2020 50 Year Event Digital Journal

Essex County Bar Association Annual Fifty Year Dinner 2020 Annual Celebration of our Fifty Year Members & Presentation of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award November 16, 2020



Program Welcome Opening Remarks Presentations to the Class of 1970 Presentation of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Introduction by Joseph A. Hayden, Jr., Esq. Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. Remarks by Raymond M. Brown, Esq. Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C. Closing Remarks

Past Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients SAMUEL S. SAIBER LUCAS PHILLIPS HONORABLE MARIE L. GARIBALDI HONORABLE DANIEL J. O’HERN HONORABLE JOHN J. GIBBONS ADRIAN “BUD” FOLEY JOHN P. MCGEE THOMAS L. MORRISSEY HONORABLE ALVIN WEISS HONORABLE NICHOLAS H. POLITAN HONORABLE HERMAN D. MICHELS HONORABLE WILLIAM G. BASSLER JOSEPH P. LASALA HONORABLE JAMES R. ZAZZALI WILLIAM B. MCGUIRE DAVID SAMSON BERNARD A. KUTTNER MARY JEAN GALLAGHER GOVERNOR BRENDAN T. BYRNE HONORABLE KATHARINE S. HAYDEN LAURENCE B. ORLOFF HONORABLE MICHAEL A. PETROLLE HONORABLE EDWIN H. STERN KENNETH F. KUNZMAN

FIFTY YEAR MEMBERS 2020 Bernard S. Davis Gary L. Falkin Michael Francis* Hon. Donald S. Goldman (Ret.) Jonathan L. Goldstein Harvey S. Grossman Michael Muscio David H. Posner Paul I. Rosenberg Stanley M. Varon Jeffrey P. Weinstein Evan W. Zwillman Raymond M. Brown, Esq. 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient * Although the indicated attorney could not participate in this year’s event, we extend to him our congratulations on reaching this impressive milestone.

BERNARD S. DAVIS My father, William Howe Davis, and my grandfather, Thomas A. Davis, were both lawyers. So from an early age I knew I wanted to be a lawyer. I started law school at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark in September, 1967, approximately one month after the occurrence of the Newark riots. A week prior to gradua- tion from law school in 1970 the Kent State protests and massacre occurred. They were certainly turbulent times. Like many of my classmates, I was married during law school and had my first child before graduation. So they were also great times. My wife, Eileen, helped put me through law school by working as a legal secretary for a firm in New York City. The Vietnam War was ramping up, so like many of my classmates, I was classified 1-A, meaning we could be drafted at any time. My draft board in East Orange permitted me to attend school one semester at a time, subject to being called to duty at the end of each semester. I was able to make it through school without being drafted. A few of my classmates were drafted out of school. Some were just returning from active duty. I was fortunate to have a clerkship at the firm of Shanley and Fisher in the summer of 1969. The clerkship continued part time through my third year in school as we had our first child in October of 1969. I learned a lot working at a big firm, par- ticularly the value of hard work. Among the highlights of my clerkship, I was permitted to attend the oral argument in the Colonial Pipeline Case before the State Supreme Court, a case that I helped brief. The partner who argued the case bought me lunch at the Howard Johnson’s on Route 1 on the ride back from Trenton. Within a few days of completing the bar exam, I began my basic training at Fort Dix. That was followed by advanced training at Fort Devens in Massachusetts. One of my happiest days during that time was when I received a phone call from my proud father informing me that I had passed the bar exam. I was actually allowed a day off by the Army to be sworn in at the War Memorial Building in Trenton. When my law school buddies last saw me after the bar exam I weighed 192 pounds. On the day of my swearing in I weighed 164 pounds, they all thought I was dying. The Army will do that to you. After serving my active duty, I landed my first full-time job at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District New Jersey. I was hired by Herbert J. Stern to serve in the Civil Division. While this was one of the lesser known Divisions within the office, it provided a great training ground to becom- ing a practicing attorney. As AUSA’s, we appeared regularly in Federal District Court, the United States Bankruptcy Court and the State Courts. Maryanne Trump Barry started her career in our de- partment. Within my first year at the U.S. Attorney’s office, I was assigned a case that was to be argued in just a few weeks before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. It was an interesting day in that the lawyers arguing the prior two cases on the docket received almost no questions from the three judge panel. As my case was heard, however, the judges questioned me full force. Being barely a year out of law school, I only had my appellate moot court training at Seton Hall to fall back on, as well as my grilling by the Shanley partners on my research results.

