Randall Brett '77
	Tom Erickson '77 and wife Leslie
	Poul Hansen '77
	Vicki Hood '77
	Jean Regan '77
	Christie Sever '77 and her family

Francesca Karpel writes: "Life is good. I'm happily married to Ron, my husband of almost 25 years. My daughter has graduated from college, has a job and her own apartment. My son is working and taking a break from college. I've had the luxury of being able to have spent time at home raising a family and then successfully re-entering the workforce when I joined NetApp almost 10 years ago. I've grown with NetApp as the company has grown. When I started, the company had 1,000 employees and today, we are at almost 8,000 and have a strong international presence. I'm an active member of my local church and have traveled so much that I'm happy to be home. I enjoy living in the San Francisco Bay Area where I can have flowers in my garden all year long!"

Bill Hart updates us: "Hartline Investment Corp. turned 19 on July 2. We have weathered some bad markets before, but none quite like this. Our business was born in 1990 with a purchase of assets from Continental Bank and its subsidiary Continental Capital Management, where fellow alum Ray Wicklander and I had both been partners with the other management team members. Since our entrepreneurship and new ventures class at Kellogg's evening program with professors Pete Henderson and Al Balderson, we both had the bug to be on our own— just not together. He and his partners formed at a successful Great Lakes Capital Management. I am sorry to say that we have not kept in touch, despite both being in Chicago.

"Hartline has approximately $500 million under management with about 1/3 institutional assets and 2/3 individual money. We have been gratified by the support and loyalty of the approximately 200 clients of the firm. The challenge at this point is adjusting the fixed costs fast enough to preserve profits, where fees are based on assets subject to the volatile markets. This is certainly not an unknown predicament, but not familiar perhaps to those paid by the hour.

"We took a rather unique position to build our business model when we were a very young firm and trying to get by with little start-up capital. As a two-person firm, attracting new young talent in the early '90s would have required some big dollar backers. I looked around and saw an unusual circumstance. Life expectancy had moved exponentially higher over the prior 20 years, and many 65-year-olds that were being forced to retire were still active and excited to keep working. In the investment business, they were just right for our client base and with lots of experience that was also appreciated. Sixty-five was the new fifty! They also could bring some of their current client base into the business and have instant revenue that we could share while paying them a better ratio on their business than they had ever seen and still make a good profit.

"Today, most of those investment advisers are still with us. Our oldest is 99 1/2 and has told me he only plans to work until 100 (John Harmon, Princeton '32). His son, George Harmon, retired from Northwestern as a professor of journalism. Another Kellogg alum and board member, Phil Arnold '67, is an adviser with Hartline, too. We were sorry to lose Bill Ihlanfeldt in 2008. Bill, who worked at Northwestern for 30 years until joining Hartline in 1996, worked with us for more than 10 years. We have three other 72-year-olds in the firm and a number of younger managers who work with them in teams to gain the corporate memory and experience, as well as an introduction to their new potential business base. The cumulative knowledge brought to bear by such experienced executives has given us a real powerhouse of talent and them a great way to keep applying their skills with enjoyment. Why retire?"

Karen Hogan Allen writes: "I continue my career as vice president of finance and administration at BDI, a contemporary furniture manufacturer in Virginia. I promised myself when I joined the company in 2005 that it was my last job change — and I mean it! While the current economy is a bit of a challenge, our business is holding its own.

"Our family had a few milestones in the past year. My husband George is retiring soon; our son Mark graduated from Villanova and is working for Deloitte in Philadelphia; son Scott was married in December and graduated from Drexel Medical School in May. Scott will be doing his residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania while his wife Nika finishes at Drexel Medical School. We're truly blessed!"

Paul Zellner updates: "Kellogg alumni would be encouraged to know that at Russell Reynolds, after a chilly start to the year on the senior executive level, we have seen hopeful signs in the last two months (hand firmly touching wood that this will last). The need for real leadership around reinvention of business models, great execution and leadership of teams is unabated."

Christie Sever writes: "I am currently enjoying my third career. Career No. 1 was a traditional corporate path post-Northwestern and career No. 2 put circus jugglers to shame as I balanced part-time work and volunteerism with raising our three bundles of joy. Now I own my own business called Speaker's Edge, born in 2003. Companies hire me to train their professionals in public speaking and presentation skills. So many people have interesting ideas and experiences to share, but freeze up at the thought of delivering them in front of others. My clients appreciate that with my business background, I can relate to their employees and work with their individual styles. My Web site, yourspeakersedge.com, has plenty of information for anyone wishing to learn more. Mention Kellogg for that special Wildcats discount!

"In family news, my husband Mark is a partner with Ernst & Young. Our children are in their early 20s. Mike has one more year of law school, Carolyn is a junior accounting major, and Dave, who just graduated with his accounting degree, is playing professional baseball first."

Poul Iben Hansen updates: "Over the last 25 years I have worked in many different jobs including as a financial executive in industrial corporations, a banker in HSBC in Hong Kong and Frankfurt, a director of an Islamic bank, a director of a stockbroker firm and chief adviser to a bank in Tanzania. I returned to Denmark and have worked as a state-licensed real estate agent. For the last 10 years, I've been working as a financial development consultant for a major consulting firm called Grontmij-Carl Bro — but I always have been married to Lene, my beautiful wife for 25 years, soon to be 26 years.

"I have worked a lot in Africa on donor contracts. My last assignment was to establish with a colleague from Uganda a strategic plan for the microfinance industry in Sierra Leone (sponsored by the European Union). Besides Africa, my work has taken me to Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Far East on several occasions. Grontmij-Carl Bro is a major engineering firm, and I have become involved in reviewing the financial viability of renewable energy projects such as wind farm projects. I miss Evanston and the rewarding time I had there for two years a long time ago (I did come over for my 25th Reunion). I am sure this is a typical old-age phenomenon, even if I don't feel old yet."

Randy Fluharty writes: "The economic downturn has affected just about every company, with PLI being no exception. We are primarily in the plastic card business, with an emphasis on hotel key cards. We are using the downturn as an impetus for expanding our customer base, both domestically and abroad. I travelled to Prague, where we initiated contact with hotel owners from the Choice Hotels group from all over Europe. We are also engaged in setting up a distribution center in Europe to serve that area better. Some of this stuff is new for me, so it is fun to be learning new things at this point in my career. If anyone has any insight into international trade, I would welcome any tips."

Tom Altman updates: "Lots of change in our household. The kids are scattering to all parts of the world. And, after 31-plus years in various management positions at IBM in business development, sales management and sales operations, I am also about to begin the search for career No. 2.

Eric Law writes: "After nearly 30 years in finance at Ford, I accepted a buyout at the end of 2006 and started a second career. My wife Candace had quit her business career in the mid-90s to be a full-time artist, and what started as a hobby for me — photographing her artwork — eventually became a vocation. I work full time as a commercial photographer and consultant specializing in the digital imaging of artwork for artists, galleries, and exhibitions. I am also a frequent lecturer on the subject to artist groups and educate artists through my Web site, ShootMyArt.com.

"I am also an exhibiting fine art photographer and was featured in an article about Detroit-area working artists. My fine art work tends toward the semi-abstract. I like to explore the shapes, patterns, colors and textures that are visible when an object is seen up close, with limited context, or from an unusual perspective. These abstract characteristics then become the subject, and the viewer is drawn into an intimate dialogue with the image. I am particularly attracted to weathered buildings and old machinery, where there is often rich visual content to contemplate. Samples of my work can be seen at EricLawPhotography.com.

"My wife and I share a studio near our home. We are also active in our church and with the Divinity School at Duke University, where I chaired their board for several years and continue to serve as a special adviser to the dean."

Shigeru Tanaka writes: "What makes the Tanakas happiest this year is that my wife, Kikuko, has recovered from cancer treatment. She passed all the periodic checks at the end of 2008. We thank our friends and my students for all the moral support they have extended to us for the past two years since her repeated surgeries.

"The most exciting event in 2008 was our 30th wedding anniversary. A heartwarming party was organized by my students, combined with my 60th birthday celebration. In Japanese tradition, 60 is an important marking point, since it is the end and the new beginning of the traditional sexagenary cycle. Former students who wrote MBA theses under my guidance, my colleagues and a long line of secretaries, some with their family members, gathered at my favorite restaurant, and not surprisingly consumed a lot of wines. A string quartet of Nahoko and her college friends and a makeshift duo of former secretaries brought nice harmony to the gathering. The party went on and on and the participants had a great chat just like reunion of old family members.

"On my part I continued to devote my professional life in education and research to the Graduate School of Business Administration at Keio University, to which I have belonged for 32 years. Check out the Web site at kbs.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html.

Tom Erickson writes: "After Kellogg, my career has been entirely in railroads: 22 years with CSX and Conrail, then 10 years working for myself in railroad consulting. My mostmemorable day: on the front of a locomotive traveling across an African plain during a due diligence study for the privatization of Togo's railroad.

"For my private life, I've lived in Wallingford outside of Philadelphia for the last 25 years with my wife Leslie. Our daughter just started with the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. One son is at Emory University in Atlanta, and was the top goal-scorer this year for their lacrosse league. The other son is moving to a place he has never been, but hears is a great place — Chicago."

Jeff Weicksel updates: "I'm now into the second year of my 'second career.' Youth ministry is a full-time job – and a full-time joy. This is the first year that my wife Jan and I enjoyed an empty nest (our youngest, Kelly, is a freshman at Ithaca College), but now I suddenly have a whole family of middle-school and high-school youth to keep my evenings and weekends busy! Like everything else in the Detroit area, churches are struggling a bit with the economic woes of the domestic auto industry, but we work hard to keep the spirits in our community high, and I'm finding the adjustments to a new career are plenty to keep me busy.

"Of course, there's other news in my family — our oldest, Steve, and his fiancée, Jamie, are in doctorate programs in biochemistry at different schools in Worcester, Mass.. Our younger son, Scott, is preparing for post-graduate study in environmental economics after three years of work at Stratus Consulting in Boulder, Colo. And our older daughter, Katie, will be starting her senior year at Alma (Michigan) College in hopes of starting a career in elementary education. My wife Jan stays busy in the Northville (Michigan) public schools as a preschool teacher. While we do have some extra time together now, we're still glad to welcome the kids home whenever they can make it.

"Life really is good – REALLY – we just need a new perspective on how much we have (and not how much we think we've lost, know what I mean?). I hope all is well with my classmates of '77. I'd welcome hearing from you at jweicksel@twmi.rr.com, so if you have a chance, drop a line. Be Happy! Be Well!"

Eric Kagan writes: "The last two years have been a whirlwind of change for the Kagan family. During the winter of 2006, I left Buffalo, N.Y., where I had lived for eight years, and took a new position with eFunds in Scottsdale, Ariz. My wife Sari and my two boys Max and Norman remained behind so the boys could finish their high school year. By July, we were all together again. Over that summer eFunds was sold to Fidelity National Information Services and by the end of the year, most of the eFunds Scottsdale team was off looking for something else to do. In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy started out in Kansas, followed the yellow brick road and wound up back in Kansas. So that's what happened with us. I found a new career with a newly formed legal processing company in Buffalo, and in early February, we were back on the moving van returning to Buffalo. We left Scottsdale in 80 degree weather and arrived back in Buffalo in the midst of the winter's worst blizzard. Since then we are settled back into a new home. My youngest finishes high school this year, and by September, both of our children will be in college, one at Purdue and the other at Ithaca."

Virginia Chai Young updates: "Cyndy de Nuño, the L.A. Alumni Club president, recruited me to join the club's board, and we've been working 24/7 to raise our group's profile and engage our community with a range of meaningful social and networking events. Our very illustrious classmate Bob Eckert headlined our premiere event at the California Club. The Mattel chairman and CEO's presentation was 'Leadership in Challenging Times' and Bob shared his invaluable insight and unique experiences in a most interesting talk. Cyndy and I also attended the Kellogg Global Leadership Summit in April and we had the opportunity to see distinguished classmates Rad Hastings, Al Meyer and Rob Knuepfer in Evanston. We also ran into Dean Emeritus Donald Jacobs and invited him to visit L.A. for an upcoming event.

"In May, our group hosted the Kellogg Centennial event at a festive, well-attended party at Asia de Cuba. Alums from every decade, from the 1960s to the present, were represented and a great time was had by all. Speakers recounted the highlights of their Kellogg experience and everyone was grateful for the privilege of being part of the top-ranked program.

"In the midst of all these activities, my family celebrated our oldest girl's graduation from Georgetown Law. It's been an adventure raising a family, and my husband and I are grateful that both our grown kids, Danielle and her sister, Kristen (Wharton '08), have great jobs!"

Mark Lee updates: "Glynis and I are still very happily married and living in Charlottesville, Va., where we settled in the 1980s. The kids are grown and healthy, and we're fortunate in that we absolutely love their spouses. Garrett is in the Washington D.C., suburbs, and Alison lives five minutes away, after having lived a few years in Spain and Virginia's Tidewater area.

