Dennis Drasco, a partner with Lum, Drasco & Positan in Roseland, is the recipient of the 2010 American Bar Association Jury Service Impact Award, which he received at the ABA National Symposium on the American Jury held at George Washington University Law School in St. Louis on Oct. 21-22. The award is given annually to recognize an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the preservation and strengthening of the American jury system. Drasco previously served as chairman on the Commission on the American Jury and vice chairman of the ABA American Jury Project.

Chinese Jurists Visit N.J. Courts

A judicial delegation from Zhejiang Province, China, on Sept. 24 visited New Jersey, its sister state, to observe New Jersey’s judicial system. The delegation was headed by Justice Shenyuan Zhu, vice president of the High Peoples’ Court of Zhejiang. The visit was coordinated by Workers’ Compensation Judge Sue Pai Yang. Zhiyu Hu, who heads a firm in Edison, served as interpreter. Site hosts included Judge Glenn Grant, acting administrative director of the courts, for the visit to the New Jersey Supreme Court; Judge Rosemary Gambardella for the Bankruptcy Court; Judge Michelle Hollar-Gregory for the Essex County Superior Court; Vice Dean and Professor Ronald Chen for Rutgers Law School-Newark and Judge Yang for the Workers’ Compensation Court. Afterward, the National Association of Women Judges and the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey hosted a dinner in honor of the visitors.

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