Law School Alumni Association

No matter where you are, you can stay connected to St. John’s Law and build community through our Alumni Association chapters. Get involved by emailing the contact provided for the chapter:

Affinity Chapters

Alumnae Leadership Council Chapter

Jeanne Farnan Mulry, Esq.
[email protected]
 

Alumni of Color Chapter

Chanel F. Smith '13C, '16L
[email protected]
 

Armed Forces Chapter

Hon. Randall Eng '72, '16HON
[email protected]

Thomas J. Principe '73
[email protected]
 

Bankruptcy Chapter

Frank Vazquez '94
[email protected]
 

First 10 Chapter*

Keren Baruch Longo '17
[email protected]
 
Christopher J. Eisenhardt '16
[email protected]

*This chapter is open to alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years.

Regional Chapters

Albany Chapter 

Mark O'Rourke '02
[email protected]
 
Robert A. Ungar '87
[email protected]
 

Brooklyn Chapter

Joseph Sorrentino '05
[email protected]
 

Manhattan Chapter

Robert A. O'Hare, Jr. '93
[email protected]
 

Nassau Chapter

Paul V. Majkowski '84
[email protected]
 

New Jersey Chapter

Donald Ottaunick '83
[email protected]
 

Philadelphia Chapter

Nicholas A. DiMarco '18
[email protected]
 
Daniel F. Fisher '13
[email protected]
 

Queens Chapter

Lourdes Martinez-Cipolla '92
[email protected]
 

South Florida Chapter

Brian Behar '84
[email protected]
 

Staten Island Chapter

Claire C. McKeever '93
[email protected]
 

Suffolk Chapter

Christopher P. Hoffman '07
[email protected]
 

Washington, D.C. Chapter

Joseph V. Moreno '99
[email protected]
 

Westchester Chapter

Hon. Daniel D. Angiolillo '77
[email protected]
 

Western New York Chapter

Florina Altshiler '05
[email protected]

The Alumni Association and its chapters host events throughout the year, including our:

• Alumni Association Annual Luncheon
• Class reunions
• Golf and stadium outings
• Networking receptions
• Local gatherings

To learn more about upcoming alumni events, sign up to receive emails from St. John's Law.

2026 – 2027 Alumni Association Board of Directors 

Officers

President

Jessica Giambrone Palmese ‘05

President-Elect

Michael Henry '97

Vice President

Thomas Foley ʹ93

Vice President

Olivia Ireland ‘17

Vice President

**Megan Quail ʹ13

Treasurer

Richard L. Stehl '92

Secretary

**Christopher J. Eisenhardt ʹ16

Directors

Ashlee M. Aguiar ʹ16

Kelechi Ajoku ‘17

Samantha Alessi ʹ11

Dr. Vincent C. Alexander '75

*Andrea M. Alonso ʹ81

**Florina Altshiler ʹ05

Christopher Arcitio ‘17

Michael A. L. Balboni ʹ84

**Keren B. Baruch Longo ʹ17

**Brian S. Behar ʹ84

Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa ʹ61, ʹ87HON

Kenneth J. Bornstein ‘88

Jasmine L. Brown ʹ19

*Nicholas M. Cannella ʹ75

**Joseph Carlo ‘20

*Ralph Carter ʹ14

Anastasia Cassisi ‘19

*Hon. P. Kevin Castel ʹ75, ʹ04HON

Shantel M. Castro ‘16

*Hon. Alfred C. Cerullo, III ʹ86

Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick ʹ67, ʹ03HON

Prof. John P. Clarke ʹ57, ‘24HON

Nicholas C. Coffaro '17

*Anthony J. D’Auria ʹ60

Hon. Raymond J. Dearie ʹ69, ʹ08HON

**Nicholas A. DiMarco ʹ18

**Rose F. DiMartino ‘81

Hon. Genine Edwards ʹ92

**Michael P. Enea ʹ19

**Hon. Randall T. Eng ʹ72, ʹ16HON

**Daniel Fisher ʹ13

Shari R. Ferguson '17

*Steven J. Gartner ʹ84

Daniel Gilpin ʹ17

Michael H. Goldsmith ʹ91

Kpish Goyal ʹ07

*Robert J. Gunther, Jr. ʹ84

*Richard F. Hans ʹ93

Lisa M. Harris ʹ07

*James D. Herschlein '85

*Alan B. Hodish ʹ89

**Christopher Hoffman ʹ07

**Scott T. Horn ʹ91

Matthew Howes ‘13

Sean Jefferson ‘16

*Michelle M. Johnson ʹ05

*Richard J. Kane ʹ65

**Paul Lawless ‘92

*Lourdes Martinez-Cipolla ʹ92

* Alain V. Massena ʹ00

*Michael X. Mattone ʹ91

**Claire McKeever ʹ93

*Maura A. McLoughlin ʹ91, ʹ06HON

**Scott E. Mollen ʹ72

**Joseph V. Moreno ʹ99

William Ng ʹ07

**Robert A. O’Hare, Jr. ʹ93

**Mark T. O’Rourke ʹ02

**Donald A. Ottaunick ʹ83

Kristopher Peters ‘20

Anthony P. Piscitelli ‘88

*Thomas J. Principe ’73

Juan C. Restrepo ʹ07

*Hon. Reinaldo E. Rivera ’76, ’06HON

*Peter T. Roach ’78

Gary Rosner ’95

Megan Ryan ’05

**Nicholas Sadaka '92

Tianja Samuel ‘13

Elena Santo ‘22

Maurice Sayeh ’17

Hon. Joanna Seybert ʹ71

Andrew J. Simons ʹ65

**Chanel F. Smith ʹ16

Prof. Margaret V. Turano '77

**Robert Ungar ʹ87

**Frank Vazquez ʹ94

Megan K. Vesely '05

*Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil ʹ83

Kymberley Walcott-Aggrey ‘24

Alfred M. Williams ʹ14

David Wollmuth ʹ87

Stephanie Yeh Chan ʹ12

Ashley C. Zangara ʹ16

Kathryn Zunno-Freaney ʹ06

*Past Presidents

**Chapter Presidents

We publish Class Notes, announce Births & Marriages, and share In Memoriam notices online twice a year in June and September. To share your news, please complete our Alumni News Submission Form.

Alumni Referral Program

Many employers contact the Career Development Officeseeking St. John's graduates with practice experience. To expedite the hiring process for both employers and candidates, the Career Development Office keeps resumes on file of graduates who are seeking new employment oppurtunities. When an employer who needs a candidate immediately contacts the office, those candidates with the appropriate experience level and type are contacted to see if they would like us to forward their resume to that particular employer.

If you would like your resume on file with the Career Development Office for this purpose, please forward it with the subject "Alumni Referral Program" to [email protected]

Alumni Job Postings

Job listings are available to alumni on a password-protected website, Smplicity. St. John's obtains job listings from law firms, corporations, public interest organizations, government agencies, and other organizations seeking St. John's graduates. 

Alumni are also provided with passwords to access the career related portions of Lexis and Westlaw and can also use the Public Service Jobs Directory free of charge.

For questions about this service, or for further instructions, please contact the Career Development Office at [email protected].

St. John's School of Law is an accredited provider of continuing legal education (CLE) in New York. To learn more about upcoming CLE programs, sign up to receive emails from St. John's Law. If you have any questions, contact Claire McKeever '93 at [email protected] or 718-990-6006.

Andrea M. Alonso '78C, '81L
Partner, Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr. '77C, '80L LLP
Sr. Litigation Partner, Co-Chairman (2007-2017), Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Thomas M. Cerabino '81
Chairman, Corporate and Financial Services, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Bernard E. Clair '76
Co-Chairman, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP

Kristin K. Going '02 LL.M.
Co-Managing Partner, New York Office, McDermott Will & Emery

Adam S. Hakki '97
Global Managing Partner, Global Head of Disputes and Litigation Practice Group Leader, Shearman & Sterling

Richard F. Hans '93
Managing Partner, Vertical Operations (Disputes), Global Co-Chair, Financial Services Sector, DLA Piper

Edward G. Kehoe '90
Managing Partner, New York Office
Co-Head, International Arbitration Practice
King & Spalding LLP

Ellen S. Knarr '05
Managing Partner, NY Office, Day Pitney LLP

Bernard London, Jr. '77
Founding Partner, London Fischer LLP

Cynthia L. Neidl '00
Shareholder, Chair of Albany Office Litigation Practice, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Jane Hartman Norberg '97
Partner, Whistleblower Matters, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar LLP

Christopher H. Palmer '94
Managing Partner, Chair, Banking Department, Cullen and Dykman LLP

Paul S. Pearlman '78
Partner, Zeughauser Group

Richard A. Rosenbaum '82
Executive Chairman, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Richard A. Spehr '86
Partner, Head of Global Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Mayer Brown LLP

Richard L. Stehl '92
Chairman, Board of Directors, Co-Chair, Banking and Finance, Otterbourg P.C.

Falguni Lakhani Adams '98
Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, and creative consultant, Sr. Producer, Amazon Originals, CNN show United Shades of America and NatGeo series Valley of the Boom

Amy Atlas '02
Founder/CEO, Amy Atlas Events, LLC, Author, television personality (Food Network)

Donatella Arpaia '96
Founder, NOMA Beach at Redfish, CEO, Donatella Group, Restaurateur, author, and television personality (Food Network)

Evelyn Buckstein '51
Member, Board of Directors, BMI Foundation, Inc.

Meghan Cannella Carroll '07
Vice President, Labor Policy and Health, National Football League

James Demo '97
Filmmaker, Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer, The Peacemaker (Documentary) and Kosovo Kiss (Documentary, short)

James Denniston '07
Co-General Counsel, New York Mets

Hon. Patricia M. DiMango '80
Former Judge, Hot Bench, CBS Television; Ret. NY State Supreme Court Justice

Michelle M. Johnson '05
Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, BET Networks, Former Director-Production Legal, Embassy Row, Division of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Jennifer V. Zuccarelli Koester '98
President, Business Operations, Sphere Entertainment Company

James A. Pitaro '94
Chairman, ESPN, The Walt Disney Company

Jonelle A. Procope '77
President and CEO, Apollo Theatre Foundation

Victoria D. Salhus '84
Ret. Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Cablevision Systems Corp.

Joseph P. Salvo '89
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Sesame Workshop

Christina Suarez '11
Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, Universal Music Group

Terence P. Winter '88
Executive Producer and Writer, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, The Wolf of Wall Street, Vinyl, Tyson and Tulsa King 

Andrew Bonzani '89
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Interpublic Group

Lisa Yoon He Chun '00
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, BroadRiver Asset Management, L.P.

Eileen M. Dillon '86
Ret. Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Group

Elisa D. Garcia C. '85
Chief Legal Officer, Macy's, Inc.

Glenn Goldstein '91
President, Related Retail

Christopher Jaskiewicz '96
President and CEO, ICON Orlando 360

Jeffrey S. Maurer '76
Founder and Chairman, Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Co., N.A.

Pamela L. McCormack '96
Co-Founder, President and Director, Ladder Capital Corp.

Richard L. O'Toole ′78C, ′81L
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Related Companies of New York

Ronald Palmese '03
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Shake Shack, Inc.

Reginald M. Rasch '95
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Wolverine Worldwide

Karl A. Roessner '92
CEO, Lefteris Acquisition Corp.

Donald J. Rosenberg '75
Ret. Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm, Inc.

Ian Schrager '71
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Ian Schrager Company

Erica Smith-Klocek ’99
Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Labcorp Drug Development

Valerie Capers Workman '90
Chief Legal Officer, Handshake

Joseph W. Bellacosa '59C, '61L, '87HON
Former Dean, St. John’s Law, Ret. Judge, New York Court of Appeals (1987–2000), Chief Administrator of the Courts of New York (1985–1987)

Kelley A. Blanchet '89
Chief Prosecutor, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1994–Present)

*Hugh L. Carey '42C, '51L, '67HON
Former Governor, New York, U.S. Congressman, 15th District (1963–1974) and 12th District (1961–1963) of New York

*William J. Casey ‘37, ‘71HON
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (1981–1987)

P. Kevin Castel ‘72SVC, ‘75L, ‘04HON
Senior Judge (2017–Present), Judge (2003–2017), U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Cherish Celetti '10
Attorney in Charge, Mount Vernon Office at Legal Services of the Hudson Valley

Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick '67, '03HON
Ret. Associate Judge, New York State Court of Appeals (1994–2012); Co-Chair, National Appellate Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

*Mario M. Cuomo '53C, '56L, '75HON
Former Governor of the State of New York (1983-1995)

Janet DiFiore '81, '17HON
Former Chief Judge of New York State and New York State Court of Appeals (2016-2022)

Randall T. Eng '72, '16HON
Ret. Judge, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (2012–2017); Of Counsel, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

Geraldine Hart Ertel '95
Former Suffolk County Police Commissioner (2018-2021), Former FBI (1996-2018)

Atenedoro Gonzalez '16
General Counsel and Deputy Director at Children's Arts & Sciences

Melinda Katz '90
District Attorney, Queens District Attorney's Office (2020-Present), Former Councilwoman (2002-2009)

Raymond W. Kelly '71, '98HON
Former Commissioner, New York City Police Department (2002–2013); Vice Chairman and Member of Advisory Board, K2 Intelligence, LLC

Lisa Kurbiel '92
Head of Secretariat, United Nations Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, Former Chief of Communications, Advocacy & Partnerships at UNICEF in Kenya

Eleanor Lam ‘05C, ‘08L
Supervising Attorney, ILS Immigration Legal Services

Hon. Jil Mazer-Marino ‘90
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York (2020–Present)

*Harvey L. Pitt '68, '02HON
Former Chairman of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (2001-2003); CEO and managing Director, Kalorama Partners, LLC

Hon. Reinaldo E. Rivera '76L, '06HON
Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (2002–present)

Alan D. Scheinkman '75
Presiding Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department (2018–Present)

Lisa Schreibersdorf '84
Founder, Executive Director, Brooklyn Defender Services

Joanna Seybert '71
Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (1993–present)

Robert V. Tendy '78C, '80G, '89L
Putnam County District Attorney (2015-Present)

George Tsiatis '11
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at The Resolution Project

Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil '83
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (2019–Present)

Hon. Thomas Walsh, II '75
District Attorney,Rockland County District Attorney (2020-Present)

Thomas Zugibe '79
NYS Supreme Court Justice, Putnam County (2018–Present)

*Deceased