< PreviousBETHANY R. NIKITENKO ’07hasbeen named to the editorialboard of Young Lawyer,amonthly supplement toTheLegal Intelligencer.Nikitenko isan attorney with the Philadelphiafirm, McLaughlin & Lauricella,where she practices in the areasof medical malpractice, personalinjury, and sex abuse litigation. 2010SADAM MARLES ’11has beenappointed vice president ofmarketing and institutionaladvancement for PhoebeMinistries. Based in Allentown,PA, Phoebe Ministries provideshealthcare, housing, and support services for senioradults. Before assuming hiscurrent position, Marlespracticed law in the health-carelitigation and risk-managementgroup of Stevens and Lee. Beforepracticing law, he was themanaging director ofdevelopment for the LutheranTheological Seminary in Philadelphia. DIMPLE C. PATEL ’11,anassociate at Dilworth Paxson,was recently made a partner ofthe firm, becoming the youngestpartner in Dilworth’s history.Patel’s practice focuses onrepresenting the interests ofcommercial real estate lendersand loan servicers. TRACEY D. WALDMANN ’11hasjoined Raffaele Puppio, a full-service firm in Delaware County,PA. Waldmann is of counsel inthe school law and governmentservices practice group,concentrating in specialeducation law. Prior to joiningRaffaele Puppio, Waldmannserved an extended term as afederal law clerk in the U.S.District Court for the District ofNew Jersey.JEAN GUERRIER ’13recentlystarted a federal job as afinancial analyst and investigatorin the criminal division of the U.S.Attorney’s Office for the Districtof Columbia. ALEXANDER S. RADUS ’13,of FoxRothschild, has been appointedto the board of directors ofGodfrey Daniels, a nonprofitmusic listening room inBethlehem, PA, which presentstraditional and contemporary folkmusic performances. 18 • Temple eSQ. June 2016Kate Vengraitis ’15 is named ‘emerging leader’Kate Vengraitis ’15 is the recipient of an Emerging LeadersFellowship, awarded by the Stoneleigh Foundation. Vengraitis isone of three young professionals chosen by the foundation as afellow for 2016-2017.After graduation,Vengraitis completeda yearlong clerkshipon the United StatesCourt of Appeals forthe Third Circuit. TheStoneleigh Fellowshipwill support her workat the DefenderAssociation ofPhiladelphia, whereshe collaborates withthat organization’sjuvenile unit and experts at the Education Law Center andthe Disability Rights Network, to strengthen attorneys’ ability toprovide holistic representation and educational advocacy fordependent and delinquent clients with special education needs.As a law student, Vengraitis represented clients through theMedical-Legal Partnership at St. Christopher’s Hospital forChildren, the Mazzoni Center, and the Temple Legal Aid Office.Vengraitis also completed internships at Community LegalServices, Community Legal Aid Society, and the Institute onDisabilities. While in law school, Vengraitis also took leadershippositions in the Student Public Interest Network, Women’s LawCaucus, and Health Law Society, and was the executive editor ofthe Temple Law Review.The Stoneleigh Foundation states that it funds the EmergingLeader Fellowships to support hands-on experience for youngprofessionals interested in addressing the needs of GreaterPhiladelphia’s most vulnerable youth through policy analysis,research, or advocacy. Fellows work collaboratively with a hostorganization to execute projects that simultaneously advance themission of the organization and allow the Fellow to gain new skills.Commencement 2016In MemoriamEdward Wesley Robinson Jr. ’57Edwin J. Berkowitz ’61John C. Hess Jr. ’74Marilyn Talman ’90Steven D’Aguanno ’95In February, STEVE SILVER ’13was a panelist at the Wake Forest School of Law Journal of Business & IntellectualProperty Law’s annualsymposium, where he spokeabout domestic and internationalsports betting laws. In March,Silver spoke on a panel on“College Athletes, the NCAA, andDue Process” at DrexelUniversity’s Department of SportManagement’s College Athletes’Rights and EmpowermentConference. Silver is an associate in the Philadelphiaoffice of McBreen & Kopko.ANDREA PROCTON ’14 has joinedthe Fort Washington, PA-basedfirm, Timoney Knox, as anassociate in the insuranceindustry group, where shefocuses on commercial andinsurance litigation. EDWARD A. DIASIO ’15hasjoined the Blue Bell, PAfirm, Wisler Pearlstine, as anassociate in the education lawpractice group. Temple eSQ. June 2016 • 19Recent grad is named‘law student of theyear’ by National JuristFeBRuaRy 2016Recent graduateEMILY BOCK ’16was named a “LawStudent of the Year” by the NationalJurist,one of only 25 students nationwideto earn the honor. Bock has distinguishedherself as a law student in public interest work. Before entering law school, Bockworked at the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women inPhiladelphia and the employment unit of Community Legal Services (CLS) in Philadelphia. While at CLS, she became involved as a volunteer with arestorative justice project at the maximum security state prison in Graterford, PA, where she continuesto work with incarcerated men designing workshops. In her second year of law school, Bock launchedthe Expungement Project, and recruited 43 of her fellow students to work with mentors at CLS to assistwith expungements of criminal records for minor offenses. At graduation, Bock’s diverse accomplishments were recognized when she was awarded the JacobKossman Award in Criminal Law for the best paper in the field of constitutional rights and privileges ofpersons accused of a crime; the Henry Kent Anderson Human Services Award for contributions in socialjustice; and the Captain Robert Miller Knox Award, awarded to the graduate chosen by the faculty forthe “most outstanding contribution to the law school community. “Bock has accepted a position clerking for a judge in the criminal division of the Superior Court ofNew Jersey for the upcoming year.Emily Bock ’16APRIL 18, 2016The Villanova Wildcats may be the NCAA men’s basketball champs, but it was Temple Law Dean JoAnne A. Epps raising two Vs for victory at half court when Temple defeated Villanova, 50-37, in the fourth annual Deans’ Cup basketball tournament.Professor Ken Jacobsen was emcee for the 2016 tournament, the fourth match-up between Temple and Villanova, and the first time teams from Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School joined the competition. Proceeds from the evening are split among Temple SPIN and the public interestorganizations at the other schools. The Temple Law team was ably coached by ProfessorDon Harris, and comprised of first-year studentsMeredith Manchester, Maggie Borski, A.J. Dean, Duncan Becker, and Raul Mendez; second-year studentsShannon Daniels, A.J. Rudowitz, and Adam Federer;third-year students Joel Michel, Malcolm Ingram, TimMcGurrin, and Ovie Onobrakpeya; and ProfessorsKristen Murray and Jim Shellenberger. Deans’ Cup Returns toNorth Broad Street20 • Temple eSQ. 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