Christopher Porrino Archives - New Jersey Globe

Trump considering options for new U.S. Attorney from N.J.

November 12, 2024 4:01 pmNovember 13, 2024 1:32 pm

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to seek the resignation of U.S. Attorneys appointed by Joe Biden, including Philip Sellinger of New Jersey, as he prepares to make his own pick. Early candidates under consideration include two conservative state senators, Douglas...

Parimal Garg, longest-serving chief counsel to a N.J. governor, is leaving to become Lowenstein partner

October 28, 2024 10:08 amOctober 28, 2024 11:12 am

Parimal Garg will leave the Murphy administration on November 15 to become a partner at Lowenstein Sandler, one of the state’s top law firms, ending his stint as the longest-serving chief counsel to the Governor of New Jersey in state...

Christie, Chiesa, Porrino join new DuHaime firm

May 23, 2022 11:49 amMay 23, 2022 1:08 pm

Former Gov. Chris Christie and former U.S. Senator Jeff Chiesa are joining Mike DuHaime’s new public affairs firm, MAD Global, as members of their advisory board. Former Attorney General Christopher Porrino is also taking an advisory board position at the...

Ex-Chief Justices, attorneys general endorse Platkin for AG

February 3, 2022 4:37 pmFebruary 4, 2022 9:30 am

In a vast display of support from the state’s legal elite, a group of former Supreme Court Chief Justices and state attorneys general have today endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as the next Attorney General of New...

Despite website flap, Grewal sticking with Bramnick

October 17, 2019 8:39 pm

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is still planning to attend a forum planned and led by Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick next week, his spokesperson said today. Grewal will appear on a panel Bramnick organized on “Hate Speech & Division in...

Marks, Pappas attack Bramnick for Grewal event

October 7, 2019 12:59 pmOctober 7, 2019 3:22 pm

Independent candidates in the 21st attacked Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick over a scheduled event featuring Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. Grewal is set to appear on a panel led by Bramnick discussing “Hate Speech & Division in America,” at Union...

Grewal will attend Bramnick event two weeks before election

October 2, 2019 11:20 am

Two weeks before the general election, Gov. Phil Murphy’s Attorney General will go to a legislative district where Democrats are trying to flip two Assembly seats to appear on a panel led by an incumbent Republican assemblyman in a tough...