Temple University James E. Beasley School of LawAlumni NewsSPRING 2016TEMPLEFEBRUARY 8, 2016Dean JoAnne A. Epps has beenhonored with the American Bar AssociationCommission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in theProfession’s 2016 Spirit of Excellence Award. DeanEpps was one of only four recipients selectednationwide for the award, presented at the midyearmeeting in San Diego, California. “JoAnne Epps has had a profound impact on notonly Temple University Beasley School of Law . . . butshe has also been an influential leader in the city ofPhiladelphia, her region and in the nation. Sheembodies the concept of lawyer-leader and symbolizesthe Spirit of Excellence Award,” said ABA section chairWill Gunn in announcing the award.Epps has been dean of Temple Law School since2008 and a member of the faculty since 1985, and isthe author and co-author of several books and articleson evidence and trial advocacy. Epps is a formerdeputy city attorney for Los Angeles and assistant U.S.attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. InMarch 2015, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutterappointed her to chair a newly created PoliceCommunity Oversight Board. She serves on severalnonprofit boards, is a member of the PhiladelphiaBoard of Ethics, and is the court-appointed monitor ofthe settlement of the lawsuit challenging Philadelphia’sstop-and-frisk activity. During Justice Robert H. Jackson’s first four yearson the Supreme Court of the United States (1941-1945), he selected three Harvard Law graduates ashis law clerks. All three had distinguished academiccareers typical of Supreme Court clerks at the time:two had served as president of the Harvard LawReview, and the other had been an editor on thejournal. Then, in 1947, Justice Jackson tried somethingdifferent. He hired James Milton Marsh, a TempleLaw School evening division graduate, as his nextlaw clerk. Marsh had never attended college orclerked for another judge. He was older—33—andmarried with children. The remarkable events leading up to JusticeJackson’s improbable decision are chronicled in St. John’s University Professor of Law John Q.Barrett’s chapter of a new book, Of Courtiers andKings: More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerksand Their Justices.James Milton Marsh: ‘Incredible’ circumstancesJames M. Marsh often used the word “incredible” to describe the path that led him to clerk on theSupreme Court under Justice Jackson.Professor Barrett, a legal scholar and best-sellingauthor who has focused on Supreme Court historyand on Justice Jackson specifically, begins hischapter in Of Courtiers and Kingsthis way: “Jacksonwas no snob, and more to the point, he was noHarvard man. Robert Jackson graduated from publicschools in western New York State and neverattended college. Indeed, he barely attended lawschool—he attended Albany Law School in 1911-12,for only the ‘senior’ year of its two-year program.”In an era when legal training took many forms,Jackson apprenticed with two lawyers in rural NewYork State before rising through private practice andpublic service. He eventually served as U.S. SolicitorGeneral and U.S. Attorney General before beingappointed to the Supreme Court by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt in 1941. The path that lead to Justice Jackson’s unlikelydecision to hire James Marsh began on May 2, 1945.Six days before Germany’s unconditional surrender tothe Allies, President Harry S. Truman appointedJackson to serve as U.S. representative and chiefcounsel in charge of prosecuting European Axisleaders and others for war crimes before aninternational tribunal. That summer, Justice Jacksonrelocated to Nuremberg, Germany, where he remaineduntil fall 1946. At the time of Jackson’s prestigious appointment,Marsh was a chief warrant officer in the U.S. ArmySignal Corps, stationed in Italy. The high schoolgraduate from Brookville, PA (located coincidentallyabout seventy miles from the rural Pennsylvania townwhere Jackson was born) had worked in variousbusinesses before enlisting in 1940. Ambitious and hardworking, Marsh quickly rose tobecome an assistant in charge of the legal division ofthe Signal Corps’ Philadelphia Field Office. “In spring1943, Marsh became, de facto, an army lawyer,”writes Barrett. In that position, Marsh learned toconduct legal research and began writing legalopinions on procurement and pricing matters. Barrett,who became close friends with Marsh in the process ofresearching Justice Jackson, describes Marsh as “asmall guy, maybe 5’4”. He was fast-talking, with animpish, strong personality. He was not shy.”In June 1943, Barrett writes, “Chief Warrant OfficerMarsh also became a law student. At the urging of hiscommander, who recognized his aptitude for legalwork, Marsh began to attend the Temple UniversitySchool of Law. It was then located on the ninth floor ofGimbel’s Department Store on Ninth Street.” Marshhad persuaded the state to grant him a rare exemptionto the college-degree requirement for attending lawschool, and he was able to attend the evening divisionwhile continuing his job with the Signal Corps.In his spare time, the intellectually curious lawstudent had been closely following Jackson’sappointment and subsequent prosecutorial work inNuremberg. Marsh became convinced that Jackson’sMAKING HISTORY: Temple Law’s first U.S. Supreme Court clerkJames M. Marsh ’47 clerked for Justice Jackson—without a college degree.continued on page twoLeft: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Jackson withMarsh as he nears the conclusion of his clerkshipin 1949. Below: James Marsh, with his wife AntoinetteMarsh, at graduation in 1947. Photos courtesy ofthe Marsh Family.‘We are all an other’ saysABA Spirit of Excellenceawardee Dean JoAnne Eppscontinued on page two“When he looked at Jim Marsh—western Pennsylvania; little higher education; New Deal service; war-relatedservice; ambition; writing skill; love of language; call tothe law; earning his rise by succeeding again and againahead of his peers, precociously; attracting admirers,believers, and mentors at each step—Robert Jacksonsaw a version of himself.”• • •James Marsh returned to Philadelphia from Washington,and joined the firm of LaBrum & Doak. In 1992, hemoved to Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, where heremained until retirement. In addition to distinguishinghimself in his law practice, Marsh also served asdeputy chief counsel to the state treasurer, waschairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Task Force onthe Commonwealth Procurement Code, and publishedmany articles on legal topics. “Like other clerks on the Supreme Court at the time,Jim was really brilliant,” says Barrett. “Measuring up asa clerk on the high court really gave Jim a confidencethat carried him through his successful career as ahighly respected litigator in Philadelphia.” Barrett addsthat it was widely known in Philadelphia legal circlesthat Marsh was offered federaljudgeships over the years, which herepeatedly declined.In 2006, Marsh died at the age of 92 in his home outside Philadelphia. Four decades after Marsh shatteredthe glass ceiling at the Supreme Court,LAURA E. LITTLE ’85followed Marsh’sfootsteps from Temple Law toWashington, when she was offered aclerkship with Chief Justice William H.Rehnquist (also a former Justice Jacksonlaw clerk) after a clerkship with the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.Today, Little is Charles Klein Professorof Law and Government and SeniorAdvisor to the Dean of Temple LawSchool, and a national expert on federalcourt jurisdiction, conflict of laws,constitutional law, as well as humor and the law.Supreme Court scholar John Q. BarrettProfessor of Law John Q. Barrett teachesconstitutional law, criminal procedureand legal history at St. John’s University.He also is the Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellowand a board member at the Robert H.Jackson Center in Jamestown, NY.In the course of his research onJustice Jackson, Barrett became closefriends with James Marsh, whose lifehe chronicles in the chapter citedabove. The chapter appears in OfCourtiers and Kings: More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices,edited by Todd C. Pepper and ClareCushman and published by the University of VirginiaPress in 2015. Barrett is currently writing a biography of JusticeRobert H. Jackson which will include the first insideaccount of Justice Jackson’s service, by appointment of President Truman, as the chief prosecutor at theNuremberg Trials. He also writes the Jackson List(jacksonlist.com), which reaches well over 100,000readers around the world. He previously edited thebest-selling book, That Man: An Insider’s Portrait ofFranklin D. Roosevelt.That Manis Jackson’s memoir of FDR from Jackson first meeting him in 1911 through their close working relationship and friendshipduring Roosevelt’s presidency, the New Deal years andWorld War II.2 • TEMPLE ESQ. SPRING 2016important work was underreported in the legal world,and set out to remedy the situation. By his third yearof law school, he obtained permission to republish aspeech by Jackson in the Temple Law Quarterly.Under Marsh’s leadership as legislative editor, theQuarterlywent on to publish Jackson’s trialarguments at Nuremberg, as well as his closingarguments delivered in July 1946.Throughout, Marsh had made sure that Jacksonwas apprised of Temple Law Quarterly’scentral role in publicizing the Justice’s work in Europe. WhenJackson returned to resume his duties on the bench,Marsh promptly—and boldly—expressed his interestin a clerkship.Marsh arranged for the Justice to be inundatedwith recommendations from former employers,professors and Temple Law’s administrative dean,Elden S. Magaw. The presiding judge of Pennsylvania’sfifty-fourth district, sitting in Marsh’s home town inPennsylvania wrote, “He has demonstrated that hardwork pays and everything accomplished by him todate has been through his own efforts while acting inthe most painstaking manner.”James MarshJustice Jackson expressed concern that, sincehe himself had not attended college, Marsh’s lackof an undergraduate degree would only “becompounding a weakness” he perceived inhis own writing skills. Marsh fired back: “Mr.Justice, every lawyer and every judge in thiscountry knows that you are the best writer onthis Court, college degree or not. And ifthere’s anything that I can do well, it is write,rewrite and edit.”In March 1947, Justice Jackson choseamong five applicants, one of whom was PennLaw student Arlin M. Adams, to become hisnext law clerk. Jackson chose Marsh. On July9, 1947, Marsh reported to work as the firstTemple Law graduate to clerk for the U.S.Supreme Court. He was Jackson’s sole clerk forthe 1947-48 term and, when asked, remained onfor a second term. “Justice Jackson regarded JimMarsh as one of his finest law clerks and remainedclose to him and his family . . . for the rest of hislife,” writes Barrett.In concluding his chapter on Jackson’s maverickdecision to hire Marsh, Barrett acknowledgesthatJackson was grateful to Marsh and Temple LawQuarterlyfor recognizing what the Justiceconsidered the most important work of his life.But, Barrett writes, there was something more: Professor Laura Little clerked for Justice Rehnquist in 1986. Let me start with a positive observation. This country should be applauded for a half century of improvementin diversity. There are black and brown people everywhere:flying planes, performing surgery, running businesses, leadingthe ABA. We’re everywhere, but not everywhere we should be. Almost everywhere you look—except the NBA and U.S.prisons—minority participation and opportunities are flatliningor dwindling. In the legal profession, the numbers of minoritypartners, associates, and law students are stuck, with onlyminor change over the last decade. This would be fine if these numbers matched the population numbers. But we knowthey do not. We have a numbers problem that starts with apipeline problem.“Among the solutions? We must make sure that a child’s zip code doesn’t define the quality of education that childreceives. . . . In too many places, public education isinadequate. And that’s not right—because you can only takeadvantage of opportunity if you’re prepared. And education iskey to being prepared. Second, incivility is on the increase. I’m sorry, you do not getto publicly say whatever you think—and to defend that incivilityby saying you’re rejecting political correctness. Islam is areligion and not a political manifesto. And Mexicans and othersof Hispanic heritage enrich this country every day. The FirstAmendment has on many occasions been a sword in favor ofliberty and a shield against repression. But just because youhave the right to say something doesn’t mean you should say it.I know I sound as if I think I made it to the presidential debatestage. I know where I am and I am grateful. But incivility hasbeen unleashed in this country. And we must label it for what it is. And call it wrong.