Class Notes

Robert “Bob” Berlin, LW87, a prosecutor for 33 years, was re-elected state’s attorney of DuPage County, Ill., in November 2020. He was also re-elected as a Republican precinct committeeman. 

Randi Morrison, LA86, LW89, was named senior vice president, communications, member engagement and general counsel with the New York–based Society for Corporate Governance. Morrison has served in various capacities with the society since 2013. She lives in Hawaii with her husband and works remotely.

Margaret Reyes Dempsey, LA86, wrote a second novel, a psychological thriller titled Mind Games (Kingsbrook Publishing, 2020). Dempsey lives in Jackson Heights, N.Y., with her husband and cat. Website; www.MargaretReyesDempsey.com

Daniel Smith, LA85, joined Under Armour as an attorney and is handling technology-based transactions. He writes that he’s working from home due to COVID-19 and is counting on the pros at the WashU medical school to help solve the pandemic, so he can work in his new office.

Sanford J. Boxerman, BU85, a Capes Sokol shareholder, was selected to the Missouri Lawyers Weekly 2020 POWER 30 List for White Collar Defense. Boxerman was also named a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Wendi Alper-Pressman, LW85, was named to Lawdragon’s 2020 list of 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. A partner with Lathrop GPM, Alper-Pressman has represented financial institutions of all sizes for more than 35 years.

Alan C. Peterson, DE84, a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, is the chief dental officer for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Peterson has been a volunteer dentist for Zoo Atlanta, providing dental services to the animals, for two decades.

Ali Hossaini, LA84, was promoted to visiting senior research fellow in the Department of Engineering at King’s College London. In this role, Hossaini serves as co-director of National Gallery X, which he co-founded in 2019.

David Rubenstein, EN83, is self-employed in the aeronautical engineering field and is married to Debra Levine, BU83.

Paul E. Obrock, DE83, earned the Academy of General Dentistry’s 2020 Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition award for his commitment to lifelong learning, volunteerism and mentoring, and participation in organized dentistry. The AGD has tapped only 352 dentists for this award in its 68-year history.