Bar Report — Sept. 16, 2024
The NJSBA's weekly report.
September 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Get to Know the NJSBA Pro Bono Award Winners for 2024
This is the second in a three-part series on the 2024 Pro Bono Award recipients.
The New Jersey State Bar Association is proud to recognize attorneys who go above and beyond in their work to ensure fair representation under the law. To celebrate exemplary pro bono service, all are welcome to attend the annual NJSBA Pro Bono Awards on Oct. 29, an event that will honor six remarkable individuals, firms and corporate legal departments that show an outstanding commitment to providing legal services to the state's underserved residents. This year's winners have taken up noble causes in child immigration, criminal expungements, fair housing and more. Hear from two of the award recipients as part of an ongoing series exploring the vital work by the honorees.
Diane K. Smith — Lifetime Advancement of Pro Bono Service Award
The Lifetime Advancement of Pro Bono Service Award recognizes an attorney in practice for 25 years or more. For more than 40 years, Smith has served as a leader in New Jersey civil legal services and access to justice initiatives. As the former executive director of Legal Servies of Northwest Jersey, she oversaw an office that served 4,000 families a year across five counties. In November 2021, she joined Seton Hall Law School's Center for Social Justice as the managing attorney of the Housing Justice Project, helping secure ongoing funding and leading policy advocacy efforts on behalf of tenants.
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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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