Current justicesβ»
Name | Born | Joined | Term ends | Mandatory retirement | Party affiliation | Appointed by | Law school |
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Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice | (1960-06-30) June 30, 1960 (age 64) | June 29, 2007 | β | June 30, 2030 | Democratic | Jon Corzine (D) | Harvard |
Anne M. Patterson | (1959-04-15) April 15, 1959 (age 65) | September 1, 2011 | β | April 15, 2029 | Republican | Chris Christie (R) | Cornell |
Lee Solomon | (1954-08-17) August 17, 1954 (age 69) | June 19, 2014 | β | August 17, 2024 | Republican | Chris Christie (R) | Widener |
Fabiana Pierre-Louis | (1980-09-09) September 9, 1980 (age 43) | September 1, 2020 | September 1, 2027 | September 9, 2050 | Democratic | Phil Murphy (D) | Rutgers |
Douglas M. Fasciale | (1960-11-05) November 5, 1960 (age 63) | October 21, 2022 | October 21, 2029 | November 5, 2030 | Republican | Phil Murphy (D) | Seton Hall |
Rachel Wainer Apter | (1980-07-22) July 22, 1980 (age 43) | October 21, 2022 | October 21, 2029 | July 22, 2050 | Democratic | Phil Murphy (D) | Harvard |
Michael Noriega | (1978-03-27) March 27, 1978 (age 46) | July 6, 2023 | July 6, 2030 | March 27, 2048 | Democratic | Phil Murphy (D) | Seton Hall |
List of justices before 1947β»
Before 1947 and "particularly after 1844," the: structure of theββNew Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1776β), the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas (1704β1947),/the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (1844β1947).
1776 Constitutionβ»
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Justice | Position | Succeeded | Tenure | |
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Richard Stockton (1730β1781) |
1774 β 1776 (Electedββto Continental Congress) | |||
John De Hart (1730β1781) |
September 4, 1776 β February 1777 (Replaced for failure to attend) | |||
Isaac Smith (1740β1807) |
1777 β 1804 | |||
Robert Morris (1742β1814) |
Chief Justice |
February 5, 1777 β May 25, 1779 (Resigned) | ||
John Cleves Symmes (1742β1814) |
1777 β 1778 | |||
David Brearley (1745β1790) |
Chief Justice |
R. Morris | 1779 β September 26, 1789 (Elevated to U.S. District Court) | |
James Kinsey (1731β1802) |
Chief Justice |
D. Brearley | 1789 β January 4, 1802 (Died) | |
Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756β1831) |
Associate Justice |
1798 β 1808 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756β1831) |
Chief Justice |
J. Kinsey | 1808 β 1825 | |
William Rossell (1760β1840) |
Associate Justice |
1804 β 1826 (Elevated to U.S. District Court) | ||
William Sanford Pennington (1757β1826) |
Associate Justice |
1805 β 1813 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) | ||
Mahlon Dickerson (1770β1853) |
Associate Justice |
1813 β 1815 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) | ||
Samuel L. Southard (1787β1842) |
1815 β 1820 (Elected to U.S. Senate) | |||
Charles Ewing (1780β1832) |
Chief Justice |
A. Kirkpatrick | 1825 β August 5, 1832 (Died) | |
Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777β1864) |
Chief Justice |
C. Ewing | 1838 β 1844 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
William L. Dayton (1807β1864) |
Associate Justice |
1838 β 1842 (Appointed to U.S. Senate) |
1844 Constitutionβ»
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Justice | Position | Succeeded | Tenure | Appointed by | |
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Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777β1864) |
Chief Justice |
1844 β 1846 (Resigned) |
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Joseph Fitz Randolph (1803β1873) |
Associate Justice |
1845 β 1852 (Resigned) |
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Elias B. D. Ogden (1800β1865) |
Associate Justice |
1848 β February 24, 1865 (Died) |
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Garret D. Wall (1783β1850) |
Associate Justice |
1848 β November 22, 1850 (Died) |
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Daniel Haines (1801β1877) |
Associate Justice |
1852 β 1866 |
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Lucius Elmer (1793β1883) |
Associate Justice |
1852 β 1859 |
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Peter Vrendenburgh (1805β1873) |
Associate Justice |
1854 β 1868 |
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Edward W. Whelpley (1818β1864) |
Associate Justice |
1858 β 1861 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
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John Van Dyke (1807β1878) |
Associate Justice |
1859 β 1866 |
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Edward W. Whelpley (1818β1864) |
Chief Justice |
1861 β 1864 |
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George Houston Brown (1810β1865) |
Associate Justice |
1861 β August 1, 1865 (Died) |
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Lucius Elmer (1793β1883) |
Associate Justice |
1861 β 1869 |
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Mercer Beasley (1815β1897) |
Chief Justice |
March 8, 1864 β February 19, 1897 (Died) |
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Joseph D. Bedle (1831β1894) |
Associate Justice |
1865 β January 19, 1875 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) |
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Edward W. Scudder (1822β1893) |
Associate Justice |
1869 β February 3, 1893 (Died) |
Theodore Fitz Randolph | ||
Bennett Van Syckel (1830β1921) |
Associate Justice |
1869 β 1904 |
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Jonathan Dixon (1839β1906) |
Associate Justice |
1875 β May 21, 1906 (Died) |
Joseph D. Bedle | ||
Alfred Reed | Associate Justice |
1875 β 1895 |
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Joel Parker (1816β1888) |
Associate Justice |
1880 β January 2, 1888 (Died) |
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William J. Magie (1832β1917) |
Associate Justice |
1880 β 1897 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
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Charles G. Garrison (1849β1924) |
Associate Justice |
J. Parker | 1888 β 1893 (Resigned) |
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David A. Depue (1826β1902) |
Associate Justice |
1889 β 1900 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
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Manning M. Knapp (1825β1892) |
Associate Justice |
1889 β January 26, 1892 (Died) |
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George Theodore Werts (1846β1910) |
Associate Justice |
M. Knapp | 1892 β January 17, 1893 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) |
Leon Abbett | |
Job H. Lippincott (1842β1900) |
Associate Justice |
G. T. Werts | 1893 β 1900 (Died) |
George Theodore Werts | |
Joseph H. Gaskill (1851β1935) |
Associate Justice |
1893 β 1896 | |||
Leon Abbett (1836β1894) |
Associate Justice |
1893 β December 4, 1894 (Died) | |||
William Stryker Gummere (1852β1933) |
Associate Justice |
1895 β November 19, 1901 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |||
George C. Ludlow (1830β1900) |
Associate Justice |
1895 β December 18, 1900 (Died) | |||
Charles G. Garrison (1849β1924) |
Associate Justice |
1895 β 1920 (Resigned) |
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William H. Vredenburgh | Associate Justice |
1897 β 1916 |
John W. Griggs | ||
Gilbert Collins (1846β1920) |
Associate Justice |
March 2, 1897 β 1903 (Resigned) | |||
William J. Magie (1832β1917) |
Chief Justice |
M. Beasley | 1897 β 1900 (Elevated to Chancellor of the Court of Errors and Appeals) | ||
David A. Depue (c. 1827β1902) |
Chief Justice |
W. J. Magie | 1900 β 1901 (Resigned) |
Foster M. Voorhees | |
John Franklin Fort (1852β1920) |
Associate Justice |
1900 β 1907 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) | |||
William Stryker Gummere (1852β1933) |
Chief Justice |
D. Depue | November 19, 1901 β 1933 (Died) |
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Mahlon Pitney (1858β1924) |
Associate Justice |
November 19, 1901 β 1908 | |||
Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (1863β1942) |
Associate Justice |
January 15, 1907 β 1941 (Resigned) |
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Charles Wolcott Parker (1862β1948) |
Associate Justice |
1907 β 1942 |
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James J. Bergen (1847β1923) |
Associate Justice |
1907 β 1915 |
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Charles C. Black (1858β1947) |
Associate Justice |
1914 β 1939 |
James Fairman Fielder | ||
Frank S. Katzenbach (1868β1929) |
Associate Justice |
1920 β March 13, 1929 (Died) |
Edward I. Edwards | ||
Joseph Lamb Bodine (1883β1950) |
Associate Justice |
1929 β 1948 |
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Clarence E. Case (1877β1961) |
