Alumni Association

St. John's Law Alumni Association

As a St. John's Law graduate, you are automatically a member of our Alumni Association and can take advantage of all we offer through our parent organization and chapters built around interests, affinities, and regions. This is your community. Now, we want to help you make the most of it. Find ways to get involved below.

Get involved

Our Alumni Association hosts events in the New York area throughout the year. Below are some of our highlighted events:

  • Alumni Association Annual Luncheon

  • Class Reunions

  • Fall and Spring Golf Outings

  • Subway Series Baseball Game

  • Alumni Networking Receptions

  • Alumni Association Chapter Events

To learn more about upcoming events and to register to attend, sign up for emails from St. John's Law. 

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No matter your location, you are connected to the St. John's Law Alumni Association. Learn more about our chapter activity:

Affinity Chapters

 

Get involved by emailing the contact provided for the chapter or follow us on Instagram and Linkedin to stay up to date on chapter activity.

  • We offer programs throughout the year, including our annual Fall CLE Weekend and Spring CLE Weekend, where attendees can earn up to 16 CLE credits.

  • St. John's School of Law is an accredited provider of continuing legal education (CLE) in New York. Read more about New York's CLE requirements.

  • Some experienced attorneys can apply those credits toward New Jersey's CLE requirements. Read more about New Jersey's CLE requirements.

  • To be notified of upcoming CLE events, sign up to receive mailings from St. John's Law.

  • For any questions, contact Claire McKeever '93 at [email protected] or 718-990-6006.

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More Information for Alumni

Alumni Association Board of Directors 2023 - 2024

Officers

President
Alain V. Massena '00

President-Elect
James D. Herschlein '85

Vice President
Lisa Chun '00

Vice President
Thomas Foley '93

Vice President
**Megan Quail '13

Treasurer
Darryl W. Gibbs '00

Secretary
**Christopher J. Eisenhardt '16

Directors
Ashlee M. Aguiar '16
Samantha Alessi '11

*Andrea M. Alonso '81
**Florina Altshiler '05

Michael A.L. Balboni '84
**Brian S. Behar '84
Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa '61, '87HON
Jasmine L. Brown '19
*Nicholas M. Cannella '75
Victoria Cantrella '10
*Ralph Carter '14
*Hon. P. Kevin Castel '75, '04HON

Nelson Castillo '98
Francis Cavanagh '07
*Hon. Alfred C. Cerullo, III '86
Stephanie Yeh Chan '12

Olivia Cheung '17
Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick '67, '03HON

John P. Clarke '57
*Anthony J. D’Auria '60
Hon. Raymond J. Dearie '69, '08HON
Meryl Diamond '99
**Nicholas A. DiMarco '18

Hon. Genine Edwards '92
**Michael P. Enea '19

Hon. Randall T. Eng '72, '16HON
**Daniel Fisher '10
*Steven J. Gartner '84
Daniel Gilpin '17

Thomas Giuffra '94
Michael Goldsmith '91
Kpish Goyal '07
*Robert J. Gunther, Jr. '84

*Richard F. Hans '93
Lisa M. Harris '07

Michael Henry '97
*Alan B. Hodish '89
**Christopher Hoffman '07
**Scott T. Horn '91

*Michelle M. Johnson '05
*Richard J. Kane '65
Ellen S. Knarr '05

Ashley Kloepfer Lavoie '11
**Keren Baruch Longo '17
**Paul Majkowski '94
*Hon. Guy J. Mangano '55, '83HON
Thomas Maroney '80
*Lourdes Martinez-Cipolla '92
Joseph M. Mattone, Sr., '55, '94HON
*Michael X. Mattone '91
**Claire C. McKeever '93

*Maura A. McLoughlin '91, '06HON
Scott E. Mollen '72
**Joseph V. Moreno '99

William Ng '07
**Robert A. O'Hare, Jr. '93
**Mark T. O’Rourke '02
**Donald A. Ottaunick '83
Christopher Palmer '94
Jessica Giambrone Palmese '05

Kristopher Peters '20
*Thomas J. Principe '73
Ikhwan Rafeek '08
Juan C. Restrepo '07

*Hon. Reinaldo E. Rivera '76, '06HON
*Peter T. Roach '78
Gary Rosner '95
Megan Ryan '05

**Maurice Sayeh '17
Hon. Joanna Seybert '71
Andrew J. Simons '65
Chanel F. Smith '16
Richard C. Spatola '08
**Robert Ungar '87

**Frank Vazquez '94
*Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil '83
Alfred M. Williams '14
David Wollmuth '87
Ashley C. Zangara '16

Alyssa Zuckerman '13
Kathryn Zunno-Freaney '06

  * Past Presidents
** Chapter Presidents

Law Firm

 

Arts/Entertainment

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

William F. Cavanaugh, Jr. '77C, '80L
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

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 '77
Managing Partner, NY Office, Day Pitney LLP

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

Cynthia Evans Neidl '90
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

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, VinylTyson and Tulsa King 

 

Business/Industry

 

Public Service

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

 

 

Cherish Celetti '10
Supervising Attorney 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

*Charles J. Hynes '57C, '61L, '81HON
Former Kings County District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY (1990–2013)

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

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

Charles B. Rangel '60, '83HON
Former U.S. Congressman Representing the 13th District of New York (2013–2017); U.S. Congressman (1971–2017)

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

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

*John E. Sprizzo '56C, '59L
Former Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York (1981–2008)

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)

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

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

*Deceased

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].

Contact Us

The office is open Monday to Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. We are located in Belson Hall, Room 3-06. 

If you are experiencing any difficulties making a gift, please contact Jean Nolan at 718-990-8059 during business hours or Brian Woods 24/7 at 914-263-7026.