Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker added three new associates to its office in Florham Park.
Elyse Schindel<ep[Photo Credit: Gittings.]
Elyse Schindel
joined as an associate with the insurance defense practice, handling general liability and professional malpractice matters. She works “cross-practice” with other areas including cyber risk, privacy rights, employment law, management liability, government affairs, unfair competition, class actions, and commercial and transactional services, according to the release. She is admitted in New Jersey state and federal courts. Prior to joining Wilson Elser, Schindel worked at
Hobbie Corrigan & DeCarlo, PC
. She received her B.A. from Muhlenberg College in 2009 and her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in 2013.
Lorina Murphy [Photo Credit: Gittings.]
Lorina Murphy
joined Wilson Elser’s professional liabilities team as an associate. She handles a variety of professional malpractice actions, including defense of lawyers, accountants, medical professionals, directors and officers, and design professionals, the firm said. Murphy previously clerked for Somerset County Superior Court Judge
Michael J. Rogers
in the Family Part. She was offered an extension and then clerked for Superior Court Judge Rogers in the Civil Part. She is a graduate of Seton Hall University, receiving her B.A. in political science in 2013, and received her J.D. from the Western New England University School of Law in 2017. She is admitted in New Jersey.
Kaitlyn McDonald [Photo Credit: Gittings.]
Kaitlyn McDonald
joins Wilson Elser as an associate in the medical malpractice team. She defends members of the health-care profession, including those engaged in obstetrics, orthopedics, oncology, anesthesia, internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery. In 2014, she received her B.A. in psychology from George Washington University, and received her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 2018. Prior to joining Wilson Elser, McDonald served as a judicial law clerk to Judge
Lisa F. Chrystal
, presiding judge for the Family Part, Chancery Division of New Jersey. She is admitted in New Jersey and New York.
Wiley Malehorn Hires Two in Morristown
Wiley Malehorn Sirota & Raynes in Morristown brought on Gregory S. Dahl and Michael J. Skapyak as associates.
Gregory S. Dahl [Courtesy Photo.]
Dahl graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University. He earned his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. After law school, Dahl served as a law clerk to Sussex County Superior Court Judge
David J. Weaver
.
Michael J. Skapyak [Courtesy Photo.]
Skapyak is a graduate of Rutgers University and earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 2018. He completed an internship with Superior Court Judge
Garry J. Furnari
and, prior to joining the firm, served as a law clerk to Appellate Division Judge
Karen L. Suter
.
Lerner David Moves Office to Cranford
NEW HEADQUARTERS: Lerner David’s new headquarters at 20 Commerce Drive in Cranford. [Courtesy Photo.]
As part of marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the boutique intellectual property law firm,
Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik
moved their offices to 20 Commerce Drive in Cranford (
www.lernerdzavid.com
; 908-654-5000). The firm, previously based in Westfield, moves as of Monday, Oct. 28.
