Greetings Alumni,
I hope everyone is off to a great new year.
The Office of Alumni Relations is committed to developing a variety of opportunities to interact with alumni and friends. On January 4, we kicked off 2024 with a special alumni dessert reception in Washington, D.C., during the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). It was great to have alums come out to spend some time with the Law School community. On January 16, we then hosted 40 alumni, Hofstra Law administrators, and faculty for an alumni networking reception in NYC just blocks away from the New York State Bar Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting. Once again, alumni showed up and it was a great evening to meet many of you up close and in person!
We have a few more special alumni events coming up this semester and we hope you will join us and bring one of your former classmates with you. Your participation is very important to us. I encourage you to stay connected and let us know about any updates or special moments in your life that we can include in future class notes. Help us share the many great things happening with Hofstra Law alumni.
Finally, we hope you will join over 200 alumni, students, and law school team members in the unique networking platform created just for the Hofstra Law community. We are growing day by day and want as many as possible to get the most out of Hofstra Law Connect. Be sure to complete your profile and also join a few virtual groups in the platform to engage with old and new friends.
All the best!
Charmise Woodside-Desiré
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
Alumni Spotlight
Shirell Gross ’93 Discusses How Continuing to Ask, “What’s Next?” Has Shaped Her Career
Shirell Gross ’93 is the Vice President of Global Operations and Supply Chain, Legal, for Medtronic, a global healthcare technology company. Her career started in the courtroom, moved to private practice and transitioned in and out of the corporate world.
Alumni Class Notes
View all of the latest class notes on our LawNews website. To submit a class note, fill out our Stay Connected form.
- Hon. Denise Sher ’78 received The Annual Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin Award by the Nassau County Women in Courts Committee on November 30, 2023.
- Christopher P. Flint ’85 was honored by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Trial Lawyers Section with the Betty D. Friedlander Award for trial excellence.
- Samuel Ferrara ’94 joined the new Matrimonial and Family Law practice area at Meister Seelig & Fein.
- Daniel H. Smith ’04 joined Meister Seelig & Fein as a partner in the firm’s Matrimonial & Family Law department.
- Brian Idehen ’16 was promoted to partner at BurgherGray LLP and was selected as a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 2024 Fellows and Pathfinders Program.
- Emily M. DeGennaro ’23 was promoted to assistant county attorney in the Family Court Bureau for Westchester County.
IN MEMORIAM:
With sorrow, Hofstra Law wishes to recognize alumni who have recently passed:
Clifford J. Ingber ’77
Brenda James-Roberts ’85
Marie-Christine Aziz ’17
Sign Up Today! Hofstra Law Connect
We have officially launched a new platform that is designed exclusively to strengthen engagement within the Hofstra Law Community. Hofstra Law Connect is an exclusive community for alumni, students and others within Hofstra Law. It is a closed community filled with opportunities to connect with others for career, mentorship, job opportunities, and more. You are being provided with special access to the platform to get better acquainted, so sign up today and begin growing your Hofstra Law network.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, February 15 | 12:15-2 p.m. Held Via Zoom
Zoning Law and Educational Inequality Virtual Conference
This program will offer 1 CLE credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias (non-transitional attorneys).
Tuesday, February 27 | 6-8 p.m. | Room 308, Hofstra Law School
QUE PASA, Long Island: The Story of the Secatogue Nine
Celebrating the launch of a five-part podcast exploring an immigrant community’s ten-year struggle against discrimination in suburban Long Island.
SAVE THE DATE:
Home to Hofstra Law & Reunion Celebrating All Alumni and Milestone Reunions 50th, 40th, 30th, 20th and 10th
Thursday, June 13, 2024, 6-8 p.m.
Hofstra Law alumni across all years are invited to come home to their alma mater to reconnect, reminisce, and commemorate the anniversary of graduating classes: 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004 and 2014.
View more upcoming events on the Hofstra Law calendar.
SIP: Interview Hofstra Law Students for Summer/Post Graduate Jobs
Join us virtually at the Spring Interview Program (SIP) on Wednesday, March 6 between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and/or 3-7 p.m. You can interview up to 10 students (per 4 hour session) for the position(s) you seek to fill. (If you would like to interview more students, arrangements can be readily made.) There is no registration fee.
Student Spotlight
Faculty Impact
Job Postings
Did you know that as a Hofstra Law alum, you have access to Symplicity, an online career services management system that allows you to view and apply to hundreds of job postings? Similarly, if you are an employer looking for talent, posting your job openings on Symplicity is an effective way to promote your opportunities to the broadest range of our students and alumni. Read More
Defense Litigation Attorney
Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP
(New York, NY)
View Posting
Mid Level Estate Litigation Associate
Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP
(Mineola, NY)
View Posting
Associate Attorney
New York State Office of the Attorney General
(Hauppauge, NY)
View Posting
Attorney
Nixon Peabody LLP
(Multiple Offices, including LI and NYC)
View Posting
Elder Care/Estate Planning Attorney
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld, LLP
(Syosset, New York)
View Posting
Stay Connected & Get Involved
Are you interested in deepening your involvement with the Law School or curious about how to get involved with different alumni opportunities? Would you like to see yourself, or a classmate, in a class note? Contact us at lawalum@hofstra.edu.
And please fill out our Stay Connected Form to keep the Office of Alumni Relations informed about your personal and professional updates. We’d also appreciate it if you would forward this newsletter to classmates who may not be on our mailing list.
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