Calvin Souder: Introducing the 2025 NJBIZ Leaders in Law honorees

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While the legal landscape is ever-changing, one constant is the caliber of professionals who call New Jersey home. To recognize these individuals, NJBIZ is unveiling the 2025 Leaders in Law honorees.

This program honors legal professionals – lawyers and general counsels – whose dedication to their occupation and to their communities is outstanding.

Following an open nomination period, the 60 honorees were chosen by a panel of independent judges with experience in the justice system. 

A new recognition category added just this year is third-party neutral professionals, which was open to mediators, arbitrators, conciliators, evaluators, etc. Added in 2024, the new Rising Star category recognizes individuals with seven years or less of legal experience who show extreme potential to be an industry leader in the next few years. 

The 2025 Leaders in Law celebration will take place from 8-10:30 a.m. March 25 at The Marigold in Somerset. Tickets for the event are on sale now on the event page. 

Congratulations to the 2025 NJBIZ Leaders in Law honorees! 

Listed alphabetically: 

• Craig Aronow, certified civil trial lawyerRAM Law 

• Michael Ash, partnerCarlin, Ward, Ash & Heiart LLC 

• William Baton, co-chair, Intellectual Property PracticeSaul Ewing LLP 

• Ronald Bienstock, partner and chair, Intellectual Property, Entertainment & MediaScarinci & Hollenbeck LLC 

• Shaun Blick, managing memberBlick Law LLC 

• Jennifer Borek, partner, chair, Complex Commercial Litigation PracticeGenova Burns LLC 

• Anthony Campanelli, partnerDeloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP 

• Ronald Campione, assistant general counselDealer Owned Warranty Co. 

• Marc Capone, partnerGillman Capone 

• Michael Carucci, memberSills Cummis & Gross PC 

• Lisa Chrystal, counsel (former Superior Court judge)Brach Eichler 

• Clifford Dawkins, managing partnerDawkins & Warrington Law Group 

• Joseph Dickson, chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution GroupChiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC 

• Delia Dougherty, shareholderSherman Silverstein 

• John Fanburg, managing member and health care law chairBrach Eichler LLC 

• Michael Fusco, shareholderLevinson Axelrod PA 

• Vito Gagliardi Jr., managing principalPorzio, Bromberg & Newman PC 

• Rosemary Gambardella, judgeUnited States Bankruptcy Court 

• Keith Gentes, partnerMalamut & Associates LLC 

• Robin Goldfischer, senior vice president and general counselValley Health System Inc. 

• Noel Hillman, chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution (former District Court judge)Gibbons PC 

• Natalya Johnson, senior director and senior counselJohnson & Johnson 

• Vahbiz Karanjia, partnerEpstein Ostrove LLC 

• Nivritha Ketty, partnerNukk-Freeman & Cerra PC 

• Rona Korman, executive vice president and general counselOnyx Equities LLC 

• Joseph Lemkin, shareholderStark & Stark 

• Nicole Liebman, general counselWithum 

• Jason Listhaus, general counselKushner 

• Joseph Lucosky, managing partnerLucosky Brookman LLP 

• Bennett MacDougall, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretaryProvident Financial Services Inc. 

• Linda Mainenti Walsh, solo practionerLaw Offices of Linda Mainenti Walsh Esq. LLC 

• Arielle Miliambro, partnerFrier Levitt 

• Nikitas Moustakas, managing partnerMoustakas Nelson LLC 

• Kellen Murphy, managing partnerMurphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP 

• Mark Natale, practice group leaderMalamut Law 

• Jason Navarino, partner and chair, Corporate and Tax GroupsRiker Danzig LLP 

• Brian Nelson, partnerSpiro Harrison & Nelson LLC 

• Esther Omoloyin, partner, co-chair, Workers’ Compensation PracticeGoldberg Segalla 

• Perry Pappas, senior vice president, chief legal and compliance officerCentralReach 

• Steven Poulathas, co-managing shareholderFlaster Greenberg PC 

• Frank Quinn, partnerWindels Marx Lane & Mittendorf LLP 

• Susan Roberts, vice president, associate general counsel, litigation managementHackensack Meridian Health 

• Prema Roddam, senior associateFragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen and Loewy LLP 

• Jerold Rothkoff, elder care law attorneyRothkoff Law Group 

• Thomas Scrivo, managing partnerO’Toole Scrivo LLC 

• Calvin Souder, managing and founding partnerSouder Law Group LLP 

• William Sullivan Jr., partner and chair, environmentalScarinci & Hollenbeck LLC 

• Steven Teppler, chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy PracticeMandelbaum Barrett PC 

• Mary Toscano, partnerGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP 

• Richard Trenk, directorTrenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian PC 

• Brigitte Tsampalis, founderFair Forward Mediation 

• Lee Vartan, memberChiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC 

• Alyssa Verderami, chief legal and risk officerSaint Peter’s University Hospital 

• Anthony Vitiello, chair, Taxation and Estate Planning GroupConnell Foley LLP 

• Marquis Whitney, associateBarnes & Thornburg LLP 

• Anthony Yacullo, associate professor of businessCentenary University 

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Rising Stars 

• Michael Cedrone, associateStevens & Lee 

• Joseph Natale, associate, Litigation, Real Estate and Redevelopment & Land Use DepartmentsGreenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP 

• Timothy Ryan, partnerCohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC