ARCHIVED CLASS NOTES
Michael Cook ’73 was appointed to the board of the Blue Ridge Medical Center.
Marc Weingarten ’76 spoke as a guest lecturer at the Touro Law Center in Long Island, NY.
John McCarthy ’82 retired after 41 years at Rawle and Henderson LLP.
Greg Gifford ’84 was named to the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the areas of plaintiffs’ personal injury litigation and land use and zoning law.
Joseph G. Curran ’88 joined Hodgson Russ LLP as a partner.
Stephen Johnson ’88 was appointed president of the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI).
Paula Anthony ’89 was appointed office managing shareholder of Littler Mendelson PC’s New Haven, CT office.
John Fiorillo ’89 presented at the Real Estate Institute hosted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Lisa A. Shearman ’94 LLM presented at the Estate Law Institute hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Institute and was elected president of the Montgomery Bar Association.
Sean Mitchell ’98 JD/LLM joined Moritt, Hock and Hamroff LLP as counsel in the real estate and secured lending practice groups.
Jennifer McKenrick Stetter ’01 was elected partner at Barley Snyder.
Gretchen Tomanek Shaffer ’07 JD/LLM was named partner at Duane Morris LLP.
Brenna Dolphin ’11 joined Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP as special counsel in the bankruptcy and restructuring group.
Brent Beissel ’12 was promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP.
Katherine Fix ’12 was named partner at Robinson+Cole LLP in the bankruptcy + reorganizations and business litigation groups.
Amanda Fernandez ’13 was named managing partner at Rivero Mestre LLP.
Kyle Pinder ’15 was named partner at Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP.
Kristin Ashe ’16 was promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP.
Elizabeth Mullin Stoffer ’16 was appointed special counsel at Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP.
David Moskowitz ’60 published The Judge and the President: Stealing the 2020 Election.
J. Edmund Mullin ’63 CLAS, ’66 CWSL was recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the areas of land use and zoning law and real estate law.
Michael Cook ’73 was appointed to the board of the Blue Ridge Medical Center.
Marc P. Weingarten ’76 moderated “How Do We Help the Survivors of Terrorism?” at the 2023 American Association for Justice annual convention.
Robyn Gigl ’77 was featured on the list “The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time” for her book, Survivor’s Guilt, by Time Magazine.
Robert J. Iannozzi Jr., Esq. ’98 CLAS, ’01 CWSL joined Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin as a partner.
Ken Grunfeld ’99 was named partner at Kopelowitz, Ostrow, Ferguson, Weiselberg and Gilbert.
William G. Roark ’06 was named managing partner at Hamburg, Rubin, Maxwell & Lupin and was recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for the area of cannabis law.
Joseph Mahady ’12 was appointed managing partner at Reed Smith in their Philadelphia office.
Michael Morabito ’14 JD/MBA joined Blank Rome LLP in their Finance, Restructuring and Bankruptcy group.
IN MEMORIAM
Phillip Cullen ’69 CLAS, ’73 CWSL was honored by The Florida Bar for 50 years of cumulative legal practice.
Brian Hugo ’73 was honored by the Florida Bar for 50 years of cumulative legal practice.
Michael Corso ’74 presented “Avoiding Legal Malpractice” at the Collier County Bar Association’s Family Law Forum.
Michael Donahue ’89 was named a “Go-to Construction Lawyer in Massachusetts” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
Daniel McCabe ’98 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2023 by Super Lawyers.
Michael Robinson ’12 was named partner at Fox Rothschild LLP.
Jarina Duffy ’13 was named to the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” list by Super Lawyers.
Rodrigo Rivera ’16 CLAS, ’20 CWSL was elected to the Villanova University Alumni Association Board.
In Memoriam
James L. Schwartz ’74 was named chairperson of the Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association.
John C. Gillespie ’80 was awarded the Circle of Excellence Award at Samaritan’s 2023 Celebration of Life Gala.
Kathleen D. Wilkinson '81 and Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. '81 were awarded the Inn of Court Third Circuit Professionalism Award.
Norman M. Powell ’89 was named executive director of the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
Lisa A. Shearman ’94 LLM was appointed president-elect of the Montgomery Bar Association.
Joel L. Schwartz ’99 LLM joined Saxton & Stump as a member of their Business, Corporate and Tax and Franchising, Licensing and Distribution teams.
Colin D. Dougherty ’01 was appointed to managing partner at Fox Rothschild Partner LLP.
Derick S. Kauffman ’01 joined Stevens & Lee in the Corporate, Finance and Capital Markets Department.
Kelly Botti ’09 was named to Philadelphia Business Journal’s “40 under 40” list.
J. Kurtis Kline LLM ’09 joined Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin PC as partner in the Business Law Department.
Brett L. McCabe ’09 was named partner at Forchelli, Deegan and Terrana LLP in the Construction Practice Group.
Ashley Lynam '08 CLAS, '11 CWSL was elected co-chair of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP.
Justin Brown LLM ’12 was awarded the Daniel R. Ginsberg Leadership Award by the Anti-Defamation League.
Cali L. Chandiramani, Esq. ’14 was named partner at Goldberg Segalla LLP in the Employment and Labor Practice Group.
Rick Calabrese, Esq. ’17 founded Calabrese Law Group, LLC and Commonwealth M&A, LLC.
Rachel Hanscom ’21 joined Kleinbard LLC as an associate in the Business and Finance Department.
In Memoriam