BERNARD S. DAVIS My co-celebrant on this 50 year occasion, Jonathan L. Goldstein succeeded Herb Stern as the Unit- ed States Attorney in 1974. He appointed me the Deputy Chief of the Civil Division, which brought with it additional responsibilities. Jon took a keen interest in the work of the Civil Division, as many Federal civil statutes can meet out treble damages. Jon was kind enough to nominate me for a Spe- cial Achievement Award from the Department of Justice when I left the office in 1976. I still have the award on my desk at home. My most notable case at the U.S. Attorney’s office came in 1973, just a little over 2 years after I be- gan my career. The case of Stephen C. Wiesenfeld vs. Secretary of HEW landed in the Civil Divi- sion. This involved a sex discrimination case centered on the application by a widower for Social Se- curity benefits upon the death of his wife. At that time, there was no classification for widowers to re- ceive survivor benefits. My adversary was Ruth Bader Ginsberg. On the one occasion I spoke direct- ly to Justice Ginsberg, then Professor Ginsberg, she turned me down on my request for an exten- sion of time to reply to the massive set of briefs the Rutgers Women’s Law Group had filed. Upon receiving the filings, we called the Civil Division in the Department of Justice, thinking that they would take over the case, since it was of national importance. I knew we were in trouble when DOJ responded that they were too busy to handle the case. Though we had to work night and day to meet the briefing timetable, in retrospect it was my privilege to argue the case before a Three Judge District Court, which is empaneled to hear constitutional challenges to Federal law. Of course, we lost the case and upon direct appeal to U.S. Supreme Court, the lower court determination was affirmed. The case is of historical moment in the career of Justice Ginsburg. In 2018, I was admitted to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Ginsberg addressed our group after the formal proceedings ended. Unfortunately I didn’t get chance to speak to her directly. I am not sure she would have remembered me, as I grew a beard after 1973. One of the more novel matters I tried while an AUSA was a suit brought by the FDA against 2 million cans of Bon Vivant Soup. The case originated from the death of a man who had consumed a portion of a can of vichyssoise manufactured by Bon Vivant. His wife barely survived the incident. Upon inspection of the home, authorities found the empty can of Bon Vivant soup in their garbage can. Tests on the remnants in the can proved that the soup contained botulism. When the FDA visited the company at its plant in Newark, they found that their record keeping was woefully lacking. As a result, the United States commenced suits in every federal district in which stores of soup could be found. All the cases were consolidated for trial in the N.J. District Court. Judge Whipple was assigned to the matter. After many weeks of trial, the company capitulated and agreed to the destruction of all the cans of soup. That commenced many months of activity around the country to find suitable locations for the destruction of the soup. My wife was a good sport to host a dinner for the representatives from the FDA, who were camped out for weeks in a hotel in Newark. Talk about pressure. Another novel matter I handled was the seizure of a foreign fishing vessel on the Continental Shelf by the U.S. Coast Guard for “lobstering”. My chief witness was going to be a 35 pound lobster found onboard, until the Polish embassy paid a hefty fine to retrieve their boat.

BERNARD S. DAVIS I feel as though I have led two professional lives. After a chance meeting with Jack Kraft, I found myself at the growing firm of Kraft & Hughes. This commenced a 40+ year career as a bond attor- ney. Had I remained in litigation, I probably would have re- tired 10 years ago. As with all areas of the law, the bond practice has its pressures and deadlines. However, I am pleased to say I am still practicing law at the firm of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, which has provided me with a wonderful environment in which to work. The bond practice has enabled me to put three sons through college and my wife through Bloomingdales. The bond practice has been very rewarding and has enabled me to work with some of the best transactional lawyers in the State of New Jersey. I have a sense of great accomplishment for the work I have completed as a bond attorney, having been able to complete tax-exempt financings to benefit governmental bodies, manufacturers and not-for-profit entities around the state. Most notably, I have served as bond counsel for the majority of the charter school financings that have taken place in New Jer- sey. One only has to attend one of their groundbreaking ceremonies to feel a sense of accom- plishment about what charter schools are able to do. I feel like I am part of their success. I have to thank my wife of 52 years, Eileen, for her support all these years and for holding dinner so many nights so I could have supper with her and my boys. “Bern’s extraordinary 50-year career is most aptly synthesized in one word: service — whether to our country as an active duty service mem- ber, to our state as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, to New Jersey’s legal community as a trailblazer in the area of public finance and to our firm as an esteemed and valued member of the CSG family. I congratulate Bern, my colleague and good friend, as he crosses this truly remarkable milestone, and I thank him for always answering the “call to service.” Daniel A. Schwartz, Managing Member Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

GARY L. FALKIN Mr. Gary L. Falkin is a proud alumnae of Rutgers University, where he earned his undergraduate degree and Rutgers University School of Law - Camden. He was admitted to the Bars of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for District of New Jersey in 1970, the Bar of New York in 1981 and the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1972. At present, Mr. Falkin shares his many talents and experience in an Of Counsel role at the firm Donnelly, Minder & Kelly, LLC located in Morristown, NJ. Before joining the firm, Mr. Falkin was in private practice where he con- centrated on several areas of law including real estate, transactional, construction, general commer- cial litigation, business, and the review of legal malpractice in cases related to those areas. Prior to that, he served as associate and later partner with several New Jersey law firms. Mr. Falkin has represented clients in all aspects of commercial, industrial, multi-family and residen- tial real estate transactions, including: acquisition, sale, lease and financing; compliance with envi- ronmental laws; zoning and planning board applications; real estate-related litigation; condominium and cooperative registrations and related issues; construction contracts; and real estate tax ap- peals. He also has represented business clients in asset and stock sale and purchase transactions, and owners and contractors in the preparation of contracts, liens and other construction-related is- sues and litigation. He also has served as Of Counsel to a New York City law firm. Qualified as an expert witness in matters relating to real estate, business, corporate, conflict of inter- est, and general litigation, Mr. Falkin has appeared before the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division and Chancery Division in this capacity approximately 25 times. In addition, he has rendered more than 450 expert opinions in legal malpractice cases on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Among the opinions in which Mr. Falkin has been cited are Cottone v. Fox Rothschild, LLP, Unpub. Appellate Division Opinion dated September 2, 2014; Lee v. Policastro, Unpub. Appellate Division Opinion dated July 31, 2009; LaBracio v. 1239 v. Kroop et. al., 340 N.J. Super. 155 (App. Div. 2001); Cross Creek Pointe v. Adler, Unpub. Opinion Judge Kole, J.A.D. t/a dated Jan. 26, 1999. Opinions in which Mr. Falkin was the expert but not cited include Grubbs v. Knoll, 376 N.J. Super. 420 (App. Div. 2005). Mr. Falkin is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named to the list of NJ Super Law- yers for 2019. Mr. Falkin has been chosen for this designation each year since 2013. Mr. Falkin has served as an ICLE Speak- er in seminars entitled “Mediation and Arbitration of Professional Malpractice Claims” and “Legal Malpractice.” Throughout his career, Mr. Falkin has made travel, golf, and, most importantly, family a priority. He is grateful to them for their love and support.

HONORABLE DONALD S. GOLDMAN (RET.) Judge Donald Goldman started his legal career by arguing his first mo- tion, less than a month after being sworn in as a member of the bar, be- fore Justice (then Judge) Alan Handler. A few months later, Judge Han- dler granted the motion, which sought to suppress evidence in a wiretap case for the first time in New Jersey. The following year, the Appellate Division sua sponte recognized this young lawyer as an acknowledged expert in wiretap cases. Judge Goldman’s career as a lawyer featured many other instances in which he won critical legal victories, some of the most important of which are summarized here. In 1977, Judge Goldman convinced the court to overturn the convictions of a husband and wife who had the same privately retained lawyer at trial, because there had been no waiver on the rec- ord of their right to independent counsel. Today, courts still hold Land hearings, named after the case in which that right was established. In another landmark case, Judge Goldman successfully argued the right to terminate artificial life support for people having incurable and irreversible medi- cal conditions. In his only case before the United States Supreme Court, he wrote an amicus brief in a case in which Justice Brennan held that persons infected with, or thought to be infected with, contagious diseases could not be discriminated against under the Rehabilitation Act based on prej- udice, innuendo or social stigma, rather than competent medical information. While the case did not involve AIDS and HIV disease, it dramatically impacted those who were affected by such dis- eases. In yet another case, where the interpretation of a unique New Jersey provision of the Criminal Code was at issue, Judge Goldman’s ingenuity and resourcefulness led him to research the pa- pers of the late Rutgers Law School Professor Robert Knowlton, who was the reporter for the Criminal Law Revision Commission. He thereby found legislative history, when no official legisla- tive history file existed on the section in question, which proved critical in winning the case. In other published cases, he succeeded in gaining important rulings on such diverse subjects as the impact of environmental restrictions on the valuation of property for tax purposes; the effect of an injured party's actual knowledge on the failure to warn in products lia- bility cases; principles of lesser included offenses in criminal cases and the tenure rights of municipal finance officers. As a judge, Judge Goldman continued to be a trailblazer on important issues. In his first published opinion, he dealt with the application of ERISA to a legal malpractice claim, judicial estoppel, proximate cause, and standards for stay pending appeal. Soon after that, still in his first year as a judge, he uniquely fused due process, civil commitment law, the right to refuse treatment and the Americans with Disabilities Act in a case involving a quarantine. That opinion has been cited by many law review articles and was praised in an editorial in the New Jersey Law Journal 20 years later. He had other opin- ions published on a wide variety of insurance issues, as well

HONORABLE DONALD S. GOLDMAN (RET.) as gap time in criminal sentencing, and taxation issues relating to awards in employment litiga- tion. There were a number of instances in which the Supreme Court reinstated trial decisions of Judge Goldman that had been reversed by the Appellate Division. One required a landowner to warn of a dangerous condition (a street sign) even though it was the City of Newark's respon- sibility to fix it. The Court also unanimously reinstated a conviction after the Appellate Division had granted a new trial on grounds that included an alleged failure to give an alibi charge. In a more recent case, the Appel- late Division reversed Judge Goldman’s decision on an issue involving the right of an employee to give his or her attorney vital documents taken from the workplace. The Supreme Court reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated his trial court opinion. Some of the cases before Judge Goldman received ex- tensive press coverage. One such instance involved his dismissal of an indictment of a woman accused of aggravated manslaughter and child abuse where the medical examiner claimed that the injury to and death of the child, born alive, resulted from the mother's cocaine use during pregnancy. He presided over numerous notorious murder trials, including one in which the victim was a police chief and another that was the subject of a \"Cold Case\" television documentary. After his re-assignment to the Civil Division in 2003, he handled a difficult challenge to the financing of the Prudential Center, and wrote an extensive 27- page opinion refusing to permit a referendum on financing the arena and allowing it to be fi- nanced and built. What was remarkable is that the case was brought on a Friday, briefs were de- livered to his house by counsel over a weekend, he heard argument and issued his opinion on Tuesday, denied a stay on Wednesday, was affirmed by the Appellate Division on Thursday, and the Court denied certification on Friday. When necessary, justice can be swift indeed! Judge Goldman did not only write opinions and preside over trials. His efforts enabled the settle- ment of some of the largest and most important cases in Essex County. In 1998 he was reas- signed to the Criminal Division to handle Essex's oldest criminal case, an 11-defendant orga- nized crime wiretap case. This trial was anticipated to take at least a year to try, but he was able to help the parties negotiate a plea and avoid the trial. Civil Assignment Judge Codey assigned him some of the oldest and most challenging cases that had eluded settlement, despite the ef- forts of his colleagues for years. In almost every instance, he was able to help the parties settle their cases, no matter how old or how large. He worked with the parties to settle a matter that involved important issues concerning the movement of lawyers and staff from one law firm to an- other. In another case that had been litigated for almost ten years, after a series of decisions that the New Jersey Law Journal described as \"Solomonic\" and three weeks of trial, the parties set- tled the case.

HONORABLE DONALD S. GOLDMAN (RET.) Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court, Congress ap- pointed Judge Goldman to the National Commission on Ac- quired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. After he became a judge, he was appointed by Chief Justice Wilentz to chair a Judiciary Task Force on AIDS. The Court adopted his proposed Judiciary Policy on AIDS, which was the first such policy in the country and is still policy today. For the past three years, he has served as president of the Retired Judges Association of New Jersey. He has been married for 52 years to his wife Barbara, and has two children and four granddaughters. “When I first became a Judge I shared a Library with Judge Goldman. He became my mentor about all of those things that a new Judge wouldn’t know. At a time that I was feeling my way, Don helped reduce the stress. Later I learned that even though the Judiciary had an IT department, if you had a computer question the person to call was Judge Goldman. He was always willing to give whatever time he had to help. Even after Don has retired as a Judge, he continues to serve and support his breth- ren. He currently is the president of the Retired Judges Association.” Hon. Paul J. Vichness, J.S.C. (Ret.)

