Yesterday, President Obama resubmitted the nomination of Judge Shwartz for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, one of 33 judicial renominations (and one of seven Circuit Court renominations) that he announced. Senator Menendez, who originally held up her nomination, ...
Governor Christie announced today that he was nominating Robert Hanna and Judge David Bauman to fill the two Supreme Court seats now occupied by temporarily-assigned judges of the Appellate Division. Hanna, whom the Governor announced is a political independent, is ...
In an Order issued yesterday, Chief Justice Rabner announced the elevation of Judges Rodriguez and Cuff to the Supreme Court effective October 1, 2012. The Chief Justice acted pursuant to the authority of Article VI, section 2, paragraph 1 of the ...
Effective August 1, 2012, Judges Allison E. Accurso, Michael A. Guadagno, Michael J. Haas, and Susan F. Maven will be promoted to the Appellate Division. Judge Richard S. Hoffman will take a seat on the Appellate Division effective September 1, ...
After a lengthy hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reject the nomination of Bruce Harris, the Republican Mayor of Chatham Borough , to a seat on the Supreme Court. The vote was 7-6. All Committee Republicans and Senator Brian Stack ...
Today, by a 7-6 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Governor Christie’s nomination of Philip Kwon for a seat on the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Seven of the eight committee Democrats voted against the nomination, while one Democrat, Senator ...
As of March 16, Judge Carchman reaches mandatory retirement age. With Judge Carchman’s consent, Chief Justice Rabner has issued an order recalling him to service on Part F of the Appellate Division through August 31, 2012. In a separate order, ...
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the nomination of Judge Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. That nomination can now be taken up by the full Senate. That is the good news. The bad news is ...
Effective January 23, 2012, and continuing through April 13, 2012, Judge Allison Accurso, who had been the Presiding Judge, General Equity, Somerset County, has been temporarily assigned to Part C of the Appellate Division. Judge Richard Hoffman, who had sat in the ...
Today, I had the pleasure of arguing an important case involving choice of law, statute of limitations, and federal preemption issues before the Court. But only one Justice, Justice Lavecchia, was present. The Chief Justice and Justices Long, Albin, Hoens ...