Stark & Stark Promotes Three to Partner

Stark & Stark in Lawrenceville has announced that Bianca A. Roberto, Louis M. Ragone and John S. Prisco have been elected partners, effective July 1.

Bianca A. Roberto                                   [Courtesy Photo.]

Louis M. Ragone                                        [Courtesy Photo.]

John S. Prisco                                             [Courtesy Photo.]

Riker Danzig Welcomes Five Summer Associates

SUMMER INTERNS AT RIKER DANZIG: Shown, from left to right, top line: Marius R.L. Williams, Holli Bastinck Packer; second line: Jordan N. Stefanacci, Arda M. Setrakian; bottom line: Kevin E.  Hakansson. [Courtesy Photo.]

Kevin Hakansson received his undergraduate degree in music performance with a music business emphasis from the University of Massachusetts in 2007. LAst summer Hakansson served as a judicial intern for District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. While at New York Law School, Hakansson was a member of the Dean's Leadership Council and honored with the Dean's List with High Honors.

Holli Bastinck Packer is attending Tulane University School of Law and is a member of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and the John R. Brown Appellate Admiralty Moot Court Team, is president of the Maritime Law Society and a Dean Rufus Harris Peer Fellow. She received her undergraduate degree in government and public policy from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 2013. Packer last year interned for District Judge Brian R. Martinotti in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel in Louisiana. Packer served as a U.S. Coast Guard officer and received numerous military honors, including the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, the Coast Guard Achievement Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, and the Coast Guard Humanitarian Service Medal.

Arda Setrakian received her undergraduate degree in economics, with a minor in finance and management, from McGill University in 2017. During the summer of 2019, Setrakian served as a judicial intern for Magistrate Judge Cathy I. Waldor of U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. At Seton Hall University School of Law, Setrakian is the associate editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and is a leadership fellow (captain of the Criminal Justice Reform/Reentry Team).

Jordan Stefanacci received her undergraduate degree in political science, summa cum laude, from Gettysburg College in 2018. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and was on the Dean's List for all semesters. Last fall she interned for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. At Seton Hall University School of Law, Stefanacci is the associate editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and a judicial fellow for Judge Harold A. Ackerman.

Marius Williams received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Boston University in 2013. At Boston University, he worked as technology support for the Boston University School of Law and after graduation he began working in software development at Accenture. At Rutgers Law School, Williams is a member of the Association of Black Law Students.