Notices to the Bar

Notice - Arbitration Clauses in Attorney Retainer Agreements - Adoption of Official Comment to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4 (Delaney v. Dickey)

Order – Superior Court Judge Gerald J. Council Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service – Middlesex Family Division

Order – IOLTA Trustee Appointment – Mary Jean Barnes, Esq.

Order - Judicial Evaluation Commission Reappointments and New Appointments

Order – Superior Court Judge Harold U. Johnson, Jr. Recalled to Temporary Judicial Service – Vicinage 15 Family Division

Order – Superior Court Judge Jennifer C. Critchley Reassigned to the Essex Civil Division

Notice - Defaults Scheduled for Review by the Disciplinary Review Board on April 17, 2025

Order - Designation of Judge John C. Porto as Vicinage 1 Acting Assignment Judge in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge (Effective April 1, 2025)

Order - Judge M. Susan Sheppard Designated as General Equity Disqualification Judge for Vicinage 1 (Effective April 1, 2025)

Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge Brent M. Rafuse – Sussex Family

Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge Claire A. Scully – Monmouth Criminal

Order - Superior Court Judge Christie L. Bevacqua Reassigned to the Monmouth Family Division

Order – Initial Assignment Order for New Superior Court Judge Jeanette Russell – Monmouth Family

Order – Superior Court Judge Darren T. DiBiasi Designated as Bergen Acting Assignment Judge in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge

Notice - Online Attorney Registration and Payment - Reminder - Less Than One Week Remaining Until February 28, 2025 Deadline

Order – Superior Court Judge W. Todd Miller – Revised Judicial Assignment on Recall – Atlantic/Cape May Criminal (effective April 1, 2025)

Notice - Family - Comments Sought on Proposed Rule Amendments as Recommended by the Judiciary Special Committee on the Non-Dissolution (FD) Docket – Comments Requested by March 17, 2025

Notice – NJ Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection – Attorneys Reinstated from the 2024 Ineligible List

Order - Designating Superior Court Judges Aimee R. Belgard and Richard J. Nocella as Acting Assignment Judges for the Burlington Vicinage in the Event of the Unavailability of the Assignment Judge – Effective April 5, 2025