GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY
“For the past 21 years, Justice LaVecchia has served on the New Jersey Supreme Court with independence and integrity, becoming the longest-serving female Justice in state history. Justice LaVecchia approached the job with fidelity to the law and our Constitution, authoring a number of notable opinions on issues as varied as school funding and the right to privacy.”
“Named to New Jersey’s highest court by Governor Christie Whitman, Justice LaVecchia’s two-decade tenure on the Supreme Court continued a distinguished career in public service, including terms as Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance, Director of the Division of Law at the Department of Law and Public Safety, Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law, and Deputy Chief Counsel to Governor Tom Kean.”
NEW JERSEY STATE BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT KIMBERLY YONTA
“The New Jersey State Bar Association and it’s over 18,000 members extends gratitude and appreciation to Justice Jaynee LaVecchia for her remarkable career of dedicated public service that has improved the lives of the residents of New Jersey. Her legacy is profound, and she has improved our great state through fair and impartial service on the bench. We have benefitted from her dedication to the administration of justice as well as her generous spirit in sharing her insights with the legal profession.”
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