On The Move

McCarter & English pro bono director Michelle Movahed was promoted to partner. She remains pro bono director following the promotion, according to a firm announcement, in which managing partner Joseph Boccassini said Movahed ”has transformed the firm’s pro bono efforts, expanding our opportunities to engage in meaningful service to communities and individuals in need. She works tirelessly to ensure that our pro bono resources are dedicated to their highest and best use.” Movahed was recently part of a five-person McCarter team that spent a week in rural Ocilla, Georgia, working with the Southern Poverty Law Center to assist and defend immigrants held at the Irwin County Detention Center, where asylum-seekers who have a particularly low success rate on their claims to stay in the U.S., according to the firm. Movahed and Boccassini joined with partner Nicholas Insua, chair of the firm’s pro bono committee, partner Amy Haberman and pro bono paralegal Ana Caquias in working on behalf of immigrant asylum-seekers.

Hoagland Longo Appoints Moore to Executive Committee

Chad M. Moore

Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas partner Chad M. Moore, who heads the civil litigation and commercial litigation practice group and is partner in charge of the Hammonton office, was appointed to the firm’s nine-member executive committee as of Jan. 1. Moore chairs the technology committee, and is a member of the the diversity and inclusion committee and the marketing and business development committee. His practice includes all areas of litigation, particularly trials. “It is an honor to serve on our firm’s Executive Committee,” said Moore  in a statement. “I am excited to join such a dedicated group of leaders and I look forward to contributing to the firm’s continued success in this new management role.” Managing partner Gary Hoagland said in the statement, “We are pleased to welcome Chad to our Executive Committee. Chad’s considerable experience and talent will help drive our firm’s continued success. We look forward to his contributions.”

Laddey Sworn In at Firm Founded by His Father

SWEARING IN: Ryan R. Laddey (at left) is sworn in as an attorney by Thomas N. Ryan (at right), managing partner of Laddey, Clark & Ryan, LLP at the firm’s offices in Sparta in late December 2018. The firm was founded by Laddey’s late father, Brian M. Laddey, who co-founded it with Ryan in 1989.