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Bar Awards

MCBA Awards & Recipients

Community Partner:

  • 2001- Mason, Griffin & Pierson
  • 2002- Mercer County Prosecutors Office
  • 2003- Yardville Bank
  • 2004- Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Blader & Lehmann
  • 2005- Chicago Title Insurance Co.
  • 2006- Devlin, Cittadino & Shaw
  • 2007- Teich Groh
  • 2008- Pepper Hamilton
  • 2009- Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
  • 2010- Guy Renzi & Associates
  • 2011- Lenox Law Firm
  • 2012- Roma Bank
  • 2013- 1st American Title Insurance Co.
  • 2014- Mercer County Connection
  • 2015- Gaylord Popp, LLC
  • 2016- Investors Bank
  • 2017- Central Jersey Legal Services
  • 2018- Laurenti Wine and Spirits
  • 2019- Office of the Mercer County Prosecutor

Young Lawyer:

  • 2002- Samuel M. Gaylord
  • 2003- Denise Forrester
  • 2004- Dorothy Bolinsky
  • 2005- Brian J. Duff
  • 2006- Jennifer Zoschak
  • 2007- Scott Puro
  • 2008- Tanya L. Phillips
  • 2009- James Creegan
  • 2010- Robert Casey
  • 2011- Stephanie Jonaitis
  • 2012- Margaret Chipowski
  • 2013- Kelly Botti
  • 2014- Melissa Chimbangu
  • 2015- Katie Magee
  • 2016- Elizabeth Ferencevych
  • 2017- Lauren Scardella
  • 2018- Ross Switkes
  • 2019- Jessica A. Wilson

Professional Lawyer of the Year:

  • 1997- Ezra Rosenberg
  • 1998- Hon. Maryann Bielamowicz
  • 1999- Harry Hill
  • 2000- Scott Krasny
  • 2001- Barry Szaferman
  • 2002- Irene Amarel
  • 2003- Hon. Anne Thompson
  • 2004- James McLaughlin
  • 2005- Jonathan Epstein
  • 2006- Catherine Fitzpatrick
  • 2007- Hon. John J. Hughes
  • 2008- Bryce Chase
  • 2009- John Eory
  • 2010- Hon. Neil Shuster
  • 2011- Sahbra Smook Jacobs
  • 2012- Robert Lytle
  • 2013- Franklin Flacks
  • 2014- Samuel Gaylord
  • 2015- Carol M. Henderson
  • 2016-Craig J. Hubert
  • 2017- Stacey M. Geurds & Robin Echevarria
  • 2018- Hon. Philip S. Carchman
  • 2019- Jennifer Zoschak

Nizolek:

  • 1995- Patrick Budd
  • 1996- Hon. Daniel O’Donnell
  • 1997- Michelle Diekerka
  • 1998- James McLaughlin
  • 1999- Joseph Markowitz
  • 2000- Hon. A. Jerome Moore
  • 2001- Murray Gendzel
  • 2002- Sahbra Smook Jacobs
  • 2003- Harry Hill, Jr.
  • 2004- Scott Krasny
  • 2005- Marilyn Kline
  • 2006- Joseph Bocchini
  • 2007- John Sakson
  • 2008- Hon. Christine Gravelle
  • 2009- Hon. John J. Hughes
  • 2010- Carol Oswald
  • 2011- Arnold Lakind
  • 2012- Albert Stark
  • 2013- Hon. Linda Feinberg
  • 2014- Ezra Rosenberg
  • 2015- Charles Waldron
  • 2016- Joshua Markowitz
  • 2017- Charles Buck LaFerrara
  • 2018- Hon. Maria M. Sypek
  • 2019- Craig J. Hubert