CLASS NOTES
Spring 2025
Class Notes reflect the recent achievements and milestones of our esteemed alumni. Stay connected by submitting your news and updates.
1993
David C. Friedman, President of Earlystone Management Inc., which makes financial investments and supports research in women’s sports, was named to the board of the Women’s Sports Foundation.
1997
Hon. Frances Ortiz was named Supervising Judge for the New York County Housing Court.
1999
Joseph C. Tristano has been promoted to Partner at Cullen and Dykman LLP. He has been with the firm for over 10 years working in its real estate department.
2002
Melissa K. Lee joined Rivkin Radler LLP as an Associate in its trusts and estates group.
2005
Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum, Litigation Partner in the Los Angeles office of Akerman LLP, was honored as a recipient of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Attorneys award.
Victor Suthammanont joined Kostelanetz LLP as Partner. He previously spent 10 years at the Securities and Exchange Commission where he was Chairman Gary Gensler’s senior advisor on enforcement.
2006
Abbey Horwitz joined McCarter & English as Special Counsel in firm’s tax, employee benefits, trusts, estates and private clients practice group in its Newark office.
The Green Bay Packers hired Kevin Manara as the organization's General Counsel. He comes to the Packers with over 20 years of experience in professional sports; he previously worked as the General Counsel for the Arizona Cardinals, and was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Las Vegas Raiders.
2008
Brian C. Drozda was elected Partner in the capital markets practice at Fried Frank LLP.
2010
Ivonne Norman joined the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University as the Legal Network Manager of the Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative. Prior to this, she was an Associate at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia where she assisted in lecturing on environmental law and policy.
New York Law School First Alumni Association Annual Dinner (February 13, 1915)
2011
Hon. L. Austin D’Souza was named Supervising Judge for the Manhattan Civil Court.
Sean Garahan joined Rosenberg & Estis as a member of its transactions department. He was previously Special Counsel at Nixon Peabody.
Seng Yan Sin promoted to Partner at Schwarz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas LLP.
2012
Evan Cappelli was named Managing Partner for the Corporate and Securities Department of Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP.
Lauren Whiting was elected Principal in the Austin, Texas office of Jackson Lewis, P.C.
2014
Jessie Bonaros was promoted to Partner at McCarter & English, LLP.
2015
Natalie Diratsouian was named Principal in the Hackensack, New Jersey office of Offit Kurman. Her focus is family law.
Michael Fingerhut joined Moses & Singer LLP as Of Counsel in its banking and finance practice group.
2016
Daniel B. Cohen was promoted to Litigation Partner in the Morristown, New Jersey office of Fox Rothschild LLP.
2020
Thomas D. Rezach joined Gibbons P.C. as an Associate in the Newark office in its Corporate Group. He was previously an Associate with Brown Rudnick LLP.
2021
Crismelly Morales was the commencement speaker at the Rockland Community College’s 2025 graduation ceremony. The school’s press release noted that her “inspiring journey from RCC student to advocate for immigrant rights exemplifies the transformative power of education.”
2022
Daniel Ravo joined Stenger, Glass, Hagstrom, Lindars & Iuele LLP in the firm’s commercial litigation department. He will also handle criminal defense and landlord-tenant matters.
2024
James Kelly joined Goldberg Segalla as an Associate in the firm’s workers’ compensation practice group. He previously worked for the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), where he represented the commissioner of ACS in Family Court in child neglect and abuse cases.