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Ms. D'Annunzio, a member of Phi Omega Epsilon Honor Society and Tri Beta Biological Honor Society, is a magna cum laude graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a Chemistry minor. In 1985, Ms. D'Annunzio graduated cum laude from Seton Hall University School of Law and was a Finalist in the Seton Hall University School of Law Appellate Advocacy Competition.

Admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1985, Ms. D'Annunzio served as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Stanley G. Bedford, a judge of civil law and an acting assignment judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, during the judicial year of 1985-1986.

A 1990 recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year, Service to the Community" Award, Ms. D'Annunzio has been actively involved in community service. She is a former contributing editor for The Dictum, the New Jersey Young Lawyers newsletter, and had been a regular contributor to The Chronicle, the Essex County Bar Association publication.

As a barrister in the Arthur T. Vanderbilt American Inns of Court, Ms. D'Annunzio has also been involved in training of new attorneys in the State of New Jersey and has been named to "Who's Who in American Law".

Through her years of practice, Ms. D'Annunzio has defended corporations in complex multi-party litigation involving toxic tort, construction, environmental, and products liability matters, and has been designated as national counsel for several corporations involved in asbestos litigation.

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Areas of Practice:

Complex Multi-Party Litigation

Toxic Tort

Construction

Products Liability Matters

Environmental

Asbestos Litigation

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 1985

U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1985

Education:

Seton Hall University School of Law; Newark, New Jersey; 1985
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Finalist, Appellate Advocacy Competition

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Bachelor of Science
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Member, Phi Omega Epsilon Honor Society
Honors: Member, Tri Beta Biological Honor Society
Major:  Biology
Minor:  Chemistry

Published Works:

The Dictum, (Contributing Editor), The New Jersey Young Lawyers Newsletter

The Chronicle, (Contributor), The Essex County Bar Association Publication

Representative Cases:

Delbridge v. Bayonne Housing Authority, HUD-L-2679-98

English v. Englewood, BER-L-020139-86

Green v. St. Francis, HUD-L-021587-87

Kaufman v. Englewood Hospital, BER-L-32843-86

Laezza v. MIT, OCN-L-40741-88 1990

Pecoraro v. W. Hudson, BER-L-40241-88

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Speaker, Spoliation of Evidence, Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Speaker, Mold and Toxic Tort Litigation

Speaker, Asbestos Medicine

Honors and Awards:

Recipient, New Jersey State Bar Association Young Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year, Service to the Community" Award, 1990

Who's Who in American Law

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Arthur T. Vanderbilt American Inns of Court

Barrister

New Jersey State Bar Association

Member

Essex County Bar Association

Member

Morris County Bar Association

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Essex County Bar Association

Past Member, Young Lawyers Executive Committee

Essex County Bar Association

Past Member, Public Relations Committee

Essex County Legal Aid Association

Past Trustee

Past Employment Positions:

Honorable Stanley G. Bedford, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Judicial Law Clerk, 1985 - 1986

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Acting Assignment Judge, 1985 - 1986

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Alpha Delta