“[When] we think about diversity, we must ask ourselveswhat diversity really means and why we care about it. Diversityis not just “not a white male.” Those who are physicallydisabled can be seen, but are too often overlooked. Many of our differences, however, are hard to “see.” Those fightingdepression, survivors of sexual assault, those who must decideevery day whether to come out as LGBTQ, or a first generationcollege student who must balance gratitude against thecrushing weight of expectations. These are people who offervalid perspectives, if we are open to receiving them. My point is that when you think about “other,” compared to the personnext to us, we are all an “other.” We are all different. We are all, in some form or fashion, diverse.Third, why is it important to force yourself to understand“other?” Because implicit bias is everywhere. And the only wayto combat implicit bias is through awareness. Those of you whoknow me know that I am usually a calm person. But insidethere is a growing turmoil. Some days I am angry. More often I am sad. But not for me. I’ve had an unbelievably blessedlife—richer and more fulfilling than I could have imagined ordreamed. I am sad for America’s young people growing up in a world where they see themselves, or others, victimized—atbest marginalized and at worst, maligned—explicitly throughincivility and implicitly through a relentless source of subliminalmessages that “other” is unworthy.So in fighting for diversity, I am fighting to ensure that young people have—and feel they have—equal opportunity. I am fighting for them to believe they can live their dream. I am fighting to make sure this is a country where differences,of all sorts, are acknowledged and respected, even if notadmired. I am optimistic. Dr. Martin Luther King, who in twoyears will have been gone 50 years, said this: “It’s only when it’s dark enough that you can see the stars.” The motto of theSpirit of Excellence Awards is “To the Stars Through Difficulty.” I believe we can make the stars reachable for everyone. But it will not happen without commitment and effort. I’m in.Won’t you join me?Spirit of Excellencecontinued from page oneExcerpts from Dean Epps' ABA Acceptance Speech continued from page one“”3 • TEMPLE ESQ. SPRING 2016LAW SCHOOL EVENTSThe Temple Law Center for Compliance &Ethics features U.S. Attorney Zane MemegerCharles H. Rogovin 1931-2016JANUARY 10, 2016Charles H. Rogovinjoined the Temple Lawfaculty in 1977, andremained a member ofthe faculty untilassuming emeritusstatus in 2010. Formore than thirty years,Professor Rogovin’sextensive background inlaw enforcement informed his teaching in the areasof criminal law and procedure, organized crime, andprofessional ethics.Rogovin was raised in North Jersey and beganhis law career in Philadelphia. A graduate ofWesleyan University and Columbia Law School, hespent several years of his professional life betweenBoston and Washington, D.C., before settlingpermanently in Philadelphia and at Temple LawSchool. He served as an Assistant Public Defenderand as Chief Assistant District Attorney inPhiladelphia. He also served as Assistant AttorneyGeneral of Massachusetts and as the firstAdministrator of the Law Enforcement AssistanceAdministration in the U.S. Justice Department as anappointee of President Richard Nixon. Rogovin wasalso the Assistant Director of President LyndonJohnson’s President’s Crime Commission and amember of President Ronald Reagan’s OrganizedCrime Commission. He served as the first presidentand managing director of the Police Foundation inWashington, D.C., and was vice chairman of thePennsylvania Crime Commission. Rogovin’s manycivic leadership roles include being a CharterMember of the Vidocq Society and a member ofSEPTA’s board of directors. Charles H. Rogovin is survived by his wife,Marcy, and children, Caleb and Laura, step-daughters, Rachel Gross and Emily Goldmann, son-in-law, Ben Gross, and granddaughters, Lillyand Sylvie Gross.James Strazzella honored by museumNOVEMBER 17, 2015The Fireman’s Hall Museum inPhiladelphia named James A. Strazzella, the James G. SchmidtProfessor of Law, the recipient of the 2015 Founder’s Award.Professor Strazzella, the second individual ever to receive thisaward, has served on the board of the museum almost since itsinception in 1978. This recognition is the most recent in a long list of awards inhonor of a life of distinction and service. Strazzella has served on numerous community boards, and is the recipient of manyawards. Most notably, he founded a non-profit organization torevive the Smith Memorial Playhouse and Playgrounds in NorthPhiladelphia and served as president of the board that oversaw asuccessful renovation of that facility.Strazzella teaches basic and advanced courses in substantivecriminal law, criminal procedure, and appellate procedure, and has taught in the area of advocacy and professionalresponsibility. His teaching was recognized by the LindbackAward for Distinguished Teaching in 1983, and the GeorgeWilliams Award for Outstanding Professor in 2010. He is theauthor of numerous journal articles and a teaching textbook oncriminal appellate procedure. Before joining the Temple faculty in1973, he was vice-dean of the University of Pennsylvania LawSchool Faculty. He served as acting dean of Temple Law Schoolfrom 1987 to 1989.NOVEMBER 11, 2015U.S. Attorney for theEastern District of Pennsylvania ZaneMemeger addressed an audience gathered atthe first event hosted by Temple’s newlylaunched Center for Compliance and Ethics.At the CLE program, attended by more than100 attorneys and compliance professionals,Memeger made the case for why companiesshould develop and maintain a vigorousinternal compliance program.“Actual, tangible compliance matters,”Memeger told the audience before describingthe factors his office uses to evaluate acompany’s compliance efforts. While notingthat most compliance violations do not resultin criminal prosecutions, Memeger said thathis office has begun to focus more sharply onthe individuals responsible for misconductwithin a business. “The prosecution of a company does notreplace the prosecution of an individuallyculpable person,” Memeger said. “Individualswill only change their behavior if they knowthey will go to jail or lose their jobs.”Located at the law school, the Center forCompliance and Ethics offers a blend ofprograms including law courses, CLEprograms, and compliance-relatedexternships. The center’s programs areguided by a steering committee and anadvisory board, consisting of legal andcompliance professionals in the field. Charles Rogovin, 1990 Contributions in Professor Rogovin’sname may be made to Temple LawSchool Pennsylvania InnocenceProject Clinical Fund and sent toDean JoAnne EppsBeasley School of Law1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia, Pa 19122Zane Memeger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of PA (above) addressed local attorneys and complianceprofessionals at a Temple Law CLE. Professor James StrazzellaMLK Jr. Day ENGAGESTEMPLE LAW VolunteersJANUARY 18, 2016In honor ofMartin Luther King Jr. Day,Temple Law students, staff andfaculty participated in communityservice opportunities. All classeswere canceled so that volunteerscould participate in one of threeprojects. At the Mary McLeodBethune School in NorthPhiladelphia, volunteers workedwith City Year organizers to create murals and work on small building projects. At the Jane AddamsPlace, an emergency homeless shelter located at the Lutheran Settlement House in West Philadelphia,volunteers painted and cleaned. Some volunteers remained at the law school for an annual training for the Volunteer Income TaxAssistance program, organized by Professor Alice Abreu. In the training, participants are prepared andcertified to assist low-income taxpayers in filing their annual income tax return. Once certified,participants go on to volunteer at VITA sites, including at the Sheller Center for Social Justice at TempleLaw School. The 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities were organized and sponsored by SPIN,BLSA, NLG, Phi Alpha Delta, SBA, the Office of Public Interest Programs, the tax law faculty and theSheller Center for Social Justice.LAW SCHOOL EVENTSTom Duffy ’81 delivers‘Important Lessons’ from asuccessful careerDECEMBER 18, 2015The Temple Law community came together to collect more than 700 toys for low-income families in Northeast Philadelphia. The holiday effort was organized by members of SPIN,SBA, and the Temple Law Alumni Association. The toys, along with donated hats, gloves, and scarves,were distributed through the Frankford Community Development Corporation and the Boys and GirlsClub of Frankford at a holiday party attended by more than 200 children and their families. At the event,Temple Law students assisted with arts and crafts while Professor Ken Jacobsen strolled through thecrowd dressed asSanta Claus. Annual toy drive benefitsmore than 200 childrenProfessor Craig Green (third from left) joins student volunteers at the Mary McLeod Bethune School. Trial team captures regional championshipFEBRUARY 14, 2016Temple’s trial team celebrated Valentine’s Day witha victory at the National Trial Competition’s regional competition,allowing Temple to advance to the national competition. The National Trial Competition, considered the “SuperBowl” of mock trial tournaments, brings together the top trial teams in the country. Temple’s record in the tournamentis unmatched: In addition to winning 21 consecutive (and 28 total) regional championships, Temple has competed in the national quarter-finals a record fifteen yearsin a row, including three national championships and threefinalist finishes.This year’s winning team was comprised of Joel Michel ’16and Courtney Chlebina ’17. Michel also earned the EdwardOhlbaum Best Advocate Award. A second Temple team, R. IanEvans ’16 and Corbin Gardner ’17, advanced to the semi-finalround. The teams were coached by Director of AdvocacyPrograms Jules Epstein, Director of Trial Advocacy ProgramsSara Jacobson, and Britt Walden ’14. The competition, heldin Philadelphia, was directed by Marissa Bluestine ’95 withassistance from Mary Beth Wilson.JANUARY 28, 2016Almost a quarter of a century ago, Tom E. Duffy ’81left a promising career at a large Philadelphia firm to found Duffy +Partners, a practice that helps individuals and families who are thevictims of catastrophic injury. Duffy drew on those decades in thecourtroom in delivering the 2016 Herbert F. Kolsby Distinguished Lecturein Trial Advocacy, “Important Lessons Never Taught in Law School.” A premiere attorney in his field who has successfully argued beforethe Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Duffy is the author of “Legal Aspectsof Pain and Suffering, The Plaintiff Attorney’s Perspective.” He isannually included in the following attorney ranking publications andlists: National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Best Lawyers in America, SuperLawyers, Top 100 Attorneys in Philadelphia/Top 100 Attorneys inPennsylvania, and Irish Legal 100. THE HERBERT F. KOLSBY DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP IN TRIAL ADVOCACY,first presented in 2001, brings prominent trial lawyers, judges orprofessors who have been recognized for contributions to the field oftrial advocacy to Temple Law School to present lectures or join insymposia. The lectureship honors Herb Kolsby ’51 for hisaccomplishments and remarkable career, as well as for hiscontributions to the Masters in Trial Advocacy program at Temple. Hewas a guiding force in the establishment of the Masters in TrialAdvocacy Program and served as its first director. While at Temple,Kolsby also taught Advanced Trial Advocacy in the J.D. program andserved on the faculty in the Academy of Advocacy. 4 • TEMPLE ESQ. SPRING 2016Trial team members (fromleft): Regional semi-finalistsCorbin Gardner ’17 and R. Ian Evans ’16 withregional championsCourtney Chlebina ’17 and Joel Michel ’16. STEVEN L. SUGARMAN ’80,foundingprincipal of the Berwyn law firm,Steven L. Sugarman & Associates,was a featured speaker at thePennsylvania Bar Institute ’s recentprogram, “Buying and SellingHomes in Condominiums andPlanned Communities” where hespoke on the topic of buying andselling homes in age restrictedcommunities. NORMA RAMOS ’81has beenappointed Deputy Secretary for Civil Rights for New York state. Alleight of New York Gov. AndrewCuomo’s new round of stateappointments were made towomen. Ramos has served as theexecutive director of the CoalitionAgainst Trafficking of Women, and previously was the executivedirector of the South Bronx CleanAir Coalition. In addition, she has held positions at the New YorkCity Department of EnvironmentalProtection and the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency. In December 2015, DEAN BEER ’82was