Anthony J. Krol L’79 joined White & Williams in Philadelphia as a partner. Krol specializes in business law, banking law, real estate, and loan workouts. Israel E. Kornstein L’79 has joined the New York City office of Harris Beach & Wilcox, LLP as a partner in the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. He spent more than 15 years practicing with Proskauer Rose, Kelley Drye & Warren and labor and employment boutique Roberts & Finger. Gerald A. McHugh L’79 was named to the State of Pennsylvania’s "political stock exchange" by the Pennsylvania Report. An authority on tort law, McHugh has contributed to the drafting of several Pennsylvania statutes. He is a shareholder of the Philadelphia law firm Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young.
Michael L. Wheet L’79 has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency. Formerly a Vice - President at Lazard Freres and Co., Wheet is the Director of the Public Finance Department of Salomon Smith Barney. Anthony Cipiti, Jr. L’80 is of Counsel to the Cleveland law firm of Ulmer & Berne LLP. Cipiti practices in the areas of corporate finance and securities law compliance. Marianne Rosenberg GL’80 has been named head of the New York office of Linklaters, a London-based law firm. Rosenberg specializes in asset based finance, project finance, and structured finance. Blake Rubin L’80 has joined the Washington, DC office of Arnold & Porter as a partner in its tax and real estate department. Rubin was formerly a partner at Steptoe & Johnson. Phyllis E. Bernard L’81, a professor at the Oklahoma City University School of Law developed a training curriculum and taught peacemaking skills to 56 participants in a workshop in Nigeria. The workshop, part of the Women Building Peace project, was designed to instruct trainers in mediation methods that will be taught to women in villages. Bernard is also the founding director of OCU’s Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Early Settlement Central.
Daniel S. Fredrich L’81 has been appointed Vice President of Corporate Development at WineryExchange in San Rafael, California. Formerly the Vice-President, Financial Services of Casbah Corporation, Fredrich will be responsible for third-party transactions, value-added services, and strategic financial relationships. Andrea G. Asaro L’82 was elected to co-chair the Bar Association of San Francisco’s appellate section. Asaro is a partner at Rosen, Bien & Asaro in San Francisco. The firm specializes in civil rights litigation and complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate level. |
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Jeremy
D. Mishkin L’79, partner in the Litigation Department and also Managing
Partner of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP (MMW&R), has been
appointed to the American Bar Association’s task force on E-Commerce and
Alternative Dispute Resolution. 
David
L. Cohen L’81 of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP recently received
the Leadership Award from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations
Society of America. He served as Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia in the Rendell
Administration, and as Co-Chair of the host committee for the Republican
National Convention in July 2000.