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LAW PROFESSOR JOINS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION • SKILLS CURRICULUM CELEBRATES SUCCESSALUMNUS FULFILLS LIFELONG DREAM • NEW FACULTY WELCOMED
Loyola LawyerLOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS LAW MAGAZINE FALL 2009
The Write StuffWESTERFIELD FELLOWS PROGRAM LEADS TO SUCCESS
IN LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
Loyola University New Orleans PresidentThe Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.
DeanBrian Bromberger
Associate Dean for Academic AffairsThe Rev. Larry Moore, S.J.
Associate Dean for Student AffairsStephanie Jumonville ’86
Assistant Dean of Admissions and Minority Affairs
K. Michele Allison-Davis
Vice President for Institutional AdvancementVictoria A. Frank
Associate Vice President for Major GiftsChris Wiseman ’88
Associate Vice President for MarketingTerrell F. Fisher ’76
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Senior Major Gifts Officer College of LawSuzanne Valtierra
Law Alumni and Development OfficerAlice Glenn
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Meredith M. Hartley
Communications CoordinatorJames Shields
ContributorSean Snyder
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COVER FOCUS10 The Write Stuff
FEATURES16 The Skills for Success
20 A Lifelong Dream Fulfilled
22 New Kids in Town
DEPARTMENTS6 On the Record
24 Alumni News
28 Alumni Events
30 Faculty News
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As we move through the 2009 – 2010 academic year, we are planning manyexciting things at the College of Law.
We have welcomed the largest first-year class in our history. Three hundred twenty-five students have been admitted from 125 colleges and represent 35 states. Not onlydo they bring diversity to the college, but their excitement and eagerness to learninvigorate both the faculty and staff.
Our Westerfield Fellows Program is now in its fifth year. The program wasdesigned for outstanding individuals who wish to pursue careers in academia. Fellowsgain teaching experience while being afforded time to devote to scholarly writing andpublication. The program has been a great success with seven fellows securing tenuretrack positions in law schools across the country. We are pleased to have two newfellows this year—JoAnne Sweeny, J.D., and Robert F. Weber, J.D.
We are also proud to announce the addition of three new tenure track facultymembers—Associate Professor Craig R. Senn, J.D., Assistant Professor Karen Sokol,J.D., and Associate Professor Imre Szalai, J.D. In the short time they have been withus, they have made valuable contributions to our academic community.
Our Skills Curriculum continues to be a point of pride for the college. Ourstudents are taught the practical lawyering skills that can give them a critical edge asthey enter into the legal profession. Practicing attorneys and judges, many of whomare Loyola graduates, bring their experience and expertise into the Skills classroom.Thanks to the diligence of Patricia Phipps ’98, director of the Skills Curriculum, theprogram continues to have a huge impact on our students.
Alumni participation in annual events has been very successful. In the summer, weagain look forward to the Annual Party at the Louisiana State Bar Convention inSandestin, Fla. Graduates eagerly await Law Reunion celebrations to reunite withfriends. The Law Alumni Luncheon was enormously successful last year. Please plan toattend this most successful event again this year which is scheduled on January 29,2010, at the Hotel InterContinental, as well as other planned class reunions.
As the College of Law strives to enhance its outstanding national and localreputation, we welcome your continued support. A Loyola education prepares ourstudents for successful careers, but it also instills the values that they will carry withthem throughout their lives. Without your continued support, neither would be possible.
—Brian Bromberger
College of Law Dean
Judge Adrian G. Duplantier Distinguished Professor of Law
From the Dean
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SKILLS CURRICULUMCOURSE VOLUNTEERS
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and Pat Phipps, director of the Skills Curriculum, extend sincereappreciation to the following attorneys who volunteered their time to teach during the spring 2009 semester.
Spring 2009Practical Legal ResearchFrancis X. Norton; Associate Professor, Reference Librarian
Deposition Skills WorkshopWilliam J. Sommers, Jr.; Duncan, Courington & Rydberg, L.L.C.
Using the Internet for Legal ResearchBrian Huddleston; Senior Reference Librarian, Loyola University
New Orleans College of Law
Representing the Federal Criminal Defendant inCourtMarion D. Floyd; Attorney at Law
How to Write a WillDeana Palmisano Lejarza; Palmisano Lejarza Law Firm, L.L.C.
Trial TacticsWilliam J. Sommers, Jr.; Duncan, Courington & Rydberg, L.L.C.
Pleadings Drafting WorkshopRobert Angelle; Attorney at Law
The Professional in PracticeBobby J. Delise; Delise & Hall
Developing the Theme & Theory of the CaseWilliam J. Sommers, Jr.; Duncan, Courington & Rydberg, L.L.C.
Alternative Dispute ResolutionMock Mediation with Mediation CounselWayne Babovich; Babovich & Spedale
5,300 Reasons to Handle the Social SecurityDisability CaseElaine DeLoach; Group Supervisor, Office of Disability Adjudication &
Review, Social Security Administration
Technology & The Law—Beyond Word ProcessingCharles O. Taylor; Chehardy, Sherman, Ellis, Breslin, Murray, Recile
& Griffith
Motion PracticeBobby J. Delise; Delise & Hall
Mediaiton Skills WorkshopTom Grace; MAPS, Inc.Glenda Barkate; MAPS, Inc.
Legal Letters—Communication for LawyersWarren Horn; Heller, Draper, Hayden, Patrick & Horn, L.L.C.
Family Law WorkshopLynne W. Wasserman; Attorney at Law
Using Demonstrative Evidence at TrialMarion D. Floyd; Attorney at Law
Negotiation TechniquesBobby J. Delise; Delise & Hall
Drafting Corporate DocumentsRyan Adams; Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein McAlister & Hilbert, L.L.C.
Anatomy of a Construction CaseGordon Wilson; Attorney at Law
Advocacy for the AgesDominic J. Gianna; Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna
The Art of PersuasionWilliam J. Sommers, Jr.; Duncan, Courington & Rydberg, L.L.C.
The Personal Injury Case—Plaintiff & DefenseViewsJohn W. Redmann; The Redmann Law FirmLeonard D’Angelo; Frederick A. Miller & Associates
Lawyers in the Great TraditionThe Argument of an AppealThe Hon. Harry T. Lemmon; Justice, LA Supreme Court (retired)Prof. Paul R. Baier; George M. Armstrong, Jr., Professor of Law,
LSU Law Center
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On May 7, the College of Law held a ceremony in the LawLibrary to dedicate a bust of St. Ignatius Loyola, a result of
a generous gift from Evangeline M. Vavrick, J.D. ’64 and herdaughter, Evangeline A. Vavrick, J.D. ’01.
Both are active alumni of Loyola. The elder Vavrick hasserved as president of the Loyola Alumni Association and was arecipient of the College of Law’s St. Ives Award in 1996, and theyounger Vavrick is a current member of the Law AlumniAssociation Board.
The Vavricks have been long-time supporters of the Loyolacommunity and the College of Law. Associate Dean LarryMoore, S.J., performed the dedication ceremony with PresidentEmeritus James Carter, S.J., and many Vavrick friends inattendance.
“The College of Law was delighted to unveil a bust of SaintIgnatius of Loyola which was purchased as a result of a donationfrom Evangeline and Eve Vavrick,” says Dean BrianBromberger. “The bust stands at the entrance to the law libraryand is a reminder to all of the Jesuit foundations of theuniversity and law school.”
The elder Vavrick has been active in the Louisiana State BarAssociation as a member of the House of Delegates, the New
Orleans Bar Association, the Louisiana Trial LawyersAssociation, and the American Bar Association. She has beenpresident, vice president, and secretary of both the Academy ofNew Orleans Trial Lawyers and the New Orleans Chapter of theFederal Bar Association.
Both mother and daughter actively practice law in NewOrleans, La.
Alumnae donate special gift
News
Evangeline A. Vavrick, the Rev. Larry Moore, S.J., Evangeline M.Vavrick, the Rev. James Carter, S.J., and Dean Brian Bromberger.
On the Record
The Loyola University New Orleans College of Lawchapter of the National Lawyers Guild presented the play
Angola 3 Sept. 18 – 20. The play, written and produced byParnell Herbert and directed by Wayne DeHart, told the truestory of three men, Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox,and Herman Wallace, who organized a prisoner protestagainst miserable conditions in Louisiana’s Angola prison inthe early 1970s. After a prison riot in 1972, the three menwere accused of killing a prison guard and locked in solitaryconfinement. All three claim they were falsely accused for themurder because of their prisoner organizing and politicalactivism.
King’s conviction was overturned in 2001, and he wasreleased from prison after serving 29 years. After 36 years,Woodfox and Wallace remain in solitary confinement. Manyhuman rights activists, including Amnesty International, have
called on Angola prison authorities to end their isolation onhumanitarian grounds.
The play was sponsored by Loyola’s National LawyersGuild, the Black Law Students Association, AmnestyInternational, the Public Interest Law Group, the Associationof Women Law Students, and Tulane University’s NationalLawyers Guild.
Founded in 1937, the National Lawyers Guild was thenation’s first racially integrated bar association. The NationalLawyers Guild is dedicated to the need for basic andprogressive change in the structure of our political andeconomic system. Through its members—lawyers, lawstudents, jailhouse lawyers, and legal workers united inchapters and committees—the guild works locally, nationally,and internationally as an effective political and social force inthe service of the people.
College of Law presents Angola 3
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The Louisiana State Bar Associationawarded College of Law Professor Luz
M. Molina the 2009 David A. HamiltonLifetime Achievement Award on May 19.Molina, the Jack Nelson DistinguishedProfessor of Law, was recognized for 30years of legal advocacy on behalf ofunderserved communities.
Molina works in the Loyola Law Clinicwith student practitioners in labor andemployment law practice as part of herWorkplace Justice Project, which issupported by the Southern Poverty LawCenter. She also supervises the ExternProgram and is responsible for studentplacement, supervision, and instruction.The award, which “recognizes individualswhose work demonstrates a life-longcommitment to the provision of legalservices to the poor and to the significantenhancement of the pro bono movement,”is awarded annually to a Louisiana attorney who has practiced at least 15 years.
Professor Luz Molina receives prestigious awardNEW CLASS
DEMOGRAPHICS
Class size: 325
Gender: 51% Male 49% Female
Average Age: 25
Diversity: 32.5%
Avg. LSAT: 153Avg. GPA: 3.3
States: 35
Colleges: 125
Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar Chair inEnvironmental Law Robert Verchick was selected to
become the deputy associate administrator for the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Policy,Economics, and Innovation. Located in the Office of theAdministrator, OPEI is the main policy arm of the EPA,which manages the agency-wide rulemaking process, reviewsfinal policy analyses, and oversees the testing of new andinnovative approaches to environmental protection.
Verchick joined the Washington, D.C.-based staff ofnearly 200 experts in the fields of regulation, policy,economics, and business on October 19 and will serve therefor a minimum of 12 months. He plans to return to teachingat Loyola when his responsibilities with the EPA end.
Professor Robert Verchick joins Obama administration
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Law student Plezetta West was a big winner of Wheel ofFortune, netting $120,050 for her efforts. During her
birthday weekend in April 2008, West decided to attend tryoutsfor Wheel of Fortune when the “Wheelmobile” stopped in NewOrleans, La. Her name was not called that day, but a few weekslater, she got a belated birthday present—a callback for a secondaudition.
For two weeks leading up to the audition, West, of Natchez,Miss., practiced nonstop and researched online, asking pastcontestants for pointers and tips. Her hard work paid off, andshe was invited to be on the show in California. The episodewith West aired March 23.
During the show, West endured some ups and downs, butthe Wheel was on her side. She correctly solved word puzzlesthrough four rounds, making it all the way to the Bonus Roundpuzzle, where she won $120,050 by correctly spelling out“Magic Wand.” In addition to the money, West also won a tripto Central America. A member of Loyola’s Moot Court andTrial Advocacy teams, she credits both with honing thecourtroom skills that helped her win at Wheel of Fortune.
Wheel of Fortune pays off for law student
News
Plezetta West
On the Record
Loyola College of Law and The Environmental Law Society
present
The 2010 National Association of EnvironmentalLaw Societies Annual Conference
March 4 – 7, 2010
A premier weekend of environmental law: gathering students,lawyers, scholars, activists, and community members together
to support effective environmental law dialogue.
E-mail [email protected] for more information.
SAVE
THE
DATE
Photo courtesy of Carol Kaelson.
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1958The Hon. Denis A. BarryMr. Orlando G. BendanaThe Hon. H. Charles GaudinMr. Paul E. HurleyMr. John Hanson JacksonThe Hon. John A. SheaMr. Francis G. Weller
1963The Hon. Harry T. Lemmon
1968Mr. John G. AmatoMr. Jules A. Carville, IIIMr. Paul S. FiasconaroMr. J. Wayne GilletteMs. Jane M. GiseviusThe Hon. Charles A. ImbornoneThe Hon. Robert A. Pitre, Jr.Mr. Don M. RichardMr. Lee J. Romero, Jr.
1973Mr. Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr.Mr. Richard A. ChopinMr. Edwin R. Fleischmann, Jr.Mr. Thomas J. LutkewitteMr. Ross V. MancusoMr. William E. MayMr. William A. McNuttMr. William A. NeilsonMr. Antonio J. RodriguezThe Hon. Michael G. Sullivan
1978Ms. Linda S. AbshireMr. Ardy A. AraniMr. Morris BartMr. Robert J. CaludaMrs. Mary Lou Cassingham
Mr. Jean M. ChampagneMr. Roger E. CobbMr. Amos H. DavisMr. Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.Mrs. Lorraine Caffery FriedrichsMs. Cynthia Coulter GeorgeMr. Jeffrey L. HillMrs. Maureen Blackburn JenningsMr. Robert K. McClammyMr. Patrick D. McTernanMrs. Susan M. PetersonMr. Charles M. RaymondMr. Bruce A. ScottMr. David L. SimerlyMr. Richard S. Thomas
1983Mr. Robert C. AlberstadtMrs. Laura C. BrodersMr. Andre G. CoudrainMr. Keith C. Hotard, Jr.Ms. Janice L. KazmierMr. Kevin P. LohanMr. Salvador G. Longoria, Jr.Mr. J. Fred RileyMr. Lance P. SchiffmanMrs. Mary K. ZervigonMrs. Deborah L. Ziegler
1988Mrs. Ann M. ArnoldMs. Linda H. ConerlyMr. John H. DeneneaMrs. Mary L. DumestreMs. Kim K. McElweeMr. Mark E. PeneguyMrs. Anne E. PetersonMrs. Theresa M. PigliaMr. Brian G. ShearmanMrs. Therese T. Stuckey
Mr. Michael T. TontiMrs. Maria R. TreffingerMr. Stephen A. Yazbeck
1993Mrs. Susan R. AmundsonMs. Cheryl P. BuchertMs. Aviva J. BushMr. Clancy DuBos, IIIMs. Alexis IzquierdoMr. Mickey P. LandryMrs. Kelly M. LegierMr. Peter J. MorrisMrs. Silvia S. MullerMr. Philip E. ResoMs. Rene E. ThorneMrs. Donna Bramlett Wood
1998Mr. Roderick AlvendiaMrs. Nicole H. ArmstrongMrs. Laura M. BorchertMr. Brandt J. Dufrene, Jr.Ms. Christina Galanis-AngelosMr. Andrew J. HillMr. Brian M. KlebbaMr. Brandt M. LorioMr. James A. LovegrenMs. Mildred MorgadoMr. Mark E. MoriceMrs. Monica H. Wallace
2003Mr. Bradley D. BecnelMs. Nicole B. BreauxMs. Monique R. DrakeMs. Alexis G. KrotMrs. Anicia M. Ogonosky-GauMs. Andrea L. RibandoMrs. Elizabeth S. RitterMr. Maurice C. Ruffin
College of Law Honor Roll of DonorsAugust 1, 2008 – July 31, 2009
The College of Law wishes to recognize andthank the following alumni, who celebrated
a reunion, for their contributions in support ofLoyola’s College of Law in Fiscal Year 2009.
