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TheBridge New England Law | Boston Alumni Magazine 2021–2022 Lisa R. Freudenheim named Dean of New England Law

IN THIS ISSUE 4 2 A Conversation with Albert A. Balboni ’83 The Chairman of the Board of Trustees shares his thoughts and ideas for the school 4 Reflections on More than Three Decades in the Classroom and the Courtroom A look back with Professor Ilene Klein and Professor Gary Monserud 8 Remembering James R. DeGiacomo A long-time adjunct professor and supporter of the school will be missed 9 FEATURE 8 Paying it Forward to Diversify the Profession Hear from the inaugural class of fellows in the school’s new Portia Pipeline Program 12 F E AT U R E Bright Light at the End of the Tunnel Commencement 2021: A year of uncertainty, culminating in an in-person celebration Bridge 2021–2022 | Volume XIX Published by Photography The Office of Communications Jim Guzel from Afterglow The Bridge magazine serves to connect alumni, faculty, students, and Marketing Photography; Laura Ramsey; and administrators. The name is also directly linked with the bridge Design Merrill Shea; The Boston in our logo, which celebrates our Boston home and the school’s Stoltze Design Group Public Library Print Department; innovators, and recalls the spirit of graduate Leonard P. Zakim ’78, Cover Image Bauman Photography; for whom the Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston is named. Tony Rinaldo Photography Tony Rinaldo With a legacy of more than a century, we also honor our past and maintain a bridge to our history as Portia Law.

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THE BRIDGE    2021–2022 A CONVERSATION WITH ALBERT A. BALBONI ’83 Albert Balboni’s road to the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees runs straight through the heart of the New England Law | Boston community. With deep knowledge of the school’s historic strengths, Balboni envisions an even brighter future for the New England Law community. You were officially confirmed as focused student in the early days of my case of community transmission from board chair in December 2021, undergraduate career. When the time our campus. but your work as a trustee spans came to start thinking about graduate more than 20 years. How has your school, however, I’d hit my stride. I knew The work of the task force fell to five role evolved during that time? what I wanted to do in life and was subcommittees which included the I think evolution is the right way to ready to work hard to achieve my goals. active engagement of several members characterize it. Like so many of our New England Law recognized that and of Board of Trustees as well as the law graduates, I never really parted from the gave me the opportunity to prove myself school administration, faculty, and staff. law school community after receiving as a JD candidate. My professors While students waited safely at home my diploma. Instead, my involvement were first-rate scholars and committed for guidance about the remainder of grew and deepened over time. I taught mentors, and the culture was as the spring term, Professor Lawrence Legal Methods for years (now called welcoming then as it is today. Like so Friedman led an initiative to bring our Legal Research and Writing), and I was many alums, I found both a calling faculty up to speed for online instruction. a member of the Alumni Association and a lifelong community here. This is In very short order, we went from zero- board for decades. When I was elected a special place, and I want to keep percent online instruction to all-online president of that board in 1999, I also giving back as much as I possibly can. for the remainder of the semester. was invited to join the Board of Trustees. Key decision-making continued at a Can you share your thoughts brisk pace to keep students, staff, As with other new trustees, then- on how the law school and faculty safe while continuing to chair Marty Foster encouraged me adapted and thrived despite deliver on educational mission. to take on substantive assignments the COVID-19 pandemic? that developed over time. I worked Although we understood early on Professor and now Dean Lisa on several committees, including the that we were facing something Freudenheim led the implementation finance committee, eventually as unprecedented, no one could confidently of our new safety and security plan, chair. I was also chair of the last two predict the potential scale and severity and John had the foresight to acquire dean search committees. The common of the crisis. Compared to what we additional square footage for short- thread through all those years is one know today, we were completely in the term classroom space. He struck a deal that is shared among all trustees—every dark—and the forecasts were dire. with the nearby Revere Hotel Boston year and with each new challenge, When a New England Law evening to lease space for in-person instruction. we are guided by what’s best for our student was informed by the state He recognized early on that the hotel school, which in turn means doing what’s contact tracers that he was exposed would need an alternate revenue best for our students. I’ll do my utmost to COVID-19 in March 2020, then- stream for months to come, and that to carry that core principle forward President John O’Brien immediately the Revere ballroom would provide as chairman of the Board of Trustees. shut down the school. Simultaneously, the perfect in-person setting for our Marty Foster authorized the formation incoming 1L class. Not only did we What inspired you to stay of a New England Law pandemic task engaged with the New England force. Those decisive actions were Law community all these years? key. To this day, we haven’t had a single Let’s just say that I wasn’t the most

A CONVERSATION WITH ALBERT A. BALBONI ’83 3 achieve 10-foot physical distancing for exceptional educational experience, committed spirits necessary for New day and evening 1L students, we freed and we will continue to do so. England Law to thrive. up enough existing classroom space to safely bring all 2Ls, 3Ls, and fourth- I also think the fantastic work of our The last thing I will say is that the year part-time students back to campus Dean of Admissions John Chalmers is continual investment of our alumni in the fall of 2020. crucial to the future. He and the rest of in successive generations of students the admissions team continue to recruit is key to our productive growth. We The success of all these efforts— top students in a competitive market. are fortunate to be in the position of including daily testing, ventilation That success creates a virtuous cycle expanding programs that connect alumni upgrades, plexiglass guards, defined that energizes our faculty and staff, with current classes through summer paths of travel, and so on—ultimately reinforces our values, and strengthens fellowships, mentoring opportunities, traces back to the community. You can our community. As we expand and career forums, and more. I and countless have the best strategy and leadership diversify our faculty, the quality of our other alums can attest that you gain in the world, but it can all be undone by student body plays an important more than you give when you invest in one person cutting one corner one role in attracting the great minds and the New England Law community.  time. Every member of the New England Law community did their part to protect New England Law | Boston Announces their colleagues and the school. It’s New Law School Dean emblematic of what makes New England Law such a great place to be for school, Lisa R. Freudenheim Named Dean of New England Law | Boston for a career, and for lifelong affiliation. The Board of Trustees of New England Law | Boston has selected Lisa R. Can you share some Freudenheim to lead the law school as its next dean. thoughts on the appointment of Dean Freudenheim? “Dean Freudenheim brings to the role a unique, impressive skill set We’re very lucky to have Lisa as our and a passion for legal education,” said Board Chairman Albert Balboni. new dean. She’s always been an “She is one of a select few law school deans across the country who come outstanding professor and administrator, from a professional background of legal writing and academic and student and she’s stepped up in a big way support. I am confident that she will continue the school’s legacy of during the pandemic. She has all the preparing students to be successful lawyers while fostering a community attributes we were looking for in a of respect and camaraderie among students, staff, faculty, and alumni.” leader—great intellect, work ethic, and confidence combined with personal Dean Freudenheim served as co-acting dean of New England Law for warmth. Lisa is adept at absorbing and the fall 2021 semester and before that was an associate dean beginning assimilating all the information needed in March 2020. She has been a member of the New England Law faculty to make difficult decisions. Most for more than ten years, teaching legal analysis and academic excellence. important, she possesses a quality She has also taught at Suffolk University Law School, Boston College Law that isn’t as prevalent in academia as School, and Brandeis University. Dean Freudenheim earned her JD from you might hope—common sense. New York University School of Law and her BA from Tufts University. I’m excited to work with her and help carry the school forward. “One’s view of a law school changes significantly when shifting to the role of administrator,” said Freudenheim. “It is a significant responsibility Given the school’s recent with nuanced choices to make in the interests of the greater community. growth trajectory, how can As I pass two decades as a legal educator, I notice how our student body has New England Law maintain changed in their expectations, and I welcome these changes. The culture its historic strengths while at New England Law is unique to any I have experienced, as a student or continuing to expand? How will faculty member. I care about our students and I deeply respect the work of this growth enhance the school? our staff and faculty who make this law school the special place that it is Our growth has always been well in the minds and hearts of our students and alumni. I am honored and eager conceived and built on our strengths. to lead this outstanding community as your next dean.” If you compare today to where New England Law was before the Great New England Law maintains a long-standing tradition of expanding Recession, we’re approaching a scale access to the legal profession with a particular focus on historically- that is consistent with our history. underrepresented groups. Founded in 1908 as Portia Law School, it was No matter our size, the trustees have the first and only law school established exclusively for the education always committed to providing the of women. For decades, most of the women who passed the Massachusetts resources necessary to ensure an bar examination were Portia graduates. To learn more about the school’s history visit www.nesl.edu/about/history.

THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 REFLECTIONS  on More than Three Decades in the  Classroom and the Courtroom A LOOK BACK WITH PROFESSOR ILENE KLEIN AND PROFESSOR GARY MONSERUD We often talk about the strong sense Professor Ilene Klein Professor Gary Monserud of community at New England Law. It is built into the fabric of the law for tenants. “There is a great deal of without my supervisor, I could not enter school in no small part due to a faculty seasonal housing; so many families a plea and my clients had to enter their that is truly invested in the success have homes only until mid-May,” own plea. I was mortified and I wanted of their students. Two long-term faculty explained Klein. “A lot of low income to make sure that never happened to members who retired in 2021 made people ended up in campgrounds another law student.” an indelible mark on countless because they had nowhere else to New England Law | Boston graduates. live.” Klein helped tenants who were Facing New Challenges getting evicted. Although this was “I enjoy representing clients, teaching Professor Ilene Klein and Professor rewarding work, she could not pass students how to practice law, how Gary Monserud collectively have up the opportunity to teach at New to be an advocate and also educating taught thousands of alumni and have England Law. them on the inequities in the justice made a tremendous impact on the system,” said Klein. The final semester legal community. Although their time “I always knew I wanted to be a at New England Law added a new teaching at New England Law has clinical law teacher, in part due to component to Klein’s work. In addition come to a close, they are both finding a tough experience I had in law school,” to the skills she had been teaching ways to continue to give back and said Klein. “I was taking a criminal law for several decades, she had to help stay connected. clinic and the very first thing I had to do students and clients with situations was to enter a plea for a mother and that none had faced before. A Passion for Clinical Education daughter in a shoplifting case. When In December 2020, Klein wrapped I showed up at court, my supervisor In many ways, the last semester was up her 32-year tenure teaching in wasn’t there. I was there by myself, one of the most challenging of Klein’s the clinic at New England Law. Klein looking like I was about 12 years old, career. Zoom court, zoom teaching, and relished teaching in a clinical setting and in front of a full courtroom the adapting a clinical program through a because it was a way to combine judge yelled out ‘Ms. Klein, where is global pandemic were collectively three all of the things she loves: teaching, your supervisor?’ Of course he told me monumental tasks. During this time, practicing law, helping people in need, and serving as an advocate. Klein started her career at the North Central Western Virginia Legal Aid Society where she was a legal services attorney in a general civil practice. Klein was working for Cape Cod Legal Services when the opportunity to join New England Law came up. She was enjoying working as a housing attorney serving Plymouth County, which is an area with unique challenges

FACULT Y REFLECTIONS 5 hearings were done over the phone Klein has been enjoying spending summed up the feelings of Klein’s many and internet. Clients of the clinic time with family during retirement. colleagues, students, and friends: are typically low income, and they had She has helped raise several children “Ilene Klein was a wonderful colleague less than optimal technology and who now have children of their own and mentor for her students. She many had children at home doing online and every Thursday she gets to take relished teaching her students not only school. Klein had to add time in to practice Zoom with clients to ensure “I enjoy representing clients, teaching students how to that when they appeared before a judge, practice law, how to be an advocate and also educating everything went as well as possible. them on the inequities in the justice system.” She was often on Zoom for ten hours a day. According to Klein, the relationships PROFESSOR ILENE KLEIN she had with students in that first semester helped the teaching process. them to the library for story time. She the mechanics of practicing law, but Although they were meeting online continues to serve as an advocate the understanding of the situations her she could tell how they were coping— doing part-time work for the Volunteer clients faced and how her students or not coping—with the situation. With Lawyers Project (VLP) and also could use their legal training to make that knowledge basis, Klein and her mentoring young lawyers as a volunteer a dramatic difference in her clients’ colleagues were doing double duty with Saheli Boston. lives. It is not surprising that she built trying to help a host of different students such strong professional relationships balance life, schoolwork, client service, Russell Engler, Professor of Law with her students that she continued to and the new normal of quarantine. and Director of Clinical Programs, Students work with—and learn from—Ilene Klein in the New England Law Clinical Law Office.

6 THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 mentor them, and many other lawyers, “As an evening student, I had a lot to juggle. I worked full-time in Lowell over the years. We were so lucky to and had to be in Boston by 6 PM for class—not always an easy task. I quickly have her as a colleague and we miss realized that Professor Monserud understood the challenge and how her in the clinic, but know she is thriving frazzled some of us were when we arrived in class. Contracts were a foreign in her well-deserved retirement.” concept to me but Professor Monserud made the material understandable and accessible. Although I did not intend to practice in this area, I took Dedication and Drive every class that I could with Professor Monserud (and learned to really like Professor Gary Monserud wrapped the UCC!) Fast forward more years than I want to count, I joined New up his classroom work at the end England Law as an adjunct faculty member. I remember seeing Professor of the 2020–2021 academic year, Monserud in the hall and was shocked that he remembered me! He asked however, he is open to teaching at New me to call him Gary—something I could not do! I feel so fortunate to have England Law again if circumstances been both his student, and for a short time, his colleague. His love of permit. Much like Klein, he is always the law is contagious and he will always be someone who had a profound open to mentoring, giving advice, impact on me and my career!” and has made a lasting impact on several generations of New England HON. AMY LYN BL AKE ’92 Law attorneys. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, MASSACHUSETTS APPEALS COURT “I am very grateful that I had the Dakota before he went to law school. A fateful breakfast meeting at the opportunity to teach and serve A former law clerk to the Honorable AALS meeting in Chicago led to his at New England Law for 34 years,” Andrew W. Bogue of the U.S. District career at New England Law. Although said Monserud. Court for the District of South Dakota, there were no slots available for he practiced in the area of commercial interviews, Monserud was invited to Monserud always enjoyed teaching litigation in Rapid City, South Dakota, stop by for breakfast and meet some and connecting with young people. before joining the New England Law members of the New England Law Prior to going to law school, he spent faculty in 1987. faculty. He made a positive impression three years as a public school teacher. and was invited to interview in Boston. He taught middle school and high He was favorably impressed by the school students in small towns in South faculty and students at the law school and accepted an offer to teach as soon as an offer was forthcoming. Former Dean and President John O’Brien had the privilege and pleasure of working with Gary Monserud during nearly his entire career at New England Law. “To say that he is an extraordinarily gifted teacher somehow seems an understatement, not truly capturing his talent, kindness, and unrelenting determination to do everything in his power to help our students learn and succeed,” said O’Brien. Over the course of his time at New England Law, Monserud taught Contracts, Modern Remedies, UCC: Sales, and UCC: Secured Transactions. He has written extensively on current issues in sales law, the law of suretyship, and the law pertaining to special education. Monserud did not shy away from committee work that was some of the

FACULT Y REFLECTIONS 7 LEFT Gary Monserud celebrates with Daniel Williams ’17 and Michael Pidani ’17 at the Class of 2017 Senior Reception. FAR LEFT Roxanne Bailey ’18 listens to advice from Professor Klein. most difficult work at the law school. “In my opinion a great legal education is made He wanted to tackle these tasks to up of three key components. Students must really help students with some of the master the core concepts and rules. There needs bigger challenges they faced. One to be some clinical experience. And finally you of his notable projects included chairing must be in a community where you can learn a task force on the bar exam. This how to interact in a courteous manner with work examined everything the school people who serve in the legal profession. This was doing to help students prepare is about more than ethics. Students need to learn for the exam. The Task Force’s report the best values of the legal community and to resulted in the hiring of Professor Robert exhibit good faith and courtesy at all levels, not “Coach” Coulthard, who has helped just to judges and lawyers but all people in the countless students “Crush the Bar.” legal community.” Monserud is currently looking PROFESSOR GARY MONSERUD forward to spending more time with family, especially his new grandson. Professor Monserud remains YOUR DONATION CAN BE MADE AT He and his wife, Ann, have three committed to supporting New daughters, Josephine, Eleanor, and England Law’s core academic alumni.nesl.edu/makeagift Ingrid. Ingrid is autistic. This has led mission. If you are one of the him to spend much of his time working graduates that he inspired, please Please note that your with her on a horse farm in Merrimac, consider making a contribution in donation is made in honor Massachusetts, where she does his name. of Professor Monserud. chores and is learning to ride and care for the horses.  Contributions on behalf of Professor Monserud are committed to enhancing the core educational experience of students in our school through innovative curriculum, technology enhancements, faculty support, research, and study aids.

THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 JAMES R. DEGIACOMO James R. DeGiacomo passed Jim graduated from Boston College Overseers and served as its Chairman in 1952 then joined the Marine Corps in 1990–1991. He was also a founding away on January 12, 2022, at the where he met his wife, Jeanne Marie trustee and president of Massachusetts (Cook) DeGiacomo, who passed away Continuing Legal Education, Inc. age of 91. in September 2020. He graduated (MCLE) and a director of Lawyers from Georgetown University Law Center Concerned for Lawyers. Jim was A devoted family man, proud Marine, in 1956 and began practicing back an adjunct professor at New England and life-long learner, Jim only retired in Boston the following year. In 1988 Law from 1959 to 2001 and received from the practice of law a year before he was appointed by the Supreme an honorary doctor of laws degree his passing, at 90 years old. He always Judicial Court to the Board of Bar in 1984. found time to help others, whether it was in the courtroom or the classroom. As a compassionate lawyer who believed deeply in equality and opportunity for all, Jim was a mentor and role model to many. He taught as an adjunct professor at New England Law for over forty years, having significant impact on students who are now practicing lawyers around the world. Former Dean and President of New England Law John F. O’Brien ’77 remembers him fondly. “Jim was a remarkable person and an incredibly supportive friend of our law school. As one of his former students, I feel I can speak for the thousands of New England Law graduates who benefited from his teaching, wisdom, and kindness. Jim was also our chief legal counsel for decades and I will always be grateful for his exceptional guidance in advising the school.” ABOVE Martin C. Foster ’80, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees; John F. O’Brien ’77, former Dean and President of New England Law | Boston; James R. DeGiacomo ’84 (honorary), former Adjunct Professor; Hon. James R. Lawton ’53, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees; and Barbara Plumeri ’82, former Professor of Law at the 2002 Dean’s Reception where Professor DeGiacomo was honored LEFT Hon. Patricia A. Hurst; Michael J. Schelzi ’78; Donna M. White, Lecturer on Law; Paula Vangel; Thomas S. Vangel ’88; James R. DeGiacomo ’84 (honorary); and Christopher S. Fox ’18 at the 2017 Dean’s Reception

Paying it Forward to Diversify the Profession ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF New England Law alumni is the extent to which they carry the school’s mission with them into the world. A new initiative launched in 2021, the Portia Pipeline to Practice Program, offers yet another opportunity for alums and their firms to expand that commitment. Specifically, the Portia Pipeline brings extraordinary students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in legal practice together with law firms and organizations that are eager to help diversify the profession. The firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC helped conceptualize the kinds of experiences that would be most productive for law students, including components that support them during each phase of their career-readiness training. In addition to meaningful summer employment experiences, participating firms provide targeted mentoring, mock interviews, resumé prep sessions, and more. “The spirit and activities of the Portia Pipeline are already in New England Law’s DNA,” says Dean Lisa Freudenheim. “This program provides the institutional structure to grow such opportunities to include more students and organizations.”

10 THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 Meet our 2021 Portia Pipeline Fellows 2L Lucas DeBarros ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC 2L Oviya Sivasangary I was a business major in college and went straight from Bentley University into the corporate world. After a few years, MG+M THE LAW FIRM I was yearning for a change that would give me a greater sense of purpose. I found my way to the Massachusetts State House, I didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming an attorney. I was a serving first as a legislative aide then as Executive Director shy kid with a speech impediment, so it wasn’t exactly a fit. of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus. Thanks to speech therapy and a mock trial experience in high It was through this work that I saw what effective lawyers school, my dream completely changed. I played the defense could bring to politics and policymaking—realistic assessments attorney role, and it was exhilarating. I wanted to do it again of needs and credible pathways to workable solutions. and for the rest of my life. The one thing that scared me about law school was the When I learned about New England Law, I fell in love thought of taking on debt, but New England Law took with its history, its alumni, and the school’s commitment to that out of the equation with a generous scholarship. The underrepresented groups in the legal profession. A full school is a great fit for me because it’s a purpose-driven scholarship convinced me not to take a year or two off before community—coursework, clinics, professors, staff, classmates— graduate school, and I couldn’t be happier with that decision. oriented toward developing the ability to make a difference In addition to having one of the best academic experiences of and be successful. my life, I’m receiving the coaching and career-skills training that enable me to be the best version of myself. “The Portia Pipeline Program gave me a Participating in the Portia Pipeline Program fulfilled one window into the world of law that took of my greatest expectations in coming to New England Law— a summer job doing substantive legal work in a well-known me by surprise.” firm. It’s an experience I couldn’t have landed on my own. My mentor was a New England Law alumna, and she made it LUCAS DEBARROS, SUMMER 2021 her mission to give me experiences that not only contribute ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC to the work of the firm but also helped me grow my skills and hone in on a future career path. The Portia Pipeline Program gave me a window into the world of corporate law that took me by surprise. Many of us who are new to the legal profession imagine it as a high- pressure, cutthroat environment—especially if we have some prior experience in the business sector. My experience at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott couldn’t be further from that stereotype. The firm made it very clear that I was a welcome addition to their operation, and they gave me a wide range of assignments that helped me see myself in this type of legal environment after graduation. I’ve developed a strong interest in transactional work, and I now know there’s a place for me in that niche if I want it.

