continued on page threeCENTENNIAL SOCIETYThe following graduates and friends contributedor pledged at least $100,000 to the Law School’sCentennial Campaign. The Law School deeplyappreciates their generous support.KELLY & MASSAAlthough the backgrounds and ambitions ofthese four women differ, they share the desire tohelp others, and have chosen law school as the wayto best achieve that goal. Together, Cohen, Grubbs,Johnson, and MacEoin comprise the first group ofPublic Interest Scholars at Temple University JamesE. Beasley School of Law. The program, launchedthis year, provides tuition support and specialeducational opportunities to outstanding studentswho demonstrate commitment to public interestwork, exhibit leadership potential, and intend topursue a career in public interest.Marlo CohenFive years after Marlo Cohen graduated summa cumlaude from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts inpsychology and music, she was the leading expert onbattered immigrant women’s legal rights in Iowa. The30-year-old from Long Island, New York began hercareer teaching music and foreign languages at aCalifornia prep school and playing piano on weekends.She soon discovered that she wanted music to remain apassion, not a paycheck.After two years at Claremont Day School, Cohenjoined the Peace Corps and traveled to Honduras, whereshe created and implemented a training program forrural teachers. She also formed a student music/theater/puppetry troupe that advanced social issues withinthe community.After returning from the Peace Corps, Cohen knewthat she wanted to continue to work with Hispanicwomen and children. She moved to Des Moines, Iowa,where she spent 18 months working at the city’s onlydomestic violence shelter, the Family Violence Center.“I found my life’s passion—working as an advocatefor victims of domestic violence, specifically immigrantwomen and their children,” Cohen says. Whilecounseling victims of abuse, Marlo realized that thesafety needs of Hispanic women were being virtuallyignored. So she wrote, applied for, and received afederal grant to start the first Hispanic outreach programwithin the center. She worked with leaders in theimmigrant community to educate these women on theirrights and prepared her colleagues to better serve thewomen through cultural awareness workshops andSpanish language classes. Cohen also ran workshops forlegal professionals.After learning about an opportunity to teach Englishin Andorra, Cohen packed her bags. For the next year,she taught children and business people at the In Lingua/Associacis de Dones Migrants Andorranes, whilespending her spare time working on domestic violenceissues with a women’s rights group. Marlo Cohen, apsychology and music majorfrom Long Island, New York,is an advocate for Hispanicwomen and children.Rhonda K. Grubbs, aformer Mormon from Euless,Texas, worked with disabledchildren and their families.Donna Marie Johnsonis a youth advocate from NewBrunswick, New Jersey whoonce ate her meals at a soupkitchen.Fairfax, Virginia-bornNancy C. MacEoin helpedlow-income people in Las Vegassecure their rights under theAmericans with DisabilitiesAct, and welfare and publichousing reforms.Temple’s first public interest scholars (from left): Marlo Cohen,Rhonda K. Grubbs, Nancy C. MacEoin, and Donna Marie Johnson,attended a lecture by Robert G. Schwartz ’75 (center), Director ofthe Juvenile Law Center.Paul and Barbra AndrisaniBallard Spahr Andrews & IngersollLeonard Barrack ’68James E. Beasley ’56Blank Rome Comisky & McCauleyRobert C. Daniels ’62Carla Dowben ’55Duane Morris & HeckscherE.I. du Pont de Nemours & CompanyEdward Spencer Ellers ’75Jack E. Feinberg ’57Alan S. ’71 and Judith Eichen ’73 FellheimerRaymond P. Forceno ’64General Motors CompanyHoward GittisArnold Glaberson ’65Bertram H. ’71 and Alan HorowitzIndependence FoundationMarina Kats ’88Allen Lesley ’40 and Elizabeth Lloyd LesleyPeter J. LiacourasThe Luce FoundationElden and Mildred MagawVincent J. Marella ’72Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & GogginLouis Matkoff ’32Microsoft CorporationPhiladelphia Corporation for the AgingRoy Pressman ’19Arthur G. Raynes ’59Percival Robert Rieder ’32 and Mary Taubel RiederJoel E. Rome ’62Robert A. Rovner ’68Leonard Rubin ’49Francis A. Scanlan ’50Marcus B. Sacks ’31 and Annie SacksJames G. Schmidt ’28Murray H. Shusterman ’36Alan H. Silverstein ’75The Starr FoundationTemple Law Alumni AssociationTemple Law School FacultyThe Trace FoundationWilliam Penn FoundationDeborah R. Willig ’75Arthur A. Wolk ’68Temple Law Alumni Association hosted a first-ever reception forrecent graduates at Jack’s Firehouse. Attendees included, from left:Gregory T. Mayes ’95, Alan Benjamin ’89, Joan Metzler ’00,Patrick Farley ’98, Matthew R. Walker ’96, Michael Adler ’98, andDirector of Alumni Affairs and Development Matthew Konchel ’98.TOTAL CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEMPLE LAW SCHOOL 1991 – 2000*FY2000FY1999FY1998FY1997FY1996FY1995FY1994FY1993FY1992FY1991* Does not include pledges and government contracts$3,444,676$12,292,390$3,252,727$2,906,074$2,127,137$2,427,945$1,048,050$1,475,855$1,063,232$772,046TempleBEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW ALUMNI NEWS • WINTER 2000-01KELLY & MASSA2 • TEMPLE ESQ. WINTER 2000-01TEMPLE ESQ.Published by the Temple University BeasleySchool of Law for alumni and friends.Robert J. Reinstein, DeanJanet Goldwater, Publications DirectorGene Gilroy, Art DirectorSend letters and comments to:Janet Goldwater, Temple Esq.Temple UniversityJames E. Beasley School of Law1719 N. Broad Street, Room 313Philadelphia, PA 19122Telefax: (215) 204-1185Change of Address: (215) 204-7863Renowned aviation expert Arthur A. Wolkis the newest member of the Law School’sCentennial Society.Founder of Wolk & Genter, Wolk is a gladiatorof the wild blue yonder, who seeks redress for thevictims of air crashes, including, most recently,Egypt Air 990 and Alaska Air 261. During thepast decade alone, he has generated verdicts andsettlements for hundreds of millionsof dollars.But that’s only halfof Wolk’s mission.He also pressuresgovernment