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There are 21 counties in the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Superior Court subsumed and replaced the New Jersey County Courts, which were abolished in 1978. [ 1 ] The Superior Court has 15 vicinages (jurisdictional districts or circuits ), some encompassing two or three counties, each of which has its own courthouse or courthouses.
Judges serve an initial seven-year term and can be reappointed to serve until age 70. New Jersey's judiciary is unusual in that it still has separate courts of law and equity, like its neighbor Delaware but unlike most other U.S. states. The New Jersey Superior Court is divided into Law and Chancery Divisions at the trial level.
Padin was born in 1960 in Jersey City, New Jersey. [1] She received her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University in 1983, her Master of Social Work from Fordham University in 1985, and her Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University in 1992. [2] Between college and law school, from 1985 until 1989, Padin worked as a social worker in New York and ...
The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
Jose L. Linares (born November 30, 1953) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the former Chief Judge of that same Court from 2017 to 2019. [1] In May 2019, he resigned as Chief Judge to return to private practice at McCarter & English. [2]
On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Castner to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. [3] President Biden nominated Castner to the seat vacated by Judge Jose L. Linares, who retired on May 16, 2019. [5] Castner was recommended by Senator Robert Menendez. [6]
A Superior Court judge has issued an initial decision siding with a beachfront homeowner who argued that Rhode Island's 2023 shoreline access law amounted to an unconstitutional taking of private ...
Failla was born in Edison, New Jersey. [1] She received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, in 1990 from the College of William & Mary. She received a Juris Doctor cum laude in 1993 from Harvard Law School. [1] From 1993 to 1994, she served as a law clerk for Judge Joseph E. Irenas of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.