George Daggett is a trial lawyer; nothing more, nothing less. Whether it’s a murder case or a parking ticket or various kinds of employment law cases, he can be found in many of the Superior Court vicinages or municipal courts. A graduate of St. John’s Law School in New York, he clerked in Bergen County for two judges of what used to be the County Court.
Appointed by Gov. William Cahill, he was the last part-time Sussex County Prosecutor and brought that office into the modern age, where it became a first-class law enforcement agency. In 1984, as part of one of the first groups, he was certified as a civil and criminal trial attorney. He was a member of JPAC, where he was known for his humor. Older lawyers remember a younger George Daggett and Justice Morris Pashman, when he was the Bergen County Assignment Judge, turning the daily calendar call into a humorous exchange. He has served as master of ceremonies at the retirement of judges, and recently served in that position for the swearing in of State Bar President Paris Eliades.
