Alumni News & Notes
1980
Lisa Spiegel was named partner of Duane Morris LLP’s San Francisco office and serves as chair of the Immigration division of the firm’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group.
1981
After serving as counsel in the New York State Senate for more than 32 years, Joseph Casscles is now counsel in the NYS Department of Health. He continues to make wine for the Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, N.Y. A second edition of his 2015 book, Grapes of the Hudson Valley, is being prepared for publication.
1983
Residential senior-living project planning expert Frank Mandy of Medford, N.J., joined Kendal Corporation’s team as senior project director for Development.
Alan Cohen joined top-100 law firm Akerman LLP in New York City. He chairs the firm’s real-estate practice group and focuses his practice on real-estate finance, development, ventures, and transactions within the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean.
1985
Stuart Hack, owner of Hack Tax and Accounting Services in Wellington, Fla., was elected president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.
1992
David Bentley is a certified Masters Swimmer and firefighter with Fairfax County Fire & Rescue in Virginia.
1995
Letizia Tagliafierro was appointed inspector general of New York State. She previously served as deputy secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs and special counsel to the governor.
1996
Ryan English serves as statewide director of the Security Information and Staffing Unit at the NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
1997
Father Matthew Frisoni, S.T.L., J.C.L., was appointed judicial vicar of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in June. He also serves as the interim priest at two Schenectady parishes, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paul the Apostle. He has served as a judge of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Albany since 2013.
1998
Suzanne Patrick was named director of Equal Opportunity Services and Title IX coordinator at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She previously served as compliance officer and Title IX coordinator at Our Lady of the Lake University.