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“The Doctor’s” teaching style is remembered as dramatic, demanding, involving, and very effective.

well as from the mind, with a love forlaw and for his students that would notallow him to expect less than the bestfrom them.”

He noted that “It is impossible tothink of Richard without thinking ofJeannie (Dean of Students JeannetteHausler), his wife.” Foote said the

Hauslers were among the first people hemet when he was introduced to Uni-versity of Miami leaders before


The Honorable Miguel Pinedo Vidal, president of the Senate ofColombia (at right), congratulates Prof. Keith Rosenn after presentinghim with Colombia’s Order of Congress Award. Also shown are adelegate from the Colombian delegation and Associate Dean RichardWilliamson.

For 52 years, Prof. Richard Hausler wasa beloved, and sometimes intimidating,fixture at the University of MiamiSchool of Law, inspiring legions of stu-dents to achieve the highest levels ofexcellence.

His remarkable tenure and highly pro-ductive life came to an end Saturday,March 18, when he suddenly collapsedin the office of his wife, JeannetteHausler, UM Law’s dean of students.

Employing a classroom trial by fireknown as “the Socratic Method,” pro-gressively questioning and probingstudents, Prof. Hausler taught genera-tions of students to appreciate the subtlebeauty of promises and conditions em-bodied in the Uniform CommercialCode, contracts, commercial law, andconflict of laws. His former students fillthe ranks of the nation’s distinguishedjurists and corporate leaders.

Prof. Hausler came to the Universityof Miami School of Law in 1948 to helpestablish a graduate curriculum in taxa-tion. Driven by an urge to bring anethical and moral content to the law,he believed the fields of taxation andestate planning held the most promisefor reform in the post-war world. TheSchool’s graduate program in taxationis now considered to be one of the topsix in the country.

In 1996, in recognition of Prof.Hausler’s contributions, the School ofLaw named its first endowed chair inhis honor.

University of Miami President EdwardT. Foote II, speaking at the March 24funeral mass, described ProfessorHausler as “a gifted, powerful, inspiringteacher who taught from the heart as

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Colombian Senate BestowsOrder of Congress AwardOn Prof. Keith RosennThe Congress of Colombia has be-stowed its Order of Congress award—in the degree of “Caballero”—on theUniversity of Miami School of Law’sProf. Keith S. Rosenn in recognition of“his accomplishments and professionalconduct.”

The Honorable Miguel Pinedo Vidal,president of the Senate of Colombia,presented the award to Rosenn in aceremony at the School of Law Febru-ary 11.

[Editor’s Note: Immediately followinghis visit to Miami, Pinedo Vidal traveled toEurope to join other delegates fromColombia’s government in meeting with agroup of senior members of the Revolution-ary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)to attempt to establish a framework for aplan to end Colombia’s long-running war,which has claimed more than 35,000 livesin the past decade.]

An internationally recognized author-ity on Latin American law, Rosenn isthe author of numerous books, mono-graphs, and law review articles and aprolific lecturer at conferences through-out the Americas. He is especiallywell-known for his books: Law and De-velopment in Latin America, Law andInflation, Foreign Investment in Brazil, APanorama of Brazilian Law, and an an-notated translation of the Brazilianconstitution. His latest new book—Corruption and Political Reform in Brazil:The Significance of the Downfall ofFernando Collor de Mello—which he co-edited with Richard Downs of theUniversity of Miami’s North-SouthCenter, was published in 1999.

He frequently is called upon to pro-vide expert testimony and to serve as aconsultant on Latin American law.

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1980–99 Yearbooks Available The Amicus Curiae office has a limited supply of unclaimed copiesof the Law School’s yearbooks, dating back to 1980.

While they last, any alumnus who never received a complimentarycopy for his or her 3L year can get one by contacting either of theeditor-in-chiefs—Michelle Williams at [email protected], or SanithaNarayan at [email protected]—or by calling the Amicus Curiae office at305-284-1860.

Yearbooks for other years are available at $10 per copy. A limited number ofthe 2000 yearbooks are also available at $45 per copy.

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Dear Friends,

It was 52 years ago that Prof. Rich-ard A. Hausler joined the Universityof Miami Law faculty. He arrived inMiami with a law degree from theUniversity of Minnesota and anLL.M. in taxation from New YorkUniversity. He could have joined alaw firm and received a much highersalary, but instead, he chose to jointhe faculty at our Law School and topursue a career that would make hima legend in his own time.

According to Professor Hausler:“When I came here, the people weredreamers. They did fabulous thingsbecause they dreamed great dreams,the right dreams.” Our many alumniwho had “the Doctor” as a professorwill be forever grateful that he de-cided to be one of the School’s earlydreamers.

At 25 years of age, Richard Hauslerwas both an expert on taxation andan idealist who believed strongly inthe law as a means to achieve just andethical results. He not only held tothat belief throughout his long, pro-ductive career, he instilled it, alongwith a wealth of legal knowledge, inthe legions of UM Law students whotook his classes from 1948 until hisdeath on March 18 this year.

Professor Hausler was still the heartand soul of our Law School at 76 yearsof age. For him the classroom was hisstage. He carefully prepared and cho-reographed every class. He created amystique by quickly memorizing eachstudent’s name and details about theirbackgrounds. He would pace the aislesand sit down between students whilequestioning them. These were just a

Message from the Dean

few of the many techniques he usedto capture and retain the undividedattention of his students. Everyonewas always alert and prepared for Pro-fessor Hausler’s class.

While he constantly employed theSocratic method of teaching, he con-veyed a concern and commitment tothe success of his students. For Pro-fessor Hausler, it was pure joy to hearhis students expressing their ownideas and thinking on their own. Healways sought to do much more in theclassroom than simply convey legalknowledge.

Professor Hausler loved the class-room and his students, and in turn,they cherished him. The 35 “Hausler-ween” skits put on by students, sati-rizing Professor Hausler’s classes, area memorial to the pride his studentsfelt in being in his classroom. Profes-sor Hausler was always the maincharacter in Equity Playhouse. Al-most every alumnus with whom Ispeak has a Hausler story. Many ofthem also describe how he kept intouch with them after graduation.He was always eager for news aboutthe careers of his former students,and he would write them notes ofcongratulations.

These same students gave back toProfessor Hausler and to the Schoolby making it possible for us to estab-lish the Law School’s first endowedchair in his name. As one who was acolleague of Professor Hausler formany years, it makes me proud thatthe School, our graduates, and theSouth Florida legal community estab-lished the Chair while Professor

To the Editor:

Much has been said and writtenabout “the Doctor,” the Universityof Miami School of Law’s legend-ary and classic academic treasure. All who knew him and know of hisaccomplishments will agree thatthere may be little that remainsunsaid about this truly exceptionaland inspirational individual: lawyer,scholar, legal educator, coach.

Part of that which, up to now, hasbeen unwritten is an expression ofheartfelt gratitude and friendship bythose of us who have been fortunateto be a part of our noble teacher’seternal legacy. The time to payhomage is at hand.

If the value of a man is measuredby the quality of his heart, the depthof his soul, and the caliber of hisconscience, then Professor Hauslerfulfilled all criteria. He lived his lifewith tenderness, integrity, dignity,profound benevolence, and as heloved to say, “all that jazz.” He en-couraged his students not only todo justice, but more importantly, todo right. The Doctor was a livingtestament that morality and law canand must coexist. His mission wasto transform legal novices into fu-ture esquires of character andsubstance.

Principle guided his every word,action, and decision. Every day, inhis law school lectures and officemeetings, he reminded many a dis-heartened student that no obstacleis insurmountable and no fear isunconquerable, with God on yourside and the power of love to seeyou through. As for the Doctor’sextraordinary sense of humor, itwas, in his words, “Abbott andCostello all over again.”

Yara ZakhariaClass of 1999

DISTINGUISHED STATESMAN IN RESIDENCE

The Hon. George Mitchell, former majority leader of the U.S. Senateand chairman of a recent series of talks aimed at bringing peace toNorthern Ireland, speaks with students in Prof. Patrick Gudridge’sConstitutional Law class. Mitchell spent April 10 at UM Law, meetingwith students and faculty. He was also at the Law School for threeevents in March of last year, delivering the Cole Lecture (in the JamesL. Knight Center in downtown Miami) and meeting on campus withstudents and the Dean’s Circle.

Hausler was with us to witness theoutpouring of gratitude for his manycontributions to our School’s educa-tional mission. I have also beenproud to see the many recent con-tributions that have been made inhis memory to help establish the Pro-fessor Hausler Endowed Scholarship.The chair and scholarship are fittingmemorials to a man who was a giantamong legal educators.

Of course, in a very real sense, “theDoctor” is still with us, and he al-ways will be. His legacy of personaland professional standards will bewith our School and our alumni for-ever. Through his legend, he remainsthe heart and soul of our School. Wewill miss him dearly, but we will al-ways cherish his memory.

Sincerely,

Dennis O. LynchDean

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Former Dean Mary Doyle Named to Two Major PostsProf. Mary Doyle—former dean, cur-rently on leave of absence from UMLaw—has been appointed acting assis-tant secretary of the interior for waterand science.

“Mary Doyle is extremely qualified forthis position, not only by her high legalstature, but also by her high level ofcommitment to the Department of theInterior and to protection of the envi-ronment,” Secretary of the InteriorBruce Babbitt emphasized, as he an-nounced her appointment. “Mary Doylehas a proven track record in waterpolicy, science, law, conservation, andother areas critical to this position.”

In addition to her duties as acting as-sistant secretary, Doyle also has beennamed to head the intergovernmentalpanel that is coordinating a new 20-year,$7.8 billion effort to restore the Ever-

glades and ensure a long-term water sup-ply for South Florida.

The South Florida Ecosystem Resto-ration Task Force, which includesrepresentatives from federal, state, localand tribal governments, is charged withsecuring the cooperation of nearly twodozen government agencies.

Doyle’s late husband, Jim Webb, anenvironmental attorney, was a Wilder-ness Society activist and well-knownchampion of the Everglades restorationeffort. He died in 1997.

Doyle, who took a leave of absencefrom the Law School last summer toaccept the position of counselor to Sec-retary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, wasdean of the Law School in 1986–94 andserved as interim dean in 1998–99.

As an academician, she has special-ized in property law and water law.

Prior to her tenure at the Universityof Miami School of Law, she was dean-in-residence at the Association ofAmerican Law Schools in Washington,D.C. Her expertise involved legal edu-cation and the development of anenvironmental law curriculum in Rus-sia and the Ukraine.

During the 1980s, Doyle was a pro-fessor of law at the University of ArizonaCollege of Law, specializing in water,land use, local government and prop-erty law. She also was associate deanfor academic affairs.

From 1979 until 1981, she served asan attorney at the Department of En-ergy, as associate general counsel, thenas deputy general counsel at the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.

Doyle is a graduate of Radcliffe Col-lege and received her law degree fromColumbia Law School. ?

Haiti’s first democratically elected president—Jean-Bertrand Aristide—discussed “Globalization and Democracy in Developing Countries” withstudents, faculty, and friends of UM Law April 7. Held in one of the largeclassrooms, the event was so popular that it had to be transmitted by video tooverflow crowds in two other classrooms. In the photo at left, Prof. Irwin Stotzky,advisor to Aristide and current president Rene Preval, introduces the honoredguest. In the other photo, Aristide speaks with Natasha Pierre, third year student.

Fla. Supreme Court JusticeSpeaks at Spring HoodingFlorida Supreme Court Justice HarryLee Anstead delivered the keynote ad-dress at the University of Miami Schoolof Law’s Spring 2000 Hooding Cer-emony May 21 in the James L. KnightCenter in downtown Miami.

Altogether, 432 candidates receivedtheir hoods at the ceremony, including333 candidates for the Juris Doctor de-gree and 99 for the various graduateLL.M. degrees. The graduate degrees in-cluded 30 in taxation, 23 in comparativelaw, 20 in estate planning, 18 in realproperty development, 7 in ocean andcoastal law, and 1 in inter-Americanlaw.

Associate Dean Richard Williamsonand Associate Dean and Dean of Stu-dents Jeannette F. Hausler presented thedegree candidates, who then receivedtheir hoods from Dean Dennis Lynch.

Continuing a popular University ofMiami School of Law tradition, severalalumni had the opportunity to hoodtheir children who are members of thegraduating class. The hooding parentsand their graduating children include:Alan S. Becker, J.D. 1969, and Marni-JoBecker-Avin; Jorge Sanchez-Galarraga,J.D. 1973, and Elena S. de la Vega;George R. Harper, J.D. 1970, and G.Douglas Harper; and Kenneth NelsonRekant, J.D. 1962, and Nicole RobinRekant.

The May event is the larger of twohooding ceremonies the University ofMiami School of Law holds each year.In the December 1999 ceremony,the School awarded degrees to 71J.D. candidates and 7 candidates forLL.M. degrees. Newly appointed U.S.District Judge Adalberto Jordan, a 1987

alumnus of UM Law, was the keynotespeaker at that event. ?

Florida Supreme Court JusticeHarry Lee Anstead

Rosenn has studied inflation in Ar-gentina, Brazil and Chile under a grantfrom the Social Science Research Coun-cil and twice has been a Fulbrightlecturer in Argentina. He is the recipi-ent of Colombia’s Order of DemocracyAward, the Bogota Bar Association’sOrder of Law Award, the University ofMiami Inter-American Law Review’sLawyer of the Americas Award and theInter-American Bar Association’s 1998Inter-American Jurisprudence Prize.

At UM Law, he chairs the Master ofLaws in Comparative Law Program andthe Master of Laws in Inter-AmericanLaw Program and teaches courses inconstitutional law, comparative law,Latin American law, and doing businessin Latin America. ?

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accepting the university’s top position19 years ago.

Henry King Stanford, presidentemeritus of the University of Miami,noted that “Richard combined a pro-found knowledge of the law with twoprofound teaching strategies: deep in-terest in his students and a surefireclassroom methodology.”

“No student of Professor RichardHausler will ever forget the electricityin his class nor the anxiety when caughtunprepared, all of which was mingledwith the certainty that he really caredfor us all,” said Carlos de la Cruz, Sr.,a former Hausler student and memberof the Class of 1979 who is chairmanof the University of Miami’s Board ofTrustees.

Prof. Bernard Oxman described himas “an outstanding teacher who had aunique style, an unmatched memory fornames and faces, and an extraordinaryinterest in the welfare of his students andformer students. . . . He was one of thoserare individuals who was a defining per-sonality for the Law School. It’sextremely difficult to imagine the LawSchool without him.”

Senior U.S. District Judge Lenore C.Nesbitt, Class of 1957, told the MiamiHerald that “To this day, even thoughI’m a federal judge, I’ll still come acrossa method of approaching a case that hetaught us. He inspired us not to go forthe obvious, but to be imaginative andcreative, to go further.”

Prof. Jonathan Simon expressed aweat his colleague’s teaching ability.“What a sense of artistic craft Dr.Hausler brought to the classroom,” hesaid. “I always had the feeling from himthat there couldn’t be a better positionfor him . . . the joy and enthusiasm forbringing out the best in students.

“You understood that he felt it was anhonor for him to be right here in Miamiteaching our students, and he made youfeel the same way. He saw the classroomas life in its most interesting and attrac-tive form. The kind of passion hebrought to teaching encouraged studentsto bring the same passion to their workas lawyers. And, he kept that going for52 years.”

Prof. M. Minnette Massey was a fresh-man (as 1Ls were called in 1948) whenshe took one of the first classes that Prof.Hausler taught at UM Law. “He was aninquirer even then,” she said.

She noted that Professor Hausler willbe long remembered for “his enthusias-tic love for the Law School and thepeople herein—from staff to faculty tostudents.

“There was not a soul on the facultywho did not know him from the mo-ment we arrived on campus. He was arole model—as a dedicated, caring col-league—to all of us. He had a positiveattitude and a willingness to assist. It waslike losing a lifeline.

“He is sorely missed. We expect atevery turn to see him and speak withhim. And, it will be that way for a longtime.”

The March 24 funeral mass for Prof.Hausler was held at the Church of theEpiphany in South Miami, followed bya reception for students, faculty, alumni,and friends in the School’s StudentLounge.

Speakers at the April 7 service celebrating the life and accomplishments of Professor Hausler included,from left, Dean Dennis Lynch; Don West, Class of 2000; Former Dean Mary Doyle; Provost Luis Glaser; Prof.John Hart Ely; University of Miami President Edward T. Foote; Dean C. Colson, Class of 1977; the HonorableLenore C. Nesbitt, Class of 1957; Joseph P. Klock Jr., Class of 1973; and the Rev. Tomas Marin, Archdioceseof Miami. Professor Hausler’s family attending the celebration included from left, his granddaughter MadeleineHall, daughters Jennie Hausler and Ellen Hausler, son Donald Hausler, and widow Dean Jeannette Hausler.

On April 7, at a memorial service inGusman Hall celebrating ProfessorHausler’s life and accomplishments,John Hart Ely, the School of Law’sRichard A. Hausler Professor of Law,commented that “I don’t believe I’veever in my life had someone become afriend so close so fast.” He joked of Pro-fessor Hausler’s habit of calling everyone“Doctor.” “I never expected Richardto die,” he said. “I never knew a manwho knew so many doctors.”

Professor Emeritus Daniel Murraycommented that the loss of professors

Hausler and Clifford Alloway within afew months’ time had been a real lossfor him personally and especially for theUniversity of Miami School of Law.“These teachers were totally dedicatedto the welfare and success of all theirstudents and to the success of the lawschool,” he said in a letter read at thememorial service.

Another of the 11 speakers at thememorial service, Prof. Mary Doyle, theU.S. Department of the Interior’s newActing Assistant Secretary for Waterand Science, pointed out that Professor

Hausler “was discerning, yet deeply lov-ing,” and that he had an uncanny way“of knowing people—listening andwatching and delving to discover eachperson’s hopes and dreams and draw-backs—not judging, but understandingthe subtleties of each heart.” ?

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’94 Alumna Fights DiscriminationAgainst People with Mental Disabilities

Judith Klein knew from the time sheentered law school that she wanted topractice public interest law, but it wasn’tuntil her third year of law school (1993–94) that she decided to focus her effortson making life better for some of theworld’s most vulnerable people.

“That was the year I was a researchassistant to Prof. Susan Stefan and alsotook her class in mental health law,” shesaid. “Both the class and the opportu-nity to work closely with Susan, who isa leading expert on mental health anddisability law, opened my eyes to thepossibilities for a truly fulfilling career.”

Fluent in Hungarian, Klein was askedby Mental Disability Rights Interna-tional to serve on two delegations sentto Hungary in March and September of1994 to assess human rights conditionsand advocacy needs of people with men-tal disabilities. Following those visits,she helped develop a national advocacyplan to challenge discrimination againstpeople with mental disabilities in Hun-gary, and she drafted a grant proposal tofund the project.

The grant proposal was accepted bythe Open Society Institute, New York,

and in 1995, she became the director ofthe newly formed Central EuropeanMental Disability Advocacy Project(CEMDAP). As a project of the OpenSociety Institute, CEMDAP identifiesboth governmental and non-govern-mental organizations that are helpingprovide community-based alternativesto institutionalizing people with men-tal disabilities. It then determines whichorganizations should receive fundingfrom the Open Society Institute. Thegoal is to set up community-based modelprojects that can be replicated withincountries and across Central EasternEurope and the former Soviet Union.

Successful pilot projects show bothcommunities and governments thatpeople with mental disabilities can andshould live, work and participate in so-ciety as equal citizens. Hungary,Romania and Croatia were the originalfocus countries, but since 1997, Alba-nia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Macedonia,Moldova, Slovakia, Ukraine, theCaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan andGeorgia), the Baltics (Estonia, Latviaand Lithuania), and the Central Asianrepublics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

to target the most progressive organiza-tions and give them the hands-on supportthey need.”

Since 1997, CEMDAP has forged part-nerships with The Hamlet Trust, aUK-based organization; the United Na-tions Voluntary Fund on Disability; andthe Toronto-based Centre for Addictionand Mental Health.

“The support of local and national gov-ernments is critical for the long-termsustainability of the pilot programs thatwe fund,” she emphasized. “We have con-sistently met with heads of ministries ofsocial care and welfare, and ministries ofhealth and labor at the national level.”

“After five years of supporting the firstprojects in Hungary, we are really begin-ning to see the fruits of our efforts and ofthe efforts of our grantees all over theregion. In many countries both local andnational governments are adopting, aspart of official policy, the alternative pro-grams that our grantees have developed.So while we began with support of grassroots efforts from the bottom up, policyis now being changed in positive waysfrom the top down.”

A first generation Hungarian-Ameri-can, Klein is fluent in Hungarian andFrench. Her parents escaped from Hun-gary during the 1956 revolution andmoved to New Jersey, where she wasborn. She spent her pre-kindergartenyears in Libya, elementary and middleschool in New Jersey, and high schooland first year of college in London, En-gland. Prior to law school, she was a grassroots organizer for the National Organi-zation for Women in Washington, D.C.(1988–1990) and the co-owner and op-erator of a restaurant in Paris, France(1986–1987). While in Paris, she alsoenrolled in courses at the American Col-lege in Paris. She completed work on herbachelor’s degree at American Univer-sity in Washington, D.C.

Klein graduated from the Universityof Miami School of Law cum laude inMay 1994. While a law student, she wasassociate editor of the Inter-American LawReview, and author of Comment: Consti-tutional Court or Pseudo Legislature: TheHungarian Constitutional Court as a Re-viewer of Abstract Norms (January 1993).Klein earned first place in the spring 1992Moot Court Competition, and was se-lected for the Law School’s 1992 SummerHonors Program and American BarFoundation Public Interest FellowshipAward. During the Summer Honors Pro-gram, she analyzed the application ofU.S. immigration policy to children inthe foster care system. ?

Judith Klein with children at institution in Transcaucasia for children with mental disabilities.

The Florida Supreme Court has namedThomas D. Hall, a 1980 graduate of UMLaw, as its 20th clerk of court since theoffice first was created upon Florida’sadmission to the Union in 1845.

Hall, who had been a staff attorneyat the First District Court of Appeal,assumed office May 1, succeeding SidWhite, who retired from the post aftermore than 35 years.

Describing Hall’s wide-ranging expe-rience, Chief Justice Major B. Hardingsaid: “Tom not only knows the Floridacourts system well, but also has eightyears’ experience practicing law in com-plex matters in Miami and more than10 years’ experience as a staff attorney,administrator, and supervisor with a

state appellate court. He has been in-volved with many of the organizations

Thomas D. Hall

that are helping steer the judicialbranch’s long-range planning.”

In his career as a lawyer and admin-istrator, Hall has served as anindependent consultant on appellatecourt operations to the National Cen-ter for State Courts, has taught at UMLaw and St. Thomas University Schoolof Law, and has served as staff to com-mittees working on long-rangeplanning for the Florida state courtssystem.

He is editor of the 1999 and 2000editions of the Florida Bar’s Reporter’sLegal Handbook, is active in many bar-related committees, and has chaired theBar’s Government Lawyer Section. ?

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have been included in the program. “Inthe region, mental disability tends tobe defined much more broadly than inthe West, and there is a culture of mas-sive over-institutionalization,” Kleinsaid. “People with a diagnosis of epi-lepsy could spend their entire lives ininstitutions. . . . Doctors commonly tellparents they’ll never be able to care fora child and they should just send himor her away. Often the institution is sofar from home that the family loses con-tact.” CEMDAP supports alternativesthat enable people with mental disabili-ties to live in small group homes, insupported apartments, or with theirfamilies, and to attend school, obtainjobs, and become active members of thecommunity at large.

Klein’s job involves extensive travel“Because of the expanded geographicspread of the program, I spend morethan seven months of the year in theregion,” she said. “We have never givena ‘sight unseen’ grant to any organiza-tion. I have met numerous times withall of our grantees and am familiar withthe details of their projects. It is onlyby being in a country that we are able

Because civil war has cancelledcommercial f l ights betweenArmenia and Azerbaijan, JudithKlein travels between the twocountries on a United NationsWorld Food Program airplane.


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by any other legal scholar. His workregularly influences the way the UnitedNations Convention on the Law of theSea is being interpreted and applied. Ican think of no other legal scholar whohas had such a significant impact on thedevelopment of international policiesdesigned to foster cooperation amongnations on a subject of such critical im-portance. The Law School can be veryproud of his accomplishments.”

Immediately following the confer-ence, Oxman dealt extensively withissues impacting ratification of theConvention by different nations. Helater shifted his focus to analyzing thedevelopment of a body of customaryinternational law norms embedded indecisions interpreting the Conventionand the institutional arrangement forthe settlement of disputes amongnations.

“Throughout the ’90s, he continuedhis contributions by examining the waythe new international law norms applyin specific contexts. His work is widelycited by all international law scholarswho write on the Law of the Sea,”Lynch said. ?

With speaker Salvador J. Juncadella (fifth from left) are the Civil (Comparative) Law Society’s 1999–2000officers, from left: Douglas Hiller, secretary; Anita Rius, vice president, special events; Karyna Gonzales,president; Zel Saccani, vice president; Juncadella; Prof. Enrique Fernandez-Barros, advisor; Desiree Ortiz-Cruz, vice president, public relations; and Guillermo Cuadro, treasurer.

tional transactions and that concepts ofboth civil and common law have beenintroduced in the Convention, whichthus far has been ratified in 16 countries.

At a Civil (Comparative) Law Soci-ety event on March 23, the HonorableCarlos Romero Barcelo, resident com-missioner to the U.S. Congress and theformer governor of Puerto Rico, ex-plained the dual system of Puerto Ricoand emphasized the value of a legal edu-cation encompassing both the civil andcommon law traditions.

He pointed out that Puerto Rico’s civillaw tradition—which has no concept ofusing cases as persuasive legal prece-dent—is based upon its heritage as aformer Spanish colony. However, whenthe civil code does not have the answer,lawyers on the island now refer to Pu-erto Rican or American case law. Thus,he said, the Puerto Rican legal system

has been able to reconcile and integratethe two differing legal traditions.

Commenting on the value of the Civil(Comparative) Law Society, KarynaGonzalez Rabagh, outgoing president,remarked, “Aside from the obvious ben-efit to having contact with well-knowninternational legal authorities, ourmembers gain a great deal from inter-acting with each other.

“We’ve been especially intent on forg-ing relationships between students inour foreign graduate programs who al-ready have received law degrees incountries that follow the civil law system,and J.D. students who are interested inthe civil law tradition. These relationshipsnot only are good for exchanging infor-mation and ideas, they also are anexcellent basis for future ties.” ?

Civil (Comparative) Law SocietyDraws High-Profile Speakers

The winners were nominated by thedeans of their schools or departmentsand selected by a committee that in-cluded previous winners.

Oxman joined the University of Mi-ami School of Law in 1977 after havingbeen Assistant Legal Advisor forOceans, Environment and ScientificAffairs in the U.S. Department of State.From 1973 to 1982, he served as U.S.Representative and Vice Chairman ofthe U.S. delegation to the Third UnitedNations Conference on the Law of theSea.

The School of Law’s senior expert onpublic international law, ProfessorOxman is the director of the Law of theSea Institute and of the LL.M. programin ocean and coastal law. He teachesinternational law, law of the sea, civilprocedure, conflict of laws, and torts.

“Professor Oxman built on his expe-rience with the State Department andthe U.S. delegation to become the fore-most United States legal scholar in thelaw of the sea,” Dean Dennis O. Lynchsaid when nominating him for theaward.

“The body of his scholarly productiv-ity in this field since 1972 is unmatched

Prof. Oxman Receives Provost’s Award

UM Law’s Prof. Bernard Oxman hasreceived the 1999–2000 Provost’sAward for Scholarly Activity. He is thefirst member of UM Law’s faculty to beso honored.

University of Miami Executive VicePresident and Provost Luis Glaser pre-sented the award to Professor Oxmanand four recipients from other schoolsat a March 1 awards ceremony.

This is the fourth year for the award,which recognizes excellence in schol-arship. Each recipient received acommemorative plaque, a $4,000 cashaward and $2,000 in research support.

Miami TeamReachesNationalSemifinalsA team from the University of MiamiSchool of Law placed among the topfour teams nationally in the AmericanBar Association’s first advocacy in me-diation student competition.

At the national competition in earlyApril in San Francisco, the team ofShannon McKenna and RobertHanreck lost by a split decision to ateam from the University of Missourithat went on to take the championship.Eight teams competed at the nationallevel.

McKenna and Hanreck won their tripto the nationals by beating all otherteams (by a wide margin) at a regionalcompetition in New York in March.The other UM Law team in the regionalcompetition—Keith Nichols and AlexSirulnik—came in fourth out of tenteams.

“Winning the regional competitionwas in itself a real accomplishment, notonly because the region includes manytop law schools but also because it in-cludes many that have strong, well-known programs in alternative disputeresolution,” pointed out Prof. ClarkFreshman, who coached the teams andaccompanied them to the competitions.

Competitions were between twoteams of two students each, negotiatingtheir positions through use of a media-tor. In each round, one student fromeach school played the client, and theother student play the attorney. The stu-dents switched the roles of attorney andclient in different problems in differentrounds.

“Because mediators can use vastly dif-ferent styles, I set up practice sessionswith four different mediators before tak-ing our teams to the competitions,”Freshman noted.

“Mediation is becoming more andmore an integral part of the Americanlegal system,” he said. “It is especiallyimportant here in Florida, which hasmore mediation than any other state.Other states also have rules that requireparties to try mediation, but Florida isunique in actually enforcing thoserules.”

[Editor’s Note: Freshman, who teachesintroductory courses in alternative disputeresolution (ADR) and advanced courses inADR policy and in arbitration, has pub-lished widely in the field and has spoken tothe ABA about teaching negotiation usingmethods from meditation and writer’s work-shops.]

The two UM Law teams were selectedfor the regional competition by beingthe top two teams in the Law School’snegotiation competition organized bythe Moot Court Board last fall.

Following the regionals, Nichols andSirulnik agreed to continue to practicewith McKenna and Hanreck to helpthem prepare for the nationals. “Theircontinued involvement—which meantfour more mediated practices of morethan three hours each plus a great dealof preparatory research—was a majorfactor in our success in San Francisco,”McKenna said. ?

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UM Law’s one-year-old Civil (Com-parative) Law Society—which supportsstudents’ interest in comparative lawthrough meetings, panel discussions andlectures—has brought two well-knownspeakers to campus this academic year.

In September, Salvador J. Juncadella,former president of the Inter-AmericanBar Association and currently an inter-national consultant for Morgan, Lewis& Bockius, discussed opportunities forlawyers in comparative and interna-tional law.

He emphasized the importance of theSummit of the Americas, held in Mi-ami in 1994, in which the heads of stateof 34 nations set out a plan of action forcreating uniformity in inter-Americanlaw by the year 2005. Juncadella notedthat the International Convention ofInternational Arbitration will replacelitigation in many aspects of interna-


UM Law Professor SelectedFor Soros Senior JusticeFellowship

The Center on Crime, Communityand Culture has selected UM Law’s Prof.Jonathan Simon for a Soros Senior Jus-tice Fellowship, to be awarded in August2000.

The fellowship program is designed to“inspire talented individuals in law, pub-lic health, community development,and other professions to develop inno-vative responses to the problem ofcrime; to strengthen or expand success-ful criminal justice programs withinexisting organizations; and to promotesubstantive, nonpartisan debate oncomplex criminal justice issues.”

Simon, a nationally recognized expertand author in the areas of criminal lawand penology, said he will use the$65,000 award to support turning someof his published and unpublished essayson “Governing Through Crime” into a

Prof. Jonathan Simon

book and media information initiativeaimed at shifting the national debate oncrime control policies.

“My central argument is that Ameri-can public opinion on crime policy isdriven by fears and frustrations withgovernment, not with crime, and thatwe need to shift the discussion from howto combat crime to how to govern,” heexplained.

Simon said the award will fund anunpaid leave of absence from his teach-ing responsibilities at the University ofMiami School of Law for the Fall 2000semester and that he plans to also takeoff the Spring 2001 semester in order tocomplete his book. During that time,he will continue to reside in Miami andtake an active role in the intellectual,advising and administrative functions ofthe Law School.

Among the 20 previous holders of theSoros Justice Senior Fellowshiphave been law professors David Cole ofthe Georgetown Law Center, HermanGoldstein of the University of Wiscon-sin, James Liebman of ColumbiaUniversity, and Wesley Skogan ofNorthwestern University. Other fellowshave included social scientists, journal-ists, and medical professionals who workon a range of issues, including the epi-demiology of gun violence, police reform,violence and fear of violence, the impactof welfare reform on children whosemothers have been incarcerated, and raceand criminal justice.

The Center on Crime, Communitiesand Culture is an arm of the OpenSociety Institute, George Soros’ in-ternational foundation devoted todemocratization. ?

GRADUATING STUDENT LEADER RECEPTION

Donald West, 1999–2000 president of the Student Bar Association,Sabrina G. Ferris, editor-in-chief of the University of Miami Law Review,Carolyn Bugh, JD ’94, Prof. Terence Anderson and Dean JeannetteHausler enjoy themselves at the 4th Annual Graduating Student LeaderReception, held April 25, 2000, at Dean Lynch’s home in Coral Gables.

J.B. Spence, a 1951 graduate of UMLaw, has made news headlines severaltimes over the past year: when the DadeCounty Trial lawyers Association hasnamed him honorary president, whenthe American Research Corporationselected him as one of America’s Lead-ing Attorneys in the area of plaintiffpersonal injury in medical and profes-sional malpractice cases, and when Gov.Jeb Bush appointed him to Florida’sLong-Term Care Ombudsman Council.

Spence, who is of counsel at the Mi-ami law firm of Leeds & Colby, has wonmore than 100 cases resulting in awardsof a million dollars or more for clientsin personal injury and malpracticethroughout his career as a trial lawyer.

In conferring the honorary presidency,the Dade County Trial Lawyers Asso-ciation recognized his “tireless effort,service and dedication in the pursuit ofjustice.”

As ombusdman, his role is to investi-gate and resolve complaints made by, oron behalf of, patients in long-term carefacilities. The job, for which he receivesno pay, is to ensure that residents receivefair treatment and high-quality care. It


ANNUAL LAW REVIEW RECEPTION

Professor John Gaubatz presents the Daniel B. Gaubatz MemorialAward to this year’s recipient, Santiago Gatto, at the Annual LawReview Alumni Reception, April 13. Criteria for the award include“concern for others,” “sense of humor,” and a “substantial contributionto the University of Miami Law Review.”

Alumnus J.B. Spence MakesNational, Local News

entails investigating and resolving com-plaints; visiting each facility at leastannually to evaluate conditions; ensur-ing that residents receive the legal,social, rehabilitative, and other servicesto which they are entitled; acting asmoderator between residents, familymembers and facility staff and educat-ing them about residents’ rights;providing information to the publicabout long-term care facilities; assistingwith the establishment of resident andfamily councils; and representing resi-dents’ interests before state and federalgovernment by working to change laws,regulations, and policies that affectthem.

In addition to a successful practice,Spence is active in the American BarAssociation, the Florida Bar, the Asso-ciation of Trial lawyers of America, theInternational Academy of Trial Lawyers,and the Law Science Academy, and heis a founding member of the prestigiousInner Circle of Advocates. He hasserved on the Nominating Commissionof the Third District Court of Appealsas well as the Medical MalpracticeCommittee of the Association of TrialLawyers of America. ?

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Florida Bar Honors Center for Ethics, Public ServiceThe School of Law’s Center for Ethicsand Public Service and the DadeCounty Bar Association will be co-recipients of the seventh annual FloridaBar professionalism award.

The award—which comes with a$1,000 cash prize—will be presented torepresentatives of the two organizationsat the Florida Bar’s annual meeting, tobe held June 22 at the Boca RatonHotel and Club.

Accepting the award for the Centerfor Ethics and Public Service will beProf. Anthony Alfieri, the Center’sfounder and director.

Competition for the award was opento federal, state and local bar associa-tions, voluntary bar associations, innsof court, judicial organizations, and lawschool associations. Reviewed under the

direction of the Florida Bar Profession-alism Committee, the candidate’sprograms were judged on the basis ofoverall quality, replicability by otherinterested groups, likelihood of continu-ation, substantive strength in the areaof professionalism, success, number ofattorneys involved or affected, anduniqueness, creativity, or other distin-guishing features.

Alfieri was the winner of a 1999Florida Supreme Court Faculty Pro-fessionalism Award that recognizeda faculty member in one of Florida’slaw schools who, through teaching,scholarship and service to the pro-fession, best supported and exemplifiedthe organization’s mission.

In 1998, the Center for Ethics andPublic Service received the American

Florida Supreme Court Justice R. Fred Lewis, J.D. ’72, addresses thecrowd at the 51st Annual Homecoming Breakfast, held on campus inthe new Ibis Cafeteria.

Alumni, faculty, students and friends enjoy the traditional Morning Spirits reception. Besides enjoying the refreshments, guests viewed currentfaculty publications and bought recently published books by UM Law alumni including Roy Black, J.D. ’70, who signed his new book, Black’s Law.

J.B. Spence, J.D. ’51, Benedict Kuehne, J.D. ’77, Michael Blynn, J.D. ’77and Prof. Lonnie Rose are dressed for the occasion.

Bar Association’s E. Smythe GambrellProfessionalism Award.

The Center is an interdisciplinaryproject focused on teaching the valuesof ethical judgment, professional respon-sibility, and public service in the practiceof law. Staffed by UM Law student fel-lows and interns performing underAlfieri’s supervision, it provides train-ing in ethics and professionalism to theLaw School and to the University aswell as to Florida’s business, civic, edu-cational and legal communities.

Since its founding in 1996, the Cen-ter has reached out to help educate morethan 2,000 people by sponsoring work-shops and symposia and presentingcontinuing legal education courses. ?

Prof. Anthony Alfieri

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51st Annual Homecoming Breakfast—November 1999

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Faculty in the News

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Although the Elian Gonzalez sagahas generated an unprecedented num-ber of quotes by UM Law’s faculty inthe news media in recent months, fac-ulty members made the news on manyother topics, as well. For instance:

* * * * *Prof. Michael Froomkin has contin-

ued to garner extensive coverage,generally in relation to his Internet lawexpertise. In January, an article in TheChronicle of Higher Education was basedon his prediction that virtual lawschools will become common in thefuture and that price competition willforce all but the best private lawschools to choose between becominglittle better than extended bar prepcourses, converting to an executiveeducation model, or risking extinc-tion. A week later, the samepublication ran an article about himand four other law professors (from theUniversity of Montreal, Temple Uni-versity, and the University ofMassachusetts at Amherst) formingone of the first organizations to arbi-trate disputes over Internet domainnames entirely online. He has alsobeen quoted recently in The New YorkTimes (at least three times), the Wash-ington Post (at least twice), the NationalPost (Canadian), MSBC News, theToronto Star, the Houston Chronicle, theNational Journal of Technology Daily,CNET News, the Electronic Commerceand Law Report, the Florida Lawyer andthe ABA Journal.

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In February, in a special section on“1999’s Most Noteworthy Cases” ofthe Supreme Court of Florida, theMiami Daily Business Review quotedProf. Donna Coker as saying that inWeiand v. State, the Supreme Courthad acknowledged that requiring awoman to leave an abusive spouse“was completely out of step with allcurrent social science understandingand legal understanding of thesituation.”

* * * * * *A feature by David Cay Johnston

in the February 27 New York Timesabout the nation’s complicated in-come tax system discussed Prof. ElliottManning’s and former studentLawrence M. Andress’s “exhaustivestudy of how . . . phase-out rules,which critics call ‘clawbacks,’ increasethe real tax rates that people pay.”

* * * * *The November 30 Miami Herald

carried “Affirmative Action ClearsWall of Racism,” an article by Prof.Donald Jones, in which he stated,“Affirmative action produced no un-fairness to whites as a group; it onlygave blacks a ladder to get to a play-ing field still tilted statistically towardwhite males.”

* * * * *Prof. John Hart Ely’s class—“Evi-

dentiary Inference and Advocacy:The Assassination of President JohnF. Kennedy”—was the topic of a fea-ture article in The Palm Beach Post inFebruary. A junior member of theWarren Commission staff, which in-

Prof. Michael Froomkin and students from his Internet law class pose for a photographer fromU.S. News & World Report.


vestigated the 1963 assassination, Elyis one of just a few professors nation-wide to teach an in-depth course onthe topic. He told the Post reporterthat, although he enjoys teaching thecourse, he probably will not offer itagain because he does not like teach-ing anything twice.

* * * * *Carolyn Salisbury, associate direc-

tor of the Children and Youth LawClinic, was quoted extensively in aNovember South Florida Sun Sentinel ar-ticle about her client, a 15-year-old boywho was sent to a locked residentialtreatment center after running awayfrom his foster homes. Pointing outthat if the boy had been an adult hewould have been entitled to a hearingin which the state would have had toprove that he needed commitment,Salisbury said in the article, “Thewhole thing is scary. I think wherechildren are placed is not guided bytheir needs but the state’s resources andwhat placements they have available.”The Supreme Court of Florida is re-viewing the case.

* * * * * *Prof. Mary Coombs was the author-

ity cited in the Miami Herald’s “ActionLine” in March in response to a reader’squestion about how changes in childsupport amounts are determined.Coombs said Florida Statute Chapter61.30 provides a structure for deter-mining the amount of child support aparent must pay, based on the incomesof both parents and the needs of thechild or children. ?

Media SeekPerspectivesOn ElianSituationEver since Thanksgiving Day, whensix-year old Elian Gonzalez was foundfloating on an inner tube in the At-lantic Ocean, the news media hasbeen beating a path to the doors ofUM Law professors.

With well-known expertise inmany fields of law, UM Law’s facultyappear frequently in newspapers andmagazines and on radio and televi-sion news programs to give legalperspective to stories on immigration,crime, homelessness, discrimination,Internet law, and other subjects.However, since the story of the tinyCuban rafter grabbed the public’s at-tention in late November, mediarequests for expert opinion have beennonstop.

The child was one of only threepersons to survive the capsizing of aboat in which they were fleeing Cuba.His mother and 10 others drowned.Since then, he has been the centerof an international tug of war, withthe leaders of Miami’s Cuban com-munity insisting that he should staywith his relatives in the U.S. and theCastro government demanding thathe be returned to his father in Cuba.

Many faculty members—includingprofessors Anthony Alfieri, TerenceAnderson, Mary Coombs, PatrickGudridge, Bernard Oxman, RobertRosen, Irwin Stotzky, and BruceWinick—have been featured in newsarticles on the topic. However, thebulk of the media requests for inter-views have come to Professor DavidAbraham, an expert on immigrationlaw, and Bernard Perlmutter, direc-tor of the Children and Youth LawClinic. Both have become familiarto readers, listeners and viewersthroughout the world as they statetheir opinions that U.S. immigrationlaw points to returning the boy to hisremaining parent—in Cuba.

For instance, Abraham has ap-peared on or in National PublicRadio’s Morning Edition and All ThingsConsidered , NBC Nightly News ,CNBC, CNN Crossfire, ABCNightline, Minnesota Public Radio,Newsday, The New York Times, theNew York Daily News, the Los Ange-les Times, the Chicago Tribune, TheMiami Herald, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Orlando Sentinel, theBoston Globe, the Dallas MorningNews, the Washington Post, BBCWorld Services, the AustralianBroadcasting Company, German TVChannel 1, the London Free Press, TheIndependent (London), the CanberraTimes, the Ottawa Sun, the EdmontonSun, the Toronto Star, the EveningChronicle (Newscastle, UK), theStraits Times (Singapore), India Today,Bath Chronicle, and news mediathroughout the U.S. that are servedby the Associated Press.

Perlmutter has generated a similarstack of news clips. In one two-weekperiod, he was asked to comment onthe family law and immigration lawaspects of the case by reporters fromThe Miami Herald, the Sun-Sentinel,the New York Times, the WashingtonPost, the Christian Science Monitor, the


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targeting a different school with chil-dren whose reading skills are belowaverage. Most recently, a classroom of35 fourth-grade students at TropicalPark Elementary benefited from theprogram, which has been made possibleby a donation o f books from Book Ho-rizons, a Coral Gables book store.

On several occasions over the pastyear, UM Law students worked withOne Nation, an immigration projectthat provides assistance with natural-ization and application for permanentresidency status.

During the 2000–2001 academic year,H.O.P.E.’s ongoing community serviceand advocacy projects will includeworking with the Alliance for Justiceon the national First Monday program,which targets gun violence. In addi-tion to the traditional First Mondayprogram, H.O.P.E. intends to launch alegal education project geared towardthe prevention of gun crimes amongyouths.

H.O.P.E. fellowships enable UM Lawto support extraordinary alumni who areworking to make a difference in thelives of others. For instance, CarynVogel (J.D. ’96) has been assisted byseveral student volunteers each yearsince she formed H.E.L.P. (HIV, Edu-cation and Law Project) in 1996.Initially, H.E.L.P. was funded by anechoing green fellowship, and recently,it received a large grant from Miami-Dade County to continue its extra-ordinary efforts to help HIV-positivecommunity members with their legalplights. H.E.L.P. volunteers enableVogel to serve hundreds of clients eventhough hers is essentially a one-womanoperation. Recently, the Florida BarAssociation Young Lawyers Divisionrecognized Ms. Vogel for her selfless ef-fort in helping those in need.

‘Who’s Who’ Names Marlynn Jones1999’s Outstanding Law Student

Marlynn R. Jones


NAPIL (National Association ofPublic Interest Law) Fellowship Awardwinner, Jack Wallace (J.D. 2000) islooking forward to receiving help fromH.O.P.E. volunteers when he begins hiswork on the Asylum Relief Action Net-work Association (ARANA) project, aprogram he designed to identify and as-sist the lost population of immigrantswho are waiting in jails as they seekpolitical asylum. This was the first timethat a University of Miami student hasreceived a NAPIL fellowship, and muchof his application was based upon the

work he was able to do as a student vol-unteer at UM Law.

By partnering with existing effortsand supporting current students in theirdrive to do public interest work, theH.O.P.E. Project supports students,alumni and the South Florida commu-nity. “We hope to create a link from theclassroom to the community by increas-ing the opportunities for involvementfor our students, and we are proud of thededication and public-mindedness weare seeing on our campus,” Lennon said.

H.O.P.E. is fueled solely by volun-teerism and donations and has beengrowing quickly since its inception in1998. Fundraising efforts, including theH.O.P.E. Auction, scheduled for Thurs-day, September 21, support the H.O.P.E.Fellows Program. H.O.P.E., whichawards fellowships to law students whowork in public interest law positions forwhich they are not otherwise compen-sated. By providing a stipend todedicated students who are performingwork in the public interest, the Schoolof Law is able to increase the number ofstudents who are able to work in thepublic sector.

Anyone interested in learning moreabout the H.O.P.E. project or in suggest-ing ideas for H.O.P.E. programs shouldcontact Assistant Dean Marni Lennonat 305-284-2599. ?

St. Petersburg Times, the AssociatedPress, Reuters, Der Spiegel, the New YorkPost, El Nuevo Herald, USA Today,Court TV Online, CNN Online, andnumerous others. He has appeared onthe ABC Evening News, Good MorningAmerica, the CBS Evening News, theEarly Show with Bryant Gumbel, and onNational Public Radio’s All Things Con-sidered, NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show,Dateline NBC, and others.

Like Abraham, Perlmutter has beenforced by time constraints to declinesome requests for appearances onbroadcast programs. ?

UM Law students and staff help renovate a home for Habitat for theHumanities, a H.O.P.E. outreach project.

legal fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Lambdanational honor fraternity, and OmicronDelta Kappa national leadership honorsociety, and participated in the Ameri-can Inn of Court Eugene SpelmanChapter. She also maintained member-ship in the Black Coaches Association,the Women’s Sports Foundation, DeltaSigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the SportsLawyers Association, and the ABA Fo-rum Committee on CommunicationsLaw.

As the ABA Law Student Division’sliaison to the Forum Committee onEntertainment and Sports Industries fortwo years (1997–99), she served on thecommittee’s governing council and wasthe only student speaker at its annualmeeting both years. She operated thecommittee’s speakers bureau, assistingother law schools in obtaining speakersin the areas of entertainment and sportslaw. Additionally, she made presenta-tions on behalf of the committee at theABA Law Student Division’s 5th Cir-cuit meetings.

Also at UM Law, Jones served as edi-tor-in-chief of Amicus Curiae, theSchool’s year book; vice chair of theStudent Bar Association’s SpeakersCommittee; student recruiting ambas-sador for the Office of Admissions and

Student Recruiting; recruiting chair forthe Black Law Students Association;student member of the Faculty Admis-sions, Scholarship and Financial AidCommittee; the Student Bar Associa-tion’s chair for 1999 orientation; andpresident of the Entertainment andSports Law Society.

Jones holds a bachelor’s degree fromthe University of North Carolina atChapel Hill’s School of Journalism anda master’s degree from Virginia Com-monwealth University’s School of MassCommunications. She has been admit-ted to the Florida Bar and is eligible formembership in the Washington, D.C.,Bar as well.??

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Future Lawyers Reach Out to Help Local CommunityPro bono service and community out-reach work are on the rise at theUniversity of Miami School of Law.During the 1999–2000 academic year,more than 300 students participated ina myriad of public interest advocacy ef-forts and community outreach effortsimpacting individuals and agenciesthroughout Miami-Dade County.

“It is wonderful to see that thisgeneration of future lawyers under-stands the obligation to the public thatcomes with the privilege of a legal edu-cation,” said Marni Lennon, assistantdean of students.

Many of the School’s studentvoluntarism activities are coordinatedthrough H.O.P.E. (Helping OthersThrough Pro Bono Efforts). UnderLennon’s direction, the project central-izes and maximizes student pro bono andcommunity outreach efforts. Since itsinception in 1998, the project haslaunched more than a dozen commu-nity outreach projects, includingrecurring events such as the ’Canes Car-nival for children living in shelters inMiami-Dade, “Law-Related EducationProjects” in area middle schools, andH.O.P.E. Day (a day of service each fallto encourage students to get involvedin one of more then 10 simultaneouslyoccurring service projects).

One of the most popular programssponsored by H.O.P.E has been the“Books and Buddies” program. Startedlast summer, the program pairs elemen-tary school students with students fromUM Law for a six-week period. Bud-dies are each given the same book toread, and they exchange a series of let-ters about the book, thus encouragingthe elementary school student to notonly enjoy reading but also to improvehis or her writing and analytic skills.This program has been successfully re-peated three times, with each session

Who’s Who: American Law Studentshas named Marlynn R. Jones, a 1999graduate of UM Law, its “1999 Out-standing Law Student of the Year.”

Criteria for selection includes distinc-tion in one or more of the followingareas: (1) the study of law, (2) serviceto the law school community, (3) ser-vice to the larger community, (4) pursuitof a law career in spite of prohibitingfactors, and (5) some other area worthyof recognition.

The Outstanding Law Student of theYear is differentiated from her peerslisted in Who’s Who: American Law Stu-dents in the extent and degree of hercontributions in these areas. Jones wasselected for inclusion in Who’s Who:American Law Students in 1997, 1998,and 1999.

A leader of many student organiza-tions during her three years at UM Law,she was awarded the 1999 Roger SerinoAward as the outstanding third-year lawstudent and was inducted into Iron Ar-row, the University of Miami’s highesthonor, last spring.

While a law student, Jones was anactive member of the Society of Bar andGavel, the Black Law Students Asso-ciation, Phi Delta Phi international


Message from President,Law Alumni Association

Until 10 years ago, the extent of my involvementwith the Law School was to attend the Homecom-ing Breakfast with my dad each year. He was proudof his son, the lawyer, enjoyed talking to other law-yers and judges and liked the guest speakers.

One year he looked at the program and said “Howcome your name isn’t listed here.” I said, “Well, I’mreally not that active with the Law School.” Thenhe said “Well here’s a list of all the class agents.Didn’t you graduate in 1972? There’s no class agent

listed for 1972, why don’t you get your name put on this list?”Then I asked an attorney friend of mine, Blair Zimmet, where and when

the Law Alumni Association met. I knew that he was on the board ofdirectors and would be able to provide me with this information. He toldme that the Law Alumni Association doesn’t have full membership meet-ings but that I was welcome to come to a board meeting if I wanted tobecome active.

I went to my first meeting when Sam Smith was president and was sur-prised to discover that the association was actively involved with theactivities at the Law School and often had functions where all local alumniwere invited.

I signed up as a class agent, became a director and held several vice-presidential positions and started attending the Law Alumni functions.These functions included Friends of the Law School luncheons; alumni-sponsored CLE courses; university sporting events; student leadershipreceptions at the Dean’s house; alumni-faculty receptions; dedications ofbuildings; judicial receptions; student scholarship receptions; telephonefund-raising campaigns; banquets celebrating the chairs established in honorof professors Hausler and Massey; graduations; the Cole Lecture Series;alumni reunions; funerals; holiday parties; Thursdays on the Bricks;fundraising auctions; memorials; interviews of candidates for Law Schooldean; professionalism dinners with students, lawyers, judges and facultymembers; moot court competitions; and the list goes on and on.

What I have learned from this is that we are fortunate to be graduates ofa fine law school, with one of the finest faculties in the nation, teachingvery bright students to be the leaders of the legal and business world oftomorrow. Dean Dennis Lynch, the administration, the faculty and manygenerous alumni have made the Law School an exciting and vibrant place.It has truly been an enjoyable experience to be actively involved with ouralma mater.

Every great law school in our nation has loyal, active and generous alumniwho truly care about and cherish the institution that educated them andlaunched them into their careers. I encourage and invite all of you who arenot currently active with the Law School and Law Alumni Association tocome back into the fold and get involved. I assure you that it will be arewarding and enjoyable experience.

Det H. JoksLAA President, 1999–2000

UM Alumnus ChampionsFranchisees

Zarco also has provided expert testi-mony before various state legislaturesand actively lobbies both state and fed-eral legislators, representing franchisees’interests and promoting enactment offair franchising legislation.

While he primarily represents franchi-sees, he also represents new ordeveloping companies that wish to fran-chise their business concepts.

Frequently cited by the media as an“international franchise expert,” he hasappeared on numerous radio and tele-vision programs, including CNBC’s“Minding Your Business” and “How toSucceed in Business,” PBS’s “Your Fi-nancial Future with Jonathan Pond” and“The Judy Jarvis Show,” and CBS’s “Eyeto Eye with Connie Chung.” ?

Robert Zarco

CELEBRATING JUDGE JORDAN’S INVESTITURE

Adalberto Jordan, J.D. ’87, speaks with two of his former law professors,Mary Coombs and Tony Powers, at a November 16 luncheon celebratinghis appointment to the United States District Court for the SouthernDistrict of Florida.


Law Alumni AssociationCalendar of Events

May 2000Wed., 5/16 Law Alumni Association Executive Board Meeting

5:30 p.m., UM Law School

Tues., 5/16 Law Alumni Association CLE Program by Atticus9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., UM Law School

Sun., 5/21 Hooding Ceremony2:00 p.m., James L. Knight Center, Hyatt Regency, Miami

June 2000Thurs., 6/1 Bankruptcy CLE Program

UM Law School

Thurs., 6/8 Fourth Annual Broward Judicial Reception5:30 p.m., The Tower Club, Ft. Lauderdale

Mon., 6/12 Dean’s Circle Annual Reception6:00 p.m., Home of Dean Dennis and Carol Lynch

Thurs., 6/22 Alumni Reception at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Bar6:30 p.m., Boca Raton Resort, honoring Justice Gerald Kogan

November 2000Fri., 11/3 Class Reunion Parties and Events

Classes of ’50, ’55, ’60, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’90, ’95Contact the Alumni Office or your Class Directorfor more information.

Sat., 11/4 52nd Annual Homecoming Breakfast8:00 a.m., Morning Spirits, 9:00 a.m., Breakfast

Since earning his J.D. from the Uni-versity of Miami School of Law in 1985,Robert Zarco has established a reputa-tion as a champion of franchiseesthroughout the world, including theUnited States, Mexico, France, Hol-land, Germany, Australia, New Zealandand the Caribbean.

“Despite the fact that franchising is agreat method of doing business and hasmany positive virtues, it also lends it-self to allowing abuse by the franchisersagainst the franchisees,” he said.

“This is more evident among the moremature systems, which tend to havecontracts with terms and conditionsthat are overwhelmingly in favor of thefranchiser and presented to the franchi-see on a ‘take it or leave it’ basis.

“Although as a matter of law all ofthese contracts are required to be per-formed in good faith by both parties (sothat each can reap and enjoy the fruitsof such contracts) that principle fre-quently is overlooked and disregardedby the franchiser,” Zarco pointed out.“It is my goal—and my cause—to helplevel the playing field.”

He has represented franchisees incourt against such major franchise sys-tems as McDonald’s, Burger King,Dunkin’ Donuts, 7-Eleven, KentuckyFried Chicken, Tony Roma’s, Coca-Cola, Decorating Den, Miami Subs,T.G.I. Friday’s, Manhattan Bagel,Blimpie’s, Pepsico, Kenny Rogers Roast-ers, Holiday Inn Hotels, Best WesternHotels, Quality Inn Hotels, RamadaHotels, Johnny Rockets, T.C.B.Y., LittleCaesars’ Pizza, and Hot N’ Now.

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Fond Memories Predominate at Class of ’49 Luncheon

A half-century after receiving theirJ.D.s from UM Law, 11 members of theClass of 1949 and their spouses andguests gathered for a luncheon at theLaw School November 18 to reminisceabout the old days and catch up on eachothers’ careers.

Despite the fact that the classmateshave had substantial success in their ca-reers, the memories of Law Schoolpredominated.

For instance, Jack Block, who servedeight terms as mayor of South Miamiand later sat on the bench, rememberedhow he, Tom Ferguson, Tom Wills andan unnamed fourth used to hang outbehind the “Cardboard College” andplay bridge between classes.

Martin Fine noted that he had beenRay Pearson’s campaign manager whenPearson successfully ran for class presi-dent. Still practicing law full time, Finestarted the firm Fine, Jacobson & Blockbefore moving to his present firm, Hol-land & Knight. One of his ongoing probono interests has been to secure afford-able housing for the poor.

Ray Pearson recalled his days at UMLaw as “the happiest three years of mylife.” Contrasting the School in 1949to the present version, he observed that“the greatest difference is that we hadonly two women in our class, and now Isee them all over the place. This looksa lot better.” On a sadder note, he said,“It’s startling to me how many of ourclassmates are gone. They were greatlawyers and great friends.” Lookingaround the table, the former judge said,“I’m grateful for the friendship and fel-lowship of all of you here today.”

Lloyd Bates, who said he toured Eu-rope playing tennis and soccer followingWorld War II, noted that tennis was thereason he chose UM Law. “All of thebest tennis players came here in thewinter, so I’d always be able to get a goodmatch.” Following graduation, he tookthe Connecticut bar exam, placing sec-ond out of 200, behind a graduate of theUniversity of Chicago. “Consideringthat many of the exam-takers were fromHarvard and Yale, schools that Icouldn’t have gotten in to, it’s clear that

Members of the Class of 1949 gather at their 50th Reunion luncheon held at the Law School on Nov. 18, 1999.From left to right: Stanley H. Spieler; Albert Barkin; Ralph Franklin Miles; Hon. Ray H. Pearson; Rear Adm.Julian Benjamin; Richard J. Thornton; Hon. Jack Block; Waldo Rothenberg; Martin Fine; Herman D. Staiman;Daniel E. Murray; Lloyd Bates

ACLU Honors Kogan With Nelson Poynter AwardThe American Civil Liberties Unionof Florida has presented its highestaward, the Nelson Poynter Award, toGerald Kogan, former chief justice of theFlorida Supreme Court and a memberof UM Law’s Class of 1955.

Named for the former crusading edi-tor and publisher of the St. PetersburgTimes, the Nelson Poynter Award isgiven annually to people who showcommitment to the cause of civil liber-ties in Florida.

Kogan, who retired from the SupremeCourt in December 1998, heads the newAlliance for Ethical Government, head-quartered at UM Law, which promotesintegrity in local government.

Throughout his career—which hasincluded service as a circuit judge inFlorida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit andas administrative judge of the CriminalDivision—he has served as an adjunctfaculty member of various law schools,including UM Law, teaching criminalevidence, trial advocacy, and profes-sional responsibility.

Kogan also has served as chair of theFlorida Supreme Court’s Gender BiasStudy Commission and the JudicialCouncil and as vice chair of the Bench/Bar Commission and chair of that body’sImplementation Commission. ?

even back then, Miami was a good lawschool.”

Stanley Spieler, who has a law prac-tice specializing in real estate financeand condominium development, said hewas unsure what he wanted to studywhen he went to college following hisdischarge from military service. “Therewere two pretty young girls standingnear a School of Law sign. When I askedthem ‘What do I have to do to get in,’they replied, ‘Nothing. You’re admit-ted.’ If they had been in front of aveterinary medicine sign, I could just aseasily have become a veterinarian.”

Richard Thornton, referred to by hisclassmates as “a heck of a trial lawyer,”pointed out that he began the study oflaw at Indiana University before trans-ferring to UM Law. He said hethoroughly enjoyed his legal practiceand had done a lot of work for the BarAssociation before his retirement 12years ago.

Herman Staiman had been a scienceand math major before his military ser-vice, but he found he was no longer

interested in those fields when he re-turned to civilian life. Some of hisfriends from the service were planningto go to law school, and he followedtheir lead. In one class, where the pro-fessor had a strictly enforced no-talkingrule, they found they could communi-cate with each other by blinking theireyes in Morse Code. Stamen joined theU.S. Civil Service Commission in 1951and eventually became chairman of theBoard of Appeals and Review. He re-tired in 1977.

Frank Miles had an engineering de-gree and military service behind himwhen he came to UM Law. “I look for-ward to it every time we come back tothe University of Miami,” he said. “Ithink of all the good times, and that’s agreat feeling.” He noted that he had“enjoyed every minute” of his 50 yearsin the practice of law.

During military service in Alaska,Julian Benjamin received a letter froma friend who was planning to go to lawschool, and he decided to do the same.The letter writer also told him whichbooks were used in the law school, andBenjamin found them in the base li-brary. He finished the first two yearsworth of reading in six months and wasadmitted to UM Law on a probationarystatus. He later pursued his career in theU.S. Navy, becoming a rear admiral andthe Navy’s senior lawyer before his re-tirement in 1984. He said he now works“part-time (60 hours per week)” for hisson. Benjamin is a former member ofUM Law’s adjunct faculty.

Al Borkin dropped out of law school,moved to Michigan, and got married,then returned to UM Law, finallyready to study. An avid scuba diverand photographer, he said that someof his underwater photographs are ondisplay at Epcot Center and that hisphotos have been published in majormagazines.

Daniel Murray, who is professor oflaw emeritus at UM Law, told how hebegan wearing his trademark bowties.“Dean Rasco had a rule that you had tohave a tie in class. There was no air-conditioning at the school in those days,and buttoned-up shirts with ties couldbe hot. I found that clip-on bowties of-fered a way to comply with his rules andstill be half-way comfortable. I’ve beenwearing them ever since.” Murray alsoemphasized, “I’ve never forgotten theeducation I received here. It’s a damnedgood law school.” ?

The ACLU chose him for the awardbecause he has been “courageous in de-fending a wide range of individualrights.”

“Always the courageous judge, JusticeKogan used his years on the bench todefend a wide range of individualrights,” the ACLU of Florida pro-claimed. As examples, the organizationcited his dissent from the majority de-cision in Kirscher v. McIver, which heldthat a terminally ill patient had no rightto self-determination in the manner ofhis own death, and a series of articlesauthored by Kogan calling for the stateto re-examine use of the death penalty.



In August, two years after he estab-lished Soul Builders with the help of agrant from the echoing green founda-tion, David Daniel will close down hisinnovative public service organization.

“The project was designed to make adifference in the lives of some of ourmost disadvantaged children and to callattention to their plight,” Daniel com-mented. “We have had a positive impacton the lives of our clients, and we’veplayed a role in making the legal com-munity and the public more aware ofthe difficulties faced by children whohave been labeled ‘mentally disabled.’So, I do feel that we have accomplishedwhat we set out to do.”

A member of UM Law’s Class of 1998,Daniel set up Soul Builders to providelegal representation for minors whowere alleged to have mental disabilities,to educate those clients in legal mat-ters, and to encourage their selfexpression. Primarily a one-person op-eration, Soul Builders has been hostedby UM Law’s Children and Youth LawClinic, which has provided office spaceand some administrative support.

“There is an excellent fit, a common-ality of purpose, between Soul Buildersand the Children and Youth LawClinic,” Daniel pointed out. “While weboth represent poor children in SouthFlorida (especially those caught up inthe foster care system), Soul Buildersfocuses on children—generally ages 13–18—who have been labeled mentallydisabled.”

“At this time I have 12 clients. Eightare foster kids, two fall under Florida’sCINS (Children in Need of Services)statute, three are special education cases(and the only ones in which I have beenable to work extensively with parents),and one had been charged with delin-quency,” he said.

“Probably, one of the most importantthings I have been able to accomplishis to make them see that an adult caresabout them, will listen to them, andstick with them. These kids have a prob-lem with trust and a feeling ofimpermanence.”

In court hearings, he has been able tohelp ensure that his clients get the fullattention of attorneys and judges. “Of-ten, these kids are either angry or shy,and I’ve been able to help them shapewhat they want to say and communi-cate their thoughts more effectively,”Daniel noted. “Plus, the fact that theyhave an attorney representing themgives added weight to their concerns.”

In addition to educating his clientsabout the legal system, he also educatesthe outside world about them. By par-ticipating in seminars for teachers, socialworkers, mental health professionals,and the legal community, he has helpedbring attention to the issues faced by hisclients.

“These kids live in what is almost asecret world,” Daniel explained. “Theyare protected by confidentiality laws,but that protection can be a mixed bless-ing. People just don’t know what’s goingon in these kid’s lives or understand theproblems they face.”

One of the goals of the Soul Buildersproject has been to encourage the chil-dren to express creatively—in writingor through art—the way they feel aboutFlorida’s mental health system. “Al-though we’ve had some success withthis, it has been difficult,” he said. “Of-ten their primary concerns are suchbasic needs as getting something to eatand a place to stay, and creative expres-sion is not foremost in their minds.However, there have been some notableexceptions, and Soul Builders is in-

volved with a new project (‘Girl Speak’)funded by the Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade County that will encourage girlsto write about their experience in thejuvenile justice system and will publishthe best of their efforts on the Internet.”

Following his work with Soul Build-ers, Daniel and his fiancé, PamelaEntzel, who also is a 1998 graduate ofUM Law, plan to enter the Peace Corpsand be assigned to a nation in the SouthPacific, where they will work in the areaof health education. Entzel is currentlycompleting work on a master’s degreein public health at the University ofMiami.

“I don’t think my law degree will comeinto play very much in this next assign-ment,” Daniel noted. “However, myday-to-day Soul Builders work with thechildren and the experience I gained indealing with public officials shouldtranslate well to the new environment.”

[Editor’s Note: Daniel’s $30,000 grantfrom the echoing green foundation, whichreceived the maximum one-year renewal fora second year, was the fourth of the highlycompetitive fellowships that have gone torecent UM Law graduates since 1995. Anon-profit foundation, echoing green ap-plies a venture capital approach tophilanthropy, providing seed money to so-cial entrepreneurs starting innovative publicservice organizations.

Other UM Law recipients have includedVirginia Coto in 1997, to fund LUCHA:A Women’s Legal Project, a program tohelp low-income immigrant women over-come domestic abuse and empower themto become active in the greater community;Caryn Vogel in 1996, to establish H.E.L.P.(H.I.V. Education and Law Project), whichfocuses on safeguarding access to the courtsand providing equal and fair representationof the disenfranchised; and CarolynSalisbury in 1995 to begin UM Law’s Chil-dren and Youth Law Clinic.] ?

BAR & GAVEL’S 50TH

UM Law students and members of Bar & Gavel, Elba Martin, Abe Breslin,and Mike Daly, pose at a March 9 reception in the Law School courtyardcelebrating the 50th anniversary of the Society of Bar and Gavel.

Kogan ScholarshipTo Help Recruit

The Best StudentsUM Law is honoring Gerald Kogan, former chief justice of the FloridaSupreme Court and member of the Class of 1955, with an endowed scholar-ship in his name.

When fully funded at $50,000, the Gerald Kogan Scholarship will sup-port the studies of law students who demonstrate the integrity, scholarship,and devotion to public service characterized by Justice Kogan’s exemplarycareer in the law.

With tuition at UM Law and other high-quality private law schools atunprecedented heights, scholarships are an increasingly important factor inhelping UM Law recruit the best students.

Alumni and friends who would like to contribute to the scholarship shouldmail their checks to the Office of Law Development and Alumni Relations,University of Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL33124-8087. ?

Help Us CelebrateAlumni and friends of the University of Miami School of Law are invitedto a reception to celebrate completion of the Gerald Kogan Endowed Schol-arship Fund, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 22, during theannual meeting of the Florida Bar Association at the Boca Raton Resortand Club.

Please RSVP no later than June 16 by calling 305-284-4945 or by send-ing a fax to 305-284-3968. ?


echoing green Enables Alum to Help Disadvantaged Teens

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Mariel Spencer passed away Dec. 8,1999, due to complications associatedwith acute leukemia. She is deeplymissed by her family and husband, whohave established a scholarship fund inher name at UM Law.

Along with her husband, KevinSpencer, she began law school in 1993.A member of the Inter-American LawReview, she graduated cum laude in1996, then returned to UM Law to workon an LL.M. degree in taxation, whichshe received in 1998. She began her ca-reer working for PricewaterhouseCoopersin Miami as a state and local taxconsultant.

The Mariel Melissa Saunderson(Smith) Spencer Scholarship will beawarded to a second- or third-year fe-male J.D. student or a female LL.M.student who has at least a 3.0 gradepoint average, has an interest in prac-ticing tax law, and demonstratesfinancial need.

Mariel Spencer’s family plans to be-gin the scholarship with a gift of $2,500,which will be awarded to a student forthe 2000–2001 academic year, followedby similar contributions in each of thefollowing four years. Either prior to orduring the fifth year of the scholarship,the family has pledged to make a giftsufficient to endow the fund at the levelof no less than $50,000, which will per-mit the School of Law to award at least$2,500 annually in the future.

Classmates and friends of MarielSpencer are invited to help endow thescholarship; any amounts contributed tothe scholarship fund will be greatlyappreciated. For information on howto contribute, please call Kelly Toole,assistant dean for development, on 305-284-3506. Or, send checks to herattention at the Office of Law Devel-opment and Alumni Relations;University of Miami School of Law; P.O.Box 248087; Coral Gables, FL 33124-8087. ?


“According to that exception,” hecontinued, “an anonymous tip about thepresence of a gun shifts the balance in atotality of circumstances analysis in fa-vor of forcible intervention. This caseraises an important constitutional con-cern: whether the reasonable suspicionstandard should be tempered by the de-gree of danger alleged in an informanttip.”

Urging that guns implicitly expose thepublic and the police to danger, theState of Florida petitioned the U.S. Su-preme Court for certiorari review and,on February 29, the Court heard thecase.

In his argument, Sepler cautionedthat, absent a showing of actual andimmediate danger, the mere allega-tion of a gun in an anonymous tip,coupled with the corroboration of inno-cent details (but lacking “meaningfulcorroboration”) does not constitute rea-sonable suspicion. “To hold otherwisewould not only expose innumerable in-nocent people to the humiliation of apolice search but would materially alterthe fundamental relationship betweenpolice and citizens in our society,” heemphasized.

Although a decision had not beenexpected until June, it arrived farsooner—in late March. The quick de-cision plus the unanimity of the justicesindicate the importance the U.S. Su-preme Court attached to the issue,Sepler suggested. In an article about thedecision, the New York Times noted that,of the 11 previous criminal casesbrought before the U.S. Supreme Courtearlier in the session, all had goneagainst the defendant.

Writing in support of the Florida Su-preme Court’s position that a searchbased on an anonymous tip that firearmsare present would constitute an excep-tion to established rules, Justice RuthBader Ginsburg wrote that “such anexception would enable any personseeking to harass another to set in mo-tion an intrusive, embarrassing policesearch of the targeted person simply byplacing an anonymous call.”

In a separate concurring opinion, Jus-tice Anthony Kennedy wrote that ananonymous tip might lead to a lawfulsearch if there is supporting reliability,such as specific information that canhelp an officer observe a suspect beforemaking a search.

Ginsburg also wrote that some situa-tions, such as a potential bomb, presenta greater threat to the public and mayallow the police more leeway for asearch under the Fourth Amendment,which forbids unreasonable searches andseizures.

At UM Law, Sepler coaches the stateand national moot court teams andteaches substantive and practicum ap-pellate law courses. ?

Harvey Sepler

Harvey Sepler, assistant public de-fender for Miami-Dade County, argueda case before the U.S. Supreme Courtthis year and came away with a unani-mous decision in favor of his positionthat an anonymous tip about a con-cealed gun is not reliable enough toauthorize police to stop and search aperson.

Sepler, a 1984 graduate of UM Lawand a member of the Law School’s ad-junct faculty, argued the case—State ofFlorida v. J.L.—in defense of his client,a teenage boy. The State of Floridasought review of a Florida SupremeCourt decision that Miami-Dade policeofficers acted unconstitutionally whenthey searched and arrested a 15-year-oldboy, identified as J.L., for carrying a con-cealed weapon.

The arrest occurred in 1995 afterMiami-Dade police received an anony-mous telephone tip that several youngblack males were standing by a bus stopin front of a pawn shop and that one ofthem, the one wearing a plaid-lookingshirt, possessed a gun. The tipster de-scribed each of the males but gave noindication of how he or she knew therewas a gun. Other than describing thesubjects and their location, the tipprovided no predictive or suspicion-generating details.

Six minutes after being dispatched,two police officers arrived at the busstop, found three black males matchingthe description and immediately stoppedthem and frisked their outer clothing.Under the plaid shirt, police found agun. The officers testified that the tipwas the sole basis for making the stop.

The Supreme Court of Florida heldthat the police lacked reasonable suspi-cion to stop and frisk the subjects. Eventhough the plaid-shirted male was laterdiscovered to be a juvenile, police didnot indicate that they knew this at thetime of the stop. The Court held thatthe corroboration of details of identifi-cation does not elevate an anonymous,otherwise non-confirmed, tip to reason-able suspicion.

“In so holding, the Court elected notto follow a growing trend in federalcriminal law—and to a lesser extent,state criminal law—recognizing a fire-arms exception to the FourthAmendment,” Sepler pointed out.

Save This DateSaturday, Nov. 4, 2000—UM Law’s 52nd Annual Homecoming Breakfast

Family EstablishesScholarship in MemoryOf Mariel Spencer

In addition to the Breakfast, reunions are being planned for the Classes of ’50, ’55, ’60, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’90 and ’95during Reunion 2000 Weekend, November 2–4.

For more information, or to volunteer for a reunion planning committee, please call Cynthia Sikorski,director of alumni relations on 305-284-3470, send an e-mail to [email protected], or visit UM Law’s websiteat www.law.miami.edu.

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CELEBRATION

Along with keynote speaker U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno (thirdfrom left) at the Florida Bar’s May 25 gala dinner in Bal Harbourcelebrating Florida’s first 150 women lawyers, are, from left, RosemaryBarkett, judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit; Barbara J.Pariente, justice, Florida Supreme Court; Reno; Major B. Harding, chiefjustice, Florida Supreme Court; and Edith Osman (J.D. 1983), president,Florida Bar.

Harvey Sepler WinsU.S. Supreme Court Case

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Prof. Clifford C. Alloway,J.D. 1950


Clifford C. Alloway, who taught at UM Law from 1951 until he retired in1993, died in late October from kidney failure.

A constitutional law scholar, he was the author of a text on U.S. constitu-tional law and a casebook and articles on Florida constitutional law. Alongwith U.S. and Florida constitutional law, he taught evidence and contracts tothe approximately 14,000 students who took his classes at UM Law.

In 1962, graduating seniors and alumni voted him “Outstanding Teacher ofthe School of Law,” and the Law Alumni Association honored him with a“Distinguished Faculty Member” citation in 1997.

Along with his teaching responsibilities, Alloway chaired the School’s cur-riculum committee for 25 years and was a member of the appointment andtenure, academic standards, and admissions committees.

He was faculty advisor to the University of Miami Law Review, faculty repre-sentative on the Board of Trustees, vice chair of the Faculty Senate, and amember of the Faculty Charter Committee.

Additionally, he was on the board of directors of the American Civil Liber-ties Union, the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Standards for JuryInstruction in Criminal Cases, and Legal Services of Greater Miami. He wasalso a consultant to the Commission on Florida Constitutional Law Reviewand to the Circuit Court Judges Association on Evidence. ?

William R. Colson,J.D. 1948

William “Bill” Colson, one of the nation’s most successful personal injuryattorneys and one of Miami’s most honored citizens, died in October from aheart attack.

A champion of justice for minorities, women, and immigrants as well as ahighly successful litigator, he received nearly every honor that the nation’strial lawyers and Miami’s business community could confer on him.

In the mid-1960s, while still in his 30s, he was elected president of the50,000-member American Trial Lawyers Association and, as leader of thatorganization, lectured in 150 cities, all 50 states and 30 universities.

He was a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a memberof the Inner Circle of Advocates, past president of the Young Lawyers Sec-tion of the Florida Bar Board of Governors, a fellow of the Academy of FloridaTrial Lawyers, and a member of the American Bar Association.

His civic involvements also were many, including being president of theGreater Miami Chamber of Commerce (in 1976–77), a trustee of the Uni-versity of Miami, a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, a member ofGovernor Askew’s Economic Development Advisory Council, and numer-ous others.

In 1965, as it presented him with an award it has given only once, theAmerican Trial Lawyers Association cited him as “that American lawyerwho has made the most significant contribution to the cause of justice forthe ordinary citizen of the United States of America.”

Among his numerous other awards are Outstanding Young Man of Miami(1960), Outstanding Young Man of Florida (1961), the Florida Junior Bar’s“Award to the Most Outstanding Past or Present Member” (1966) (from theorganization that the American Bar Association cited as the “Most Progres-sive Junior Bar in the U.S. for 1965, the year he was its president), the LeonardRing Champion of Justice Award (1995), and the Miami Herald’s CharlesWhited Spirit of Excellence Award (1997).

An enduring testament to his concern for social justice is the “Bill ColsonScholarship” for African-American students at the University of MiamiSchool of Law. Approximately 20 Colson Scholars already have graduated fromUM Law and become members of the bar. ?

Homer L. Marlow,J.D. 1953

Homer Marlow, a 1998 recipient of UM Law’s Alumnus of Distinction Awardfor his support of the School, died April 12.

Marlow founded and built into prominence the law firm of Marlow, Connell,Valerius, Abrams, Adler & Newman. He specialized in insurance defensecases, including the representation of physicians, attorneys, architects andother professional, and his clients included some of the nation’s leading lawfirms.

Throughout his career he was a mentor to many young lawyers.Marlow was past chairman of the Florida Bar’s Judicial Nominating Com-

mittee and its Grievance Committee.In 1942, at age 17, Marlow went to Aviation Mechanics School, joined the

Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 243, and was soon deployed to the SouthPacific, where he was first a plane captain of a dive bomber and later becamea rear seat aerial gunner. Among his decorations was the Asian Pacific Rib-bon with Three Battle Stars. ?

Obituaries

Rita PetersonRita Peterson, former assistant dean for administration at UM Law, died

March 3. She was 81.Dean Peterson was the Law School’s first administrator to receive a decanal

appointment. The position was created in 1979 to reflect the responsibilitiesshe had acquired over the preceding nine years and to take advantage of herdiplomatic, as well as her administrative, skills. She retired in 1985. ?

Law School Holds Alumni,Recruitment EventsIn Latin America

Initiating a series of alumni and recruit-ment events to be held around theglobe, Janet Stearns, director of inter-national and foreign law programs, wasin Argentina and Chile in April to meetwith UM Law alumni, friends, and po-tential LL.M. students.

Stearns, who became director in Oc-tober of 1999, is a former visitingprofessor at the University of Chile LawSchool.

In Buenos Aires, 40 alumni and otherfriends of the University of Miami gath-ered for a reception at the Alvear PalaceHotel, which featured a video withDean Dennis Lynch discussing his glo-bal vision for UM Law.

During her visit, Stearns had the op-portunity to meet with Mónica Pinto,academic secretary of the University ofBuenos Aires Law School, Dean MartínBohmer of the University of Palermo Law

School, and Dean Horacio Spector of theDiTella Law School, among others.

While in Santiago, she spoke withUniversity of Chile Dean AntonioBascuñan and met with law studentsinterested in studying law in the UnitedStates. A reception in Santiago includedalumnus Bernardo Nun (MCL, 1971)and approximately 30 other friends ofUM law.

In both Buenos Aires and Santiago,Stearns made presentations to major lawfirms about UM Law and discussed op-portunities for student and facultyexchanges.

Alumni outreach and student recruit-ment are the major priorities for Stearnsin the next year. “UM alumni are ourambassadors around the world. I lookforward to working with our globalalumni community.” ?

Janet Stearns in Buenos Aires with (at left) Dr. Daniel Castro, from thelaw firm of Le Pera and Lessa, who was a visiting professor at UM Lawin 1986, and Dr. Alfredo Wilensky, a UM Law alumnus (MCL 1972).

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PresidentGARY M. CARMAN, JD ’74; Pri-

vate Practice; Miami-Dade County,Palm Beach County, Florida, District ofColumbia, New York, American andFederal Bar Assns.; Miami Coalition,Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Recov-ery Task Force; Director, Legal Servicesof Miami-Dade County; Dade HeritageTrust; Leadership Miami; Traffic Mag-istrate, Miami-Dade County Court;Florida Bar, Judicial Selection Commit-tee; Federal Bar Association; AmericanBankruptcy Institute; Association ofTrial Lawyers of America; Florida Acad-emy of Trial Lawyers; Miami-DadeCounty, Florida and New York TrialLawyers Assns.; Bankruptcy Bar Asso-ciation, Southern District of Florida;Director, Fellow, American Bar Foun-dation; V.P., Palace CondominiumAssociation; Law Alumni Assn. Officerand Director.

President-ElectCARROLL J. KELLY, JD ’89;

County Court Judge, Eleventh JudicialCircuit; Roger Sorino Award; MarshallAward; Iron Arrow; Student Bar Assn.Award; PAD Scholarship; FAWL Schol-arship; UM Law Service Scholarship;Moot Court Board; Bar & Gavel; Presi-dent, Student Bar Assn.; Miami-DadeCounty Bar Association, Past-President,Young Lawyers Section, Chair, Meetingsand Programs; Law Week; DomesticViolence and Judicial Reception Com-mittees; Florida Assn. for WomenLawyers, Director; United Way of Mi-ami-Dade County—Fund AllocationCommittee; Put Something Back ProBono Project Steering Committee;AFTL; DCTLA; Leadership Miami;Law Alumni Assn. Officer and Direc-tor, 1989 to present.

ImmediatePast President

DET H. JOKS, JD ’72; Law Office ofDet H. Joks, P.A.; Florida Bar and SouthMiami-Kendall Bar Associations; PastPresident, South Dade Bar Association;Past-President Attorneys’ Real EstateCouncil of Miami-Dade County; Past-President, Speaker of the Year andAdvanced Designation. South DadeToastmasters; Chamber South; Found-ing Trustee, German-American TradeCouncil; United States Supreme Court;U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. DistrictCourt; Recipient of “To Catch a ThiefAward”; Attorneys’ Title InsuranceFund, Inc.; Miami-Dade County Pro-Bono Program; Miami-Dade CountyGuardian Ad Litem Program; MiamiBoard of Realtors; Construction LawCommittee–Florida Bar; Moot CourtJudge, University of Miami School ofLaw; Law Alumni Association Presi-dent, Director and Class Agent.

Law AlumniAssociationBoard Liaison

LEWIS B. FREEMAN, JD ’74; LewisB. Freeman & Partners; Forensic Accoun-tants and Consultants; Senior Partner,Freeman, Dawson & Rosenbaum, CPAs,Miami, Fla; Commercial Law League ofAmerica; Certified Fraud Examiner;Court Appt. Receiver; Board, Miami

District Court, Southern, Middle andNorthern Districts of Florida; U.S. Dis-trict Court of Appeals, Eleventh andFederal Circuits; Law Alumni Assn.,Secretary.

MICHAEL S. PERSE, JD ’96; cumlaude, associate, Kluger Peretz Kaplan& Berlin; practice areas include generalcommercial litigation at trial and appel-late levels, insurance disputes, insurancecoverage issues and aviation-relatedmatters. B.B.A., University of Miamimagna cum laude; editor, University ofMiami Law Review; Member, American,Florida and Miami-Dade County BarAssns.; United States District Court,Southern District of Florida; U.S. Dis-trict Court of Appeals for the EleventhCircuit; Founding Member and Direc-tor, East Kendall Alliance; Memberand Past President of the Parent’sAssociation, Canterbury School, Uni-versity of Miami; Law AlumniAssociation, Presidential Appointment.

SecretaryFRED HARRISON, JD ’67; Practic-

ing attorney, 33 years experience in bothPlaintiff’s and Defendant’s trial practicein personal injury, insurance and com-mercial litigation. Martindale & Hubbel“BV” rating. University of Miami, BA,1962; University of Miami School ofLaw, JD ’67; post-graduate study, Suf-folk University, National Academy ofAdvocacy, 1977. Member, AmericanBar Association; International MedicalSociety of Paraplegia; Broward CountyGuardianship Association; AmericanJudicature Society; Phi Delta Phi LegalFraternity. Miami-Dade County YouthFair, member and judge; Gold CoastRailroad Museum, Vice President andTreasurer, 1986–89; Board of Directors,1986 to date. University of Miami LawAlumni Association, Class Agent 1985to date and Board of Directors, 1999 todate.

TreasurerALBERT A. CARTENUTO III, JD

’90; Law Firm of Albert A. CartenutoIII, P.A.; University of Miami, BA,1982, received Regular Army commis-sion as an officer in the U.S. ArmyTransportation Corps; University ofMiami School of Law, JD, 1990. Ad-mitted to practice before the UnitedStates District Court, Southern Districtof Florida; United States Court of Ap-peals, Eleventh Circuit; United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces,and the United States Supreme Court.Certified by the Florida Supreme Courtas Circuit, Civil, County Civil and Fam-ily Mediator; Barry University, adjunctfaculty, Baccalaureate Legal Studies Pro-gram, teaching Civil Litigation,Criminal Law and Procedure, LegalResearch and Writing, and Real EstateLaw; Gold Coast Railroad Museum,Rebuilding and Renovation Project andMembership Promotion Program; Di-rector, UM Law Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors since 1998.

Youth Museum; Past President, EpilepsyFoundation of So. Fla.; Iron Arrow;Board, UM Hurricane Club; Founder,Friends of the Law School Program in1992 (Free Law Luncheons in CourtHouse with Guest Speakers), LawAlumni Assn., Director.

Vice PresidentFor Alumni Relations

TODD S. PAYNE, JD ’89; Zebersky,Payne & Kushner, LLP; U.S. DistrictCourt for Southern and Middle District;ABA; Florida Bar; Iron Arrow; PastPresident, UM Broward CountyAlumni Association; UM Law AlumniAssn. Director; Member, Board of Di-rectors UM Law Alumni; Member,Strategic Planning Committee; Chair-man, UM Baseball Golf Tournament,1999 and 2000.

Co-Vice PresidentsFor Class Agents

DAVID STEPHEN HOPE, JD ’96;cum laude, Assistant Miami-DadeCounty Attorney, practice areas encom-pass litigation, finance and municipalbonds, housing, code enforcement, zon-ing and personnel; B.S.F., PrincetonUniversity; M.B.A., The WhartonSchool, University of Pennsylvania;President, Society of Bar & Gavel; ViceChairperson, Orientation; Treasurer,Caribbean Law Students Association;Member, Moot Court Board, BusinessLaw Journal, Yearbook of InternationalLaw and Student Life Committee;Member, Princeton University AlumniCouncil, 1994–1998; Law AlumniAssn. Executive Board.

ELIZABETH S. KATZEN, JD ’88;Katzen & Katzen, P.A.; Assistant Fed-eral Public Defender for the SouthernDistrict of Florida; Assistant Public De-fender, Law Offices of Bennett H.Brummer; former Director and currentMember, Miami-Dade County Chapter,Florida Association for Women Law-yers; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers;Miami-Dade County Bar Association;Law Alumni Association, Vice Presi-dent, Class Agents; former Florida BarGrievance Committee member andVice Chair; Chair, Speakers Council,Student Bar Association.

Co-Vice PresidentsFor Fundraising

MICHAEL R. BLYNN, JD ’77, LawOffices of Michael R. Blynn, P.A., CityCouncilman, City of North Miami,Florida; President, Express Title Group,Inc.; Treasurer, University of Miami LawAlumni Association, Iron Arrow; BetaAlpha Psi; Alpha Kappa Psi; FormerChairperson, Code Enforcement Board,City of North Miami; Former DistrictChairperson, Boy Scouts of America;Former Chairperson, Florida Bar Griev-ance Committee, Eleventh JudicialCircuit; Former Core Member, FloridaBar Standing Committee on the Unau-thorized Practice of Law; foundingmember, Coconut Grove Jaycees; Mem-ber in good standing of the Florida Bar,admitted to practice before the U.S.District Court, Southern District; Di-rector and former President, North DadeBar Association; Director, North MiamiSenior Citizens Foundation.

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MICHAEL J. HIGER, JD ’85, bornMiami Beach, Florida, November 24,1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida,U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. DistrictCourt, Middle District of Florida, U.S.District Court, Southern District ofFlorida including Trial Bar and U.S.Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.Education: University of Florida (BA,1982); University of Miami (JD, cumlaude, 1985). Executive Editor, Univer-sity of Miami Law Review, 1984–1985.Co-Author: “Florida Provides SafeHaven for Forum Shoppers,” The FloridaBar Journal, October 1995. “Prejudg-ment Interest: Uncertainty and Inequity,”The Florida Bar, Business Law Section,The Quarterly Report, March 1994;“From the Mailroom to the Boardroom;Reason and the Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the CorporateContext,” The Florida Bar Journal,January 1995. Participant, LeadershipMiami, 1996. Board of Directors, Uni-versity of Miami Law School AlumniAssociation. Florida Liaison, BusinessLitigation Committee, Defense Re-search Institute. Member: American BarAssociation (Member: IntellectualProperty Section; Litigation Section;Intellectual Property Committee); TheFlorida Bar (Member: Business Law Sec-tion; Intellectual Property Committee;Chair, Business Litigation Committee,1997–1998); American IntellectualProperty Law Association; The Associa-tion of Trial Lawyers of America;Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers;Florida Bankers Association. Fellow,American Bar Foundation.

Co-Vice PresidentsFor Placement

HON. STEPHEN BROWN, JD,’72; U.S. Magistrate Judge, SouthernDistrict of Florida; admitted to U.S.Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals;U.S. District Courts (Southern andMiddle Districts of Florida); Trial Bar—Southern District of Florida; FloridaSupreme Court. Education: FloridaState University (BS, 1968); Founderand President, AEPI Fraternity; Univer-sity of Miami (JD, 1972). UM LawReview; President, Wig & Robe HonorSociety; Vice President and Senator,Student Bar Association; Delta ThetaPhi, Scholarship Key; Bar & Gavel.Adjunct Professor, UM School of Law(1983–84); Chairman, Florida BarGrievance Committee (4 years); FloridaBar Auto Insurance Committee, ViceChairman; Miami-Dade County andFlorida Bar Fee Arbitration Committee(Chairman—both); Member, Miami-Dade County Bar Association; FloridaBar Association; American Bar Asso-ciation; Member, Advisory Committeeon Local Rules and Procedures, U.S.District Court, Southern District ofFlorida. Board of Directors, UM LawAlumni Association, (1994–present).

Co-Vice Presidents ofRegional Programs

ALVIN F. LINDSAY III, JD ’91;magna cum laude; Steel Hector & DavisLLP, Partner; Dean’s Scholar, Universityof Miami Law Review, Articles and Com-ments Editor, 1990–91; Phi AlphaDelta, Justice, 1990–91; Order of theCoif; Member, American, Florida andMiami-Dade County Bar Assns.; U.S.

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2000–2001 Board of DirectorsEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresidentGary M. Carman, JD ’74

President-ElectHon. Carroll J. Kelly, JD ’89

Vice PresidentsLAA Board LiaisonLewis B. Freeman, JD ’74

Alumni RelationsTodd S. Payne, JD ’89

Class Agent, Co-ChairsDavid S. Hope, JD ’96Elizabeth S. Katzen, JD ’88

Fund Raising, Co-ChairsMichael Blynn, JD ’77Michael J. Higer, JD ’85

Placement, Co-ChairHon. Stephen Brown, JD ’72

Regional ProgramsMichael Perse, JD ’86Alvin F. Lindsay, JD ’91

SecretaryFred A. Harrison, Jr., JD ’67

TreasurerAlbert A. A. Cartenuto III, JD ’90

Immediate Past PresidentDet H. Joks, JD ’72

LAA Board AdvisorGeorgina A. Angones

Administrative LiaisonsDean Jeannette F. Hausler, JD ’53Associate Dean William P. VanderWyden, JD ’84

DirectorsThree-year termEsther Blynn, JD ’86Gayle Miller, JD ’82Rick H. Strul, JD ’98Theodore R. Walters, JD ’93David A. Wolfson, JD ’72Erica N. Wright, JD ’97

Two-year termSpencer M. Aronfeld, JD ’91Robin J. King, JD ’84David Kobrin, JD ’75Bruce Lyons, JD ’67Carlos Martinez, JD ’88Detra P. Shaw, JD ’94

One-year termMarjorie Baron, JD ’92Angela Cartolano, JD ’90Gennieve Henriques, JD ’92Lewis Levey, JD ’86Steven C. Marks, JD ’85Marva L. Wiley, JD ’95

Presidential AppointmentMarjorie Shoureas, JD ’93

Judicial DirectorsThe Hon. Stanford Blake, JD ’73The Hon. Beth F. Bloom, JD ’88The Hon. Stephen T. Brown, JD ’72The Hon. Philip Cook, JD ’52The Hon. A. Jay Cristol, JD ’59The Hon. Martin R. Dishowitz, JD ’75The Hon. Pedro Echarte, JD ’79The Hon. Margarita G. Esquiroz, JD ’74The Hon. Alejandro E. Ferrer, JD ’86The Hon. Eugene J. Fierro, JD ’67The Hon. Ronald M. Friedman, JD ’67The Hon. Norman S. Gerstein, JD ’73The Hon. Carroll J. Kelly, JD ’89The Hon. Alan Kornblum, JD ’54The Hon. Jeffrey Rosinek, JD ’74The Hon. Michael Samuels, JD ’72

PAST PRESIDENTS*1942 James E. Abras1943 Samuel I. Silver1944 Dixie H. Chastain

*1945 Amos Benjamin*1948 Victor Levine*1949 David P. Phillips*1950 John H. Boyer1951 Louis M. Jepeway

*1952 Victor Levine

LAA Sets UpSystem ofClass Directors

1953 M. Sam Jennings1954 Douglas D. Batchelor1955 Richard E. Gerstein

*1956 Raymond G. Nathan*1957 Marco Loffredo1958 Arthur C. Massey, Jr.1959 James H. Earnest1960 Helen Tanos Hope

*1961 Karl J. Leib, Jr.1962 Herbert P. Benn1963 Armando Maraio1964 Robert L. Koeppel

*1965 William T. Kruglak II1966 Max M. Hagen1967 Lawrence V. Hastings1968 Leland E. Stansell, Jr.1969 Harold P. Barkas1970 Thomas E. Lee, Jr.1971 Arden M. Siegendorf1972 Charles J. Crowder1973 John Gale

*1974 Thomas Davison III1975 Donald I. Bierman

*1976 A. John Goshgarian*1977 Sidney M. Weaver, Jr.*1978 Edward J. Atkins1979 Neal R. Sonnett1980 Thomas R. Spencer, Jr.1981 Theodore Klein1982 George R. Harper1983 Rhea P. Grossman1984 Charles Kantor1985 Hon. A. Jay Cristol1986 J.B. Spence1987 Joseph P. Klock, Jr.1988 Emerson Allsworth

*1989 Samuel S. Smith1990 Todd Aronovitz1991 Benedict P. Kuehne1992 George T. Yoss1993 Alan Atlas1994 Ronald Ravikoff1995 Joseph Lowe1996 Jay Martus1997 Richard Milstein1998 Harlan Gladstein1999 Det H. Joks

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University of Miami LawAlumni Association

The Law Alumni Association hascreated a system of “class directors” inwhich alumni can serve their classesby acting as primary contact persons,overseeing the class agent volunteers,gathering current information aboutclassmates, and disseminating informa-tion about the Law School.

Alumni interested in serving as classdirectors or class agents for their classesshould contact David Hope, J.D. ’96 at305-375-5623 or [email protected] Elizabeth Katzen, J.D. ’88, at 305-596-2000 or [email protected].

Class directors already appointedinclude:

Class of 2000Mario [email protected]

Class of 1999Marilen Marnett

C l a s s N o t e s


CLASS OF 1950

The Class of 1950 will hold its 50thReunion Celebration this fall. Membersof the class who are interested in helpingplan the event for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski, director ofalumni relations, 305-284-4935, withtheir ideas and suggestions.

CLASS OF 1953

IRA H. WEXLER is a New York SupremeCourt justice in Mineola, N.Y., where hehas served as supervising judge of thedistrict court and county court of NassauCounty since 1995.

CLASS OF 1954

DONALD D. ROWEserved as a lecturer on theUM Law faculty from1956–1960 and taughtcourses in legal method,research and writing andbrief writing and oralargument. Heeding a call to

full-time service, Rowe entered theministry in 1961, from which he retired in1985. He was involved in various minis-tries, including world missionsadministration, fund raising and churchacademia. In the latter activity, Rowe wasassociated for many years with LeeUniversity, assisting in developing anaccredited department of business, wherehe served as chairman. In 1976, he waselected to serve as a delegate to theTennessee State Constitutional Conven-tion, where he served as chair of the styleand drafting committee and wrote asignificant portion of that state’s constitu-tion. Rowe resides in Lakeland, where heenjoys reading the Class Notes section ofthe Barrister. He reports, “It is marvelousto observe the great contributions andsuccesses of my former colleagues andstudents.”

CLASS OF 1955

The Class of 1955 will hold its 45thReunion Celebration this fall. Membersof the class who are interested in helpingplan the event for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski, director ofalumni relations, 305-284-4935, withtheir ideas and suggestions.

CLASS OF 1957

STEVE LACHEEN celebrated 42 years ofpractice with publication of Annals ofJustice, relating some of his most interest-ing cases, including two victories in theUnited States Supreme Court. Lacheenpractices in Philadelphia.

SONIA PRESSMANFUENTES has written hermemoirs, Eat First—YouDon’t Know What They’llGive You: The Adventures ofan Immigrant Family andTheir Feminist Daughter.Written with warmth and

humor, her memoirs reveal how she wentfrom being a five-year-old immigrant fromGermany in 1934 to becoming the firstwoman attorney in the Office of theGeneral Counsel at the Equal Employ-ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)in 1965, one of the founders of theNational Organization for Women(NOW) in 1966, the highest paid womanat the headquarters of two multinationalcorporations, GTE and TRW, and aninternational speaker on women’s rightsfor the United States Information Agency.The book will be published soon; informa-tion is available from http: www.erraticimpuls.com/~feminismhtmlsonia_

pressman_fuentes. htm and can be orderedin paperback from bookstores.

CLASS OF 1960

The Class of 1960 will hold its 40thReunion Celebration this fall. Membersof the class who are interested in helpingplan the event for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski, director ofalumni relations, 305-284-4935, with theirideas and suggestions.

CLASS OF 1963

ARDEN M. SIEGENDORF is therecipient of this year’s seventh Excellencein Conflict Resolution Award, presentedby the Florida Conflict ResolutionConsortium. This award recognizes thecontributions made by outstandingmediators in resolving public disputes.

Siegendorf is recognized as one of themost accomplished circuit court mediatorsand has developed a well-deservedreputation for helping to settle complexpublic disputes relating to growth,development, transportation and environ-mental issues. The Conflict ResolutionConsortium also recognized Siegendorf’swork as chair of the Mediation GrievanceCommittee of the Florida Bar. Based inTallahassee, Siegendorf has served as anarbitrator and mediator since 1989. In1992, he founded and became president ofTallahassee Mediation Center, Inc., afterserving in Miami-Dade County as both acircuit court and county court judge.

CLASS OF 1964

DAVID N. NISSENBERG introduced thesecond edition of his book, The Law ofCommercial Trucking: Damages to Personsand Property, published by Lexis Publishinglast year. It is widely used throughout thecountry by attorneys involved in truckaccident litigation. In the past threeyears, Nissenberg has presented CLEseminars on this subject matter in 40states. He is a partner in Truck InjuryLawyers, LLP, a national firm based inSan Diego that represents victims ofcatastrophic truck crashes. He can bereached at 800-292-5855.

CLASS OF 1965

BENNETT H.BRUMMER, publicdefender for Miami-DadeCounty, was honored bythe Association ofRetarded Citizens ofFlorida for his long-standing legal and social

advocacy for people with mental retarda-tion and development disabilities. OnMarch 30—at a conference of more than300 attorneys, judges, social workers andpolice officers from throughout Floridaand the U.S.—Miami-Dade Mayor AlexPenelas issued a proclamation honoringhim as a national leader in violenceprevention. Last October, as part ofNational Crime Prevention Month,Brummer also addressed more than 300educators and business leaders in Miamiabout his innovative Anti-ViolenceInitiative (AVI). The AVI consists ofnumerous partnerships between the PublicDefender’s Office and governmental andcommunity organizations that are directedtoward identifying clients’ problems andaddressing them effectively.

RICHARD N. FRIEDMAN spearheadedthe successful fight in opposition to aproposed 1 percent increase in the salestax for Miami-Dade County only, prima-rily to be used to expand the Metrorailsystem. The special referendum vote onJuly 29, 1999, turned out 28 percent of the

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registered voters, who voted theirlandslide disapproval of themayor’s Penny Tax Plan by a 68percent to 32 percent margin.

In 1976, in 1990 and in 1991,Friedman also successfully ledoverwhelming voter oppositionto proposed 1 percent sales taxincreases in Miami-Dade Countyfor Metrorail. Also, in 1987,Friedman led the successfulstatewide fight to repeal theinfamous services sales taxstatute, which became effectiveJuly 1, 1987. After a ferociouspolitical battle, the governor andthe legislature capitulated topublic opinion and repealed thetax on Dec. 11, 1987.

Friedman serves his profes-sional athlete clients as CEO ofAll-Star Sports Agents, Inc.Friedman is also known as “TheSinging Attorney” and is asongwriter and record producer.On July 4, 1996, All-Star MusicCorporation released a musicalbum in CD and cassetteformats, For Love of Country,consisting of 15 of America’sgreatest patriotic songs, per-formed by Friedman, and a28-page booklet written by himcontaining the history and lyricsof each song. A portion of theproceeds from the sale of thealbum is donated to the Ameri-can Legion, the Veterans ofForeign Wars, the American RedCross, Boy Scouts of America,and Girl Scouts of America. Twonew music albums performed byFriedman are currently inproduction.

CLASS OF 1967

The HonorableEUGENE J.FIERRO receivedthe “Alumnus ofDistinctionAward” from theUM Law AlumniAssociation at the

51st Annual HomecomingBreakfast, which featured JusticeR. Fred Lewis of the SupremeCourt of Florida as its keynotespeaker. Judge Fierro has servedin the civil, criminal, family andappellate divisions of the 11thJudicial Circuit. He is administra-tor of “Put Something Back” andhas authored several legalpublications, including TheLawyer’s Trial Book—A Guide tothe 1977 Amendments to the Rulesof Florida Civil Procedure.

BRUCE M. LYONS is the chairof the ABA Criminal JusticeCouncil. His practice, Lyons &Sanders, Chartered, is based inFort Lauderdale.

CLASS OF 1968

THOMAS E. CHAMBERSrecently retired from practice inMiami-Dade County. He nowresides in Fall Branch, Tenn.

The Honorable STANLEY M.GOLDSTEIN was elected judgein 1983 and became the nation’sfirst “drug court” judge in 1989.There are now approximately 600such courts in the United States.Judge Goldstein retired inDecember 1998.

J. MICHAEL KELLY has asuccessful family practice, Kelly& Hammers, the Divorce Firm,in Santa Monica, Calif., wherehe preaches the gospel of “posi-tive divorce.” He also teachescourses in the business of law at

the University of SouthernCalifornia.

CLASS OF 1970

The Class of 1970 will hold its30th Reunion Celebration thisfall. Members of the class who areinterested in helping plan theevent for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski,director of alumni relations, 305-284-4935, with their ideas andsuggestions.

CLASS OF 1971

ROBERT A. SCHATZMAN ispartner with the Miami law firmof Adorno & Zeder, where hespecializes in bankruptcy andinsolvency matters. He wasformerly a shareholder at theMiami firm of Schantz SchatzmanAaronson & Perlman.

CLASS OF 1973

STUART GROSSMAN’s namewas written into the script ofCBS’s “Jag,” on its May 2, 2000episode. One of the show’swriters, best selling novelist,PAUL LEVINE, JD ’73, wroteGrossman’s name into the scriptas an attorney who represents asubmarine salvage company.Grossman and Levine arelongtime friends from UM Law.Grossman practices at Grossmanand Roth, P.A., a firm with officesin Miami, Fort Lauderdale, BocaRaton and Sarasota. The firmconcentrates in the areas ofmedical malpractice, vehicularnegligence, admiralty andmaritime, aviation productsliability law, as well as insuranceconsumer rights litigation andcommercial litigation.

GEORGE KNOX was recentlynamed to the board of directorsof the Trust for Public Land, anonprofit land conservationorganization that specializes inconservation real estate andapplies its expertise in negotia-tions, public finance, and law toprotect land for public use andenjoyment. Headquartered in SanFrancisco and with 28 officesnationwide, including Tallahasseeand Miami, the Trust has helpedprotect more than one millionacres of land for public use. Knoxis currently of counsel to theMiami firm of Adorno and Zeder,where he specializes in publicfinance, land use and localgovernment law. He has been anactive volunteer in Miami formany years, serving on the boardsof United Way of Miami-DadeCounty, the Greater MiamiChamber of Commerce andFlorida Memorial College.

CAROLYN B. LAMM, partnerin the Washington, D.C., lawfirm of White & Case, waselected to the council of theAmerican Law Institute (ALI)for an interim term until theInstitute’s 2000 annual meeting,when her name will be submittedwith the recommendation thatshe be elected by the membershipto a regular term. Her practiceconcentrates in international,commercial, arbitration and tradematters, and she has substantialexperience in federal courtlitigation, administrative law, andgovernment contracts. Lamm hasserved as counsel in manysignificant international arbitra-tions. She was appointed byPresident Clinton to the U.S.

Panel of Arbitrators for Interna-tional Centre for Settlement ofInvestment Disputes (ICSID)arbitration, she is on the Ameri-can Arbitration Association’sinternational list of arbitratorsand is a member of the Secretaryof State’s committee on privateinternational law.

HENRYLATIMER,managing partnerof EckertSeamans, hasbeen awarded theMargaret RoachHumanitarian

Award by the Urban League ofBroward County for providingpro bono legal services for clientswho could not afford representa-tion and for his contributionstoward enhancing race relationsin Broward County. Latimer is afellow of the American College ofTrial Lawyers and a member ofthe International Association ofDefense Counsel.

CLASS OF 1974

JOHN BASTEK retired ascaptain from the U.S. CoastGuard after 30 years of service.He now works as vice presidentof the International Council ofCruise Lines in Washington, D.C.

GARY CARMAN, a seniorlitigation partner and head of thelitigation group of the Miamioffice of Broad and Cassel, willserve as president of the LawAlumni Association in 2000–2001. Carman practices in theareas of civil trials, arbitrationsand lobbying and negotiation ofcorporate transactions. He lobbiesbefore Miami-Dade County andthe City of Miami Commissionfor various corporations regardingzoning, retail space issues atMiami International Airport,and other matters.

RICHARD C.MILSTEIN wasrecently honoredby the Miami-Dade County BarAssociation and“Put SomethingBack” pro bono

program for his continueddedication to public service. Hisname is attached to one of theservice awards, the Richard C.Milstein Excellence Award,presented at the 11th annualawards luncheon. Milstein is aformer recipient of the TobiasSimon Award presented by theFlorida Supreme Court, and hepractices at the Miami office ofAkerman Senterfitt.

CLASS OF 1975

The Class of 1975 will hold its25th Reunion Celebration thisfall. Members of the class who areinterested in helping plan theevent for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski,director of alumni relations, 305-284-4935, with their ideas andsuggestions.

JUDE BAGATTIis a licensedmassage therapistin Miami. In May1999, shecompleted a two-year certificateprogram in

spiritual companionship at St.Thomas University in Miami, andin August of last year successfully

climbed the Machame Route toUhuru (Freedom) Peak, whichat 19,344 feet is the summit ofTanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro andthe “Roof of Africa.” Bagattiwas named “Photographer ofthe Year” for the fifth time byKendall Camera Club, and shealso won “Best Black & WhitePrint of the Year” for her image“Grasshopper.”

CLASS OF 1976

The Honorable BONNIE LANORIPPINGILLE was selected as aWoman of Impact by the Com-munity Coalition for Women’sHistory for 1999 for making asignificant impact throughcommunity service and profes-sional activities that addresswomen’s issues and needs. Shewas honored at a reception at theHistorical Museum of SouthernFlorida on Feb. 29, 2000. Herportrait and biography willbecome part of the official recordsof the Historical Museum.

ALANROSENTHALjoined the lawfirm of Adorno &Zeder, P.A., as ashareholder in thecommerciallitigation depart-

ment. He specializes in civillitigation, intellectual property,domestic relations, banking andlending issues, communicationslaw, libel, privacy and FirstAmendment matters for broad-cast and print media. He is also acertified family mediator and hasbeen an active volunteer for 30years with the March of DimesBirth Defects Foundation and theMiami-Dade Public Health Trust.He resides in Pinecrest.

CLASS OF 1977

WILLIAM RICHARD BLOOMhas the same first name, middleinitial and last name asWILLIAM ROBERT BLOOM,JD’77, who practices in Miami.William Richard Bloom movedto Portland Ore., immediatelyfollowing his graduation fromUM Law, where he practicedfamily law until earlier this year,when he hung up his briefcase.He is now back in school full-time in pursuit of a master’sdegree in computer science andan MBA. He expects to learn theskills necessary to engage in aninteresting and challengingsecond career in the high-techindustry. His studies should becompleted prior to the classreunion in 2002, at which timehe expects to renew friendshipswith his law school classmates.

The Honorable JOHN A.HOUSTON serves as a federalmagistrate in the U.S. DistrictCourt for the Southern Districtof California, where the court’sbusy docket is largely driven byimmigration cases. Before hisappointment last year, JudgeHouston served for 17 years inthe U.S. Attorney’s office in SanDiego.

The Honorable ERNEST G.MAYO is judge of the municipalcourt of Warren, R.I., and is alsoassistant professor of legal studiesat Johnson & Wales University inProvidence.

MICHAEL SALES is vicepresident, associate generalcounsel and general patentcounsel at Hughes Electronics inEl Segundo, Calif.

MARTIN W. WASSERMANis partner at the Miami law firmof Zack Kosnitsky, where hepractices real estate law. He wasformerly a partner at the MiamiBeach law firm of Galbut GalbutMenin & Wasserman.

