After Hours

Arthur Miller, a New Brunswick attorney, posthumously received the 2012 Daniel J. O’Hern Award from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law on Jan. 16 at the Pines Manor in Edison. The annual award is presented to a senior member of the bar in recognition of commitment to the highest ideals of the profession, career achievement, and service to the bar and community. Miller, who died last May, concentrated on bankruptcy matters.

County, Specialty Bars Recognize Professionalism

County and specialty bar associations honored attorneys for their professionalism during a ceremony on Jan. 16 at the Pines Manor in Edison. They are: Atlantic: Donna Taylor; Bergen: Lorraine Abraham; Burlington: Louis Smith; Camden: Robert Agre; Cape May: James Birchmeier; Cumberland: Bonnie Laube; Essex: Judge Thomas Zampino (ret.); Gloucester: Gary Thompson; Hudson: Frank Catalina; Hunterdon: Robert Ballard Jr.; Mercer: Robert Lytle; Middlesex: Dennis Auciello; Monmouth: H. Frank Carpentier; Morris: Lynn Fontaine Newsome; Ocean: Alan Cornblatt; Passaic: Linda Samson; Salem: Bruce Sherman; Somerset: John McDonald; Sussex: Daniel A. Colfax; Union: Paul Endler Jr.; Warren: Judge Harry Seybolt (ret.), posthumously. Other honorees were Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association: Linda Wong; Association of Black Women Lawyers: El-Rhonda Williams Alston; Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Leslie Stolbof Sinemus; Association of the Federal Bar of N.J.: Joseph LaSala; Garden State Bar Association: Dara Govan; Hispanic Bar Association: Suzette Rodriguez; N.J. Corporate Counsel Association: Zenola Harper; N.J. State Bar Association: Richard Steen; N.J. Women Lawyers Association: Suzanne M. Cerra; and Trial Attorneys of New Jersey: Scott Parsons.

Advocates Board Installs Officers, Gives Award

John Voynick Jr.

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