BOE Will Choose from Eight Attorneys at Special Tuesday Meeting

Toms River's Board of Education is expected to conduct interviews and discuss which one of eight law firms will represent the board in 2013 during a special meeting Tuesday.

After some controversy, members did not appoint a board attorney or labor attorney at their Jan. 3 reorganization meeting. Members agreed to hold interviews with those in consideration for the positions, which will take place beginning in a 5:30 p.m. executive session at High School North.

According to the district, the eight firms that submitted to be considered for the board attorney position are:

• Campbell and Pruchnik
• Carlucio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle and Sacks
• Corrigan Law Firm
• Gilmore and Monahan
• Kenney, Gross, Kovats and Parton
• Montenegro, Thompson, Montenegro and Genz
• Schenck, Price, Smith and King
• Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein and Celso.

The board also will consider seven firms for its labor and employment attorney:

• Cleary, Giacobbe, Alfieri and Jacobs
• Corrigan Law Firm
• Kenney, Gross, Kovats and Parton
• Leitner, Tort, DeFazio, Leitner and Brause
• Montenegro, Thompson, Montenegro and Genz
• Schenck, Price, Smith and King
• Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein and Celso.

The executive session is expected to continue until about 8 p.m. as the board conducts "interviews and deliberations regarding professional contracts and other business," the meeting announcement states.

Formal action, including the appointments, would take place in the public session after the executive session has concluded. Members are also expected to decide whether the district should use a pool of engineers or one firm exclusively.