News from the NJSBA
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NJSBA launches Free Legal Answers; volunteer attorneys will answer COVID-19 related legal questions through secure website
May 20, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Christina Pateman 732-937-7514 NEW BRUNSWICK - New Jersey residents facing the myriad legal questions raised by the global COVID-19 pandemic have a new place to turn for help. The New Jersey State Bar...
Installation Speech: NJSBA President Kimberly A. Yonta, 2020-2021
May 19, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Kimberly A. Yonta was sworn in May 14 to serve as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) at its 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. The NJSBA is the...
Nominations sought for New Jersey Municipal Court Practice Award 2020
May 18, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Barbara Straczynski 732-937-7524 The New Jersey State Bar Association, Municipal Court Practice Section is soliciting nominations for its annual “Municipal Court Practice Award”. Nominations may be...
Evelyn Padin is NJSBA immediate past president
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Evelyn Padin, a Jersey City attorney, is the immediate past president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She took the oath of office for the...
Amalfe sworn in as secretary of NJSBA
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Christine A. Amalfe was sworn in as secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state’s largest professional organization of judges, lawyers...
Mergner becomes NJSBA treasurer
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - William H. Mergner Jr. was sworn in as treasurer of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state’s largest professional organization of judges,...
McGoughran becomes NJSBA second vice president
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - A Monmouth County practitioner was sworn in last night as second vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the state's largest group of...
Lawrence, of Somerset County, sworn in as NJSBA first vice president
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - The former president of the Somerset County Bar Association was sworn in last night as first vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the...
Carmagnola becomes NJSBA president-elect
May 16, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Domenick Carmagnola, a Morris County labor and employment attorney, was sworn in last night as president-elect of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), the...
Kimberly A. Yonta is sworn in as NJSBA president
May 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wendy Solomon 732-937-7504 NEW BRUNSWICK - Kimberly A. Yonta was sworn in last night to serve as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) at its 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. The NJSBA is the...
NJSBA installs new slate of officers Yonta becomes Association president; Carmagnola is president-elect; Padin is immediate past president
May 15, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Kimberly A. Yonta was sworn in Thursday night as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) for the 2020-2021 term. She took the oath of office from...
Board of Trustees Report, May 12, 2020
The following is a summary of the NJSBA’s Board of Trustees meeting. It does not constitute official minutes. NOTE: This meeting was held via conference call, due to the COVID-19 public health crisis Advocacy: The NJSBA sent a letter to Gov. Phil...
Board of Trustees Report, April 24, 2020
The following is a summary of the NJSBA’s Board of Trustees meeting. It does not constitute official minutes. NOTE: This meeting was held via conference call, due to the COVID-19 public health crisis Comments on civil court rules report: The Board...
NJSBA Seeks Volunteer Attorneys to Provide Civil Legal Help to Members of the Public Facing Legal Challenges due to COVID-19
April 21, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Times of crisis give rise to myriad and often novel legal questions. And the New Jersey State Bar Association has always been a partner to the people of the state...
NJSBA Successfully Argued as Amicus in NJ Supreme Court Legal Malpractice Case
April 21, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey Supreme Court decided whether the Tort Claims Act (TCA) applied against a public defender for legal malpractice case last week, where a defendant...