Fay Sharpe Enters Fifth Year with St. Martin de Porres Work Study Program
September 01, 2011
Fay Sharpe has continued its partnership with St. Martin de Porres High School for the 2011-2012 school year. We are pleased to announce the return of Khalil Brown and the addition of two new students, who will be working with us from September through June.
St. Martin's work study program allows students to earn a large portion of their tuition by working throughout the school year. Their work schedule is set up around their classes, so that they still receive the full curriculum/education needed for their grade level. Each student works one day a week, and alternates each Monday. Our three students will be working in the file room as well as handling other miscellaneous tasks that will provide assistance throughout the office.
Our students are:
Joshua Brady (Tuesdays) – Junior
Gary Thomas (Wednesdays) – Sophomore
Khalil Brown (Thursdays) – Senior
Mark Konkola, a St. Martin alum, continues to work with the firm part-time while he attends college, providing support to our general services department.
We are excited for the upcoming school year and proud to be able to continue working with St. Martin de Porres High School. For information on the school, or its work study program, go to:
Our St. Martin Team: (from L-R) Khalil Brown, Mark Konkola, Susan Gruver (photo), Josh Brady, Gary Thomas -- there is still time for some humor amist learnnig about working in a professional services environment!
Vic Nolan Scholarships - Remembering a Colleague and Friend
September 01, 2009
Fay Sharpe experienced a difficult loss in early 2009 with the death of one of our young attorneys, Victor (Vic) Nolan. After a long battle with cancer, Vic passed away in March due to complications after a bone marrow transplant.
Vic was a gentle, pensive man whose knack for Physics brought him to Intellectual Property Law, and to our firm, in June 2000. After graduating from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and sitting for the Bar Exam in 2006, Vic became a patent attorney. Although his time acclimating as a new lawyer coincided with his fight against cancer, Vic stayed strong and optimistic, always able to handle the next hardship…and always eager to write another patent application. Vic will be remembered for the kind of attorney he was – intelligent, ethical, hard-working and sincere. Personally, so many at Fay Sharpe also had the privilege of calling Vic a friend. His non-judgmental, compassionate demeanor made it easy not only to befriend Vic, but for him to include you among his inner circle as well.
In honor of our colleague and friend, Fay Sharpe has created the Fay Sharpe Vic Nolan Intellectual Property Law Scholarship. This award is available to Cleveland-Marshall law students with a technical degree (Engineering, Chemistry, Bio Sciences, Computer Sciences, etc.) and who shows an interest in pursuing a career in Intellectual Property Law. It is awarded annually, based on financial need and qualification as determined by the Dean of the College of Law. For more information, contact the Office of Law Admissions and Financial Aid at 216-687-2304.
Additionally, the Nolan Family established the Victor Stephen Nolan Scholarship Fund for Physics at John Carroll University, where Vic received his undergraduate degree. This award will be given to a worthy John Carroll student majoring in Physics. We encourage any student interested in Intellectual Property Law or who, like Vic, has a love of science, to research Vic’s scholarship funds. We also encourage donations, of any amount, to the scholarship at John Carroll. To make a donation, please use the link below (for gifts using a credit card), designate “Other” and indicate the gift be applied to the Victor Nolan Scholarship.
Checks can also be sent, payable to John Carroll University, to:
John Carroll University
c/o University Advancement
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, Ohio 44118
(Please include as a memo on your check, “Victor Nolan Scholarship”)
“I have always enjoyed challenges of the kind that the end results of which are worth working hard.”
- Vic Nolan, 4/2004