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ALUMNI News1987Sheila R. Caudle recently joined CozenO’Connor’s Houston office as a memberin the insurance department. Prior tojoining the firm, Caudle was a partnerwith Ross, Dixon & Bell in Washington,D.C. A member of the insurance coverageclaims/litigation practice group,Caudle has extensive experience representingclients in coverage litigationinvolving environmental and mass tortmatters, including general liability andproperty coverage. Caudle is a memberof the Defense Research Institute andserves on the editorial board of theInsurance Coverage Law Bulletin.Cherie R. Kiser was featured in theAugust/September issue of WorkingMother magazine in an article which featuredthe “50 Best Law Firms forWomen.” Kiser is a managing partner atMintz Levin in Washington, D.C., andwas one of two CUA law alumnae featuredin the story.1988Michele Masiowski Puiggari is in privatepractice in Missoula, Mont. She andher husband, Marcos, became parents inDecember 2006.Andrew W. Quinn recently acceptedthe position of division counsel atQUALCOMM MEMS Technologies,Inc., a business unit of Qualcomm thatis bringing new flat panel displaytechnologies to the market. Quinn marriedPatrice Harrison in June 2007. Thenew blended family lives in SouthernCalifornia and includes six children,three from each parent: Rob (16), Aidan(15), Sergei (13), Kate (13), Steve (13)and Sara (9).Brian W. Stolarzwas honored withthe John CarrollSociety 2007 ProBono Legal ServiceAward on Sept.30, 2007, at theRed Mass Brunchat the CapitalHilton hotel in downtown Washington,D.C. A securities enforcement andwhite-collar criminal defense attorneywith K & L Gates, Stolarz handles anumber of the firm’s pro bono matters,including representation of a pioneeringnonprofit organization in the District ofColumbia that seeks to revitalize innercityneighborhoods. He also serves onthe firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Theaward was bestowed on Stolarz in recognitionof the high number of case referralshe has accepted from theArchdiocesan Legal Network in thegreater Washington area.Christopher L. White won the inauguralPricewaterhouseCoopers LeadershipAward. He is currently general counselfor AdvaMed.1989Curtis D. Rooney has joinedSmithBucklin as an association executiveserving as the executive director of theHealth Industry Group PurchasingAssociation and the newly formedHealthcare Industry Supply ChainInstitute. He will work out ofSmithBucklin’s Washington, D.C.,office to manage all aspects of the organizations’operations.1990Carol “Jodie” Breecehas joined MiamibasedLewis B.Freeman & Partners,a forensic accountingand consulting firm,as a principal. Breeceis a former chiefassistant statewideprosecutor for the state of Florida. Shehas extensive complex litigation experienceand will assist the firm in providingforensic accounting and consulting servicesincluding expert testimony, assistingcounsel in strategy, trial preparation andinvestigation.Susan A. Turner has joined theWashington, D.C., office ofOber|Kaler. She will represent healthcare providers on regulatory matters,with a particular emphasis on Medicareand Medicaid reimbursement, longtermcare regulatory matters, survey andcertification, and fraud and abuse. Priorto entering law school, she operated herown physician office management consultingpractice, assisting individualphysicians and clinical groups with documentationissues, personnel managementand third-party billing.1991Lisa Giorgini Horning has accepted anew position as corporate counsel in thehealth care division of NavigantConsulting, Inc. She and her husband,Andy, are the parents of Julianna, 9, andBlair David, 6.Steven B. Merolla has been appointedto handle criminal prosecutions in BlockIsland, R.I.Michael J. Ryan Jr. is the executivedirector and senior vice president for theU.S. Chamber of Commerce’s newCenter on Capital Markets andCompetitiveness.1992Nelda Reyna Ackerman marriedRobert W. Ackerman in 2003, and theynow have two children, Nicholas, bornin 2005, and Katharine, born in 2007.Ackerman left the Department of Justicein 2004 after 10 years of service tobecome a stay-at-home mother.Margaret “Peggy” Blake has joinedWinston & Strawn as a partner in thefirm’s corporate group. Blake advisesforeign and domestic clients on securitiesregulations, focusing on assistingglobal custodian banks. Previously, shewas a partner at Baker & McKenzie.Lynne Simoneau Coonan and her husband,Scott, are the proud parents of asecond daughter, Audrey.A.B. Cruz III has been named an executivevice president of the E. W. ScrippsFall–Winter 2007 / C UALAWYER 41