CLASS OF 1978

PAUL FAHRENKOPF joined thelaw firm of Barnes & Thornburgin the Washington, D.C., officeafter 20 years with the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office(PTO). The firm has over 300attorneys, with offices in India-napolis, Chicago, Washington,South Bend, Elkhart and FortWayne. While at the PTO,Fahrenkopf was most recentlythe trademark spokesperson, theadministrator for communicationsand quality in the office of theassistant commissioner fortrademarks, and the trademarkscurator of the Patent andTrademark Museum. Prior tothat, he was a trademark manag-ing attorney for 12 years and thetrademark examining attorney forover three years. He and his wife,Terry Holtzman, now a judge withthe Trademark Trial and AppealBoard, reside in Alexandria, Va.

The Honorable MICHAEL E.JONES authored the book, SportsLaw, published in 1999 under thePrentice-Hall imprint of Simon& Schuster. Judge Jones is also atenured full professor of legalstudies and economics at theUniversity of Massachusetts—Lowell, where he teaches sportslaw. He sits on the Salem DistrictCourt in Salem, N.H.

JIM LANARD formed a partner-ship with former New Jerseygovernor Jim Florio to assistclients in the areas of governmentand community relations,strategic planning and communi-cations. The firm, FLG Strategies,LLC, and the Florio Group, LLC,have offices in Philadelphia.Lanard resides in Cherry Hill, N.J.

ELIZABETH K. RUSSO andPhilip D. Parrish have formed theRusso Parrish Appellate Firm inMiami. Russo is managingpartner, and Parish was formerlypartner with Stephens, Lynn,Klein & McNichols.

MARCELA“MARCY” B.STRAS joinedthe Washington,D.C., office ofThompsonCoburn, LLP, aspartner in the

firm’s immigration and interna-tional trade practice. Herbackground includes more than20 years in business immigration,import-export international tradeissues and customs law. She haslobbied and advised on tradelegislation and negotiated anddrafted international businessagreements. Thompson Coburnhas 272 attorneys nationwide,with offices in St. Louis, Mo.;Washington, D.C.; Billings, Mt.;and Belleville, Ill.

JEFFREY A. TRINZ joined thelitigation practice group in theMiami office of Akerman,Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., after


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over four years as associateregional director of the AmericanIsrael Public Affairs Committee.He resides in Pembroke Pineswith his wife, Marilyn, and theirson, Noah.

CLASS OF 1979

HOWARD BERLIN, managingshareholder of the law firm ofKluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin,P.A., and the chair of its bank-ruptcy and creditors’ rightsdepartment, has served as chair ofthe 4000-member Business LawSection of the Florida Bar. Berlinhas concentrated his law practicein the areas of bankruptcy andcreditors’ rights since 1980 andhas represented corporate debtors,secured lenders, creditors’committees and individualcreditors in various proceedings aswell as out-of-court workouts anddebt restructuring negotiations.He has extensive experience inbusiness reorganization proceed-ings and has successfullyreorganized several publiclyowned enterprises. He is aresident of Bal Harbor.

ROBIN S. BUCKNER is partnerat Buckner & Shifrin, P.A., anAV-rated firm established in1991, focusing on insurancecoverage and defense litigationand matrimonial law. Shereceived the Ray H. PearsonGuardian Ad Litem Award fromthe family court bench of the11th Judicial Circuit, and she hastaught several seminars andworkshops in civil litigation andpro bono guardian ad litem work.

HOWARD A. KUSNICK (LL.M.’79) has been reelected to serveon the board of directors andelected to the executive commit-tee of the Broward Alliance.Kusnick has his own firm in FortLauderdale.

The Honorable CINDY S.LEDERMAN received the 1999William E. Gladstone Award at agathering in Orlando of nearly1000 judicial leaders and thoseinvolved in children’s casesstatewide. Florida SupremeCourt Justice Major B. Hardingand Governor Jeb Bush, inpresenting the award, noted JudgeLederman’s vast experience andher reputation in leading theefforts to address and solve thegrowing needs and impact ofchildren in the courts.

ANNETTE STARLUSTGARTEN and her husbandrelocated five years ago tobeautiful Sedona, Ariz., fromMount Dora, Fla. She commutesdaily to Flagstaff, where shepractices family law and govern-ment law at Mangum, Wall,Stoops & Warden. The couplehave their first grandchild, JoshuaAlexander Book.

CHRISTINA M. O’NEILLresides in Laconia, N.H., whereshe has served the surroundingcommunities in the judiciary.From 1987 to the present, she hasserved as probate judge in BelkrapCounty, and since 1993 she hasbeen the presiding justice. Shehas also served as acting justice inthe Rockingham County ProbateCourt and as family court judge inGrafton County. “I would like topublicly thank the HonorableCatherine Pooler, who was myinspiration throughout lawschool,” she said.

ABIGAIL WATTS-FITZGERALD left the law firmof Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, tostart a corporate practice for thenew Miami office of Hunton &Williams, a Richmond, Va., firm.The Miami office of the firm has12 lawyers. Watts-Fitzgerald hasdone much work for the NationalFootball League on their stadiumagreements and represented theNFL in local negotiations forSuper Bowl XXXIII in Miami lastJanuary.

BRIAN ZIEGLER is justice forthe village of Woodsburgh, N.Y.He is a corporate partner at theEast Meadow law firm ofCertilman Balin Adler &Hyman, LLP, where he providescounsel to corporations, partner-ships and limited liabilitycompanies in all areas of law.A lifelong resident of the fivetowns area, Ziegler resides inWoodsburgh with his wife,Andrea, and their daughters, Jeri,Carly and Ali. Certilman BalinAdler & Hyman, known also as“The Personal Lawyers with theFirm Commitment,” has growninto one of Long Island’s largestfull-service law firms, with morethan 60 attorneys.

CLASS OF 1980

The Class of 1980 will be thehonored class at Homecoming2000, holding its 20th ReunionCelebration. Members of theclass who are interested inhelping plan the event for theirclass should contact CynthiaSikorski, director of alumnirelations, 305-284-4935, withtheir ideas and suggestions.

JOY A. BARTMON received theFlorida Bar President’s Pro BonoService Award on February 4 ina ceremony before the FloridaSupreme Court. After seven yearsof practice in pension, tax andadministrative law, she becamePalm Beach County’s firstguardian ad litem programattorney, providing representa-tion to children in legalproceedings. Bartmon hasrecruited, trained and supervised50 pro bono attorneys and hasvolunteered many hours annuallyto the Legal Aid Society of PalmBeach County. She practicesfamily law with her husband,Richard, in Boca Raton. Theyhave two daughters, ages 10and 14.

ANDREW CAVERLY hasopened a practice in Andover,Mass., specializing in antitrustand trade regulation. He hadpreviously been head of theFederal Trade Commission’s NewEngland regional office and atrial attorney at the antitrustdivision of the Department ofJustice in Washington.

HOWARD S. MITCHELL iscurrently CEO of the JamaicaLottery Company, Ltd., now oneof the most successful lotteries inthe Caribbean. Mitchell prac-ticed as an attorney for 25 yearsand established the firm ofMitchell Henson & Co., towhich he remains a consultant.He co-authored “Doing Businessin Jamaica” for the Centre forInternational Legal Studies inSalzburg, Austria, and is chair ofthe St. Patrick’s Foundation,which maintains centers for theupliftment of the poor. He residesin Kingston.

CLASS OF 1981

BRUCE A.BLITMAN ispresident of theFlorida Academyof ProfessionalMediators, aprofessionalassociation

organized to facilitate theexchange of knowledge,information and ideas amongprofessionals in the field ofmediation and alternative disputeresolution, and to promote theprocess of mediation as aneffective and efficient tool fordispute resolution. He is acertified county, family circuit andfederal mediator with offices inMiami, Pembroke Pines, FortLauderdale, Boca Raton, andPalm Beach County.

DENNIS C. KAINEN is presidentof the Miami-Dade County BarAssociation. He practices atWeisberg and Kainen in Miami,concentrating in tax controversyand criminal defense.

JEFFREY MARCUS wasappointed assistant generalcounsel of Hay Group, Inc., amanagement consulting firmheadquartered in Philadelphiawith offices worldwide. Marcusis responsible for contracts andintellectual property, as well ascounseling the E-business unit.He is married with two sons, ages4 and 2, and resides in Villanova,Pa.

CLASS OF 1982

MARK R. ANTONELLI waselected 33rd president of theFlorida Defense Lawyers Associa-tion at their annual meeting lastSeptember. He practices at thelaw firm of Gaebe, Murphy,Mullen & Antonelli, with officesin Coral Gables and West PalmBeach.

JEFFREY S. BENJAMIN ispartner in Roth, Rousso andBenjamin, P.A., where he is headof the litigation division. Thefirm has offices in South Miamiand Aventura and specializes inpersonal injury, commerciallitigation, immigration, real estateand business law. JULIAN R.BENJAMIN, JD ’49, Jeff’s father,is of counsel to the firm. Jeff ismarried to Donna and has threedaughters, twins Hailey andRachel, 5 ½, and Sarah, 2.

ERIC BUERMANN was ap-pointed by the Republican Partyof Florida as its first full-timegeneral counsel. Buermann hasbeen active in Republican politicssince 1975 on both the state andnational levels, most recentlyserving in the 1994 and 1998campaigns of Governor Jeb Bush.He previously served for six yearsas commissioner and vice-chair ofthe Florida Elections Commissionin Tallahassee, enforcing Florida’selections and campaign financelaws. He had also been in privatepractice in Miami, where heremains on the boards of variousbusiness, community, andcharitable organizations.

ANA LANDA-GOLDBERG isin-house counsel for AeroleaseInternational, Inc., an aircraftleasing and sales corporation inAspen, Colo.

SUSAN REISS is senior counselfor the Walt Disney Company in

Anaheim, Calif. She resides inMarina del Rey.

JAMES SILVER joined FeldmanGale & Weber as a partner in theMiami firm’s bankruptcy practice.He was formerly a partner atMcDermott, Will & Emery.

CLASS OF 1983

MICHAEL B. AXMAN ispartner at the Miami firm ofAdorno & Zeder, where hespecializes in taxation.

LISA C. BERRY is generalcounsel at Juniper Networks, Inc.,a Mountainview, Calif., firmengaged in Internet infrastructuresolutions. She resides in Saratoga.

MICHAEL DENNIS, afterpracticing law for 13 years,fulfilled a life-long dream ofowning and operating a summercamp for children, SpringMountain Camp in LowerGwynedd, Pa.

CAROL L. SCHOFFEL FABERis partner in the Miami office ofAkerman Senterfitt, where shespecializes in real estate law. Shewas formerly a shareholder withPerlman & Faber.

PATRICIA KIMBALLFLETCHER is partner in theMiami firm of Zack Kosnitskywhere she specializes in real estatematters.

JEFFREY GILBERT, a share-holder in the litigationdepartment in the Fort Lauder-dale office of Greenberg Traurig,P.A., was appointed to the boardof trustees for the Jewish Commu-nity Foundation of the JewishFederation of Broward Countyand reelected for a second yearas vice president of the JewishMuseum of Florida. The missionof the foundation is to build anendowment that helps establisha permanent emergency fund forworld Jewry and preserves Jewishculture and education. Gilbertpractices commercial litigation,complex commercial foreclosures,defense of lender liability claims,receiverships, probate and estatelaw and has represented invest-ment advisors in SECenforcement actions and SECand NASD registered corpora-tions in administrative and courtproceedings.

The Hon. WENDELL GRAHAMwas appointed in 1994 byGovernor Lawton Chiles ascounty court judge for Miami-Dade County. He has served inthe civil and criminal divisions,as well as on temporary assign-ment to the circuit court in thecivil, criminal and juvenilecourts. After leaving UM Law,he served in the State Attorney’sOffice under Janet Reno from1983 to 1988, followed by soloprivate practice until 1994. Hemarried Janice Fields of Nassau,Bahamas, in 1997, who teaches atthe Cushman School in Miami.She has a daughter from a formermarriage, Kristen, age 10, andGraham has two sons from aformer marriage, Robert ScottGraham, 13, and Kyle FosterGraham, 11.

WILLIAM E. GREGORY hasbeen practicing workers’ compen-sation law, representing bothclaimants and employer/carriers,since graduating from UM Law.Gregory recently got togetherwith another Class of 1983

alumnus, ROBERT C. MEYER,who handles bankruptcy andtaxation matters, to purchase thebuilding located at 2223 CoralWay, where they have theirseparate law firms. Gregory tookover the handling of defending allworkers’ compensation cases inthe State of Florida for AMS StaffLeasing out of Dallas, Tex., andPacesetter Adjustment Company,headquartered in Baton Rouge,La. This has provided him withan opportunity to handle cases inmany different jurisdictions andto appear before various judgeswithin the workers’ compensationsystem. If any classmates are inthe area, both Gregory and Meyerinvite them to stop by.

MOHAMED A. TUMI (LL.M. inComparative Law) is an attorneyand legal consultant with the firmof Moh’d Tumi & Partners inTripoli, Libya. After leaving UMLaw, Tumi received an LL.M.with highest honors from GeorgeWashington University.

CLASS OF 1984

DANIEL F. BEASLEY recentlymoved from Miami, after 14 yearswith Fowler, White, Burnett,Hurley, Banick & Strictroot, P.A.,to join the firm of Lanier FordShaver & Payne, P.C., in Hunts-ville, Ala. This move places him,his wife, Tammy, and their twoboys, Adam and Luke, closer totheir extended family and afamily farm. Beasley continues topractice civil litigation.

IAN COMISKYparticipated inseveral institutesand professionalmeetings: the16th annualNational Instituteon Criminal Tax

Fraud last November in Washing-ton, and in December in SanFrancisco and the Bankers’Hotline 6th annual SecurityOfficers Workshop in May. InFebruary, Comisky appeared andtestified at a hearing regardingproposed money launderinglegislation before the Subcommit-tee on Crime of the House ofRepresentatives JudiciaryCommittee in February. Comiskyis a partner in the law firm ofBlank Rome Comisky &McCauley, LLP, where heconcentrates his practice in thearea of white collar criminaldefense of corporations andindividuals, including criminaland civil tax litigation. Comiskyis a former assistant U.S. Attor-ney for the Southern District ofFlorida and practices in thePhiladelphia and Boca Ratonoffices of the firm. He is co-author of Tax Fraud & Evasion, atwo-volume treatise, and is amember of the American Collegeof Tax Counsel.

JEROLD P. DORNBUSH waselected partner of DornbushMensch Mandelstam & Schaeffer,LLP, effective Jan.1, 2000,specializing in real estate andcorporate law. The Manhattanfirm is a general practice firmspecializing in corporate andcommercial matters. Dornbushresides in East Hills, N.Y.

LAURIN D. QUAIT was electedpartner in the Denver office ofBaker & Hostetler, LLP, where heconcentrates his practice in theareas of construction litigation,


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including suretyship matters andcommercial and domesticlitigation. Baker & Hostetler isamong the nation’s largest lawfirms, with more than 500attorneys in offices in BeverlyHills, Cincinnati, Cleveland,Columbus, Denver, Houston,Long Beach, Los Angeles,Orlando, and Washington.

CLASS OF 1985

MARSHALL I. FARKAS is ageneral master in the family lawdivision of the 13th JudicialCircuit in Tampa. He resides inBrandon.

ERVIN A.GONZALEZ ispartner in theMiami law firmof Robles &Gonzalez, P.A.,where his practicefocuses on civil

trial law. Gonzalez is boardcertified as a specialist in civiltrial law by the Florida Bar andthe National Board of TrialAdvocacy, and he is also boardcertified as a specialist in businesslitigation law by the Florida Bar.He is president-elect of theMiami-Dade County Bar Associa-tion, past president of theMiami-Dade County TrialLawyers Association, a sub-committee chair in the FloridaBar’s Rules of Civil ProcedureCommittee, former director ofthe Academy of Florida TrialLawyers, and a member of theAcademy’s CLE Committee andConstitutional ChallengeCommittee. Gonzalez is anadjunct professor at the Univer-sity of Miami School of Law forthe trial skills civil litigationprogram. He wrote a chapter on“Expert Testimony” in theLawyers Cooperative PracticeGuide, and on “Evidence” in theAmerican Inns of Court CivilProcedure Series. Gonzalez has alsowritten numerous articles on legalissues and is a frequent lecturerfor the Academy of Florida TrialLawyers, the Miami-Dade CountyBar Association and other barassociations.

MICHAEL J.HIGER of theNorth Miami firmof Ress, Mintz &Truppman, P.A.,was appointed toserve on theAdvisory Com-

mittee on Rules and Procedures ofthe United States District Courtfor the Southern District ofFlorida. Higer is a commerciallitigator who practices in bothstate and federal courts.

VIRGINIAEASLEYJOHNSON,formerly partnerand head of thelitigation depart-ment in theMiami office of

Broad and Cassel, and MICHAELT. TOMLIN, JD ’89, formerlypartner with Otero, Tomlin &Tomlin, announce the formationof Johnson & Tomlin, with officesin Miami. TODD W. JOHNSON,JD ’85, will also be associatedwith the firm. Johnson & Tomlinwill continue to concentrate itslaw practice in the area ofproduct liability, professionalliability and general liability

defense, as well as the prosecutionof False Claims Act matters.Virginia was recently elected tomembership in the Miamichapter of the American Boardof Trial Advocates.

ALAN L. KERSH has joinedKeyBank’s recently formed KeyBusiness Advisory Services Group(KBAS) as senior vice presidentin its New York office. In his newposition, KERSH is providing afocused range of investmentbanking service, includingmergers and acquisitions,dispositions and private place-ments of debt and equity capital,to middle market companies. Hecan be reached by e-mail [email protected].

ALEXANDER PENELAS,Miami-Dade County’s mayor, wasnamed America’s “sexist politi-cian” in a article with a full-pagephoto in the Nov. 15, 1999, issueof People magazine. In March, theDade Heritage Trust presentedPenelas with its “BuildingBridges” award for his role insaving the Miami Circle and hisefforts to build bridges betweencultures.

AMY D.RONNER, lawprofessor at St.Thomas Univer-sity School ofLaw, has a newarticle, “WomenWho Dance on

the Professional Track: Custodyand the Red Shoes,” whichappears in 23 Harvard Women’sLaw Journal (2000). She recentlymoderated a panel, “Title VII andthe First Amendment: A Colli-sion Course?” for the NationalAssociation of Women Judges21st annual conference. Anotherrecent article, “PunishmentMeted Out For Acquittals: AnAntitherapeutic JurisprudenceAtrocity,” can be found in 41Arizona Law Review (1999).

CLASS OF 1986

JOHN W. PERLOFF is partnerand department head in the FortLauderdale law firm of Doumar,Allsworth, Curtis, Cross,Laystrom, Perloff, Voigt, Wachs& MacIver, where his practice isdevoted to real estate law, realestate transactions, real estatetitle and title insurance, mortgagelaw and construction law. He isboard certified in estate law.Along with fellow faculty NEIL P.LINDEN, JD ’74, and DONALDJ. MURRAY, JD ’69, he was apresenter in “Mastering RealEstate Titles and Title Insurancein Florida, sponsored by theNational Business Institute inOctober 1999. He and his wife,Cindy, live in Fort Lauderdaleand are involved in local commu-nity organizations.

BARBARA STEINERWALTON published a book,“101 Little Instructions for SurvivingYour Divorce,” by Impact Publish-ers of San Luis Obispo, Calif.Walton practices family law inMeadville, Pa.

CLASS OF 1987

KAREN H. BROMBERGpracticed commercial litigationwith an emphasis on intellectualproperty disputes for 10 yearswith the firm of Parker, Duryee,Rosoff & Haft, in New York City.

She recently joined AdvantEdgeTelevision Advertising as generalcounsel and senior vice president.AdvantEdge is a privately heldcompany that syndicates televi-sion commercials around theworld. Bromberg resides inScarsdale.

BRIAN D. ELIAS was electedmanaging partner of the FowlerWhite law firm last September,where he is a senior member ofthe firm’s securities litigationdepartment.

JOHN J. FUMERO was recentlyappointed general counsel of theSouth Florida Water Manage-ment District and is responsiblefor providing and managing legalsupport for the agency. He is amember of the executive councilof the Environmental and LandUse Law Section of the FloridaBar, where he is chair of continu-ing legal education programs.He is a certified mediator andfrequent author/lecturer on watermanagement and environmentalissues.

DAVID M. HUTT is partner atthe law firm of Hutt &Shimanowitz in Woodbridge, N.J.The firm concentrates in areas ofreal estate, land use and realestate related litigation. He andhis wife, Sara, reside in Edison,N.J., and are celebrating the birthof their first child, Daniel RyanHutt.

KIMBERLY TENDRICH hasbeen named chief legal counselto A.G. Holley State Hospital inLantana, Fla. A.G. Holley is theonly freestanding tuberculosissanatorium in the United States,treating the most difficult casesof tuberculosis in Florida. Priorto joining A.G. Holley, Tendrichwas chief legal counsel of theBroward County HealthDepartment.

CLASS OF 1988

BRIAN J. FELCOSKI, formerlyof Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, hasformed Goldman & Felcoski,P.A., with Robert W. Goldman.Brian will continue his practicein trusts and estate litigation andwas recently elected a fellow inthe American College of Trustand Estate Counsel. The firm islocated in the Colonade OfficeTower, Coral Gables.

KENNETH ALLAN GOTTLIEBwas elected to the Florida Houseof Representatives in 1998. Hehas been instrumental in thepassage of the Foster Care Bill ofRights (1999) and the HolocaustInsurance Act (1998). Gottlieb isa partner in the Hollywood lawfirm of Gottlieb & Gottlieb.

ROY KOBERT was electedpresident of the Central FloridaBankruptcy Law Association,which serves bankruptcy practi-tioners in Orange, Osceola,Seminole, Lake and Brevardcounties. Kobert chairs thebankruptcy practice managementgroup for Broad and Cassel and isbased in the firm’s Orlando office.

SYLVIA A. KRAININ is nowpartner at Adorno & Zeder, inMiami, where she was formerlyan associate. She specializes inworkers’ compensation law.

CAROL LUMPKIN, a share-holder in the employmentpractice group in the Miami

office of AkermanSenterfitt,received honoraryrecognition fromthe U.S. EqualEmploymentOpportunityCommission

(EEOC) for her contributions asan active participant in itstechnical assistance programs andfor her responsibilities as the co-chair of the EEOC advisoryboard. Lumpkin has representedmanagement in employmentmatters in state and federal courtsand also assisted in developingtraining programs and employeepolicies. Lumpkin is an activecommunity leader who doesvolunteer work for the Children’sHome Society, Miami-DadeCounty’s guardian ad litemprogram and the Junior Leagueof Miami.

