Alumni Achievements
Partners for Women and Justice, headed by executive director Jane M. Hanson ’84, has been selected by Partnership in Philanthropy as a consultancy client.
William Greenberg ’67, the newly-named chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, told the Star-Ledger that “the physical and mental health” of reservists and National Guard members will be his top priority. “It took Fort Hood,” he said, “to bring these issues to public view. I welcome the challenge of trying to find solutions to these obvious problems.” As chairman of the national board, Greenberg is the principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Defense on reserve matters. Greenberg is a partner with McCarter & English, LLP and a retired brigadier general.
Dennis P. McCooe ’94 has been elevated by Blank Rome LLP to of counsel. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology Group.
Victoria F. Pratt ’98 has been sworn in as a judge of the Newark Municipal Court. She is the first person of Dominican descent to be sworn in as a Municipal Court Judge in the history of Newark. Judge Pratt had previously been counsel to the Newark City Council president.
Michael E. Gogal ’96 has been named a partner with McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, PC. He practices commercial, environmental, employment, and criminal defense law.
Toll Brothers has promoted Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. ’86 to executive vice president. Associated with the company for 19 years, he had most recently served as regional president, managing homebuilding operations in nine markets around the country.
Liberating Passion: How the World’s Best Global Leaders Produce Winning Results by Omar Kahn and Paul B. Brown ’83 (Wiley, 2008) is reviewed in the 11/9/09 issue of American Chronicle.
Theodora McCormick ’98 has been elected counsel to Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. McCormick focuses her practice on the representation of corporations and financial institutions, dietary supplement companies, and pharmaceutical companies in all facets of business and commercial disputes.
New York City Civil Court has selected J. Machelle Sweeting ’97 as Arbitrator of the Year for her service at Harlem Small Claims Court.
The October issue of Hispanic Business magazine has named U.S. Magistrate Judge Esther Salas ’94 and Ricardo Silva ’99 among the 100 most influential Hispanic leaders nationwide. Silva, a partner in the San Diego law firm of Fagen Friedman and Fulfrost, LLP, specializes in school law.
Louis Freeh ’74 has been elected to the board of directors of Wilmington Trust Corporation. Freeh, who served as director of the FBI from 1993 to 2001, is founder and senior managing partner of Freeh Group International, LLC.
The Star-Ledger headlined its profile of Cecilia Zalkind ’84, executive director of the Association for Children of New Jersey, “A life spent advocating fiercely for children.”
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez ’79 is the author of the new book Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive as Our Largest Minority Flourishes (Penguin Group).
Sara Manzano-Diaz ’84 has been nominated as the Director of the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor. Manzano-Diaz has spent her career in public service advocating on behalf of working class families, women, and girls. Most recently she was deputy secretary for regulatory programs at the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Rutgers Magazine and Mother Jones have published profiles of Elizabeth Warren ’76, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and a vocal proponent of a Financial Product Safety Commission.
Diane J. Fuchs ’73, a member in the Washington, DC office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, has been elected president of the American Bar Association Retirement Funds, a not-for-profit corporation that is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofthe ABA.
New Jersey Public Defender Yvonne Smith Segars ’84 was honored by the Women’s Law Caucus at Rutgers School of Law–Camden with the 2009 Mary Philbrook Award. The award, named after the first woman admitted to the New Jersey Bar, recognizes the achievements of a leading advocate for civil rights, social justice, and equality.
The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Phillip E. Griffin ’74, co-chair of Fox Rothschild LLP, as its 2009 Business Leader of the Year.
New York Super Lawyers 2009, published in September, includes a profile of Laurie Cater ’93, general counsel, vice president and executive director of jazz studies at the Juilliard School.
Heather Lange ’97 has joined Brody Wilkinson PC, Southport, CT, as counsel to the Trusts & Estates Group.
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, LLC has appointed Philip Morin III ’94 one of the three leaders of its new corporate and business law practice.
NBC News has assigned Lisa Gersh ’83 to its management team, with oversight for the division’s business development and partnerships, including with the Weather Channel. Gersh is NBC Universal’s president of strategic initiatives and managing director of the Weather Channel.
