Equal Justice Awards

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Tuesday, April 29
The Palace at Somerset Park

The 2025 EJA Reception included an induction into the New Jersey Equal Justice Library and Archive (NJEJLA) Circle of Honor and a Lipman-Franks Award presentation.

NJEJLA CIRCLE OF HONOR

The Honorable Sheila Y. Oliver (posthumously)
Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey

LIPMAN-FRANKS AWARD

Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz
New Jersey Senator for District 29

SIGNIFICANT PRO BONO CONTRIBUTORS

Covenant House New Jersey
Human Trafficking Victim Services

David Culley, Esq.
Hunterdon County Bar Association

Expungement Law Project
Rutgers Law School–Camden

Georgene Sfraga Panza, Esq.
In-House Volunteer, NNJLS

EXCEPTIONAL PRO BONO CONTRIBUTORS

Shaun S. Peterson, Esq.
Carl Levitt, Esq.
Bill Singer, Esq.
Lori Hirsch, Esq.
Scura, Wigfield, Heyer, Stevens & Cammarota LLP
Freidel & Kramer, P.C.

 

View photos from the event!

 

Equal Justice Awards—2025

 


View prior year equal justice reception events
EJA 2023
EJA 2022
EJA 2019
EJA 2017
EJA 2014

Visit the Circle of Honor section of the NJEJLA website to learn more about prior inductees

View the 2025 New Jersey Equal Justice Awards program


 

2025 EJA SPONSORS

Equal Justice Champion

Lowenstein Sandler

Equal Justice Leader

Merck

Verizon

Equal Justice Partners

Ballard Spahr LLP

DLA Piper

Day Pitney LLP

Cynthia M. Jacob, Esq.

McCarter & English

RWJBarnabas Health

Equal Justice Supporters

Archer & Greiner PC

Merrill—The Luisi Group

Brach Eichler LLC

Hoagland Longo Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP

Porzio Bromberg & Newman

Karol Corbin Walker, Esq.

Equal Justice Friends

John P. Kahn, Esq.

Dawn K. Miller, Esq.