PAYING IT FORWARD TO DIVERSIF Y THE PROFESSION 11 2L Cindy Lee 2L Bahadar Panhwar LAREDO & SMITH, LLP TENTINDO, KENDALL, CANNIFF & KEEFE, LLP Like many of my classmates, I’m a first-generation college I worked in tech-sector sales after graduating with a BA student. My undergraduate degree is in political science, in philosophy, but law school was my ultimate objective. and my plan was always to attend law school. I chose New After I took the LSAT, New England Law reached out to me England Law over several other schools because it was and encouraged me to apply. Within a week of submitting clear to me that this was going to be the kind of tightknit my application, the school offered me a full scholarship. The community in which I would thrive. I felt so confident about confidence and security of such an opportunity was irresistible. the decision that I never even visited. I just packed up my six suitcases and made the move from Seattle to Boston. My first year was challenging—as a 1L experience I love it here—except for the summer heat. should be—but also very rewarding. I fell in love with torts, so I was eager to find a summer position that offered real-world The opportunity to be mentored in-person by a partner experience in that area. By March of my first year, I’d sent my in a Boston firm in the financial district was the perfect resumé out to many firms but wasn’t finding what I wanted. capstone to a rewarding 1L year. The fact that she’s a fearless That’s when I learned about the Portia Pipeline Program. One woman in a profession that still retains a bit of sexism was of the first activities I participated in was a resumé and cover a huge plus. She brought me into courtroom settings where letter workshop. My revised materials yielded twelve offers in I could experience litigation firsthand and observe different short order, and I chose TKCK because it promised a lot of approaches to being a good lawyer. I also saw that some exposure to torts. opponents still try to throw a woman off her game by exhibiting outdated attitudes and behaviors. Learning how to handle The experience of conducting professional-level research such situations was just as important to my development into workers’ compensation cases in Massachusetts was a as what I gained from the research I conducted on employment revelation. So was attending conciliation hearings in front of law or the memoranda I wrote on attorney-client privilege. judges. Watching and working with veteran attorneys in a law firm added an invaluable dimension to my legal education. I still love torts, but I have a much deeper appreciation of what it will be like to practice in this area. I hope more New England Law students can have access to such a beneficial starting point for their careers. If you or anyone you know would like more information about the program and becoming a partner, contact Tejal Patel, Assistant Director of Career Services, at [email protected] or 617-422-7347.

12 THE BRIDGE    2021–2022 BRIGHT LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL COMMENCEMENT 2021 “THE GATHERING FELT LIKE a big family reunion as well and we used their guidelines to create our protocol. We were as the first glimpse of light at the end of a very long tunnel,” one of only a handful of schools to receive approval for says Dean Lisa Freudenheim when she reflects on the having guests in attendance.” Requirements included proof events of Friday, May 21, 2021—the 110th Commencement of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of New England Law graduates. “It was our first chance of the ceremony, the wearing of masks except when on stage, to gather together as a larger community in a way that felt and up to three guests per graduate. almost ‘normal’ again.” “We all were building the airplane The work that went into the day was anything but normal. while in flight, and the environment “We’ve celebrated graduation at the Boch Center’s Wang was incredibly collaborative.” Theatre for years,” Freudenheim says, “but we weren’t certain we’d be allowed to gather there until about a month before the To safely accommodate as many guests as possible, the ceremony.” Up to that point, she and her colleagues prepared school held a morning ceremony and an afternoon ceremony. several alternate scenarios for the event. “We looked at a wide Live-stream broadcasts of both events enabled additional range of venue options—outside, inside, public, private—and family members and friends to celebrate the graduates in real even developed a plan that included six smaller ceremonies.” time, and the Honorable F. Dennis Saylor IV, Chief U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of By early 2021, however, one imperative was established— Massachusetts delivered his commencement address to both New England Law graduation would be in person. “We were audiences. Class of 2021 Full-Time Program Valedictorian committed to finding a way for our graduates to be physically Sofia Nuño Unanue spoke at the morning event and Danielle present and to celebrate the day with family and friends,” Walsh, Class of 2021 Part-Time Program Valedictorian, says Freudenheim. “Gathering in person for the ceremony delivered her remarks to the afternoon crowd. became paramount in our planning.” She notes that in the runup to graduation season, Boston-area colleges met “After all we’d gone through in the preceding 18 months, weekly to share ideas and offer mutual support. “We all were being back in the elegant, iconic Wang space brought a building the airplane while in flight, and the environment was gravitas that the day warranted and reaffirmed the strength incredibly collaborative.” and resilience of our community,” says Freudenheim. “The combined air of solemnity and camaraderie was vintage The rigorous road to the Wang New England Law.” As at all other institutions seeking to hold public events in Boston during the spring of 2021, New England Law planners While we were unable to host commencement for the were paying close attention to vaccine rollouts and their impact class of 2020, we look forward to welcoming these alumni to on infection rates and case numbers in the metropolitan area. participate in the May 2022 graduation ceremony and a “As the trend lines improved, so did our prospects for the Wang special reunion event.  Theatre,” Freudenheim explains. “City officials established specific requirements for events such as in-person graduations,

COMMENCEMENT 13 LEFT BELOW Bettina Pancho ’21 pauses for a photo Reverend J. Bryan Hehir, who delivered with her dog, W. the invocation and benediction, receives an honorary doctor of humanities degree, presented by Trustee Richard C. Bardi ’83. LEFT Evening Division Valedictorian Danielle Walsh ’21 gives her speech to the graduating class. BELOW John Laing, Chief Experience and Diversity Officer for the Executive Offices of the Massachusetts Trial Court, receives an honorary doctor of laws degree, presented by Trustee Kathleen Pfeifer Spurling ’88. LEFT The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor IV, who gave the commencement address at both ceremonies, received an honorary doctor of laws degree. BELOW Carlos Monroy ’21 smiles for a photo with his guest.

THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 ASKED | ANSWERED Raising the Alarm about Housing Inequities William Onuoha ’16, Executive Director of the City of Boston’s Department of Fair Housing and Equity, oversees efforts to protect and advocate for fair housing and equity on behalf of residents, with special emphasis on Boston’s most vulnerable populations. Before attending New England The more I learned about the school Development (HUD) and fair housing Law, you spent several in general and Dean John O’Brien in advocacy organizations such as Citizen’s years in the Mayor’s Office of particular, the more I thought, “I want to Housing and Planning Association Neighborhood Services. be like this man someday.” (CHAPA) are key partners in this work. What were your motivations for attending law school? Meeting and getting to know Dean The pandemic, of course, exposed I was working for Boston Mayor O’Brien was what ultimately sold me on just how deep systemic inequities Tom Menino when I started to think New England Law. He was so invested run. We’re doing everything we can to about getting a master’s degree. in developing our relationship, and raise the alarm that, when it comes I hadn’t zeroed in on exactly what type I could see how his caring translated to housing, Boston isn’t truly livable for of program I wanted, and I asked to the larger culture of the school. He Bostonians. We’re also working with for his recommendation. He said he also convinced me that New England the City Council to expand our toolkit to would gladly write me a letter of Law was a place where a nontraditional include additional punitive and positive recommendation for law school but student like myself with a full-time job incentives. We need the ability to levy in a few years’ time. could excel. greater fines, revoke permits, and publicly out chronically bad actors in I’d never contemplated the The Academic Excellence Program— the marketplace alongside mediation, potential benefits of a legal education really a first-year survival guide for training programs, and accessible because I had no interest in being me—and the amazing bar exam prep reentry housing. If we take decisive a courtroom attorney. Mayor Menino’s program are just two examples of action now, we can set the pace for remark, however, sparked my curiosity. how the school combines caring and the nation and avoid another massive I began to look more carefully at the pursuit of excellence in the overall housing crisis. the work of the attorneys in the mayor’s student experience. As it turned out, office and realized that their training every course I took helped me develop applied directly to many activities within a much more investigative habit of mind. city government. Through it all, faculty and staff members always encouraged—and occasionally What made New England Law the pushed—me to greater achievement. right choice for you? When the time came to start applying What is at the top of your to law schools, Rilwan Adeduntan ’07 agenda as Executive Director happened to be working in City Hall. of the Department of At lunch one day, he told me all about Fair Housing and Equity? the great experiences he’d had at We have several initiatives to end New England Law. I added it to my list housing discrimination and desegregate of options and started my research. the city, from undercover investigations and civil rights prosecutions to affirmative marketing and awareness- raising campaigns that better inform residents about the full range of rental units available in Boston. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

ASKED | ANSWERED 15 Safety and Security in Space Are Fragile Jonty Kasku-Jackson ’97, Head of Department of Space Mastery (SigmaTech) supporting the National Security Space Institute (NSSI), is a renowned subject-matter expert in national space policies and strategies. What are the origins of your One of the most useful aspects of interest in space law, and my law school training actually turned how did that lead to your study out to be the basic skill set I gained at New England Law? through my internship at the housing I was a Star Trek geek growing up unit of the Massachusetts attorney and very into the guiding principle general’s office. I learned to analyze of the Prime Directive. The broader legal arguments, present a real case notion that we could have one set before a judge, and think on my feet. of rules by which the whole world lived That experience translated directly was very appealing to me. I headed to understanding the legal and policy to college on an ROTC scholarship with ramifications of space law, briefing a vision of working for NASA. Then senior military officers, and writing policy I ran into calculus and physics and had proposals in plain English. I flourished to reconsider my objectives. because I had those skills on day one. I shifted my aspirations towards What are the risks and rewards Space Affairs (OOSA), for example, intelligence work and spent the for the U.S. and its allies has become a place for dialogue among first five years of my career in technical in getting space law right? countries with and without national intelligence. Through that work, space programs. And OOSA forums I maintained my interest in space in The stakes are considerable not just are bringing voices to the table from general and in what the Soviet Union for us and our allies but also for academia and commercial ventures was doing in particular. I also continued our adversaries. Ensuring the safety for the first time in history. These to find the notion of a Prime Directive and stability of our activities in space conversations are essential if we are compelling, and I felt that international is essential to all of humanity. The to develop the standards, norms, and law had the potential to deliver on some worst-case scenario is that hypersonic treaties we’ll need to ensure the peaceful aspects of that vision. technologies could extend into space use of space in the 21st century. the conflicts we are currently grappling When my husband enrolled in a with here on earth. What advice would you give master’s program at Tufts University, to law students and young I decided to look at potential graduate More than 70 players are active lawyers interested in learning school opportunities for myself as in space right now, and we need a set more about space law? well. International law was on my radar, of norms that everyone will sign onto. Dedicated journals such as the and I liked what I saw at New England U.S. policy evolved a bit in 2020 when Journal of Space Law (University of Law. I also was attracted to the level we committed to pursuing norms that Mississippi) and Annals of Air and of practical experience I could gain extend beyond established law in areas Space (McGill University) and sites through internships. such as launch safety criteria, the like SpaceNews.com are great places distance between satellites, and debris to start. Social media also is full of How did your study at mitigation. People think of space as space law discussions—I follow several New England Law advance vast and stable, but the portion in which dozen experts—and you’ll often find your career objectives? humans operate is relatively tiny and recommendations for webinars (many Studying international law reinforced deceptively fragile. So fragile, in fact, are free). If you’re wondering about my interest in space law. My degree that our carelessness could destroy it. employment opportunities, I recommend got me in the door at Air Force Space If we do, everyone will pay the price. looking into the newly-established Command. As it turned out, however, U.S. Space Force. And consider taking international law wasn’t the only aspect I am encouraged by work that’s some business organization courses. of my legal education that proved being done at the international level. I can personally vouch for the fact that pivotal. When I got down to the work at The United Nations Office for Outer such study will come in handy. Space Command, I found that all my studies were relevant—leases, licenses, air quality controls, environmental regulations, you name it.

