University of BaltimoreSchool of Law

-The-Eighty-Ninth-

CommencementMay 16, 2016

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

“”- Alexander Hamilton

PRELUDE Selections from the Riverside Brass Quintet Repertoire

PROCESSIONAL “Trumpet Voluntary”Henry Purcell

WELCOMING REMARKSDean Ronald WeichPresident Kurt L Schmoke

GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTSRegent David Kinkopf

COMMENDATION OF LAW FACULTYProvost Darlene Brannigan Smith

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALUMNI COMMUNITY Darryl L Tarver, J.D. ’14

REMARKS BY VALEDICTORIANJennifer E Daly

PRESENTATION OF LAW FACULTY AWARDS Dean Ronald WeichRecipients:Jennifer E DalyCarisa Hatfield

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Dean Ronald Weich

ADDRESSStephen B Bright, president and senior counsel, Southern Center for Human Rights

CONFERRING OF DEGREESPresident Kurt L Schmoke

HOODING OF GRADUATESProfessor John BesslerProfessor Gilda Daniels

ANNOUNCING GRADUATESAssociate Dean Amy SloanProfessor John Lynch

RECESSIONAL “Hornpipe” from Water MusicGeorge Friedrich Handel

CLOSING REMARKS Dean Ronald Weich

MUSICIANS

Riverside Brass Quintet:Joseph DePasquale, Randy Martell, JerryPeterson, Bernard Robier,Tony Settineri

MARSHALS

Professor Robert Lande: MacebearerProfessor Eric Easton: LL.M. MarshalProfessor Fred Brown: LL.M. MarshalProfessor Byron Warnken: J.D. Marshal

”- The Hon. Pamila J. Brown, J.D. ’79,president, Maryland State Bar Association

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SUMMA CUM LAUDE

*Graham M Bennie

*Katherine M Bloom

*Meredith K Boram

*Michael Brook

*Paul D Burgin

*Jennifer E Daly

*Ashley Lynn Ensor

*Catherine R Florea

*Emily R Greene

*Alexander M Hughes

*+Harry C Jones III

*Nida Kanwal

*Eugene D Kim

*Nicole M Kozlowski

*+Lauren Elizabeth Lake

*Jonathan W McGowan

*Christopher J Monte

*Philip A Motsay

*Jessica Lynn Swadow

*Meaghan K Vernick

*Jillian K Walton

*Lauren S Wood

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Samantha N Ardinger

Ama K Asare

+Michael J Berman

Allyson N Bloom

Matthew O Bradford

+Alexander I Castelli

+Molly J Cross

Kurt N Davidson

Brittany Favazza

*Nicholas J Fearnow

James G Fegan III

Margaret O Fogarty

Gregory A Franklin

Kimberly R Frazier

Dustin C Furman

Paul D Furrer

Logan H Haarz

Carisa A Hatfield

Allen E Honick

*Daniel S Jones

Devon J Miller

Alexander O Powell

Lawrence R Rachuba II

Edward H Richardson

*Ame P Roberts

Brittany L Strickland

Christopher C Tsui

+Kris Vallecillo

Lisa L Walker

*Sonya Angela Walker

Yaakov E Weissmann

CUM LAUDE

Kymberleigh V Albites

Maame A Amponsah

Taylor W Beckham

Glenn Harrison Bliss II

Ashley M Bond

Vernon D Brownlee

Peter S Buas

Charlotte Ahearn Clarke

Elizabeth A Crawford

Alexa E Curley

+Melissa J De Leon

A legal education makes life more interesting. It allows you to see things that others may not see and understand things

that others may find incomprehensible.

Photo courtesy of AF Images Creative Photography

Jacob W Deaven

Susan K Deckelboim

Ruby Devine

Molly Evans

Michael Fretwell

Sophie G Gage

Kimberly M Grant

Michael F Gross III

+MaKayla Hanington

Barry A Harris

Christina L Harris-Schlecker

Sean P Hatley

April Lane Inskeep

Marybeth R Irons

Eric Seong Su Kim

Dimitri C Kotzias

Jacob B Land

Bridgette B Lane

Brianne N Lansinger

Steven J LeVine

David Z Lomke

Frank P Lozupone III

+Matthew J Matechik

+Duncan May V

Caitlin McAtee

Rebekah S Mears

William E Muir Jr

Kush S Patel

Deanna J Poole

Alexandra L Queener

Elsy M Ramos Velasquez

Alexandra J Rickart

Janelle Riddick

Kyauna Skinner

Shannon A Stern

+Christopher P Stock

Christopher M Sweeney

Justin Tepe

Allison A Terry

Michael B Vanek

Melissa Ann Vanni

Emily DeVinny Weil

Caylin A Young

MASTER OF LAWS

IN TAXATION

Eric M Bielitz

Jessica M Gorsky

Rochelle N Lastrape

Kaitlyn A Loughner

Dallas J Settle

Paul Andrew Snyder

Laura F Stein

MASTER OF LAWS –

LAW OF THE UNITED STATES

Fahad Alqulaiti

Abdul M Bangura

Abdul Samad Bick

Harouna Boncana

Silvia Diaz de Moore

Mahsa Fazilatfaraji

Reza Ghasemi

Maria Cristina Lujan Hernandez

Nkemakolam Ijioma

Oluseyi Johnson

Aqib R Khan

Ngambou P Kouani

Syed Ali H Lahooti

Roman J Msaki

Antoinette Neeley

Bradley T Bald

Taylor W Beckham

Jillian M Bennett

Graham M Bennie

+Michael J Berman

Glenn Harrison Bliss II

Allyson N Bloom

Katherine M Bloom

Matthew Bohle

Alexander J Boiko

Ashley M Bond

Meredith K Boram

Matthew O Bradford

Julia D Brent

Michael Brook

Annice Patricia Brown

Raymond Brown

Vernon D Brownlee

Peter S Buas

Paul D Burgin

Jennifer L Burns

Irina Byhovsky

Stephanie D Caballero

+Alexander I Castelli

Dale S Chambers

Sade Chambers

Yong S Chang

Nadya Cheatham

Peter N Choi

Charlotte Ahearn Clarke

+Elizabeth A Crawford

+Molly J Cross

Janissa D Cuadrado-Rodriguez

Laurie E Culkin

Alexa E Curley

Jennifer E Daly

+Kurt N Davidson

+Suzanne De Deyne

+Melissa J De Leon

Shadawn Deas

Jacob W Deaven

Susan K Deckelboim

Carly N Deegan

Ruby Devine

Lauren K DiDomenico-Hutchinson

Christina M Donald

William C Donley II

Christina Marie-Paul Dosch

Ifeyinwa Ekpe

Lauren S Ellison

Ashley Lynn Ensor

+Kaitlin Noelle Evans

Molly Evans

Anthony W Fadel

Landon R Fahrig

+Kayla A Faria

Brittany Favazza

Nicholas J Fearnow

James G Fegan III

Treasa A Fitzgerald

Catherine R Florea

Margaret O Fogarty

Nkafu Fomenky

Kevin A Foreman

Gregory A Franklin

Kimberly R Frazier

Michael Fretwell

Dustin C Furman

Paul D Furrer

Sophie G Gage

Shanitta N Garey

Thomas J Geddes

Jeffrey T Glassman

Adeolu Ojo

Kingsley A Ononuju

Alix L Poizat

Lynden M Renwick

Laura Lopez Rodriguez

Nadja M Salembere

Hassan Sheik

Flor Shuman

Alexandra K Sterner

Maurice Tassah

Martin Teofilo

Dongfa Wu

Lidya A Yusuf

JURIS DOCTOR

Shahrazad Abdelmeguid

+Katherine M Adams

Alexander J Adler

Anne R Adoryan

Oluwatosin Agboola

Christina L Akers

+Yasmine Akkad

Kymberleigh V Albites

Jennifer L Allen

Michael J Alperin

+Tiffany S Alston

Sheeva A Aminzadeh

Maame A Amponsah

Valerie Anias

Megan A Anuszewski

