Virginia Long

Virginia Long (born March 1, 1942) is a former justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court. She is currently Counsel in the Princeton, N.J. office of Fox Rothschild.

Virginia Long
Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
In office
September 1, 1999  March 1, 2012
Nominated byChristine Todd Whitman
Preceded byAlan B. Handler
Succeeded byLee A. Solomon
Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
In office
June 29, 1983  September 1, 1999
Appointed byRobert N. Wilentz
Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court
In office
February 16, 1978  June 29, 1983
Nominated byBrendan T. Byrne
Personal details
Born (1942-03-01) March 1, 1942
SpouseJonathan D. Weiner
Children3
Education
ProfessionAttorney, judge

Biography

Virginia Long graduated from Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross in 1963 and Rutgers School of Law—Newark in 1966. She has served as a Deputy Attorney General and was the Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking. She was appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court in 1978, and was elevated to the Appellate Division in 1984.

Justice Long became a presiding judge in 1995. She was nominated by Governor Christine Todd Whitman on June 17, 1999, to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Her position was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on June 21, 1999, and was sworn in on September 1, 1999. On June 21, 2006, the state Senate granted her tenure following the initial seven years. She retired from the New Jersey Supreme Court on March 1, 2012, and was subsequently appointed chair of the NJ Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct.[1] In 2018, she was appointed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy as a member of the Judicial Advisory Panel,[2] and has been additionally appointed in 2022 by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to chair the newly created Committee to Analyze Duration of Disbarment.[3] She also currently is of counsel at Fox Rothschild.

Personal life

Justice Long is married to Jonathan D. Weiner, a partner at Fox Rothschild of Philadelphia and Princeton, N.J., and has three children, Bernardita, John, and Jane.

References

  1. law.com. "Ethics Panel Urges NJ Judge's Removal". Yahoo. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. State of New Jersey. "Governor Murphy Announces Selection of Judicial Advisory Panel". State of New Jersey. State of New Jersey. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. New Jersey Judiciary. "Supreme Court Names Members of Committee to Analyze Duration of Disbarment" (PDF). New Jersey Judiciary. New Jersey Judiciary. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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