Wow – what a great turn out! For me, the summer officially starts when I attend the TANJ Annual Meeting at The Breakers ~ thank you for starting the summer with me last night!

The highlights of the Annual Meeting are:

• Hon. Jack Sabatino’s Keynote Speech – about live-streaming appellate arguments and how we Trial Attorneys embody civics lessons to jurors – was powerful.

• Johanna Barba Jones, Director, NJ Office of Attorney Ethics presented an insightful and approachable CLE, “De-Mystifying Attorney Discipline for Trial Attorneys.”

• Ed Mathews strutted his stuff as TANJ Parliamentarian.

• For the Thurs., Oct. 9, 2025 Trial Bar Awards Gala at the Pleasantdale Chateau, TANJ announced the award recipients:

  • Trial Bar Awards: (1) Don Lomurro of Lomurro Law, (2) Trish Giordano of Feldman Shepherd, and (3) Craig Hilliard of Stark & Stark

  • Special Recognition Award: The Honorable Jaynee LaVecchia (ret.), former Justice on the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and now with McCarter & English

• Lively conversation with TANJ members while enjoying drinks on the porch on a perfect summer day!

Summer has started ~ enjoy!

Regards,

Sheila

President of TANJ 2024-‘25