Elizabeth Loewy '84 will be honored as Alumna in Residence on Feb. 23, returning to campus to speak about her experience with the Manhattan District Attorney's office prosecuting the headline-making Brooke Astor case, as well as topics such as elder abuse law and domestic violence law. She will also spend the day meeting with students and faculty, as well as visiting classes.

Her presentation, which is open to the public, will take place from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 200 of the 1928 building.

Loewy is the head of the Elder Abuse Unit for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. She was the co-counsel on the Brooke Astor case, which dominated headlines in New York City and beyond for nearly a year before the jury handed down its guilty verdict.

More than 70 witnesses, including such notable figures as Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters, were called to testify, necessitating four months of testimony. Major press coverage ranged from the New York Times and the New York Post to the Los Angeles Times and Vanity Fair.

Loewy has been with the Manhattan District Attorney's office for more than 20 years, spending five years as the head of the Domestic Violence Unit before taking the helm of the Elder Abuse Unit. She oversees assistant district attorneys who prosecute more than 500 elder abuse cases each year.

The Alumni in Residence program, inaugurated in 1992, was designed to bring the law school's most distinguished graduates back to campus to share their expertise with students and to raise awareness about the value of an Albany Law degree.

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