Day Pitney announced that Parsippany-based litigation partner Naju R. Lathia joined William (Bill) Roberts as co-chair of the data privacy, protection and litigation group. Her ”wide-ranging litigation knowledge coupled with her experience as a financial and cyber crimes prosecutor is a natural pairing to the group’s deep understanding of how corporations and businesses need to protect both their own and their clients data from intrusion,” Roberts said in a statement. Lathia handles complex commercial matters in state and federal court, as well as internal and white-collar investigations. She previously served as a deputy attorney general in the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, in its Financial and Computer Crimes Unit. As a trial attorney, Lathia prosecuted and tried cases involving computer crimes, money laundering and financial fraud; and worked on technology issues with several large companies, and investigated cases involving cloud hacking and cyber fraud, the firm said. Lathia co-chairs the Law Partners Section of the South Asian Bar Association of North America, and is a member of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey and the South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey, which recently named her the 2022 “Young Lawyer of the Year.” She was also a 2021 “New Leaders of the Bar” honoree by the New Jersey Law Journal. She earned her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and her B.A. from Rutgers University. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.

Saul Ewing Adds Partner

Adam Cantor of Saul Ewing. Courtesy photo Adam Cantor of Saul Ewing. Courtesy photo

Adam Cantor joined Saul Ewing‘s Princeton office as partner in the employees benefits and executive compensation practice. The firm said he has more than 25 years of legal experience, including providing counseling on ERISA issues and advising clients on executive and equity compensation, deferred compensation, and employee benefits matters. He represents clients ranging from public and private companies and nonprofit organizations and their boards of directors and compensation committees to C-suite executives and investment committees for 401(k) and pension plans. He also handles a wide range of employee benefits and ERISA capabilities including fiduciary compliance and planning, with a particular emphasis on 401(k) plan investment committee and ERISA plan asset issues; qualified retirement plan compliance issues; pension plan de-risking strategies; ERISA litigation support; and employee benefits integration issues in corporate transactions. He previously practiced at Brown Rudnick and Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi. Saul Ewing’s Princeton office managing partner, M. Paige Berry, said in a statement: “Adam has a broad range of skills within the employee benefits, ERISA, executive compensation, and deferred compensation arena. He is go-to resource for clients to address their employee benefits-related needs.” Cantor earned his J.D. and LL.M in taxation from New York University School of Law. He also has an M.P.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Law Clerks Elevated to Associates

Left to right: Angelo J. Genova, Katherine Szabo, Sydney Schubert and James M. Burns of Genova Burns in Newark, New Jersey. Courtesy photo. Left to right: Angelo J. Genova, Katherine Szabo, Sydney Schubert and James M. Burns of Genova Burns in Newark, New Jersey. Courtesy photo.