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The Write StuffBY JAMES SHIELDS
WESTERFIELD FELLOWS PROGRAM LEADS TO SUCCESS IN LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING
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Making the transition from the private sector toacademia can be overwhelming. Each year, the College ofLaw takes in law graduates from around the country in aneffort to make the career change a little less daunting.
Begun in 2004, the Westerfield Fellows Program wasstarted by College of Law Dean Brian Bromberger in honorof the first African-American dean in the history of Loyola,Louis Westerfield, who served from 1990 to 1994. He diedin 1996 at the age of 47.
The two-year program is designed for individualspursuing a career in teaching law who want to gain teachingexperience as well as have time to devote to scholarly writingand publication. While working outside the academicarena, many lawyers are unable to devote time to legalscholarship, which is quickly becoming a prerequisite toobtaining a law teaching position.
At any given time, there are usually six or sevenWesterfield Fellows at Loyola. Fellows are responsible forteaching legal reasoning, legal research, legal writing, andoral advocacy skills, such as Moot Court, to first-year lawstudents in two, two-hour classes each semester.Additionally, in the fall semester of their second year of thefellowship, fellows may opt to teach a one-hour seminar ona specialized topic of their choice.
The seven current fellows in the College of Law are CarterDillard, Derek Fincham, J. Shontavia Jackson, AdamLamparello, Carol Pauli, JoAnne Sweeny, and Robert F. Weber.
Past fellows have gone on to secure tenure-trackteaching positions at law schools across the U.S., includingWillamette University, Louisiana State University,American University College of Law, and John MarshallLaw School.
The Need for FellowsWhen Bromberger interviewed at Loyola in 2003,
he learned that legal writing courses were taught inlarge sections by professors and adjuncts, with studentteaching assistants providing more individualizedinstruction. He thought this system placed too muchof a burden on professors’ shoulders and relied tooheavily on assistance from inexperienced upper-levellaw students. “Legal writing is a necessary skill for anylawyer and a vital part of legal education,”Bromberger says. “Law schools around the countryhave struggled for years, trying to find the best way toteach this course.”
Not long after Bromberger became dean, he institutedthe Westerfield Fellows Program, supervised by professorsMary Garvey Algero and Patrick Hugg. Algero directs theLegal Research and Writing Program and the fellowsprogram during the fall semester, and Hugg leads in thespring with the Moot Court Program. They both meetweekly with the fellows to discuss their work andcollaborate on assignments and courses.
Inspiration also came to Bromberger from theUniversity of Chicago Law School. “I have always beenimpressed by their Bigelow Fellows Program, where toprecent graduates had the opportunity to experience the lawacademic environment in advance of attempting to obtainfull-time teaching positions at law schools around thecountry,” Bromberger says. “Our program mirrors this,although our fellows have more opportunity to develop
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“The fellowship provided me with an opportunity to research and write in my area of interest, which is something that I did not have time to do while I was in practice, and it also provided me with valuable time in the classroom.”
—Christina Sautter, Westerfield Fellow (2006 – 2008)
Westerfield Fellow Carter Dillard
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their own scholarship, and therefore make themselves moreattractive to potential hirers.”
Hugg says Bromberger’s initiation of the program hasradically transformed the quality and rigor of the first-yearcurriculum. “Our first-year students are no longer taughtfundamental courses by second-year teaching assistants butby dynamic, highly intelligent and successful graduates fromleading law schools who are entering the law teachingprofession,” he notes.
Fellowship is Living the Dream
Before coming to Loyola, many of the fellows followedgraduation with clerkships or practiced at litigation firmsbut realized they wanted to work in academia.
JoAnne Sweeny, who started as a Westerfield Fellow lastfall and is also completing her doctorate in law at QueenMary, University of London, is eagerly jumping into herwork full speed. “I’m thrilled to be accepted as a fellow,”Sweeny says. “I’ve wanted to be a legal academic for sometime and being a fellow is ‘living the dream’ for me. I feelconnected to the faculty and the support I’ve received frommy colleagues, particularly the other fellows and ProfessorAlgero and Professor Hugg, has been invaluable. Loyola isan excellent working environment and the students arethoughtful, enthusiastic and a pleasure to teach.”
Christina Sautter, a Westerfield Fellow from 2006 to2008, echoes Sweeny’s sentiments. Now an assistant
professor of law at Louisiana State University, shesays, “The fellowship provided me with anopportunity to research and write in my area ofinterest, which is something that I did not havetime to do while I was in practice, and it alsoprovided me with valuable time in the classroom.The fellowship confirmed that I really wanted tobe a law professor.”Fellows teach their own classes but have thebenefit of working under the guidance of anexperienced director in a program in which thedirector and fellows coordinate the content andpace of the courses. Fellows also have a studentteaching assistant to assist them with their courses. Students, not just the fellows, also flourish underthe guidance of the fellows. Bobby Dexter, formerfellow, now at Chapman University in California,was blown away by the progress of his students.
“During both of my years in the program, I was alwaysshocked near the end of the academic year to see studentswho started the year not knowing the difference betweenbinding and persuasive precedent, finishing it on their feet,without notes, fielding questions from a three-judge panel,”says Dexter. “It’s a real testament to what students can doand the impact we can have on them as we prepare them forthe profession.”
Current fellow Carter Dillard says his work withstudents is mutually beneficial. “It’s great and has made mea better writer. The first-year students are eager to changetheir writing style to a legal format, and working themthrough that process improves my writing as well,” Dillardsays.
Fellow Returns to Old Stomping Grounds
The College of Law hired its first former WesterfieldFellow this year. To instill a sense of camaraderie andprevent competition, Loyola does not hire its own fellowsimmediately after they reach the end of their program.
Professor Craig Senn, an Atlanta, Ga., native, graduatedfrom University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School ofLaw in 1995 and practiced labor and employment law until2004, before coming to Loyola for his fellowship. Sennreturned to Loyola as a professor this year after teaching atCharleston School of Law in South Carolina.
Bromberger couldn’t be more excited. “Senn joined the
Westerfield Fellow JoAnne Sweeny
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program as we evacuated for Katrina, so he was thrust intoan unexpected role as a teacher of a substantive course. Hewas very successful and, consistent with our policy that theprogram is a stepping stone to tenure-track positions, heobtained such a position elsewhere. Naturally, we aredelighted to have him back.”
As a Westerfield Fellow, Senn was excited about theopportunity to be in a classroom with students, especiallygiven the competitive marketplace for law teachingpositions. At the same time, he was nervous about leavingthe financial security of a private practice. Those fearsquickly faded away.
“After my first class at Loyola, I told my wife this is whatI want to do for the rest of my life,” Senn explains. “NewOrleans is very special, and the combination of that withsuch a great school and wonderful faculty and students issomething that no other place can offer.”
Mentors Prepare Fellows for Competitive Job Market
Fellows are also given faculty mentors who teach andwrite in the fellows’ areas of interest. Senn, like many of thefellows, speaks highly of his mentors during his fellowship.“My mentors were Algero, Hugg, and Dean Bromberger.Mary and Pat are so unbelievably giving with their time,expertise, and materials. They have seen everything in termsof legal writing and moot court, and they always helped usthrough any questions or issues we may have had.”
“Same is true of Dean Bromberger,” Senn says. “He hasa contagious energy and enthusiasm around the college.The fellows picked up on that. He never said no to a fellowwho needed something as part of their teaching orscholarship interests.”
Derek Fincham, who holds a doctorate in law from theUniversity of Aberdeen in Scotland, is in his second year asa fellow and is getting ready to start interviewing with otherschools. Part of the Westerfield Fellows Program allows thementors to prepare fellows for the competitive interviewingprocess.
“Mentors conduct mock practice sessions with us to getready to go on the market,” Fincham says. “It’s extremelyhelpful. Without this fellowship, I would still be in Englandlooking for jobs in the states.”
Another former fellow, Ezra Rosser, now at AmericanUniversity in Washington, D.C., emphasizes the amount ofsupport he received during his time at Loyola. He was oneof the first fellows in the program in 2004. In the aftermathof Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he traveled to Houston,Texas, where the college took up temporary residence at the
University of Houston. The unusualcircumstances allowed him to grow close tocertain professors.
“Mitch Crusto was a great mentor. Heimpressed upon me the importance of writingand how instrumental it would be in my jobsearch,” Rosser comments. “The dean was alsovery supportive in allowing me to travel in themonths after Katrina, when budgets were tight.”
Sautter also fondly remembers the advice ofLoyola’s law professors. “Professor Trey Drury wasa great mentor to me. He read a draft of the articlethat I wrote while at Loyola and provided me withcomments. He also provided me with moregeneral advice regarding teaching substantivecorporate law courses. He continues to be a greatmentor to me,” Sautter says.
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“The infusion of new ideas and the energy the fellowsbring to the College of Law inspire us all to grow in our own areas of teaching and scholarship.”
—Professor Mary Garvey Algero
Westerfield Fellow Carol Pauli
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The mentors had so much influence on Sautter that shewill be taking on a mentor role at LSU in the near future.She is on the Fellows Program Committee, which plans onstarting its own similar program next year.
Kim Chanbonpin, now assistant professor of law at theJohn Marshall Law School in Chicago, Ill., also stresses theimportance of her mentors. “Professor Isabel Medina wasmy official mentor. Her guidance and advice during thosefellowship years were very important because sheencouraged me to write about legal issues that I feltpassionate about,” says Chanbonpin.
Fellows depend on each other for support as well. “I alsohad unofficial mentors, like Sharon Finegan, a fellow in theclass above me, and now a professor at South Texas Collegeof Law, as well as Mary Algero” says Chanbonpin. “To thisday, I lean on both of them for advice about my teachingand my scholarship.”
Finegan also remembers the collaboration with herpeers. “I was the only new fellow the year I started, andthose who had taught in the program previously were greatresources for my teaching and scholarship,” she says.
The fellows share one big suite in the College of Law,which fosters a lot of brainstorming and collaboration,which, in turn, serves as an impetus for faculty and staff aswell. “We are continually sharing ideas on teaching,research, and careers,” says current fellow Carol Pauli.
“The infusion of new ideas and the energy the fellowsbring to the College of Law inspire us all to grow in our ownareas of teaching and scholarship,” says Algero. “What wehope we provide to the fellows in return is a stimulating,collegial environment in which each fellow is able todevelop as a teacher and scholar under the guidance ofexperienced teachers and scholars. Providing mentoring tothe fellows as they begin their law school teaching careers isvital to the success of the program.”
2009 – 2010 Westerfield Fellows
Carter DillardB.A., Boston College
J.D., Emory UniversityLL.M. 2009, New York University School of Law
Derek FinchamB.A., University of Kansas
J.D., Wake Forest UniversityPh.D., University of Aberdeen
J. Shontavia JacksonB.S., Clemson University
J.D., University of Arkansas
Adam LamparelloB.A., University of Southern California
J.D., Ohio State UniversityLL.M., New York University
Carol PauliB.A., University of Evansville
M.S., Columbia UniversityJ.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
JoAnne SweenyB.A., University of California, Irvine
J.D., University of Southern California (Order of the Coif)Ph.D., Queen Mary University of London
(expected December 2009)
Robert F. Weber A.B. Duke University
J.D., University of Michigan
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Loyola wishes to thank the following speakersand advisory board members for a successfulspring 2009 programming season. Thank youfor your support!
FATHER CHIEF JUSTICE: E.D. WHITE AND THE CONSTITUTIONProf. Paul R. Baier; George M. Armstrong, Jr., Professor of Law, Paul M. Hebert LSU Law CenterThe Hon. Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.; Retired, Louisiana Supreme Court Chief JusticeThe Hon. Robert Downing; Court of Appeal, 1st CircuitProf. James D. Hardy, Jr.; LSU History DepartmentDonald Hoffman; Hoffman Seydel, L.L.C.Harvey Koch; Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, L.L.P.Andrew A. Lemmon; Attorney at LawThe Hon Harry T. Lemmon; Attorney at LawThe Hon. Mary Ann Vial Lemmon; U.S. District CourtProf. Christopher Pietruszkiewicz; Vice Chancellor, J.Y. Sanders Professor of Law, Paul M. Hebert
LSU Law CenterProf. Olivier Moreteau; Director, Center of Civil Law Studies, Russell B. Long Eminent Scholars
Academic Chair, Paul M. Hebert LSU Law CenterGarland Rolling; Law Office of Garland RollingHarry T. Rosenberg; Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P.Prof. James R. West; LSU Music SchoolThe Hon. Fredericka Wicker; Louisiana 5th Circuit of Appeal
PARENTING COORDINATION TRAININGRobin M. Deutsch, Ph.D.; Children & the Law Program, Department of Psychiatry,
Massachusetts General HospitalLisa Matthews; Hearing Officer, 22nd JDCArnold Shienvold, Ph.D.
ANNUAL LONGSHORE CONFERENCEMatthew H. Ammerman; Fitzhugh, Elliott & Ammerman, P.C.David Barnett; Barnett & Lerner, P.A.Kevin J. Bianchini, Ph.D.Jere Jay Bice; Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, L.L.C.Steven M. Birnbaum; Law Offices of Steven M. BirnbaumAlan G. Brackett; Mouoledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, L.L.C.Todd Cowen, Ph.D.; Cowen Clinic for Rehabilitation & Physical MedicinePaul M. Doolittle; Law Offices of Paul M. DoolittleJohn Dudrey; Williams Frederickson, L.L.C.David A. Duhon; District Director, Seventh Compensation District, U.S. Department of LaborEric Dupree; Dupree Law, A.P.L.C.Kenneth G. Engerrand; Brown Sims, P.C.Richard L. Garelick; Flicker, Garelick & AssociatesPaul B. Howell; Franke & SalhoumFrank Leon; Attorney at LawRalph R. Lorberbaum; Zipperer, Lorberbaum & BeauvaisMark Popolizio; NuQuest/Bridge PointeLawrence P. Postol; Seyfarth Shaw, L.L.P.Stephen L. Purcell; Associate Chief Judge, U.S. Department of LaborMark Reinhalter; U.S. Department of Labor–Office of the SolicitorLee J. Romero, Jr.; District Chief Judge, U.S. Department of LaborCollins C. Rossi; Collins C. Rossi, P.L.C.Jon Robinson; Mouoledoux Bland Legrand & Brackett, L.L.C.Scott Soule; Chaff McCall, L.L.P.Michael Thomas; Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, L.L.P.Janice Ulan; U.S. Department of Labor, Benefits Review BoardAaron L. Walter; Herbert Chestnut & AssociatesNancy Dolder; Chief Judge, U.S. Deptartment of Labor, Benefits Review Board
BASIC AND DIVORCE MEDIATION TRAININGF. Noel Cieutat; Attorney at LawProf. Bobby Harges; Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola University New
Orleans College of LawClaire C. Hesse, L.P.C., L.M.F.T., N.C.C.Jennifer C. de Blanc; O’Brien and de BlancRoxanne Newman; Southeast Louisiana Legal SystemsBecki Kondkar; Tulane Law School Domestic Violence ClinicEdith Morris; Morris, Lee & Bayle, L.L.C.
MARK YOURCALENDAR!
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Annual Estate Planning ConferenceDecember 3 – 4, 2009
Annual Family Law ConferenceDecember 10 – 11, 2009
From File to Trial: 8 Keys to Success in Court and Beyond
January 13, 2010All proceeds will go to the Community Justice Clinic
to assist Hurricane Katrina clients.
Don’t miss this internationally acclaimed speakerThe Hon. Mark A. Drummond
Contempt of Court: A Discussion of a Lynching that Changed America’s Legal System
February 3, 2010
Annual Longshore Conference (ALC)March 18 – 19, 2010
For more information, visit www.law.loyno.edu/cle or call (504) 861-5441.
THANK YOU!Continuing Legal Education Says
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The Skills for Success
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THE LOYOLA SKILLS CURRICULUM PREPARES CURRENT STUDENTS FOR FUTURE CAREERS
What does a law school student
need to know in order to
secure employment after graduation
and set out upon a successful career
path? Though a fundamental
understanding of the law is of course
the key, practical lawyering skills can
give a new graduate an undeniable
edge in the legal field. That’s why the
Loyola Skills Curriculum has become
a vital component in a Loyola College
of Law student’s education, ensuring
that he or she learns the necessary
skills to become a successful attorney.
BY RAY WILLHOFT ’00
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The Program The Skills Curriculum was initiated during the 1985 – 86
academic year, at a time when few law schools were creatingsuch programs. “Our goal from the very beginning has been toteach students how to practice law,” explains Pat Phipps ’98,director of the Skills Curriculum. And that is exactly what theSkills Curriculum has continued to do.
Students are required to attend a total of eight courses,which are designed to provide an overview of specific areas ofthe law and to introduce basic hands-on training. The coursesare divided into four categories: Factual Investigation andCounseling; Trial Practice Skills; Communication andNegotiation; and Administrative Boards and Law OfficeManagement. No tuition fee is charged for the courses, andstudents are encouraged to attend more than the required eight.A total of 58 courses have been developed over the years, andabout 30 different ones are offered each semester.
In addition, new courses are being proposed and developedall the time. “We are continually looking for new ways toimprove our courses and address new topics that will be usefulto our students,” notes Phipps.
This semester, Scott Wolfe, Jr., J.D. ’05, founding memberof the bi-coastal firm, Wolfe Law Group, proposed and taughta new course, Ethical Dilemmas of Online Marketing—FromBlogs to Twitter, upon encountering issues himself related toonline advertising and marketing. “I felt the topic of onlinemarketing and social networking has come to the forefrontlately, and that it would make a good Skills Curriculum coursesince the courses are designed to be practical and introducestudents to what they will be encountering in their careers.”
The InstructorsPracticing attorneys and judges, many of whom are Loyola
graduates, teach the Skills Curriculum courses strictly on avoluntary basis. “Our instructors love interacting with thestudents and sharing their knowledge and experiences,” saysPhipps. “And for those who are alumni, teaching our courses isa great opportunity for them to keep in contact with their almamater.”
The ResultsThe students’ responses to the Skills Curriculum have been
positive. “I enjoy having the opportunity to take Skills coursesthat teach real life applications,” says law student Paulina Davis.“The fundamentals of law school courses come to life when Iam able to apply my knowledge from the Skills classes to myclients’ legal issues. The Skills Curriculum provides anopportunity to students because we are taught from the bestlitigators in their respective fields and is an invaluable
“The Skills Curriculum provides practical knowledge ofthe various areas of legal practice. It helped me identifywhat type of practice I wanted to pursue.”
—Tiffany M. Fleming ’04, J.D. ’08Associate, LeBlanc Butler, L.L.C.
Skills Curriculum Instructor Scott Wolfe, Jr., J.D. ’05
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educational tool that has aided my transition from a lawstudent to a law professional.”
And alumni are equally generous in their praise. “The SkillsCurriculum provides practical knowledge of the various areas oflegal practice. It helped me identify what type of practice Iwanted to pursue,” notes Tiffany M. Fleming ’04, J.D. ’08, anassociate with LeBlanc Butler, L.L.C.
“The Skills Curriculum provided me with a foundation ofpractical experience from experts in the legal field,” commentsGerald Shields, J.D. ’01, tax law specialist for the IRS. As a lawstudent, Shields was on the Skills Curriculum Honor Roll andnow proudly displays the plaque to prove it in his office. “Thesubject matter was always interesting, and the faculty wereoutstanding, particularly Charles Taylor, with whom I tookthree courses,” he says.
The FutureThe future of the Skills Curriculum is bright. With its
success and substantial praise, it is one fixture that willundoubtedly remain at Loyola for many years to come.
For more information, visit www.law.loyno.edu/skills-curriculum
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SKILLS COURSESFactual Investigation and Counseling
Pretrial Practice SkillsDeveloping Deposition Skills
Practical Legal Research SkillsUsing the Internet for Legal Research
Foreign and International Legal ResearchComputer Fundamentals for Computer-assisted Research
Construction LawCreative Problem-solving Techniques
Documents DraftingHow to Write a Will
Representing Controversial ClientsDrafting Corporate Documents
Pleadings DraftingAdvocacy and Strategy in Government Regulatory Affairs
Trial Practice SkillsCourts in Action
Quantum Theory—Valuing the CaseDeveloping the Theory of the Case
Lawyers in the Great Tradition: The Argument of an AppealLouisiana Class Action Litigation
Handling the Criminal CaseThe Expert Witness in Court
Voir Dire: Evaluating the JuryDemonstrative Evidence IDemonstrative Evidence II
Using Evidence at TrialMotion Practice
Intensive Trial WeekendFamily Law IFamily Law II
Products’ Liability in LouisianaAppellate Practice
Nuts and Bolts of the Workers Compensation Case
Effective Communication and NegotiationCourtroom Communication Techniques
Courtroom Performance WorkshopGuerrilla Negotiating
Negotiation/Settlement Techniques WorkshopEntertainment Law Workshop
Dispute Resolution/Arbitration Skills WorkshopDispute Resolution/Mediation Skills Workshop
Real Estate Transaction WorkshopHandling Employee Benefits Claims
Legal Letters: Communication for Lawyers
Administrative Boards and Law Office ManagementHandling Bankruptcy Claims
Handling the Social Security CaseHandling the Title VII Case
Handling Claims Under the ADAHandling the Medical Malpractice CaseScreening the Medical Malpractice Case
Handling the Longshore CasePractice and Procedures Before Administrative Boards
The Professional in PracticeLaw Office Management
Technology and the Law Office—Beyond Word Processing
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A LifelongDreamFulfilledRichard E. McCormack, J.D. ’84 uses his legal education to help others
By Sean Snyder
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For Richard E. McCormack, J.D. ’84, working as anattorney is fulfilling a lifelong dream. “In trying to discover
what I wanted to grow up to be, I never moved past the letter Ain the alphabet,” he says. “I wanted to either be an archeologist,an astronaut, an architect, or an attorney. I think my mind wasmade up about what I would become when my fifth gradeteacher, Sr. Maria Louise, caught me as I practiced signing‘Esquire’ behind my name.”
McCormack grew up just outside of Washington, D.C., acity filled with policy makers and change agents, where his fatherwas a member of President John F. Kennedy’s administration.He was greatly influenced by his surroundings and knew that,like his father, he wanted to work in a field that had greatinfluence on how laws were made and interpreted.
Prior to his law studies, McCormack realized one of hisother dreams by studying anthropology, first at the University ofAlabama in 1977 – 1978 and then at Tulane University. Hespent a year of his studies and field research in anthropology atthe Universidad de Las Americas, in Puebla, Mexico, andgraduated with honors with a degree in anthropology fromTulane in 1980.
Upon graduation, McCormack quickly set out to pursuehis primary passion, law. He worked for the National LaborRelations Board for a year, conducting union certificationelections, then enrolled in law school at Loyola University NewOrleans. He graduated with a juris doctor in 1984 and has beenin private practice in the city ever since.
“From the moment I arrived here to finish myundergraduate degree at Tulane, I fell in love with this city,” saysMcCormack. “I cannot think of another place that is as diverseand culturally interesting as New Orleans. It is a tremendouspleasure to practice law in a city that never ceases to amaze me.”McCormack specializes in employment and insurance defenselitigation. He serves as national, regional, and local counsel forcorporate and individual clients as well as several localeducational institutions, including his alma mater.
He represents employers both in federal and state courtsand before federal and state administrative agencies coveringmatters involving employment discrimination, sexualharassment, civil rights, contract disputes, the EmployeeRetirement Income Security Act, the Americans withDisabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and workerscompensation.
For the past 20 years, McCormack has served as a volunteerfor the United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area. He wasprovided with this opportunity through Boards Work, anorganization that paired young professionals with differentnonprofit agencies to intern for a year.
“I have really enjoyed working with the United Way duringa time when the organization has experienced tremendouschallenges,” explains McCormack. “The United Way isextremely dynamic, and I am able to make a difference in manylives, especially during and after times of disaster.”
McCormack notes that some of his most satisfying workhas been with the Loyola Law Alumni Association and theUpper Audubon Association, his neighborhood association.
As a board member of the Law Alumni Association, he hassupported the computer donation initiative for the College ofLaw. One of his major upcoming initiatives with the associationwill be implementing a state-of-the-art electronic databasesystem designed to communicate with Loyola’s far-flung lawalumni community.
