After Hours

A statue of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. was unveiled on the front steps of the Essex County Hall of Records in Newark on June 3. A graduate of Barringer High School, Brennan was one of the longest-serving and most influential Court members. Shown: Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr., center, unveils the statue as the justice’s daughter, Nancy Brennan (holding flowers) watches. With them are, from left, are retired Star-Ledger reporter Guy Sterling, Newark attorney Frank Giantomasi, Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Ireland Breadan O’Caollai, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, Harvard Law Professor and keynote speaker Laurence Tribe, Freeholder President Bonnie Watson, Freeholder Linda Lordi Cavanaugh, and Assemblyman and Freeholder Vice President Ralph Caputo.

Todaro, Webb Chosen for Bar’s Pro Bono Awards

The New Jersey State Bar Association gave its annual Pro Bono Awards to John Todaro, managing counsel of the intellectual property group at Merck & Co. Inc., and John Webb III, general counsel of JGW INcounsel, on May 6 at the Law Center in New Brunswick. Todaro was recognized for his work in establishing the Volunteer Lawyers for Justice/Merck consumer bankruptcy clinic. Webb was honored for the transactional legal services he has provided to small charitable nonprofits that are clients of the Pro Bono Partnership. Shown, from left, are Nancy Eberhardt, director of the partnership’s N.J. program; Webb; Christine Michelle Duffy, partnership senior staff attorney; Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno; Karen Sacks, executive director of VLJ; and Todaro.

Lawrence Sworn in as NJSBA Section Secretary