By Karen Mason | Published December 20, 2017 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Mason, Griffin & Pierson collected donations from attorneys and support staff for Big Brothers Big Sisters Mercer County this holiday season. BBBS makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and children in communities across the country. For more information go to https://bbbsmercer.org/.
Read MoreMason, Griffin & Pierson is proudly sponsoring The Princeton Brass Band Holiday Concert. The concert will take place at Montgomery High School at 2 PM on December 17. For more information on the award-winning band go to https://www.facebook.com/princetonbrassband.
Read MoreMason, Griffin & Pierson is a sponsor of Communities of Light – Peace Begins at Home. The event is held by Womanspace, an organization that provides counseling and housing for women and their families who are impacted by domestic violence. This county-wide event takes place at dusk on Monday, December 4. Firm Director, Edwin Schmierer Read More
Read MoreMason, Griffin & Pierson continues its support of youth basketball programs in the community. For more information on the Dillon Youth Basketball League go to the Princeton Recreation Department at https://www.leaguelineup.com/miscinfo.asp?menuid=44&url=princetonrecreation. For information on the Montgomery Basketball Association go to www.montgomerybasketball.com.
Read MoreMason, Griffin & Pierson is a sponsor for the November 30th holiday party held in Brick, New Jersey. Dottie’s House provides programs and services for survivors of domestic violence. For more information go to https://dottieshouse.org/fullinfo/holidayraffle.
Read MoreEdwin Schmierer, Associate General Counsel for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM), will be on a panel at the NJLM convention on November 15, 2017 to discuss the status of affordable housing in New Jersey. The panel will be moderated by East Windsor Township Mayor Janice S. Mironov and is presented in conjunction Read More
Read MoreOn November 4 the Friends of the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library Foundation will host Food & Wine of Australia & New Zealand, its 12th Annual Food and Wine Fundraiser. Mason, Griffin & Pierson is sponsoring this wonderful gathering. The proceeds will benefit the library. For more information go to https://somerset.lib.nj.us/maryjacobs.
Read MoreTrishka Waterbury Cecil, past President of the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys (NJILGA), is a presenter at the New Jersey State League of Municipalities Conference in Atlantic City. The seminars, Mandatory Certification Class For New Board Members is sponsored by New Jersey Planning Officials, and 2017 Municipal Law Update is sponsored by New Read More
Read MoreDirector Shawn Neufeld recently participated in a golf outing at Cherry Valley Country Club that raised funds for Advancing Opportunities. Mr. Neufeld made a remarkable fifty-foot putt, and garnered $5,000 for the organization. Advancing Opportunities is a non-profit that provides services to people with disabilities. For more information go to https://advopps.org/.
Read MoreThe firm is a sponsor for the Police Benevolent Association #355 Golf Outing. The outing is at Cherry Valley Country Club in Skillman, New Jersey on October 9. For more information go to www.montgomerypba.org.
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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.