By Suzette Parmley | April 8, 2021
Troiano's late career was marked by criticism over how he and another judge handled a juvenile case involving sexual assault allegations, but family and former colleagues are remembering him for his accomplishments as a judge and a mentor.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Suzette Parmley | Charles Toutant | April 1, 2021
New Jersey's federal judicial drought could soon be over pending the pair of nominations announced earlier this week that were among President Joe Biden's first slate of 11 nominees for federal judgeships.
By Karen Sloan | March 31, 2021
Four of the 11 judicial nominees the White House unveiled Tuesday graduated from non-elite law schools. Scholars have long noted the dominance of top law schools such as Harvard and Yale on the federal bench.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 30, 2021
Out of the 11 nominees—the most unveiled by a president by this point of his term in recent history—nine are women, and four have backgrounds as public defenders. A number of others have Big Law experience, including two nominees who are currently working at large firms.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 30, 2021
Biden's first slate of judges include a number of historic picks, including a nominee to be the first Muslim American judge appointed in the U.S.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | March 29, 2021
Regrettably, the process of selecting judges at both the U.S. Senate level and our own New Jersey Senate requires a "permission to proceed" slip.
By Suzette Parmley | March 26, 2021
The judges were confirmed during a two-hour session, where new glass enclosures were erected in front of senators to comply with COVID-19 restrictions.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | March 21, 2021
The breadth of her governmental experience and institutional knowledge made her one of the court's anchors. Bench and bar will miss her.
By Suzette Parmley | March 16, 2021
Rachel Wainer Apter, a protege of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg with an expansive record as a civil rights litigator, accepted Gov. Phil Murphy's nomination to become the next associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Timothy C. D'Arduini | March 15, 2021
Justice LaVecchia's jurisprudence reflects a simple truth, refined over a career in public service: she holds each branch of government to a level of integrity befitting of our halls of government and democracy.
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