Brandeis Magazine

Michelle (Davis) Cohen has completed her four-year term as president of the Foundation of the Association of Legal Administrators. She says she is thrilled to have had actual face time with Michelle (Weisberg) Cohen and Michelle Fiddler during the past year, and the trio of Michelles look forward to causing more good trouble together soon. Jodi Hoffman is a partner and the co-chair of the real estate practice group at law firm Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, in Long Island, New York. After 31 years, David Klein is retiring from teaching history and political science at the high school level. He says, “I loved helping thousands of students learn, think, read, and write, but the changes in the profession and our country’s political divisions have made what I have loved to do no longer healthy or effective.” This year, David and wife Lisa celebrate their 27th anniversary. Their oldest son graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with an MA in public health policy, and their middle son graduated from Indiana University with a degree in sports management. Their youngest is studying art at the University of New Hampshire. Stacy Nockowitz’s debut novel, “The Prince of Steel Pier,” has earned the 2022 National Jewish Book Award for Middle Grade Literature. The book has also been named a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book for 2023. Stacy and husband Richard have been married for more than 30 years. Jaclyn (Kugell) Yezerski, a partner at management-side employment law firm Morgan, Brown & Joy, was named to the 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list.