Judge Vernoia will reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 on October 11. In light of that, Chief Justice Rabner announced that Judge Mawla will become Presiding Judge of Part ...
In the second half of April, the Supreme Court issued one published opinion and the Appellate Division delivered four such rulings. Here are summaries: C.R. v. M.T., 248 N.J. 428 ...
While the Supreme Court has been quiet since it handed down this decision, the Appellate Division has issued six published opinions during the recent period. Here are summaries of those ...
Zimmerman v. Diviney, 477 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 2023). As the New Jersey appellate courts are getting fully geared up for the Term that began on September 1, there ...
An enjoyable sojourn in Atlantic City for the New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting and Convention delayed this post. I had the privilege of being part of a panel ...
Dental Health Assocs. South Jersey, P.A. v. RRI Gibbsboro, LLC, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2022). Trial court decisions disqualifying counsel are often cited as the type of ruling ...
D.M.C. v. K.H.G., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2022). This Family Part appeal involved the dissolution of a marriage that had lasted 31 years. As Judge Mawla described in ...
On Monday, January 31, I have my first in-person appellate argument since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Preparation for that, and other matters, made the current week go by all too ...
In re Civil Commitment of J.S., SVP 24-99, ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2021). Judge Mawla issued this opinion for the Appellate Division today. It involved an appeal from ...
The past few days have been especially busy ones in my practice. The Appellate Division has likewise been quite busy issuing published opinions as January turned to February. Here are ...