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ALUMNI News2003Gary W. Desper was appointed inFebruary 2008 by Maryland AttorneyGeneral Douglas F. Gansler as an assistantattorney general. Desper provideslegal counsel and representation in theareas of real estate, personnel and procurementlaw to the MarylandDepartment of Housing and CommunityDevelopment in Crownsville, Md.Desper and his wife, Chantal, are pleasedto announce the birth of their secondchild, Garrison Kent Desper, born July24, 2007, in Columbia, Md. Big sisterSylvia, age 4, happily welcomed thearrival of her little brother.Conrad J. DeWitte has joined the civildivision of the United States JusticeDepartment as a trial attorney in the intellectualproperty section. Previously, hewas an associate in the Washington, D.C.,office of Baker & Hostetler, LLP and specializedin intellectual property law.Meryle Freiberg Dunlap and TedDunlap are the proud parents of KaylieIsabel Dunlap, who was born on St.Patrick’s Day, 2008. Meryle continues towork at the law firm of McNamee Hoseaas a litigation associate.Jennifer A. Jackson and William JosephMiller were married in a private ceremonyin Myrtle Beach, S.C., on May 3, 2008.Steven E. Kaplan was hired as a lateralassociate by Washington, D.C.–basedLittler Mendelson, P.C., in June 2007.Jared N. Leland is an attorney with thePittsburgh, PA office of Keevican WeissBauerle & Hirsch LLC, where he practiceswithin the corporate practice groupand is the founder and chair of its entertainmentlaw practice group.Grayson and Chiarra-May Strattonhave recently welcomed their secondchild, Mac. Their daughter, Jorja, isapproaching her 2nd birthday. Gray alsorecently left the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission’s division ofenforcement to join the litigation groupat DLA Piper LLP in Washington, D.C.Devin M. Swaney has joined the NewYork City office of Winston & StrawnLLP as a capital markets attorney.Swaney is a certificate graduate of CUA’sSecurities Law Program and began hiscareer with the National Association ofSecurities Dealers.Thomas Vecchio has been namedamong the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars”as voted by his peers and facilitated byLaw & Politics and Philadelphia magazine.Vecchio is an associate with thePhiladelphia firm of Dilworth Paxsonand concentrates his practice on complexcivil litigation, First Amendmentissues and insurance coverage disputes.Mark P. Williams has accepted a positionas a professional legal volunteerwith the Parque Nacional Galapagos,working in the development andenforcement of fishery and tourism lawsaimed at conservation of the GalapagosIslands of Ecuador. His wife, Rebecca, isa serving as a development manager forthe Fundacion de Charles Darwin.2004Lisa Lee Boemmel married her husband,Chris, on Nov. 21, 2007, in Las Vegas.Boemmel works in the assistant attorneygeneral’s office for the state of Florida.Timothy P. Kilgore has joined Jackson& Campbell’s Washington office as anassociate in the firm’s insurance coveragepractice group. Before joining the firm,Kilgore was an associate at Ecclestonand Wolf in the firm’s D.C. office.Brenna Steinert Lenchak and her husband,Emil Lenchak, celebrated thebirth of their daughter, Charlize Emma,on March 26, 2008.Carolyn M. Marowas named to the2007 “Rising Stars”list, compiled byPhiladelphia magazineand Law & PoliticsMedia. The “RisingStars” list was publishedin December2007, in conjunction with the release ofthe annual “Super Lawyers” issue of themagazine. Maro is an attorney withCurtin & Heefner LLP, one of BucksCounty’s oldest law firms.Petula Alston Metzler was elected to afour-year term on the board of directorsof the Prince William County, Va., BarAssociation in January 2008.Sheila M. Power is currently a realtorwith Coldwell Banker, working in partnershipwith her husband, LarryChartienitz.Cory L. Zajdel is an associate with theTowson, Md., firm of Quinn, Gordon &Wolff, Chtd., where he representsconsumers in class action litigation infederal district and appellate courtsacross the country, as well as in Marylandstate court. Zajdel co-authored briefs inthree recently published opinions: Healthv. Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Woods v.Stewart Title Insurance Company, andBenway v. Resource Real Estate Services. Healso was co-author of an amicus brief tothe Maryland Court of Appeals whichwas signed by a coalition of civil rightsgroups, that supported the recovery of areasonable attorney fee under a shiftingstatute for appealing an adverse trialcourt proceeding.2005Alicia Ray Cobb and her husband,Gary, welcomed their daughter, RayaLynn, on June 28, 2007. The familyresides in Quantico, Va.Jennifer Langlois Crawford marriedTodd Crawford on May 5, 2007. Thecouple resides in Wynnewood, Pa.Dana R. Davis began as assistant publicdefender with the Maryland Office ofthe Public Defender in Prince GeorgesCounty in of November 2007.Nicole D. DeCostello and Peter C.Cole, 2005, were married on Dec. 1,2007, at The Grand Summit Hotel inSummit, N.J. Other 2005 CUA graduatesin attendance were Jared52CUALAWYER /Spring–Summer 2008