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Robert Hanna
2015 - Present
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Robert Hanna is a judge on the Vicinage 10 Superior Court serving Morris County and Sussex County in New Jersey. He was assigned to this court effective September 1, 2015.[1]
Formerly, Hanna was a judge on the Vicinage 5 Superior Court. He was appointed by Governor Chris Christie in January 2014. He was reappointed on December 17, 2020 and may serve until he reaches New Jersey's mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges.[2][3][4]
Education
Hanna received his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College in 1980 and his J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law in 1984.[5][6]
Career
Following his graduation from law school, Hanna was a litigation associate at the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York. In 1990, he joined the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. In 1997, he joined the Frauds Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office, where he subsequently served in a number of different roles. Hanna began working as a director in the Newark-based law firm of Gibbons P.C. in May 2006. He then served as the director of the Division of Law within the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety. On December 21, 2011, Hanna was appointed the president of the New Jersey Public Utilities Board by Governor Chris Christie. Hanna filled the vacancy left when Lee A. Solomon resigned. He served there until his appointment to the Vicinage 5 Superior Court in January 2014. Governor Chris Christie previously nominated Hanna to the New Jersey Supreme Court on December 10, 2012, but he was not confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate.[5][6][7]
Recent news
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See also
- New Jersey Public Utilities Board
- Public Service Commissioner
- New Jersey Superior Courts
- Judicial selection in New Jersey
- Sussex County, New Jersey
- Morris County, New Jersey
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey Courts, "Order – Judge Robert M. Hanna Reassigned to Morris County Civil Division," accessed July 21, 2022
- ↑ NJ.com, "N.J. Senate confirms Robert Hanna as Superior Court judge," January 13, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Courts, "Essex Vicinage Judicial Directory," April 21, 2014
- ↑ State of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, "Advice and Consent Appointments," accessed July 21, 2022
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Office of the Governor, "Governor Christie Selects Well-Qualified Candidates for Supreme Court with Nomination of Robert Hanna and Judge David Bauman," December 10, 2012
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, "President Hanna," accessed February 16, 2013
- ↑ State of New Jersey, "Robert M. Hanna," accessed February 16, 2013
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| Preceded by Lee A. Solomon |
New Jersey Public Utilities Board 2011-2014 |
Succeeded by NA |