agencies,airlines and airplanemanufacturers to makechanges which will preventfuture air catastrophes.Wolk’s firm includesTemple Law gradsRichard E. Genter ’79 andCatherine B. Slavin ’86.The firm also works witha team of airplane expertswho help investigateaviation accidents.Wolk & Genter’sPhiladelphia office wouldentrance any kid—orgrownup—in love withairplanes. Gleaming model airplanes line the walls.A large model of the Grumman F9F-2 Panther jetfighter Wolk used to own and fly in air shows issuspended over the receptionist desk. Cutaways ofpropellers sit on tables and airplane paintings hangin the entrance hall.They are handsome complements to thecharcoal, rose and cream decor. But each representsa case, and too often, what Wolk grimly calls“the horrible smell of death.”Wolk believes many terrible air crashes arecaused by negligence or mechanical defects. Hecites the Boeing 737 rudder as one example,starting with the 1991 crash of United 585 inColorado Springs.Two hours after the plane crashed, Wolkappeared on “Larry King Live.” “They asked mewhat I thought the cause of the accident was.I said, ‘It’s the rudder.’ ”After Wolk was hired by a woman whosehusband was killed in the crash, he bought piecesof a 737, had his experts test them to failure, andconfirmed his theory about the rudder.“I tried to communicate with the federalauthorities to say, this is a flaw, this is a problem,you need to fix it,” Wolk says. “But because I’m alawyer, they ignored me.”When USAir 427 crashed in Pittsburgh for“precisely the same reason,” Wolk continued towarn the National Transportation Safety Board. Hesays, “Now the Federal Aviation Administrationhas ten years later ordered that Boeing change therudder design for all Boeing 737s, which will takethree to five years. It’s going to take 15 years to fixan airplane that every moment it flies, risks thelives of everybody on it!”The son of Russian immigrants, Wolk grewup in the Oxford Circle area of Philadelphia.He was crazy about airplanes and dreamed ofbecoming a pilot. It was an unlikely dream, giventhe family finances.After graduating from Northeast High School,Wolk took pre-law studies at Temple University,graduating cum laude in 1965. He became a daystudent at Temple Law School that fall, butremembers it as a difficult time.“I went to school from 8 until 11 or 12 noon,and then I ran down to the subway and to workuntil 9 p.m. Then I went home and studied until 3in the morning—and back again. . . . I ran myselfragged,” Wolk recalls.The late Ralph Norvell had just become dean.“Ralph was a very tough guy. But he had somestandards that I admired. For example, he requiredall students to wear a jacket and tie . . . he said,if you’re going to be a lawyer, you should act likea lawyer.”That was fine with Wolk, who was too poor fora fancy wardrobe. “I was wearing hand-me-downsuits from my brother who was in business. So forme, a jacket and tie was derigueur—that’s what I had.”After graduation, Wolkwent to work for theDefense Department, doingprocurement. Next he washired by an attorney to doplaintiff’s personal injurywork, but found he didn’tlike the work. “I decided tobecome a pilot,” he says.“When I became a pilot,I figured I could put thetwo together and be alawyer doing aviation kindsof things.”That opportunity camewhen Wolk was hired bythe family of an airportowner who was killed inan accident. He says, “Iinvestigated and got the National TransportationSafety Board to change their probable cause of theaccident. That was my first aviation case—Hortman vs. Piper Aircraft Corporation.“After that case, everybody started to send mework. I realized then that the only way I couldreally do this was to refuse to do any other kindof work.”By 1980, Wolk & Genter was able toconcentrate solely in the area of airplane cases, orairlaw, as Wolk puts it. Clients come mostly byreferral from other lawyers, but also from Wolk’smany appearances as an aviation expert on nationaland local television, from interviews in other mediaand from the firm’s web site. Wolk has also writtennumerous articles on aviation issues.During a typical day, Wolk works, often athome, on his computer. He studies thousands ofdocuments, talks to experts or goes out into thefield, checking and testing airplanes. He says,“I’m out there taking depositions—and finally Ibasically structure the cases—and then to theextent necessary, I try them.”Wolk, who holds an airline transport pilot’slicense, continues to fly, although he no longerappears in air shows. He has always flown afraid,he says, adding, “It’s been a healthy respect for theconsequences of either the machine failing or youfailing the machine.”Despite his knowledge and caution, Wolk brokehis back and arm in September, 1996, when hisPanther Jet crashed during a landing in Kalamazoo.“Sometimes there is nothing a pilot can do andthat, I believe, is what happened with me,” he says.Now that he has given up acrobatic flying, Wolkcollects and rides motorcycles. He takes extendedmotorcycle tours several times a year in suchplaces as Spain or the Alps. He is the father of twosons, William, a 1996 Temple law graduate nowpracticing in Miami, and Brian, age 16.Over the years, Wolk has come to appreciateRussell Conwell’s famous “Acres of Diamonds”speech. He explains, “You could be a workingkid from the Northeast with no background inanything. You could work, you could go to school,you could get an education and you could go on tobe anything you wanted to be.”“Temple was good to me,” he says. “They gaveme the chance of a lifetime. I was fortunate andblessed by them and I will repay it.”— Janet Blom SheaDelivers lecture on global tradeand the WTOProfessor JeffreyDunoff, one of the leadinginternational law scholarsof his generation,delivered this year’s Friel/Scanlan lecture entitled“Global Trade and theMillennium: What’sWrong with the WTO?”In the November 16talk Dunoff addressed thepolitical and doctrinalpressures operating on theWorld Trade Organization(WTO) following lastyear’s “Battle in Seattle.”He argued that the WTO isin a time of fundamental transition and that the strategies usedto address this transition have been ineffectual if notcounterproductive, and suggested strategies that the WTOmight employ to successfully manage the transition era.Each fall a member of the law faculty is selected to receivethe Friel/Scanlan award in recognition of superior scholarship.Dunoff, this year’s recipient, is Director of Temple’sTransnational Law Program. He will receive research supportfrom the Friel/Scanlan Scholarship Fund, one of the first fundsin the country to provide grants to law faculty engaged insignificant research.Dunoff has written extensively about international law; hismost recent publications include “The Death of the TradeRegime,” in the European Journal of International Law,“Economic Analysis of International Law,” in the Yale Journalof International Law, and “Border Patrol at the WTO,” in theYearbook of International Environmental Law. His scholarshiphas also appeared in several edited books and other leadinglegal journals, including the American Journal of InternationalLaw, Journal of International Economic Law, HarvardEnvironmental Law Review and Columbia Journal ofTransnational Law.Among his other professional activities, Dunoff is currentlya member of the EPA’s National Advisory Committee, Vice-Chair of the American Society of International Law’sInternational Economic Law Group and Associate Editor ofthe Yearbook of International Environmental Law. In 1999, hewas appointed a Visiting Associate Professor of Public andInternational Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School atPrinceton University. In 1998, Professor Dunoff served as aVisiting Fellow at the Center of International Studies atPrinceton and, in 1992, was a Ford Foundation Fellow inPublic International Law at Georgetown University.A member of the law faculty since 1992, Dunoff received aB.A., magna cum laude, from Haverford College, a J.D., cumlaude, from New York University, and an LL.M., withdistinction, from Georgetown University. At N.Y.U., hereceived the first Morton Geller award, and at Georgetown wasawarded the Thomas Chetwood Prize for distinguishedacademic performance.Following law school, Dunoff clerked for the HonorableJoseph S. Lord III. He then practiced law for several years inWashington, D.C. where he represented Latin American, Asianand African governments in a variety of internationallitigations, arbitrations and transactions.Previous recipients of the award are Professors William J.Woodward, Jr., David Kairys, David A. Skeel, Amelia H. Boss,Frank M. McClellan, Laura E. Little, Henry J. Richardson III,Richard B. Cappalli, and most recently Scott Burris.ESQ. SPOTLIGHTWolk wins record verdicts, seeks technical reformsin air catastrophe casesKELLY & MASSAKELLY & MASSATEMPLE ESQ. WINTER 2000-01 • 3Back in the United States, Cohen joined the NationalCoalition Against Domestic Violence as associate directorof public policy. For nearly two years, she wrote,analyzed, and advocated for federal legislation toimprove the lives of battered women and their children,such as the Violence Against Women Act, which wasreauthorized by Congress in mid-October.To Cohen, a law degree is the natural next step. “Witha law degree, I will not only become a more effectiveadvocate for these women in civil, criminal, andimmigration courtrooms, I will also work to effect changein the judicial system,” she says. “Victims of domesticviolence are often abused twice—first by their husbandsor partners, and second by our system of justice. Withhard work, determination, and a solid legal education, Ihope to make these women’s lives a little bit safer andour justice system a little more just.”Rhonda K. GrubbsAlthough Rhonda K. Grubbs left the Mormon faithbehind after she graduated from Brigham YoungUniversity and moved to the east coast in 1990, sheretained one central element of the Mormon way of life:service to others.Growing up in Euless, Texas, Grubbs was consideredan exemplary Mormon. “From a young age, I learnedthat fulfillment comes from service to others throughspeaking at church meetings, leadership in churchorganizations, laboring in the church welfare system,teaching classes, and providing child care,” says the 37-year-old. “I began to see service as a powerful vehicle forchange in the lives of others, as well as in my own life.”As a feminist, however, Grubbs had trouble with someof the teachings of the church, particularly the malehierarchy. But she continued serving the church and atthe age of 21 spent 16 months in Italy on a mission tointroduce people to the values and principles of theMormon Church.When she returned to the United States, Grubbsattended Brigham Young University, where she majoredin family science. She had an internship working withbattered women and rape survivors. “That was thebeginning of my thinking of law school as an option. As Iaccompanied women to court, I wanted to be doing whatthe attorneys were doing. It was a way I could reallymake a difference.”During her college years, Grubbs realized that she wasa lesbian, and decided to make a break with the MormonChurch. Eventually moving to Virginia, Grubbs spentnearly eight years helping families. There she worked atThis Way House, a runaway shelter which providedservices to a local military base, and later joined theChild Development Center of Northern Virginia, a non-profit organization that provided early interventionservices for infants and toddlers with disabilities.For five years before enrolling at Temple Law School,Grubbs was a service coordinator at the Prince WilliamCounty Community Services Board, which servedchildren with disabilities. Working closely with theparents of disabled children, she coordinated plans tomeet the children’s developmental needs and providedcontinuing support services. She educated parents abouttheir rights under the Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Act.