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The session, "Ethics Gumbo: First You Make a Roux," included ethics issues within legal malpractice cases such as conflicts of interest and client confidentiality.

The Super Lawyers selection process comprises hundreds of thousands of statewide or regional surveys supplemented by a comprehensive examination of each nominee’s background and experience, focusing on such criteria as verdicts and settlements, transactions, representative clients, honors and awards, educational background, and any other outstanding achievements. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers.

In This Issue:

• Sherman Atlas Announces New Partners & Counsel

Registered investment advisors (RIAs) are a growing sector of the wealth management industry. Over 2,000 new RIA firms were created last year alone. There are now more than 30,000 RIAs in the United States, and over 3,000 of them have in excess of $1 billion in assets under management. This tremendous growth reflects the fact that an increasing number of investors are choosing RIA firms instead of traditional Broker-dealers for their investment and wealth management needs.

This article was originally published in the December 2015 issue of New Jersey Lawyer, a publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and is reprinted here with permission.

Shareholders who claim that they have been unfairly compensated as a result of a merger transaction often have only one available remedy: to dissent from the merger transaction and file a lawsuit seeking a “fair value” determination of their shares. Over the past several years, the number of such dissenting shareholder actions has surged. Julian Wells and Jordan Weinreich of Sherman Atlas Sylvester & Stamelman LLP break down the process and provide a primer on what you need to know.

In This Issue:

• Sherman Atlas Hosts Red Bulls Networking Night
• Sherman Atlas Presents Portrait of Louis Prima to the Mayor of Morristown at the 2015 Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival

The firm was recently featured in an article in NJBiz Magazine.

Sherman Atlas Sylvester & Stamelman LLP is pleased to celebrate its first anniversary this month. Having opened our doors on July 14, 2014, we are grateful to our friends, clients, families of our attorneys, paraprofessionals and staff for their unwavering support during these past twelve months. As a result of such support, our first year has been successful and rewarding.

We look forward to continuing to provide the finest service and representation to our clients and our community.

Sherman Atlas is pleased to congratulate our colleague, Tracy Child, for being named as one of the 2015 new leaders of the New Jersey Bar. We are pleased that Tracy’s distinguished work in the tax and trusts & estates area has been recognized by the legal community.

Counsel Craig Steinfeld was installed as the new Chair of the Banking Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association at the section’s annual meeting in Atlantic City on May 15, 2015. The Banking Law Section promotes the objectives of the New Jersey Bar Association in the field of banking law, including the dissemination and discussion of specialized information and knowledge and promoting remedial law and procedures for the banking industry. Prior to being installed as Chair, Craig served for two years as Vice-Chair of the section.

Sherman Atlas congratulates Rachel Moseson on being the recipient of the [3 year] Benjamin Foundation scholarship to attend Rutgers Law School. Trustee and Sherman Atlas partner, Andrew Stamelman, noted that “among the exceptional applicants, Rachel stood out as someone who will excel in the classroom, and give back to the Rutgers and local community. She has the qualities of excellence and leadership, and will honor the special qualities of the Foundation’s founder, Elizabeth Benjamin”.