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Contents
Class Notes
Law School Building Becomes Library
Facilities Named in O'Brian
Desmond Moot Court Like the Big Leagues
Mediation Advocacy Competition
Westbrook Focuses on Globalization in New Book
Engel and Munger Publish Award-Winning Book
Four Alumni Named Top Black Lawyers
Judge Wesley to Address N.Y. City Alumni on Jan. 30th
Convocation Looks At Cross Border Trade
Buffalo Control Board
Calendar of Events
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1950’s            1960’s            1970’s

 

1980’s            1990’s            2000’s

 

Marriages      Births              In Memoriam

 

’50s             Class of 1953 Reunion Photos

                              Class of 1958 Reunion Photos

 

 

John P. Patti ’54 is retiring after 18 years as the Erie County Family Court support magistrate in Buffalo. Patti was honored at a farewell party Nov. 7. He is a resident of Williamsville, N.Y.

 

Hon. Joseph S. Mattina ’56 was honored at the Bar Association of Erie County’s inaugural retirement party on Dec. 2 in Buffalo. Mattina, Erie County Surrogate Court judge, stepped down from the bench upon reaching the mandatory retirement age. A recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association’s Jaeckle Award, he has been on the bench since 1965, previously serving as a judge in Buffalo City Court, Erie County Court and New York State Supreme Court.

 

Thomas Basil ’58 recently retired as a civilian attorney for the U.S. Department of the Navy. He resides in Orlando, Fla.

 

Thomas Beecher Jr. ’59 was awarded the Dr. Lawrence Jacobs Award from the Western New York/Northwestern Pennsylvania chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Beecher is president of Ballynoe Inc. in Buffalo and a partner in the firm Phillips Lytle in Buffalo, where he resides.

 

’60s             Class of 1963 Reunion Photos

                              Class of 1968 Reunion Photos

 

 

Howard R. Relin ’68 has retired from the Monroe County district attorney’s office in Rochester, N.Y. Relin was the longest-serving district attorney in Monroe County. He is a Rochester resident.

 

Dr. Allan J. Eisenberg ’69 has been promoted from chairman to director of the paralegal program at Florida Metropolitan University’s campus in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Eisenberg lives in Boca Raton, Fla.

 

’70s             Class of 1973 Reunion Photos

                    Class of 1978 Reunion Photos

 

Terrence M. Connors ’71, a Buffalo resident and partner in the firm Connors & Vilardo, recently was awarded the largest personal-injury verdict in Western New York court history, $58.6 million. His client, Michael Murach, a professional diver, was left paralyzed by an accident at Martin’s Fantasy Island on Grand Island, N.Y., in 1990.

 

Victor A. Oliveri ’71 was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers during its annual meeting in Montreal. Oliveri is a partner in the firm Gibson, McAskill & Crosby in Buffalo. He lives in Amherst, N.Y.

 

Hon. Rosalie Stoll Bailey ’73 has recently been elected a New York State Supreme Court justice for the Eighth Judicial District in Buffalo, where she resides.

 

Paul R. Comeau ’73, a partner in the firm Hodgson Russ, in the Buffalo office, is a member of the firm’s new government relations team, providing governmental advocacy on behalf of clients. Comeau lives in Williamsville, N.Y.

 

David S. Gary ’73 is a senior trial attorney in the major care unit at Travelers Insurance. Gary is a resident of Syosset, N.Y.

 

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Dianne Bennett ’75 has been named to the newly created government relations team in the firm Hodgson Russ, in the Buffalo office. Bennett, chair of the firm, will address clients’ issues through legislative or administrative action. She is also a co-author of Taxation of Distributions From Qualified Plans 2003-2004. She resides in Buffalo.

 

 

 

Louis P. DiLorenzo ’76 of Fayetteville, N.Y., has been re-elected to the New York State Bar Journal board of editors for a three-year term. DiLorenzo is partner in the firm Bond, Schoeneck & King in the Syracuse, N.Y., office and is also a past chair of the New York State Bar Association’s labor and employment law section.

 

Sue Gardner ’76 was recognized for her contributions to the Western New York community and service organizations. She was honored at D’Youville College’s annual Community Service Award reception on Oct. 16 in Buffalo. Gardner is a partner in the firm Kavinoky & Cook in Buffalo, where she resides.

