Riker Danzig Elects Three New Partners and One New Counsel

Riker Danzig Elects Three New Partners and One New Counsel

Morristown, NJ (February 18, 2016) - Morristown-based law firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP is pleased to announce that it has elected three new partners and appointed one new counsel, effective January 1, 2016.

Riker Danzig’s newly-elected partners are:

Bethany A. Abele practices in Riker Danzig’s Commercial Litigation Group. Abele represents title insurance companies and their insureds in a wide variety of actions, including coverage investigations, disputes between the insurance company and insured, and serving as retained counsel in matters concerning allegations of forgery, mortgage fraud schemes, priority disputes, boundary line disputes, and actions arising from alleged title defects. Abele has also defended class action suits against banks and title insurers and has handled numerous complex commercial foreclosure actions. Abele is a Trustee of the Morris County Bar Association and serves as the Co-Chair of the Morris County Bar Association Women Lawyers Committee. She is also a member of the Morris County Bar Association Financial Services Committee, the Civil Litigation Committee, and the Mentor Committee. Abele serves on the Leadership Council for the Young Professionals Group of Morristown Medical Center. She is a member of the Lafayette College Alumni Interfraternity and Sorority Board and is an Alumni Admissions Representative for the College as well. Abele earned her J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, and earned her B.A. degree from Lafayette College, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Zahid N. Quraishi practices in Riker Danzig’s White Collar Criminal Defense Group. Quraishi has extensive experience representing clients with government enforcement and compliance issues involving potential criminal charges. He regularly manages complex federal and state court litigation on behalf of corporations, and their officers, directors, and employees. Quraishi has represented both companies and individuals in connection with criminal investigations involving violations of securities law, healthcare fraud, money laundering, environmental statutes, public corruption, and tax laws among other white collar areas of law. His practice also has extended to representing corporations and individuals in complex federal and state civil litigation. Before joining Riker, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey for over five years. Quraishi previously represented the United States as an Assistant Chief Counsel with the Department of Homeland Security. He also served as a military prosecutor in in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Quraishi received his law degree from Rutgers Law School - Newark where he was the Managing Business Editor of the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal and a member of the Rutgers Moot Court Board. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in 1997.

Tracey K. Wishert practices in Riker Danzig’s Insurance and Litigation Groups. Wishert focuses her practice on insurance coverage and insurance defense matters. She regularly advises clients on a variety of coverage and indemnity issues, including complex insurance allocation, additional insured coverage, tortious interference, breach of contract, and bad faith. Wishert has experience in all aspects of litigation in matters involving construction defect and construction injury claims, premises liability, professional liability, and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act liability. Wishert graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law where she was the Writing and Research Editor of the Fordham Urban Law Journal and a member of the Federal Litigation Clinic. Wishert received her B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1999.

Elected to Counsel is:

Jonathan M. Sandler practices in Riker Danzig’s Commercial Litigation Group. Sandler has represented a wide variety of clients in all aspects of complex litigation matters in state and federal courts. He has also handled a wide range of appellate matters in jurisdictions including the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the New Jersey Supreme Court and the New Jersey and New York Appellate Divisions. In addition to his litigation practice, Sandler routinely advises clients on numerous contractual, regulatory and compliance issues. While pursuing his law degree at Rutgers Law School - Newark, Sandler was Senior Editor of the Rutgers Law Record and winner of the Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes Prize. He received his J.D. in 2006 from Rutgers and his B.S., cum laude, from Montclair State University in 2002.

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For over 130 years, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP has focused on providing high-quality legal services to the business community. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, the Firm has additional offices in Trenton and New York. Riker Danzig has earned a national reputation for expertise in trial and appellate litigation, insurance, commercial law and bankruptcy and, in addition, has highly-respected practices in banking law, environmental law, employment law, family practice, tax and trusts and estates, corporate law and mergers & acquisitions, governmental affairs, public utilities, real estate and intellectual property.

February 18, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

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Contact: Richelle Delavan

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