Brian Steller, a partner and senior trial attorney in Connell Foley‘s insurance group, was named the John B. LaVecchia Award recipient by the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA-NNJ). The award, named after ABOTA-NNJ’s first president, John LaVecchia, recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated excellence as a trial attorney, as well as an exceptional commitment to the organization. Steller received the award at the ABOTA-NNJ holiday event Dec. 8, 2015, at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. Steller was selected to receive the award based on his extraordinary service to ABOTA on both the local and national levels. He is the past president of ABOTA-NNJ, served on ABOTA’s National Board of Directors and remains a Life Fellow of ABOTA’s National Foundation.
Russell Gale was presented with the 2016 Edward Schoifet Family Law Award presented by the Family Law Section of the Middlesex County Bar Association. The presentation was held Jan. 20 at The Pines Manor in Edison, during the joint Middlesex/Union/Somerset Bar dinner meeting. The award, the highest honor presented by the Family Law Section, commemorates the legacy of Edward Schoifet who passed away in 2006. Considered the dean of the Middlesex County Family Bar, Schoifet was recognized as a role model for all family law practitioners. Gale was chosen by his colleagues to receive this award in honor of his long career as an accomplished family law attorney with the Central Jersey Legal Services Corporation. He received his B.A. degree from Rutgers University and his J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. While studying law at Seton Hall, he worked for Middlesex County Legal Services as a paralegal advocating for clients who had problems with welfare and food stamps. Gale began working for Legal Services as a VISTA volunteer during his undergraduate years at Rutgers University and, after receiving his law degree, Gale was hired as a staff attorney at Legal Services.
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