New Jersey Law Journal | Live Coverage
By Colleen Murphy | December 7, 2023
"As we sit listening to prospective judges, and judges for reappointment, it is one of the first times in a long time that you cannot tell a Democrat from a Republican," Sen. Jon M. Bramnick said. "What you hear is the same type of love for their family, the same type of love for justice."
By Colleen Murphy | November 30, 2023
"I'm thrilled that the Senate has confirmed Jamel Semper, an outstanding public servant who has served New Jersey for over 15 years, to the federal bench," Sen. Cory Booker said in a statement on the confirmation on X, formerly Twitter. "I know he will be a fair and just jurist."
By Avalon Zoppo | November 16, 2023
Adeel Mangi was nominated for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Circuit Judge Joseph Greenaway Jr. earlier this year.
By Colleen Murphy | November 15, 2023
"Carolyn Murray has dedicated her professional life to the pursuit of justice, and her esteemed career has spanned many facets of the legal profession," stated Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. "Since April 2019, she has led the first statewide conviction review unit in the nation to be based in an Attorney General's Office—an office that rights past wrongs and serves to strengthen our collective faith in our criminal justice system."
By Charles Toutant | November 13, 2023
The judge was wealthy and didn't need to earn a living, and as a woman, she was not encouraged to participate in her family's real estate business, said James Grimmelmann, a former law clerk.
By Colleen Murphy | November 3, 2023
A formal complaint has been filed against a New Jersey municipal court judge over his personal Facebook account, where he liked and reposted "Blue Lives Matter" imagery and that of other similar social movements.
By Charles Toutant | October 26, 2023
The broad base of support for the attorney, a federal prosecutor, is expected to help him win easy passage when the full Senate takes up his nomination.
By Charles Toutant | October 23, 2023
The state is generally immune from suits, and the state's decisions concerning hiring judges are personnel decisions that are protected by the Tort Claims Act, the Attorney General's Office said in a court filing.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Louis F. Locascio | October 20, 2023
Who is in a better position to determine whether or not a student's parents will accept and support the student's new gender identity, the student or "the administration"?
By Charles Toutant | October 13, 2023
Attacking the character or morals of a witness, when they are not in issue, is viewed as "a particularly reprehensible type of impropriety," the appellate panel found.
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