Canisius College

Over the past ten years, Canisius seniors have been accepted to an enviable list of law schools. While the national average of law school acceptance rates is about 50 percent, from 1995 to 2005 the acceptance rate for Canisius students was 85 percent. Canisius graduates attend the following schools:

Harvard Georgetown Columbia Duke Cornell Boston College Boston University George Washington University University of Colorado George Mason University of Connecticut USC (University of Southern California)

University of Virginia Notre Dame UCLA Michigan Villanova Washington & Lee Fordham Ohio State University William & Mary Case Western Albany SUNY Buffalo

The following is a selection from the hundreds of Canisius graduates who have gone on to law school and to successful careers:

Government/Legislative

Honorable John J. LaFalce, ‘61, HON. '90 Villanova Law School US House of Representatives 1975 - 2003		Alberto S. Roldan, ‘89 University of California (Davis) Law School Deputy District Attorney Sacramento County District
Henry J. Nowak, ‘57 SUNY Law School, Buffalo US House of Representatives 1975 – 1992		Nadine Gjurich, ‘82 Valparaiso Law School US Tax Court, Washington DC
Barbara Curry, ‘84 Northwestern Law School US Attorney’s Office Central District of California		Albert J. Mogavero, ‘66 Yale Law School Chapter 13 Trustee, Buffalo US Department of Justice
Freeman D. Tate, ‘76 Howard University Law School National Labor Relations Board		Alisha Lukasiewicz, '92 SUNY Law School, Buffalo Corporation Counsel for city of Buffalo
Judith Eschberger, ‘86 Duquesne Law School Counsel, Pennsylvania Senate		Frank A. Sedita, III, '83 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Assistant District Attorney Erie County, New York
Dale Volker, ‘63 SUNY Law School, Buffalo New York State Senate Chair, Committee on Codes

Judiciary

Hon. John T. Curtin, ‘46 University of Buffalo Law School U.S. District Judge Western District of New York		Hon. Nelson H. Cosgrove, ‘63 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Justice, New York State Supreme Court
William M. Skretny, ‘66 Howard University Law School Northwestern University Law School United States District Judge Western District of New York		Hon. Vincent E. Doyle, Jr. ‘54 University of Buffalo Law School Justice, New York State Supreme Court
Matthew Jasen, ‘37 SUNY Law School, Buffalo Associate Justice New York Court of Appeals (Retired)		Hon. David J. Mahoney, ‘51 University of Buffalo Law School Justice, New York State Supreme Court
Hon. H. Kenneth Schroeder, ‘58 University of Buffalo Law School Georgetown University Law School United States Magistrate Judge Western District of New York		Hon. Michael Pietruszka, '78 Syracuse University School of Law Judge, Erie County Court
Hon. Christopher J. Burns, ‘74 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Justice, New York State Supreme Court		Hon. Thomas Amodeo, ‘73 Gonzaga University School of Law Chief Judge, City Court of Buffalo
Hon Gerald J. Whalen, '79 SUNY Buffalo Justice, New York State Supreme Court		Hon. Joseph G. Makowski, 75 SUNY Buffalo Justice, New York State Supreme Court
Hon. Kevin M. Carter, '86 SUNY Buffalo Judge, Erie County Family Court		Mary Grace Diehl, ‘74 Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Judge

Clerkships

Robert Klump, ‘79 SUNY Buffalo Law School Law Clerk to Hon. Charles Brieant US District Court S.D.N.Y.		Susan Etu Eagan, ‘93 SUNY Buffalo Law School Law Clerk to Appellate Division, Fourth Dept.
Richard I. Werder Jr., ‘79 University of Michigan Supreme Court Clerk Associate Justice Byron White Jones Day Reavis & Pogue Cleveland, Ohio		Anthony J. Bellia, Jr., ‘91 Notre Dame Law School Law Clerk to US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Assistant Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
Andrew W. Boczkowski, ‘95 Villanova University Law School Law Clerk to Hon. Louis Bechtle US District Court, E.D. Pa. Stradley Ronan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Heath J. Szymczak, ‘94 SUNY Buffalo Law School Law Clerk to Hon. William Skretny US District Court, W.D.N.Y. Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP
Joseph J. Karaszewski, ‘85 Notre Dame Law School Law Clerk to Hon. William Skretny U.S. District Court, W.D.N.Y. Assistant United States Attorney Western District of New York		Lawrence J. Vilardo, ‘76 Harvard Law School Law Clerk to Irving L. Goldberg US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Connors & Vilardo, LLP Buffalo, New York
Jeffrey J. Calabrese, ‘92 SUNY Buffalo Law School Law Clerk to Appellate Division, Fourth Dept. New York Supreme Court Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP		John T. Loss, ‘84 Cornell Law School Law Clerk to Hon. Frank M. JohnsonJr. US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Connors & Vilardo, LLP Buffalo, New York

Private Practice

Robert M. Green, ‘66 Notre Dame Law School Managing Partner Phillips Lytle Hitchcock & Blaine Buffalo, New York		William J. McNichols, ‘59 Georgetown Law Center Professor of Law University of Oklahoma College of Law
Anthony F. Shelley, ‘84 Harvard Law School Miller & Chevalier Washington, D.C.		Thomas C. Buckel, Jr., ‘78 University of Virginia Law School Hancock & Estabrook Syracuse, New York
Mary Ellen Dolan, ‘84 Virginia Law School Brownstein Zeidman & Lore Washington, D.C.		Daniel G. Newland, ‘76 University of Virginia Law School Seyfirth Shaw San Francisco, California
Christopher M. Kelly, ‘83 Duke Law School Environmental Defense Fund Boulder, Colorado		Joseph M. Hassett, ‘64 Harvard Law School Hogan & Hartson Washington, D.C.
Denise E. O’Donnell, ‘68 SUNY Buffalo School of Law (formerly U.S. Attorney, W.D.N.Y.) Hodgson Russ Andrews Wood Goodyear Buffalo, New York		Paul A. Battaglia, ‘69 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP Buffalo, New York

In-house Counsel

Jill K. Bond, ‘82 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Rich Products Corp.		Michael A. Connors, ‘64 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Kaleida Health
Linda L. Kaumeyer, ‘75 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Amherst Central School district		Randy C. Rucinski, ‘88 University of Wisconsin Law School National Fuel
Timothy G. McEvoy, ‘79 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.		Andrew C. Spacone, ‘68 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Textron, Inc.
Margaret Lillis-Snajczuk, ‘82 SUNY Buffalo School of Law Fisher-Price