Mason, Griffin & Pierson, P.C.

101 Poor Farm Road | Princeton, New Jersey 08540

609-921-6543

2025 Ian T. Hammett was recently named a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Lions Club International Foundation

2023 Sharon A. Dragan receives the Michael A. Pane Ethics In Government Award

2023 Edwin W. Schmierer, Womanspace Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service

2023 Edwin W. Schmierer, Habitat for Humanity of South/ Central New Jersey David McAlpin Humanitarian Award

2014 Trishka W. Cecil, Fred G. Stickel Award for Excellence in Municipal Law & Service to the Legal Profession

2014 Kester R. Pierson honored, Fifty-plus years of admission to the Bar, Mercer County Bar Association

2013 Shawn M. Neufeld receives Legacy Volunteer Award, Big Brothers Big Sisters Mercer County

2012 Kristina P. Hadinger, Fred G. Stickel Award for Excellence in Municipal Law & Service to the Legal Profession

2008 Kristina P. Hadinger, Michael A. Pane Award for Ethics in Municipal Government

2004 Edmond M. Konin, Community Service Award, American Cancer Society

2003 Edwin W. Schmierer, Fred G. Stickel Award for Excellence in Municipal Law & Service to the Legal Profession

2001 Mason, Griffin & Pierson, PC, Community Partner Award, Mercer County Bar Association

1999 Gordon D. Griffin, Fred G. Stickel Award for Excellence in Municipal Law & Service to the Legal Profession

1999 Kristina P. Hadinger, Outstanding Women in Field of Law, Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women

1998 Mason, Griffin & Pierson, PC, Ralph S. Mason Distinguished Service Award, Princeton Family YMCA

1993 Kristina P. Hadinger, Paul Harris Fellow – Rotary International

1992 Kristina P. Hadinger, Woman of the Year – Princeton Elks #2129

1986 Kristina P. Hadinger, TWIN (Tribute to Women in Business and Industry) Award – Princeton YWCA

1972 Ralph S. Mason II, Man of the Year, Mercer County Chamber of Commerce

Julia L. Pickett

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.
David R. Demaree

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

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

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

Paul M. Bishop has been named Chair of the Litigation Practice Group.
Kevin A. Van Hise

Kevin A. Van Hise has been named Chair of the Local Government Practice Group.

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