Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law - Res Nova Yearbook (New York, NY)

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PHILIP R. AARONS Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1973, J.D., 1976. Co- lumbia University. Professor Aarons is executive director of the New York City In- dustrial Development Agency. and was president and chief execu- tive officer of the New York City Public Development Corporation. He also served as assistant to Mayor Edward I. Koch 11978-79l. after working as an associate specializing in real estate law at Nickerson, Kramer. Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin 84 Soll, New York City. Professor Aarons graduated with honors from both the college and the law school at Columbia University, where he was an editor of the Law Review. THOMAS .l. AQUILINO. JR. Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1962, Drew University: J.D.. 1969, Rutgers University. Professor Aquilino was captain of his international moot court team, which went on to place third in the United States. After graduating from Rutgers, he clerked for the Hon. John M. Can- nella. Southern District of New York. for two years. He has been with Davis Polk 84 Wardwell since 1971. Professor Aquilino is a member of the American Society of International Law. He also holds a degree in philosophy from the University of Munich and studied at Freie Universitat in Berlin. PETER L. BERG ER Adjunct Professor of Law. B.E.E.. 1961. City College of New Yorkg J.D., 1966, George Washington University. Professor Berger majored in electrical engineering at City College, completed two years of graduate work in engineering. and went on to earn his J.D. with honors at George Washington University. where he served as patent editor of The Law Review. He has held positions as patent examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patent attorney with Bell Telephone, and was a member of the adjunct faculty at Seton Hall Law School 1977 to 1983. A member ofthe firm of Levisohn, Lerner, and Berger. he specializes in patents, trademarks, and copyright law. DANIEL D. BRAMBILLA Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1972. St. Peters Col- lege1J.D.. 1977. Fordham University. Professor Brambilla is an associate at Proskauer. Rose, Goetz 84 Mendelsohn. New York City. He is a member of the Copyright Committee of the .Association ofthe Bar ofthe City of New York. DANIEL L. BRENNER Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.A.. M.A.. 1973, J.D.. 1976. Stanford University. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University, Professor Brenner served as senior note editor of the Stanford Law Review. He has lectured in the areas of media law, telecommunications policy, and jurisprudence at Stanford University, George Wash- ington University, and Washington School of Law of American University. Professor Brenner has served as legal assistant to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission since 1979. A member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University and of the American Federation of Television 84 Radio Artists, he comes to the Law School with vast media experience Cas commentator, performer, production assistant, and writerl and an extensive list of publications both in broadcast regulation and other legal areas as well as in more general areas of interest. ln 1984 Professor Brenner served as vice chairman ofthe U.S. delegation to the High Frequency World Administrative Radio Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. MICHAEL A. CARDOZO Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A.. 1963, Brown University: LL.B., 1966, Columbia University. Professor Cardozo is a partner at Proskauer, Rose, Goetz 84 Men- delsohn, New York City. He concentrates on civil litigation and in that capacity has represented the National Basketball Association in a variety of actions. He has also served as counsel to the New York Rangers and the World Hockey Association. He joined the firm in 1967 after serving for a year as a law clerk to Judge Edward C. McClean of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Professor Cardozo is an honors graduate of Columbia University Law School. where he was an editor of the Law Review. He is currently chairman of the Council on Judicial Administration of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and has been an active committee member of several bar associations, especially in the areas ofjudicial administration and court reform. KATHARINE T. COBB Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1973, Brown Universi- tyg J.D.. 1976, University of Virginia. Since graduating from law school, Professor Cobb has worked exclusively for the Office of the District Attorney, New York County. as an assistant district attorney. In September 1982, she became deputy chief of the Special Projects Bureau. Since April 1983, she has served as deputy chief of a trial bureau. JOHN H. GROSS Adjunct Professor of Law.B.S.. 1964. University of Pennsylvaniag .I.D., 1967, George Washington University. Professor Gross was an associate with Sullivan 84 Cromwell, New York City. for two years after graduating from George Washing- ton, where he was a member of the Law Review. From 1969 to 1975 he served as an Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, and in 1975 was the assistant chief of the Criminal Division. Since 1975 he has been a member of the firm of Anderson. Russell. Kill 84 Olick. New York City. In 1979 he was associate special counsel. U.S. Department of Justice, appointed to handle President Carter's Warehouse Investigation. He has participated in trial advocacy programs at Harvard Law School and for the District Attorney of New York County. SEYMOUR HERTZ Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1954, LL.B.. 1956, Columbia University Professor Hertz was a Harlan Fiske Stone and .lames Kent Scholar at Columbia Law School. He has been a partner of the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton 84 Garrison since 1967, specializing in corporate securities and business combinations. He is a past member of the Securities Regulation Committee of the Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York and of the New York County Lawyers Association. He has participated in seminars dealing with securities regulation and business combinations, and is the author of Corporate Action in Business Combinations, published by the Practicing Law Institute. RICHARD .IANVEY Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1967, University of Wisconsing J.D.. 1970, University of Chicago. Professor Janvey is associate general counsel to Arthur Young and Company. Prior to his he was an associate at Debevoise. Plimpton. Lyons 84 Gates, after serving as a law clerk to Judge David N. Edelstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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CHAUNCEY L. W LKER Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1960, Harvard University: .l.D., 1963, Columbia University. Professor Walker graduated cum laude from Harvard and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar at Columbia. Associated with the firm of Kelley Drye 8a Warren in New York City since graduation from law school, he became a member of the firm in 1972. Professor Walker has lectured on construction financing for the Practicing Law Institute and on title problems and sales contract breaches and remedies as part of a program in basic real estate practice sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section and the Committee on Continuing Education of the New York State Bar Association. Tp., Y . . it-H Q .L .wfr WILLIAM A. OLCKHAUSEN Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1959, Princeton Universityg M.A., l963,University of California at Berkeley, J.D., 1966, Harvard University. From 1966 to 1968 Professor Volckhausen served with the Asia Foundation as pro- gram officer for programs in legal development in China. He was staff attorney for Mobilization for Youth Legal Services 11962-721. Until 1979 he worked for the New York State Banking Commission, serving as deputy superintendent and general coun- sel to the commission for the last two of those years. He was a special counsel to Hughes, Hubbard and Reed before becoming executive vice president and general counsel to the Dime Savings Bank of New York. LEO WILDES g Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1954, Yeshiva University, .I.D., 1957 LL.M., 1959, New York University. Senior partner of Wildes, Weinberg Sc Anfuso, a leading New York City immigration law firm, Professor Wildes is widely known for his representation of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their celebrated immigration case. He is the former national president of the Associa- tion of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers, which he presently serves as co-chairman of its Committee on Professional Ethics and Grievances. Having published extensively in his field, Professor Wildes inaugurated Cardozo's course on immigration law.

