Court Notices

Court Notices are the New Jersey Law Journal’s listing of official notices from the state and federal courts. Court Notices are updated on a weekly basis to bring you the most current information.

23 December, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – New District Secretary for District IX (Monmouth County) Fee Arbitration Committee

Notice – IOLTA – All NJ Attorneys Engaging in the Private Practice of Law – 2025 IOLTA Online Registration

Order – Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Adubato Designated as Essex General Equity Presiding Judge (effective February 1, 2025)

Order – Superior Court Judge Cynthia D. Santomauro Reassigned to Essex General Equity Division (effective February 1, 2025)

Order – Marie C. Hanley Appointed as Clerk of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court (effective March 1, 2025)

Notice – Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program – Administrative Directive #14-24; Rule Relaxation Order; Judiciary Affordable Housing Webpage

Notice – Closure of Middlesex County Family Courthouse from December 23 through January 10

Order – New Superior Court Judge Julie E. Nugent – Initial Judicial Assignment – Atlantic Family

Notice – Attorneys Reinstated from the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection 2024 Ineligible List

FEDERAL COURTS

Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Case-Related/Disciplinary

D-108-23 Chesebro 089514 ATS

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16 December, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice and Order – Amendments Adopted to Court Rules 1:18B-1 and 1:18B-3 – Judicial Financial Reporting Requirements

Order- Recall Continuation for Superior Court Judge Frederic R. McDaniel

Notice – Motions to Waive Family Jurisdiction in Juvenile Delinquency Cases; Proposed Amendments to Rule 5:22-2(a) – Request for Public Comment (Comments Requested by January 13, 2025)

Order – Superior Court Judge Bruce A. Jones – Continued on Recall Service

Order – Superior Court Judge Thomas J. LaConte – Short-Term Recall Continuation

Order – Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (ACPE) – Reappointments, New Appointments, Chair and Vice-Chair Designations

FEDERAL COURTS

Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Case-Related/Disciplinary

D-3-24 Goodman 089835 – MFD 3 yr Sus retro

D-6-24 Higgins 089851 Split dec Censure

D-11-24 Kenney 089869 MFD Reprimand

D-12-24 Robbins 089870 Censure

M-203-24 Benedetto 089868 Mot Expand Grant

R-2-24 Higgins 089851 Pet Rev Deny

R-3-24 Goodman 089835 Pet Rev Deny

D-42-24 Dratch 090077 Consent Reprimand

D-43-24 Oshman 090078 Consent Reprimand

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9 December, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Order – Judge Marc R. Brown Designated as Family Presiding Judge for the Union Vicinage (effective Feb. 1, 2025)

Notice – New Jersey Attorney Electronic Registration and Payment Available Beginning January 6, 2025; Free CLE Training Sessions Offered

Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 Ineligible List

Order – Judge Robert M. Vinci – Permanent Assignment to the Appellate Division

Order – Judge Christine M. Vanek – Permanent Assignment to the Appellate Division

Order – Superseding Order Designating Judges to Impanel and Supervise State Grand Jury/Juries (effective Dec. 1, 2024)

Order – Additional Amendments to Omnibus Order Designating Those Municipal Court Judges Authorized to Handle Civil Commitment Matters

Notice – Disciplinary Review Board – Defaults Scheduled for Review on Thursday, January 16, 2025

Notice – Revised Civil Case Information Statement (Civil CIS) (CN 10517) – Case Type Numbers for Affordable Housing Cases and for Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Cases

Notice – Board on Continuing Legal Education – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 CLE Ineligible List

Notice – Board on Continuing Legal Education – In-House Counsel (IHC) Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 In-House Counsel CLE Ineligible List

Notice – Board on Continuing Legal Education – Attorneys Deleted from the 2024 CLE Ineligible List (Having Been Erroneously Included)

Order – Appointment of Cristina Carreño, Esq. as a Trustee of the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection

Notice – Attorneys Removed from the 2024 IOLTA Ineligible List

FEDERAL COURTS

Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Reinstatement to the Bar Notice

Bruce K. Warren, Petition for Reinstatement

Case-Related/Disciplinary

D-31-24 Sica 090005 Consent Disbar

D-38-24 Plagmann 090030 Reinstatement

D-104-23 Del Vacchio 089434 Interim Order – Submission to Court

D-114-23 Rohrman 089580 Disbar

D-126-23 Kassem 089702 Default – Disbar

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2 December, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence: No-Cost Virtual CLE Program on December 19, 2024

Notice – New Secretary for District IIB (Bergen County-South) Ethics Committee

Directive 12-24 – Dissolution Judgment for Name Change and Judgment for Name Change Addendum – New Form CN 13146

Notice – Partial Closing of Morris County Court Facilities on November 27

Directive #13-24 – CJR – Supreme Court Action to Address Home Invasion Burglary and Residential Burglary: (1) Relaxation of Rule 3:3-1(f) Regarding Complaint-Warrants, and (2) Amendments to the Decision-Making Framework (DMF)

Notice – New Secretary for District VB (Essex County – Suburban Essex) Ethics Committee

Notice – New Secretary for District VC (Essex County – West Essex) Ethics Committee

Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 Ineligible List

Notice – New Jersey Attorney Electronic Registration and Payment Available Beginning January 6, 2025; Free CLE Training Sessions Offered

FEDERAL COURTS

Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Reinstatement to the Bar/Public Notice

Marcy E. Gendel, Petition for Reinstatement

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25 November, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – Supreme Court Adoption of 2025 Attorney Discipline Budget and Approval of Annual Attorney Assessment for 2025

Second Supplement to Directive #05-08 – Guidelines on the Practice of Law by Retired Judges – Guideline 7 (Fee-Generating Appointments) – Supplement Relating to the Affordable Housing Program

Order – Additional Amendments to Omnibus Order Designating Those Municipal Court Judges Authorized to Handle Civil Commitment Matters

Notice – District XI (Passaic County) Fee Arbitration Committee – Secretary Vacancy

Notice – In-House Counsel (IHC) Attorneys Reinstated from the 2023 CLE Ineligible List

Notice – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2023 CLE Ineligible List

Notice – Attorneys Deleted from the 2023 CLE Ineligible List

Order – Superior Court Judge Gwendolyn Blue Designated as Criminal Presiding Judge for the Camden Vicinage (effective February 1, 2025)

Order – Certification of Municipal Court Administrators

Notice – Request for Comments on (a) Proposed Cybersecurity/AI/Technology CLE Requirement and (b) RPC Comment on Maintaining Technological Competence – Comments Requested by December 20, 2024

Order and Notice – Attorneys Required to File All General Equity Pleadings (C Docket Cases) in eCourts as of December 1, 2024

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18 November, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – Landlord Tenant – Revised Packet for Tenants Seeking Return of Their Personal Property or to Return to the Rental Premises (CN 10916)

Order – Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct – Appointment of Emily A. Kaller, Esq. to the Committee

Order – Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Donohue Continued on Judicial Recall Assigned to Union Criminal

Order – Superior Court Judge Scott J. Moynihan Continued on Judicial Recall Assigned to Middlesex Criminal

Reinstatement to the Bar Notice

Notice of Intent – Petition for Reinstatement – Robert Plagmann

Case-Related/Disciplinary

M-206-24 Radmin 089957 Consent DI Public

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11 November, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Order – Initial Judicial Assignment for New Superior Court Judge Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman – Union Family

Order – Initial Judicial Assignment for New Superior Court Judge Heidi Weintraub – Union Family

Order – Initial Judicial Assignment for New Superior Court Judge James B. Johnston – Union Family

Order – Attorney Resignations without Prejudice Pursuant to Rule 1:20-22

Order – Day After Thanksgiving 2024 (Friday, November 29, 2024) Designated as a Court Recess Day

Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge M. Eduardo Rivas – Camden Family

Order – Initial Judicial Assignment for New Judge Paul J. Halasz – Somerset Family

Notice – District IX (Monmouth County) Fee Arbitration Committee – Secretary Vacancy

Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from 2024 Ineligible List – Notice Dated 10-30-24

Notice – Confidential Litigant Information Sheet (CN 10486) Required to Be Filed in All Dissolution (FM) and Non-Dissolution (FD) Matters; Rule Relaxation; Revised CLIS Form

Order – Superior Court Judge David B. Katz Reassigned to the Hudson Vicinage and Designated as Hudson Assignment Judge

Order – Superior Court Judge John Zunic Designated as the Family Presiding Judge for the Essex Vicinage

Order – Judge Jeffrey R. Jablonski Assigned to the Appellate Division of Superior Court

Order – Superior Court Judge Jonathan W. Romankow Reassigned from Warren Criminal to Morris Civil (effective January 6, 2025)

Case-Related/Disciplinary

D-28-24 Paradis 089961 OSC

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4 November, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – Civil Case Information Statement (Civil CIS) – Revisions to Page 3 – Election Law, Civil Commitment Expungement; Revisions to Page 4 – Affordable Housing (Rules Appendix XII-B1)

Order – Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law – Reappointments; Continued Chair and Vice-Chair Designations

Order – Committee on Attorney Advertising – Reappointments; Continued Chair and Vice-Chair Designations

Order – Professional Responsibility Rules Committee (PRRC) – New Appointment – John Connell, Esq.

Order – Superior Court Judge Philip E. Haines – Continued on Judicial Recall

Order – Superior Court Judge James F. Hyland – Continued on Judicial Recall

Notice – Judiciary Policy on Judges’ Use of Social Media

Directive #11-24 – Family – Juvenile – Procedure to Request Complaint-Warrant to Take Youth into Custody

Case-Related/Disciplinary

D-23-24 Barrett 089931 Consent Reprimand w.cond

M-202-24 Mandel 089933 Consent DI Public

D-2-24 Spielberg 089834 Sus 3 mo

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28 October, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – Family – Comments Sought on Proposed Rule Amendments to (1) Align with Revisions to Job Specifications for Family AS4 Positions; and (2) To Conform to Legislation Eliminating Uses for Juvenile Referees – Comments Requested by November 15, 2024

Notice and Order – Approval of MCL Designation of Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Litigation

Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Deadlines for Filing Claims

Order of Attorney Ineligibility for CLE Noncompliance (2024)

Order of In-House Counsel Ineligibility for CLE Noncompliance (2024)

Order – Corrective Amendment to Rule 2:9-1 (“Control by Appellate Court of Proceedings Pending Appeal or Certification”)

Order – Recall Continuation for Superior Court Judge William J. McGovern III

Order – Recall Judge Richard S. Hoffman – Additional Assignment on Recall – Appointment to the Committee on Opinions

Order – Judge Paulette Sapp-Peterson (on Recall) – Designation as Supervising Judge of the Civil Appeals Settlement Program (CASP)

Case-Related/Disciplinary

M-593-23 M-594-23 Macelus 087485 Grant Expand Deny Recon

D-138-23 Hickerson-Breedon 089799 Reprimand w.cond

D-136-23 ONISHI 089791 OSC

D-133-23 Hopkins 089727 Stipulation Reprimand w.conds

D-130-23 Menendez 089710 ATS

D-125-23 Rosenthal 089699 Default Sus 3 mo w.cond

D-102-23 Greenblum 089425 Indeterm Sus

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21 October, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Administrative Determinations by the Supreme Court on the Report of the Special Committee on the Duration of Disbarment for Knowing Misappropriation

Order Adopting New Court Rule 1:20-21A – “Readmission After Disbarment

Order – Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso Continued on Judicial Recall

Notice and Order – Public Access in the Supreme Court and Appellate Division – Relaxation of Court Rules; Requirement for a Filing Party to Certify to the Absence of Confidential Information in Publicly Filed Documents

Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 Ineligible List

2024 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Attorney Ineligible List and IHC Ineligible List

Case-Related/Disciplinary

D-105-23 Anderson 089437 Temp Sus

D-131-11 Shannon 070878 Dismiss

D-105-23 Anderson 089437 OSC

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14 October, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

Notice – Expressions of Interest Sought from Attorneys: District Ethics Committee Secretary for Essex County (West Essex) (DEC VC)

Notice – Expressions of Interest Sought from Attorneys: District Ethics Committee Secretary for Essex County (Suburban Essex) (DEC VB)

Notice – Expressions of Interest Sought from Attorneys: District Ethics Committee Secretary for Essex County (Newark) (DEC VA)

Notice – Expressions of Interest Sought from Attorneys: District Ethics Committee Secretary for Bergen County (South) (DEC IIB)

Notice and Order – Dismissal of Approximately 257,500 Municipal Cases More Than 17 Years Old; Rescission of Driver’s License Suspensions and Recall of Arrest Warrants (Phase 4)

Notice – Defaults Scheduled for Review by the Disciplinary Review Board on November 21, 2024

Notice and Order – Code of Judicial Conduct – New Paragraph [12] Added to Official Comment to Rule 3.17 (“Disqualification”)

Office of Attorney Ethics – Quarterly Discipline Report for 2024 Third Quarter

FEDERAL COURTS

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