Court Notices

17 March, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – Superior Court Judge Dara A. Govan Reassigned to the Union Vicinage Criminal Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Daniel Roberts Reassigned to the Union Vicinage Civil Division and Designated as Supervising Special Civil Part Judge for the Vicinage

• Order – Superior Court Judge James B. Johnston Reassigned to the Union Vicinage Criminal Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Paul D. Nieves Reassigned to the Union Vicinage Family Division

• Notice – Multicounty Litigation Application – New Jersey State Court Litigation Involving Exposure to Roundup Products – Comments/Objections Requested by April 11, 2025 Notice – MCL Application – Roundup Products – Second Application – dated 03-10-25

• Notice – Public Access in the Appellate Division: (1) Oral Arguments of Non-Public Cases Excepted from Livestreaming and Brief Posting; (2) Promulgation of New Form to Request Audio Recordings of Oral Arguments; and (3) Process for Requesting Access to Non-Public Arguments/Records

Reinstatement to the Bar Notice

• Petition for Reinstatement – Jeffrey Alan Glazer

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• M-320-24 Baron 090141 CPF PRF

• M-319-24 Cresci 090140 CPF PRF

• M-318-24 Rasmussen 090139 CPF PRF

• D-101-23 Jordan 089421 Reinstate w.cond

• M-511-24 Sanchez 090335 ITS

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10 March, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – Superior Court Judge Jennifer C. Critchley Reassigned to the Essex Civil Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Gerald J. Council Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service – Middlesex Family Division

• Order – Superior Court Judge Harold U. Johnson, Jr. Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service – Vicinage 15 Family Division

• Order – IOLTA Trustee Appointment – Mary Jean Barnes, Esq.

• Order – Judicial Evaluation Commission Reappointments and New Appointments

• Order – Retired Appellate Division Judge Richard S. Hoffman Continued on Judicial Recall

• Notice – Arbitration Clauses in Attorney Retainer Agreements – Adoption of Official Comment to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4 (Delaney v. Dickey)

• Notice and Order – Supreme Court Action on Report of the Professional Responsibility Rules Committee – Amendments to RPCs 1.5 and 8.4; Attorney General’s Waiver of Conflicts Pilot Program; No Waiver of Confidentiality to Respond to Negative Online Reviews

• Order – Board on Continuing Legal Education – Appointments and Reappointments

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-101-23 Jordan 089421 Reinstate w.cond

• M-318-24 Rasmussen 090139 CPF PRF

• M-319-24 Cresci 090140 CPF PRF

• M-320-24 Baron 090141 CPF PRF

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3 March, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice – Family – Comments Sought on Proposed Rule Amendments as Recommended by the Judiciary Special Committee on the Non-Dissolution (FD) Docket – Comments Requested by March 17, 2025

• Notice – Online Attorney Registration and Payment – Reminder – Less Than One Week Remaining Until February 28, 2025 Deadline

• Order – Superior Court Judge Darren T. DiBiasi Designated as Bergen Acting Assignment Judge in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge

• Order – Superior Court Judge W. Todd Miller – Revised Judicial Assignment on Recall – Atlantic/Cape May Criminal (effective April 1, 2025)

• Order – Designation of Judge John C. Porto as Vicinage 1 Acting Assignment Judge in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge (Effective April 1, 2025)

• Order – Judge M. Susan Sheppard Designated as General Equity Disqualification Judge for Vicinage 1 (Effective April 1, 2025)

• Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge Brent M. Rafuse – Sussex Family

• Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge Jeanette Russell – Monmouth Family

• Order – Superior Court Judge Christie L. Bevacqua Reassigned to the Monmouth Family Division

• Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge Claire A. Scully – Monmouth Criminal

• Notice – Defaults Scheduled for Review by the Disciplinary Review Board on April 17, 2025

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-45-24 Kelly 090086 Stipulation Sus 2 yr

• D-70-24 Mishaan 090356 OSC

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24 February, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice – Superior Court Trust Fund Monies Scheduled to Escheat to the State of New Jersey in 2025

• Notice – Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the “NextGen” Bar Examination – Request for Comment – Comments Requested by March 19, 2025

• Order – Judge M. Susan Sheppard Designated as Assignment Judge for Atlantic and Cape May Counties (Vicinage 1) – Effective April 1, 2025

• Order – Judge J. Christopher Gibson Designated as General Equity Presiding Judge for Atlantic and Cape May Counties (Vicinage 1) – Effective April 1, 2025

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

• Order – Designating Superior Court Judges Aimee R. Belgard and Richard J. Nocella as Acting Assignment Judges for the Burlington Vicinage in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge – Effective April 5, 2025

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17 February, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Order – Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Shusted, Jr. Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service – Camden Civil/Criminal/Family Divisions

• Order – Superior Court Judge Joseph V. Isabella Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service – Hudson Criminal Division

• Notice – Attorney Trust Account Depositories – Approved List

• Notice – Online Attorney Registration and Payment – Reminder – Two Weeks Remaining Until February 28, 2025 Deadline

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10 February, 2025

STATE COURTS

Notices to the Bar

• Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Deadlines for Filing Claims

• Notice – 2025 Online Attorney Registration and Payment – One-Month Reminder

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

• Notice – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the June 17, 2024 Ineligible List

Case-Related/Disciplinary

• D-4-24 McPherson 089836 MRD Sus 3 mo

• D-29-24 Lubenesky 090003 Stip. Reprimand

• D-30-24 Conroy 090004 – MFD 3 yr Sus retro

• D-32-24 Hildebrand 090014 Default-Reprimand-remain sus

• M-204-221 R-1-24 McPherson 089836 AWT Supp brief Grant

• D-117-23 Brunson 089610 Interim Order

• D-33-24 Juckett 090016 Default-Reprimand w.cond-remain sus

• D-28-24 Paradis 089961 MFD Disbar

• D-136-23 Onishi 089791 Default Sus indeterminate w.conds

• 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