New Associates List

Justine L. Abrams
Firm: Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge
Born: Oct. 31, 1988
Practice Areas: Family law
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Hon. Joseph Paone, J.S.C. Superior Court, Family Part, Middlesex County 2014-2015
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, 2004
College: Rutgers University


Jeffrey Alfano
Firm: McCarter & English, Newark
Born: April 28, 1979
Practice Areas: Insurance coverage
Joined Firm: October, 2014
Professional Career: Litigation staff attorney, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Clerkships: Senior Principal Law Clerk to Associate Justice Joseph J. Maltese of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department; Principal Law Clerk to Justice Joseph J. Maltese, New York State Supreme Court, DCM Part 3 Richmond County, New York
Law School: 2004, New York Law School
College: 2001, Seton Hall University, B.A.

Samuel A. Altiero II
Firm: McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, Morristown
Born: Oct. 8, 1987
Practice Areas: Insurance defense and litigation
Joined Firm: September, 2014
Clerkships: Hon. Judge Dupuis, Hon. Judge Perfilio, Chancery Court Union County
Law School: New England Law | Boston
College: Marist College

Eric Alvarez
Firm: Locke Lord, Morristown
Born: 1987
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation, including products liability, complex litigation, toxic tort, and mass tort litigation
Joined Firm: January, 2015
Professional Career: Associate, New Jersey civil litigation firm
Clerkships: Hon. Sebastian P. Lombardi, J.S.C.
Law School: J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, 2013
College: B.A., Philosophy, Villanova University, 2009

Anthony Anastasio
Firm: Parker Ibrahim & Berg, Somerset
Born: Dec. 17, 1980
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation, mortgage banking, financial services
Joined Firm: August, 2015
Professional Career: Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office, Flemington, 2011-15; Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, Lawrenceville, 2007-11
Clerkships: Hon. Robert B. Reed, New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division, Somerset County, 2006-07 term
Law School: Rutgers University School of Law-Camden
College: Rutgers University

Jessica M. Anderson
Firm: Capehart Scatchard, Mount Laurel
Born: April 17, 1985
Practice Areas: Litigation
Joined Firm: November, 2014
Professional Career: Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law, Tort Litigation Section, 2011-14
Clerkships: Hon. Ronny Jo Siegal, J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part
Law School: Rutgers Law School, Camden
College: Binghamton University, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature and History


Kelly R. Anderson
Firm: McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, Newark
Born: May 2, 1983
Practice Areas: Labor & employment
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Judge Brian R. Martinotti, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey Bergen County
Law School: J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law
Advanced Education: M.S., economic history, London School of Economics and Political Science
College: B.A., Economics, University of Notre Dame

Janice V. Arellano
Firm: Methfessel & Werbel, Edison
Born: Oct. 12, 1984
Practice Areas: Employment and civil rights defense
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Hon. Kevin M. Shanahan, J.S.C.
Law School: Temple University Beasley School of Law
Advanced Education: M.S., education
College: Mount Holyoke College

Robert I. Aufseeser
Firm: Greenberg Traurig, Florham Park
Born: June 19, 1982
Practice Areas: Tax; trusts & estates
Joined Firm: March, 2015
Professional Career: Purcell, Mulcahy, Hawkins, Flanagan & Lawless, June 2009-March 2015; Alan A. Davidson, September 2007-October 2008
Law School: J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 2007
Advanced Education: LL.M. in Taxation, New York Law School, 2011
College: B.A., Rutgers University, 2003

Alba V. Aviles
Firm: Day Pitney, Parsippany
Born: March 27
Practice Areas: Shareholder and securities litigation; probate litigation/ probate controversies
Joined Firm: May, 2015
Professional Career: Scarinci Hollenbeck
Clerkships: Hon. Walter Koprowski Jr., Presiding Judge in the New Jersey Superior Court’s Chancery Division-General Equity/Probate Part in Essex County.
Law School: Rutgers School of Law-Newark
College: Syracuse University

Marian Awad
Firm: Cole Schotz, New Jersey
Born: Nov. 9, 1989
Practice Areas: Tax, trusts & estates
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law
College: Rutgers Honors College

Bailey E. Axe
Firm: Archer & Greiner, Haddonfield
Born: Sept. 23, 1985
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation
Joined Firm: April, 2015
Professional Career: Reed Smith, 2011-15
Law School: University of Pennsylvania J.D., 2010
College: University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 2007

Reka Bala
Firm: Coughlin Duffy, Morristown
Born: July 18, 1977
Practice Areas: Professional liability-defense
Joined Firm: June, 2015
Professional Career: Associate, Chasan, Leyner & Lamparello
Clerkships: Hon. Carmen Messano in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court
Law School: City University of New York School of Law, J.D., 2010
Advanced Education: Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, M.S., 2003
College: Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., 1999

Franklin Barbosa Jr.
Firm: Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, West Orange
Born: Jan. 20, 1990
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation and bankruptcy
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Professional Career: Internship with Hon. Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey; Internship with Hon. Cathy L. Waldor, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, 2015
College: Drew University, 2012

Amy M. Barca
Firm: Capehart Scatchard, Mount Laurel
Born: Jan. 7. 1986
Practice Areas: Workers’ Compensation
Joined Firm: October, 2014
Professional Career: Associate, The Chartwell Law Offices, Eagleville, Pa., 2011-14
Law School: Drexel University School of Law-Philadelphia, PA 2011
College: La Salle University-Philadelphia, PA, B.A., History, 2008

Amanda J. Barisich
Firm: Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso, Whippany
Born: 1985
Practice Areas: Education; labor and employment litigation
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Professional Career: Carella Byrne Cecchi Olstein Brody & Agnello, Associate, 2011-15
Clerkships: Hon. Bernadette N. DeCastro, Superior Court, Hudson Vicinage
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law-2010
College: Lehigh University

Dennis D. Barrett
Firm: McCarter & English, Newark
Born: March 15, 1982
Practice Areas: Health Law, Public Finance
Joined Firm: March, 2015
Professional Career: Garfunkel Wild, Great Neck, N.Y., associate, May 2014-March 2015; Bryan Cave, New York City, associate, Summer 2008 and January 2011-May 2014; New Jersey Institute for Social Justice-Newark, Fellow, 2010
Law School: University of Virginia School of Law, 2009
College: University of Notre Dame, 2004

Katherine Beecher-Carlburg
Firm: Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti
Born: Oct. 20, 1973
Practice Areas: Securities litigation & arbitration, litigation
Joined Firm: January, 2015
Professional Career: 2009-15, UBS Financial Services, director; 2005-09, Wells Fargo Advisors f/k/a Wachovia Securities, attorney/vice president; 2003-05 Prudential Equity Group, consultant/attorney; 1999-2003, Colucci & Umans, associate
Law School: University of North Carolina, J.D., 1998
College: Wesleyan University, B.A., 1995

Siobhan Beere
Firm: Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, Roseland
Born: May 12, 1982
Practice Areas: Family law; civil litigation; chancery practice
Joined Firm: 2014
Law School: Rutgers School of Law-Newark, 2013
Advanced Education: CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2009, Master’s Degree-Forensic Psychology
College: Boston College, 2004, Bachelor’s Degree-psychology; Irish studies

Daniel Belostock
Firm: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Princeton
Born: April 17, 1983
Practice Areas: Corporate business transaction
Joined Firm: June, 2015
Professional Career: Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Princeton, associate, corporate & securities group, June 2013 to June 2015; Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York, associate, Business Transactions Group, October 2011 to June 2013
Law School: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., J.D., May 2011
College: Rutgers College, New Brunswick, B.A. in Political Science, 2005

Joshua M. Bengal
Firm: Lipsky Portales
Born: Nov. 30, 1983
Practice Areas: Commercial litigation; professional licensing
Joined Firm: May, 2015
Professional Career: 2011-15, Office of Attorney General, Professional Boards Prosecution Section
Clerkships: Superior Court, Law Division-Frederic S. Kessler, J.S.C.
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2010
College: Brandeis University, B.A., 2006

Jennifer M. Berardo
Firm: Price, Meese, Shulman & D’Arminio, Woodcliff Lake
Born: May 24, 1988
Practice Areas: Land use, commercial litigation, family law
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Hon. Thomas J. LaConte, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, Law Division, 2014-15
Law School: New England Law School, Boston 2014
College: Boston University School of Management 2010 B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance

Kaitlyn Bernaski
Firm: Drazin & Warshaw, Red Bank
Born: Sept. 7, 1990
Practice Areas: Family law
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Hon. Mara Zazzali-Hogan, J.S.C.
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law
College: Monmouth University, Finance & Economics

Rachita H. Bhatt
Firm: Mandelbaum Salsburg
Practice Areas: Litigation, employment law, health care, and trusts and estates
Joined Firm: April, 2015
Clerkships: Hon. Leslie-Ann M. Justus, Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery and Hon. Anthony J. Trenga, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Law School: Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, J.D.
College: Emory University, Atlanta

Brian N. Biglin
Firm: Duane Morris, Newark
Born: Sept. 3, 1986
Practice Areas: Trial
Joined Firm: April, 2015
Professional Career: Sills Cummis & Gross, associate, 2011-13 and 2014-15
Clerkships: Hon. Kevin McNulty, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2013-14
Law School: Rutgers School of Law-Newark, J.D., 2011
College: University of Michigan, A.B., 2008

Bonnie Birdsell
Firm: Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge
Born: 1987, St. Louis, Missouri
Practice Areas: Business litigation
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Hon. Thomas M. Moore, J.S.C.Ch., 2014-15
Law School: Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2014
College: Truman State University, B.A., Music 2010

Brian Block
Firm: Mandelbaum Salsburg
Born: July 14, 1989
Practice Areas: General litigation
Joined Firm: September, 2015
Clerkships: Justice Anne M. Patterson
Law School: Rutgers School of Law-Camden
College: The College of New Jersey

Marcella M. Bodner
Firm: Greenberg Traurig, Florham Park
Practice Areas: Intellectual property & technology
Joined Firm: June, 2015
Professional Career: Dow Chemical Co., formerly Rohm and Haas Co., in-house patent counsel, 2002-13
Law School: J.D., Rutgers School of Law-Newark, 1998
College: B.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1995

Rebecca A. Borgese
Firm: Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti
Born: Aug. 8, 1984
Practice Areas: Securities litigation & arbitration, commercial litigation
Joined Firm: January, 2015
Professional Career: 2014-15 UBS Financial Services, assistant general counsel; 2013-14, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, associate; 2011-13, Davidson & Grannum, associate
Clerkships: 2008-09, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2011
College: New York University, College of Arts & Sciences, B.A., 2006