Supreme Court Committee Reports

Reports are published for comment before the Supreme Court takes action on any proposed changes to the Rules of Court or other aspects of court operations. Instructions and deadlines for submitting comments are included with each report.

The Court welcomes diverse viewpoints on any proposed changes. Judges, attorneys, and professionals in related fields are invited to serve on committees in order to share their perspective and their expertise. Email CommAppts.Mailbox@njcourts.gov to inquire about this volunteer opportunity. The subject line should say, "Interest in Supreme Court Committees." Please include your full name and the name(s) of the committee(s) in which you are interested. Attorneys should include their attorney ID, the county or counties in which they practice, and a resumé.

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment #001	Nov. 14, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association

Proposed 2023 Attorney Discipline Budget

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 14, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 14, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Oct. 7, 2022 - Email	John J. Sheerin, Esq., of Mullooly Jeffrey Rooney & Flynn, LLP (Syosset, NY)
Comment#002	Oct. 7, 2022 - Email	J. Andrew Velez, Esq., Of Counsel to Law Offices of Edgar Navarrete, LLC (North Bergen)
Comment#003	Oct. 8, 2022 - Email	John J. Welch, Esq.
Comment#004	Oct. 10, 2022 - Email	Bryan T. Kurtzberg, Esq., Law Offices of Leslie A. DeTorres (West Orange)
Comment#011	Oct. 10, 2022 - Letter	Joseph T. Calabria, Esq., Garruto & Calabria, LLC (Nutley)
Comment#005	Oct. 11, 2022 - Email	James H. M. Savage, Esq. (Germantown, MD)
Comment#007	Oct. 13, 2022 - Email	Richard P. Maggi, Esq.
Comment#012	Oct. 18, 2022 - Letter	Frederick D. Miceli, Esq. (West Caldwell)
Comment#008	Oct. 19, 2022 - Email	Howard N. Wiener, Esq., of Tobin Kessler Greenstein Caruso Wiener & Konray (Clark)
Comment#009	Oct. 31, 2022 - Email	Steven M. Tanenbaum, Esq., Tanenbaum Law, LLC (Metuchen)

Proposal to Require Submission of Arbitration Statements to the Arbitrator in Advance of the Arbitration Hearing Date - Amendments to Rule 4:21A-4(a)

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 6, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 21, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Nov. 4, 2022 - Letter	Ocean County Bar Association Family Law Committee, By Gregory B. Tomlinson, Esq., Chair OCBA Family Law Comm
Comment#002	Nov. 16, 2022 - Memo	Conference of Family Presiding Judges, By Judge Madelin F. Einbinder, Conference Chair
Comment#003	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Jerilyn L. Lawrence, Esq.
Comment#004	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	Partners NJ, by Michele C. Lefkowitz, Esq., Director of Legal Programs
Comment#005	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence, by Denise Higgins, Esq., Legal Director

Report and Recommendations of the Judiciary Special Committee on the Non-Dissolution (FD) Docket

Report Notice to the Bar - Oct. 4, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 21, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Nov. 21, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association

Guardianship - Background Screening for Proposed Guardians of Incapacitated Adults - Updated Proposed Amendments to Rule 4:86-2(b)(3) and Related Policy

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 4, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 21, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment#001	Sept. 18, 2022 - Email	Peter Petrou, Esq. (Parsippany)
Comment#002	Oct. 17, 2022 - Letter	Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Comment#003	Oct. 17, 2022 - Letter	John D. Rue, Esq., of John Rue & Associates, LLC (Princeton)
Comment#004	Oct. 17, 2022 - Letter	Donald F. Burke, Jr., Esq., of Law Office of Donald F. Burke (Brick)

Retainer Fee Agreements – Foreclosing Settlement When the Terms of the Settlement Waive the Lawyers’ Fees or Costs – Balducci

Notice to the Bar - Sept. 15, 2022

Comment period closed on

Oct. 17, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#002	July 15, 2022 - Email	Barry J. Cohen, Esq., of Amster & Rosensweig, PC (Waldwick, NJ)
#001	Aug. 1, 2022 - Email	Retired Tax Court Presiding Judge Joseph C. Small
#003	Aug. 5, 2022 - Email	Chad Wolf, Esq.,of Wolf Vespasiano, LLC

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:36-3 (“Unpublished Opinions”) and Proposed New Rule 8:9-6 (“Publication of Tax Court Opinions”)

Notice to the Bar - July 15, 2022

Comment period closed on

Aug. 15, 2022

Comments

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:38 to Exclude Medical and Related Records from Public Access

Notice to the Bar - May 19, 2022

Comment period closed on

June 20, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#003	June 8, 2022 - Email	Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin
#004	June 9, 2022 - Letter	Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin
#001	June 10, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Association for Justice, by James S. Lynch, Esq., President
#002	June 18, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., President

Jury Reform – Recommendations of the Committee of the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection

Notice to the Bar - April 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

June 10, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#002	Jan. 15, 2022 - Email	Hinkle Prior & Fischer (Lawrenceville), by S. Paul Prior, Esq.; Maria Fischer, Esq.; Jared B. Oberweis, Esq.; and Sarah J. Cuprzinski, Esq.
#001	April 15, 2022 - Email	Legal Services of New Jersey, by Stacey Bussel, Esq.; Rebecca Schore, Esq.; Akil Roper, Esq.

Background Screening for Proposed Guardians of Incapacitated Adults – Civil and Criminal Judgment History – Proposed Amendments to Rule 4:86-2(b)(3)

Notice to the Bar - March 3, 2022

Comment period closed on

April 15, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	March 18, 2022 - Email	Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C. (Newark), by Richard H. Epstein, Esq.
#002	March 21, 2022 - Email	College of Commercial Arbitrators, by Mark J. Heley, President
#003	March 21, 2022 - Email	Bergen County Bar Association, By Michael S. Stein, Esq. (Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, PC)
#004	March 22, 2022 - Email	NJ Fellows of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, By John R. Holsinger, LLC (Hackensack)
#005	March 23, 2022 - Email	Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, PC (West Orange), by Patricia K. Costello, Esq., Managing Member
#006	March 23, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, By Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President

ACPE Report on Arbitration Provisions in Retainer Agreements

Report Notice to the Bar - Feb. 14, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 23, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 31, 2022 - Email	Richard Sparaco, Esq., Law Offices of Richard Sparaco (Cherry Hill)
#003	March 15, 2022 - Email	Lashawn Fitch
#002	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President
#004	May 13, 2022 - Email	County Prosecutors Association of NJ, by Prosecutor Scott A. Coffina, President

Criminal Practice Committee Ad Hoc Report Proposing Rule Amendments Relating to Jailhouse Informants and Discovery

Report Notice to the Bar - Jan. 31, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comments

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Tax Court Committee

Report Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 31, 2022 - Email	Brian M. Block, Esq. (Mandelbaum Barrett PC (Roseland))
#002a	Feb. 24, 2022 - Email	Anthony DeFazio
#003	March 8, 2022 - Email	Luis Manso
#004	March 9, 2022 - Email	Bruce D. Greenberg, Esq. (Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC (Newark))
#005	March 18, 2022 - Email	Jay B. Bohn, Esq. (Schiller, Pittenger & Galvin, P.C. (Scotch Plains))
#006	March 23, 2022 - Email	Michael Martin
#007	March 23, 2022 - Email	Stephen W. Kirsch, Esq.(Mount Laurel)
#002b	March 24, 2022 - Email	Anthony DeFazio
#008	March 29, 2022 - Email	Office of the Public Defender, Appellate Section, by Alison Perrone, Esq., Deputy Public Defender
#009	March 30, 2022 - Email	Office of the Public Defender, Office of Parental Representation, Appellate Section, by Robin A. Veasey, Esq., Assistant Public Defender, and Richard Foster, Esq., Deputy Public Defender

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Civil Practice Committee

Report Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#015b	March 31, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President

Out-of-Cycle Family Practice Committee Report Recommending Rule Amendments Relating to the Child Support Guidelines

Report Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comments

2020-2022 Supreme Court Rules Committee Reports – Special Civil Part Practice Committee

