2013 April MCBA Newsletter - Mercer County Bar Association

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M e r c e r
April 2013
C o u n t y
A Publication of the Mercer County Bar Association
Volume 32, Issue 2
Inside This Issue From the
Page
3. A Message from the Criminal
Division Manager,
Alfred Federico
4. Trenton State Prison:
Hall of Shame
6. Upcoming Bench Bar Meetings
7. Family Bench Bar Update
14. Bench Bar Luncheon Photos
18. Members in the News
20. Welcome New Members
20. Classifieds
22. Calendar of Events
24. Upcoming CLE Seminars
Samuel Gaylord presenting Angelo
Onofri with a plaque recognizing
his contributions to the MCBA
Board from 2007 through 2012.
President’s Desk…
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
Over the last few months as I have
gone to Court and interacted with attorneys I have not had the chance to
know before this experience, I have
been asked whether I am still enjoying
being President. Not to sound too
schmaltzy, but I am loving this gig.
I believe that I am truly fortunate. I
love being a lawyer and love practicing in disability litigation. And so, not
only do I get the chance to continue
the practice I have always enjoyed,
but I now have the added pleasure of
interacting with other attorneys and
judges who I would not typically have
the pleasure of seeing.
By the distribution of this edition of the
Newsletter, the MCBA Board of Trustees will have conducted three meetings. One of my promises to you was
to communicate in an informative
manner and provide as much information as possible. However, before I
start, I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the more than 20 committee chairs who are donating their time,
effort and energy at my request for
the betterment of this organization. I
can’t say thank you loud or often
enough to them but can assure you
that without this great group of dedicated lawyers – in addition to Chrissy
Brennan and her top-notch staff -- the
MCBA’s programs and events would
not be nearly as successful. I know
these great results will continue
throughout the year.
A brief recap of the prior few months
demonstrates the tremendous efforts
Samuel M. Gaylord
of the trustees and committee
chairs. We have conducted CLE
seminars in a variety of locations.
Our new series of seminars at the
MCBA office has been exceptionally well-attended and the reviews
have been very positive. We
hosted the 13th Annual Bench Bar
Luncheon, celebrated the dedication of the new criminal courthouse and consistently are meeting to discuss the ongoing and
future activities, and analyze the
pluses and minuses of each of
the events in an ongoing effort to
ensure future success.
I have taken the opportunity to
attend many of the events and
certainly hope the members are
getting as much out of these activities as I am. I have had the
pleasure of watching our immediate past President Nick Travisano
give his “Hey, I’m 18!” presentation. I’ve had the chance to attend a recent young lawyer event,
which was co-sponsored with the
Burlington County Bar Association. I know that our young lawyer committee, currently cochaired by Kelly Botti and Melissa
Ruff, is working very hard to gen-
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M e r c e r
April 2013
C o u n t y
Volume 32, Issue 2
Officers
Samuel M. Gaylord
President
609-771-8614
Dorothy E. Bolinsky
President—Elect
609-716-6500
Michelle S. Gasparian
Vice President
609-989-6350
Colleen M. Crocker
Treasurer
609-890-0050
Robert E. Lytle
Secretary
609-275-0400
Trustees
2013
Robert F. Casey
Brian J. Duff
Stacey M. Geurds
Michael Kahme
Tanya L. Phillips
609-896-2000
609-585-2443
609-989-6350
609-924-0808
609-896-2222
2014
Margaret A. Chipowsky
James L. Creegan
Peter F. Kelly
Raymond C. Staub
Angelo A. Stio III
609-896-2404
609-896-9060
609-896-3600
609-585-2443
609-452-0808
2012
John Carbonara
Robin E. Echevarria
John S. Eory
Kimberly Gandy Jinks
Brian W. Shea
609-989-6350
609-799-9222
609-896-9060
609-803-3100
856-428-7600
Nick C. Travisano
Immediate Past President
609-588-9900
Jeffrey S. Posta, Esq.
NJSBA Representative
609-896-9060
MCBA Office
609-585-6200
The MERCER COUNTY LAWYER is published six times
per year; February, April, June, August, October, and December. Advertisements appearing in
the MERCER
COUNTY LAWYER are the viewpoints of the contributors
and are not necessarily endorsed by the Mercer County Bar
Association or its members. The MCBA does not vouch for
the accuracy of any legal analysis, citations, or opinions
expressed in any articles contained herein. Individuals who
are interested in joining the Association, placing advertising, or contributing articles should contact the Bar Association office at 609-585-6200, fax 609-585-5537 or e-mail
[email protected]. The newsletter deadline is the
last Friday of the month preceding the publication month.
erate ongoing enthusiasm amongst their peers to be a part of
this group and I ask for your continued support of their efforts
to reach out to a new generation of lawyers. I have had the
chance to meet with several judges and will continue to reach
out and make appointments with other judges in order to discuss our ongoing interaction and find ways to continue the
successful dialogue that I believe exists between the bench
and bar in Mercer County.
My personal favorite experienced to date has been the opportunity to represent this organization at the Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony for the new criminal courthouse. Pretty cool to go
home and tell the kids that dad just had a normal day: went
to court, saw some clients, hung out with the County Executive, the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, former Assignment Judge , the entire judiciary, and oh yeah, got
to say a few words on behalf of the Bar Association congratulating them on a job well done. You know, your typical hohum kinda day.
One of the great things as president you get to do Is nominate a colleague for Professional Lawyer of the year. Well, I
have asked Frank Flacks to be the 2013 Professional Lawyer of the Year. He has graciously accepted. I have known
Frank my entire legal career. In my interactions with Frank
and in speaking to others, I know that I have chosen someone who exemplifies the word “professionalism”. I hope you
will join me in congratulating Frank and celebrating with him
on May 9th at the General Membership Meeting at Mountain
View Golf Course.
Two final updates and then I’ll shut up. First, this year the
MCBA golf outing is taking place at Cherry Valley Country
Club, on Monday June 10th. The committee is hard at work
putting the final details together! Cherry Valley is a wonderful
facility and this year will offer Tennis as well as golf. More
details will be forthcoming and we look forward to seeing you
there.
Finally, I want to report on our progress regarding the technology committee. We have met with several vendors and
are in the process of putting together a recommendation regarding the future use of technology, which will enhance the
organization’s ability to serve its members. We are close to
being able to offer webinars so that more of you can take advantage of the great programs that are being put on by the
Bar from the comfort of your office. We are hoping to have in
place a more efficient and longer lasting infrastructure as well
as taking advantage of certain “cloud” opportunities. I will
provide more specific details regarding our progress with
these projects in our next edition.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you soon.
April 2013
A Message from Alfred Federico, Criminal Division Manager
To Members of the Criminal Bar
Re: Bail Reconsideration Motions pursuant to R. 3:26-2(d)
Recently, an issue was raised concerning timely scheduling of bail reconsideration motions pursuant to R. 3:26-2(d).
In an effort to ensure timely compliance with the rule, the following practice and procedure
should be adhered to as follows:
Pursuant to R. 3:26-2(d), which applies to first motions for bail reconsideration only, they shall
be heard within seven days after the motions are filed. Any subsequent motions will be
scheduled at the discretion of the trial court. Procedurally, attorneys should adhere to the following filing practice:
 Cases in pre-indictment status that have already had an initial hearing by a superior court
judge shall be filed with the same superior court judge who set the previous bail.
 If a defendant has other indicted cases that are assigned to a trial court, any new preindictment bail motion shall be filed with the assigned trial court.
 Cases in post-indictment status shall be filed with the assigned trial court judge.
We hope that this shall clarify the practice here in Mercer. Going forward, if you encounter any
scheduling difficulties, please call me directly and the problem will be addressed expeditiously.
Thank you very much.
Alfred Federico, Criminal Division Manager
EMail: [email protected]
Telephone: (609) 571-4103
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Trenton State Prison: Hall of Shame
Franklin L. Flacks, Esq.
It’s time to take a walk down
memory lane and explore the history of the Trenton State Prison
(now known as the New Jersey
State Prison) and the infamous
criminals who have called that
prison their home.
house. Two women were executed by
hanging: Bridget Durgen, a domestic
who killed her mistress in Middlesex
County in 1867 and Martha Meierhoffer, who murdered her husband in Essex County in 1874. No women were
executed in New Jersey in the 20th
century.
Inside Out: Reviewing Fifty
Years of Service as a Correction
Officer at Trenton State Prison.
Robert R. Reldon – Between
August 1974 and November
1975, residents of northern New
Jersey were alarmed by a series
Trenton State Prison is only a
short distance from the Mercer
County Courthouse complex yet
very few attorneys have any
knowledge of its history, the explosive events that have occurred
there or the nationally notorious
criminals who have walked its
corridors. The website Rankopedia ranks Trenton State Prison as
the 21st most famous in the U.S.
The prison was started in 1834
and designed by architect John
Haviland who designed the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia
and would later design the Tombs
in New York City. Inmates were
placed in the North Wing in 1836.
The South Wing was built from
1834-38 and a third wing built
from 1860 – 1861. It was converted to a mess hall in 1919. In
1869 – 1870, a women’s wing
was added onto the cook house
and from 1870 – 1872, the East
Wing was built. In 1895 – 1896,
another wing was added and the
last housing unit was built from
1905 – 1907.
In 1907, the responsibility for
executing criminals was transferred from the county jails to
Trenton State Prison when the
death house and chamber were
built and the electric chair installed. Up until that time, executions had been carried out on gallows in the county jails.
The last execution by hanging
took place in 1909 when a Frederick Lang was hanged in the yard
of the Middlesex County Court-
The first man to die in the electric
chair was Sereris DiGiovanne from
Somerset County on December 11,
1907. Multiple executions on one day
were not unusual. The greatest number executed in one night was four in
1924, 1927 and 1930. Three prisoners
were executed on seven occasions, the
first in 1915 and the last in 1955. The
last man to die in the electric chair in
New Jersey was Ralph Hudson on
January 22, 1963, who killed his wife.
His last meal was prime rib and ice
cream polished off with a cigar.
Numerous notorious criminals have
been incarcerated at Trenton State
Prison. The following are some of the
most savage and interesting. In part,
credit must be given to both Harry
Camisa and Jim Franklin who wrote
of random, brutal homicides that
claimed the lives of eight young
women, perpetrated by a man
who liked to pick off victims in
pairs.
The first to die were 17 year old
Mary Pryor and 16 year old
Lorraine Kelly who disappeared
in North Bergen on August 10,
1974. It was believed they had
been hitchhiking.
Their bodies, raped and smothered, were recovered in a
wooded area, near Montvale,
four days later. On December
1974, 14 year old Doreen Carlucci and 15 year old Joanne
Delardo vanished from a church
youth center in Woodbridge.
Their bodies were found two
weeks later in Manalapan, beaten
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and strangled. Susan Reeve, 22
years old, vanished on a short walk
home from her bus stop and 26 year
old Susan Reynes disappeared from
her home on October 6, 1975, eight
days before Reeve disappeared.
Both were still missing when 15
year olds, Denise Evans and Carolyn Hedgepath, disappeared in Wilmington, Delaware. On October 24,
1975, the bodies of Evans and
Hedgepath were found in Salem
County, both shot execution style.
On October 27th and 28th, the bodies
of Reynes and Reeve were found in
Rockland County, NY, just over the
New Jersey border. Both had been
strangled.
On October 31st, Reldan was arrested in Closter, N.J. for attempted
burglary. He had previously been
tried and convicted on a 1967 Tenafly rape charge. He served three
years in prison and then paroled.
Four months later, in 1971, he assaulted a woman in a hospital parking lot.
Convicted again, he emerged as a
model prisoner in the sexual rehabilitation program at Rahway and
appeared on David Frost’s television
show. He was paroled in May,
1974. Shortly after, the North Jersey murder spree began.
In January 1977, he was charged
with the murders of Reeves and
Reynes. He was convicted of the
two murders on October 17, 1979
and sentenced to Trenton State
Prison. He remains a suspect in
six other murders.
Clarence Hill – Duck Island
(now the location of a satellite
office of the Mercer County
Prosecutor), in the period 1938 –
1942, was a dreary landfill on the
Delaware River. It was known as
a “lover’s lane” where trysting
couples came at night.
During that time period, lovers
did not have Duck Island to themselves. The first attack took place
on November 8, 1938 when 20
year old Vincent Tonzello parked
his car to spend private time with
16 year old Mary Mytovich. The
next morning, police found Tonzello dead in the car riddled with
buckshot and Mytovich, gravely
wounded, nearby.
Before she died, Mytovich described the attacker – a black man
approached the car asking for
money. When Tonzello refused,
he was shot. Mytowich was
dragged from the car, raped and
shot.
Eleven months later, on October
3, 1939, Frank Kasper and Katherine Werner were killed near the
same spot. In 1940, Ludovicum
Kovacs and Carolina Maroconi,
were parked off Cypress Lane,
several miles from Duck Island.
They were killed by shotgun
blasts at close range. Three more
attacks occurred between 1941 –
1942 but all six victims survived.
A piece of the murder weapon,
dropped at the scene of the 1942
shooting, led police to Clarence
Hill. He confessed and was tried
for the murder of Mary Mytovich.
Convicted on December 29, 1944,
he received a life sentence.
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Upcoming Bench Bar Meetings
All Attorneys are Invited to Attend Bench Bar Meetings
Municipal Bench Bar
April 18, 2013
June 20, 2013
Ewing Township Municipal Court; 3:30 p.m.
Bankruptcy Bench Bar Meeting
May 7, 2013
June 4, 2013
Judge Kaplan’s Courtroom; 4:00 p.m.
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Family Bench Bar Update
Jennifer Zoschak, Esq. and Rebecca Esmi, Esq.
The Family Bench Bar meeting was held in
Judge Fitzpatrick’s Courtroom on March 21,
2013. Judges Marbrey and Fitzpatrick were in
attendance, as were Family Court staff David
Smalowitz, Sandy Terry, Amy Fisher and Katie
Wardlow.
Judge Fitzpatrick reminded the group that
Writs of Execution should be submitted to the
Law Division for signature, not Chancery, using the J-Docket number. The group was also
reminded that law firm administrative staff
should not be calling chambers with procedural questions, except for adjournment requests. As a practice tip, in the event of default, best practice suggests the attorneys prepare a Consent Order to vacate with a stipulation to extend time to file, subject to counsel
fees incurred to date.
Judge Marbrey reported that Law clerks have been assisting the
FD docket with unrepresented parties in workout sessions, which has proven very effective.
Finally, it was announced that funding for the
foreclosure housing counselors has been
eliminated from the Foreclosure Mediation
Program, at least for the short-term.
The co-chairs provided updates on several
events. First, the Meet and Greet with mental
health professionals held in February was a
success with several new experts and judges
present. Since attendance was down slightly
from prior years, the co-chairs will explore
ways to improve the event.
The Family Bench Bar is co-sponsoring with
the Bankruptcy Committee a CLE event tentatively entitled, “Bankruptcy and Divorce.” The
event will be held on June 6th and promises to
be very informative. Look for details to follow.
Several other events sponsored by other committees were also mentioned: Ethics panel at
Rats on May 1st and the General Membership
meeting on May 9th.
The group also discussed performance of the
new probation Call Center system; generally,
use of the new system has been an improve-
ment, but several in attendance reported issues. One of the issues, resulting from a
new procedure, is that clients must complete
a third party authorization form to enable an
attorney to call on their behalf. The form is
as yet unavailable on-line, but should be
available soon from child support and judiciary staff. The Call Center also has a separate Real Estate Closing section to monitor
child support arrears due when houses sell.
A discussion regarding best practice regarding the child support IV-D form arose, with
many noting they provide to clients when
they sign the retainer agreement. Others
noted that the form (available at njchildsupport.org) can be filled out prior to the final
judgment hearing, and then clients can go
directly to the second floor with their $6.00
fee.
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Trenton State Prison, cont.
He was paroled in 1964 and disappeared quietly into
civilian life. He died in 1973.
Charles Cullen – A former nurse who is the most
prolific serial killer in New Jersey history and suspected to be the most prolific serial killer in American
history. Cullen told authorities in 2003 that he could
specifically recall the murder of up to 40 patients during the sixteen years he worked at ten hospitals in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Some experts believe
he may have been responsible for 400 murders.
His first murder occurred when he was working at the
St. Barnabas Medical Center Burn Unit on June 11,
1988. He administered a lethal dose of medication by
IV to Judge John W. Yengo, Sr. who was suffering
from an allergic reaction to a blood – thinning drug.
Cullen was arrested on December 12, 2003. In April
2004, he pled guilty to killing thirteen patients and
attempting to kill two others all by lethal injection. He
was sentenced to eleven consecutive life sentences and
to be ineligible for parole for 397 years.
When asked why he killed his patients, he said he
wanted to spare them from going into cardiac or respiratory arrest. He couldn’t bear their suffering.
Ambrose Harris – Well known to Mercer County
lawyers, killed artist Kristin Huggins after kidnapping
and raping her in 1992. He was prosecuted for this
murder and he received the death sentence but this
was overturned by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
In 1999 while in Trenton State Prison, he stomped to
death Robert “Mudman” Simon, a Warlocks motorcycle gang member who had been convicted himself of
two murders, including the murder of a Gloucester
County police sergeant in 1995.
Prosecuted for the murder of Simon, Harris was acquitted claiming he had reason to believe he was being
set up by the guards to be attacked by Simon, so he
acted in self-defense.
Bruno Hauptman – Everyone should recognize this
felon. He was an illegal immigrant who was convicted of kidnapping the infant son of famed aviator,
Charles Lindbergh in 1932, near Hopewell Township.
Lindbergh’s kidnapping memorabilia can be seen at
the N.J. State Police Headquarters.
He was executed at Trenton State Prison on April 3,
1936. It was reported that at 8:44 p.m., 2,000 volts of
electricity shot through him. His mouth opened in a
“silent scream.” His body snapped. His hands formed
a clenched fist which pounded the arms of the chair.
The current was turned up higher twice. Smoke began
to rise from his head and a leg. Hauptman was pronounced dead at 8:47 p.m.
Thomas Trantino – Sentenced to death for the execution – style shooting deaths in 1963 of two Lodi, New
Jersey police officers. The sentence was commuted to
life and Trantino was paroled in 2002.
Police were called to a disturbance at the Angel
Lounge on Rt. 46. Ptl. Peter Voto entered first and
was ambushed by a Frank Falco and Trantino who
were there to celebrate a successful robbery. When
Voto didn’t return, Ptl. Gary Tedesco entered and was
ambushed. Both officers were tortured and killed execution style. Falco later died resisting arrest in New
York City.
Peter Kudzinowski – Polish born, American serial
killer. He killed a child in 1924 near Scranton, PA
and a 5 year old in Lake Hopatong. He met a 7 year
old in New York City and took him to a movie. They
then took a train to Jersey City and he took the child to
a swampy area in Secaucus. When the child tried to
get away Kudzinowski slashed the boy’s throat. He is
a suspect in multiple other child murders. He was
convicted in 1928 and executed at Trenton State
Prison in 1929.
Richard Martini – kidnapped and murdered a Fair
Lawn businessman in 1989. He was convicted and
sentenced to death but his sentence was commuted due
to a New Jersey moratorium on the death penalty.
The businessman was an acquaintance of Martini.
After the victim was kidnapped, his wife paid a
$25,000 ransom. Martini killed the victim anyway.
Robert Marshall – In 1984, while returning with his
wife from Atlantic City, he claimed he had a flat tire
and pulled into a picnic area on the Garden State Parkway.
He claimed that as he was checking the tire, he was hit
from behind and knocked out. When he awoke, in a
pool of his blood, he found his wife dead from gun
shots to her back and side.
Evidence ultimately revealed that he had hired a hit
man to kill his wife. He had previously taken out a 1.4
million dollar insurance policy on his wife. Convicted, he was sentenced to death in 1986 and presently is in general population at the prison.
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Rubin “Hurricane” Carter – In 1967, Carter was
found guilty of a triple murder in Patterson. He was a
middle-weight, world professional boxer, losing the
championship to Joey Giardella.
On June 16, 1966, Carter went to meet his business
manager. Later that night, after meeting up at a club
with his friends, Artis and Royster, they were on their
way to Carter’s home when stopped by police.
Earlier that evening, a shooting had taken place at the
Lafayette Bar and the suspects were described as two
black males in a white car. Carter was driving his
white Dodge when stopped.
A wounded victim during the shooting, when viewing
Carter, said Carter was not involved. No weapons
were found in the car and Carter and Artis passed
polygraph tests. Both men were released.
On October 16, 1966 Carter was arrested and charged
with the Lafayette Bar murders. There were now two
witnesses who identified Carter and Artis fleeing the
scene.
It took a jury less than two hours to convict Carter and
Artis. Carter lost his first appeal to the New Jersey
Supreme Court in 1969. He became a leader among
the prison inmates and wrote a biography, The Sixteenth Round.
Elmer Edward Solly – Convicted in 1970 of manslaughter, for the beating death of his girlfriend and
her 2 year old son while in a drunken rage. While
incarcerated at Trenton State Prison, his mother and
grandmother began a letter writing campaign alleging
mistreatment by the prison guards. As a result, Solly
was transferred to Leesburg State Prison in 1974
where he promptly escaped.
Carter’s plight began to attract national media attention. The Prosecution witnesses recanted their trial
testimony. Bob Dylan wrote a song about Carter
called “Hurricane.” In 1974, the New Jersey Supreme
Court reversed the conviction and Carter was freed.
Both were retried and convicted again in 1976 and
sent back to prison.
Solly assumed multiple identities to evade capture.
Eventually, he made his way to Florida and assumed
the name of Vinnie Taylor, former lead guitarist of the
doo-wop revival group, Sha-Na-Na. The real Taylor
had died of a drug overdose in 1974. He later took the
stage name of Daniel “Danny C” Catalano and began
performing and recording under that name.
On November 7, 1985, a federal judge ruled that the
State violated Carter’s constitutional rights on two
occasions. First, the polygraph results given to the
State’s two key witnesses were not disclosed and secondly, the State had appealed to racial prejudice.
Carter was again released and moved to Canada.
Family members of the late Vinnie Taylor learned of
the impersonation and Solly was arrested in May,
2001 and returned to New Jersey. He was paroled in
2003 and died in 2007.
A New York Times article in 1974 claimed that
Carter’s prosecution “exposes an underlying frailty in
the criminal-justice system that convicted Mr. Carter
not once but twice. The convictions were obtained not
by a lone, malevolent investigator but by a network of
detectives, prosecutors and judges who countenanced
the suppression of evidence and the injection of racial
bias into the courtroom.”
The wonderful actor, Denzel Washington, played the
role of Carter in the 1999 movie “The Hurricane”.
Edgar Smith – At one time he was the most famous
prisoner in America. He was sentenced to die in the
electric chair for the murder of a young cheerleader
who was savagely bludgeoned to death. Her body was
found in a sandpit. His crime was so brutal it drew
national attention.
Smith was able to delay his execution by a series of
appeals. He even wrote a book, Brief Against Death,
giving his version of the case.
This caught the attention of columnist, William F.
Buckley, Jr., who helped him overturn his conviction
and negotiate a plea bargain instead of a second trial.
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At the time of his release in December 1971, he was
the longest serving prisoner in America.
Smith moved to California but committed an assault
on a woman leading to his incarceration in that State.
Charlie “The Bug” Workman – In the 1920’s, he
was a hitman for Murder, Inc. Murder, Inc. specialized
in hired killers for the Mafia. Workman’s fame came
when he and another hitman shot Dutch Schultz and
three of his top men on October 23, 1935.
Schultz developed peritonitis from the rusty bullets the
killers used and died twenty two hours after being
shot. Workman was convicted and spent 23 years in
prison. This was the highest profile gangland hit since
the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that took place in
Chicago. Mob informants led to his arrest in 1940. He
was convicted in 1941 and paroled in 1964.
Joseph “Joe Adonis” Doto – In the 1920’s he was an
enforcer for Frankie Yale, boss of the Brooklyn rackets. He was also a friend of “Lucky” Luciano who
ultimately became a mob boss. Luciano arranged for a
rival mob boss to be killed on Coney Island, Brooklyn
on April 15, 1931. He hired Doto, Vito Genevese,
Albert Anastasia and Bugsy Siegel to do the hit. All
but Doto ultimately became major mob bosses.
By 1931, Luciano had risen to Boss of Bosses. Doto
and Luciano controlled bootlegging during Prohibition
in mid-town Manhattan.
By 1936, Luciano was in prison. Genovese became
boss of the mob but fled to Italy in 1937 to avoid a
murder prosecution. Frank Costello was now Boss of
Bosses.
In the 1940’s, Doto moved his gambling rackets to
New Jersey. He was summoned before the U.S. Senate Kefauver Commission investigating organized
crime and took the 5th. He was convicted of gambling
operations in North Jersey and sentenced to prison.
Paroled in 1954, he moved to Italy and died in 1971.
Harold “Kayo” Konigsberg – He was convicted in
1961 for the contract killing of Teamster’s Union
Head Anthony “Three Fingers” Castellito on orders
from Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano. He was suspected in as many as twenty other mob hits.
He was a member of the Bonanno crime family and
admitted there was a mob burial ground on a chicken
farm near Lakewood, N.J.
By the summer of 1965 he was a federal informant.
He was transferred to Sing Sing Prison and paroled on
May 21, 2012 at age 86. To the anger of the relatives
of those he killed, Konigsberg moved to a posh, gated
community in Florida.
George White Rogers – He was the radio operator, in
1934, on the ill-fated passenger liner, Morro Castle.
The day before the ship caught fire, the ship’s captain
died of a heart attack. Prior to dying he told crew
members that he felt someone was out to kill him or
destroy his ship. He called Rogers a “ dangerous radical” and was suspicious of him.
The fire could not be controlled and crew members
were the first to leave and passengers were left to fend
for themselves. The crew fled in under-filled life
boats, 86 passengers and 49 crew members died. Afterwards, there were rumors that the steamship company was in financial trouble and Rogers was hired to
set the fire so that the company could collect millions
in insurance monies.
In 1936, he was hired as a radio room operator by the
Bayonne Police Department as an assistant to a Vincent Doyle, who became suspicious of Roger’s role in
the Morro Castle disaster and began to ask questions.
In March, 1938, Doyle gave Rogers a heater for a fish
tank to repair. When it was returned, Doyle plugged it
in and it exploded. Doyle survived but Rogers was
convicted of Attempted Murder.
He was sentenced to 12 to 20 in the Trenton State
Prison but released in 1942 to join the Armed Forces.
However, the Navy rejected him and he returned to
Bayonne and opened another radio repair shop. A
friend, William Hummel, loaned Rogers money.
By 1953, Hummel began pressuring Rogers to repay
him. One month later, police found Hummel and his
daughter savagely bludgeoned to death. In 1954,
Rogers was convicted of two counts of Murder and
sentenced to life in prison. He died in 1958.
Joseph “Newsboy” Moriarity – He started a numbers
racket at age 13. On September 15, 1958, a Jersey
central commuter train carrying 200 passengers derailed. A newspaper photo of the train showed the
number 932 on the side of the train. That number received the largest number of bets and was the winning
number the next day. Moriarity was convicted of
possession of betting slips and sentenced to Trenton
State Prison. On July 2, 1962, two laborers were fixing a garage in Jersey City and found his 1947 Plymouth. In the trunk was 2.6 million dollars in cash
which was seized by the F.B.I. Moriarity initially
denied owning it but later completed tax forms claiming it was income.
By the end of his career, he had been arrested 47
times. He died in 1979.
Clark Squire a/k/a Sundiata Acoli – A college
graduate and mathematician, he was a member of the
Black Liberation Army sentenced to life in prison in
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1974 for the murder of New Jersey State Trooper
Werner Foerster.
On May 2, 1973, Foerster stopped a car on the New
Jersey Turnpike for a motor vehicle violation. In the
back seat was Squire. The driver was James Costan.
Also in the car was Joanne Chesimard and two other
passengers.
Someone in the car shot and killed Foerster. Another
trooper killed Costan and wounded one of the passengers. Squire fled but was captured two days later.
A friend of Biegenwald’s wife went to the police after
Biegenwald showed her another woman’s body he had
hidden in the garage of his Asbury Park home.
A Dherran Fitzgerald, who lived with the Biegenwalds
showed police where Biegenwald buried five bodies in
New Jersey and Staten Island. A ninth body was
found in a shallow grave in Neptune City.
He was convicted and given four life sentences.
Biegenwald died in 2008.
Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski –
Chesimard was also captured and sentenced to prison.
She escaped in 1979 fleeing to Cuba where she remains today. It is said that the U.S. Government will
never formally recognize Cuba unless Chesimard is
returned to the U.S. by Cuba.
Squire ultimately changed his name to Sundiata Acoli.
There is a national campaign by some fringe groups to
have Acoli paroled. He is referred to as an African
Freedom Fighter and a prisoner of war.
He was also acquitted in 1969 in the Panther 21 conspiracy trial which was a conspiracy to blow up a
number of New York City department stores and the
New York Botanical Gardens. Presently, he is in a
federal prison in Pennsylvania.
John List – On November 9, 1971 he killed his wife,
her mother and three minor children in their Westfield,
N.J. home. He then disappeared. He planned the murders so meticulously that nearly a month passed before
anyone knew anything was amiss.
List was a fugitive for 18 years, moving to Colorado
and remarrying. A story broadcast on “America’s
Most Wanted” led to his arrest in 1989.
List was found guilty and sentenced to five life terms.
He died in prison in 2008. When asked why he did it,
he admitted that he owed money on his mortgage and
that his wife had dementia brought on by syphilis contracted from her first husband and hidden from List
until just before committing the murders.
Richard Biegenwald - He was a serial killer who
committed his crimes in Monmouth County. Between
1958 and 1983, he killed at least nine people and was
suspected in two other murders.
In 1958, he robbed a grocery store in Bayonne and
killed the owner who coincidently, was a lawyer. He
received a life sentence and was paroled in 1974.
In 1983, he killed an 18 year old female after luring
her into his car. Her body was found two days later in
a wooded area with four bullets in her head.
He was a brutal and sadistic killer and torturer. Feared
throughout the underworld, he was for many years, the
top Mafia hitman for Newark’s DeCalvacante crime
family and New York City’s Five Families. He
claimed to have murdered over 100 with his first at
age 13.
The “Iceman” used ever-changing methods to kill his
victims – guns, knives, explosives, tire irons, fire, poison, asphyxiation and even bare – handed beatings.
He disposed of the bodies by placing them in oil
drums, dismemberment, burial or placing the bodies in
the trunks of cars and having them crushed in a junk
yard.
He got the nickname “Iceman” by disguising the time
of death by freezing corpses in an industrial freezer.
In his autobiography, Kuklinshi even claimed to have
murdered Jimmy Hoffa.
He was arrested in 1986 and convicted of five murders
in 1988. He pled guilty to a sixth murder – the murder
of a NYPD detective.
The “Iceman” died in 2006 at the St. Francis Medical
Center prison infirmary. The death was suspicious
because he was scheduled to testify that former Gambino crime family underboss, Sammy Gravano, had
ordered him to kill the NYPD detective. The charges
against Gravano were dropped.
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Currently, actor Micky Rouke, is producing a Hollywood movie about the “Iceman”.
too much. It was obvious from the “hit” that Russo
knew his killer.
Leslie Nelson – On April 20, 1995, Nelson shot and
killed a Camden County Prosecutor’s investigator in
Haddon Heights with an AK47. The investigator, with
a Haddon Heights police officer, who was also killed,
had gone to Nelson’s home to investigate a child
abuse complaint.
Russo was said to be the inspiration for the
“Sopranos” fictional character, Big Pussy Bonpensiero
played by Vincent Pastore. In one segment of the Sopranos, when the fictional “Pussy” gets rubbed out,
Tony & Co. thoughtfully take off his rings before
chucking the body into the water.
Nelson was a transsexual go-go dancer formally
known as Glenn Nelson. She was convicted two times
of both murders and sentenced to death but our Supreme Court set aside the verdicts. Finally, Nelson
pled guilty and is presently serving her sentence at the
Edna Mahon Women’s Prison.
Russo got his nickname from his vast collection of
stuffed toy cats that served as mementos of his early
days as a cat burglar.
James Koedatich – His first murder victim was his
roommate in Dade County, Florida in 1971. He was
convicted and paroled in 1982 moving to Morristown,
New Jersey.
Ruggiero “Richie the Boot” Boiardo – Became the
leader of Newark’s Italian First Ward running a bootlegging operation during Prohibition. This led to a
mob battle in the 1930’s for control of the Newark
rackets. He was shot twelve times and survived. He
was able to forge a relationship with “Lucky” Luciano
and became a “Capo” in the Genovese crime family.
Boiardo lived on a sprawling estate in Livingston, NJ
and often wore a $10,000 diamond belt buckle. In
1970, Life Magazine did a photo spread of his estate
calling it “Transylvania Traditional.”
In 1969, he was sentenced to Leesburg Prison for
gambling crimes. Previously, in 1930, while being
driven home, he was shot. While at the hospital, a gun
was found in his jacket. He was convicted and sent to
Trenton State Prison.
Boiardo was a close associate of Newark mayor, Hugh
Addonizio. That association led to Addonizio’s arrest
with 14 others including Boiardo’s son. Addonizio
was convicted and sent to federal prison.
It is widely believed that “Ritchie the Boot” was the
model for Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) in
Mario Puzo’s book, The Godfather. Boiardo died in
1984.
Anthony “Little Pussy” Russo – Boss of the Genovese mob in Monmouth County. He was a flamboyant
figure who was found dead in his locked apartment in
the posh Harbor Island Spa in Long Branch in 1979
with three bullets to the brain. A Russo associate,
Louis “Killer Louie” Ferraro, found the body. All
Russo’s jewelry had been stolen. The next day, when
police returned to examine the room, all the jewelry
had been returned. Russo wore gaudy rings and drove
a pink Cadillac and was described as a mob figure
from a bygone era.
On November 23, 1982, Amy Hoffman, a high school
cheerleader, was kidnapped from a mall and stabbed
to death.
Twelve days later, 29 year old Deidre O’Brien was
snatched from her car, on a dark country road, raped
and stabbed to death.
On January 16, 1983, Koedatich called the Morristown police and claimed he had been stopped by an
unknown assailant and stabbed in the back about a
quarter of a mile from O’Brien’s murder.
Police checked his car and noticed that the tire treads
matched the tire tracks at the scene.
Koedatich was convicted of O’Brien’s murder in 1984
but only received a life sentence because three jurors
balked at voting for the death penalty.
He was also convicted in 1984 of Amy Hoffman’s
murder and was sentenced to die. He was the first
person sentenced to die under New Jersey’s revised
capital punishment law. (Richard Biegenwald was the
second)
Jesse Timmendequas – Convicted of the rape and
murder of 7 year old Megan Kanka in Hamilton
Towhship leading to the passage of Megan’s Laws in
all fifty states. Need I say more.
Keith Alford – Convicted of the torture and murder of
socialite Emma Jane Stockton (a direct descendent of
Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence) in 1979 in the Mill Hill section of Trenton,
just a few blocks from the Courthouse complex.
Using a ladder, Alford climbed to the second floor,
broke a window, climbed in and raped Stockton before
killing her.
“Ritchie the Boot” Bolardo said, after the hit, that
Russo’s killing was for the best because Russo talked
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Approximately, one month later, Alford was arrested
driving the stolen car of Anna May Chicalski who had
been found murdered in her Hamilton Township home
the day before.
Convicted of both murders, Alford is serving a life
sentence at Trenton State Prison and is not eligible for
parole until 2031.
Anthony Tassone – reputed mob boss of Mercer
County and one of the last remaining Trenton oldschool gangsters died in 2009 at his home in Ewing
Township.
He was connected to the Gambino organized crime
family who testified in court that he made his living
“playing cards and shooting dice”.
Tassone was involved in fixing horse races. He served
four years of a thirty year sentence in federal prison
for race fixing in Rhode Island in the 1970’s and again
from 1983-1984 in Michigan.
He also served time at Trenton State Prison for orchestrating the armed robbery and kidnapping of the wife
and young daughter of a prominent Trenton dentist
from their home in the Hiltonia section of the City.
Hidden upstairs was the young son of the dentist and
his wife and their housekeeper. Police were called and
a high-speed chase ensued down Rt. 29 towards Trenton. The kidnappers were caught and the wife and
daughter rescued unharmed.
The aborted robbery was set up by Tassone with the
help of a very prominent Trenton lawyer, Lawrence
Stein, who was a Tassone confident. Stein apparently
told Tassone that the dentist had large sums of money
and was very wealthy.
The then teenage son of the dentist is now a wellrespected Trenton area attorney.
POSTSCRIPT
If you ever have the chance to visit a client or potential witness at the Trenton State Prison, just remember,
you never know who you may pass in the hallways of
this infamous prison.
If you have some perverse fascination with prison
felons, it is astounding how many internet websites
exist where you can find a prison pen pal. They even
have sites where you can find a serial killer for a pen
pal! Have fun!!
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The 13th Annual Bench Bar Luncheon
And Ethical Leadership Seminar
The Trenton Historic Masonic Temple
March 20, 2013
MCBA President Samuel M. Gaylord
Jeffrey Blumstein, Arnold Lakind and the
Hon. Linda R. Feinberg (ret.)
Michael Grillo and Renee
Robeson
Martha Nye, Richard Greenhaus, Hon. Janetta
D. Marbrey, Hon. Joseph Bocchini, Jr. and
Hon. Peter W. Warshaw
Corrine Cooke and the
Hon. Mark Fleming
Sheree Maskantz and the
Hon. Paul Catanese (ret.)
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Jennifer Downing, Heather Hadley
and Elizabeth Arteaga
Paula Sollami Covello, J. Robert Bratman
and Evan Lide
Michael Kahme, MCBA President
Samuel Gaylord and Kelly Botti
Patricia Herst and Nancy Goldstein
Will Fisher, MCBA Vice President Michelle Gasparian and Brian McCauley
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April 2013
The Hon. Thomas W. Sumners, Jr.
and Sonya Diaz
MCBA Treasurer Colleen Crocker
and Louis DeMille
Gregory Giordano, Hon. Bill Mathesius
(ret.) and Robert P. Casey
Andrew Ferencevych, Scott Krasny
and Irene Clopton
MCBA Trustees Tanya Phillips, Brian
Shea and Margaret Chipowsky
Donald Driggers, Nicholas Pantages
and Bernard Campbell
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April 2013
Judy Young
and Hoe Chin Kim
Jeffrey Posta
Edward Hoffmann. Bucky La Ferrara and
Antonio Martinez
John Jingoli
and Skylar Weissman
Rebecca Faulkner, Jeffrey Gradone
and Paul Devlin
Jennifer Zoschak
and Michael Brottman
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April 2013
Members In the News
Two attorneys from the
Princeton, N.J., office of
Archer & Greiner P.C. are
honored as “New Jersey Super Lawyers,” and a third is
honored as a “New Jersey
Rising Star” in the April
2013 issue of New Jersey
Monthly magazine, in recognition of their professional
achievements and reputation
among peers.
Neal L. Schonhaut, of Titusville, Super Lawyer in the
practice area of Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiff. Mr.
Schonhaut practices litigation
involving significant injuries
re-
sulting from medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents
and defective products. His
practice also has a concentration in employment litigation
arising from claims brought
pursuant to federal and state
discrimination laws.
Jeffrey D. Gordon, of Ewing,
Super Lawyer in the practice
area of Tax Law. Mr. Gordon
is Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Tax Appeal Group and is
also a Certified Tax Assessor.
He has handled complex commercial and industrial tax appeals in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and other
East Coast states.
Jeffrey M. Gradone, of
Princeton, Rising Star in the
practice area of Real Estate
Law. Mr. Gradone concentrates his practice in local property taxation and eminent domain proceedings. He prosecutes complex property tax appeals in New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania and other
Mid-Atlantic and New England
states.
Jeffrey M. Pollock, partner in
the Princeton office of Fox
Rothschild LLP, was recently
elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Pollock was elected by his
peers to become a member of
this honorary organization of
attorneys, judges, law faculty
and legal scholars who have
demonstrated
outstanding
achievements and dedication to
the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.
Pollock is recognized as a leading environmental, insurance
litigation and general commercial litigation attorney in New
Jersey by Chambers USA. He
has also been certified by the
New Jersey Supreme Court as
a Civil Trial Lawyer. He focuses his practice on complex
litigation, environmental law
and policyholder representation.
A frequent speaker and prolific
author on environmental is-
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sues, Jeffrey is a regular contributor to the Eastern Water
Law & Policy Reporter. He
is a member of the American
Bar Association Environmental Litigation Committee,
Risk Insurance Management
Society of New York and
New Jersey as well as the
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Committee on Character.
Pollock earned his B.A. from
Hamilton College in 1984
and his J.D. from New York
University School of Law in
1987.
Seven partners from the
Princeton, N.J. office of
Hill Wallack LLP have been
selected to the 2013 New Jersey Super Lawyers list. Each
year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the
state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.
Those selected to the Super
Lawyers list this year include
Thomas F. Carroll, III
(Land Use), Stephen M. Eisdorfer (Land Use/
Environmental), Gerard H.
Hanson (Insurance Coverage), Michael S. Karpoff
(Community Associations),
Suzanne M. Marasco
(Insurance Defense), Kenneth E. Meiser (Land Use),
and Ronald M. Perl
(Community Associations).
MCBA Lawyer
Referral Service
MCBA Lawyer Referral Service– needs
attorneys who focus on any of the following categories: Mortgage Modifications,
Taxation, Small Claims, or Special Civil
Part. We are also seeking Spanish speaking
attorneys in all practice areas. Interested
attorneys can receive more information
about the Lawyer Referral Service by calling the MCBA office at 609-585-6200.
In addition, three attorneys
from the Princeton, N.J. office have been selected to the
2013 New Jersey Rising
Stars list. Each year, no more
than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected
by the research team at Super
Lawyers to receive this
honor. Rising Stars are those
who are 40 years old or
younger, or who have been
practicing for 10 years or
less.
Those selected to the Rising
Stars list this year include
Jonathan H. Katz
(Community Associations),
Irene N. Komandis
(Insurance Defense) and
Todd J. Leon (Insurance
Coverage).
Christina L. Saveriano, a
member of Hill Wallack
LLP’s Complex Litigation
and Employment & Labor
Law practice groups has been
promoted to counsel of the
firm. She concentrates her
practice in commercial litigation, complex civil litigation
and regulatory law with a
focus on corporate compliance issues.
Ms. Saveriano practices in
both state and federal court.
She is admitted to practice in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She received her law
degree from the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law and is a
graduate of Rowan University.
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Welcome New Members
Ralph Gerstein, Esq.
12 Canoe Brook Drive
West Windsor, NJ08550
609-275-6111
Mathew B. Lun, Esq.
100 Horizon Blvd.,
Suite 216
Hamilton, NJ
609-384-3770
Harpreet S. Mangat
Financial Advisor
Ameriprise Financial
2 Research Way
Princeton, NJ08540
609-921-1044
Jodi Mindnich, Esq.
Zirulnik, Sherlock &DeMille
1395 Yardville-Hamilton
Square Rd., Suite 202
Hamilton, NJ08691
609-890-0052
Kristen Merski
Foundation Title
3840 Quakerbridge Road
Hamilton, NJ
609-586-7077
Brian J. Mulligan, Esq.
Assist America, Inc.
202 Carnegie Center
Suite 302A
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-921-0868
Maryanna Paolinie, Esq.
NJ Dept of Treasury
Tax Division
50 Barracks Street
Trenton, NJ
609-292-6375
Nabila Saeed, Esq.
Stark & Stark
P.O. Box 5315
Princeton, NJ 08543-5315
609-896-9060
Members on the
Move
Karen Confoy, Esq.
Fox Rothschild LLP
997 Lenox Drive, Bldg 3
Lawrence, NJ 08648
609-844-3033
609-896-1469 (fax)
Lisa A. DeMarzo, Esq.
The Hampshire Companies
83 South Street
Morristown, NJ07960
(973) 734-4247
(973) 631-8750 (fax)
Kimberly Maxwell Wilson, Esq.
Office of Corporation Counsel,
City of Hoboken
94 Washington Avenue
Hoboken, NJ07030
(201) 420-2057
Michael T. Pidgeon
Pidgeon & Pidgeon, P.C.
600 Alexander Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
609-520-1010
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Registration forms for seminars and events are posted on the Mercer County Bar Association website
www.mercerbar.com. On the home page there are tabs across the top. Hover your mouse over the “events” tab, and then
choose “calendar of events” from the drop-down menu. That will take you to a page where you will find the seminars and
events listed in chronological order. Clicking on an underlined event will take you to the registration form. If you have
any questions, call the MCBA office 609-585-6200.
April
April 18, 2013
Municipal Bench Bar Meeting
Ewing Township Municipal
Courthouse; 3:30 p.m.
April 26, 2013
Industrial Site Remediation
2.0 CLE Luncheon Seminar
MCBA Office
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. noon
May
May 1, 2013
Ethics & Courtroom Decorum
1.0 Ethics Credits
Wine tasting & Appetizers
Rat’s Restaurant
5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
May 6, 2013
Law Day Presentations at
County Middle Schools
Various Locations
May 7, 2013
Bankruptcy Bench Bar
Judge Kaplan’s Courtroom
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
May 7, 2013
Trustees Meeting
Kenji Fusion
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
May 9, 2013
May General Membership
Meeting & Cocktail Reception
Mt View Golf Club, 5:30 p.m.
May 14, 2013
Real Estate Section
CLE Luncheon Seminar
Greenacres Country Club
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
June 8, 2013
Bankruptcy & Family Law
CLE Dinner Seminar
Rho Restaurant
5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
May 16, 2013
Lawyers C.A.R.E. Legal Clinic
Hamilton Township Library
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
June 10, 2013
MCBA Golf & Tennis Outing
Cherry Valley Country Club
12:00 p.m. noon
May 17, 2013
Community Projects Volunteer
Day at T.A.S.K.
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
June 14, 2013
Witness Preparation
2.0 CLE Luncheon Seminar
MCBA Office
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. noon
June
June 4, 2013
Bankruptcy Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
June 4, 2013
Real Estate Section Luncheon
Seminar: Adverse Possession
and Prescriptive Easements
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
June 20, 2013
Municipal Bench Bar
Ewing Township Municipal Court
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
July
July 2, 2013
Bankruptcy Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
July 11, 2013
June 4, 2013
Trustees Meeting
Paulie’s Anna Rose
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
July 11, 2013
Lawyers C.A.R.E. Clinic
Lawrence Library; 5:30 p.m.
June 7, 2013
Community Projects
Volunteer Day
Meals on Wheels
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
July 16, 2013
Real Estate Section Trustees
Meeting
MCBA Office
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
April 2013
July 19, 2013
Day at T.A.S.K.
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
August
August 6, 2013
Bankruptcy Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
August 8, 2013
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
August 20, 2013
Meeting
MCBA Office
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
August 21, 2013
Day at the Fathers’ & Men
United for a Better Trenton
Annual Community Day
September
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Mercer County Connection
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
September 17, 2013
Meeting
MCBA Office
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
September 18, 2012
Judges & Law Clerks Dinner
Rho Restaurant
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
September 19, 2013
Family Bench Bar
Judge Fitzpatrick’s Courtroom
3:30 p.m.
September 20, 2013
Day with Meals on Wheels
10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
October
October 1, 2013
Bankruptcy Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
September 3, 2012
Opening Ceremony of the
Courts and Memorial Service
Superior Courthouse
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
October 1, 2013
Trustees Meeting
Malaga’s Restaurant
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
September 3, 2013
Bankruptcy Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
September 3, 2013
Trustees Meeting
DeAnna’s Restaurant
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
October 10, 2013
Lawrence Library Branch
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
October 15, 2013
Meeting
MCBA Office
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
September 12, 2013
October 17, 2013
Municipal Bench Bar
Ewing Township Municipal Court
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
November
November 5, 2013
Bankruptcy Meeting
4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
November 5, 2013
Trustees Meeting
Settimo Cielo Restaurant
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
November 14, 2013
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
November 14, 2013
Family Bench Bar
Judge Fitzpatrick’s Courtroom
3:30 p.m.
November 19, 2013
Meeting
MCBA Office
9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
November 20, 2013
Xtreme CLE Conference
The Conference Center at MCC
8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Please Note: We accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express. All event and seminar fees must be paid 10 days prior to the event in
order to qualify for the lowest registration fee. An additional $10 will be charged on reservations or payments received after the published
registration deadline. Please be advised our caterers require a head-count 48 hours in advance of an event. We must pay for a reservation made for you whether or not you attend. To receive a refund or to not be charged for your reservation, we must receive your cancellation in writing at least 48-hours in advance of an event for which you are registered. You will be charged a $25 administrative fee for timely
reservation cancellations. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thank you for understanding.
Mercer County Bar Association
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Suite 420
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Upcoming CLE Dates & Times
Friday, April 26th; 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. noon. Industrial Site Remediation Briefing
2.0 NJ/NY*/PA Credits; MCBA Office
Wednesday, May 1st: 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. WLC Ethics Seminar - Ethics & Courtroom Decorum 1.0 NJ/NY*/PA Ethics Credits: Rat’s Restaurant at the Grounds for Sculpture
Tuesday, May 14th; 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Deed in Lieu & Other Distressed Property
Sales; Real Estate Section CLE Luncheon Seminar 2.0 NJ/NY*/PA Credits:

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