 

Hon. Michael E. Hudson ’76 has been named a New York State Court of Claims judge in Buffalo. He was formerly principal law clerk to Hon. Sharon Townsend, administrative judge, Eighth Judicial District. Hudson is a resident of Amherst, N.Y.

 

Brent L. Wilson ’76 has been recognized as one of “America’s Top Black Lawyers” by Black Enterprise magazine. Wilson is a partner in the Atlanta firm Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson. He handles cases involving labor relations and employment law. He is a resident of Lithonia, Ga.

 

Kenneth A. Manning ’77, of Kenmore, N.Y., received the Brotherhood/Sisterhood award for law from the National Conference on Community and Justice on January 15 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. A partner in the Buffalo-based law firm of Philllips Lytle LLP, he is a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association and serves on the Deans Advisory Council.

 

Dennis R. McCoy ’77 was a co-presenter at the Erie County Bar Association seminar “Everything You Wanted to Know About Legal Malpractice and Attorney Grievance, but Hopefully Will Never Need to Use” on Nov. 7 in Buffalo. McCoy, a member of the board of directors of the UB Law Alumni Association, is a partner in the Buffalo firm Hiscock & Barclay. He lives in Snyder, N.Y.

 

George A. Rusk ’77 has been promoted from program manager to vice president of the Lancaster, N.Y., company Ecology and Environment. Rusk lives in Snyder, N.Y.

 

Thomas P. Connelly III ’78 has retired. Connelly, a former solo practitioner, resides in Newport News, Va.

 

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Garry Graber ’78 has been named chair of the Bar Association of Erie County bylaws committee. Graber is a partner in the firm Hodgson Russ in the Buffalo office and chairs the firm’s bankruptcy and commercial litigation practice group. He is also past president of the Bar Association of Erie County, the Volunteer Lawyers Project and the UB Law Alumni Association. Graber lives in Orchard Park, N.Y.

 

 

Kathleen Mehltretter ’78 of Orchard Park, N.Y., was honored Nov. 14 at the 20th annual Director’s Awards ceremony of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for United States Attorneys. Mehltretter is first assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. attorney’s office, Western District of New York, in Buffalo. She helped to convict the “Lackawanna Six,” accused of supporting al-Qaida.

 

Ann E. Evanko ’79, senior partner in the firm Hurwitz & Fine, has been appointed treasurer of the board of directors of Everywoman Opportunity Center in Buffalo. Evanko is a former recipient of Everywoman Opportunity Center’s Award of Excellence. She lives in Orchard Park, N.Y.

 

Francis M. Letro ’79, and his wife, Cindy Abbott-Letro, both of Buffalo, received the Brotherhood/Sisterhood award for philanthropy from the National Conference on Community and Justice on January 15 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. A trial lawyer who heads the Law Office of Francis M. Letro in Buffalo, he is a major donor to the Law School, where the courtroom is named in his honor.

 

Andrew Lipkind ’79 spoke at a seminar sponsored by the Art Dealers Association of Canada. He addressed commercial art dealers in Toronto and Vancouver on the immigration aspects of doing business in the United States. Lipkind is a solo practitioner in Williamsville, N.Y., specializing in immigration matters.

 

’80s             Class of 1983 Reunion Photos

 

Hon. Barbara Howe ’80 has become the Erie County surrogate judge in Buffalo, succeeding Hon. Joseph S. Mattina ’56, who retired. Howe is the first female surrogate judge and a former New York State Supreme Court justice, Eighth Judicial District. She is also a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association and is a Buffalo resident.

 

Richard Samuel Jr. ’80 is an assistant vice president and officer with Bank of America Trust Services in Tampa, Fla. He previously worked for Bank of America Private Bank in Seattle. Samuel is a resident of South Tampa, Fla.

 

Hon. Michael A. Battle ’81, of Buffalo, U.S. district attorney for the Western District of New York, has been recognized as one of “America’s Top Black Lawyers” by Black Enterprise magazine, for government. Battle resides in Buffalo.

 

Robert M. Elardo ’81 was recognized for his many years of service with the Bar Association of Erie County Volunteer Lawyers Project at the VLP’s 20th anniversary party, Oct. 16 in Buffalo. Elardo is managing attorney of the Bar Association of Erie County VLP. He is a Buffalo resident.

 

Text Box:  Edward C. Northwood ’81 is a co-author of Taxation of Distributions From Qualified Plans 2003-2004, a treatise providing in-depth analysis of the tax rules applicable to governmental plans, new case rulings and other significant developments. He resides in Buffalo.

