August 14, 2003
Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. is pleased to announce
the recent addition of Assistant Prosecutors S. Vinét Bryant and John Carbonara
to his staff.
Assistant Prosecutor S. Vinét Bryant joins the prosecutor’s
office after working as an assistant district attorney in the Trial Division of
the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
She also served as a student intern for the Honorable Joseph Irenas,
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, a summer intern in
the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, and a law clerk for
the Honorable Gwendolyn Bright, Family Court of Philadelphia.
Bryant earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Howard
University and her law degree from Temple University, where she received the
Victor A. Jaczun Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and the C.A.L.I. Award
for Excellence in Advanced Trial Advocacy.
A member of the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar
Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Bryant is admitted
to both the New Jersey and New York bars. She
is currently assigned to the Grand Jury Unit.
Bryant, 30, resides in Hamilton with her husband, Dane, and
daughter, Nija.
Prior to joining the prosecutor’s office, Assistant Prosecutor John M.
Carbonara was an associate at Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien and Frankel, LLP, in
Princeton, NJ. In addition, he
spent a year as an associate at Hill Wallack, also in Princeton.
Carbonara began his legal career as an intern for the New Jersey
Department of Law and Public Safety, Law Division, and has also served as a law
clerk at Cahill, Wilinski & Rhodes, PC, in Haddonfield, NJ, and a law clerk
for Mercer County Superior Court Judge Maria M. Sypek.
Carbonara earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from
The College of New Jersey and his law degree from Rutgers University School of
Law – Camden, where he received the
Pro Bono Award for Significant Service.
A graduate of the Stanley C. Van Ness Session of Mercer County
Inns of Court, Carbonara is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
He is currently assigned to the Juvenile Unit.
Carbonara, 28, resides in Washington Township.