Alumni Almanac
In the Eye of the Media Tsunami
Criminal defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman (LL.M. ’79) has tackled some of the highest-profile cases of the last three decades, defending luminaries such as Sean Combs, Jay-Z,...
Striking a Balance
Forty floors above Central Park, just a couple of doors away from the corner office where the legendary Estée Lauder ruled her cosmetics empire, Sara Moss...
Daring to Be Green
The dream of a technology that produces nonfossil fuel for our industrial world has been an entrepreneurial holy grail since the 1970s. Jonathan Wolfson ’00 was...
From 1L Lawyering, Learning How to Write
Cristina Alger ’07 admits that before she graduated from college, she had little grounding in finance other than balancing her checkbook. Her father, David Alger, was...
Small Acts of Resistance
Martin Garbus ’59 has had a legendary career as a trial lawyer and free speech proponent, representing Daniel Ellsberg, Lenny Bruce, and Don Imus domestically, and...
Knowing How to Sweeten the Deal
There’s a running joke at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz that David Katz ’88 showed up as a summer associate in 1987 and...
All (Electronic) Eyes Are Watching You
The law alumni association’s fall lecture, “You Are Here: Location Data, Tracking Technology, and Consumer Privacy Law,” moderated by Professor Katherine Strandburg, brought together lawyers from...
Ready to Hit the Ground Running
James Silkenat (LL.M. ’78), a partner at Sullivan & Worcester, was voted president-elect at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Chicago in August, which will...
