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ALUMNI NewsWhat’s New with Your Fellow Alumni1963Dena C. Feeney is included in the2008 edition of Best Lawyers in America,to be released in December 2007.Feeney is a member of the ColumbusSchool of Law’s Board of Visitors and apartner in Feeney and Kuwamura P.A.of Silver Spring, Md. Best Lawyers compileslists of outstanding attorneys byconducting exhaustive peer-review surveysin which thousands of leadinglawyers confidentially evaluate theirprofessional peers. Its annual referralguide, The Best Lawyers in America,includes 29,575 attorneys in 78 specialties,covering all 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia.1965Henry W. Cummings has decided toclose his solo legal practice and retireafter 20 years as a trial attorney inSt. Louis, Mo. He specialized in intellectualproperty law, and occasionallyhandled contract, civil or criminal cases,often pro bono for the Missouri BarAssociation. Cummings was recognizedwith an award from Legal Services ofEastern Missouri, Inc., for more than 10years of service to the VolunteerLawyers’ Program. He was also granteda patent in 1998 for his own invention,a variable replacement diesel engine.1967Gary W. Brasseur retired in 2003 asdirector of compliance and rules, as wellas an administrative law judge for theMichigan Department of State. Herecently received a certificate for 25 yearsof continuous membership in Mensa.T. David Stapleton was the subject of afeature story in the Syracuse, N.Y., Post-Standard in an article about the developmentof his firm’s elder practice.1971Robert “Bob” Deeny was selected tobe on the list of the Top 100 LaborAttorneys in the U.S. for 2007,compiled by Labor Relations InstituteInc. He was selected from a field of8,600 attorneys based on his active representationof companies in NationalLabor Relations Board elections and asubstantial win rate of the election outcomes,placing him in the top 1 percentof labor attorneys in the country. Deenypractices law with Sherman & Howardin Phoenix.1972Rev. James P. Farmerwas elevated to monsignorand installed aspastor at St. UrsulaParish in Parkville,Md., during the summerof 2007.1973John G. Carberry has joined PrudentialHuntoon Paige, the FHA commercialmortgage loan business of PrudentialMortgage Capital Company, as a principalin the originations unit. Carberry willopen Prudential’s new lending office inBoston and will be responsible forfinancing transactions in the NewEngland region. Prior to joiningPrudential, Carberry was president ofCharles River Mortgage Company, anFHA-approved multifamily mortgagelender he formed in 1984. Carberry is amember of the Columbus School ofLaw’s Board of Visitors.1974Lee DeHihns III will serve as the sectionchair of the ABA’s section ofEnvironment, Energy and Resources.He was elected at the ABA’s annual meetingin San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2007.This section is composed of approximately10,000 ABA members from thepublic and private sectors — includinglaw firms, major companies, government,public interest lawyers and academia— and is the premier forum forlawyers working in areas related to theenvironment, natural resources andenergy. Based in Atlanta, DeHihns is apartner in Alston & Bird’s environmentalland-use group. A former deputy regionaladministrator of the EPA’s Region 4, hehas more than 30 years of experience inenvironmental law.1975Alyce M. Halchak was featured in theAugust/September issue of WorkingMother magazine in an article that featuredthe “50 Best Law Firms forWomen.” Halchak is partner and chair ofthe tax department of Gibbons, Del Deo,Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, P.C., ofNewark, N.J.Hon. Juanita Bing Newton has beenappointed by the governor of New Yorkto the State Commission on SentencingReform. Her appointment wasannounced in April 2007.1976Hon. Carmen H. Alvarez is now a judgein the New Jersey appellate court of theAtlantic/Cape May Criminal Division.William E. Brew is the majority staffdirector for Senate Veterans’ AffairsCommittee.1977Kenneth J. Bossong, director of theNew Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for ClientProtection, was awarded the Isaac HechtAward for Excellence in ClientProtection by the National ClientProtection Organization. The award wasgiven at the ABA national forum onclient protection in Chicago on June 1,2007. The annual award recognizes aperson or an organization whose work inthe field of law client protection is distinguishedby significant achievement inpromoting public trust and confidence inthe administration of justice and theintegrity of the legal profession. Bossongserved as the first chair of the ABA advisorycommission on client security fundsand as chair of the ABA StandingCommittee on Client Protection. He hasco-authored several ABA model rules inthe area of client protection.38CUALAWYER /Fall–Winter 2007
ALUMNI NewsThree CUA Alumnae Honored as Legal PowerhousesCharlene Barshefsky, 1975, Alice S. Fischer, 1992, and Roberta D. Liebenberg,1975, were named to a list of “The 50 Most Influential Women in America,”published by the National Law Journal in its May 2007 issue. The publicationdescribes the 50 lawyers included on the list as women who have “demonstratedthe power to change the legal landscape, shape public affairs” and“launch industries.”Ambassador Barshefsky, a senior partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Haleand Dorr, is best known as the architect and chief negotiator of the deal thatbrought China into the World Trade Organization, opening that country's economyto the world market. Barshefsky served as U.S. trade representative from1997 to 2001.Fisher, appointed to head the criminal division of the U.S. Department ofJustice in 2005, has been at the center of some of the most dramatic legal casesof the Bush administration. She began her career at the DOJ by overseeinginvestigations of corporate boards and terrorist cells as deputy assistant attorneygeneral from 2001 to 2003.Liebenberg is a partner with Fine Kaplan & Black in Philadelphia. She is amember of the ABA's Standing Committee on the Judiciary, which helps vetaspiring federal judges. She lectures and publishes widely on gender bias lawand served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's Committee on Racial andGender Bias in the Justice System.E. Dennis Oakes has joinedCapitalSource Inc. as vice president ofinvestor relations. He will be based inNew York City and will serve as thecompany’s primary investor relationscontact. Oakes joins CapitalSource after14 years at Aetna where he held severalroles of increasing importance, includinghead of investor relations for theFortune 100 company. CapitalSource isa leading commercial lending, investmentand asset management businessfocused on the middle market.Hon. Audrey Wall Scott was appointedadministrative law judge with the SocialSecurity Administration, effectiveOctober 2001. She is based in Memphis,Tenn.1978Eileen J. O’Connor has joinedPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPas a partner in its Washington, D.C.office.1979Robin S. Conrad has been appointedexecutive vice president of the NationalChamber Litigation Center, which is theU.S. Chamber of Commerce’s publicpolicy arm. Conrad joined the center in1983 as environmental counsel and hassince held numerous positions withinthe organization. She has assisted inincreasing the center’s non-labor docket,upping its Supreme Court presence andin managing a growing staff.1980Patrick H. DeLeon addressed graduatesat spring commencement on AlliantInternational University’s San Diegocampus in May 2007.Hon. Jack A. Panella was recently electedto chair of the Judicial Conduct Boardfor the state of Pennsylvania. He is theonly attorney/judge in the state to havebeen elected both chair of the JudicialConduct Board (the investigatory andprosecutorial arm of judicial discipline inPennsylvania) and president judge of theCourt of Judicial Discipline ofPennsylvania.1981Kathleen Hochul Courtney wasappointed as the clerk for Erie County,N.Y., by Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer on April9, 2007.Kathleen H. McGuan returned toReed Smith LLP, rejoining the firm as apartner in its regulatory litigation groupin Washington, D.C.1982Sandra H. Robinsonwas installed asthe first African-American presidentof the Public JusticeFoundation on July17, 2007, at the organization’s26 th AnnualGala held at the FieldMuseum in Chicago. A malpractice attorneyin Washington, D.C., Robinson wasalso recognized with the AmericanAssociation for Justice Women’s CaucusAnnual Award for leadership and mentoringof women lawyers at its annual conventionin Chicago.Valerie J. Stanley is an adjunct professorof animal law with GeorgetownUniversity Law Center and theUniversity of Maryland School of Law.Stanley and her husband, BrookSusman, are the parents of BenjaminAnthony and Kathryn Rebecca.1983Paul M. Gamble was awarded theMeritorious Service Medal for service ascommanding officer of the NavalReserve Fleet Forces Command JAGDetachment 106, Norfolk, Va., inDecember 2006. In May of 2007,Gamble was certified as a general courtmartialjudge after completion of the50 th Military Judges Course at the ArmyJAG School in Charlottesville, Va.Fall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 39
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