 

 

 

 

 

Ronald J. Winter ’81, a Lockport, N.Y., resident, has been recognized as the outstanding district justice by his law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta. He is responsible for overseeing the activities of the fraternity at seven law schools in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Winter is the confidential law clerk to Hon. Richard C. Kloch Sr. ’76, supervising judge of criminal courts, Eighth Judicial District, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.

 

Kevin D. Robinson ’82 received the Legal Service Award from the Minority Bar Association of Western New York at its 21st annual awards dinner, Sept. 12 in Buffalo. Robinson is assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of New York and chief of the financial litigation unit in Buffalo, where he resides.

 

Mark A. Ventrone ’82, a Syracuse, N.Y., resident, has been elected to the board of directors of the Onondaga County Bar Association for a three-year term. Ventrone practices in civil litigation and is a partner with David S. Kimpel ’82 in the firm Kimpel, Gideon & Ventrone in Syracuse.

 

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Edward C. Robinson ’83 has become a partner in the Buffalo firm Hurwitz & Fine. He practices in the firm’s estates and trusts department. Robinson lives in Williamsville, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald Whalen ’83 addressed a conference in New York City in November on criminal investigation and prosecutions. Whalen is a partner in the firm Hiscock & Barclay in the Buffalo office, handling civil litigation cases. He is a resident of Hamburg, N.Y.

 

Hon. Erin M. Peradotto ’84 has recently been elected a New York State Supreme Court justice for the Eighth Judicial District in Buffalo, where she resides. Peradotto was previously a partner in the firm Volgenau & Bosse. She is a member of the board of directors of the UB Law Alumni Association.

 

Kenneth W. Africano ’85, previously a partner in the Buffalo firm Damon & Morey, has joined the firm Harter, Secrest & Emery as a partner in the Buffalo office. Africano specializes his practice in the areas of general contract litigation, intellectual property litigation and unfair competition claims. He lives in Buffalo.

 

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Peter K. Bradley ’85 is co-author of Taxation of Distributions From Qualified Plans 2003-2004, a treatise providing in-depth analysis of the tax rules applicable to governmental plans, new case rulings and other significant developments. He resides in Williamsville, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

Lisa Bloch Rodwin ’85 of Amherst, N.Y., is the recipient of the Women Attorney of the Year Award from the Women Lawyers of Western New York. She received the award Dec. 4 at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. Rodwin is chief of the domestic violence bureau in the Erie County district attorney’s office in Buffalo.

 

Catherine Wettlaufer ’85, a Buffalo resident, addressed the New York State Bar Association on Oct. 30 in Amherst, N.Y., and on Nov. 20 in Rochester, N.Y. She also addressed the Erie County Bar Association on Nov. 7 in Buffalo. Wettlaufer, a partner in the Buffalo firm Hiscock & Barclay, discussed ethics-related matters at these three events.

 

Shari Jo Reich ’86, a Buffalo solo practitioner, was awarded the Builders Award from Gay & Lesbian Youth Services at its 20th anniversary Gayla on Nov. 20 at the Harbour Club of HSBC Arena in Buffalo. Reich is a past president of the organization.

 

Raul A. Rodriguez ’86 has been elected to a four-year term on the Wethersfield, Conn., Board of Education. Rodriguez is an assistant attorney general in the U.S. attorney general’s office in Hartford, Conn. He is a resident of Wethersfield.

 

William L. Giroux ’87, an Eden, N.Y., resident, has become principal of H.R. Advisors, a human resources and benefits consulting firm in Colden, N.Y. Giroux was previously a partner in the firm Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel in Buffalo.

 

Hon. Debra L. Givens ’87 has been elected to Buffalo City Court. She resides in Buffalo.

 

Hon. Elyse Lazansky ’87 has been elected town justice of North Castle in Armonk, N.Y. Lazansky was previously a prosecutor for 13 years in Westchester County, specializing in sex crimes, domestic violence and child abuse cases. She is a resident of Armonk.

 

Thomas Colson ’88, a patent attorney, inventor and president of IP.com in West Henrietta, N.Y., has become of counsel in the intellectual property law firm Simpson & Simpson in Buffalo.

 

Michael C. Banks ’89, a partner in the New York City firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, has been recognized as one of “America’s Top Black Lawyers” by Black Enterprise magazine. Banks practices in the global corporate finance department in the firm and lives in Freeport, N.Y.

