Newark, NJ – William P. Deni Sr., his wife, Judi, and son William and daughter Joanne of Hunterdon County have contributed a leadership gift of $200,000 to the Seton Hall Law Rising $25 million capital campaign and will have the school’s coffee shop named “Café Deni” in their honor.

“My son and I have benefited immensely as graduates of Seton Hall Law, and we wanted to make this gift to help ensure future generations of students will be provided with resources that add richness to the law school experience,” said Deni. “The coffee shop is a place where people can relax, study and where relationships can grow.”

Deni is a 1972 gradate of Seton Hall Law; his son graduated in 2003.

“We are deeply appreciative of the gift the Deni family has made to the Seton Hall Law Rising campaign,” said Dean Patrick E. Hobbs. “Their leadership and generosity will benefit students for years to come as it also becomes part of the foundation for further enhancing the value of a Seton Hall Law legal education.”

For more than 35 years, Deni has run a successful family and criminal law firm, William P. Deni, Sr. Law Offices, in Flemington and Princeton. His son is a lawyer with Gibbons P.C. in Newark.

During the course of his career, Deni has been a prominent presence within New Jersey’s political landscape. He served as an assistant prosecutor, as Deputy Attorney General, as legal counsel to Assemblyman Thomas H. Kean, former minority leader of the Republican State Assembly, and later as legal counsel to former Senator Walter E. Foran. While serving as counsel to the State Assembly, he assisted with the formation of The Model Criminal Code of New Jersey.

He is a parishioner at St. John’s Church in Lambertville, and a donor to the Delaware Valley Inter-Faith Council Food Pantry.

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