HUNTERDON MOCK TRIAL: Superior Court Judges Robert A. Ballard (at left) and Michael F. O'Neill (at right) preside over the final round of the 2019 Hunterdon County Mock Trial Competition held on Feb. 4, 2019, at the Historic Courthouse in Flemington.After Hours
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February 21, 2019 at 09:00 AM
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Voorhees High School Wins Hunterdon Mock Trial Competition
Voorhees High School prevailed in the 2019 Hunterdon County High School mock trial competition, which held its opening rounds on Jan. 26 and its final round on Feb. 4, with Hunterdon Central High School, North Hunterdon High School, and Voorhees High competing. Teachers and volunteer attorneys helped prepare the teams for a fictitious case in which the students play the parts of attorneys and witnesses. This year's case was a civil case dealing with personal injury at an amusement park. In the opening round, each team engaged in two trials. and then the teams with the two best records, North Hunterdon High School and Voorhees High School, advanced to the final, which took place on Feb. 4 at the Historic Courthouse in Flemington. Superior Court Judges Robert A. Ballard and Michael F. O' Neill presided. In a very close match, Voorhees High School defeated North Hunterdon High School, and advanced to the regional level of the New Jersey State Mock Trial Competition. The 2018-2019 Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition is sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and the Hunterdon County Bar Association. The county program was administered by Clinton attorney John C. Macce and Lyn Brokaw, executive director of the Hunterdon County Bar Association.
|Seiden Law Firm 'Cycles' for Cancer Research
CYCLE FOR SURVIVAL: Pictured left to right (back row): Corey Matrisciano, Krissy Reynolds, Wayne Headley, Donald Schumacher, Sheryl Seiden, Shari Genser, Bonnie Lafazon, Emily Genser and Robert Vacchiano; (front): Christine Fitzgerald, Seth Seiden and David Seiden, at the Equinox in Summit on Feb. 2, 2019
Seiden Family Law in Cranford participated in an indoor cycling event at the Equinox in Summit on Feb. 2 and raised more than $6,775 for Cycle For Survival, a charity that raises money for rare cancer research, according to a release.
|Riker Danzig 'Stands Together' for National Wear Red Day
STAND TOGETHER: Shown: Riker Danzig managers and staff at the firm's Morristown offices on Feb. 1, 2019. From left to right: Richard Tindoc, Richelle Delavan, Angela Caccioppoli, Nora Juzefyk, Pamela Byron, Matthew Schuckert, Maria Ricks, Perline Squire, Sandy Grant and Natalie Pepe.
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti in Morristown participated in the “Stand Together in the Fight Against Heart Disease and Stroke” for National Wear Red Day on Feb. 1.
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