"I worked as a catalog marketer for a variety of firms, including AutoSport/International Auto Parts and Crutchfield (where I was senior vice president of marketing). In January 2007, I opened a marketing consultancy for catalog and Internet retailers. Our fastest-growing area is handling pay-per-click search advertising for clients around the country.

"We keep up with Keichi Ishizuka and his wife Mitsuko. Kei enjoys cooking and even went back to school to pursue his hobby. And to this day, we consider Philippe and Christiane Leclainche, whom we met at Kellogg before classes began in 1975, to be our dearest friends in the world. My favorite hobby is still fooling around with cars and motorcycles. I'm never without two or three projects in the garage."

Rajiv Rai writes: "Life has been hectic with a large steel plant coming up on the East Coast of India which will put our company into the top 10 percent league of steelmakers in India. Daughter Ritika (24) graduated with an MBA from the Tepper School at Carnegie Mellon in May and is now firmly into the family business of steel manufacturing. Payback time....I guess.

"I am enjoying life, going scuba diving and trekking around India. I took in MBAs from the Great Lakes Institute of Management, which was started by Kellogg Professor Bala Balachandran. They are great and smart kids and are really trained well at this business school by Professor Balachandran in managerial economics and decision sciences classes. The economy in India is not bad and the effects of the global meltdown don't seem to have hit us that bad."

Dave Hamel updates: "Since I last sent a note to my classmates, I have not done anything or gone anywhere interesting. My job is pretty regular. My salary is not outstanding. I have not participated in anything that benefits mankind. My bodily functions are normal for my age. I haven't started any new ventures. Or saved any animals (in fact, I'm trying to kill a rabbit that's digging up my yard). I'm not on any boards. I haven't bought retirement property. Or started a second career in philanthropy. I'm not taking any new medications. But I did hear a good joke. Unfortunately, it's too long to tell here. Looking forward to reading about each of you."

George Fotiades writes: "It has been a long long road since 1977. Been working at Procter & Gamble, Wyeth, Bristol Myers, Warner Lambert, Cardinal Health and now private equity with Diamond Castle Holdings in New York. I am also serving as chairman of Catalent Pharma Solutions, a Blackstone portfolio company. Also, for the past eight years I have had the privilege of serving on the board of Prologis, the largest global provider of distribution facilities, along with Don Jacobs. Don is going strong and is as inspirational today as he was more than 30 years ago. I am also serving on the board of Alberto Culver, based in Melrose Park, which brings me to my beloved Chicago at least four times a year. In closing, this past year I connected with my roommate and Kellogg classmate Art Lyman for the first time in years. Brought back some of the best memories. I owe so much to Kellogg."

Chris Galvin's eldest son, Dave, will enroll at Kellogg this fall; William, his youngest, graduated with top honors in physics from Harvard University in June and Katie, his new daughter-in-law, graduated with a master's degree in education from Stanford University in June. Chris' bride Cindy refounded her interior design business, which does commercial and residential work nationwide. Since departing Motorola in 2004, Chris chaired the spin-out of NAVTEQ from Philips in 2004 and sold it to Nokia in 2008 for $8.1 billion cash, 36 times EBITDA and 49 times earnings, or a 37.5 percent annual compounded return for shareholders; co-founded a think tank in 2004 that published three books in 2008; co-founded a global Harvard endowment-like investment business in 2006 that had better than top deciles returns in 2008; co-founded a real estate private equity company in 2005 that raised Fund I ($208M in 2006) and Fund II ($431M plus a $45M co-invest vehicle in 2008) that is successfully investing in education, healthcare and storage real estate; co-founded a software business in 2008 that hosts employees in Europe, the U.S. and China; is chairman of Cleversafe Inc. (and investor) 2008, a new disruptive digital storage start-up company; and is negotiating for a niche U.S. defense business as a platform company for a rollup strategy beginning in the second half of this year.

Dennis Waskiowski writes: "As a vice president at a plastics parts supplier in the automotive industry, business has become most difficult this year. The current workdays are burdened with increasing challenges as well as with significant uncertainty. Chrysler is in Chapter 11, General Motors is the same, a deep recession is cutting sales levels from all customers regardless of industry, erratic but demanding customer requirements and thin profit margins all contribute to a manufacturer having to fight for survival. During my days at the Kellogg School, I don't think I ever would have anticipated this situational work environment late in my career. The company's diversification into other industries along with the possibility of automotive OEM's reinventing themselves with assistance and/or ownership from the federal government may provide for a ray of optimism at a time when we all look forward to a recovery from the recession that seems to have impacted most everyone in 2009.