appointed Montgomery County,PA’s new chief public defender.Beer has been the deputy chiefpublic defender in the county sinceSeptember 2013.THOMAS W. BERGEN ’82,previouslya partner at Hartman Underhill &Brubaker, also joined the Lancaster,PA firm of Nikolaus & Hohenadelas a partner. He specializes intaxation and business andsuccession planning.SAM GARRO ’83has been promoted to senior vice presidentof compliance for PhiladelphiaInsurance Companies. Garro joined the company in 2012 as vice president of the compliance department.NEIL ANDREW STEIN ’83,a partnerand co-founder of Kaplin, Stewart,Meloff, Reiter & Stein in Blue Bell,PA, has been appointed to the legal action committee of theNational Association ofHomebuilders for 2016. CARMINA Y. D’AVERSA ’85spoke onthe topic of business successionand tax planning at the fall meetingof the ABA section of internationallaw held in Montreal. D’Aversaconcentrates her practice indomestic and international taxplanning and compliance.5 • TEMPLE ESQ. SPRING 20161970SIn October 2015, RICHARD S.BISHOP ’71was the recipient of theRobert W. Munley DistinguishedService Award at Lackawanna ProBono’s annual gala in Scranton, PA.Bishop practices corporate andbusiness law and estate planning atHourigan, Kluger and Quinn inWilkes Barre, PA. A. HAROLD DATZ ’72,of counsel toHaggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer &Kupersmith, received thePhiladelphia Bar Association’s 2015 PNC Achievement Award atits quarterly luncheon. The awardwas in recognition of Datz’saccomplishments in improving the administration of justice inPennsylvania through his work withthe Philadelphia Bar Association’scommission on judicial selectionand retention. In December 2015, JUSTICERAYMOND L. BRUCE ’76wasinducted onto the civil division ofthe New York State Supreme Courtin New York County. WILLIAM F. WARD ’77has joined the Pittsburgh firm of RothmanGordon after three years on theCourt of Common Pleas ofAllegheny County, PA. Ward will be practicing civil and familymediation with the firm’s ADRgroup as well as business litigation,grand jury investigations, whitecollar criminal defense, and internalinvestigations with the firm’sbusiness and commercial litigationpractice group.1980SJANET KOLE ’80authored AvoidingBad Depositions: A Simple Guide to Complex Issues,a new releasefrom the ABA. Kole, a litigator formore than 30 years, is now a full-time author who splits her timebetween Boynton Beach, FL andPhiladelphia. CLASS NOTESPHYLLIS E. BROSS ’88has beennamed chair of the board ofdirectors for Community Aging &Retirement Services, a Florida non-profit corporation. In addition,Bross is president of AARP of LandO’Lakes, and facilitates anAlzheimer’s caregiver supportgroup.Immigration attorney EMILY M.COHEN ’88has joined thePhiladelphia firm, Steel, Doebley &Glassman. Cohen is a formershareholder in the firm Cohen,Fluhr & Gonzalez.GEORGE DANIEL ’88announced thelaunch of a new law firm, Lanza,Reich and Daniel. The New YorkCity-based firm specializes insports, entertainment, media,litigation and other related practiceareas. Daniel has served as generalcounsel and commissioner of theNational Lacrosse League. On October 30, 2015, theAmerican Bar Association honoredDAVID TREVASKIS ’88with theIsidore Starr Award for Excellencein Law-Related Education. Theaward recognizes individuals foroutstanding achievements inteaching about the law inelementary and secondary schools.Trevaskis is the pro bonocoordinator of legal services for thePennsylvania Bar Association, aswell as president of thePennsylvania Council for SocialStudies, and an adjunct professorat Arcadia University.Head Trauma is topic of new book by Samuel D. Hodge Jr. ’74 Concussions have forever altered the sports landscape, calling attention to aninjury that is difficult to diagnose and spawning a major motion picture. Anew book, co-authored by Professor of Legal Studies at Temple UniversitySAMUEL D. HODGE JR. ’74,approaches head trauma and brain injuries,including concussions, from the perspective of the insurance, legal, andmedical fields. InHead Trauma and Brain Injury for Lawyers,Hodge teams upwith co-author Jack E. Hubbard, professor of neurology at the University ofMinnesota’s School of Medicine, to cover basic anatomy of the brain and itsfunctions, explain the neurological system, and demonstrate how tounderstand and interpret diagnostic tests for this area of the body. The book is Hodge’s eighth; previous topicsinclude anatomy, the spine and forensic autopsies. Hodge, who also teaches as an adjunct at the law school,has been named a Temple University Great Teacher.Derek Green ’98 elected to Philadelphia City CouncilNOVEMBER 2015DEREK S. GREEN ’98captured a seat in PhiladelphiaCity Council as a councilperson-at-large. Green, who resides in the Mt.Airy section of the city, is the former special counsel to now retired-CityCouncilwoman Marian B. Tasco. He also served as counsel to thecouncil committees on finance and public health and human services.Green's previous positions include Deputy City Solicitor, AssistantDistrict Attorney for the City of Philadelphia, and Assistant DeputyAttorney General for the State of Delaware. Green has also worked as acampaign manager, advisor, and counsel to various political campaignsincluding those of Councilwoman Tasco, State Rep. Stephen Kinsey,District Attorney Seth Williams and State Rep. Cherelle Parker.1990SJAMES WELLONS ’90has leftTemple University Health SystemsOffice of Counsel after 14 years toassume the position of generalcounsel of Bancroft, a nonprofitprovider for individuals with autism,other intellectual or developmentaldisabilities and those in need ofneurological rehabilitation.RANDY MANILOFF ’91interviewedRobert F. Kennedy Jr., former U.S.Attorney General Alberto Gonzalesand best selling authors JohnGrisham, Nelson DeMille and BradMeltzer for Maniloff’s CoverageOpinionsnewsletter. DAMICO STUDIOA special thanks toSusanna Lachs ’78 Founder's Club for a pledge of $50,000Abe ’74 and Sherri E. Reich ’74 President's Council for a pledge of $25,000Temple Law School isdeeply appreciative of thelongtime, generoussupport of these alumni.The contributions of thesetwo committed friends of the law school weremistakenlyomitted fromthe November 2015Development Issue ofTemple Esq. Josh Kahane ’04 competes in Maccabi Games6 • TEMPLE ESQ. SPRING 2016Our 37,000 sq. ft. distillery is set on100 acres of active farmland in theheart of the ‘Bourbon Capital of theWorld’, Bardstown, Kentucky.”2000SJOSEPH A. MALFITANO ’00announced the formation ofMalfitano Partners, a New YorkCity-based acquisition anddisposition boutique firm. Malfitanowas previously an executive vicepresident with Hilco Global and anattorney with Young ConawayStargatt & Taylor.FOYE SMITH ’00has been sworn inas a probate judge in Hartford, CT,the first African American inConnecticut to hold that position.Smith previously worked for thestate judicial branch in the courtsupport services division. PAUL C. VARKI ’00has joined EgaletCorporation, a pharmaceuticalcompany, as senior vice presidentand general counsel after leavingthe position of assistant generalcounsel at GlaxoSmithKline. MICHAEL WADDINGTON ’00recentlypublished a book, The Art of TrialWarfare: Winning at Trial Using SunTzu’s The Art of War.Waddingtonpractices law at Gonzalez &Waddington in San Juan, PR.ANZA D’ANTONIO ’01is co-author of“Complying with TransparencyRequirements in Procurement andAvoiding Legal Pitfalls,” an articlethat appeared in Docket,apublications of the Association ofCorporate Counsel.Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin &Schiller has elected JACQUELINEDUNGEE ’01of counsel. She willpractice in the firm’s Philadelphiaoffice.JUSTIN W. GRAY ’01of Guilderlandwas recently named a partner ofthe Albany, NY firm of Maynard,O’Connor, Smith & Catalinotto.COLLEEN BANNON ’96,shareholderand director of legal informationresources at Marshall Dennehey,has been appointed a vice-chair ofthe Philadelphia Bar Association’sfederal courts committee. CHRISTINA D. FRANGIOSA ’97is theauthor of “Plaintiff’s Damages”, achapter in the American BarAssociation’s section of intellectualproperty law’s TrademarkInfringement Remedies (2015).Frangiosa is an attorney with theHuntingdon Valley, PA firm,Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg &Torchia, where she concentratesher practice on intellectual propertyand technology law.JULIE KINKOPF ’97has joined thePhiladelphia office of WeberGallagher as a partner in the firm’semployment group. Kinkopf comesto Weber Gallagher from her ownfirm in Bala Cynwyd, PA.In July 2015, MARIAM KOOHDARY’99was named deputy generalcounsel for litigation andinvestigations for AstraZeneca,where she has worked in a varietyof positions for more than 10 years.ROB LAURENZI ’99has been named partner at the New YorkCity-based firm, Kaye Scholer,where he focuses on patentlitigation and IPR/CBM PTABproceedings involving computer,software, internet andtelecommunications technologies.DAVID MANDELL ’99,president andCEO of The Bardstown BourbonCompany, has announced a newventure: “We are building a NapaValley style destination experienceon the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky.HON. RICHARD A. PLATEL ’92recently retired from the State BarCourt of California and has beenappointed the chief disciplinarycounsel to the disciplinary board ofthe Hawaii Supreme Court.THOMAS D. RUTLEDGE ’95wasrecently elected to serve on theboard of directors for the ConsumerAttorneys of San Diego, CA.Rutledge is in private practice inSan Diego, where he representsclients in employment law, familylaw, personal injury, and landlord-tenant matters.Hon. Sheila Woods-Skipper ’83 named ‘Distinguished Jurist’DECEMBER 8, 2015The Philadelphia Bar Association honored the HONORABLESHEILA WOODS-SKIPPER ’83,President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, withthe 2015 Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Distinguished Jurist Award at theannual luncheon meeting. Judge Woods-Skipper served as a Supervising Judge of the Criminal TrialDivision, and her assistance was instrumental in the creation of the FirstJudicial District Mental Health Court over which she presides. She wasunanimously elected by her colleagues to serve as President Judge of the Courtof Common Pleas in 2013.Also honored at the luncheon were A. HAROLD DATZ ’72, and DAVID RICHMAN,who is a member of the adjunct faculty and chair of the board of thePennsylvania Innocence Project at Beasley School of Law. Datz and Richman received the PNCAchievement Award.In October 2015, Klehr HarrisonHarvey Branzburg announced thatGAETANO PICCIRILLI ’01joined thefirm as a partner in the litigationdepartment. He was formerly apartner at Dilworth Paxson.In February 2016, TODD N. BARNES ’02was sworn-in as anassistant district attorney in theappellate division of theMontgomery County, PA DistrictAttorney’s Office. Barnes had beenworking as a special assistantattorney for the past year, andpreviously was a staff attorney forJustices Ronald Castille andThomas Saylor of the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania.JOSEPH F. KAMPHERSTEIN III ’02joined Weber Gallagher as partnerin the firm’s family law group basedin Norristown, PA. In December 2015, ADAM TAYLOR ’02 of Disability LawAdvocates Group was elected to the board of governors of thePhiladelphia Bar Association. DENNIS J. BUTLER ’03has beennamed a partner of thePhiladelphia intellectual propertyfirm, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel. PETE CATALANOTTI ’03spoke at aprogram entitled “Destination LawSchool,” sponsored by the SanFrancisco Bar Association. Hewrites, “[The panel] brings togetherminority practicing attorneys tospeak to minority undergraduatesabout applying for law school andpracticing as a lawyer.” Catalanottiis a partner in the San Franciscooffice of Manning & Kass, where he specializes in professionalindemnity insurance defense andemployment law. The Blue Bell, PA firm of WislerPearlstine announced that RHONDAK. GRUBBS ’03has been electedpartner in the firm. Grubbs is alabor and employment attorney anda member of the firm’s educationlaw group. LINDA A. KERNS, LLM IN TAXATION ’03,received the MaryTierney Service Award at the UnitedRepublican Club ’s anniversarycelebration. Scott Williams ’98honored for heroismIn 2014, SCOTT WILLIAMS ’98was electedState’s Attorney of Washington County, VT.In 2015, he received the Veterans ofForeign Wars Life Saving Award for Valorand was nominated for a Carnegie HeroMedal in honor of his courageous role indisarming a serial murderer who enteredWilliams’ workplace on a killing spree. JodiHerring had murdered three female relativesbefore she entered the state offices and killed a state worker. At thatpoint, Williams—a former Philadelphia public defender who served eightyears in the Navy—intervened and stopped her from killing others. DECEMBER 2015JOSH KAHANE ’04wasselected to play on the Masters Nationalbasketball team which represented the U.S.in the 13th Pan American Maccabi Games inDecember 2015 and January 2016 inSantiago, Chile. Kahane is a litigation partnerwith Glankler Brown in Memphis, TN, wherehe serves on the boards of several localJewish organizations and agencies. He isalso the founder and director of the CooperYeshiva High School National InvitationalBasketball Tournament.SEND US YOUR NEWS!TEMPLE ESQ.welcomes news and photosof our alumni/ae. Please include: Name,class, degree, and a way to reach you if we need to confirm information.Email: janet.goldwater@temple.eduSend to: Janet Goldwater, Temple Esq.Temple University Beasley School of Law1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19122JENNIFER J. RILEY ’09was invited tospeak at the Young Women Rising:Igniting Our Voices Symposium,sponsored by the Souderton AreaSchool District. The Law Offices ofJennifer J. Riley are located in BlueBell and Wayne, PA. MIKE SIRKIN ’09 was promoted tothe partnership of Ross Aronstam &Moritz, a corporate litigation firm inWilmington, DE. 2010SIn January 2016, DANIEL E.OBERDICK JR. ’10left Fowler HirtzelMcNulty & Spaulding to join BlankRome as an associate in thelitigation department. He is basedin the Philadelphia office. CHARLES STARNES ’11has joinedWeber Gallagher as an associate inthe employment and civil rights andmunicipal liability practice groupsof the Philadelphia office. PAUL APICELLA ’12has beennamed Penn State’s Title IXcoordinator. Apicella joins PennState from Drexel University, wherehe was deputy Title IX coordinatorfor students and Title IX compliancespecialist since 2014. In November 2015, TODDEISENBERG, LLM IN TRIALADVOCACY ’12,was elected judgefor the Montgomery County Court ofCommon Pleas. Eisenberg was leadclaims counsel for Peco EnergyCompany. Prior to that position, hewas solicitor for several townshipsand boroughs, operated his ownlaw practice and was a staffattorney for the Philadelphia PublicDefender’s Office.BARNABY GRZASLEWICZ ’14recently joined the commercial lawcounseling group of Morris,Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell inWilmington, DE. Prior to joiningMorris Nichols, he was a law clerkto Hon. Robert B. Young of theSuperior Court of Delaware. The Blue Bell, PA firm, WislerPearlstine, announced that EDWARDA. DIASIO ’15has joined the firm asan associate in the education lawpractice group.Reger Rizzo & Darnall announcedthat ANDREW T. DOMZALSKI ’15hasjoined the corporate and businessservices group of the firm'sPhiladelphia office.NICOLE GILL ’15has joined StradleyRonon as an associate in itsPhiladelphia office. She focuses herpractice on complex civil litigation,representing corporate andinstitutional clients in a wide varietyof business litigation matters.The Philadelphia labor,employment, and workers’compensation law firm Willig,Williams & Davidson has hiredDANIELLE NEWSOME ’15.Previously,Newsome was an intern for theSheller Center for Social Justice atTemple Law School. CAITLIN RICE ’15is one of threenew assistant district attorneysadded to the staff of the ChesterCounty, PA District Attorney ’sOffice, filling vacancies created byrecent departures from the office.Rice is a former intern with theU.S. Attorney’s Office and thecounty DA’s Office.EDWARD LEVINE ’06was electedmagisterial district judge inMontgomery County, PA inNovember 2015. Stradley Ronon announced thatMARISSA PARKER ’07has beenelected to partnership in the firm’sPhiladelphia office.CHENG I. TO ’07has been named of counsel at Rawle & Henderson.She is resident in the firm’sPhiladelphia office, where sheconcentrates her practice on thedefense of commercial motorvehicle companies, casualty andpremises liability matters, workers’compensation litigation andemployment law matters.TINE HANSEN-TURTON ’07wasrecently promoted to chiefoperating officer at Public HealthManagement Corporation. Inaddition, Hansen-Turton provideschief executive management and leadership, policy andadministrative support for NationalNursing Centers Consortium andConvenient Care Association.In June 2015, JORDAN TINSLEY ’08was named Outstanding Lawyer-Citizen by the Arkansas BarAssociation and Arkansas BarFoundation. Tinsley practicescriminal defense law with Tinsley & Youngdahl in Little Rock, AR.Tinsley chairs the mock trialcommittee of the Arkansas BarAssociation and helps run thestate’s high school mock trialcompetition, in which he competedwhile in high school. He also serveson the Criminal Justice Act panelfor the Eastern District of Arkansas,takes appointments from theArkansas Public DefenderCommission, and is a member ofthe board of directors of theArkansas Association of CriminalDefense Lawyers.In February 2016, LESLIE A.MARIOTTI ’09was named a co-chair of the Philadelphia BarAssociation’s federal courtscommittee. Mariotti is a member ofthe employment and labor practicegroup in the Pittsburgh firm ofPietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspantiin.TEMPLE ESQ.is published by the Temple University Beasley School of Law for alumniand friends. JoAnne A. Epps, DeanPublications Director: Janet Goldwater, Art Director: Gene Gilroy, Photography:Joseph Labolito, Kelly & Massa, Ryan Brandenberg, Janet Goldwater. Send letters and comments to: Janet Goldwater, Temple Esq.,Temple UniversityJames 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 or215.204.11877 • TEMPLE ESQ. SPRING 2016TERESA M. RODRIGUEZ ’04wasrecently appointed chair of thePhiladelphia Bar Association’sJustice Sotomayor Diversity AwardCommittee for 2016. Rodriguez isassistant chief counsel to thePhiladelphia regional office of thePA Human Relations Commission.DONTE MILLS ’05was profiled in theNovember 2015 issue of BlackEnterprisemagazine. Mills is apersonal injury lawyer at Mills &Edwards, which has offices inPhiladelphia and New York City. Stradley Ronon announced thatRANDI J. RABINOWITZ ’05has beenelected to the firm’s partnership.She practices in the firm’sWashington, DC office.JERROLD SULCOVE ’04presented alive webinar entitled “SocialSecurity Bootcamp: DisabilityBenefits from Application toAppeal” sponsored by the FederalBar Association. Sulcove is apartner at the Law Office of Blackand Davison in Chambersburg, PA. Blank Rome announced thatSTEPHANIE C. CHOMENTOWSKI ’06was elected partner at Blank Rome in Philadelphia, where shefocuses her practice on commerciallitigation, business and intellectualproperty disputes, and white collar criminal defense and is anauthor for the firm’s blog,TaxControversy