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Erica Jankelovitz is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.

Ms. Jankelovitz joined the firm in 2013. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School where she served as an Associate Editor for the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review.

Ms. Jankelovitz received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with High Honors and High Distinction.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Jankelovitz worked as a summer associate at a Miami law firm specializing in commercial litigation and interned at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office in the Domestic Crimes Unit.

ADMISSIONS
Florida, 2013

EDUCATION
B.A., University of Michigan, May 2010
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, December 2012
 

Michelle K. Aiena is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.

Ms. Aiena joined the firm in 2013.  She is a graduate of The College of William and Mary and the George Washington University School of Law.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Aiena worked at the law firm of Kardaras & Kelleher, LLP, often representing foreign corporations in U.S. litigation, including international hotel chains.  In addition, Ms. Aiena has extensive experience in interpreting and analyzing insurance policies, representing insurers in coverage disputes, and defending insureds in various types of litigation, including premises and products liability.  

ADMISSIONS
New York, 2004
New Jersey, 2004
United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2004
United Sates District Court, Southern District of New York, 2005
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2005
nited States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2008

EDUCATION
B.A., College of William & Mary
J.D., George Washington University Law School
 

Sara N. Lewis is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.
 
Ms. Lewis joined the firm in 2013.  She is a graduate of Harvard College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (cum laude), and Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Lewis was an associate at White & Case LLP in New York, where she worked on a range of litigation and arbitration matters.  Ms. Lewis is admitted to practice in New York.
 
Admissions
New York, 2010
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2012
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2012
 
Education
A.B., cum laude, Harvard College, 2004
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2009

Jeffrey J. Cravens joined Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass as an associate in September of 2012.
 
Mr. Cravens earned a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with distinction in 2006. For the next three years, he taught middle and high school English and led after school programs in the Bronx and Harlem, during which time he received a 9th Grade Teacher of the Year Award. While teaching, Mr. Cravens earned an M.S. in Secondary English Education from C.U.N.Y., Lehman College.
 
Mr. Cravens attended Boston University School of Law, where he participated in the Civil Litigation Clinic, served as a Notes Editor for the American Journal of Law and Medicine, and interned for the Chief Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court, District for Massachusetts. He earned his J.D. in 2012 with a concentration in Litigation and Dispute Resolution.

ADMISSIONS
New York Bar admission is pending

EDUCATION
B.A., University of Michigan, 2006
M.S. C.U.N.Y. Lehman College, 2008
J.D. Boston University School of Law, 2012

Julie D. Fleischman joined Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass as an associate in September of 2012.

Ms. Fleischman graduated  with honors from The George Washington University Law School in 2012, where she was President of the Moot Court Board, served on the Executive Committee of the Mock Trial Board, and was on the Editorial Board of the Public Contract Law Journal.  Ms. Fleischman received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Emory University.

ADMISSIONS
New York, 2013

EDUCATION
B.A., Emory University, 2009
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2012
 

Carrie Cheryl Turner is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.

Ms. Turner joined the firm in 2012. She received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Boston University School of Law Public Interest Law Journal.

Prior to joining Mound Cotton, Ms. Turner clerked for one year for the Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr. on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She was an associate for two years in the commercial litigation department at Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP.

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author, LIBOR:  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask, MCWG Newsletter, December 2012.

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York, 2012
Kentucky, 2010

EDUCATION
J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2009
B.F.A, University of Louisville, 2003

CLERKSHIPS
The Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 2009-2010

Kelly A. Cheverko is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.  Ms. Cheverko joined the firm in 2011.

Ms. Cheverko attended the State University of New York at Albany as a Presidential Scholar.  She graduated summa cum laude in 2008.  She is a 2011 graduate of St. John’s University School of Law, where she was a staff member of the St. John’s Law Review.  While a summer associate at the firm, she co-authored Sickle Cell Anemia: Possible Answers to Longstanding Questions," which was published in the September 13, 2010 issue of Mealey's Personal Injury Report.

ADMISSIONS
New York, 2013

EDUCATION
B.A., summa cum laude, State University of New York at Albany, 2008
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law, 2011
 

Jared K. Markowitz joined Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass as an associate in September of 2011.
 
Mr. Markowitz graduated in the top ten percent of his undergraduate class at New York University in 2008, where he earned a B.S. in politics.  Mr. Markowitz went on to graduate in the top third of his class at Boston University School of Law in 2011, where he earned a J.D.
 
In law school, Mr. Markowitz earned BU Law's Dean's Award for Insurance Law, and he obtained the highest grade in his Insurance Law class.  He also earned the highest marks for his independent study work on Reinsurance Law, culminating in a comprehensive research paper and a lecture for fellow students.
 
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Markowitz was a research assistant for a law professor, and he worked on appellate matters as a legal intern at the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

ADMISSION
New York, 2012
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2012
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2012

EDUCATION
B.S., magna cum laude, New York University, 2008
J.D., cum laude, Boston University, 2011

Christopher Amore is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.
 
Mr. Amore joined the firm in 2011.  He received his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School, where he was on the Editorial Board of the Brooklyn Law Review and was an Executive Board Member of the Moot Court Honor Society.  He received the CALI Award for Excellence for his work in the Securities Arbitration Clinic.  Prior to entering law school, Mr. Amore was a captain in the U.S. Army.  He served as a combat engineer officer from 2003 to 2007 and completed a deployment to Iraq as a platoon leader in 2006.  He received his B.S. degree from Boston College, Carroll School of Management in 2001.

ADMISSIONS
New York, 2012

EDUCATION
B.S., Boston College, Carroll School of Management, 2001
J.D., Brooklyn Law School, 2011

Lionel F. Rivera is an associate with Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass.
 
Mr. Rivera joined the firm in 2010.  He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Government (cum laude), and Loyola Law School - Los Angeles, where he was Vice President of the St. Thomas More Law Honor Society, a Sayre MacNeil Scholar, and a volunteer at the Disability Rights Legal Center.  Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in New York City, where he worked on a broad range of litigation and transactional matters.  Mr. Rivera is admitted to practice in Florida and New York.
 
ADMISSIONS
New York, 2008
Florida, 2011
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2011
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2012

EDUCATION
A.B., Harvard College (cum laude), 2004
J.D., Loyola Law School - Los Angeles, 2007