Attorney and Eagle Scout William J. Hughes, Jr., to Chair Jersey Shore Chapter of the National Eagle Scout Association

            (TomsRiver, NJ, February 4, 2008) – William J. Hughes, Jr., Esq., an attorney with the noted law firm of Cooper Levenson in Atlantic City, has been named Chair of the Jersey Shore Council Boy Scouts’ National Eagle Scout Association (NESA). Bill, an Eagle Scout himself from Troop 32 in OceanCity, also serves as a member of the Council Executive Board.

NESA is an organization whose purpose is to guide Eagle Scouts of all ages into service within the local Boy Scout council. All Boy Scout councils have membership enrolled in the National Eagle Scout Association. The objective of NESA is to serve—to serve Eagle Scouts and through them, the entire movement of Scouting.

Bill has a background rich with experience in a variety of issues related to complex litigation in federal courts. His dedication has been recognized by the F.B.I., U.S. Secret Service, Federal Air Marshals, D.E.A., U.S. Marshals and the U.S. Postal Inspectors. Bill is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

“We’re very excited to welcome Bill as our new NESA Chair,” said Jersey Shore Council President Robert C. Warner. “The youth of our area will certainly benefit from the worldly wisdom Bill brings with him and he is sure to inspire our fine young Eagle Scouts to succeed in life.”

The Jersey Shore Council, Boy Scouts of America is a BSA nationally recognized Quality Council, with Scout Service Centers in TomsRiver and EggHarborTownship, and serves 15,000 youth and adult volunteers in Ocean and AtlanticCounties, parts of BurlingtonCounty and Cape MayCounty. To learn more about Scouting at the JerseyShore, visit www.jerseyshore-bsa.org

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