Recognition

McCarter has been named one of four finalists for “Law Firm of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal. The award recognizes the NJ firm that has demonstrated a broad spectrum of achievements in the past year and display a range of talent depth. The firm also received numerous other recognitions Continue Reading

McCarter’s Cannabis practice has been selected as one of six finalists for “Cannabis Law Practice of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal for 2024. The awards highlight practices that have had an outsized impact on cannabis law over the past year. The Cannabis practice group works with Continue Reading

McCarter & English partner Ryan Richman has been named to the New Jersey Law Journal’s “2024 New Leaders of the Bar,” a list of lawyers “who bring both notable achievements and outstanding potential” to the legal community in New Jersey. No aspect of this or any advertisement has been Continue Reading

The New Jersey Law Journal has named McCarter & English partner and former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia (ret.) winner of the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Justice LaVecchia, the longest-serving female justice in New Jersey history, receives this award for having “left a Continue Reading

Nicholas Keller has been elected Chair of Membership and Estate Planners’ Day for the 2024-2025 term by the Bergen County Estate Planning Council (BCEPC). BCEPC is an interdisciplinary organization that promotes a team approach to estate and wealth planning through study, research, idea exchange, Continue Reading

McCarter is named by Law360 as a ‘Ceiling Smasher,’ for the second year in a row recognizing the firm as one of the top 10 in its category (251-600 lawyers) with the highest representation of women in its equity partnership. According to Law360 Pulse’s 2024 Women in Law Report, approximately 41% of Continue Reading

We are proud that 179 of our attorneys are named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Five McCarter attorneys have also been named “Lawyer of the Year” in their practice area and region. Those lawyers include: Fifty-five of our attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers Ones to Continue Reading

Best Lawyers awarded David Kott the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Products Liability Litigation-Defendants for the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan region. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For methodology, click here. Continue Reading

Best Lawyers awarded Sherilyn Pastor the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Insurance Law for the Newark, New Jersey metropolitan region. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. For methodology, click here. Continue Reading

Michael Sartori has been named to the 2024 edition of IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists for the third year in a row. Focused exclusively on patent practitioners, IAM Strategy 300 identifies top practitioners who are leading the way in developing and implementing strategies that Continue Reading