2025 Corporation Counsel
Honors Fellow



Name: Sasha Kliger
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: New York University School Of Law
Graduation Year:
2024
Undergrad: Brandeis University  
One Fun Fact: "I speak Russian."





2025 Entry Class 


Name: Nargiz Adigozalova 
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: New York University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I ran the NYC marathon for the first time last November."



Name: Hong Jin Ahn
Pronouns: 
Law School: City University of New York School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025  
Undergrad: University of California, San Diego 
Division: Ethics and Compliance  
One Fun Fact: "I worked as a wedding photographer for a decade."



Name: Mahima Alam
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025 
Undergrad: Stony Brook University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I have two cats and used to have three guinea pigs."



Name: Gabriella Amaturo
Pronouns: she/her
Law School: Syracuse University College of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Fordham University Gabelli School of Business
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I climbed Mount Vesuvius, which is an active volcano."



Name: S. Priana Aquino
Pronouns: she/they
Law School:  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of San Francisco
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I am from the San Francisco Bay area."



Name: Jurry Bajwah
Pronouns: he/him
Law School: Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Clark University 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I have travelled to 14 countries."



Name: Damilola Bayo Sebiotimo
Pronouns: she/her
Law School: The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: The State University of New York at College at Old Westbury
Division:  Workers' Compensation  
One Fun Fact: "I have a huge family -- about 135 on my father's side."



Name: Joseph Aurelio Beck
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Harvard Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Duke University 
Division: Legal Counsel  
One Fun Fact: "I have a black belt in taekwondo."



Name: Sebastian Boivin
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I am a former sponsored competitive Spikeball player."



Name: Maxwell Canty-Hilchey  
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Boston College Law School 
Graduation Year:
 2025
Undergrad: Vassar College
Division: Commercial and Real Estate Litigation 
One Fun Fact: "I’ve winter backpacked (in the snow) twice."



Name: Joseph Capio
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: New York Law School
Graduation Year:
Fordham University
Undergrad: 2025
Division: Special Federal Litigation 
One Fun Fact: "I have seen all 30 MLB teams play a game."



Name: Jessica Chelst
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Fordham University School of Law,
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Miami University
Division: Family Court 
Borough: 
One Fun Fact: "I have danced my entire life and taught classes." 



Name: Laine Cohen
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: The State University of New York at Binghamton University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I was a gymnast for 16 years."



Name: Anindita Das
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: City University of New York Law School 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Barnard College, Columbia University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I can speak three languages." 



Name: Caroline Dicostanzo
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: The George Washington University Law School 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: The State University of New York at Binghamton  
Division: Special Federal Litigation 
One Fun Fact: "I ran a painting business while studying at Binghamton University."



Name: Naomi Dixon
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Michigan State University College of Law  
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Prairie View A&M University 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I am a green thumb."



Name: Eliyakol Djokoto
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: St. John’s University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025 
Undergrad: CUNY, City College of New York
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I am part of a pop music dance team at church."



Name: Morgan Feldenkris
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Yale Law School
Graduation Year:
2025  
Undergrad: University of Virginia 
Division: Administrative Law   
One Fun Fact: "I took two road trips last summer, one around the US and one thru New England and Quebec."



Name: Maya Garcia
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of Texas at Austin 
Division: General Litigation   
One Fun Fact: "I have an eight pound, 2 year old dog named Lady." 



Name: Garrett Garlock
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Westminster College
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "In my free time I enjoy hiking and trying new foods."



Name: Symrin Greenhow
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Fordham University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Earlham College
Division: Labor and Employment  
One Fun Fact: "I can palm a basketball."



Name: Christopher Grocki
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Fordham University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Georgetown University
Division: Special Federal Litigation   
One Fun Fact: "I like to play cards competitively." 



Name: Naseem Haamid
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: The George Washington University  
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I performed an original spoken word piece on the stage of Hamilton."



Name: Bridget Helbock
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: New York Law School 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of Pittsburgh
Division: Family Court 
Borough:  
One Fun Fact: "I walked in the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade."



Name: Reanna Hughes
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Syracuse University College of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Geneseo State University of New York, School of Business
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "My family owns bee hives which contain roughly 3 million honey bees."



Name: Javeria Ijaz
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: The George Washington University Law School 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: George Mason University  
Division: General Litigation  
One Fun Fact: "My family and I immigrated to the US through the diversity visa lottery."



Name: Amanda Jordan
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: St. John's University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Columbia University 
Division: Family Court 
Borough:  
One Fun Fact: "I have never tried ketchup."



Name: Lori Kanina
Pronouns:  she/her/they/them
Law School: St. John’s University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Division: General Litigation  
One Fun Fact: "I can speak four languages (English, Spanish, Japanese, Albanian)."



Name: Jillian Keyes
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Fordham University 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Tulane University
Division: Administrative Law    
One Fun Fact: "I lived in three different states during one year while working on political campaigns."



Name: Kathryn Korolishin
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Brooklyn Law School 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Arcadia University 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "My favorite hobby is ceramics work." 



Name: Talia Land
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Amherst College
Division: Labor and Employment    
One Fun Fact: "I played goalie on the lacrosse team at Amherst College."



Name: Erica "Ricki" Levy
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: State University of New York at Binghamton University 
Division: Labor and Employment  
One Fun Fact: "I scaled a soccer stadium in London." 



Name: Brian Lewis
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: New York Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of Maryland 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "Big Jets & Mets fan."



Name: Thomas Lewis
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of Vermont 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I love to ski/snowboard."



Name: Joanne Ling
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Florida International University
Division: Special Federal Litigation    
One Fun Fact: "I like to practice mixed martial arts including boxing, brazilian jiu jitsu, and muay thai."



Name: Oscar Loja-Bermeo
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Fordham University, Lincoln Center
Division: Commercial and Real Estate Litigation  
One Fun Fact: "I play the clarinet/speak Spanish."



Name: Carolyn (Carrie) Lynch
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Boston College Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Boston University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I am born and raised in NYC."



Name: Bo Malin-Mayor
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Yale Law School
Graduation Year:
2023 
Undergrad: Yale University
Division: Appeals  
One Fun Fact: "I was born in the Netherlands."



Name: Vinanti Pandya
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Penn State Dickinson Law
Graduation Year:
2024
Undergrad: University of Toronto
Division: Workers' Compensation  
One Fun Fact: "I am originally from India but technically from Canada."



Name: Grace Pasco
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
Law School: The University of Mississippi School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025 
Undergrad: Lafayette College
Division: Family Court 
Borough: 
One Fun Fact: "I attended an international school in Germany for part of 6th grade."



Name: Menachen Pinson
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Fordham University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical College
Division: Special Federal Litigation    
One Fun Fact: "I took horsebacking riding lessons in Prospect Park as a kid."


Name: Suzanne Razeq
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: The George Washington University Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Hofstra University  
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I do yoga regularly to relax and stay balanced."



Name: Lindsey Reynolds
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: City University of New York School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Barnard College, Columbia University 
Division: E-Discovery  
One Fun Fact: "I often have candy for breakfast."



Name: Emily Rooney
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: New York Law School  
Graduation Year:
2025  
Undergrad: The George Washington University    
Division: Labor and Employment  
One Fun Fact: "I grew up horse back riding." 



Name: Gabriella Schwartz
Pronouns: she/her/hers 
Law School: St. John’s University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: St. John’s University
Division: Family Court 
Borough: 
One Fun Fact: "I was an Irish Dancer for 12 years."



Name:  Alexandra (Allie) Shearer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: William & Mary Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: James Madison University
Division: Family Court 
Borough: 
One Fun Fact: "I love to attend concerts and sporting events."



Name: L.T. Sheridan
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: University of Maine School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2024
Undergrad: Loyola University New Orleans
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I've spent the past year living on a tropical island in the Pacific."



Name: Courtney Smith
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of New Haven
Division: Labor and Employment   
One Fun Fact: "I am a self-trained graphic designer."



Name: Ansley Stevens
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: New York Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Florida State University 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I lived in Valencia, Spain for a year." 



Name: Danielle Stoller
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: University of Miami
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I danced ballet for 15 years." 



Name: Alex Suarez
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Temple University Beasley School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: The College of New Jersey
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "Before law school, I taught undergraduate history courses as a college professor."



Name: Veronica Tadros
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Hofstra University
Division: Tort 
Borough: 
One Fun Fact: "I fluently speak Egyptian-Arabic."



Name: Elaine Tan
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: Cornell Law School  
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Tsinghua University 
Division: Administrative Law    
One Fun Fact: "I speak 4 languages: English, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese and Korean."



Name:  Amanda Teppo
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: University of Richmond School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: St. Lawrence University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I used to play college volleyball." 



Name: Rachel Thomas
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: University of Connecticut School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: New York Institute of Technology
Division: Family Court 
Borough: 
One Fun Fact: "I was dismissed from a courtroom during 3L because the judge thought I was 12."



Name: Philip Vachon
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center
Graduation Year:
2025 
Undergrad: New York University 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I used to work in the music industry and have a platinum record."



Name: Jennifer Vargas
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: City University of New York School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Fordham University, Lincoln Center 
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I love watching movies and shows in foreign languages."



Name: Marianna Villani
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Law School: New York Law School
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Bentley University
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I have a cat."



Name: Isaiah Williams
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: St. John's University School of Law
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: New York University 
Division: Labor and Employment  
One Fun Fact: "I played high school football. I was a Defensive End."



Name: Christian Zavardino
Pronouns: he/him/his
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 
Graduation Year:
2025
Undergrad: Bowdoin College
Division: Tort 
Borough:
One Fun Fact: "I attended a German-language school for several years when I was a child."





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