Court Notices

3 February, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – Attorney Resignation without Prejudice Order Pursuant to Rule 1:20-22 – Dated 01-27-25

• Order – Superior Court Judge Craig L. Wellerson Assigned and Designated as Ocean General Equity Presiding Judge, Effective April 1, 2025

• Order – Superior Court Judge Robert E. Brenner Designated as Ocean Civil Presiding Judge, Effective April 1, 2025

• Order – Superior Court Judge Vincent J. Grasso Additional Assignment on Judicial Recall to Ocean General Equity Division, Effective April 1, 2025

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-51-24 Kahn 090202 Vacate & Dismiss

• D-59-24 Gallant 090270 Consent Disbar

• D-62-24 Kahn 090273 Consent Disbar

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27 January, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice – Model Civil Jury Charges Update

• Notice – 2023-2025 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Publication for Comment – Comments Requested by March 21, 2025

• Addendum to 2023-2025 Family Practice Committee Report – Macpherson Report on Child Support Guidelines

• Notice – Recommendations of the Supreme Court Joint Working Group on Arbitration Rules and Procedures – Request for Comment – Comments Requested by February 28, 2025

• Order Further Amending the List of Municipal Court Judges Authorized to Handle Civil Commitment Matters

• Order – Designation of Judge Mark S. Ali as Essex Acting Assignment Judge in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge

• Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 Ineligible List

• Order – Designation of Superior Court Judge J. Christopher Gibson as a Wiretap Judge for Atlantic/Cape May Counties

• Order – Further Amending the List of Municipal Court Judges Authorized to Handle CJP/Centralized First Appearances and Violations of Monitoring

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-15-24 Garrabrant 089902 Pres. Sus 1 yr

• D-16-24 Gehret 089903 Stipulation Reprimand w.conds

• D-18-24 Baffuto 089908 Pres. Censure

• D-19-24 Smith 089918 Def. Sus. 3 mo

• D-25-24 Artusa 089934 Def. Sus 3 mo

• D-26-24 Johnson 089935 Pres. Reprimand

• D-27-24 Kassem 089956 [DRB consol dec] Default Disbar Dismiss Moot

• D-39-24 Mace 090066 Consent Reprimand w.cond

• D-104-23 Del Vacchio 089434 Def. Censure

• M-278-24 Garrabrant 089902 AWT Grant

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20 January, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – Revised Tax Court Assignments (effective Jan. 17, 2025)

• Order – Supreme Court Committee on Attorney Advertising – New Appointment and New Vice-Chair Designation

• Notice – Attorney Trust Account Depositories – Removal of Greater Alliance Federal Credit Union from the List

• Order – Superior Court Judge James Bucci Reassigned to Camden Criminal Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge John S. Kennedy Reassigned to Camden Criminal Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Verna G. Leath Continued on Judicial Recall Assigned to Essex Criminal Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Stephan C. Hansbury Continued on Judicial Recall Assigned to Morris Civil Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Terrence R. Cook Designated as Assignment Judge for the Burlington Vicinage (effective February 1, 2025)

• Order – Superior Court Judge Aimee R. Belgard Designated as Burlington Criminal Presiding Judge, Effective February 1, 2025

• Order – Superior Court Richard J. Nocella Designated as Burlington General Equity Presiding Judge (Effective April 5, 2025)

• Order – Superior Court Judge Jodi Lee Alper – Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service in Morris/Sussex General Equity Division

• Notice – New District Secretary for District I Fee Arbitration Committee (Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties)

• Notice – Process for Requests for Judicial Financial Reports

• Notice – Attorney Well-Being – Succession Planning Strategies – Request for Public Comment – Comments Requested by February 21, 2025

• Order – Disciplinary Oversight Committee – Reappointments; Continued Chair and Vice-Chair Designations

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-1-24 Frischberg 089833 Stip Disbar

• D-10-24 Benedetto 089868 MFD Sus 5 yr

• D-51-24 Kahn 090202 OSC

• D-95-23 Megaro 089376 MRD Sus 5 yr

• D-105-23 Anderson 089437 DRB consolitated.Censure.Vacate OSC.reinstate

• M-294-24 Mone 090083 TS

• M-296-24 Marano 090085 TS

• M-346-24 Marano 090085 AWT Grant

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13 January, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice – New Jersey Attorney Electronic Registration and Payment Is Now Available (as of January 6)

• Notice – Defaults Scheduled for Review by the Disciplinary Review Board on February 20, 2025

• Order – Superior Court Judge Frances A. McGrogan Continued on Judicial Recall – Assigned to Bergen Criminal and Family Divisions

• Order – Superior Court Judge Amy O’Connor Continued on Judicial Recall – Assigned to Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Civil

• Order – Recall of Retired Superior Court Judge Linda L. Lawhun – Assigned to Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Criminal

• Order – New Superior Court Judge Michelle J. Marose – Initial Judicial Assignment – Passaic Family

• Order – Superior Court Judge Marybel Mercado-Ramirez Reassigned to Passaic Criminal Division

• Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 Ineligible List

• Order – Attorney Resignation without Prejudice Order Pursuant to Rule 1:20-22 – Dated 12-31-24

• Order – Superior Court Judge Adam Kenny Reassigned to the Middlesex Family Division

• Notice – Municipal Courts – Scheduling of Municipal Court Events in Accordance with the Framework Established by the Supreme Court’s October 27, 2022 (“Future of Court Operations 2.0”) Order

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-47-24 Warren 090197 Reinstate

• D-49-24 Harris 090199 Consent Disbar

• D-50-24 Gendel 090201 Reinstate

• M-715-18 Forkin 082519 Mot Reinstatement Deny

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6 January, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – New Superior Court Judge Matthew M. Goode Assigned to Monmouth Family Division

• Order – New Superior Court Judge Lucinda Jordan McLaughlin Assigned to Hudson Family Division

• Order – New Superior Court Judge James M. Doyle Assigned to Bergen Criminal Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Kevin P. Kelly Reassigned to Bergen Civil Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Darren T. DiBiasi – Designated as Bergem General Equity Presiding Judge (Effective February 1, 2025)

• Order – Superior Court Judge Nicholas Ostuni, Sr. – Reassigned to Bergem General Equity (Effective February 1, 2025)

• Order – New Superior Court Judge Reema Sethi Kareer Assigned to Warren Criminal Division

• Order – New Superior Court Judge Matthew J. Fedor Assigned to Hunterdon Family Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Christopher M. Troxell Additionally Assigned to Warren Civil Division

• Notice – Board on Attorney Certification – 2025 Applicants for Certification – Application Deadline Dates

• Notice – Board on Attorney Certification – Applicants for Recertification – Application Deadline Date

• Order – Family Case Management Order Form Deleted as an Appendix to the Rules of Court

FEDERAL COURTS

• Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

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30 December, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) – New Appointment

• Order – Municipal Court Administrator Certification Board – Reappointments, New Appointment, Continued Chair/Vice-Chair Designations

FEDERAL COURTS

• Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-24-24 Wolff 089932 Consent Reprimand w.conds

• M-295-24 Reyes 090084 Reinstate

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23 December, 2024

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice – New District Secretary for District IX (Monmouth County) Fee Arbitration Committee

• Notice – IOLTA – All NJ Attorneys Engaging in the Private Practice of Law – 2025 IOLTA Online Registration

• Order – Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Adubato Designated as Essex General Equity Presiding Judge (effective February 1, 2025)

• Order – Superior Court Judge Cynthia D. Santomauro Reassigned to Essex General Equity Division (effective February 1, 2025)

• Order – Marie C. Hanley Appointed as Clerk of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court (effective March 1, 2025)

• Notice – Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program – Administrative Directive #14-24; Rule Relaxation Order; Judiciary Affordable Housing Webpage

• Notice – Closure of Middlesex County Family Courthouse from December 23 through January 10

• Order – New Superior Court Judge Julie E. Nugent – Initial Judicial Assignment – Atlantic Family

• Notice – Attorneys Reinstated from the New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection 2024 Ineligible List

FEDERAL COURTS

• Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-108-23 Chesebro 089514 ATS

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STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice and Order – Amendments Adopted to Court Rules 1:18B-1 and 1:18B-3 – Judicial Financial Reporting Requirements

• Order- Recall Continuation for Superior Court Judge Frederic R. McDaniel

• Notice – Motions to Waive Family Jurisdiction in Juvenile Delinquency Cases; Proposed Amendments to Rule 5:22-2(a) – Request for Public Comment (Comments Requested by January 13, 2025)

• Order – Superior Court Judge Bruce A. Jones – Continued on Recall Service

• Order – Superior Court Judge Thomas J. LaConte – Short-Term Recall Continuation

• Order – Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics (ACPE) – Reappointments, New Appointments, Chair and Vice-Chair Designations

FEDERAL COURTS

• Announcement of Vacancies on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the District of New Jersey and the Criminal Justice Act Training Panel Program for the District of New Jersey

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-3-24 Goodman 089835 – MFD 3 yr Sus retro

• D-6-24 Higgins 089851 Split dec Censure

• D-11-24 Kenney 089869 MFD Reprimand

• D-12-24 Robbins 089870 Censure

• M-203-24 Benedetto 089868 Mot Expand Grant

• R-2-24 Higgins 089851 Pet Rev Deny

• R-3-24 Goodman 089835 Pet Rev Deny

• D-42-24 Dratch 090077 Consent Reprimand

• D-43-24 Oshman 090078 Consent Reprimand

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