Suzette Parmley

Trenton Correspondent who covers the N.J. Supreme Court, Governor, Legislature. She also contributes to The Legal Intelligencer and law.com. Suzette joined New Jersey Law Journal in Jan. 2019 from the Philadelphia Inquirer where she was a former Trenton Statehouse Correspondent and Business Reporter/Columnist. Awards: 1st Place for 2020 coverage of NJ Supreme Court; 2019 Specialized Writing Category, 5-time winner of the Business Financial Writing Portfolio Award from the New Jersey Press Association. Graduate of the Fels Center of Government/University of Pennsylvania. Email: [email protected] or follow on Twitter: @SuzParmley

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February 25, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Out-of-State Auto Dealer Can Be Sued in Pennsylvania Due to Interactive Website

"The degree of interactivity and the commercial nature of the information exchanged on Valenti's website are sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction under the sliding scale test."

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

February 24, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Rear-End Accident Case Settles for $750,000 in Passaic County

Attorneys recently reached a $750,000 settlement in a Passaic County case over an auto accident that left a Yorktown Heights, New York, woman with…

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

February 23, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Murphy Delivers $44.8 Billion Budget Proposal

State revenues are exceeding expectations. That and last year's state Supreme Court-approved borrowing plan have given Gov. Phil Murphy flexibility, he said.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

February 23, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

2nd Bill on Mandatory Minimums Repeal, Daniel's Law Amendments Move Forward

"We have to return decision-making to the courts for matching an individual's punishment to account for the nature and circumstances of the crime," one sponsor said.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

February 22, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Cannabis Bill Signed After Legislature Approves 'Clean Up'

Monday represented the new deadline for Gov. Murphy to act on the legislation since the Assembly was meeting for the first time since canceling its scheduled quorum on Feb. 8.

By Suzette Parmley

10 minute read

February 19, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Another Cannabis 'Clean Up' Advances, But Will It Be Enough?

S-3454 was approved Friday with several amendments focused on underage cannabis usage.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

February 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Municipal Judge Who 'Had Served for Only Two Months' Suspended

The court's order follows the ACJC's recommendations for Municipal Court Judge Aishaah Rasul for violations that occurred within the first two months of her becoming a judge.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

February 17, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Amid New Push on Cannabis and Mandatory Minimums Repeal, a Superior Court Nominee Advances

Several nominations advanced, including that of Kerry Higgins, a name partner at McKenna, DuPont, Higgins & Stone in Red Bank, for Monmouth County Superior Court.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

February 12, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Legislation To Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentence Facing Uncertain Future

Growing concern over the bill's fate surfaced in a form of a joint statement by Gov. Phil Murphy, law enforcement leaders, and Deborah Poritz, the former chief justice of the state Supreme Court who chaired the commission that recommended the changes laid out in A-4369/S-2586.

By Suzette Parmley

9 minute read

February 09, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Employee's Fall at Volunteer Event Covered by Workers' Comp, NJ Justices Rule

Justice Faustino Fernandez-Vina said that even if her volunteering for Family Fun Day were social or recreational as those terms are used in N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, she would still have satisfied the two-part exception set forth in that statute.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

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