Temple University James E. Beasley School of LawAlumni NewsSUMMER 2015TempleDean named to head city police oversight boardDean JoAnne A. Epps Temple University Beasley School of Law has namedJules Epstein as the new Director of AdvocacyPrograms. Epstein, a nationally recognized authorityin forensic science and capital case litigation, joinsthe Temple faculty July 1, 2015.“I am tremendously excited to welcomeProfessor Epstein to Temple Law School,” saysDean JoAnne A. Epps. “His energy, experience,and passion are a perfect fit for our advocacyprograms. I’m confident that he is going to do great things here.”Professor Eleanor Myers, who chaired thesearch committee to fill the position of Director of Advocacy, says “What sets Epstein apart is not just his energy, his intellect, or his tremendousexperience in so many areas. It’s the presence ofall of those things in someone with a passion forteaching and a deeply generous spirit.”Epstein comes to Temple from Widener LawSchool, where he is Professor of Law and theDirector of the Taishoff Advocacy, Technology, andPublic Service Institute. While at Widener, hisexcellence in the classroom was recognized withnumerous awards, including the Lindback Award,the Outstanding Faculty Award, and theOutstanding Faculty Member Award given by theStudent Bar Association. Epstein earned both hisundergraduate and law degrees at the University ofPennsylvania, where he also taught as an adjunctprofessor from 1988 to 2006. New director says he is ‘honored tofollow in [Professor Edward D.Ohlbaum’s] footsteps’The new Director of Advocacy Programs at Templewill take the reins of a program built by ProfessorEdward D. Ohlbaum, under whose leadership theprogram has been ranked consistently as one of thetop three in the country. Ohlbaum led the programfrom 1989 until his untimely death in 2014. Epstein is deeply aware of the shoes he’s filling.“Joining Temple holds tremendous personalmeaning for me,” says Epstein. “I learned advocacyfrom Ohlbaum as a wet-behind-the-ears publicdefender starting in 1978. I groaned when he leftthe PD’s office. He went to Temple and I watched him build a program that was second to none. “So I know that I am coming to one of the, if notthefinest programs in the United States, and thatopportunity alone is very appealing to me, and I’mhonored to follow in his footsteps.”Professor David Sonenshein, who currently heads the Advocacy Program as the interim director,applauds the law school’s decision: “With theselection of Jules Epstein, Temple has set a coursethat will honor the legacy of Eddie Ohlbaum even aswe embrace the future. Eddie would be proud.”Advocacy: A constantly changing landscape“Temple really is committed to advocacy,” explainsEpstein. “The school is committed in terms ofresources and in terms of recognizing that advocacy is on an equal plane with traditionaldoctrinal learning.“I use the term ‘advocacy,’ not just ‘trialadvocacy.’ We have to distinguish advocacy fromlitigation. The statistics are overwhelming: 90+% ofcivil cases settle and 90+% of criminal cases settle inthe sense of a plea arrangement. “Today, advocacy is much more than litigation.Advocacy can happen in the preliminary stages ofinvestigating a civil case, or in depositions, when yourdeposition strategy may be to position the case forsettlement. Advocacy is knowing how to do that.”Epstein stresses that today’s advocates have to beskilled in arbitration, mediation, and advocating intransactional matters. “There’s certainly appellateadvocacy, which is like litigation, but withoutwitnesses. Advocacy is in motions practice,” addsEpstein. “So broadening without diluting, this is thetension. We want to broaden what we teach asadvocacy while making sure that the fundamentalskills are never diminished or ignored.”In addition to stressing fundamental courtroomskills, Epstein stresses that today’s advocates need tokeep pace with rapid changes in technology, and thegrowing body of research in cognitive psychology that informs so many aspects of courtroom practice. “It can be juror psychology, judge psychology, or continued on page threeJules Epstein, Nationally Acclaimed Scholarand Lawyer, To Lead Advocacy Programs‘Today, advocacy is much more than litigation’MARCH 2015The day following the release of a JusticeDepartment report on Philadelphia police shootings,Mayor Michael Nutter named Dean JoAnne A. Epps to lead an independent oversight board formed torespond to the report’s recommendations. The diverse 24-member board is charged with ensuringthat the report’s recommendations for reforming policepractices in the use of force—and especially deadlyforce—are carried out.The report found that deficiencies in training and alack of transparency led to “significant strife” betweenthe police and the communities they serve. Thereport’s 91 recommendations included: establish aspecialized unit to investigate all deadly forceincidents; all police officers should be trained in theuse of Tasers and be required to carry them on duty;the department should integrate the two boards thatreview officer-involved shootings into one, and includeat least one voting citizen member.“I am honored that the Mayor has called on me toserve the City of Philadelphia in this capacity,” saysDean Epps, who has been called on to work with boththe city and the police before. In 2011, she wasappointed by the United States District Court to serveas monitor of the city’s compliance with the settlementof Bailey v. City of Philadelphia,litigation challengingstop-and-frisk procedures. In 2001, then-Mayor JohnStreet named her chair of the mayor’s task force onpolice discipline. 