Lum Drasco & Positan welcome the following new associates to the Firm:

ROBERT J. GARCIA who will be working in the Firm’s Litigation Department where he concentrates on commercial litigation and medical malpractice. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Stephen L. Petrillo, J.S.C., Civil Division, Essex Vicinage. He graduated in 2021 from Seton Hall University, School of Law. At Seton Hall, he was a Student Attorney with the Center for Social Justice, a Research Fellow at the Center for Policy and Research, and an Executive Board Member of the Latin American Law Student Association (LALSA). He has interned with the California Attorney General’s Office, the New York State Department of Homes and Community Renewal, and the Honorable John A. Houston in the United States District Court.

NICHOLE R. NUNES who will be working in the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Group and represents employers and management-level employees against claims of discrimination, whistleblowing and retaliation, harassment, failure to promote, and other employment-related claims. Ms. Nunes was admitted to practice law in New Jersey in 1999, and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1999. Ms. Nunes received a B.A. in Communication from Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT in 1995 and a J.D. from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1998. Upon graduation from Law School, Ms. Nunes, served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Rudy B. Coleman, New Jersey Superior Court, Family Part, Union Vicinage.

CHRISTA J. TOMASULO who will be working in the Firm’s Litigation Department, concentrates her practice on commercial real estate and other complex litigation matters, as well as family law. Ms. Tomasulo graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University, New Brunswick with a B.A. in English and Philosophy. She received her J.D. from Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law where she was an active member of the Trial Advocacy Team and served as a Marshall Brennan Project Teaching Fellow. During law school, Ms. Tomasulo worked for the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as well as an insurance defense firm. Prior to joining the Firm, she served as a judiciary law clerk for the Honorable Mark K. Chase, in both the Chancery Division, Family Part, Camden Vicinage and the Appellate Division.