Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the New Jersey Courts testifies before the NJ Senate Budget Committee. Photo: Carmen Natale/ALM Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., acting administrative director of the New Jersey courts. Photo: Carmen Natale/ALM[/cap

Testifying before the state Assembly Budget Committee, Judge Glenn A. Grant, administrative director of the New Jersey courts, on Monday highlighted the fact that the state's judicial vacancy crisis has necessitated the unprecedented step of shutting down civil and matrimonial trials in two vicinages.