In the decade that Associate Supreme Court Justice Peter T. Zarella has served on the state bench, he has left his mark on nearly every aspect of the legal profession. So it may seem somewhat surprising that he went to college 30 years ago to become an engineer.

But while he abandoned a career in chemical engineering after a few short college internships, Zarella never lost the technical proficiency and versatility that are trademarks of a successful engineer. Just as a chemical engineer applies specialized knowledge to a particular problem, Zarella is widely viewed as a legal engineer, of sorts, crafting practical solutions to some of the legal profession’s most vexing quandaries.

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