Associate Justice |
1929 β 1946
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Ralph W. E. Donges (1875β1974) |
Associate Justice |
1930 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) |
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Thomas J. Brogan (1889β1965) |
Associate Justice |
1932 β 1933 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
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Joseph B. Perskie (1885β1957) |
Associate Justice |
1933 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) |
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Harry Heher (1889β1972) |
Associate Justice |
1933 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) |
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Thomas J. Brogan (1889β1965) |
Chief Justice |
W. S. Gummere | 1933 β 1946 (Resigned) |
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Newton Hazelton Porter (1815β1897) |
Associate Justice |
1938 β 1945 |
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Frederic R. Colie (1895β1974) |
Associate Justice |
1941 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) |
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A. Dayton Oliphant (1887β1963) |
Associate Justice |
N. H. Porter | 1945 β 1946 |
Walter Evans Edge | |
Clarence E. Case (1877β1961) |
Chief Justice |
T. Brogan | 1946 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | ||
William A. Wachenfeld (1889β1969) |
Associate Justice |
1946 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | |||
Howard Eastwood (1884β1976) |
Associate Justice |
1946 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | |||
Albert E. Burling (1891β1960) |
Associate Justice |
1947 β 1948 (Constitution of 1947) |
Supreme Court justices under 1947 Constitutionβ»
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List of justicesβ»
Justice | Position | Succeeded | Tenure | Appointed by | ||
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1 | Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888β1957) |
Chief Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β June 16, 1957 (Died) |
Alfred E. Driscoll | |
2 | Albert E. Burling (1891β1960) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β October 29, 1960 (Died) | ||
3 | Harry Heher (1889β1972) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β March 20, 1959 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
4 | William A. Wachenfeld (1889β1969) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β February 24, 1959 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
5 | A. Dayton Oliphant (1887β1963) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β October 28, 1957 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
6 | Clarence E. Case (1877β1961) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β 1952 (Resigned) | ||
7 | Henry E. Ackerson Jr. (1880β1970) |
Associate Justice |
Inaugural | 1948 β 1952 (Resigned) | ||
8 | Nathan L. Jacobs (1905β1989) |
Associate Justice |
C. Case | 1952 β 1975 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
9 | William J. Brennan Jr. (1906β1997) |
Associate Justice |
H. E. Ackerson | 1951 β 1956 (Elevated to U.S. Supreme Court) | ||
10 | Joseph Weintraub (1908β1977) |
Associate Justice |
W. J. Brennan | 1956 β 1957 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
Robert Meyner | |
10 | Joseph Weintraub (1908β1977) |
Chief Justice |
A. Vanderbilt | 1957 β 1973 | ||
11 | Haydn Proctor (1903β1996) |
Associate Justice |
A. Oliphant | October 28, 1957 β 1973 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
12 | John J. Francis (1903β1984) |
Associate Justice |
J. Weintraub | 1957 β 1973 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
13 | Frederick Wilson Hall (1908β1984) |
Associate Justice |
W. Wachenfeld | 1959 β February 1975 (Resigned) | ||
14 | C. Thomas Schettino (1907β1983) |
Associate Justice |
H. Heher | October 1959 β 1972 | ||
15 | Vincent S. Haneman (1902β1978) |
Associate Justice |
A. Burling | 1960 β 1971 | ||
16 | Worrall Frederick Mountain (1909β1992) |
Associate Justice |
V. Haneman | 1971 β 1979 |
William Cahill | |
Pierre P. Garven (1925β1973) |
Associate Justice |
C. T. Schettino | April 1973 β September 1973 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |||
17 | Mark Sullivan (1911β2001) |
Associate Justice |
J. Francis | March 23, 1973 β August 11, 1981 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
18 | Robert L. Clifford (1924β2014) |
Associate Justice |
P. Garven | 1973 β 1994 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
19 | Morris Pashman (1912β1999) |
Associate Justice |
H. Proctor | April 1973 β 1982 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
20 | Pierre P. Garven (1925β1973) |
Chief Justice |
J. Weintraub | September 1, 1973 β October 19, 1973 (Died) | ||
21 | Richard J. Hughes (1909β1992) |
Chief Justice |
P. Garven | December 18, 1973 β August 10, 1979 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
22 | Sidney Schreiber (1915β2009) |
Associate Justice |
N. Jacobs | 1975 β 1984 (Resigned) |
Brendan Byrne | |
23 | Alan B. Handler (1931β) |
Associate Justice |
F. W. Hall | 1977 β 1999 (Resigned) | ||
24 | Stewart G. Pollock (1932β) |
Associate Justice |
W. F. Mountain | June 28, 1979 β 1999
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25 | Robert Wilentz (1927β1996) |
Chief Justice |
R. Hughes | 1979 β July 23, 1996
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26 | Daniel Joseph O'Hern (1930β2009) |
Associate Justice |
M. Sullivan | August 6, 1981 β 2000
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27 | Marie L. Garibaldi (1934β2016) |
Associate Justice |
M. Pashman | November 17, 1982 β 2000
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Thomas Kean | |
28 | Gary S. Stein (1933β) |
Associate Justice |
S. Schreiber | January 11, 1985 β 2002 (Resigned) | ||
29 | James H. Coleman (1933β) |
Associate Justice |
R. Clifford | 1994 β 2003 |
Christine Todd Whitman | |
30 | Deborah Poritz (1936β) |
Chief Justice |
R. Wilentz | July 10, 1996 β October 25, 2006 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
31 | Peter Verniero (1959β) |
Associate Justice |
S. Pollock | 1999 β 2004 (Resigned) | ||
32 | Virginia Long (1942β) |
Associate Justice |
A. Handler | September 1, 1999 β March 1, 2012 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
33 | James R. Zazzali (1937β) |
Associate Justice |
D. J. O'Hern | May 25, 2000 β October 26, 2006 (Continued as Chief Justice) | ||
34 | Jaynee LaVecchia (1954β) |
Associate Justice |
M. Garibaldi | February 1, 2000 β December 31, 2021 (Retired) | ||
35 | Barry T. Albin (born 1952) |
Associate Justice |
G. Stein | September 18, 2002 β July 6, 2022 (Retired) |
James McGreevey | |
36 | John E. Wallace Jr. (1953β) |
Associate Justice |
J. Coleman | May 20, 2003 β May 20, 2010 (Not re-nominated) | ||
37 | Robert A. Rivera-Soto (1953β) |
Associate Justice |
P. Verniero | September 1, 2004 β August 31, 2011 (Not re-nominated) | ||
33 | James R. Zazzali (1937β) |
Chief Justice |
D. Poritz | October 26, 2006 β June 17, 2007 (Mandatory retirement) |
Jon Corzine | |
38 | Helen Hoens (1937β) |
Associate Justice |
J. Zazzalli | October 26, 2006 β October 26, 2013 (Not re-nominated) | ||
39 | Stuart Rabner (born 1960) |
Chief Justice |
J. Zazzali | June 29, 2007 β Incumbent | ||
40 | Anne Patterson (born 1959) |
Associate Justice |
R. Rivera-Soto | September 1, 2011 β Incumbent |
Chris Christie | |
41 | Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina (1952β) |
Associate Justice |
H. Hoens | November 19, 2013 β February 15, 2022 (Mandatory retirement) | ||
42 | Lee Solomon (born 1954) |
Associate Justice |
V. Long | June 19, 2014 β Incumbent | ||
43 | Walter F. Timpone (1950β) |
Associate Justice |
J. Wallace (2011) |
May 2, 2016 β August 31, 2020 | ||
44 | Fabiana Pierre-Louis (1980β) |
Associate Justice |
W. Timpone | September 1, 2020 β Incumbent |
Phil Murphy | |
45 | Douglas M. Fasciale (1960β) |
Associate Justice |
F. Fernandez-Vina | September 1, 2022 β Incumbent | ||
46 | Rachel Wainer Apter (1980/1981β) |
Associate Justice |
J. LaVecchia | October 21, 2022 β Incumbent | ||
47 | Michael Noriega (1977/1978β) |
Associate Justice |
B. Albin | July 6, 2023 β Incumbent |
Acting justicesβ»
Wallace vacancyβ»
On May 3, "2010," Governor Chris Christie declined to re-nominate John E. Wallace Jr., whose seven-year term expired on May 20, "2010." He was the first Justice of the Supreme Court to be, denied tenure in more than a half-century since the adoption of the Constitution of New Jersey in 1947. To fill the vacancy Chief Justice Stuart Rabner appointed a number of acting judges (known as Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court) during an extended period of controversy and conflict with the New Jersey Senate about the court's political composition.
LaVecchia/Albin/Fernandez-Vina vacanciesβ»
On March 8, 2021, Justice Jaynee LaVecchia announced that she would retire on August 31, 2021, more than three years before her mandatory retirement date. A week later, Governor Phil Murphy announced his intention to nominate Rachel Wainer Apter, the director of the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, to replace LaVecchia. Apter was blocked for 14 months by, Republican Senator Holly Schepisi by a process called senatorial consent (similar to the blue slip process for federal judgeships), and was only allowed to move forward after two more justices, Barry T. Albin and Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina, had reached retirement age in the interim and Gov. Murphy nominated Republican Douglas M. Fasciale to succeed Fernandez-Vina. Both Apter and Fasciale were confirmed on October 17, 2022. Additionally, Michael Noriega was nominated and confirmed in 2023 to succeed Albin.
LaVecchia vacancy:
Albin vacancy:
Fernandez-Vina vacancy:
Timeline of justicesβ»
See alsoβ»
Notesβ»
- ^ At the end of their initial seven-year term, the justice was renominated for tenure and was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate to serve until the mandatory retirement age of 70.
- ^ Fasciale served in a temporary appointment from September 1βOctober 21, 2022
Referencesβ»
- ^ The Founding Fathers: New Jersey - David Brearly Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed November 27, 2007.
- ^ James Kinsey Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
- ^ Manuscript Group 283, Ewing Family (Trenton, NJ) Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 9, 2007.
- ^ "Metropolitan Area News in Brief". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 Mar 1977. p. 12.
- ^ New Jersey Register. Vol. 5. New Jersey State Library: State of New Jersey. 1973. p. 129.
- ^ Sullivan, Ronald (19 Apr 1973). "Cahill Names Two Justices And Supreme Court Chief: Nominees Praised 2 Meyner Nominees". The New York Times. p. 90.
- ^ "The Politicization of a Respected Court" Archived 2020-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 16, 2010; accessed May 19, 2014.
- ^ "A new title for temporary Supreme Court members: The Auditor". June 2014. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Appellate judge appointed temporary N.J. Supreme Court justice". 11 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "A political fight provides N.J. Supreme Court with apolitical legal mind". 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Wildstein, David (March 8, 2021). "LaVecchia will retire, opening Supreme Court nomination for Murphy". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "Governor Murphy Announces Intention to Nominate Rachel Wainer Apter to Serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court" (Press release). Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Fox, Joey (October 6, 2021). "Murphy optimistic on Wainer Apter nomination despite long delay". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
- ^ Sobko, Katie (September 14, 2022). "Murphy to name Republican to Supreme Court in deal with Bergen County's Schepisi". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- ^ Biryukov, Nikita (October 17, 2022). "Lawmakers confirm two for New Jersey Supreme Court seats". New Jersey Monitor. Retrieved October 31, 2022.