Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Four

Goldberg Segalla brought on partners Thomas M. Crino, Peter H. Bach and Jonathan L. Berkowitz to the Princeton office, and associate Paula Stefanou to the Newark office.

Thomas M. Crino

Crino, previously with Wildenhain Crino in Warren, joined the trucking practice group. According to an announcement, Crino has more than two decades of experience representing companies, insurers, and individuals, and focuses on defending personal injury and wrongful death claims, property damage recovery, life insurance claims, and various business and commercial litigation, including disputes over contracts and the sale of goods and services.

Peter H. Bach

Bach, a trial attorney previously with Campbell, Lipski & Dochney in Philadelphia, joined the workers' compensation practice group. He has almost four decades of experience representing clients in state, federal, and administrative courts, and focuses his practice on counseling and defending employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators in a variety of workers' compensation cases, including claims for emergent relief and Second Injury Fund litigation, according to the announcement.

Jonathan L. Berkowitz

Berkowitz, previously with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith in New York City, joined several practice groups: management and professional liability, health care, long-term care, general liability, and trucking. He focuses on defending home health-care agencies, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, substance-abuse rehabilitation providers, medical transportation providers, day- and child-care facilities, trucking companies, transportation providers, and construction companies in matters involving management and professional liability. He regularly defends clients against catastrophic injury claims and wrongful death litigation.

Paula Stefanou

Stefanou, previously with Viscomi & Lyons in Morristown, joined the workers' compensation practice group. She previously served as in-house counsel to a large carrier, and focuses on claims related to traumatic injuries, occupational exposure, re-openers, slip-and-fall incidents, motor vehicle accidents, Social Security Disability Insurance, and employee/independent contractor disputes.

Turner Joins Dentons as Associate

Stephen Turner

Stephen Turner joined Dentons as an associate in the Short Hills and New York City offices, in the litigation and dispute resolution group. He focuses on complex commercial litigation, including insurance and reinsurance matters. Turner earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he was senior articles editor for The Journal of College and University Law, and earned his B.A. from Princeton University. He was with Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti from 2015 to 2018 in the commercial litigation department. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey.