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Four New Associates Join WIlentz Goldman

Four attorneys have recently joined Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer as associates in Woodbridge.

Four New Associates Join WIlentz, Goldman & Spitzer Pierre Chwang [Photo Credit: Patrick F. Infante.]
Pierre Chwang Margaret Goodzeit

Amy Francis Lemanski joins the family law team, concentrating on all areas of matrimonial law, including divorce, domestic violence, alimony, child custody, child support, and equitable distribution

Four New Associates Join WIlentz, Goldman & Spitzer Amy Francis Lemanski [Photo Credit: Patrick F. Infante.]
cases. Before joining Wilentz, Lemanski practiced as an attorney in Florida, where she handled and litigated divorce matters. She also has experience litigating domestic violence matters. Lemanski earned her law degree in 2016 from St. Thomas University School of Law, where she served as managing editor of the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review. During her clerkship with Superior Court Judge Angela White Dalton  in the Chancery Division, Family Part, she assisted on matters involving restraining orders, violations of restraining orders, post-dissolution matters and orders to show cause. She graduated from Monmouth University with a B.A. in 2013. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Florida.
Four New Associates Join WIlentz, Goldman & Spitzer Steven I. Okoye [Photo Credit: Patrick F. Infante.]
Steven I. Okoye joined the corporate and health law teams. He represents health-care providers in a variety of legal disputes, business transactions, pharmacy benefit manager matters and regulatory matters affecting their operations. He also has experience in health-care fraud and abuse matters, payor disputes and payor contracting. Okoye earned his law degree in 2017 from Rutgers Law School, where he received the "Dean's Award for Service." He earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Temple University in 2011. Prior to joining Wilentz, Okoye was a law clerk for Appellate Division Judge Thomas W. Sumners Jr. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

Steven Polhamus joins the redevelopment and real estate teams, concentrating on all aspects of redevelopment and real