JONATHAN L. GOLDSTEIN Mr. Jonathan L. Goldstein is a graduate of the University of Pennsylva- nia, B.S. in Economics, 1962 and of the New York University School of Law, with an LL.B. in 1965. He was admitted to the bar of New York in 1966 and subsequently to the Bars of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Su- preme Court; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and the State of Florida. For over 40 years, Mr. Goldstein has represented financial institutions, corporations and individual clients in complex business litigation in federal courts throughout the United States and the state courts of New Jersey. He has extensive expertise as a trial lawyer and appellate advocate, representing clients in a broad range of matters, including federal securi- ties litigation and SEC enforcement, criminal and regulatory enforcement, antitrust law and trade regulation, oppressed minority shareholder litigation, environmental litigation and family law. Before joining Mr. Goldstein’s current firm, Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal LLP, in 1977, Mr. Goldstein served as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from January 1974 to December 2, 1977. During his ten- ure, he participated in the investiga- tion and led prosecutions of public corruption engaged in by leaders in both the Democratic and Republican parties. Individuals who were prose- cuted included mayors, city council presidents, members of gubernatori- al administrations and political party leaders. Mr. Goldstein successfully prosecuted businessmen who at- tempted to bribe an honest public official. Mr. Goldstein protected the shore off Ocean County from the dumping of sludge into the Atlantic Ocean by 21 municipalities. Mr. Goldstein stepped down from his position as United States Attorney in 1977 following the election of President Jimmy Carter amid purported pressure from the new White House. The corruption-busting U.S. attorney in New Jersey, Jonathan L. Goldstein, resigned un- der White House pressure yesterday and accused President Carter of backing off cam- paign promises to take the federal prosecutors' jobs out of politics. … His office had drawn nationwide attention for its nonpartisan prosecution of links between politicians and organized crime, and his retention in office was considered a test of President Carter's repeated campaign pledge to do away with the political spoils system for the selection of U.S. attorneys and federal judges. Washington Post, September 13, 1977

JONATHAN L. GOLDSTEIN In 1973, while at the United States Department of Justice, Mr. Goldstein received the United States Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award. In 1975, Mr. Goldstein was named by the United States Jaycees, a leadership training and civic organization, as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation. In private practice, he served on the Lawyers Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1983 to 1992. Mr. Goldstein served on the Lawyers Advi- sory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1983-1992. For ten years, he chaired and co-chaired the Judicial Selection Committee for the United States District Court for New Jersey. Numerous attorneys appeared before this Committee and were rec- ommended by this Committee to then United States Senators Robert Torricelli, Jon S. Corzine and Frank Lautenberg for consideration. He also was a member of the Governor’s Advisory Commit- tee on New Jersey State Police Standards in 2006, and a member of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Independent Review Panel to study the New Jersey State Police Executive Protection Unit in 2007. Mr. Goldstein received the William J. Brennan Award from the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey in 2008. He is a past President and member of the Advisory Board of the Association. In November 2010, Mr. Goldstein received an honorary degree from the Rabbinical College of America. He was the recipient of the Torch of Learning Award from The American Friends of The Hebrew University in October 2013. Mr. Goldstein has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Ranked in the Band 1 category in New Jersey for White Collar Crime & Government Investigations. Mr. Goldstein has been selected by his peers to be included in the Best Lawyers in America con- secutively since 1999, and since 2005 has been selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Law- yers in business litigation. Mr. Goldstein was named by Best Lawyers as a Lawyer of the Year for 2017 in Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy). \"As children, our dining room table conversation centered around the law in obvious and subtle ways. We often debated hypotheticals our dad presented to us. Such conversations prepared us for our future ca- reers, teaching us a way to think about and analyze is- sues. We are thankful for that early jump start that has helped us obtain success in our own careers, with our dad the constant mentor challenging our thinking, making us better.\" Love, Adam Goldstein, Andrew Goldstein & Kathryn Goldstein Legge

HARVEY S. GROSSMAN A native of Essex County, Mr. Harvey S. Grossman graduated from Upsala College in East Orange. Leaving to attend Emory University School of Law in Georgia, he graduated in 1969. Mr. Grossman excelled in the law from the beginning. Named an H. Sol Clark Fellow, he was trained in State of Georgia trial litigation and engaged in trial practice before the Superior Courts of that state under the supervision of staff attorneys of the Emory Community Legal Services Center. Recognizing the injustices around him, Mr. Grossman also served on the Law Student Civil Rights Research Council, assisting local attorneys in the prosecu- tion of civil rights litigation. Upon admission to the Bar of the State of New Jersey in 1970, Mr. Grossman served a clerkship with the late Honorable Julius Wildstein, Chief Hearing Examiner, New Jersey Division of Civil Rights. In addition, he assisted Judge Wildstein in the codification of municipal ordinances for Gann Codes, Inc., a subsidiary of Gann Publishing Com- pany, of which Mr. Wildstein was a principal. From 1970-1972, Mr. Grossman represented the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and prosecuted complaints of unlawful discrimination before the Division on Civil Rights and the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey as a Deputy Attorney General. As a dedicated public servant, Mr. Grossman left the Office of the Attorney Gen- eral to join the Department of the Public Advocate where he served in multiple positions over 12 years. In addition to his extensive public service, Mr. Grossman has long maintained a general private practice including commercial litigation, real estate and plaintiff personal injury cases, among other areas. He also fulfills guardianship appointments in the Chancery Court, Essex County. An active member of his community, Mr. Grossman serves as a member of the District V-B Ethics and Fee Arbitration Committees and as a Public Advocate for the Township of West Orange.

HARVEY S. GROSSMAN In 1993, Mr. Grossman was inducted into the Columbia High School Wrestler’s Hall of Fame. Shortly before the induction ceremony, he was interviewed by the Star Ledger where he recalled an incident that occurred when returning home with his two young daughters. A few years ago, Grossman relied on his wrestling skills to defend the public in an unex- pected way. On his way home ***, Grossman spotted a young man in his late teens stealing a bicycle from a girl. Grossman got out of the car and approached the offender. “When I walked up to him, I knew exactly what to do: no talking, no telegraphing moves. I put the chicken waist on him and he couldn’t move.” He then took his citizen’s arrest subject to a nearby store and waited for the police to arrive. Mr. Grossman always considered his work as a Deputy Public Defender to be one of the highlights of his career, working for the public with, in his words, the finest trial lawyers in the State. A doting family man, Mr. Grossman thanks his wife of over 40 years, Debra, his daughters Lesley Grossman and Nancy Grossman-Lugassy and his grandchildren Caitlin, Max and Andre for their unwavering support.

MICHAEL MUSCIO Michael Muscio is a 1970 graduate of Seton Hall Univer- sity School of Law and a 1967 graduate of Rutgers Uni- versity. He is a Partner at Muscio & Kaplan, LLC. His liti- gation practice focuses on representing defendants/ insureds, including insurance coverage. He also has a substantial arbitration and mediation practice dealing with UM/UIM claims. Prior to practicing at his current firm, Mr. Muscio was a Partner at Fost, Muscio & Ca- ruso, P.C. and focused his practice on negligence defense, medical malpractice de- fense, product liability, coverage, general liability, and automobile liability. From 1977 – 1992, Mr. Muscio was a Managing Attorney at Great American Insurance Company. He was responsible for re-organizing and supervising the largest in-house counsel office in the country. Mr. Muscio, an experienced litigator, concentrated his practice on construction litigation, general liability, and coverage cases. He consistent- ly handled death cases, amputations, and other severe injuries. He had a strong back- ground in Structured Settlement and Alternate Dispute Resolutions and argued mat- ters in the Appellate Division and Supreme Court of New Jersey. Mr. Muscio began his legal career at the Law Firm of Stevens and Mathias. His prac- tice focused on defense litigation including automobile defense, general liability, prod- uct liability and medical malpractice defense. Mr. Muscio represented major corpora- tions including Hartford Insurance Group; Lloyds of London; Western Union and Swift Meat Packing Company. After graduating law school, Mr. Muscio served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph B. Sugrue. Mr. Muscio is admitted to both the New Jersey and New York Bars. He is also admit- ted to practice before the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Muscio is appointed to the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Associa- tion. He is a member of both the New Jersey Defense Association and the Defense Research Institute.

DAVID H. POSNER Mr. David H. Posner is a name and founding partner of the Millburn law firm, Posner & Kramer, L.L.P. He was admitted to the practice of law in the State of New Jersey, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Posner has counseled and provided legal services to start-up and established business and nonprofit enterprises, their ongoing corporate matters including preparation of certificates of incorporation, bylaws and amendments thereto, mer- gers, consolidations, sale and purchase of corporate stock, sale and purchase of assets, shareholder agreements, employment agreements, consulting agreements, and other corpo- rate matters and agreements. Mr. Posner has been recognized for his work on behalf of hospitals, nursing home facilities and other healthcare clients in the negotiation of contracts for dietary, housekeeping, laundry, security, computer hardware and software systems, the purchase and financing of major equipment, telecommunications systems, subcontracting management of hospital depart- ments and gift shop, joint operating agreement between hospital systems, leases for profes- sional buildings, agreements with hospital-based physicians and physician directors of hospi- tal departments and other contracts with respect to specialty services provided by a hospital, affiliation agreements with other health care providers, managed care contracts, as well as obtaining credit facilities from banks and routine corporate (including certificates of incorpora- tion, bylaws, and amendments) and other corporate transactions. He is a member of the Essex County, New Jersey State (and member of the Business Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust, Corporate and Business Law and Elder Law Sections) and American (and member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust, and General Practice Small Firm and the Senior Lawyers Sections) Bar Associations; the American Health Lawyers Asso- ciation, Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey, Inc., and National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Mr. Posner was President and Secretary of the New Jersey Society of Hospi- tal Attorneys. He is a member of the Bioethics Committee of Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey. Mr. Posner has lectured for the New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Mr. Posner received his Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University Law School and his B.A. degree from Rutgers College. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Morris Malech, Judge – Superior Court of New Jersey.

PAUL I. ROSENBERG Mr. Paul I. Rosenberg is the head of the Tax Practice at Bressler, Amery & Ross. He graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in 1959, spent six months of active duty in the Army, and five and one-half years in the New Jersey National Guard Reserve. From 1960 to 1970, he earned a C.P.A. and an M.B.A., graduating with distinction from the NYU Stern School, while working with J.H. Cohn, and later with Newler and Rosenberg. In 1970, he earned a J.D. degree, followed by an L.L.M. in Taxation from the NYU School of Law. Mr. Rosenberg’s daughter, Ms. Brett Harris, was born during his first semester at law school. Ms. Harris followed in her father’s footsteps, earning a law degree from NYU. At NYU’s tradi- tional “Hooding Ceremony,” while the other stu- dents were hooded by their professors, Mr. Ros- enberg, as an alumnus, performed that honor for his daughter. Ms. Harris now practices at the Wilentz firm. Mr. Rosenberg’s legal career began at Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, followed by thirty years at Fox and Fox, first in Newark and then in their Livingston office. In 2006, he joined Bressler, his first job outside of Essex County, but he continued his member- ship in ECBA. Mr. Rosenberg is an active Fellow of The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). His practice is primarily trust and estates and taxation. He served on the Es- sex County Probate Court Early Settlement Panel. Mr. Rosenberg is a lifelong resident of Essex County. He was mar- ried for fifty years to Edith “Chickie” Rosenberg, who died in 2013, and has two college-age grandchildren, Alicia and Cooper Harris. In 2016, he married Enid Friedman, a Professor of English (ret.) at Essex County College, and they happily reside in Montclair, along with their Maine Coon cat, Hartley. Mr. Rosenberg is a former President of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, and a past Chair of the Board of the Bachanalia Chamber Music Festival. He is an active art collector and donor, who has contributed works of art to the Israel Museum and to various other museums, including two in Essex County. Paul also adores time with his fun loving family.

