Porzio, Bromberg & Newman in Morristown welcomes five new associates: Cindy Alvarado received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in May, was a summer associate in 2008 and 2009, worked as a paralegal at the firm before attending law school and joins the bankruptcy department; Steven Gouin received his J.D. from Rutgers Law School-Newark in May, was a summer associate in 2009 and joins the real estate and environmental practice program; Michael Naporano received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2008, was a summer associate at the firm in 2007, joined Porzio as an associate in 2008, clerked for a year with U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Rosemary Gambardella and rejoined the firm in the bankruptcy department; Okechi Ogbuokiri received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in May, was a summer associate in 2009 and joins the employment and labor department; and Julius Redd received his J.D. from Rutgers-Newark in May, was a summer associate in 2008 and 2009, and joins the complex tort practice group.

Noteworthy

Carmine Iannaccone of Epstein Becker & Green in Newark is named vice chairman of the firm’s national board of directors; James Flynn succeeds him as managing partner of the firm’s Newark office … Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ) in Newark names Erica Fields as its October 2010 Pro Bono Attorney of the Month. Fields has been instrumental in facilitating VLJ’s new Newark Legal Advice and Resource Clinic for Consumers, which assists low-income, debtor-defendants with consumer-related legal matters. Fields is a staff attorney with the Community Health Law Project in Bloomfield … Thomas Curtin, a partner with Graham Curtin in Morristown, is chosen as the 2010 Professional Lawyer of the Year by the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey.