widener law annual dean's report 2010

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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).

FoUNDers’ ClUB

Alexander & Ann Bratic

JUrisTs’ soCieTy

robert D. gober

Walter & Alice strine

ChANCellors’ ClUB

george miller Jr.

leslee silverman Tabas

AmBAssADors’ ClUB

marc Abrams

Douglas Wolfberg

PArTNers’ ClUB

Anthony Clark

michael DeFino & Valerie DeFino

ronald goldfaden

richard herrmann

harry Dillon madonna

Dr. kathleen mcNicholas

Bruce & elizabeth monroe

hon. Joseph Walsh

John & Donna Wetzel

stephen Wirth

BeNeFACTors

linda Ammons

Carl Battle

Jonathan Bigley

scott & Tanya Blissman

James Bohorad

hon. ida Chen

Antonio Ciccone

John Clark Jr.

Joel & kim Feller

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

leADershiP CirCle$100,000 +

FoUNDers’ ClUB$50,000-$99,999

JUrisTs’ soCieTy$25,000-$49,999

ChANCellors’ ClUB$20,000-$24,999

AmBAssADors’ ClUB$10,000-$19,999

PArTNers’ ClUB$5,000-$9,999

BeNeFACTors$2,500-$4,999

DeAN’s CoUNCil$1,500-$2,499

lAW sChool AssoCiATes$1,000-$1,499

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB$500-$999

CeNTUry ClUB$250-$499

leADershiP CirCle

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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Joseph Alacqua & susan Alacqua

mr. and mrs. ronald A. Amarant

Alissa Balotti Anderson

harold Anderson

Andrew Appel

Jennifer Armstrong

Norman Ashworth & Ann Ashworth

robert Ayars & Barbara komar Ayars

kathy Banfield

John Barr

Patrick Barry

martin Belisario

gary Berg

george & kristen opdenhoff Bibikos

maribeth Blessing

David Brown

Joshua Burg

Joseph & kathleen Curry Burke

kathleen Burke

richard Burridge

henry Butehorn

Anthony Capone

Jerome Capone

John Capowski

hon. John P. Capuzzi

hon. William Cecil Carpenter Jr. & marilyn Carpenter

Francis Catania Jr.

Dennis Citron

m. Blake Cleary

Francis Clifford

Ann e. Conaway

matthew Connahan

michele Conte

Alan Cooper

Deborah Cooper

michael Cozzillio

george Dale & mary Dale

mario D’Alfonso

richard Deitrick

Frank DePasquale Jr. & lisa DePasquale

Charles knothe & mary knothe

Jonathan krinick & susan goldberg

Theodore kurlowicz & Alexandra kurlowicz

Jean Woodson lodge

kenneth lopez

sharon lopez

roger margolis

Jane P. maroney

hon. Joshua W. martin iii

James mcgann

James mcmahan iii

Joseph & Teresa miller

rick & Jennifer miller

Nicholas mirkay iii

hon. marianne ossmer mizel

maria moffa

michael A. monteleone

Bruce mundorf

richard Nelson & roberta mann

hon. John o’grady

rosemary Pall

steve Parsons

A. Charles Peruto Jr.

robert C. Power

Charles Proctor iii & maria Proctor

michael reid ii

hon. m. Desales haley reis

hon. maurino rossanese Jr.

g. Philip rutledge

Thomas savitsky

Andrew schaeffer

martin sendek & laury sendek

Charles shurr

Donald smith

William snell

min suh

Thomas Uliase & Carolyn Badger Uliase

David T. Videon & lynn Videon

J. scott Watson & laura Watson

Charles Williams & Janelle Williams

michael Wolanski

Peter Chamas

Joel Chernock

Todd & Dana harrington Conner

Craig DeFazio

Arthur Dent

Alice eakin


hon. maureen F. Fitzpatrick

Patricia Fox

James Francis & Theresa kilcur

geoffrey gamble

John and Carol gedid

Bruce george

gretchen gilchrist

Jay ginsburg & sherry ginsburg

michael J. goldberg & Anne goldberg

Jacqueline goodwin

h. Barton greenspan

gary & Nancy Catania gremminger

gerald B. halt Jr.

robert l. hayman Jr.

selma hayman

Barbara silver hutcheon

Damian Jackson

michael & margaret Jacobs

lisa Jaeger

michael Joyce

Bret keisling

Jay & Bebe kivitz

stephen klincewicz

John D. leekley Jr.

kevin mcCann & sheila mcCann

Carolyn mary mcNeice

James & mike mcQueeny

robyn l. meadows

Franklin A. miles Jr.

Anthony morash

hon. george overton

robert Pasquale & Barbara James

Carl and Arlene Pearce

Francis Pileggi sr.

hon. William T. Quillen & marcia Quillen

eileen Caplan seaman

Bernard smalley

lee solomon

Philip Trainer Jr.

karen Ulmer

edward and Anne Waldron

Donald Walsh & Joyce Walsh

richard e. Weltman

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

Diane Andrews

Dale & Barbara Trevisan Ardizzone

renae Beth Axelrod

g. Alan & Denise Nagle Bailey

Alan Belfus & linda Belfus

C. grainger Bowman & sandra Bowman

milton Brown & yvonne Brown

Thomas Bullock

DeAN’s CoUNCil

hon. raymond Batten

gary & soyce Beste

Todd Victor Clark

Bob & eileen Cooper

hon. susan Del Pesco

Claire Dematteis

mitchell gurwicz

W. Bruce & Dorothy hemphill

robert honecker Jr. & kim roberts

Brenda James

Andrew & heather Doheny Jefferson

James may & Dr. kathleen siren

robert mcCann

kevin & Deborah mcCreery

Nathaniel & Cheryl Nichols

John Pachkowski & mary Alice Peeling

hon. Paul Panepinto

robert & kathryn Pincus

Alan & rita Polonsky

John reed

Dr. Philip rothbart

Thomas sager

John & eileen schmutz

Timothy & shirley snyder

James Veneruso

lAW sChool AssoCiATes

spiros Angelos

steven Barsamian

michael Brown

Carroll morgan Carpenter

stephen & Pamela Carroll

The late hon. Francis J. Catania

Vincent Ciecka

robert Delong Jr.

William Paul Fedullo

Cary & Nancy Flitter

holly Barbera Freed

Paula garrison

Don & Deborah ginsburg

matthew & Nancy gitterman

robert T. greaney

Vera holmes & hon. Charles Toliver iV

leslie Johnson

samuel Ariel landy

distinguisHed proFessor JoHn C. dernbaCH, left, and robert b. mCKinstrY Jr., the receipients of pba distinguished service awards

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eric solotoff

Jeffrey & Jane sprecher

monté squire

gerald strubinger Jr. & Carolyn strubinger

heather Tereshko

mardi Thompson

rebecca W. Tulloch

Clare Uses

Virgie Vakil

henry & Donna szuszczewic Van Blunk

Phillip s. & Florence Van embden

orville Walls iii

stephen Wenger

Frances merino West & edward hinton

richard White

gerald r. Winton

David & Dona Wolsko zimmerman

CorPorATioNs

JUrisTs’ soCieTy

e. i. du Pont de Nemours and Company

PArTNers’ ClUB

Parcels, inc.

BeNeFACTors

Bank of America

Comprehensive medical Practice

Nason Construction, inc.

PNC Foundation

Wolters kluwer law & Business

DeAN’s CoUNCil

Aspen Publishers, inc.

Fidelity investments Charitable gift Fund


ginsburg Properties, llC

hershey entertainment and resorts

United mobile homes

reena Pushpangadan

Barry rabin

Alann ramirez

James reed

Thomas & emily reed

Joseph risi

Judith ritter

raymond rodriguez

Frances roggenbaum

Patricia ronayne

melvyn rothbard

keith rothman

leaNora ruffin

mary sabulsky

hon. Paul r. sacks

michael & Jeanne saile

michael sandul

Philip sarcione

edmund scacchitt

Anthony sciolla Jr.

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

Paul lefebvre

robert lindefjeld

michael lione & madeline lione

Daniel r. losco

F. kevin lynch & isabel Warren-lynch

robert mallard

mary Jane mallonee

Francis marshall Jr.

lynn martosella

mary marzolla

Peter & Joan mattoon

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

William heimbuch

roger holcomb & Catherine holcomb

Craig hoogstraten

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

BeNeFACTors

American College of Bankruptcy Foundation

Pennsylvania Bar Foundation

DeAN’s CoUNCil

The graham Foundation


generoso Pope Foundation

Pennsylvania Bar Association healthcare law Committee

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

kenyon Charitable Foundation

The hutcheon Family Fund

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

FoUNDATioNs

leADershiP CirCle

Taishoff Family Foundation

FoUNDers’ ClUB

Barra Foundation, inc.

JUrisTs’ soCieTy

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, inc.

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

geneva Worldwide, inc.

Patriot systems group, llC

CeNTUry ClUB

Bedford springs resort

Daiichi sankyo inc

exxon mobil Corporation

Johnson & Johnson

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

PNC Bank

DoNors

Aig matching grants Program

Air Products & Chemicals inc.

Allenberry resort inn & Playhouse

Altoona Curve Baseball Club

Antique Automobile Club of America museum

Blue mountain outfitters

Char’s Bella mundo

Columbro Consultation services

Delgrosso’s Amusement Park

Franklin Development group, llC

Fulton Financial Corp.

geiger & loria reporting service

harrisburg senators Baseball Club

hershey Bears hockey Club

JP morgan Chase

kraft incorporated

BeNeFACTors

Cole, schotz, meisel, Forman & leonard, P.A.

skadden, Arps, slate, meagher & Flom llP and Affiliates

DeAN’s CoUNCil

Ansell, grimm & Aaron, P.C.

goldfein & Joseph, P.C.

landis rath & Cobb llP


Ballard spahr llP

Carolyn m. mcNeice P.A.

Chance & mcCann llC

Dilworth Paxson llP

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

spiros e. Angelos, esq.

steven P. Barsamian, esq.

Vincent J. Ciecka, P.C.

William P. Fedullo, esq.

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

Charles s. knothe, P.A.

F. kevin lynch, esq.

Ferry, Joseph & Pearce, P.A.

J. scott Watson, P.C.

law office of A. Charles Peruto, Jr.

law offices of Jay h. ginsburg, P.C.

law offices of milton W. Brown

michael J. Diamondstein, P.C.

Teresa A. miller, esq.

Thomas F. Bullock, esq.

Uliase & Uliase

CeNTUry ClUB

Aronberg & kouser, P.A.

Christopher s. koyste, llC

DePasquale law offices, llC

CeNTUry ClUB

The ellen m. & Peter m. klein Foundation, inc.

DoNors

Carl & Doris schnee Foundation inc.

lAW Firms

JUrisTs’ soCieTy

Pachulski stang ziehl & Jones llP

young Conaway stargatt Taylor llP

AmBAssADors’ ClUB

morris James llP

morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell llP

raynes mcCarty

richards, layton & Finger, P.A.

PArTNers’ ClUB

Ashby & geddes

Connolly Bove lodge & hutz

DeFino law Associates

marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & goggin

Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, llC

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

The hawkins Counsel group, llC

The law office of Jon D. hoover

The law offices of kathryn m. laughlin

The Paul group, llC

Thomas e. Dowey, esq.

Thomas J. Di Pilla Jr., esq.

Vincent J. giusini law office

Vm gokea law group PllC

yoosei s. lee, C.P.A., P.A.

orgANizATioNs

leADershiP CirCle

Pennsylvania iolTA

FoUNDers’ ClUB

sierra Club

ChANCellors’ ClUB

mid-Atlantic environmental law Center

PArTNers’ ClUB

American College of Bankruptcy

BeNeFACTors

Delaware state Bar Association

DeAN’s CoUNCil

green Watch institute

United Way of Delaware Tocqueville society

law offices of Brad sahl PC

law offices of Douglas Jon Tkacik

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.

Paul h. masciantonio, esq.

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

The Fenerty law Firm llC

Todd s. miller & Associates

DoNors

Achille & ellermeyer

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

kathryn Peifer

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


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


The Center for Forensic economic studies, inc.

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

lindsay law library

CeNTUry ClUB

Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association

DoNors

James s. Bowman American inn of Court

Peter J Daley, ii Committee To re-elect

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ChANCellors’ ClUB

george miller Jr.

AmBAssADors’ ClUB

Douglas Wolfberg

PArTNers’ ClUB

michael DeFino

richard herrmann


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


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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BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

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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


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

Andrew l. strauss

Constance m. sweeney

Arlene r. Trapuzzano

Nancy ravert Ward

suzanne l. Watts

serena m. Williams

FrieNDs

ChANCellors’ ClUB

Anonymous

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



The late hon. Francis J. Catania


Anthony morash

hon. William T. Quillen & marcia Quillen

Donald Walsh & Joyce Walsh

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

C. grainger Bowman & sandra Bowman


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


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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hon. Joseph Walsh

BeNeFACTors

Alexander & Nancy sarcione

DeAN’s CoUNCil

gary & Joyce Beste


James & mike mcQueeny

Carl & Arlene Pearce

Francis Pileggi sr.

edward and Anne Waldron

BeNCh AND BAr ClUB

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

CUrreNT WiDeNer lAW sTUDeNTs


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

PAreNTs oF CUrreNT AND Former WiDeNer lAW sTUDeNTs

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

CeNTUry ClUB

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

ClAss oF 1976

PArTNers’ ClUB

ronald P. goldfaden

BeNeFACTors

m. Jane mahoney

DeAN’s CoUNCil

eileen B. Cooper

hon. Paul P. Panepinto


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

ClAss oF 1975

PArTNers’ ClUB

michael g. DeFino

John A. Wetzel

DeAN’s CoUNCil

hon. susan C. Del Pesco

Alan h. Polonsky

rita s. Polonsky

James J. Veneruso


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.

CeNTUry ClUB

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

ClAss oF 1977

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James Francis kilcur

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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

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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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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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


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.)


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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dean linda l. ammons and tHomas l. sager, senior vice president and general counsel of dupont, at the 4th annual dean’s leadership Forum on diversity

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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


kenneth J. lopez

James J. maron


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

Weber gallagher simpson stapleton Fires & Newby llP

Widener University school of law Bookstore

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


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

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$233

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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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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.
















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