2024-2025 Committees/Directors

Best Practices

Ashley Brinn
Blank Rome LLP
300 Carnegie Center, Suite 220, Princeton, NJ 08540
609-750-2642

Becky Caruso
DLA Piper LLP (US)
973-520-2549

Rachel M. Dikovics
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Drive, Roseland, NJ 07068
973-597-2494

Sheila Raftery Wiggins
Duane Morris LLP
1037 Raymond Boulevard, Suite 1800, Newark, NJ 07102-5429
973-424-2055

Diversity

Nicole Grzeskowiak
Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas LLP
40 Paterson St., P.O. Box 480, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
732-545-4717

Lena Kim
Jackson Lewis P.C.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-795-2961

Endorsements

Jaimee Katz Sussner
Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C.
One Riverfront Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102
973-643-6281 

Catherine P. Kelly
Meyner and Landis LLP
One Gateway Center, Suite 2500, Newark, NJ  07102
973-602-3423

Linda Posluszny
Jackson Lewis P.C.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-795-5214

Kristin Sostowski
Gibbons P.C.
One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102-5310
973-596-4855

Gala Committee Co Chairs

Alexandra (Ali) Loprete
Fredson Statmore Bitterman
555 U.S. 1 South, Suite 10, Woodbridge, NJ 0830
973-777-8600

Natalie S. Richer
Lerner David LLP
20 Commerce Drive, Cranford NJ 07016
908-518-6381

Grants/Charitable Giving

Jennifer Borek
Genova Burns LLC
30 Montgomery Street, Floor 11, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
973-533-0777 x1142

Victoria Cioppettini
Thomson Reuters – Practical Law

Mary Costigan
Jackson Lewis P.C.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-795-5135

Erin Drew
OGC Solutions/ Santomassimo Davis LLP
1 Gatehall Drive, Suite 100, Parsippany, NJ 07054
201-712-1616

Rachael Segal
Bressler Amery & Ross, P.C.
325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ  07932
973-514-1200 ext. 2264

In House

Elena McDermott
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
5 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 07054
973-254-4365

Karen Stringer
Syneos Health
200 Crossing Blvd, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
732-537-4967

Renada Williams
Kenneth Cole

Judicial Outreach

Harriet Derman, P.J.S.C. (Ret.)
Harriet Derman, Esq., LLC
732-261-0501

Harriet F. Klein, J.S.C. (Ret.)
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
200 Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932-0668
973-735-5744

Jessica Brennan
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
67 East Park Place, Suite 1000, Morristown, NJ
973-775-6120

Clarissa Gomez
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-443-3290

Rachel Mongiello
Cole Schotz P.C.
25 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ  07601
201-525-6222

Michelle Sekowski
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102
973-274-2070

Jillian T. Stein
Kluger Healey LLC
521 Newman Springs Road, Suite 23, Lincroft, NJ
732-852-7500

Marketing

Paula Brueckner
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
105 Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland, NJ  07068
973-530-2064

Jessica M. Carroll
Atlantic Health System
475 South Street, Morristown, NJ  07962
973-695-4770; 908-569-3848

Elizabeth (Betsey) Dietz
Padovani Farinella & Addezio / AmTrust North America
200 Hudson Street, Suite 800, Jersey City, NJ 07311
201-291-2054

Chinsu Shajan
Stark & Stark
100 American Metro Boulevard, Hamilton, NJ 08619
609-219-7447

Public Policy

Crystal Cochren

973-819-5676

Rachel Jacob
Jackson Lewis P.C.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-795-2910

Laura Siclari
OGC Solutions/ Santomassimo Davis LLP
1 Gatehall Drive, Suite 100, Parsippany, NJ 07054
201-712-1616

Public Policy Amicus Committee Co-Chairs

Maria Fruci
PEM Law LLP
One Boland Drive, Suite 101, West Orange, NJ 07052
862-215-5907

Beth Haiet Meyer
Beth Haiet Meyer, Esq.
P.O. Box 852, South Orange, NJ 07079-0852

Cassandra Neugold
Gibbons P.C.
One Gateway Center, Newark NJ 07102
973-596-4875

Solo/Small Firm

Diane L. Cardoso, Esq.
Brady, Reilly & Cardoso, LLC
241 Kearny Avenue, Kearny, New Jersey 07032
201-997-0030

Linda Mainenti Walsh
Linda Mainenti Walsh, Esq. LLC
6 South Street, Suite 301, Morristown, NJ  07960
973-292-4700

Claudia Reis
Lenzo & Reis, LLC
360 Mount Kemble Avenue, Suite 1004, Morristown, NJ  07960
973-845-9922

Marla Moss
Marla J. Moss, Esq.
973-420-8894 

Women’s Leadership

Robyn Aversa
Jackson Lewis P.C.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
908-795-5128

Cara Ann Fialkoff
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
18 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 220, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-549-2589

Kelly M. Purcaro
Greenspoon Marder LLP
One Riverfront Plaza, 1037 Raymond Blvd., Suite 900, Newark NJ 07102
732-456-8734

Valerie Weiss
International Flavors & Fragrance
732-642-4261

Young Lawyers

Julia Browning
Gibbons P.C.
One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102-5310
973-596-5444

Melanie Chernoff
Lerner David LLP
20 Commerce Drive, Cranford, NJ 07016
908-518-6384

Emily Fea
AIG Claims, Inc.
30 Hudson St., Jersey City, NJ  07302
551-227-5083

Brittany Manna
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
105 Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland, NJ  07068
973-530-2175

Jeanelly Nuñez
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
105 Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland, NJ  07068
973-530-2272

Danielle Schweizer
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
732-855-6189

Kristin Spallanzani
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
500 Campus Drive, Suite 400, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-443-3576

Trustees at Large

Angela Iuso
Connell Foley LLP
85 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068
973-533-4243

Nancy Lottinville
North Jersey Office, Prime & Tuvel
1 University Plaza, Suite 500, Hackensack, NJ 07601
201.883.1010 ex 1056; 973.960.2810

Tanya Mascarich
Munich RE Specialty- North America
555 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08543
609-243-4291

Sharon Small
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
One Health Plaza, 145, East Hanover, NJ 07936-1080
201-704-8497

Penny Venetis
Rutgers Law School, Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-3026
973-353-5687

Executive Director

Colleen Skinner
cskinner@njwla.org
372 Franklin Avenue, Suite 713
Nutley, NJ  07110
973-819-9488