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.
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Nov. 21, 2016 - Letter Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Aug. 10, 2016 - Letter Office of the Public Defender by Lorraine M. Augostini, Esq., First Assistant Public Defender #002 Aug. 15, 2016 - Letter Department of Law and Public Safety by Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino (also for the Juvenile Justice Commission and the Division of Criminal Justice) #003 Aug. 22, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Association of County Youth Services Commissions (by Co-Chairs Rosy Arroyo and Barbara C. Miller) #004 Aug. 22, 2016 - Letter Barbara C. Miller (Franklin) #005 Aug. 24, 2016 - Email Tabitha Jarrett #006 Sept. 2, 2016 - Email Professor J. C. Lore, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Trial Advocacy, Rutgers Law School (Camden Campus) #007 Sept. 30, 2016 - Letter New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Thomas H. Prol, Esq. -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Aug. 5, 2016 - Email Hudson County Surrogate’s Office (by Raul Morales II, Esq., Special Deputy Surrogate) #002 Aug. 4, 2016 - Letter R. Douglas Shearer, Esq. (Shearer Law Firm (Beachwood)) #003 Aug. 17, 2016 - Letter Marc J. Friedman, Esq. (Liberty Corner) #004 Aug. 24, 2016 - Email Mitchell Steinhart, Esq., (Bergen County Board of Social Services) #005 Aug. 26, 2016 - Letter Office of the Public Defender, Division of Mental Health and Guardianship Advocacy (by Daniel F. O'Brien, Assistant Deputy Public Defender) #006 Aug. 26, 2016 - Letter Union Vicinage (Superior Court) and Union County Surrogate (by Equity PJ Katherine R. Dupuis, Surrogate James S. LaCorte, and Civil Division Manager Sandra Thaler-Gerber) #007 Sept. 7, 2016 - Email Virginia Kerr, Esq. #008 Sept. 19, 2016 - Letter Atlantic County Surrogate James Curcio #009 Sept. 20, 2016 - Email James H. Walzer, Esq. #010 Sept. 28, 2016 - Letter Helen C. Dodick, Esq., Acting Public Guardian for Elderly Adults (Dept. of Human Services, Division of Aging Services #011 Sept. 30, 2016 - Letter Dept. of Human Services (by Bonnie E. Fraser, Esq., Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs #012 Sept. 30, 2016 - Letter NJ State Bar Association (by Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President #013 Sept. 30, 2016 - Letter Bureau of Guardianship Services (Department of Human Services by Jessica Anastasi, Chief) #014 Sept. 30, 2016 - Letter Monmouth County Surrogate (Rosemarie D. Peters) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 July 7, 2016 - Email Hon. Roy McGeady, Vicinage Municipal Court Presiding Judge (Bergen) #002 July 29, 2016 - Letter New Jersey State Bar Association, by Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President #003 July 29, 2016 - Letter Rachel Coalition, by Suzanne Groisser, Esq., Director of Legal Services #004 July 29, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV), by Nicole Morella, Director of Public Policy & Communications #005 July 29, 2016 - Letter Partners for Women and Justice (by Jane M. Hanson, Esq., Executive Director) #006 July 29, 2016 - Letter Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi #007 July 29, 2016 - Letter David Perry Davis, Esq.(Pennington) #008 Aug. 5, 2016 - Letter Supreme Court Family Practice Committee (by Hon. Marie E. Lihotz, Committee Chair) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 June 23, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Juvenile Prosecutors Leadership Network, by Anthony V. Pierro, Esq., Supervising Assistant Prosecutor (Ocean) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 May 19, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey M. Pollock, Esq. (Fox Rothschild LLP (Lawrenceville)) #002 June 15, 2016 - Email Roger Plawker, Esq. (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, PC (Hackensack)) #003 June 20, 2016 - Letter Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 May 27, 2016 - Letter American Civil Liberties Union of NJ, Drug Policy Alliance, Latino Action Network, NJ State Conference of the NAACP, NJ Institute for Social Justice – Joint comments submitted by Alexander Shalom, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU-NJ #002 May 27, 2016 - Letter New Solutions Campaign (a large alliance of organizations that includes the five that submitted Comment #001) – Joint comments submitted by Alexandra Staropoli, Esq., Policy Manager, NJ Drug Policy Alliance #003 June 1, 2016 - Letter Hon. Louis J. Belasco, Jr., Vicinage Municipal Court Presiding Judge (Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage) #004 May 28, 2016 - Letter Michael A. Van Allen (Montville) #005 June 6, 2016 - Email Joseph F. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #006 June 13, 2016 - Letter Joseph F. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #007 June 13, 2016 - Letter Michael C. Woyce, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #008 June 22, 2016 - Letter Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 May 27, 2016 - Letter American Civil Liberties Union of NJ, Drug Policy Alliance, Latino Action Network, NJ State Conference of the NAACP, NJ Institute for Social Justice – Joint comments submitted by Alexander Shalom, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU-NJ #002 May 27, 2016 - Letter New Solutions Campaign (a large alliance of organizations that includes the five that submitted Comment #001) – Joint comments submitted by Alexandra Staropoli, Esq., Policy Manager, NJ Drug Policy Alliance #003 June 1, 2016 - Letter Hon. Louis J. Belasco, Jr., Vicinage Municipal Court Presiding Judge (Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage) #004 May 28, 2016 - Letter Michael A. Van Allen (Montville) #005 June 6, 2016 - Email Joseph F. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #006 June 13, 2016 - Letter Joseph F. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #007 June 13, 2016 - Letter Michael C. Woyce, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #008 June 22, 2016 - Letter Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 May 27, 2016 - Letter American Civil Liberties Union of NJ, Drug Policy Alliance, Latino Action Network, NJ State Conference of the NAACP, NJ Institute for Social Justice – Joint comments submitted by Alexander Shalom, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU-NJ #002 May 27, 2016 - Letter New Solutions Campaign (a large alliance of organizations that includes the five that submitted Comment #001) – Joint comments submitted by Alexandra Staropoli, Esq., Policy Manager, NJ Drug Policy Alliance #003 June 1, 2016 - Letter Hon. Louis J. Belasco, Jr., Vicinage Municipal Court Presiding Judge (Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage) #004 May 28, 2016 - Letter Michael A. Van Allen (Montville) #005 June 6, 2016 - Email Joseph F. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #006 June 13, 2016 - Letter Joseph F. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #007 June 13, 2016 - Letter Michael C. Woyce, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #008 June 22, 2016 - Letter Thomas H. Prol, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 June 6, 2016 - Letter Roseanne Scotti, Esq., New Jersey State Director, Drug Policy Alliance #002 June 6, 2016 - Email Joseph S. Murphy, Esq. (Murphy & Woyce (Ringwood)) #003 June 9, 2016 - Letter Richard P. Blender, Esq. (Paterson) #004 June 8, 2016 - Letter Samuel M. Silver, Esq. (Law Offices of Samuel M. Silver, LLC (North Brunswick)) #005 June 9, 2016 - Email Jonathan Schneider, Senior Vice President, Tokio Marine HCC Surety Group (Los Angeles) #006 June 6, 2016 - Letter John S. Furlong, Esq. Furlong and Krasny (West Trenton), for ABC Bail Bonds, Inc. -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Feb. 29, 2016 - Letter Philip Geron, President, Guaranteed Subpoena Service, Inc. #002 March 4, 2016 - Letter John Pecoraro, Morris County Surrogate #003 March 9, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey W. Moran, Ocean County Surrogate #004 March 21, 2016 - Memo Insurance Council of New Jersey (by Christine O'Brien) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (by Cate Paolino, Esq.) #005 March 23, 2016 - Letter Jonathan Rudnick, Esq. (Carton & Rudnick (Tinton Falls) #006 March 22, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Esq. (Sills Cummis & Gross, PC (Newark)) #007 March 31, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. (by Nathan J. Buurma, Esq.) #008 March 30, 2016 - Letter Thomas J. Cafferty, Esq. (Gibbons Law (Newark)) #009 March 31, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Creditors Bar Ass’n (by Arthur J. Raimon, Esq.) #010 April 5, 2016 - Letter National Employment Lawyers’ Association/New Jersey (by Claudia A. Reis, Esq., President) #011 April 6, 2016 - Letter Surrogates Section of the Constitutional Officers Ass’n of New Jersey (COANJ) (by Essex Surrogate Theodore N. Stephens, II, Section Chief) #012 April 4, 2016 - Email Marc S. Berman, Esq. (Fair Lawn) #013 April 10, 2016 - Email Stephen R. Bosin, Esq. (River Edge) #014 April 12, 2016 - Letter Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (by Marisol Perez, Esq., President) #015 April 13, 2016 - Letter L. Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. (McKirdy & Riskin, PA (Morristown) #016 April 8, 2016 - Letter Donna A. Bahnek, Esq. (Margate) #017 April 14, 2016 - Letter Senior Citizens Council of Union County (by Ellen Steinberg, Chair) #018 April 14, 2016 - Letter American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (by Iris Bromberg, Esq., Transparency Law Fellow) #019 April 14, 2016 - Letter Kathryn K. McClure, Esq. (Deutsch Atkins, PC (Hackensack) #020 April 14, 2016 - Letter David M. Paris, Esq. (Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC (Nutley)) #021 April 15, 2016 - Letter New Jersey State Bar Association by Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President #022 April 15, 2016 - Letter Richard J. Murray, Esq. (Morristown) #023 April 15, 2016 - Letter Alan H. Schorr, Esq. (Schorr & Associates (Cherry Hill)) #024 April 21, 2016 - Letter Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (by Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair) #025 June 1, 2016 - Letter Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety (by Assistant Attorney General Kavin K. Mistry) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Feb. 29, 2016 - Letter Philip Geron, President, Guaranteed Subpoena Service, Inc. #002 March 4, 2016 - Letter John Pecoraro, Morris County Surrogate #003 March 9, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey W. Moran, Ocean County Surrogate #004 March 21, 2016 - Memo Insurance Council of New Jersey (by Christine O'Brien) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (by Cate Paolino, Esq.) #005 March 23, 2016 - Letter Jonathan Rudnick, Esq. (Carton & Rudnick (Tinton Falls) #006 March 22, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Esq. (Sills Cummis & Gross, PC (Newark)) #007 March 31, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. (by Nathan J. Buurma, Esq.) #008 March 30, 2016 - Letter Thomas J. Cafferty, Esq. (Gibbons Law (Newark)) #009 March 31, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Creditors Bar Ass’n (by Arthur J. Raimon, Esq.) #010 April 5, 2016 - Letter National Employment Lawyers’ Association/New Jersey (by Claudia A. Reis, Esq., President) #011 April 6, 2016 - Letter Surrogates Section of the Constitutional Officers Ass’n of New Jersey (COANJ) (by Essex Surrogate Theodore N. Stephens, II, Section Chief) #012 April 4, 2016 - Email Marc S. Berman, Esq. (Fair Lawn) #013 April 10, 2016 - Email Stephen R. Bosin, Esq. (River Edge) #014 April 12, 2016 - Letter Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (by Marisol Perez, Esq., President) #015 April 13, 2016 - Letter L. Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. (McKirdy & Riskin, PA (Morristown) #016 April 8, 2016 - Letter Donna A. Bahnek, Esq. (Margate) #017 April 14, 2016 - Letter Senior Citizens Council of Union County (by Ellen Steinberg, Chair) #018 April 14, 2016 - Letter American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (by Iris Bromberg, Esq., Transparency Law Fellow) #019 April 14, 2016 - Letter Kathryn K. McClure, Esq. (Deutsch Atkins, PC (Hackensack) #020 April 14, 2016 - Letter David M. Paris, Esq. (Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC (Nutley)) #021 April 15, 2016 - Letter New Jersey State Bar Association by Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President #022 April 15, 2016 - Letter Richard J. Murray, Esq. (Morristown) #023 April 15, 2016 - Letter Alan H. Schorr, Esq. (Schorr & Associates (Cherry Hill)) #024 April 21, 2016 - Letter Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (by Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair) #025 June 1, 2016 - Letter Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety (by Assistant Attorney General Kavin K. Mistry) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Feb. 29, 2016 - Letter Philip Geron, President, Guaranteed Subpoena Service, Inc. #002 March 4, 2016 - Letter John Pecoraro, Morris County Surrogate #003 March 9, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey W. Moran, Ocean County Surrogate #004 March 21, 2016 - Memo Insurance Council of New Jersey (by Christine O'Brien) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (by Cate Paolino, Esq.) #005 March 23, 2016 - Letter Jonathan Rudnick, Esq. (Carton & Rudnick (Tinton Falls) #006 March 22, 2016 - Letter Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Esq. (Sills Cummis & Gross, PC (Newark)) #007 March 31, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. (by Nathan J. Buurma, Esq.) #008 March 30, 2016 - Letter Thomas J. Cafferty, Esq. (Gibbons Law (Newark)) #009 March 31, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Creditors Bar Ass’n (by Arthur J. Raimon, Esq.) #010 April 5, 2016 - Letter National Employment Lawyers’ Association/New Jersey (by Claudia A. Reis, Esq., President) #011 April 6, 2016 - Letter Surrogates Section of the Constitutional Officers Ass’n of New Jersey (COANJ) (by Essex Surrogate Theodore N. Stephens, II, Section Chief) #012 April 4, 2016 - Email Marc S. Berman, Esq. (Fair Lawn) #013 April 10, 2016 - Email Stephen R. Bosin, Esq. (River Edge) #014 April 12, 2016 - Letter Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (by Marisol Perez, Esq., President) #015 April 13, 2016 - Letter L. Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. (McKirdy & Riskin, PA (Morristown) #016 April 8, 2016 - Letter Donna A. Bahnek, Esq. (Margate) #017 April 14, 2016 - Letter Senior Citizens Council of Union County (by Ellen Steinberg, Chair) #018 April 14, 2016 - Letter American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (by Iris Bromberg, Esq., Transparency Law Fellow) #019 April 14, 2016 - Letter Kathryn K. McClure, Esq. (Deutsch Atkins, PC (Hackensack) #020 April 14, 2016 - Letter David M. Paris, Esq. (Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC (Nutley)) #021 April 15, 2016 - Letter New Jersey State Bar Association by Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President #022 April 15, 2016 - Letter Richard J. Murray, Esq. (Morristown) #023 April 15, 2016 - Letter Alan H. Schorr, Esq. (Schorr & Associates (Cherry Hill)) #024 April 21, 2016 - Letter Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (by Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair) #025 June 1, 2016 - Letter Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety (by Assistant Attorney General Kavin K. Mistry) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Feb. 11, 2016 - Email John H. Maucher, Esq. (Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers, LLP (Cherry Hill)) #002 March 14, 2016 - Letter New Jersey State Bar Association (by Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President #003 March 25, 2016 - Letter John J. Kapp, Esq. (Bridgewater) #004 Feb. 26, 2016 - Email Patricia Weston Rivera, Esq. #005 Feb. 19, 2016 - Letter Hunterdon County Bar Association (by Haekyoung Suh, Esq., President) #006 Feb. 23, 2016 - Letter Union County Bar Association (by Frederic J. Regenye, Secretary) #007 Feb. 24, 2016 - Letter Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (by Paul A. O'Connor III, Esq., President) #008 Feb. 29, 2016 - Letter Middlesex County Bar Association (by Craig M. Aronow, Esq., President) #009 March 16, 2016 - Letter New Jersey Association for Justice (by Daniel E. Rosner, Esq., President) -
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Comment ID Date & Mode Name of Commenter #001 Jan. 11, 2016 - Email Hon. Roy F. McGeady, Vicinage Municipal Court Presiding Judge (Bergen) #002 Feb. 1, 2016 - Letter Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President New Jersey State Bar Association #003 Feb. 1, 2016 - Letter Richard T. Burke, Esq., Warren County Prosecutor #004 Feb. 1, 2016 - Letter Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement -
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