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Suzette Parmley

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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July 02, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Courts Mandate Settlement Conferences in Landlord-Tenant Cases

To help avert an avalanche of landlord-tenant cases that could overwhelm the state's court system, an order from the New Jersey Supreme Court mandates statewide settlement conferences in such cases—which since last summer have been on a strictly voluntary basis.

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

July 01, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Senate Green-Lights 2 More Superior Court Judges, But 'Not Out of the Woods Yet'

With state judicial vacancies still at a dangerous number, the Senate approved two more judicial nominees for the Superior Court on Wednesday, as well as a new Morris County prosecutor.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

June 29, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey AG Gurbir Grewal Picked to Head SEC's Division of Enforcement

Grewal takes over the post effective July 26 and replaces Melissa Hodgman, who has served as the Enforcement Division's acting director.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

June 29, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

2 More Nominees for Superior Court to Face Senate Judiciary Panel and Senate Confirmation on Wednesday

Dorothy Incarvito-Garrabrant of Wildwood in Cape May County and Reema Scaramella of Moorestown in Burlington County are scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

June 25, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Nearly $2 Million Settlement Results From Crash With U.S. Postal Truck Injuring Teen

A Toms River teen who was left seriously injured and blind in one eye after the Jeep he was riding in hit a tree after a U.S. postal truck turned…

By Suzette Parmley | Charles Toutant

5 minute read

June 24, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Senate Approves 9 More Superior Court Judges, 2 New Prosecutors, and New Budget

Perhaps what was most impressive about the most recent batch of nominees was the speed with which they sailed through the confirmation process.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

June 24, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Contravenes Public Policy': Split Pa. Justices Say Release Can't Shield Philadelphia From Suit Over Cyclist's Crash

A 20-mile charity bike ride six years ago through the streets of Philadelphia left plaintiff Anthony Degliomini paralyzed after he rode into an unmarked and un-barricaded sinkhole, resulting in extensive spinal injuries.

By Suzette Parmley

7 minute read

June 21, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Senate Confirms 7 New Superior Court Judges, Grants Tenure to 2, While 9 New Nominees Advance

The New Jersey Senate unanimously approved seven new judges for Superior Court, two sitting judges for tenure and the first full-time Union County prosecutor in a half-dozen years on Monday. Meanwhile, another slate of nine new nominees and a pair of county prosecutor appointments—including the renomination of Esther Suarez for Hudson County Prosecutor—were advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee on the same afternoon.

By Suzette Parmley

8 minute read

June 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

Murphy Nominates 8 to Superior Court, Continuing Flurry of Activity to Fill Vacancies

The Senate Judiciary Committee will review those eight nominees, plus a ninth named last month, on Monday.

By Suzette Parmley

4 minute read

June 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices' 7-0 Ruling on Diabetic School Teacher Who Collapsed 'Significant' to Employment Lawyers

"Until this decision, there were certain employers who maintained, as part of their defense to failure-to-accommodate claims, that as long as there was no adverse job action that came as a result of a failure to accommodate, the failure to accommodate essentially disappears," Kevin Costello, a partner at Costello & Mains in Mount Laurel, said. "It was the 'no harm, no foul' argument. This decision puts that argument to bed forever."

By Suzette Parmley

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