Walker Appointed to ABA House of Delegates Nominating Committee

Walker Appointed to ABA House of Delegates Nominating Committee Karol Corbin Walker

At the American Bar Association's virtual annual meeting on Aug. 4, Karol Corbin Walker, a partner at Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP in Hackensack, became the first person of color and first woman to serve as a state delegate representing New Jersey on the Nominating Committee in the American Bar Association's House of Delegates. In that position, she chairs the New Jersey state delegation and has a three-year term that is renewable for up to three terms, for a total of nine years. Walker became the first African American president of the New Jersey State Bar Association in 2003. In 2012, she was the first African American female president of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, and in 2015 she became the first African American president of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. In her law practice at Kaufman Dolowich, Walker handles business, commercial, employment, toxic tort and products liability litigation for Fortune 500 corporations as well as other publicly and privately held corporations, financial institutions, entertainers and insurance companies.

Hutcheon Named Founding Fellow of the American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys

Hutcheon Named Founding Fellow of the American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys Peter D. Hutcheon                                         [Photo credit: Lynn Goodwin.]
Peter D. Hutcheon, of counsel to Norris McLaughlin in Bridgewater, was named a founding fellow of the American College of LLC and Partnership Attorneys. "As a Founding Fellow, I look forward to supporting the efforts of the College, as well as having the opportunity to consult with international, national, state, and local organizations interested in the continuation, growth, operation, and management of LLC, partnership, and other unincorporated entity law and practice," said Hutcheon in a statement. The organization was formed to honor attorneys, judges and professors who focus a significant amount of their time to matters involving LLC, partnership, and other unincorporated entity law for 10 or more years; and to provide forums for attorneys to meet and exchange ideas and professional experience; among other functions. Hutcheon has practiced for 45 years. He primarily handles business governance, commercial transactions, securities, banking and finance. He was a director for 22 years (including two years as chair) of the New Jersey State Bar Association Corporate and Business Law Section, and has chaired the state bar's Banking Law Section. He also was chairman of the New Jersey Corporate and Business Law Study Commission from its inception in 1989 to 2002, and chaired other panels and commissions.