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Harris Supremely Qualified

Thursday, May 24, 2012
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The Jersey Comeback has begun

Democrats Questioning Bruce Harris’ Understanding of the Law Is Outrageous Considering NJ Bar Endorsement, Backgrounds of Current SC Justices
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*“Democrats Have Questioned [Bruce Harris’] Ability To Analyze Legal Arguments And Write An Opinion As An Associate Justice.”* (MaryAnn Spoto, “Gov. Christie's N.J. Supreme Court nominee will not clear Senate Judiciary Committee, sources say,” The Star-Ledger, 5/22/12)

	*At The Same Time, The New Jersey Bar Association Had Announced That* *Bruce Harris Is Qualified To Sit On The State Supreme Court*. (Jenna Portnoy, “N.J. Bar Association is OK with Gov. Christie's choices for Supreme Court,” The Star-Ledger, 5/23/12)

Bruce Harris’S Experience Is In Line With Current Justices

	Chief Justice Stuart Rabner	Justice Jaynee LaVecchia	Justice Barry Albin	Justice Helen Hoens	Justice Anne Patterson	Bruce Harris
Days Awaiting Confirmation:	17 Days	4 Days	64 Days	32 Days	420 Days	122 Days And Counting
Age At Nomination:	46	45	50	52	51	61
Party Affiliation:	Democrat	Independent	Democrat	Republican	Republican	Republican
Education:	Princeton, summa cum laude	Douglass College	Rutgers University	College of William and Mary	Dartmouth, magna cum laude	Amherst College, magna cum laude
	Harvard Law, cum laude	Rutgers Law	Cornell Law	Georgetown Law, cum laude	Cornell Law	Yale Law
						M.B.A, Boston University
Clerkship:	U.S. District Court of New Jersey, Judge Dickinson Debevoise			U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge John Gibbons
Judicial Experience:		Director & Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Law, 1989 – 1994		Judge, Superior Court, 1994 – 2006
Government Experience:	Attorney General, Office Of The Attorney General, 2006 – 2007	Director, Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety, 1994 – 1998	Assistant Prosecutor, Passaic and Middlesex Counties, 1978 – 1982		Deputy Attorney General & Special Assistant To The Attorney General, Office Of The Attorney General, 1989 - 1992
	Chief Counsel, Office Of Governor Jon Corzine, 2006	Deputy Chief Counsel, Office Of Governor Thomas Kean*	Deputy Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, 1976 – 1978
	Chief – Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office 1986 – 2006*
Private Sector Legal Experience:			Partner, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, 1982 – 2002	Partner, Lum, Hoens, Conant Danzis & Kleinberg	Partner, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP, 1992 – 2011; Associate, 1983 – 1989	Counsel, Greenberg, Traurig, 2005 – Present
				Associate, Pitney, Hardin		Counsel, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, Perretti, LLP, 1992 – 2005*
Public Service Experience:		Commissioner, Department of Banking and Insurance, 1998 – 2000				Mayor, Chatham Borough 2012 – Present Council Member, 2004 – 2012
Private Sector Experience:						Manager, AT&T, 1981 – 1989
						Manager, New England Telephone Co., 1973 – 1981

* Held multiple positions within the same office. Title reflects most recent position held.


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Harris Supremely Qualified

Bruce Harris’S Experience Is In Line With Current Justices

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