 

Hon. Paul G. Buchanan ’89 has been elected Erie County Family Court judge in Buffalo. Buchanan was previously a New York State Supreme Court law clerk in Buffalo, where he resides.

 

Vincent Dunn ’89 has been named by Black Enterprise magazine as one of “America’s Top Black Lawyers.” Dunn is a partner in the New York City firm Chadbourne & Parke, representing clients regarding banking, finance, leasing and related matters. He resides in Rockville Center, N.Y.

 

’90s               Class of 1993 Reunion Photos

                      Class of 1998 Reunion Photos                                       

 

Lisa J. Allen ’90, supervising attorney in the firm Hogan & Willig in Amherst, N.Y., recently was named a 2003 Woman of Influence, an award recognizing the outstanding achievements of Western New York’s top women executives, by Business First newspaper in Buffalo. Allen and her husband, Michael C. Veruto ’98, reside in East Amherst with their three children.

 

 

Text Box:  Mary Catherine Malley ’90 has become chair of the corporation law committee of the Bar Association of Erie County. Malley is a partner in the corporate and securities practice group in the firm Hodgson Russ in Buffalo, where she resides.

 

 

 

 

 

Aileen McNamara ’90, a North Buffalo resident, has become the first woman president of the West Side Rowing Club in Buffalo. She will serve a two-year term. McNamara is an attorney at Mental Hygiene Legal Service in Buffalo.

 

Martin A. Sanchez ’90 is human resources manager for Carpet Technology Corp. in Wood Ridge, N.J. He is responsible for the New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania plants as well as for employees in Mexico and the United Kingdom. Sanchez is a resident of New Rochelle, N.Y.

 

Russell J. Matuszak ’92 practices in corporate transactional, real estate and bankruptcy law. He has joined the firm Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola in Buffalo.

 

Selina Regan ’93 has been appointed northeast regional manager of the New York City environmental division of Quanta US Holdings, a Bermuda-based specialty lines insurance company. Regan lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

William Trezevant ’93 was named deputy director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet in Washington, D.C. In addition, he was selected as a member of the American delegation with the Young Leaders Program held in Moscow. As a part of a trilateral conference including the United Kingdom and Russia, the conference dealt with global issues affecting the long-standing relationships of the three nations. Trezevant is a Buffalo resident.

 

Constantine Karides ’94 joined top 20 global law firm Reed Smith as a partner. He is head of the corporate restructuring and bankruptcy group in the firm’s New York City office and is the firm’s youngest partner. Karides is a resident of New York City.

 

Luke P. Bellocchi ’95 has left the U.S. Department of State, where he served as an attorney for consular issues, and now serves as counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives committee on the judiciary in Washington, D.C. Bellocchi lives in Arlington, Va.

 

Kimberley A. Propeack ’95 received the Maryland Leadership in Law Award. Propeack, an attorney and advocacy director with CASA of Maryland, is the youngest recipient of this award. She resides in Mount Rainier, Md.

 

Mark C. Somers ’95 has become a partner in the Rochester, N.Y., office of the firm Hamberger & Weiss. He concentrates his practice in the areas of workers’ compensation insurance carriers and self-insured employers. Somers is a Rochester resident.

 

Larry Wollert II ’95 of San Francisco is a partner in the firm Gordon & Rees in the San Francisco office. Wollert deals with cases involving employers in harassment and discrimination claims.

 

Ranjana Kadle ’96 was a featured speaker at the Biotechnology 2003 Business Forum in Washington, D.C. Kadle, a bridge course instructor at UB Law School and partner in the Buffalo firm Hodgson Russ, spoke on intellectual property protection. She is a resident of East Amherst, N.Y.

 

Sada Manickam ’96 is a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In addition, Manickam served as the lead attorney in Miami-Dade County in the Florida presidential election investigation. He is a resident of Arlington, Va.

 

Holly Beecher ’97 addressed the National Business Institute Seminar “The Probate Process From Start to Finish” on Oct. 30 in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Beecher is an associate in the firm Phillips Lytle in Buffalo, where she resides.

 

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Dr. Anita Coles Costello ’97 is a co-author of Taxation of Distributions From Qualified Plans 2003-2004, a treatise providing in-depth analysis of the tax rules applicable to governmental plans, new case rulings and other significant developments. She resides in Amherst, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

Merf Ehman ’97, a Seattle resident, received the 2003 “Passing the Torch Award” from Washington Women Lawyers. Ehman is director of the King County Bar Association’s Housing Justice Project in Seattle and is vice president of judicial affairs of the King County chapter of Washington Women Lawyers.

