Schenck Price Collects Supplies for United Way 'Tools for Schools' Drive

Schenck Price Smith & King in Florhanm Park recently held a school supply collection for the United Way of Northern New Jersey 2019 "Tools for Schools" program. The program is an annual school supplies drive that helps ensure students receive what they need for academic success. Each year, more than 70,000 items are collected by participating organizations and volunteers, and distributed to more than 80 schools and community organizations serving children, according to a release.

Riker Danzig and Grow It Green Team Up

RIKER DANZIG 'GROWS IT GREEN':  Shon, left to right:  Silva Dechoyan, Meagan Buckle, Collette Vassallo, Hayley Meigh, A.J. Banks, Anne Shulman, Rita Janson, Lynn Madden, Iryna Kastsiuk, Nora Juzefyk, Benjamin Gehlbach and Richelle Delavan, on September 10, 2019 at the Urban Farm in Morristown.

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti teamed up with Grow it Green Morristown for a volunteer event at the Urban Farm on September 10, 2019. Employees of the Morristown-based firm were given the afternoon off to assist with preparations for the fall growing season. The Urban Farm is New Jersey's largest public school garden, and is managed by a small staff, part-time interns and community volunteers, the firm said a release. Riker Danzig partner Jeffrey M. Beyer, an insurance litigator and board member of Grow it Green Morristown, coordinated the volunteer day at the Urban Farm in Morristown. A group of 12 Riker Danzig volunteers comprised of attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff weeded and cleared garden beds and compost, weighed and bundled fresh radishes, harvested hops, and fed chickens, all under the direction of Grow It Green's director of agriculture and education, Shaun Ananko, and assistant farmer, Megan Phelan, the release said. 

McCarter Receives Pro Bono Publico Award

KUDOS TO McCARTER & ENGLISH: Shown, from left: David Himelfarb, Joann Lytle, Michelle Movahed, firmwide Managing Partner Joseph Boccassini, McCarter former Chairman Mike Kelly, Ryan Richman, Susan Feeney and Lori Shyavitz, at the American Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico Awards Luncheon in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2019.

McCarter & English on received the "Pro Bono Publico" Award on Aug. 1 from the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice said in a congratulatory message, which noted that the award is the committee's top honor. (VLJ and McCarter & English have a partnership, it also noted). The award highlights the work of firmwide managing partner Joseph Boccassini, chairman Joseph Lubertazzi Jr. former chairman Michael Kelly, Michelle Movahed, a partner and head of McCarter's pro bono practice, Geoffrey Rosamond, a partner, VLJ trustee and long-time VLJ volunteer, and all McCarter attorneys who make the time to prioritize pro bono work.