After two decades of serving on New Jersey's highest court, retired Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin returns to private practice at Lowenstein Sandler, where he will chair the firm's newly formed appellate practice from the firm's Roseland, New Jersey, office.

Albin's tenure came to a close on July 6 having reached the high court's mandatory retirement age of 70 this month. His time on the court was characterized by an emphasis on the due process rights of criminal defendants, having litigated criminal defense and civil rights matters at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer and served as a deputy attorney general in the appellate section of the New Jersey division of criminal justice before joining the court in 2002.