CLASS NOTES 1960s


William Pollinger (’69) has retired aſter 53 years of civil trial practice, including appearing before all New Jersey and Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court, numerous times. He said, “I have always believed that the faculty at WCL during my three years in attendance, was of an exceptional group. Most of all, I thank each one for teaching me how to think. Reading a case and its holdings is one thing . . . My lessons at the Washington College of Law were the bases for my successful career. Thank you.”


1970s


Michel Wolensky (’71) was honored by the Florida Bar at a recognition luncheon for 50 years of cumulative practice and membership in the Florida Bar.


Herbert Douglas (’72) was honored by the Florida Bar at a recognition luncheon for 50 years of cumulative practice and membership in the Florida Bar.


Warren Jacobs (’72) was honored by the Florida Bar at a recognition luncheon for 50 years of cumulative practice and membership in the Florida Bar.


Steven Platt (’72) is a retired senior judge and legal scholar. Judge Platt has announced the release of his memoir, Lessons Lived and Learned: My Life On and Off the Bench wherein he shares insights into the inner workings of the justice system as well as highlights of a career so intricately woven within the fabric of history that he’s been dubbed the “Forrest Gump” of politics.


Howard Speigel (’72) was honored by the Florida Bar at a recognition luncheon for 50 years of cumulative practice and membership in the Florida Bar.


Mark Wachter (’76) is chair of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association.


David Cayer (’79) retired as US Magistrate Judge for the Western District of North Carolina following 30 years combined on the state and federal bench.


1980s


Kevin Blauch (’83), who last led the Global Finance Group at law firm Sidley Austin, retired in December 2023. Blauch has been involved in the structured finance market and, in particular, the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market since its inception. Aſter WCL, Kevin started his career at Skadden, and then moved to Milbank and Latham before joining Sidley in 2011.


Dean L. Burrell (’86) was recently admitted into the National Academy of Arbitrators. Those selected bring extensive expertise and achievement to the Academy, with each having met the rigorous criteria of completing at least 60 decisions in a six-year period and demonstrated the highest level of ethical conduct in their professional endeavors.


Michael Lichtenstein (’88) published two articles in Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law: “Bankruptcy Courts Inflict Pain on Mary Jane” and “When Can an Individual Close a Subchapter V Case Aſter Plan Confirmation?”


1990s


Cathy Mulrow-Peattie (’91) has joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner in New York. Formerly with Loeb & Loeb, Cathy brings both in-house and private law practice experience with regulatory issues related to artificial intelligence, privacy,


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Kimi Endo Dowell (’92) headed a project at her high school alma mater, Mt. Diablo High School, in Concord, California, to have the Board of Trustees authorize the grant of honorary high school graduation diplomas to 40 Japanese American students who were forcibly withdrawn from the School in 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor; the issuance of Executive Order 9066 by then President Roosevelt; and their incarceration into internment camps. Kimi was subsequently made a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International for her work to obtain restorative justice.


Brian Peretti (’92) was presented with the 12th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Leadership Award at the 14th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit.


Thomas J. Conte (’93) a partner at Mirick O'Connell, has been selected to the 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. TJ has tried over 30 jury and bench trials and has substantial trial and dispute resolution experience in the areas of business, real estate, construction and tort-defense litigation.


David Jaffe (’93) WCL’s associate dean for student affairs was recently listed among the Washington Business Journal’s “People on the Move in Washington DC” and was recognized for receiving the Distinguished Achievement Award by the American Heart Association, Greater Washington Region, for his impact as co-chair of Lawyers Have Heart and raising over $1.45 million in 2023.


H. Anthony Lehv (’93) was appointed executive vice president and general counsel of Dense Air Networks, where he is responsible for all legal matters for the company. He has 30-plus years of experience working with telecommunications companies both as outside counsel and as a senior in-house legal executive.


Neil Hare (’95) has re-released his novel God in Hell’s Kitchen, a legal thriller that dives into the growing influence of religion in American politics. The novel follows an attorney tasked with defending the assassin of a third-party presidential candidate running on an extremist religious platform. The novel is influenced by Neil’s professional experiences working close to DC politics. Neil is the CEO and president of GVC Strategies, a public affairs and government relations firm.


David Brill (’96), managing director at FTI Consulting and chair of the Cryptoassets Working Group within the WSBA, co- authored the chapter “False Friends and Creditors: The Saga of Recent Crypto Insolvencies” in the publication Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Regulation.


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