New Jersey Law Journal Professional ExcellenceLaw Journal Announces 2019 Professional Excellence Honorees
The honorees will be recognized, and the Attorney of the Year winner announced, at the Law Journal's upcoming Professional Excellence event.
March 25, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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From a group of impressive (as always) nominations, the Law Journal editorial staff has selected these 2019 Professional Excellence honorees.
We'll be publishing profiles and Q&As in the coming months about these honorees and their accomplishments.
There's also the Professional Excellence event scheduled for June. We hope to see you there. For more details, see below.
Congratulations to this year's honorees.
|Attorney of the Year Finalists
Edward Barocas – American Civil Liberties Union-New Jersey
Robin Kay Lord – Law Office of Robin Kay Lord
Stephen Orlofsky – Blank Rome
|Lifetime Achievement
John Keefe Sr. – Keefe Law Firm
Alma Saravia – Flaster Greenberg
|Dealmakers of the Year
Nicholas Casiello (Fox Rothschild) – Regulatory
George Garcia (Connell Foley) – Real Estate
Jennifer Horowitz (Cole Schotz) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Lori Waldron (Sills Cummis & Gross) – Mergers & Acquisitions
Dentons – Venture/Startup
Hyland Levin Shapiro – Real Estate
Porzio Bromberg & Newman – Bankruptcy
|Litigation Departments of the Year
Sills Cummis & Gross – General
Gebhardt & Kiefer – Insurance (Small)
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti – Insurance (Midsize)
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden – Appellate
Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik – Intellectual Property
Tanenbaum Keale – Products Liability
|Legal Departments of the Year and GC Impact Awards
Celgene – Law Department Management
Dun & Bradstreet – Pro Bono
Prudential – Diversity
Leslie Kaltenbach (Chubb)
Kevin Norman (Johnson & Johnson Innovation)
Brian Quigley (New Jersey Assembly Majority Office)
|Mentors
Andrew Fraser – Laddey Clark & Ryan
Kristine Feher – Greenberg Traurig
April Katz Israeli – Williams Law Group
Charles Kenny – Peckar & Abramson
Thomas Muccifori – Archer & Greiner
Stephen Ravin – Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr
Edward Snyder – Snyder Sarno D'Aniello Maceri & da Costa
Thomas Snyder – Einhorn Harris Ascher Barbarito & Frost
Warren Usatine – Cole Schotz
David White – Seton Hall University School of Law
|Unsung Heroes
Rachelle Bin – Fox Rothschild
Emily Goldberg – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
William Sullivan – Scarinci Hollenbeck
Julia Walker – Atlantic Health System
Roy Wepner – Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
|New Leaders of the Bar
K. Raja Bhattacharya – Bendit Weinstock
Michelle Burke – Porzio Bromberg
Melinda Colon Cox – Parker Ibrahim & Berg
Danielle Corcione – Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
Kiomeiry Csepes – Csepes Law Offices
Michael Dee – O'Toole Scrivo Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu
Robert DiPisa – Cole Schotz
Christopher Fallon III – Fox Rothschild
Daniel Farino – Archer & Greiner
Jessica Flynn – Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
Ami Foger – Saiber
Gregory Green – Epstein Becker & Green
Jordan Hollander – New Jersey Attorney General's Office
Jennifer Laver - Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
Jason Levine – Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Steven Llanes – Lowenstein Sandler
Van McPherson III – South Jersey Industries
Benjamin David Novak – Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Rachel Packer – Parker Ibrahim & Berg
Stephen Pagano – Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti
Robert Ransom – Archer & Greiner
Marisa Rauchway Sverdlov – Law Office of Marisa Rauchway Sverdlov
Gregory Reid – Sills Cummis & Gross
Andrew Sayles – Connell Foley
Bisola Taiwo – City of Newark
Megha Thakkar – Hill Wallack
Corinne Trainor – Fox Rothschild
Matthew James Troiano – Einhorn Harris Ascher Barbarito & Frost
Lauren James Weir – Gibbons
Rebecca Zisek – Greenberg Traurig
For more information on the event, please visit the New Jersey Legal Awards site. For information on event tickets and sponsorships, contact: Sales Director Andre Sutton [email protected] or 757-721-9020.
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