Fordham Law
Alumni Association
ANNUAL
LUNCHEON
March 3, 2023
PROGRAM
Welcome
Edward M. Joyce, LAW ’86
President, Fordham Law Alumni Association
Invocation
Rev. José Luis Salazar, S.J., Ph.D.
The National Anthem
President Tania Tetlow
Remarks
President Tania Tetlow
Report of Committee on Nominations
and
Presentation of the 2023 Rising Star Awards
Edward M. Joyce, LAW ’86
Presentation of the
Milton Fisher ’42 Second Harvest Award
Matthew Diller
Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law
to
Constantine N. Katsoris,
GABELLI ’53, LAW ’57
Wilkinson Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
Presentation of the
2023 Medal of Achievement
Dean Matthew Diller
to
Megan Hogan, LAW ’06
Global Head of Talent and Chief Diversity Officer
Goldman Sachs
THE AFTER PARTY will be held immediately following the luncheon at the Wheeltapper Pub, located within the Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel, 141 East 44th Street (between Lexington and 3rd avenues).
MENU
APPETIZER
Cipriani Burrata with Grape Tomatoes and Black Olives
ENTRÉE
Chilean Sea Bass alla Carlina
with Peperonata and
Potato Duchess
DESSERT
Vanilla Crème Meringue Cake
Fordham Law
Alumni Association
Honorary President
Tania Tetlow
President
Edward M. Joyce ’86
First Vice President
Brenda Gill ’95
Vice Presidents
Laurie Berke-Weiss ’83
Hon. Denny Chin ’78
Vilia B. Hayes ’80
Hon. Sherry Klein Heitler ’76
Constantine N. Katsoris ’57
Hon. John F. Keenan ’54
Hon. Loretta A. Preska ’73
Hon. Jacqueline W. Silbermann ’72
Treasurer
Rose Gill ’88
Corresponding Secretary
Willajeanne McLean ’86
Recording Secretary
Elisa Shevlin Rizzo ’98
Past Presidents
David B. Anders ’94
James S. Brown ’72
John R. Costantino ’70
Denis F. Cronin ’72
Palmina M. Fava ’97
John D. Feerick ’61
William P. Frank ’66
James F. Gill ’56
Mark J. Hyland ’80
Thomas J. Kavaler ’72
Sharon L. McCarthy ’89
George C. Ross ’66
Michael K. Stanton Jr. ’86
James E. Tolan ’62
Mark H. Tuohey III ’73
John H. Wolff ’76
Lifetime Directors
Maureen Bateman ’68
Hon. Stuart M. Bernstein ’75
Robert D. Bickford Jr. ’74
Hon. Vincent Briccetti ’80
Timothy J. Brosnan ’84
William Campbell ’85
Joseph De Simone ’94
David M. Einhorn ’76
Stephen Fearon ’63
William J. Fenrich ’97
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick ’66
Rita Glavin ’96
Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez ’82
Eric F. Grossman ’93
Adam S. Hoffinger ’82
Patricia M. Hynes ’66
Andrew M. Lawler ’61
David A. Luttinger ’62
Ellen M. Martin ’77
Annemarie P. McAvoy ’87
Brian J. McCarthy ’78
Matthew T. McLaughlin ’94
William Min ’90
Thomas A. Moore ’72
Patricia A. Murphy ’81
Charles K. O’Neill ’72
James W. Quinn ’71
Robert J. Reilly ’75
Timothy G. Reynolds ’80
Hon. Renee Roth ’69
Betty J. Santangelo ’74
Hon. Cathy Seibel ’85
Hon. Ellen Spodek ’88
Hon. Thomas R. Suozzi ’89
Hon. John Sweeny ’74
Susan S. Webster ’84
Class of 2022
Todd Cosenza ’98
Steve Epstein ’98
Scott FitzGerald ’92
Jodi Ganz ’98
Brenda Gill ’95
Maura O’Sullivan ’85
Elisa Shevlin Rizzo ’98
Class of 2023
Hon. Mark C. Dillon ’84
Daniel F.X. Geoghan ’99
Willajeanne McLean ’86
Thomas McC. Souther ’84
Victoria Turchetti ’03
Class of 2024
Edward J. Guardaro Jr. ’85
Karl Kilb ’95
Betsy Tsai ’01
Kathleen Walsh ’89
Hon. Leda Dunn Wettre ’93
Class of 2025
Kathleen Cunningham ’99
Tom Curran ’89
Amy Lamberti ’04
William Malpica ’00
John Normile ’88
Class of 2026
Maureen Cronin ’02
Mauricio España ’03
Ed Greason Jr. ’91
John J. Hanley ’00
Frederick R. Kessler ’88
Class of 2027
Joseph Cordaro ’03
John A. Owens Jr. ’04
Gregory Xethalis ’05
Class of 2028
Ray Dowd ’91
Loren Forrest ’98
Ross Galin ’01
Jennifer Rosa ’04
Ximeng (CiCi) Shen ’16
Hon. Laura Ward ’78
Class of 2029
Timothy Corriston ’86
Christopher LaVigne ’09
Rosevelie Márquez Morales ’02
Jason Otaño ’04
Valerie White ’96
Class of 2030
Azeema M. Batchelor ’04
Jill Heitler Blomberg ’97
Robert Gault ’17
Katherine Hughes ’08
Kristy Rogan Meringolo ’06
Neal Miranda ’80
Achilles M. Perry ’89
David M. White ’02
Class of 2031
Lee Cortes Jr. ’03
Nancy Delaney ’88
Deneen Donnley ’92
Anthony Insogna ’94
Tracey McNeil ’99
Hon. Katharine Parker ’92
Stacey J. Rappaport ’96
Ralph Wolf ’06
Committee on
Nominations
Chair
Louise Firestone ’85
Committee
A.J. Bosco ’86
Kenneth Montgomery ’97
Hon. Joanne D. Quiñones ’97
James Sauter ’87
The following is the Report of the Committee on Nominations of the Fordham Law Alumni Association for the vacancies to be filled at the annual meeting of the association on Thursday, March 3, 2023, at Cipriani 42nd Street, beginning with a luncheon at 11:30 a.m.
Nominations
Lifetime Directors
Hon. Mark C. Dillon ’84
Daniel F.X. Geoghan ’99
Thomas McC. Souther ’84
Victoria Turchetti ’03
Directors for the Class of 2032
Mary Kate Brennan, LAW ’12, LL.M. ’17
Steven Cordero ’99
Derick D. Dailey ’17
BoHee Yoon ’09
Sponsored
Tables
and
Andrew Albstein LAW ’81
Medal of Achievement
Recipients
1952 Hon. John T. Loughran
1953 George H. Coppers
1954 Andrew B. Shea
1955 Hon. Albert Conway
1956 Louis Stein
1957 Hon. Thomas J. Brogan
1958 Hon. Vincent L. Leibell
1959 Edward B. Schulkind
1960 Hon. Adrian P. Burke
1961 Henry M. Hogan
1962 Hon. William C. Hecht Jr.
1963 Hon. Sylvester J. Ryan
1964 Henry Mannix
1965 Hon. James B.M. McNally
1966 Hon. Malcolm Wilson
1967 Hon. Joseph W. McGovern
1968 George A. Brooks
1969 Hon. John N. Mitchell
1970 Hon. Irving R. Kaufman
1971 Hon. William H. Mulligan
1972 Caesar L. Pitassy
1973 John B. Henrich
1974 Donald M. Dunn
1975 Denis McInerney
1976 Hon. Louis J. Lefkowitz
1977 William R. Meagher
1978 Harry J. McCallion
1979 Hon. David N. Edelstein
1980 John D. Feerick
1981 Paul J. Curran
1982 Hon. Joseph M. McLaughlin
1983 Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce
1984 Hon. Irene J. Duffy
1984 Hon. Kevin Thomas Duffy
1985 Archibald R. Murray
1986 John R. Vaughan
1987 John D. Calamari
1988 Hon. John F. Keenan
1989 James F. Gill
1990 Hon. John M. Cannella
1991 Frances G. Berko
1992 Thomas R. Donahue
1993 Andrew J. Maloney
1994 Patricia M. Hynes
1995 Constantine N. Katsoris
1996 James E. Tolan
1997 Hon. Robert J. Callahan
1998 Hon. Loretta A. Preska
1998 Thomas J. Kavaler
1999 Michael K. Stanton Sr.
1999 Ernest E. Stempel
2000 William F. Harrington
2001 William P. Frank
2002 Thomas A. Moore
2002 Hon. Jacqueline Silbermann
2003 George C. Ross
2004 Hon. Paul J. Kelly Jr.
2005 Hon. Geraldine Ferraro
2006 Maureen Scannell Bateman
2006 Hon. Denny Chin
2007 Denis F. Cronin
2007 Margaret M. Hill
2008 Dennis J. Kenny
2009 John R. Costantino
2010 Joseph E. Geoghan
2011 John H. Wolff
2012 Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez
2013 Mark H. Tuohey III
2014 James Quinn
2015 James S. Brown
2016 Hon. Cathy Seibel
2017 Mark J. Hyland
2018 Bradley J. Butwin
2019 Kim Koopersmith
2020 Michael K. Stanton Jr.
2022 Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
2023 Megan Hogan
2023 Medal of Achievement
Megan Hogan ’06
Global Head of Talent
and Chief Diversity Officer
Goldman Sachs
Megan Hogan ’06 is global head of talent, chief diversity officer, and head of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team at Goldman Sachs. In this role, she is responsible for driving the firm’s development, retention, and growth strategies; strengthening the leadership pipeline; and ensuring the firm’s workforce reflects the diversity of its clients and communities.
She also serves as a member of Goldman’s Human Capital Management Global Leadership Group and the steering committee of its One Million Black Women initiative, which partners with Black women–led organizations and other partners to make key investments aimed at narrowing opportunity gaps and positively impacting the lives of at least one million Black women. She previously was head of diversity recruiting. She joined Goldman Sachs in 2014 as a vice president on the Diversity and Inclusion team and was named managing director in 2019.
Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Hogan worked as a litigation associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, covering white collar, insurance, and complex commercial cases and trials. During that period, she dedicated significant time to pro bono cases, primarily representing immigrants seeking asylum. During an externship, she spent six months working for MFY Legal Services, where she provided legal assistance to low-income New Yorkers to resolve their housing and foreclosure issues.
Hogan serves as a member of the advisory board for the Center on Race, Law & Justice at Fordham University School of Law and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s New York Advisory Council.
Hogan earned a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies and Psychology from Yale University in 2003 and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2006. She is a proud native New Yorker, wife to Curtis Hogan, and mom of two boys, Jackson and Miles.
Milton Fisher ’42
Second Harvest
Award Recipient
Constantine N. Katsoris gabelli ’53 law ’57
Wilkinson Professor of Law, Fordham Law School
Professor Constantine “Gus” N. Katsoris, FCRH ’53, LAW ’57, is the Ignatius M. Wilkinson Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. Katsoris is the longest-serving faculty member at Fordham Law, having joined the faculty in 1964. He has also served as a director of the Fordham Law Alumni Association since 1972.
A nationally recognized scholar of tax law, securities law, and trusts and estates, Professor Katsoris’ research and teaching has had an outsized influence in his field and burnished Fordham Law’s reputation in these areas. His advocacy for a uniform code of arbitration in securities litigation paved the way for the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Shearson/American Express, Inc. v. McMahon (1987), which permitted the practice pursuant to agreements made before the dispute and helped to reshape the securities industry. In 1977, he was appointed as one of the first three public members of the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration (SICA), a post in which he would serve until 1997. He was reappointed to serve as public member and chair from 2004 to 2012 and continues to serve as a public member emeritus. He has also served as both an arbitrator and an arbitration trainer with the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers and has consulted for the New York Commission on Estates.
At Fordham Law, Professor Katsoris partnered with the late Professor Donald Sharpe to help develop the tax curriculum from a single course to today’s robust offerings. He has taught Federal Taxation, Estate Planning, Wills, and Accounting for Lawyers to more than 15,000 day and evening students over 59 years. For over 30 years, Professor Katsoris led the Law School’s annual Supreme Court Bar induction ceremonies, which have in total admitted more than 1,000 of the Law School’s alumni and faculty to practice before the nation’s highest court. He has written two articles on the history of the Law School that were published in the Fordham Law Review, one praising the legacy of the over 650 alumni who served as members of the judiciary, the other on the Law School’s longstanding commitment to public service.
Among Professor Katsoris’ numerous awards are the Fordham Law Alumni Association’s Alumni Medal of Achievement (1995), Fordham University’s Bene Merenti Medals (1985 and 2004), the Dean’s Medal of Achievement (1999), the Students’ Medal of Achievement (1992), the Public Interest Resource Center’s Award (1993), the Urban Law Journal’s Louis J. Lefkowitz Award (2003), the George J. Mitchell Lifetime Public Service Award (2014), the Gov. Malcolm Wilson Distinguished Alumnus Award (2015), and the Fordham Law Review Leonard F. Manning Achievement Award (2017). He also served on the Board of Advisors of the Feerick Center for Social Justice.
Before joining the Fordham Law faculty, Professor Katsoris practiced law at Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl and volunteered for the Legal Aid Society. He also has provided extensive public and pro bono service in civil and criminal matters over the course of his career.
Professor Katsoris received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Fordham University’s College of Business Administration (now the Gabelli School of Business) in 1953, then earned his J.D. from the School of Law in 1957, where he graduated first in his class and received the Chapin Prize for attaining the highest weighted average. He also received an LL.M. in Corporate Finance from New York University School of Law in 1963.
2023 RISING STAR
AWARDS
The Rising Star Awards recognize the extraordinary achievements of distinguished alumni who have graduated within the past 15 years.
Government, Public Interest, and Non-Profit
Akilah Browne ’19
Co-Founder,
FurtherJustice Foundation
Private Practice
Michelle Chan ’15
Associate,
Hunton Andrews Kurth
In-House
and Business
Stephen Cugliari ’19
Senior Director,
Corporate Development, BLADE Urban Air Mobility
Rising Star Award Recipients
Government, Public Interest, and Non-Profit
Akilah Browne ’19
Co-Founder, FurtherJustice Foundation
Akilah Browne is the co-founder of the FurtherJustice Foundation, a private foundation that helps organizations launch and expand civil legal service programs that work to increase access to justice, power, and equity for underrepresented individuals and communities.
