Alumni Love Stories
In a 1L class, outside of the library, in the halls of Dannat, in student organizations, or through mutual law school friends – these alumni hit it off during their time at Haub Law and the rest is history. We asked them to briefly tell us their Haub Law love stories here. If you want to share how you found Love at Haub Law please email Jessica Dubuss, Executive Director of Communications, at jdubuss2@law.pace.edu.
2024
Angelica (Cancel) Montoya '17 and Jordan Montoya '17 met during their 1L orientation. “We were in different sections, so we didn't get to interact much during our first year,” said Jordan. “However, during the summer after our first year, Angelica reached out to me to be on the National Puerto Rican Bar Association moot court team together for LALSA with a mutual friend of ours, Richard Roman ('17). We ended up winning the competition and became close as a result.” During the second semester of their 2L year, Angelica and Jordan made it official when they started dating. Then, in May of 2023, Jordan and Angelica got married after eight years of dating. “It was a very heavy Haub Law wedding. My best man was Jonathan Campozano '17, Miguel Sanchez (Associate Dean of Admissions) was a groomsman, and his son our ring bearer, and the daughter of our friend Karine Patino ’16 was our flower girl!”
Arthur J. Muller ’15 and Giuliana E. Trivella-Muller ’17 met in Haub Law’s Moot Courtroom during Giuliana’s first-year orientation where Arthur (AJ) was one of the student speakers. As Giuliana puts it, it was love at first sight for her. AJ’s initial hard-to-get tactic proved unsuccessful, and the couple became exclusive just a few months later and tied the knot in August 2021. They just welcomed a new addition to their family last month – Nicolo Alessio. The couple continues to be active contributors to the Haub Law community. AJ is an adjunct professor at the Law School and the couple continues to coach successful mock trial teams for the Advocacy Program, which is currently ranked in the top 15% of the Nation.
Aaron Goldsmith ‘02 and Ali (Shusterman) Goldsmith ’02 met in 1999 during their fall 1L semester at an old local White Plains bar called “Oliver’s.” Both Aaron and Ali were out celebrating their birthdays, with Aaron’s falling a day before Ali’s. Fifteen months later they were engaged and married shortly after taking the bar examination in 2002! Aaron and Ali are blessed with three children, Ben (18), Shiloh (14), and Ella (14), who they describe as the greatest joys of their lives. Aaron splits his practice between commercial litigation and criminal defense. Ali works primarily in Family Court and also does pro-bono work for domestic violence survivors.
2023
In a 1L class, outside of the library, in the halls of Dannat, in student organizations, or through mutual law school friends – these alumni hit it off during their time at Haub Law and the rest is history. We asked them to briefly tell us their Haub Law love stories here. If you want to share how you found Love at Haub Law please email Jessica Dubuss, Executive Director of Communications, at jdubuss2@law.pace.edu.
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! Jeff and Stephanie celebrate 25 years of marriage this year.
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. They have been married seven years and have two children.
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 Boston area 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 ten years and their 4.5 year old has a penchant for letting people know if they are wasting water.
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 and will celebrate 20 years of marriage this year. 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 their daughter, Maddie, is in her freshman year at GW in Washington, DC.
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.