Dean's Advisory Council

The Dean's Advisory Council provides the dean with the advice and assistance of individuals whose experiences offer a variety of perspectives on the legal profession in order to advance the quality and standing of the Law School. The Council consists of alumni and members of the legal community at the highest level of their fields.


Chair

Charles A. Berardesco, JD '83


Chair  Emeriti

 

Corinne Ball, JD ‘78
Jones Day

David R. Berz, BA '70, JD '73

Richard W. Blackburn, JD '67

 

 

Douglas E. Davidson, JD '71

Darrell L. Dreher, JD '73
Dreher Tomkies, LLP

Jonathan S. Kahan, BA '70, JD '73
Hogan & Lovells US, LLP

 

 

Members of the Council

 

Raymond Banoun, JD '68
Banoun Law, PLLC

Bobby R. Burchfield, JD '79

Weston D. Burnett, JD '75, LLM '83
Creative Planning, Inc.

Daniel Thomas Donovan, JD '96 
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

Sunny S. Dupree, JD '68

David B. Falk, JD '75
FAME

Deborah Gersh, JD '83 
Ropes & Gray, LLP

Hon. Steven M. Goldman, JD '76
PBM Capital Group

Jonathan L. Greenblatt, JD '80
Legal Innovators

John S. Jenkins, Jr., JD '94
TE Connectivity, LTD.

Jeffrey I. Kohn, JD '84
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP

 

Arthur F. Lafionatis, JD '80
Law Offices of Arthur F. Lafionatis, PC

Lianne Lazetera, JD ’88
Schlesinger, Lazetera & Auchincloss, LLP

John Lewis, Jr., JD ’90 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

The Honorable Carlos F. Lucero, JD ’64

Seth H. Lundy, JD '96
King & Spalding, LLP

David K. Moskowitz, JD '83
DISH Network Corporation

Earle H. O’Donnell, JD '75 

Cynthia M. Patton, JD ’86
Tessera Therapeutics

Edwin L. Phelps, JD '68
Phelps Enterprises International

Daniel C. Schwartz, JD '69
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP

 

Teresa M. Schwartz, JD '71
GW Law

Jeff Schweon, JD '89
Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC

Barry A. Shenkman
Jacob Burns Foundation

Ira L. Sorkin, JD '68
Mintz & Gold, LLP

Steven A. Tasher, JD '73
Wyatt Partners, LLC

Scott C. Taylor, JD '92
Symantex Corporation

Carrie Valiant, JD ’83
Epstein Becker Green

Stephen N. Young, JD '84
Ernst & Young, LLP


Members Emeriti

 

Kenneth E. Adelsberg, JD ‘79

The Hon. William P. Barr, JD '77

Mark H. Chichester, JD '93
Atlas Research

Gary C. Granoff, BBA '69, JD '73 
Granoff, Walker & Forlenza, PC

Franklin L. Haney, LLB '65
Franklin Haney Company

 

The Hon. James F. Humphreys, JD '78
James F. Humphreys & Associates

J. Richard Knop, JD '69
KBMP, LLC

Thomas L. Mills, JD '75
Mills Black, LLP

William J. Mutryn, II, JD '75
Bluestone Investment Partners

Robert L. Patron, JD '98

 

The Honorable Gerald Rosen, JD '79
JAMS

Mary L. Schapiro, JD '80
Promontory Financial Group, LLC

The Honorable John W. Snow, JD '67
JWS Associates, LLC

Douglas M. Steenland, JD '76
AlG, Inc.