ALIX MICHEL was electedshareholder in the law firm ofFowler White Burnett HurleyBanick & Strickroot in January1999.

CLASS OF 1989

BRIAN E. BOMSTEIN has beenappointed vice president andassistant general counsel toBayview Financial TradingGroup, a Miami-based companythat provides investment bankingservices to the mortgage industryand originates commercial loansnationwide. Bayview providesportfolio valuation, hedgingstrategies and merger/acquisitionadvice. Bayview also purchasesmortgage portfolios and under-takes its own servicing. Officesare in Miami, New York, Wash-ington, Los Angeles and Chicago.

AMANDA BERLOWE JAFFEpractices in the field of employeebenefits and executive compensa-tion in the firm of Pitney, Hardin,Kipp & Szuch, with offices inFlorham Park, N.J., and Manhat-tan. She is active in the localcommunity of benefits profess-ionals and has authored orco-authored several articles onbenefits issues, including a recentarticle that appears in the Journalof Compensation and Benefits. Shelives in Maplewood, N.J., withher husband, Mark, and her son,Ian.

The HonorableCARROLL J.KELLY serves ascounty courtjudge in Miami-Dade County,presiding overdomestic vio-

lence, criminal and traffic cases.She is president-elect of the LawAlumni Association.

MELISSA SMITH LEVINE andGLENN LEVINE (JD ’89)announce the birth of their son,Charles, on October 9, 1999, inWashington, D.C.

TODD S. PAYNE, along withpartner EDWARD ZEBERSKY,JD’91, merged with attorney LesKushner and his staff to formZebersky, Payne & Kushner, LLP.The firm will be located to newoffices in the PresidentialBuilding, 4000 Hollywood Blvd.,Hollywood, Fla., 33021, and willencompass the areas of probate,wills, trusts, estate planning andtax matters, along with a contin-ued focus on plaintiff’s personal

injury, commercial litigation,corporate and transactionalmatters.

ALAN J. PERLMAN is partnerat the law firm of Fowler WhiteBurnett Hurley Banick &Strictroot, in Miami, where hespecializes in corporate restructur-ing and bankruptcy. He wasformerly a shareholder at theMiami firm of Schantz SchatzmanAaronson & Perlman.

SABRINA WEISS ROBINSONis now partner at the Miami lawfirm of Adorno & Zeder, whereshe specializes in commerciallitigation. She was formerly anassociate at the firm.

CLASS OF 1990

The Class of 1990 will hold its10th Reunion Celebration thisfall. Members of the class whoare interested in helping planthe event for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski,director of alumni relations, 305-284-4935, with their ideas andsuggestions.

WILLIAM A FOLEY III(LL.M.—Real Property Develop-ment) was certified as a specialistin real property law—residentialtransactions by the NorthCarolina State Bar Board ofLegal Specialization.

CELESTE S. HIGGINS recentlybecame affiliated with UM Lawas an adjunct professor teachingtrial skills in the Litigation SkillsProgram. In September, shereceived an invitation to partici-pate in a program teachingattorneys in Venezuela how toprepare, defend and present casesin an adversarial system as part ofrevolutionary changes in theirconstitution. Higgins works inthe federal public defender’s officein Miami.

KELLY ANNE LUTHER is nowpartner at the Miami firm ofClarke Silvergate Williams &Montgomery, where she wasformerly an associate. Shespecializes in product liabilitylitigation.

CLASS OF 1991

SPENCERARONFELD,who has his ownlitigation firm inCoral Gables, hasbeen seenrecently on manynews and

magazine programs with stories ofhis clients’ struggles to obtainjustice. Some of the more recentairings have been with the“Today” show, “Leeza,” “DatelineNBC, “ Inside Edition,” “Extra,”Court TV, as well as Spanishlanguage programs, and Brazilianand German television inter-views.

Aronfeld lectured in Januaryat the Academy of Florida TrialLawyers seminar in Orlando,where he discussed the crossexamination of biomechanicalengineers. An article he wrote,“Surviving Solo Practice withoutStarving,” appeared in ATLA’sFebruary issue of Trial Magazine.He will return to Gerry Spence’sTrial Lawyers College as aninstructor from June 14 throughJuly 1.

Two UM Law graduateshave recently joined his firm,


www.law.miami.edu. www.law.miami.edu.

MICHELLE WARREN MINSKI,JD ’83, and CARRIE D.DAWSON, JD ’85.

BRIAN D. BOCK practices laborand employment law at the firmof Atkinson, Andelson, Loya,Ruud & Romo in its Riverside,Calif., office. The firm also hasoffices in Cerritos, Pleasanton,Sacramento, San Diego andSolana Beach.

JOHN L. DiMASI practices atMiller, South & DiMasi, P.A., inWinter Park, Fla.

CHRISTOPHER N. FOUNTASwas elected in January 2000 topartnership in the Orlando officeof Baker & Hostetler, where hespecialized in corporate andsecurities law since 1991. He alsobecame one of the firm’s leadingtechnology associates. In April2000, Fountas became generalcounsel for Military CommercialTechnologies, Inc. (MILCOM),headquartered in Maitland, Fla.MILCOM is one of the largestdefense technology incubators inthe United States. It creates anddevelops companies in thecommunications field based onproven technology originatingfrom the defense industry.

JOE GARCIA was electedchairman of the Florida PublicService Commission in January1999. He and his wife, AILEENUGALDE, JD’91, have a daugh-ter, Gabriela Maria, and reside onMiami Beach.

DAVID L. GLAZER is managingpartner of Behar, Gutt & Glazer,P.A., with offices in Aventura andBoca Raton, which he founded in1991 with classmate, IRA GUTT,JD ’91. Glazer heads the elder law,trusts and estates and real estatedepartments in this six-attorneyfirm and manages the firm’sbusiness affairs. Ira Gutt isnational counsel to Dent WizardInternational and heads thefirm’s commercial litigationdepartment.

GARY S. KLEIN and his wifeannounce the birth of theirsecond child, Noah Michael,born on Dec. 26, 1999. Klein isa partner in the Stanford, Conn.,law firm of Sandak FriedmanHennessey & Greco, LLP, andhe taught a course on law andthe environment to collegeseniors last semester at FairfieldUniversity.

TERESA J. MOORE is partnerin the West Palm Beach office ofGreenberg Traurig, where shespecializes in environmental andland use law. She was formerlycompliance counsel to AmericanBankers Insurance Group inMiami.

DEBORAH MORDECAIEDWARDS practices at theMiami firm of Edwards &Carstarphen, P.A.

KAREN A. MYATT joined thefirm of Young, Berman, Karpf &Gonzalez, in North Miami Beach,as an associate. She was formerlywith the Fort Lauderdale firm ofHeinrich, Gordon, Hargrove,Weihe & James.

KENNETH L. SCHWARTZ hasbeen elected partner in the NewYork-based international law firmof Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz &Klinger LLP, where he concen-trates on private equityinvestments, mergers and

STEVEN CALAMUSA waselected president of the PalmBeach County of MothersAgainst Drunk Driving(MADD), the national organiza-tion dedicated to stopping drunkdriving, supporting victims of thisviolent crime, and preventingunderage drinking. Calamusa is atrial attorney with the West PalmBeach office of Davis, Gordon &Doner, where he practices in theareas of personal injury andwrongful death, medical negli-gence, and product liability.

TAMARA CARMICHAEL isnow partner at the Miami officeof Broad and Cassel, where shewas formerly an associate. Shespecializes in intellectual prop-erty, commercial litigation anddispute resolution.

JUAN A. FARACH and his wifebecame the proud parents of JohnLucas Farach, born April 19,1999. Since graduation, Farachhas been with the firm of HughesHubbard & Reed, in Miami,where he most recently hasconcentrated on constructionlitigation matters.

MARTIN MOSS FREEMAN(LL.M.—Taxation) was awardedthe bronze medal by the NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) for hiswork on the President’s LandsLegacy Initiative and reauthoriza-tion of the Coastal ZoneManagement Act. Freemanserves as attorney advisor in theNOAA’s Office of the GeneralCounsel and resides in SilverSpring, Md. The bronze medal isthe highest honorary award givenby the NOAA, an agency of theU. S. Department of Commerce.

BROOKE FRIED is assistantgeneral counsel at the Universityof Miami.

ERIC S. KLEINMAN is partnerin the Miami firm of Adorno &Zeder, where he was formerly anassociate. He specializes incommercial litigation.

TODD F. KOBRIN became apartner in the Orlando officeof Holland & Knight, LLP,concentrating his practice incommercial, construction, andreal property litigation. He andhis wife, Mary Beth, have twochildren, Joshua, born in Decem-ber 1996, and William, born inOctober 1998.

ANTHONY M. LAWHONrecently became a shareholder inthe law firm of Parrish, White,Lawhon & Moore, P.A., where hecontinues to concentrate hispractice in the areas of commer-cial litigation and appellatepractice. The firm is in its newoffice located in Naples, Fla.

FLEUR J. LOBREE serves as anattorney with the Third DistrictCourt of Appeal in Miami.

JOHN CYRILMALLOY, IIIrecently prevailedin a federaltrademark casethat was followedby local andnational media.

He successfully defendedSeaEscape Casino Cruises’ use ofthe slogan, “SeaEscape to a ShipFull of Fun,” defeating CarnivalCruise Lines and its broad claimof “Fun” trademark rights basedon the “Fun Ships” mark and

others. Malloy is a litigationpartner with the intellectualproperty firm of Malloy & Malloy,P.A., in Miami. He and his wife,Christina, are also pleased toannounce the birth of theirsecond daughter, KatelynChristina, on Oct. 13, 1999.

GREGORY MAYBACK joinedthe Hollywood, Fla., law firm ofLerner and Greenberg, P.A.,specializing in patent, trademarkand copyright law and computerlaw. He has recently beenappointed as executive vicepresident of the Patent LawAssociation of South Florida.

SCOT PATRICK O’BRIEN ispartner in the Miami office ofAkerman Senterfitt, where hepractices corporate and securitieslaw. He was formerly an associatewith the firm’s corporate practicegroup and an associate with theMiami office of Broad and Cassel.

JOHN M. QUARANTA ispartner at the Miami firm ofRodriguez and Angelo, wherehe specializes in commerciallitigation. He was formerly asenior associate at Tew CardenasRebak Kellogg Demaria & Tague.

JEFF SPIGEL was married toChrissy Havens on June 26, 1999,in Nashville, Tenn., and theytraveled through France for theirhoneymoon. Spigel practices atthe Washington, D.C., office ofAtlanta’s King & Spalding andspecializes in the area of antitrustlaw. He recently won, along withseveral other plaintiffs’ attorneys,a $28 million antitrust verdictagainst a national heatingcompany.

OLIVERWRAGG openedhis own trial andlitigation practicein Miami last fall,where he special-izes in personalinjury, product

liability, commercial litigationand the education of childrenwith mental disabilities.

ANDRE J. ZAMORANO joinedthe Miami office of the Washing-ton, D.C., firm of Verner LiipfertBernhard McPherson and Handas an associate in the firm’slitigation department. He wasformerly an associate at Shutts &Bowen, LLP.

CLASS OF 1993

JULIE BRAMAN KANE is nowpartner at the Miami firm ofColson Hicks Eidson ColsonMatthews Martinez MendozaKalbac & Kane, where she wasformerly an associate. Shespecializes in product liability,medical malpractice and generalpersonal injury litigation.

SARAH B. CLASBY is partnerin the Miami law firm of Hector& Harke, LLP. The firm special-izes in commercial litigation,product liability, securities,business torts, insurance defenseand general liability.

ANNE MARIE ESTEVEZ is nowpartner at the Miami office ofSteel Hector & Davis, LLP, whereshe was formerly an associate.She specializes in litigation,employment, labor and admiralty.

DONALD O. JOHNSON, anassociate in the litigationdepartment in the Washington,

D.C., office of McKenna &Cunco, LLP, recently earned anLL.M. in trial advocacy at TempleUniversity School of Law. Heconcentrates in the area ofcommerce litigation and iscurrently representing policy-holders in Y2K insurancerecovery cases. He resides inSilver Spring, Md.

HARRIS B. KATZ practices atthe Miami Beach office ofGrover, Weinstein & Trop, P.A.The firm also has an office inNaples.

GARY M. MURPHREE ispartner at the Miami law firm ofFerrell Schultz Carter & Fertel,where he specializes in bank-ruptcy law. He was formerlypartner with Coll DavidsonCarter Smith Salter & Barkett.

RAYMOND M. RANELLUCCIis a financial advisor in theBrickell office of Morgan StanleyDean Witter.

CLASS OF 1994

JEFFREY S. BAILEY becameassociate general counsel for DelMonte Fresh Produce Company,one of the world’s largest produc-ers and marketers of fresh fruit.Prior to his recent move, he was asenior associate at the law firm ofAkerman Senterfitt.

PETER J. BEDARD has joinedthe Chicago office of Vedder,Price, Kaufman & Kamholz in thefirm’s general litigation practice.Bedard handles all aspects ofcomplex construction andcommercial litigation, includingmechanic’s lien and surety claimenforcement. Prior to joiningVedder Price, he was an associatewith Levinson, Murray & Jensen,P.C., in Chicago. Vedder Price isa full-service law firm withapproximately 180 attorneys inChicago and New York City.

BRIAN H. BIEBER specializes indeceptive trade practices at thefirm of Joel Hirschhorn, P.A., inCoral Gables, and has become apartner in the firm that is nowknown as Hirschhorn & Bieber,P.A.

JONATHAN FRIEDLAND hasbeen an associate for the last fiveyears in the Miami firm of Merl,Burstyn & Associates, P.A., aplaintiff’s personal injury/medical malpractice law firm.He and his wife, Nicole, a mediarelations consultant at theUniversity of Miami, reside inPinecrest. Friedland completedthe 1998 Ironman Triathlon (2.4mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2mile run).

JOACHIM HOFMANN(LL.M.—Comparative Law)joined Novartis AG in Basel,Switzerland, where he specializesin trademark law. He resides inLoerrach, Germany.

MARKLIEBLICH, a realestate attorney inthe Orlandooffice of Baker &Hostetler, LLP,has been electedto the board of

directors of the Central Floridachapter of the National Associa-tion of Industrial and OfficeProperties (NAIOP). Baker andHostetler, with approximately500 lawyers, is among the nation’slargest law firms, with offices in


acquisitions, and securitiestransactions involving emergingand established Latin Americancompanies.

Prior to joining the firm,Schwartz was a foreign associateat the Mexican law firm of BryanGonzalez Vargas y Gonzalez Bazin Mexico City and CiudadJuarez, where he concentrated onstrategic investments by U.S.multinational corporations inMexican telecommunications andcable television companies. Hemet his wife, Maryela, whileworking in Mexico.

Last summer the couple back-packed to Macchu-Pichu on theInca Trail in the Andes andtraveled by canoe to a remoteecological station in the PeruvianAmazon jungle.

KIMBERLY NOWORYTASUNNER is shareholder of Gray,Harris & Robinson, P.A., inOrlando, where she concentratesin the areas of real estate transac-tions and financial institutionsand lender representation.

EDWARD H. ZEBERSKY wasrecently elected to the board ofdirectors of the Academy ofFlorida Trial Lawyers. He hasbeen re-appointed chairman ofthe AFTL Insurance Task Forceand has received the LegislativeLeadership “Shoe Leather Award”for his efforts throughout the pastyear. His firm, Zebersky & Payne,LLP, merged with attorney LesKushner and his staff in Januaryto form Zebersky, Payne &Kushner, LLP. The new firm willbe located in the PresidentialBuilding, 4000 Hollywood Blvd.,Hollywood, Fla., 33021, and willencompass the areas of probate,wills, trusts, estate planning andtax matters, along with a contin-ued focus on plaintiff’s personalinjury, commercial litigation,corporate and transactionalmatters.

CLASS OF 1992

ROBERTBIRCH, anassociate at thePhiladelphia lawfirm of MesirovGelman JaffeCramer &Jamieson, LLP,

has been elected to the board ofMorris Animal Refuge, one thenation’s pioneers in animalwelfare. The Refuge provides afull range of preventive, protec-tive and adoption services forabused, neglected and abandonedanimals in Center City Philadel-phia. Birch is a member ofMesirov Gelman’s wealth transferand tax department and concen-trates his practice in the areas oftax and estates. His experiencealso includes tax planning andcompliance, as well as estateplanning and administration.

JERRY P. BRODSKY was namedpartner at Ruden McCloskySmith Schuster & Russell, in FortLauderdale, where he wasformerly an associate at the firm.He specializes in construction,real estate, transportation andcommercial litigation.

SCOTT BROOK is partnerin the Fort Lauderdale office ofthe insurance defense firm ofPeters, Robertson et al. In 2002,Brook plans to run for the Floridastate house. He welcomes e-mailfrom his classmates: [email protected].

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Orlando, Cincinnati, Cleveland,Columbus, Denver, Houston,Beverly Hills, Long Beach, LosAngeles and Washington.

STEVEN R. LEVINE continuesteaching his ever-popular courseat UM Law—Violent Crime andLawyering Workshop, and hepractices at the Hollywood, Fla.,law firm of Lekach Kutzner &Ansel.

DAVID E. LURIE joined Zurich,US, a member of the ZurichFinancial Services Group, asprofessional liability claimscounsel in the New York, N.Y.,specialties home office, where heconcentrates in architects andengineers professional liability.He was previously associated withBruce Somerstein & Associates inNew York, N.Y. He resides inForest Hills, N.Y.

LESTER J. PERLING was electedpartner, effective in January ofthis year, at the Fort Lauderdaleoffice of Broad and Cassel, wherehe practices health law, represent-ing all types of health careproviders and concentrating inhealth care fraud and abuse,regulation and governmentreimbursement. He was formerlyan associate with the firm and ahospital administrator for 10 yearsbefore becoming an attorney. Heresides in Hollywood.

IAN M. SIROTA and his wife,Stacy, became proud parents of ababy boy, Randy NathanielSirota, born March 27, 1999.Sirota practices at the Westmont,N.J., office of Margolis Edelstein,and he resides in Mt. Laurel, N.J.He would enjoy hearing fromfellow UM Law alumni, bytelephone, 856-869-6704, ore-mail: [email protected].

SARAH STEINBAUM openedher own firm, Sarah Steinbaum,P.A., across from the Miami-DadeCounty courthouse in Miami.

ERIC ZIMMELMAN continuesto publish his guides to collegiatecities (Boston, Miami, andOrlando), and he has begun anew project: the dissemination ofdiscount card mailers in residen-tial markets. He and his wife,Nicole, reside in Coconut Grove.

CLASS OF 1995

The Class of 1995 will hold its5th Reunion Celebration this fall.Members of the class who areinterested in helping plan theevent for their class shouldcontact Cynthia Sikorski,director of alumni relations, 305-284-4935, with their ideas andsuggestions.

COREY B. COLLINS is associ-ated with the Miami office ofCarlton Fields.

ROBERT S. M. GORMAN hasjoined the New York office ofthe international law firm ofFulbright & Jaworski, LLP, wherehe practices in all areas ofintellectual property law, witha primary emphasis on hightechnology patents, particularlyregarding electrical andcomputer-related inventions.Prior to joining the firm, Gormanwas associated with the law firmof Hedman, Gibson & Costigan,P.C., in New York. Fulbright &Jaworski was established inHouston in 1919 and has morethan 670 attorneys in its Austin,

Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles,New York, San Antonio, Wash-ington, Hong Kong and Londonoffices.

ROBERT S. GROSSMANrecently opened his own firm at666 Old Country Road, GardenCity, N.Y., where he specializes incommercial litigation, real estate,estate planning and estateadministration. He would enjoyhearing from his UM Lawcolleagues by telephone, 516-745-1700, fax, 516-745-1715, ore-mail, [email protected].

MAITRI “MIKE” KLINKOSUMis an associate with the law firmof Vannoy, Colvard, Triplett &Vannoy, PLLC, in NorthWilkesboro, N.C., practicing inthe areas of plaintiff’s litigationand domestic relations.Klinkosum returned to NorthCarolina after practicing for twoyears as an assistant publicdefender in Cook County(Chicago), Ill. Before assuminghis current position, Klinkosumpracticed with the NorthCarolina firm of Willardson,Lipscomb & Beal, LLP, in theareas of insurance defense,subrogation, and criminaldefense.

PAUL MARTIN is practicinginsurance defense and aviationlaw in Memphis, Tenn. Herecently published an article onlegal liability in the August 1999issue of Plane and Pilot magazine.

JASON S. MILLER is nowassociated with the Miami firm ofJosephs, Jack & Gaebe, P.A.

MARK D. PASSLER joined theWest Palm Beach office ofQuarles & Brady, LLP, where heconcentrates on patent, trade-mark, copyright and licensing law.Before joining Quarles & Brady,Passler worked as an attorney inthe U.S. Air Force’s ElectronicsSystems Center in Boston and asa special assistant U.S. attorneyfor the District of Massachusetts.Quarles & Brady is a full-servicelaw firm with 350 attorneyspracticing in West Palm Beach,Naples, Chicago, Milwaukee,Madison and Phoenix.

ROY L.WIENFELDjoined Philips &Folland, in MiamiBeach, as litiga-tion counsel,where he concen-trates in real

estate, commercial and creditors’rights litigation. The firm wasestablished by UM Law alumni,DAVID A. PHILIPS, JD ’98, andCHRISTIAN FOLLAND (LL.M.’98—Real Property & Develop-ment), and concentrates in theareas of real estate and corporatelaw.

CLASS OF 1996

JOYCE ACKERBAUM COX isan associate in the Orlando officeof Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson.Since graduating from UM Law,she has practiced primarily in thefield of labor and employmentlaw, and she resides in Orlandowith her husband, Matt.

SHEILA L. CHAMBERLAINserves as chief of staff for MonroeCounty for Florida SenatorDARYL L. JONES, JD ’87.

STEVEN COHEN lives in LosAngeles and works as director of

business and legal affairs for USABroadcasting, where he runs thewest coast business and legalaffairs department, overseeingproduction, programming andbroadcast operations legal andbusiness concerns. He wasformerly with Polygram/Universaltelevision, and he resides inWoodland Hills, Calif.

WILLIAM J. DENIUS is anassociate with Gray, Harris &Robinson, P.A., in the firm’sMelbourne, Fla., office. The firmalso has offices in Orlando andTallahassee. He previously servedas a public defender for the 18thjudicial circuit of Florida.

CHRISTOPHER R. ECK isdirector of the Division ofHistoric Preservation for Miami-Dade County. Both prior toattending UM Law and after-wards, he worked as anarcheologist and historian, and henow oversees the managementand designation of countywidehistorical and archeological sites,including the renowned “MiamiCircle.” In the Spring 1999semester, he taught a course atUM Law: Introduction toHistoric Preservation Law, and herecently authored an article inPreservation Today, “A Primer onHistoric Preservation Incentivesin Miami-Dade County.” Heresides with his wife, Tracy, inFort Lauderdale.

DONNA K. KNAPTON recentlypublished an article in The YoungLawyer, a publication of the BarAssociation of the District ofColumbia, entitled, “Watch YourHead: Practical Strategies forWorking with and Responding toAttorney Placement Services.”Knapton is an enforcementattorney with the U.S. Securities& Exchange Commission inWashington, D.C., and sheresides in Arlington, Va.

GARY LEIBOWITZ is anassociate in the Baltimore officeof Saul, Ewing, Weinberg &Green, where he practices in thelitigation department, focusing oncommercial litigation. Thelongtime Baltimore firm ofWeinberg & Green recentlymerged with Saul, Ewing, Remick& Saul in order to form the newmid-Atlantic regional firm,consisting of more than 225attorneys, with offices in Balti-more, Philadelphia, New York,Princeton, Wilmington, Harris-burg and Berwyn. Leibowitz livesin Baltimore.

STEVE MELOCOWSKYpractices juvenile law outside ofHartford, Conn., and is the proudbrother of MICHAELMELOCOWSKY, graduatingwith the Class of 2000.

SPENCER G. MORGAN joinedthe Miami-based firm of CohenBerke Bernstein Brodie &Kondell as an associate, where hewill practice civil litigation.

ELIZABETH NEVINS practicescriminal defense at Bridgeman,Morkin & Shapiro in FountainValley (Orange County), Calif.

TOMAS A. PILA has his ownfirm, Pila & Associates, locatedin the Roads section of Miami.

JEFFREY T. ROBERTS practicesboth criminal defense and civillitigation in the Jeff Roberts LawFirm in Newport Beach, Calif.He maintains contact with many

UM Law alumni in southernCalifornia.

ADAM M. SCHENCK co-authored the “Pre-Mortem EstatePlanning Checklist,” published bythe ALI-ABA Committee onProfessional Education. This is asingle resource containing over3,000 individual checklist itemsand hundreds of citations tocases, the Internal Revenue Codesections and regulations, andsecondary sources to help answertough questions. The entire“Checklist” is also on CD-ROM,which allows estate planners tosearch for key issues and termsand to adopt the “Checklist” toeach client’s situation. Schenckis an attorney in the Law Officesof Edward S. Schlesinger, P.C., inHastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.

ANNA SELDEN works for aprivate firm in Washington,where she does automatedlitigation support for the Depart-ment of Justice. She resides inArlington.

TRACY L. SMITH, after threeyears as program planningattorney in the continuing legaleducation department atGeorgetown University LawCenter has made a move. Stillin Washington, D.C., she is nowa grievance attorney at theAmerican Foreign ServiceAssociation, the labor/manage-ment union for foreign serviceemployees.

CLASS OF 1997

HENRIK ADAMSEN (LL.M.—Comparative Law) has begun asan associate with the law firm ofBertel Rasmussen & Fialin, amember of the Advodan Societyof law firms which is a looseassociation of about 50 law firmsthroughout Denmark. Adamsen’smain area of work is generalpractice, including litigation,corporate and private law, andalso sports and internationallaw. He resides in Svendborg,Denmark.

CHRISTINE L. AGNEWrecently joined the Houstonoffice of Weil, Gotshal &Manges, LLP, where she practicesin the tax department, focusingon corporate and partnership taxissues.

DONNA BOSTIC WARD is anassociate in the litigationdepartment of Baker & Hostetlerand resides in Missouri City, Tex.

STEPHEN L. COHEN joined theU.S. Department of Justice as atrial attorney in Washington,D.C., last year. He spent theprevious year as a law clerk forthe Honorable Ursula Ungaro-Benages in the Southern Districtof Florida. Cohen resides inWashington.

ROBERT S. DONALDSON leftthe business world in January1999 after 25 years to pursue along-term goal of practicing as anattorney. He practices corporatelaw, municipal law, and civil andcriminal defense in theHollidaysburg, Pa., law firm ofEvey, Routch, Black, Dorezas,Magee & Levine, LLP.

LISA FLETCHER KEMP has herown practice in Coral Gables.

SABIHA GHOGHAWALA isprimarily involved in drafting andnegotiating licensing agreements

and other corporate contractualmatters as an in-house contractsattorney at Portal Software, Inc.,in Cupertino, Calif. She residesin Santa Clara.

JUDD A. GILEFSKY works as atax consultant at the Los Angelesoffice of Arthur Andersen, LLP,and he resides in Hermosa Beach.

IAN HOCHMAN marriedKatherine Ardalan Hochman,a 1999 UM Medical Schoolgraduate, on May 29, 1999. Aftercompleting a judicial clerkshipwith the Honorable Lacey A.Collier in the U.S. District Courtfor the Northern District ofFlorida, he is now a third-yearassociate in the litigationdepartment at Willkie Farr &Gallagher in New York City,where the couple also resides.

MICHAEL P. INDERBITZIN(LL.M. in Comparative Law) hasjoined the corporate financedepartment of Shearman &Sterling in New York.

H. JOHN RIZVIpractices patent,trademark andcopyright law as alitigation associ-ate with Fish &Neave in NewYork City.

Founded in 1878, Fish & Neavehas 170 attorneys, who practiceexclusively in the area of intellec-tual property. The firm’s history ofprotecting innovative technologyincludes patenting of the WrightBrothers’ airplane, ThomasEdison’s light bulb, and HenryFord’s Motel “T.” Rizvi wasrecently married to Saba Zehra,a dentist with Bronx-LebanonHospital in New York, and hewould love to hear from hisclassmates by telephone, 212-596-9012, or e-mail, [email protected]. John and Saba residein Clifton, N.J.

BRANDON A. ROTBARTpractices at the Law Offices ofAlan E. Weinstein, in MiamiBeach.

JOSE SAUD serves as tradedeveloper with the Trade MissionCenter of the Americas throughthe office of the mayor of Miami-Dade County.

LARRY A. SCHWARTZrecently moved to Los Angelesand began working at Lewis,D’Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard,LLP, a full-service law firm withmore than 200 attorneys in sixoffices throughout California,where he practices in the areasof construction defense andprofessional liability defense.Prior to joining the firm,Schwartz was an associate atAllison & Roberts, P.A., inMiami. He is licensed to practicein both Florida and California.

DAVID M. SCOTT recentlyjoined the law firm of McAlpin& Brais, P.A., in Miami, where hecontinues to practice in the areaof admiralty and maritimeinsurance defense. He is alsoactive in the guardian ad litemprogram as an advocate fordependent children at theappellate level. David and hiswife, Josephine, recently cel-ebrated their first weddinganniversary. They live in SouthMiami.


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CARL-CHRISTIAN THEIR(LL.M.—Comparative Law) waselected president of the GermanAmerican Commerce Council ofCentral Florida. He is of counselwith the law firm of Hendry,Stoner, Sawicki & Brown, P.A.,in Orlando, where he specializesin international business law. Heis licensed to practice in Ger-many and in New York.

SUSIE WEISENBERG is anassociate in the environmentallitigation and regulatory practicegroup at Haight, Brown &Bonesteel, LLP, in Santa Monica,Calif. She and JUDD GILEFSKY(JD ’97) were recently engaged.They live in Hermosa Beach.

AFSHIN YAZDIAN was namedvice president of businessdevelopment, mergers andacquisitions with eConception,a growing venture capital firm.Yazdian began his career withWaller Lansden Dortch & Davis,Nashville’s largest law firm, inthe firm’s corporate, securitiesand e-business group. His newresponsibilities at eConceptioninclude assisting with thedevelopment of the incubatedcompanies and the coordinationof all acquisition activity relatingto eConception and the incu-bated companies. He resides inNashville, Tenn.

CLASS OF 1998

STEPHEN R. ASTLEY is aJAGC attorney with the UnitedStates Navy. He currently lives inHonolulu, where he specializes incriminal defense.

SHELDON BLUMLING is anassociate with the Atlanta officeof Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue,practicing in the area of ERISA/employee benefits.

J. ANTHONY BRADLEY(LL.M.—Taxation) is anassociate with Glankler Brown,PLLC, in Memphis, Tenn., wherehe practices in the areas ofcorporate and estate tax.

CARLOS I. CARDELLE is astaff attorney with Lan Chile, atits office located at MiamiInternational Airport.

SARAH (LANZETTI) COE wasappointed to a position in theoffice of the general counsel atthe U.S. Department of Com-merce in Washington, D.C.

GERALD S. DUTY is anassociate with the Miami lawfirm of Whisenand & Turney,P.A., which specializes ininternational business transac-tions, finance and banking. Heresides in Coral Gables.

JULIAN T. KEMP is a legalspecialist with the fair employ-ment practices division in theoffice of the county manager forMiami-Dade County.

JORGE A. LOPEZ is a judiciallaw clerk for Justice Harry LeeAnstead at the Supreme Court ofFlorida. Upon completion of hisclerkship, he will join the Miamioffice of Akerman Senterfitt,P.A., practicing in the litigationdepartment. He currently residesin Tallahassee.

JOEL McTAGUE joined the firmof Hackney Miller, P.A., in PalmBeach Gardens, Fla., where hepractices corporate, securities,tax law and technology law. He

resides in Boca Raton. McTagueis also pursuing his doctorate ofbusiness administration infinance at Nova SoutheasternUniversity.

REINCE R. PRIEBUS is anassociate at Michael Best &Friedrich in Milwaukee, wherehe works in the business/corporate litigation practice area.The firm has more than 230attorneys in offices in Milwau-kee, Chicago, and Madison,practicing as a full-servicebusiness/corporate law firm. Heand his wife, Sally, live inRacine, Wisc.

JOEL ROSE serves as an assistantgeneral counsel to the EdisonProject, the nation’s largestprivate manager of publicschools, located in New YorkCity.

JOHN P.RUTLEDGE wasadmitted to theCalifornia Bar inNovember 1999and is chiefcounsel to apublishing firm,

Dead End Street Publications,LLC, based in Hoquiam, Wash.He negotiates author, distribu-tion and advertising agreementsand secures the first round ofexternal financing. He resides inPlaya del Rey, Calif.

BRIAN L. SMITH has joinedthe Orlando office of Adams,Hill, Reis, Adams, Hall &Shieffelin as an associate. Thefirm is a general litigation lawfirm involved in virtually allareas of civil litigation, withconcentrations in medicalmalpractice defense, medical stafflitigation, antitrust, health carelaw, product liability and generalliability.

RICHARD L. STEINBERGcontinues to serve the people ofSouth Florida as an attorney andas a volunteer in the community.He is a member of the board ofdirectors of the Miami-DadeCounty Bar Association, amember of the Mt. SinaiHospital Young Presidents, and aBig Brother with Big Brothersand Big Sisters of Greater Miami.

BERT E. UEBELE, IV is associ-ated with Glick & Retamar inBoca Raton, Fla.

CLASS OF 1999

JOHN ALBERT is assistant stateattorney in the 18th JudicialCircuit in Viera, Fla., and heresides in Merritt Island.

STEPHANIE L.BANDY is anassociate at theMiami office ofWalton, Lantaff,Schroeder &Carson, P.A.,and she resides

also in Miami.

KRISTI J. BOMAR representsdomestic violence victims at BayArea Legal Services, Inc., in NewPort Richey, Fla. She resides inTampa.

STEVEN K. BRUMER is anassociate at the Miami firm ofHightower & Rudd, P.A., and helives in Coral Gables.

JEFFREY W. BUTCHER is anassociate at the Coral Gables lawfirm of Pearson & Mayer, P.A.

MICHAEL J. CIACCIO is anassociate in the New York firm ofProskauer Rose, LLP, and he livesin Mineola, N.Y.

HAROLD “HAL” DAVIS joinedArter & Hadden, LLP, as anassociate in the firm’s Washing-ton, D.C., office, where hepractices in the labor andemployment group. Establishedin 1843, Arter & Hadden hasoffices in Cleveland, Columbusand Dayton, Ohio; Austin,Dallas and San Antonio, Tex.;Irvine, Los Angeles, Sacramento,San Diego, San Francisco andWoodland Hills, Calif.; andWashington, D.C.

EDUARDO de la CRUZ-MUNOZ is an associate in theMiami civil litigation firm ofMario Tacher & Associates, P.A.

MARLENE A. FERNANDEZ isan associate in the Miami officeof White & Case, LLP.

DANA FOSTER is an associatein the Miami office of White &Case, LLP.

RICHARD FOWLER practicesat the law firm of Behar, Gutt &Glazer, P.A., in Aventura.

LISA HALPERN is an associatein the New York law firm ofSpielman & Kassimir, P.C., andshe also resides in Manhattan.

KEITH JARET is a conversionadministrator with MorganStanley Dean Witter in JerseyCity, N.J. He resides inRonkonkoma, N.Y.

DAVID A. JOGOLINZER is anassociate in the civil litigationfirm of Ferraro & Associates, P.A.He resides on Miami Beach.

SAGI KFIR practices in theMiami law firm of AvaniaBondklayder, Blackwell &Baumgarten, and he lives inAventura.

JANET SANDRA KREDI is asenior associate with ArthurAndersen, LLP, in Miami, whichprovides tax and legal advisoryservices.

RYAN KROIZ is an associate taxconsultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in New York, and heresides in Manhattan.

RYAN KUHL is a deputy countyattorney in the Maricopa CountyAttorney’s Office in Phoenix,Ariz.

NIKKI B. LEWIS is practicingwith the media law group at theMiami office of Steel Hector &Davis, LLP. She also practicesgeneral commercial litigation.She resides in Miami and is amember of Glendale MissionaryBaptist Church in RichmondHeights.

MARILEN MARNETT practicesintellectual property law as anassociate in the Miami law firmof Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

SCOTT McKAY practices at theMiami law firm of Campbell &Denes, where he was the seniorlaw clerk for two years. McKay’sareas of practice include classaction litigation, commerciallitigation, personal injury,disability insurance and otherforms of civil law at the trial andappellate level.

RENAE MELZER is an associatein the Miami office of Gunster,Yoakley, Valdes Fauli & Stewartand resides on Miami Beach. Shehas published numerous articlesin the Florida Bar Journal and theNew York Law Journal.

ALISON SMALLOW MIRERand MICHAEL MIRER (JD’97)were married on Oct.16, 1999,and reside in Aventura. Shepractices in the areas of personalinjury and workers’ compensa-tion in the Law Offices of GeorgeZ. Goldberg in Miami.

STEPHEN J. PADULA is anassociate in the Law Offices ofMark R. Osherow, P.A., in BocaRaton, where he also resides.

AMALIA PAPADIMITRIOUis a legal associate at Interna-tional Corporation in FortLauderdale. She also resides inFort Lauderdale.

CHRISTIAN PETRIC is alitigation associate in the WestPalm Beach law firm of Conroy,Simberg & Ganon. He resides inJupiter.

ROBERT D. RIGHTMEYER isan associate at Cole, White &Billbrough, in Miami. He lives inPembroke Pines.

PATRICE ROBINET joinedGreenberg Traurig, P.A., in itsMiami office, where she is anassociate in the internationalcorporate group.

THOMAS ROONEY and TARLOMBARDI (JD ’99) weremarried on Sept. 11, 1999. Bothpractice with the U.S. ArmyJAG Corps.

AMY SALSBURG is a litigationassociate in the Fort Lauderdaleoffice of Ruden McClosky. Sheresides in Plantation.

DANIEL S. SCHNEIDER, afterspending the last year in Seattle,has moved to the Los Angelesfirm of Howarth and Smith,concentrating in civil litigation,both plaintiff and defense work.

THOMAS SCOLARO is anassociate at Leesfield, Leighton,Rubio & Mahfood in Miami.

RUSSELL W. SINNETT is alitigation attorney at theCheyenne, Wyo., law firm of


Three of the five attorneys in the law offices of FrederickC. Kramer, of Marco Island, Fla., are alumni of UM Law.From left, are Beth Woods, Class of 1998; FrederickKramer, 1977; and Ashley Lupo, 1998. The firm has ageneral practice, including trial work in state and federalcourt, with a specialty in employment law. It also handlestransactional work, including real estate, estate planning,and probate.

Ross, Ross & Santini, LLC, ageneral law practice concentrat-ing in torts, personal injury,contracts, divorce and wills. Helives in Cheyenne. Classmatesare encouraged to catch up on hispersonal news at his website:http://www.russellnet.com.

CLAIRE P. SUBRAN is workingwith issues involving insurancedefense with VIVIAN CHOU,JD ’92, in Miami.

MARK ALANSYLVESTER isan associate withthe Miami lawfirm of Leesfield,Leighton, Rubio& Mahfood, P.A.,a civil litigation

firm specializing in wrongfuldeath, personal injury, medicalmalpractice, and class actionlitigation. He resides in Miami.

THOMAS TEDESCO, JR. is anestate and financial specialistwith the Barrett Company, Inc.,in Pompano Beach. He resides inPlantation.

JOHN L. URBAN joined theMiami office of Martens DunajMarlowe Davis & Marlowe as anassociate attorney. The firm hasoffices in Miami and Tampa Bayand practices in the commerciallitigation, corporate defense,employment law, creditors’ rights,construction law, and computerlaw areas. Urban resides inDavie.

ANDREA Y. WANG works as astaff attorney at Watchtower, ahuman rights and civil rightsorganization based in Patterson,N.Y.

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REY CASTELLANOS has beenserving as legislative assistant toFlorida Senator Mario Diaz-Balart, District 37, in both theMiami and Tallahassee offices.

BRIAN CHESLACK and hiswife announce the birth of theirthird child, Kai Gregory, born onMay 3, 2000.

PETER J. IACONO will beginwork in August 2000 with theNaples office of Quarles & Brady.

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DANIEL W. MATLOW has accepted anassociate position at Vezina, Lawrence &Piscitelli, a Fort Lauderdale boutique firmspecializing in construction litigation.

JEFF PIROOZSHAD is a national bowlingchampion. On April 26, 2000, he com-peted in the inner-collegiate bowlingchampionship in Wichita, Kan., represent-ing the University of Miami. He wasnamed to the All American first team ofthe National Collegiate Bowlers CoachesAssociation. Pirozzshad also attained thehighest point total for 1999–2000 and wasnamed a most valuable player.

BLANCA SORDO, a December 1999graduate, practices with the Law Offices ofStuart A. Goldstein, located in Kendall.

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THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS

DAVID BOLEN has been writing shortstories for seven years. His latest, “Radio,”is available through HotRead—qualityliterature for discerning readers—at http://www.hotread.com. Bolen has lived in 14states in his 31 years and is currently asecond-year student at UM Law. Some ofhis poems and stories have been selectedas final entries in literary contests, and heis awaiting judgment.

EARLENE C. CROSSLEY has beenawarded the Kozyak Tropin &Throckmorton scholarship from theLitigation Skills program. Established in1995 by one of Miami’s leading law firms,the third-year full scholarship is awardedto a second-year minority student with astrong interest in trial advocacy.

APRIL H. GROMNICKI has beenawarded professional recognition as seniorprogram officer for the National AudubonSociety for her work in the Evergladesrestoration projects. In January 1999, shewas awarded the Everglades CoalitionAward for Dedication and Service, andin December 1998 she received theAudubon Society ACE Award for TeamAchievement.

BRANT HADAWAY received the SoiaMentschikoff Award for excellence inscholarly writing bestowed by his fellowlaw review members. Hadaway also was onthe winning team in the spring advancedmoot court competition, winning theaward for best oralist. He will representUM Law on the national moot court teamnext fall.

LEIGH MACDONALD interned duringthe summer for the Honorable Edward B.Davis, chief district judge for the SouthernDistrict of Florida.

DEMETRIO PEREZ reports: “One of thebest kept secrets at UM Law is the JudicialProcess Seminar taught by U.S. SeniorDistrict Court Judge William M. Hoeveler.Besides covering the issues associated withthe course’s title, students are treated tolistening to one of the most respectedjurists in America. Judge Hoeveler’streasure trove of anecdotes, both as anoted attorney and as a federal judge,make the class entertaining. However, itis the judge’s vast knowledge of our legalsystem and his more than half-centuryof experience that make the class discus-sions lively and provide keen insights tothe law. To top it all off, one may even getto talk with Hugo Black, Jr., son of the lateSupreme Court justice, who sometimesfills in for Judge Hoeveler. Anotherinvaluable aspect of the program is the‘requirement’ that students accept beingassigned to intern with a federal or statecourt judge during the spring semester. Iwas fortunate enough to spend this pastspring semester working in JudgeHoeveler’s chambers. Working togetherwith the judge, his clerks and with otherjudges and their clerks is an experiencewithout parallel. Spending an entiresemester intimately involved in thedecision-making process of the federal

judicial system is nothing short of incred-ible. Anyone who is considering applyingfor a federal judicial clerkship would bewise to take this course, as it allows one to‘test-drive’ one’s intended employmentgoal before making a long-term commit-ment. More than that, though, the bestintangible of this seminar is the opportu-nity to get to know a man who hasdevoted his life to honoring our Constitu-tion and has distinguished himself both asa person and as a professional.”

EDWARD J. ROGERS is a retired collegeprofessor with his doctorate who is alsocompleting his Juris Doctor requirementswith the assistance of a wheelchair. Hewould like to know how disabled graduatesare doing, and he welcomes calls on theweekends at 561-336-7250.

BART WHITLEY, an evening divisionstudent, won the best oralist award in thelL moot court competition during theSpring 1999 semester.

CLASS OF 2002—RISING

SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS

JULIO W. VALDIVIESO will be enteringOfficer Candidate School for the U.S.Marine Corps this summer. Upon comple-tion of the intensive 10-week program, hewill be commissioned as a second lieuten-ant in the Marines, under the JudgeAdvocate General program.

Class of 1997Kai Williams404-523-6034

Class of 1996T. Nicole Saunders305-859-8700

Class of 1995Elizabeth [email protected]

Class of 1988Elizabeth [email protected]

Class of 1979Allan [email protected]

Class of 1974Lewis B. [email protected]

Class of 1972Det H. [email protected]

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