Press Release
Duane Morris Partner Marco Gonzalez, Jr. Named "Business Professional of the Year - Legal Industry" for 2012 by the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey
NEWARK, December 14, 2012—Duane Morris partner Marco A. Gonzalez, Jr., of the firm's Newark office has been named a Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey "Business Professional of the Year – Legal Industry" for 2012. Gonzalez received the award from Newark Mayor Cory Booker on December 11 at the Chamber's 22nd Annual Convention, Expo and Awards Luncheon, held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
Gonzalez practices in the areas of complex civil, compliance and environmental litigation, internal corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense. He defends clients in state and federal enforcement/compliance proceedings, as well as counsels clients concerning their rights and obligations under federal environmental statutes; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; and the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. He has developed considerable experience representing clients in connection with the federal Freedom of Information Act, New Jersey's Open Public Records Act and similar state sunshine laws.
A co-founder of the firm's Puerto Rico Business Group, Gonzalez is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and has extensive experience representing clients in Puerto Rico and throughout the Caribbean. He is also co-chair of the firm's growing Cuba Business Group, providing counseling and representation to companies in that emerging market under exemptions to the U.S. trade embargo and to help them to prepare for expanded trade with Cuba upon the eventual lifting of the embargo.
Having served in the U.S. Marine Corps and as an Aircraft Structural Specialist on the F-117A Stealth Fighter Project for the former Lockheed-California Aircraft Company, Gonzalez brings a unique perspective to the practice of law. Additionally, he is a past president and the current General Counsel of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey.
About the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (SHCC)
The SHCC is a voluntary membership network of individuals, businesses, Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and professional business associations across New Jersey and the Philadelphia area, seeking to represent more than seventy five thousand businesses. The SHCC working to expand business opportunities; encourage mutually beneficial ties with the public and private sectors; serve as an active and visible advocate in the political process; and to actively promote trade between the business community of New Jersey, National and its international counterparts.
About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP, a global law firm with more than 700 attorneys in offices across the United States and around the world, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today's legal and business challenges. Duane Morris manages its diversity and inclusion program with the objective of utilizing the best talent worldwide in solving legal problems. The firm recruits a diverse pool of lawyers that collectively possess an awareness of cutting-edge 21st century issues—legal, social and economic—for which clients require solutions. For information about Duane Morris' diversity and inclusion program, please visit http://www.duanemorris.com/site/diversity.html.
