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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May 03, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

E-Polling Becomes Law in New Jersey Less Than a Year Before Census 2020

A measure sponsored by two lawyer-legislators to permit use of electronic poll books got swift approval in Trenton and was signed into law Thursday.

By Suzette Parmley

3 minute read

May 03, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Slip on Grapes at ShopRite Leads to $1.5 Million Settlement in Middlesex

Also, a $1.5 million parking lot fall case in Union County, and a $500,000 auto verdict in Hunterdon County.

By Jason Grant | Charles Toutant | Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

May 03, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Defendant's Threats Against Attorney Won't Upend Sentencing

The court was “wary of establishing a rule recognizing a conflict of interest whenever a defendant threatens, demeans, or insults his attorney,” Appellate Division Judge Mitchel Ostrer wrote.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

May 02, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Retired Aramark GC Steve Reynolds Rejoins Gibbons

Reynolds officially rejoined Gibbons on Wednesday as a partner in its commercial and criminal litigation department—or simply, “contract director,” as he put it.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

May 02, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Former Aramark GC Steve Reynolds Returns to Gibbons

Reynolds officially rejoined Gibbons on Wednesday as a partner in its commercial and criminal litigation department—or simply, “contract director,” as he put it.

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

April 30, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Murphy Signs Bills Targeting State's Foreclosure Crisis

The new laws—nine in all—are meant to assist homeowners facing the prospect of foreclosure and pave the way for community revival by addressing blight.

By Suzette Parmley

5 minute read

April 30, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Job-Switching Workers in Unemployment Benefits Appeal

The court has clarified whom the Unemployment Compensation Law is intended to protect, in the cases of two workers who resigned for new job offers, only to see the offers rescinded before their start dates.

By Suzette Parmley

10 minute read

April 26, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Harrah's Atlantic City Had No Duty to Withhold Credit From Compulsive Gambler, Court Says

Harrah's “is in the business of operating casino gambling; defendant is its customer," the panel said, affirming a judgment of nearly $188,000. "The relationship is built on enabling gaming, not withholding it.”

By Suzette Parmley

6 minute read

April 26, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Proximity of Firing to Surgery Makes Viable Claim for Ex-Cablevision Employee, Appeals Court Rules

The plaintiff alleges the company's stated reason for the firing, that she failed to notify HR of her divorce in order to remove her ex-husband from company health benefits, was a pretext.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

April 24, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bridget Anne Kelly Sentenced to 13 Months for Role in Bridgegate Scandal

The sentence imposed on remand Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton of the District of New Jersey shaved five months from Kelly's original sentence of 18 months.

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

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