"On a more personal note, our family has celebrated our two oldest daughters' graduations in May with both commencements falling on the same weekend. One daughter graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the other from Saint Mary's College. With one daughter taking a position with a firm in Chicago, we look forward to making more visits back to Chicago's lakefront, theaters, restaurants and ballgames. Our youngest daughter has only one year remaining at Butler University, so we anxiously await the spring of 2010 when the tuition bills finally cease to arrive at our home address in Granger, Ind."

News from Michael Hentschel: "Having been 'behind the scenes' for much of my career as a venture capitalist and company-starter, I have little to take direct credit for, but a lot of satisfaction for having had a positive impact on some 55 technology-intensive companies since Kellogg. Kellogg's team-management entrepreneurial philosophies stay with me still. Quite apart however from the ventures and much less under my direct influence, my specialization in 'country-risk' at Kellogg 30 years ago has come to pass even in the U.S., now one of the highest political and economic risk countries in the world, while we are still (temporarily alas) regarded as a safe haven by a globe that has even worse problems on its mind. Capitalism is on the run, my little venture companies not excluded. Government interference is on the rise, every government mandate to do nonsensical non-economic things has backfired big-time, and the even bigger fixes will explode on us all. We cannot get out of debt by swamping ourselves with more debt, and I have my German family backdrop in the Weimar Republic. My ventures need the freedom of micro-economic decisions in a macro-economic environment that is not a command-economy. Kellogg should get involved in promoting responsible and ethical — but truly unfettered — capitalism; it needs the help. Intelligence is not wisdom. In Boston these days after 17 years in California and 10 years in North Carolina, hopefully closing a funding in 10 days on my second venture capital startup here. Not a fun environment right now, but effective innovation still finds markets.

"I'm working most passionately right now on a book on my father Hans Calmeyer's legacy, who is the Dutch Schindler credited with saving some 3,000 from the Holocaust and a 'good' lawyer whose example should be made known to all other lawyers and whose 1,000 pages of biography in Germany have never yet been translated into English. It's moral legality illustrated via some deeply moving poetry by poets such as Rainer Maria Rilke, whom some of you might look up sometime.

"Everyone leaves a legacy, and mine is my three children in Dallas and Greensboro, N.C., who have not quite made it yet through school and to their own individual destinies. My ventures have been winners and losers, but lives are sacred and souls are eternal. Greetings, best wishes and gratitude to all of my friends along the way."

An update from Scott Taylor: "This winter, one of my curling buddies remembered my family came from the highlands of Scotland and challenged me to join him in playing a bonspiel (curling tournament) in a kilt. I ordered my family tartan (Clan Innes) and we slid down the ice with pleats flapping. It was a tad breezy. I don't think I flashed the competition, but you never know."

Here's some news from Craig Wilson: "There's lots happening this year. I moved to the Park Millenium condos on Columbus Drive. All rooms have views of Lake Michigan East over to the setting sun west by River Bend/Trump. Great views. I still own American Recruiters-Chicago, and will move offices near Ogilvy later this year. I also started another company, iM3 LLC, specializing in online training (trainingu247.com). I'm rewriting Black White and Gray into The Dream. And I'm also working on another musical based on the Middle East. Lovin' life!"

Vicki Hood writes: "I have been with Kirkland & Ellis for the last 28 years and am head of the firm's employee benefits practice area; serve on the executive committee of the Northwestern Law Board and became a member of the Pete Henderson Society at Kellogg. I moved back to the city from Kenilworth five years ago and now enjoy, with my husband of 36 years, our view of Millennium Park and the lake. Our oldest son got married and is working in Chicago for Teach for America and is heading to law school in the fall while our second son is studying for the MAT in history."

Charles Levine updates: "I've had a fantastic career (far better than I deserved) and I am having more fun than ever now. Near the end of 2002, I retired as president of Sprint PCS. By that time, we had established ourselves as the fastest-growing company in history, growing from no revenues to over $10 billion in four and a half years. Unfortunately in the past couple of years, Sprint has not performed quite as well.