Marilyn Ward Ford ’72, professor of law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, has been appointed to Hudson Valley Bank’s new Connecticut Business Development Board. Ford is a membr of the advisory board of the Connecticut Banking Commission, on the Connecticut Legal Services board of directors, and a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity.
Middlesex County Assignment Judge Travis Francis ’81 received the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award. Judge Francis was recognized for his many volunteer activities in the state’s legal services — from presiding over mock trial competitions for New Jersey students to his work on the Supreme Court’s Committee for Minority Concerns.
Barry H. Evenchick ’63, a member of Walder, Hayden & Brogan, P.A., was appointed by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine as the state’s representative on the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
Ivan M. Lui-Kwan ’71, of counsel with Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher in Honolulu, was elected to the national board of directors of the American Judicature Society.
Hannah Pennington ’01, an associate with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, received an Abely Award from Sanctuary for Families, Davis Polk & Wardwell, and Columbia Law School for her work assisting victims of domestic violence.
Eight alumni have been named to the New Jersey Law Journal’s “40 Under 40” list for 2009. They are: Sean Mack ’99, partner, Pashman Stein; Christopher Michie ’95, partner, Dechert LLP; William F. O’Connor, Jr. ’99, partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP; Miguel A. Pozo ’98, partner, Lowenstein Sandler PC; Kenneth E. Sharperson ’01, counsel, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.; Mark D. Sheridan ’99, partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Haekyung Suh ’97, partner, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.; and Lawrence C. Weiner ’96, partner, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer P.A..
Traxi LLC, a national advisory firm, has added Paul Fried ’85 as managing director. Fried had been a principal with AFC Realty Capital.
Robert Stickles ’80 has been reappointed trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Stickles teaches religious studies, American history, and law at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale. He is also senior counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.
Superior Court Judge Renee Jones Weeks ’73, the state’s first African-American woman to preside in New Jersey’s general equity and probate court as well as Essex County’s first African-American appointed to that court, retired on July 18. An article about Judge Weeks appeared in the July 11 Star-Ledger.
Theresa Borzelli ’78 has been elected a partner of Fox Rothschild LLP. She has practiced in the area of employee benefits and the tax and labor and employment law aspects of employee benefits for more than 20 years.
William Greenberg ’67, the newly-named chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, told the Star-Ledger that “the physical and mental health” of reservists and National Guard members will be his top priority. “It took Fort Hood,” he said, “to bring these issues to public view. I welcome the challenge of trying to find solutions to these obvious problems.” As chairman of the national board, Greenberg is the principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Defense on reserve matters. Greenberg is a partner with McCarter & English, LLP and a retired brigadier general.
Dennis P. McCooe ’94 has been elevated by Blank Rome LLP to of counsel. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Technology Group.
Victoria F. Pratt ’98 has been sworn in as a judge of the Newark Municipal Court. She is the first person of Dominican descent to be sworn in as a Municipal Court Judge in the history of Newark. Judge Pratt had previously been counsel to the Newark City Council president.
Michael E. Gogal ’96 has been named a partner with McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, PC. He practices commercial, environmental, employment, and criminal defense law.
Toll Brothers has promoted Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. ’86 to executive vice president. Associated with the company for 19 years, he had most recently served as regional president, managing homebuilding operations in nine markets around the country.
Liberating Passion: How the World’s Best Global Leaders Produce Winning Results by Omar Kahn and Paul B. Brown ’83 (Wiley, 2008) is reviewed in the 11/9/09 issue of American Chronicle.
Theodora McCormick ’98 has been elected counsel to Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. McCormick focuses her practice on the representation of corporations and financial institutions, dietary supplement companies, and pharmaceutical companies in all facets of business and commercial disputes.
New York City Civil Court has selected J. Machelle Sweeting ’97 as Arbitrator of the Year for her service at Harlem Small Claims Court.
The October issue of Hispanic Business magazine has named U.S. Magistrate Judge Esther Salas ’94 and Ricardo Silva ’99 among the 100 most influential Hispanic leaders nationwide. Silva, a partner in the San Diego law firm of Fagen Friedman and Fulfrost, LLP, specializes in school law.
Louis Freeh ’74 has been elected to the board of directors of Wilmington Trust Corporation. Freeh, who served as director of the FBI from 1993 to 2001, is founder and senior managing partner of Freeh Group International, LLC.
