The Garden State Bar Association swore in Fruqan Mouzon, shown, as its president on Nov. 26 at the Law Center in New Brunswick. Mouzon is a business and commercial litigation partner at Gibbons in Newark. The other officers are president-elect Steven Hockaday, Essex-Newark Legal Services in Newark; vice president Akinyemi Akiwowo, an associate at Genova Burns Giantomasi & Webster in Newark and counsel to the Financial Industry Regulating Authority; secretary Crystal West Edwards, an associate at Schenck, Price, Smith & King in Florham Park; treasurer John Kahn, an associate with Archer & Greiner in Haddonfield; and immediate past president Lori Caughman, a Bergen County assistant deputy public defender in Hackensack.
Hispanic Bar Association Installs New Officers
Anna Maria Tejada
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Louis Acevedo, deputy public defender in charge of the Bergen County criminal trial region in Hackensack, was sworn in on Nov. 26 as president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey at Seasons in Washington Township. The other officers are president-elect Anna Maria Tejada, of counsel at Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo in Hackensack; northern region vice president Monica E. de los Rios, counsel at JPMorgan Chase Bank in Newark; southern region vice president Carmen Garcia, associate board member of the New Jersey Parole Board in Trenton; treasurer Michael Plata, partner at Plata, Ferrer & Gutiérrez in Guttenberg; recording secretary J. Andres Mayor, senior associate at Day Pitney in Parsippany; and membership secretary Julia López, a clerk for the U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, Newark.
