Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins hosted a reunion of the Union County Bar’s Past Presidents on Sept. 13. The event was held in the new JW Lounge at the firm’s Springfield offices. Seventeen Past Presidents of the UCBA attended. The attendees included past presidents Eric Kahn, David Wikstrom and Gary Roth, who are partners at Javerbaum Wurgaft.

Porzio Partner Cohen Elected Vice-Chair of the ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman partner Roy Alan Cohen was elected and took office as vice-chair of the American Bar Association Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) at its annual meeting in San Francisco on Aug. 7. He will become chair-elect in August 2017, and chair in August 2018, and will serve as chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee and co-chair the Membership Committee of the organization over the next year. Cohen is a senior trial lawyer with Porzio’s Morristown office, with 37 years of experience litigating and trying a variety of product liability, toxic tort, construction, environmental, professional liability, premises liability, automotive and trucking, class action, and business litigation matters. He has been recognized by peers in numerous professional organizations in which he has served, including as chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Toxic and Hazardous Substances Committee, and chair of the ABA TIPS Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee.