By Joshua Burd
Bertone Piccini LLP has added two associates to help serve its growing clientele of commercial real estate firms and other businesses.
The new hires for the Hasbrouck Heights-based team include Brooke Hodgins, who earned her juris doctorate from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Also joining the firm is Jordyn Michaels, who received her juris doctorate from Rutgers Law School.
“We are excited to welcome Jordyn and Brooke to our growing team of attorneys,” said Jeremy Piccini, the firm’s founding partner. “They will help support the firm’s growing roster of clients, and we look forward to their valuable contributions to our continued success.”
The practice noted that Hodgins was a Dean’s Merit Scholar at Cardozo while serving as a student author for the New York Real Estate Law Reporter and staff editor for the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice. She also worked as a legal extern for Superior Court Judge James X. Sattley, sitting in Hackensack.
Hodgins graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor’s in psychology, criminology and criminal justice.
“I’m thrilled to join the exceptional team at Bertone Piccini LLP,” she said. “The firm’s commitment to excellence aligns with my professional aspirations. I look forward to contributing my skills and dedication to further contribute to the firm’s success.”
Michaels, meantime, was a Dean’s Merit Scholar and a Judge Sybil Moses Scholar at Rutgers Law School. She also worked as a student attorney at the Education and Health Law Clinic and served as managing editor of the Rutgers Computer and Technology Journal, while serving as a legal intern in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs.
She graduated magna cum laude from La Salle University with a bachelor’s in politics, philosophy and economics.
“Bertone Piccini is well known as a leading law firm in North Jersey specializing in business transactions, commercial real estate, litigation, employment and estate planning, among many other areas of expertise,” Michaels said. “I’m excited to jumpstart my career and contribute to the firm’s relationships with the business community.”
