The Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey held its 39th annual installation and swearing-in ceremony at the Pleasantdale Château in West Orange on Oct. 24, 2018.  Julia A. López of Reed Smith, a Guatemalan immigrant, was sworn in as president. During her remarks, López announced the year’s theme for the HBA-NJ: “Diversity Makes America Great.” U.S. District Judge Esther Salas of the District of New Jersey swore in the officers and trustees. Albertina “Abby” Webb, vice president for the southern region of the HBA-NJ and a partner at LaRocca Hornik Rosen Greenberg & Patti, served as mistress of ceremonies at the event, which had 400 guests, according to a release. Immediate past president Hector D. Ruiz of Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga, and Jennifer Salinas, national president of the Hispanic National Bar Association and executive director of intellectual property litigation at Lenovo, made remarks. Also recognized, with the “Corazon Del HBA-NJ Award,” were Cristal Lambert, HBA-NJ treasurer and legal counsel at Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., and Jacqueline S. Peña, HBA-NJ membership secretary and counsel at Travelers Insurance.

HBA-NJ Installs Lopez as 39th President, Installs 2018-19 Officers and Trustees HBA-NJ’S NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD: From left: New Hispanic Bar Association-New Jersey board members Camila Garces, HBA-NJ Membership Secretary Jacqueline S. Peña, Reynold Lambert, HBA-NJ Vice-President for the Southern Region Albertina (Abby) Webb, President Julia A. López, Melinda Colón Cox, Tabatha L. Castro and HBA-NJ Treasurer Cristal Lambert.

Also in attendance were: Assemblywoman Annette Quijano; Senior Judge Julio M. Fuentes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Chief Judge Jose L. Linares of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; and several HNBA leaders, including Irene Oria, president-elect and special counsel at Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, Miguel Alexander Pozo, HBA-NJ past president and member of Cozen O’Connor’s Minneapolis office, and Pedro J. Torres-Díaz, HNBA past president and a principal in the San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Miami offices of Jackson Lewis. Students from the organization’s American Dream Pipeline Program in Union City and Passaic also attended the event.

Schenck Price Wears Jeans for Breast Cancer Awareness

Schenck, Price Wears Jeans for Breast Cancer Awareness Month DENIM FRIDAYS AT SCHENCK, PRICE: Pictured are many of Schenck Price’s attorneys and staff on October 26, 2018, in Florham Park who showed their support for the Susan G. Komen Foundation initiative by wearing jeans and/or pink.