Florio Perrucci Welcomes Associate Colleen Degnan

Colleen M. Degnan                         [Photo Credit: J Taylor Design.]

Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor  welcomed Colleen M. Degnan  as an associate in the Cherry Hill office. Degnan focuses on health care law, education law and civil litigation. She previously clerked for  Camden County Superior Court Judge Donald J. Stein  in the Civil Part, where she worked on matters involving medical malpractice, personal injury, contract disputes, and employment law. Degnan also served as a court-appointed mediator for small claims and landlord-tenant matters. While attending Widener University Delaware Law School, Degnan served as a judicial extern to Judge Jack A. Panella of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. She also interned for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's Government Programs Division, as well as the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She earned her B.S. from the University of Scranton. She is admitted in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Norris McLaughlin Hires Two

Norris McLaughlin brought on business law senior counsel Laura M. Miller and litigation associate James V. Mazewski to its Bridgewater office. "Their individual expertise will allow Norris McLaughlin to bolster two critical practice areas, and Laura, in particular, helps us execute our long-range goal of succession planning," said David C. Roberts, firm recruiting partner and co-chair of the litigation practice group, in a statement.

Laura M. Miller                                [Photo Credit: Brian Bouman, Memory Creations Photography.]

Miller focuses on administrative and government regulatory law in the public utility, telecommunications, cable television, and communications infrastructure industries. Miller, according to the firm, has more than a decade of experience in complex civil litigation, representing private and public clients in state and federal courts in cases involving commercial and corporate disputes, and the defense of labor and employment claims. She previously was active in political fundraising and campaign management in Arizona, serving as the field director for a statewide political campaign and later as the director of public policy in the Arizona Attorney General's Office. She earned her J.D. in 2005 from Rutgers Law School-Newark, where she was a senior staff member of the Conflict Resolution Law Journal, and her B.A. in 2002 from Arizona State University.

James V. Mazewski[Photo Credit: Brian Bouman, Memory Creations Photography.]

Mazewski concentrates on civil litigation at the trial and appellate levels, primarily on the representation of corporations, public entities, and insurance companies in complex commercial disputes and employment, construction, and general liability matters. He has represented shipping companies and commercial entities, and various public entities in jurisdictional and contractual disputes before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Mazewski clerked for Appellate Division Judge Amy O'Connor. He earned his J.D. in 2016 from Rutgers Law School-Newark, where he interned with New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Patterson and served as symposium editor of the Rutgers Law Review. He earned his M.S. in 2012 and his B.S. in 2010 from Montclair State University.

Cohn Lifland Adds Larsen to Family Law Practice

Jacqueline N. Larsen[Photo Credit: Steve Hockstein/HarvardStudio.com.]

Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf in Saddle Brook hired  Jacqueline N. Larsen to its family law team. Previously Larsen was an associate in a Union County law practice. She clerked for Hunterdon County Superior Court Judge Robert G. Wilson in the Family Part. Her clerkship included matrimonial matters, involving custody, equitable distribution, child support, alimony, and domestic violence. She was also a judicial intern for Essex County Superior Court Judge Linda Lordi Cavanaugh in the Family Part, and a summer intern for the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender's Office of Dispute Settlement.

Winne Banta Welcomes Nazario as Associate

Victor Manuel Nazario III