Brooklyn Law School Public Service Awards Ceremony Honoring Public Service at Brooklyn Law School and the Accomplishments of the Class of 2017 Tuesday, March 28, 2017 6:00 8:00 pm Brooklyn Law School
Our Honorees Members of the Class of 2017, who will pursue a wide array of careers, have performed exceptional pro bono and public service work at organizations ranging from The Legal Aid Society to the Brooklyn District Attorney s Office and from the Mississippi Center for Justice to the National Labor Relations Board. Over the course of these students law school careers, they have devoted almost 100,000 hours to assisting individuals charged with crimes, immigrants, survivors of domestic violence, people seeking health care benefits, low-income taxpayers, children, veterans, and others, as well as helping government agencies provide critical services to the public. The Public Interest Public Service (PipS) Fellows and Pro Bono Scholars are devoting thousands of additional hours to working full-time at government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Our pro bono project leaders have dedicated their time and passion to running the Law School s 28 projects. STUDENTS WHO PERFORMED OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE GOLD 1,000+ hours Alessandra DeCarlo Alexandra Briggs Alexandra Goodman Amanda Rae Davis Brendan Quinones Charles Huynh Christopher Antonelli Crystal Peters Erin McMullan Hannah Rogers Jamaal Jones Jennifer Gordon Jimmy Filter Kara Simpliciano Katherine Ruiz Boada Kyla Burke-Lazarus Liana Goff Luis Cortavarria Mark Fuller Michelle Ward Naoufal Zouak Rebecca Richman Sian Azzinari Sophia Genovese-Halvorson Suzanna Talbot Tashmin Rahman Taylor Lietz Tien-Kha Tran Toni Lambert Victor Montemayor Zack Goldberg
SILVER 500-999 hours Adrienne Couraud Aysha Sultan Brandon Russ Brian Kupferberg Carl Mudd Christie McGuinness Christina Salerno Colleen Shea Crystal Johnson David Choi Edward Ray Elina Savinetskaya Elliana Openshaw Erin Burns Francesca Chou Gregory Kimble Griffin Frank Jacey Gottlieb Jenna Spelke Jennifer Gesualdi Jessica Truyol Joel Goldenberg John McKay Jonathan Huang Jose Jaime Joseph Accurso Katherine Zhang Kathleen Simpson Kelsey Russo Kristie Ranchurejee Kristin Hackett Mackenzie Warner Melissa Sherman Michael Ioannou Morgan Mickelsen Nathan Cole Nicholas Ponzo Nicole Aronson Patrick Carey Pearl Shah Robert Zitt Ryan Starstrom Sarah Rizk Seth Grantier Stephanie Kahn Stephen Russo Tanvee Trehan Theresa Dinh Valerie Casali BLS PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD 250-499 hours Alden Bishop Alexander Estis Alycia Egan-Dolan Amanda Levine Annemarie Mierzejewski Arupa Chung-A-Hing Benedetto Davi Bridget Hart Dariya Golubkova David Jason Diana Mondragon Dina Kupfer Dmitriy Godunov
Dominika Wilk Dylan Maag Grace Nsofor Harry Tiwari Ian Schwartz Ifza Riaz John Werner Jonathan Pivovarov Jordan Vogel Joseph Benoit Josephine Dongbang Joshua George Joy Park Juan Moreno-Fernandez Katarina Garced Kristen Lin Lauren Boulbol Maureen McCann Michael Nass Michael Pecorini Michael Seiden Nicole Vescova Omar Perez Paula Collins Remi Forster Richard Martin Ricky Ng Rruhija Matai-Sanchez Samson Adler Samuel Zaretsky Sean Nolan Stephanie Robayo Sung Kang Valerie Geffrard Yonatan Klestzick Zachary Victor PRO BONO PROJECT LEADERS Student-led projects are at the heart of the BLS pro bono experience. They offer unique leadership and practical opportunities while helping underserved populations. This celebration, in part, is to honor those graduating students who displayed outstanding student leadership in the school s 28 pro bono projects. These students founded projects, revived and revitalized dormant projects, and took over other projects requiring sophisticated oversight. For all of your hard work, we thank you, graduating pro bono project leaders: Anastassia Zimina Alycia Egan-Dolan Chelsea-Leigh Flucus- Holloway Chris Antonelli Crystal Peters Dylan Weeks Elliana Openshaw Erin McMullan Hannah Rogers Jed Russell Karla Cabral Katherine Zhang Katrina Myers
Kyla Burke-Lazarus Liana Goff Michael Seiden Morgan Mickelsen Naoufal Zouak Rebecca Richman Samantha Banton Seth Grantier Sophia Genovese-Halvorson Suzanna Talbot Tanvee Trehan Taylor Poe Valerie Geffrard ACCESS TO JUSTICE AWARD PipS Fellows and Pro Bono Scholars BLS s Public Interest-Public Service (PipS) Fellows spend their third year of law school working full-time at nonprofit organizations and government agencies, while Pro Bono Scholars spend their final semester providing direct legal services to low-income individuals: Rachel Brent Alexandra Briggs Kyla Burke-Lazarus Toni Lambert Thuy-An Nguyen Taylor Poe Tashmin Rahman Nicolo Taormina