Samantha N Ardinger

Ama K Asare

Anna M Asgari-James

Shane G Bagwell

Todd A Bakalyar Jr

Alicia M Balanesi

Kevin M Gleitsmann

Alex V Goffin

Eric V Goffin

Justin R Gordon

+Kelsey Grace

+Karina M Granados

Kimberly M Grant

Lauren C Graziano

Dayna Renée Green

Emily R Greene

Julianne Grim

Michael F Gross III

Adam M Gruzs

Yuriy A Guzman

Logan H Haarz

Stephen R Haley

+MaKayla Hanington

Barry A Harris

Christina L Harris-Schlecker

Garrett M Hasslinger

Carisa A Hatfield

Sean P Hatley

Gregory R Hennessy

Andrew E Hewitt

Matthew F Hicks

Allen E Honick

David M Hornstein

Jessica M. Horton

Alex R Housley

Alexander M Hughes

Steven D Hyatt

April Lane Inskeep

Marybeth R Irons

Candace Nadia Jaimes

Timothy R Jarman

Marie-Yves N Jean-Baptiste

Alison Ford Jeanes

Daniel S Jones

+Harry C Jones III

Katrina G Joyner

Lucelia Rodriguez Justiniano

Nida Kanwal

Kaitlin D Keating

+Michelle E Kelly

+Diana G Khan

Jacob H Kiessling

Eric Seong Su Kim

Eugene D Kim

William A Know Jr

+Pooja P Kothari

Dimitri C Kotzias

Nicole M Kozlowski

Tal Ladecky

+Lauren Elizabeth Lake

Jacob B Land

Bridgette B Lane

Brianne N Lansinger

Blake W Lara

Jasen Lau

Scott D Lavin

Steven J LeVine

Anthony W Lee

David Z Lomke

Christopher E Lord

Frank P Lozupone III

Kelvin V Lucas

Towanda N Luckett

Charisse A Lue

Alexander D Lykens

+Colleen Elizabeth Mahoney

Ali J Manzoor

Donald Marinucci

+Matthew J Matechik

+Matthew W Matera

Amelia L Matthews

+Duncan May V

Erin Maze

Caitlin McAtee

Hannah R McCartan

Kelly McCrea

Jonathan W McGowan

Kathryn I McNally

Rebekah S Mears

Jenny Melendez

Katherine N Meyer

Andrew Middleman

+Marianna M Milkowski

Devon J Miller

Leslie Emily Miller

Jenifer L Mindel

Robert A Mitchell

Christopher J Monte

Stacey Brooke Morris

Philip A Motsay

William E Muir Jr

Brad K Muller

Andrea E Murphy

Gregory P Murphy

+Kiran Najeeb

+Victoria A Narducci

Bethany P Neeb

Phoebe E Neseth

Anthony J Orlacchio

Justin William Ostendarp

+Michael Ott

Michael D Paddy

Matthew A Parsons

Kush S Patel

Erin K Pavlick

Matthew F Stegman

Scott Stengel

Shannon A Stern

Sheila Stewart

+Christopher P Stock

Matthew Stockwell

Brittany L Strickland

Jessica Lynn Swadow

Christopher M Sweeney

Joseph A Tamburo

+Raiven Leigh Sedgwick Taylor

Justin Tepe

Allison A Terry

Patrick F Toohey

Michael G Townsend

Samantha L Truman

Christopher C Tsui

Lauren Tucker

Cory T Turmelle

Bryan Anthony Upshur

+Kris Vallecillo

Michael B Vanek

Melissa Ann Vanni

Tammy Vaughn

Meaghan K Vernick

Danielle M Vida

Vahid R Wafapoor

Lisa L Walker

Sonya Angela Walker

Jillian K Walton

Emily DeVinny Weil

Yaakov E Weissmann

Anthony Lee Whalen

Grason M Wiggins

Sheena Williams

+Elyse A Wise

Lauren S Wood

Caylin A Young

Ryan B Yu

Georgia Zervos

ESTATE PLANNING

Donna C Baust

Jessica M Gorsky

Erin Nicole Mathews

Devin G Stone