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Ehman receives award from WWL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gil Michel-Garcia ’97, a senior associate in the international law firm Clifford Chance, was seconded to head the office of the firm in London, where he resides.

 

Jeremy J. Best ’98 has joined the law firm Ward, Norris, Heller & Reidy in Rochester, N.Y., as an associate. He recently left the Manhattan office of Proskauer Rose. Best is a resident of Fairport, N.Y.

 

Amy L. DuVall ’98 was recently appointed counsel/adviser of the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care Program in Arlington, Va. She is a resident of Washington, D.C.

 

Bahaati E. Pitt ’98 was elected president of the Black Bar Association of Bronx County for the 2003-04 term. Pitt is a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society in Bronx, N.Y., where she resides.

 

Heath Szymczak ’98 of Java Center, N.Y., received the Distinguished Service Award from the New York State Bar Association’s Law-Related Education Awards. He was honored at the 27th annual statewide Conference on Law-Related Education on Oct. 30 in Albany, N.Y. Szymczak, an associate in the Buffalo firm Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, also recently received the Pathfinder Award from the Buffalo Alliance for Education.

 

Michael J. Chmiel ’99 practices in the Buffalo firm Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte & Pajak. He recently joined the firm as an associate dealing with cases involving litigation, matrimonial, criminal, trusts and wills, and general practice matters. Chmiel lives in Amherst, N.Y.

 

Patricia M. Costanzo’99 recently opened her own law office, practicing in the areas of patent, copyright and trademark law, specializing in intellectual property law and related matters. Previously, Costanzo worked at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as an examiner in the field of semiconductors. She resides in Elma, N.Y.

 

Text Box:  Ross Howarth ’99 is an associate in the firm Hiscock & Barclay in the Rochester, N.Y., office. Howarth practices in the areas of general business and corporate law. He lives in Churchville, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

 

 

’00s

 

James Appler III ’00 handles cases involving insurance defense litigation. He recently joined the firm Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola in Buffalo as an associate. He is a Buffalo resident.

 

Daniel M. De Federicis ’00 has been re-elected for a second term as president of the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers. He lives in Albany, N.Y.

 

Daniel W. Morse ’00 is a staff attorney at the Disability Law Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. He practices in the area of disability rights, specializing in the area of special-education rights, representing parents of students with disabilities.

 

David W. Polak ’00 is vice president of the nonprofit organization Tremendous Teens of Western New York. Polak is an attorney in the Law Office of John P. Feroleto in Buffalo. He is a resident of Elma, N.Y.

 

Elizabeth Snyder ’00 recently began working as a staff attorney at Mental Hygiene Legal Service, 4th Department, in Utica, N.Y. In addition, she received the Observer Dispatch Accent on Excellence Award for leaders under age 40. Snyder was also named to the board of directors of the Oneida County Bar Association. In addition, she was elected vice president of the Utica College Alumni Association and will become president in April. Snyder is a Utica resident.

 

Rayne Hammond Benz ’01 has completed a one-year clerkship with U.S. District Judge Hon. Michael A. Telesca in Rochester, N.Y. Benz has accepted a position as associate in the Pittsford, N.Y., office in the firm Harris Beach, working in the commercial litigation and labor litigation groups.

 

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Elizabeth D. Carlson ’01 practices in the labor and employment practice group in the firm Hodgson Russ, in the Buffalo office. Carlson has joined the firm as an associate and was previously an associate in the New York City firm Schulte Roth & Zabel. She is a Buffalo resident.

 

 

 

 

Emilio Colaiacovo ’01, an attorney in the Buffalo firm Bouvier, O’Connor, was appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors for the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. Colaiacovo, a Clarence, N.Y., resident, is also vice chairman of the Clarence Republican Committee and is director of the Father Thomas Conway Memorial Committee and Mercyhurst College alumni board.

 

 

Text Box:  Peter M. O’Hara ’02 is a co-author of Taxation of Distributions From Qualified Plans 2003-2004, a treatise providing in-depth analysis of the tax rules applicable to governmental plans, new case rulings and other significant developments. He resides in Snyder, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

 

Allison J. Porcella ’02 has joined the export/import services team of Lockheed Martin Corp. Maritime Systems and Sensors division in Syracuse, N.Y., as an international licensing analyst associate. Porcella is a Syracuse resident.

