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ARCHIVED CLASS NOTES

Ed Mullin ’63 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 in the area of Land Use & Zoning by Super Lawyers.

Michael Corso ’74 was awarded the Chubby Damsel Lifetime Achievement Award by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association and named a top attorney in Florida for 2024 by Super Lawyers.

Deborah Lerner ’77 JD, ’86 LLM was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 in the area of Employee Benefits by Super Lawyers.

Lawrence Moran ’77 achieved 30 years of recertification in civil and criminal trials with the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

John Bednarz ’78 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 by Super Lawyers.

Gregory Gifford ’84 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 by Super Lawyers.

Kathleen Sweet ’90 was appointed as president-elect of the New York State Bar Association.

Rear Adm. Christoper French ’93  was nominated for a third star and a promotion to serve as the Navy’s next Judge Advocate General.

David Storm ’94 was appointed to director of the Economic Development Authority of Albemarle County, Virginia.

Nathan Murawsky ’95 was elected chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Montgomery Bar Association.

Robert Iannozzi ’98 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 in the areas of Estate and Probate by Super Lawyers.

Jeffrey Laffey ’98 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 by Super Lawyers.

Matthew McClure ’99 was elected fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

James Beall ’00 LLM was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 in the area of Employee Benefits by Super Lawyers.

Matthew Weinstein ’00 was elected fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

John Iannozzi ’01 was named a top attorney in Pennsylvania for 2024 in the areas of State, Local and Municipal, Land Use and Zoning and Family Law by Super Lawyers.

Douglas Rosenblum ’00 VSB, ’03 CWSL was ranked by Chambers and Partners USA in the area of Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations—Philadelphia.

Kevin McGrath ’15 was named to the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” list by Super Lawyers in the areas of Business & Corporate Law.

B. Ever Hanna ’17 joined the Baltimore County Circuit Court as their first-ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion coordinator.

Ruby Khallouf ’17&˛Ô˛ú˛ő±č; was named Partner at Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli & Tipton

Gabrielle Weiss ’18 joined the Blank Rome LLP as an associate in the their Philadelphia office’s labor and employment practice group.

Fiona Steele ’21 joined Blank Rome LLP as an associate in their Philadelphia office’s general litigation group.

Daniel Goldfield ’24 received the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association’s 2024 James J. Manderino Award for Trial Advocacy.
 

IN MEMORIAM

Gaetan J. Alfano ’80 was appointed to the disciplinary board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

James S. Eicher ’86 authored Warrior IV Life Fitness: An Introduction and Warrior IV Life Fitness: 8-Week “The World is Your Gym” Physical Fitness Course.

Bruce Matez ’89 combined his law firm, BorgerMatez, with Weir Greenblatt Pierce, LLP, where he is a partner.

Matthew N. McClure ’99 was elected as a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

Jason C. Manfrey ’09 joined Stevens & Lee in the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Department.

Jacquelyn Gordon ’11 JD/LLM joined Faegre Drinker as counsel in the firm’s Philadelphia office.

John Rafferty ’12 was awarded the Public Interest Distinguished Service Award by the ÄĚĚÇÖ±˛Ą Law Public Interest Fellowship Program.

Candee Wilde ’14 was elected partner at McCarter & English, LLP.

Celso Leite Jr. ’18 VSB, ’21 CWSL joined Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin as an associate in the Real Estate and Land Use department.

Kyra G. Bradley ’17 CLAS, ’22 CWSL joined Archer & Greiner, PC as an associate.

Matthew J. Boling ’22 joined Goldberg Segalla in their Commercial Litigation and Arbitration group in the Philadelphia office.

Alex P. Fante ’23 joined Archer & Greiner, PC as an associate. 

 

IN MEMORIAM

, 2023-24 dean’s distinguished fellow

, former ÄĚĚÇÖ±˛Ą Law professor

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