THE BRIDGE   2021–2022  A20N2N0–U2A0L21 GIVING PROGRAM 1908 PORTIA LAW SILVER MEMBER FOUNDER’S CLUB Rudolf Selami SOCIETY $1,908–$4,999 Sonja Selami ’06 $1,000–$1,907 Mark J. Simeola ’88 PLATINUM MEMBER Lillian C. Andruszkiewicz ’83 Guy D. Singer ’92 $10,000 AND MORE Karen T. Bacardi ’01 Oliver T. Cook ’63 William F. Spallina ’80  Richard C. Bardi ’83  Hon. Jackie A. Cowin ’02  Cary W. Sucoff ’77 Steven M. Charbonnier Thomas E. Behenna ’81 Hon. Judith Cowin Jason R. Sutherland ’99 Charbonnier Fund Hon. Scott P. Brown Hon. William Cowin Stephen Troiano ’11 Colgan Foundation Dennis J. Calcagno ’85 Hon. Susan J. Crawford ’77  Judith A. Wayne ’76  Estate of Martin C. Foster Hon. Anthony M. Campo ’88  Hon. Jean M. Curran ’88  Luella G. Wong ’20 Barry A. Feinstein ’77  Thomas J. Cole, Jr. ’89  Taci R. Darnell ’92  Marlene J. Goldstein  Richard M. Filosa ’94 John P. Fitzgerald ’67  PRESIDENT’S CLUB Gerard C. Lorusso ’78 Peter G. Flaherty ’92  Hon. Newman A. Flanagan ’57  Joanne Migliaro ’91  Michele D. Forzley ’76  Mary Ruth Flynn $500–$999 John F. O’Brien ’77  Joan C. Gallivan ’93  Kris C. Foster ’08 Diana L. Wheeler ’90  Lawrence A. Geller ’89 Kathleen Fowler ’85 Barbara Aferiat  Judith Greenberg  Mitchell Garabedian ’79 Stuart Aferiat  GOLD MEMBER Kenneth Greenberg  Thomas A. Goonan ’83  Albert A. Balboni ’83  $5,000–$9,999 Sean P. Higgins ’84 Karen Gray David G. Boniello ’78  William J. Kendrick ’59 Robert Gray Shayna W. Borakove ’05 Michael Braun George F. Killgoar, Jr. Philip K. Hamilton Julianna L. Bruce ’13  Monica Lewis Braun ’83 Victoria M. Killgoar Robert B. Harris ’85  Susan Calamare Sara Goldman Curley ’02  Joan Kupersmith Larkin ’76  Roger W. Higgins ’77  Michael T. Carenzo ’94 Charles G. Ged ’ 91 C. Brendan Noonan III ’93  Kirsten L. Hughes ’08 Shirley A. Casey  Donald H. Libbey ’97  Kim M. Noonan  Jacqueline E. D’Alleva William M. Casey ’90  Sarah C. Libbey  Clark J. Pager ’84 Hon. Louis D. Coffin ’77  Anastasios Parafestas ’84  Lange ’91  Mark C. Cohen ’76 Edward J. Reddish ’95  John Lange  Alan E. Collins ’89  Reddish Foundation Inc.  Hon. Robert J. Malone ’75 Hon. Charles P. Daglian ’78  The Profesta Foundation Albert H. Manwaring IV ’92  Rachel P. Daly ’10  Gerard M. Marino ’04 Carlos J. Dominguez ’94 The Purple and Gold Loyalty Society Anne Marie Martorana Patrick Duffy ’82  New England Law | Boston’s consecutive-giving Hon. MaryLou Muirhead ’83  Hugh F. Ferguson ’02  recognition club. Named for our school colors, Muriel L. and Mary Frances James P. Ferratella ’01 it honors our dedicated supporters who give Patricia M. Giordano ’85  to the law school every year for three or more Kiley Foundation Lisa M. Golub-Gonzalez ’91 consecutive years. Your annual contribution, Curtis Nyquist  Paul E. Hammond ’94 regardless of the monetary amount or fund O’Brien, Riley and Ryan, PC Jennifer A. Hannon ’00 designations, is an investment in the high-quality John W. Parcellin ’85 John Hannon legal education New England Law offers its Alan Pinshaw Elaine M. Hartnett ’90  students and is an investment in every degree Gayle Pinshaw Karen H. Hopwood ’02 received at the law school. Suzanne Quinn ’78 James P. Huang ’99  Jennifer M. Round ’09 Lisa M. Sabitoni ’94  Michael J. Schelzi ’78   Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

ANNUAL GIVING JULY 1, 2020–JUNE 30, 2021 17 Carolyn Hughes Laurie S. Applefeld ’83  Bonnie R. Clendenning ’00  Tigran Eldred James F. Hughes, Jr. ’55  Gregory H. Arabian ’60 Hon. James W. Coffey ’87 Mark S. Ellis Bernard E. Kaplan ’80 Philip L. Arnel ’94 Ellen Epstein Cohen John P. Elterich ’76  Dora L. Kripapuri ’02 James P. Atkinson ’80  Kara M. Colby ’07  Russell Engler Roger W. Lamson, Jr. ’78  Cynthia A. Aziz ’87  Jocelyn J. Coletti ’05  John C. Lane ’81  Matthew P. Coletti ’05  Joseph M. Fabbricotti ’97 Jeffrey H. Lerer ’75 Nicholas H. Babanikas ’88  William S. Colwell ’76 Joanne L. Faber ’90 Mark J. Longo ’90 Kathy A. Baldi ’83 John J. Connors, Jr. ’88 Colleen Fagan John B. Maynard ’92 Kevin F. Barber ’81  Hon. John M. Conroy ’82  John C. Farrissey ’81  Hon. Thomas M. McGee ’87 Alice A. Kupler Barnett ’76 Maureen P. Conroy ’90 Evan S. Fensterstock ’09 Dominick F. Miniaci ’74 Steven M. Barrison ’82 Hon. John J. Conte ’58  Robert E. Fierman ’75  Gary Monserud  Thomas M. Bates ’88 Kathleen A. Corbett ’77  Eric J. Fierro ’06  Phoebe A. Jacob Moore ’96 Ilene B. Belinsky ’80  Kelly R. Cordray ’94  Stephanie A. Fierro ’05  George R. Morad, Jr. ’85  Robert J. Berks ’76  Grace C. Cashman Erin B. Finn ’05 John Newhall Brian J. Bisciotti ’95  Francis Fiore ’89  Patricia Newhall Kimberly A. DeCiantis Bittner ’96 Corkery ’78  Brian T. Fisher ’94 Eugene S. O’Brien ’81  Curt F. Bletzer ’86  Richard E. Cottone ’75  Fernanda B. Dau Fisher ’94 Steven M. O’Brien ’83 Brunilda Bonilla ’94 Robert A. Coulthard Charles Flaherty Hon. Robert A. Onofry ’75  Jeffrey B. Bove ’79  Robert E. Craven ’83 Thomas J. Flaherty ’87  Henry B. Raphaelson ’81 Brian K. Bowen ’79 Neil P. Crowley ’93 Lynn W. Flanagan ’76 Erin Richmond ’01  Hon. Patrick J. Bradshaw ’93 Kelly A. Cunniff ’12 Roy J. Fleischer ’73  Richard Ricker ’79  James M. Brady ’84  David E. Cunningham ’85  Edward P. Flood ’82 Barry S. Scheer ’77  Laurence J. Bravman ’91  Maeci Cunningham Peter E. Flynn ’77 George R. Schlossberg ’76  Jeffrey R. Brecker ’78 Sean T. Cunningham ’03 Francis Foster Nicholas J. Scobbo, Jr. ’80  Ryan C. Breen ’19 John E. Curley ’84 Robert G. Fowler ’68   Michelle E. Skrobacz ’03 Theresa J. Bresnahan- Paul J. Curtin, Jr. ’76  Monica C. Fraser ’88  Paula A. Sollami-Covello ’89  Henry J. Curtis, Jr. ’61  Chayla M. Freeman ’16 Charles W. Sorenson, Jr. Coleman ’09 Corey R. Cutler ’84 Dean Lisa R. Freudenheim Kathleen M. Pfeifer Hon. Peter L. Brown ’87  Lawrence Friedman Eric W. Bruenner ’75  Kathleen B. Daigneault ’92 Spurling ’88  Brian E. Burke ’88 Christopher M. Dailey ’88 Rebecca J. Gagne ’99 Barry T. Stearns ’84  Louis F. Burke ’70  Frederick J. Daley, Jr. ’73 Robert J. Gaines ’77  Roseann E. Feldeisen Karla J. D’Alleva ’96 Lizbeth A. Galdamez ’96 Hon. Peter J. Cahill ’73  Elizabeth and Charles Bonnie L. Gauch ’99 Stearns ’85  William J. Cahill ’90  Leon A. Geller ’87 John A. Testaiuti ’92  Kevin D. Callahan ’82  D’Amour ’78 Family Fund at Hon. Geoffrey R. German ’84 Avis T. Toochin Dr. Norman A. Campbell ’68  Community Foundation Benjamin A. Gibbons ’11 Joseph E. Toochin ’63  Richard M. Capalbo ’73  of Western Massachusetts  Shelagh A. Gibbons ’88  Catherine M. Vacca ’83 Michael V. Caplette ’76  Nicholas W. Davila ’06  Brian B. Gibney ’77 Susan Sprague Walters ’89  Ferdinand Capone ’95  Douglas S. Denny-Brown ’97 Stephen C. Gilbert ’72 Michele Capone ’97 Benjamin E. Dexter ’14 George L. Gochros ’74 CENTURY CLUB Hon. Daniel M. Cappiello ’73 Kevin G. Diamond ’92 Deborah L. Gold- Joyce Cappiello Mary L. Disessa $100–$499 Josephine N. Carra ’82 Hon. Peter S. Doft ’79  Alexander ’85  Jason M. Carrozza ’03  Judith E. Dolan ’85  Walter S. Goldberg ’77 George J. Abdy ’73 Paul B. Casey ’89  Hon. Edward S. Domnarski ’75 Christopher S. Gontarz ’84  Christine E. Abely William C. Casey ’83  James M. Donelan ’81  Dennis R. Gorman ’90 Cassandra Abosi ’09  Stephen Cesso ’80  James B. Donovan ’98 Michael J. Goulding ’96 Joseph G. Abromovitz ’74 Hon. Tackey Chan ’03 Kevin B. Drolet ’99  Erin L. Grace ’91 Anne S. Acton ’80 Paul M. Chazan ’75 Lisa R. Dropkin ’91 Eric L. Green ’99 Edward A. Acton ’77 Joseph M. Chirico ’63  Mark S. Drucker ’74  Lewis Greenberg ’75  Hon. John T. Adams ’90  Steven A. Ciulla ’05  Mark W. Dubois ’01 Richard G. Greene ’84  Lauren J. Adrian ’83  Anne G. Clark ’89 Allison Dussias Joseph M. Griffin, Jr. ’97  Marie A. Angelini ’89  Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

