Hall Booth Smith has brought on recently retired New Jersey Superior Court Judge Raymond Reddin as a partner to launch an outpost in northern New Jersey near New York City—its first office outside the Southeast.

The office, which opens Monday in Saddle Brook, is one of two New Jersey offices that the litigation defense firm is opening. Drew Graham, who heads the litigation firm’s longterm care practice, has relocated to New Jersey from Atlanta and opened an HBS office in Jersey City.