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Widener University school of laW
Board of overseers
Eugene D. McGurk Jr., Esq. ’78, ChairDean Linda L. Ammons, JD, Ex Officio Renae B. Axelrod, Esq. ’91, Ex OfficioSteven P. Barsamian, Esq. ’75The Honorable Raymond A. Batten ’79Scott E. Blissman, Esq. ’97 C. Grainger Bowman, Esq., Vice ChairJohn T. Carroll III, Esq. ’81Michael G. DeFino, Esq. ‘75The Honorable Susan C. Del Pesco ’75Risa Vetri Ferman, Esq. ’92Geoffrey Gamble, Esq.Jacqueline G. Goodwin, EdDMatthew M. Greenberg, Esq., Ex OfficioPresident James T. Harris III, DEd, Ex OfficioRichard K. Herrmann, Esq.The Honorable Randy J. HollandRobert A. Honecker Jr., Esq. ’81Bret D. Keisling, Esq. ’05Vice Dean J. Patrick Kelly, Ex OfficioPeter M. Mattoon, Esq.Vice Dean Robyn L. Meadows, Ex OfficioKathleen W. McNicholas, MD, JD ’06Edward B. Micheletti, Esq. ’97George K. Miller Jr., Esq. ’81Kathryn J. Peifer, Esq. ’02Vivian L. Rapposelli, Esq. ’93Scott W. Reid, Esq. ’02
Thomas L. Sager, Esq.The Honorable Thomas G. Saylor John F. Schmutz, Esq.The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet Bernard W. Smalley Sr., Esq. ’80 Lee A. Solomon, Esq. ’78Craig A. Styer, Esq. ’90 Lee Trainer, Esq. ’89The Honorable Joseph T. WalshJohn A. Wetzel, Esq. ’75Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esq. ’96
NatioNal advisory CouNCil
Marc R. Abrams, Esq. ‘78Michael J. Aiello, Esq. ‘94Howard K. Alperin, Esq. ‘90Miriam Benton Barish, Esq. ‘92Carl W. Battle, Esq. ‘82Kyle D. Bowser ‘91Alexander BraticMichael A. Brown, Esq. ‘91Charlene D. Davis, Esq. ‘84Claire M. DeMatteis, Esq. ‘92Dr. Robert D. Gober, Esq. ‘79Ronald P. Goldfaden, Esq. ‘76Mitchell Gurwicz, Esq. ‘95N. Lynne Hughes, Esq. ‘89Brenda Alderman James, Esq. ‘92Wayne D. Kimmel, Esq. ‘95Alan B. Levin, Esq. ‘80Robert O. Lindefjeld, Esq. ‘93Kenneth J. Lopez, Esq. ‘95Harry Dillon Madonna, Esq. ‘97James J. Maron, Esq. ‘85Eugene D. McGurk Jr., Esq. ‘78
Franklin A. Miles, Esq.U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Murphy, Esq. ‘99John L. Reed, Esq. ‘91Cynthia R. Ryan, Esq. ‘79Leif R. Sigmond, Jr., Esq. ‘90Timothy J. Snyder, Esq. ‘81Douglas J. Steinhardt, Esq. ‘94Alice W. Strine, Esq. ‘92Leslee Silverman Tabas, Esq. ‘79CAPT Robert P. Taishoff, JAGC, USN (ret.) ‘89James J. Veneruso, Esq. ‘75Richard P. Zaretsky, Esq. ‘75
“education takes place outside and inside the classroom. the opportunities are not mutually exclusive, and i think that’s the more valuable lesson to take from this experience.” –Ashley TAlley ‘13 on her experience studying in Widener law’s lausanne, switzerland program
dear frieNds:
the 2009-2010 academic year was filled with milestone celebrations. among the most
notable, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of our first delaware class’s commencement
and the 20th anniversary of the Harrisburg campus’s founding.
it was also a year in which the word connectivity held great meaning for us. We pushed
the boundaries of our programs, created new relationships, and took advantage of
tremendous opportunities that combine theory, skills, and service. We not only trained
our students for excellence in the legal profession, but our scholars also engaged other
members of the academy and the practice, and we provided expertise to the greater global
community. on the following pages, we can only summarize some of our achievements
and activities of the past year and report how others perceived our contributions.
i hope that after you read this report, you will conclude with us that it was a very good
year. thank you for your interest and for helping to make our successes possible.
sincerely,
linda l. ammons
associate Provost and dean
“We pushed the boundaries of our programs, created new relationships, and took advantage of tremendous opportunities that combine theory, skills, and service.”
“�When�you�leave�here,�if�you�choose,�you�will�have�the�tools�to�make�a�difference��in�people’s�lives�every�day.”U.s. Attorney for south Carolina and Widener law alumnus WilliAm C. NeTTles,
delivering the Distinguished lecture on Trial Advocacy and Professionalism to Widener
students participating in the harrisburg intensive Trial Advocacy Program
ThomAs l. sAger, senior Vice President and general
Counsel for e.i. du Pont de Nemours and Company
and Widener law overseer, speaking about Widener’s
diversity initiatives at the 4th Annual Dean’s leadership
Forum on Diversity in harrisburg
“�I�believe�in�Widener.”
traiN. CoNNeCt. serve.
I n 2009-2010, more than ever
before, our neighbors—regional,
national, and international—
sought our expertise, our leadership,
and our solutions. the Widener law
community answered the call,
extending knowledge, sharing skill,
and serving proudly. through these
connections, we sought new
opportunities to develop and test
theory, to teach it in innovative ways,
and to lead in its application. as we
prepare to enter our fifth decade,
Widener law is taking its accumulated
experience and striking a productive
and sustainable balance between
theory and practice, between the
academy, the legal profession, and
the greater community.
Delaware lieUTeNANT goVerNor mATT DeNN at the dedication
of Widener law’s new Delaware Campus Clinic Wing
“ i love the Widener law family…the possibilities are truly endless.”
“�We�need�solutions—not�excuses,�and�her�report�offers�many�recommendations�that�we�will�work�with�the�General�Assembly,�Attorney�General�Beau�Biden,�and�others�to�make�real.” “�Professor�Hamermesh’s�appointment�will�enhance�the�ability�of�the�SEC�to�promote�
investor�protection�by�coordinating�federal�and�state�law�in�areas,�including�corporate�governance,�in�which�both�sets�of�laws�play�a�significant�role.”
“�These�real-life�experiences�allow�students�to�work�inside�a�government�or�international�organization�with�a�focus�on�global�health�law�issues,�and�substantially�broaden�the�opportunities�available�to�Widener�Law�students.”
Visiting DisTiNgUisheD ProFessor oF lAW miChele D. Forzley, speaking on students who secured global
health externships and research positions through the World health organization, the United Nations, and the U.s.
Department of Commerce
Delaware goVerNor JACk mArkell, expressing gratitude for Dean
linda Ammons’ independent review examining the state’s statutory and
administrative procedures governing child sexual abuse
“I�want�to�give�Dean�Ammons�and�the�law�school�great�credit.�Law�schools�have�a�lot�of�priorities,�and�it�says�great�things�about�the�school�that�this�was�a�priority.”
“[John] dernbach made a statement
that i appreciate because it casts
the challenge of shifting norms
for how we do things – whether
writing laws, designing buildings,
or teaching children…” Andrew revkin, blogging for The New York Times“ i love the Widener law
family…the possibilities are truly endless.”
U.s. representative Patrick J. murphy ‘99 addressing the students
and faculty during a visit to the harrisburg Campus
“�Professor�Hamermesh’s�appointment�will�enhance�the�ability�of�the�SEC�to�promote�investor�protection�by�coordinating�federal�and�state�law�in�areas,�including�corporate�governance,�in�which�both�sets�of�laws�play�a�significant�role.”
mereDiTh Cross, director of the securities and exchange
Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, speaking on
Professor lawrence A. hamermesh’s appointment to serve
as attorney fellow with the seC’s office of Chief Counsel of
the Division of Corporation Finance
“�These�real-life�experiences�allow�students�to�work�inside�a�government�or�international�organization�with�a�focus�on�global�health�law�issues,�and�substantially�broaden�the�opportunities�available�to�Widener�Law�students.”
Visiting DisTiNgUisheD ProFessor oF lAW miChele D. Forzley, speaking on students who secured global
health externships and research positions through the World health organization, the United Nations, and the U.s.
Department of Commerce
“the Widener health law program enabled me to broaden my understanding of the many issues facing the delivery of health care and the insurance industry. the quality of the instruction at the health law institute was outstanding.”
riChArD F. leViNs, llm ‘91, vice president and deputy general counsel for independence Blue Cross, speaking on the 20th anniversary of the Widener health law institute
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the Health law institute, directed by JoHn CulHane, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009.
in a year of milestones, recognition, and new growth, the law school celebrated the anniversaries of signature programs in tandem with the launch of new, innovative initiatives.
In October 2009, we celebrated the Harrisburg Campus’s 20th
Anniversary with a Founders Day celebration. Speakers at the event—including Widener University President James T. Harris III, Anthony J. Santoro, the founding dean of the campus, and a number of professors, alumni, and friends of the school—paid tribute to the Harrisburg Campus’ pioneers, their vision, and the law school’s success in Pennsylvania’s capital.
The same month, we launched the dual-campus Environmental
Law Center, the first academic-civic initiative operated cooperatively by Harrisburg and Delaware faculty. A natural extension of one of the law school’s signature programs, the center marries the resources of the Delaware Campus’s Environmental and Natural Resource Law Clinic—which itself celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2009—with the Harrisburg campus’s newly formed clinic of the same name.
With the motto “Law for Sustainability,” the new center confers distinct advantages to faculty, students, and the community. Its distinguished faculty now has a formal venue in which to share expertise across campuses. Students have gained tremendous opportunities for practical experience in the discipline. Public and private decision-makers have gained an unparalleled resource when confronting legal issues related to the environment, energy, and climate change. More broadly still, the law school’s regional communities have gained new defenders of their natural resources. Through the Widener Law Environmental Help Line, operated by the new Harrisburg Environmental and Natural Resources
Law Clinic and funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania chapter of the Sierra Club, citizens can request legal assistance and information about environmental issues and the law. We invite you to learn more about the center’s activities at blogs.law.widener.edu/envirolawblog.
The center was not alone in marking milestones in 2009-2010, a year that in Delaware was begun with the dedication of the new public service wing. The law school’s first clinic, The Delaware
Civil Law Clinic, celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2009. Since 1984 it has provided critical civil legal services to low-income members of our communities while affording our students vital opportunities to learn the practice of law and the value of service. The Health Law Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary, capping two decades of innovative, multi-disciplinary programming that has earned it a national reputation. Like our environmental law program, the Health Law Institute marked its anniversary by launching a new program: the Health, Education, and Legal assistance Program: A Medical-Legal Partnership (HELP:MLP). This innovative program provides direct legal services to low-income residents of Chester, Pennsylvania, working with them to resolve legal and social issues that negatively impact their health. On the Harrisburg campus, the Law and Government Institute
celebrated its 10th anniversary, continuing to mesh the practical and academic study of administrative and legislative law, and launched a new program of its own: the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission Pro Se Representation Program. Other anniversaries included the Hugh B. Pearce Competition (20 years), the Legal Education Institute (15 years), and the Public
Interest Resource Center (5 years).
Cumberland County District Attorney’s office
Dauphin County Bar Association
Dauphin County District Attorney’s office
Dauphin County Public Defenders office
Delaware Attorney general’s office
Delaware Court of Chancery
Delaware Department of Justice
Delaware Department of Public health and social services
Delaware Public Defenders office
Delaware supreme Court
Delaware Volunteer legal services (DVls)
Domestic Abuse Project
Doroshow Pasquale krawitz & Bhaya
essex County superior Court
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania
Food Bank of Delaware
Fugitive safe surrender
geller, Wiley, Petro & robinson
goldberg katzman
gonser & gonser, P.A
gover, Perry & shore law Firm
handler henning
harrisburg City solicitor’s office
harrisonburg Virginia Downtown renaissance
hawke mckeon
herr & low, P.C.
iNg DireCT legal Department
Judiciary of the state of New Jersey
kings County District Attorney’s office
latin American Community Center
law office of Joseph P. Nahas
law office of stephanie J. Brown, esq.
lebanon County District Attorney’s office
legal Aid of southeastern Pennsylvania
lehigh County Court of Common Pleas
marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & goggin
mcNees Wallace
Judge Joseph r. slights, iii Delaware Superior Court, Wilmington
Chief Justice myron T. steeleDelaware Supreme Court
Judge r. Barclay surrick United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Judge Allan l. Tereshko Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, PA
magistrate Judge mary Pat ThyngeUnited States District Court, District of Delaware
Judge Charles h. Toliver, iV Delaware Superior Court, Wilmington
Judge Aida Waserstein Delaware Family Court, Wilmington
Judge Jeffrey D. Wright Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, PA
ADDiTioNAl iNTerNshiP, exTerNshiP, AND PUBliC iNTeresT lAW PlACemeNTs
Acquista & Associates, P.C.
American legislative exchange Council and municipal employees (AFsCme)
Armstrong industries
Benedetti & lowe
Boys and girls Clubs of America
Bucks County office of the Clerk of the Court
Burlington County Public Defenders office
Butler County Public Defenders office
Camden County Prosecutor’s office
Chester County District Attorney’s office
Cincinnati insurance
Colage of Delaware
Comcast interactive media (Cim)
Committee of seventy
Community legal Aid society, inc. (ClAsi)
Court Appointed special Advocates (CAsA)
Culpeper County Commonwealth Attorney’s office
Judge richard A. lewis Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, PA
Judge o. robert lidums Maryland Circuit Court, Elkton
Judge Jose l. linares United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Justice Virginia long New Jersey Superior Court, Trenton
Judge Carol s. moore-Wells United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Judges michael k. Newell Family Court of Delaware, Wilmington
Judge James F. Nilon Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, PA
Judge J. Wesley oler, Jr. Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, PA
Judge Ann A. osborne Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, PA
Vice Chancellor Donald F. ParsonsDelaware Court of Chancery, Wilmington
Judge mardi F. Pyott Family Court of Delaware, Dover
Judge Timothy r. rice United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Justice henry duPont ridgelyDelaware Supreme Court
Judge sue l. robinson United States District Court, District of Delaware
Judge Andrea l. rocanelli Delaware Court of Common Pleas, Wilmington
Judge Jane r. roth United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, DE
Judge Calvin l. scott Delaware Superior Court, Wilmington
Chief Judge gregory m. sleet United States District Court, District of Delaware
Judge michael A. Donio Superior Court of New Jersey, Mays Landing
Judge kathrynann W. DurhamCourt of Common Pleas of Delaware County, PA
Justice J. michael eakin Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Judge James J. Fitzgerald iii Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Judge susan Peikes gantman Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Conshohocken
Judge edward griffithCourt of Common Pleas of Chester County, PA
Justice randy J. holland Delaware Supreme Court
Judge mary m. Johnston Delaware Superior Court, Wilmington
Judge John e. Jones, iii United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Judge kent A. Jordan United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, DE
Judge Jan r. Jurden Superior Court of Delaware, Wilmington
Judge mary hannah leavitt Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg
INTERNsHIPs, ExTERNsHIPs, FELLoWsHIPs, AND sERvICEevery year, a broad range of courts, law firms, corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations offer our students invaluable opportunities to put what they’ve learned into practice. We are grateful for their willingness to engage these future legal professionals, to teach them, and to invest in the future of the profession.
JUDiCiAl exTerNshiP PlACemeNTs
Judge John A. Almeida Superior Court of New Jersey, Mt. Holly
Judge Thomas l. Ambro United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, DE
Judge Bruce F. Bratton Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, Harrisburg, PA
Judge linda k. Caracappa United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Judge ellen Ceisler Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, PA
Judge Alan N. Cooper Family Court of Delaware, Wilmington
Judge rose marie DeFino-NastasiCourt of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, PA
H. albert Young Fellow in Constitutional law proFessor James r. maY and distinguisHed proFessor JoHn C. dernbaCH at the october 2009 launch of the dual-campus environmental law Center
Washington & lee ranks the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 1st among student-edited law journals based upon citations in federal and state court opinions under “corporate law” and “Business law” and 10th among 411 specialized law reviews in the United states.
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howard Berg scholarship
John C. Warrington memorial scholarship
Nancy and howard Finkelman scholarship
Pamela karpouzis memorial scholarship
Paul isaac leiter memorial scholarship
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation minority scholarship
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation scholarship
Taishoff Family endowed scholarship
Thomas s. lodge memorial scholarship
eNDoWeD AND sPoNsoreD sTUDeNT AWArDs
Alexander V. sarcione, Jr. memorial Award
Charles J. zencey memorial Award
Commercial Bar review Awards
Dean Arthur A. Weeks outstanding service Award
e. John Wherry Jr. Award
graham Foundation Award
greenWatch institute Award in memory of Charles zencey
greenWatch institute scholarship Award in memory of Jerry shields
howard m. Berg Award
international Academy of Trial lawyers Award
James s. Bowman American inn of Court Award
John A. Fillion memorial Award
Judge J. Cullen ganey Criminal Procedure Award
lindsay law library Award
lucinda Peipher memorial Award
most Promising Civil litigator Award
Nicole Cullison memorial Award
Patricia N. holsten memorial Award for Public interest Pro Bono service
Philadelphia Trial lawyers Association James J. manderino Award for Trial Advocacy
reed hamilton memorial Award
The honorable helen s. Balick Award
The honorable Joseph W. deFuria Commencement Award
ENDoWED AND sPoNsoRED sCHoLARsHIPs, sTuDENT AWARDs, AND FELLoWsHIPs 2009-2010By endowing and sponsoring student awards, scholarships, and fellowships, our alumni and friends embrace and encourage excellence in legal scholarship and reward professional potential.
eNDoWeD AND sPoNsoreD sCholArshiPs
Alexander V. sarcione, Jr. memorial scholarship
Alfred Avins memorial scholarship
Angelina & Victor Piccone memorial scholarship
Bank of America scholarship
Bernard s. Wildstein scholarship
Bruce m. & elizabeth m. monroe scholarship
Charles P. mirarchi, sr. memorial scholarship
Dean Anthony J. santoro scholarship
Dean’s minority student scholarship
Delaware Association of lawyers’ spouses scholarship
e. Wallace Chadwick memorial scholarship
edmund Dobrowolski memorial scholarship
esther F. Clark memorial scholarship
Fairfax leary, Jr. memorial scholarship
Friends of Widener University school of law scholarship
george C Blissman, sr. memorial scholarship
harvey Alan Chernoff memorial scholarship
hon. James C. Crumlish scholarship
hon. Joseph W. deFuria scholarship
hon. Ned l. hirsh memorial scholarship
hon. William Duffy memorial scholarship
honey F. golby memorial scholarship
social security Administration, office of general Counsel
south Jersey legal services
superior Court of Delaware
superior Court of Pennsylvania
swartz Campbell
The Pardons Project
Tyco electronics Corporation
United Nations headquarters - Department of Political Affairs
United states Army
United states Attorney’s office
United states Bankruptcy Court
United states Coast guard
United states District Court for the District of maryland
United states District Court for the District of New Jersey
United states District Court for the middle District of Pennsylvania
United states Navy Judge Advocate general Corps
United states Patent and Trademark office
United states Trustee Program
University of Pennsylvania Quaker Classic mock Trial
Veterans law Clinic
Villanova islamic Foundation
Volunteer income Tax Assistance Program (ViTA)
Wake County Public Defender’s office
Widener law Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic
Widener law Delaware Civil law Clinic
Widener law environmental law Clinic
Widener law harrisburg Civil law Clinic
Widener law Veterans law Clinic
Wills for heroes
World health organization (Who)
yWCA Domestic Violence legal Clinic
Pennsylvania office of the inspector general
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Pennsylvania supreme Court
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia Defender’s Association
Philadelphia District Attorney’s office
Philadelphia law Department
Philadelphia Public Defenders office
Potter Anderson & Corroon
Project for older Prisoners (PoPs) Program
Project for older Prisoners - sUrJ
Public school employee’s retirement system
rhoads & sinon
riley and Fanelli, P.C.
sAP America’s inc.
schmidt kramer
schnader harrison segal & lewis
schrom & shaffer, P.C.
segal, mcCambridge, singer & mahonoy
shapiro law office, P.C.
middlesex County Public Defender
midPenn legal services
montgomery County District Attorney’s office
morgan and lewis llP
morris County Prosecutor’s office
Nationalities service Center
New Castle County Court of Common Pleas
New Jersey Appellate Division
New Jersey Attorney general’s office
New Jersey state Parole Board
New Jersey supreme Court
New york University medical Center
North Carolina Department of Justice
office of the Attorney general of maryland
office of the state’s Attorney for Allegany County, mD
Pennsylvania Attorney general’s office
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
Pennsylvania Coalition against rape
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas orphan’s Division
Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Clinic
Pennsylvania Department of Banking
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural resources
Pennsylvania Department of education
Pennsylvania Department of environmental Protection (DeP)
Pennsylvania Department of state
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania housing and Finance Agency
Pennsylvania human relations Commission
Pennsylvania liquor Control Board
Pennsylvania office of the Attorney general
Pennsylvania office of the Consumer Advocate
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widener law proFessor James w. dieHm, a founding member of the widener-Harrisburg faculty,speaks at the Harrisburg Campus Founders day Celebration.
sELECTED symPosIA, CoNFERENCEs, AND oTHER PRoGRAmmING
JUly 1, 2009 – JUNe 30, 2010
As the only law school in harrisburg and in Delaware, Widener law takes seriously its obligation to provide on both campuses a regional venue for legal scholarship and professional development. Following is a selection of programming held during academic year 2009-2010.
AClU Conference on school Discipline – exploring the options
Cle Program – The language of Justice: Administrative Agencies for Judges and Court interpreters
Dean’s leadership Forum on Diversity – An idea Becomes an ideal in Central Pennsylvania and Beyond
Delaware Board of Bar examiners Pre-Admission Conference
Delaware County Alumni Cle Program – email, ethics & metadata
Delaware supreme Court oral Arguments
Delaware Valley legal Writing Consortium, Fourth semiannual meeting
Distinguished Jurist in residence Thomas g. saylor lecture and Cle Program – The Nature of Judging
Federalist society Debate – The right to Bear Arms
Federalist society Presentation – Do We Trust Judges Too much? Did the Framers?
Federalist society Presentation, featuring michigan supreme Court Justice stephen markman – The Constitutionality of Capital Punishment
Forty-second Annual Delaware Tax institute
Fourth Annual John l. gedid lecture – rethinking Bankruptcy law in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis
harrisburg iTAP lecture, featuring United states Attorney (sC) William C. Nettles, esq. ’92 – Trial lawyers: Phantom instruments of Change
Thomas russo
g. Philip rutledge
hon. Thomas saylor
rebecca scalio
Daniel r. schuckers
mary Catherine scott
raymond scott
keith sealing
hon. Brendan shannon
martin J. siegel
John s. sitzler
Joseph g. skelly
hon. gregory m. sleet
William m. sloane
Verne r. smith
Christopher m. spletzer
hon. Patricia Tate stewart
Jean stoyer
James stuhltrager
susan sullivan
kenn Tacchino
randi Blackman Teplitz
roseann B. Termini
hon. Dexter m. Thompson, Jr.
kathleen m. Turezyn
robert J. Valihura
Alfred P. Vitarelli
Jane W. Voegele
hon. Joseph T. Walsh
Bruce Warshawsky
John r. Washlick
edward J. Weiss
John A. Wetzel
royce A. White
samantha J. l. Wilson
michael Wiseman
harry l. Witte
Douglas m. Wolfberg
rafael x. zahralddin-Aravena
Barbara A. zemlock
James g. lare
hon. richard A. lewis
Alexandra makosky
Terrence J. marlowe
edward m. marsico
mary k. marzolla
Thomas J. mcCarthy
michael s. mcginniss
David B. miller
george k. miller
linda mischler
scott J. mitnick
Bruce m. monroe
gerald P. morano
Alexander murphy Jr.
marion r. Newbold
Dr. Andrew Newman
hon. george Winthrop overton
mary Alice Peeling
Pam l. Perry
samantha J. Prince
russell C. raphaely
mary kay rauenzahn
riki redente
regina m. reidenberg
michael e. riley
Dr. Philip l. rothbart
margaret F. england
Cary l. Flitter
Jennifer Fontaine
mary Jane Forbes
michele D. Forzley
Patricia Fox
robert B. Furr, Jr.
ruth ganister
kara k. gendron
Virginia gibson
James l. goldsmith
eileen grena
richard g. handler
W. Bruce hemphill
Neil hendershot
major roy A. hilferty
matthew i. hirsch
hon. randy J. holland
Vera holmes
Janine howard-o’rangers
Damian sean Jackson
hon. Jack B. Jacobs
mary Jacobson
hon. harold U. Johnson, Jr.
melanye k. Johnson
John g. knorr
Jonathan krinick
Thomas P. lomax and Nicholas Theodore memorial Award
William J. and ella C. Wolf Award in real Property law
William J. Conner memorial Award for Administrative law
zelda k. herrmann memorial Cup Award
sPoNsoreD FelloWshiPs
Domestic Violence research and Advocacy Fellowship
DuPont Public interest Fellowship
e. Wallace Chadwick Constitutional education Fellowship
John F. schmutz Corporate and Business law institute Fellowship
Tabas CoVeAr student Coordinator
ADjuNCT FACuLTyour adjunct faculty are exceptional practitioners who bring real-world perspective and specialized experience to expand and enrich our students’ understanding of the law.
John C. Andrade
sara A. Austin
Jill Baisinger
Patti Bednarik
William A. Behe
Carol A. Benson
John s. Benson
hon. robert g. Bigham
David A. Breen
hon. William C. Carpenter, Jr.
John T. Carroll iii
James h. Cawley
gregory P. Cermignano
monica Cliatt
kathleen Conn
hon. robert B. Coonin
Patricia Dailey-lewis
Bartholomew J. Dalton
robert h. Davis Jr.
Vincent C. Deliberato, Jr.
James D. Dinnage
karen Durkin
hon. J. michael eakin
michael Patrick edmiston proFessors JoHn gedid and wesleY oliver, of the law and government institute, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009-2010
Widener law’s mJ in corporate compliance is one of only five programs approved by the Corporate Compliance Board and the only such program approved in the United states.
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proFessor lawrenCe a. HamermesH was appointed to serve as attorney fellow with the office of Chief Counsel of the division of Corporation Finance at the securities and exchange Commission.
“there’s probably not a month that goes by that i don’t remind myself of a quote that Professor diehm, my evidence professor, made...”
scott Blissman ‘97
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at the local, state, and federal levels, among their colleagues, and in front of their students, our faculty realized the success that comes with exceptional scholarship, engagement, and leadership in 2009-2010. Our students, the primary beneficiaries of their efforts, learned from professionals at the top of their fields, whose scholarly works are cited with increasing frequency, and whose expertise is in unprecedented demand. The following is a sampling of their recent accomplishments.
Professor Lawrence A. Hamermesh was appointed to
serve as attorney fellow with the office of Chief Counsel of
the Division of Corporation Finance at the securities and
Exchange Commission. In his position with the SEC, Professor Hamermesh will provide counsel on issues related to coordinating federal securities law and state corporate law.
Professor juliet m. moringiello was appointed the Robert
m. Zinman American Bankruptcy Institute Resident scholar for the spring 2010 semester, assisting the ABI with its education programming on bankruptcy information.
Professor john L. Gedid was appointed to the Pennsylvania
Bar Association Constitutional Convention Commission,
which will examine the Pennsylvania constitution and make recommendations for revisions. Professor Gedid also received the James S. Bowman Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Administrative Law Section, which honors an attorney who is influential in the practice of administrative law in the state.
Associate Professor jill E. Family was awarded the
National Administrative Law judiciary Foundation’s 2010
fellowship, which encourages research and scholarship that promote the improvement of administrative justice. Professor Family’s fellowship work will examine the lack of transparency in immigration law and how it contributes to problems in the immigration court system.
Distinguised Professor john C. Dernbach received the
2010 award for distinguished service to the profession from the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Environmental and Energy Law Section.
Associate Professor Nicholas A. mirkay III was honored with
the Red Ribbon Humanitarian Award, given by the Delaware HIV Consortium in recognition of his efforts to improve the consortium and the community.
Professor james R. may was elected a fellow of the
American College of Environmental Lawyers, a professional association of distinguished private-sector attorneys who practice environmental law.
Widener Law faculty published six books in 2009-2010:D. Benjamin Barros, ed., Hernando De Soto and Property in a Market Economy (Ashgate 2010).
john D. Dernbach, Writing Essay Exams to Succeed in Law School (Not Just to Survive) (3rd ed., Aspen 2009).
michael R. Dimino, Bradley Smith & Michael Solimine, Voting Rights and Election Law (LexisNexis 2010).
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george miller Jr.
leslee silverman Tabas
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marc Abrams
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Anthony Clark
michael DeFino & Valerie DeFino
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John & Donna Wetzel
stephen Wirth
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Wayne kimmel
Alan & ellen levin
m. Jane mahoney
eugene mcgurk Jr.
edward & melissa micheletti
Thomas Nason ii
Brendan & Jennifer ratigan
Alexander & Nancy sarcione
leif sigmond Jr.
eleventh Annual e. John Wherry, Jr. Distinguished lecture on Trial Advocacy and Professionalism, featuring superior Court Judge John A. Parkins, Jr.
Widener law Journal symposium – internet expression in the 21st Century: Where Technology and law Collide
Widener law review symposium – health law & the elderly: managing risk at the end of life
Wills for heroes
Wise latina Day – Justice sonia sotomayor and the U.s. supreme Court
HoNoR RoLL oF DoNoRs FoR GIFTs RECEIvED juLy 1, 2009 – juNE 30, 2010
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CAPT robert Taishoff, JAgC, UsN (ret.)
health law Cle Program – health Care reform: Are We There yet?
second Annual health law institute regulatory Compliance Program – issues in the Pharmaceutical and medical Device industries
institute of Delaware Corporate and Business law Cle and Webcast – The intersection of Federal Bankruptcy and state Corporate law
law and government institute Presentation – health Care Fraud and Abuse in an era of reform
legal information Center Cle Program – Free and low-Cost online legal research
legal methods Faculty Cle Program –Thurgood marshall: A Persuasive Practitioner, a solicitous scholar, and a Just Jurist
martin luther king Day Commemorative Program – Tribute to the honorable murray m. schwartz
Pennsylvania Bridge the gap Program
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Training and Cle – Understanding the Pennsylvania Parole system: outcomes, operations, objectives
Twenty-Fifth Annual Francis g. Pileggi Distinguished lecture in law – When the government is the Controlling shareholder: implications for Delaware
Fifth Annual raynes mcCarty lecture – health Care reform: The long View
Taishoff Advocacy, Technology and Public service institute Conference – innocence and Forensics
The National Judicial College – Administrative law: Advanced seminar
Annual sports and entertainment law Cle symposium – sports, Film/TV, music, & ethics
United states Veterans Court of Appeals oral Arguments
Veterans law symposium and Cle – Basic Veterans law
Visiting scholar michelle harner – Activist Distressed Debtholders: The New Barbarians at the gate?
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jean m. Eggen, Toxic Torts in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series, Thomson West 4th ed. 2010).
David R. Hodas, et al., Climate Change Law: Mitigation and Adaptation (West Group 2009).
juliet m. moringiello, ed., Bankruptcy Overview: Issues, Law and Policy (6th ed., American Bankruptcy Institute 2010).
Five members of the Widener Law legal writing faculty
captured four of seven competitive summer scholarship
grants, awarded by the Association of Legal Writing
Directors and the Legal Writing Institute. The professors, Alison Donahue Kehner, Mary Ann Robinson, Jean K. Sbarge, Jennifer Lear, and Amanda Smith, represent both Widener Law campuses.
assoCiate proFessor Jill e. FamilY was awarded the national administrative law Judiciary Foundation’s 2010 fellowship.
members of the media solicited the Widener law faculty’s expertise 421 times last year.
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distinguisHed proFessor JoHn C. dernbaCH, left, and robert b. mCKinstrY Jr., the receipients of pba distinguished service awards
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eric solotoff
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ginsburg Properties, llC
hershey entertainment and resorts
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Barry rabin
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James reed
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keith rothman
leaNora ruffin
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edmund scacchitt
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gregory & Carol sciolla
keith e. sealing
irving seltzer
michael shawaryn
michael sherlock & mary schnappauf sherlock
Jane shershenovich
Fred shuker & Carolyn mcDermott
William sloane
randy & Brenda lee
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robert lindefjeld
michael lione & madeline lione
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F. kevin lynch & isabel Warren-lynch
robert mallard
mary Jane mallonee
Francis marshall Jr.
lynn martosella
mary marzolla
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gregory mcCarthy
harry mcCurdy
Joseph mcgowan Jr.
robert mcPherson
William meehan
susan mensch
Todd miller
Amil minor
Frederick & Denise mogel
richard morrissey
richard h. morse
Dorothy muir
Cecilia muneses
maria D. murphy
Cornelius Clement o’Brien iii & margaret o’Brien
John e. o’Brien
kevin & Alice o’Brien
gregory Paglianite
Noelle Palazzo
The hon. Donald F. Parsons Jr. & ethel Parsons
David & Donna Peachey
robert Pearce
kathryn Peifer
Fortunato Perri Jr.
John & lori Nicoletti Peruto
Christian Petrucci
Christopher Platt
William Prickett & elizabeth Prickett
Thomas Puleo
richard handler & susan handler
stephanie l. hansen
edwin & susan Carroll harron
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roger holcomb & Catherine holcomb
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harry P. hurvitz
gregory Jacobs
Clay Jester & Ann Jester
Daniel Johnson
guy V. Johnson & Diane lawson
Patrick and marcia Johnston
hon. Jan r. Jurden
Craig karsnitz & kathiann karsnitz
Benjamin W. keenan
linda l. keichline
eleanor kelly
James & sharon Brady kelley
J. Patrick and Victoria kelly
rosemary killian
stephanie kleinfelter
Joan Taft kluger
michael konowal
David & Cheryle kouser
Christopher koyste
robert krapf
kenneth kristl
Bernard & Nicole kwitowski
ronald Desimone
michael Diamondstein
James & Cathleen Diehm
linda Blanchfield Dillow
Jennifer Dimario
eugene & marie Janton DiPrinzio
Douglas e. Disandro & Patricia Disandro
stuart Doctorovitz
hon. michael A. Donio
rex Donnelly
lisa Duda
karen Durkin & David Twaddell
erin edwards
margaret Fleming england
Christine sudlow ewan
John Fenerty Jr.
Christina Fisher
stephen Fogarty
Ann Fruth
Peter geraghty
lawrence gibson
mary glancey
lee C. goldstein
lisa goodman
ronald graham
eric & ilean grayson
russell hakes
lawrence hamermesh
assoCiate proFessor miCHael r. dimino was one of six faculty to publish a book in 2009-2010.
proFessor JoHn l. gedid was appointed to the pennsylvania bar association Constitutional Convention Commission.
Widener law faculty published 48 articles within the last year. they also published 6 books, 7 book chapters, and 44 other assorted works.
damiano del pino, delaware Campus student bar association president, after being awarded the student pro bono service award by the philadelphia bar association
“Winning the award for the best petitioner’s brief and achieving the overall highest brief score in the competition is really a tribute to the legal writing and research skills Widener has instilled in us.”
Widener law student AlAiNA sChroeDer, on her success with teammate Jim hoppenjans at Fordham University school of law’s 35th Annual irving r. kaufman
memorial moot Court Competition
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Widener laW stUdents continued to exceed our highest expectations for achievement in scholarship, professional development, and pro bono service during the 2009-2010 academic year. They distinguished themselves no less after graduating, maintaining high bar pass rates and gaining
employment in numbers well above the national average.
Their academic successes occurred more often than ever on a national scale. Washington & Lee ranked the Delaware Journal
of Corporate Law first among student-edited law journals
based upon citations in federal and state court opinions under “Corporate Law” and “Business Law” and tenth among 411
specialized law reviews in the united states.
Students from both the Harrisburg and Delaware Campuses excelled in a number of national moot court competitions across the country last spring:
• Angelina Freind, Adrienne Robertson, and Nina Staggers won the best brief award and reached the final round of the
inaugural National Cultural Heritage Law moot Court
Competition sponsored by DePaul University College of Law, in which Ms. Staggers also won the best oralist award.
• Jim Hoppenjans and Alaina Schroeder won the award
for best petitioner’s brief at the 35th Annual Irving
R. Kaufman memorial moot Court Competition held at Fordham University School of Law and achieved the competition’s overall highest brief score.
• Robert Bailey, Jack Spangler, and John “Jack” Sweeney advanced to the semifinals of the Tulane university Law
school mardi Gras Invitational sports Law Competition.
Mr. Spangler was the runner-up for the competition’s best advocate award.
• Valerie Davis, Hillary Prutzman, Katelyn Cutinello, Kathryn Schweitzer, and Kristy Kirk reached the quarterfinal round
in the mid-Atlantic super Regional Round of the jessup
International Law moot Court Competition.
• Anthony Czuchnicki and Peri Fluger advanced to
the semifinals of the 26th Annual Cardozo/BmI
Entertainment and Communications Law moot Court
Competition at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University in New York City.
Leadership and service to their profession and their communities remained priorities for our students in 2009-2010. Harrisburg student Paul Edger was elected Governor of the American Bar
Association Law student Division for the Third Circuit. In this role Mr. Edger represents the interests of more than 5,000 law students from every law school in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to the American Bar Association.
Delaware student Damiano del Pino was honored by the
Philadelphia Bar Association with the student pro bono
service award. Mr. del Pino was instrumental in bringing the Wills for Heroes program to the Delaware Campus, the program’s only Delaware site. Mr. del Pino currently serves as the Delaware Campus’s Student Bar Association president, and has volunteered countless hours for child services and veterans affairs throughout the community.
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The mutual Fire Foundation inc.
The Walter m. strine and Alice Washco strine Foundation
ChANCellors’ ClUB
harriette s. & Charles l. Tabas Foundation
AmBAssADors’ ClUB
ethel sergeant Clark smith memorial Fund
herrmann Family Foundation
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American College of Bankruptcy Foundation
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
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generoso Pope Foundation
Pennsylvania Bar Association healthcare law Committee
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kenyon Charitable Foundation
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lake Tobias Wildlife Park
merrill lynch and Company
metlife
microsoft Corporation
molly Brannigans
reading Phillies Baseball Club
sasha’s hideaway
sass salon & Day spa
ski roundtop
The Boeing Company
The Cellar
The Dunn & Bradstreet Foundation matching gift Program
The Wistar institute
Theatre harrisburg
Thomas J. Carbone insurance Agency
Twin Ponds
Water golf on City island
Widener law Bookstore
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Bedford springs resort
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Allenberry resort inn & Playhouse
Altoona Curve Baseball Club
Antique Automobile Club of America museum
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Columbro Consultation services
Delgrosso’s Amusement Park
Franklin Development group, llC
Fulton Financial Corp.
geiger & loria reporting service
harrisburg senators Baseball Club
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Chance & mcCann llC
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eckert seamans Cherin & mellott, llC
edward Waldron Attorney At law
karen Ann Ulmer, P.C.
law office of eileen Caplan seaman
r A Cooper, llC
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steven P. Barsamian, esq.
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law offices of Jay h. ginsburg, P.C.
law offices of milton W. Brown
michael J. Diamondstein, P.C.
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paul edger, governor of the aba’s law school division, 3rd Circuit, at the Harrisburg student bar association’s 2010-2011 presidential debate
pictured (left to right): nina staggers, assoCiate proFessor leslie JoHnson, angelina Freind and adrienne robertson at the national Cultural Heritage law moot Court Competition sponsored by depaul university College of law
17.7% of the class of 2009 attained judicial clerkships last year. the national average was 8.7%.
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The Cushane law Firm, llC
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The law office of Jon D. hoover
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law offices of John g. malone, esq., P.C.
law offices of michael Crilly
lois J. Dawson, esq.
long & ramsay, P.C.
mangione & Associates, P.C.
mark g. slavis, P.C.
mattioni, ltd.
michael larosa, llC
o’Brien Bower, P.A.
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Prince law offices, P. C.
ragonese, Albano & Viola
robert F. Casey, P.C.
robert m. Adochio,esq.
robert stein & Associates, PllC
robert V. Witsil Jr. P.A.
rodney Walton robinson, Attorney
ronald h. elgart, esq.
ronald k. sharer esq.
ronald l. lueddeke
sawyer gale laughlin & schneider llP
sherry l. horowitz, Attorney At law
simon and lupo Attorneys at law
smith, magram, Berenato, michaud, P.C
steiner law office, P.C.
law Firm of Barry s. rabin
law office of maribeth Blessing llC
law offices of Jerome Capone
law offices of Joseph F. mcgowan, Jr.
law offices of ronald Desimone
law offices of stuart B. Doctorovitz
law offices Phillip l. Van embden
losco & marconi P.A.
mario J. D’Alfonso, llC
michael l. sandul , P.A.
Patricia ronayne, esquire, P.C.
r. Patrick mcPherson, AAl, AlC
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Todd s. miller & Associates
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Alongi & Associates, llC
Andrew J. monastra, P.C.
Badmus immigration law Firm
Berkowitz & raiken
Branigan & ortiz, llC, P.C.
Chatburn & Tighe, P.A.
Clark & Clark, llC
Covey & Associates, P.C.
Cozen o’Connor
Dluge & michetti
Dunn law
gayle J. ryba, P.A.
gusmorino & marx
John D. mcAllister, inc.
Joseph V. Cardona, esq. P.C.
klingensmith & Dolan
law office kathleen s. Chasar
law office Nathan Van embden
law office of Bernard P. hvozdovic, Jr., llC
law office of Denise D. Nordheimer, llC
law office of edwin m. matzkin
law office of scott r. Jay
law office of stanley Werse
law office of William g. massa
law office of William golden
law office scott l. little
law offices marsten and ray
Philip Trainer Jr.
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
C. grainger Bowman
geoffrey gamble
Jacqueline goodwin
CeNTUry ClUB
Peter mattoon
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DoNors
hon. Thomas g. saylor Jr.
NATioNAl ADVisory CoUNCil
leADershiP CirCle
CAPT robert P. Taishoff, JAgC, UsN (ret.)
FoUNDers’ ClUB
Alexander Bratic
JUrisTs’ soCieTy
Dr. robert D. gober
Alice W. strine
ChANCellors’ ClUB
leslee silverman Tabas
AmBAssADors’ ClUB
marc r. Abrams
PArTNers’ ClUB
ronald P. goldfaden
BeNeFACTors
Carl W. Battle
Wayne D. kimmel
Alan B. levin
eugene D. mcgurk, Jr.
leif r. sigmond Jr.
DeAN’s CoUNCil
Claire m. Dematteis
mitchell gurwicz
Timothy J. snyder
James J. Veneruso
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ChANCellors’ ClUB
george miller Jr.
AmBAssADors’ ClUB
Douglas Wolfberg
PArTNers’ ClUB
michael DeFino
richard herrmann
Dr. kathleen mcNicholas
hon. Joseph Walsh
John Wetzel
BeNeFACTors
scott Blissman
eugene mcgurk Jr.
edward micheletti
DeAN’s CoUNCil
hon. raymond Batten
hon. susan Del Pesco
Andrew mck Jefferson
Thomas sager
John schmutz
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
steven Barsamian
Bernard smalley
lee solomon
peri Fluger (left) and antHonY CzuCHniCKi at the 26th annual Cardozo/bmi entertainment and Communications law moot Court Competition at the benjamin n. Cardozo school of law at Yeshiva university in new York City
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Franklin A. miles Jr.
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
kenneth J. lopez
CeNTUry ClUB
robert o. lindefjeld
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rep. Patrick J. murphy
Cynthia r. ryan
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linda l. Ammons
DeAN’s CoUNCil
Dorothy D. hemphill
James r. may
Deborah m. mcCreery
Nathaniel C. Nichols
mary Alice Peeling
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Paula D. garrison
leslie A. Johnson
robyn l. meadows
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Dana l. harrington Conner
Alice e. eakin
Patricia Fox
John l. gedid
michael J. goldberg
susan l. goldberg
robert l. hayman Jr.
roberta F. mann
Nicholas A. mirkay iii
rosemary r. Pall
robert C. Power
CeNTUry ClUB
Barbara l. Ayars
John J. Capowski
Francis J. Catania Jr.
Ann C. Conaway
michael J. Cozzillio
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dean linda l. ammons accepts delaware governor JaCK marKell’s charge to lead the state’s inquiry into statutory and administrative policies governing cases of child sexual abuse.
“this kind of public service is at the heart of what delaware is all about. We value Widener as a great partner.”
Delaware goVerNor JACk mArkell speaking at the dedication ceremony for the new public service wing on the Delaware Campus
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for memBers of the Widener laW commUnity, participation in public service is both a privilege and a responsibility. In 2009-2010, in addition to participating in the law school’s rich variety of clinics and externships, faculty and students embraced volunteerism, serving their communities through a multitude of activities. At Widener, the law is truly an instrument for positive change.
Dean Linda Ammons led the Widener Law community’s pro bono efforts. At the behest of Delaware Governor jack
markell, she undertook and completed an exhaustive
independent review of Delaware’s statutory and
administrative policies and procedures governing child
sexual abuse. The governor’s request came in the wake of a horrific case of serial abuse allegedly perpetrated by a Delaware pediatrician. Following her review, Dean Ammons presented a list of 68 specific recommendations to the governor, which contributed to the enactment of a number of new laws designed to further safeguard Delaware’s children.
On both the Harrisburg and Delaware Campuses, faculty, staff, and students came together to participate in Wills for Heroes
events, which provided pro bono preparation of wills
and other estate planning documents to community first
responders. The Harrisburg event was the first to be held on a Pennsylvania law school campus, and on the Delaware Campus, Widener Law became the Delaware Affiliate of the National Wills for Heroes Foundation and the only law school in the nation to serve in this capacity.
The law school also participated in the yellow Ribbon Program,
a voluntary program through which universities fund
additional tuition expenses that exceed the amount of
the core tuition benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
By participating in this program, Widener Law contributed up to 50% of expenses that exceed the base benefit, and the Department of Veterans Affairs then matched the amount Widener provided for eligible student veterans.
On both campuses, students participated in a number of service initiatives. Funded by grants from the American College of Bankruptcy and the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation, Delaware students, under the supervision of Director of Clinical Programs Nick Nichols, participated in a public awareness campaign that informed seniors of
their rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Students on the Harrisburg Campus likewise participated in the Pennsylvania Public utilities Commission Pro se
Representation Program. Operating under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Civil Law Clinic, students provide low-income consumers assistance in navigating the formal complaint process before the PUC. Harrisburg Campus students again held a successful Relay for Life event to raise money for the
American Cancer society, and students on both campuses responded to the Haiti earthquake crisis with a number of fundraising efforts.
In addition to community service, faculty and staff over the past year have spearheaded efforts to make both Widener Law
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Arlene r. Trapuzzano
Nancy ravert Ward
suzanne l. Watts
serena m. Williams
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ChANCellors’ ClUB
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PArTNers’ ClUB
Anthony Clark
stephen Wirth
BeNeFACTors
hon. ida Chen
Antonio Ciccone
John Clark Jr.
Thomas Nason ii
DeAN’s CoUNCil
robert & kathryn Pincus
Thomas sager
John schmutz & eileen schmutz
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Carroll morgan Carpenter
The late hon. Francis J. Catania
Franklin A. miles Jr.
Anthony morash
hon. William T. Quillen & marcia Quillen
Donald Walsh & Joyce Walsh
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
C. grainger Bowman & sandra Bowman
hon. J. michael eakin
geoffrey gamble
Jacqueline goodwin
h. Barton greenspan
Jean Woodson lodge
Jane P. maroney
hon. Joshua W. martin iii
michael A. monteleone
michael Wolanski
Anna P. hemingway
stephen e. henderson
David r. hodas
sydney T. howe-Barksdale
michael hussey
katherine mason Jones
Alicia B. kelly
Cassandra i. king
susan A. king
John D. kitchen
eric m. kniskern
Ann B. kolodzey
Jennifer m. lear
Todd A. lineburger
The late robert Justin lipkin
edmund B. luce
mary ellen maatman
Denise m. manelski
Doretta massardo mcginnis
Colleen k. mckeone
Judith A. mclaughlin
mary louise morin
Juliet m. moringiello
katharine F. Nelson
Wes oliver
Peggy o’Neill
edward k. osei
Carol A. Perrupato
randle B. Pollard
Thaddeus mason Pope
David raeker-Jordan
susan raeker-Jordan
laura k. ray
Paul l. regan
Christopher J. robinette
mary Ann robinson
linda m. sarro
Jean k. sbarge
mary Catherine scott
michael J. slinger
Verne r. smith
leonard N. sosnov
James W. Diehm
karen Durkin
Ann e. Fruth
russell A. hakes
lawrence A. hamermesh
Patrick J. Johnston
eleanor A. kelly
J. Patrick kelly
kenneth T. kristl
g. randall lee
mary Jane mallonee
mary k. marzolla
Thomas J. reed
Judith l. ritter
leaNora J. ruffin
keith e. sealing
DoNors
Anonymous
molly m. Acri
maggie stewart Adams
mary Allen
reza Amin
Nicole e. Ballenger
D. Benjamin Barros
Ashley N. Barton
lawrence J. Connell
erin Daly
John C. Dernbach
Walter l. Derricotte
robert J. Dolbin
suzanne m. D’orazio
Anthony P. Doyle
Torill Drury
Jules epstein
Tonya m. evans
Jill e. Family
stephen e. Friedman
Alan e. garfield
Diane m. goltz
sandra l. graeff
eileen Ayse grena-Piretti
James r. hampton
dean oF student aFFairs KeitH sealing with members of the student bar association at the Harrisburg Campus relay for life
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campuses more environmentally friendly. These efforts led Widener Law to become one of just five law schools in the
nation to be accepted as a partner in the American Bar
Association’s us Environmental Protection Agency Law
office Climate Challenge. These efforts did not go unnoticed. Indeed, National Jurist Magazine named Widener Law a “Magna Cum Laude” law school for its green practices, placing the law school among the top twelve in the nation.
With the guidance of Professor michelle forzley, seven Widener law students secured summer placements in global health externships or research positions through the World health organization, United nations, or the U.s. department of commerce.
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Alexander & Nancy sarcione
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gary & Joyce Beste
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James & mike mcQueeny
Carl & Arlene Pearce
Francis Pileggi sr.
edward and Anne Waldron
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g. Alan & Denise Nagle Bailey
michael & margaret Jacobs
mark John kenyon
CeNTUry ClUB
Norman Ashworth & Ann Ashworth
Todd miller
John e. o’Brien
David & Donna Peachey
keith rothman
Clare Uses
Virgie Vakil
gerald r. Winton
DoNors
howard Aaronson
Dennis & Darlene Anderson
Vincent & mary Anuw
edward & Tish Applegate
Bernard & elizabeth Barrett
mr. & mrs. Anthony Berosh
emilia Bertugli
Joseph & marie Bonk
Tim & Judie Boyle
Thomas & ellen Carbone
Arthur Carlson
Allen & Debbie Carnes
Jerry & Cynthia Cole
Thomas J. Weiner
henry and leola Weller
michael Wims
Alan & Patricia zarkoski
leo and sybil zeftel
marc T. zubrow
libby zurkow
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lAW sChool AssoCiATes
robert T. greaney
DoNors
gjergji Asllani
Peter g. Aziz
Timothy J. Condus
Donovan J. Deluca
Jeffrey J. Dunn
Caleb C. enerson
Aqua g. etuk
Predrag Filipovic
Adam r. gibbons
Daniel P. hagelberg
Christina m. kontis
Daniel g. kunze
Brian s. legum
mary e. lenti
elizabeth A. mercogliano
Justin A. Patterson
kathryn A. robinson
maeve V. scanlon
kenneth l. Wan
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FoUNDers’ ClUB
Alexander & Ann Bratic
ChANCellors’ ClUB
george miller Jr.
James & eileen mckiernan
kenneth & Augusta mckusick
Judith melman
kerry meluskey
Angella moore & Tracy Borda
Felice C. morgan
James & elizabeth o’Neill
David & Donna orenstein
Pearl osborne
Joseph J. Pellecchia
ernest h. Pescatore
Dr. spencer Phillips
Craig Pogach
Dr. & mrs. steven l. reiner
Joseph & Joan rosenthal
Noel rubinton
Jonathan rudnick
Allan rusten
raymond & loretta santarelli
hon. Thomas g. saylor Jr.
edward schall & rhoda schall
Carl schnee
James W. semple
William A. silver
Frederick simon
r. Bradley & Noreen slease
linda snyder
Phillip & Joan spiegelman
martha F. steel
William & Christine sudell
edwin Tocker
elizabeth m. Tome
guy & susan Townsend
Albert m. Digregorio
lea duPont
Nancy J. Durbin
mary Anne edwards
sarah Farmer
Patricia Fleming
michael scott Ford
edward T. gallagher
Tina georges
Jonathan D. golby
yolanda gomez
richard & helaine gordon
marvin & marcia halbert
Charles & meredith hatfield
Tomi helojoki
robert & kathleen henry
lauren huebner
Vincent & Jenny hughes
Jodi A. hutchinson
Allen l. Johnson
richard & maxine kahn
lorraine A. kendle
Joseph kestner Jr.
margaret m. kraft
elsie C. lawton
meaghen & gilbert leidig
John & Carol lippert
David lodge
gail T. lodge
Jennifer m. lohkamp
Antoinette e. lutz
kathleen lynch
Thomas J. lyons
Cynthia mcCormick
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David Brown
richard Deitrick
lee C. goldstein
hon. Jan r. Jurden
linda l. keichline
Peter mattoon & Joan mattoon
richard h. morse
The hon. Donald F. Parsons Jr. & ethel Parsons
robert Pearce, PhD
Thomas & emily reed
Fred shuker & Carolyn mcDermott
DoNors
heshie and JoAnn Aiello-rudick
Carol A. Ammon
richard and gloria Anthony
Thomas r. Ashley
robert and Dawn Bantivoglio
george Barnett and mary hopper
Darryl & Nancy Barton
robert & elizabeth Beste
marcia Bloomfield
Audrey Boksan
harry & Dana Bosk
mary Beth Brady & Joe Vigorita
James & maria Brierly
henry & leslie Brubaker
rhoda Carp
hon. michael N. Castle & Jane Castle
scott & Jill Chiccino
Brian & Bunny Christopher
Patricia & William Christopher
richard Christopher
J. michael & katherine Connor
Thomas Corrigan
Noriss l. Cosgrove
Dr. Patricia m. Curtin
Terri Dean
Anthony Degrandi
Vincent Delduca
ralph Delucia
Quentin & Jenny Dexter
Philip Difebo
2009-2010 student bar assoCiation president destinY prater and taisHoFF proFessor oF law tom reed counsel a client during the delaware Campus wills for Heroes program.
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samuel J. Costa
michael F. Cotter
Joseph J. Delsordo
robert l. Dluge Jr.
Don A. erlandson
laurence gallagher
Charles gaylor iii
Jay D. goldstein
William e. howell Jr.
richard A. James
michael B. Joseph
Alan F. lehman
gary C. linarducci
Thomas C. louthan
richard s. marx
Charles A. o’Connell iii
g. Carter Pierce
larry s. raiken
Walter Joseph ray Jr.
rodney W. robinson
robert l. rumack
howard h. sherman
mark D. sperber
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m. Jane mahoney
DeAN’s CoUNCil
eileen B. Cooper
hon. Paul P. Panepinto
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
stephen Carroll
William Paul Fedullo
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Alan Belfus
Thomas F. Bullock
Joel Chernock
Charles W. Proctor iii
hon. John. J. o’grady
Anthony J. santoro
Nancy l. stanford
John A. Wetzel
ALumNI DoNoRs By GRADuATING CLAss
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michael g. DeFino
John A. Wetzel
DeAN’s CoUNCil
hon. susan C. Del Pesco
Alan h. Polonsky
rita s. Polonsky
James J. Veneruso
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
steven P. Barsamian
Vincent J. Ciecka
John D. leekley Jr.
kevin P. mcCann
robert Pasquale
louis e. slawe
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
hon. maurino J. rossanese Jr.
CeNTUry ClUB
Dennis l. Citron
george F. Dale
Amil m. minora
hon. Paul r. sacks
edmund J. scacchitti
Anthony J. sciolla Jr.
gregory e. sciolla
William m. sloane
DoNors
Christopher Almy
hon. Dudley N. Anderson
louis J. Arnold
Veronica B. Boettger
Donald C. Brown
Brian Wade
Jude Walsh & maryanne Walsh
Patrick T. Waters
Daniel Whitney & Pamela Johns
eric & lucy Wildrick
mary grace Williams
lawrence s. Wind
David Wingerter
michael & kathy Woodward
Brian & Diane zwaan
WiDeNer lAW legACy soCieTy
For individuals who have included Widener University school of law in their estate planning
hon. robert s. Blasi
Francis J. Clifford
michael g. DeFino
Ann geisheimer
Barton haines
selma hayman
rocco imperatrice iii
Florence kassab
Donald e. matuso
eugene D. mcgurk Jr.
Vincent N. melchiorre
linda Needleman
Joseph Noonan
Brenda o’hern
Craig & Carol Pahls
Douglas Perry
William & loretta Pietrangelo
John & maryanne Post
Warren & Janice Prince
Frank Provanzo
robert & Diane Quietmeyer
The rieben Family
Dan & eileen robinson
John h. robinson
John & roberta ryan
Frank & Judy santo
e. Joseph & gail schlafer
Paige schmittinger
Brian & Cynthia searls
John J. shea Jr.
Jamie spakow
Wanda staggers
richard stanzione
Donald strauch
syamala swaminathan
Thomas & Anne Tauro
mr. & mrs. harry Taylor
Nino V. Tinari
ernest & linda Villa
Daniel T. Coleman
mary ellen & William Conaboy
raymond & ellen Console
robert Cook
William Coopersmith
David Coskey
Anita Czuchnicki
James Darragh
Denise Days
Joseph & kathleen Disanti
Jeffrey & JoAnn Dorry
mark & kimberly Dougherty
Brian Dunlop
Jeffrey & Jody Durr
Curt & hope enerson
David Ferry Jr. & mary Ferry
Dale & sandra glotfelter
george & Cathy gottesman
lee & robin greenspan
David & halina guttridge
Patrick & susan hayes
Joseph & Francesca hoeffel
Christine James
kyvele karpouzis
Thomas & Diane kearney iii
richard & robin kenner
matthew klena
ronald i. kunkel
elizabeth kutschman
mitch lamoureux
Bruce & linda landis
Charles lang
James & Barbara larkin
yoosei & Boksook lee
elliott & Doris leisawitz
Aleta & Norman levine
mindy s. levy
Dimitri mallis
Dan malycke
Armand & Carole mancini
steve & marsha matzura
James & Cheryl mcCarrie
michael & Deborah mcilmail
michael mcmahon
michael myers over 60 widener law students gathered at sam bucca’s in Harrisburg to participate in a nine-ball pool tournament. proceeds from the event went to the red Cross of Harrisburg for relief to Haiti.
assoCiate proFessor tHaddeus mason pope with a Chinese colleague at the december 2009 international Health law Conference at southwest university of political science and law in Chongqing, China.
“We look forward to not only sharing a view of our case management and judicial processes, but also learning how our russian counterparts perform the essential functions of an initial jurisdictional court.”
Chief magistrate of the Delaware Justice of the Peace Court AlAN g. DAVis ‘99, addressing the court’s Annual Judicial education seminar, which in December 2009
hosted a delegation of russian justices at Widener law as part of the open World Project of UsAiD
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By teaching, Presenting, and PUBlishing internationally, Widener Law faculty continued last year to improve the reach of their ideas and expand the law school’s global circle of friends and colleagues. The world came to us as well. Visits by international legal delegations, visiting scholars, and exchange students broadened our perspective and heightened our awareness of international legal and social issues. Our students were hardly content to stay in Harrisburg and Wilmington. They augmented their studies with a range of opportunities abroad.
Professor Larry D. Barnett spoke over the summer at
four Italian universities, presenting his recent research on societal conditions leading to the adoption in Europe of legislation recognizing same-sex partnerships and same-sex marriage. Professor Barnett also presented his work at the International Sociological Association’s annual meeting in Gothenberg, Sweden.
Associate Professor D. Benjamin Barros presented “Negative Causation and Mechanisms,” at the Mechanisms and Causality in the Sciences Conferences held at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England.
Distinguished Professor john C. Dernbach also spent time in the United Kingdom, delivering “Environmental Justice and Sustainability: Setting the Agenda for Legal Education,” the keynote address at the Conference on Environmental Justice in Legal Education, at the University of Warwick, Coventry. Professor Dernbach also spoke at the seventh Colloquium of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Wuhan, China, where he delivered “Progress Toward
Sustainability: a Report Card and a Recommended Agenda” and “Navigating the U.S. Transition to Sustainability: Matching National Governance Challenges with Appropriate Legal Tools.”
In July 2009, Professor john j. Capowski co-chaired the
panel on Interdisciplinary Research and Evidence Law at
the second International Conference on Evidence Law and
Forensic science at the China university of Political science
and Law in Beijing. While there, he presented his paper “China’s Uniform Provisions of Evidence and the Convergence of Civil Law and Common Law.”
