Order Further Amending the List of Municipal Court Judges Authorized to Handle Civil Commitment Matters

It is ORDERED that the August 29, 2018 omnibus order designating those Municipal Court judges authorized to handle adult and minor involuntary commitment initial hearings, review hearings, and conversion hearings, with the judges listed by vicinage but having statewide jurisdiction, which order has been amended a number of times, most recently by order dated December 2, 2024, is further amended effective January 21, 2025, as follows:

Vicinage 1 (Atlantic/Cape May)
add Hon. Linda M. Goff

Vicinage 4 (Camden)
delete Hon. George J. Singley
add Hon. Lawrence J. Luongo, Jr.
add Hon. William J. Stopper

Vicinage 5 (Essex)
delete Hon. Nicholas S. Brindisi

Vicinage 6 (Hudson)
delete Hon. Candy L. Velazquez
add Hon. Janet R. Bosi
add Hon. Cheryl J. Scott Cashman
add Hon. Thomas D. McKeon
add Hon. Megan L. Morey
add Hon. Mekhail E. Sarofiem 

Vicinage 7 (Mercer)
add Hon. Harold W. George

Vicinage 8 (Middlesex)
add Hon. Lorraine J. Nielsen 

Vicinage 11 (Passaic)
delete Hon. Dawn Blakely Harper

Vicinage 12 (Union)
delete Hon. Richard Obuch

Vicinage 13 (Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren)
add Hon. Gerard J. Shamey