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ALUMNI NewsWorking?” The session was part of alarger conference about intellectualproperty in the Americas and was cosponsoredby the Intellectual PropertyOwners Association.Michael J. Missal was the courtapprovedexaminer and author of thefinal report in the bankruptcy proceedingsof subprime loan specialist NewCentury Financial Corp, one of thenation’s largest lenders. Missal, a partnerat Kirkpatrick & Lockhart PrestonGates Ellis LLP, was appointed by theJustice Department in 2007 to begin aneight-month investigation into NewCentury’s accounting and financialreporting practices, loan originationoperations, audit committee and internalaudit department, and system of internalcontrols. The final report also identifiedpossible causes of action that may beavailable to the New Century estates. Aformer senior counsel for the SEC’sDivision of Enforcement, Missal has alsoserved as lead counsel to the examiner inthe WorldCom bankruptcy proceedings.1983The Honorable Sean Connelly wasamong three new judges appointed tothe Colorado Court of Appeals by Gov.Bill Ritter in May 2008. Connelly was apartner at Reilly, Pozner & Connelly,where he has been a civil and criminallitigator since 1994. He worked in privatepractice from 1984 to 1990, and as ajudicial law clerk to the U.S. Court ofAppeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1983to 1984. He is involved in numerouscommunity organizations and hasreceived many awards, includingIndividual of the Year from the ColoradoLawyers Committee in 2007 and theAttorney General’s Award forExceptional Service in 1998.Robert Corn-Revere was the subjectof a profile in Washington D.C. SuperLawyers 2008 for his 2003 posthumouspardon of the late comedian LennyBruce for obscenity charges in NewYork State.Mary Ann Snow has joined the U.S.Attorney’s Office for the District ofColumbia as an assistant U.S. attorney.She was previously with the JusticeDepartment’s Office of InternationalAffairs, where she was trial attorney.Snow has been assigned to the specialproceedings division.1984John S. Brunette was appointed as thenew chief legal and administrative officerfor Bethesda, Md.–based IridiumSatellite. Brunette oversees all ofIridium’s legal and administrative affairs.Working closely with the board of directorsand its committees, he serves as akey member of the executive leadershipteam, and provides a broad-based businessand legal perspective on a widerange of strategic, tactical, operationaland administrative matters, includingcorporate law, securities, tax law andfinance matters, intellectual property,regulatory compliance, internationaloperations, insurance, advertising, litigation,governmental affairs, humanresources and capital programs.Robert C. Sexton is general counsel,international, for Amgen, one of theleading biotech companies and aFortune 100 company. Sexton lives inZurich, Switzerland, with his wife, Yesimand their 7-year-old son, Benjamin.Wayne R. Walker has been appointedto serve as an independent director onthe board of directors for the RooGroup, a New York City-based adviserto businesses that desire to leverage theirdigital media assets. Walker is the managingpartner of Philadelphia-basedWalker Nell Associates. He has morethan 20 years of experience in corporatelaw and corporate restructuring. Prior toestablishing Walker Nell, Walker wasthe principal of Parente Randolph,LLC, an accounting and consulting firmin Philadelphia. He previously served assenior counsel of DuPont Corporationand as former chairman of global charityfor Habitat for Humanity.1985William J. Andrle Jr. is vice presidentof wireless alliances and spectrum strategyat Northrop Grumman InformationTechnology in Chantilly, Va.Clayton Mansfield was the recipient of2008 Outstanding Achievement Awardfrom Commissioner of Internal RevenueService for contribution to its LMSBForeign Resident Compliance Project.Richard A. O’Connor was named toConnecticut Super Lawyers in 2008 and2007. Published in all 50 states, SuperLawyers magazine names attorneys ineach state who received the highestpoint totals as chosen by their peers.O’Connor is a co-founder of Sachner &O’Connor of Middlebury, Conn. Hewas recognized for his work in medicalmalpractice defense. O’Connor was alsorecognized by Super Lawyers magazine in2004–2006 in the New York and NewEngland districts. He and his wife, Beth,are the parents of three children.Gregory F. Ugalde is president of theT&M Building Company and alsoserves as a representative in theConnecticut legislature. His oldestdaughter, Kathleen, is slated to graduatefrom Fairfield University in 2009.1986Richard C. DesLauriers has beenappointed to the position of deputyassistant director of the counterintelligencedivision for the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation where he is responsible forall counterintelligence operations conductedby the FBI. DesLauriers isstationed at the bureau’s headquarters inWashington, D.C.Patrice Genco Nichas and her husband,Peter, are the parents of two children,both currently attending college.1987Charles W. Gittins received his UnitedStates Parachute Association “A” skydivinglicense in February 2008. The “A”license is the basic skydiving license. In46CUALAWYER /Spring–Summer 2008