18 THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 Christopher A. Grillo ’75  Martha E. Krache ’93  Eugene M. Mullen ’87  Richard J. Parker ’08 Richard G. Grossack ’84  Edward C. Krawiecki, Jr. ’79  William H. Murphy ’70  Donna M. Paruti ’87  Dr. Robert W. Guimond ’78 John B. Kulevich ’16 Danielle Murray  Hon. Angela M. Bucci Kaplesh Kumar ’97 John S. Murray ’98  Kathleen Haley ’78 Edward D. Kutchin ’78  Scott M. Murray ’96  Paulhus ’90  Melinda E. O’Neil Hall ’99 Richard J. Musgrave ’99 Richard H. Pentore ’77 Lawrence M. Halman ’75  Francis J. Lamir ’82  David A. Permut ’76 Dr. Arne Hans ’17 Karen A. LaVoie ’00 Peter R. Nadel ’81 Charles F. Perrault ’84 Hon. Maura T. Hardiman ’92  Hon. Mark E. Lawton ’74  Stephanie C. Naranjo ’18 Brian W. Perry ’94  Holly A. Harney ’02  John F. Leahy, Jr. ’74 Kathleen E. Nelson ’90 Robert G. Peterson ’86 Warren T. Harris ’80  John T. Leddy ’78  Andrea Neubauer Robert G. Peterson, Jr. ’12 Edward T. Hart ’99  Michael A. Lenart ’98 Kevin Neubauer Catherine D. Phillips ’81 Hon. Michael Hartmere ’73  Hon. Antoinette E. McLean Susan J. Nicastro ’83  David M. Pinansky ’78  Harvard Square Churches Gerald P. Noone ’88  Mary Lou Pires Leoney ’84  Carole L. Weidman Stephen Pires Meal Program, Inc. Dr. Orlando Lopez ’05  Robert E. Powers ’91 John M. Hayes ’80 Michael Lushan ’82 Nussbaum ’76  Rosemary Purtell ’88  Ryan P. Hayes ’17 Eric Lustig Dina Haynes Catherine L. Lyons ’01  Karalyn R. O’Brien ’09 Donna M. Quinn ’86 Lianne E. Henderson ’15 William F. O’Connell ’96  Hon. David M. Hodge ’82  Kristen S. Maccini ’91 Todd A. O’Connor ’97 Katherine A. Rafferty Daniel W. Hourihan ’80 Douglas R. MacDonald ’89 Christine M. O’Leary ’85 Lisa J. Rothman ’92 Gary P. Howayeck ’95 Glenn F. Mackles ’75 Gregory O’Meara Steven P. Rourke ’90 Gregory P. Howe ’75 Robert T. MacNamee ’98 Mary Jane O’Meara Patricia B. Feeney Rowan ’88  Jordan D. Howlette ’16 Brian A. Mahler ’08  William E. O’Neil, Jr. ’84 David A. Rubin ’75  Patrick E. Hunt ’82  Steven H. Mankodi ’02  Hon. Victor M. Ort ’70 Susan C. Ryan ’91 Michael A. Hyett ’75 Paul Manning ’77 Frederick T. O’Sullivan ’62 Wilton B. Hyman Thomas A. Manning ’84 Jeremiah J. O’Sullivan ’91 Hon. Catherine P. Sabaitis ’78  Ian C. Markley ’95  Hon. Kathleen M. O’Toole ’82 Marcia L. Sahagian  Dominick M. Ianno ’98 Peter R. Masciola ’83  Rachel K. Sanders ’99 Elliott Ichimura  Richard H. Maynard ’91  Robert K. Sarafian ’85 Robert E. Mazow ’94  Clare T. Jabour ’87  Elizabeth P. McAfee ’05 The Colgan Foundation Advocacy and Ellen L. Janos ’77 Robert J. McCauley ’82 Skills Competitions Program Mark L. Janos ’82 Christine A. McClave ’80 With an historic donation from the Colgan Anthony P. Johns John McCormack ’92 Foundation—the first of its kind to fund James A. Johnson, Jr. ’66  Theresa F. McGoldrick the school’s competitions program—New Susan D. Joslow ’81  Hon. Jim McGovern England Law will be able to expand upon Donald G. McGregor ’75  existing teams, participate in additional Richard D. Kahn ’83 Francis H. McGrory ’62 competitions, and get more students involved. Peter J. Karol Ralph J. McKenna ’60  The program will also be renamed in the Randy E. Kaston ’83  Annellen M. McNamara ’94  foundation’s honor as the Colgan Foundation Kathleen A. Kavey ’90  Edward B. Miller ’67  Advocacy and Skills Competitions Program. Todd C. Kazlow ’82 Caryn R. Mitchell-Munevar ’98 These competitions enhance students’ legal Kelly A. Carney Kelly ’84 Robert Modi ’74 knowledge and provide valuable skills that Jennifer Kelly Donald F. Mofford ’85  carry over into their legal careers. Teams at Stephen D. Kessler ’76 Kathleen A. Molloy ’91 New England Law compete with top-tier law Stephen F. Kiley ’79  Hon. Joseph N. Mondello ’69 students from across the country in an array Dawne C. King ’98 Leonard E. Mondschein ’73  of legal interest areas. Founder Sean P. Colgan Alan F. Kirk ’82 Philip H. Mondschein ’75  said, “The power of competition, teamwork, Robert A. Klein ’85  Pierre F. Monette, Jr. ’91 inclusion, and work ethic are central beliefs of Daniel J. Knight ’83 Mark B. Morse ’83  the Colgan Foundation. This fine program Frank P. Kolodzieski ’87  Lauren I. Motola-Davis ’84 will advance these students both professionally and personally.”  Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

ANNUAL GIVING JULY 1, 2020–JUNE 30, 2021 19 Thomas W. Savage ’75  The Joseph J. Lorusso, Sr. Student Mental Health Services Program Max P. Schechner ’73 In honor of the late Joseph J. Lorusso, Sr., his son and 1978 New England Law graduate, Gregory Schiller ’03 Gerard C. Lorusso, made a generous contribution that has allowed New England Law Andrew J. Schultz ’01 to develop the Joseph J. Lorusso, Sr. Student Mental Health Services Program. All Albert J. Schulz ’76 students now have access to Uwill, an online mental health services platform that Stuart M. Schwartz ’85  connects them to licensed professionals through all modalities of teletherapy including Benedict J. Sciortino ’76  video, chat, message, and phone. This service will enable the law school to meet the William R. Scopa ’91  needs of a growing mental health crisis in law schools nationwide, in which law students William H. Shaevel ’67 struggle with significantly elevated rates of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Feng Shan ’06 Joseph J. Lorusso, Sr., served on the New England Law | Boston Board of Trustees for Andrew A. Shayer ’92 many years and received an honorary Doctor of Humanities from the school in 1973. Michael E. Sheridan ’13 David S. Shiffman ’73  Gary O. Todd ’91 Stephen I. Yellin ’75 Elizabeth J. Day ’95 Peter J. Shurn III ’77  Michael A. Torrisi ’83  George M. Dempster ’78 David M. Siegel Hon. John P. Toscano, Jr. ’63  Kimberly A. Zayotti ’97  Kimberly M. DeVeau ’92 Ronald J. Silver ’62  Peter H. Tsaffaras ’83 Michael Y. Zhang ’09 Jennifer L. DiCarlo ’06 Hon. John H. Simons ’73 David DiChiara Jordan M. Singer Eric J. Vasquez ’91 SUPPORTER Maria DiChiara Stellio Sinnis ’91  Melissa A. Gay Vasquez ’91 Daniel R. D’Isidoro ’06 George A. Skalkeas ’73 Normand L. Vermette ’03 Anonymous Chelsea M. Doogan ’13 Kathleen A. Smith ’96 Anthony M. Vignone ’55  Alisa Drayton Timothy J. Smyth ’99  Peter Vilinskas ’80 Thomas E. Badway ’96  Mary J. Drinkwater ’81 Charles S. Soloveitzik ’79  Ruy Santos Villela ’66  Kevin R. Barrett ’80 Richard E. Ducey ’77 Paul C. Somers ’84  Joseph J. Voccola ’89 Michael F. Baum ’78 Christina C. Duddy ’87  Jill S. Soule ’02 Hon. Netti C. Vogel ’75 Hon. Douglas R. Beach ’73 Arthur H. Dumas ’75 David A. Speciale ’68 Paul S. Volk ’86 Susan A. Bernstein ’90  Jennifer T. Stanton ’90  John J. Vozella, Jr. ’91 Gregory R. Boghigian ’79 Edward L. Englert ’86  Charles E. Staunton Josephine M. Bonaffini ’82 Joyce C. Eriksen ’59 Helen J. Staunton ’87 Jessica Wainwright ’02 Thomas F. Breen ’76  Alan Stempel ’77  Raymond J. Walsh ’99 Steven J. Brooks ’93 Robert G. Fabino ’99 Howard E. Stempler ’85  Kenneth B. Walton ’92 Graeme S. Brown ’98 Jerome E. Falbo ’66  Francis X. Stone ’80  Hon. Lawrence F. Warhall ’75 Donald E. Feener ’76  Cornelius F. Sullivan ’82 Steven Wax Shelley S. Cabangon ’97 Janet A. Fitzpatrick Denise Sullivan David H. Weinstein ’84  Margaret A. Caezza ’85 Thomas B. Ford ’99  Jacqueline J. Sullivan ’85 Susan M. Weise ’84 Patrick J. Campbell ’87 John J. Fox ’66 James P. Sullivan ’73 Richard P. Weiss ’79  Mario C. Capano ’83 Murray A. Frank ’69 John L. Sullivan ’82 Mark R. Wester ’85  Christopher T. Casey ’92  Jay J. Friedrich ’71 Michael A. Sullivan David Whelan Scott C. Cashman ’97  Hon. Robert F. Sullivan ’96 Joan Whelan Constance M. Castro ’94 Tania L. Gad ’06 Ronald H. Surabian ’83 James P. White  Amy Chow ’11 Robert J. Galey, Jr. ’99  Sheila Tobie Swan ’78  Kathleen M. White ’11  Elizabeth H. Cleary ’00 Marc S. Gentile ’96  Bernard L. Sweeney ’75  Elizabeth Wiers Hon. Michael J. Connolly ’76  Christian A. Gonsalves ’00 Richard J. Sweeney ’00  Michael A. Wiers ’75 Bradley R. Cook ’66  Richard L. Switzer ’80 Jeffrey D. Williams ’76 Eric B. Cote ’76 Katelyn M. Ham ’08 Stanley A. Szlachetka ’81 Jennifer N. Williams ’94 Ronald C. Coutu ’78 Benjamin F. Harley ’74  William R. Wilson ’79 William Z. Cullen ’80  Raymond P. Harrington ’89  Deborah Tate ’81  Monica Teixeira de Sousa Michael H. Xifaras ’95 Barbara M. Theberge ’83 Peter J. Thomas ’85  Ann P. Tobin ’85  Catherine A. Tocci ’87   Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

