Michele Haas, a partner with Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas in New Brunswick, was elected president of the New Jersey Defense Association during its annual convention June 27-30 at Skytop Lodge in Canadensis, Pa. The other officers are Chairman Mark Saloman, Proskauer Rose, Newark; President-elect Mario Delano, Campbell Foley Delano & Adams, Asbury Park; and Secretary/Treasurer Gregory McGroarty, Wildenhain Crino, Warren.

Essex County Lawyers Go To Bat for Legal Aid


Shown, from left: first row: Thomas Quinn, Wilson Elser, ECBA president, and Robert Adler, ECLAA executive director; second row: David Delinko, Curcio Law Group; Robert Rich, ECLAA president; Stacie Powers, Connell Foley; Raj Gadhok, ECLAA trustee, Kozyra & Hartz; Kimberly Welch, Thomson Reuters; Thomas DeCataldo Jr., Skoloff & Wolfe, Livingston; and Alexander Krasnomowitz and Joseph Cecere, Wiss & Co.

The Essex County Bar Foundation's Young Lawyers Section held its annual fundraiser on July 16 to benefit the Essex County Legal Aid Association. The YLS hosted members and guests at a BBQ while taking in a game between the N.J. Jackals and the Newark Bears on July 16 at Yogi Bera Stadium in Upper Montclair.

Sills Cummis Awards Walsh Scholarship

Shown: Larkin flanked by Sills Cummis partners Margaret Black and James Hirschhorn.