For immediate release: September 23, 2008
For further information contact: Winnie Comfort or Tammy Kendig
609-292-9580
The Supreme Court will issue certificates thanking 99 volunteers who are concluding their four-year terms on the state's 17 district ethics committees, announced David E. Johnson Jr., director of the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE). The district ethics committees investigate and prosecute ethics cases involving New Jersey attorneys.
"Because of your selfless and untiring contribution of time and talent in the performance of your duties, the Judiciary, the legal profession and the citizens of New Jersey are assured a higher degree of accountability, legal competence and ethical conduct from those who serve the public in the practice of law," the certificate reads in part.
Currently there are 507 attorneys and public members who volunteer on the committees. Please see the attached list for the names and hometowns of the departing members.
The district ethics committees are made up of attorneys and public members. Attorney members investigate and, if necessary, prosecute grievances docketed with the committee. Public members serve together with two attorneys on three-member panels that decide cases where formal complaints have been filed after investigations.
The state's 17 DECs are overseen by the OAE. Any recommended sanction recommended by the panel is reviewed by the state's Disciplinary Review Board. Final discipline is imposed by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which reviews sanctions recommended from below.
The OAE maintains a comprehensive Web site, which can be accessed through the Judiciary Web site at njcourtsonline.com. In addition, clients wishing to file a grievance can call the automated OAE hotline at 1-800-406-8594. Callers need to enter the attorney's office zip code to receive contact information for the secretary of the appropriate district committee.
The Supreme Court imposed final discipline on 121 attorneys last year. In addition, the Court issued 37 emergent sanctions to protect the public while discipline charges were pending.
DISTRICT ETHICS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
District I
(Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties)
Bonnie L. Laube, Esq., Chair of Vineland
Carmine J. Taglialatella, Esq. of Pleasantville
Samantha S. Wolf, Esq. of Linwood
District IIA
(Bergen County - North)
Salvatore A. Giampiccolo, Esq., Chair of Ridgewood
Anthony N. Iannarelli, Jr., Esq. of Ridgewood
District IIB
(Bergen County - South)
Doris J. Newman, Esq., Chair of Hackensack
Priscilla M. Boggia, Esq. of Ridgefield
David Edelberg, Esq. of Hackensack
Deborah M. Gross-Quatrone, Esq. of Saddle Brook
Donna Russo, Esq. of Hackensack
Salvador H. Sclafani, Esq. of Hackensack
District IIIA
(Ocean County)
Lynne A. Dunn, Esq., Chair of Toms River
Joseph D. Grisanti, Esq. of Jackson
Stacey D. Kerr, Esq. of Toms River
Louise Marie Cole of Toms River
District IIIB
(Burlington County)
Frances Ann Hartman, Esq., Chair of Moorestown
Steven R. Cohen, Esq. of Mount Laurel
Karen M. Murray, Esq. of Delran
Joseph M. Pinto, Esq. of Moorestown
Susan K. Geary of Florence
Patricia A. Thomas of Mt. Holly
District IV
(Camden and Gloucester Counties)
Lisa B. Baughman, Esq. of Marlton
Robert N. Braverman, Esq. of Cherry Hill
Linda W. Eynon, Esq. of Trenton
Richard L. Goldstein, Esq. of Cherry Hill
Robert G. Harbeson, Esq. of Haddonfield
Leah M. Morris, Esq. of Trenton
Efrain Nieves, Esq. of Camden
Steven J. Richardson, Esq. of Woodbury
Lisa J. Rodriguez, Esq. of Haddonfield
Martin H. Abo of Voorhees
Rhea Weinberg Brekke of Voorhees
District VA
(Essex County - Newark)
David A. Cohen, Esq. of Newark
Irvin M. Freilich, Esq. of Newark
Mark Todd Galante, Esq. of Newark
Anthony J. Laura, Esq. of Newark
Nayna Patel of Newark
District VB
(Essex County - Suburban Essex)
Denise Mullens Carter, Esq. of East Orange
Novlet M. Lawrence, Esq. of East Orange
Bonnie J. Granatir of Livingston
District VC
(Essex County - West Essex)
William Seth Greenberg, Esq., Chair of West Orange
Thomas James Cannon, III, Esq. of New York
J. Craig Dickson, III, Esq. of Upper Montclair
Sandra Escobar Gabriele, Esq. of Bloomfield
JoAnne Giger, Esq. of Roseland
Gregory G. Lotz, Esq. of Montclair
Deborah Boone-Coy of Newark
Anthony J. Cervasio of Nutley
District VI
(Hudson County)
Charles M. D'Amico, Esq., Chair of Secaucus
Richard D. DeVita, Esq. of Hoboken
Susan A. McCurrie, Esq. of Kearny
Vincent J. Militello, Esq. of Short Hills
Donna R. Newman, Esq. of Jersey City
Nancy A. Skidmore, Esq. of Secaucus
Peter M. Weiner, Esq. of Secaucus
District VII
(Mercer County)
Elizabeth Walsh Kreger, Esq., Chair of Lawrenceville
Charles J. Casale, Jr., Esq. of Trenton
Matthew V. DelDuca, Esq. of Princeton
Robert Loyd Grundlock, Jr., Esq. of Princeton
Robert S. Rothenberg, Esq. of Princeton
Betty Yan, Esq. of Princeton
District VIII
(Middlesex County)
Eileen M. Foley, Esq., Chair of North Brunswick
Jennifer L. Bradshaw Grosso, Esq. of Princeton
Timothy M. Casey, Esq. of Woodbridge
Robert H. Goodwin, Esq. of New Brunswick
Mary A. Pidgeon, Esq. of Princeton
Jonathan P. Cowles of Colts Neck
District IX
(Monmouth County)
Joanne S. Nadell, Esq., Chair if Shrewsbury
Elias Abilheira, Esq. of Freehold
Gregg M. Hobbie, Esq. of Shrewsbury
Janice J. Venables, Esq. of Manasquan
Dolores Pegram Wilson, Esq. of Freehold
Carol Ann Roche, Ph.D. of Spring Lake
District XA
(East Morris/Sussex Counties)
Catherine M. Brown, Esq., Chair of Morristown
William O. Crutchlow, Esq. of Edison
Marie Saks of Denville
District XB
(West Morris/Sussex Counties)
Robert W. McAndrew, Esq. of Morristown
Edgar M. Whiting, Esq. of Parsippany
District XI
(Passaic County)
Jeffrey James Trapanese, Esq., Chair of Little Falls
Patricia M. Petro, Esq. of Wayne
John D. Pogorelec, Jr., Esq. of Clifton
A. W. Sala, Jr., Esq. of Clifton
District XII
(Union County)
Anthony J. LaRusso, Esq., Chair of Westfield
Jane M. Coviello, Esq. of Paramus
Richard S. Elmiger, Esq. of Summit
Eric G. Kahn, Esq. of Springfield
Cindy K. Miller, Esq. of Westfield
Louis H. Miron, Esq. of Westfield
Carl A. Salisbury, Esq. of Clark
Diane Stolbach, Esq. of Springfield
Robert Ira Oberhand, M.D. of Westfield
District XIII
(Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren Counties)
Jane Anne Herchenroder, Esq., Chair of Somerville
Peter V. Abatemarco, Esq. of Flemington
Jerry S. D'Aniello, Esq. of Somerville
Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq. of Somerville
Kimarie Rahill McDonald, Esq. of Hackettstown
George J. Sopko of Somerville