Supreme Court Committee Reports

Reports are published for comment before the Supreme Court takes action on any proposed changes to the Rules of Court or other aspects of court operations. Instructions and deadlines for submitting comments are included with each report.

The Court welcomes diverse viewpoints on any proposed changes. Judges, attorneys, and professionals in related fields are invited to serve on committees in order to share their perspective and their expertise. Email CommAppts.Mailbox@njcourts.gov to inquire about this volunteer opportunity. The subject line should say, "Interest in Supreme Court Committees." Please include your full name and the name(s) of the committee(s) in which you are interested. Attorneys should include their attorney ID, the county or counties in which they practice, and a resumé.

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#002	March 24, 2023 - Letter	Bruce P. Matez, Esq., President, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators

2021-2023 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports - Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution

Report Document(s):

2021- 2023 Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 20, 2023

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2023

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

2021-2023 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports - Municipal Court Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

2021-2023 Municipal Court Practice Committee

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 20, 2023

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2023

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

2021-2023 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports - Committee on the Rules of Evidence

Report Document(s):

2021-2023 Committee on the Rules of Evidence

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 20, 2023

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2023

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment #001	Feb. 14, 2023 - Email	Rosemary Spohn, Esq., Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Morgan Properties (Cranford, NJ)
Comment #002	Feb. 13, 2023 - Letter	Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Comment #003	Feb. 13, 2023 - Letter	Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) - Proposed Amendments to CLE Regulations

Notice to the Bar - Dec. 13, 2022

Referenced Documents:

Notice – Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Amendments to Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Regulations – Date Extended to February 13, 2023

Comment period closed on

Feb. 13, 2023

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment #001	Nov. 14, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association

Proposed 2023 Attorney Discipline Budget

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 14, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 14, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Oct. 7, 2022 - Email	John J. Sheerin, Esq., of Mullooly Jeffrey Rooney & Flynn, LLP (Syosset, NY)
Comment#002	Oct. 7, 2022 - Email	J. Andrew Velez, Esq., Of Counsel to Law Offices of Edgar Navarrete, LLC (North Bergen)
Comment#003	Oct. 8, 2022 - Email	John J. Welch, Esq.
Comment#004	Oct. 10, 2022 - Email	Bryan T. Kurtzberg, Esq., Law Offices of Leslie A. DeTorres (West Orange)
Comment#005	Oct. 11, 2022 - Email	James H. M. Savage, Esq. (Germantown, MD)
Comment#006	Nov. 11, 2022 - Email	Eli L. Eytan, Esq. (Toms River)
Comment#007	Oct. 13, 2022 - Email	Richard P. Maggi, Esq.
Comment#008	Oct. 19, 2022 - Email	Howard N. Wiener, Esq., of Tobin Kessler Greenstein Caruso Wiener & Konray (Clark)
Comment#009	Oct. 31, 2022 - Email	Steven M. Tanenbaum, Esq., Tanenbaum Law, LLC (Metuchen)
Comment#010	Nov. 11, 2022 - Letter	John E. Corbett, Esq., Corbett Law Firm LLC (Evesham)
Comment#011	Oct. 10, 2022 - Letter	Joseph T. Calabria, Esq., Garruto & Calabria, LLC (Nutley)
Comment#012	Oct. 18, 2022 - Letter	Frederick D. Miceli, Esq. (West Caldwell)
Comment#013	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq.
Comment#014	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey Association for Justice, by President James S. Lynch, Esq.
Comment#015	Nov. 22, 2022 - Email	Mark G. Esposito, Esq. (Cherry Hill)

Proposal to Require Submission of Arbitration Statements to the Arbitrator in Advance of the Arbitration Hearing Date - Amendments to Rule 4:21A-4(a)

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 6, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 11, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Nov. 4, 2022 - Letter	Ocean County Bar Association Family Law Committee, By Gregory B. Tomlinson, Esq., Chair OCBA Family Law Comm
Comment#003	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Jerilyn L. Lawrence, Esq.
Comment#004	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	Partners NJ, by Michele C. Lefkowitz, Esq., Director of Legal Programs
Comment#002	Nov. 16, 2022 - Memo	Conference of Family Presiding Judges, By Judge Madelin F. Einbinder, Conference Chair
Comment#005	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence, by Denise Higgins, Esq., Legal Director
Comment#006	Dec. 9, 2022 - Letter	Randi Mandelbaum, Esq., Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School; and Catherine Weiss, Esq., Chair, Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest
Comment#007	Jan. 12, 2023 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Jerilyn L. Lawrence, Esq. (see also #003)

Report and Recommendations of the Judiciary Special Committee on the Non-Dissolution (FD) Docket

Report Document(s):

Report and Recommendations of the Judiciary Special Committee on the Non-Dissolution (FD) Docket

Notice to the Bar - Sept. 30, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 4, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Nov. 21, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association

Guardianship - Background Screening for Proposed Guardians of Incapacitated Adults - Updated Proposed Amendments to Rule 4:86-2(b)(3) and Related Policy

Notice to the Bar - Sept. 29, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 4, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Sept. 18, 2022 - Email	Peter Petrou, Esq. (Parsippany)
Comment#002	Oct. 17, 2022 - Letter	Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Comment#003	Oct. 17, 2022 - Letter	John D. Rue, Esq., of John Rue & Associates, LLC (Princeton)
Comment#004	Oct. 17, 2022 - Letter	Donald F. Burke, Jr., Esq., of Law Office of Donald F. Burke (Brick)

Retainer Fee Agreements – Foreclosing Settlement When the Terms of the Settlement Waive the Lawyers’ Fees or Costs – Balducci

Notice to the Bar - Sept. 12, 2022

Comment period closed on

Oct. 17, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Aug. 1, 2022 - Email	Retired Tax Court Presiding Judge Joseph C. Small
#002	July 15, 2022 - Email	Barry J. Cohen, Esq., of Amster & Rosensweig, PC (Waldwick, NJ)
#003	Aug. 5, 2022 - Email	Chad Wolf, Esq.,of Wolf Vespasiano, LLC

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:36-3 (“Unpublished Opinions”) and Proposed New Rule 8:9-6 (“Publication of Tax Court Opinions”)

Notice to the Bar - July 13, 2022

Comment period closed on

Aug. 15, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:38 to Exclude Medical and Related Records from Public Access

Notice to the Bar - May 17, 2022

Comment period closed on

June 20, 2022

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	June 10, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Association for Justice, by James S. Lynch, Esq., President
#002	June 18, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., President
#003	June 8, 2022 - Email	Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin
#004	June 9, 2022 - Letter	Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin

Jury Reform – Recommendations of the Committee of the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection

Notice to the Bar - April 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

June 10, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	April 15, 2022 - Email	Legal Services of New Jersey, by Stacey Bussel, Esq.; Rebecca Schore, Esq.; Akil Roper, Esq.
#002	Jan. 15, 2022 - Email	Hinkle Prior & Fischer (Lawrenceville), by S. Paul Prior, Esq.; Maria Fischer, Esq.; Jared B. Oberweis, Esq.; and Sarah J. Cuprzinski, Esq.

Background Screening for Proposed Guardians of Incapacitated Adults – Civil and Criminal Judgment History – Proposed Amendments to Rule 4:86-2(b)(3)

Notice to the Bar - March 3, 2022

Comment period closed on

April 15, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Tax Court Committee

Report Document(s):

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Tax Court Committee

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 31, 2022 - Email	Brian M. Block, Esq. (Mandelbaum Barrett PC (Roseland))
#002a	Feb. 24, 2022 - Email	Anthony DeFazio
#002b	March 24, 2022 - Email	Anthony DeFazio
#003	March 8, 2022 - Email	Luis Manso
#004	March 9, 2022 - Email	Bruce D. Greenberg, Esq. (Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC (Newark))
#005	March 18, 2022 - Email	Jay B. Bohn, Esq. (Schiller, Pittenger & Galvin, P.C. (Scotch Plains))
#005a	April 13, 2022 - Email	Jay B. Bohn, Esq.(supplemental submission)
#006	March 23, 2022 - Email	Michael Martin
#007	March 23, 2022 - Email	Stephen W. Kirsch, Esq.(Mount Laurel)
#008	March 29, 2022 - Email	Office of the Public Defender, Appellate Section, by Alison Perrone, Esq., Deputy Public Defender
#009	March 30, 2022 - Email	Office of the Public Defender, Office of Parental Representation, Appellate Section, by Robin A. Veasey, Esq., Assistant Public Defender, and Richard Foster, Esq., Deputy Public Defender
#010	March 30, 2022 - Email	Prof. Ruth Anne Robbins, Rutgers Law School (Camden)
#011	March 31, 2022 - Email	Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, by Carol M. Henderson, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
#012	March 31, 2022 - Email	Victoria Katz, Esq., Senior Rules Attorney, for Aderant
#013	March 31, 2022 - Email	Vittorio S. LaPira, Esq. (Fogarty & Hara (Fair Lawn))
#014	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Association for Justice, by Kathleen M. Reilly, Esq., President
#015a	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, y Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President
#016	March 31, 2022 - Email	Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Law, by Director Michelle L. Miller and Assistant Attorney General Melissa H. Raksa
#017	March 31, 2022 - Email	Robert W. Ruggieri, Esq. (Union, NJ)

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Civil Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Civil Practice Committee

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#015b	March 31, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President

Out-of-Cycle Family Practice Committee Report Recommending Rule Amendments Relating to the Child Support Guidelines

Report Document(s):

Out-of-Cycle Family Practice Committee Report Recommending Rule Amendments Relating to the Child Support Guidelines

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Special Civil Part Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Special Civil Part Practice Committee

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 31, 2022 - Email	Richard Sparaco, Esq., Law Offices of Richard Sparaco (Cherry Hill)
#002	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President
#003	March 15, 2022 - Email	Lashawn Fitch
#004	May 13, 2022 - Email	County Prosecutors Association of NJ, by Prosecutor Scott A. Coffina, President

Criminal Practice Committee Ad Hoc Report Proposing Rule Amendments Relating to Jailhouse Informants and Discovery

Report Document(s):

Criminal Practice Committee Ad Hoc Report Proposing Rule Amendments Relating to Jailhouse Informants and Discovery

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 31, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	March 18, 2022 - Email	Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C. (Newark), by Richard H. Epstein, Esq.
#002	March 21, 2022 - Email	College of Commercial Arbitrators, by Mark J. Heley, President
#003	March 21, 2022 - Email	Bergen County Bar Association, By Michael S. Stein, Esq. (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, PC)
#004	March 22, 2022 - Email	NJ Fellows of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, By John R. Holsinger, LLC (Hackensack)
#005	March 23, 2022 - Email	Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, PC (West Orange), by Patricia K. Costello, Esq., Managing Member
#006	March 23, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, By Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President

ACPE Report on Arbitration Provisions in Retainer Agreements

Report Document(s):

ACPE Report on Arbitration Provisions in Retainer Agreements

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 23, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001a	Jan. 27, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President
#001b	March 16, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President
#002	Feb. 22, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Institute for Social Justice,by Yannick Wood, Esq., Director of Criminal Justice Reform
#003	Feb. 22, 2022 - Email	American Civil Liberties Union – New Jersey,by Karen Thompson, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney