Today, the 2017-18 General Assignment Order issued by Chief Justice Rabner was published. It is available here. Judge Messano continues as Presiding Judge for Administration, and Judge Sabatino remains the Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration. The Presiding Judges of the ...
Due to a major of my own in a mass tort case on Tuesday of this week, I missed the announcement that five trial level judges are receiving additional temporary assignments to the Appellate Division. The Appellate Division anticipates some ...
Back in May, Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced a list of eleven potential nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States. As discussed here, one of those candidates, Judge Thomas Hardiman, currently sits on the Third Circuit Court ...
Chief Justice Rabner announced today that Judge Greta Gooden Brown is being temporarily assigned to the Appellate Division. That assignment is effective on August 1, 2016. A graduate of Douglass College and Rutgers-Newark School of Law, Judge Brown was nominated ...
The Supreme Court announced that there will be a public swearing-in ceremony for Justice Timpone today at 5 P.M. The ceremony will take place in the atrium of the Seton Hall University School of Law. At that time, Chief Justice ...
Presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump had promised months ago to announce a “short list” of his potential United States Supreme Court nominees. Especially in recent days, conservatives concerned about Trump’s bona fides as a “true conservative” have been pressing ...
With breathtaking speed, Walter Timpone, whom Governor Christie, in a surprise move, nominated to the Supreme Court on April 11, and who cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee last Thursday with a unanimous vote, was today confirmed by the full Senate. ...
As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee today took up Governor Christie’s nomination of Walter Timpone to the Supreme Court. Though there was some questioning of the nominee about his decision to recuse himself from the Election Law Enforcement Commission’s consideration ...
There is the potential that Governor Christie’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Walter Timpone, could appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee as early as tomorrow. Senator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union) said that is “the goal,” but that arrangements for an appearance ...
The End of a Six-Year Supreme Court Dispute? Governor Christie Nominates Walter Timpone to the Court
The lengthy saga of Governor Christie and the Supreme Court may finally be coming to an end. Without recapping the entire history, in February 2016, Governor Christie nominated Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman to fill the seat on ...