Alumni Association
The University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association cultivates the spirit of community and pride among those who have attended the law school and contributes to the advancement of the law school and the legal profession. Everyone who has attended UConn School of Law automatically is a member of The University of Connecticut Law School Alumni Association.
The Law School Alumni Association is proud to support the Law School Alumni Association Scholarship. Please show your support today.
Officers
President: Yamuna Menon '11
Yamuna Menon is General Counsel/Assistant State Comptroller at the Office of the State Comptroller, serving as chief legal advisor, providing executive leadership and independent authoritative legal advice, guidance, interpretations, and recommendations to the State Comptroller and senior staff on all general law issues. She has also served as an adjunct legal practice professor at UConn School of Law.
President-Elect: Robert Hinton '95
Bob manages contracts in the Office of the Vice President for Research at UConn. He has nearly 30 years of experience in all phases of commercial and complex litigation and employment law counseling, representing a wide range of clients from small business owners to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to beginning his legal career, Bob served more than eight years on active duty service in the Armor/Cavalry branch of the United States Army.
Treasurer: Diana Morales-Bories '96
Diana Morales-Bories is a retired vice president and general counsel, Refrigeration and WHQ Contracts, at Carrier Global Corp. Diana delivered global legal leadership for more than 20 years, including more than 10 years at the executive level, in a Fortune 100 U.S. multinational, publicly traded company. She is based in Florida.
Vice-President: Jen Osowiecki PHARM ’85, JD ‘94
Jen Osowiecki is a private practice healthcare attorney who provides regulatory advice to various healthcare providers, including hospitals, specialty and general physician practices, pharmacies, individual practitioners, trade associations, and others serving the healthcare industry. She is also a licensed pharmacist and adjunct faculty for pharmacy law at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy.
Secretary: Willie J. Biddings '16
Willie J. Biddings is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office and is a member of the firm's Tax Credit Transactions Practice. His practice focuses primarily on equity financing for affordable housing
projects eligible for federal low-income housing tax credits, state tax credits, and federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits, as well as the structuring and closing of multi-investor and
proprietary funds.
Past President: P.J. Cimini '95
P.J. Cimini is a founder and principal of Capitol Strategies Group, LLC, where he has a broad-based public policy practice assisting clients in legislative, administrative and regulatory interactions with local, state and federal government.
Directors
Hon. Paul Doyle ’90
Lee Friend ’06
Rosendo Garza, Jr. ’15
Sarah Dlugoszewski BUS ’10, JD ’16
Nisha Kapur Siedor ’14
Dennis Mayer ’80
Hon. Walter Menjivar ’12
Chaia Odoms Morgan ’07
Franklin Perry II ’13
Jennifer A. Osowiecki, PHARM ’85, JD ’94
Vincent P. Pace ’98, LLM ’09, SJD ’20
Jim Ruel ’99
Meghana Shah ’04
Alexandra B. Stevens ’98
Tara L. Trifon ’09
Richard J. Twilley ’04
Mony Yin ’97
Joseph C. Zemetis ’80
Past Presidents
1934 Charles E. McCarthy ’32
1935 Joseph M. Cunningham ’33
1936 Robert J. Peyton ’32
1938 Morris Apter ’37
1939 Thomas F. Shea ’38
1941 Thomas J. Hagarty ’39
1942 Fannie Himmelstein ’39
1959 Emilio Q. Daddario ’42
1960 Douglass B. Wright ’37
1961 John J. McGuiness, Jr. ’50
1962 Walter M. Pickett, Jr. ’52
1963 Arthur W. Feinstein ’43
1964 Carmine R. Lavieri ’48
1965 Thomas C. McKone ’49
1966 Anthony V. DeMayo ’51
1967 William R. Moller ’49
1968 James J. Kennelly ’59
1969 Robert C. Leuba ’60
1970 Milton Sorokin ’50
1971 William B. Rush ’59
1972 Myron Friedman ’51
1973 John E. Fay ’62
1974 George F. Sherwood ’66
1975 Hugh F. Keefe ’67
1976 Richard A. Sugarmann ’62
1977 Dorrance Sexton, Jr. ’68
1978 William P. Murray ’67
1979 Edward Maum Sheehy ’67
1980 Joseph C. Lee ’67
1981 Sandra P. Gersten ’60
1982 David W. Collins ’58
1983 Thomas B. Wilson ’67
1984 Frederick M. Tobin ’64
1985 Fred A. Hitt ’58
1987 Angelo L. dos Santos ’73
1988 Lisa B. Bingham ’79
1989 James D. Bartolini ’75
1990 James T. Shearin ’86
1991 Hyacinth V. Douglas-Bailey ’86
1992 Debra C. Ruel ’84
1993 James Wu ’75
1994 John W. Hamlin ’88
1995 Mark A. Milano ’85
1996 Kevin J. Hecht ’85
1997 Gregory M. Harris ’76
1998 Thomas J. Welch ’90
1999 James F. Sullivan ’92
2000 Janis C. Jerman ’93
2001 Joseph C. Zemetis ’80
2002 S. Dave Vatti ’92
2003 Neil F. Murphy, Jr. ’70
2004 Karen T. Staib ’98
2005 Rowena A. Moffett ’97
2006 Jose A. Suarez ’93
2007 James Sicilian ’81
2008 Barbara J. Collins ’78
2009 Matthew R. Peterson ’98
2010 Mimi L. Lines ’80
2011 Alexandra B. Stevens ’98
2012 Matthew D. Gordon ’87
2013 Hon. Ingrid L. Moll ’99
2014 Jeffrey C. Kestenband '97
2015 Vincent P. Pace ’98, LLM ’09
2016 David S. Hardy ’99
2017 Christine Jean-Louis ’08
2018 Richard Twilley ’04
2019 Cecil J. Thomas ’06
2020 Tara L. Trifon ’09
2021 James Ruel '99
2022 Linda Morkan ‘87
2023 P.J. Cimini ‘95