Candidates for DegreesAt this commencement, degrees are conferred upon persons who completed requirements in the summer 2015 and fall 2015 terms. However, it was not possible to determine who had completed degree requirements for spring 2016 and summer 2016 terms before this program was printed. The listing of May 2016 candidates for academic honors is, therefore, tentative. The diploma of the University, signed by its proper officers, remains the official testimony to the possession of a degree.*The Heuisler Honor Society comprises the top 10 percent of the graduating class. Students receiving this honor will be given a certificate as the offical testimony of membership in the order at next spring’s Annual Awards Ceremony. +These students have applied for a concentration in one of the following areas: business law, criminal practice, estate planning, family law, intellectual property, international law, litiga-tion and advocacy, public service or real estate practice. It was not possible to determine who had completed concentration requirements for spring 2015 and summer 2015 terms before this program was printed. The listing of candidates for concentrations is, therefore, tentative.

Hilary Petcoff

Adam M Phillips

Nicholas M Picerno

Wade C Pietrocarlo

Deanna J Poole

Jordan W Posner

Kelsie A Potts

Alexander O Powell

Nicholas P Provenzo

Alexandra L Queener

Lawrence R Rachuba II

Alison Clancy Rajk

Elsy M Ramos Velasquez

Latasha D Ramphal

Elana M Raphaely

Daniel S Read

Edward H Richardson

Alexandra J Rickart

Janelle Riddick

Ame P Roberts

Ryan C Robinson

Ciarra M Roulhac

Jennifer R Saltzman

Kristina A Sargent

Michael G Schultes

Michael R Sellitto

Sandy R Sellman

Ashley Sheetz

Philip S Shriver

Sarah E Simpkins

Harsimran Singh

Kyauna Skinner

Ryan J Slepesky

Ashley L Solomon

Marina L Solomon

Joshua K Specht

Major Awards from Spring 2016 Awards Ceremony:

Inaugural Silverman|Thompson| Slutkin|White FellowshipGregory Waterworth

2016 American Bankruptcy InstituteMedal of Excellence Vahid Wafapoor

Clinical Excellence Award Elsy Ramos ValesquezImmigrant Rights Clinic Center for International and Comparative Law Director’s AwardSuzanne De Deyne Md. Chapter of the Academy ofMatrimonial Lawyers Cheryl HepferLaw Student Award Brittany L Strickland 2016 Pro Bono Challenge Award Alison Rajk Outstanding Service by StudentOrganizations (awarded by theStudent Bar Association) Women’s Bar Association

Tax Clinic Award Stacey Morris

Professor Wendy Gerzog and ProfessorRebecca Korzec were awarded the title of Professor Emerita upon retirement in 2015

Dean’s Citations:Matthew BradfordAnthony FadelNicole KozlowskiLauren LakeChristopher MonteKush PatelAlexandra QueenerAlison RajkJessica SwadowSonya WalkerCaylin Young Faculty Teaching Awards: Outstanding Teaching by aFull-Time Faculty MemberProfessor Robert Lande Outstanding Teaching by anAdjunct Faculty MemberAdjunct Professor Ronald M Cherry Saul Ewing Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Area of Transactional LawProfessor Cassandra Jones Havard James May Faculty Award (awardedby the Student Bar Association) Practitioner in Residence Lisa Sparks Staff Mentoring Award (awarded by the Student Bar Association) Assistant Dean D Jill Green

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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience

for the benefit of the public.

- Samuel Johnson