Stuart Rabner Archives - New Jersey Globe

Patterson turns 67, and Sherrill has three years to pick a Supreme Court Justice

April 15, 2026 5:48 amApril 15, 2026 2:15 pm

New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Patterson turns 67 today — a milestone that quietly starts the clock for Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who now has three years to choose her successor before Patterson hits the state’s mandatory retirement age...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Federal judges set to meet Monday, maybe to pick U.S. Attorney

July 17, 2025 1:18 pmJuly 17, 2025 4:16 pm

A meeting of the U.S. District Court Judges from New Jersey has been set for Monday to possibly vote to appoint a U.S. Attorney, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The meeting takes place amid uncertainties surrounding the tenure of...

Grant retiring as state court director, Blee named as successor

January 22, 2025 12:16 pmJanuary 22, 2025 3:51 pm

Glenn A. Grant, the controversial acting director of the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, is stepping down and will be replaced by Atlantic County Assignment Judge Michael Blee. “These past sixteen years as administrative director have been the...

The Inside Edge with David Wildstein: Judge Jablonski

January 14, 2025 5:20 amJuly 14, 2025 4:44 pm

Jablonski is the only appellate judge out of 29 to avoid tryout before permanent assignment. Courts won’t say why

January 3, 2025 6:03 pm

It has been the practice of Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to temporarily assign judges to the state appellate court as a sort of audition before making the promotion permanent, with 28 of the 29 judges having been elevated in that...

McAleer suggests relationship between judge, employee not ‘sexual’

December 30, 2024 9:15 pm

Peter McAleer, a spokesman for the New Jersey Judiciary, is now disputing whether the relationship between Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Jablonski and one of his employees is “sexual,” but the courts are refusing to answer questions about what that means....