Supreme Court Committee Reports

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Feb. 29, 2016 - Letter	Philip Geron, President, Guaranteed Subpoena Service, Inc.
#002	March 4, 2016 - Letter	John Pecoraro, Morris County Surrogate
#003	March 9, 2016 - Letter	Jeffrey W. Moran, Ocean County Surrogate
#004	March 21, 2016 - Memo	Insurance Council of New Jersey (by Christine O'Brien) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (by Cate Paolino, Esq.)
#005	March 23, 2016 - Letter	Jonathan Rudnick, Esq. (Carton & Rudnick (Tinton Falls)
#006	March 22, 2016 - Letter	Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Esq. (Sills Cummis & Gross, PC (Newark))
#007	March 31, 2016 - Letter	New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. (by Nathan J. Buurma, Esq.)
#008	March 30, 2016 - Letter	Thomas J. Cafferty, Esq. (Gibbons Law (Newark))
#009	March 31, 2016 - Letter	New Jersey Creditors Bar Ass’n (by Arthur J. Raimon, Esq.)
#010	April 5, 2016 - Letter	National Employment Lawyers’ Association/New Jersey (by Claudia A. Reis, Esq., President)
#011	April 6, 2016 - Letter	Surrogates Section of the Constitutional Officers Ass’n of New Jersey (COANJ) (by Essex Surrogate Theodore N. Stephens, II, Section Chief)
#012	April 4, 2016 - Email	Marc S. Berman, Esq. (Fair Lawn)
#013	April 10, 2016 - Email	Stephen R. Bosin, Esq. (River Edge)
#014	April 12, 2016 - Letter	Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (by Marisol Perez, Esq., President)
#015	April 13, 2016 - Letter	L. Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. (McKirdy & Riskin, PA (Morristown)
#016	April 8, 2016 - Letter	Donna A. Bahnek, Esq. (Margate)
#017	April 14, 2016 - Letter	Senior Citizens Council of Union County (by Ellen Steinberg, Chair)
#018	April 14, 2016 - Letter	American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (by Iris Bromberg, Esq., Transparency Law Fellow)
#019	April 14, 2016 - Letter	Kathryn K. McClure, Esq. (Deutsch Atkins, PC (Hackensack)
#020	April 14, 2016 - Letter	David M. Paris, Esq. (Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC (Nutley))
#021	April 15, 2016 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association by Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President
#022	April 15, 2016 - Letter	Richard J. Murray, Esq. (Morristown)
#023	April 15, 2016 - Letter	Alan H. Schorr, Esq. (Schorr & Associates (Cherry Hill))
#024	April 21, 2016 - Letter	Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (by Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair)
#025	June 1, 2016 - Letter	Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety (by Assistant Attorney General Kavin K. Mistry)

Special Civil Practice Committee Report

Report Document(s):

Special Civil Practice Committee Report

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 10, 2016

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Feb. 29, 2016 - Letter	Philip Geron, President, Guaranteed Subpoena Service, Inc.
#002	March 4, 2016 - Letter	John Pecoraro, Morris County Surrogate
#003	March 9, 2016 - Letter	Jeffrey W. Moran, Ocean County Surrogate
#004	March 21, 2016 - Memo	Insurance Council of New Jersey (by Christine O'Brien) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (by Cate Paolino, Esq.)
#005	March 23, 2016 - Letter	Jonathan Rudnick, Esq. (Carton & Rudnick (Tinton Falls)
#006	March 22, 2016 - Letter	Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Esq. (Sills Cummis & Gross, PC (Newark))
#007	March 31, 2016 - Letter	New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. (by Nathan J. Buurma, Esq.)
#008	March 30, 2016 - Letter	Thomas J. Cafferty, Esq. (Gibbons Law (Newark))
#009	March 31, 2016 - Letter	New Jersey Creditors Bar Ass’n (by Arthur J. Raimon, Esq.)
#010	April 5, 2016 - Letter	National Employment Lawyers’ Association/New Jersey (by Claudia A. Reis, Esq., President)
#011	April 6, 2016 - Letter	Surrogates Section of the Constitutional Officers Ass’n of New Jersey (COANJ) (by Essex Surrogate Theodore N. Stephens, II, Section Chief)
#012	April 4, 2016 - Email	Marc S. Berman, Esq. (Fair Lawn)
#013	April 10, 2016 - Email	Stephen R. Bosin, Esq. (River Edge)
#014	April 12, 2016 - Letter	Guardianship Association of New Jersey, Inc. (by Marisol Perez, Esq., President)
#015	April 13, 2016 - Letter	L. Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. (McKirdy & Riskin, PA (Morristown)
#016	April 8, 2016 - Letter	Donna A. Bahnek, Esq. (Margate)
#017	April 14, 2016 - Letter	Senior Citizens Council of Union County (by Ellen Steinberg, Chair)
#018	April 14, 2016 - Letter	American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (by Iris Bromberg, Esq., Transparency Law Fellow)
#019	April 14, 2016 - Letter	Kathryn K. McClure, Esq. (Deutsch Atkins, PC (Hackensack)
#020	April 14, 2016 - Letter	David M. Paris, Esq. (Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC (Nutley))
#021	April 15, 2016 - Letter	New Jersey State Bar Association by Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President
#022	April 15, 2016 - Letter	Richard J. Murray, Esq. (Morristown)
#023	April 15, 2016 - Letter	Alan H. Schorr, Esq. (Schorr & Associates (Cherry Hill))
#024	April 21, 2016 - Letter	Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement (by Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair)
#025	June 1, 2016 - Letter	Division of Law, Department of Law and Public Safety (by Assistant Attorney General Kavin K. Mistry)

Civil Practice Committee and Special Civil Part Practice Committee Report

Report Document(s):

Civil Practice Committee and Special Civil Part Practice Committee Report

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 10, 2016

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	Jan. 11, 2016 - Email	Hon. Roy F. McGeady, Vicinage Municipal Court Presiding Judge (Bergen)
#002	Feb. 1, 2016 - Letter	Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President New Jersey State Bar Association
#003	Feb. 1, 2016 - Letter	Richard T. Burke, Esq., Warren County Prosecutor
#004	Feb. 1, 2016 - Letter	Hon. Hany A. Mawla, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement

Criminal Practice Committee Report on Implementing the Recommendations of the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice

Report Document(s):

Criminal Practice Committee Report on Implementing the Recommendations of the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice

Notice to the Bar - Dec. 28, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

Ad Hoc Committee on the Uniform Bar Examination

Report Document(s):

Ad Hoc Committee on the Uniform Bar Examination

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 28, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

Disciplinary Oversight Committee on the proposed 2016 Attorney Discipline Budget

Report Document(s):

Disciplinary Oversight Committee on the proposed 2016 Attorney Discipline Budget

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 9, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

Working Group on Ethical Issues Involving Metadata in Electronic Documents – Comments Sought

Report Document(s):

Working Group on Ethical Issues Involving Metadata in Electronic Documents – Comments Sought

Notice to the Bar - Oct. 28, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	June 15, 2015 - Email	Bernice Tambascia
#002	June 25, 2015 - Email	Larry Freeman
#003	July 24, 2015 - Letter	Wolfgang G. Robinson, Esq. (Law Office of Wolfgang G. Robinson, Esq., LLC (Chatham))
#004	July 27, 2015 - Letter	Charles J. Hollenbeck, Esq. (Upper Black Eddy, PA)
#005	July 30, 2015 - Letter	Joseph J. Trapanese, Esq., President, Passaic County Bar Association
#006	Aug. 1, 2015 - Letter	AllynMarie Smedley, Esq., Chair, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Gloucester County Bar Association
#007	July 15, 2015 - Email	Peter M. Burke, Esq. (Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, PC (Westfield))
#008	July 22, 2015 - Email	Thomas L. Weisenbeck, Esq. (Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC (Florham Park))
#009	July 28, 2015 - Email	B. David Jarashow, Esq. (Freehold)
#010	July 29, 2015 - Letter	J. Ric Gass, Esq. (Gass Weber Mullins LLC (Milwaukee, WI))
#011	July 30, 2015 - Email	Lewis Goldfarb, Esq. (McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP (Morristown))
#012	Aug. 1, 2015 - Letter	Ekaterina Schoenefeld, Esq. (Schoenefeld Law Firm, LLC (Princeton))
#013	Aug. 20, 2015 - Email	Robert Silverman, Esq. (Weitz & Luxenberg (Cherry Hill))
#014	Sept. 15, 2015 - Letter	Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
#015	Sept. 21, 2015 - Letter	Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman (by Chief Counsel Jeffrey S. Jacobson
#016	Sept. 15, 2015 - Letter	Eric H. Jaso, Esq. (Fleming Ruvoldt, PLLC (Moonachie))
#017	Sept. 15, 2015 - Letter	Francis X. Dee, Esq. (McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP (Newark))
#018	Sept. 15, 2015 - Email	Carol Ann Armenti
#019	Sept. 15, 2015 - Email	Thomas Abraham
#020	Sept. 21, 2015 - Letter	Paul J. Fishman, Esq., United States Attorney, District of New Jersey
#021	Sept. 9, 2015 - Letter	Donald S. Maurice, Esq. (Maurice Wutscher, LLP (Flemington))

