NJBIZ Honors New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business
February 2, 2012
Please join us in congratulating Stefani C Schwartz, Esq. for her recognition as one of the Best 50 Women in Business 2012.
Stefani C Schwartz has been named one of New Jersey’s 2012 Best 50 Women in Business. The award program, produced by NJBIZ, New Jersey’s premiere business news publication, is sponsored by Wells Fargo; Withum, Smith & Brown, PC and Wolff & Samson PC.
The Best 50 Women in Business awards program honors New Jersey’s most dynamic women in business that have been making headlines in their field. To qualify, a nominee had to meet selection criteria that included living or working in New Jersey and holding significant authority for decision making in a for-profit company.
An independent panel of judges selected the top 50 winners based on their dedication to business growth, professional and personal accomplishments, community involvement, and advocacy for women.
“We are truly fortunate to have the opportunity to recognize this outstanding group of women.” said Thomas Curtin, publisher of NJBIZ. “As business and community leaders, they are constantly redefining success within and outside the business arena. On behalf of NJBIZ, we would like to thank and congratulate these fifty outstanding women for their dedication to New Jersey’s future.”
NJBIZ and the program sponsors will honor this year’s winners during an awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at The Palace at Somerset in Somerset, NJ. The honorees will also be highlighted in a special supplement to NJBIZ on April 2, 2012.
For more information about the NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business awards program or to reserve seats to the event, please visit www.njbiz.com/events or contact Sarah Spangler at sspangler@njbiz.com or (732) 246-5713.
Lawrence S. Schwartz, Esq., SSE&C’s Managing Director, Receives Distinguished Service Award
January 27, 2012
Lawrence S. Schwartz, Esq., Managing Director of SSE&C, was the co-recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented to a member of the New Jersey Association of School Attorneys who has provided distinguished service to the New Jersey school law community, boards of education, and the students of the State. Mr. Schwartz is a leading expert in education and labor law in New Jersey. He is a former Member and President of the Belleville Board of Education and was President of NJSBA from 1976 to 1978. Mr. Schwartz is also a former member of the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), a former member of the Board of Governors of Rutgers University and served as Vice President of the New Jersey Association of School Attorneys.
Stefani C Schwartz has been selected to be one of the State Chairs for New Jersey for 2011-2012
October 4, 2011
Council on Litigation Management announces its 2011-2012 State Chairs
October 3, 2011
New York, NY – (PR.COM) – 8/30/11 –The State Chair is a leadership role within the Council on Litigation Management (CLM) whose purpose is to assist in the development and growth of the Council, and foster communications locally. State Chairs also establish and monitor CLM Strategic Affiliations for state and local organizations/associations. The Council on Litigation Management (CLM) announces its State Chairs for 2011-2012.
Stefani Schwartz has been selected to be one of the State Chairs for New Jersey. In addition, Ms. Schwartz is the State Lead Chair.
Member of the Firm, Stefani C Schwartz has a concentration in labor and employment law in the private and public sectors. In addition to complex civil litigation, Ms. Schwartz’s expertise includes counseling businesses with employment issues.
At Rutgers University Camden School of Law, Ms. Schwartz worked for the New Jersey Governor’s Office of Employee Relations. After graduation, she served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Alvin Weiss, former Assignment Judge of the Superior Court, Essex County.
Ms. Schwartz chairs the Firm’s Labor and Employment Group and concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment, representing management; non-compete litigation; public entities and officials in litigation; commercial litigation and appellate practice.
Ms. Schwartz has litigated in both state and federal courts, as well as before the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law. She has practiced before the National Labor Relations Board, the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She has several reported cases and has been successful with jury and non-jury trials. She also has extensive experience in the areas of collective bargaining negotiations and labor arbitrations. As a frequent lecturer, Ms. Schwartz has spoken at over one hundred seminars and conferences on such topics as sexual harassment, employment handbooks and employment and labor law.
About the Council on Litigation Management
The Council is a nonpartisan alliance of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, general counsel, risk managers, claims adjusters and attorneys. Through education and collaboration, its goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.litmgmt.org
Contact: Adam Potter, Executive Director
Council on Litigation Management
212-724-2345
John G. Geppert Re-appointed as Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s School Law Committee
May 18, 2011
Congratulations to John G. Geppert, Jr., Counsel for his re-appointment as Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s School Law Committee for 2011-12.