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BARRY L. KATZ Adjunct Associate Professor of Law. B.S.. 1973, J.D.. 1976. Georgetown University. A member ofthe lirm ofShereff Friedman Hoffman 8c Goodman, Professor Katz was formerly with the firm of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Sc Flom and served as law clerk to Judge Robert W. Sweet ofthe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A certified public accountant. he was an instructor in tinancial accounting at Georgetown University. SANFORD M. KATZ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1952, New York Uni- versity: Certificate, 1957, Academy of International Law, The Hague: LL.B., 1958, Columbia University. Professor Katz is widely known as a criminal defense lawyer, al- though he maintains a civil practice as well. He has tried scores of cases in all areas of criminal law, including approximately 15 prosecutions for murder. He is perhaps best known for his defense in the Panthers 21 Trial in 1970. He has been a lecturer with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy 119791 and the Practicing Law Institute tl973, 19751. He is chairman ofthe Central Screen- ing Committee, lndigent Defendants Criminal Defense Panel of the First Judicial Department tManhattan and the Bronxl. DONALD L. KREIN DLER Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1952, Brooklyn College, LL.B., 1954, Columbia University. Professor Kreindler is a senior partner at Kreindler Sc Relkin, New York City, and former president of the Lawyers Association of the Textile Industry. He presently sits on the boards of governors of this organization and the New York Board of Trade-Textile Section. He is the author of What the Businessman Should Know about Commercial Arbitration and What the Business Execu- tive Should Know about the Uniform Commercial Code. NORMAN MARCUS Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, B.A., 1953, Columbia Uni- versity, LL.B., 1957, Yale University. Professor Marcus has been counsel to the New York City Planning Commission since 1963, professor of planning law at Pratt Insti- tute since 1965, and an adjunct associate professor at New York University Law School since 1977. He is the author of many law review articles on zoning and urban development, and is a lecturer for the American Bar Association-American Law Institutes Practicing Law Institute. J. EZRA MERKIN Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1976, Columbia Uni- versity: J.D., 1979, Harvard University. Professor Merkin graduated from Harvard cum laude. Following an association with the law firm of Milbanik, Tweed, Hadley 8a McC1oy, he joiend Halcyon Investments, investment management firm in New York city. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. ELLIOTT l.. MEYROWITZ Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1971. Lniyersity of North Carolina, NIA.. 1975. University of Pennsylvania: J.D., 1979, Rutgers University, Professor Meyrowitz is an attorney in the legal department ol' Bankers Trust Company, where he specializes in,internationa1 fi- nance and banking regulation. He previously taught international relations, international law, and American diplomatic history and foreign policy at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland in Japan, He is currently completing his doctoral dissertation in history at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published numerous articles concerning the legal implications of nuclear weapons doctrines. JEFFREY A. MISHKIN Adjunct Professor of Law. B.A., 1969, State University at Albany: JD., 1972. Cornell University. Since graduation from law school, Professor Mishkin has regularly represented the National Basketball Association in numerous liti- gations and a variety ofother matters, including its 1983 collective bargaining agreement and drug enforcement program, He is a partner in the firm of Proskauer, Rose, Goetz 8: Mendelsohn. ARYEH NEIER Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.S.. 1958, Cornell Universi- ty, LL.D. tHon.1, 1975, Hofstra University: LL.D. tHon.l. 1979. Hamilton College. Professor Neier is currently vice chairman of Americas Watch, Helsinki Watch, and Fund for Free expression. He has also been adjunct professor of law at New York University since 1978. He previously served as director and fellow ofthe New York Institute of the Humanities 11978-811. executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union 11970-781, and executive director H965-701 and field director U963-641 of the New York Civil Liberties Union. He is the author ofthree books, Dossier, Crime and Punish- ment: A Radical Solution, and Defending My Enemy, and numer- ous articles. MITCHELL J. NELSON Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 1970, Brandeis Univer- sity: J.D., 1973, University of Chicago. Professor Nelson graduated magna cum laude with honors in phi- losophy from Brandeis. On graduation from law school, he joined the firm of Wien, Malkin 8L Bettex, New York City. becoming a member in 1979. He is currently director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. JOSEPH ORTEGA Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law. B.A., 2976. Syracuse Univer- sity, J.D., 1979, Boston, University. Since graduating from 'law school, Professor Ortega has worked exclusively for the Office of the District Attorney, New York County, as an assistant district attorney. He has held positions in the homicide, investigations, and trial bureaus. Professor Ortega is a participant in the annual training program for new assistant district attorneys.