News from the NJSBA
Get all the latest news from the NJSBA about the Association, it’s advocacy, people and happenings, as well as statements and press releases about current events.
NJSBA and several bar groups oppose border policies that are separating families, offer help
June 26, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications and Media Relations 732-214-8509 NEW BRUNSWICK - Seven New Jersey bar associations have written to administration officials opposing the policies in place at the southern border that have led...
Board of Trustees Report, June 15, 2018
This is a summary of actions taken at the June 15, 2018 meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees at New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. This summary does not constitute official minutes. Appellate advocacy: The...
Association urges adoption of Special Master Report in DUI case
June 8, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association filed an amicus brief with the New Jersey Supreme Court in State v. Cassidy, which has to do with the Alcotest machine and its...
Hille becomes immediate past NJSBA president
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - Robert B. Hille was sworn in last night as immediate past president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. A partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney...
McGoughran becomes NJSBA secretary
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - A Monmouth County practitioner was sworn in last night as secretary of the state's largest group of judges, lawyers and legal professionals. ...
Lawrence, of Somerset County, sworn in as NJSBA treasurer
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - The former president of the Somerset County Bar Association was sworn in last night as treasurer of the state’s largest association of judges, lawyers and...
NJSBA second vice president is Morristown attorney
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - A former New Jersey State Bar Association trustee was sworn in as the organization’s second vice president last night. Domenick Carmagnola, whose...
First Latina becomes NJSBA president-elect
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - Evelyn Padin was sworn in last night as president-elect of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She took the oath of office at the association’s annual dinner...
Keefe is NJSBA 2018-2019 President
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - John E. Keefe Jr., the founder of Keefe Law Firm, formerly Keefe Bartels LLC, in Red Bank is the 120th president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. ...
NJSBA Installs New Slate of Officers
Keefe becomes president, Padin president-elect, Hille immediate past president ATLANTIC CITY: John E. Keefe Jr. last night became president of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the state’s largest organization of lawyers, judges and legal professionals....
Middlesex County attorney is NJSBA first vice president
May 18, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 ATLANTIC CITY - Kimberly A. Yonta was sworn in last night to serve as first vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA). The Middlesex County lawyer...
Board of Trustees Report, May 16, 2018
The following is a summary of actions taken at the meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City. This summary does not constitute official minutes. Government affairs: The trustees took positions in...
NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention Biggest Annual Event in Legal Community
May 15, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 NEW BRUNSWICK - The largest annual gathering of judges, lawyers and legal professionals kicks off this week. The three-day New Jersey State Bar Association Annual...
NJSBA urges reliable funding for criminal justice reform measures
May 15, 2018 Contact: Paula Saha Director of Communications 732-214-8509 NEW BRUNSWICK - The association wrote a letter to Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders asking him to include dedicated funds, rather than rely on court fees, in the budget to...
NJ Commission on Professionalism seeking nominees for awards
NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law is soliciting nominations for the Daniel J. O'Hern Award and the Charles J. Hollenbeck Award. Each award recognizes members of the legal community who have demonstrated the highest standards...