Class Notes Display

1960 - 1969

1969:

David Barton
served as moderator of the Michigan Banking Summit conducted by the Michigan Bankers Association in Lansing on September 5. (10.09.08)

Arthur Benson
was elected to a four-year term on the School Board of the School District of Kansas City, Missouri. After 29 years on the outside representing the class of school children against the district in the school desegregation litigation - - resulting in over $2 billion of funds for the District - - in Missouri V. Jenkins (twice it was before the Supreme Court), he is now advocating their interests from the inside. (8.01.08)

Richard Ben-Veniste
a partner with law firm Mayer Brown, is leading the legal team recently hired by Google Inc. to represent them in suits brought against Google's YouTube Web site. (1.23.08)

Julian D'Esposito, Jr.
is moving from the post of partner-in-charge of the Chicago office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, to become a member in its government and global trade practice. (5.18.07)

Thomas Geraghty
was honored with the 2009 Distinguished Public Service Award from the Public Interest Law Initiative (11-20-09).

Carl Kasten
had the Alumni Association Board Room at Illinois State University named in your honor. (8.04.08)

Rick A. Lavinsky
was one of sixty-seven Dinsmore & Shohl lawyers selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007. (12.5.06)

Rick A. Lavinsky
has been inducted as an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Ohio Land Title Association (OLTA). (10.23.07)

Michael A. Pope
a partner in McDermott Will & Emery’s Chicago Trial Department, has been appointed the inaugural chair of the Courageous Jurist Award Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). (8.9.06)

1968:

Richard Devine
joined law firm Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson. (12.18.08)

Richard Devine
was named a partner at Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick & Pearson LLP. (12.16.08)

Peter Sommerhauser
a partner in the Milwaukee law firm Godfrey & Kahn, featured in an article about the 2006 sale of custom shoe manufacturer Allen Edmonds for $123 million and his leadership role in the deal. (2.28.07)
Related Links: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jerry Springer
talk & radio show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, profiled in connection with his appearance on the current season of “Dancing With the Stars.” Cincinnati Enquirer (10.6.06)
Related Links: Cincinnati Enquirer

Jerry Springer
was profiled as host of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” by Newsday (9.13.07)

Anton Valukas
was among the top ten of Illinois’ “Top 100 Super Lawyers.” (3.2.07)

Anton Valukas
was appointed examiner in the Lehman Brothers Holdings bankruptcy case. (1.21.09)

Anton R. Valukas
was awarded the Arthur Goldberg Social Justice Award (6-17-09).

John C. Watkins, Jr.
professor emeritus of criminal justice in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Alabama, retired in June, 2003, after thirty-eight years of teaching. In January 2006, he published as lead author and editor, War Crimes and War Crime Trials: From Leipzig to the ICC and Beyond, Cases, Materials and Comments, Carolina Academic Press. Watkins is currently an adjunct professor of the international criminal justice in the Honors College at The University of Alabama. (3.2.07)

1967:

Harvey Barnett
was named board chairman for the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. (11.9.06)

Nicholas Chabraja
was nominated to serve an additional three-year term on the Association of the United States Army’s Council of Trustees. (3.17.08)

Nicholas Chabraja
will be serving on the Aerospace Industries Association’s 2009 board of governors executive committee. (12.17.08)

John Corkery
was recently named dean of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. (4.3.07)

John "Jack" Dalton
was profiled in the Fulton County Daily Report as the president-elect of the American College of Trial Lawyers. (5.9.07) http://www.dailyreportonline.com/
Related Links: Fulton County Daily Report

George Lieberman
a partner with Vetter & White, Providence, RI, has been once again recognized as one of the best lawyers in America in the field of Commercial Litigation in Best Lawyers in America 2009 edition. George has also been recognized again as a "Super Lawyer" in the area of Business Litigation by the New England Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009 ed. George, a Vice President, First Circuit, Federal Bar Association, received the 2008 Outstanding Service and Recognition Award from the FBA. (2.02.09)

Harry J. Pearce
was named chairman of the board of MDU Resources Group, a North Dakota provider of natural resource products and related services. (9.5.06)

Wayne Whalen
was interviewed about the career path that has brought him to the position of Chicago partner in law firm Skadden, Arps. (5.07.08)

1966:

Robert Dillon
retired in 2006 from the General Electric Commercial Aviation Services after 20 years, sat for the Florida Bar Exam (successfully), and is now with Holland & Knight LLP in Fort Lauderdale continuing to practice in aviation leasing and finance as well as other transportation related matters. (5.18.07)

Gerald Fishman
general counsel of independent futures clearing firm Rosenthal Collins Group has taken on the additional role of executive vice president. (9.14.07)

Jim Soble
and his wife Ann Soble were honored at the Jewish National Fund Tree of Life™ Award Dinner on May 16, 2007. (5.29.07)

1965:

William P. Kreml
has just published the second edition of "The Twenty-First Century Left: Cognitions in the Constitution and Why Buckley Is Wrong." (1.24.07)
Related Links: Carolina Academic Press

William Kreml
Class of 1965, has published an Issue Brief entitled "The Seventh Amendment: The Key to Reversing Buckley v.Valeo" with The American Constitutional Society. (12.05.07)

Yolles A. Robert
named Chairman of the Board of Winston Pharmaceuticals (7-29-09).

Gerald J. Senescu
recently moved into a beautiful new home in a great suburb of Atlanta. They now live halfway between their grandchildren who live in Sarasota, FL and the suburbs of Chicago. (10.24.07)

William J. Tewsbury
is still breathing. He collects vintage automobiles as well as custom Corvettes. He also enjoys attending cooking classes world wide. (5.9.07)

1964:

David R. Bryant
has been chosen to receive Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation's 2009 Distinguished Service Award (10.14.09).

Irwin Mandel
was profiled as the Chicago Bulls’ senior vice president of legal and financial operations; in this role he is in charge of managing the team’s salaries according to salary cap rules. (9.13.07)

Stuart Scott
received an honorary degree from Hamilton College at its May 24 commencement ceremony (4.10.09)

Stanley Sklar
was named executive director of arbitration studies at the DePaul University College of Law’s Center for Dispute Resolution. (3.10.09)

Stanley P. Sklar
was profiled in Leading Lawyers Magazine for his accomplishments in the field of construction law. (3.19.08)

1963:

James Adams
is in his 45th year with Frost Brown Todd and as Counsel has been assigned several projects for the firm, including serving as a long time member of its Ethics and Conflicts Committee and sundry mentoring, marketing and client development responsibilities primarily in the litigation field. This leaves time to pursue a variety of projects as a Trustee and Officer for various nonprofit organizations including the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington and the National Episcopal Church (particularly with regard to property ownership issues), the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the county public library, several social action organizations dealing with poverty and substance abuse issues, a large foundation fund devoted to general charitable purposes, and the Greater Cincinnati Legal Aid Society. He also serves on the Bar Association’s Grievance Committee and as a mentor under the Ohio Supreme Court’s mentoring program. (5.29.07)

James Adams
received the Professionalism Award. This award recognizes a trial lawyer for possessing outstanding trial skills and demonstrating the highest degree of professionalism, civility and ethical standards in his or her day-to-day practice. (8.01.08)

David Boies
was honored by Legal Services of the Hudson Valley for his extensive leadership in the legal community, his devoted dedication to many national and community-based human services organizations, his efforts to provide pro bono legal services to the community, his support of legal scholarship, and his strong commitment to ensuring that all people have equal access to the American legal system. (1.30.08)

1962:

Neil Bluhm
was named president of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s board of directors. (8.01.08)

Neil Bluhm
's company, Midwest Gaming, has won the license to build a casino in Des Plaines. (12.29.08)

Neil G. Bluhm
received a 2009 Alumni Medal from The Northwestern Alumni Association (6-23-09).

Neil Bluhm
was honored at the 77th annual Northwestern Alumni Association Alumni Awards presentation as one of 18 outstanding individuals (11.6.09)

Myron Cherry
was named one of fifty lawyers in Chicago Crains 2008 Whose Who In Law. (10.09.08)

Roger B. Colton
recently retired from being a Palm Beach County circuit judge. There was an article featuring him in The Palm Beach Post in December 2006. (2.12.07)

Scott Hodes
was honored by Lawyers for the Creative Arts at its annual benefit in October. (10.27.06)

Henry Morris
Henry M. Morris was named by his peers as one of the Top Lawyers in Illinois. (7.25.08)

1961:

George Googasian
was named a Michigan Super Lawyer for 2008. (10.09.08)

Michael R. Shelist
was named chairman of ForteCEO Group, an interim executive staffing firm in Northbrook, Illinois. (7.25.07)

1960:

Jerry Reinsdorf
was recently inducted into the Appleton Baseball Hall of Fame in Wisconsin, recognizing his association with the Appleton Foxes, a White Sox affiliate from 1966 to 1986.(9.5.06) He was also listed on the Crain’s Chicago Business list of “Who’s Who in Chicago Business 2006” in the consumer products and services sector. (10.26.06)