Michela E. Gatto

Michela E. Gatto

Associate, Employment & Labor Law

Ms. Gatto centers her practice on employment and labor law as part of the firm’s Employment & Labor Law Group. She brings valuable appellate experience to the firm, having recently clerked for the Hon. Catherine I. Enright, J.A.C., in the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Appellate Division in Morris County. There, she wrote opinions and memos on a wide range of civil and criminal appeals.

Ms. Gatto’s past experience also includes an internship in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office’s Appeals Bureau, where she wrote criminal appellate briefs, as well as an internship with the State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, where she gained valuable insight into trial preparation.

Credentials

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)

  • Comments Editor, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 47

University of Delaware (B.A.)

Professional Admissions

State of New Jersey

State of New York (pending)

Professional Activities

New Jersey State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division

New York City Bar Association

Judicial Clerkship(s)

Law Clerk to the Honorable Catherine I. Enright, J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Morris County, August 2023 – August 2024

Judicial Intern to the Honorable Thomas R. Vena, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County, June 2021 – August 2021

Civic/Charitable Activities

Mentor, NJ LEEP, Newark, NJ, January 2021 – Present

Legal Employment

Intern, Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Appeals Bureau, Mineola, NY, June 2022 – August 2022

Intern, State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, New Jersey Division of Law, Consumer Fraud Protection Section, Newark, NJ, January 2022 – April 2022