Spring 2001 | Fall 2000

A Message from the Dean

Our Sesquicentennial Celebration
Election 2000 in Retrospect
Like Father, Like Daughter: Rebecca Lieberman L’97
A Case Study in Pro Bono Public Service
A Legal Thriller:
Lisa Scottoline L '81

The Master Builder Retires: Professor Elizabeth S. Kelly

The Board of Overseers
Philanthropy
Symposium
Faculty Notes
Alumni Briefs
In Memoriam

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Penn Law

Ian M. Comisky W’71, L’74, a partner with Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP, participated in the 18th Annual International Symposium in Economic Crime at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. A specialist in criminal, civil tax litigation, and insurance defense including financial institutions, Comisky chaired a special forum on Financial Institutions and Money Laundering at the symposium.

Michael Everett L’74, formerly the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Netro Corporation, has joined VMware in Palo Alto as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Arlene Fickler L’74, a partner with Philadelphia firm Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, and a board member of the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia, received a Next Generation Leadership Award from the Jewish Community Centers of North America.

Michael K. Furey L’74, a partner with the Morristown, NJ law firm, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP has been elected President of the New Jersey Ballet Company.

Susan Katz Hoffman WG’74, L’74 of Pepper Hamilton LLP in Philadelphia, PA, was honored as a Charter Fellow of a new professional organization, the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, formed from an initiative of the American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.

H. Ronald Klasko L’74 of Dechert in Philadelphia, participated in the Third Annual New York Chapter Law Symposium. Klasko’s panel on Immigration Law addressed topics such as "Nonimmigrant vs. Immigrant Waiver Applications" and "Recent BIA Decisions Concerning Extreme Hardship" under the symposium heading, "The Dreaded Three/Ten Year Bar: Tips and Strategies."

Joseph F. Roda L’74 was inducted as a fellow into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Roda is a partner of Roda & Nast, P.C, in Lancaster PA.

Formerly with Cooperman Levitt Winkoff Lester & Newman, Allen G. Reiter L’75 has joined the New York offices of Sonnenschein, Nath, & Rosenthal as a partner.

Carole E. Handler L’75 joined O’Donnell & Shaeffer in Los Angeles as a partner, from the L.A office of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler. Handler specializes in communications law.

Robert H. Strouse L’75 has been appointed to the board of directors of JUDGE.COM, Inc. Strouse is currently the Chief Operating Officer of American Manufacturing Corporation in King of Prussia, PA.

Toni G. Wolfman L'75 was the subject of a profile in the Boston Bar Association's electronic newsletter. A partner with Foley, Hoag & Eliot since 1984, Wolfman practices in the firm's litigation department and has run its pro bono program for the past ten years. She has been an active member of the Boston Bar Association, and has served for several years as a member of the Boston Bar Foundation's (BBF) Grants Committee. Wolfman is a Charter Member of the BBF Society of Fellows, and a board member of Greater Boston Legal Services Inc. and the National Consumer Law Center, two of the organizations the the BBF supports through grants.

Ruthanne Beighley L’76 was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of Thiel College, her alma mater in Greenville, PA.

 

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