The New Jersey Law Journal has announced this year’s honorees for the New Jersey Legal Awards, and among them are the finalists for two of the Law Journal’s most prestigious awards: Attorney of the Year and Law Firm of the Year.

The winners in each category will be announced on October 29 at Park Chateau Estate in East Brunswick. For more information, please visit the New Jersey Legal Awards site.

Special thanks to the members of our outside judging panels who provided indispensable help

in evaluating the Attorney of the Year and New Leaders of the Bar categories.

Please join us in congratulating these finalists and honorees:

Attorney of the Year Finalists

Johanna Jones, Office of Attorney Ethics

Thomas Prol, Sills Cummis & Gross

Matheu Nunn, Einhorn Barbarito

Banking and Financial Firm of the Year Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Riker Danzig

Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Greenspoon Marder

Mandelbaum Barrett

McCarter & English

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Sills Cummis & Gross

Dealmakers Finalists

Christopher Costa, Stevens & Lee

Stephanie Pindyck Costantino, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

C.J. Fisher, Fox Rothschild

Christopher Maurer, Reed Smith

Donald Pepe, Scarinci Hollenbeck

Nicholas Racioppi, Jr., Riker Danzig

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Diversity Initiative Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Cole Schotz

Gibbons

Greenberg Traurig

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Reed Smith

In-House Impact Finalists

Rahat Chatha, New Jersey Reentry Corporation

Jason B. Daly, Esq., Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Litigation Pathways Trial Academy Steering Committee

Jay Kooper, Middlesex Water Company

NJ Transit Corporation Office of the General Counsel

Carrie Parikh, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

Martin Wilson, Rocket Pharmaceuticals

Innovators Finalists

Asim Badaruzzaman, Sbaiti & Company

William Gaus, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

James Lewis and Marissa Mastroianni, Cole Schotz

Morris Sabbagh, Vishnick McGovern Milizio

Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig

Frank Wukovits, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Winner

Ronald S. Bienstock, Scarinci Hollenbeck

Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

Frank Giantomasi, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf

Jaynee LaVecchia, McCarter & English

Nancy Erika Smith, Smith Mullin

Justin Walder, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Law Firm of the Year Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

McCarter & English

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Sills Cummis & Gross

Litigation Departments of the Year, General

Epstein Becker & Green

Greenberg Traurig

McCarter & English

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Riker Danzig

Sills Cummis & Gross

Litigation Departments of the Year – Specialty Practice Area, Appellate Winner

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Litigation Departments of the Year – Specialty Practice Area, Insurance Winner

Methfessel & Werbel

Litigation Departments of the Year – Specialty Practice Area, Intellectual Property Finalists

Gibbons

Lerner David

Litigation Departments of the Year – Specialty Practice Area, Labor and Employment Finalists

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Sills Cummis & Gross

Litigation Departments of the Year – Specialty Practice Area, Products Liability/Mass Torts Finalists

McCarter & English

Seeger Weiss

Mentors Finalists

Cynthia Borrelli, Bressler, Amery & Ross

Michael Burakoff, Laddey Clark & Ryan

Matthew Green, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel

Brandon Jonas, Gang & Associates

Maxine Neuhauser, Epstein Becker & Green

Lisa Presser, Faegre Drinker

Loryn Riggiola, Zetlin & De Chiara

Susan Usatine, Cole Schotz

Office Managing Partner of the Year Finalists

Max Crane, Sills Cummis & Gross

Jason Gavejian, Jackson Lewis

Randi Kochman, Cole Schotz

Harry Norton, Hall Booth Smith

Michael Stein, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Michael Zogby, Barnes & Thornburg

Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Finalists

Robert Austin Jenkin II, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders

Patricia Lee, Connell Foley

Ian Marx, Greenberg Traurig

Michelle Pallak, McCarter & English

Catherine van Kampen, BLB&G Law Offices

Real Estate Firm of the Year Finalists

Brach Eichler

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomas

Gibbons

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis

Riker Danzig

Sills Cummis & Gross

Unsung Heroes Winners

Rahat Chatha, New Jersey Reentry Corporation

Gemma Giantomasi, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Michael Gordon, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Sarah Gribbin, Archer & Grenier

Kenneth Hayes, Epstein Ostrove

Alicia Hubbard, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

Krishna Jhaveri, King, Moench & Collins

Richard Solow , Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Nebojsa Zlatanovic, Gang & Associates

New Leaders of the Bar Winners

Juliann M. Alicino, Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas

Justin Ginter, Faegre Drinker

John F. Glass, Gibbons

Cynthia Hawkins, William Kirby Law

Sarah Heba-Escobar, Riker Danzig

Leonard Jones, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Tamar Lerer, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

James Leva, Day Pitney

Jeanelly Nuñez, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Jared Placitella, Cohen, Placitella & Roth

Matthe Posada, Sills Cummis & Gross

Mitchell Ramirez, Moreira Sayles Ramirez

Ryan Richman, McCarter & English,

Robert Roglieri, Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian

Cory Rothbort, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman

Cheyne R. Scott, Chasan Lamparello Mallon Cappuzzo

Christopher J. Seelinger, Weiner Law Group

Brian Shemesh, Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla

Christopher Warren, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

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