NJBIZ announces 2022 Leaders in Law honorees

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NJBIZ is proud to reveal the 2022 Leaders in Law honorees. A celebration showcasing these professionals will take place on May 24 from 8-10 a.m. at The Palace at Somerset Park, 333 Davidson Ave. in Somerset.

Following an open nomination period, honorees were chosen by a panel of independent judges with experience in the justice system. The selections were based on legal professionals — lawyers and general counsels — whose dedication to their occupation and to their communities is outstanding.

You can find more information about this year’s celebration here, on our Events Page.

Congratulations to this year’s honorees, listed alphabetically below:

Agnes Antonian, chair, Environmental Law Group
Connell Foley LLP

Patricia Barbarito, co-managing partner and chair of the Einhorn Barbarito board of directors
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick PC

Diane Bettino, managing partner, Reed Smith Princeton office, and co-leader of the firm’s Financial Services Litigation Team
Reed Smith LLP

Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak, counsellor at law and member
Brach Eichler LLC

Cynthia Borrelli, principal
Bressler, Amery & Ross PC

Frank Cannone, chair, Corporate Group/member, Executive Committee
Gibbons P.C.

Domenick Carmagnola, founder and member
Carmagnola & Ritardi LLC

Jeffrey Chiesa, member of the firm
Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi

Irene Chiu, senior vice president, general counsel
MicroPort Orthopedics Inc.

John Fanburg, managing member and health care law chair
Brach Eichler

James Flynn, managing director / member of the firm
Epstein Becker Green

Karl Fowlkes, managing partner
The Fowlkes Firm

Andrew Fraser, partner
Laddey Clark & Ryan LLP

Ann Gavzy, executive vice president, co-chief legal officer
Hackensack Meridian Health

Angelo Genova, chairman & co-founding partner
Genova Burns LLC

Casey Gocel, attorney
Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Stephen Herbes, senior vice president & general counsel
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

Sanjay Ibrahim, managing partner
Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP

Everett Johnson, shareholder
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA

Vanessa Kelly, member
Clark Hill PLC

Jeremy Kleiman, member; chair, Gaming Law Practice
Saiber LLC

Lori Landew, general counsel
Audible

Lisa Lombardo, director, Commercial & Criminal Litigation Group
Gibbons PC

Joseph Lubertazzi, chairman of the executive committee
McCarter & English LLP

Joseph Lucosky
Lucosky Brookman LLP

Marie Mathews, member of the firm, deputy general counsel
Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi

Steven Mlenak, partner, co-chair, Redevelopment & Land Use Department
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Laurie Newmark, member
Townsend Tomaio and Newmark LLC

Steven Nudelman, partner and chair, Construction Contracting & Risk Management Practice Group
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Kevin O’Connor, shareholder
Peckar & Abramson PC

Elliot Ostrove, co-managing partner
Epstein Ostrove LLC

Sherilyn Pastor, partner and chair, Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling Practice
McCarter & English LLP

Melissa Peña, member
Norris McLaughlin PA

Loren Pierce, principal
Bressler, Amery & Ross

Linda Pissott Reig, shareholder, Life Sciences and co-chair of FDA practice
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Arthur “Scott” Porter, senior and managing partner
Fischer Porter & Thomas PC

Ruth A. Rauls, partner; litigation vice chair; Working Parents Committee co-chair
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Natalie Richer, partner
Lerner David Intellectual Property Law

Beth Rose, chair, Product Liability Practice Group
Sills Cummis & Gross PC

Kenneth Rosen
Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Renee Rubino, partner
Gomperts Penza McDermott & Von Ellen

Lee Samuelson, general counsel and chief compliance officer
Saxum Real Estate

John M. Scagnelli, partner
Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC

Michael Shadiack, chair, Labor and Employment Law Group
Connell Foley LLP

Rachel Stark, shareholder
Stark & Stark PC

Anna Maria Tejada, partner
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Deborah Tyler, deputy general counsel
Sharp Electronics Corp.

Deirdre Wheatley-Liss, principal – Wealth Preservation
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC

Linda Wong, CEO & partner
Wong Fleming

Yannick Wood, director of Criminal Justice Reform
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice