A real estate attorney in New Jersey is getting a job at a $1 million-a -year salary, according to a new Next Big Futures article.
Tanya Smith, a partner in the law firm of Smith & Mertz in New Brunswick, NJ, is the first member of the firm’s real estate team to be hired as a real estate agent.
Smith was promoted to partner of the real estate practice in January, according the Next Big News article.
Smith, who has been with the firm for three years, was promoted as a partner of real estate at a new level in January.
She had previously held the position of chief legal officer and deputy chief counsel for a practice in the Greater New Brunswick office.
Smith joins a group of recent hires who have made a career of representing clients of the law firms.
In April, Smith and two other partners were appointed to fill the roles of president and general counsel for the firm.