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New Jersey Supreme Court justice vacancy (July 2022)
| New Jersey Supreme Court |
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| Albin vacancy |
| Date: July 7, 2022 |
| Status: Seat filled |
| Nomination |
| Nominee: Michael Noriega |
| Date: May 13, 2023 |
New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin retired on July 7, 2022, upon reaching the state's mandatory retirement age of 70 years old.[1] Albin's replacement will be Governor Phil Murphy's (D) fourth nominee to the seven-member supreme court.
In New Jersey, state supreme court justices are selected through direct gubernatorial appointment. Justices are appointed directly by the governor without the use of a nominating commission.[2] There are five states that use this selection method. To read more about the gubernatorial appointment of judges, click here.
Ballotpedia has compiled the following resources on the process to fill the New Jersey Supreme Court vacancy:
- An overview of the selection process.
- Noteworthy events that occurred during the nomination process.
- An overview of the court following the vacancy.
- An overview of the justice who left office.
- A list of other state supreme court appointments in 2022.
The appointee
- See also: Michael Noriega
On May 13, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy nominated Michael Noriega to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court.[3]
The selection process
- See also: Judicial selection in New Jersey
In New Jersey, state supreme court justices are selected through direct gubernatorial appointment. Justices are appointed directly by the governor without the use of a nominating commission.[4] There are five states that use this selection method. To read more about the gubernatorial appointment of judges, click here.
Noteworthy events
- August 15, 2022: Chief Justice Stuart Rabner appointed senior presiding judges of the appellate division Clarkson Fisher, Jack Sabatino, and Douglas M. Fasciale to the court temporarily to fill three vacancies on the New Jersey Supreme Court.[5]
Makeup of the court
- See also: New Jersey Supreme Court
Justices
Following Albin's retirement, the New Jersey Supreme Court included the following members:
| ■ Stuart Rabner | Appointed by Gov. Jon Corzine (D) in 2007 | |
| ■ Fabiana Pierre-Louis | Appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) in 2020 | |
| ■ Anne Patterson | Appointed by Gov. Chris Christie (R) in 2011 | |
| ■ Lee A. Solomon | Appointed by Gov. Chris Christie (R) in 2014 |
About the court
Founded in 1776, the New Jersey Supreme Court is the state's court of last resort and has seven judgeships. The current chief of the court is Stuart Rabner.
About Justice Barry Albin
- See also: Barry Albin
Justice Barry Albin joined the New Jersey Supreme Court on September 18, 2022. He was appointed to the court by Governor James McGreevey (D).
Before serving on the state supreme court, Albin worked as a partner at the law firm of Wilentz, Goldman and Spitzer in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He had previously worked as an assistant prosecutor in Passaic and Middlesex Counties and as a deputy attorney general in the appellate section of the N.J. Division of Criminal Justice.[6]
Albin received a bachelor's degree from Rutgers College in 1973 and a J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1976.[6]
Other state supreme court appointments in 2022
- See also: State supreme court vacancies, 2022
The following table lists vacancies on state supreme courts that opened in 2022. Click the link under the Court column for a particular vacancy for more information on that vacancy.
Click here for vacancies that opened in 2021.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Monitor, "Justice Albin turns 70, creating third N.J. Supreme Court vacancy," July 7, 2022
- ↑ Note: In New Hampshire, a judicial selection commission has been established by executive order. The commission's recommendations are not binding.
- ↑ New Jersey Globe, "Michael Noriega is Murphy's pick for N.J. Supreme Court," accessed May 17, 2023
- ↑ Note: In New Hampshire, a judicial selection commission has been established by executive order. The commission's recommendations are not binding.
- ↑ New Jersey Courts, "Order - Appellate Division Judges Fisher, Sabatino, and Fasciale Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court Effective September 1," August 15, 2022
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rutgers University, "Barry T. Albin," accessed August 8, 2022
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Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Jersey
State courts:
New Jersey Supreme Court • New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division • New Jersey Superior Courts • New Jersey Municipal Courts • New Jersey Tax Court
State resources:
Courts in New Jersey • New Jersey judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Jersey
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