Biglin Receives Duane Morris Pro Bono Award

Biglin Honored with Duane Morris' 12th Annual Pro Bono Award Brian N. Biglin                                [Photo Credit: SAMCALELLO.]
Brian N. Biglin Duane Morris , received the firm's 12th annual “ Duane Morris Pro Bono Award “ for commitment to pro bono service and making a significant impact on an individual or community, according to a statement by the firm. The recipient chooses a local legal services organization to which the firm will make a $5,000 donation, the firm said. The award, given at Duane Morris' annual firm meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, last October, was given to  Biglin for his positive impact on numerous individuals, including a paraplegic prisoner before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in a suit concerning a county jail's failure to provide wheelchair access to the outdoors or to certain bathroom areas, and deliberate indifference to the need for an appropriate wheelchair, catheter and wound care, the firm said, noting that Biglin obtained a settlement for the benefit of the client's sons' education.  Biglin practices in the trial practice group, handling securities regulatory actions and international arbitration. He graduated cum laude from Rutgers Law School-Newark in 2011 and the University of Michigan in 2008. He recently concluded a term as president of the Rutgers Law School-Newark Alumni Association.

Marshall Dennehey's Rapattoni Receives Investigators Award

Marshall Dennehey's Rapattoni Receives Investigators Award Jeffrey G. Rapattoni

Jeffrey G. Rapattoni, co-chair of the fraud/special investigation practice group in the Mount Laurel office of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, received the 2018 “President's Award” from the New Jersey Special Investigators Association at the organization's annual conference last October at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City. Rapattoni was recognized for his contributions to the insurance industry in the state, according to an announcement. He concentrates  on insurance fraud, bad faith and SIU-related matters. He has 18 years of experience defending insurers and has been recognized by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. He is a member of the New Jersey State and Burlington County Bar Associations, as well as the New Jersey Insurance Defense Committee. He is a graduate of Villanova University and Rutgers Law School-Camden, and serves on the advisory board for the BigData@Rutgers certificate program.

Blank Rome's Orlofsky Receives Camden County Bar Award

Blank Rome's Orlofsky Receives Camden County Bar Foundation's 2018 Judge John F. Gerry Award ORLOFSKY RECEIVES JUDGE GERRY AWARD: Judge Stephen Orlofsky and his award (center), joined by (at left) Louis R Moffa Jr., President of the Camden County Bar Foundation, and (at right) Joel B. Rosen, United States Magistrate Judge (retired).

Blank Rome partner Stephen M. Orlofsky—head of the firm's appellate practice, administrative partner of the Princeton office, and former U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey—received the Camden County Bar Foundation's 2018 Judge John F. Gerry Award in recognition of his humanitarianism and outstanding contributions to the administration of justice in New Jersey. Orlofsky was honored at an award and scholarship program last October at the Tavistock Country Club. There, the Foundation also presented the Judge John F. Gerry Memorial Scholarship. In his practice, Orlofsky handles complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution, in federal and state civil and criminal courts, both at the appellate and trial level. Gerry was appointed to a judgeship in the District of New Jersey by President Gerald R. Ford in 1974, and became the district court's chief judge in 1987, serving in that position until 1994. The foundation established the John F. Gerry Award in 1995, and the Judge John F. Gerry Memorial Scholarship in 2002.