Updating the letterhead
Of more than 300 name partners at New Jersey’s top firms, only 5 are women. According to the 2018 National Association of Women Lawyers Survey, men and women are represented relatively equally in law school graduates and at the associate level. But, although women make up 47 percent of law firm associates, they make up 30 percent of non-equity partners, and 20 percent of equity partners.
Former AUSA rejoins Montgomery McCracken in Cherry Hill
Fabiana Pierre-Louis is a partner in the firm’s white collar and government investigations practice group.
AG issues directive enforcing ‘Extreme Risk’ gun safety law
The move will make it easier for police officers to keep firearms away from individuals who represent a significant danger to themselves or others.
Four LeClairRyan attorneys join K&L Gates in Newark
Joseph Lagrotteria, Dorothy Mello Laguzza, Gary Sapir and Adam Husik all join from LeClairRyan, which recently announced it will close.
Surgent named COO of Davison Eastman Muñoz Paone
Karen Surgent, a certified public accountant, will continue the firm's chief financial officer, a role she has held for more than three years.
Legal logjam
The state's number of federal judges has been gradually whittled down from 17 to 11 since 2015, resulting in a backlog in the system and creating a “judicial emergency.”
National firm LeClairRyan, with Newark office, to close
As of February, the firm had 21 offices, including one in Newark, and 225 attorneys nationwide.
Former NJ bar president joins Sills Cummis (updated)
Thomas Prol has practiced environmental and land use law for the better part of two decades, seeing environmental work as a way to do "wonderful things for the world around you," similar to how he describes legal work promoting rights for the LGBT community.
Dual operations seize more than 38,000 doses of heroin, Grewal says
The New Jersey Attorney General announced on Thursday the results of two collaborative law enforcement missions in Trenton and Paterson aimed at reducing gun violence and combating the opioid epidemic in the state.
Judge dismisses Kushner Cos. lawsuit against Fulop, Jersey City (updated)
All federal claims pertaining to the suit, filed against the city regarding the development of One Journal Square, contain "no plausibly asserted constitutional violation," according to the ruling.
Gordon & Rees partner named FDCC president
Elizabeth Lorell has been a Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel member for 13 years and previously served as secretary-treasurer.
Schiller named real estate vice chair at Greenbaum Rowe
Matthew Schiller focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactional, zoning, redevelopment, taxation and litigation matters.