He also leveraged his affiliation with the Upper AudubonAssociation to help build community relations during theCollege of Law’s expansion in 2006.
“Because I was able to represent the college to theneighborhood associations and keep communication lines openbetween the university and the two neighborhood associationsstraddling the college’s location in Uptown New Orleans, theexpansion project was generally welcomed within thecommunity,” says McCormack.
“The work that I am most proud of is being able torepresent Loyola as a lawyer,” he says. “Because of this, I havebeen able to get to know and work closely with the president,provost, other key administrators, and faculty.”
One of those administrators is Brian Bromberger, dean ofthe College of Law. McCormack says Dean Bromberger’soutstanding leadership has helped to improve the college’sreputation locally and among regional and national peers.
“I began with Loyola in 1981, and I have never seen theCollege of Law in as good a shape as it is in now,” notesMcCormack. “I credit this progress to the tireless efforts of DeanBromberger, a man I genuinely admire.”
McCormack greatly appreciates having been able to studyat Loyola, a place that continues to value and emphasize socialjustice. “I chose to study law at Loyola because the universityteaches a person how to practice law without losing one’sconscience,” he says. Because of the education he received atLoyola, he believes that he has been able realize his childhooddream by making a positive difference in the lives of many.
“I chose to study law at Loyola because the universityteaches a person how to practice law without losingone’s conscience.”
—Richard E. McCormack, J.D. ’84
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The Loyola University NewOrleans College of Lawwelcomed three new additionsto the faculty for the 2009 – 2010 academic year. No doubt they will continue thetradition of scholarship andacademic excellence for whichthe college’s faculty hasbecome known.
New Kids iN Tow N:Craig SennAssociate Professor of Law
Craig Senn graduated with honors from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School ofLaw, where he served as articles editor for the NorthCarolina Journal of International Law and CommercialRegulation. He received his bachelor’s degree from theUniversity of Georgia, where he graduated first in his class.After law school, Senn was a labor & employment lawyerand litigator, and he spearheaded the Atlanta employmentpractice of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C.From 2004 to 2006, he served as a Westerfield Fellow atLoyola. And, from 2006 to 2009, he was an assistantprofessor of law at the Charleston School of Law in SouthCarolina.
Senn’s teaching and scholarly interests primarilyinclude contracts, commercial transactions (sales),employment law, employment discrimination law, andlabor law.
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Karen C. SokolAssistant Professor of Law
Karen C. Sokol graduated from Yale Law School,where she served as articles editor for the Yale HumanRights and Development Law Journal and was a member ofthe Allard K. Lowenstein International Human RightsClinic.
After law school, Sokol clerked for Judge CarolynDineen King of the United States Court of Appeals for theFifth Circuit. She then worked as a policy analyst for theCenter for Progressive Reform, writing a number of papersand articles on environmental and public health and safetyissues, with a focus on government and corporateaccountability. The year before coming to Loyola, Sokolwas a fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, whereshe worked with faculty members on scholarship aboutdevelopments in international law in response toglobalization and about national and transnationaltobacco control policies.
Sokol’s teaching and research areas includeconstitutional law, torts, public international law(particularly international human rights law andinternational environmental law), and law and philosophy.
Imre SzalaiAssociate Professor of Law
Imre Szalai graduated from Yale University, doublemajoring in economics and classical civilizations, and hereceived his law degree from Columbia University, wherehe was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
After graduating from law school, Szalai practicedantitrust law in New York City, N.Y., and then hepracticed complex commercial litigation in Miami, Fla.,representing clients in high risk cases in variousjurisdictions. Prior to joining Loyola’s faculty, Szalai servedon the faculty of California Western School of Law.
Szalai’s teaching interests and scholarship focus oncivil procedure and dispute resolution, particularlyarbitration and the Federal Arbitration Act. Hisscholarship has been cited in briefs filed in the UnitedStates Supreme Court and other federal and state courts incases involving the Federal Arbitration Act.
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Pascal Calogero, Jr., J.D. ’54, H’91,Metairie, La., Louisiana SupremeCourt Chief Justice, retired after36 years on the bench. He’sauthored more than 1,000opinions, some of them landmarkdecisions.
Donald O. Jansen ’61, J.D. ’63,after retiring as a senior partner atFulbright & Jaworski inHouston, Texas, is now senior taxcounsel at The University of TexasSystem. He continues to speakthroughout the U.S. and waselected a Fellow of the AmericanCollege of Tax Counsel, adding tohis fellowship in the AmericanCollege of Trust and EstateCounsel. His wife, the Hon.Janice Law, a former criminalcourt judge, has published herfifth book, Wicked Good Secrets.Their five children and fourgrandchildren are a joy and doingwell.
The Hon. Joseph E. Anzalone, Jr.,
J.D. ’64, Hammond, La., is retiredbut would like to know what hisclassmates are doing.
Kenneth F. Sills ’63, J.D. ’66,Baton Rouge, La., served in theArmy Reserves for 29 years andreceived the Legion of MeritAward for his dedication andservice—the highest peace timeaward a solider can receive in thearmy. He also runs a verysuccessful law firm and iscelebrating his 20th anniversarythis year with Hammonds andSills.
Aaron Broussard, J.D. ’73, Kenner,
La., Jefferson Parish president,received the University of NewOrleans 2009 College of LiberalArts Distinguished AlumnusAward.
The Hon. Sylvia Taylor Dunn, J.D.
’74, Reserve, La., has served as aworker’s compensation judge for16 years for the parishes ofJefferson, Plaquemines, and St.Bernard.
Chet Traylor, J.D. ’74, NewOrleans, La., Louisiana StateSupreme Court Justice, retiredfrom the bench on May 31. He ispursuing legal opportunities inprivate practice.
Darryl C. Casanueva, J.D. ’76,Tampa, Fla., was named chiefjudge-elect of Florida’s SecondDistrict Court of Appeal.
Alexander F.X. Matulewicz, J.D. ’76
started a radio show,StopandThinkRadio.com.
John B. Morthland, J.D. ’76,Hannibal, Mo., was inducted intothe American College of TrialLawyers. Fellowship in the collegeis extended by invitation only andonly after careful investigation tothose experienced trial lawyerswho have mastered the art ofadvocacy and whose professionalcareers have been marked by thehighest standards of ethicalconduct, professionalism, civility,and collegiality.
Gerald M. Woods ’71, J.D. ’76,Kenner, La., retired from the U.S.Government.
Paul S. Weidenfeld, J.D. ’80,Alexandria, Va., a principal in thelaw firm of Ober|Kaler, has beenchosen by Nightingale’s HealthcareNews for its “OutstandingHealthcare Litigator—2008”ranking. Paul is one of only 10lawyers from across the countryselected for inclusion on the list,which appeared in the January2009 issue of Nightingale’s.
Marguerite L. Adams, J.D. ’81,from Liskow & Lewis in NewOrleans, La., has been named tothe Louisiana Super Lawyers 2009.She was also selected for inclusionin the 2009 edition of ChambersUSA: America’s Leading Lawyersfor Business.
Paul O. Dicharry ’69, J.D. ’81 ofTaylor Porter, Baton Rouge, La.,received high individual rankingsfrom “Chambers USA—America’s Leading Lawyers forBusiness.”
Drew K. Kapur, J.D. ’81, partnerwith the firm of Duane Morris,L.L.P., was recognized as one ofthe top lawyers in Philadelphia,Pa., in the area of real estate byChambers & Partners.
Graymond Martin ’77, J.D. ’81, alongtime top adviser to formerMayor Marc Morial who startedhis career as a New Orleans policeofficer, is serving as first assistantto Orleans Parish DistrictAttorney Leon Cannizzaro.
Robert J. Aalberts, J.D. ’82 wasappointed to the Board ofDirectors of Vestin Realty
Mortgage I, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTA), a real estate investmenttrust in Las Vegas, Nev.
David W. Leefe, J.D. ’82, fromLiskow & Lewis in New Orleans,La., has been named to theLouisiana Super Lawyers 2009.
Kim E. Bouck, J.D. ’84 was made apartner at Rue & Ziffra, a 25-year-old Volusia County law firmwith offices in Orange City andPort Orange, Fla.
Kimberly A. Cook, J.D. ’84, apartner in the Miami-based lawfirm Abadin Cook, has beennamed to the Florida SuperLawyers.
Jeffrey Lynch, J.D. ’84, Watertown,Conn., joined Jonathan PerkinsInjury Lawyers, a fast-growinglaw firm that exclusivelyrepresents individuals who havesuffered injuries in Connecticut.
Ron Sholes, J.D. ’84, NewOrleans, La., Adams and Reeselitigation partner, received theA.P. Tureaud Achievement Awardfrom the Loyola UniversityCollege of Law.
Robert S. Angelico, J.D. ’86, fromLiskow & Lewis in New Orleans,La., has been named to theLouisiana Super Lawyers 2009.
Dr. Robert E. Barsley, J.D. ’87,Ponchatoula, La., a generaldentist and a professor at theLSUHSC School of Dentistry,was installed as secretary-treasurerof the Louisiana Dental
NewsAlumni
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Association (LDA) for 2009-2010 during its 129th House ofDelegates April 4, 2009, at theNew Orleans Morial ConventionCenter.
James C. Exnicios, J.D. ’87, fromLiskow & Lewis in New Orleans,La., has been named to theLouisiana Super Lawyers 2009.He was also selected for inclusionin the 2009 edition of ChambersUSA: America’s Leading Lawyersfor Business.
Val P. Exnicios, J.D. ’89, NewOrleans, La., received theAmerican Inns of Court’s 2009Professionalism Award for theFifth Circuit.
Troy D. Taylor, J.D. ’91 is the chiefcounsel for the NASA SharedServices Center at the StennisSpace Center in Mississippi. Healso was promoted to colonel inthe U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
and was selected to become theStaff Judge Advocate, 4th MarineAircraft Wing in New Orleans,La.
Richard Traina, J.D. ’92,Covington, La., was appointed toserve on the State Board ofElection Supervisors by Gov.Bobby Jindal.
Louis L. Lusco, II ’92, J.D. ’95,New Orleans, La., joined Harrell& Nowak, L.L.C., as an associateattorney.
Stephen B. Panus, J.D. ’95 hasbeen named general counsel forAgassi Graf Holdings, L.L.C. (LasVegas, N.V.). Stephen’sresponsibilities include leadingand managing all legal issues (andcollaborating in the business andmarketing affairs, specificallymanaging the endorsementrelationships of Andre Agassi) forthe following entities: Agassi
Graf Holdings, L.L.C.; AgassiHoldings, L.L.C.; Stefanie GrafVentures, L.L.C.; AgassiEnterprises, Inc.; Alliance SportsManagement Company d/b/aPRISM; Andre AgassiFoundation (public 501(c)(3)nonprofit corporation); and theAndre Agassi College PreparatoryAcademy (a Las Vegas-basedpublic charter school). Stephenand his wife, Kellie, a yogateacher, and 4 ½-year-old son,Jake, reside in Las Vegas, N.V.
Robin D. Pittman ’91, J.D. ’96,New Orleans, La., was elected toSection F, Orleans ParishCriminal District Court, onNovember 4, 2008. Afterreceiving her law degree, Robinwas hired as an associate with thefirm of Millard Collins andAssociates. In 1997, she was hiredas an assistant DA. In the trenchesof the DA’s office, she gained hermost valuable experiences as
senior attorney for 106 felony andmisdemeanor trials and was alsoresponsible for trial work in theChild Support, Juvenile,Magistrate, and Trial Divisions,and she served as a narcotics,homicide, and sex offensescreener. In 2000, she took adeputy position with the Officeof Disciplinary Counsel. There,she investigated and prosecutedLouisiana attorneys for violationsof the Rules of ProfessionalConduct. In 2006, Robin washired as an associate with the firmof Baldwin Haspel Burke &Mayer, where she would remainuntil her term as judge began onJanuary 1, 2009.
Edward T. Hayes, J.D. ’98 wasnamed as a partner of Leake &Andersson, L.L.P., in NewOrleans, La. Edward also receiveda nomination to the Board ofDirectors of the World TradeCenter in New Orleans.
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Leader of the PackRamón A. Abadin, J.D. ’85, founding partner of Abadin Cook, was awarded the Cuban American Bar
Association (CABA)’s prestigious “Passing on the Leadership” Mentorship Award. The award is presented annually by CABA
to a distinguished member who demonstrates excellent leadership qualities, and who also serves as a mentor to his or her
peers in the legal community.
A preeminent litigator who has been named to Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite” and Florida Super Lawyers for
the past three consecutive years, Ramón is also the recipient of the Haitian Lawyers Association Significant Contribution
Award (2006) and the Florida Bar’s G. Kirk Hass Award (2005).
A Martindale-Hubbell “AV” rated attorney, Ramón has long been a leader in the legal profession, both in Miami-
Dade County and throughout Florida. He’s a past president of both the Cuban American Bar Association and the Cuban
American Bar Foundation, and a Lifetime Fellow of the Florida Bar Foundation. He has served on many committees of The
Florida Bar and currently serves on The Florida Bar Board of Governors. A past chairman of the Judicial Nominating
Commission for the Third District Court of Appeals, Ramón currently serves on the Florida International School of Law
Dean’s Advisory Council and the Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors. In addition, he is a Fellow
of the Litigation Counsel of America and a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
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NewsAlumni
Martin R. Welles, M.C.M. ’94, J.D.
’98, Washington, D.C., graduatedin May 2009 from GeorgetownUniversity Law Center with anLL.M. in taxation withcertification in employee benefits.He is a labor and employmentattorney with the U.S. PostalService in Washington, D.C., andconducting a nation-wide searchfor an ERISA litigation position(private sector/in-house/govern-ment).
Brett A. Bonin ’95, J.D. ’99, NewOrleans, La., is practicing lawwith a concentration on domesticlitigation. He was elected toOrleans Parish School Boardalong with two other Loyolaalumni, Seth Bloom, J.D. ’03and Ira Thomas ’91. He built anew house in Lakeview after theold one received a little bit ofwater damage in Katrina (11feet). He is married to MaryBethMakofsky ’93 with two daughters,Caroline and Katherine.
Sarah Schneider Kaseforth, J.D.
’01 moved to Chicago, Ill., lastyear from her hometown in SanAntonio, Texas. She opened herown law practice, SRK|Legal, inChicago in October 2008, andshe married Jason M. Kaseforthon May 9, 2009.
Hays Alexander, J.D. ’02 is apartner in the Baton Rouge, La.,office of Kean Miller. He practicesin the business group. He hasexperience in a wide variety ofbusiness transactions, includingmergers and acquisitions, offshoreconstruction projects, andcommercial and industrial realestate matters. Hays is a memberof the Board of Directors for theLouisiana Chapter of JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation,and he a member of the BatonRouge, Louisiana, and AmericanBar Associations.
Stephen Hanemann, J.D. ’02 is apartner in the New Orleans, La.,
office of Kean Miller. He practicesin the admiralty and maritimepractice group. He has extensiveexperience in a wide variety ofadmiralty issues, including JonesAct, personal injury, and oil andgas exploration, among others.Stephen has also beeninstrumental in forming anddeveloping local constructioncompanies and assisting themwith various issues relating tocontract procurement andnegotiation, as well as demolitionand remediation services.
Micah J. Stewart ’00, J.D. ’04
joined Phelps Dunbar’s regionalbusiness practice group as anassociate in the Baton Rouge, La.,office and focuses on tax-relatedissues.
Kim Lambert, J.D. ’05, Pensacola,Fla., is an attorney with Levin,Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell,Echsner & Proctor. She works onproduct liability cases, defending
victims hurt by big businesseslooking to cut corners.
Joseph M. Fusz, J.D. ’06 joined theIllinois-based personal injury lawfirm of Salvi Schostok &Pritchard in 2008. Prior tojoining the office, Joseph was anassistant state’s attorney in theHigh Tech Crimes Unit of theLake County State’s Attorney’sOffice in Waukegan, Ill.Additionally, he served as anofficer in the U.S. Marine Corps,achieving the rank of captain.
Tiffany Marie Fleming ’04, J.D. ’08
married Bryan Rogers inNovember 2008. She is anassociate with the law firm ofLeBlanc Butler in Metairie, La.
Robert W. Tschirn ’04, J.D. ’08,New Orleans, La., joined the LawOffice of John W. Redmann,L.L.C., as an associate attorney.
Save the Date!The 2010 Law Alumni Luncheon
Friday, January 29, 2010The Hotel InterContinental444 St. Charles Avenue
Cocktails begin at 11 a.m.; Luncheon to follow at noon.
For sponsorships and tickets, or for more information, please contact the Office of Law Alumni and Development at (504) 861-5555 or [email protected]
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EventsAlumni
Partying in SandestinLoyola’s Annual Party at the Louisiana State Bar
Convention was held on June 11 at the Village Door inSandestin, Fla. This year’s glass honoree was Professor EmeritusDavid Normann. A special thanks again this year to the event’sorganizers Brett Dupuy, J.D. ’92 and Warren Horn, J.D. ’84.
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Celebrating Law ReunionsThis year, classes celebrating milestones have organized
and planned their own reunion activities. Celebratingthis year are the Law Classes of 1959, 1969, 1974, 1979,1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004.
If you will be celebrating a milestone in 2010 andwould like to help plan your reunion, please contact theOffice of Law Alumni and Development at (504) 861-5555or [email protected]
Class of 1989
Class of 1974
Class of 1969
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NewsFaculty
Associate Clinical Professor ofLaw CHERYL PRESTENBACKBUCHERT updated and editedthe Family Law Chapter inVolume One of the book,Louisiana Civil Practice Forms,2009 Edition, published byThompson West.
She moderated the panel,“Work Life Balance RoundtableDiscussion – Can I Have It All,Including My Sanity?,” at the La.State Bar Association andAssociation of Women Attorneys– New Orleans Chapter cospon-sored C.L.E., “SUPER-WOMEN: Female AttorneysChallenging the Rules of theGame at Home, at Work and inAlternative Practices,” on April24 in New Orleans.
Alvin R. Christovich DistinguishedProfessor of Law DANE S.CIOLINO launched a new web-site, Louisiana Legal Ethics (lale-galethics.org), designed to be aconvenient ethics resource forLouisiana judges, lawyers, and lawstudents.
Professor MITCHELL CRUSTOcontributed to a March 8 Times-Picayune article titled “Courtissues string of policyholder-friendly rulings in insurancecases” (http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2009/03/court_issues_string_of_policyh.html). He wasinterviewed in the March 19 edi-tion of Loyola University’sMaroon newspaper.
He was chosen to serve as abreakout session leader for
Junior Achievement’s JAConnecting to Success: ABusiness Conference for HighSchool Students. The conferencebrought together high schoolstudents from SoutheastLouisiana for a half-day of ses-sions on ethics, values, team-work, problem solving, and pre-senting themselves to employers.The event was held on April 22at Delgado Community College,City Park Campus.
Crusto’s biographical profilewas added to the 2010 edition ofWho’s Who in America. He wasselected because of the referencevalue of his outstanding achieve-ments. He has been so honoredevery year since first listed in the47th Edition, published in 1992.
Westerfield Fellow DEREKFINCHAM had his article,“How Adopting the Lex OriginisRule Can Impede the Flow ofIllicit Cultural Property,” pub-lished in the winter 2008 issue ofthe Columbia Journal of Law &the Arts. He was invited to pres-ent his work-in-progress, “Fraudon Our Heritage: A RigorousStandard for the Good FaithAcquisition of Antiquities,” atthe University of ChicagoCultural Policy Center in May.
He was cited in an article byDavid Glenn in the Chronicle ofHigher Education, “Peru v. Yale:Machu Picchu,” April 3. He wascited in another story for NPRaffiliate KPCC in SouthernCalifornia, “Southland raidschanged the way museums dobusiness,” February 2. The piece
marked the one-year anniversaryof federal raids on four promi-nent California museums.
Professor ROBERT GARDApresented a paper titled“Breaking the Institutional LinkBetween Race and Disability” atthe Conference on DisabilityStudies in Education at SyracuseUniversity in May.
Adams and Reese DistinguishedProfessor of Law BOBBYHARGES was appointed toserve as a member of the FamilyLaw Committee of the LouisianaState Law Institute.
Assistant Professor JOHANNAKALB responded to a paper byProfessor Vicki Jackson ofGeorgetown Law Center at theComparative Constitutional LawRoundtable at George WashingtonUniversity Law School.Professor CYNTHIA LEPOW:The newly revised 7th edition ofBittker and Eustice Federal IncomeTaxation of Corporations andShareholders cites Lepow’s article,“Tales of Unrequited Love andUnexpected Taxation in theFamily Corporation,” twice inChapter 9, Stock Redemptions.
She spoke on providing taxservices to low income taxpayersfor whom English is a secondlanguage at the ABA Tax SectionMeeting in Washington, D.C.,in May.
Leon Sarpy Professor of LawKATHRYN VENTURATOSLORIO’s article, “Conceivingthe Inconceivable: LegalRecognition of thePosthumously ConceivedChild,” was published in theACTEC (American College ofTrust and Estate Counsel) Journal.She contributed a chapter on“Ethical and Legal IssuesRelating to IntrauterineInsemination,” which will appearin a book on the subject to bepublished by CambridgeUniversity Press in the U.K.
On March 29, she made apresentation on the legal aspectsof stem cell research as a part of apanel, including a geneticist anda rabbi at the Jewish CommunityCenter. On April 3, she partici-pated as a presenter to the LSUMedical School at “grandrounds.”
Professor Emeritus DAVID R.NORMANN and his wife,Barbara, were guests of honor atthe annual Loyola College of LawAlumni Party, celebrated duringthe Louisiana State BarAssociation convention in June.Normann was chosen by thealumni to have his pictureembossed on the cocktail glassesfor the party, which will be pre-sented to the college as an expres-sion of gratitude for his years ofservice to the college and studentsas a member of the faculty.
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Associate Professor of LawMARKUS G. PUDER was aSpanish Language GuestInstructor: “El SistemaInteramericano de DerechosHumanos,” Department ofLanguages and Cultures, Collegeof Humanities and NaturalSciences, Loyola University NewOrleans, April 3.
Janet Mary Riley DistinguishedProfessor of Law and Director ofthe Loyola Law Clinic and theGillis Long Poverty Law CenterBILL QUIGLEY: Speaker,“Grassroots Organizing, Law
and Justice,” AmericanUniversity Washington Collegeof Law, April 14; Speaker, “ProBono,” Brooklyn Law School,April 6; Board Member – Rightto the City, Housing and UrbanDevelopment Workgroup,Washington, D.C.; BoardMember – U.S. Human RightsNetwork, Board Member,Atlanta, Ga.; New Pro BonoLitigation: City Council of NewOrleans v Tracie Washington,CDC, First Amendment appealof district court gag order andprior restraint on publication ofe-mails of city council members,March 2009. Co-counsel.
Awards: Loyola PublicInterest Law Journal – April2009; Loyola Black Law StudentAssociation Award – March2009.
SAVE THE DATE
Join us on Saturday, March 20, 2010, for a 1-mile Fun Run/Walk and 5k Race through New Orleans’ beautiful
Audubon Park and help support Boys Hope Girls Hope!
Start: Shelter #10 in Audubon Park
For more information, visit www.bhghnola.com or call (504) 484-7744.
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANSCampus Box 9097214 St. Charles AvenueNew Orleans, LA 70118
Non-profit org.U.S. Postage
PAIDNew Orleans, LAPermit no. 121
Contempt of Court: A Discussion of the Lynching that
Changed the American Legal SystemWednesday, February 3, 2010
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.Loyola University New Orleans Main Campus
Monroe Hall, Nunemaker Auditorium
Exactly a century ago, the case of a young black man from Chattanooga,Tennessee, dramatically changed the state and federal court systems as weknow them today. Indeed, it redefined the practice of law. The amazing storyof Ed Johnson and his two lawyers was buried in dusty old law books. But,thanks to Mark Curriden’s book, Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-CenturyLynching that Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism, and Continuing Legal
Education (CLE), the events of 1906, 1907, and 1908 come alive.
2.0 credit hours (includes 1.0 hour of ethics and 1.0 hour of professionalism)
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