2 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2015Nation's former top tax attorney deliversFogel LectureMARCH 23, 2015Kathryn Keneallydiscussed her work as the nation’s top taxprosecutor in the 2015 Frank and RoseFogel Lecture. From 2012 to 2015,Keneally was Assistant Attorney General forthe Justice Department’s tax division, whereshe oversaw civil, criminal and appellate taxlitigation nationwide and developed taxenforcement initiatives in cooperation withthe IRS and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices,including programs targeting the use offoreign bank accounts to evade U.S. taxes,and stolen identity refund fraud. Now apartner at DLA Piper, Keneally is also chairof the National Institute on Criminal TaxFraud and the National Institute on TaxControversy, and a fellow of the AmericanCollege of Tax Counsel.Joe H. Tucker Jr. ’89delivers litigation lectureAPRIL 13, 2015JOE H. TUCKER JR. ’89discussed his personal trajectory into thelaw in the Edward Ross Lecture inLitigation. Tucker is the shareholder andmanaging partner of the Tucker Law Group,a boutique litigation firm based inPhiladelphia. Tucker was recently selectedto the 2015 list as a member of the Nation’sTop One Percent by the NationalAssociation of Distinguished Counsel, anhonor bestowed on only one percent ofattorneys in the United States.Floyd Abrams delivers Adams LectureFirst Amendment expert calls higher education the next free speech battlegroundMARCH 16, 2015Floyd Abrams, once described by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan as “the most significant First Amendment lawyer of our age,” delivered the 2015 Arlinand Neysa Adams Lecture. In his remarks, Abrams identified higher education as thenext battleground for free speech, citing instances in which speaking invitations tocontroversial figures have been withdrawn after student groups threatened disruptiveaction if the events proceeded as planned. Abrams was quick to clarify that he knew ofno such activities at Temple.“Of all places, campuses should be the most protective of freedom of speech,”Abrams remarked. “On a campus that is free and open, no idea can be banned orforbidden.” He also noted that in addition to the silencing caused by withdrawninvitations, campus speech had become more subject to stifling and censorship,usually in the name of protecting listeners from “offensive” speech. Abrams is a partner of the New York law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel, which hejoined in 1963. For fifteen years, he was the William J. Brennan, Jr. Visiting Professorof First Amendment Law at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. He was alsoa visiting lecturer at Yale Law School and Columbia Law School. In 2011, Yale Law School (where Abrams earned his J.D. in 1960) announced the formation of The Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, whose missionis to promote free speech, scholarship and law reform on emerging questionsconcerning traditional and new media. “More speech, not less, is better,” Abrams concluded. “It’s not who benefits by reading the First Amendment broadly that matters. It’s that we all lose by reading it narrowly.”Hon. Arlin Adamsattended the lecturenamed in honor ofhim and his wife,Neysa (right). Floyd Abramscalls for ‘morespeech, not less.’Ramji-Nogalesaddresses disparities in the asylum processAPRIL 1, 2015Professor Jaya Ramji-Nogales delivered “Revealing Disparities:Empirical Studies of the Asylum Process” atthe 2015 Friel/Scanlan Lecture, an annuallecture highlighting outstanding facultyresearch. Ramji-Nogales, co-director of theInstitute for International Law at TempleLaw, has an extensive background ininternational law, centering on humanrights, refugee law, and transitional justice.Her current scholarship focuses on theprocedural rights of immigrants in the U.S.under international human rights law,asylum law and policy. Ramji-Nogales’ co-authored book, Refugee Roulette:Disparities in Asylum Adjudication andProposals for Reform,presents data thatreveal tremendous disparities in asylumapproval rates throughout the country. In a follow-up study, Ramji-Nogales and her co-authors are investigating data ondecision-making at the Department ofHomeland Security’s Asylum Offices, whichis the first step in the U.S. asylum process. Education law expertdiscusses highereducation amongimmigrantsMARCH 30, 2015Professor Michael A.Olivas delivered a lecture entitled“Immigration, Higher Education, andDREAMs Deferred” at the annual Hon.Clifford Scott Green Lecture. Olivas is theWilliam B. Bates Distinguished Chair inLaw, and Director of the Institute for HigherEducation Law and Governance atUniversity of Houston Law Center. Previousposts include serving as president of theAssociation of American Law Schools andas general counsel to the AmericanAssociation of University Professors. SPRING 2015 LECTURES AT TEMPLE LAW3 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2015SPRING 2015 FACULTY NEWSEpstein to lead advocacy programswitness psychology,” says Epstein. “There are studies on all of those. Now, it’s not possible, in a one-semestertrial ad course, to squeeze all of that in, but we can makethe resources available, and make students aware thatwhen they go out into the world they better look at those resources.”More than an academicTemple Law’s new Director of Advocacy Programs hasbeen associated with the Philadelphia firm of Kairys,Rudovsky, Messing & Feinberg since 1990. He says being engaged in the community is crucial to being agood teacher. Epstein handles post-conviction capital case matters as court-appointed or pro bonocounsel, and contributes to amicus briefs on behalf oforganizations such as the Pennsylvania Association ofCriminal Defense Lawyers. He has collaborated on aninnocence case with Marissa Bluestine ’95, Legal Directorof the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, and recentlycompleted a Frye hearing (to determine the ‘generalacceptance’ of eyewitness expert evidence) with thePhiladelphia Public Defenders Office. Epstein is also a member of the National Commissionon Forensic Science, and serves on the faculty of theNational Judicial College, where he lectures to judges andlawyers on forensic science, evidence, and criminalprocedure, especially in capital cases. “Jules Epstein embodies the passion and thecontinued from page oneAndrea Monroe Wins DistinguishedTeaching AwardTax professor ‘changes her students’ lives’APRIL 15, 2015Tax professor Andrea Monroereceived the Lindback Distinguished TeachingAward, a Temple-wide honor conferred annually on the university’s top professors. Lectures on advanced topics in taxation are notoften described as “inspiring,” so when that wordshowed up repeatedly on law student evaluations inMonroe’s courses, it attracted notice. “AndreaMonroe does not merely teach. She inspires,” wrotea former student. Said another, “Professor Monroe’sknowledge, passion, and personality combined tobe a source of inspiration to the students who hadthe pleasure of taking her classes.” Monroe’s colleagues concurred, describing herteaching as “superb,” “gifted,” and infused with a“warm humanity.” Dean JoAnne A. Epps, in a letterrecommending Monroe for the award, wrote, “thereis a persistent and compelling theme found in thesecomments. That theme is impact…. ProfessorMonroe changes her students’ lives.”Monroe gained experience as a tax attorney atWinston & Strawn in Chicago and New York, andFoley & Lardner in Milwaukee, where her practiceincluded leveraged leasing, alternative energytransactions, and other forms of tax-advantagedfinancing. Today, she teaches introductory andupper-level courses in tax as well as a first-yearsection on torts. Her scholarship, which focusesprincipally on issues in partnership taxation, hasbeen published in prestigious academic andprofessional journals. In receiving the Lindback Award, Monroe joins a select roster of colleagues on the law faculty whohave also won the award in the past three decades:Robert Bartow, James Strazzella, Frank McClellan,James Shellenberger, Laura Little, Eleanor Myers,David Sonenshein, Alice Abreu, Susan DeJarnatt,and Craig Green.Laura Little cited forservice to law reviewMAY 13, 2015Professor LAURA E. LITTLE ’85received thefirst Temple Law ReviewAlumni Award of Merit at thepublication’s annual awards banquet. Little, a Temple Lawgraduate who herself served as the law review’s editor-in-chief before graduating in 1985, is the publication’slongtime faculty adviser. Following graduation, Little clerked for Judge JamesHunter III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,and then for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the U.S.Supreme Court. She joined the Temple Law faculty in 1990after building a Philadelphia-based practice in commerciallitigation and First Amendment issues. Today, Little is theCharles Klein Professor of Law and Government and servesas a senior adviser to the dean.At the banquet, current Temple Law Revieweditorialboard membersBEN FABENS-LASSEN ’15, KATE VENGRAITIS ’15,ZACH ROTH ’15,and TERESE SCHIRESON ’15, announced theJ. Howard Reber Award winners: WILLIAM LESSER ’15,foroutstanding editing; ANNA KESSLER ’15,for outstandingwriting; Samar Aryani-Sabet for staff editor of-the-year. Founded in 1927, Temple Law Reviewis a student-edited, quarterly journal. In addition to overseeingpublication of the journal, law review members alsoorganize an annual scholarly symposium, and subsequentlypublish the papers presented at that symposium. Thisyear's symposium topic was The (Un)Quiet Realist: Buildingand Reflecting on the Contributions of Bill Whitford.Whitford is an expert in bankruptcy and consumer law.professionalism that have made Temple’s advocacyprogram one of the best in the nation,” says Dean Epps.“I like to think that he’s always been a Temple lawyer inspirit, if not in fact. I’m delighted that we can finally claimhim officially as one of our own.”“This position is the culmination of a career in litigationand education,” remarks Epstein. “Temple has apreeminent advocacy program with exceptional faculty,students, and alumni, and I’m thrilled at the opportunity tojoin this community.”Kate Vengraitis ’15, Terese Schireson ’15,Ben Fabens-Lassen ’15, Zach Roth ’15,Samar Aryani-Sabet ’15Temple Law Reviewadviser Laura E. Little ’85 withBen Fabens-Lassen ’154 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2015Temple named ‘best new team’ at space law competitionThird-year students RICHARD BARZAGA ’15and JORDAN SANTO ’15have boldly gone where no Temple Law students have gone before: to the North American regional round of theManfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, where they advanced to the quarter-finals and earned Best New Team honors.After a promotional poster for the competitioninspired the duo’s interest, they talked about thebenefits of competing: “We thought it would be agreat mental exercise to be able to take this reallybroad body of law that we were unfamiliar with,research and brief the issues, and then be able toargue those issues in front of judges. We wanted tochallenge ourselves,” says Barzaga. Santo adds, “On a more practical level, we knewthe value of being able to show future employersthat, in just a short amount of time, we could digesta wealth of information and communicate thatinformation cogently and intelligently. In today’slegal market, efficiency seems to be the name ofthe game, and we wanted to demonstrate howquickly and efficiently we could become fluent inspace law.”In preparing for the competition, Santo and Barzaga recruited MIKE BESMER ’15as abackup with moot court experience and familiarity with international law. Then the groupconsulted with Professors Jeff Dunoff, from the international law faculty, and Greg Mandel,who holds degrees in physics and astronomy and worked for NASA prior to attending law school. A solid foundation in international law was essential because of the nature of space law.“Space law,” Barzaga explains, “is a combination of the national and international laws thatdictate what activities governments and private entities may undertake in outer space.”“In true entrepreneurial Temple Law student fashion,” says team adviser Mandel, “thesestudents found an area of law and took on the task of not only preparing for and competingin a moot court competition, but getting up to speed on an entire body of law.”While neither Barzaga nor Santo is currently interested in becoming a “space lawyer,”they haven’t ruled it out. At this time, Barzaga plans to join Weber Gallagher as an associatein the fall, while Santo will join the Army Judge Advocate General Corps.BLSA student leaders host annualreception in shusterman hallFEBRUARY 25, 2015 The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) hosted a forumentitled “State of the Black Union: What happened in Ferguson? An InteractiveDiscussion on Race and the Criminal Justice System.” Invited panelists included Mia Perez ’06, Deborah Watson-Stokes, and Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, AssistantProfessor of Criminal justice at Temple University. BLSA President TIFFANY SYKES ’16moderated the discussion. BLSA also hosted its annual alumni reception in March2015. Professor Donald Harris serves as BLSA’s faculty adviser. Trial Team takes semi-final honors at National Criminal Justice Trial CompetitionMARCH 21, 2015 The National Trial Team brought home semi-final honors in the NationalCriminal Justice Trial Competition, advancing to the final four against an intenselycompetitive field of teams from 19 other schools. The competition was held at The JohnMarshall Law School in Chicago. Temple Law School was represented at the competition by(from left) ABIGAIL THIBEAULT ’15, JOHN MCCAUL ’15, CAITLIN RICE ’15,and SARAH KIEWLICZ ’16.Professor Jennifer Bretschneider, coached the team with former trial team champion EMILIAMCKEE VASSALLO ’14.Award-winningprofessor retiresfrom facultyafter 35 yearsAnthony J. Bocchino has earned numerousawards for the trial advocacy curriculum hehelped develop and teach at Temple Lawsince joining the faculty in 1979 asAssociate Professor of Law and Director ofClinical Legal Education. Bocchino has alsotaught on the faculty of the NationalInstitute of Trial Advocacy since 1974, and was awarded NITA’s Robert OliphantLifetime Achievement Award in 2002. A special note from Dean JoAnne A. EppsAfter 35 years of faithful service to Temple Law School, ProfessorAnthony J. Bocchino has completed his last semester of teachingas a member of the tenured law school faculty. ProfessorBocchino’s contributions to the law school community are toonumerous to count, as are the students and graduates who havebenefited from his teaching, mentorship, and guidance. In lieu ofa celebratory gathering, Professor Bocchino has asked that avirtual space be provided for those who are inclined to leave anote about his impact on their lives. I invite you to use this spaceto share a favorite memory, an anecdote about what ProfessorBocchino has meant to you, or a few kind words for ProfessorBocchino as he embraces the next chapter of his life. Please visit www2.law.temple.edu/bocchinoretirement/TRIAL COMPETITION VICTORIESBLSA student leaders hosted annual reception in Shusterman Hall. In May 2015, Southern VermontCollege awarded the HonoraryDegree of Doctor of HumaneLetters to KAREN GROSS ’77at its88th commencement. Gross servedas the college’s president from2006 through 2014. In 2012, shetook leave to serve as senior policyadvisor to the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC,where she was involved inimplementing the President’s 2020Initiative to increase college accessand success. Gross was a tenuredlaw professor at New York LawSchool for several years, withexpertise in consumer finance,over-indebtedness and communityeconomic development. ALBERT S. DANDRIDGE III ’78received a Veteran of InfluenceAward from the PhiladelphiaBusiness Journal. He was one oftwenty Philadelphia-area veteransto earn the award. Dandridge, whois the chair of Schnader, Harrison,Segal & Lewis’ securities practicegroup, is the Chancellor of thePhiladelphia Bar Association. Temple Law board of visitors’member MARTIN J. SILVERSTEIN ’79has been appointed by U.S.Senator Pat Toomey to the judicialnomination advisory panel for theEastern District of Pennsylvania. He returns to this role, havingpreviously served U.S. SenatorsSantorum and Specter. Silversteinserved as U.S. Ambassador toUruguay from 2001 to 2005.1980SBARBARA N. LYONS ’81, chair of the Doylestown Township board ofsupervisors, won the PennsylvaniaState Association of TownshipSupervisors’ Presidents LeadershipAward at the association conventionin April 2015. Lyons, who has beentownship supervisor since 2002,previously headed the townshipparks and recreation board. She isa former trial attorney who nowpractices as a civil mediator andneutral arbitrator. 5 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2015Head of Asian Programs meetswith Chinese Vice PremierFrom left: Yin Weimin, Ministry ofHuman Resources and SocialSecurity, Vice Premier Ma Kai; HuChunhua, Party Secretary forGuangdong Province; JohnSmagula, Director of AsianPrograms and Associate Professor,China Rule-of-Law ProgramAPRIL 2015Professor John Smagula, who teaches in Temple’sChina Rule of Law Program and is Director of Asian Programs, metwith China Vice Premier Ma Kai during the annual Conference onInternational Exchange of Professionals, hosted by the ChineseState Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. During the visit,Smagula briefed Premier Ma on the law school’s legal educationprograms in China and reaffirmed Temple’s commitment toworking with the Chinese government to educate governmentofficials and legal professionals. Trial LawyerHall of Fameadmits newinducteesIn 2013, The Trial Lawyer Hall of Famefound a permanent home when it wasinstalled in Klein Hall at Temple LawSchool. The 2015 inductees into theTrial Lawyer Hall of Fame are TempleLaw School supporter Mike Papantonioof Levin Papantonio; ChristopherSearcy of Searcy Denney ScarolaBarnhart & Shipley; and Lisa BlueBaron of Baron and Blue. The Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame is aprofessional organization, establishedby The Trial Lawyer magazine, and iscomposed of select trial lawyers fromacross the country who “exemplifysuperior qualifications as civil plaintiffor criminal defense trial lawyers.” This year's inductees brings thenumber of attorneys represented in theTrial Lawyer Hall of Fame to 42. Theinductees, living, retired and deceased,represent many decades of legalpractice and include such luminariesas Clarence Darrow, William Kunstler,Morris Dees, James E. Beasley andTemple Law graduate SANDRA MAZERMOSS ’75.New Hall of Fame members (from left): Christopher Searcy, LisaBlue Baron, Mike Papantonio1950SHARVEY BERNARD RUBENSTEIN ’55of Delaware has been elected toserve a three-year term on the ABA board of governors from 2015to 2018.1970SBlank Rome partner ARTHURBACHMAN ’72moderated a panel at the 2015 American Society ofPension Professionals andActuaries Philadelphia RegionalConference held in April 2015.MARSHA LEVICK ’76 was keynotespeaker at a conference at Rutgers University-Camden:“Creating Bridges for Camden’sYouth: Juvenile Justice Concernsand Local Solutions.” Levick isdeputy director and chief counselof the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. The Legal Intelligencerhasawarded Lifetime AchievementAwards to ROBERT SCHWARTZ ’75,co-founder and executive directorof the Juvenile Law Center andJudge PETRESE B. TUCKER ’76,Chief Judge of the U.S. DistrictCourt for the Eastern District ofPennsylvania, who “represent thebest the Pennsylvania legalcommunity has to offer.”CLASS NOTESSEND US YOUR NEWS!TEMPLE ESQ.welcomes news andphotos of our alumni/ae. Pleaseinclude: Full name, class, degree, anda way to reach you if we need toconfirm information.Email: janet.goldwater@temple.eduSend to: Janet Goldwater, Temple Esq.,Temple University Beasley School ofLaw, 1719 North Broad Street,Philadelphia, PA 191226 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2015completed its final report. Based inthe firm’s Philadelphia office, Weissis a partner in Ballard Spahr’senvironment and natural resourcesgroup. Before entering law school,he was general manager ofLakewood Oil Company inHonesdale, PA.P. LUEVONDA ROSS ’91wasrecognized as Woman of the Yearfor her contributions to thecommunity, at a banquet hosted bythe Monticello/Drew County, AKChamber of Commerce and theMonticello Economic DevelopmentCommission. Ross recentlycompleted a two-year appointmentas judge for the Drew CountyDistrict Court.AURANGZEB AMIN, LLM ’96,iscompany secretary and head oflegal at Faysal Bank Limited inKarachi, Pakistan. LISA LORI ’99,a partner in thelitigation department of KlehrHarrison Harvey Branzburg inPhiladelphia, made a presentationto the Philadelphia Bar Associationentitled “Cybersecurity: Risks andResponses.” Lori also serves as amember of the board of trustees of Marywood University.2000SKURT G. LARKIN ’00has beenpromoted to partner at theRichmond, VA firm of Hunton &Williams, where he counsels onlabor and employment issues.PETER ISAJIW ’02 won a 2015Burton Award for DistinguishedLegal Writing for his article“Cybersecurity Risks Reviewed:Directors and Officers Must BeProactive and Prepared,” publishedin the Bloomberg BNA CorporateAccountability Report.Isajiw is apartner in the New York City officeof Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft,where he concentrates his practiceon complex commercial andsecurities litigation, in addition to regulatory investigations. CHRISTINE W. RAYER ’02has joinedthe Blue Bell, PA firm of ElliottGreenleaf & Siedzikowski afterserving in Governor Corbett’s officeof general counsel, where she wasexecutive deputy general counselfor criminal justice andinvestigations. Apology:THOMAS A. BROPHY ’82remains the President and CEO ofMarshall Dennehy Warner Coleman& Goggin. The April 2015 issue ofTemple Esq. incorrectly stated thatBrophy had left that position to runthe business operations of the firm. Pennsylvania State SenatorPATRICK BROWNE ’83recentlyjoined a panel discussion atMoravian College entitled: “PublicService, Public Life, Public Good.”Browne, a Republican whosedistrict is in the Lehigh Valley,chairs the Senate appropriationscommittee. He was first elected tothe Senate following a specialelection in April of 2005 and wasre-elected in the fall of 2006 and2010. Before joining the Senate, herepresented the 131st District forten years as a member of theHouse of Representatives.NEIL ANDREW STEIN ’83,co-founder and principal of Kaplin,Stewart, Meloff, Reiter & Stein in Blue Bell, PA, was recentlyinducted into the Hall of Fame ofthe Homebuilders Association ofBucks and Montgomery Counties.Stein was also appointed to thelegal action committee of theNational Association ofHomebuilders. RON HOSKO ’84,president of theboard of directors of the LawEnforcement Legal Defense Fund,spoke on a panel at University ofMassachusetts at Amherst aboutissues including racial profiling and stop-and-frisk, in April 2015.Hosko joined LELDF in 2014 after retiring from a 30-year career in the FBI. LESLIE A. MILLER, LLM ’94,is the chair of the newly formedMuseums Board of the ArtMuseums of Colonial Williamsburg.Miller is an attorney in Philadelphiawhere she also serves as an adviserto Mayor Michael Nutter. Miller andher husband, Richard Worley, arecollectors of American fine, folkand decorative arts, which aredetailed in her recent book,Startwith a House, Finish with aCollection, published in 2014 byScala Arts. Worcester County, MA SheriffLEWIS EVANGELIDIS ’87was swornin as a member of the board ofdirectors of the Massachusetts PortAuthority in April 2015. Massportoperates Logan International Airportin Boston, the Port of Boston,Hanscom Field in Bedford andWorcester Regional Airport.Evangelidis, who previously was a Republican staterepresentative, was electedWorcester County sheriff in 2010.KEVIN A. FEELEY ’88has beennamed spokesperson for thePhiladelphia 2016 host committeefor the Democratic NationalConvention, scheduled to convenein Philadelphia in July 2016.Feeley, who is president of theBellevue Communications Group,was Deputy Mayor for Communica-tions for Mayor Edward G. Rendellfrom 1992 to 2000. MICHAEL A. SGRO ’89has beennamed the senior vice president,general counsel and secretary ofAmerican Water, a publicly tradedwater and wastewater utilitycompany based in Voorhees, NJ.Sgro joined American Water in1993, and was most recentlygeneral counsel of the company’snortheast division.ANITA CARR SHAPIRO ’89wasinstalled as president of the boardof trustees of Practising LawInstitute (PLI), a nonprofitcontinuing legal education andprofessional business trainingorganization based in New York.Shapiro was a program attorney at PLI from 1999 to 2004 beforebeing named director and executivevice president of the programdivision in 2006.1990SIn her capacity as secretary of the Philadelphia Bar Association,JACQUELINE SEGAL ’90delivered thenaturalization speech welcoming 72 new citizens from 36 differentcountries at a ceremony held at theU.S. District Court for the EasternDistrict of Pennsylvania withpresiding judge, HON. JOHN R.PADOVA ’59. Segal is a partner at Fox Rothschild, where shepractices in the areas of family law and litigation. In March 2015, Ballard Spahrpartner HARRY WEISS ’90wasrecognized by former MarylandGovernor Martin J. O’Malley for hisservice on the Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative AdvisoryCommission. Weiss served for threeyears, and in 2014 the commissionTeresa Cavenagh ’85, Leon Greenspan ’58,and Joseph Weiss ’66 honored forsupport of Temple UniversityAPRIL 26, 2015Each year the Temple University Alumni Associationpresents the Impact Awards to alumni and friends who, through theirvolunteer and philanthropic contributions, have proven an inspiration toothers in their support of the university. Three law school alumni werehonored with Impact Awards at this year’s celebration. TERESA N. CAVENAGH ’85,a partner at Duane Morris, has served aspresident of the Temple Law Alumni Association and member of theTemple University Alumni Association board of directors. Cavenagh hasalso been the chair of Women’s Way Lucretia Mott Society committee,and is vice chair of the board of directors of SeniorLAW Center, anonprofit legal services organization. LEON J. GREENSPAN ’58,with his wife Irene, established the JosephGreenspan Memorial Scholarship in honor of his late father. Avid sportsfans, the Greenspans were also honored for their impact as benefactorsto such Temple projects as the Edberg-Olsen Football Practice Facilityand the Liacouras Center. Greenspan co-chaired the 50th reunion forthe Law School Class of 1958. Greenspan practices law at Greenspan & Greenspan in White Plains, NY.JOSEPH H. WEISS ’66,a former president of the Temple University LawAlumni Association, is a current member of the Dean’s Council at theFox School of Business. He has also served as vice president of theboard of trustees of Congregation Rodeph Shalom; chair of JeffersonUniversity’s Cancer Hospital board; chair of the Mayor’s Anti-GraffitiNetwork; member of the board of directors of the Greater PhiladelphiaChamber of Commerce; and a member of the board of directors of theBridge Therapeutic Center at Fox Chase. Weiss is chairman ofElectronic Ink, a business data design consultancy firm. Teresa Cavenagh ’85Leon Greenspan ’58Joseph Weiss ’66Class of 1982’s Beth Cole and Gerald William honored for work on behalf of prisonersBETH COLE ’82and GERALD J. WILLIAMS ’82were recentlyhonored for representing hundreds of prisoners in claimsthat they were injured as a result of unconstitutionalconditions of the Philadelphia Prison System. At areception hosted by the U.S. District Court for theEastern District of Pennsylvania’s prisoner civil rightspanel, JUDGE M. FAITH ANGELL ’71noted that between2011 and 2014, Cole and Williams accepted judicialappointments to represent more than 900 former pro seplaintiffs and resolved the vast majority of the cases, withmore than 500 resulting in individual settlements withthe city and private medical providers. Williams is afounding partner of Williams Cuker Berezofsky, whereCole is also a partner. Beth Cole ’82Gerald J. Williams ’82Corey M. Miller ’12 recognized for helping low-income families avoid foreclosure Philadelphia VIP honored COREY M. MILLER ’12for years of work providing legal services to low-income familiesin Philadelphia. Miller, an associate specializing in estate planning and administration at KMS Law Offices, wasintroduced to Philadelphia VIP as a Brandeis Fellow in 2013. The Brandeis Fellowship provides recent lawschool graduates the opportunity to work on civil matters pro bonothrough Philadelphia VIP. As a Brandeis Fellow, Miller was paired with a volunteer attorney/mentor who assisted him in takinghomeownership cases through VIP’s Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program. Through that program, Millerhas enabled five VIP clients to stay in their homes by negotiating with banks and lenders to figure out loanmodifications and payment plans. “Corey has consistently gone above and beyond for his VIP clients and works creatively toward a resolutionfor each one,” says VIP managing attorney OURANIA PAPADEMETRIOU ’81.“Corey is a tireless advocate for someof our neediest homeowners, who are lucky to have him on their side.”TEMPLE ESQ.published by the Temple University BeasleySchool of Law for alumni and friends. JoAnne A. Epps, DeanPublications Director: Janet Goldwater, Art Director: GeneGilroy, Photography: Joseph Labolito, Kelly & Massa, RyanBrandenberg, Janet Goldwater. JENNIFER LYNN FRECHIE ’13hasjoined the Philadelphia office ofRawle & Henderson as anassociate concentrating herpractice in the area of workers’compensation litigation. Beforejoining the firm, Frechie spent ayear as a judicial fellow to theHONORABLE PATRICIA A.MCINERNEY ’81in the First JudicialDistrict Court of Common Pleas,Commerce Division.In April 2015, STEVE SILVER ’13testified in front of the SouthCarolina Senate higher educationsubcommittee in support of a bill tocreate postgraduate trust funds forathletes who maintain goodacademic standing. Silver focusedon Title IX and existing NCAA bylawcompliance in advocating formonetary support of athletes inrevenue-generating sports such asfootball, men’s basketball, andwomen’s basketball. Silver is anassociate in the Philadelphia officeof McBreen & Kopko.In January 2015, STAVROULAKOTROTSIOS ’14was sworn in as anassistant district attorney inDelaware County, PA.ANDREW YANG ’14has joined the Philadelphia office of thepersonal injury firm, Martin Law,where he practices social securitydisability law. In MemoriamPeter A. Galante ’50 Brian E. Appel ’66G. Rogers Bowers ’69Katherine L. Daerr-Bannon ’74Dale A. Reichley ’74Stuart E. Bloch ’75 Bruce C. Brotzman ’75Terry W. Lazin ’76Richard B. Charney ’82Marie Piccoli ’86Bohdan Patrylak’91Isaac W. Pineo ’09DAVID B. GORNISH ’04has joinedthe the intellectual property lawfirm Caesar Rivise as a partner.Gornish joined the firm from SiO2Medical Products and CSPTechnologies, where he wascorporate patent counsel.Tax attorney NIKKI JOHNSON-HUSTON, JD/MBA/LLM IN TAXATION’04, has launched Donafy, asmartphone app that allowsPhiladelphia residents to locate ordonate to nonprofit organizationsthat serve people in need ofemergency housing, food, medicalcare, mental health, job training,LGBT and legal services.Individuals can use the app tonotify Philadelphia’s 24-houroutreach team about the location ofsomeone who is homeless and inneed of services, or to makedonations via PayPal to more than100 nonprofit organizationsthroughout the city.EMMETT E. MCGOWAN III ’08wasrecently named associate atTimoney Knox in Fort Washington,PA where he concentrates hispractice on complex first-partyproperty claims with specialemphasis on sophisticatedcommercial property, as well asbuilders’ risk and time elementcoverages. 2010SFox Rothschild attorney CHRISTIAN J. FISHER ’11wasnamed the treasurer of the casinolaw section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Fisher wasalso named “Dealmaker of theYear” in 2014 by Finance Monthlyfor his involvement in thetransaction of Amaya’s acquisitionof Rational Group. JENNIFER L. ZEGEL, LL.M. INTAXATION ’12,has been named apartner in the Philadelphia office ofReger Rizzo & Darnall. In additionto earning an LL.M. at Temple Law,Zegel also earned certifications inestate planning and employeebenefits.7 • TEMPLE ESQ. SUMMER 2015Former Friedman Teaching Fellow to head UNH center for intellectual property ANN BARTOW, LL.M. IN LEGAL EDUCATION ’97,has been named director of the FranklinPierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School ofLaw. Bartow began her legal teaching career at Temple Law as an HonorableAbraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellow. Prior to teaching, Bartow practiced law at theSan Francisco firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (now part of MorganLewis) after earning her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently aprofessor at Pace Law School, Bartow previously taught at the University of SouthCarolina School of Law. From 2011 to 2012, she was a Fulbright Scholar at TongjiUniversity in Shanghai, China. Alex Dutton ’15 earns national pro bonoawardTemple Law ‘gives law students a platform for making change’Recent graduate ALEX DUTTON ’15received the Pro BonoPublico Award for the work he accomplished as a law student,building a youth court program at Strawberry Mansion HighSchool. The award, given by the PJSD (Public Service JobsDirectory) to honor one law student nationwide for their probono contributions to society, was presented in a ceremonyfeaturing remarks by Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Reed, Director of the EducationWorks YouthCourt Support Center Gregg Volz, and Dean JoAnne A. Epps.Dutton’s involvement with youth courts dates to 2012 when, as a first-year law student, he volunteered toassist with Philadelphia’s first Youth Court, located at Strawberry Mansion High School, the only high school onthe Philadelphia School District’s list of “persistently dangerous schools.” Youth Court initiatives are exercisesin restorative justice, using positive peer pressure to reshape student behavior and interrupt the “school-to-prison pipeline” by providing an alternative to suspension for students who commit minor offenses.Philadelphia’s new program was backed by the US Attorney’s Office and run by Gregg Volz, a seasonedpractitioner who had implemented Youth Courts successfully elsewhere. A teacher prior to entering law school, Dutton quickly distinguished himself. His involvement with theprogram continued throughout law school, as he has successfully attracted other law students from all sixPhiladelphia region law schools to support the city’s burgeoning Youth Court programs. Volz summarizedDutton’s contribution to the Youth Court program and to the Philadelphia community: “Alex[‘s] efforts havesparked a potential paradigm shift in law school pro bonoactivity and shown how youth courts helpdisadvantaged youth help themselves.” Attorney Robert Reed concurred, calling Dutton’s work “transformative. . . . Alex has a sincerity, anintellect, and a passion that you don’t often see in anybody,” remarked Reed. “He is helping to bringopportunity and hope to the young people of Strawberry Mansion. I saw them at the end of the year, and theywere transformed.”In accepting the award, Dutton praised the Temple Law community for its passionate support of the probonoefforts of many Temple law students and faculty. Temple Law, Dutton says, “gives law students aplatform for making change.”Send letters and comments to: Janet Goldwater, Temple Esq.,Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 1719 N. Broad St., Room 510, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Email: janet.goldwater@temple.edu, Fax: 215.204.1185.To change your email, home or office address:lawalum@temple.edu or 215.204.1187Alex Dutton ’15 with Gregg VolkNon-profit Org.U.S. Postage PAIDPhiladelphia, PAPermit No. 1044Temple UniversityJames E. Beasley School of Law1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19122Templesave the date: wednesday, october 21, 2015Former trial team champreturns for Dean’s ForumAPRIL 7, 2015She got her start in the courtroom as a member of a National Trial Team that won theregionals in 1992 and in 1993, the year she graduated.Today ABBY SULLIVAN YATES ’93is general counsel forEthosEnergy, an international provider of equipmentservices and solutions to the power, oil and gas, andindustrial markets headquartered in Houston, TX. InApril, Yates visited the law school to share her careertrajectory with law students as part of an ongoing forumhosted by Dean Joanne A. Epps. Prior to joiningEthosEnergy, Yates spent ten years working for WoodGroup, first as litigation manager and then as divisionalcounsel for its GTS Division. She began her legal careerpracticing with Morgan Lewis in Philadelphia, and alsoworked for Bracewell & Guiliani, an international lawfirm based in Houston, and Schlumberger, the world’slargest oilfield services company.Abby Sullivan Yates ’93Visit our website: www.law.temple.eduBryan StevensonSocial justice advocate will deliverTemple Law Foundation LectureBryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal JusticeInitiative, has been called one of the country’s mostvisionary legal thinkers and social justice advocates.Bishop Tutu has called Stevenson “America’s youngNelson Mandela.” He has been named a MacArthurFellow, joined the faculty at N.Y.U. School of Law, won theOlof Palme Prize for international human rights and, lastfall, published the award-winning memoir “Just Mercy.”The 55-year-old lawyer graduated from Harvard LawSchool and Harvard Kennedy School and practiced forfour years with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee.In 1989, Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative inMontgomery, Alabama. Initially focused on providing freelegal help to death-row inmates in Alabama, EJI has grownto tackle life sentences for juvenile offenders, inadequateaccess to legal help for poor defendants, racial bias in thecriminal process, and the history of racial and economicinequality in America. Next >