PAUL I. ROSENBERG Paul and I met in September 1966 as first-year students at NYU Law. We were two members of a class of 42 in the evening division (18 of us managed to graduate in 1970), the last of our kind as the evening program wound down. My first son was born on November 19 of that year; Paul’s daughter, Brett (NYU Law, 1991), was born five days later. Paul and I and our spouses and in- fants formed a study group that met on the floor of Paul and Chickie’s tiny home. In the 54 years since then, Paul and I and our families have spent countless hours together indulging our pas- sions: We have traveled and skied and listened to live music and seen fine art and watched danc- ers and enjoyed the gamut of fine food in New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Utah, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Through it all, what continually surprises and delights me and everyone who knows Paul is his unceasing sense of wonder, of excitement, of the core theme that life must be fully lived. This is why I chose the photo I contributed to this event. It shows Paul excited, animated, even ecstatic. Paul’s pervasive excitement extends to everyone he meets. Paul often says, everyone has a sto- ry. And he is determined to hear everyone’s story and to share the stories he hears with the rest of us so we can partake of the bounty. Dining with Paul is an adventure. In a familiar restaurant, Paul knows the life stories of not just the maître d, not only the wait staff who have served him be- fore, but the chefs and those in the kitchen. He greets them (and they him) by name, introduces them to his companions and regales us all with stories, new and old. And asks for seconds. In a new restaurant, Paul introduces himself, invites the staff into his life and quickly becomes in- grained in theirs. I have seen this everywhere we’ve been. It is not a myth. Paul—and his beautiful family, Chickie, Brett and Enid, Alicia and Cooper—have enriched my life and my family’s and I cherish every moment, every day, every meal, every ski season we have spent together. And I hope for many more. Jay Zelermyer, October 30, 2020 To my father, Paul Rosenberg, on the occasion of 50 years in the practice of law: Being a lawyer is so much of who you are, yet you are so much more than just a lawyer. For as long as I can remember, even as a young child, I have always re- spected certain qualities in you: your thirst for knowledge, your deliberate con- templation, your strong moral compass, the logic of your mind matched with the vast compassion of your heart. I see these embodied in the success of your le- gal career. You have inspired me to follow in your footsteps through the halls of NYU Law to the conference rooms of the New Jersey legal community (we may be in different practice areas but we both draft documents, not briefs). Just as I have followed in your ski tracks onto the trails of Killington as respite from the pressures of the modern practice. Wishing congratulations and much love, Brett

STANLEY M. VARON Serving the Maplewood and Essex communities for over 50 years as a dedicated general practice attorney, Mr. Stanley M. Varon continues to make a lasting positive impression on his peers at the bench and bar. Mr. Varon earned his un- dergraduate degree from the City College of New York and his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law - Newark. Mr. Varon started and built his own successful practice as a sole practitioner in 1984, first in Maplewood and, most recently, joining the South Orange community. Tackling the numerous legal issues facing his neighbors, Mr. Varon’s gen- eral law practice offered him the opportunity to ease the challenges and celebratory times in his client’s lives. He has represented hundreds of clients in real estate transac- tions, divorce, civil litigation, landlord tenant matters, and general legal matters. Addi- tionally, appreciating that litigation is costly and time consuming, Mr. Varon embraced the opportunity to offer litigants an alternative in the form of mediation. As a mediator, an impartial third party who as- sists the parties in negotiating a mutually acceptable settle- ment, Mr. Varon is highly sought after and respected by his peers. He has been approved as a Civil Mediator by the Su- preme Court of New Jersey. Recognizing his judicious nature, professional demeanor and legal expertise, the Township of Maplewood embraced Mr. Varon’s skills and appointed him to serve as Municipal Judge in 1997. He served in that role until 2019, serving his colleagues and community with distinction for 21 years. “I have served as the Maplewood Township attorney since 1994 and Stan served as our municipal court judge for at least 20 of those years. I believe that during his tenure *** our court went from being a problem court to one of the finest in Essex County. During Stan’s tenure he oversaw the combining of the Maplewood Court and South Orange Courts into a shared Court that is run through the Maplewood Police & Court building. An exemplary model for other courts. As a jurist Stan was always kind & compassion- ate, willing to listen and to provide defendants, whose first and maybe only exposure to the Court system was in Maplewood, with a chance to speak and be heard. Although on the quiet side, Stan has a wonderful sense of humor. He is a good man, good hus- band and good father.” Roger Desiderio, Esq. Maplewood Township Attorney

JEFFREY P. WEINSTEIN Mr. Jeffrey P. Weinstein has practiced matrimonial law for more than 40 years and is well-known as a trial attorney and a compassionate advisor to his clients. He has represented thousands of clients, argued innumerable cases before the Trial Courts and Appellate Courts of the State of New Jersey and is recognized for his experience in the field of family law. Mr. Weinstein has been called upon by other matrimonial attorneys to serve both as an expert and mediator in their own cases and receives referrals on a regular basis from other attorneys, includ- ing those whom he has opposed in previous matters. His articles have appeared in Fair$Share, Journal of Divorce, New Jersey Family Law- yer, and National Business Institute, and he has been cited in both national and local publications. He has conducted many seminars for the New Jersey Institute of Continu- ing Legal Education. Mr. Weinstein is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Internation- al Academy of Family Lawyers, as well as a member of the Essex County Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the American Bar Associa- tion, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He has chaired the New Jer- sey State Bar Association Family Law Section, and he was one of two lawyers who assisted the Supreme Court commit- tee of New Jersey in establishing the Family Part in the New Jersey Court sys- tem. In addition, Mr. Weinstein has been appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part, as a Standing Mas- ter to assist in the resolution of complex matrimonial matters. He has also been a Master of the New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court, an association which ena- bles young matrimonial practitioners to learn trial techniques from seasoned matrimonial lawyers.

JEFFREY P. WEINSTEIN In 2014, Mr. Weinstein was honored by the Essex County Bar Association with its Family Lawyer Achievement Award. He was recognized by his colleagues for his professional accomplishments, his high integrity, his willingness to serve as a mentor to new attorneys and peers alike as well as his innumer- able hours dedicated to service to the organized bar and as a member of Court Committees, Early Settlement Panels and as a prolific speaker in his area of expertise. Mr. Weinstein also has been honored with his selection for Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Jeff is also a Member of the Matrimonial Lawyers Alliance, an organization comprising the top matrimonial lawyers in New Jersey. Mr. Weinstein met his wonderful wife Ronnie on her first day of college while they both were stu- dents at Syracuse University. They fell and love and were married after his first year of law school. They have two boys: Michael, and Evan. Michael is a teacher. Evan has been practicing law with his fa- ther for the past 20 years. Evan is married to Emily Weinstein. Their children, Adam, Harris and Lila, love their Papa so much. “My father believes that practicing law is a privilege and that every attorney is obligated to do their very best for their client. It is more than just a professional responsibility. For him it is a mantra and he has passed this on to every other attorney that he has worked with throughout the years. It is not just work- ing hard that matters to him. It is developing profes- sionalism and mastery of the craft that matters to him.” Evan Weinstein, Esq.

EVAN W. ZWILLMAN Highly regarded by his peers and the bench, Mr. Evan W. Zwillman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toledo and a Juris Doctor- ate from Boston University. Mr. Zwillman began his career in the law in 1970. Mr. Zwillman served as a Staff Attorney with the Office of the Passaic County Legal Aid Society. After a year of dedicated service, he opened his own practice in Irvington and Maplewood. In 1980, he expanded his prac- tice to Zwillman & Zwillman, and included municipal criminal defense, resi- dential and commercial real estate closings, landlord/tenant matters and personal injury. At present, Mr. Zwillman maintains a solo practice in Maplewood. A respected member of the community, Mr. Zwillman’s dedication to and support of his neighbors in legal matters positively impacted them in their daily lives. Often representing fami- lies through many of lives milestones and challenges, he has always adhered to the highest ethical standards and with the utmost integrity. Mr. Zwillman also shared his experience generously with his peers and the Bar, serving on the Dis- trict V-B Fee Arbitration Committee and as an Arbitrator pursuant to R. 4:21A of the Rules Govern- ing Civil Practice. “In 1979, I left my position at a Boston law firm to return to my home state of New Jersey to open my own general law practice in Irvington. One of the younger attorneys already established in Ir- vington was Evan W. Zwillman. Within the first year of my practice, I came to know Evan as one of the most competent, principled, and conscientious attorneys in the area. More than that, I found Evan to be a decent human being. I was able to observe him in the courts and I was able to assess his ability, forthrightness, and courtesy in the cases and transactions we had together in those early years. Evan has stayed true to those attributes of virtuosity, ethicality, and humaneness throughout the forty plus years I have known him. There are many interactions attorneys have with one another in the handling of a case; some are on the public stage of the courthouse, or in the conference room, or at the deposition table; many are in the words set forth in pleadings and letters and emails; and others are in one-on-one conversations on the telephone or behind closed doors. In every inter- action I have ever had with Evan, and there have been many, Evan has conducted himself with the utmost integrity, professionalism, understanding, and respect for his client, his adversary, and the court and legal system we work within. It has been an honor and a privilege knowing and working with Evan. Our profession and our community have been made much better for the service Evan has given. Congratulations, Evan, on your fifty-years of admission to the New Jersey Bar.” Neil J. Dworkin, Esq. The 50 years flew by. What has made it a joyful trip has been the support of my won- derful wife, Grace and that of Lori Clayton, my paralegal for the last 34 years. Thanks to all including my sons Jason and Ari and grandchildren Beatrice, Derek, Emily and Olivia. Evan W. Zwillman

2020 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RAYMOND M. BROWN, ESQ. PASHMAN STEIN WALDER HAYDEN PC Mr. Raymond M. Brown, Esq., a trailblazer in the fight against global human right violations, was raised in a low-income housing project in Jersey City, NJ. Modeling his values on the ex- ample set by his beloved father, noted criminal attorney and civil rights activist Raymond A. Brown. After a childhood watching his father organize protest marches and fight legal battles against overwhelming odds, the last thing he wanted to become was a lawyer. Today we are grateful that his path ultimately led him to the law and acknowledge the lasting impact his steps on that path have made and the contributions which will be recognized for years to come. Mr. Brown attended Columbia University where he became involved in the Black Student move- ment. A devoted advocate, he was a student activist and an important participant in the 1968 occupation of the University. Following a confrontation with police officers and protestors and due to his personal experience with the law, he decided to become a lawyer. “I realized that lawyers are the core who can change the legal system,” he recalled in an interview. Mr. Brown along with other participants in these protests later contributed to “A Time to Stir,” a collection of essays written by participants. A documentary film is also in production. In 1974, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. After nearly 50 years of experience, Mr. Brown is recognized internationally as a highly respected civil and criminal litigator. True to his roots, he has long called New Jersey home to his national and global practice. In the United States, where he has specialized in white-collar crimes and cor- porate compliance, he has appeared in high profile trials, including the trial of former Labor Sec- retary Raymond J. Donovan and the successful eight-year defense of senior executive of a large corporations charged with environmental violations. His extensive experience as a trial lawyer also included the representation of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez as defense co- counsel in a public corruption and bribery case, which ultimately resulted in the dismissal of the charges. Recently, he has undertaken to defend a large municipality against COVID-related litigation. Mr. Brown has defended clients in state and federal courts and before administrative tribunals. He has appeared in courts in 12 U.S. states and conducted investigations throughout the country as well as in Kenya and elsewhere in East Africa, El Salvador, the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, the Bahamas, Colombia, and Sierra Leone, where he is admitted to practice before the Special Court of Sierra Leo- ne. He also has significant international experience qualifying as counsel before the International Crimi- nal Court in The Hague, where he represents vic- tims in the Darfur genocide.

RAYMOND M. BROWN In a 2012 article discussing Mr. Brown’s al- ready impressive list of accomplishments, his work in the human rights field was said to be “jump started” by an invitation to work as an anchor on Court TV, reporting on war- crime violations. He has continued his legal/ journalism career, hosting the Emmy Award winning New Jersey Network program “Due Process” and often serving as a legal ana- lyst for broadcast programs. He has also taught international criminal law at Seton Hall University, has been a prolific public speaker and author . Included among his passions, Mr. Brown also toils tirelessly to eliminate crimes against women. Mr. Brown and his wife, Wanda M. Akin, Esq., operate the International Justice Project, which fights human rights abuses. Brown has said “We focus on crimes against women. If you sexually assault women, you demoralize them and destroy the family union. Women are the key to eco- nomic life. The deliberate attempt to destroy women is a big part of how the law looks in many countries.” Based on a lifetime of personal and professional experiences in the law, white collar criminal prac- tice and human rights advocacy, Mr. Brown now pioneers the development of a new practice area, working with corporations to make them aware of the risk-assessment and business benefits of their involvement with human rights cases. “A C-level person says, ‘Wait a minute. This of the short-, mid– and long-term requirements of regulations and how we’re perceived at a time when businesses are required to act as sovereign entities.’ There is a profound transformation now cul- minating in a way that affects businesses,” he says and their efforts toward diversity and inclusion. His efforts continue in these regards both on the highest and grassroots levels. Speaking on the issues of diversity, inclusion, and implicit bias, Mr. Brown again took up the mantle this summer in the wake of the George Floyd shooting and subsequent demonstrations across the country. Even after decades of dedi- cated, impassioned and tire- less advocacy, Mr. Brown continues to challenge the status quo at all levels, in neighborhoods here at home, across the country and around the world. To- day we honor his fight, rec- ognize his many accom- plishments and hold up his life as an example for our- selves and the future of the Essex County Bar.

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1970 The year 1970 was the beginning of a new decade that ushered sig- nificant change and civil discourse in our nation. The year began with the institution of the draft for the Vietnam War. On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service conducted a lottery drawing to determine the order of call for induction during the 1970 calendar year for regis- trants born between January 1, 1944 and December 31, 1950. This was the first draft lottery since 1942. Americans closely watched the radio, film and television coverage as the capsules were drawn from a container, opened, and the dates inside posted to determine the order of call. Due, in part, to the draft and television coverage bringing imag- es of the war to American homes, as well as rising casualties of war, the Vietnam War was becoming increasingly unpopular. This unrest continued to grow and, in the spring of 1970, Ameri- can College campuses erupted in protest over the invasion of Cambodia. At Kent State University in Ohio, these protests re- sulted in National Guardsmen killing four student protestors and wounding nine. In response to these shootings, over 400 col- leges and universities across America shut down and nearly 100,000 protestors surrounded various government buildings including the White House. The summer of 1970 ushered in important changes for women in the armed forces. During a cer- emony held on June 11th our nation appointed its first female generals: Anna Mae Hays and Eliz- abeth P. Hoisington. Colonel Anna Mae Hays, Chief, Army Nurse Corps and Colonel Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Director, Women’s Army Corps were both promoted to the grade of brigadier gen- eral. Major events in 1970 were not limited to the surly bonds of Earth. During Apollo 13 mission – which would have been NASA’s third moon-landing mission – an oxygen tank exploded approxi- mately 56 hours into the flight, forcing the crew to abandon all thoughts of reaching the moon. Although the spacecraft was damaged, the crew was fortunately able to safely make the trip back to Earth. It was during this mission that Commander James A. Lovell uttered the now famous declaration, “Houston, we’ve had a problem”, to mission control. A few months later, the U.S.S.R. landed Luna 17 spacecraft and the first roving remote controlled robot on the Moon. In 1970:  Richard M. Nixon was President of the United States.  Warren E. Burger was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.  California became the first state to adopt \"No Fault\" Divorce law.  The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty went into effect after it was ratified in the United Na- tions. It was the first international treaty to address the threat of nuclear weapons. Its primary objectives were preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, promot- ing cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and furthering the goal of achiev- ing nuclear disarmament.  President Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, which banned cigarette television advertisements in the United States starting on January 1, 1971.  The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970.  The United States Environmental Protection Agency was established.  President Nixon signed into law The Controlled Substances Act.