New Leaders of the Bar 2019
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June 10, 2019 at 05:45 PM
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To view the digital edition of the Professional Excellence supplement, including photos of the New Leaders of the Bar honorees, click here.
K. Raja Bhattacharya
Born: 1982
Firm: Bendit Weinstock
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. with Health Law Certification, 2007
College: University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2004
Career: Current firm, associate 2007-2014, partner, 2014-present
Practice Areas: Business Litigation, Catastrophic Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Workplace Accidents, Products Liability
Michelle Molinaro Burke
Born: 1980
Firm:Porzio Bromberg & Newman
Law School: Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 2005
College: Rutgers College, B.A., 2002
Clerkship: Hon. John F. Malone J.S.C. (ret.), Civil Division, Union County, 2005-2006
Career: Current firm, counsel 2015-present, associate 2007-2015; Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfield & Barry, associate 2006-2007
Practice Areas: General Liability, Life Sciences Litigation, Litigation, Product Liability, Toxic and Environmental Tort
Melinda Colon Cox
Born: 1980
Firm: Parker Ibrahim & Berg
Law School: Rutgers School of Law (Newark), J.D., 2007
College: Union College, B.A., 2002
Clerkship: Hon. Michael A. Shipp, U.S.D.J. for the District of N.J., August 2009-September 2011 (Judge Shipp was a Magistrate Judge at the time of clerkship)
Career: Current firm, partner 2016-present, associate 2011-2016; Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer, associate 2007-2009
Practice Areas: Redevelopment, Redevelopment Strategic Unit, Commercial Real Estate
Danielle Corcione
Born: 1980
Firm: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
Law School: New York Law School, J.D., 2005
College: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, B.A., 2002
Career: Current firm, member 2018-present; Day Pitney, counsel 2017-2018; Assistant U.S. Attorney, 2012-2017
Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense & Government Investigations, Corporate Internal Investigations & Monitoring, Litigation, Privacy & Data Security, State Attorneys General, Health Care & Hospitals
Kiomeiry Csepes
Born: 1981
Firm: Csepes Law Offices
Law School: Rutgers School of Law-Camden, J.D., 2013
College: Rutgers University-New Brunswick, B.S., 2007
Career: Current firm, owner and managing attorney 2014-present.
Practice Areas: Immigration, Family Law
Michael Dee
Born: 1980
Firm: O'Toole Scrivo Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu
Law School: University of Connecticut, J.D., 2006
College: College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 2002
Clerkship: Hon. John J. Coyle, Jr., J.S.C. (retired)
Career: Current firm, partner 2018-present; McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, 2007-2014 and 2016-2018; State of New Jersey, Director of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations, 2014-2016
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment
Robert DiPisa
Born: 1983
Firm: Cole Schotz
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2010
College: Fordham University, B.S., 2006
Career: Current firm, member, 2014-present; Connell Foley, associate, 2012-2014
Practice Areas: Real Estate and Cannabis Law
Christopher Fallon III
Born: 1979
Firm: Fox Rothschild
Law School: Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2007
College: University of Notre Dame, B.A., 2002
Career: Current firm, partner, 2009-present; Post & Schell, associate, 2007-2009
Practice Areas: Litigation, Directors' & Officers' Liability and Corporate Governance
Daniel Farino
Born: 1982
Firm: Archer & Greiner
Law School: Rutgers Law School, J.D., 2007
College: Villanova University, B.S., 2004
Career: Current firm, partner, 2007-present
Practice Areas: Environmental Law, Petroleum Industry Practices
Jessica Flynn
Firm: Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2008
College: Georgetown University, B.A., 2004
Career: Current firm, counsel, 2008-present
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Community Association Law
Ami Foger
Born: 1980
Firm: Saiber LLC
Law School: Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2007
College: Rutgers University, B.A., 2003
Career: Current firm, counsel, 2017-present; Sherman Wells Sylvester & Stamelman associate/counsel, 2014-2017; Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, associate, 2008-2014
Practice Areas: Business Counseling; Banking & Financial Services; Intellectual Property; M&A
Gregory Green
Born: 1987
Firm: Epstein Becker & Green
Law School: Rutgers Law School, J.D., 2016
College: University of Toronto, B.A., 2011
Advanced Degree: York University, M.A., History, 2013
Clerkship: Current firm, associate, 2016-present
Practice Areas: Employment Litigation, Whistleblowing and Compliance
Jordan Scot Flynn Hollander
Born: 1988
Firm: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
Law School: Rutgers Law School, J.D., 2014
Law School (secondary): William S. Boyd School of Law, LLM, 2016
College: Lycoming College, B.A., 2010
Advanced Degree: Trinity College, Dublin, M.S., 2011
Clerkship: Hon. Francis J. Vernoia, Presiding Criminal Judge, Monmouth Vicinage, 2014-2015
Career: Current employer, Deputy Attorney General, 2016-present; Genova Burns, associate, 2016
Practice Areas: Gaming
Lauren James-Weir
Born: 1981
Firm: Gibbons P.C.
Law School: Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., 2007
College: Rutgers University, B.A., 2004
Career: Current firm, director 2019-present, associate 2010-2018; Scarinci Hollenbeck, associate, 2007-2010
Practice Areas: Commercial & Criminal Litigation, First Amendment and Media Law, Appellate
Jennifer Laver
Born: 1980
Firm: Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
Law School: Rutgers Law School, Camden, J.D., 2006
College: Pennsylvania State University, B.S., 2001
Career: Current firm, partner, 2006-present
Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation, General Liability, Subrogation, Employment
Jason Levine
Born: 1983
Firm: Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller
Law School: University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2009
College: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2004
Clerkship: Hon. Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2009-2010
Career: Current firm, shareholder, 2014-present; Covington & Burling, associate, 2010-2014
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Litigation, White Collar, Governmental Litigation, Appellate Litigation
Steven Llanes
Born: 1980
Firm: Lowenstein Sandler
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2013
Graduate School: Harvard University, JFK School of Government, M.A., Public Policy, 2004
College: St. Peter's University, B.A., 2002
Career: Current firm, associate, 2013-present; KPMG, Manager, Public Affairs and Corporate Communications, 2008-2010; U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2004-2007
Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense, Corporate Investigations and Integrity, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Litigation
Van McPherson III
Born: 1986
Firm: South Jersey Industries
Law School: St. John's University, J.D., 2011
College: University of Connecticut, B.A., 2008
Clerkship: Hon. James L. Jackson, Presiding Judge Family Part, Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic City, 2012-2013
Career: Current employer, corporate counsel, 2017-present; Parker McCay, associate, 2013-2017
Practice Areas: Construction, Land Use, Governmental Law, Corporate Governance/Management
Benjamin David Novak
Born: 1985
Firm: Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Law School: William & Mary School of Law, J.D., 2010
College: The College of New Jersey, B.S., 2007
Career: Current firm, associate, 2012-present; Lowenstein Sandler, associate, 2010-2012
Practice Areas: Corporate Business & Transactions Group and the Emerging Business and Technology Practice Group
Rachel Packer
Born: 1982
Firm: Parker Ibrahim & Berg
Law School: Rutgers School of Law, J.D., 2008
College: The College of New Jersey, B.A., 2004
Clerkship: Hon. David B. Katz, P.J. Family, Essex County, 2008-2009
Career: Current firm, partner, 2018-present; Day Pitney, associate, 2016-2018; Blank Rome, associate, 2013-2016
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Appellate Litigation, Consumer Financial Services
Stephen Pagano
Born: 1979
Firm: Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2005
Advanced Degree: New York University School of Law, LL.M. Taxation, 2017
College: Boston College, B.A., 2002
Career: Current employer, partner 2019, counsel 2015-2018; Becker Meisel, associate 2005-2014
Practice Areas: Probate Litigation, Estate Planning & Administration, Business Succession, Tax Law
Robert Ransom
Born: 1991
Firm: Archer & Greiner
Law School: Rutgers Law School, Camden, J.D., 2016
College: Howard University, B.A., 2013
Clerkship: Hon. Michael Blee, P.J.Ch. Superior Court of New Jersey – Criminal/Chancery, 2016-2017; Hon. Jerome Simandle, U.S. District Court for the District of N.J., 2017-2018
Career: Current employer, associate, 2018-present
Practice Areas: Land Use
Gregory Reid
Born: 1982
Firm: Sills Cummis & Gross
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2008
College: Boston College, B.A., 2004
Clerkship: Hon. Kevin McNulty, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2012-2013
Career: Current firm, of counsel, 2013-present; Willkie Farr & Gallagher, associate, 2008-2012
Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation
Andrew Sayles
Born: 1979
Firm: Connell Foley
Law School: Syracuse University Law School, J.D., 2004
College: Syracuse University, B.A., 2001
Clerkship: Hon. Estela De La Cruz, J.S.C. (Bergen County), 2004-2005
Career: Current firm, partner, 2007-present; Sharp & Brown, associate, 2005-2007
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Class Action, Financial Services Litigation, Professional Liability
Marisa Rauchway Sverdlov
Born: 1982
Firm: Law Office of Marisa Rauchway Sverdlov
Law School: Boston University Law School, J.D., 2008
College: Princeton University, B.A., 2004
Career: Current firm, owner/founding member, 2015-present; Paris Ackerman, of counsel, 2018-present; Wolff & Samson, associate, 2011-2015; Sills, Cummis & Gross, associate, 2008-2011
Practice Areas: Franchise Law and Business Litigation
Bisola Taiwo
Born: 1986
Employer: City of Newark, Dept. of Economic & Housing Development
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2011
College: Colgate University, B.A., 2008
Clerkship: Hon. Susan D. Wigenton, U.S.D.J., U.S. District of New Jersey (2014-15); Hon. Paulette Sapp-Peterson, J.A.D., N.J. Appellate Division (2012-13); Hon. Lisa P. Thornton, A.J.S.C., N.J. Superior Court (2011-12)
Career: Current employer, legal director, 2018-present; Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, associate, 2015-2018
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Economic Development
Megha Thakkar
Born: 1984
Firm: Hill Wallack
Law School: St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 2008
College: New York University, B.A., 2005
Clerkship: Hon. Andrea G. Carter, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part, Middlesex County, 2008-2009
Career: Current employer, counsel, 2016-present; Norris McLaughlin, associate, 2013-2016; Law Offices of Edward R. Weinstein, associate, 2009-2013
Practice Areas: Family Law
Corinne Trainor
Born: 1980
Firm: Fox Rothschild
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2007
College: Rutgers University, B.S., 2003
Clerkship: Hon. Garrett E. Brown Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2008-2011; Hon. Clarkson S. Fisher Jr., Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 2007-2008
Career: Current employer, partner, 2015-present; Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, associate, 2011-2015
Practice Areas: Business and Estate Litigation, Appellate Practice, Law Firms & Attorneys, Directors' and Officers' Liability Defense, Constitutional Law
Matthew James Troiano
Born: 1980
Firm: Einhorn Harris Ascher Barbarito & Frost
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2005
College: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, B.A., 2002
Clerkship: Hon. Michael R. Casale, J.S.C. (Ret.), Essex Vicinage, 2005-2006
Career: Current firm, counsel, 2018-present; Morris County Prosecutor's Office, chief assistant prosecutor, 2011-2018; Hudson County Prosecutor's Office, assistant prosecutor, 2006-2011
Practice Areas: Criminal
Rebecca Zisek
Born: 1987
Firm: Greenberg Traurig
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2012
College: Haverford College, B.A., 2009
Clerkship: Hon. Marianne Espinosa, New Jersey Appellate Division, 2012-2013
Career: Current firm, associate, 2013-present
Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Consumer Fraud Class Action Defense
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