Dinan joins law firm’s leadership

Timothy Dinan has become co-managing partner of Laddey Clark & Ryan with Thomas Ryan.

Ryan has served as solo managing partner of the Sparta law firm for the past 30 years.

Dinan is the practice leader of Laddey Clark & Ryan’s personal injury practice. A graduate of Rutgers Law School, he joined the firm in 2010 and has taken on increasing responsibility for his practice’s and the firm’s leadership.

A resident of Sparta, he is active in the local business and legal community, including serving as a member of the Newton Medical Center’s Community Advisory Board and Community Health Subcommittee, the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest New Jersey, the Sussex County Bar Association and the New Jersey Association for Justice.

Certified in elder law

Renata Mizak has become a certified elder law attorney.

The National Elder Law Foundation, the only organization approved by the American Bar Association to offer certification in the area, said Mizak completed its examination leading to the certification.

Elder law of the fastest-growing fields in the legal profession.

Mizak has practiced elder law for nearly her entire legal career, focusing on trusts, estate and tax planning, care planning and Medicaid, guardianship, special needs and disability law, and estate administration and litigation.