W W W. TO U R O L AW. E D U 39 CLASS NOTES TOURO LAW ALUMNI SHARE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1984 Cheryl Kitton welcomed her grandson recently and has another grandchild on the way. Her daughter Morgan just started her second year at Touro Law. Warren Heller is the owner of Living Legends Memorabilia & Collectibles located in Rockville Centre, NY. His business specializes in sports, entertainment and political autographs and memorabilia and conducts auctions and fundraisers for charities. 1985 Randy Grossman, Managing Partner at Greenberg, Walden & Grossman, LLC, has been selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list for 12 consecutive years. He concentrates in personal injury, workers’ compensation and civil litigation, as well as complex matters including accidental injuries and hazardous exposures causing diseases and death. Rhonda S. Leonard recently joined The Gilbert Firm in Manhattan as Counsel specializing in complex insurance coverage, mass tort litigation and commercial transactional work. 1988 Lawrence Steckman has been identified as one of New York’s 2016 Super Lawyers in securities litigation. He also received that honor in 2006, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Larry has published more than 40 works on the law, primarily on federal procedure, remedies and damage computation, and, as well, on securities fraud and RICO pleading. He has been rated by the independent rating service AVVO “Superb” since that service began providing attorney ratings. Larry has published, in addition to legal scholarship, academic work in philosophy of science and clinical psychology, as well as on European existentialism and American pragmatism.for 12 consecutive years. 1989 Hon. Karen Kerr was selected to oversee Suffolk County’s District Court in February of 2016. She was appointed in 2012 as a District Court judge and elected to a full term that year. The previous year, she was appointed to the Court of Claims and served as an acting Supreme Court justice. 1990 Chris Coschignano, a Partner with Sahn Ward Coschignano, PLLC in Uniondale, NY, was named one of Long Island Business News’ “Ones to Watch” in the April 15-21, 2016 edition. In February 2015, Chris received the Keith Romaine Elected Official of the Year Award from Touro Law Center. The award is named for the late Brookhaven Town Councilman and Touro Law graduate, and is given to those in recognition of their outstanding commitment to government service. In May 2015, the Touro Law Center also honored Chris as its “Alumni of the Month.” He also received the Long Island Business News “Around 50” Award in November 2015. 1991 Christine Malafi, Partner at Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP, was named a 2016 Top Woman in Law by Hofstra University. Also this spring, Christine was appointed to the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Suffolk County (GSSC). The preeminent leadership development organization for girls, GSSC serves more than 40,000 girls between the ages of 5 and 17. As a board member, Malafi will work to further the organization’s mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character. Malafi, Chair of the Corporate Department at Campolo Middleton, focuses on mergers and acquisitions as well as insurance, municipal, and labor and employment matters. She also serves on the Board of Governors of Touro Law Center. Janice Whelan Shea, Counsel at Harras, Bloom & Archer, LLP, was featured as a 2016 Woman in Real Estate in the New York Real Estate Journal. 1992 Daniel J. Baker has joined Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, as a Partner in the Real Estate and Land Use and Zoning Practice Groups. Dan concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, zoning and land use, and environmental law. Adam Bialow is a full-time, on-site business and legal affairs consultant for the international media giant Lionsgate. Earlier in his career, he was Executive Vice President, International Business and Legal Affairs at Lionsgate for almost 9 years. Additionally, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Los Angeles and also volunteers as one of the Executive Producers of the British Academy Britannia Awards, which is broadcast in the U.S. on Pop TV, a CBS and Lionsgate joint venture, and other broadcasters around the world. Recipients of the Britannia Awards in recent years included Judi Dench, Robert Downey Jr., Meryl Steep, J.J. Abrams, Harrison Ford and George Clooney. Randy J. Schaefer was named an associate at the Margolin & Weinreb Law Group, LLP.