In December 2009, Associate Professor Thaddeus mason
Pope and visiting Distinguished Professor michele D.
Forzley joined Dean Linda Ammons at the International
Health Law Conference at southwest university of Political
science and Law in Chongqing, China. Their visit continued to expand Widener’s presence in Asia and highlighted our exchange program with Southwest University, the law school’s newest and first in Asia. It augments programming in Kenya, Switzerland, Australia, and Italy.
In 2009-2010 we were also pleased to host a number of visitors
from abroad. A delegation of Russian jurists visited the Delaware Campus when Widener Law and the Legal Education Institute hosted the Delaware Justice of the Peace Court’s annual Judicial Education Seminar. Faculty on the Delaware Campus hosted and consulted with a delegation of Taiwanese judges and attorneys on a trip organized by the Delaware International Trade and Development Office. In addition to visiting jurists, a new summer international exchange certificate program brought Russian and British students to Widener to study US corporate law.
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hon. William Cecil Carpenter Jr.
Francis J. Clifford
richard T. morrissey
michael J. saile
Dona Wolsko zimmerman
DoNors
James l. Capobianco
Joseph V. Cardona
edward B. Carter Jr.
J. William Ditter iii
Charles halpin iii
Thomas g. klingensmith
ronald l. lueddeke
gerard e. maney
louis P. mellinger
Donald scace Jr.
Andrew s. Wade
Daniel F. Wilton
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visiting distinguisHed proFessor oF law miCHele d. ForzleY (left) with 2010 global Health ambassadors natHan trexler, linda zHang, YuanYou Yang, david walKer and Celisse williams
Academic excellence, as well as the efforts of Visiting Distinguished Professor of Law Michele D. Forzley and the Health Law Institute, secured global health law externships for seven of our students. Their placements and areas of study included the following:
• David Walker with the World Health Organization’s Director of Medicines Department: Comparative study of how countries legislate access to essential medicines
• Celisse Williams with the United Nations’ 2015 Millennium Campaign: Assessment of how UN member countries are working to end extreme world poverty
• Linda Zhang and Nathan Trexler with the International Trade Administration at the US Department of Commerce: Research on emerging legal issues related to the procurement of pharmaceuticals
• Yuanyou “Sunny” Yang with the World Health Organization: Report on health reform in China with a rule-of-law focus
• Kelly Hicks and Ashley Talley with the World Health Organization: Research on the international and domestic laws on controlled substances used in medical treatment
in the last ten years, Widener law faculty have made nearly 90 international presentations.
Jay e. kivitz
roger T. margolis
hon. John J. o’grady
CeNTUry ClUB
Andrew h. Appel
Jerome m. Capone
richard g. handler
gregory r. Jacobs
harry C. mcCurdy
DoNors
Francis P. Bach
John J. Branigan
James r. Columbro
J. Patrick Fitzgerald
michael J. Fromhold
robert C. geller Jr.
A. Jeffrey grob
Dean C. Johnson
edward J. mcglinchey Jr.
Pamela C. meitner
hon. margaret T. murphy
Frank J. rubinate
mark g. slavis
kenneth J. slomienski
lawrence s. Wind
Charles e. Woolson Jr.
ClAss oF 1978
AmBAssADors’ ClUB
marc r. Abrams
BeNeFACTors
eugene D. mcgurk Jr.
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
spiros e. Angelos
lee A. solomon
richard e. Weltman
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
g. Alan Bailey
James J. mcgann
Teresa A. miller
Bruce m. mundorf
CeNTUry ClUB
matthew J. Connahan
hon. michael A. Donio
Francis marshall Jr.
John e. o’Brien
Thomas i. Puleo
Phillip s. Van embden
DoNors
John g. Achille
robert m. Adochio
James B. Bechtel
Jeffrey s. Brown
robert r. Burke
leslie Noftsinger Coates
Thomas P. Collins
Wendy C. Dignazio
Joseph Flickinger iii
Ann e. green
A. richard heffron
edward J. leonard
Daniel J. maisano
suzanne m. mcDonough-Boggia
Alan h. Paikin
susan F. Paikin
Wayne Partenheimer
Andrew e. Di Piero Jr.
eugene A. DiPrinzio
Douglas e. Disandro
Donald A. emeigh Jr.
David J. Ferry Jr.
m. scott gemberling
Patricia e. hall
guy V. Johnson
Joseph T. labrum iii
kathryn luce labrum
mark mattia
Thomas x. mcAndrew Jr.
Janis r. melfi
Bernadette mooney-Burns
Jesse lawn Pleet
mitchell J. shore
David m. Taylor
ClAss oF 1982
BeNeFACTors
Carl W. Battle
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Don s. ginsburg
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Carolyn Badger Uliase
Thomas r. Uliase
CeNTUry ClUB
kathiann e. karsnitz
rosemary k. killian
Joseph J. risi
Jeffrey k. sprecher
Frances merino West
DoNors
Alexis l. Barbieri
Carolann J. Dougherty
matthew A. eldridge
eric l. episcopo
marsha A. Frederick-Fritz
ruth Parzen goldberg
richard J. gordon Jr.
Andrew D. rahaim
Thomas h. ramsay
Jeffrey stuart roth
Barbara C. siegell
Vernon A. Taylor
roger r. Ullman
Weeun Wang
robert V. Witsil Jr.
robert F. zane
ClAss oF 1981
ChANCellors’ ClUB
george k. miller Jr.
DeAN’s CoUNCil
robert A. honecker Jr.
Timothy J. snyder
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Cary l. Flitter
CeNTUry ClUB
John J. Barr
michelle C. Berk
Wayne John Carey
John T. Carroll iii
mary Vinciguerra D’Ambrosio
CeNTUry ClUB
Joseph A. Alacqua
William J. heimbuch
sharon B. kelley
gregory C. mcCarthy
William A. meehan
Frederick r. mogel
kevin A. o’Brien
Philip V. sarcione
mardi r. Thompson
DoNors
elisa A. Bongiovanni
John s. Campbell
June C. Cipressi
gerald e. Darling
Jane F. engler
William D. himmelreich
scott r. Jay
Joseph h. Jones Jr.
John r. kancilia
hon. kathleen C. lucas
John meighan
William F. merz
Barry F. Penn
DoNors
mary Androski-maric
Frank Farmer Jr.
Brian T. Fischer
raymond J. hancock
John Franklin hartzel
sherry l. horowitz
Timothy P. inemer
laurence i. levinson
henry r. minissale
robert A. mosakowski
Joseph F. murray
Cynthia r. ryan
gary i. spivack
marilyn e. sternstein
michael J. Valoris
John k. Welch
Jack l. Werbler
ClAss oF 1980
BeNeFACTors
Alan B. levin
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Bernard W. smalley
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
hon. maureen F. Fitzpatrick
Barbara silver hutcheon
Charles s. knothe
hon. marianne ossmer mizel
David T. Videon
gary m. Perolman
hon. irvin J. snyder
Jerry h. steiner
William J. Underwood
William B. ziff
ClAss oF 1979
JUrisTs’ soCieTy
Dr. robert D. gober
ChANCellors’ ClUB
leslee s. Tabas
DeAN’s CoUNCil
hon. raymond Batten
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
steve Parsons
Charles Peruto Jr.
CeNTUry ClUB
mario J. D’Alfonso
karen Durkin
stephen r. Fogarty
eric l. grayson
harry P. hurvitz
Clay T. Jester
James A. kelley
David s. kouser
michael B. lione
F. kevin lynch
susan e. mensch
James C. reed
michael l. sandul
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russian Judges of the leningrad region at the delaware Justice of the peace Court’s annual Judicial education seminar
gregory J. rubis
gail o’Neal shuey
Philip A. steinberg
Peter e. Warshaw
ClAss oF 1987
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Carolyn mary mcNeice
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Andrew l. schaeffer
DoNors
Justin P. Borkowski
Carl V. Buck
louis m. Cambria
C. salvatore D’Alessio
gary B. eidelman
John W. hollawell
Walter J. klekotka
Cynthia kassab larosa
michael D. larosa
Brian P. meehan
Joseph A. Paone
marcia e. sless
ClAss oF 1988
DeAN’s CoUNCil
John m. Pachkowski
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Jay h. ginsburg
maria A. moffa
CeNTUry ClUB
hon. John P. Capuzzi
Teresa A. Cheek
Fortunato N. Perri Jr.
Alann m. ramirez
DoNors
scott e. Chambers
Patricia A. ebner
Joseph e. ruth
Joseph J. santarone
W. scott simonton
Perry h. sobel
ClAss oF 1986
DeAN’s CoUNCil
Dr. Philip l. rothbart
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
hon. george W. overton
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Arthur l. Dent
selma hayman
Theodore T. kurlowicz
CeNTUry ClUB
Frank C. DePasquale Jr.
Daniel P. Johnson
John m. Peruto
lori Nicoletti Peruto
DoNors
glenn lamont Blackwell
Brian J. Collins
richard A. Diliberto Jr.
Anthony giambrone Jr.
Vincent J. giusini
William J. golden
Jeffry B. herman
Jane A. kane
gerald m. klein
Craig s. laughlin
William g. massa
edwin m. matzkin
John D. mcAllister Jr.
karen A. myszka-ostberg
karen s. Norris
Arthur s. Novello
laurie susan Polleck
John l. Pund Jr.
Anne m. rigney
ClAss oF 1985
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
samuel Ariel landy
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
martin J. sendek
CeNTUry ClUB
ronald A. Amarant
Alan N. Cooper
Joseph F. mcgowan Jr.
Cornelius Clement o’Brien iii
irving seltzer
DoNors
michael P. Albano
Peter J. Barnes iii
kathleen m. Conover
Thomas Joseph DiPilla Jr.
lawrence T. Foti
marita malloy hutchinson
kathryn marie Jakabcin
Bruce W. Joseph
Dorothy h. lin
Thomas V. mcDonough
stephen r. Permut
Beverly A. Plutnick
Anthony r. repici
CeNTUry ClUB
Joseph D. Burke
kathleen m. Burke
ronald Desimone
lawrence J. gibson
roger m. holcomb
Daniel r. losco
DoNors
hope B. Bernstein
William A. Burns
harriet l. Chappell
Anne Covey
lois J. Dawson
samuel s. Driver
ronald h. elgart
Francis m. hadden
Vicki Ann hagel
michael kaplit
Judith malin
Paul masciantonio
michael s. morris
Natalie Pouch-kavetsky
maureen Touey Thede
robert edward Ulaky
richard J. laiks
John g. malone
John r. mcCarnan
mark D. Phillips
Buck smith
David sobotka
Nanci olivere Weber
leon A. Williams
Francis leonard zarrilli
ClAss oF 1983
DeAN’s CoUNCil
W. Bruce hemphill
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
gary r. gremminger
Thomas r. savitsky
CeNTUry ClUB
linda Blanchfield Dillow
robert J. krapf
Barry s. rabin
mary m. sabulsky
mary schnappauf sherlock
DoNors
michael J. Cunningham Jr.
David r. Finkel
Carl e. Funk
ellen l. glass
michael A. maucher
Jeffrey C. mcCullough
Thomas P. mcgovern
harry D. mcmunigal
Joan Jeffein miller
Philip r. rosenfeldt
gerard k. schrom
lynn l. smith
Tempe B. steen
Barry J. Tomlinson
Nathan Van embden
ClAss oF 1984
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
J. scott Watson
proFessor JoHn CapowsKi at the second international Conference on evidence law and Forensic science at the China university of political science and law in bejing
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newly-appointed multicultural affairs officer antHonY d. pledger
“Widener is proud to have advanced beyond the ‘talking’ phase of the need for a more diverse bar and bench and to have moved to the ‘action’ phase, where we are able to demonstrate leadership and a commitment to effecting real change.”
DeAN liNDA AmmoNs, speaking at the opening of the 2010 JUrisT Academy, a Widener summer program that encourages minority undergraduates
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in feBrUary of 2010, we welcomed Anthony D. Pledger to the law school. As the school’s new multicultural affairs
officer, Mr. Pledger coordinates a range of activities that highlight issues of diversity at the law school and in our community. His plate is full. In 2009-2010, we continued to improve access to legal education for historically underrepresented groups, promote awareness of diversity issues in the legal profession, and further our commitment to diversity among our students through minority scholarships. Our efforts range from pipeline programs for minority high school and college students, to continuing legal education for practicing attorneys, to efforts at ensuring our student population continues to reflect more accurately those whom the legal profession serves.
Over the past year our diversity pipeline programs continued to promote the possibilities of legal education and careers to groups historically underrepresented in the profession. The juRIsT Academy opened for the third year on the Delaware Campus, introducing minority undergraduates to the practice of law and educating them about the law school admissions process. The DuPont Diversity Pipeline Program
again paired Widener Law students and volunteer attorneys from Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor with minority students from Wilmington’s Howard High School, exposing them to legal issues and legal careers through mentoring and visits to the Delaware campus. These programs complement the student
Bar Association’s long-running Diversity Pipeline, which exposes area high school students to the profession through interaction with Widener Law students and participation in a mock trial competition. We also continued to support students from historically underrepresented groups, awarding the
inaugural Dean’s minority scholarship to first-year student
Roshin Thomas.
Widener Law continued to draw attention to the need for increased diversity throughout the legal profession by hosting continuing education events and honoring legal practitioners who have championed the cause of equality. In March 2010, we held the 4th Annual Dean’s Leadership Forum on
Diversity on the Harrisburg Campus. This daylong event focused on diversity in central Pennsylvania and featured renowned academics, practicing attorneys, and corporate officials addressing a variety of issues related to equality in the workplace. The law school also recognized the efforts and accomplishments of the Honorable murray m. schwartz,
retired chief judge for the united states District Court in
Delaware, by presenting him with the first martin Luther
King jr. semester of service Award. Judge Schwartz was instrumental in the desegregation of New Castle County schools in the late 1970s and was honored at Widener Law by a panel of speakers who recounted his work for equality in Delaware.
Todd m. Bales
John F. Brady
lois m. Campana
lisa J. Cappolella
martin s. Coleman
Joan P. Depfer
Nancy B. Distefano
Dale s. Douglas
John r. evans
sharon o’Neill Finnegan
leonard N. Florio
James D. gaumond
John P. gilligan
keith g. gomer
James J. haley Jr.
michael T. hamilton
Joelle P. hitch
Jeffrey r. hoffmann
Nadia m. Jannetta
Curtis C. Johnston
David A. kase
Nancy A. koroly
scott r. lipson
Denise marone
Cecilia m. mcCormick
Joseph P. mcDonald
Peggy mckeon
Andrew John monastra
maureen A. ostien
Derek A. Popeil
mary k. schwemmer
Daniel s. sweetser
John m. Tereniak
Douglas J. Tkacik
Cynthia F. Towers
Joseph P. Walsh
Jeffrey s. shorr
Wade F. suthard
scott P. Towers
stanley F. Werse
michele Punturi yarnoff
Vincent s. ziccolella
ClAss oF 1991
DeAN’s CoUNCil
mary Alice Peeling
John l. reed
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Barbara Trevisan Ardizzone
renae B. Axelrod
Todd e. Conner
gretchen C. gilchrist
hon. m. Desales haley reis
CeNTUry ClUB
martin g. Belisario
maribeth Blessing
lisa A. Duda
ronald m. graham
michael J. konowal
maria D. murphy
Patricia m. ronayne
DoNors
Pamela s. Allen-Wilson
Paul A. Alongi
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
michael J. Brown
matthew gitterman
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Dale s. Ardizzone
milton W. Brown
Peter Chamas
lisa m. Jaeger
michael e. Joyce
CeNTUry ClUB
Barbara komar Ayars
Peter r. geraghty
richard r. White
DoNors
Joel B. Albert
emmanuel J. Argentieri
maureen Cleary Argentieri
Jeremy s. Bannister
elizabeth D. Berenato
mary Fagan Caloway
robert s. Cosgrove
Paul r. Darkes
lisa m. haly
Joseph A. Juliana
melisa keller-silver
kathleen m. miller
James J. ruggiero Jr.
DoNors
Ann m. Badmus
Brian A. Carlis
edward J. Cermanski
martin P. Convery
Faith P. Diliberto
roseanne raimondo Duffy
louis s. Flocco
maryAnn T. Johnson
mary Ann Jordano
Jeffrey l. klein
Bari s. krein
Timothy r. lawn
John Paul lynch
Paul T. Porrini
helen m. richards
michael g. sabo
michele squires sherman
Francine zuzzolo Taylor
Francis x. Wickersham
ClAss oF 1990
BeNeFACTors
leif r. sigmond Jr.
laurence r. Feinstein
Jennifer l. hekking
katherine F. mulcare
edward obertubbesing
Charles e. o’Connor Jr.
michael s. Paul
marvin A. robinson
Arlene B. rubin
Paul F. schaaff
Jonathan shub
larry D. sullivan
Theodore J. Tacconelli
David A. Williams
ClAss oF 1989
leADershiP CirCle
CAPT robert P. Taishoff, JAgC, UsN (ret.)
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
Vera m. holmes
Philip Trainer Jr.
CeNTUry ClUB
William l. Prickett
in the last three years, widener law has brought hundreds of minority aspiring legal professionals to campus for a preview of law school and legal professions through the Jurist academy, dupont diversity pipeline, and other high school pipeline programs.
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michael N. mcginnis
maria C. mclaughlin-sisofo
David A. miller
george J. ozorowski
michael s. Pavlick
linda s. Pellish
Brian J. Preski
Anne e. reigle
kevin r. shannon
C. russell h. shearer
Peter s. Taub
James m. Tressler
Nikolaos i. Tsouros
Thomas o. Williams
ClAss oF 1993
BeNeFACTors
Joel J. Feller
DeAN’s CoUNCil
Andrew mck. Jefferson
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
sharon r. lopez
CeNTUry ClUB
richard e. Burridge
Curtis J. Crowther
Jude T. Walsh
Diane m. Willette
David g. Wilson
michael k. yarnoff
ClAss oF 1992
JUrisTs’ soCieTy
Alice W. strine
DeAN’s CoUNCil
Claire m. Dematteis
Brenda A. James
robert e. mcCann
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
leslie A. Johnson
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Dana l. harrington Conner
gerald B. halt Jr.
michael P. reid ii
CeNTUry ClUB
John F. Fenerty Jr.
Ann e. Fruth
Joan Taft kluger
Christopher s. koyste
lynn m. martosella
eric s. solotoff
gerald F. strubinger Jr.
rebecca W. Tulloch
DoNors
Craig e. Bennett
russell D. Bowman Jr.
Joseph Cagnoli Jr.
Thomas r. Chesnick
Jeffrey l. Dashevsky
Alice A. Deck
martin T. Durkin Jr.
Coleen m. Fadden
lisa g. Faden
linda squadroni galella
eileen Ayse grena-Piretti
Bernard P. hvozdovic Jr.
gregory J. kelley
Andrew C. lynch
lisa l. Coleman
Carol A. Crisci
Nan A. Davenport
William J. erle
Daniel T. gallo Jr.
Tracy l. henry
edward l. Jones
William W. keffer
mark J. kogan
Antonella m. madonia
Douglas T. marx
Jeffrey W. mcDonnell
marjorie s. roshkoff
gayle J. ryba
raymond J. santarelli
mary Catherine scott
David J. shannon
Joseph B. siedlarz
Joseph B. silverstein
kenn B. Tacchino
Nancy A. Whan Tong
ClAss oF 1995
BeNeFACTors
Jonathan P. Bigley
Wayne D. kimmel
DeAN’s CoUNCil
mitchell gurwicz
heather Doheny Jefferson
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
karen A. Ulmer
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
kenneth J. lopez
rick s. miller
min s. suh
Charles D. Williams
susan J. scutti
robert Torres
hubert C. Whan Tong
ClAss oF 1994
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
eileen Caplan seaman
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
James V. mcmahan iii
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
kathy l. Banfield
michele F. Conte
lisa B. goodman
Craig A. hoogstraten
robert P. mcPherson
Jennifer l. miller
Charles N. shurr
DoNors
Timothy Aloysius Adams
margie A. Anderson
William Anklowitz
susan Davidson Borden
W. Benjamin Broadwater
rae s. Campagnola
susan g. Clark
robert o. lindefjeld
Cecilia m. muneses
Frances r. roggenbaum
Donna szuszczewic Van Blunk
henry e. Van Blunk
DoNors
Donald g. Brabson
steven Carabases
ronald r. Cowell
kerri A. Daily
Peter J. Daley ii
Connie i. Flauaus
Deborah Nitzberg harad
stephen Daniel harper
Joan N. hook
Dariel m. Janerette
David s. kogos
kenneth m. lipowitz
maureen T. marron
stacy J. martin
John r. matlusky
David m. mcCanney
richard l. morris Jr.
Thomas J. o’malley
michael A. Penn
marykay rauenzahn
Jurist academy students with dean ammons, CHun Jang of Fredericks lathan, ernest tuCKett of dupont, and proFessors sYdneY Howe-barKsdale and iva JoHnson Ferrell
pictured (left to right): the Honorable tHomas l. ambro of the united states Court of appeals for the third Circuit, proFessor CatHerine J. lanCtot of villanova law school, proFessor JoHn g. CulHane, the Honorable murraY m. sCHwartz, dean linda l. ammons, proFessor robert l. HaYman Jr., the louis l. redding Chair and professor of law & public policy at the university of delaware leland ware, and then executive director of the delaware aClu drewrY nasH Fennell, esq. at the 2010 martin luther King day Commemorative program
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edward P. seeber
Janene m. smith
Jacqueline h. stiles
kevin h. Teffeteller
robert C. Trichilo
raymond J. Warburton
Barry h. Williams
A. Judd Woytek
linda harver young
Julie A. yutesler
ClAss oF 1996
AmBAssADors’ ClUB
Douglas m. Wolfberg
PArTNers’ ClUB
Bruce m. monroe
BeNeFACTors
James C. Bohorad
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Damian s. Jackson
stephen l. klincewicz
CeNTUry ClUB
harold P. Anderson
Patrick C. Barry
m. Blake Cleary
michael J. Diamondstein
DoNors
Frank x. Acocella
Britt e. Anderson
CeNTUry ClUB
rex A. Donnelly
edwin J. harron
susan C. harron
scott A. holt
Paul A. lefebvre
mary k. marzolla
Christian m. Petrucci
DoNors
Anthony F. Cantarella
kathleen s. Chasar
steven l. Chung
Carolyn g. Connors
lani m. D’Agostino
Frank r. emmerich Jr.
John A. Feichtel
Frances h. Ferrara
steven B. Fisher
Carol l. gallagher
Felicia Anne gojmerac
David C. kennedy
Thomas m. krick
scott lamarr little
Diane magram
michael r. Nestor
Brian m. Nixon
John C. Pasquantino
Christal A. Pike-Nase
Jeffrey r. ramberg
James m. reeder
yvonne Takvorian saville
ClAss oF 1999
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
robert r. Delong Jr.
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Diane m. Andrews
DoNors
Chase T. Brockstedt
Jeanne m. Brown
Andrew s. Dashevsky
karen r. ellsweig
Barbara l. Feudale
kristen m. Fraser
Jon D. hoover
eric m. kniskern
James m. kron
kao h. lu
heather mayer
rep. Patrick murphy
marlo Pagano-kelleher
scott T. reese
James m. robinson
ronald k. sharer
gregory J. spadea
kristopher T. starr
Claire s. swift-Voigt
Amy m. Vanni
Denise s. Vicario
ClAss oF 2000
lAW sChool AssoCiATes
holly m. Barbera Freed
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Donald A. smith
William r. snell
Brett W. macDonald
Carl A. malatesta
Carl J. minster
michael J. mullen
lisa A. Puglisi
T. Andrew rosen
kelly klimkiewicz swartz
Daniel A. Toadvine
Justin B. Wineburgh
ClAss oF 1998
BeNeFACTors
Brendan D. ratigan
CeNTUry ClUB
henry P. Butehorn
Christopher J. Platt
raymond l. rodriguez
DoNors
Wilson king Barnes iii
kathleen m. Breslin
Ann mcgee Carbon
Thomas e. Dowey
Niels C. eriksen
Paula A. Fontello
morgan A. holtman
leslie W. knapp Jr.
maryanne m. lewis
Aaron T. marshall
mark J. o’Brien
John D. Pirnot
Jason C. Powell
Brad s. sahl
Patricia A. shatynski
Jennifer C. Uzzi
Patricia A. Widdoss
Joel D. Beach
Varvara lesu gokea
richard F. goldenziel
David i. goodfriend
susan kessock
Carol A. ryan livingood
kenneth F. mitchell
Dr. stephanie (Tomasso) oscarson
irwin siegel
Carl s. Wexler
ClAss oF 1997
PArTNers’ ClUB
harry Dillon madonna
BeNeFACTors
scott e. Blissman
Tanya C. Blissman
edward B. micheletti
CeNTUry ClUB
Alissa Balotti Anderson
Christine sudlow ewan
stephanie e. kleinfelter
Jane shershenovich
orville r. Walls iii
DoNors
Van Barnette
marilyn h. Bromels
michael g. Crilly
Barbara J. Dietrich
Daniel e. lohr
“We are delighted Justice saylor has agreed to take on this role. he is an expert at constitutional theory and its actual application in the world of legal practice. he will give our students hands-on advice and counsel that will add an important component to the law & government curriculum.”
ProFessor JohN l. geDiD on the law school naming JUsTiCe ThomAs g. sAylor Distinguished Jurist in residence
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the law school named pennsYlvania supreme Court JustiCe tHomas g. saYlor distinguished Jurist in residence.
in 2009-2010, our campuses hosted 71 symposia, CLE programs, conferences, and other scholarly and professional events. Our students, faculty, and guests came to meet and learn from experts in their fields, distinguished jurists, and elected officials at the local, state, and national levels. Rarely has our role as a hub for scholarly research and inquiry, reasoned debate, and professional development been so pronounced.
We witnessed the law in action and at some of its highest levels. The Delaware supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases in the Delaware Campus’ Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. In the same venue, the u.s. Court of Appeals
for veterans Claims heard oral arguments in the case of Posey v. Shinseki. For our students and visitors, the proceedings and the question and answer sessions that followed provided invaluable insight.
Pennsylvania supreme Court justice and Distinguished
jurist in Residence Thomas G. saylor delivered his lecture,
“The Nature of judging,” in Harrisburg, and the Delaware Campus honored a group of regional jurists, many of them Widener Law alumni, for the 3rd Annual judges Day. We were also honored to host Michigan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Markman, Delaware Superior Court Judge John A. Parkins Jr., and others.
Judges also came to learn, as Widener Law hosted the
National judicial College, which welcomed administrative law judges for a four-day Administrative Law Advanced Seminar, taught by National Judicial College faculty, including Dean Linda Ammons.
The law school honored retired Delaware Judge Helen S. Balick for her contributions to bankruptcy jurisprudence. Dean Linda Ammons hosted the installation of judge Balick’s portrait
and announced the forthcoming Helen s. Balick Business
Bankruptcy Chair. This capped a daylong program entitled “The Intersection of Federal Bankruptcy and State Corporate Law,” which featured Harvey R. Miller of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as its keynote speaker and four panels of bankruptcy experts. It was one of several activities that focused bench and bar on the topic. In Harrisburg, the 4th Annual john L. Gedid Lecture,
entitled “Rethinking Bankruptcy Law in the Aftermath of
a Financial Crisis,” was delivered by melissa B. jacoby, the
George R. Ward Professor of Law at the university of North
Carolina school of Law. The event honors Professor Gedid for his longtime service and leadership. The law school also marked the 25th anniversary of the Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished
Lecture in Law, a premier corporate law forum for practitioners, judges, and academics, presented annually by the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. The lecture, “When the Government is the Controlling Shareholder: Implications for Delaware” was delivered by Edward B. Rock, the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Expertise was by no means limited to corporate law, however. We learned from top scholars and practitioners in health law, including Princeton university Professor Paul starr, who
gave the 5th Annual Raynes mcCarty Lecture, “Health Care Reform: The Long View,” as well as experts in legal technology, environmental law, constitution law, and others.
pictured (left to right) proFessor robert C. power, associate dean of faculty research and development for the Harrisburg Campus; alumnus william nettles ’92, u.s. attorney for south Carolina; and assoCiate proFessor J. palmer loCKard ii, director of the Harrisburg itap program
melvyn h. rothbard
stephen J. Wenger
DoNors
kelly l. Bender
Donald J. Bowman Jr.
Timothy P. Brennan
elaine F. Duffus
Jennifer m. endrzejewski
James s. green Jr.
Charlotte P. hameka
rochelle m. howard
Catherine s. lajoie
Troy e. larson
Darryl J. liguori
Joshua k. losey
Chunsheng lu
melissa A. Bevan melewsky
Denise D. Nordheimer
ronald g. Poliquin
sally Nuttycombe rutherford
marc B. samuelson
Nancy l. stanford
ClAss oF 2004
CeNTUry ClUB
gary D. Berg
Benjamin W. keenan
Bernard T. kwitowski
Dorothy e. muir
DoNors
robert F. Casey
Timothy g. Daly
Antoinette T. Flora
Amy l. groff
stephanie Derr imbesi
michael P. mineo
michele C. o’Dowd
Peggy o’Neill
Peter m. Vaughn
ClAss oF 2005
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Bret D. keisling
ClAss oF 2002
DeAN’s CoUNCil
Todd Victor Clark
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Craig C. DeFazio
CeNTUry ClUB
margaret Fleming england
robert W. mallard
kathryn J. Peifer
DoNors
Cindy r. Becker
Jonathan P. Cohen
michael J. Dolan
Dianne l. elliott
Deborah J. galonsky
Joy Abbot inkpen
Dale T. Jenkins
Wendy moragne
James l. Newman
heather l. Nicoletti
riki r. redente
Brandon D. richards
michael l. saile Jr.
N. randall sees
roger J. Traversa
D. Patience Welch
Christopher D. zalesky
Jennifer zimmerman
ClAss oF 2003
BeNCh AND BAr ClUB
Bruce george
CeNTUry ClUB
george A. Bibikos
kristen r. Bibikos
Deborah A. Cooper
erin A. edwards
mary P. glancey
gregory W. Paglianite
CeNTUry ClUB
Jennifer D. Armstrong
stephanie l. hansen
DoNors
David r. Alperstein
lindsey Dickinson Baynard
Amanda l. Brinton
Diana Clift Cebrick
Cherriel N. laidley
Tiffany g. lydon
Jamie m. magnani
susan m. Potts
Julie e. steinbacher
Patrick W. straub
meredith r. Weisel
ClAss oF 2001
CeNTUry ClUB
michael F. shawaryn
heather A. Tereshko
DoNors
Nicole e. Ballenger
Vincent l. Champion
lisa l. Coggins
sarah e. Diluzio
matthew P. Domines
michael B. grasso
hina haq
John F. kennedy
Paul m. lambrecht
kathryn m. laughlin
matthew B. lunn
susan Doney mack
michael T. mcglone
michelle m. o’hanlon
stacia A. ritter
Joan D. samuel
mark A. schiavo
Barbara m. smith
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We were also joined by a number of public office-holders. Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn, and members of their administration were present on several occasions. Delaware senator Edward E. Kaufman
lectured the Delaware campus faculty, launching the fall 2009 slate of faculty development events, and in Harrisburg, u.s. Attorney for south Carolina William C. Nettles ‘92
delivered the Distinguished Lecture on Trial Advocacy and
Professionalism to students participating in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at the Harrisburg Campus.
The Local Leaders series, co-sponsored by the faculty of the
law school and the student Bar Association, again brought
influential area leaders to the Delaware campus. Speakers in this series over the past year included Teresa Mason, Chief of Staff for the Delaware Attorney General; Benjamin Strauss ’90, then-president of the Delaware Bar Association; former Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner; and New Castle County Executive (now U.S. Senator) Chris Coons.
Widener law hosted 71 conferences, symposia, cle programs, and other scholarly, professional development, and public service events last year.
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ClAss oF 2007
DoNors
kimberly A. Allen
John D. Cirrinicione
Thomas A. Cushane
leo l. Dunn
lee C. Durivage
Justin k. edelson
elizabeth A. Flaherty
kara m. guzzetti
Nicole s. hartman
John herman
Amy C. huffman
edward m. Janzekovich
richard P. lomurro
Joshua h. meyeroff
Tara mondelli
kimberly k. moraski
meghan A. Perry
lauren A. Pisapia
robert F. Poppiti
stephen W. ries
John P. sanderson iii
Christopher F. schellhorn Jr.
Thomas A. Uebler
michael J. Veneziani
Charles B. Vincent
CeNTUry ClUB
Joshua h. Burg
stuart B. Doctorovitz
Noelle Palazzo
monté T. squire
DoNors
Deborah e. Ballantyne
sarah J. Brown
matthew J. Butler
Jimmy C. Chong
Patrick J. Collins
michael J. Dennin
Barbara l. gauger
Benjamin m. hoffman
marci m. mcNair
John s. Pontius Jr.
Devera B. scott
Jennifer stonerod
edward l. Valio
Jennifer l. Walker
henry m. Weinfeld
ClAss oF 2006
PArTNers’ ClUB
Dr. kathleen W. mcNicholas
DoNors
meredith Allie-gordon
sara e. Auerbach
mitchell r. Ayes
rahat N. Babar
ryan D. Briskin
Angela m. Coxe
Corinne m. Foley
Valerie l. Francks
Jeanne m. gibson
Billie Jo A. matelevich-hoang
James k. matelevich-hoang
suzanne D. montgomery
keli m. Neary
lisa m. Pectol
geoffrey F. sasso
louis A. Totino
elizabeth A. Tucker
geoffrey k. White
Jennifer A. Berosh
Alicia A. Blankenship
Christopher J. Bonk
yury Byalik
grant Cannon
ryan s. Carlson
Jorge l. Conforme
katelyn e. Cutinello
krista l. Deats
kusha A. Desai
kim A. De Tombeur
matthew eyet
megan C. Fram
Amy m. glass
Amanda l. golia
Alina habba
robert D. kinnear
Nekeshia m. maloney
steven J. matzura
kimberly k. mcewen
matthew J. mchugh
grace C. Nguyen
lauren m. o’Connell
eid e. Qaqish
richard e. remson
michael C. rovito
Nicole m. santo
Diana C. schimmel
Bianca A. smith
steve snair
Dana C. suter
mia C. Tinari
Jonathan m. Villa
shawn-ryan White
Clifford P. yannone
ClAss oF 2009
CeNTUry ClUB
Anthony J. Capone
Jennifer N. Bergin
elvira N. Berry
matthew A. DeNucci
sonya Dore
Catherine m. Dotto
Amy l. Dreibelbis
erin k. grady
elissa A. greenberg
kelly l. lombardo
regina m. matozzo
Amy J. miller
mark m. saltzburg
morgan l. seward
Jarrett Vine
hui-Ju Wu
ClAss oF 2010
CeNTUry ClUB
reena Pushpangadan
DoNors
Jason D. Alterbaum
mary Ann Andrews
Alexander F. Becker
ClAss oF 2008
CeNTUry ClUB
Jennifer l. Dimario
Christina m. Fisher
DoNors
Anonymous
Brian T. Cagle
Tamika A. Crawl-Bey
rolando A. Diaz
katharina earle
Clarissa l. Freeman
michelle l. groleau
robert l. hawkins
Bonnie A. hershberger
lindsay r. Janel
Christopher e. Jones
Joy l. kolodzi
Danielle k. kuzminski
steve J. kwon
Daniel A. mancini
Thomas l. mcglaughlin
eyad mizian
James e. moore
Troy A. riddle
Douglas J. Welty
ian P. Wetzel
dean linda l. ammons and national Judicial College participants
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Dr. Kathleen W. McNicholas
Carol A. Ammon
Thomas r. Ashley
robert & Dawn Bantivoglio
george A. Barnett
robert & elizabeth Beste
mary Beth Brady & Joe Vigorita
Carroll morgan Carpenter
hon. michael N. Castle & Jane Castle
scott & Jill Chiccino
Brian & Bunny Christopher
richard T. Christopher
William & Patricia Christopher
Thomas Corrigan
Noriss l. Cosgrove
Dr. Patricia m. Curtin
Dr. Vincent Delduca Jr.
Quentin & Jenny Dexter
lea C. du Pont
Philip Difebo
Nancy J. Durbin
mary Anne edwards
edward T. gallagher
michael J. goldberg & Anne goldberg
richard & helaine gordon
eileen Ayse grena-Piretti
Charles & meredith hatfield
Tomi helojoki
robert & kathleen henry
HoNoRARy GIFTsWidener law alumni and friends contributed generously in honor of the following individuals and programs.
Dean Linda L. Ammons
leslee silverman Tabas
James Columbro
Columbro Consultation services
Caleb Enerson
Curt & hope enerson
Linda Hahs Flaharty, for her 35 years of service to Widener University School of Law
The Widener law Faculty, staff, and Alumni
Vanessa George
Brenda o’hern
Jacqueline R. Kaplin
John & roberta ryan
Ray J. Hancock
raymond hancock
Joseph A. Kutschman III
elizabeth kutschman
Ken Lipowitz
kenneth lipowitz
Harry C. McCurdy
The Family of harry C. mcCurdy
local leaders series participants teresa mason (left) and former delaware governor rutH ann minner (right)
(From left) delaware supreme Court Justices Jack b. Jacobs, Carolyn berger and Henry du pont ridgely
george & mary hopper
lauren J. huebner
Vincent & Jenny hughes
Jodi A. hutchinson
Allen l. Johnson
lorraine A. kendle
Joseph F. kestner
margaret m. kraft
Carla laub
gilbert & meaghen leidig
David lodge
gail T. lodge
Jean Woodson lodge
Jennifer m. lohkamp
Antoinette e. lutz
Thomas J. lyons
Christopher & susan Aitken mascioli
Cynthia mcCormick
kevin & Deborah mcCreery
eugene D. mcgurk Jr.
James & eileen mckiernan
James & elizabeth o’Neill
ernest h. Pescatore
James W. semple
r. & Noreen slease
martha F. steel
edwin Tocker
guy & susan Townsend
Charles m. Townsley Jr.
Thomas J. Weiner
Alan & Patricia zarkoski
marc T. zubrow
Louis & Sally Mangione
mangione & Assoc. PC
Maryanne F. Post
maryanne h. Post
Barbara Valavanes, in honor of her 85th birthday
Tina georges
kyvele karpouzis
Widener University School of Law Veterans Law Clinic
linda l. keichline
Doris Zinck
Wise
mEmoRIAL GIFTsWidener law alumni and friends contributed generously in memory of the following individuals.
Dean Alfred Avins
gregory Jacobs
Esther Clark
John Clark Jr.
law office of eileen Caplan seaman
Judges W. Richard Eshelman & Frederick Edenharter
Jeffrey & Jane sprecher
Paul O. Karpouzis
Tina georges
Prof. Robert J. Lipkin
Bob & eileen Cooper
Thomas & emily reed
Hon. Charles P. Mirarchi, Jr.
JoAnn & heshie Aiello-rudick
scott & Tanya Blissman
marcia Bloomfield
Branigan & ortiz, llC, P.C.
henry & leslie Brubaker
John D. Cirrinicione
ralph Delucia Jr.
Albert m. Digregorio
laurence r. Feinstein
First Judicial District Court Common Pleas Board of Judges
Patricia D. Fleming
marvin & marcia halbert
eugene mcgurk Jr.
Denise marone
law offices of Brad sahl P.C.
law offices of ronald Desimone
mattioni, ltd.
Angella moore & Tracy Borda
David & Donna orenstein
Noelle Palazzo
Craig B. Pogach
stephen W. ries
The Paul group, llC
William A. silver
George W. & Muriel D. Overton
hon. george overton
Jerry Shields
green Watch institute
Nicholas Patinos, Constantine Kermes, & Rita Snyder
kyvele karpouzis
Jeffrey S. Welch ’78
hon. James J. mcgann
Jeff schmidt, director of the pennsylvania chapter of the sierra Club, speaks at the Harrisburg dedication of the environmental law Center.
“Quite frankly, everything i’ve been able to achieve, and everything i set out to achieve, i was able to accomplish because the delaware law school of Widener University came into being and because of people like you who are here tonight allowed me that opportunity.”
CAPT robert P. Taishoff, JAgC, UsN (ret.) ‘89, receiving the outstanding Alumnus of the year Award at the April 2010 35th Anniversary gala
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35 years after oUr first gradUating class’s commencement, we find our law school fundamentally changed from the one in which they enrolled in 1971.
This change is the result of their investment, that of every alumna and alumnus that came after them, and the dedicated efforts of Widener Law’s friends and family. Our growth and success have been made possible because of their generous financial assistance, their volunteerism, and their many interventions on our behalf. While we may be able to quantify these contributions, we cannot overstate their value to Widener Law or our gratitude for them.
The 2009-2010 fiscal and academic year was characterized by these good works. It was a year, fittingly, that began with the dedication of the Delaware Campus’ new public service
wing, a facility made possible by a generous 2008 Longwood
Foundation grant. Our faculty and students provide thousands of pro bono service hours each year at this facility. Its completion coincided with the launch of a series of new initiatives and the continuation of several longstanding commitments, all made possible by our alumni and friends.
john A. Wetzel ’75, through a very generous combined cash and planned gift, created the John A. Wetzel Endowed Scholarship Fund. The fund will provide scholarship support for deserving students who have taken nontraditional routes to law school admission. It is both an acknowledgment and an enlargement of the law school’s longstanding willingness to support promising, highly qualified candidates for the bar, regardless of the path they have followed to law school.
The sierra Club, through one of the most substantial gifts to a Harrisburg Campus program in the law school’s history, enabled us to establish the Harrisburg Environmental and Natural Resource Law Clinic, a critical component of the new, dual-campus Environmental Law Center.
The Barra Foundation supported our Health Law Institute’s establishment of the Health, Education, and Legal Assistance Project: A Medical-Legal Partnership (HELP:MLP) in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Ethel sergeant Clark smith Foundation also provided valuable support for this program.
The Bank of America Foundation renewed its support for the Public Interest Resource Center’s Financial Literacy Education Program (FLEP) in Wilmington.
Leslee Silverman Tabas ’79 was instrumental in securing a major gift from the Harriette s. & Charles L. Tabas Foundation.
The gift establishes the Leslee Silverman Tabas and Richard S. Tabas COVEAR Community Awareness Project, a critical resource for domestic violence education and advocacy.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and morris james
LLP continued their longstanding support for the law school’s diversity pipeline programs.
Ashby & Geddes, Bayard, P.A., mark R. Abrams ’78, Cole,
schotz, meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A., Ferry, joseph
& Pearce, P.A., and Landis Rath & Cobb LLP added their names to the list of the Helen S. Balick Business Bankruptcy Chair’s generous supporters. Firms funding the chair now number 11. They are joined by a number of generous individuals.
alumni award recipients at the april 2010 35th anniversary gala
E. John Wherry, Jr.
Anthony Degrandi
elsie C. lawton
kenneth & Augusta mckusick
Felice C. morgan
o’Brien Bower, P.A.
Thomas & emily reed
steven & Debra reiner
robert stein & Associates, PllC
simon and lupo Attorneys at law
elizabeth m. Tome
The Wistar institute
michael Wims
Charles Zencey
green Watch institute
ALumNI EvENT sPoNsoRs
35Th ANNiVersAry gAlA
Abington reldan metals
Anapol schwartz
William e. Averona, P.C.
renae B. Axelrod
mr. and mrs. robert Axelrod
steven B. Barsamian
Beneficial savings Bank
Calcom Technologies
Cape investigations
Center for Forensic economic studies
Cescaphe Ballroom
Jimmy Chong
Cibik & Cataldo
Cozen o’Connor
Crest roofing
D’Angelo restaurant
DePasquale law offices
Jennifer Dimario
DiPiero Court reporting
Dispute resolution institute llC
DVFg Advisors
edelstein martin & Nelson
electronic reporting stenographic
esquire solutions
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The American College of Bankruptcy and the American
College of Bankruptcy Foundation again enabled the Delaware Civil Law Clinic to provide the Financial Advocacy Program for Seniors.
Dr. Robert Gober ‘79 provided a generous gift that funded a remarkable campus improvement in Delaware: the Dr. Robert Gober ‘79 Legacy Fountain and Plaza. He continues to be joined by hundreds of alumni and friends who have placed commemorative pavers at the site.
Last year, a number of individuals, law firms, corporations and foundations provided particularly generous support for the Widener Law Fund, the unrestricted fund that provides the law school invaluable budgetary flexibility. They were led by the Walter m. strine and Alice Washco strine Foundation,
Alexander Bratic, George K. miller, Page, Wolfberg & Wirth,
LLC, and the mutual Fire Foundation Inc.
In a year of so many fulfilled opportunities, it was perhaps only fitting that on the 35th anniversary of its commencement we recognized the class of 1975, whose embrace of a key opportunity launched our law school. They and the law school will commemorate their efforts with a stained glass window, dedicated to the Delaware Law School and placed in the Alfred Avins Special Collections Library. Moreover, in April the Widener Law community gathered in Philadelphia for a 35th Anniversary
Gala and alumni awards ceremony. Awards presented at the event included the following:
Alumnus of the Year Award: CAPT Robert P. Taishoff ’89, usN, jAGC (ret.)
Outstanding Recent Alumna Award: Corinne m. Foley ’06
Outstanding Service Award: Damian s. jackson, Esq. ’96
Lifetime Service Award: The late Honorable Charles P. mirarchi jr.
Widener Law Legacy Awards: A. Charles Peruto sr., Esq., Alexander v. sarcione
sr., Esq., the late Honorable G. Fred DiBona,
and the late Thomas s. Lodge, Esq.
the law school awarded $4.2 million in scholarship and other financial aid to its students last year.
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IN APRIL OF 2009, the family of the late Hugh B. Pearce gathered with alumni, faculty, and staff to mark the 20th Annual Hugh B. Pearce Trial Advocacy Competition. The annual event was named in memory of Mr. Pearce, a Widener Law student, promising advocate, and helicopter pilot who died in a 1989 Delaware National Guard helicopter crash. Twenty years later, the gathering of his friends and family was at once a celebration of his life and the launch of a new effort in his name: the Hugh B. Pearce Memorial Scholarship.
Among those present was Leif R. Sigmond Jr. ’90, a friend of Mr. Pearce’s and the architect of the new scholarship. Since that day, Mr. Sigmond, a partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, has not only contributed generously to the Pearce Scholarship Fund but has worked tirelessly to recruit the support of alumni and friends. With the help of the Hugh Pearce Scholarship Committee, Mr. Sigmond has reached out through phone calls, letters, and at alumni gatherings, helping the scholarship fund reach its halfway mark in just a year and half. Of his efforts, he says, “I am honored to do my small part in helping to establish this scholarship in Hugh’s name. Hugh was a great friend whom I miss to this day. My hope is that this scholarship will keep Hugh in the hearts and minds of his Widener family forever.”
If you are interested in contributing to the Hugh B. Pearce Memorial
Scholarship, please contact Rosemary Pall, Esq. at 302.477.2169.
donor Profile
leif r. sigmond Jr. ’90
leiF r. sigmond Jr. ’90 with mrs. arlene pearCe, mother of the late HugH b. pearCe, and dr. robert pearCe, the late mr. pearCe’s brother, at the 20th annual Hugh b. pearce trial advocacy Competition
F. kevin lynch, esq.
harrington & harrington
hockfield hasner Weiss & rosenberg
imperatrice, Amarant, Capuzzi & Bell
industrial Valley Abstract Company
James DeCrescenzo reporting llC
kaplan leaman & Wolfe
kappa Alpha Psi
karen Ann Ulmer, P.C.
kenneth l. Baritz & Associates
kenneth r. schuster & Associates
kent & mcBride
The killino Firm, P.C.
kogan Trichon & Wertheimer
law office of Jay h ginsburg
law office of W. Bruce hemphill
law offices of kenneth N. Brodsky, llC
law offices of Proctor lindsay & Dixon
law offices of stephen J Negro
law offices of stuart B. Doctorovitz
lawyers Funding
leonard sciolla hutchinson
lori hynson Acct management
magna legal services
marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & goggin
mcCormick & Priore
medical legal reproductions inc
messa & Associates P.C.
National Association of independent land Title Agents
Northwestern mutual insurance Co
omni Abstract Agency llC
Palmarella, Curry & kelly, P.C.
honorable Paul P. Panepinto
meghan A. Adams Perry
Peruto Family
Precision reporting inc
larry raiken
raynes mcCarty
recordTrak
remax 2000
richard A. kennedy Associates
richard Cappelli, esq.
stephen W. ries
ron Panepinto Jewelers
rothberg & Federman P.C.
Jonathan saidel
seagull legal services
stewart Title guaranty Company
summit Court reporting
swartz Campbell
Transperfect legal solutions
Trenchtech
Union hospital of Cecil County
United American insurance group
AlUmNi AssoCiATioN BoArD meeTiNgs
renae B. Axelrod
Cozen o’Connor
Anne m. madonia
keNT & sUssex AlUmNi reCePTioN
Diane m. Andrews
NeW Jersey AlUmNi CoCkTAil reCePTioN
michael V. Benedetto
robert A honecker, Jr.
NorTherN NeW Jersey AlUmNi BreAkFAsT
ronald P. goldfaden
WiDeNer WomeNs’ NeTWork
Anapol schwartz
miriam B. Barish
kimberley kluchnick
mattleman Weinroth & miller
katharine mayer
mcCarter & english
FiFTh ANNUAl hArrisBUrg AlUmNi AND FrieNDs golF oUTiNg
AACA museum
Allenberry inn & resort
Altoona Curve
ArAmArk
Avon (compliments of mary lou morin)
Blissman Family
Blue mountain outfitters
Buchanan ingersoll & rooney PC
Char’s Bella mundo
Delgrosso Amusement Park
Five star golf
geiger & loria reporting service
harrisburg senators
hershey Bears
k&l gates llP
lake Tobias Wildlife Park
lakemont Park
lightman Welby stoltenberg & Caputo, Attorneys at law
manada golf Club
molly Brannigans
omni Bedford springs resort
Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, llC
Panera Bread
ProActive settlement solutions
reading Phillies
sasha’s hideaway
sass salon and Day spa
ski roundtop
sutliff Cadillac.hUmmer.saab
The Cellar
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Alice W. strine
leslee silverman Tabas
CAPT robert P. Taishoff
James J. Veneruso
richard P. zaretsky
DeAN’s miNoriTy ADVisory CommiTTee (DelAWAre)
maria e. Bermudez
michael A. Brown
Priscilla A. Chatman
Jimmy C. Chong
James e. elam iV
Cheryl l. gaston
gretchen C. gilchrist
robert l. hawkins
Carol A. herring
Vera m. holmes
emeka igwe
Damian s. Jackson
Brenda A. James
hon. Joel s. Johnson
Cherriel N. laidley
Jennifer levy-Tatum
Cecilia m. muneses
hon. george W. overton
rodney D. ray
scott W. reid
Troy A. riddle
hon. Calvin l. scott
everette l. scott Jr.
Bernard W. smalley, sr.
monté T. squire
min s. suh
Damon g. Tyner
orville r. Walls iii
richard k. Washington Jr.
leon A. Williams
DeAN’s DiVersiTy BoArD (hArrisBUrg)
Thomas e. Brenner
monica D. Cliatt
samuel T. Cooper iii
Vera Cornish
hon. Pedro A. Cortés
Prof. michael J. Cozzillio
hon. randy J. holland
Andrew mck. Jefferson
Peter m. mattoon
Dr. kathleen W. mcNicholas
edward B. micheletti
george k. miller Jr.
The late hon. Charles P. mirarchi Jr.
kathryn J. Peifer
scott W. reid
Thomas l. sager
hon. Thomas g. saylor
John F. schmutz
hon. gregory m. sleet
Bernard W. smalley sr.
hon. lee A. solomon
Benjamin strauss
Philip Trainer Jr.
hon. Joseph T. Walsh
John A. Wetzel
Douglas m. Wolfberg
NATioNAl ADVisory CoUNCil
marc r. Abrams
michael J. Aiello
howard k. Alperin
miriam Benton Barish
Carl W. Battle
kyle D. Bowser
Alexander Bratic
michael A. Brown
Claire m. Dematteis
Dr. robert D. gober
ronald P. goldfaden
mitchell gurwicz
N. lynne hughes
Wayne D. kimmel
Alan B. levin
robert o. lindefjeld
kenneth J. lopez
James J. maron
eugene D. mcgurk Jr.
Franklin A. miles
U.s. rep. Patrick J. murphy
Cynthia r. ryan
leif r. sigmond
Timothy J. snyder
Theatre harrisburg
Twin Ponds
Water golf on City island
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2009-2010 GovERNING AND ADvIsoRy BoARDs
For serViCe To The lAW sChool BeTWeeN JUly 1, 2009 AND JUNe 30, 2010
we are exceptionally fortunate. during the 2009/10 academic and fiscal year, roughly 1,000 alumni and friends volunteered their time and their talents to widener law. the law school put their expertise to good use on governing boards, in moot court competitions, in pro bono service programs, and in myriad other ways.
they are too numerous to include here in full. below we have listed widener law’s governing and advisory boards, whose leadership and guidance is indispensable to our law school. we invite you to view the full Honor roll of service online: http://law.widener.edu/honorroll
to all our volunteers, thank you. Your contribution to the law school and our students is truly priceless.
BoArD oF oVerseers
eugene D. mcgurk Jr., Chair
renae B. Axelrod
steven P. Barsamian
hon. raymond A. Batten
scott e. Blissman
C. grainger Bowman
hon. m. Jane Brady
michael g. DeFino
hon. susan C. Del Pesco
geoffrey gamble
Jacqueline g. goodwin edD
hon. Philip A. gruccio
richard k. herrmann
larry s. raiken
stephen W. ries
Joseph J. santarone
Jennifer stonerod
Angela Taylor
karen Ann Ulmer
eNViroNmeNTAl lAW CeNTer ADVisory BoArDThomas Au
Donald Brown
Joel Burcat
John Cellucci
Jeremy Firestone
mary Ann grena
stephanie hansen
Debbie heaton
Philip hinerman
Todd lineburger
stephen madigosky
Dave markell
Verne smith
David sunday
marianne Tyrrell
heAlTh lAW iNsTiTUTe ADVisory BoArDAdam l. Balick
Deborah e. Ballantyne
Jennifer gimler Brady
eileen m. Coggins
John g. Culhane
Deborah Datte
Andrew J. Fichter
Dr. linda gilliam
C. mitchell goldman
Bruce hartman
katherine B. kravitz
Donald legreid
Dr. evan y. liu
Dr. kathleen mcNicholas
stephen r. Permut
Arnold J. rosoff
Barry sickels
Dr. robert A. simmons
stanton smullens
ronnie solomon
Peggy Tighe
John r. Washlick
mozelle e. Daniels
karen Durkin
sheila Dow Ford
Prof. Tonya evans
Trent hargrove
renardo l. hicks
Jacqueline Jackson-Degarcia
sharon r. lopez
Vice Dean robyn l. meadows
Franklin A. miles
Donald morgan
Tyrone Powell
Peter speaks
hon. Jeannine Turgeon
Derrick P. Williamson
laToya C. Winfield
AlUmNi AssoCiATioN BoArD oF DireCTors
renae B. Axelrod, President
steven P. Barsamian
hon. raymond A. Batten
Tanya C. Blissman
hon. richard m. Cappelli
John Cirrinicione
Frank C. DePasquale, Jr., Vice President
kenneth D. Federman
Catherine N. harrington
W. Bruce hemphill
Christopher A. iacono
emeka igwe
Damian s. Jackson, secretary
John F. kennedy
F. kevin lynch
Anne m. madonia
lynn m. martosella
Cecilia m. mcCormick
Jeffrey W. mcDonnell
Frank J. mcgovern
maria C. mclaughlin
James F. metka
Anna Darpino morris
Noelle Palazzo
hon. Paul P. Panepinto
Jonathan e. Peri
Charles W. Proctor iii
Fy10 FINANCIAL ovERvIEW Fy10
revenues
expenditures
Endowment Funds $2,446,705
Annual Giving $1,176,856
Capital Projects $235,063
Special Projects $2,288,336
Grand TotalJuly 30, 2010$6,146,961
Funding Goal$12,000,000
$323,250 26% Foundations and Family Foundations
$290,455 23% Other Organizations
$276,839 22% Corporations and Law Firms
$233,675 18% Alumni
$137,287 11% Parents, Friends, Faculty, Staff and Students
FY08 FY09 FY10$2
12,4
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$222
,001
$233
,675
92.1% Net Tuition Revenue
3.9% Endowment Revenue
2.8% Miscellaneous
0.7% Annual Giving*
0.5% Investment Income
43.53% Instructional
14.66% Academic Support
12.28% University Services
10.15% Maint.-Operations
8.77% Institutional Support
5.72% Student Services
4.02% Depreciation
0.70% Debt: (Interest, fees & other)
0.26% Auxiliary Enterprises
*includes charitable gifts for operating funds only. excludes gifts for endowment, capital, and other projects.
legAl eDUCATioN iNsTiTUTe ADVisory BoArDmargaret m. Adams
laura Ahtes
roger A. Akin
Nicole e. Ballenger
Wendy s. Cathers
mindy s. Cohen
Donna m Colarulo
Angela r. Conway
Jennifer Duffy
Amy goodman
michael J. hawley
hillary heebner
Anthony iannini
m. resha Jeneby
steve martin
Deborah m. mcCreery
Peggy o’Neill
erin e. rybicki
karen ellison
Paula A. Wright
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Endowment Funds $2,446,705
Annual Giving $1,176,856
Capital Projects $235,063
Special Projects $2,288,336
Grand TotalJuly 30, 2010$6,146,961
Funding Goal$12,000,000
$323,250 26% Foundations and Family Foundations
$290,455 23% Other Organizations
$276,839 22% Corporations and Law Firms
$233,675 18% Alumni
$137,287 11% Parents, Friends, Faculty, Staff and Students
FY08 FY09 FY10
$212
,436
$222
,001
$233
,675
92.1% Net Tuition Revenue
3.9% Endowment Revenue
2.8% Miscellaneous
0.7% Annual Giving*
0.5% Investment Income
43.53% Instructional
14.66% Academic Support
12.28% University Services
10.15% Maint.-Operations
8.77% Institutional Support
5.72% Student Services
4.02% Depreciation
0.70% Debt: (Interest, fees & other)
0.26% Auxiliary Enterprises
Fy10 FINANCIAL ovERvIEW Fy10
$323,250 26% Foundations and Family Foundations
$290,455 23% Other Organizations/ Fundraising Consortia
$276,839 22% Corporations and Law Firms
$233,675 18% Alumni
$137,287 11% Parents, Friends, Faculty, Staff and Students
FY08 FY09 FY10
$212
,436
$222
,001
$233
,675
Fy10 ALumNI GIvING Fy10 GIFT DoLLARs By souRCE
Endowment Funds $2,446,705
Annual Giving $1,176,856
Capital Projects $235,063
Special Projects $2,288,336
Grand TotalJuly 30, 2010$6,146,961
Funding Goal$12,000,000
$323,250 26% Foundations and Family Foundations
$290,455 23% Other Organizations
$276,839 22% Corporations and Law Firms
$233,675 18% Alumni
$137,287 11% Parents, Friends, Faculty, Staff and Students
FY08 FY09 FY10
$212
,436
$222
,001
$233
,675
92.1% Net Tuition Revenue
3.9% Endowment Revenue
2.8% Miscellaneous
0.7% Annual Giving*
0.5% Investment Income
43.53% Instructional
14.66% Academic Support
12.28% University Services
10.15% Maint.-Operations
8.77% Institutional Support
5.72% Student Services
4.02% Depreciation
0.70% Debt: (Interest, fees & other)
0.26% Auxiliary Enterprises
LAW sCHooL ComPREHENsIvE CAmPAIGN: Progress to Date
Widener law’s comprehensive campaign will provide its students and the broader legal community a range of new resources and opportunities. now at more than halfway to our goal of $12 million, we would like to express our gratitude to those who have brought us this far and to those who will take us the rest of the way. for more details about the campaign and how you can help, please contact us at 302.477.2172.
Endowment Funds $2,446,705
Annual Giving $1,176,856
Capital Projects $235,063
Special Projects $2,288,336
Grand TotalJuly 30, 2010$6,146,961
Funding Goal$12,000,000
Endowment Funds $2,446,705
Annual Giving $1,176,856
Capital Projects $235,063
Special Projects $2,288,336
Grand TotalJuly 30, 2010$6,146,961
Funding Goal$12,000,000
$323,250 26% Foundations and Family Foundations
$290,455 23% Other Organizations
$276,839 22% Corporations and Law Firms
$233,675 18% Alumni
$137,287 11% Parents, Friends, Faculty, Staff and Students
FY08 FY09 FY10
$212
,436
$222
,001
$233
,675
92.1% Net Tuition Revenue
3.9% Endowment Revenue
2.8% Miscellaneous
0.7% Annual Giving*
0.5% Investment Income
43.53% Instructional
14.66% Academic Support
12.28% University Services
10.15% Maint.-Operations
8.77% Institutional Support
5.72% Student Services
4.02% Depreciation
0.70% Debt: (Interest, fees & other)
0.26% Auxiliary Enterprises
*includes charitable gifts for operating funds only. excludes gifts for endowment, capital, and other projects.
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