The New Jersey Legal Awards 2022 | ALM Media, LLC | 24 June 2022 | Brooklake Country Club, 139 Brooklake Rd, Florham Park, NJ 07932, United States

Once again we honor those lawyers who have left an indelible mark on the legal community in New Jersey and beyond through their unwavering dedication to the profession.

2021 Winners

Attorney of the Year
• Karen Thompson, ACLU-NJ

Law Firm of the Year
• Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi

Litigation Departments of the Year
• Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti – General
• Brach Eichler – Health Care
• Methfessel & Werbel – Insurance
• Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik – Intellectual Property
• Pashman Stein Walder Hayden – Appellate

Dealmakers
• Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi – Real Estate Development & Land Use Group
• James Fischer, Faegre Drinker
• David Glazer, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
• James Kim, Cole Schotz
• Porzio Bromberg & Newman – Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Group
• Lori Waldron, Sills Cummis & Gross

Innovators
• Archer & Greiner – Cannabis Law Group
• Shirley Emehelu – Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
• Lance Kaplan – Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
• Randi Kochman – Cole Schotz
• Megha Patel - Law Office of Megha K. Patel

Lifetime Achievement
• Gwendolyn Robosson – Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
• Maurice Gallipoli – Porzio Bromberg & Newman

Mentors
• Victor Afanador, Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador
• Dawn Attwood, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden
• David Freylikhman, Greenberg Traurig
• Vanessa Kelly, Clark Hill
• Julia Lopez, Reed Smith
• Gerard Onorata, Peckar & Abramson
• Beth Rose, Sills Cummis & Gross
• Bari Weinberger, Weinberger Family Law
• Gary Werner, Schenck Price Smith & King
• Michael Zogby, Faegre Drinker

Unsung Heros
• Cheryll Calderon, Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
• Wendy Klein, Cole Schotz
• Sandra Grannum, Faegre Drinker
• Sean Moriarty, NJDEP
• Jose Ortiz, Essex-Newark Legal Services
• Maureen Pavely, Epstein Ostrove
• Gabrielle Pelura, Bressler Amery & Ross
• Lingyan Wang, Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
• Brian Yarzab, Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

In-House Impact
• Rahat Chatha, New Jersey Reentry Corporation
• Chubb’s North America Office of General Counsel
• Brian Cupka, Konica Minolta
• Rippi Karda, Verizon
• Michael Lyons, Becton Dickinson

New Leaders of the Bar
• David M. Alberts – McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter
• Michael Ansell – Brach Eichler
• Bethany Barrese – Saxe Doernberger & Vita
• Stephanie K. Benecchi – Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads
• Alex S. Capozzi – Brach Eichler
• Jenny Chung – Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
• Stefanie Colella-Walsh – Stark & Stark
• Kelly A. Dabek – Duane Morris
• Rahil Darbar – Porzio Bromberg & Newman
• Sanmathi Dev – Capehart Scatchard
• Kevin J. Duffy – Day Pitney
• Ana Rita Ferreira – Starr Gern Davison Rubin
• Nilaja Ford – Garden State Bar Association
• Maria R. Fruci – Genova Burns
• Chelsea Germak – Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy
• Nicole M. Grzeskowiak – Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas
• Sarah Hansel – Motley Rice
• Irene Hsieh – Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
• Terrence J. Hull – Schenck Price Smith & King
• Kate E. Janukowicz – Gibbons PC
• Jennifer M. Jones – McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
• Jason Kanterman – Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
• Christopher Keating – Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer
• Daniel Kluska – Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer
• Naju Lathia – Day Pitney
• Jack Losinger – Saiber LLC
• Stephen Lund – Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
• Jennifer M. McCann – Law Offices of Joseph A. DiCroce
• William C. Menard – Norris McLaughlin
• Jeffrey P. Mongiello – Epstein Becker Green
• Meghan Musso – Connell Foley
• Travis W. Nunziato – Laddey Clark & Ryan
• Esther F. Omoloyin – Goldberg Segalla
• Erika Piccirillo – Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf
• Christopher Pizzo – Fox Rothschild
• Glenn P. Prives – Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis
• Jasmine Brown Seabrooks – Epstein Ostrove
• Scott Smedresman – McCarter & English
• Scheherazade A. Wasty – Epstein Becker Green
• Melissa M. Wangenheim – Organon & Co.