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CLASS ACTIONSMagee ’89Proctor ’94DeFazio ’00Parker ’93Enders ’98On Jan. 3, Hon. Leslie Dutchcot, L’00,was sworn in to her second termas Magisterial District Judge. StacyParks Miller, L’94, was sworn in to hersecond term as Centre County DistrictAttorney. Hon. Bradley P. Lunsford,L’89, is pictured in the center.Bridgette C. Roman, general counsel,Community Choice Financial, Dublin, Ohio,was honored by the Ohio Cancer ResearchAssociates at its 25th anniversary CapitalValentine Party.Francis J. Scott was elected to the BaldwinBorough Council. Scott was a member of theBaldwin Council in the early 1990s.1989Tina C. Flowers was honored with a 2014BusinessWomen First Award by the PittsburghBusiness Times.Babette Magee accepted a position withDinsmore & Shohl in the litigation departmentfocusing on torts and environmental issues.1990Carol S. Hesz was honored with the SusanB. Anthony Award by the Women’s BarAssociation of Western Pennsylvania,celebrating the 25th anniversary of the award.1991John Levitske, managing director, Duff &Phelps, Chicago, Ill., has been elected asnational president of the Forensic ExpertWitness Association.Kelley G. Owen has been named president ofthe board of directors of Hearth, a nonprofitthat provides a progression of supportiveservices and housing that empowers familiesto become independent, self-sufficient andadequately housed.1992Hon. Michael J. Lucas was elected to judgeof the Washington County Court ofCommon Pleas.Paul J. Malak was recently named the 2013Texas General Counsel of the Year – SmallLegal Department by The General CounselForum at its annual Magna Stella awards eventin San Antonio, Texas. Malak is secretary,general counsel and chief audit executive ofMitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift, headquarteredin Houston, Texas.1993Jackie Atherton Bernard was the recipientof the 2014 Vision of Hope Award from thePennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Theaward is given annually to a Pennsylvanianin recognition of a sustained commitment toprotecting children against sexual abuse andexploitation.Debbie M. Lestitian was appointed chiefadministration officer for the City ofPittsburgh – Office of the Mayor, Bill Peduto.Tina O. Miller has been selected to serveas the designee for the Third Circuit to thePractitioner’s Advisory Group to the UnitedStates Sentencing Commission.Brian K. Parker was honored on the PowerList 2014, one of the Nation’s Most InfluentialMinority Attorneys by Lawyers of Color.1994Patrick J. Guinee accepted a position withthe L.B. Foster Company as vice president,general counsel and corporate secretary.D’Angela C. Proctor has been named tolead TV One’s original production team assenior vice president of programming andproduction.1995Dennis R. Very joined Dinsmore & Shohl asa partner in the firm’s corporate departmentand shale group.1996Hon. Jeffery A. Deller was appointed chiefjudge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, WesternDistrict of Pennsylvania.1997Kevin L. Colosimo was honored with theSusan B. Anthony award by the Women’sBar Association of Western Pennsylvania,celebrating the 25th anniversary of the award.1998Kelly L. Enders was promoted to partner atCaroselli, Beachler, McTiernan & Conboy.1999Christian D. Bareford joined the Law Officesof Ira Weiss, now Weiss Burkhardt Kramer,LLC, as an associate from his position asassistant county solicitor for the AlleghenyCounty Law Department.2000Hon. Megan Bilik DeFazio was elected to theWestmoreland County Court of CommonPleas and was sworn in on Dec. 31, 2013.Michael Dutkovich joined Kennedy, PC LawOffices in the Canonsburg office.Joyce Novotny-Prettiman was recentlyadmitted to the Westmoreland CountyAcademy of Trial Lawyers.24 THE DUQUESNE LAWYER
Amanda H. Sargent was promoted tomember at Burns White LLC.Ryan R. Smith opened his own lawfirm, Ryan R. Smith Law Offices, inPittsburgh, Pa.2001Paul Didomenico was promoted tocounsel at Reed Smith LLP in thePittsburgh office.Julian E. Neiser joined Cook & Associates,focusing on commercial litigation,business formation, construction litigationand immigration law.Alka Patel was honored with a 2014BusinessWomen First Award by thePittsburgh Business Times.Frank P. Tomasello joined the GriffithInsurance Education Foundation asprogram director.Aubrey H. Glover accepted a position withBrenlove & Fuller, LLC as of counsel, inBridgeville, Pa.Gail Balph Gordon was honored with the2014 Carol Murphy Award by the Women’sPolitical Caucus of New Jersey.Amy E. McCall was named general counselof Point Park University.Rachel L. Smydo accepted a positionas senior counsel with PNC FinancialServices Group, Pittsburgh, Pa.2004Renee V. Anderson was elected ashareholder in Tucker Arensberg andleads the firm’s oil and gas industry group,which has seen significant growth duringher tenure at the firm.Bryan C. Brantley was promoted topartner at McGuireWoods LLP.Cardone ’03McCall ’03Cochran ’03Anderson ’042002Peter D. Giglione joined The MassaLaw Group.Sharon Z. Hall was elected secretary to theboard of Zimmer Kunz PLLC for 2014.Meghan Jones-Rolla was elected to serveon the Peters Township Council and waspromoted to vice president, corporatecounsel at ServiceLink.Matthew D. Racunas has been named amember of McGrail & Racunas, LLC.Michael A. Rynn was promoted to seniorcounsel at FedEx Ground.2003David D. Cardone has been named ashareholder of the San Diego, Calif., firmButz Dunn & DeSantis.Melissa Devich Cochran was elected ashareholder in Marshall Dennehey WarnerColeman & Goggin.Cara C. Davis was honored by theNational Association of ProfessionalWomen as 2013/2014 Woman of the Yearfor leadership in law.William T. Fahey III was promoted topartner at Burleson LLP.Kelton M. Burgess was hired as anassociate at Bremer Whyte Brown &O’Meara in the general liability andcomplex litigation group.Mary M. Marks joined Baker Donelson’sWashington, D.C., office as an associateand member of the firm’s global businessgroup.Bonnie E. Pattison transferred from PNCWealth Management in Scranton, Pa., toOrlando, Fla., where she is vice presidentand senior trust adviser for the centralFlorida market.Julie Thiers Potts joined MacElree Harvey,Ltd. as an associate in the firm’s family lawdepartment.2005Elliott J. Ehrenreich has been elected ashareholder of Knox McLaughlin Gornall& Sennett, P.C.Ryan O. Hemminger was elected topartner of Leech Tishman.Robert Max Junker joined Babst Callandas an associate in the public sector servicesgroup, counseling and representing thefirm’s municipal clients. Junker is currentlythe solicitor for the boroughs of FranklinPark, Pa., and Bell Acres, Pa.Potts ’04Hemminger ’05Ehrenreich ’05Junker ’05Daniel W. Kunz was recently named vicechair of the board of directors of VincentianCharitable Foundation.Erin McLaughlin has been promoted tocounsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.Tyra M. Oliver was elected as vice-chairof the Homer S. Brown Division of theAllegheny County Bar Association.P. Chad Schneider was promoted to firstdistrict attorney of Washington County.SUMMER 2014 25
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