The Star-Ledger headlined its profile of Cecilia Zalkind ’84, executive director of the Association for Children of New Jersey, “A life spent advocating fiercely for children.”
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez ’79 is the author of the new book Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive as Our Largest Minority Flourishes (Penguin Group).
Sara Manzano-Diaz ’84 has been nominated as the Director of the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor. Manzano-Diaz has spent her career in public service advocating on behalf of working class families, women, and girls. Most recently she was deputy secretary for regulatory programs at the Pennsylvania Department of State.
Rutgers Magazine and Mother Jones have published profiles of Elizabeth Warren ’76, head of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and a vocal proponent of a Financial Product Safety Commission.
Diane J. Fuchs ’73, a member in the Washington, DC office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, has been elected president of the American Bar Association Retirement Funds, a not-for-profit corporation that is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofthe ABA.
New Jersey Public Defender Yvonne Smith Segars ’84 was honored by the Women’s Law Caucus at Rutgers School of Law–Camden with the 2009 Mary Philbrook Award. The award, named after the first woman admitted to the New Jersey Bar, recognizes the achievements of a leading advocate for civil rights, social justice, and equality.
The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Phillip E. Griffin ’74, co-chair of Fox Rothschild LLP, as its 2009 Business Leader of the Year.
New York Super Lawyers 2009, published in September, includes a profile of Laurie Cater ’93, general counsel, vice president and executive director of jazz studies at the Juilliard School.
Heather Lange ’97 has joined Brody Wilkinson PC, Southport, CT, as counsel to the Trusts & Estates Group.
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, LLC has appointed Philip Morin III ’94 one of the three leaders of its new corporate and business law practice.
NBC News has assigned Lisa Gersh ’83 to its management team, with oversight for the division’s business development and partnerships, including with the Weather Channel. Gersh is NBC Universal’s president of strategic initiatives and managing director of the Weather Channel.
Marilyn Ward Ford ’72, professor of law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, has been appointed to Hudson Valley Bank’s new Connecticut Business Development Board. Ford is a membr of the advisory board of the Connecticut Banking Commission, on the Connecticut Legal Services board of directors, and a member of the board of directors and executive committee of the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity.
Middlesex County Assignment Judge Travis Francis ’81 received the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award. Judge Francis was recognized for his many volunteer activities in the state’s legal services — from presiding over mock trial competitions for New Jersey students to his work on the Supreme Court’s Committee for Minority Concerns.
Barry H. Evenchick ’63, a member of Walder, Hayden & Brogan, P.A., was appointed by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine as the state’s representative on the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
Ivan M. Lui-Kwan ’71, of counsel with Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher in Honolulu, was elected to the national board of directors of the American Judicature Society.
Hannah Pennington ’01, an associate with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, received an Abely Award from Sanctuary for Families, Davis Polk & Wardwell, and Columbia Law School for her work assisting victims of domestic violence.
Eight alumni have been named to the New Jersey Law Journal’s “40 Under 40” list for 2009. They are: Sean Mack ’99, partner, Pashman Stein; Christopher Michie ’95, partner, Dechert LLP; William F. O’Connor, Jr. ’99, partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP; Miguel A. Pozo ’98, partner, Lowenstein Sandler PC; Kenneth E. Sharperson ’01, counsel, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.; Mark D. Sheridan ’99, partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Haekyung Suh ’97, partner, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.; and Lawrence C. Weiner ’96, partner, Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer P.A..
Traxi LLC, a national advisory firm, has added Paul Fried ’85 as managing director. Fried had been a principal with AFC Realty Capital.
Robert Stickles ’80 has been reappointed trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Stickles teaches religious studies, American history, and law at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale. He is also senior counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.
Superior Court Judge Renee Jones Weeks ’73, the state’s first African-American woman to preside in New Jersey’s general equity and probate court as well as Essex County’s first African-American appointed to that court, retired on July 18. An article about Judge Weeks appeared in the July 11 Star-Ledger.
Theresa Borzelli ’78 has been elected a partner of Fox Rothschild LLP. She has practiced in the area of employee benefits and the tax and labor and employment law aspects of employee benefits for more than 20 years.