Alyssa A. Flaherty, Esq. Beloved daughter, sister, niece, and aunt, 27 Alyssa A. Flaherty, Esq., 27, of Nutley, N.J., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at the Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y. The funeral will be conducted from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley, 540 Franklin Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 9:15 a.m. There will be a Funeral Mass celebrated at Holy Family Church in Nutley at 10:30 a.m. The interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J. Visitation will be on Friday, Jan. 20, from 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. For directions or to send online condolences, please visit our website at biondifuneralhome.com. Alyssa was a lifelong resident of Nutley. She was an attorney for the Lois Law Firm, L.L.C., Paramus, N.J. Alyssa was a 2007 graduate of Nutley High School. She graduated summa cum laude in 2011, with a degree in criminal justice from Caldwell University. Alyssa was a member of Alpha Phi Sigma, the national criminal justice honor society, and Kappa Gamma Pi, the national Catholic college graduate honor society at Caldwell University. She was a 2014 graduate of Albany Law School. Alyssa was a member of both the New York and New Jersey Bar Associations. She was also a professor of business law at Montclair State University and a substitute teacher at Good Shepherd Academy in Nutley. Alyssa was president of the Flaherty Family Association for the past eight years. She is survived by her beloved parents, James and Kathleen (nee Mezzatesta) Flaherty; her siblings, Thomas Flaherty and his wife, Christine; and Sean Flaherty and his wife, Millie; her cherished niece and nephews, Logan, Madison, and Nicolas; and also her loving aunts and uncles, Lorraine Solomon; Arlene and Steve Ferrara; Linda and Felix Castrichini; and Joanne and Eugene Erickson. Alyssa is also survived by her great-aunts, cousins, and loving friends.