The more than 13,000 alumni of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law make up our Alumni Association.
Membership in the Alumni Association is free to all alumni. The Alumni Association provides alumni with opportunities to engage with their fellow alumni, students, faculty and administrators for their personal and professional development, as well as to enhance Hofstra Law programming.
The Alumni Association is led by an executive board and is organized into three committees – Alumni Engagement and Development; Career Services; and Diversity – each of which works closely with a member of the Hofstra Law administration. The executive board, roles of the committees, and committee co-chairs are as follows:
Executive Board
Andrew L. Oringer ’84, President
Partner and General Counsel, The Wagner Law Group
747 Third Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10017
JoAnna R. Nicholson ’08, Vice President
Chief Legal Officer, Spire Orthopedic Partners
Greenwich, CT
Seth A. Presser ’07, Vice President
Vice President, Legal, Bulova
350 5th Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, NY, 10118
Terrence L. Tarver ’07, Vice President
Owner, Tarver Law Firm, P.C.
1140 Franklin Avenue, Suite 200
Garden City, NY 11530
Adam D. Kahn ’13, Secretary
Associate, La Salle, La Salle, & Dwyer, P.C.
309 Sea Cliff Avenue
Sea Cliff, New York 11579
Judicial Liaison
Hon. Denise L. Sher ’78, Judicial Liaison
Justice, Nassau County Supreme Court
100 Supreme Court Drive Mineola, NY 11501
Alumni Engagement and Development Committee
The Alumni Engagement and Development Committee assists Hofstra Law’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations with alumni engagement, programs, and fundraising initiatives. The committee seeks to develop a dedicated and dynamic alumni community whose members are committed to each other, devoted to Hofstra Law’s mission, and invested in its future. The Alumni Engagement and Development Committee consists of alumni who: create opportunities to engage alumni with each other, the current student body, and Hofstra Law at large; promote an inclusive culture of alumni engagement and philanthropy (time, talent, and treasure); and create opportunities to strengthen bonds between each other and Hofstra Law.
Michael Romano ’11
Owner, Romano & Associates
350 Old Country Road, Suite 205
Garden City, NY 11530
Courtney H. Zucker ‘15
Associate, Goldberg Segalla
200 Garden City Plaza, Suite 520
Garden City, NY 11530 3203
Cheryl L. Katz-Erato ‘15
Partner, Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 1010
Suite 1010 Uniondale, NY 11553
Administrators:
Nadège Boisson Pardo
Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations
(516) 463-4757
Nadege.BoissonPardo@hofstra.edu
Charmise P. Woodside-Desiré
Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
(516) 463-4390
Charmise.P.Woodsidedesire@hofstra.edu
Career Services Committee
The Career Services Committee assists Hofstra Law by, among other things, engaging in outreach to fellow alumni for the purpose of identifying potential internship and postgraduate employment opportunities for Hofstra Law students and graduates, promoting alumni participation in Hofstra Law’s on-campus recruitment programs (OCI), identifying alumni who are willing to serve as professional mentors for current students, and participating in career- and professional-development-related programming run by Hofstra Law.
Lynda Madera ’08
Counsel, Moomjian, Waite & Coleman LLP
350 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 104
Jericho, New York 11753
Daniel P. Vaillant ’08
Associate General Counsel and Director of Compliance, TDK USA Corporation
455 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY 11556
Kimberly Wilkens ’19
Employment Counsel, United States Postal Service
New York, New York
Administrators:
Christopher Caruso ’00
Senior Associate Dean for Career Services, Compliance, and Strategic Initiatives
(516) 463-5861
Christopher.J.Caruso@hofstra.edu
Daphne Telfeyan
Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development and Employer Relations
(516) 463-5871
Daphne.E.Telfeyan@hofstra.edu
Diversity Committee
The Diversity Committee was formed to further Hofstra Law’s efforts to maintain a diverse student body, faculty and administration. The committee supports efforts to identify and recruit Law students from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds; provide support to affinity student groups and organizations through participation in their programs and events, as well as serve as mentors and advisors; assist in engaging alumni from diverse backgrounds and help to develop ways of encouraging their participation in alumni activities; and help to build financial support for Hofstra Law diversity scholarships and fellowships, and overall fundraising efforts.