Mary Pat Gallagher

January 15, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

In what one lawyer termed a "generational change," New Jersey's bankruptcy court is in the process of being remade due to a series of retirements and one death that by mid-2015 will have led to the loss of six of its nine judges within a two-year period.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

January 14, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Assignment Judge Patricia Costello, who has been in charge of New Jersey's largest and busiest judicial vicinage for more than a decade, announced Jan. 14 that she plans to retire as of March 1.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

January 14, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Essex County Assignment Judge Patricia Costello, who has been in charge of New Jersey's largest and busiest judicial vicinage for more than a decade, announced Jan. 14 that she plans to retire as of March 1.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read

January 13, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Police records related to the shooting of a black man who was killed by officers after he allegedly tried to ram them with an SUV, must be released to the public immediately and without redaction, a New Jersey state trial judge ruled Jan. 13, citing the heightened need for public access to information in the wake of the killings of African-American males by police in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

January 13, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Police records related to the shooting of a black man who was killed by officers after he allegedly tried to ram them with an SUV, must be released to the public immediately and without redaction, a New Jersey state trial judge ruled Jan. 13, citing the heightened need for public access to information in the wake of the killings of African-American males by police in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

7 minute read

January 12, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Information about a confidential witness who is expected to testify in a New Jersey drug case must be turned over to the defense—not just information about the case at hand but about other matters on which the witness has assisted prosecutors.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

January 12, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Information about a confidential witness who is expected to testify in a New Jersey drug case must be turned over to the defense—not just information about the case at hand but about other matters on which the witness has assisted prosecutors.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

5 minute read

January 09, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court tossed out a $10 million verdict in a lawsuit over the drowning of a 13-year-old boy in a public pool, finding that the case must be retried in its entirety.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

2 minute read

January 09, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey appeals court tossed out a $10 million verdict in a lawsuit over the drowning of a 13-year-old boy in a public pool, finding that the case must be retried in its entirety.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

2 minute read

January 08, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

A New Jersey county's attempt to stop a government critic from using its official seal on her local access television show could end up costing it more than $40,000 in legal fees and costs.

By Mary Pat Gallagher

6 minute read