Delaware-Based Maron Marvel Opens in Jersey City

Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy of Delaware opened a new office in Jersey City at 101 Hudson Street, bringing on partner Dwight A. Kern and associates Audrey O. Anyaele, William Perrelli and Stephanie DeVos. Anyaele, DeVos and Perrelli have extensive experience in toxic tort litigation, regularly representing corporate clients in complex commercial litigation, products liability, general liability, and related matters.

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Kern focuses his practice on toxic torts, environmental litigation, products liability, construction defect, general liability and related practice areas. He has experience representing clients during all stages of litigation in state and federal courts throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. He recently obtained a defense verdict in a New York lead-poisoning trial.

James J. Maron, founding member and director of Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, said he seeks to “build our firm into the premier mass toxic tort firm in the country.”

Flaster Greenberg Launches Cannabis Practice

Flaster Greenberg launched its cannabis practice law group in response to proposed legislation to expand marijuana business opportunities in New Jersey. The group, based in the Cherry Hill headquarters, was formed in an effort to accommodate the growing interest in future opportunities presented by New Jersey's emerging cannabis industry. The 11-member team is comprised of tax, environmental, IP real estate, insurance and employment attorneys experienced in counseling clients and entrepreneurs on various legal and regulatory issues. It aims to provide comprehensive legal counsel in all aspects of the cannabis industry, including business startup considerations and tax implications, capital formation, financing, land use and zoning considerations, environmental issues, workplace considerations, insurance coverage issues, and intellectual property.

Adam Gersh

“For the past eight years, the firm's labor & employment attorneys have been at the forefront of New Jersey's medical marijuana program as these laws were enacted and employers were faced with addressing changing needs within the workplace,” said Adam Gersh, labor and employment partner and member of the Cannabis Law Group at Flaster Greenberg. “With the state recently expanding its medical marijuana program and broader legalization on the horizon, we have assembled a multidisciplinary team of attorneys to help steer clients through these uncharted waters, guide entrepreneurs in capitalizing on new opportunities, and answer questions for existing and future clients with operations in New Jersey.”

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Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Two Associates

Goldberg Segalla added two associates in Newark.

Ioannis S. Athanasopoulos is a member of the firm's workers' compensation practice group in Newark. Athanasopoulos was previously with New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group. He counsels employers, insurers, and third-party administrators in workers' compensation matters and defends them in litigation before the New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation and in workers' compensation vicinages throughout the state. He draws on four years of experience as a workers' compensation litigator for a provider of workers' compensation insurance policies in New Jersey, and two years as general counsel to solar power and construction companies. He also managed his own private practice. He has bachelor's and law degrees from Rutgers University. He interned for Superior Court Judge Martin G. Cronin, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Patrick J. Mulqueen
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Patrick J. Mulqueen joined the firm's global insurance services practice group in Newark. He was previously with Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfield & Barry. Mulqueen represents insurers, professionals, and companies in commercial coverage, professional and products liability, personal injury, and other cases, and has worked with individual and organizational clients at every stage of the legal process. He has advised on directors and officers liability, bad faith, commercial general liability, excess and umbrella coverage, and errors and omissions liability. He has also served as coverage counsel to numerous excess and primary insurers, monitoring exposure and coverage issues in high-value cases.