Earlier this year, the Law Journal sought nominations for its annual New Leaders of the Bar honors. As has been the case each year, the response was fantastic and we received dozens upon dozens of nominations, all of which demonstrated the depth of legal talent in New Jersey and seemed to indicate that the future of the state’s legal community is very bright.

The nomination forms were sent to a seven-member judging panel composed of evaluators from all corners of the legal profession and around the state. After reviewing their results, the following 47 attorneys have been selected as the 2016 New Leaders of the Bar:

  • Bethany Abele, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti
  • Gregory Acquaviva, United Health Group
  • Matthew Adams, Fox Rothschild
  • Carl Archer, Archer Law Office
  • Megan Balne, Hyland Levin
  • Seth Brookman, Lucosky Brookman
  • Michael Carroll, Ballard Spahr
  • Mara Codey, Mandelbaum Salsburg
  • Katharine Coffey, Day Pitney
  • Paul da Costa, Snyder & Sarno
  • Javier Diaz, Gibbons
  • William Ferreira, Graham Curtin
  • Timothy Ford, Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost
  • Mary Gabriel, McCarter & English
  • Angie Gambone, Flaster/Greenberg
  • Matthew Gately, Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf
  • Casey Gocel, Mandelbaum Salsburg
  • Rachel Gonzalez, Day Pitney
  • Leo Hurley, Connell Foley
  • Harry Jackson, Fox Rothschild
  • John Kaveney, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
  • Joseph Lagana, Chasan Leyner & Lamparello
  • Dawn Lamparello, K&L Gates
  • Richard Lomurro, Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland
  • Jemi Lucey, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis
  • Sean Lynch, Morgan Lewis
  • Jacqueline Hall McClintock, AT&T Services Inc.
  • Jaclyn Medina, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
  • Uche Ndumele, Pinnacle Foods
  • Scott Palatucci, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
  • Laurel Peltzman, Capehart & Scatchard
  • Stephanie Reckord, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis
  • Joshua Reinitz, Iacullo Martino
  • Thomas Rinaldi, Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow & McElroy
  • Bryan Roberts, Stark & Stark
  • Roshan Shah, Scarinci Hollenbeck
  • Peter Slocum, Lowenstein Sandler
  • Nicole Stefanelli, Lowenstein Sandler
  • Annabelle Steinhacker, Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins
  • William Stroever, Greenberg Traurig
  • Jay Thibodaux, Berkowitz, Lichtstein, Kuritsky, Giasullo & Gross
  • Joseph Tringali, Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal
  • Gary Tulp, McCarter & English
  • Samantha Vander Wielen, Capehart & Scatchard
  • Eric Wong, Greenberg Traurig
  • Kerri Wright, Porzio Bromberg & Newman
  • Deepa Zavatsky, Reed Smith