The firm is a sponsor for the Girls on the Run – Central New Jersey chapter 5K race that will take place on Sunday, June 10, 2018 in downtown Somerville, New Jersey. Girls on the Run is a twice a year, 10-week program where trained coaches lead small teams of girls in 3rd-8th grades to develop essential skills to help them navigate their worlds and establish a lifetime appreciation for health and fitness. The program culminates with girls positively impacting their communities through a service project and being physically and emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5K event. Associate Attorney, Nicole Sciotto, is member of the Advisory Board of Girls on the Run, Central New Jersey chapter. For more information or to donate, go to https://www.gotrcnj.org/.
We are pleased to announce that Julia L. Pickett has joined Mason, Griffin & Pierson PC as an Associate. Julia L. Pickett is a member of the firm’s Estates & Trusts Practice Group and assists with estate planning and estate and trust administration matters, including estate, gift, generation-skipping transfers (GST), and inheritance tax issues. Before joining the firm, Julia was the former law clerk to the Presiding Judge of the New Jersey Tax Court, the Honorable Mala Sundar, P.J.T.C.
We are pleased to announce that David R. Demaree has joined Mason, Griffin & Pierson PC as Of Counsel and part of the Trust and Estates Practice Group. David also has experience in corporate law and international business law and will work with the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group as well. David is fluent in German and holds an LLM in taxation and has been practicing Trust and Estates law in the Princeton community for decades.
Liz Zuckerman will be speaking at the NJAJ Educational Foundation, Inc.’s Meadowlands Seminar® 2025 on Thursday November 20th- Employment Law: A Day of Disability Law: Experts, Law and Ethics. Liz will be leading the panel discussion: When Non-Accommodation Cases Become Personal Injury Cases – WC/LAD and Personal Injury Meet!” www.nj‐justice.org
Ian T. Hammett was recently named a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Lions Club International Foundation in recognition of his humanitarian service through the Hopewell Valley Lions Club. Through the efforts of their Fellows and other Lions Club International members, LCIF works to meet humanitarian needs in communities around the world.” Hopewell Valley Lions
Paul M. Bishop has been named Chair of the Litigation Practice Group.
Kevin A. Van Hise has been named Chair of the Local Government Practice Group.