The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form,the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system,including cases challenging the validity of state laws under the state constitution. It has the sole authority to prescribe and amend court rules and regulate the practice of law,and it is the arbiter and overseer of the decennial legislative redistricting. One of its former members,William J. Brennan Jr.,became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844,replacing the Legislative Council. There are 40 legislative districts,representing districts with an average population of 232,225. Each district has one senator and two members of the New Jersey General Assembly,the lower house of the legislature. Prior to the election in which they are chosen,senators must be a minimum of 30 years old and a resident of the state for four years to be eligible to serve in office.
Nia H. Gill is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician,who represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2024. She ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the June 2012 primary election to fill the seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Donald M. Payne,the former U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Gill was the State Senate President pro Tempore from 2010 to 2018,succeeded by Teresa Ruiz.
Jaynee LaVecchia is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. She was nominated by Governor Christine Todd Whitman to serve on the court on January 6,2000 and was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on January 10,2000. In 2007,she was reappointed with tenure by Governor Jon Corzine. Although she could have served until reaching the mandatory retirement age in 2024,LaVecchia retired from the Court effective December 31,2021.
James Ronald Zazzali is an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from October 26,2006,until his retirement on June 17,2007. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from June 14,2000.
Stuart Jeff Rabner is the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He served as New Jersey Attorney General,chief counsel to Governor Jon Corzine,and as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey.
Zulima Farber is the former Attorney General of New Jersey and the first Latina (Cuban) to serve as Acting Governor of New Jersey. She was appointed Attorney General in 2006 by Governor Jon Corzine and resigned on August 31,2006. She was succeeded by First Assistant Attorney General Anne Milgram on an interim basis until Stuart Rabner took office on September 26,2006.
Lowenstein Sandler is a New Jersey–based American law firm with additional offices in New York,Palo Alto,New Jersey,Utah,and Washington,D.C. The firm has approximately 350 attorneys and has been described as "well connected" politically within New Jersey.
Neil Harvey MacBride is an American attorney who served as the General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury in the Biden administration. He previously served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed MacBride's nomination as U.S. Attorney on September 15,2009,and he took office three days later. He left office on September 13,2013.
Vanita Gupta is an American attorney who served as United States Associate Attorney General from April 22,2021,to February 2,2024. From 2014 to 2017,Gupta served as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Barack Obama. She was considered one of the top choices of the Harris campaign for Attorney General.
Senatorial courtesy is an unwritten rule practiced in the Senate of the U.S. state of New Jersey under which a State Senator can indefinitely block consideration of a nomination by the Governor of New Jersey for a gubernatorial nominee from the Senator's home county,without being required to provide an explanation. While the practice is infrequently invoked,it has brought calls for legislation that would forbid its use.
Christopher S. Porrino is an American trial lawyer who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 2016 to 2018. Porrino is currently a partner of Lowenstein Sandler,and chair of the firm's Litigation Department.
Robert Lougy is a judge on the New Jersey Superior Court and the former acting New Jersey Attorney General.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. attorney for District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Before that,she was the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
Zahid Nisar Quraishi is an American judge. He is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court. He is the first Muslim Article III federal judge confirmed by the United States Senate.
The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration,a United States federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice,tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the United States. The current administrator is Anne Milgram.
Tali Farimah Farhadian Weinstein is an American attorney,professor,and politician. She is a former federal and state prosecutor and was a candidate in the 2021 Manhattan District Attorney race. In November 2024,President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate her as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,but did not send her nomination to the United States Senate before he left office.
Matthew J. Platkin is an American attorney serving as the Attorney General of the state of New Jersey.
Jacqueline C. Romero is an American lawyer who serves as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
