the large IP practice.” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and assisted in trademark litigation. The Bridge  21

Reflections on Law School “I’m excited to apply my An Eye for Estate restaurateurs and hospitality industry knowledge at a firm with Planning clients, and then clerked for an attorney such close connections who represented the restaurant where he to New England Law.” After Christopher Fox ’18 completed his worked part-time. But after getting second year at New England Law, he and married and welcoming a baby daughter —Christopher Fox ’18 his wife prepared to travel abroad for their into the world, Fox shifted his passion honeymoon. Fox had just completed a towards preserving financial security. challenging course in estate planning— “Having a child underscored the earning the highest grade in the class and importance of estate planning,” he said. a CALI Excellence for the Future Award— Through his clerkship at Murtha Cullina, so he decided to try his hand at writing he learned essential skills, like drafting a out his own estate plan before heading proper estate plan, and saw firsthand how overseas. A few weeks before packing his theory and application aligned in practice. bags, he reached out to his estate “New England Law provided a sturdy planning professor, Donna White, and foundation, and Murtha Cullina illuminated asked if she could ensure it was properly how complex legal terms play out in the written. Professor White was so impressed real world,” Fox said. with his work that she told him she had a job opportunity for him when he returned Fox credits New England Law’s supportive to Boston. community with enabling him to achieve academic success and find his legal niche. “Professor White offered me a clerkship at “My classmates freely shared their Murtha Cullina LLP, where she worked as knowledge in study groups and a partner,” said Fox. “I jumped at the discussions outside of class,” he said. “My opportunity.” Fast-forward one year later: professors and peers also expanded my Fox graduated from New England Law in network in Boston’s legal community— spring 2018, and he recently signed his Professor White especially. She uncovered offer letter to be an associate attorney at my passion for estate planning and helped Murtha Cullina, joining four New England me secure my current position at Murtha Law alumni at the firm and representing Cullina.” clients in aspects of tax planning and wealth preservation. “I’m excited to apply Fox is excited to begin his future as a my knowledge at a firm with such close practicing attorney and looks forward to connections to New England Law,” he helping other students and alumni find said. “The main objective is to preserve success. “I’m in a position where there’s wealth, and I’ll be representing a diverse opportunity for growth and advancement, range of clients and ensuring they have as well as the chance to broaden my the best tax options possible.” specialty—the trust and estate field touches many parts of the law,” he said. Fox came to estate planning by way of “We had a successful summer with New licensing; the Florida native worked in England Law 2L Trevor Meagher and look restaurants prior to law school and was forward to continuing our commitment to initially interested in taking his industry the Summer Fellowship Program. Since experience into the legal realm. He I’ve been in their shoes before, I look participated in the school’s Summer forward to helping these students in any Fellowship Program, working with way I can.” 22  The Bridge 

“My friends were Persistent and family, and doctors were concerned about active inside and outside Fearless Pursuit of the stress that law school could impose of class, and were Equality on her health. “I was determined to finish,” genuinely supportive of she said. “I thought to myself, ‘Two weeks each other.” Growing up in a racially diverse, low- ago I could have been dead.’ I couldn’t income city, Jessica Rodenhiser ’18 saw give up on the opportunity to live.” She —Jessica Rodenhiser ’18 firsthand how economic and race-related returned to New England Law within the factors inhibited access to education, month. voting, and other civic functions. Her understanding and appreciation for these Back on campus, Rodenhiser narrowed challenges only deepened when she her interest to a specific legal area: entered college and discovered her immigration law. She was accepted as an classmates were primarily white and intern to the highly selective immigration upper-middle class. After graduation, she unit at Greater Boston Legal Services. Her was determined to explore solutions to work there hit close to home. “It reminded inequality by expanding her knowledge of me of the people I grew up alongside, the legal landscape. Her next step: New many of whom were dealing with similar England Law. issues,” she said. She quickly found a community of While at Greater Boston Legal Services, classmates and collaborators who shared Rodenhiser learned about a position in the her interests—and her passion for United States Department of Justice success. “It was like a family,” she said. Honors Program. The prestigious program “My friends were active inside and outside only accepts a hundred candidates of class, and were genuinely supportive of annually from among thousands of each other.” But just as she was settling applicants. With her typical sense of into the community and getting a handle determination, she decided to go for it. “I on the workload, Rodenhiser’s law school received an email in the middle of one of experience took a frightening turn. my classes, offering me the position in the Los Angeles immigration court,” she said. She began to feel ill, which she attributed “It was incredibly affirming to see my hard to end-of-semester stress. However, when work pay off.” she went to the hospital for a checkup, she was rushed to the ICU. “I was As for what’s next? “My goal is to prescribed antibiotics to combat the complete the Honors Program in LA, and sickness I was feeling, but it turned out then pass the Texas bar so I can work on that I actually had undiagnosed Type 1 the border pro bono,” said Rodenhiser. diabetes,” she explained. “My heart “My calling is to help those who need it actually stopped for a while.” most, and in immigration law, the border represents the front lines.” After recuperating in the hospital for several days, she was forced to make a tough decision. Not only was she facing a return to law school but also the challenges of living with a chronic condition—one that many people spend years learning to manage. Her friends, The Bridge  23

Annual Giving Program 2017–2018 1908 Portia Law Society Founder’s Club Maurice J. Ringel ’95 Maria Scaramuzzo-Conte ’87 PLATINUM MEMBER: $1,000–$1,907 Michael J. Schelzi ’78 $10,000 and more Deborah Tate ’81 Thomas E. Badway ’96 Judith A. Wayne ’76 Barry A. Feinstein ’77 Mitchell W. Becker ’78 Martin C. Foster ’80 Gerard H. Brandi ’76 President’s Club Dean John F. O'Brien ’77 Lynda Brandi Richard J. Rafferty ’88 Michael S. Brown ’02 $500–$999 Jacqueline Budd GOLD MEMBER: Hon. Wayne A. Budd George S. Anzuoni ’84 $5,000–$9,999 Susan Calamare Albert A. Balboni ’83 Shirley A. Casey Janine L. Brown-Smith ’05 Monica Lewis Braun ’83 William M. Casey ’90 Julianna L. Bruce ’13 Sara G. Curley ’02 Thomas J. Cole, Jr. ’89 Michael T. Carenzo ’94 Lewis C. Eisenberg ’76 Hon. Alfredo T. Conte ’87 Shelley S. Carvel ’77 Jennifer M. Flaherty Hon. Judith Cowin Steven Carvel Peter G. Flaherty ’92 Hon. Susan J. Crawford ’77 Emanuele R. Cicchiello ’05 Joanne Migliaro ’91 Paul F. Crovo ’75 Class of 1984 Edward E. O'Sullivan ’82 Hon. Jean M. Curran ’88 Hon. Louis D. Coffin ’77 Anastasios Parafestas ’84 Hon. Charles P. Daglian ’78 Mark C. Cohen ’76 Diana L. Wheeler ’90 Taci R. Darnell ’92 Alan E. Collins ’89 Dr. Elizabeth C. Dooling Oliver T. Cook ’63 SILVER MEMBER: Kevin B. Drolet ’99 Jessica A. Crocker ’87 $1,908–$4,999 Patrick Duffy ’82 John P. Dedon ’82 Maureen Fidler ’04 Hugh F. Ferguson ’02 Anonymous John P. Fitzgerald ’67 Paul A. Finn ’76 Richard C. Bardi ’83 Hon. Newman A. Flanagan ’57 Roy J. Fleischer ’73 Thomas E. Behenna ’81 William J. Flanagan ’90 Stephen M. Forlizzi ’77 Hon. Anthony M. Campo ’88 Kimberly A. Fletcher ’76 Patricia M. Giordano ’85 Mary J. Drinkwater ’81 Michele D. Forzley ’76 David Gonzalez ’97 Joan C. Gallivan ’93 Mitchell Garabedian ’79 Thomas A. Goonan ’83 William J. Kendrick ’59 Richard A. Gray ’87 George F. Hailer ’88 Joan Kupersmith Larkin ’76 Judith Greenberg Jennifer A. Hannon ’00 Richard J. Lawton ’82 Kenneth Greenberg Elaine M. Hartnett ’90 Donald H. Libbey ’97 Philip K. Hamilton Paul M. Hayes ’90 Sarah C. Libbey Robert B. Harris ’85 James P. Huang ’99 Hon. Robert J. Malone ’75 Brent Henry Frank J. Jackson ’97 James J. Rafferty ’84 Minnie Henry Dora L. Kripapuri ’02 Edward J. Reddish ’95 Roger W. Higgins ’77 Roger W. Lamson, Jr. ’78 Reddish Foundation Inc. George R. Jabour ’82 Derrick C. Lee ’03 Hon. Karyn F. Scheier ’79 Jacqueline E. D'Alleva Jeffrey H. Lerer ’75 Andrea Stanley Lange ’91 Hon. Thomas F. Mealey, Jr. ’75 Lawrence T. Stanley ’03 John Lange Natashia M. Tidwell ’03 Hon. David A. Lowy Steven H. Mankodi ’02 24  The Bridge  Gary Monserud Hon. Darrell L. Outlaw ’61 John W. Parcellin ’85 Audrey R. Pulgini Suzanne Quinn ’78 Hon. Martha R. Reeves ’76