“As I witnessed others utilize the law as a powerfultool to help people, my desire to attend law schoolincreased. Public interest law presents the greatestopportunity for me to make a direct, positive impact onthe lives of others.”Donna Marie JohnsonDonna Marie Johnson has been involved with soupkitchens for as long as she can remember—first as arecipient of her daily meals and then as a volunteer. As achild, she accompanied her grandmother and mother toElijah’s Promise South Kitchen to eat. She learned themeaning of community service early.“Even while we were eating at the soup kitchen, whenwe finished our food, we would go back in the kitchenand wash the dishes. My grandmother really stressed thatwe didn’t take things for granted; we had to work,”remembers Johnson.Once her family got back on its feet, Johnson and hergrandmother continued to volunteer at the soup kitchen,a collaborative effort of Christian churches in NewBrunswick, New Jersey, where Johnson grew up.Today, the 22-year-old serves on the soup kitchen’sboard. Throughout high school and college, Johnsonvolunteered at agencies and institutions that serve youth,senior citizens, people living with HIV, and the homeless.After helping her mother babysit children in their home,she found that she liked working with youth best of all.She was also a volunteer counselor for the New LifePrison Ministry.Johnson knew that she needed to work her waythrough college, so she decided to pursue a job thatwould let her work with at-risk youth and learn about thepolicies and systems that affected their lives. She beganworking as a coordinator/advocate for the MiddlesexYouth Advocate Programs, which work with youth aged 3to 19 coming home on parole or out of the family courtsystem. Johnson counseled clients, served as a liaisonbetween the community, families, and the agency, andattended court meetings. Two years later, she wasappointed assistant director of the agency. Six monthsbefore graduating from Rutgers University with aBachelor of Science in Administration of Justice degree,Johnson was appointed acting director.Johnson enrolled in law school in order to betterprepare herself to serve her community. The law is anarea where you can create change, whether it be inpolicy, the courtroom, or helping with a nonprofit agency.“It is my duty to better educate myself. My work hasjust begun.”Nancy C. MacEoinNancy C. MacEoin, a 27-year-old from Fairfax,Virginia, has always wanted to do something with herlife to make a difference. She was inspired by hergrandfather, a journalist who covered human rights issuesin Latin and Central America and Northern Ireland andhas written several books on the subject.MacEoin first got involved with helping others at theage of 14, when she and some high school friends joinedAmnesty International, an organization she is stillinvolved with today. She organized students to do letter-writing campaigns for various human rights issues andraised awareness of these problems among her fellowstudents. This experience inspired MacEoin to learn moreabout the economic, historical, and political backgroundof other countries in order to better understand theirhuman rights situations. She was especially interested inLatin America.During college at Virginia Commonwealth University,where she majored in history, she made a commitment tolearning Spanish by declaring it her minor. Aftergraduating magna cum laude, MacEoin traveled toQuetzaltenango, Guatamala, where she enrolled in anintensive one-on-one language course at El Centro de losEstudios de Español. At this school, run by Guatemalanteachers who engage their students in projects to help thelocal community, MacEoin first learned that it took morethan anger about a situation and the desire to make adifference to effectively institute change. That summer,she helped build latrines and stoves and prepare food formore than 500 children a day. She witnessed everythingshe had read about: impoverished indigenouscommunities, military control, and the effects of yearsof civil war. But when MacEoin tried to discuss herimpressions with her teacher, she learned that the teacherhad observed similar conditions in West Virginia on a tripto observe classes in elementary schools.MacEoin began to think about studying law as a wayto effect social change. But first she spent four yearsworking in the field, as the executive assistant at LegalProcess Service and then as a paralegal at Nevada LegalServices, both in Las Vegas. “Within a few weeks ofbeginning my position, I was convinced that I had made aproper career choice,”says MacEoin.“While securing $10 in food stamps or an extra sevendays in an apartment may not seem as important as otherissues out there, they are extremely significant to theclient. A law degree will enable me to effectivelyrepresent clients and in some way, no matter how smallor seemingly insignificant, do my part to make adifference,” says MacEoin.The ProgramThe Public Interest Scholars Program is funded bygenerous gifts from two law school graduates: LeonardRubin ’49 and Henry J. Maxmin ’37. Rubin left morethan $9 million to the Law School for unrestricted use.He ran a general law practice in Philadelphia and wasknown for his lifelong commitment to the ideals of thelegal profession. During his career, he represented manypoor clients for free.Maxmin also spent his career in private practice,counseling many successful entrepreneurial businessleaders and professionals. Maxmin’s gift to the LawSchool was designated for a public interest scholarship.Public Interest Scholars receive full tuition for the firstyear and half tuition for the second and third years of lawschool, and are provided with the following:•A public interest seminar•A faculty mentor•Two summer public interest internships•A public interest course focusing on high profile andlandmark cases and taught by the lawyers involved inthe cases•Clinicals working with low-income clients•Writing skills refinement•A culminating group project that will benefitTemple’s public interest communityScholars Choose Temple forPublic Interest StudyIn choosing Temple, Cohen, Grubbs, Johnson,and MacEoin were all attracted by the law school’soutstanding reputation and its commitment to publicinterest. “It’s nice to be in an environment where being apublic interest lawyer is embraced,” says Cohen. “Whatwe’ve been exposed to in two months is more than Icould have expected in three years.”After graduating from law school, Cohen plans tocontinue working with battered women. She will use herlaw school years to explore three possible career tracks:criminal defense, community organizations, and thedevelopment of an international model of violenceagainst women. Johnson wants to work for a publicinterest agency, helping homeless people or youth.Grubbs and MacEoin plan to use the program’s twointernships and other program activities to explore theircareer options.