RICHMAN ELECTED SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF NJ STATE BAR FOUNDATION

             Steven M. Richman, a partner in the Princeton office of the international law firm of Duane Morris, has been elected second vice president of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting law-related education and giving all New Jersey residents a basic understanding of the legal system. He also chairs the editorial board of the Foundation's The Legal Eagle, a legal newspaper for students.

            Richman concentrates his practice in the areas of international law and commercial litigation.  He served as a trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and was a former chair of the NJSBA International Law and Organization Section.  A State Bar Association member for more than 26 years, Richman also co-chaired the Association's Judicial Administration Committee, served as chair of the editorial board of New Jersey Lawyer-The Magazine and is a member of the editorial board of The New Jersey Law Journal. He is a frequent lecturer in continuing legal education programs. Richman also holds committee leadership positions in the International Bar Association and is on the Council of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association, where he sits in the House of Delegates and also serves as special advisor to the CEELI (Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative) board. He is a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Professional Responsibility Rules Committee.

            Apart from law, he is the author and photographer of The Bridges of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press), The Great Swamp and Mannequins (Schiffer Books) and Reconsidering Trenton: The Small City in the Post-Industrial Age (McFarland Publishers). He is also vice-president of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Museum and a member of the executive committee of the New Jersey District Export Council, appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce. A summa cum laude graduate of Drew University, Richman received his law degree from New York University Law School where he graduated cum laude and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He resides in Plainsboro.