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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