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The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate was a department within the Executive branch of the government of New Jersey that acted as a voice on behalf of the people of the state. It was responsible to make government "more accountable and responsive to the needs of New Jersey residents" through legal advocacy, policy research and reform ...
Stanley Carlton Van Ness (February 28, 1933 – September 26, 2007) [1] was an American jurist who worked for a number of state agencies in New Jersey, US. [1] [2] Most notably, he led the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate as the first Public Advocate in New Jersey and the United States. [1] [2] He was the third African American to ...
The Justice Complex was dedicated in 1982 in honor of Richard J. Hughes (August 10, 1909 – December 7, 1992). [4] Hughes served as the 45th Governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. He is the only person to have served New Jersey as both Governor and Chief Justice.
Rutgers School of Law–Newark. Ronald Chen (born May 28, 1958) is currently University Professor, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Leonard I Garth Scholar at Rutgers Law School. Until August 2018, he was co-dean of Rutgers Law School and is the former New Jersey Public Advocate.
In 1974, the agency was incorporated into New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate. [1] With the abolition of the Public Advocate in 1994, [3] the OPD became organized "in but not of" the Department of the Treasury to ensure its independence from the New Jersey Attorney General. [1]
The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates 13 major correctional or penal institutions, including seven adult male correctional facilities, three youth facilities, one facility for sex offenders, one women's correctional institution and a central reception and intake unit; and stabilization and reintegration programs for released inmates.
She began her career as a criminal trial attorney for the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate and later entered private practice. Buono first ran for local office on November 3, 1992, serving on the Metuchen, New Jersey Borough Council from January 1, 1993 to December 1, 1994.
John J. Fay Jr. John James Fay Jr. (June 8, 1927 – October 28, 2003) was an American schoolteacher turned Democratic Party politician who served on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and represented the 19th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1974 and the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1978.