—Lori DeMiltoThe family of Rita S. Levine’74 has established ascholarship to provide supportfor an individual identified as apublic interest scholar.A decade after losing theirbeloved sister, Helene andEdward Ross ’69 and JoanLevine Band and Dr. RichardBand decided this opportunityfor a committed student wouldbe a fitting tribute to Rita’spassion and dedication topublic interest law.On July 18th 1989, RitaLevine died from injuries shereceived from a terrorist busattack in Israel. She was the first American to die inthe conflict which started in December 1987.Levine was a public defender in Philadelphia for15 years, where she worked on behalf of thementally ill and retarded. Shehad worked for the DefenderAssociation since 1973, whenshe was in law school. NedLevine, her supervisor at thetime of her death, describedLevine, saying: “She had oneof the most developed sensesof justice that I had ever seen.She was against injusticewherever she saw it. Sheexpected government toperform to her expectations—the way a just governmentshould perform. If anindividual was being deniedappropriate medical carebecause they were poor . . . she would use the law tosee that the system responded in a fair way.”Levine was also active in many religious andsecular organizations.PUBLIC INTEREST SCHOLARScontinued from page one14 • TEMPLE ESQ. WINTER 2000-01Every effort has been made to avoid errors in thecompilation of the 1999-2000 Development Report,which lists gifts made from July 1, 1999 to June 30,2000. If you notice any mistakes, call the Office ofAlumni Affairs at (215) 204-8979, and please acceptour apology.FIRM ANDCORPORATIONSOLICITATION PROGRAM1999-2000Neil W. ClarkAnthony S. DisandroCarolin N. DunganPatrick FarleyKrista Frankina FioreKristina FrankAllison Zajdowicz GiffordRandi L. GoldsteinDerek GreenArkadiy GrinshpunKeisha HegaminChristopher L. HerringtonKimberly M. HirshbergBrendan S. JoyceJulia C. KellisonJohn R. KelseyPeter A. KeonSean P. KilkennyLisa K. KoebbeBaotran H. LeeKathryn LeeCara LevyEdward W. LoudenJohn-Paul MaddenWilliam MatthewsDavid S. McLaughlinLaura M. McLaughlinJay N. MessengerJanet M. Mullen-KrimmAnita J. MurrayJonathan C. NobleJeffrey O’DonnellAndrew F. PrattAndrew R. PruskyCurtis R. QuayJames J. ReynoldsMichelle A. RickJoshua E. ScarpelloTami T. SembranoDavid M. SensenigMatthew J. SiegelLaura E. StegossiPeter F. StineJanis Camille StreeterKathleen WallaceJay WellsRobert WilliamsCLASS OF 1999Oliver BarberJoseph P. BraunEric BrownStacey McKee CogginsJames H. ColeChristin E. ConnollyThomas M. CusackJeanine A. HilleslandDavid M. MandellJohn M. McCaffertyDavid M. PerryAdam D. SchneiderEric TrachtenbergSamuel S. WoodhousePyong W. YoonCLASS OF 2000Elizabeth Fasoldt AbramsJennifer AbramsonClaire L. AddisonDebra A. AllenDemaris AllyErica N. BacichBrian J. BarakatIrina G. BasovaAnn E. BeatusMia L. BelkArik T. Ben-AriMichael BertinSteven W. BesackKevin BirleyTrino BoixJohn BonaccorsiEdward J. BonettSherry F. BoveRichard A. BrennanSamantha L. BrennerLeslie S. BrittCharles P. BurnsJin Suk ByunLea CampbellDeborah L. CantyMichael D. CarameloBart A. CeramiDarlene ChanDarren CheckSungja ChoGerald ClarkeAngela CohenAlan M. ConnKimberly S. CookJulia E. CoombsNeil DaeublerJeffrey B. DatzAlphonso DavidLaura E DavisMark J. DavisMichael DevlinDenise D’OnofrioJoseph R Harris DoyleAndrea M. D’souzaJennifer E. DubasLarry DubinskiAudrey DudleyMichael EckhardtJon EliasonBeth Ann ErbLaurianne FalconeJennifer FalgieBradley FarrellBernadette S. FinchJeffrey M. ForsythThomas ForsythNancy P. FratzJennifer L. FriedrichBeth FrielNeysa FromanElizabeth M. GarciaDorota GasienicaAliena J. GerhardJohn P. GiangiulioKelley GilletteSarah L. GitchellZachary GlaserMelanie S. GoddardDennis P. GraeberRobert J. GrayShari C. GribbinMichael C. GrossKristen GurdinDavid GvtowskiLisa C. HardingAdrienne HartJohn M. HayburnSui L. HeavenJason HerronCindy J. HinkleLauren HirschDaniel J. HolmanderMelissa HolsteinJennifer HolumzerMelissa HolzmanIan HoodPatricia B. HoodRichard J. HughesDavid HuttShelley R. JamesSonia JamesKimberly A. JohnsonStephanie JohnsonApril C. JoyceAvril S. KaltenbaughSuzanne KaplanJane KauhMonica R. KeittCarl E. KennedyJennifer KesselKathleen KirkpatrickEmily KiserJeremy M. KlassPaul P. KranickNanda KumarDenise L. LadnerGinger LaneDouglas LeeSophia LeeKassem L. LucasJeremiah M. LuongoJoseph MalfitanoSabrina R. MaysMichael McGuiganLorraine McLaughlinToya McLendonEric McNeilKaren M. McWilliamsMario MestichelliJoan V. MetzlerRichard T. MiccoJohn MifkaByung-Chan MoonAnne Marie J. MooreCliff A. MoralesKobie MorganJessica NataliRise P. NewmanMan-Yuen NgTrang NguyenAmy N. NiedzalkoskiJoanne Y. ParkMyung ParkJennifer J. PeruChristopher PielliHerb J. PinderDarryl PoindexterCecelia E. PonceRobert PriceLakema PridgenJames G. ProkopiakMandy RacinesSudha V RajaBarbara RenkertNatalie M. RiccoAnnemarie RizziJane V. RogersMariana RossmanHelen SaltsgiverHolly SandoPriya SankaranarayananSuchitra J. SatpathiJerome G. SchaeferDaniel M. SchaffzinKathleen SchatzSandra M. SeversonMaia M. SilvestroRoger A. SmithHarriett T. SpencerDennis A. SpisakEric D. StrandDawn Marie TancrediKathleen K. TiceKevin L. ToddRobert E. TootleJoshua G. VillariRachel VolkmanMichael S. WaddingtonJames P. WalshSean WeeThomas G. WhalenMegan WhitesideDeneen WilkersonDionne M. WilliamsMichael J. WodotinskyTed WohnPamela WuBrian ZeigerVictoria L. ZellersCLASS NOTESFirm or Corporation% Alums GivingAbrahams Lowenstein Bushman& Kauffman 43%Astor Weiss Kaplan33%Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll58%Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley60%Cozen & O’Connor49%Dechert Price & Rhoads28%Dessen, Moses & Sheinoff33%Dilworth Paxson25%Drinker Biddle & Reath56%Duane, Morris & Heckscher46%Fox Rothschild O’Brien & Frankel84%German, Gallagher & Murtagh57%Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg& Ellers87%Margolis Edelstein84%Marshall, Dennehey, Warner,Coleman & Goggin73%Mesirov Gelman Jaffe Cramer & Jamison29%Miller, Alfano & Raspanti40%Montgomery, McCracken,Walker & Rhoads75%Morgan, Lewis & Bockius25%Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel45%Pepper Hamilton32%Reed Smith Shaw & McClay50%Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul62%Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis31%Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young43%White and Williams27%Woodcock Washburn KurtzMackiewicz & Norris71%Zarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan& O’Donnell67%1967The Honorable Phyllis W. Beckwas one of nine women selectedas Distinguished Daughters ofPennsylvania by PennsylvaniaGovernor Tom Ridge. Beck wasthe first woman elected to serveon Pennsylvania’s Superior Court.1971Stewart M. Weintraub, a partnerat Schnader Harrison Segal &Lewis, has been elected Presidentof the American Jewish Congressfor the Pennsylvania region. Amember for 12 years, Weintraubhas been chair or co-chair of itscommission on law and socialaction for six years. He is amember of Schnader’s litigationservice department and the taxpractice group, specializing instate and local tax law.1974Thomas J.Bucknum hasbeen generalcounsel of Biogen,a leadingbiotechnologypharmaceuticalcompany, since 1999. Prior to thathe spent 25 years with DuPont,and from 1990 to 1999 wasgeneral counsel and in charge ofgovernment and public affairs forDuPont Merck Pharmaceuticalsbefore joining Biogen.1975Terri N. Gelberg, president ofGelberg & Associates, was aninvited speaker at the ABA’sannual meeting in London,England, in conjunction with the bar of England andWales. The program was entitled “David vs. Goliath:Solo and Small Firm Practitioners among Global LawFirms.”Robert Weiner, a councilman of New Castle County,Delaware since 1996, has been named chairman of theNational Association of Counties’ subcommittee on landuse and growth management. The subcommittee isdedicated to matters relating to comprehensive planning,coastal zone management, growth management, andenergy facilities siting.1976The Honorable Petrese Brown Tucker has beenappointed by President Clinton to the United StatesDistrict Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.Tucker is the first African American female to sit as afederal judge in Pennsylvania. Prior to her appointmentshe served 13 years as a judge of the Philadelphia Courtof Common Pleas.1978Christina M. Kane, a sole practitioner in NewtownSquare, Pennsylvania, has been appointed treasurer of theboard of directors of DELARC, the Delaware CountyAssociation for the Rights of Citizens with MentalRetardation.Mark L. Silow has been reappointedchair of the tax and estates department atFox Rothschild O’Brien & Frankel. Silowis a partner in the Philadelphia office andconcentrates his practice on business andtax planning, corporate acquisitions anddispositions, real estate, estate planning,and employee benefits.1980Mary Kennard, university counsel and vice president atAmerican University, has won a “Telly” for a sexualharassment training tape that she coproduced andcoanchored. The Telly Award is a national competitionfor people who create commercials, films, and videos.1982In October, Mary DeFusco Ochal received the SaintThomas More Award, presented by the Saint ThomasMore Society of Philadelphia.TEMPLE ESQ. WINTER 2000-01 • 15IN MEMORIAMJoseph Ominsky ’28Arthur Harris ’43John R. Harris ’63Pamela W. Higgins ’72SEND US YOUR NEWS!Dear Temple Law Graduate, Please send us news of your recent professional accomplishments or contributions to your community.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name__________________________________________________________ Phone_______________________________________Address (change of address only)________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Firm/agency name and address (change of address only)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Send to:Janet GoldwaterTemple Esq.Temple University School of Law1719 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122To change your mailing address, call (215) 204-7863or go to the website at http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/.Date____________________________________Class of_______Degree_________________1983Diane Gibbons has been appointed district attorney forBucks County, Pennsylvania by the board of judges,filling the vacancy created when Alan Rubensteinbecame a judge. Gibbons has worked for the districtattorney’s office since 1984.George Greatrex has recently joined Shivers, Spielberg& Gosnay as a partner in their Cherry Hill, New Jerseyoffice The firm concentrates in the areas of asbestoslitigation, toxic tort, products liability, medicalnegligence, and HMO litigation. Last year Greatrex wasa featured speaker at the Asbestos Litigation Seminar inChicago. He also practices in the area of homeowner/condominium association law. He lives in Mt. Laurel,New Jersey with his wife, Chrissie, and two children,Emily and Casey.Peter Brampton Koelle has a dual appointment inSpanish and Hebrew and Judaic Studies this semester atBryn Mawr College where he is teaching a new courseon Sephardic history.1984William L. Foley Jr. has co-founded the firm of Foleyand Gulasarian in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The firmwill concentrate on workers’ compensation.Karen Lupuloff writes, “I joined the New York StateOffice of the Attorney General’s Medicaid fraud controlunit in August, 1999. I hold one of two assistant deputyattorney general positions and assist the deputy attorneygeneral in charge of the unit to oversee investigationsand manage our 300 member staff.”1985Susan Nicholas and her 10-year-old daughter Maggietraveled to the island of Crete this summer with GlobalVolunteers, a non-profit