Climbing Above the Culture Clash

20 years, and is now a middler at Yale Divinity
School, due for his master’s in May.
Robert Holloway Jr., shareholder and president
of MacLean, Holloway, Doherty, Ardiff & Morse
PC, was elected treasurer of the Massachusetts
Bar Association for the 2009–2010 year.
Michael Kreidman has been practicing solo for
more than 15 years in Manhattan, specializing in
sports-related and entertainment transactional
work.
1974
Claudia Damon, of the Manchester, N.H., firm
McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton PA was
selected by the N.H. Bar Foundation as a 2009
honorary fellow. She was commended for
her outstanding commitment during the two
five-year terms she served (1998–2008) on its
IOLTA Grants Committee.
Judge Shelvin Louise Marie Hall of the Illinois
First District Appellate Court, First Division,
received the 2009 Liberty Achievement Award
from the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial &
Insurance Practice Section.
Steven W. Hanscom joined the Pen Bay
Healthcare Board of Trustees.
Emily S. Starr, of Ciota, Starr & Vander Linden
LLP, received an MCLE Scholar-Mentor Award.
1975
Bruce Blaisdell was named executive director
of the Vietnamese-American Initiative for
Development in Dorchester.
Meg Cheever received the Distinguished
Daughter of Pennsylvania Award for her
dedication to the Pittsburgh-area parks.
Philip J. Moss, of Fisher & Philips’ office in
Portland, Maine, was named in The Best Lawyers
in America 2010.
Michael Oestreicher was elected chair of the
Cincinnati State Board of Trustees.
1976
Charles “Chip” Babcock, partner at Jackson
Walker LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in
America 2010.
Carolyn Jacoby Gabbay, a partner at Nixon
Peabody LLP in Massachusetts, was recognized
in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business.
Katherine Hess received the Excellence in
Leadership Award from the Woodward School
for Girls in Quincy.
1978
Gary Bockweg, chief of the Office of Court
Administration Technology, led an effort
to design, develop and implement a case
management/electronic case files system to be
implemented at all federal courts.
1979
Lois Herzeca joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LLP as partner.
Robert W. Lavoie, of Devine Millimet in
Andover, was reappointed to a second term
on the Massachusetts Access to Justice
Commission.
Craig D. Mills, a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP,
was recently recognized in the 2009 edition
of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for
Business.
1980
Bonnie Glatzer joined Nixon Peabody LLP as
partner in the Labor & Employment Division.
H. Peter Haveles Jr. joined Kaye Scholer LLP as
partner.
Douglas Humes is in solo practice doing real
estate, small business and estate planning in
Bryn Mawr, Pa. He writes for his local retirement
community newsletter, is president of the local
historical society, and is involved in the affairs of
his Quaker Meeting.
Daniel Kimmel celebrated 25 years as a
professional film critic with the publication of
his fourth book, I’ll Have What She’s Having:
Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies.
He writes for the Worcester Telegram, the
Gazette, the Jewish Advocate, Variety, and the
Internet Review of Science Fiction. He also teaches
film at Suffolk University.
David Szabo was appointed to the
Massachusetts Health Information Technology
Council.
1982
Timothy S. Hollister of Shipman & Goodwin in
West Hartford, Conn., will be featured in The
Best Lawyers in America 2010.
Stephen Keller recently passed the 20-year
mark with the National Treasury Employees
Union, where he is senior counsel for
compensation negotiations.
1983:
Steven Fischbach has held public interest
positions at Rhode Island Legal Services, where
he has worked on a variety of racial justice
issues. Last spring he accompanied a group
of law students from BU to New Orleans, and
has supervised other BU Law students working
on appeals of rental assistance benefits from
FEMA.
Robert Khuzami joined the Securities and
Exchange Commission as director of the
Division of Enforcement.
David Kratz was appointed president of the
New York Academy of Arts.
1984
Michael D. Fricklas, executive vice president
and general counsel of Viacom, was honored
with the World Recognition of Distinguished
General Counsel Award.
Robert Whitney joined White and Williams
LLP’s Boston office as counsel in the commercial
litigation department, and as member of the
insurance coverage and bad faith practice group.
Gregory Woodworth was named general
counsel of National Life Group.
1985
Ricardo Casellas is a named partner in the eightlawyer
commercial litigation boutique of Casellas
Alcover & Burgos PSC, and president of the Puerto
Rico Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Thomas Cohn is of counsel to the Venable LLP
New York office.
Benjamin Feder joined Kelly Drye as bankruptcy
and restructuring special counsel.
1986
Gregory Chafee is of counsel to Morris,
Manning & Martin LLP.
James C. Fox was named president of
the Northeast Chapter of the Turnaround
Management Association.
Eileen F. Morrison was elected president of
the board at The Second Step, which provides
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