Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty and Alumni Rank Among the 2023 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law

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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Karl Coplan, Professor of Law Emeritus and Director of Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic at Haub Law, along with Achinthi Vithanage, Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs & Professor at Haub Law, were named to the 2023 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law.

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The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that Karl Coplan, Professor of Law Emeritus and Director of Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic at Haub Law, along with Achinthi Vithanage, Associate Director of Environmental Law Programs & Professor at Haub Law, were named to the 2023 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law. Haub Law Adjunct Professor Steven Solow, Partner, Baker Botts, former Director of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic and founder of the DC Summer Externship Program at Haub Law was also recognized.

The prestigious list is comprised of 500 lawyers carefully selected and based on journalistic reporting, nominations, and vetting with peers and experts in environmental law. Also included on the list are Haub Law alumni, Anne Carpenter ’09, Partner, Baker Botts, Samuel Brown ‘07, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth, and James May ’91 (LLM), Distinguished Professor of Law, Founder of the Global Environmental Rights Institute, and co-Founder and co-Director of the Dignity Rights Project and the Environmental Rights Institute at Widener University Delaware Law School and current Haub Visiting Scholar at Haub Law.

“We are so proud of the impact that Karl, Achinthi, Steve and our distinguished graduates continue to have on the field of environmental law and congratulate them on this recognition,” said Dean Horace E. Anderson Jr., Dean of the Law School. “As the #1 ranked environmental law program, Haub Law remains committed to advancing environmental law and policies that lead us toward a greener future with the bold leadership of our past and present faculty, alumni, and colleagues.”

The 2023 Lawdragon Green 500 list also included other Haub Law affiliates, including: Former Director of Haub Law’s Environmental Law Program, Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Partner, Baker Botts, and 2021 Haub Law Environmental Law Distinguished Junior Scholar and 2022 Lloyd. K Garrison Lecturer on Environmental Law, Sharmila Murthy, Senior Counsel in the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

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Love @HaubLaw: Meghan and Paul Dibbini ‘19

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Love was in the air during Meghan and Paul Dibbini’s 1L civil procedure class at Haub Law. Meghan recalls, “Paul happened to sit in front of me in our first Monday morning 9:00 a.m. class – civil procedure with Professor Simon. Professor Simon had a “sign-in sheet” for attendance, and any time Paul handed me the sign-in sheet, he would be sure to fully turn around, grab my attention, and strike up a conversation if he could. We began getting to know each other as friends, became part of the same study group, and the rest is history!” A few short years after graduating from Haub Law, Meghan and Paul were married with numerous Haub Law alumni in attendance at their wedding. 

Meghan had always dreamed of becoming a lawyer since elementary school. “Becoming a lawyer always stood out to me as a prestigious profession and one that would keep me on my toes and challenge me,” said Meghan. “Haub Law has a prominent location – close to NYC, but in Westchester where I knew I would be able to eventually settle down and make great connections. My time at Haub Law was wonderful and really set me up for success as a lawyer after graduating.” Paul, a double degree Pace University graduate, received his undergraduate degree from Pace as well as his law degree. “I had a positive experience as an undergraduate at Pace and was confident the same would be true if I attended law school at Pace,” said Paul. “Fortunately, I was right and not only did I receive a top-tier legal education, but I also met Meghan.” 

Today, Meghan is senior counsel at Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP and Paul is an attorney with Cassin & Cassin LLP. 

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Shamik Trivedi ’08 and Adrienne Fortin Trivedi ’08 met at Earth Day in 2006 – Adrienne was selling t-shirts for ELS. Shamik bought a shirt from her, and, as Shamik puts it “the rest, they say, is history.” Shamik and Adrienne were married in 2014 and have two amazing children together.

Jeff Norton ’97 and Stephanie Krigman Norton ’98 met in the library while Jeff was a 2L and Stephanie a 1L. Stephanie and Jeff married in 1998 with Haub Law’s Professor Randolph McLaughlin in attendance at their wedding!

Michael J. Konicoff ‘13 and Taylor A. Piscionere ’13 met during their first year of law school where they were in the same section. A few years later they were engaged on the Haub Law campus, right outside the library where they first met.

David Shofi ‘94 and Leanne (Murray) Shofi ’94 met at Haub Law in their Legal Research and Writing Class and were engaged by their 3L year! Today, they practice law in Ridgefield, CT and have two adult children (one a 2020 graduate of Pace's Musical Theater program – Pace pride runs deep in the Shofi household!).

During law school, Brendan Alt ’12 and Brittany Gold Alt ’12 began working/interning at a local law firm located in White Plains together. Their friendship grew and upon graduation and taking the bar exam they went away for what was supposed to be a long weekend and ended up staying together all summer. Brendan and Brittany were married a couple of years later!

Brent Keith ‘09 and Erin Flannery Keith ‘09 were environmental law friends at Haub Law, but didn’t become a couple until reconnecting through work travel two years after graduation. They live in the northwest corner of Connecticut where Erin is an Assistant Regional Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 and Brent is the Federal Lands Policy Team Lead at The Nature Conservancy. They have been married for 12 years and their first grader loves science experiments and learning about endangered species.

Ben Lowenthal ’13 and Michelle Simard ’13 met through mutual law school friends during their 1L year. A few short years later, Ben proposed and Michelle said yes! They were married in June 2017 in Maryland. Ben and Michelle have a son, Lyle, and currently live in Atlanta.

Joseph Mack (Lubin School of Business ‘98/Haub Law ’01) and Karyllan Dodson Mack ‘03 first met in the fall of 2000 when Joe was the Dean’s Scholar for Professor Nolon’s Property Law class. The two were married in April of 2003. They live in New Jersey with their two children.

Circa 1995, Suzanne Squarcia Haynes '97 worked the front desk as a Dannat Hall Resident Assistant, and Nathan Haynes '98 would swing by after classes with coffee. Seeing past his ‘high and tight’ USMC haircut, love bloomed at Haub Law. Today, Nathan and Suzanne reside in lower Manhattan and have a daughter, Maddie.

When Saad Siddiqui ’07 started his term as president of Haub Law’s Honor Board during his 3L year, he had no idea that one of the incoming Board members, Samantha Schwartz Siddiqui ’08, would be his future wife! Over the course of working together the two learned they had many mutual friends and began spending a lot of time together socially. Fast-forward to an engagement in Paris, a marriage in New Rochelle, and three children and a home right in White Plains!

Alex Temple ’08 and Lauren Hughes Temple ’08 met in their 2L year, through their friends, and fellow alumni, Shamik Trivedi ’08 and Adrienne Fortin Trivedi ‘08. The four have remained close friends ever since. Alex and Lauren are the proud parents of two children, Susannah and Cameron.

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