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April 1, 2008
Michael K. Breen was among a delegation representing major Irish-American organizations who met with Owen Paterson, MP, Britain’s Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, at the British consulate in New York City. The delegation and Mr. Paterson discussed issues related to the peace process in the north of Ireland.
March 29, 2008
Gail L. Price served as Co-Chair for the Bergen County Bar Association’s 16th Annual Land Use Committee Symposium at Bergen Community College in Paramus. Jennifer M. Knarich and Paul A. Conciatori also spoke at the Symposium.
March 10, 2008
Michael K. Breen conducted a presentation, “Antitrust Issues for Nonprofit Trade Associations,” at the Investment Casting Institute’s annual Spring Management Meeting in Orlando, Florida. The Investment Casting Institute is a nonprofit trade association serving the investment metal casting industry. Mr. Breen is the Institute’s General Counsel.
March 2008
The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education has published the Second Edition of the Land Use Citator, a compilation of significant land use law cases edited by Greg Meese.
March 5, 2008
Louis L. D’Arminio and Gail L. Price lectured at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s 2008 Land Use Update seminar held at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, New Jersey.
February 2008
Katie Razin and Simone Sinisi both recently served as judges for the Bergen County Mock Trial Competition held at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack. The competition provides an opportunity for local high school students to compete on local, state and national levels.
January 2008
Gail L. Price was recently approved to become a member of the Ridgewood College Club, which assists in raising money for and providing scholarships to local students.
October 2007
Michael K. Breen conducted a three-part seminar series at the Saddle Brook, New Jersey, office of CB Richard Ellis, the global real estate services firm. Michael lectured on the preparation, review and negotiation of commercial leases.
October 2007
Gail L. Price has been appointed as a member of the Women Build Honorary Committee for the Paterson Habitat for Humanity. This is the 3rd Women Build event and will take place in the Fall 2007. Women from all over New Jersey will join forces to finance and build a Habitat home in Paterson, NJ and help a hard working family begin a new life in a decent, affordable home, eliminating poverty housing one family at a time.
October 5, 2007
Michael K. Breen was the moderator for an international panel of speakers discussing sectarianism and conflict resolution in the north of Ireland. The panelists gathered at the Irish American Unity Conference’s twenty-fourth annual national convention in Boston, Massachusetts. The panelists included a senior lecturer from Queen’s University, Belfast, and a representative from the Belfast City Council. The Irish American Unity Conference is a national, non-profit organization working for peace with justice in a reunited Ireland.
September 2007
John Edwardswill be lecturing on Road and Access Law for the National Business Institute on December 12, 2007.
September 25, 2007
Michael K. Breen conducted a presentation, “Antitrust Issues for Nonprofit Trade Associations,” at a meeting of the New Jersey Glass & Metal Installers Association, in Newark, New Jersey.
September 4, 2007
John Edwards was admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
September 2007
Rick Shulman was recently named to the Lakeland Bank Advisory Board of Directors (Park Ridge branch). The Advisory Board is comprised of leaders in the business/professional community serviced by the local bank office and has among its goals to serve as a link between the Bank and the communities in which it conducts its business.
September 2007
Louis L. D'Arminio recently testified on behalf of CBS Outdoor, Inc., before the New Jersey Department of Transportation with regard to the NJDOT's revisions to New Jersey's Outdoor Advertising Regulations. Lou has been representing outdoor advertising companies for over twenty-five years, has lectured on outdoor advertising both state-wide and nationally, and is recognized as one of the foremost land use authorities in the field.
August 2007
Gail L. Price - Plans are under way for the 25th Annual Harvest Ball for the March of Dimes to be held on November 2, 2007. Ms. Price serves as chair for the black tie gala and was recently presented with the Volunteer of the Year Award by the North Jersey Chapter of the March of Dimes. Gail’s commitment and contributions to the charity were recognized by state and national representatives at a volunteer recognition dinner in Princeton. She is the former Chair for the Board of Directors for the North Jersey Chapter and has served on the State Board as well. Her daughter Mackenzie was the National Ambassador for the charity in 2000.
July 18, 2007
John Edwards was installed as a Second Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus.
July 2007
Gail L. Price was elected to a three year term on the Board of Trustees for Lehigh University. She will also continue to sit as a member of the Advisory Board for the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Career Connect Network.
July 2007
Michael K. Breen was invited to join the Board of Trustees for Dominican College, a four-year private college in Orangeburg, Rockland County, New York, and will serve a three-year term.
June 2007
Dana Hall of Harrington Park, New Jersey has joined the firm as a summer law clerk. Ms. Hall has completed three years of law school at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York, working toward her J.D. and certificate in environmental law in May 2008. Ms. Hall received a Masters of Arts in Environmental Conservation Education from New York University in 2000, and is a graduate of Ohio State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Music in 1996.
June 2007
Kathryn Razin was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. On June 11, 2007, she attended an admissions ceremony at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
June 2007
Michael K. Breen conducted a two-part seminar for the Corporate Real Estate Department of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the national provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services. Meeting in Quest Diagnostics’ corporate headquarters in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Michael presented a discussion and analysis of recent court decisions concerning commercial real estate leases.
May 2007
Adrienne Zitka was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar. Ms. Zitka was sworn in by Judge Robert P. Contillo, for whom she previously served as a judicial intern.
May 2007
Dean Stamos will be a featured speaker at a seminar presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education: “A Practitioner’s Guide to Home Ownership: Legal, Tax & Estate Planning Tips.” The seminar will be conducted on August 9, 2007, in Saddle Brook, New Jersey to explore different ways in which a home can be purchased, and selecting the most advantageous home purchasing strategy for clients. Anyone interested in registering for the seminar can visit the ICLE website at www.njicle.com or call 732-214-8500. Participants will receive continuing education credit for attending the seminar.
May 2007
Michael K. Breen recently conducted a two-part seminar at the Parsippany, New Jersey, office of Cushman & Wakefield, the global real estate services company. Michael lectured on the preparation, review and negotiation of commercial leases.
April 27, 2007
Michael K. Breen was one of four judges for the New Jersey phase of the international Rose of Tralee competition, which was held at the Park Ridge Marriott ballroom in Park Ridge, New Jersey. The Rose of Tralee competition celebrates modern young women and their aspirations, ambitions, intellect, social responsibility and Irish heritage. The New Jersey winner will compete for the Rose Crown during the annual Rose of Tralee International Festival in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, in August 2007.
April 2007
Price, Meese, Shulman & D’Arminio is pleased to announce its sponsorhip of “The Taste in Hackensack” event, which will be held on Sunday afternoon May 6th, to commemorate the opening of the new restaurant wing at the Shops at Riverside on Route 4 West in Hackensack. All proceeds of the event will benefit the Hackensack Blue and Gold Scholarship Fund. The restaurants at the Shops at Riverside will participate (Morton’s, the Cheesecake Factory, Houston’s, and all of the new restaurants) together with nearly two dozen additional restaurants from Hackensack and the surrounding area. “The Taste in Hackensack” event will feature wine tastings, Broadway style entertainment and may include an appearance by a celebrity chef. Other highlights of the afternoon will include sampling signature dishes from the area’s finest dining establishments, and the chance to win exciting prizes. For tickets, please call 201-490-6600.
April 12, 2007
Michael K. Breen lectured on the negotiation of commercial real estate leases as a guest instructor for the "Commercial Real Estate Business & Finance" course at Pace University Law School in White Plains, New York.
April 2007
Gregory Meese has been named Editor of the Land Use Citator published by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. The Citator is a compendium of Land Use Cases, both reported and unreported, that will be updated annually. It was named ICLE's Book of the Month for April 2007. The Land Use Citator can be purchased through the NJICLE website at www.njicle.com.
