In 2009, Amy Cores CLaw '03, a partner at the firm Hoffman, Schreiber & Cores, won the prestigious award.
The Young Lawyer of the Year designation is presented to a lawyer under age 36, or in practice less than five years, whose combined personal and professional achievements merit special recognition, and who has additionally made significant community and public service contributions, has actively participated in the organized bar and has stood out in the areas of professional knowledge, skill, integrity and courtesy.
An associate in Archer & Greiner’s litigation department, Freeman accepted the award from outgoing NJSBA President Allen Etish CLaw '71, a partner at Archer & Greiner, during the NJSBA’s annual convention in Atlantic City on May 19.
Freeman concentrates his practice in commercial litigation. He began volunteering his legal skills while a student at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden, where he participated in three pro bono clinics and spent a year teaching constitutional law to Camden high school students through the Rutgers–Camden Marshall-Brennan Program. He currently volunteers as a guest lecturer for Camden County Technical High School on topics such as business life skills and career exploration. Through the Burlington Camden Kappa Foundation, Freeman chairs a program for high school boys that trains them in etiquette, fiscal responsibility and college preparation. Earlier this year, he received the Craig M. Perry Award for community service from the Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association. In 2008, Freeman received the Urban League of Philadelphia’s Young Urban Leader Award, and in 2007, the Rutgers Law School Mary Philbrook Student Public Interest Award.
Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, Cores is an active member of the NJSBA, serving in such varied capacities as newsletter editor for the Women in the Profession Section; associate managing editor of the New Jersey Family Lawyer; a member of the NJSBA Appellate Practice Committee; and a member of
Cores served as editor-in-chief of Dictum, the newsletter of the NJSBA’s Young Lawyers Division. Cores was previously an editor of the New Jersey Lawyer Magazine and a member of the NJSBA-YLD Executive Committee. She has received the Award of Merit from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children twice. Cores is a partner with the Red Bank firm of Hoffman, Schreiber & Cores, which limits their practice to family law matters.
“Clearly, this is a signature accomplishment earned by Lloyd in 2010 and Amy in 2009, and the Rutgers community applauds them both,” says Rayman Solomon, dean of the Rutgers School of Law–Camden. “Both were extraordinary students and have become top-notch legal practitioners. The fact that Rutgers–Camden law graduates have secured this honor for two consecutive years is good news for Rutgers also, which continues its tradition of preparing students for successful legal careers and for playing leadership roles in their communities and the State of New Jersey.”
Rutgers–Camden law graduates have a tradition of commanding this top statewide honor. For example, Alexa D'Amato CLaw '01 received the Young Lawyer of the Year award in 2007.
This story is based on a press release provided courtesy of Archer & Greiner.
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