Watch. Pepper Hamilton announced thatJOHN P. FALCO ’06and WILLIAM M.TAYLOR ’06have been elected topartnership. Falco is a member ofthe financial services practicegroup in the Philadelphia office.Taylor is a member of thecommercial litigation practice groupin the firm’s Boston office. In January 2016, TERRI GILLESPIE’06was named partner at the Philadelphia firm of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell &Hippel. Gillespie focuses onemployment law.Policy Surveillance Summer InstituteJune 9-10, 2016, Temple UniversityTHE POLICY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM’S 2016 SUMMER INSTITUTEwill teach policy surveillance and legal mapping techniquesduring a two-day intensive training. Participants will learn theentire process from conceptualizing a dataset through web-deployment tools for visualizing policy over jurisdictions andtime. The training will provide both didactic and hands-on labtraining with software tools.Training topics include:•The elements of policy surveillance and other forms of legal mapping•The steps needed to efficiently track laws and policies as they are enacted and change using software tools •Application of policy tracking to create an empirical legal dataset•Analysis of the legal dataset with basic descriptive statistics for a cross-sectional policy dataset using SPSSTHE POLICY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMis a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, administered at theCenter for Health Law, Policy and Practice at Temple UniversityBeasley School of Law.For more information or to register, contactkevin.lydon@temple.edu.Galfand Berger associate, BRADSMITH ’15,won first place in TheCollege of Workers’ Compensation2015 writing competition for hisarticle, “Holding a Square Peg andChoosing Between Two RoundHoles: The Challenge Workers’Compensation Law Faces with Uberand the Sharing Economy.” IN MEMORIAMHoward Paul Kester ’58Joseph H. Kenney ’59Thomas J. Maloney ’64Edwin J. Berkowitz ’61Thomas Lennox ’67Joseph A. Coffey ’69Michael J. Bolechowski ’74Sean Hart ’98 David M. Sensenig ’98Adam Rifkind ’03Non-profit Org.U.S. Postage PAIDPhiladelphia, PAPermit No. 1044Temple UniversityJames E. Beasley School of Law1719 North Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19122TEMPLEVisit our website: www.law.temple.educalendar of eventsDECEMBER 16, 2015CHI-SER TRAN ’16, a Rubin-PresserSocial Justice Fellow at Temple Law, was honored by the public interest section of the Philadelphia BarAssociation at its annual awards ceremony. Tran receivedthe Law Student Award, which recognizes commitmentto public service, for her work serving immigrant andlimited English proficient workers and communities. Born to Cambodian refugees who escaped from theKhmer Rouge, Tran took on responsibility for helping herparents navigate countless legal and financial issuesfrom a young age. Prior to law school, Tran was thevoting rights organizer at the Asian American LegalDefense and Education Fund, where she coordinated themultilingual election protection project.During law school, Tran spent a summer as a PeggyBrowning Fellow with the employment unit at CommunityLegal Services and with the Office of the Solicitor for theU.S. Department of Labor. She has completed a clinicalwith the Sheller Center for Social Justice, where shecontributed to advocacy projects with Asian AmericansUnited and the Pennsylvania Immigration andCitizenship Coalition. In addition to being a Rubin-Presser Social Justice Fellow, Tran received a MarutaniFellowship from the Asian Pacific American BarAssociation of Pennsylvania.Tran is currently an intern at Nationalities ServiceCenter, and—in her spare time—led Temple studentparticipation in the 2015 Philadelphia Pro BonoCitizenship Day. She hopes to pursue a public interestlaw career.Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 11:45amEDWARD J. ROSS LECTURE presented by Marina Kats ’88Duane Morris LLP Moot Courtroom, Klein Hall Friday, March 25, 2016, 8:30am–12:30pmBETWEEN BORDERS REFUGEESIMULATION with Professor Jaya Ramji-NogalesNational Constitution Center, 525 Arch St.sponsored by the Temple Law & Public Policy Programwww7.law.temple.edu/events/between-borders-a-refugee-simulation-experience/Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at noonHON. CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN LECTURESlavery and Executive Power: The Haitian Revolution and American Constitutionalismpresented by Professor Robert J. Reinstein Duane Morris LLP Moot Courtroom, Klein Hall Thursday, April 7, 2016 Eric Holder presents CURRENT TRENDS IN COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT, CLE www7.law.temple.edu/events/2016-current-trends-in-compliance-and-enforcement/ Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 5:30–7:30pmBLSA NETWORKING & ALUMNI RECEPTIONHonoring Joe Tucker Jr. ’89Shusterman HallHon. Arlin M. Adams 1921~2015DECEMBER 22, 2015Arlin M. Adams, a longtime friendand supporter of Temple University and the BeasleySchool of Law, died at home in Elkins Park, PA at the ageof 94. A former judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for theThird Circuit, Judge Adams was a leading figure in thePhiladelphia legal community for much of his life and wasshort-listed by three presidents for a seat on the U.S.Supreme Court. Adams earned his undergraduate degree from TempleUniversity and his law degree from the University ofPennsylvania, where he was editor-in-chief of the lawreview. He joined Schnader Harrison in 1947, then servedas Pennsylvania Governor Williiam Scranton’s secretary ofpublic welfare before joining the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe Third Circuit from 1969 to 1987. Until January 2012,he was of counsel to Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis. At Temple University, Adams served on the President’sAdvisory Council. As a longtime friend and supporter of Temple Law, Adams and his wife established the Arlinand Neysa Adams Lecture, to support lectures inconstitutional law. Judge Adams is survived by his wife of 73 years,Neysa; daughters Carol Kirshner, Judith, and Jane; fourgrandchildren; and one great-grandchild.Judge Arlin Adams, with wife Neysa, at the 2015 Adams Lecture. Student Takes Public Interest AwardTemple Law Alumni AssociationSaturday, May 7, 2016Alumni Weekend CLE: Citizenship andImmigration Law in the 2016 presidentialcampaignwith Professor Jan TingLuncheon to followChi-Ser Tran ’16Next >