Report Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 24, 2022 - Email	Anne D. Starr, Manager, Judgment Search Division, Charles Jones – A DataTrace Company
#002	Feb. 14, 2022 - Email	The Waterfront Project, Inc., by Brian Rans, Esq.
#003	Feb. 14, 2022 - Email	Diane K. Smith, Managing Attorney, Housing Justice Project, Seton Hall University School of Law (for Coalition of organizations: Housing Justice Project; ACLU-NJ; Central Jersey Legal Services; Community Health Law Project; Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless; Fair Share Housing Center NJ; Ironbound Community Corporation; Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest; NJ Coalition to End Domestic Violence; New Jersey Institute for Social Justice; New Jersey Tenants Organization; Housing Advocacy Clinic (Rutgers Law School- Camden); Center for Social Justice (Seton Hall Univ School of Law); Professor Paula Franzese (Seton Hall University School of Law); Volunteer Lawyers for Justice; Wind of The Spirit Immigrant Resource Center)
#004	Feb. 14, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Apartment Association, by Nicholas J. Kikis, Vice President for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
#005	Feb. 14, 2022 - Email	Legal Services of New Jersey, by Robert Dennerlein, Housing Stability Initiative; Maura A. Saunders, Chief Counsel, Entitlements and Housing Law; Akil Roper, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Rentry
#006	Feb. 14, 2022 - Email	Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement, by Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:38-3(f) to Remove from Public Access Records of LT Matters in Which a Judgment for Possession was Entered More than Seven Years Ago

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 14, 2022

Comment period closed on

Feb. 14, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001a	Jan. 27, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President
#002	Feb. 22, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Institute for Social Justice,by Yannick Wood, Esq., Director of Criminal Justice Reform
#003	Feb. 22, 2022 - Email	American Civil Liberties Union – New Jersey,by Karen Thompson, Esq., Senior Staff Attorney
#001b	March 16, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President

Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics - Withdrawing Opinion 685 (Race-Based Peremptory Challenges) and Requesting Comments on Potential New Opinion

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 13, 2022

Comment period closed on

Feb. 22, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 24, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President

Proposal to Permit Out-of-State Attorneys to Provide Pro Bono Services Under Individual Supervision; Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:21-3

Notice to the Bar - Dec. 27, 2021

Comment period closed on

Jan. 24, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 14, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President
#002	Jan. 14, 2022 - Email	Legal Services of New Jersey,by Akil Roper, Esq., Senior Vice President, et alia
#003	Jan. 14, 2022 - Email	Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law, By Lori Outzs Borgen, Esq., Director

Proposed Amendments to Rule 1:21-3(b) to Permit Supervised Law Students to Provide Pro Bono Legal Services in State Tax Matters

Notice to the Bar - Dec. 7, 2021

Comment period closed on

Jan. 14, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 1, 1970 - Email	Jamie M. Epstein, Esq.(Cherry Hill)
#005	Jan. 1, 1970 - Email	National Employment Lawyers Association-New Jersey By Evan J. Goldman, Esq.
#002	Dec. 30, 2021 - Email	Regino de la Cruz, Esq.(De la Cruz & Associates, LLC (Union City))
#004	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Association for Justice by Kathleen M. Reilly, Esq., President
#006	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	John D. Rue, Esq. (John Rue & Associates, LLC (Montclair))
#007	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	Robert Thurston, Esq.(John Rue & Associates, LLC (Montclair))
#008	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	Catherine Merino Reisman, Esq. and Sarah E. Zuba, Esq.(Reisman, Carolla, Gran, Zuba, LLP (Haddonfield))
#009	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	Lisa R. Considine, Esq. and David J. DiSabato, Esq. (DiSabato & Considine, LLC (Rutherford))
#010	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	Neil Mullin, Esq; Nancy Erka Smith, Esq. and others
#011	Jan. 5, 2022 - Email	Denise Lanchantin Dwyer, Esq.(Law Office of Denise Lanchantin Dwyer LLC (Princeton))

Requesting Comments on Recommendations Relating to Retainer Fee Agreements in Statutory Fee-Shifting Cases.

Notice to the Bar - Nov. 22, 2021

Comment period closed on

Jan. 5, 2022

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