“While the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, many New Jersey residents commute to jobs in other states that lack such protections, so New Jersey has a strong interest in making sure federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination,” said Rachel Wainer Apter, director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.

Robert Malone will serve as chair of the firm's financial restructuring and creditors' rights department.

Guillermo Artiles rejoined the firm in January to help lead its government affairs practice.

Peter Frazza, Allen Harris and Christopher Anton have joined the commercial and criminal litigation department of the Newark-based firm.

The announcement comes as part of a group of four promotions and three partner hires nationwide at the Washington state-based firm.

Bridget Kelly, a former aide to Gov. Chris Christie, and Bill Baroni, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, were convicted of consiparacy and sentenced to prison for their roles the 2013 scandal.

Intellectual property attorney Wendi Opper Uzar comes to the Morristown firm from Gottlieb, Rackman & Reisman PC's New York office.

Edward Kole is past chair of the organization's business and commercial litigation committee and the federal practice and procedure committee.

According to New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal's office, the suit represents the first time that all 50 States, the District of Columbia and the FTC joined forces to shut down sham charities.

Melissa Orsen As senior vice president and general counsel at energy services holding company South Jersey Industries, Orsen is the principal legal officer serving as a key advisor to the CEO, senior management, and of Directors. She oversees the corporate legal and government affairs teams, as well as outside counsel relationships. Orsen was previously CEO ...

Last year was a busy year in state government, and this year has been no different. Big issues have been on Trenton’s agenda, and the individuals and groups trying to influence the course of deliberations on those issues have been busy as well, as demonstrated by the 2019 NJBIZ list of top lobbying firms.