NEWARK ATTORNEY FEENEY REAPPOINTED TRUSTEE OF NEW JERSEY BAR FOUNDATION

Attorney Susan A. Feeney, a partner in the tax and employee benefits group of McCarter & English, LLP in Newark, has been reappointed a trustee 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. She is the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award for her pro bono work on behalf of the Foundation.

She recently became the 113^th president of the New Jersey State Bar Association, only the seventh woman to assume that office.  Her primary goals are to foster diversity in the profession and encourage pro bono legal service.

A member of the association for nearly 30 years, she served on its Board of Trustees as a representative for Essex County from 2001 to 2006. Her involvement in various aspects of the legal community has been extensive. She has served on the Supreme Court of New Jersey's Board of Bar Examiners Committee on Character, and the Committee on the New Jersey Tax Court.

The legal community has consistently honored her contributions to the field. Ms. Feeney has been named in NJBIZ's 2009 roster of the Best 50 Women in Business. For four consecutive years she was named among The Best Lawyers in America. For the past five years she has been named a SuperLawyer in New Jersey.

A summa cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University, Ms. Feeney earned her law degree from Fordham University School of Law, New York.

In her free time she is an avid equestrian and volunteers with the Flame of Charity.