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LORI E. CAUGHMAN IS THE GARDEN STATE BAR ASSOCIATION’S NEW PRESIDENT

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NEWARK, N.J.  September 15, 2011 – Today, the Garden State Bar Association, New Jersey’s oldest, statewide bar association for African American attorneys, installed Lori E. Caughman as its 49^th President. Ms. Caughman, a public sector attorney, was sworn in during the GSBA’s Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers for the 2011 – 2012 Bar Year.

Ms. Caughman has led a distinguished career of advocacy.  She has served as an executive board member of the New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP Branches, President of the Rahway Branch of the NAACP, and for over sixteen years, she has been a member of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey. Ms. Caughman is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. Ms. Caughman attended The American University and received her BA from Rutgers-Newark.  She received her Juris Doctor from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas.

Fruqan Mouzon, a partner at Gibbons PC, was sworn in as President-Elect.  Mr. Mouzon has extensive legal experience in both the public and private sectors.  In the public sector, Mr. Mouzon served federal clerkships in both the district and circuit courts.  He also served as an Assistant Counsel to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine.  As a private attorney, Mr. Mouzon has been an avid and capable litigator, having participated in all levels of state and federal practice, including jury trials, arguments in the New Jersey Appellate Division, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and New Jersey State Supreme Court.  Mr. Mouzon received his undergraduate degree from Old Dominion University and his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he has served as an Adjunct Professor for the past 8 years.   

About The Garden State Bar

The Garden State Bar Association is a New Jersey based organization that assists African Africans and other minorities to become part of the judicial system, works to improve the administration of justice, supports initiatives to improve the economic conditions of all individuals, and works to eliminate discrimination based on race and ethnicity.

Contact: info@gardenstatebar.org

 G.S.B.A.
 P.O. Box 7316
 Trenton, NJ 08628

(609) 379-3159

GSBA Past President, JOHN PAGE, elected National Bar Association President-Elect

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 GSBA Community:

 I want to share with you some important news.  John Page, one of our Past Presidents, has been elected to serve as the President-elect of the National Bar Association for the 2011 - 2012 Bar Year. For those of you who do not know John, I have included an e-flyer he distributed.  It not only describes his vision and plan for the National Bar Association, but also supports why the GSBA Board of Directors voted to endorse John and why a majority of the GSBA members attending the NBA Conference voted to elect John.

John's term as President will begin at the conclusion of the 2012 Annual Convention next August.  At that time, John will become the third GSBA member to serve as the President of the National Bar Association. In this regard, John joins Junius William, the 36th President of the NBA; and Paulette Brown, the 51st President of the NBA.

Please join me in congratulating John on his hard-fought and well-deserved victory. We look forward to working with him next year and during his term.

Thanks,

Thom Jackson
President
The Garden State Bar Association

NEW JERSEY’S GARDEN STATE BAR ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

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NEW JERSEY’S GARDEN STATE BAR ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

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TRENTON, NJ  April. 19, 2011 – The Garden State Bar Association today launched a new Web site aimed at taking the organization and its advocacy for African Americans into the digital age.  The site is the central component of President Thom Jackson’s Raising The Bar initiative for the State’s African American Bar, announced at Jackson’s swearing-in ceremony.

For New Jersey legal practitioners and members of the public, the site will be an all-in-one source for compelling articles and resources that intersect the areas of law, technology and African American justice.
 

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