New Jersey State Bar Association headquarters at 1 Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ. Credit: Google New Jersey State Bar Association headquarters at 1 Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ. Credit: Google

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Capitol Report

An obstacle to equality for defendants, Madden system should be replaced, says NJSBA. The New Jersey State Bar Association argued that the Madden system of assignments is an obstacle to equality and a disservice to indigent defendants, during its appearance as amicus curiae in Camden County. Assignment Judge Deborah Silverman Katz heard the NJSBA's position on the issue of whether attorney Michael Haya should be relieved of his Madden assignment. Haya received an assignment off of the Madden list to represent an indigent defendant on a charge of contempt of domestic violence.