20 THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 Ansis M. Helmanis ’73  Hon. Jerald A. Parisella ’97 SPECIAL FUNDS Brendan W. Kirkpatrick ’14 Anna Hess R. Gregory Park ’76  Steven H. Mankodi ’02 Anne C. Huben-Kearney Joseph H. Parys ’74 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES Peter R. Masciola ’83 Julianne E. Perkins ’90 Christopher H. Meade ’06 Robert A. Indresano ’68 C. William Petrics ’76  Anne S. Acton ’80 Jodi B. Meade ’06 The Pimentel Family Edward A. Acton ’77 Stephanie C. Naranjo ’18 Sahbra B. Smook Jacobs ’83  Elizabeth M. Plaushin ’82  Richard M. Capalbo ’73 Donna M. Paruti ’87 Jennifer D. Joakim ’99 Kevin B. Drolet ’99 Robert E. Powers ’91 Carl W. Johnson ’02 Gail E. Quinn ’87  Joanne L. Faber ’90 William H. Shaevel ’67 Marla G. Jonas ’91 John Quinn Dennis R. Gorman ’90 Catherine M. Vacca ’83 Jacqueline M. Jones Yumi Quinn Lewis Greenberg ’75 Raymond F. Jowdy ’68 Patrick E. Hunt ’82 MARK CHARBONNIER Mark E. Reilly ’89  Robert A. Indresano ’68 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Michael J. Katzman ’95 Robert F. Resnick ’91  Dawne C. King ’98 Denise K. Kenneally ’89 Maryanne Reynolds ’94 Robert A. Klein ’85 Steven M. Charbonnier Brendan W. Kirkpatrick ’14 Lidia G. Rincon ’06 Daniel J. Knight ’83 Charbonnier Fund Anna M. Kovar-Jacobellis ’88 Cathy A. Roberts ’85   Francis J. Lamir ’82 Benjamin E. Dexter ’14 Margaret R. Krippendorf Hon. Edward J. Rockett ’65 Sean Lyness Rachel K. Sanders ’99 Martin Rosenfeld ’82 John F. Murphy ’75 Rachel C. Lapidus ’93  David L. Rubin ’79 Elizabeth M. Plaushin ’82 MARTIN C. FOSTER Lisa J. Laplante Monica L. Shearer ’99 BUILDING FUND Robert L. Lapointe ’89  Nadine L. Scibek ’91 Timothy J. Smyth ’99 Alison D. Zollo LeBleu ’92 Kristen M. Scioli ’03 William F. Spallina ’80 Susan Calamare Valerie J. Lithotomos ’81  John P. Serini ’81 John L. Sullivan ’82 Ellen Epstein Cohen Virginia J. Cronan Lowe ’84 Monica L. Shearer ’99 Ruy Santos Villela ’66 Hon. Jackie A. Cowin ’02 John F. Lydon ’78  Stephen W. Shorey ’14 William Z. Cullen ’80 Sean Lyness Steven C. Siegel ’82  CHARLES HAMILTON David DiChiara Audrey M. Donovan Slein ’89 HOUSTON DIVERSITY Maria DiChiara Glenn D. Magpantay ’98 Marie K. Spring ’99 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Mary L. Disessa Peter Mancini Matthew L. Spurling ’18 Arthur H. Dumas ’75 Zenda Mancini Gerald C. Sternberg ’76  Alisa Drayton Mark S. Ellis Miriam S. Marcus ’06 Irene Stuart Jacqueline M. Jones Colleen Fagan Elana H. Margolis ’00  Meredith W. Sumner ’78 Barry A. Feinstein ’77 James J. Marra ’92 COLGAN ADVOCACY AND Janet A. Fitzpatrick John M. Marra ’84 Robert G. Taylor ’94 SKILLS PROGRAM Charles Flaherty Elizabeth A. McCarron Lee S. Trumbull, Jr. ’73 Mary Ruth Flynn Paul E. McIver ’97 Mark T. Twombly Lee ’95 Colgan Foundation Francis Foster Christopher H. Meade ’06  Kris C. Foster ’08 Jodi B. Meade ’06 Ultra Travel Service CENTERS AND CLINICS Karen Gray Sharon R. Meisler ’84 Robert Gray Patricia M. Meuse ’91 Anne Marie N. Lillian C. Andruszkiewicz ’83 Harvard Square Churches Richard A. Morocco, Jr. ’66  Vagra-Zanfardino ’89 Cynthia A. Aziz ’87 John F. Murphy ’75  Theresa J. Bresnahan- Meal Program, Inc. Carolyn M. Murray ’02 Joseph Valof ’72 Anna Hess Hon. Marshall B. Murray ’86  Hon. Brian Van Couyghen ’81 Coleman ’09 Anne C. Huben-Kearney James F. Vetelino ’66  Shelley S. Cabangon ’97 Anthony P. Johns Patrick J. Campbell ’87 George F. Killgoar, Jr. Daniel S. Noonan ’90  Richard J. White ’78  Josephine N. Carra ’82 Victoria M. Killgoar Richard L. Wulsin ’81  Elizabeth J. Day ’95 John C. Lane ’81 Michael J. O’Donnell ’99  Richard E. Ducey ’77 Peter Mancini Hon. Michael D. O’Keefe ’81  Dara E. Yaffe ’17 Robert J. Galey, Jr. ’99 Zenda Mancini Frederic N. Ornitz ’76  Joan C. Gallivan ’93 Elizabeth A. McCarron Patricia M. Giordano ’85 Theresa F. McGoldrick Dina Haynes Hon. Jim McGovern Lianne E. Henderson ’15 Andrea Neubauer Sean P. Higgins ’84 Marla G. Jonas ’91 Stephen D. Kessler ’76  Member of the Purple and Gold Loyalty Society    Deceased

ANNUAL GIVING JULY 1, 2020–JUNE 30, 2021 21 Kevin Neubauer Christopher M. Dailey ’88 Kristen M. Scioli ’03 LORUSSO STUDENT MENTAL John Newhall Frederick J. Daley, Jr. ’73 Stephen W. Shorey ’14 HEALTH SERVICES Patricia Newhall Rachel P. Daly ’10 Steven C. Siegel ’82 C. Brendan Noonan III ’93 George M. Dempster ’78 Marie K. Spring ’99 Gerard C. Lorusso ’78 Kim M. Noonan James B. Donovan ’98 Jennifer T. Stanton ’90 Curtis Nyquist Lisa R. Dropkin ’91 Francis X. Stone ’80 STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND John F. O’Brien ’77 Robert G. Fabino ’99 Cornelius F. Sullivan ’82 Steven M. O’Brien ’83 Richard M. Filosa ’94 Jacqueline J. Sullivan ’85 Christine E. Abely O’Brien, Riley and Ryan, PC John P. Fitzgerald ’67 The Profesta Foundation Hon. Scott P. Brown Gregory O’Meara John J. Fox ’66 Ann P. Tobin ’85 Robert A. Coulthard Mary Jane O’Meara Chayla M. Freeman ’16 Jessica Wainwright ’02 Allison Dussias John W. Parcellin ’85 Tania L. Gad ’06 Hon. Lawrence F. Warhall ’75 Tigran Eldred Charles F. Perrault ’84 Joan C. Gallivan ’93 Kathleen M. White ’11 Russell Engler Alan Pinshaw Benjamin A. Gibbons ’11 Jennifer N. Williams ’94 Dean Lisa R. Freudenheim Gayle Pinshaw George L. Gochros ’74 Dara E. Yaffe ’17 Lawrence Friedman Mary Lou Pires Deborah L. Gold-Alexander ’85 Wilton B. Hyman Stephen Pires Christian A. Gonsalves ’00 JUDGE JAMES R. LAWTON Peter J. Karol Rosemary Purtell ’88 Erin L. Grace ’91 SCHOLARSHIP FUND Jennifer Kelly John Quinn Joseph M. Griffin, Jr. ’97 Lisa J. Laplante Yumi Quinn Kathleen Haley ’78 Hon. Peter J. Cahill ’73 Eric Lustig Katherine A. Rafferty Melinda E. O’Neil Hall ’99 Susan Calamare Caryn R. Mitchell-Munevar ’98 Kathleen M. Pfeifer Spurling ’88 Paul E. Hammond ’94 Barry A. Feinstein ’77 Gary Monserud Irene Stuart Hon. Maura T. Hardiman ’92 Hon. Mark E. Lawton ’74 David M. Siegel Denise Sullivan Holly A. Harney ’02 Donald H. Libbey ’97 Jordan M. Singer Michael A. Sullivan Elaine M. Hartnett ’90 Sarah C. Libbey Charles W. Sorenson, Jr. The Pimentel Family Ryan P. Hayes ’17 John F. O’Brien ’77 Monica Teixeira de Sousa Stephen Troiano ’11 Jordan D. Howlette ’16 Ultra Travel Service James P. Huang ’99 ROBERT S. MARCUS MATCHING GIFTS David Whelan Michael A. Hyett ’75 MEMORIAL Joan Whelan Clare T. Jabour ’87 SCHOLARSHIP FUND ExxonMobil Foundation James P. White James A. Johnson, Jr. ’66 Fidelity Foundation Raymond F. Jowdy ’68 Donald H. Libbey ’97 Microsoft Corporation GENERAL Richard D. Kahn ’83 Sarah C. Libbey Raytheon Company SCHOLARSHIP FUND Todd C. Kazlow ’82 John F. O’Brien ’77 Standard Insurance Company Martha E. Krache ’93 State Farm Companies Lauren J. Adrian ’83 Joan Kupersmith Larkin ’76 KENNEDY J. & ANNA B. Gregory H. Arabian ’60 Michael A. Lenart ’98 O’BRIEN MEMORIAL Foundation Philip L. Arnel ’94 Dr. Orlando Lopez ’05 SCHOLARSHIP FUND State Street Foundation, Inc. Ilene B. Belinsky ’80 Albert H. Manwaring IV ’92 Thermo Fisher Scientific Susan A. Bernstein ’90 John M. Marra ’84 John F. O’Brien ’77 Travelers Kimberly A. DeCiantis Bittner ’96 Christine A. McClave ’80 Karalyn R. O’Brien ’09 Verizon Foundation Gregory R. Boghigian ’79 Dominick F. Miniaci ’74 James P. White Brunilda Bonilla ’94 Phoebe A. Jacob Moore ’96 Brian K. Bowen ’79 Eugene M. Mullen ’87 THANK YOU! Laurence J. Bravman ’91 Scott M. Murray ’96 To all our alumni and friends who participated in Margaret A. Caezza ’85 Gerald P. Noone ’88 our 2020–2021 Annual Giving Program, we send our Hon. Daniel M. Cappiello ’73 Anastasios Parafestas ’84 deepest appreciation. For more information on Joyce Cappiello Joseph H. Parys ’74 how you can make a gift, go to alumni.nesl.edu/give Jason M. Carrozza ’03 Julianne E. Perkins ’90 or call 617-422-7422. Hon. Tackey Chan ’03 Erin Richmond ’01 Please accept our apologies if your name is spelled William S. Colwell ’76 Lidia G. Rincon ’06 incorrectly or has been left out of these lists. John E. Curley ’84 Hon. Catherine P. Sabaitis ’78 Call 617-422-7422 to inform us of the error, and Kathleen B. Daigneault ’92 we will correct our records for future lists.

THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 CLASS ACTION FI N D OU T W H AT ’S N EW W I T H YOU R N EW ENGL A N D L AW | BOSTON CLASSMATES AND COLLEAGUES... 1976 Richard M. Saltzman formed a new 1989 firm, Saltzman Law Group, in Randolph, Joan Kupersmith Larkin, partner at New Jersey, in partnership with his The Honorable Whitney J. Brown the Los Angeles, California, office daughter, Jaclyn Saltzman. He has was appointed to the Westborough of Seyfarth was recognized in the 2021 spent the last thirty-five years in various District Court in Westborough, edition of World Trademark Review roles in hotel franchising as in-house Massachusetts. 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark counsel, executive positions, and for the Professionals, a resource that highlights last thirteen years in private practice. 1990 top legal talent in the trademark industry. 1984 The Honorable Daniel J. O’Shea 1978 was appointed an associate justice of Christopher S. Gontarz, of-counsel the Massachusetts Superior Court in Robert S. Weinroth was presented at Lynch & Pine in Providence and Boston, Massachusetts. He previously with the Albert Nelson Marquis Newport, Rhode Island, is the 2021– served as a judge of the Massachusetts Lifetime Achievement Award by 2022 Secretary of the Rhode Island District Court. Marquis Who’s Who. Bar Association. 2 1991 1979 1986 Thomas R. Davis joined Sobo & Sobo Andrew J. Velcoff joined Barnes & Laura Astarita Watanabe is partner LLP in Poughkeepsie, New York. Thornburg LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, as in the litigation and arbitration team a partner where his practice focuses at Withers in New York City, New York. Susan Nahabedian Ayrassian is on entertainment law, entertainment chief of staff to Warwick, Rhode Island, tax credits, film and television production 1988 Mayor Frank J. Picozzi. and distribution, film financing, and intellectual property. He advises motion John G. Balzer, of The Bulfinch 1994 picture and television production Group in Needham, Massachusetts, facilities in Georgia, New Jersey, and was named Five Star Wealth Manager Brian T. Fisher, senior vice president, New York. for the eighth consecutive year general counsel and secretary at Alion as featured in Boston Magazine’s Science & Technology Corporation, 1983 February 2021 issue. 3 was named one of the “Top 15 General Counsels to Watch in 2021” by Mark B. Morse, principal of the Washington Exec. Law Office of Mark B. Morse, LLC in Providence, Rhode Island, is the 2021–2022 President-Elect of the Rhode Island Bar Association. 1

CL ASS ACTION NOVEMBER 1, 2020–AUGUST 31, 2021 23 1995 Michelle L. Beauregard is associate 1999 attorney at the real estate law Jonathan B. Bruno, partner at Rivkin firm, Touchstone Closing, in Andover, James P. Huang was promoted to Radler LLP in New York, New York, was Massachusetts. second vice president and associate selected by Law360 to participate on counsel at Standard Insurance Company its 2021 Legal Ethics Editorial Board. The Honorable John E. Garland (The Standard) in Portland, Oregon, The purpose of the board is to get was appointed an associate justice where he leads the transactions and feedback from readers on how Law360 of the Boston Municipal Court in legal operations teams in the Legal and can improve its coverage. He was Massachusetts. Compliance department. also named to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers List. 1997 2000 Linda E. Pfatteicher is a partner Tracy Thomas Boland is partner in Julayne Lazar is shareholder at Foley in the Dentons Tax practice in San the Labor and Employment Group & Foley, PC in Boston, Massachusetts, Francisco, California, where she at Bowditch & Dewey LLP in Boston, where she focuses her practice focuses her practice on international Massachusetts. on employment and labor litigation. tax and operational structuring for corporations, including global Sandra D. Wilson was appointed 2002 expansion, global transfer pricing assistant dean for the John P. Burke strategy, intangible property planning, School of Public Service & Education Marc E. Fitzgerald was elected cross-border mergers and acquisitions, at Post University in Waterbury, co-managing partner of Casner & post-acquisition integration, and Connecticut. Edwards, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. international tax controversies. He is chair of the firm’s Probate & Family Jonty Kasku-Jackson’s article “Why Law Practice and handles all aspects 1996 Space Force Needs a War College of domestic relations, equity matters, Just Like Everyone Else—and Why It and probate litigation, including divorce, Nicholas Anastasopoulos, partner Should Be Different” was published custody, modification actions, child at Mirick O’Connell in Westborough, March 24, 2021 on War on the Rocks. support, alimony, paternity, guardianship, Massachusetts, was named a 2020 adoption, pre- and postnuptial Massachusetts Super Lawyer. He is a 1998 agreements, de facto parenting, and member of the Labor, Employment, and will contests. He was also named Employee Benefits Group and is former Dana M. Horton, partner at a 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyer. chair of the Higher Education Group. 4 Robinson+Cole LLP in Providence, Rhode Island, was recognized as 2004 Frederic (Eric) P. Gallun was a “Leader in the Law” by Rhode Island promoted to Colonel in the Army Lawyers Weekly’s 2021 Excellence Michael M. Pirolo, chief assistant Reserve JAG Corps. He has been in the Law Awards. 5 public defender with the Office of the selected to serve as the Commander of Public Defender for the Eighteenth the 174th Legal Operations Detachment Ernesto A. Luciano is general Judicial Circuit in Viera, Florida, was headquartered in Miami, Florida, with counsel and chief compliance selected for inclusion in the 2020 teams in Puerto Rico, Orlando, and officer for International Money Express, Marquis Who’s Who. Tampa Bay. In his civilian capacity, Inc., a leading money remittance he serves as the chief of staff to the services company headquartered in general counsel at the FBI. Miami, Florida. 12345

24 THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 Peter E. Smith is partner at real Sara R. David was named a partner at Lisa M. (Paciello) Neeley, partner and estate law firm Touchstone Closing in Gallo Vitucci Klar LLP in New York City, chair of the Trusts and Estates Group Andover, Massachusetts. New York, in November 2020. Her at Mirick O’Connell in Worcester, practice focuses on the defense of Massachusetts, was named a 2020 Philip Tedeschi was appointed high exposure and complex litigation Massachusetts Super Lawyer. She director of client development matters involving construction accidents, focuses her practice on elder law with for Northern Trust’s Global Family premises liability, transportation, and an emphasis on Medicaid applications and Private Investment Office commercial claims in both New York and appeals, estate and special needs Services (GFO) business in their and New Jersey. planning, probate administration, Boston, Massachusetts, office. and guardianship and conservatorship Donald W. Seeley joined Hinshaw & proceedings. 8 Jeffrey J. Trapani, partner at Culbertson LLP as an associate in their Robinson Donovan, P.C. in Springfield, Boston, Massachusetts, office where he Brian J. MacDonough, partner and Massachusetts, was named a 2020 represents lenders, mortgage servicers, chair of the Employment Department Massachusetts Super Lawyer. He and other financial services companies at Sherin and Lodgen LLP in Boston, concentrates in civil litigation, including in litigation in state and appellate courts, Massachusetts, was named to the 2021 insurance defense, employment law, and in arbitrations and mediations. Benchmark Litigation list. municipal liability, business litigation, and professional malpractice. 2006 2007 2005 Marcie A. Charles, associate at Andrew J. Dansker was promoted to Grant Fridkin Pearson, P.A., was named senior counsel, labor at Netflix in Naim M. Ali, chief executive officer “Ones to Watch” in Trusts and Estates their Los Angeles, California, office. of SM2 Capital Partners, was named in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year in America in the metropolitan area of Meredith A. Fine won a case of 2021 Prairies finalist. In 2020, his Fort Myers, Florida. 7 first impression in the Massachusetts family firm added three casinos to their Supreme Judicial Court. Captioned portfolio: Cash Casino Red Deer, Curtis B. Dooling was elected a “In the Matter of the Estate of Jacqueline Ace Casino Blackfoot (formerly Century shareholder of Pierce & Mandell, P.C. A. Kendall,” the Court ruled that Casino), and Cash Casino Calgary, in Boston, Massachusetts, where MassHealth is subject to a three-year which held its grand reopening in he focuses his litigation practice on statute of repose for claims on June 2021 after a complete renovation complex commercial and business estates under the new probate code. during the last shutdown. litigation, zoning and land use disputes, Her position was supported by health care and tort law. the Massachusetts Bar Association, Michael Curry, chief executive officer the Real Estate Bar Association, of the Massachusetts League of Melissa A. (Gill) Hale, professor and the National Academy of Elder Community Health Centers, was the and director of Academic Success and Law Attorneys. 9 2021 recipient of the Massachusetts Bar Programs at the Loyola University Public Health Association’s Paul Chicago School of Law, is the co-author Erika P. Reis, senior assistant Revere Award for his unwavering of The Ultimate Guide to the UBE corporation counsel for the City of leadership and commitment to reducing (Uniform Bar Exam). Boston, is the president of the health inequities in the Commonwealth Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal of Massachusetts. 6 Bar Association. 10 6 7 8 9 10

CL ASS ACTION NOVEMBER 1, 2020–AUGUST 31, 2021 25 2008 Matthew L. Teich, partner at the before state licensing agencies. law firm of Halloran Sage in Hartford, She was also selected for a one-year Stephanie M. Chesney was elevated Connecticut, was named to the fellowship in Bioethics at Harvard to partner at MG+M The Law Firm in Hartford Business Journal’s “40 Under Medical School, which includes an Boston, Massachusetts. 11 Forty” Class of 2021. He is a corporate academic appointment as a research transactions and commercial real fellow in the HMS Department of Damian J. Turco, managing partner at estate attorney where he works with Global Health and Social Medicine Turco Legal PC with offices in Andover, major banks and middle market (2021–2022). 14 Boston, Newburyport, and Newton, companies in Connecticut and the Massachusetts, has been elected vice broader New England and tri-state Caroline D. Selig is a pro se law clerk president of the Massachusetts Bar region, and routinely acts as counsel for the United States District Court for Association for the 2021–2022 to institutional lenders and businesses the District of Kansas. membership year, which began on in high-profile, multi-million-dollar September 1, 2021. 12 commercial lending transactions. 2011 2009 2010 Cassandra L. Feeney, partner at Hamel, Waxler, Allen & Collin in Evan S. Fensterstock, founder Eric B. Bjerva joined Chestnut Providence, Rhode Island, was honored of Fensterstock, P.C., in New York, Cambronne PA in Minneapolis, by Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly New York, was the recipient of the Minnesota, and practices in the areas as a 2021 Excellence in the Law Up Conspicuous Service Award from the of guardianship and conservatorship, & Coming Lawyer for distinguishing New York County Lawyers Association. probate litigation, estate planning, estate herself in the practice of law within ten administration, family law, and business years of practice. William P. Lemega, managing partner law with a concentration on the unique and certified matrimonial attorney at needs of substance use disorder Rory J. Parnell, partner at the Law Lyons & Associates, P.C. in Morristown, and mental health programs as well Offices of Parnell, Michels & McKay, New Jersey, was named a New Jersey as Minnesota’s evolving understanding PLLC in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Super Lawyer Rising Star for Family Law. and treatment of guardianship and was featured in the Forty under Forty He was also selected as a Top Lawyer conservatorship issues. 13 in the New Hampshire Union Leader. in Morris County by Morris/Essex Health & Life Magazine and included Monnett G. De La Torre, attorney at Grace C. Roessler, associate in Mirick on the list of 10 Best Attorneys for the employment law firm LightGabler in O’Connell’s Family Law and Divorce Exceptional and Outstanding Client Camarillo, California, has been named Group in Boston, Massachusetts, was Service, as published by the American to the 2021 Super Lawyers’ Rising Star named a 2020 Massachusetts Rising Institute of Family Law Attorneys. list of Southern California attorneys. Star and received a 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch recognition for Family Anthony J. Scibetta is supervising Allyson N. Hammerstedt joined Dunn Law. She concentrates her practice in assistant prosecutor for the & Dunn P.C. as a partner in the Boston, the areas of divorce and family litigation, Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode including actions involving divorce, in Morristown, New Jersey. Island, offices with a focus on medical custody, child support, modification, malpractice defense, health law and removal actions, and paternity. 15 compliance, product liability, premises liability, civil and commercial litigation, and defense of medical professionals 11 12 13 14 15