March 2007
Gregory Meese and Louis D'Arminio spoke at the 2007 Land Use Update sponsored by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. January 2007 The firm’s sponsored dodgeball team, the “Adverse Possessors”, launched their inaugural season in a local recreational league. This co-ed team, consisting of recruits drawn from the firm’s employees and their spouses and friends, will spend the next six Sundays playing round-robin type, multi-team tournaments in Manhattan. Half of all league fees and a portion of post-game happy hour expenditures are donated to charity. The Adverse Possessors are playing to benefit The October Woman Foundation, a local breast cancer research organization.
January 2007
Kathryn J. Razin served as a judge at the Mock Trial Competition held at the Bergen County Courthouse. Local high school students who win the county-wide competition go on to compete in the state finals, which lead to the national competition. September 2006 Adrienne Zitka has joined the firm as a law clerk while she awaits the results of the bar exam. After attending Muhlenberg College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and Morris K. Udall Scholar, Ms. Zitka earned her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law. While in law school, she was the Notes editor of the Journal of Law and Policy and author of "Road Work Ahead: Slow Down. What about public transit?: The Future of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century." Also during law school, Ms. Zitka, a resident of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, participated in Rutgers' Community Dispute Resolution pro bono clinic and its Immigration Law pro bono clinic.
August 2006
Mary Anne Iuliano has joined the firm as an associate. Prior to joining Price Meese, she was an associate in the corporate and commercial department of a prominent northern New Jersey law firm. Ms. Iuliano's professional experience also includes work as an auditor for Ernst & Young. Ms. Iuliano graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a minor in Accounting. She received an MBA from Georgia State University with a major in Accounting and graduated with honors from Emory University School of Law. Ms. Iuliano practices in the area of commercial real estate and corporate law.
August 2006
John R. Edwards, Jr. will be a featured speaker at a seminar entitled "Road and Access Law: Successfully Handling Disputes." This intermediate to advanced level seminar, sponsored by the National Business Institute (NBI), is designed for attorneys, surveyors, engineers, architects, developers, municipal officials and planners, and real estate and title professionals seeking an in-depth review of road and access law. The seminar can be credited towards continuing education requirements for attorneys and certain other professionals. Mr. Edwards will be presenting in Saddle Brook, NJ on September 14, 2006. Those interested in registering for the seminar may contact the NBI at (800) 930-6182.
July 2006
Kathryn J. Razin was admitted to the United States Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York.
June 2006
Michael K. Breen recently conducted a three-part seminar series for the Corporate Real Estate Department of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the national provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services. Meeting in Quest Diagnostics’ corporate headquarters in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Michael lectured on the preparation, review and negotiation of commercial leases.
June 2006
Brooke Ronayne, a summer law clerk at the firm and a student at Seton Hall University School of Law, was selected as a member of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal. June 2006 In order to better serve our clients, the Firm is proud to announce the opening of our Morristown office. Please click the "Contact Us" tab above for the new address.
June 2006
Kathryn Razin was sworn in to practice in New York State at a ceremony at the Appellate Division in Brooklyn, New York. Ms. Razin was admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey in 2005.
June 3, 2006
Gail L. Price was elected President of the Lehigh University Alumni Association for the 2006-2007 year. In that role, she will serve on the Executive Committee for the Board of Directors, an advisory board which assists the Alumni Association staff in strategic planning to ensure that the activities and programs of the Association are implemented in accordance with the mission of the organization. Over the next 12 months, Ms. Price will be busy working with other Board members and representatives of the University to ensure that the mission of the Association—“to maintain and cultivate among its members a sentiment of regard for one another, an affection and attachment to Lehigh University, and to support and promote in every way the interests of Lehigh University” – is best represented and carried forward to the 51,000 alumni of the University. I am also continuing this year as a member of the Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University.
May 31, 2006
Gail L. Price was elected to the Board of Trustees for the New Jersey State Bar Association Land Use Section at its annual dinner meeting at the Law Center in New Brunswick. The Hon. Jonathan Harris, J.S.C. was guest speaker at the dinner.
