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Order - Board on Attorney Certification - Newly Certified Attorneys (Civil, Criminal, Matrimonial, Workers' Compensation, Municipal)”

It is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 1 :39-5(a), the following named attorneys, having applied to the Board on Attorney Certification and having been found qualified by the Board, are hereby authorized to designate themselves as Certified Civil Trial Attorneys, Criminal Trial Attorneys, Matrimonial Law Attorneys, Workers Compensation Law Attorneys, or Municipal Court Law Attorneys before the public, the bar, and the courts of this State in accordance with the Rules of this Court during their good behavior for a term of five years from the date of this Order.

CIVIL-CERTIFIED

NameCounty
Victor A. AfanadorEssex
Ralph G. Cretella IVMiddlesex
Stephen CzeslowskiMonmouth
Philip J. DegnanBurlington
Michael Joseph DenninCamden
Richard W. GaeckleAtlantic
Sean M. MahoneyMiddlesex
Bryan H. MintzUnion
Monique MoreiraHudson
Michelle Mary O'BrienSomerset
Kristofer Charles PetrieHudson
Renee C. RivasMorris
James M. SavioAtlantic
Joseph Michael SzeskoHudson
Benedict F. ValliereHunterdon
Pina VricellaBurlington

Criminal Certified

Name County
Mara Hanley BraterOcean
Mark ChiavolaBergen
Peter J. GallagherCamden
Eric Kurtis McKinleySalem
Meghan M. O'NeillOcean
Michael B. RobertsSomerset
James B. SeplowitzBergen
Anthony C. TalaricoBergen

MATRIMONIAL- CERTIFIED

NameCounty
Christine Casullo CockerillGloucester
Leonard B. CohenHudson
Steven B. CohenBergen
Matthew Shane ColemanMorris
Kimberly A. GreenfieldBurlington
Angela KimBergen
Amy KriegsmanMorris
Jennie L. OsborneMorris
Daniel PelicBergen

WORKERS COMPENSATION - CERTIFIED

NameCounty
Daniel R. WhiteAtlantic

MUNICIPAL - CERTIFIED

NameCounty
Michael N. ColacciSomerset/Middlesex

Document Date: April 27, 2026

Publish Date: May 1, 2026