LILIANA S. DeAVILA-SILEBI Archives

Ethics complaints against NJ judges not uncommon

July 10, 2019 1:22 amJuly 11, 2019 3:27 pm

The emerging controversy over comments made by Superior Court Judges Marcia Silva (Middlesex) and James Troiano (Ocean) in unconnected rape cases casts a spotlight on a state judiciary that sometimes appears to operate under one set of ethics rules for...

Former Passaic judge stripped of pension

December 11, 2018 4:09 pmDecember 11, 2018 4:35 pm

In a four-to-three vote on Monday, the New Jersey State House Commission took the unusual step of stripping former Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi of her pension. Silebi was removed from the bench earlier this year after an investigation found...

The Week of the Quiet Car

June 22, 2018 1:17 amJune 25, 2018 4:12 pm

Winner Losers GEORGE NORCROSS ARTHUR BARCLAY The South Jersey Democratic leader raises $1.5 million for a Super PAC at an event honoring the Senate President. The Camden County Democrat resigns his Assembly seat after news broke that he had...

Passaic judge now suspended without pay

June 20, 2018 8:45 pmJune 25, 2018 4:29 pm

The suspension of Liliana DeAvila-Silebi, a Passaic County Superior Court judge who was tricked by someone posing as an attorney to help a mother in a custody case, was shifted to be one without pay on Tuesday, after the court...