Nadia Kahf Alqudah Archives - New Jersey Globe

Joshi appoints Edison’s first Muslim municipal judge

April 26, 2023 4:48 pm

Edison Mayor Sam Joshi announced today that he has appointed Asma Warsi to be a judge of the Edison Municipal Court; the Edison Township Council unanimously approved Warsi’s nomination, giving the majority-Asian Middlesex County township its first-ever Muslim municipal judge....

Six Superior Court nominees clear committee, with lots more waiting in the wings

March 13, 2023 1:38 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee gave its unanimous approval to six nominees to the Superior Court today, most of them from Bergen County, making more steady progress at bringing down New Jersey’s notoriously high number of judicial vacancies. Amy Lefkowitz, Nicholas...

Helmy, Kelley, Bollwage confirmed to seats on Port Authority board

February 27, 2023 3:48 pmFebruary 27, 2023 3:50 pm

Three nominees to the Port Authority Board of Commissioners – George Helmy, Gov. Phil Murphy’s chief of staff; Joe Kelley, Murphy’s deputy chief of staff for economic growth; and Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage – were confirmed by the State Senate...

Judiciary Committee continues to eat judicial vacancy elephant one bite at a time

February 23, 2023 2:32 pmFebruary 24, 2023 8:51 am

With 70 openings in New Jersey’s Superior Court system and some vicinages having to limit trials due to vacancies, the Senate Judiciary Committee took the tiniest of steps towards addressing the crisis today, approving four new Superior Court nominees and...

Judiciary Committee approves two more Superior Court nominees

June 13, 2022 12:46 pm

Making one more small – some might even say imperceptible – dent in New Jersey’s daunting judicial vacancy problem, the Senate Judiciary Committee today unanimously cleared two nominees to be judges of the Superior Court: James Fattorini and William Mennen....