Supreme Court Committee Reports

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
Comment #001	Feb. 14, 2023 - Email	Rosemary Spohn, Esq., Deputy General Counsel for Operations, Morgan Properties (Cranford, NJ)
Comment #002	Feb. 13, 2023 - Letter	Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Comment #003	Feb. 13, 2023 - Letter	Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) - Proposed Amendments to CLE Regulations

Notice to the Bar - Dec. 13, 2022

Referenced Documents:

Notice – Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Amendments to Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Regulations – Date Extended to February 13, 2023

Comment period closed on

Feb. 13, 2023

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#005	Oct. 11, 2022 - Email	James H. M. Savage, Esq. (Germantown, MD)
Comment#006	Nov. 11, 2022 - Email	Eli L. Eytan, Esq. (Toms River)
Comment#007	Oct. 13, 2022 - Email	Richard P. Maggi, Esq.
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)
Comment#010	Nov. 11, 2022 - Letter	John E. Corbett, Esq., Corbett Law Firm LLC (Evesham)
Comment#011	Oct. 10, 2022 - Letter	Joseph T. Calabria, Esq., Garruto & Calabria, LLC (Nutley)
Comment#012	Oct. 18, 2022 - Letter	Frederick D. Miceli, Esq. (West Caldwell)
Comment#013	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq.
Comment#014	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey Association for Justice, by President James S. Lynch, Esq.
Comment#015	Nov. 22, 2022 - Email	Mark G. Esposito, Esq. (Cherry Hill)

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. 11, 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#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#002	Nov. 16, 2022 - Memo	Conference of Family Presiding Judges, By Judge Madelin F. Einbinder, Conference Chair
Comment#005	Nov. 21, 2022 - Letter	New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence, by Denise Higgins, Esq., Legal Director
Comment#006	Dec. 9, 2022 - Letter	Randi Mandelbaum, Esq., Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School; and Catherine Weiss, Esq., Chair, Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest
Comment#007	Jan. 12, 2023 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association, by President Jerilyn L. Lawrence, Esq. (see also #003)

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

Report Document(s):

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

Notice to the Bar - Sept. 30, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 4, 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 - Sept. 29, 2022

Comment period closed on

Nov. 4, 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. 12, 2022

Comment period closed on

Oct. 17, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Aug. 1, 2022 - Email	Retired Tax Court Presiding Judge Joseph C. Small
#002	July 15, 2022 - Email	Barry J. Cohen, Esq., of Amster & Rosensweig, PC (Waldwick, NJ)
#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 13, 2022

Comment period closed on

Aug. 15, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

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

Notice to the Bar - May 17, 2022

Comment period closed on

June 20, 2022

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#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
#003	June 8, 2022 - Email	Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin
#004	June 9, 2022 - Letter	Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin

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
#001	April 15, 2022 - Email	Legal Services of New Jersey, by Stacey Bussel, Esq.; Rebecca Schore, Esq.; Akil Roper, Esq.
#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.

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

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

Report Document(s):

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

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

No comments received

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
#002b	March 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))
#005a	April 13, 2022 - Email	Jay B. Bohn, Esq.(supplemental submission)
#006	March 23, 2022 - Email	Michael Martin
#007	March 23, 2022 - Email	Stephen W. Kirsch, Esq.(Mount Laurel)
#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
#010	March 30, 2022 - Email	Prof. Ruth Anne Robbins, Rutgers Law School (Camden)
#011	March 31, 2022 - Email	Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, by Carol M. Henderson, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
#012	March 31, 2022 - Email	Victoria Katz, Esq., Senior Rules Attorney, for Aderant
#013	March 31, 2022 - Email	Vittorio S. LaPira, Esq. (Fogarty & Hara (Fair Lawn))
#014	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey Association for Justice, by Kathleen M. Reilly, Esq., President
#015a	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, y Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President
#016	March 31, 2022 - Email	Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Law, by Director Michelle L. Miller and Assistant Attorney General Melissa H. Raksa
#017	March 31, 2022 - Email	Robert W. Ruggieri, Esq. (Union, NJ)

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

Report Document(s):

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

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 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 Document(s):

ACPE Report on Arbitration Provisions in Retainer Agreements

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 23, 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. 13, 2022

Comment period closed on

Feb. 14, 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 Document(s):

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

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001a	Jan. 27, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq, President
#001b	March 16, 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

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

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 7, 2022

Comment period closed on

Feb. 22, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

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

Report Document(s):

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

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 28, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 2022

No comments received

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. 21, 2021

Comment period closed on

Jan. 24, 2022

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 31, 2022 - Email	Richard Sparaco, Esq., Law Offices of Richard Sparaco (Cherry Hill)
#002	March 31, 2022 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association, by Domenick Carmagnola, Esq., President
#003	March 15, 2022 - Email	Lashawn Fitch
#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 Document(s):

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

Notice to the Bar - Jan. 31, 2022

Comment period closed on

March 31, 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