Dean’s Advisory Council

The Dean's Advisory Council meets twice a year to assist the dean in the development of policies and plans for the law school. The members provide guidance and counsel to the dean on matters such as curriculum, development, alumni relations, governmental relations, public service, and administration for the school.

Marc A. Alpert ’86 Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Loews Corporation.

Marc A. Alpert ’86
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary,
Loews Corporation

Mason P. Ashe ’89.

Mason P. Ashe ’89
Founder & CEO
Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.

Michael A. Battle '81 Partner, Barnes and Thornburg, LLP.

Michael A. Battle '81
Partner
Barnes and Thornburg, LLP

Jonathan S. Beane '98 Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at National Football League (NFL).

Jonathan S. Beane '98
Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
National Football League (NFL)

Brian J. Bocketti ’98 Partner, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP.

Brian J. Bocketti ’98
Partner
Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP

Marc. W. Brown ’99.

Marc. W. Brown ’99
Partner
Goldberg Segalla, LLP

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H. Todd Bullard ’87
Partner
Harris Beach LLP

Hon. Betty Calvo-Torres ’98.

Hon. Betty Calvo-Torres ’98
Judge of the Court of Claims
New York State Supreme Court

Paula M. Ciprich ’85 Retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel National Fuel Gas Company.

Paula M. Ciprich ’85
Senior Vice President and General Counsel (Ret.)
National Fuel Gas Company

Paul Comeau ‘73 Senior Partner Hodgson Russ LLP.

Paul R. Comeau '73
Senior Partner
Hodgson Russ, LLP

John P. Comerford ’95 Senior Partner Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC.

John P. Comerford ’95
Senior Partner
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

Douglas W. Dimitroff ’89.

Douglas W. Dimitroff ’89
Partner
Phillips Lytle, LLP

Mary Joanne Dowd '80 Partner Arent Fox PLLC.

Mary Joanne Dowd '80
Partner
Arent Fox, PLLC

Ann E. Evanko ‘.

Ann E. Evanko '79
Special Counsel
Hurwitz & Fine, PC

Frank H. Ewing ’12 Chief Executive Officer AML RightSource, LLC.

Frank H. Ewing ’12
Chief Executive Officer
AML RightSource, LLC

Hon. Paula Feroleto ‘82 Justice NYS Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District.

Hon. Paula Feroleto '82
Justice, NYS Supreme Court, 8th Judicial District

Hon. Julio M. Fuentes '75 United States Circuit Judge (Ret.) United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Hon. Julio M. Fuentes '75
United States Circuit Judge (Ret.)
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Terrence M. Gilbride ’88 Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Buffalo Bills LLC.

Terrence M. Gilbride ’88
Senior Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer, Buffalo Bills LLC

Hon. Judith Gische ‘80.

Hon. Judith J. Gische '80
Senior Counsel
Blank Rome LLP 

F. Kenneth Graham ’11.

F. Kenneth Graham ’11
Partner
Phillips Lytle, LLP

Josephine A. Greco ’81 Partner Greco Trapp, PLLC.

Josephine A. Greco ’81
Partner, Greco Trapp, PLLC

Robert J. Gutowski ’99.

Robert J. Gutowski ’99
General Counsel
MSCI, Inc.

Hon. Craig Hannah '95.

Hon. Craig Hannah '95
Associate Justice
New York State Supreme Court
Appellate Division, 4th Department

Anne Joynt.

Anne E. Joynt '05
Partner
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

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Bruce Karpati ’96
Partner
Global Chief Compliance Officer
KKR & Co, Inc

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Sachin Kohli ’06
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Stephen S. Korniczky ’87.

Stephen S. Korniczky ’87
Partner
Sheppard Mullin

Jonathan S. Malamud (Jon) ‘82 Chief Legal Officer (Ret.) Prudential Holdings of Japan Prudential Financial Inc.

Jonathan S. Malamud (Jon) ‘82
Chief Legal Officer (Ret.)
Prudential Holdings of Japan
Prudential Financial Inc.

Michael D. Mann ’06 Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP.

Michael D. Mann ’06
Partner
Sidley Austin, LLP

Dennis R. McCoy.

Dennis R. McCoy '77
Partner (Ret.)
Barclay Damon LLP

Hon. Michael M. Mohun ’80 Judge (Ret.) Wyoming County Court.

Hon. Michael M. Mohun ’80
Judge (Ret.)
Wyoming County Court

Jennifer Oliver ’07.

Jennifer Oliver ’07
Counsel, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Jessica Ortiz ’05.

Jessica Ortiz ’05
Deputy Inspector General,
Director of Investigations,
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Office of Inspector General

Neil A. Pawlowski ’10 Partner Duggan & Pawlowski LLP.

Neil A. Pawlowski ’10
Partner
Duggan & Pawlowski LLP

Hon. Erin M. Peradotto '84.

Hon. Erin M. Peradotto '84
Partner
Harris Beach PLLC

Yadira A. Ramos-Herbert ’05.

Yadira A. Ramos-Herbert ’05
Mayor
City of New Rochelle

Tracey M. Rinaldi ’06.

Tracey M. Rinaldi '06
Vice President and Senior Relationship Specialist
Capital Group Private Client Services

William Savino ‘75 Partner, Woods Oviatt Gilman.

William F. Savino ‘75
Partner, Woods Oviatt Gilman

Aaron M. Saykin ’13.

Aaron M. Saykin ’13
Partner, Hodson Russ, LLP

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Daniel A. Sikka ’07
Managing Counsel
Global Labor and Employment
McDonald’s Corporation

Steven Weiss '91 Partner Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP.

Steven J. Weiss '91
Partner
Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP

Kathi S. Westcott ’94 Senior Director & Senior Counsel, Legal Affairs The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Kathi S. Westcott ’94
Senior Director & Senior Counsel, Legal Affairs
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Christopher Wightman '99.

Christopher A. Wightman '99
Chair, Dean’s Advisory Council;
Partner, PJT Camberview

Brent L. Wilson '76 Partner, Elarbee Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP.

Brent L. Wilson '76
Partner, Elarbee Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP

Margaret W. Wong '76 Founder and Managing Partner Margaret W. Wong & Associates Co. LLC.

Margaret W. Wong '76
Founder and Managing Partner, Margaret W. Wong & Associates Co., LLC

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Henry A. Zomerfeld ’14
Senior Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP

Emeritus

Thomas E. Black, Jr. ’79
Managing Partner, Black Mann & Graham

Jill K. Bond ’85
Senior Vice President/General Counsel (Ret.), Rich Products Corporation

Hilary P. Bradford ’53
Underberg & Kessler LLP (Ret.)

Thomas R. Bremer ’79
US Surgical Corporation (Ret.)

Hon. Elena Cacavas-Schietinger ’85
Administrative Law Judge (Ret.)
Founder and Principal, Cacavas ADR

Ross M. Cellino, Jr. '82
Partner, Cellino Law

Robert B. Conklin ’68
Of Counsel, Hodgson Russ LLP

Gary A. DeWaal ’80
Special Counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Louis P. DiLorenzo ’76
Partner, Bond, Schoeneck & King

Garry M. Graber '78
Partner (Ret.), Hodgson Russ, LLP

Robert P. Fine ’68
Founder and Senior Counsel, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.

Kenneth B. Forrest ’76
Of Counsel, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

Hon. Paul L. Friedman ’68
US District Court Judge District of Columbia

Hon. Samuel L. Green ’67
Senior Associate Judge (Ret.), NYS Supreme Court
National Arbitration & Mediation

Christopher T. Greene ’74
Partner, Barclay Damon LLP

Pamela Davis Heilman ’75
Partner (Ret.), Hodgson Russ LLP

Hon. Barbara Howe ’80
Erie County Court Surrogate (Ret.)

Judith B. Ittig ’71
Partner, Ittig & Ittig, P.C.

Roger J. Jones ’83
Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Harvey L. Kaminski ’77
Prestige Capital Corporation (Ret.)

James M. Keneally ’82
Chief, Law Claims Division
New York City Comptroller’s Office

Kristin Graham Koehler ’94
Managing Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Hon. Paul J. Korniczky ‘86
Administrative Patent Judge, US Patent & Trademark Office

Nicole C. Lee ’02
Principal, The Lee Bayard Group, LLC

Francis M. Letro ’79
Law Office of Francis M. Letro

Erik D. Lindauer ’81
Senior Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell

Kenneth A. Manning ’77
Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP

Allan D. Mantel ’76
Partner, Mantel McDonough Riso, LLP

Carol M. Matorin ’76
Senior Vice President (Ret.), General Counsel, Marc Jacobs International, LLC

David McNamara
Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP

Hon. Ann T. Mikoll ’54
Justice (Ret.), Appellate Division, Third Department

Celeste M. Murphy ’97
Legal Branch Chief, Corporation Finance,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

William A. Niese ’61
Vice President & General Counsel (Ret.), Times Mirror Company

Denise E. O’Donnell ’82
Distinguished Sr. Fellow/Litmus, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management

Daniel Oliverio ’82
Chairman Emeritus, Hodgson Russ LLP

Alphonso O’Neil-White
President and CEO (Ret.), HealthNow New York Inc.

Jean Carol Powers ’79
Special Counsel (Ret.), Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP

Vikki L. Pryor ’78
Managing Principal & Founder, Change Create Transform LLC

Barbara L. Schifeling ’84
Partner (Ret.), Damon Morey LLP

Robert C. Schwenkel ’82
Partner, Fried Frank

Hon. Rose H. Sconiers ’73
Associate Justice (Ret.)
NYS Supreme Court
Appellate Division, 4th Department

Samuel Shapiro ’65
Partner, Kavinoky Cook LLP

David F. Smith ’78
Chairman – Board of Directors, National Fuel Gas Company

Mark K. Suzumoto ’82
Chief Legal Officer, Capital Brands, LLC

Jeffrey L. Tanenbaum ’76
Partner (Ret.), Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Hon. Lourdes M. Ventura ’98
Justice, Supreme Court, Queens County

Mark J. Weinstein ’81
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Jeffery D. Williams ’90
Vice President/Sr. Associate General Counsel/Ethics Officer,
National Geographic Society

Michael R. Wolford ’68
Managing Partner, The Wolford Law Firm LLP