The general litigation group at Blank Rome in Princeton brings on board Andrew Hughes, who previously served as a clerk to New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice John Wallace Jr. … the Environmental Law Practice Group at Bressler, Amery & Ross in Flor-ham Park welcomes Patrick Mottola, previously an associate with Norris McLaughin & Marcus in Somerville … Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper in Westfield adds Denise Del Priore, a 2009 graduate of Rutgers Law School-Newark, and Joshua Sklarin, a 2008 graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law who clerked for Hudson County Superior Court Judge John O’Shaughnessy.

Noteworthy

Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader in Phillipsburg launches a corporate and business law practice headed by Glenn Williams, Robert Ortiz Jr. and Philip Morin III who focuses on corporate transactions involving environmental, real estate and finance issues … Martin Judge, a partner with the environmental practice group at Flaster/Greenberg in Trenton, is named to the Executive Committee of the Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court, beginning with the September 2009 term … Anthony La Ratta, a partner with Archer & Greiner in Haddonfield, is appointed to serve as chairman of the Bylaws and Resolutions Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association … Donald Maurice, president of Maurice & Needleman in Flemington, is named the 2009-11 state compliance chair for New Jersey by the members’ attorney program of ACA International, the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals.