This year, the fall Jewish holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot) all land on weekdays. As a result of that and certain other things, posts on this blog will be only intermittent, or even just sparse, during these next few weeks. When feasible, I will try to catch up. (For better or worse, the Supreme Court and Appellate Division normally don’t issue many opinions during September, so there may be less to catch up on than would otherwise be the...

[Disclosure: This post contains blatant self-promotion]. I have been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The induction ceremony will occur later this month. Founded in 1990, the Academy is limited to a membership of 500 attorneys nationwide. According to the Academy’s website, membership is reserved for “experienced appellate advocates who have demonstrated the highest skill level and integrity.” Only three other New Jersey lawyers are Academy members. One is at the Attorney General’s Office, another is with a well-known advocacy...

It is a pleasure to announce here what is also being announced elsewhere: as of January 1, 2021, my firm, Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC will become Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC. Our partner, Victor A. Afanador, will thus become a name partner of the firm. Victor joined the firm as an associate in 2001. He became a partner in 2008. A gifted trial lawyer, Victor has tried a number of cases to jury verdicts in state and federal court. His civil litigation practice spans the defense of public entities, including a number of New Jersey’s biggest cities, employment cases, and...