26 THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 2012 Nicole J. Martucci is an associate on Laticia Walker-Simpson was selected the litigation team at Duffy & Sweeney, to participate in the 2020–2021 Robert M. Buchholz was elected LTD in Providence, Rhode Island, Boston Bar Association Public Interest partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP where she focuses on business law, Leadership Program (PILP). She in Boston, Massachusetts, where he real estate and land use, and general is a shelter staff attorney at Greater concentrates his practice in the areas commercial litigation. 16 Boston Legal Services in Boston, of professional and general liability Massachusetts. defense, commercial litigation, risk Danielle R. Starr, associate at Verrill management, insurance coverage, and Dana LLP in Portland, Maine, was 2015 appellate advocacy. named a 2020 New England Rising Star. She serves the Maine and Mary T. Connolly, associate in the Nikolaus S. Schuttauf is an associate Massachusetts communities through Albany, New York office of Barclay in the Private Client Group at Burns & her work in the family law and real Damon, was included in the 2022 Levinson LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. estate groups. edition of The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” category. She was 2013 2014 also named a 2021 Upstate New York Rising Star. 17 Alex B. Aferiat joined the Board of Sarah H. Fay was a named partner Directors of the Association of of Schwartz Hannum PC in Andover, Lauren (Perkowski) Jo opened Lauren Corporate Counsel Northeast Chapter Massachusetts, where she is a member Jo Law, LLC, a boutique immigration in July 2020 and was elected to Board of the firm’s education practice group law firm in Brooklyn, New York. Secretary in January 2021. and focuses on the unique legal needs of early child care programs, 2016 Jim J. Barakat was selected to independent primary and secondary participate in the 2020–2021 Boston schools, and colleges and universities. Ava D. Callender Concepcion Bar Association Public Interest She was also named a 2020 was appointed to the Massachusetts Leadership Program (PILP). He is a Massachusetts Rising Star. Cannabis Control Commission by staff attorney in the Children and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Family Law Division at the Committee Eric B. Gerbert joined McConnaughhay, Healey in January 2021. Prior to her for Public Counsel Services in Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern appointment, she served as director of Brockton, Massachusetts. in Jacksonville, Florida, where he governmental affairs and external practices workers’ compensation partnerships for the Suffolk County Matthew C. Campbell is of counsel defense, including investigation of District Attorney’s Office where for Rath, Young, and Pignatelli, P.C. workplace accidents, responses she advised on legislation and policy. in Concord, New Hampshire, serving to requests for benefits, and defense as a member of their Energy and of contested claims. Ana P. (Moretto) Nisonson joined Environmental Practice Groups. the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office Dana M. Goheen married Leah Potash of Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, on October 11, 2020, in Chatham, P.L. where she focuses primarily Massachusetts. on complex commercial matters, trial support, and appeals. 18 Zachary P. Heller is general counsel at Union Cannabis Group in Santa Rosa, California. 16 17 18 19

CL ASS ACTION NOVEMBER 1, 2020–AUGUST 31, 2021 27 2017 Stay Connected with the Alumni Community Ian A. Epperson-Temple is an LEARN UPDATE associate attorney in the Business Follow the latest from your fellow Make sure your contact info is Litigation & Dispute Resolution alumni: alumni.nesl.edu up to date so you never miss Group at Burns & Levinson LLP in an announcement or invitation: Boston, Massachusetts. SHARE alumni.nesl.edu/myinfo Promotions, accolades, Zachary J. Gregoricus is an associate gatherings with classmates— CONNECT attorney in the Bankruptcy and share your news with us! NewEnglandLawBoston Creditor’s Rights practice group at alumni.nesl.edu/classnotes Murtha Cullina LLP in Boston, @NewEnglandLaw Massachusetts. 19 AT T E N D Join us for upcoming events, New England Law | Boston Dr. Arne Hans, patent attorney at from receptions to guest speakers: Sunstein LLP in Boston, Massachusetts, alumni.nesl.edu/events @NewEnglandLawBoston was named a 2020 Massachusetts Rising Star. He focuses on patent NewEnglandLaw prosecution, proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and Mallory A. Roberts joined Goldberg Brittany L. Parziale is an associate litigation matters involving a wide range Segalla’s Workers’ Compensation group attorney at the Law Office of Susan of technologies and science including in Syracuse, New York. She focuses Castleton Ryan, P.C. (Class of 1991) computer networks, data storage her practice on workers’ compensation in Abington, Massachusetts. systems, visual and graphical computer matters for employers, insurers, and programming systems, software-based third-party administrators. Kaitlin T. Spurling is an associate in inventions, GPS technology, antennas, the Business Law Group at Burns & medical devices and systems, medical 2020 Levinson LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. imaging systems, mechanical tools, and consumer products. Matthew (Ryan) Groff, lead product 2021 advocate at LEAP Legal Software 2018 US, was appointed a board member Justice L. Rawlins was selected by of the Heathmere Center for Cultural the Mon Valley NAACP in Monessen, Mabel Covarrubias-Doucette was Engagement, Inc., a non-profit on Pennsylvania, as its first Young, Gifted, selected the 2020 recipient of the Boston’s North Shore empowering youth and Black awardee for the month of Northern Essex Community College and young adults through dialogue and July 2021. Outstanding Alumni Award. the arts. He is also in his third and final year of his appointment to the Taxpayer Representative Leonela Felix was Advocacy Panel (TAP), an independent elected to the seat in House District federal advisory counsel at the Internal 61 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Revenue Service improving taxpayer in November 2020. She is a member user experience. of the House Judiciary Committee and the House State Government and Elections Committee. Cierra M. Kenyon received the third highest score on the Texas March 2021 bar examination.

THE BRIDGE   2021–2022 IN MEMORIAM 1951 1967 1975 Estelle S. Stockman, of Palm Beach, Kenneth F. D’Arcy, of Winchester, Michael J. Grinfeld, of Tucson, Florida, and Greenwich, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, on June 6, 2021. Arizona, on July 5, 2021. on January 5, 2021. Arthur J. Rotondi, Jr., of Wakefield, 1980 1956 Massachusetts, on March 5, 2021. Robert A. Mickiewicz, of Dorchester, Ralph M. Clark, of Gardiner, Maine, Robert B. Russell, of Clinton, Massachusetts, on March 3, 2021. on January 21, 2021. Massachusetts, on December 9, 2020. 1981 1958 1968 Philip Pergola, of West Harwich, John J. Svagzdys, of Hingham, Robert G. Fowler, of Nashua, New Massachusetts, on December 1, 2020. Massachusetts, on January 20, 2021. Hampshire, and Estero, Florida, on July 10, 2021. 1982 1959 1969 Frederick H. Copeman III, of Boston, Ronald C. Coffin, of Falmouth Massachusetts, on January 20, 2021. Foreside, Maine, on December 1, 2020. Jeremiah F. Barrett, of Cohasset, Massachusetts, on January 10, 2021. Charles M. Moran, Jr., of Tiverton, 1960 Rhode Island, on February 18, 2021. 1970 Kevin P. Feeley, of Arlington, The Honorable Joseph J. Solomon, Massachusetts, on June 24, 2021. Lawrence P. Donnelly, Jr., Sr., of Warwick, Rhode Island, on of East Milton, Massachusetts, May 20, 2021. David C. Ahearn, of Falmouth on April 15, 2021. and Norwood, Massachusetts, on 1983 March 23, 2021. 1973 Arthur G. Carr III, of St. Louis, 1961 William E. MacDonald, of Bangor, Missouri, on December 12, 2020. Maine, on January 8, 2021. Donald Romain Ray, of Norfolk, James London Rogal, of Rowley, Virginia, on December 21, 2020. 1974 Massachusetts, on May 18, 2021. 1963 The Honorable Richard E. Arnold, of Benjamin E. Pugatch, of North Easton, Orange, Connecticut, on June 1, 2021. Massachusetts, on March 30, 2021. Gerald A. Cafarelli, of Pompeo Beach, Florida, on March 2, 2021. The Honorable Roland D. Fasano, 1984 of North Haven, Connecticut, on 1964 May 3, 2021. Vincent A. Marchetti, of Tampa, Florida, on March 21, 2021. Allen J. Greenough, of Port Charlotte, Peter F. Fletcher, of Akron, Ohio, on Florida, on May 9, 2021. December 5, 2020. H. Jefferson Melish, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, on July 1, 2021. 1965 David W. Hawkins, of Deer Isle, Maine, on July 27, 2021. Victor N. Gagnon, of Springfield, Massachusetts, on January 20, 2021. William G. Hayward, of Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, on July 16. 2021. 1966 Pauline (Novick) Flaxer, of Peabody, Massachusetts, on May 26, 2021. Gary H. Kreppel, of Southborough, Massachusetts, on July 3, 2021.

IN MEMORIAM 29 1985 Richard Gould ’81 (honorary) Former Professor Richard Gould passed away on July 6, 2020. Cathy Skeirik Roberts, of Falmouth, Gould was a proud member of the New England Law faculty from Maine, on January 22, 2021. 1968 through his retirement in 2005. Over his 37-year career, Professor Gould made a difference in the lives of thousands of 1987 New England Law alumni. During his time at the law school, he taught Estate Planning; Property; Labor Law; and Wills, Estates, Marijane Hill Kennedy, of Chelmsford, and Trusts. In 1981, in recognition of his dedication to the Massachusetts, on November 26, 2020. law school and his service to legal education, New England Law awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws. Before joining the 1988 faculty, he was an associate at a firm in Hartford, Connecticut. Teaching was a passion for Gould; he told his family that he Richard M. Doyle, Jr., of Malden, never worked a day in his life, because his work was so fulfilling. Massachusetts, on March 21, 2021. Cynthia (Deitel) Burstein 1990 Portia Law School 1939 On June 6, 2021, Cynthia (Deitel) Burstein ’39 passed away Nan Myerson Evans, of Onset, peacefully at 103 years of age. Burstein was born at the end Massachusetts, on February 26, 2021. of World War I and grew up in Winthrop, Massachusetts. The daughter of two immigrants who believed strongly in the 1991 value of education, Burstein knew she wanted to continue her education after high school. She loved drawing and had planned Harish C. Dhingra, of Friendswood, on attending art school. However, two of her closest friends Texas, on February 25, 2020. who were second- and third-year students at Portia Law talked her into attending the school. During her time at Portia Law, 1992 amid the Great Depression, she worked in the library to help pay for tuition. She was also a member of the legal sorority, Tau Peter J. Paulousky, of Franklin, Epsilon Delta. Burstein passed the bar and maintained an active Massachusetts, on December 31, 2020. interest in the law, but aside from a brief stint in a law office doing title searches, she never practiced. Marriage, family, and 1995 numerous community activities soon filled her life. Over the years, as family matriarch, her legal education helped her address Karen M. Haley, of Arlington, issues surrounding her family’s business. Massachusetts, on May 6, 2021. Visit bit.ly/Burstein39 to watch the school’s centennial Amy Page Oberg, of Barrington, celebration interview with Burstein, to learn more about her Rhode Island, on May 14, 2021. life and her time at Portia Law. 1999 Nilda Rodriguez Pedrosa, of Miami, Florida, on January 23, 2021. 2007 Dean A. Gouveia, of Pasadena, Maryland, on April 29, 2021. 2008 Frances Deborah Katz, of Decatur, Georgia, on September 14, 2021. 2016 Gregory L. Mosher, of Beverly, Massachusetts, on October 2020.

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