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Lawyer suing Matt O’Donnell blasts deputy attorney general for communicating with judge privately

January 25, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 25, 2022 9:47 am

An attorney representing Holmdel Township today in a lawsuit against former tax appeal attorney Matt O’Donnell today slammed deputy attorney general John Nicodemo for communicating about his case with a Superior Court judge without telling him. O’Donnell is the state’s...

Hearings for Sudhan Thomas, John Cesaro moved to July as attorneys still review discovery

June 14, 2021 9:58 am

Two public corruption cases were pushed out to July following disposition conferences with Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor on Monday. Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas and former Morris County Freeholder John Cesaro face bribery charges related...

Murphy sidesteps on plea agreements that allow continued public legal work

February 17, 2021 3:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sidestepped a question on whether his administration should be entering plea agreements that allow individuals to continue to bill public entities Wednesday. “I literally don’t have any comment on that,” the governor said. Matt O’Donnell, who has...

Matt O’Donnell entered into plea agreement in June 2018, but state still allowed him to bill government clients

February 16, 2021 1:03 pmFebruary 16, 2021 5:15 pm

The state’s cooperating witness in a small fish corruption sting operation continued to practice law and bill public entities for two years despite entering into a plea agreement in June 2018, lawyers said in a Superior Court hearing this morning...

Report: Morris officials reject plea agreement in bribery case

March 26, 2020 9:00 amMarch 26, 2020 10:53 am

Three Morris County politicians rejected plea deals in state bribery charges connected to a string operation that used Morristown attorney Matt O’Donnell as a cooperating witness, according to a Morristown Green report. Former Morris County freeholder John Cesaro and former...

Former Long Hill committeeman joins Morris freeholder race

January 14, 2020 12:27 pm

Former Long Hill township committeeman Bruce Meringolo will run in a special election convention for Morris County Freeholder on February 1, becoming the eighth candidate in the race for Heather Darling’s seat. Darling resigned from the Board of Freeholders on January 1...

More candidates join race for Morris freeholder seat

January 10, 2020 1:29 pmJanuary 10, 2020 6:18 pm

Two more Republicans have entered the race for a vacant seat on the Morris County Board of Freeholders, bringing the current field to six candidates who will face off at a February 1 special election convention. Former two-term Madison Councilman...