Caroline Berdzik, an equity partner based in Princeton who also chairs the Employment and Labor and Healthcare practice groups, is now part of the five-person team overseeing 21 offices and more than 400 attorneys.

To date, the Division of Consumer Affairs has sent 1,884 cease and desist letters to businesses suspected of price gouging and other illegal business practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and issued 110 subpoenas seeking additional information in investigations of alleged violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.

After a six-month suspension due to COVID-19, juror selection will be conducted using a hybrid approach, with the first effort scheduled to begin in Bergen County.

Matt Platkin, who serves as the chief counsel for Gov. Phil Murphy’s office, will leave his post next month for a position at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler LLP.

“Having had the privilege of serving on the Supreme Court was the highlight of my legal career,” Walter Timpone said. “However, it’s not my last chapter.”

Since its founding in 2010 by Grace Bertone and Jeremy Piccini, Bertone Piccini has expanded to include 13 attorneys covering areas including commercial real estate, corporate and business transactions, litigation, employment, estate planning, family law and more.

Angela Mastrangelo comes to the firm after a 16-year stretch at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP.

Brent Weisenberg joins the firm's bankruptcy, financial reorganization and creditors’ rights department.

David Tsin advises and represents large and small business clients as part of the firm's corporate transactions and financial services practice.

James Alexander Lewis V makes his return to the firm after being first recruited in September 2011 following 11 months as a law clerk at Ocean County Superior Court.

Joseph Kavesh has joined defense firm Kiernan Trebach LLP in Parsippany as partner, effective Aug. 24. The lifelong Jersey resident joins the firm from Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak LLP, where he practiced for more than six years out of its New York City office. Kavesh defends clients in matters related to premises liability, construction law, ...

Minnesota products liability firm Johnson // Becker PLLC has filed a suit against Hightstown-based Conair Corp. over a pressure cooker explosion that left a woman and her daughter badly burnt.