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St. John's Law Alumni Association

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

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

  • Alumni Association Annual Luncheon

  • Class Reunions

  • Fall and Spring Golf Outings

  • Subway Series Baseball Game

  • Alumni Networking Receptions

  • Alumni Association Chapter Events

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

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

Affinity Chapters

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Published annually, St. John's Law magazine shares Law School news and spotlights the activities and achievements of our alumni, students, and faculty. The most current issues and any past issues can be found on the St. John's Law Magazine page.

More Information for Alumni

Alumni Association Board of Directors 2024 - 2025

Officers

President
James D. Herschlein ʹ85

Vice President
Lisa Chun '00

Vice President
Thomas Foley '93

Vice President
**Megan Quail '13

Treasurer
Darryl W. Gibbs '00

Secretary
**Christopher J. Eisenhardt '16

Directors
Ashlee M. Aguiar ʹ16
Samantha Alessi ʹ11
Dr. Vincent C. Alexander '75
*Andrea M. Alonso ʹ81
**Florina Altshiler ʹ05
Christopher Arcitio ‘17
Michael A. L. Balboni ʹ84
**Brian S. Behar ʹ84
Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa ʹ61, ʹ87HON
Jasmine L. Brown ʹ19
*Nicholas M. Cannella ʹ75
Victoria Cantrella ʹ10
*Ralph Carter ʹ14
*Hon. P. Kevin Castel ʹ75, ʹ04HON
Shantel M. Castro ‘16
Francis A. Cavanagh ʹ07
*Hon. Alfred C. Cerullo, III ʹ86
Stephanie Yeh Chan ʹ12
Olivia Cheung ʹ17
Hon. Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick ʹ67, ʹ03HON
John P. Clarke ʹ57
*Anthony J. D’Auria ʹ60
Hon. Raymond J. Dearie ʹ69, ʹ08HON
Meryl Diamond ʹ99
**Nicholas A. DiMarco ʹ18
Hon. Genine Edwards ʹ92
**Michael P. Enea ʹ19
Hon. Randall T. Eng ʹ72, ʹ16HON
**Daniel Fisher ʹ10
*Steven J. Gartner ʹ84
Daniel Gilpin ʹ17
Michael H. Goldsmith ʹ91
Kpish Goyal ʹ07
*Robert J. Gunther, Jr. ʹ84
*Richard F. Hans ʹ93
Lisa M. Harris ʹ07
Michael Henry ’97
*Alan B. Hodish ʹ89
**Christopher Hoffman ʹ07
**Scott T. Horn ʹ91
*Michelle M. Johnson ʹ05
*Richard J. Kane ʹ65
Ashley Kloepfer Lavoie ʹ11
**Keren B. Baruch Longo ʹ17
**Paul Majkowski ʹ94
*Hon. Guy J. Mangano ʹ55, ʹ83HON
Thomas Maroney ʹ80
*Lourdes Martinez-Cipolla ʹ92
*Alain V. Massena ʹ00
*Michael X. Mattone ʹ91
**Claire McKeever ʹ93
*Maura A. McLoughlin ʹ91, ʹ06HON
**Scott E. Mollen ʹ72
**Joseph V. Moreno ʹ99
William Ng ʹ07
**Robert A. O’Hare, Jr. ʹ93
**Mark T. O’Rourke ʹ02
**Donald A. Ottaunick ʹ83
Kristopher Peters ‘20
*Thomas J. Principe ’73
Ikhwan Rafeek ’08
Juan C. Restrepo ʹ07
*Hon. Reinaldo E. Rivera ’76, ’06HON
*Peter T. Roach ’78
Gary Rosner ’95
Megan Ryan ’05
Tianja Samuel ‘13
Maurice Sayeh ’17
Hon. Joanna Seybert ʹ71
Andrew J. Simons ʹ65
Chanel F. Smith ʹ16
Prof. Margaret V. Turano '77
**Robert Ungar ʹ87
**Frank Vazquez ʹ94
*Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil ʹ83
Alfred M. Williams ʹ14
David Wollmuth ʹ87
Ashley C. Zangara ʹ16
Kathryn Zunno-Freaney ʹ06

  * Past Presidents
** Chapter Presidents

Alumni Referral Program

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

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

Alumni Job Postings

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

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

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

Prominent Law Alumni

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paul S. Pearlman '78
Partner, Zeughauser Group

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glenn Goldstein '91
President, Related Retail

Christopher Jaskiewicz '96
President and CEO, ICON Orlando 360

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Valerie Capers Workman '90
Chief Legal Officer, Handshake

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Deceased