After a 95-minute hearing today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously endorsed the nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis as an Associate Justice on what she called, in her opening statement, "the finest...

In a joint announcement, Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and Judiciary Committee Chair Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, revealed that the Judiciary Committee will take up Governor Murphy's nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis...

Chief Justice Rabner has issued the General Assignment Order for 2020-21, which is available here. Judge Ostrer has replaced Judge Koblitz, who will be retiring, as Presiding Judge of Part...

Chief Justice Rabner announced the temporary assignment of two judges to the Appellate Division. The two judges, Katie Gummer and Morris Smith, will begin their temporary assignments on September 1,...

The United States Senate this week confirmed Peter Phipps, who currently sits as a District Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, for a...

Yesterday, the Senate voted 54-43 to confirm Paul Matey to a seat on the Third Circuit. The vote largely followed party lines, with Senator Joe Manchin (D- WV) the only...

As stated in a notice on the Third Circuit's website, that court "is open during the Government Shutdown. Oral arguments will be heard as scheduled. All filing deadlines must be...

At his award-winning CA3 Blog, Matthew Stiegler has this post about Judge Vanaskie. The judge became eligible to take senor status earlier this month, and he will do so effective...

In April, this blog reported on the nomination of David Porter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the opposition of one of his home state Senators, Robert Casey,...

The State Senate yesterday voted to confirm Justice Patterson for tenure on the Supreme Court. She can now serve until age 70, the age of mandatory retirement. Her current term...