organization that offers serviceprojects in 18 countries. In Crete, the team of volunteerstaught conversational English to local children.1986Michael O’Rourke, the business administrator of York,Pennsylvania, and his wife Janet are the proud parents of2-year-old Susie Amelia Lin O’Rourke, adopted from thePeople’s Republic of China.Daniel G. Ronca has joined Rubin,Glickman and Steinberg as an associateattorney, working with a concentration infamily law. Ronca was previously asenior trial attorney for PrudentialInsurance, and was a deputy attorneygeneral with the Office of the AttorneyGeneral from 1990-93.1987Gary M. Tocci, a partner at Schnader Harrison Segal &Lewis, spoke at the “Pennsylvania Payroll Basics”seminar in September. The seminar included the topicsof Fair Labor Standards Act, Equal Pay Act, wagegarnishments, and unemployment compensation. Tocci isa member of the firm’s labor and employment practicegroup.1989Natalie Finkelman has joined Shepherd & Associates inits Media, Pennsylvania office where she concentrates onconsumer fraud and antitrust class action litigation. Shewas a panelist on “Consumer Class Actions: How toChallenge Business Misconduct” in June.Patricia O’Malley, of Rymal & O’Malley, has returnedfrom South Korea where she presented the masterfranchising agreement for the first home care company inthe country. O’Malley is general counsel to GriswoldSpecial Care, a home care enterprise that franchisesnational and international operations. O’Malley and hermanaging partner, Stephen M. Rymal ’89, concentratein construction, commercial and intellectual property lawin their offices in Moorestown, New Jersey, and Media,Pennsylvania. Rymal has also been appointed to theboard of directors for the Perkins Art Center inMoorestown, New Jersey.1991Michael L. Kichline has been elected partner in thelitigation department of Dechert Price & Rhoads, wherehe is a member of the complex commercial litigation andantitrust practice groups. Kichline and his wife, MichelleHaris Kichline ’92, have a daughter, Amanda, age 2.1992Doneene K. Damon has been honored by themulticultural judges and lawyers section of the DelawareBar Association. Damon is vice president and director atRichards Layton & Finger.Helen R. Heifets has been named a shareholder atBazelon Less & Feldman, where she concentrates herpractice in commercial litigation, insurance, andconstruction law.Kamal Jafarnia has accepted a position with PFPCWorldwide, where he will be the vice president of salesand marketing, investment partnership, and hedge fundindustry accounting and servicing.Ronald Lebovits is a senior trial attorney in the nursinghome litigation division of Zarwin Baum DeVito KaplanO’Donnell & Schauer. Lebovits has represented victimsof institutional elder abuse and neglect since 1998.1993Edward Grieff writes, “In June I was elevated to juniorpartner at Hale and Dorr, where I am a member ofthe intellectual property department in the firm’sWashington, D.C. office.”Abigail Sullivan has joined Bracewell & Patterson as anassociate in its litigation group. The firm is in Houston,Texas.1994Chris and Analisa Sondergaard proudly announcethe birth of Nicholas Randle on September 20. He joins3-year-old brother Christian Edward. Chris is with thespecial narcotics division of the Philadelphia DistrictAttorney’s Office, and Analisa is with the familyviolence and sexual assault unit of the PhiladelphiaDistrict Attorney’s Office.1995Matt Dickstein has joined the San Francisco firm ofCoblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass. Dickstein is fluent inMandarin Chinese, and has experience in transactionsrelated to the People’s Republic of China.1996Steven Schildt has joined White and Williams as anassociate in its commercial litigation department.1997J. Christopher Erb writes, “I left Reed Smith Shaw &McClay in May to open my own law practice, the ErbLaw Firm, concentrating on tax, corporate, andinternational matters.” Erb recently published an article,“Visa Alternatives for Business Travelers” in GermanAmerican Trade Magazine, and “So You Want to Be anInternational Lawyer?” will be the cover story in theJanuary, 2001 issue of Student Lawyer.William C. Hussey II has joined Whiteand Williams as an associate in itsbusiness department. Hussey focuses hispractice in the areas of general corporate,tax, and estate planning.W. Glenn Jensen and his wife proudlyannounce the birth of their daughterLauren Grace. Jensen continues to concentrate increditors’ rights and bankruptcy as an associate of thelitigation department at Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson inOrlando, Florida.1986Gwen Stern has returned to thePhiladelphia office of White andWilliams as a part-time associate inthe firm’s sports law practice group.Stern is combining her passion forfitness and the law by focusing herplaintiff’s practice on therepresentation of athletes who suffer serious orcatastrophic injuries in training or racing accidents.She is a triathlete, road racer and has been featuredin many national and local magazines, televisionshows and newspapers for her motivational fitnessbusiness and inspirational exercise audiotapes.Editor’s note: The September, 2000 ESQ.inaccurately reported that Ms. Stern had given upthe practice of law.1998In September, Mathias (Matt) A. Jaren, LL.M. inTrial Advocacy, presented a section of his doctoraldissertation, “In Search of a Legal Theory Engine—Methodological Considerations,” at Oxford UniversityLaw School’s Center for Socio-Legal Studies.Brian M. Marriot has joined Rawle & Henderson,where he will concentrate on the defense of commercialmotor vehicles.1999Sonia Di Valerio is an associate in the commercialmotor vehicle group of Rawle & Henderson.Linda M. Hee recently joined the AIDS Law Projectas a staff attorney, where she will be specializing inbankruptcy and immigration.2000Lisa M. Constance is an associate at Schnader HarrisonSegal & Lewis and is a member of the business servicesdepartment and the real estate practice group.Lauren T. Hirsch is an associate at Schnader HarrisonSegal & Lewis and is in the litigation servicesdepartment there.Jonathan Hirshey has joined the New York City firm ofCadwalader Wickersham & Taft as an associate in itsreal estate department.Han Nguyen is an associate at Schnader Harrison Segal& Lewis and is a member of the litigation servicesdepartment.PUBLIC INTEREST FELLOWSHIPSAWARDED TO TWO TEMPLE GRADSThe National Association for Public Interest Law(NAPIL) awarded post-graduate fellowships toEmiko Furuya ’99, and Shirley Robinson ’99. Theywere chosen from a pool of about 2300 applicants.Furuya is working for Advocates for Basic LegalEquality in Toledo, Ohio, providing legal assistanceto immigrants and migrant farmworkers, with anemphasis on helping them obtain the full benefitsand privileges of U.S. citizenship.Robinson is spending her fellowship atCovenant House New Jersey Youth AdvocacyCenter, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. At CovenantHouse, she represents older adolescents, whomight otherwise face homelessness, in voluntaryfoster care placements.ROBIN MILLERJAMES E. BEASLEYSCHOOL OF LAWOF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19122Address correction requestedNON-PROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPHILADELPHIA, PAPERMIT NO. 1044VISIT OUR WEB SITE: http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/WRITE TO US: lawalum@astro.ocis.temple.eduto alumni and students to write insupport of the nomination ofas a Great Teacher of Temple UniversityAre you one of Professor Nancy J.Knauer’s many fans? Do you countyourself among those who were happilysurprised to find that tax could beinteresting, even exciting? Maybe youtook a class in Property, Trusts andEstates, or Sexual Orientation and theLaw. Or perhaps you are an admirer ofher cutting edge scholarship in the areasof same-sex domestic violence,heteronormativity and federal tax policy,or charitable organizations.Professor Knauer is nominated bythe law school for the prestigiousTemple University Great Teacher Award. Letters written by graduates,students and colleagues in support of this nomination will have a great dealof weight in the selection process. Three professors will be selecteduniversity-wide in 2001.The selection committee is particularly interested in letters whichevaluate the following qualities:•mastery of subject area•development of effective and innovative teaching methods and materials•adaptability of teaching to changing populations and trends•academic and professional achievements of students•effective relationships with students, including accessibility•leadership in activities outside the classroom, such as curriculumdevelopment, program planning, guest lectureships, conferenceparticipation, accreditation activitiesAll letters must be kept in confidence from the nominee, and should besent by December 15, 2000 to:Associate Dean Mark C. RahdertTemple University Beasley School of Law1719 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa 19122email: mrahdert@vm.temple.eduWalley. Schaff’sfather practiced lawin New Jersey aftergraduating fromRutgers LawSchool, and Schaffselected Temple forhaving “the sameegalitarian bent” thatattracted her fatherto Rutgers.Schaff’s ceramicpaintings and hercurrent medium ofchoice, oil paintings,have been describedas abstract realism,although sheexplains: “Mywork refuses to be pigeon-holed. Mypaintings now still resemble landscapes, andare more representational than the tilepaintings. . . . It’s been my talent in life tofall between cracks.”Schaff has displayed her workworldwide. In Philadelphia, two donatedworks hang in the Prince Theater.Additionally, two massive pieces areinstalled at WHYY headquarters, andshe has exhibited in the restaurant of thePhiladelphia Museum of Art, Peng Gallery,Philadelphia Art Alliance, and thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsSchool Print Collection. She has studied artat the China National Academy of Fine Art,Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, andSyracuse University.GIFT OF CERAMIC ART BRIGHTENS KLEIN LOBBYArtist Barbara Schaff donates art to Law SchoolLocal painterBarbara Schaff hasdonated five piecesof her artwork—hand-pressed tilepaintings—to hang inthe lobby of the lawschool’s Klein Hall.Schaff’s abstract tilegroupings provide adramatic focus amidstthe neutral shades ofthe lobby, which wasrenovated in 1999.With a studio inNorthern Liberties,Schaff feels astrong affinity forPhiladelphia. “I cameto Philadelphia at a turning point in mypersonal life,” explains Schaff. “Philly’speople and thriving culture were so good tome that I wanted to give something back.”Schaff came to Philadelphia in 1990 tostudy traditional painting technique at thePennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, after asuccessful career as a ceramicist. Beforeclosing her ceramics studio in 1990 tobecome a student, Schaff designed mostlysite-specific commissioned works similar tothose now hanging at the law school.The collection came to the law schoolafter Professor James Strazzella, a fan ofSchaff’s work, heard she was consideringgiving some pieces away. Schaff agreed todonate the collection to the law school inhonor of her parents, attorney Miron M.Walley and Philadelphia native Silvia S.KELLY & MASSAThe Centennial Campaign also enabledthe law school to renovate lecture room 1C,featuring network and power connectionsat each seat. The walls are covered with aneutral wall surface, the teaching area ispaneled in wood, and acoustical panelswere added in the back of the room.Funds from the Centennial Campaign were used to dramaticallychange the first floor lounge area for students. Students study,relax, and eat in an assortment of newly furnished alcoves.TempleProfessor Emeritus WarrenBallard celebrates his 90thbirthday on Thursday,December 21st, 2000.Former colleagues andstudents who wish toacknowledge this occasionshould send greetings andreminiscences to:Temple UniversityBeasley School of LawOffice of Alumni Affairs1719 N. Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19122BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS • WINTER 2000-01PROFESSOR EMERITUSWARREN BALLARDROBIN MILLERNext >