May 2006
Dorothy A. Kowal has joined the firm as an associate. Ms. Kowal has fifteen years of experience litigating cases in state and federal courts in New Jersey, representing public companies, private businesses, municipal entities and public officials. She also practices in the area of land use and real estate development and has served as counsel to a Bergen County municipality.
May 2006
Brooke Ronayne of Pearl River, New York has joined the firm as a summer law clerk. Ms. Ronayne has completed her first year of law school at Seton Hall University School of Law and is a 2005 graduate of the University of Delaware, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in American Politics. While at the University of Delaware, Ms. Ronayne was a Dean's List scholar and a member of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honors Fraternity.
May 2006
Balpreet Virk of Mahwah, New Jersey has returned to the firm as a summer law clerk after serving as an undergraduate intern in 2003. Ms. Virk has completed her first year of law school at Michigan State University and is a 2004 graduate of Seton Hall University, where she majored in Criminal Justice and was a member of the Seton Hall Association of Indians. Ms. Virk is an aspiring golfer so look for her on the greens this summer.
April 20, 2006
Gail L. Price was elected as a Trustee for the Bergen County Bar Association. She was sworn in and began her term at the Association’s Annual Beefsteak Dinner held at the Hasbrouk Heights Hilton. Gail L. Price is serving as Co-Chair for the Land Use Committee for the Bergen County Bar Association and will be serving as moderator for the Annual Land Use Symposium. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2006 at Bergen Community College in Paramus and is being offered to board members in fulfillment of their certification requirement. Advance registration exceeds 300 participants from municipalities across the county.
November 28, 2005
Elliott L. Pell has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Mr. Pell has over twenty-five years of experience litigating cases in state and federal courts in numerous states. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and before the United States Disctrict Court, Disctrict of New Jersey, the United States District Court, Eastern District and Southern District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
October 29, 2005
Gregory Meese, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Bar Association Land Use Law Section, will be moderating and speaking at a seminar on October 29, 2005, for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. The seminar is entitled “Practicing Before Land Use Boards."
September 26, 2005
Gail L. Price received the Bergen County Bar Foundation's 2005 Lawyer-Achievement Award, bestowed annually to the attorney whose efforts have significantly improved the quality of life for citizens of Bergen County. Ms. Price was presented with the award at the Foundation's Annual Awards Dinner on September 26 in Mahwah, New Jersey.
September 13, 2005
Kim Walters Greene passed the Certified Legal Assistant (CLA) examination given by the National Association of Legal Assistants, Inc. in July, 2005 and has earned the designation of Certified Paralegal ("CP".) Kim is one of only 75 paralegals in New Jersey who have earned this designation and are entitled to use the "CP" professional credential.
August 25, 2005
Michael K. Breen recently conducted a three-part seminar series on commercial leasing at the Saddle Brook, New Jersey, office of CB Richard Ellis, the global real estate services firm. Michael lectured on the topic of "Hot Lease Issues & Effective Compromises."
May 15, 2005
Michael Breen participated in the Hon. Nicholas G. Mandak Charitable Foundation Annual 5K race in Wayne, New Jersey. The Foundation is administered by the Passaic County Bar Association and provides scholarships to needy students. Michael served as a law clerk for the late Judge Mandak.
February 28, 2005
Price, Meese, Shulman & D'Arminio, PC attended the "Lawyering in the Public Interest Benefit 2005" on February 23, 2005 sponsored by the Essex County Bar Association and Seton Hall Law School. The benefit raised money to provide financial assistance to law students who practice public interest law after graduation.
February 07, 2005
Michael K. Breen, recently appointed General Counsel to the Investment Casting Institute, will be speaking at the Institute’s Spring Management Meeting to be held in Savannah, GA, on March 16, 2005. Mr. Breen will be lecturing on the topic of “Understanding Customer Contract Terms and Conditions.”