Michael Toto Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge orders Pinkin to pay plaintiff legal fees after canceling ballot draw

June 7, 2022 10:43 am

Embattled Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin will need to pay the $8,211 legal bill incurred by off-the-line Democratic council candidates in Piscataway and county commissioner after they were forced to go to court to force her to hold a ballot...

Judge mulling award of legal fees in Pinkin ballot draw lawsuit

May 27, 2022 12:26 pm

Superior Court Judge Michael Toto will decide within the next 7-10 days whether candidates who sued Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin for abruptly cancelling the primary election ballot drawing last month can obtain roughly $22,00 in legal fees. Yael Bromberg...

Judge will decide if Pinkin should pay legal fees for candidates who challenged ballot draw cancellation

May 26, 2022 9:58 amMay 26, 2022 12:37 pm

Two law firms who forced Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin to hold a ballot drawing for the June primary election are seeking over $22,000 in legal fees from the county. Superior Court Judge Michael Toto will hold a hearing on...

Pinkin draws Column A for off-the-line challengers in Middlesex

April 19, 2022 5:08 pm

It’s been a tough week for embattled Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin, who returned from an ill-timed junket to Ireland and cancelled the primary election ballot draw last Thursday, only to be ordered by a Superior Court judge to conduct...

Judge orders Pinkin to hold ballot draw today

April 19, 2022 10:21 amApril 19, 2022 10:32 am

A Superior Court judge has ordered embattled Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin to hold a ballot drawing today and said that three Piscataway council candidates running off the line on a slate with two county commissioner candidates may compete for...

Middlesex awaiting judge’s ruling on challenge to Pinkin cancellation of ballot drawing

April 18, 2022 3:17 pmApril 18, 2022 6:16 pm

Update: Toto will hold a hearing on Wednesday morning to determine whether GOP congressional candidate Rik Mehta can intervene in a lawsuit filed by Piscataway Democrats against Middlesex County Clerk Nancy Pinkin. Superior Court Judge Michael Toto will decide by...

Middlesex assignment judge steps down, takes lesser role after censure

March 23, 2020 3:06 pm

Alberto Rivas will give up his role as Middlesex County’s assignment judge after being censured by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct over remarks he made during a January 2019 hearing in which a woman attempted to retrieve nude photos...