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.

The former Assistant U.S. Attorney and current Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP partner, who will also be the state Supreme Court's youngest justice, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 27.

Cheryl Santaniello will lead the firm's first in-state location in Wilmington.

Bill Palatucci will work closely with friend and former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Jose Linares, who leads the firm’s alternative dispute resolution practice, and Guillermo Artiles, who chairs the firm’s government affairs practice.

Since 2008, the carmaker has recalled approximately 12.9 million vehicles equipped with the faulty inflators.

Ross Switkes clients include Chapter 7, 11 and 12 trustees, debtors and others.

Almost the entire membership that previously comprised the group at the Roseland-based outlet made the move to Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP.

"Voting by mail is safe, secure, and reliable. We intend to keep it that way. As AG, I've made it my mission to hold accountable those who try to corrupt our political process," Attorney General Gurbir Grewal tweeted. "Lawsuit coming soon."

“This latest investment in our New York City presence is the natural result of the excitement and demand we have generated throughout the marketplace since establishing an initial physical foothold just four years ago,” said the West Orange-based firm's managing member Dan Schwartz in a prepared statement.

Caitlin Pletcher is an experienced school board attorney and was in the Division of Field Services at the New Jersey Department of Education.

Five top in-house lawyers were chosen by a panel of judges from a group of 26 finalists during this year's annual event.

But in a 57-page opinion written by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, the Court imposed some limitations on the borrowing authority.