Indicates donors are members of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society Deceased George R. Morad, Jr. ’85 Century Club Hon. Peter J. Cahill ’73 Ernest J. Nedder ’95 Kevin D. Callahan ’82 Curtis Nyquist $100–$499 Norman A. Campbell ’68 Eugene S. O'Brien ’81 Richard M. Capalbo ’73 Hon. Robert A. Onofry ’75 George J. Abdy ’73 Hon. Daniel M. Cappiello ’73 Clark J. Pager ’84 Cassandra Abosi ’09 Hon. Paula M. Carey ’86 Linda E. Pfatteicher ’95 Anne S. Acton ’80 Judith A. Carroll ’90 Dr. Jason Reynolds Edward A. Acton ’77 Jason M. Carrozza ’03 Kerry Reynolds Hon. John T. Adams ’90 Christopher T. Casey ’92 Richard Ricker ’79 Lauren J. Adrian ’83 William C. Casey ’83 Lisa M. Sabitoni ’94 Barbara Aferiat Stephen Cesso ’80 Barry S. Scheer ’77 Stuart Aferiat Paul M. Chazan ’75 George R. Schlossberg ’76 David C. Ahearn ’60 William H. Chen ’95 Frank A. Scioli John P. Amodeo ’84 Joseph M. Chirico ’63 Shirley M. Sheridan ’84 Glenn J. Andreoni ’92 Steven A. Ciulla ’05 Susan L. Smith ’07 Marie A. Angelini ’89 Bonnie R. Clendenning ’00 Barry T. Stearns ’84 Laurie S. Applefeld ’83 Jocelyn J. Coletti ’05 Roseann E. Feldeisen Philip L. Arnel ’94 Matthew P. Coletti ’05 Stearns ’85 James P. Atkinson ’80 William S. Colwell ’76 Suffolk Lawyers for Justice Cynthia A. Aziz ’87 Maureen P. Conroy ’90 John A. Testaiuti ’92 Hon. John J. Conte ’58 Gary O. Todd ’91 Nicholas H. Babanikas ’88 Bradley R. Cook ’66 George K. Tonna ’94 David M. Bae ’03 Patrice Cooper Joseph E. Toochin ’63 Hon. Douglas R. Beach ’73 Kathleen A. Corbett ’77 Robert T. Torres ’95 Marisa F. Benton ’02 Kelly R. Cordray ’94 Hon. Stephen R. Ucci ’96 James H. Bergeron ’02 Grace C. Cashman Corkery ’78 Susan Sprague Walters ’89 Robert J. Berks ’76 Brittney R. Cornillaud ’05 Lois L. Berman ’85 Christine M. Costello ’81 The Purple and Gold Susan A. Bernstein ’90 Richard E. Cottone ’75 Loyalty Society Brian J. Bisciotti ’94 Jackie A. Cowin ’02 Kimberly A. DeCiantis Bittner ’96 Anne I. Craig ’83 New England Law's Curt F. Bletzer ’86 Robert E. Craven ’83 consecutive-giving Mark Bobrowski ’85 Neil P. Crowley ’93 recognition club. Named Ryan A. Boland ’96 Michael F. Cuddy ’87 for our school colors, Tracy Boland David E. Cunningham ’85 it honors our dedicated David G. Boniello ’78 Francis X. Cunningham ’58 supporters who give to the Jeffrey B. Bove ’79 Pamela Cunningham law school every year for Brian K. Bowen ’79 Paul J. Curtin, Jr. ’76 three or more consecutive Damian Boz, Jr. ’08 Henry J. Curtis, Jr. ’61 years. Your annual James M. Brady ’84 Corey R. Cutler ’84 contribution, regardless Peter F. Brady ’67 of the monetary amount Jonathan D. Braun ’92 Rachel P. Daly ’10 or fund designations, is Theresa J. Nicholas W. Davila ’06 an investment in the Bresnahan-Coleman ’09 Nancy M. Davis ’98 high-quality legal education Graeme S. Brown ’98 Daniel DeCiccio ’81 New England Law offers Hon. Peter L. Brown ’87 James DeGiacomo its students and is an Eric W. Bruenner ’75 Sean T. Delaney ’93 investment in every degree William J. Bucholz ’67 Peter A. DiBiase ’73 received at the law school. Margaret M. Buckley ’92 Denise DiCarlo Brian E. Burke ’88 Donald P. DiCarlo ’94 Hon. Peter S. Doft ’79 Ronald F. Cahaly ’79 The Bridge  25

Annual Giving Program 2017–2018 Century Club Jamie B. Glick ’04 Stephen F. Kiley ’79 (continued) Deborah L. Gold-Alexander ’85 Robert A. Klein ’85 Walter S. Goldberg ’77 Frank P. Kolodzieski ’87 Hon. Edward S. Domnarski ’75 Paul J. Goldstein ’75 Ellen C. Kozminsky ’76 Martha Donahue Christopher S. Gontarz ’84 Martha E. Krache ’93 Michael C. Donahue ’89 Dennis R. Gorman ’90 Edward C. Krawiecki, Jr. ’79 James M. Donelan ’81 Michael J. Goulding ’96 Kaplesh Kumar ’97 David D. Donovan ’64 Erin L. Grace ’91 Alice A. Kupler Barnett ’76 Sherman D. Drew ’88 Linda M. Grasso ’82 Edward D. Kutchin ’78 Mark S. Drucker ’74 Eric L. Green ’99 Joseph Herbert Lahout, Jr. ’79 Lewis Greenberg ’75 Brian W. Earley ’04 Richard G. Greene ’84 Francis J. Lamir ’82 John P. Elterich ’76 Christopher A. Grillo ’75 Paula LaMonica Marien E. Evans ’73 Suzanne H. Gross ’89 James B. Lampke ’76 Richard G. Grossack ’84 John C. Lane ’81 Joseph M. Fabbricotti ’97 Glen J. Grossman ’80 Karen A. LaVoie ’00 Lauren S. Fackler ’16 Sheila A. Gupta-DeCiccio ’81 Hon. Mark E. Lawton ’74 John C. Farrissey ’81 Samuel J. Lazinger ’74 Hon. Roland D. Fasano ’74 Kathleen Haley ’78 John T. Leddy ’78 James M. Felix ’80 Holly A. Harney ’02 David A. Leone ’57 Gary R. Ferguson ’90 Kevin P. Harrington ’78 Hon. Antoinette E. Leoney ’84 Robert E. Fierman ’75 Warren T. Harris ’80 Valerie J. Lithotomos ’81 Eric J. Fierro ’06 Christopher D. Harrison ’07 Mark J. Longo ’90 Stephanie A. Fierro ’05 Edward T. Hart ’99 Dr. Orlando Lopez ’05 Ephraim J. Fink ’99 John M. Hayes ’80 Catherine L. Lyons ’01 Charles D. Finkelstein ’76 John C. Hilinski ’73 Francis Fiore ’89 David M. Hodge ’82 Glenn F. Mackles ’75 Fernanda B. Dau Fisher ’94 Chad C. Holloway ’06 Robert T. MacNamee ’98 Mitchell Fishman Bettina M. Holton ’90 Glenn D. Magpantay ’98 Hon. Mary C. Fitzpatrick ’53 Sean D. Hope ’07 Katherine A. Malfa ’76 Francis X. Flaherty ’62 Robert C. Horgan ’95 Thomas A. Manning ’84 Lynn W. Flanagan ’76 Gregory P. Howe ’75 Albert H. Manwaring IV ’92 Edward P. Flood ’82 James F. Hughes, Jr. ’55 Frederick Marmo ’79 Richard J. Florino ’80 Peter R. Masciola ’83 Thomas B. Ford ’99 Enzo Iarrobino Richard H. Maynard ’91 Kris C. Foster ’08 Elliott Ichimura Elizabeth P. McAfee ’05 Robert G. Fowler ’68 John McCormack ’92 Mitchell C. Freestone ’89 Mark L. Janos ’82 Donald G. McGregor ’75 Timothy A. French ’80 Christine G. Jennings ’05 Ralph J. McKenna ’60 James A. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Edward J. McKenney ’83 Rebecca J. Gagne ’99 Annellen M. McNamara ’94 Robert J. Gaines ’77 Richard D. Kahn ’83 Jodi B. Meade ’06 Lizbeth A. Galdamez ’96 Bernard E. Kaplan ’80 Mark D. Mermel ’74 Robert J. Galey, Jr. ’99 Mark D. Kaplan ’95 Edward B. Miller ’67 Elizabeth A. Gammon ’97 Randy E. Kaston ’83 Donald F. Mofford ’85 Bonnie L. Gauch ’99 Kathleen A. Kavey ’90 Kathleen A. Molloy ’91 Leon A. Geller ’87 Todd C. Kazlow ’82 Philip H. Mondschein ’75 Hon. Geoffrey R. German ’84 Lisa K. Keating ’89 Susan M. Mooney ’87 Shelagh A. Gibbons ’88 Robert E. Keay ’64 Thomas D. Mooney Brian B. Gibney ’77 Mary E. Kelly ’79 Mark B. Morse ’83 Daniel J. Gibson ’87 Hon. Robert J. Kelly ’64 John P. Moylan ’58 26  The Bridge 

Indicates donors are members of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society  Deceased Hon. MaryLou Muirhead ’83 Paul S. Rapo ’75 Ronald H. Surabian ’83 John F. Mulvihill ’77 Kevin W. Regan ’90 John J. Svagzdys ’58 David W. Murphy, Jr. ’83 Shannon A. Reilly ’93 Sheila Tobie Swan ’78 William H. Murphy ’70 Cynthia H. Reinhard ’77 Richard J. Sweeney ’00 John S. Murray ’98 Michael L. Resnick ’70 Scott M. Murray ’96 Hon. Edward J. Reynolds ’63 Jason S. Taylor ’06 Murtha Cullina LLP Michael D. Rivera ’04 Barbara M. Theberge ’83 William Rosa ’77 Peter J. Thomas ’85 Peter R. Nadel ’81 Steven E. Rosen ’95 Denise W. Tierney ’80 Barbara L. Nason ’93 Patricia B. Feeney Rowan ’88 Timothy F. Tierney ’80 Frank J. Nebush, Jr. ’74 David A. Rubin ’75 Ann P. Tobin ’85 Kathleen E. Nelson ’90 Judah J. Rubin Catherine A. Tocci ’87 Hon. Anthony R. Nesi ’78 Sandra Ruderman Michael A. Torrisi ’83 Christine M. Nicastro ’94 James D. Runzheimer ’77 Hon. John P. Toscano, Jr. ’63 Susan J. Nicastro ’83 Neil S. Ruskin ’72 David P. Trainor ’96 Daniel S. Noonan ’90 Stephen Troiano ’11 Gerald P. Noone ’88 Hon. Catherine P. Sabaitis ’78 Peter H. Tsaffaras ’83 Nancy E. Norton ’92 Marcia L. Sahagian Bennett L. Nussbaum Rachel K. Sanders ’99 Thomas S. Vangel ’88 Martin L. Saradjian ’64 Anthony M. Vignone ’55 Karalyn R. O'Brien ’09 Thomas W. Savage ’75 Ruy Santos Villela ’66 Loretta S. O'Brien ’77 Max P. Schechner ’73 Marie L. Vogel ’03 William F. O'Connell ’96 Stuart M. Schwartz ’85 Hon. Netti C. Vogel ’75 Hon. Michael D. O'Keefe ’81 Frank A. Scioli II ’08 Paul S. Volk ’86 Christine M. O'Leary ’85 Kristen M. Scioli ’03 John J. Vozella, Jr. ’91 Jeremiah J. O'Sullivan ’91 Benedict J. Sciortino ’76 Kathleen M. O'Toole ’82 William R. Scopa ’91 Jessica Wainwright ’02 Hon. Victor M. Ort ’70 Erik B. Seeney ’97 Elissa J. Griffith Waldron ’87 Jean-Ellen Hon. Eileen M. Shaevel ’70 Kenneth B. Walton ’92 Feng Shan ’06 Susan J. Walton ’94 Ouellette-Kenney ’83 Nina B. Shapiro ’84 Carole L. Weidman ’76 H. Dennis Shumaker ’83 Susan M. Weise ’84 Elena M. Palermo ’87 Peter J. Shurn III ’77 Richard P. Weiss ’79 Nina M. Parker-Ganz ’81 Ronald J. Silver ’62 Thomas L. Wesner ’95 Donna M. Paruti ’87 Stellio Sinnis ’91 Carol P. Wessling ’81 Maxine Paul ’77 George A. Skalkeas ’73 Mark R. Wester ’85 Hon. Angela M. Cathy A. Skeirik ’85 Michael C. Wheeler ’90 Bucci Paulhus ’90 Michelle E. Skrobacz ’03 Charles G. White ’99 Dorothy S. Stetson Peirce ’88 Robert B. Slatkin ’75 James P. White David A. Permut ’76 Timothy J. Smyth ’99 Justin White Charles F. Perrault ’84 Paula A. Sollami-Covello ’89 Kathleen M. White ’11 Brian W. Perry ’94 Charles S. Soloveitzik ’79 Fran L. Whyman ’84 Robert G. Peterson ’86 Gregg A. Spath ’77 Robert C. Wickham ’77 C. William Petrics ’76 Kathleen M. Pfeifer Spurling ’88 Jeffrey D. Williams ’76 William M. Pezzoni ’80 Howard E. Stempler ’85 Merritt A. Willing ’76 David M. Pinansky ’78 Arnie L. Stewart ’97 William R. Wilson ’79 Louis Podel ’76 Bobbie Stirling Thomas C. Wojtkowski ’60 Rosemary Purtell ’88 Francis X. Stone ’80 Heidi Ruth Wyle John E. Studley ’84 Gail E. Quinn ’87 Jacqueline J. Sullivan ’85 Michael H. Xifaras ’95 James P. Sullivan ’73 Kristie C. Randall ’03 The Bridge  27

Annual Giving Program 2017–2018 Kimberly A. Zayotti ’97 Lyndsey A. Fiore ’16 John F. Lydon ’78 Marc Zwetchkenbaum Matthew S. Forlizzi ’07 P. Burke Fountain ’79 Kristen S. Macchini ’91 Supporter Carol T. Vittorioso Gallagher ’91 Catherine M. Alman Marc S. Gentile ’96 MacDonagh ’90 Kenneth J. Aufsesser ’79 Hon. Gregory J. Glennon ’02 Brian A. Mahler ’08 Laura B. Gold ’86 Scott Marks ’82 Jonathan K. Beal Sandra E. Goldsmith James J. Marra ’92 Jesse W. Belcher-Timme ’04 Christian A. Gonsalves ’00 Robert K. McAndrews ’02 Ilene B. Belinsky ’80 Thomas F. Gorman ’81 Paul E. McIver ’97 James Benjamin ’10 Marleen Green Christopher H. Meade ’06 Wendy J. Bergman Sharon R. Meisler ’84 Barry Bornstein Thomas W. Hammond, Jr. ’82 Jordan B. Michael ’96 Laurence J. Bravman ’91 Benjamin F. Harley ’74 Arlene Miller Thomas F. Breen ’76 Lianne E. Henderson ’15 Elizabeth Miller Clare A. Frain Brekka ’85 David Hennessey Steven J. Miller Kenneth L. Brekka ’85 Marie L. Higgins ’99 William Miller Robert Brosnan Christopher P. Hodgens ’92 Jennifer M. Monto ’04 Jordan D. Howlette ’16 John F. Murphy ’75 Gerald A. Cafarelli ’63 Patrick J. Campbell ’87 Michael P. Iannotti ’83 Anthony T. O'Brien ’02 Scott C. Cashman ’97 Robert A. Indresano ’68 Michael J. O'Donnell ’99 Hon. Tackey Chan ’03 Frederic N. Ornitz ’76 Elizabeth H. Cleary ’00 Sahbra B. Smook Jacobs ’83 Barry A. Cohen ’74 Barry M. Jaye Donna R. Park James J. Condon, Jr. ’86 Julie R. Jaye R. Gregory Park ’76 John J. Connors, Jr. ’88 Charles E. Jones ’68 Joseph H. Parys ’74 Ronald C. Coutu ’78 Susan D. Joslow ’81 Julianne E. Perkins ’90 William Z. Cullen ’80 Richard J. Jurczak ’78 Elizabeth M. Plaushin ’82 Sean T. Cunningham ’03 Thomas B. Pursell ’84 Brendan W. Kelly ’12 Joseph F. D'Antonio, Jr. ’93 Denise K. Kenneally ’89 Ann E. Rascati ’84 Daniel R. D'Isidoro ’06 Reisha S. Kennison Jonathan W. Reed ’06 Julie A. Davenport Robert D. Kennison Robert F. Resnick ’91 William J. Davenport Brendan W. Kirkpatrick ’14 Carol A. Reymos Kimberly M. DeVeau ’92 Frederick Klarman ’61 Maryanne Reynolds ’94 Irene J. Dorsky ’89 Deborah S. Knight Hon. Edward J. Rockett ’65 Lisa R. Dropkin ’91 Michael S. Knight ’88 Virginia M. Giroux Rollow ’73 Joshua Dubin Dorothy O. Koenig Laura Roseman Christina C. Duddy ’87 Daniel H. Kryzanski ’93 Sarah E. Roxburgh ’08 John F. Kryzovic ’62 Jeremy B. Eisemann ’05 Nadine L. Scibek ’91 Edward L. Englert ’86 Sandra J. Langlais ’09 Loren Shapiro Rachel C. Lapidus ’93 David L. Sheppard-Brick ’13 Pamella M. Fairclough ’93 Robert L. Lapointe ’89 David S. Shiffman ’73 Donald E. Feener ’76 Jane M. Lassalle ’91 Clare T. Jabour Sidman ’87 Peter Fellman ’81 Alison D. Zollo LeBleu ’92 Steven C. Siegel ’82 Harvey Felton Lester H. Levenbaum Helen J. Staunton ’87 Evan S. Fensterstock ’09 Merle Levenbaum Gerald C. Sternberg ’76 Phyllis J. Field ’88 Ron Levenbaum Nancy P. Stoops ’88 Howard M. Fine ’89 Steve Levine ’77 28  The Bridge 

Indicates donors are members of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society Deceased Supporter Special Funds Christopher H. Meade ’06 (continued) Jodi B. Meade ’06 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES Christine M. O'Leary ’85 Michael A. Taicher Philip L. Arnel ’94 Donna M. Paruti ’87 Nancy D. Taicher David M. Bae ’03 Shannon A. Reilly ’93 Lee S. Trumbull, Jr. ’73 Mitchell W. Becker ’78 Loren Shapiro Richard M. Capalbo ’73 Cathy A. Skeirik ’85 Per C. Vaage ’05 Brittney R. Cornillaud ’05 Elissa J. Griffith Waldron ’87 Anne Marie N. Kevin B. Drolet ’99 Marc Zwetchkenbaum Vagra-Zanfardino ’89 Richard J. Florino ’80 Joseph Valof ’72 Mitchell C. Freestone ’89 MARK CHARBONNIER James F. Vetelino ’66 David Gonzalez ’97 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Lewis Greenberg ’75 Graeme S. Brown ’98 Dana Weber Robert A. Indresano ’68 Brendan W. Kelly ’12 Larry M. Wentworth ’91 Susan D. Joslow ’81 Rachel K. Sanders ’99 Sasha J. Wiesen ’02 Richard J. Jurczak ’78 Richard L. Wulsin ’81 Robert A. Klein ’85 MARTIN C. FOSTER John F. Kryzovic ’62 BUILDING FUND Stephen I. Yellin ’75 Sandra J. Langlais ’09 Anonymous Georgia L. Ypsilantis ’53 Jane M. Lassalle ’91 Susan Calamare Valerie J. Lithotomos ’81 William Z. Cullen ’80 Peter R. Masciola ’83 Barry A. Feinstein ’77 Frederic N. Ornitz ’76 Kris C. Foster ’08 Elizabeth M. Plaushin ’82 Martin C. Foster ’80 Steven E. Rosen ’95 John C. Lane ’81 George R. Schlossberg ’76 Dean John F. O'Brien ’77 Timothy J. Smyth ’99 John W. Parcellin ’85 Michael A. Torrisi ’83 Charles F. Perrault ’84 Ruy Santos Villela ’66 James J. Rafferty ’84 Kathleen M. Pfeifer CENTERS AND CLINICS Spurling ’88 Cynthia A. Aziz ’87 Stephen Troiano ’11 James Benjamin ’10 Theresa J. GENERAL Bresnahan-Coleman ’09 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Patrick J. Campbell ’87 Lauren J. Adrian ’83 Steven A. Ciulla ’05 Philip L. Arnel ’94 Michael F. Cuddy ’87 Marisa F. Benton ’02 Mark S. Drucker ’74 James H. Bergeron ’02 Marien E. Evans ’73 Laurence J. Bravman ’91 Robert J. Galey, Jr. ’99 Margaret M. Buckley ’92 Eric L. Green ’99 Ronald F. Cahaly ’79 Glen J. Grossman ’80 Jason M. Carrozza ’03 Robert B. Harris ’85 Hon. Tackey Chan ’03 Lianne E. Henderson ’15 Barry A. Cohen ’74 Susan D. Joslow ’81 William S. Colwell ’76 Brendan W. Kirkpatrick ’14 Rachel P. Daly ’10 Derrick C. Lee ’03 Nancy M. Davis ’98 Valerie J. Lithotomos ’81 Daniel DeCiccio ’81 Thomas A. Manning ’84 Kimberly M. DeVeau ’92 Peter R. Masciola ’83 Joshua Dubin The Bridge  29

Indicates donors are members of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society Deceased Special Funds William Miller KENNEDY J. & ANNA B. (continued) Gerald P. Noone ’88 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Joseph H. Parys ’74 FUND Brian W. Earley ’04 Maxine Paul ’77 Donald H. Libbey ’97 Lauren S. Fackler ’16 Dorothy S. Stetson Peirce ’88 Sarah C. Libbey Charles D. Finkelstein ’76 Julianne E. Perkins ’90 Dean John F. O'Brien ’77 Lyndsey A. Fiore ’16 Thomas B. Pursell ’84 John P. Fitzgerald ’67 Gail E. Quinn ’87 KENNEDY J. O’BRIEN Jennifer M. Flaherty Suzanne Quinn ’78 MEMORIAL Peter G. Flaherty ’92 Paul S. Rapo ’75 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Lizbeth A. Galdamez ’96 Ann E. Rascati ’84 Susan Calamare Joan C. Gallivan ’93 Jonathan W. Reed ’06 Martin C. Foster ’80 Elizabeth A. Gammon ’97 Dr. Jason Reynolds Dean John F. O'Brien ’77 Leon A. Geller ’87 Kerry Reynolds Karalyn R. O'Brien ’09 Shelagh A. Gibbons ’88 Maryanne Reynolds ’94 James P. White Hon. Gregory J. Glennon ’02 Laura Roseman Jamie B. Glick ’04 Sandra Ruderman PULGINI BUILDING FUND Deborah L. James D. Runzheimer ’77 Audrey R. Pulgini Gold-Alexander ’85 Hon. Catherine P. Sabaitis ’78 David Gonzalez ’97 Thomas W. Savage ’75 PAULINE ROGERS Erin L. Grace ’91 Hon. Eileen M. Shaevel ’70 MEMORIAL LOAN FUND Sheila A. Feng Shan ’06 Dr. Elizabeth C. Dooling Gupta-DeCiccio ’81 David L. Sheppard-Brick ’13 Thomas W. Shirley M. Sheridan ’84 Matching Gifts Hammond, Jr. ’82 Clare T. Jabour Sidman ’87 Elaine M. Hartnett ’90 Gregg A. Spath ’77 Aetna Foundation, Inc. John M. Hayes ’80 Francis X. Stone ’80 American Family Insurance Dreams Brent Henry Jacqueline J. Sullivan ’85 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Minnie Henry James P. Sullivan ’73 Fidelity Foundation Sean D. Hope ’07 Ann P. Tobin ’85 GE Foundation Jordan D. Howlette ’16 Per C. Vaage ’05 John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Elliott Ichimura James F. Vetelino ’66 MetLife Foundation Christine G. Jennings ’05 Hon. Netti C. Vogel ’75 PG&E Corporation James A. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Jessica Wainwright ’02 State Farm Companies Foundation Richard D. Kahn ’83 Carol P. Wessling ’81 State Street Foundation Textron Todd C. Kazlow ’82 Fran L. Whyman ’84 UnitedHealth Group Robert E. Keay ’64 Thomas C. Wojtkowski ’60 Verizon Foundation Mary E. Kelly ’79 Heidi Ruth Wyle Ellen C. Kozminsky ’76 THANK YOU! Martha E. Krache ’93 JUDGE JAMES R. LAWTON Joseph Herbert Lahout, Jr. ’79 SCHOLARSHIP FUND To all our alumni and friends who participated Alison D. Zollo LeBleu ’92 Hon. Peter J. Cahill ’73 in our 2017–2018 Annual Giving Program, Valerie J. Lithotomos ’81 Susan Calamare we send our deep appreciation. For more Dr. Orlando Lopez ’05 Barry A. Feinstein ’77 information on how you can make a gift, go to Catherine L. Lyons ’01 Martin C. Foster ’80 alumni.nesl.edu/give or call 617-422-7422. Brian A. Mahler ’08 Hon. Mark E. Lawton ’74 Albert H. Manwaring IV ’92 Richard J. Lawton ’82 Please accept our apologies if your name is Peter R. Masciola ’83 Donald H. Libbey ’97 spelled incorrectly or has been left out of these Arlene Miller Sarah C. Libbey lists. Please call 617-422-7422 to inform us Elizabeth Miller Dean John F. O'Brien ’77 of the error, and we will correct our records for Steven J. Miller Richard J. Rafferty ’88 future lists. 30  The Bridge 

CLASS ACTION 1968 David Speciale is the chairman of the Chatham 1977 Council on Aging in Chatham, Massachusetts. Before retiring in 2014, he worked with AIG in their legal and marketing operations in more than sixteen countries since the 1980s. 1969 The Honorable Joseph N. Mondello of New Peter C. Contino, partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in York was appointed by President Trump as U.S. Uniondale, New York, was named to the New York Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago after a full Metro Super Lawyers for 2018 for his defense work Senate confirmation. in professional liability. 1972 Joseph Valof, transactional in-house counsel 1978 Anthony J. Rusciano, a partner at Plunkett Cooney, 1974 with Online Counsel in Westboro, Massachusetts, P.C., in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was named a has drafted several industry guides. The first 2017 Super Lawyer by Michigan Super Lawyers deals with ethics and morality in corporate magazine for his practice in business litigation. America and how officers and directors can mitigate their damages. The second deals with 1980 Anne S. Acton, who retired from her role as director how Time Series Analytics could potentially 1981 of the New England Law | Boston library in the become a 21st century industry business and summer of 2018, was awarded the Edgar Award marketing tool. Receive a copy by contacting him by the Law Librarians of New England for her directly at [email protected]. achievements in the field of law librarianship over the past 43 years. James K. Alford is a partner at Stinson Leonard Street in Washington, D.C. He advises private Leo J. Cushing was presented with the 2017–2018 and public sponsors of international energy and MCLE Scholar-Mentor Award in March 2018 at infrastructure projects. the 19th Annual New England Estate Planning (and More) Conference. An experienced CPA and 1976 Eric B. Cote, attorney in Saco, Maine, and founding partner of the Waltham-based law firm member of the Saco City Council, has retired Cushing & Dolan, P.C., he counsels clients in the from public service. In 1998 he became the Ward areas of estate planning, asset protection, trust 6 representative in the city council. Previously, planning, charitable giving, and resolution of tax he was on the city council for one term in 1978, controversies. served as mayor from 1982 to 1986, and was a planning board member from 1987 to 1997. He Bradley D. Myerson, principal attorney at Myerson opened his law office in 1977. Law Offices in Manchester Center, Vermont, has been selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of Helene E. Weinstein, assemblywoman of District The Best Lawyers in America for his work in criminal 41 in New York, is the chair of the New York defense. This is the 13th year he has been listed Assembly Ways and Means Committee. She with The Best Lawyers in America. He has been is the first woman to serve as the chair of the in practice since 1982, concentrating in criminal committee. She was elected to the assembly in defense, DUI/DWI defense, personal injury, and 1980 and is also the first woman to chair the civil litigation. Assembly Judiciary Committee, a position she has held since 1994. The Bridge  31

CLASS ACTION 1982 Charles J. Basinait, land use and zoning attorney 1984 1983 at Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., in Fort Meyers, Florida, was recognized as a 2018 Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine. The Honorable John M. Conroy was appointed Many classmates from the Class of 1984 gathered by James C. Duff, director of the Administrative for a luncheon at Legal Seafood in Boston in Office of the United States Courts, to serve on the February 2018. Magistrate Judges Advisory Group, whose mission is to assist the Judicial Conference of the United The Honorable Elaine M. Buckley was States courts in the administration of the federal appointed an associate justice of the Superior magistrate judge system. Judge Conroy has served Court of Massachusetts. as the United States magistrate judge for the District of Vermont since 2008. Jayne Heimlich Conroy, partner at Simmons Hanly Conroy in New York, New York, was named Joseph J. Solomon, council president for the 1985 to Crain's New York Business inaugural list of Warwick, Rhode Island City Council, is acting mayor 100 Leading Women Lawyers in New York City. of Warwick, Rhode Island, and plans to run for a full She focuses her practice on complex civil cases, term in November 2018. representing plaintiffs in a wide variety of products liability matters. A litigator for more than three Laura R. Studen, partner at Burns & Levinson, decades, she serves or has served as a member of LLP, in Boston, Massachusetts, was recognized as Plaintiffs’ Steering or Executive Committees in nearly a leading lawyer in Chambers USA 2018 for Labor a dozen pharmaceutical MDLs—more than any other & Employment: Mainly Plaintiffs Representation female lawyer in the country. She has been credited in Massachusetts. She has handled complex with orchestrating the settlements of thousands of disputes, including litigation in multiple venues pharmaceutical cases. and jurisdictions. She has been lead counsel in matters involving employment disputes including discrimination, wrongful discharge, workplace harassment, executive compensation, and employment contract negotiations. William M. Tambussi, partner at Brown & Connery, Felicia Lebewohl Rosen opened the Law Office LLP, in Westmont, New Jersey, was inducted as a of Felicia Lebewohl Rosen in New York, New York, fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. dedicated to special education law. He concentrates in labor and employment law, complex civil litigation, professional liability litigation, Thomas R. Murphy began his term as president and governmental affairs. of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers in July 2018. He has been active as a trial lawyer in the Peter H. Tsaffaras retired as president of Quincy greater Boston area since 1985. College in Quincy, Massachusetts. 32  The Bridge 

1986 Carol A. Berlen is partner at Rainone Coughlin 1988 Mark J. Simeola was appointed vice chairman of Minchello, LLC, in Iselin, New Jersey. She was The Savings Bank Board of Directors in Wakefield, appointed borough attorney for the Borough of (continued) Massachusetts. Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, in January 2018. 1987 1989 Four New England Law graduates enjoyed skiing David J. Correira, managing partner at Correira & together in Val d'Isiere in the French Alps: Jessica A. Correira LLP in Swansea, Massachusetts, received Crocker '87, Laura A. Mann (nee Miller) '87, Paul a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in comparative law and international taxation at the Eötvös Loránd M. Hayes '90, and Stephen M. Woodworth '81 University Law School in Budapest, Hungary, in conjunction with Lazarski University School of Law Thomas M. McGee was elected mayor of Lynn, in Warsaw, Poland, and Boston University School of Massachusetts, in November 2017. Previously, he Law. He was an adjunct professor at New England served as a Massachusetts state senator for the Law, teaching advanced estate planning and the Third Essex District since 2002. taxation of estates and trusts. Wendy Murphy received the Distinguished Service Peter J. Koutoujian, sheriff of Middlesex County, Award for Excellence in Media at the International Massachusetts, is president of the Massachusetts Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma Awards, for Sheriffs Association for a two-year term. her tireless work in these areas. The Honorable Margarita Hartley Moore David M. Spillane, principal at Spillane Kane 1991 was appointed a judge on the Connecticut Barden in Hanover, Massachusetts, completed a Superior Court. 161-mile walk from Stockbridge to Boston to raise money for the Elizabeth Stone House, a nonprofit Rita P. Colucci was named general counsel at in Roxbury, Massachusetts, that helps domestic Salem State University in December 2018. She abuse survivors. His journey began the day after previously served as chief of staff, general counsel, Thanksgiving and came to a close on December 1, and secretary to the board at Framingham State 2017, at the Boston Marathon finish line. His friends University. and family, including fellow members of the Class of 1987, joined him at the finish line. Laura J. McCarthy, who has served as a city of Chicopee accessor for more than 20 years, led the 1988 The Honorable Anthony M. Campo, associate Chicopee contingent as parade marshal in the 2018 justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts, Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Parade. received an honorary degree from Curry College, where he received his undergraduate degree. Danica A. Iacoi (nee Dayian) joined the staff of Rhode Island Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello’s team as chief legal counsel. She previously served as the general counsel for the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety. Donna M. Pisciotta joined Old Republic Title in Andover, Massachusetts, as an underwriting counsel. The Bridge  33

CLASS ACTION 1991 Robert W. McKenna, associate dean and assistant Daniel J. Bernier, attorney at the Law Office of professor of criminal justice in the School of Justice Daniel J Bernier, LLC, in Waterville, Maine, was (continued) Studies at Roger Williams University in Bristol, named the 2018 Outstanding Professional by the Rhode Island, is a 2018 Rhode Island Criminal Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. He is on the 1992 Justice Hall of Fame inductee. board of directors and is the chairman of public 1993 policy with the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce. The Honorable Timothy F. Sullivan, chief justice of the Massachusetts Housing Court, was honored by The Honorable Patrick J. Bradshaw was the St. Thomas Moore Society of Worcester County appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court. as part of its annual Red Mass in October 2017. Eight classmates from the Class of 1994 enjoyed a Daniel W. Tietz is the CEO of the Bailey House 1994 mini reunion in June 2018: Cheryl A. Mancini (nee in New York, New York, which provides supportive Echan), Jennifer A. Maggiacomo (nee McVeigh), housing for people living with HIV and AIDS and Martha R. Bagley, Brian T. Fisher, Anna M. Eckert advocates on their behalf. Byrne, Fernanda B. Dau, Tasneem Ghogawala, and Diana L. O'Donoghue. Barry D. Walters, director of the office of support operations for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Ruth Kechejian Lenahan, assistant district attorney Commission in Washington, D.C., received The for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, received the Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Securities Attorney Robert W. Munley Distinguished Service and Exchange Commission (SEC) in June 2018, Award presented by Lackawanna Pro Bono in honor during the 63rd Annual SEC Chairman's Honorary of her dedicated service to the community. Awards Program. The Distinguished Service Award is the SEC's highest honorary award and recognizes Amy P. Karangekis was appointed the regional employees or teams who have made substantial and chief of the Western Massachusetts office lasting contributions to the SEC's mission. of the State Attorney General in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Honorable Shelley M. Richmond Joseph was appointed associate justice for Framingham District Court. Previously, she founded and served as principal of The Law Office of Joseph & Joseph, where her practice concentrated on criminal defense. 1995 The Honorable Thomas J. Barbar was appointed Jonathan B. Bruno, partner at Rivkin Radler LLP in an associate justice of the Middlesex Probate and New York, New York, was named to the New York Family Court in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. He Metro Super Lawyers for 2018 for his defense work also served as the secretary of the Massachusetts in professional liability. Bar Association during its 2017–2018 year. 34  The Bridge 

1995 The Honorable Eric T. Donovan was sworn in 1995 as clerk-magistrate of the Brighton Division of the (continued) Boston Municipal Court in August 2018. (continued) Robert D. Foley opened Robert Foley Law, P.A., 1996 Shashank Upadhye is partner in the Chicago office in Cape Coral, Florida, in September 2017. He of Amin Talati Upadhye, LLP. He practices in the previously worked as a special agent with the FBI areas of pharmaceuticals and medical device patent, for 20 years, where his assignments spanned FDA regulatory affairs, and corporate governance multiple field offices in legal, investigative, and matters. Prior to founding ATU, he was a partner at leadership roles, including the FBI’s SWAT team Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, and a VP of IP and Regulatory and culminating with an appointment as the Special affairs for a number of different pharmaceutical Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office. His companies in Toronto, Ontario; Princeton, New investigative background includes public corruption, Jersey; and Long Island, New York. He is also white-collar crime, counterterrorism, and undercover pleased to note that his industry-leading treatise operations. He also served was a prosecutor in on patents and FDA law, Generic Pharmaceutical the State Attorney's Office in the 20th Judicial Patent & FDA Law, is now in its 10th annual edition Circuit in Florida. and is also available on e-book format through Thomson (West) Reuters publishing. Richard J. Rosa, co-founder of Buyers Brokers Only, LLC, and partner at Rosa & Kres, LLP, was elected to Alexander Cain published the book We Stood Our the Haverhill, Massachusetts, School Committee for Ground, examining 18th century Lexington and the a four-year term in November 2017. The Haverhill Battle of Lexington. Public Schools serve more than 7,500 students. Kimberly A. DeCiantis Bittner is an attorney at Lambros Law Office in Cranston, Rhode Island. She focuses in estate planning, probate administration, and civil litigation. Dennis S. Scott successfully completed the Elizabeth A. Dunigan (middle), assistant district Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance attorney for Middlesex County, Massachusetts, be- Examination, thus earning the CHPC designation came a fellow of the American College of Trial Law- from the Health Care Compliance Association yers, one of the premier legal associations in North of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dennis is a health America, in 2017. She is currently the only female care attorney and the privacy and compliance prosecutor from Massachusetts in the College. officer at PV Kent & Associates, P.C., in Danvers, Massachusetts. He also previously earned the CHC Robert L. Mauro graduated from the Maryland Fire (Certified in Health Care Compliance) and the CCEP and Rescue Institute and is a nationally registered (Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional) EMT-B. He is working with the Abingdon Fire credentials. Department in Abingdon, Maryland. Paulette J. Thabault, director and professor at The Bridge  35 Norwich University School of Nursing in Northfield, Vermont, is a board member of Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Barre, Vermont.

CLASS ACTION 1996 The Honorable Janine D. Rivers was appointed 1998 claims and bad faith litigation. an associate justice of the Suffolk Probate and (continued) Family Court in Boston, Massachusetts. (continued) Brian M. Quirk, director of the litigation group at Dawn A. MacGregor is an associate at Burns & Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, PLLP, was named Levinson in Boston, Massachusetts. She focuses in in the 2019 Best Lawyers in America as the \"Lawyer divorce and family law. of the Year\" in the field of Criminal Defense: White Collar for the Concord, New Hampshire, region. Professor Caryn R. Mitchell-Munevar, clinical law professor at New England Law | Boston, was Elaine M. Vadas was recognized by Continental recognized by the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of Association for \"Excellence in Academia\" at their Law in recognition of her role as owner and founder annual fall reception in November 2017. of Vadas Law Firm, PLC, in Fairfax, Virginia. Monica N. Modi-Khant, executive director of the 1997 Valerie L. Giglio spoke at the Women's Health Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN), Forum at Winthrop High School in October 2017. was a 2018 Inspiration Award winner from the She is a Revere, Massachusetts, attorney and Emory Public Interest Committee. She serves on the vocalist. advisory board of Raksha, a Georgia-based nonprofit organization for the South Asian community, is a Joseph M. Griffin was selected as a Superlawyer graduate of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2015, and for 2017 for his work in criminal defense. He also has served as pro bono liaison of the Atlanta chapter co-authored the pocket part for the 2017 edition of of the America Immigration Lawyers Association the Massachusetts Trial Handbook. (AILA). She is also an adjunct professor at Georgia State University, teaching Human Trafficking & The Honorable Steven D. Power was Modern-Day Slavery. appointed an associate justice of the Westborough District Court. Jeffrey G. DiAmico is an attorney at Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC, in Huntingdon 1998 Jonathan Kasen is the bodily injury/uninsured 1999 Valley, Pennsylvania. He concentrates his practice in motorist supervisor for the Geico Staff Counsel out the areas of transactional corporate law and com- of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office. mercial real estate. He lives is Jamison, Pennsylva- nia, with his wife Katherine Lush-DiAmico '99 and Dana M. Horton is a partner at Robinson+Cole 2000 their three children. in Providence, Rhode Island. She is an insurance litigation attorney and a member of the firm’s Angelina (Angel) M. Colonneso was elected insurance and reinsurance group. She has treasurer of the Florida Court Clerks and experience representing and advising insurance Comptrollers. She is the clerk of the Circuit companies in large loss property subrogation Court and comptroller of Manatee County in matters, property insurance coverage disputes, and Bradenton, Florida. bad faith claims. Her experience includes handling proceedings from inception through resolution in state, federal, and appellate courts. She represents insurers who have compensated their customers for damage pursuant to their property insurance policies, and she pursues recovery from responsible third parties. She also has extensive experience litigating and advising insurers on coverage issues and defends insurance companies in extra-contractual 36  The Bridge 

2000 Christopher R. Philbin is vice president of 2003 Steven D. Gonzalez, construction litigation partner government affairs for Partners HealthCare in in Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC’s (continued) Boston, Massachusetts. He is responsible for leading (continued) Miami, Florida, office, was named to the 2018 Super the government affairs strategy for Partners as well Lawyers Magazine list of Rising Stars. 2001 as leading advocacy work 2002 on the organization's behalf. Jonathan M. Ofilos is partner at Tinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C., in Salem, Massachusetts. He focuses on 2003 Gregory P. Long was promoted to superintendent- 2004 real estate, banking, finance, and business. in-chief of the Boston Police Department in Boston, Massachusetts. For the past three years, he has Natashia M. Tidwell, counsel at Hogan Lovells headed up the Bureau of Investigative Services. in Boston, Massachusetts, was appointed by the Prior to that role, he served as the commander of Massachusetts Senate Ethics Committee to lead the special investigations and homicide units, where an ethics investigation involving state senator Stan as lieutenant detective he oversaw all homicide and Rosenberg. major investigations in the city of Boston. Michael J. Ash was awarded accreditation and The Honorable Gregory J. Glennon was reelected membership by the Counselors of Real Estate to the position of Chittenden County Probate Judge (CRE), an international group of high-profile real in Burlington, Vermont. estate practitioners established in 1953. He was awarded the credential and membership at the Brandon R. Weber is senior manager of business CRE's 2018 Midyear Meetings in Chicago. He is development at Corporate Environmental Advisors a partner at DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP, Inc. in Westborough, Massachusetts. He is in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he specializes in real responsible for driving the growth and visibility of estate value litigation and has extensive knowledge CEA in its key business markets as well as leading and experience in infrastructure planning and CEA’s marketing and sales initiatives. implementation. Camille A. Frazer, attorney at Guardian Ad Litem Kevin Q. Corridan, owner of Corridan Law in Program in Port St. Lucie, Florida, published a Wilbraham, Massachusetts, returned as an associate collection of poems titled The Unveiling. The city solicitor in Chicopee, Massachusetts. collection is divided into seven sections. The first, Purpose, addresses the utilization of our time and Keith E. Glidden, partner at Verrill Dana LLP in talents toward the fulfillment of our purpose and Boston, Massachusetts, was named to the 2017 our attention to others and less on self. The second, edition of the New England Super Lawyers and Fracture, highlights the ensuing injury caused by a Rising Stars for his work in business litigation. separation from one’s purpose and the collective whole. Restoration is aided by Faith, Hope, Love, Carol E. Thorstad-Forsyth, partner at Fox and the appreciation of the Beauty of nature. The Rothschild in West Palm Beach, Florida, was named final section, Meaning, brings us full circle to our to Florida's Legal Leaders by Florida Trend. purpose and living a life of meaning. The book is She was recognized for her work in the intellectual available on Amazon. property practice. The Bridge  37

CLASS ACTION 2005 Christopher W. Blanchard is a shareholder at 2006 2006 Facey Goss & McPhee PC in Rutland, Vermont, where he practices in the area of commercial and (continued) residential real estate transactions and litigation, business and construction law, common interest communities, municipal law, and civil litigation. Michael A. Curry is senior vice president and Erin Kennedy Clancy, shareholder at Sullivan general counsel of the Massachusetts League Hill in San Diego, California, has been selected of Community Health Centers in Boston, to Thompson Reuters 2018 Rising Stars for the Massachusetts, where he leads the government first time in the areas of construction litigation, affairs and public policy division. The Mass League civil litigation, business/corporate, and insurance represents over 50 community health centers and coverage. She was also recognized as one of the over 988,000 patients across the state. He was also best and brightest minds of San Diego County for named as a Men's Health Champion for the Whittier SD Metro Magazine’s 18th Annual 40 Under 40 Street Health Center's 18th Annual Men's Health Award. She was selected by a panel of judges for Summit. He was honored for his help promoting her work in the legal community. health and well-being in the community. Curtis B. Dooling was promoted to counsel at Pierce & Mandell, P.C., a boutique litigation firm Stephanie A. Fierro, partner at Jaburg Wilk in located in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been Phoenix, Arizona, was named one of the top forty practicing law for ten years and has been with the most influential women in Arizona for 2018 by firm for over five years. He has a robust litigation Arizona Big Media. She assists her business clients practice that encompasses a wide range of matters, with general business law, transactional work, and including complex commercial and business business planning. She also represents families and litigation, construction, personal injury, zoning and individuals with their estate planning. land use disputes, health care, and insurance defense and coverage issues. Steven M. Walsh was named the president and CEO of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Eric J. Fierro was promoted to partner at Association (MHA) in Boston, Massachusetts. Keller Rohrback L.L.P. in Phoenix, Arizona. He He previously served as executive director of the practices in the firm's nationally recognized Complex Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals Litigation Group, focusing his practice in Electronic as well as six terms in the Massachusetts House Discovery. He also oversees a team of technical of Representatives, representing the 11th Essex professionals providing electronic discovery District. He was also the keynote speaker at the consulting and litigation support for the firm’s clients health care summit at Bay Path University. He and co-counsel. discussed what is driving and influencing the transitions in our health care delivery models. Mark D. Szal, attorney at Szal Law Group in Boston, Massachusetts, and adjunct professor of Legal Emily J. Bordens (nee Wexler) was promoted to Research and Writing at New England Law | Boston, counsel at the law firm of Bressler, Amery & Ross, had the 11th highest verdict and settlement of 2017 P.C., in New York and New Jersey. She focuses on in Massachusetts. The case, Rinsky v. Cushman labor and employment law out of the Florham Park, & Wakefield, Inc., dealt with the termination of New Jersey, office. relocating a worker (age 63) for job abandonment and was deemed age discrimination. The verdict had Marcie A. Charles is an associate at Henderson, a settlement of $1.27 million. Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. in Naples, Florida. She joined the firm's estate planning and trust administration department. 38  The Bridge 

2007 Ryan C. Colton is the associate director of 2007 athletics for compliance at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. (continued) Sarah R. Skubas (nee Laub) was selected as a New Leaders in the Law honoree by the Kevin W. Fay is a member at Eckert Seamans 2008 Connecticut Law Tribune's Annual Professional Cherin & Mellott, LLC, in Philadelphia, Excellence Awards. She is a principal in the Hartford, Pennsylvania. He concentrates his practice Connecticut, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. where in complex civil litigation, including medical she focuses on employment litigation, preventive malpractice and other professional liability counseling, and labor relations. matters as well as product liability and commercial litigation. He has represented and Sidra M. Vitale, immigration attorney at her practice advised a wide range of clients, from large multi- in Boston, Massachusetts, and adjunct professor national corporations to individual consumers. of Legal Research and Writing at New England Law | Boston, was honored for her pro bono work Susanna A. Jones, a compliance associate with immigrant children by Kids in Need of Defense at Foundation Medicine, Inc., in Cambridge, (KIND) at their December 2017 reception. Massachusetts, is participating in the Boston Bar Association's Public Interest Leadership Program Erica J. Chapman, vice president of global real from September 2018–August 2019. She estate and workplace productivity at Akamai specializes in diverse corporate and health care Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was matters, including HIPAA conformity, fraud and named one of the 2017 40 Under 40 by the Boston abuse compliance, risk management, data privacy, Business Journal. internal audit, promotional review, patient advocacy, risk assessments, and transparency reporting. Stephanie M. Chesney (nee Simmons) was named of counsel at Bonner, Kiernan, Trebach Karla Rosero Kahn was a panelist at the Women & Crociata, LLP, an East Coast defense firm Advancing Microfinance New York's annual headquartered in Washington, D.C. Her practice gathering \"Celebrating the Women Fighting for is based in Massachusetts and Maine, and she Immigrant Rights in NYC\" in October 2018. She represents insureds in medical malpractice claims, is both the founder of the Law Office of Karla P. employment claims, construction claims, and general Rosero PLLC and the Galapagos Center for New liability claims. Americans. She regularly speaks to immigrant groups, providing Know Your Rights workshops Kristin N.G. Dzialo is a partner at Eckert Byrne and advocating for immigrant women. She is also LLC in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and focuses an adjunct professor at St. John’s University Staten in estate planning and estate (probate) and trust Island campus teaching immigration law. administration. Michael F. McDonagh is the CEO of Associated Jennifer A. Sunderland is a partner in the Boston, Subcontractors of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts, office of Melick & Porter LLP where Massachusetts. she focuses her practice on defending employers in claims involving discrimination, retaliation, and The Honorable Alana I. Mejias was appointed an wrongful termination. associate judge for St. Clair County, Illinois. The Bridge  39

CLASS ACTION 2009 Cecilia Ugarte Baldwin of Arlington, 2009 Craig S. Shames is a commercial agent for Jack Massachusetts, was selected by the National Conway in Norwell, Massachusetts. He specializes Association of Accountable Care Organizations (continued) in serving the sales, leasing, and development needs (NAACOS) to serve on the NAACOS Policy of Boston’s Seaport area, as well as the communities Committee. Members provide feedback on proposed of Newton, Wellesley, Weston, and Wayland, regulations or legislation under consideration by Massachusetts. the executive branch or Congress. She continues to serve as director of public payer programs and Matthew L. Teich was named partner at Halloran policy at Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization & Sage, LLP, in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a (BIDCO). member of the Corporate Business & Transactions and Real Estate Practice Groups, and handles such Stephanie M. Batchelder, partner at Manning 2010 transactional matters as finance, corporate, and Gross + Massenburg LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, commercial real estate. was honored in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2018 Excellence in the Law Awards in the “Up & Alison L. Beach was promoted to the rank of Coming Lawyers” category. She is a member of the Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force on firm’s complex litigation practice group and focuses August 1, 2018. She currently serves as the chief of her practice on products liability and toxic tort standards and evaluation and as an instructor at the litigation. United States Air Force Judge Advocate General’s School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. Tara N. Cho was elected to partner in the Privacy and Data Security practice at Wyrick Robbins Yates Erin M. Brummer, associate at Fragomen, Del Rey, & Ponton in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her practice Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, in Boston, Massachusetts, focuses on privacy and cybersecurity issues across is participating in the Boston Bar Association's industry sectors and technology platforms. Public Interest Leadership Program from September 2018–August 2019. At Fragomen, she works Michael R. DiStefano, associate at Todd & Weld with clients across a variety of industries, including LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, was honored in the premier high-technology corporations, and is the pro Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2018 Excellence bono coordinator. in the Law Awards in the \"Up & Coming Lawyers\" category. Adam D. Lewis was appointed board president of Adam's House, a nonprofit center devoted to Ellen M. Ellis volunteered her legal services with offering free educational and peer-support programs RAICES at the ICE detention center in Karnes to grieving children and families in Connecticut. City, Texas. The Karnes detention center is one He is a partner at O'Connell, Attmore & Morris in of three family detention centers in the U.S. The Hartford, Connecticut, and practices in a variety of women detained there were applying for asylum areas, including civil litigation and real estate. and were being held with their minor children. While there, she helped women to prepare for their Amanda J. Fulton is the first in-house counsel for credible fear interviews. She is currently an ERISA Repligen Corporation, a biotech company based attorney and has a background in human rights. in Waltham, Massachusetts, supporting business You can read about her experiences at https:// strategy and handling contract negotiation, intellectual property, compliance, real estate, and medium.com/@ellenellis_33154. employment matters. Matthew G. Feher, counsel at KP Law in Boston, 2011 Massachusetts, was honored in the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's 2018 Excellence in the Law Awards in the \"Up & Coming Lawyers\" category. 40  The Bridge 

2011 Lindsay E. Higgins was elected for a 2014 second term as Ward 7 Alderman in Woburn, (continued) Massachusetts. She is a tax consultant at Ryan, (continued) LLC, specializing in transaction tax research. Abbigail W. Shirk, staff attorney at Metrowest Rory J. Parnell, partner at the Law Offices of Legal Services in Framingham, Massachusetts, is Parnell, Michels & McKay, PLLC, in Londonderry, participating in the Boston Bar Association's Public New Hampshire, received the Robert Kirby award Interest Leadership Program from September from the New Hampshire Bar Foundation. This 2018–August 2019. She specializes in domestic award is given to a lawyer under the age of 35 violence advocacy in family and immigration law and was received for his pro bono work. matters. Christopher J. Swartz was promoted to 2015 associate counsel and team leader for the Federal Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Ashley V. Ayres (second from left), in her previous International Assistance and Outreach Program role as staff attorney for American Gateway, a in Washington, D.C. He has been with the OGE small nonprofit in San Antonio, Texas, was afforded since 2011. the rare opportunity to argue before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) on April 5, 2018. She 2012 Michael D. Kelly, partner at Kelly & Associates now serves as a legislative advocate at the California in Boston, Massachusetts, was named as a 2017 Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs. Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star and was also listed in the Top 40 Under 40 by the Wendy L. Hansen is an associate attorney at Melick National Trial Lawyers Association. & Porter, LLP, in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of the employment practices group. Jonathan N. Soto, principal at Soto Law P.C. in Boston, Massachusetts, was named as a 2017 Ying Wang, associate counsel at State Street Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star and Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts, is was also listed in the Top 40 Under 40 by the participating in the Boston Bar Association's Public National Trial Lawyers Association. Interest Leadership Program from September 2018–August 2019. She practices financial services 2013 Christina E. Liwski is a compliance and intake law and specializes in contract drafting, review, attorney at Ropes & Gray LLP in Chicago, Illinois. negotiation, and distribution services. She is also a She is in their general counsel’s office working Judge Advocate General (JAG) Officer in the U.S. on ethical conflicts, compliance matters, and new Army Reserves, providing legal assistance to military client contracts service members on a diverse range of topics as well as supporting legal operations to national strategy Michael S. Rispin is the managing corporate during peacetime, contingencies, and war. counsel for securities and corporate governance at Harley-Davidson Inc., a fortunate 500 company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2014 Brycen D. Maenza is a coverage and commercial litigation attorney at Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia. Katelyn M. Philos-Jensen (nee McKenna) is an attorney at Daigle Law Office in Centerville, Massachusetts, focused on bankruptcy law. The Bridge  41

CLASS ACTION 2016 Brandon L. Arey is an associate attorney PROFESSORS at Morrison Mahoney LLP, in Boston, Massachusetts. Hon. Barbara Dortch-Okara, who retired from her Natasha T. Lewis, staff attorney at the Volunteer role as professor at New England Law | Boston in Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association summer 2018, was honored at the Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts, is participating in the Black Lawyers Association’s annual fall reception Boston Bar Association's Public Interest Leadership honoring excellence in academia. Program from September 2018–August 2019. She is a supervising attorney at Eastern Region Legal Andrew E. Lelling, a former adjunct professor at Intake (ERLI). At ERLI, she supervises advocates New England Law | Boston, was confirmed as the who provide intake, information, referrals, and advice United States Attorney for the District of Massa- to low-income clients in the greater Boston area in chusetts. He was confirmed for a four-year term on a myriad of civil legal aid areas, including housing, a voice vote in December 2017. At New England family, consumer, employment, and public benefits Law, he taught an upper-level seminar on securities law. She participates in both the family law and regulation and enforcement. guardianship clinics that VLP offers, and provides representation in 209A Abuse Prevention Order To read more Class Action updates—or hearings and unemployment insurance hearings. submit one of your own—go to https://alumni.nesl.edu/classnotes. Alexandra D. Ressa is a family law attorney at 2017 Levine-Piro Law in Maynard, Massachusetts. Mufaddal Mithaiwala is an associate attorney at McGivney, Kluger & Cook, P.C., in New York, New York. He practices civil litigation matters, specifically in the areas of general liability, toxic tort, product liability, insurance coverage, and asbestos litigation. Melissa A. O'Mara is an assistant prosecutor with the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Holly, New Jersey. She serves on the New Jersey State Bar Association Committee on Drug and Alcohol Abuse for the 2018–2019 year. The Committee focuses on the health and professional impact of drug and alcohol abuse on attorneys and proposes programs designed to treat, educate, and rehabilitate attorneys suffering from substance abuse. Justin P. Rostoff wrote an article titled “The Tax Code’s Hidden Gem: Installment Sales for Wealth Management and Estate Planning” that was featured on the cover of the ABA Probate & Property Magazine. 42  The Bridge 

IN MEMORIAM 1941 Sophie R. Kerr (nee Bloch) 1982 Brian T. Cuffe Ada L. Nogee Barbara A. Smart 1952 George N. Ellis 1983 David W. Murphy 1954 The Honorable Robert A. Carignan 1984 John V. Alexandrov 1955 William \"Bill\" E. Begley, Sr. 1987 Wendy A. Zacher-Schmidt 1957 Cosmo D. Nicastro, Jr. 1988 Sargent Detective Paul T. Barnicle David A. Leone 1996 Mona L. MacDonald 1959 Gerald \"Gerry\" M. Kirby Anthony S. Zielinksi, Jr. 1997 James P. Bardsley Gerard \"Jay\" Walsh 1960 John F. Doherty William M. Keiley 2002 Maurice \"Moe\" Monopoli 1961 The Honorable Charles J. Ardito 2005 Wayne R. Rock Michael R. Revelli, Jr. 2008 Nicholas T. Nashawaty III 1963 Richard \"Dick\" Murch Timothy R. McHugh, 1965 John P. Connolly Former Adjunct Professor 1966 The Honorable Gerald J. Morrissey Timothy R. McHugh, formerly of Southborough, Massachusetts, passed away on March 20, 2018. 1969 Barton D. Kagan He practiced admiralty law in Boston for over 25 years, was an adjunct professor at New England 1971 David C. Cafarelli Law | Boston, and served as Director Emeritus of the Coast Guard Foundation. 1973 Robert J. Stolt Anna R. Tretter (nee Recupero) Camille F. Sarrouf, Sr. '80 (honorary), Former Adjunct Professor 1974 G. Page Brown James L. Crook, Jr. Camille F. Sarrouf, Sr., of Belmont, Massachusetts, Joseph R. Gallitano passed away on September 4, 2018 at 85. He Steven H. Steinberg was an adjunct professor at New England Law | Boston for 19 years and received an honorary 1975 J. Ryder Kenney doctorate in 1980. 1977 Daniel R. Kirkpatrick 1978 James T. Sweeney 1981 David C. Grossack J. Mark Haney The Bridge  43

FINDINGS What’s one piece of law school advice you would give your past self ? Brian Mahler ’08 Alison Leonard ’98 Carl Chan ’98 Ashley Edens Barkoudah ’08 \"Take advantage of all “Hang in there, despite the “B etter understand what “Make sure to take a few opportunities. Visit tough job. You'll find going to law school actually classes that will be on the professors regularly; read something you like.” means. As an evening bar exam!” the table of contents of student, you're going to every text book first; and do have to make a big as much out of the commitment.” classroom as you can.\" Rachel Horman ’08 Tracey Dickau Maury Ringel ’95 Smith ’08 “T ake a larger variety of “K eep an open mind on what “T ake advantage of classes because what you're you want to practice. I everything. I read Mass initially interested in might originally wanted to practice Lawyers Weekly religiously. I not be exactly what you real estate law, but that's met with classmates to thought it would be.” completely different from prepare for classes and my what I do today.” future firm (which still exists 44  The Bridge  today), and I visited as many courts as I could on top of studying diligently.

BRIDGE Alumni profiles, school news, event photos: you’ll find everything you love about The Bridge on the A Legal Practice Rooted in Love: New England Law | Boston alumni website—including Anna Eckert Byrne ’94 these exclusive profiles. What happens when you lose someone you love? From the More 2018 Alumni You’ll Want to Meet… unimaginable heartbreak to the real-world legal issues, this New England Law | Boston alumna has survived it all, going Couldn’t get enough of the “Reflections on Law School” on to create a new life—and a new approach to estate planning. on page 18? We’re excited to introduce you to these accomplished members of the Class of 2018! Follow the Anna Byrne is telling a story she has told many times before, a links to learn more about them and the passions they’re story that’s now twenty years old. But even after all those tellings bringing to the legal field. and all those years, her eyes quickly brim with tears as she remembers the death of her husband, Ronald Eckert, Jr., who Courtney Person was shot and killed when he was just 33 years old. Among her law school achievements, Her story—and even her legal practice—is one of loss and Courtney Person received a recovery, adversity and resilience. Rappaport Fellowship, served a judicial internship with the Supreme But, ultimately, it’s about love. Judicial Clerk of the Commonwealth, and won two prestigious scholarships “Love at first sight” her 3L year. “Law school itself was an incredibly formative experience for https://www.nesl.edu/person me,” Byrne said. Her time at New England Law changed her thinking, her arguments, her writing. It introduced her to life-long Alison Shea friends and professors she still speaks of fondly. And it led her to love. Alison Shea came to law school determined to meet mentors who It was the end of her first week, and Byrne was at a “welcome to would help her grow personally and law school party” at Avenue C, a local bar. But law school professionally—and that’s exactly classes being as stressful as they are, she didn’t want to stay at what she found at New England Law. the party long. So she went to grab the friend she came with, https://www.nesl.edu/shea who was talking to a man she didn’t know. Czara Venegas “I looked up and it was just—oh my gosh,” Byrne said. “It was love at first sight.” The man was Ron Eckert, Jr., a recent New President of the Women’s Law England Law grad who would become her husband less than Caucus and the Mental Health two years later. “It was completely life altering for me, finding Alliance at New England Law, Czara love,” Byrne said. Venegas took a unique path through law school that included a one-year Keep reading at https://www.nesl.edu/byrne. You can learn break to start her family. more about Anna Eckert Byrne and her book A Widow's Guide: https://www.nesl.edu/venegas Your Legal and Financial Guide to Surviving the First Year at https://eckertbyrne.com

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