Serena DiMaso

Serena DiMaso, Of Counsel to the firm, is a member of the firm’s Education and Municipal Law Practice Groups. Practicing out of the firm’s Holmdel office, she advises clients on day-to-day matters including estate planning, family law, education law, and municipal law.

Before joining the firm, Serena served as Assemblywoman for New Jersey’s 13th Legislative District from January 2018 until January 2022. She served as Deputy Whip for the Assembly Republican Caucus and sat on the Assembly Budget Committee, Assembly Law & Public Safety Committee, Assembly Education Committee, Assembly Human Services Committee, and the Assembly Telecommunications & Utility Committee, as well as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission and the Special Task Force on Volunteer Retention and Recruitment.

Serena also served three terms on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders – acting as Deputy Director in 2016, 2015, and 2013. Prior to becoming a Freeholder, she served on the Holmdel Township committee for ten years.  She also served as Mayor of Holmdel Township from 2006 to 2010.

While on the Township governing body, she chaired the Public Safety and Administration committees, co-chaired the Public Works committee, and was a member of the township Planning Board. While serving Holmdel, Serena supported the preservation of open space in the township. She has also been an advocate for expanding shared services and responsible budgeting. She currently serves as the Township’s planning board chairwoman.

In addition, Serena currently serves as Chairwoman of the Bayshore Hospital Foundation and as an active member of the Holmdel First Aid Squad. Some of her other community involvement activities have included President of Village School Parent School Association and the William R. Satz School Parent Support Group, league president of the Holmdel Youth Athletic Association, and teaching C. C. D. Serena is also a Eucharistic Minister at St. Catharine’s Roman Catholic Church.

Serena is an active member of the National Foundation for Women Legislators where she serves as Immediate Past Chair. She was just recently elected the Regional Vice Chair for the NJ Federation of Republican Women.

Serena received numerous recognitions for her efforts as a public servant, including being honored by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Women of Distinction Award and nominated for the Athena Award.  In 2015, she was named Woman of the Year by the New Jersey Federation of Republican Women. Serena has also been recognized by Kiwanis and CFC Loud and Clear for her work in helping those in need.

She received her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and her B.S. from St. John’s University. She is also a 2004 graduate of the Christine Todd Whitman Excellence in Public Service Series.

Serena is a member of the New York State Bar.