For immediate release: October 16, 2008
For further information contact: Winnie Comfort or
Tammy Kendig
609-292-9580
Volunteers Appointed to Attorney Ethics Committees
David E. Johnson, Jr., director of the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE), has announced the appointment of 100 attorneys and other citizens to the state's 18 District Ethics Committees. These committees investigate and prosecute ethics cases involving New Jersey attorneys.
As members of the District Ethics Committees, the volunteers will be called on to perform a number of duties. All members participate in regular monthly committee meetings. Additionally, attorney members investigate grievances docketed by the committee. If their initial investigation finds grounds for a formal complaint, the matter is heard by a panel of committee members comprising two attorneys and one public member. Volunteers serve for a four-year term.
"We are grateful that so many committed and involved citizens have chosen to devote themselves to this important work," said Johnson. "We all benefit from their efforts to uphold and ensure the integrity of the legal profession in New Jersey."
The committees are supported and overseen by the OAE, and any recommended sanction is reviewed by the state's Disciplinary Review Board. Final discipline is imposed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, 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 34 emergent sanctions to protect the public while discipline charges were pending.
Currently there are 548 volunteers serving on the District Ethics Committees. Please see the attached list for the names and hometowns of the new committee members.
DISTRICT ETHICS COMMITTEES
NEW APPOINTEES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2008
District I
(Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem Counties)
Alexander J. Barrera of Linwood
Andrew D. Catanese of Cape May Courthouse
Carmen R. Faia of Pleasantville
Michael J. Fitzgerald of Linwood
Willis F. Flower of Linwood
Richard A. Russell of Ocean City
Michele C. Verno of Northfield
Henry L. Warner of Atlantic City
District IIA
(Bergen County - North)
Ira C. Kaplan of Hackensack
Douglas V. Sanchez of Hackensack
District IIB
(Bergen County - South)
Arlene R. Cohn of Paterson
Brian E. Fleisig of Hackensack
Paul A. Garfield of Teaneck
Steven B. Harz of Hackensack
Scott K. McClain of Hackensack
Rebecca K. Spar of Hackensack
District IIIA
(Ocean County)
Steven M. Edelstein of Lakewood
Tricia E. Habert of Cherry Hill
Dawn M. Ritter of Toms River
Patricia P. Robison of Manchester
District IIIB
(Burlington County)
Kim C. Belin of Delran
Dean J. Buono of Hainesport
Cristal M. Holmes-Bowie of Willingboro
Kathryn M. Laughlin of Moorestown
Leslie M. Martinelli of Medford
Carol L. Widemon of Marlton
Marguerite Dotzman of Moorestown
C. Naoji Moriuchi of Moorestown
District IV
(Camden and Gloucester Counties)
Robert J. Adinolfi of Haddonfield
Kenneth D. Aita of Haddon Heights
Ernest Louis Alvino, Jr. of Woodbury
Troy A. Archie of Camden
David Carlamere of Voorhees
Judith Charny of Mount Laurel
Carol A. Fabietti of Gibbsboro
William A. Nash of Blackwood
David R. Nussey of Haddonfield
Anne T. Picker of Camden
Renard L. Scott of Sicklerville
Salvatore J. Siciliano of Haddonfield
Leslie C. Clark of Woodbury
David L. Garfield of Voorhees
Barry M. Wright of Sicklerville
District VA
(Essex County - Newark)
Angel M. De Filippo of West Orange
Stephen V. Falanga of Roseland
Lori E. Grifa of West Orange
Thomas J. O'Leary of Roseland
Jeffrey A. Petit of Newark
Anthony Romano, II of Roseland
Keith H. Green of Newark
District VB
(Essex County - Suburban))
Susan Willard Freedman of Newark
Sterling Hayden Kinsale of Newark
John M. Pinho of Newark
James C. Nelson, III of Newark
District VC
(Essex County - West)
Christopher D. Adams of Roseland
Gabrielle N. Gallagher of Nutley
Peter A. Gaudioso of Morristown
Lenore M. Imhof of Bloomfield
Diego P. Milara of Harrison
Scott Pennington of South Orange
Dina M. Vanides of Roseland
Fred V. Goode of Verona
Mary Rubino Ryder of Nutley
District VI
(Hudson County)
Brunilda Bonilla of Jersey City
Milagros De La Camacho of Jersey City
Mary J. Ciancimino of Jersey City
Ramon M. Gonzalez of Union City
Jeffrey Jablonski of Kearny
Sarah E. Seelig of Jersey City
Robert A. Verdibello of Jersey City
District VII
(Mercer County)
Patricia Ann Concannon of Lawrenceville
Richard B. Gelade of Trenton
Marta Cruz Gold of Lawrenceville
Charles F. Harris of Pennington
Robert Panzer of Lawrenceville
Nina E. Weiss of Princeton
District VIII
(Middlesex County)
Ernest Blair of Kendall Park
Colleen M. Flynn of Old Bridge
Angela Foster of North Brunswick
Christina Jones Rowe of Somerset
Gregg R. Rubenstein of East Brunswick
Ralph Albert Thomas of Roseland
District IX
(Monmouth County)
Patricia B. Adams of Asbury Park
Lora Ulan Campbell of Rumson
Catherine M. Carton of Oakhurst
Joseph M. Casello, Esq. of Farmingdale
Sung A. Hong of Freehold
District XA
(East Morris/Sussex Counties)
Michael R. Ascher of Denville
Douglas J. Ehrenworth of Florham Park
Robert L. Gaynor of Succasunna
Matthew P. O'Malley of Newark
Dimaris Fuentes of Bernardsville
District XB
(West Morris/Sussex Counties)
William G. Johnson of Dover
Edward A. Sturchio, Jr. of Florham Park
District XI
(Passaic County)
Michele Alcalde of Paterson
Norman I. Klein of Clifton
Robert C. LaSalle of West Paterson
Santiago D. Orozco of Clifton
Bobbi J. Vilacha of West Paterson
District XII
(Union County)
James J. Byrnes of Union
Michael Margello of Mountainside
Susan J. McCue of Elizabeth
Christine M. Nugent of Westfield
Edward P. Ruane of Watchung
Julio Sanchez of Elizabeth
Maria I. Velez of Elizabeth
Amy R. Winsten of Westfield
Ralph G. Oriscello, M.D. of Cranford
District XIII
(Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren Counties)
Dana Kendall Ferrera of Basking Ridge
Elaine B. Goldsmith of Somerville
Anthony E. Koester of Flemington
Gary W. Moylen of Hackettstown
Victor A. Rotolo of Lebanon
Robin Bradley of Branchburg