On the Move

Hackensack-based Cole Schotz has expanded into Florida with the arrival of new partner Linda Snelling. She will manage the firm’s new office in Boca Raton, which will give the firm a strategic local presence in a new market where its clients have existing business and personal interests. Snelling joins Cole Schotz from Sachs Sax Caplan, where she was a principal and chair of the estate planning and probate practice group. She advises on probate and guardianship matters, including fiduciary, estate and trust disputes and taxation issues. She received her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida College of Law. She will be joined by associate Tereina Stidd, a paralegal and an administrative assistant in the Florida office. Stidd received her J.D. from Ohio Northern University and her LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law.

Fox Adds Three-Attorney Team in New Jersey

Fox Rothschild welcomed a group of three bankruptcy and litigation attorneys to its Roseland office. Andrew Karas is a partner in the litigation, zoning and land use practice group. Catherine Youngman is a partner in the financial restructuring and bankruptcy practice group. And Michael Herz is an associate in the financial restructuring and bankruptcy practice group. Prior to joining Fox, the group was with Forman Holt Eliades & Youngman in Paramus. Karas handles complex commercial and construction litigation, land use matters and criminal defense cases. His clients include businesses engaged in a wide variety of industries as well as individuals facing allegations of white-collar offenses, fraud and other matters. He earned his J.D. from New York Law School and his B.S. from University of Massachusetts. Youngman focuses her practice on debtor and creditor rights and the representation of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustees in insolvency and bankruptcy matters. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice appointed her to the private panel of bankruptcy trustees, and she has served as a Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustee in more than 10,000 cases. She earned her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and her B.A. and M.P.A. from Syracuse University. Herz represents bankruptcy trustees in estate administration, creditors—including prominent financial institutions—and consumer debtors in all phases of the bankruptcy process, including bankruptcy-related litigation. He also handles a range of general civil and commercial litigation at all stages, including through trial. He earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and his B.A. from Brandeis University, with honors.

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