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19 Porzio Attorneys Named to 2025 New Jersey Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® Lists

3/20/2025

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman is proud to announce that 12 of the firm’s New Jersey-based attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 New Jersey Super Lawyers® list, with 7 earning a spot on the 2025 New Jersey Rising Stars® list. Additionally, Crystal West Edwards has been named among the Top 50: 2025 Women New Jersey Super Lawyers list.

New Jersey Super Lawyers
•    Diane Fleming Averell – Principal
•    Roy Alan Cohen – Of Counsel
•    Crystal West Edwards – Principal
•    Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr. – Managing Principal
•    Jordan S. Goldsmith – Counsel
•    William A. Krais – Principal
•    Warren J. Martin, Jr. – Principal
•    Michael L. Rich – Principal
•    *Ryann M. Siclari - Principal
•    Charles J. Stoia – Principal
•    Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss – Principal
•    Kerri A. Wright – Principal

New Jersey Rising Stars
•    *Rachel E. Fairley – Associate
•    *Kaitlin Hackett – Associate
•    Jennifer A. Kelliher – Counsel
•    Weston J. Kulick – Associate
•    *Christopher P. Mazza – Counsel
•    *Sameer Prasla – Associate
•    Raquel R. Rivera – Counsel

* Denotes attorneys who are listed for the first time.

Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor, and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers for the Rising Starts honor. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the full methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.