Congratulations to Henry J. Catenacci, J. Barry Cocoziello, Robert L. Podvey and Mark K. Lipton, who were named as "Super Lawyers" in the 2010 Edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine's Super Lawyers. Bob was named in the field of business/corporate law, Barry in the area of business litigation and construction/surety litigation, Hank in the area of insurance litigation, and Mark in the area of securities and business transactions.

Congratulations to Greg Miller, who was named a "Rising Star" in the field of insurance coverage in the 2010 edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine's Super Lawyers. Greg was also named a "Rising Star" in the 2006 , 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions. Greg also serves as Co-Chair of the Bad Faith Subcommittee of the ABA's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee of the Section of Litigation.

Congratulations to Michael Bevacqua, who was named a "Rising Star" in the field of business litigation in the 2010 edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine's Super Lawyers. Michael was also named a "Rising Star" in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions.

Congratulations to Anthony Rainone, who was named a "Rising Star" in the field of business litigation in the 2010 edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine's Super Lawyers. Anthony was also named a "Rising Star" in the 2009 edition.

Congratulations to Damian Conforti, who was named a "Rising Star" in the fields of criminal and civil defense in the 2010 edition of New Jersey Monthly Magazine's Super Lawyers.

Congratulations to Anthony Rainone, who was elected to President of the North Essex Chamber of Commerce.

By a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of the Trinitas Health Foundation, Rose Suriano was appointed a Director to serve on that Board. The Trinitas Health Foundation is a not-for-profit organization governed by outstanding community leaders who advocate the needs of the Trinitas Regional Medical Center. The Board of Trustees is responsible for all the functions and business of the Foundation. The Board of Trustees fulfills its responsibilities as to governance and fundraising.

Shelly Finkelstein served as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section's Annual Meeting in New York on April 21-23, 2010. The Annual Meeting featured 50 programs in 12 tracks with panelists composed of leading judges, professors and practitioners from around the United States, who discussed the latest issues in the law. Greg Miller was a panelist on a program entitled "The Ethics of Web 2.0." Podvey Meanor was a proud sponsor of the ABA Litigation Section's Annual Meeting.

Richard Chattman and Greg Miller published an article entitled "Measuring Business Interruption Loss in Wide-Impact Catastrophes: Insurance Against Catastrophes or Only Against Insured Damage from Catastrophes?" in the July/August 2009 issue of Coverage, a publication of the Committee on Insurance Coverage Litigation of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. The article was noted in a March 2010 decision issued by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Congratulations to Tom Hildner, who was selected to receive a 2009 "Partner in Justice" Award by the Partners for Woman and Justice as a result of Tom's volunteer work on behalf of that organization.

EVENTS
Sheldon Finkelstein, is speaking on E-Discovery for Construction Litigation at The DRI Construction Law Seminar on September 30th – October 1st at the Bellagio, Las Vegas.

Henry Catenacci and Greg Miller will be speaking on November 9th at the New Jersey Law Journal In-House Council CLE Seminar. Be on the lookout for the ad and their pictures in the journal!

Greg Miller is speaking at the ABA’s Product Liability Section CLE Seminar in New York on Ethics and The Web on November 12th. He will also be speaking at ACI’s 2010 Bad Faith Litigation Conference in Orlando on November 30th and December 1st.