CANDICE E IHEME

Ms. Iheme is a first-generation American. She never planned to attend law school. In 2015, while in college, she began working for a Fortune 500 insurance company. She never expected that she would find the insurance world to be as fascinating as it was.

Ms. Iheme went on to graduate from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, cum laude, with a Bachelors in Economics (minor in Psychology). After college, she was offered a full-time position with that same Fortune 500 insurance company. As her exposure to the insurance world and clients grew, she realized that several clients had no idea what insurance benefits they were entitled to. This inspired her to go to law school so that she could advocate for those who could not properly advocate for themselves.

Ms. Iheme attended Rutgers Law School in Newark. While there, she served as a Graduate Resident Assistant, Chair of the Moot Court Board, a LexisNexis Research Assistant, and as a Clinical Law Student with the Rutgers Education and Health Law Clinic.

Ms. Iheme graduated with over 600 pro bono hours, all dedicated to assisting indigent families who had children with special needs. Ms. Iheme also completed internships at the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and in the Superior Court- Criminal Division. She was selected as the 2021 Commencement Speaker and awarded for excellence in work on behalf of women and children. She held several other leadership positions which made it very clear that giving back to her community was always a priority.

After law school, Ms. Iheme successfully completed a clerkship at the Essex County Superior Court in the Criminal Division. Essex County Superior Court is one of the busiest courts in the state. There, she worked directly under the supervision of a Superior Court judge. She volunteered in several divisions to lend a hand to her colleagues in the Criminal courts and the Special Civil and Landlord Tenant courts. Her commitment to helping others also allowed her to learn even more and get exposed to several areas of the law.

Following her clerkship, she joined an AMLaw100 Firm, serving in its Litigation Department. Subsequently, she joined a smaller boutique firm specializing in personal injury as she decided that she wanted to remain in the insurance world, but this time “on the other side of the table.”

Currently, Ms. Iheme handles a mix of pre-litigation and litigation personal injury and criminal defense cases. She is committed to fighting for justice for her clients and ensuring that her clients get what they deserve and are entitled to. She is committed to advocating for those who cannot properly advocate for themselves.