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Law Leadership Awards Dinner
Annual Lectures and Awards

Leadership Awards Dinner

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ inaugurated its Distinguished Service Award in 1995 to honor individuals or organizations that have made outstanding to the legal community, the Law School, or the practice of law. In 2021, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law established the first Annual Rising Star Award, recognizing excellence in practice among alumni in the first 15 years after graduation. In 2022, the Haub Impact Award was established to recognize individuals who have made a lasting impact on the Haub Law community.

The Law School's Annual Law Leadership Awards Dinner provides the setting for the presentation of these awards to distinguished members of the legal community. Through sponsorships and a journal produced especially for the event, funds are raised that help to underwrite the Law School's outstanding academic programs, faculty and students.

28th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2023
Distinguished Service Award:
Susan S. Brown ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜97
Co-Founder and Of Counsel, at Glassman & Brown LLP

Anna Marciano Romanella ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜00
VP, Sustainability Zone North America Nestle
General Counsel & Head of Sustainability, Nespresso USA

Haub Impact Award:
John T. O'Connor ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜86
Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Rising Star Award:
Jonathan Campozano ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜17
Hana Heineken ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™10
Najia S. Khalid ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜09
Shamik N. Trivedi ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜08

Previous Awards

  • 27th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2022

    Distinguished Service Award

    • Mayo Bartlett ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™92
      Principal Attorney, Law Offices of Mayo Bartlett, PLLC
    • Brian S. Hermann ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™91 (Lubin)
      Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    Inaugural Haub Impact Award

    • John C. Lettera ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™99
      Founder & CEO, RealFi Financial, LLC

    Rising Star Award

    • Cherie Phoenix-Sharpe ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™07
    • Fatima Silva ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™08
    • Michael Bauscher ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™10
    • Kevin Sylvester ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™14
    • Cayleigh Eckhardt ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™15

    26th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2021

    Distinguished Service Award

    • Virginia Wong, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™93
      Partner at Nixon Peabody LLP

    Honoring the memory of

    • Henry Miller Esq.
      Trustee Emeritus and Senior Partner of Clark, Gagliardi and Miller, P.C., 
    • Honorable Steven I. Milligram, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™81
      NYS Supreme Court Justice

    Inaugural Rising Star Award

    • Keji Ayorinde, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™08
    • Robyn Downing ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™17
    • Caesar Lopez ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™12
    • Christopher Messina, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™10
    • Steven Sarno, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™09


    25th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2020
    Louis V. Fasulo, Esq. '83
    Director of Advocacy Programs at Haub Law 
    Partner, Fasulo, Braverman & DiMaggio LLP

    Honorable Terry Jane Ruderman, Esq. '80
    Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District
    Associate Justice, Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, 9th
     & 10th Judicial Districts

    Jerold Ruderman
    Senior Counsel at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker

    24th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2019
    Christopher B. Fisher, Esq. '94
    Managing Partner, Cuddy & Feder LLP

    Dennis J. Kenny
    Senior Vice President and General Counsel (Retired), Transamerica Leasing, Inc.

    23rd Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2018
    Jeffrey J. Delaney, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™92
    Partner, Pillsbury

    Anthony J. Enea, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™85
    Partner, Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP

    22nd Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2017
    The Honorable Janet DiFiore
    Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and of the State of New York

    Jay C. Carlisle II
    Professor Emeritus

    21st Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2016
    Chris Carnicelli, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜93
    Chairman and CEO, US Branch, Generali

    Peter S. Goodman, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜86
    Principal, McKool Smith

    20th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2015
    The Honorable Jonathan Lippman
    Chief Judge of the State of New York

    Andrew Tung, Esq. '95
    Partner, Divney Tung Schwalbe, LLP

    19th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2014
    Bradford W. Hildebrandt
    Hildebrandt Consulting

    Judith E. Turkel, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜81
    Turkel Forman LLP

    18th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2012
    Anthony G. Piscionere, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜80
    Piscionere & Nemarow

    John C. Lettera, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜99
    Lettera/Mosiello LLP

    17th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2011
    David Anthony Pope
    Generoso Pope Foundation

    Robert S. Tucker, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜96
    T&M Protection Resources

    16th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2010
    Liliane A. Haub
    Elizabeth Haub Foundation USA

    Christian W.E. Haub
    Emil Capital Partners, LLC

    Thomas H. Welby, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜85
    Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLP

    15th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2009
    Delores Scott Brathwaite, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜84
    Greenburgh Town Court

    Thomas J. Lalla, Esq.

    John J. Rapisardi, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜82
    OÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™Melveny & Myers LLP

    14th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2008
    Vernon J. Brown, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜96
    V. Brown & Company, Inc.

    Robert B. Marcus, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜79
    Robert Marcus Law

    Steven J. Schwartzapfel, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜80
    Schwartzapfel Partners

    13th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2007
    Noah J. Hanft, Esq.
    Mastercard

    Professor Emeritus Janet A. Johnson
    Pace Law School

    12th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2006
    Philip M. Halpern, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜80
    Collier Halpern Newberg Nolletti & Bock LLP

    Judith Ann Lockhart, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜85
    Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

    Donald J. Rosenberg, Esq.
    Qualcomm Incorporated

    11th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2005
    David Boies, Esq.
    Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

    Kathleen Donelli, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜85
    McCarthy Fingar LLP

    John T. OÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ™Connor, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜86
    Hunton & Williams LLP

    10th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2004
    David R. Andrews, Esq.

    Alfred E. Donnellan, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜81
    DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiedekehr LLP

    9th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2003
    V. Gerard Comizio, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜80
    Paul Hastings LLP

    Patrick V. Delorio, Esq.
    The Delorio Law Firm

    8th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2002
    Michael C. Finnegan, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜87
    Continental Organics

    The Honorable Sondra Miller
    McCarthy Fingar, LLP

    7th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2001
    The Honorable Terry Jane Ruderman ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜80
    White Plains Court of Claims

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜87
    Pace Law School

    6th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 2000
    John P. Cahill, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜85
    The Pataki-Cahill Group

    Lucille A. Fontana, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜81
    Clark Gagliardi & Miller P.C. 

    5th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 1999
    Marvin D. Genzer, Esq. ÄÐÅ®²Ù±ÆÊÓƵÈí¼þ˜81

    William F. Plunkett, Jr., Esq.
    Plunkett

    4th Annual Law Leadership Awards, 1998
    William F. Harrington, Esq.

    Dean Emeritus Richard L. Ottinger
    Pace Law School

    3rd Annual Law Leadership Awards, 1997
    Henry G. Miller, Esq.
    Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C. 

    2nd Annual Law Leadership Awards, 1996
    William M. Mooney, Jr.
    Westchester County Association
    Pace Law School Class of 1979

    Inaugural Law Leadership Awards, 1995
    Cuddy & Feder
    Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker