# List of justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
## Current justices

| Name | Born | Joined | Term ends | Mandatory retirement | Party affiliation | Appointed by | Law school |
| Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice | (1960-06-30) June 30, 1960 (age 64) | June 29, 2007 | – | June 30, 2030 | Democratic | Jon Corzine (D) | Harvard |
| Anne M. Patterson | (1959-04-15) April 15, 1959 (age 65) | September 1, 2011 | – | April 15, 2029 | Republican | Chris Christie (R) | Cornell |
| Fabiana Pierre-Louis | (1980-09-09) September 9, 1980 (age 44) | September 1, 2020 | September 1, 2027 | September 9, 2050 | Democratic | Phil Murphy (D) | Rutgers |
| Douglas M. Fasciale | (1960-11-05) November 5, 1960 (age 63) | October 21, 2022 | October 21, 2029 | November 5, 2030 | Republican | Phil Murphy (D) | Seton Hall |
| Rachel Wainer Apter | (1980-07-22) July 22, 1980 (age 44) | October 21, 2022 | October 21, 2029 | July 22, 2050 | Democratic | Phil Murphy (D) | Harvard |
| Michael Noriega | (1978-03-27) March 27, 1978 (age 46) | July 6, 2023 | July 6, 2030 | March 27, 2048 | Democratic | Phil Murphy (D) | Seton Hall |
| John Jay Hoffman | (1965-08-23) August 23, 1965 (age 59) | Designate | – | August 23, 2035 | Independent | Phil Murphy (D) | Duke |

## List of justices before 1947

Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1776–), the New Jersey Court of Common Pleas (1704–1947), or the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals (1844–1947).

### 1776 Constitution

| Justice | Position | Succeeded | Tenure |
| Richard Stockton (1730–1781) | | | 1774 – 1776 (Elected to Continental Congress) |
| John De Hart (1730–1781) | | | September 4, 1776 – February 1777 (Replaced for failure to attend) |
| Isaac Smith (1740–1807) | | | 1777 – 1804 |
| Robert Morris (1742–1814) | Chief Justice | | February 5, 1777 – May 25, 1779 (Resigned) |
| John Cleves Symmes (1742–1814) | | | 1777 – 1778 |
| David Brearley (1745–1790) | Chief Justice | R. Morris | 1779 – September 26, 1789 (Elevated to U.S. District Court) |
| James Kinsey (1731–1802) | Chief Justice | D. Brearley | 1789 – January 4, 1802 (Died) |
| Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) | Justice | | 1798 – 1808 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
| Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) | Chief Justice | J. Kinsey | 1808 – 1825 |
| William Rossell (1760–1840) | Justice | | 1804 – 1826 (Elevated to U.S. District Court) |
| William Sanford Pennington (1757–1826) | Justice | | 1805 – 1813 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) |
| Mahlon Dickerson (1770–1853) | Justice | | 1813 – 1815 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) |
| Samuel L. Southard (1787–1842) | | | 1815 – 1820 (Elected to U.S. Senate) |
| Charles Ewing (1780–1832) | Chief Justice | A. Kirkpatrick | 1825 – August 5, 1832 (Died) |
| Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777–1864) | Chief Justice | C. Ewing | 1838 – 1844 (Continued as Chief Justice) |
| William L. Dayton (1807–1864) | Justice | | 1838 – 1842 (Appointed to U.S. Senate) |

### 1844 Constitution

| Justice | Position | Succeeded | Tenure | Appointed by |
| Joseph Coerten Hornblower (1777–1864) | Chief Justice | | 1844 – 1846 (Resigned) | |
| Joseph Fitz Randolph (1803–1873) | Justice | | 1845 – 1852 (Resigned) | |
| Elias B. D. Ogden (1800–1865) | Justice | | 1848 – February 24, 1865 (Died) | |
| Garret D. Wall (1783–1850) | Justice | | 1848 – November 22, 1850 (Died) | |
| Daniel Haines (1801–1877) | Justice | | 1852 – 1866 | |
| Lucius Elmer (1793–1883) | Justice | | 1852 – 1859 | |
| Peter Vrendenburgh (1805–1873) | Justice | | 1854 – 1868 | |
| Edward W. Whelpley (1818–1864) | Justice | | 1858 – 1861 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| John Van Dyke (1807–1878) | Justice | | 1859 – 1866 | |
| Edward W. Whelpley (1818–1864) | Chief Justice | | 1861 – 1864 | |
| George Houston Brown (1810–1865) | Justice | | 1861 – August 1, 1865 (Died) | |
| Lucius Elmer (1793–1883) | Justice | | 1861 – 1869 | |
| Mercer Beasley (1815–1897) | Chief Justice | | March 8, 1864 – February 19, 1897 (Died) | |
| Joseph D. Bedle (1831–1894) | Justice | | 1865 – January 19, 1875 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) | |
| Edward W. Scudder (1822–1893) | Justice | | 1869 – February 3, 1893 (Died) | Theodore Fitz Randolph |
| Bennett Van Syckel (1830–1921) | Justice | | 1869 – 1904 | |
| Jonathan Dixon (1839–1906) | Justice | | 1875 – May 21, 1906 (Died) | Joseph D. Bedle |
| Alfred Reed | Justice | | 1875 – 1895 | |
| Joel Parker (1816–1888) | Justice | | 1880 – January 2, 1888 (Died) | |
| William J. Magie (1832–1917) | Justice | | 1880 – 1897 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| Charles G. Garrison (1849–1924) | Justice | J. Parker | 1888 – 1893 (Resigned) | |
| David A. Depue (1826–1902) | Justice | | 1889 – 1900 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| Manning M. Knapp (1825–1892) | Justice | | 1889 – January 26, 1892 (Died) | |
| George Theodore Werts (1846–1910) | Justice | M. Knapp | 1892 – January 17, 1893 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) | Leon Abbett |
| Job H. Lippincott (1842–1900) | Justice | G. T. Werts | 1893 – 1900 (Died) | George Theodore Werts |
| Joseph H. Gaskill (1851–1935) | Justice | | 1893 – 1896 | George Theodore Werts |
| Leon Abbett (1836–1894) | Justice | | 1893 – December 4, 1894 (Died) | George Theodore Werts |
| William Stryker Gummere (1852–1933) | Justice | | 1895 – November 19, 1901 (Continued as Chief Justice) | George Theodore Werts |
| George C. Ludlow (1830–1900) | Justice | | 1895 – December 18, 1900 (Died) | George Theodore Werts |
| Charles G. Garrison (1849–1924) | Justice | | 1895 – 1920 (Resigned) | |
| William H. Vredenburgh | Justice | | 1897 – 1916 | John W. Griggs |
| Gilbert Collins (1846–1920) | Justice | | March 2, 1897 – 1903 (Resigned) | John W. Griggs |
| William J. Magie (1832–1917) | Chief Justice | M. Beasley | 1897 – 1900 (Elevated to Chancellor of the Court of Errors and Appeals) | John W. Griggs |
| David A. Depue (c. 1827–1902) | Chief Justice | W. J. Magie | 1900 – 1901 (Resigned) | Foster M. Voorhees |
| John Franklin Fort (1852–1920) | Justice | | 1900 – 1907 (Elected Governor of New Jersey) | Foster M. Voorhees |
| William Stryker Gummere (1852–1933) | Chief Justice | D. Depue | November 19, 1901 – 1933 (Died) | |
| Mahlon Pitney (1858–1924) | Justice | | November 19, 1901 – 1908 | |
| Thomas Whitaker Trenchard (1863–1942) | Justice | | January 15, 1907 – 1941 (Resigned) | |
| Charles Wolcott Parker (1862–1948) | Justice | | 1907 – 1942 | |
| James J. Bergen (1847–1923) | Justice | | 1907 – 1915 | |
| Charles C. Black (1858–1947) | Justice | | 1914 – 1939 | James Fairman Fielder |
| Frank S. Katzenbach (1868–1929) | Justice | | 1920 – March 13, 1929 (Died) | Edward I. Edwards |
| Joseph Lamb Bodine (1883–1950) | Justice | | 1929 – 1948 | |
| Clarence E. Case (1877–1961) | Justice | | 1929 – 1946 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| Ralph W. E. Donges (1875–1974) | Justice | | 1930 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | |
| Thomas J. Brogan (1889–1965) | Justice | | 1932 – 1933 (Continued as Chief Justice) | |
| Joseph B. Perskie (1885–1957) | Justice | | 1933 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | |
| Harry Heher (1889–1972) | Justice | | 1933 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | |
| Thomas J. Brogan (1889–1965) | Chief Justice | W. S. Gummere | 1933 – 1946 (Resigned) | |
| Newton Hazelton Porter (1815–1897) | Justice | | 1938 – 1945 | |
| Frederic R. Colie (1895–1974) | Justice | | 1941 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | |
| A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963) | Justice | N. H. Porter | 1945 – 1946 | Walter Evans Edge |
| Clarence E. Case (1877–1961) | Chief Justice | T. Brogan | 1946 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | Walter Evans Edge |
| William A. Wachenfeld (1889–1969) | Justice | | 1946 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | Walter Evans Edge |
| Howard Eastwood (1884–1976) | Justice | | 1946 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | Walter Evans Edge |
| Albert E. Burling (1891–1960) | Justice | | 1947 – 1948 (Constitution of 1947) | Walter Evans Edge |

## Supreme Court justices under 1947 Constitution
### List of justices

| Justice | Justice | Position | Succeeded | Tenure | Appointed by |
| 1 | Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888–1957) | Chief Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – June 16, 1957 (Died) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 2 | Albert E. Burling (1891–1960) | Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – October 29, 1960 (Died) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 3 | Harry Heher (1889–1972) | Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – March 20, 1959 (Mandatory retirement) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 4 | William A. Wachenfeld (1889–1969) | Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – February 24, 1959 (Mandatory retirement) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 5 | A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963) | Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – October 28, 1957 (Mandatory retirement) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 6 | Clarence E. Case (1877–1961) | Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – 1952 (Resigned) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 7 | Henry E. Ackerson Jr. (1880–1970) | Justice | Inaugural | 1948 – 1952 (Resigned) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 8 | Nathan L. Jacobs (1905–1989) | Justice | C. Case | 1952 – 1975 (Mandatory retirement) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 9 | William J. Brennan Jr. (1906–1997) | Justice | H. E. Ackerson | 1951 – 1956 (Elevated to U.S. Supreme Court) | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| 10 | Joseph Weintraub (1908–1977) | Justice | W. J. Brennan | 1956 – 1957 (Continued as Chief Justice) | Robert Meyner |
| 10 | Joseph Weintraub (1908–1977) | Chief Justice | A. Vanderbilt | 1957 – 1973 | Robert Meyner |
| 11 | Haydn Proctor (1903–1996) | Justice | A. Oliphant | October 28, 1957 – 1973 (Mandatory retirement) | Robert Meyner |
| 12 | John J. Francis (1903–1984) | Justice | J. Weintraub | 1957 – 1973 (Mandatory retirement) | Robert Meyner |
| 13 | Frederick Wilson Hall (1908–1984) | Justice | W. Wachenfeld | 1959 – February 1975 (Resigned) | Robert Meyner |
| 14 | C. Thomas Schettino (1907–1983) | Justice | H. Heher | October 1959 – 1972 | Robert Meyner |
| 15 | Vincent S. Haneman (1902–1978) | Justice | A. Burling | 1960 – 1971 | Robert Meyner |
| 16 | Worrall Frederick Mountain (1909–1992) | Justice | V. Haneman | 1971 – 1979 | William Cahill |
| | Pierre P. Garven (1925–1973) | Justice | C. T. Schettino | April 1973 – September 1973 (Continued as Chief Justice) | William Cahill |
| 17 | Mark Sullivan (1911–2001) | Justice | J. Francis | March 23, 1973 – August 11, 1981 (Mandatory retirement) | William Cahill |
| 18 | Robert L. Clifford (1924–2014) | Justice | P. Garven | 1973 – 1994 (Mandatory retirement) | William Cahill |
| 19 | Morris Pashman (1912–1999) | Justice | H. Proctor | April 1973 – 1982 (Mandatory retirement) | William Cahill |
| 20 | Pierre P. Garven (1925–1973) | Chief Justice | J. Weintraub | September 1, 1973 – October 19, 1973 (Died) | William Cahill |
| 21 | Richard J. Hughes (1909–1992) | Chief Justice | P. Garven | December 18, 1973 – August 10, 1979 (Mandatory retirement) | William Cahill |
| 22 | Sidney Schreiber (1915–2009) | Justice | N. Jacobs | 1975 – 1984 (Resigned) | Brendan Byrne |
| 23 | Alan B. Handler (1931–2024) | Justice | F. W. Hall | 1977 – 1999 (Resigned) | Brendan Byrne |
| 24 | Stewart G. Pollock (1932–) | Justice | W. F. Mountain | June 28, 1979 – 1999 (Resigned) | Brendan Byrne |
| 25 | Robert Wilentz (1927–1996) | Chief Justice | R. Hughes | 1979 – July 23, 1996 (Died) | Brendan Byrne |
| 26 | Daniel Joseph O'Hern (1930–2009) | Justice | M. Sullivan | August 6, 1981 – 2000 (Mandatory retirement) | Brendan Byrne |
| 27 | Marie L. Garibaldi (1934–2016) | Justice | M. Pashman | November 17, 1982 – 2000 (Resigned) | Thomas Kean |
| 28 | Gary S. Stein (1933–) | Justice | S. Schreiber | January 11, 1985 – 2002 (Resigned) | Thomas Kean |
| 29 | James H. Coleman (1933–2024) | Justice | R. Clifford | 1994 – 2003 | Christine Todd Whitman |
| 30 | Deborah Poritz (1936–) | Chief Justice | R. Wilentz | July 10, 1996 – October 25, 2006 (Mandatory retirement) | Christine Todd Whitman |
| 31 | Peter Verniero (1959–) | Justice | S. Pollock | 1999 – 2004 (Resigned) | Christine Todd Whitman |
| 32 | Virginia Long (1942–) | Justice | A. Handler | September 1, 1999 – March 1, 2012 (Mandatory retirement) | Christine Todd Whitman |
| 33 | James R. Zazzali (1937–) | Justice | D. J. O'Hern | May 25, 2000 – October 26, 2006 (Continued as Chief Justice) | Christine Todd Whitman |
| 34 | Jaynee LaVecchia (1954–) | Justice | M. Garibaldi | February 1, 2000 – December 31, 2021 (Retired) | Christine Todd Whitman |
| 35 | Barry T. Albin (born 1952) | Justice | G. Stein | September 18, 2002 – July 6, 2022 (Retired) | James McGreevey |
| 36 | John E. Wallace Jr. (1953–) | Justice | J. Coleman | May 20, 2003 – May 20, 2010 (Not re-nominated) | James McGreevey |
| 37 | Roberto A. Rivera-Soto (1953–) | Justice | P. Verniero | September 1, 2004 – August 31, 2011 (Not re-nominated) | James McGreevey |
| 33 | James R. Zazzali (1937–) | Chief Justice | D. Poritz | October 26, 2006 – June 17, 2007 (Mandatory retirement) | Jon Corzine |
| 38 | Helen E. Hoens (1937–) | Justice | J. Zazzalli | October 26, 2006 – October 26, 2013 (Not re-nominated) | Jon Corzine |
| 39 | Stuart Rabner (born 1960) | Chief Justice | J. Zazzali | June 29, 2007 – Incumbent | Jon Corzine |
| 40 | Anne Patterson (born 1959) | Justice | R. Rivera-Soto | September 1, 2011 – Incumbent | Chris Christie |
| 41 | Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina (1952–) | Justice | H. Hoens | November 19, 2013 – February 15, 2022 (Mandatory retirement) | Chris Christie |
| 42 | Lee Solomon (born 1954) | Justice | V. Long | June 19, 2014 – August 17, 2024 (Mandatory retirement) | Chris Christie |
| 43 | Walter F. Timpone (1950–) | Justice | J. Wallace (2011) | May 2, 2016 – August 31, 2020 | Chris Christie |
| 44 | Fabiana Pierre-Louis (1980–) | Justice | W. Timpone | September 1, 2020 – Incumbent | Phil Murphy |
| 45 | Douglas M. Fasciale (1960–) | Justice | F. Fernandez-Vina | September 1, 2022 – Incumbent | Phil Murphy |
| 46 | Rachel Wainer Apter (1980/1981–) | Justice | J. LaVecchia | October 21, 2022 – Incumbent | Phil Murphy |
| 47 | Michael Noriega (1977/1978–) | Justice | B. Albin | July 6, 2023 – Incumbent | Phil Murphy |
| 48 | John Jay Hoffman (1965–) | Justice | L. Solomon | Designate | Phil Murphy |

### Acting justices
#### Wallace vacancy

On May 3, 2010, Governor Chris Christie declined to re-nominate John E. Wallace Jr., whose seven-year term expired on May 20, 2010. He was the first Justice of the Supreme Court to be denied tenure in more than a half-century since the adoption of the Constitution of New Jersey in 1947. To fill the vacancy Chief Justice Stuart Rabner appointed a number of acting judges (known as Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court) during an extended period of controversy and conflict with the New Jersey Senate about the court's political composition.
* Mary Catherine Cuff
* Ariel A. Rodriguez
* Edwin Stern
* Dorothea O'C. Wefing

#### LaVecchia/Albin/Fernandez-Vina vacancies

On March 8, 2021, Justice Jaynee LaVecchia announced that she would retire on August 31, 2021, more than three years before her mandatory retirement date. A week later, Governor Phil Murphy announced his intention to nominate Rachel Wainer Apter, the director of the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, to replace LaVecchia. Apter was blocked for 14 months by Republican Senator Holly Schepisi by a process called senatorial consent (similar to the blue slip process for federal judgeships), and was only allowed to move forward after two more justices, Barry T. Albin and Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina, had reached retirement age in the interim and Gov. Murphy nominated Republican Douglas M. Fasciale to succeed Fernandez-Vina. Both Apter and Fasciale were confirmed on October 17, 2022. Additionally, Michael Noriega was nominated and confirmed in 2023 to succeed Albin.
LaVecchia vacancy:
* Jose L. Fuentes
* Clarkson S. Fisher, Jr.
Albin vacancy:
* Jack M. Sabatino
Fernandez-Vina vacancy:
* Douglas M. Fasciale