Senate judiciary committee making progress on backlog of vacancies
July 02, 2009
New Jersey: Sen. Paul Sarlo, chairman of the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee, congratulated the committee on narrowing the number of vacancies on the New Jersey Superior Court from 38 to 17 since the beginning of the year. The 17 remaining vacancies on the Superior Court bench are the least since the Whitman administration.
"Since January, the Senate Judiciary Committee has confirmed 32 new Superior Court judges and 16 reappointments to the Superior Court bench; three workers’ compensation judges; five workers’ compensation re-appointments; five new administrative law judges, and five administrative law judge reappointments."
The committee also oversaw the renomination of Supreme Court justice Barry Albin to a lifetime tenure.[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Jersey
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State resources:
Courts in New Jersey • New Jersey judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Jersey
