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.
Board of Trustees Report June 14, 2019
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees June 2019 Report Budget: The trustees approved the 2019-2020 budget for the NJSBA. The roughly $12 million budget includes several proposals to help members, including a plan to allow young lawyers to join substantive...
Association files amicus brief in DWI case pending before NJ Supreme Court
June 1, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - In a case that focuses on how drug recognition experts evidence is used, the NJSBA asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to grant it friend-of-the-court status in State...
First Latina becomes NJSBA President in Association’s 120-year History
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact Kate Coscarelli732-937-7548 Evelyn Padin was sworn in last night as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She took the oath of office at the association’s annual dinner and installation of officers at the...
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...
NJSBA first vice president is Morristown attorney
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 A former New Jersey State Bar Association trustee was sworn in as the organization’s second vice president last night. Domenick Carmagnola, whose firm is in Morristown, is on...
Lawrence, of Somerset County, sworn in as NJSBA second vice president
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact Kate Coscarelli732-937-7548 ATLANTIC CITY - The former president of the Somerset County Bar Association was sworn in last night as second vice president of the state’s largest association of judges, lawyers and...
McGoughran becomes NJSBA treasurer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 ATLANTIC CITY - A Monmouth County practitioner was sworn in last night as treasurer of the state's largest group of judges, lawyers and legal professionals. Timothy F....
Mergner Becomes Secretary of NJSBA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 Atlantic City - William H. Mergner Jr. joined the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Executive Committee. Mergner was sworn in May 16 as secretary of the state’s...
John E. Keefe Jr. is NJSBA immediate past president
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Kate Coscarelli 732-937-7548 ATLANTIC CITY - John E. Keefe Jr., the founder of Keefe Law Firm, formerly Keefe Bartels LLC, in Red Bank is the Immediate Past President of the New Jersey State Bar Association. ...
NJSBA Installs New Slate of Officers: Padin becomes Association’s first Latina president; Yonta is president-elect, Keefe immediate past president
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Coscarelli 862-250-0571 Evelyn Padin was sworn in Thursday as president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She took the oath of office at the association’s installation of officers at the Borgata Hotel, Casino...
Board of Trustees Report, May 15, 2019
Note: This summary does not constitute official minutes New members: The New Jersey State Bar Association’s Board of Trustees welcomed its incoming members. The new trustees are: Kathleen Barnett Einhorn, Carlos A. Bollar and Celeste Fiore, who will serve as...
Thousands of Attorneys and Judges to Gather in Atlantic City
New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting; First Latina President to be Sworn in Thursday The state’s legal community will come together at the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting and Convention for educational...
NJSBA Urges Tenure for Workers Compensation Judges
May 1, 2019 Contact: Kate Coscarelli Associate Executive Director, Communications 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Speaking out for an "alarming number" of Workers Compensation Judges who are eligible for tenure, the association urged Gov. Phil...
Association Requests Certification for Real Estate Attorneys
April 19, 2019 Contact: Kate Coscarelli Associate Executive Director, Communications 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - Real estate attorneys have to keep track of state and federal law changes, new financial regulations and updates from the Consumer Financial...
Association Provides Comments on Proposed Court Rule Changes
April 16, 2019 Contact: Kate Coscarelli Associate Executive Director, Communications 732-937-7548 NEW BRUNSWICK - The New Jersey State Bar Association considered the raft of recommendations related to the annual Court Rules reports. This...
