As executive vice president and general counsel at Prudential Financial, Kappler is the head of Law, Compliance, Business Ethics and External Affairs.

Meet the most influential men and women in New Jersey's legal profession. The top 10 honorees are ranked numerically; the remaining 40 are listed alphabetically.

The legal landscape is shifting quickly and dramatically around the country, but reading these profiles should provide some reassurance that New Jersey’s legal community is up to the task of staying ahead of the curve.

Smith, a civil rights attorney, is perhaps best known for representing Gretchen Carlson, when she settled her sexual harassment suit against Fox News and Roger Ailes for $20 million, but she has plenty more under her belt and surely more to come.

A partner at CSG Law, Giantomasi is a prominent real estate player in the Newark-Elizabeth region, and a highly regarded political insider.

Current CNN senior legal analyst, Honig served as director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice from 2012 through 2018, where he oversaw a staff of more than 500 law enforcement professionals, including prosecutors, detectives, analysts and support staff.

Porrino, a partner and chair of the Litigation department at Roseland’s Lowenstein Sandler, is building the practice using his government connections to land top-flight legal talent.

In June, Coscia received the Industry Service Award from NAIOP New Jersey, and it’s not hard to see why. He’s a partner at Windels Marx – the firm he’s been with for nearly 40 years and where he’s a member of the Executive Committee.

Meet the most influential men and women in New Jersey's legal profession.

Meet the most influential men and women in New Jersey's legal profession.

Crane leads Sills Cummis & Gross, one of the largest law firms in New Jersey. He joined Sills in 1984, giving him a deep understanding of the internal workings of the firm and of its client base.

Now executive vice president and general counsel at PSEG, Linde joined the company’s law department as an attorney in 1990 handling a variety of natural gas and electric regulatory and transactional matters.