"Since I left Sprint, I've focused on board work internationally and volunteer work locally. I currently serve as chairman of Openwave in Redwood City, Calif. I am also chairman of Sierra Wireless in Vancouver, B.C. I joined the boards of RCN, a cable provider headquartered in Washington D.C. and Sagem Wireless in Paris. I left the boards of Lexar, @Road and Somera when we sold the companies. I also serve on a couple of local nonprofit boards, and volunteer about 25 percent of my time on mounted patrol for the California State Parks.

"I reconnected with Ed Wilson a few months ago when he was looking for office space for the new West Coast alumni coordinator. As it happened, we had space available at Openwave, and Sarah Roach, our West Coast coordinator, is headquartered in Redwood City."

Michael Avramovich practices international business and financial law in Chicago, where he is president of Avramovich & Associates P.C. In his spare time, Michael is professor in the business school at North Park University and adjunct professor of international business and trade law at the John Marshall Law School. Since graduation, Michael has lived in Switzerland, Rome, London and Tokyo, and worked throughout the world, where he was chief financial officer for a number of international divisions of Molex International. He also has worked for a number of federal agencies in both Chicago and Washington, D.C. From 2003 to 2008, Michael served as president of the Northern Illinois Chapter of the Christian Legal Society, and is active in international human rights and religious liberty issues. He and his wife, Susan, live in Chicago. Michael has three adult children.

Jean H. Regan updates: "It's been a busy year for Tranzact! In February, we celebrated 25 years of service to our customers and the transportation industry. Our corporate emphasis and energies have always been directed toward providing outstanding service to our clients. We consider ourselves very fortunate that in this economy we have added several new large clients to our customer base. Internally, we have just completed a major redesign of our company Web site (tranzact.com), which includes an interactive resource for industry professionals (Tranzact Inside), industry information, access to our library of current and archived content and practical advice on how to manage the market's impact on one's business. Additionally, Tranzact is developing a new online resource, Women In Logistics, designed specifically for professional women in the industry to enhance their networking, career and educational opportunities and promote mentoring among our peer group.

"Personally, I am very excited about the 2009 Solheim Cup, which will be held in August at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. Rich Harvest Farms is ranked number 46 on Golf Digest's Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses in America. As a committee chairperson on the marketing committee, it is wonderful for me to see five years of effort and preparation so close to reality. We are looking forward to a great time and a thrilling match between the professional women golfers of Europe and the U.S."

Marilyn Bock writes: "I can't believe we've been in San Diego for over 20 years now! We survived the fires of October 2007, although this time, the fires came uncomfortably close. About a dozen homes in our neighborhood burned down, some of them just a few hundred yards away. The winds shifted at the last moment and destroyed hundreds of homes just to the south of us. We're now living on the coast.

"Our older daughter was a cherub at Northwestern two years ago in the summer high school theatre program. My, how the campus has changed. She said she was in an 'older' dorm. Built in the '80s! There must be twice as many buildings as when we graduated. She just finished her first year at New York as a theatre major and has become quite a New Yorker.

"Ron and I have been married for almost 33 years (where did the time go?). I'm still doing work in accounting and finance. Traveling and enjoying life! Hope all is going well for everyone."

Fran Edmondson reports: "My quiet life as an artist proceeds on. One noteworthy event was that I had my first one-person art show in a gallery in Chicago. If anyone wants to see some of my work they can go to franedmondson.com. Quite a few of the paintings that were in my show are on the Web site."

An update from Randall Brett: "In 2004, at the ripe age of 54 and after a successful career as a human resources executive for multinational companies as well as owner of my own consulting business, I decided to pursue a lifelong desire and go to law school. Three years later, I passed the bar exam and became a licensed attorney in New Jersey and New York, and am also admitted before the U.S. District Court in New Jersey. I worked for a union-side law firm for two years and have just opened my own law practice, in Central New Jersey. While my focus is in employment and labor law (not surprising given my prior life), I am offering my clients a full-service legal resource. My clients include a playwright looking to protect his intellectual property, a start-up in the live-event production business, and a marketing company serving the pharmaceutical industry. New clients are always welcome!

"On the personal front, I have been married to Deborah for 36 years and have two grown children, Joshua and Sharon (who will enter law school in August), and am owned by a feline with a severe case of catattitude. One of my many bad habits is that I'm a private pilot and I like to go up on nice weekend days to scare a few birds and bore holes in the sky."