New Year, New Board, and Push for New Membership
IWIRC-NJ recently empanelled a new board led by Tara Schellhorn of Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti and Nicole Stefanelli of Lowenstein Sandler. Meredith Friedman is serving as Vice Chair/Secretary, Michelle Morris Aurich of WithumSmith+Brown is serving as Treasurer, Kelly Curtin of Porzio Bromberg & Newman is serving as Director of Membership and Sponsorship, Sydney Darling of Connell Foley is serving as Director of Communications and Margarita Ginzburg of Day Pitney is serving as Director of Programming. Immediate past co-chairs Shoshana Schiff of Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono and Terri Freedman of Freedman Law, also continue to serve on the IWIRC-NJ Board.
Member News
Congratulations to Sarah Frankel and the525group. the525group was recognized by the National Law Journal as "Best National Legal Recruiter" and "Best National Legal Outplacement/Career Transition Counseling" in their annual "Best Of" survey. the525group is the first nationally recognized recruiting firm focused exclusively in the restructuring space.
Cole Schotz P.C. is pleased to announce that Rebecca Hollander joined the firm as an associate in the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Department. Prior to that, Ms. Hollander was a judicial clerk with the Honorable Andrew B. Altenburg, Jr., United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey. The New York office of Cole Schotz P.C. has relocated to 1325 Avenue of the Americas, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10019. Tour the office: http://coleschotznews.com/cv/c18f8a6064d41eaa2abe1aa4cc4c9cd0a77fcded
Ali Kelly was promoted to Senior Counsel at Liner Law LLP.
Joyce A. Kuhns has joined Offit Kurman as a Principal attorney in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice group. Joyce will work in the firm’s Baltimore office. Joyce has represented debtors and creditors on billion-dollar bankruptcy and restructuring matters. Her clients include individual lenders, borrowers, equity committees, regulators, and trustees.
Lisa Yonka Stevens (Yumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin) was promoted to Partner. She will continue working in the firm’s Columbia and Annapolis offices. Her practice includes debtor, committee, and trustee bankruptcy work, litigation, and commercial lease negotiation and documentation. Lisa will be a panelist for the upcoming Anatomy of a Commercial Lease: Mock Lease Negotiation on March 9, 2016 from 6-8 p.m. at the Anne Arundel Community College. This CLE program will provide a dynamic mock commercial lease negotiation between counsel for the landlord and counsel for the tenant and will include general business and bankruptcy-specific issues that may arise between the landlord and tenant.
Sarah Frankel
Rebecca Hollander
Ali Kelly
Joyce A. Kuhns
Lisa Yonka Stevens