Prior to co-founding FurtherJustice, Browne was a Skadden Legal Fellow at New Economy Project, where she provided policy and legal assistance to New York City–area nonprofits working to develop community land trusts to help create affordable housing, combat displacement, and foster participatory decision-making over neighborhood development. She also worked at Cleary Gottlieb, where she managed the firm’s pro bono program, serving hundreds of low-income people and nonprofit organizations annually. She currently serves as treasurer of the board of directors of New Economy Project.
Browne received her bachelor’s degree in Media Studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, graduating summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law, where she was active in the Community Economic Development Clinic.
Private PracticE
Michelle Chan ’15
Associate, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Michelle Chan is an associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth, where she represents energy and utility issuers and underwriters in a range of capital markets transactions. She advises issuers and underwriters across a range of public and private securities offerings, including common stock offerings; registered debt offerings; 4(a)(2) private placements; Rule 144A/Regulation S debt offerings; convertible, preferred, and hybrid securities offerings; tax-exempt multimodal debt offerings; municipal debt offerings; MJDS securities offerings; and establishment of “at-the-market” equity programs.
Prior to joining the firm, Chan was a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she advised asset management firms on SEC requirements across a range of areas, including expenses, valuations, allocations, 206(4)-7 annual compliance reviews, conflicts of interest, marketing, co-investment, and private placement disclosures.
Chan graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and a bachelor of science degree in international business. She received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where she was active in the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, the Committee on Diversity in Business Law, Consumer Law Advocates, the Minority Mentorship Program, and the PALS Mentorship Program. She is a co-chair of the Fordham Law Alumni Association’s Recent Graduates Committee and first vice president of its Alumni Attorneys of Color affinity group.
In-House and Business
Stephen Culigari ’19
Senior Director of Corporate Development,
BLADE Urban Air Mobility
Stephen Cugliari is the senior director of corporate development at BLADE Urban Air Mobility. In this role, he leads the execution of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. He recently helped guide the company through a successful de-SPAC transaction, which raised $365 million and made it the first publicly traded urban air mobility company, and led the execution of transformative international acquisitions to build the largest passenger helicopter service in North America and Europe. He previously served as director of corporate development at the company.
Cugliari is a trustee of the J. Addison Bartush and Marion M. Bartush Family Foundation, which is partnering with Fordham Law School to support law students with learning disabilities. He is also a race-winning professional race car driver and is currently competing for Accelerating Performance in the TCX class of SRO TC America with the No. 57 BMW M2CS Cup. He previously competed in select races of the Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup.
Cugliari is a graduate of Green Farms Academy and Bentley University, where he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in finance. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he was the founding vice president of the Fordham Law School Real Estate Society.
FLAA 2023
MEMBERSHIP
The Fordham Law Alumni Association (FLAA) seeks to develop and cultivate social and professional interaction among the alumni, administration, faculty, and students of the Law School; to promote the best interests of the Law School; to maintain the highest ethical standards; and to foster the honor and integrity of the legal profession. The FLAA continues to strengthen our network by offering educational, social, and networking opportunities to our alumni through a variety of avenues. Your FLAA dues help pay for many of the events offered to our community, so we encourage you to make your payment today.
To renew your 2023 membership online and to see up-to-date and seasonal benefits, visit
Upcoming events
Law Giving Day
April 17, 2023
Get your calendar out and mark April 17 in maroon! Fordham Law Giving Day is an annual fundraising marathon that aims to celebrate the incredible strength of the Law School community.
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:30 – 10 p.m.
Celebrating Classes Ending in 3 & 8 and the class of 2022
You are warmly invited to Fordham Law School to reconnect, reminisce, and celebrate!
European Alumni Chapter Reunion
Join Dean Diller and Assistant Dean Vera Tkachuk to reconnect with friends, classmates, and colleagues in this dynamic global city. Details to be announced.
Join Fordham representatives at one (or all!) of the events listed below. The alumni events are free. We are able to extend an alumni/friends 25% discount to the compliance conference in Dubai at the DIFC on Monday, March 20.
To register or ask questions, email:
Doha, Qatar
Alumni Lunch
Thursday, March 16, 2023
13:00 QAT
The Ned
Building 23, Street 910, Corniche St
Doha, Qatar
Dubai, UAE
Fordham Law’s Conference: Local Perspectives, Global Outlook 2023
Monday, March 20, 2023
08:30 to 17:00 GST
Waldorf Astoria, DIFC
Discount code for Fordham Law Alumni and Friends: LEXISNEXIS-25
Bahrain
Bahrain Alumni Lunch
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
12:30 AST
Location to be announced
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