Guest Panelists:

William Hochul ’84, United States Attorney, WDNY (Buffalo, NY) (Former Law Clerk, Maryland Court of Appeals)

Paul McGrath ’85, Chief Court Attorney NYS Court of Appeals (Albany, NY)

Craig Peterson ’76, Chief Appellate Court Attorney, NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division, Fourth Department (Rochester, NY)

Patrick Reinkainen ’12, Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas Griesa, US District Court, SDNY (New York, NY)
Chelsea Selby ’10, Law Clerk to the Hon. David Hurd, US District Court for the Northern District of New York (Utica, NY)

Monica Wallace ’94, SUNY Buffalo Law (Former Law Clerk to Hon. Richard Arcara, US District Court, WDNY; former Staff Attorney, US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit)

A panel discussion with 2L and 3L students talking about their job searches, as well as an overview of how and where to look for jobs.

1st Vice President / Compliance Officer at First Niagara Financial Group

kaavik@roadrunner.com

Karen Aavik is the First Vice President / Compliance Officer at First Niagara Financial Group. She Graduated summa cum laude from Canisius College with a BA in History, Political Science, and Spanish. Karen then received her JD from SUNY at Buffalo Law School in 1999, and her MBA in Finance from SUNY at Buffalo School of Management in 2000. In 2008, she completed her LLM in Criminal Law with a concentration in White Collar Crime at SUNY at Buffalo Law School,graduating with honors. Karen has substantial experience in analyzing federal, state, and SRO regulations, writing and implementing policies and procedures, creating and delivering training,and conducting monitoring, gap analyses, and periodic reporting activities.

Amanda Dermott

Attorney at U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Chief Counsel

amanda.dermott@dhs.gov

Ms. Dermott is a staff attorney for the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), Office of Assistant Chief Counsel in Buffalo. The Buffalo Office of Assistant Chief Counsel provides legal advice and guidance, as well as legal representation,to CBP components located throughout New York State (excluding New York City) and parts of Pennsylvania. Legal matters handled by the office include enforcement of customs and immigration laws, trade and finance issues, labor and employment cases, and civil and criminal actions involving CBP. Ms. Dermott recently graduated from UB Law School in May 2010, and began her legal career at Hodgson Russ, LLP in the firm’s Employee Benefits practice group.Ms. Dermott’s internship experience during law school included summer internships for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York and Hodgson Russ, LLP, a one-semester externship for the Buffalo Office of Assistant Chief Counsel, and a one-semester intensive clerkship for the Honorable Richard J. Arcara of the U.S. District Court for the WesternDistrict of New York.

Randy Fahs

Manager of Corporate Contracts at Moog

rfahs@moog.com

Randy Fahs is the Manager of Corporate Contracts for Moog Inc., a $2 billion per year publicly traded aerospace company which is located in East Aurora. He focuses his professional activity negotiating domestic and international high tech business agreements and mergers &acquisitions. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1984 with a BA in Government& International Relations and from the SUNY at Buffalo School of Law in 1988 with a JD. Hebegan his legal career as an associate with the Hodgson Russ Law firm and has served in various capacities with Comptek Research, Inc., Superior Technical Resources, Inc., and Northrop Grumman Corporation, prior to joining Moog. Randy participates in numerous pro bono activities, including Canal Fest of the Tonawandas, Inc., and Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
Glenn Murray

NYS DMV Administrative Law Judge

gemesq@me.com

Since November, Mr. Murray has served as a NYS DMV Administrative Law Judge. Prior to that appointment, he had over 25 years of litigation experience in state and federal courts. Mr.Murray is a former Army prosecutor and military defense counsel, who taught Constitutional Law at Canisius College, and as a frequent guest speaker at the University at Buffalo Law School. He has lectured and chaired numerous seminars for lawyers and judges sponsored by the State and County Bar Associations and the NYS Office of Court Administration on the topic of DUI. Mr. Murray is the author of COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT(NYSBA, 1992) and is the coauthor of CRIMINAL LAW SLANGUAGE OF NEW YORK 3d (Lexis Nexis/ Gould Publishing, 2006).
Robert C. Whitaker Jr.

Associate at Hancock Estabrook, LLP

rwhitaker@hancocklaw.com

Robert C. Whitaker Jr. is an attorney with the Syracuse, New York based law firm of Hancock Estabrook, LLP where he is a member of the firm’s hiring committee. Mr. Whitaker is a member of Hancock Estabrook’s Labor & Employment, Intellectual Property and Construction Law Practice Groups. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Whitaker served in the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corp (“JAG Corps”) representing active duty military personnel in military federal courts throughout the southeastern United States. As a Navy JAG, Mr. Whitaker also served as Deputy Staff Judge Advocate to a United States Marine Corps Commanding General in Al Anbar, Iraq. Mr. Whitaker continues to actively serve the Navy JAG Corps as a member of the Navy Reserves.

Hosted by the Dean’s Office, SBA & CSO.

The purpose of the program is to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs.

Speakers: Former and current PMF Alumni, Steve Trynosky ’05, Jenna Moran ’10

Speaker:

Robert Schwenkel, UB Law Alum ’82 and Partner at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY.

• What jobs are available in the courts?
• What can a clerkship do for me?
• Where are the clerkship jobs?
• Why would I want to clerk?
• Whom do I need to know?
• Do I need Law Review?
• When can I apply?

Guest Panelists:
Robin Barovick ’00, Law Clerk to the Hon. Christina Reiss U.S. District Court, District of Vermont (Burlington, VT), (Former Law Clerk to the Hon. Peter W. Hall and to the Hon. Robert A. Katzmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)

Paul McGrath ’85, Chief Court Attorney NYS Court of Appeals (Albany, NY)

Craig Peterson ’76, Chief Appellate Court Attorney, NYS Supreme Court Appellate Division, Fourth Department (Rochester, NY)

Margaret Russell-Shepard ’11, Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph L. Marczyk, Superior Court of Atlantic County (Atlantic City, NJ)

Chelsea Selby ’10, Law Clerk to the Hon. David Hurd, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Utica, NY)

Professor Rick Su, UB Law (Former Law Clerk for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 speakers include:

Kevin Espinosa, Hodgson Russ
Honorable Craig Hannah, Buffalo City Court
Aaron Mango, US Attorney’s Office, Western District of New York
Stephen Yonaty, Cannon Heyman & Weiss

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 speakers include:

Honorable Lisa Bloch Rodwin, Erie County Family Court
Tasha Moore, NYS Division of Human Rights
Sarah Kim, Phillips Lytle
Karen Kaczmarski, Associate Dean for Development, UB Law