List of justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey


Current justices

List of justices before 1947
Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New 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 (1776–), the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas (1704–1947), or the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (1844–1947).

1776 Constitution

1844 Constitution

Supreme Court justices under 1947 Constitution

List of justices

Acting justices

Wallace vacancy
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.

Mary Catherine Cuff
Ariel A. Rodriguez
Edwin Stern
Dorothea O'C. Wefing

LaVecchia/Albin/Fernandez-Vina vacancies
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:
 Jose L. Fuentes
 Clarkson S. Fisher, Jr.

Albin vacancy:
 Jack M. Sabatino

Fernandez-Vina vacancy:
 Douglas M. Fasciale

Timeline of justices

See also 

Judiciary of New Jersey
Courts of New Jersey

Notes

References

 
New Jersey
Justices