 

Text Box:  Jessica M. Baker ’03 is practicing in the firm Hiscock & Barclay in the Syracuse, N.Y., office. Baker is an associate handling cases involving commercial litigation, creditors’rights and Indian law. She lives in Eden, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Biletnikoff ’03 has joined the firm Jones Day in Pittsburgh as an associate. She is a resident of Pittsburgh.

 

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Alison J. Cleary ’03 is an associate in the firm Hiscock & Barclay in the Buffalo office. Cleary concentrates her practice in the areas of business law and tax and employment benefit matters. She lives in Amherst, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box:  Jonathan G. Gorman ’03 practices in the areas of torts, insurance and products liability and commercial litigation. He is an associate in the firm Hiscock & Barclay in the Rochester, N.Y., office. Gorman lives in West Seneca, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph M. Hobaica ’03 has joined the Athari Law Firm as an associate in Utica, N.Y., where he resides.

 

Thomas M. Krol ’03 has joined the Buffalo office of Hodgson Russ as an associate. Krol practices in the business litigation group. He is a Buffalo resident.

 

Thomas Maxian ’03 has accepted a position as an associate in the Rochester, N.Y., office of the firm Nixon Peabody, practicing in the business litigation group. He resides in Victor, N.Y.

 

James E. Privitera ’03 has become associated with the firm Sanders & Sanders in Amherst, N.Y. Privitera was formerly a contract mediator with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He lives in East Aurora, N.Y.

 

Text Box:  Paul Sanders ’03 recently began practicing in the firm Hiscock & Barclay as an associate in the Rochester, N.Y., office. Sanders’ area of practice includes torts, insurance coverage, products liability and commercial litigation. He is a Rochester resident.

 

 

 

 

Steven W. Wells ’03 is practicing in the areas of commercial litigation and bankruptcy in the firm Harter, Secrest & Emery in Buffalo. Wells joined the firm as an associate. He lives in Cheektowaga, N.Y.

 

Marriages

 

Congratulations to the following newlyweds:

 

 

Jennie M. Muscarella ’93 and John H. Wissel, November 1, 2003

William F. Trezevant ’93 and Katherine Williamson, September 13, 2003

Drew Pinkney ’94 and Darwin Baker, July 5, 2003

Walter L. Rooth, III ’94 and Amy Rebecca Boy, October 18, 2003

Melissa J. Freeman ’00 and Todd A. Gold ’02, September 21, 2003

Thomas J. Sheehan ’00 and Elizabeth Richards, November 29, 2003

Carly M. Wilsman ’01 and Timothy J. Speyer, November 1, 2003

Brian R. Hogan ’03 and Melissa Jean Martino, October 18, 2003

Martin McCarthy ’03 and Melissa B. Fortunato, September 27, 2003

Kimberlee D. McGrath ’03 and Joseph P. Dunlop, October 11,2003

 

Births

 

To Shawn Lavery DeJames ’90 and Jeffrey DeJames, a daughter, Pierson Elliott, on July 24, 2003, in Columbia, S.C.

 

To Lisa Wayne Weiss ’93 and Neil Weiss, a son, Forest Blake, on December 27, 2003 in Boca Raton, Fl.

 

To David Fensterstock ’94 and Dale Fensterstock, a son, Jarrett, on January 31, 2003, in Long Island, N.Y.

 

To David Grover ’94 and Jill Grover, a son, Ethan Bennett, on

January 31, 2003, in New York City.

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Grover and Fensterstock

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To Chandy (Sweet) Kemp ’94 and Christopher Kemp, a son, Ian Christopher, on April 5, 2003, in Le Roy, N.Y.

 

To D. Charles Roberts, Jr. ’97 and Rachel Roberts, a daughter, Audrey Elizabeth, on November 13, 2003, in Buffalo.

 

To Jeremy Best ’98 and Kristen Scharf-Best, a daughter, Elizabeth Catherine, on January 10, 2004, in Rochester, N.Y.

 

To John Rizzo ’01 and Tracy Rizzo, a son, Justin, on August 25, 2003, in Rochester, N.Y.

 

In Memoriam

 

The Law School extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the following friends and alumni/ae:

 

Louis J. La Mantia ’52, Hamburg, New York

Elliot J. Mandel ’74, Stamford, Connecticut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
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