- Term: Jan. 11, 1985 - Aug. 31, 2002
- Status: Retired
Justice Stein was serving as director of the Office of Policy and Planning when Gov. Thomas H. Kean announced his intention to appoint him to the Supreme Court on Nov. 7, 1984. The Senate confirmed the nomination Nov. 19, and Justice Stein was sworn by Chief Justice Wilentz on Jan, 11, 1985. He served on the Court until he retired on Aug. 31, 2002.
Justice Stein was born June 13, 1933 in Newark. He is a 1954 graduate of Duke University and was graduated with distinction at Duke Law School in 1956. He was associate editor of the Duke Law Review. He specialized in corporate and anti-trust law as a member of the New York firm of Kramer, Marx, Greenlee, and Backus for a 10-year period until 1966, when he established his own practice. He was a partner in the Paramus law firm of Stein and Kurland from 1972 to 1982. Justice Stein was counsel to the Election Law Revision Commission in 1970 and 1971. He was Paramus borough attorney from 1967 to 1970 and was counsel to the Teaneck Board of Adjustment from 1973 to 1982. Active in a number of professional organizations, Justice Stein was 1981 chairman of the District Ethics Committee for Bergen County. He was chairman of the State Bar Association Committee on State Legislation from 1973 to 1976. He and his wife, Et, are the parents of four daughters and a son.
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Photos
Supreme Court 1999 - (Front)Daniel J. O’Hern, Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz, Marie Garibaldi (Back) Virginia Long, Gary S. Stein, James H. Coleman Jr., Peter Verniero
Supreme Court 1982 - (Front)Alan B. Handler, Chief Justice Deborah Poritz, Stewart G. Pollock (Back)Gary S. Stein, Daniel J. O’Hern, Marie L. Garibaldi, James H. Coleman Jr