Reed Smith in Philadelphia brings on board Roberta Torian, previously senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary at Advanta Bank in Wilmington, Del., to its financial services regulatory group in Philadelphia, Princeton, Washington, D.C., and New York.
Associates
Chasan, Leyner & Lamparello in Secaucus welcomes Joseph Garcia, formerly an associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in New York, who concentrates on public entity litigation and labor matters; Roosevelt Jean, previously an associate with Harwood Lloyd in Hackensack, who handles insurance defense, Title 59 and commercial litigation matters; and Joseph Catenaro Jr., who joins the commercial litigation practice group, graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 2006 and was a law clerk for Superior Court Judge Donald Volkert in 2008-2009 … Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer in Woodbridge brings on aboard Carrie Ford,who joins the business litigation subteam, was a law clerk for Camden County Superior Court Judge Mary Eva Colalillo and graduated from Rutgers Law School-Camden in 2008; Karin Sage, who joins the business litigation subteam, was a law clerk for Ocean County Superior Court Judge Vincent Grasso in 2007-2009, and graduated in 2007 from Seton Hall University School of Law; Victoria Hwang, who joins the mass tort class action team and graduated from Rutgers Law School-Newark in 2009; Glenn Prives, who joins the business law team and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in New York in 2009; Annemarie Catherine Terzano, who joins the redevelopment team and graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2009; Rachel Colancecco, who joins the business litigation subteam in Philadelphia and graduated in 2009 from Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law.