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Alexander Griffith was the first Colonial New Jersey Attorney General. 1714 –1719: Thomas Burnett Gordon (17 April 1652—April 28, 1722) was a Scottish emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies who became Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General for the Province of New Jersey. [3] 1719 –1723: Jeremiah Basse
On February 3, 2022, Governor Murphy announced that he was appointing Platkin to serve as Acting Attorney General. Platkin assumed office on February 14, 2022, succeeding Andrew Bruck as Acting Attorney General. [8] [9] He assumed the position in full on September 29, 2022, after the confirmation of his appointment by the New Jersey State ...
The department operates under the supervision of the New Jersey attorney general. The department is responsible for safeguarding "civil and consumer rights, promoting highway traffic safety, maintaining public confidence in the alcoholic beverage, gaming and racing industries and providing legal services and counsel to other state agencies."
In March 2019, as New Jersey's attorney general, Grewal touted the first arrests resulting from a law signed in 2018 by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy outlawing privately made firearms, stating, "When you see repeatedly the same address, with the same individuals, at the same location continuing to order parts for the same types of guns, some ...
New Jersey's attorney general has ordered an overhaul within several divisions of the State Police after two independent reports into racial and gender discrimination found "deeply troubling ...
It is also home to New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety [1] which is under the purview of the New Jersey Attorney General, [2] both of which maintain their main offices there. The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate was based in the complex until it was eliminated in 2010 during the governorship of Chris Christie.
The NJ Attorney General's Office confirmed a criminal investigation into "the conduct of a sworn member of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office."
Lougy resigned from his position as Attorney General on March 14, 2016. He was approved by the Senate on June 23, 2016, and assigned to the Family Division of Mercer County. [7] On June 8, 2021, Lougy was elevated by New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to be Assignment Judge of Mercer, taking effect September 1, 2021. [8]