A.Y. Strauss is pleased to announce that Maria A.G. Harper has joined the firm as an associate in the Litigation practice group, based in the firm’s New Jersey office.

“We are very pleased to welcome Maria to A.Y. Strauss,” said Kelly M. Purcaro, a partner at A.Y. Strauss who co-chairs the Litigation practice group and serves as chair of the Class Action practice group. “Maria is a great addition to our growing team of litigators.”

Most recently, Harper was a judicial law clerk for Judge Bonnie J. Mizdol, A.J.S.C., of the Bergen County Superior Court. Previously, she worked as a law clerk and paralegal at a prominent northern New Jersey firm.

Harper received her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Montclair State University.