Special Committee on Attorney Ethics and Admissions

Report Document(s):

Special Committee on Attorney Ethics and Admissions

Notice to the Bar - July 31, 2015

Determination:

Administrative Determinations - Supreme Court Action on the Report of the Special Committee on Attorney Ethics and Admissions.

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#002	Feb. 16, 2015 - Letter	Debra E. Guston, Esq. (Guston Guston, LLP (Glen Rock))
#010	April 1, 2015 - Email	Kay L. Soltero, MSW, CPE, MPA (Camden City School District)
#011	April 1, 2015 - Letter	John P. Kahn, Esq., President, Garden State Bar Ass’n, and Anthony C. Nwaneri, Esq., GSBA
#012	April 7, 2015 - Memo	Judiciary Ombudsman Statewide Committee (Jennifer Shultis, Chair)
#021	April 10, 2015 - Email	Harold Rubenstein, Esq., Vice President, Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc
#026	April 15, 2015 - Letter	Paris P. Eliades, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association

Committee on Minority Concerns

Report Document(s):

Committee on Minority Concerns

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#005	Feb. 24, 2015 - Email	Mitchell E. Ignatoff, Esq. (Englewood Cliffs)
#006	March 4, 2015 - Email	Hon. Roy F. McGeady, PJMC
#007	March 10, 2015 - Email	Tricia Hellstern, Senior Probation Officer (Union Vicinage)
#009	March 30, 2015 - Email	Chaula Bhatt
#026	April 15, 2015 - Letter	Paris P. Eliades, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association

Criminal Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

Criminal Practice Committee

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2015

Comment period closed on

May 10, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	May 27, 2015 - Letter	Miles S. Winder III, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
#002	May 27, 2015 - Email	Noel S. Tonneman, Esq. (Tonneman, Vuotto, Enis White, LLC (Matawan))
#003	May 25, 2015 - Email	August J. Landi, Esq. (August J. Landi Law Offices, PC (Tinton Falls)

Ad Hoc Committee on the Arbitration of Family Matters

Report Document(s):

Ad Hoc Committee on the Arbitration of Family Matters

Notice to the Bar - April 21, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#003	Feb. 18, 2015 - Email	Rajeh A. Saadeh, Esq. (The Law Office of Rajeh A. Saadeh, LLC (Somerville))
#004	Feb. 24, 2015 - Email	Mitchell Steinhart, Esq., Bergen County Board of Social Services
#028	April 21, 2015 - Letter	Hon. Jack M. Sabatino, Chair, Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee (for the Committee)

Family Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

Family Practice Committee

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter

Municipal Court Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

Municipal Court Practice Committee

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 19, 2004

Referenced Documents:

2002 - 2004 Supplemental Report

Comment period closed on

April 19, 2004

No comments received

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	March 2, 2015 - Letter	David R. Kott, Esq. for the New Jersey Business Industry Association
#013	April 9, 2015 - Letter	New Jersey Civil Justice Institute (Marcus Rayner, President; Alida Kass, Chief Counsel)
#014	April 9, 2015 - Letter	John B. Kearney, Esq. (Ballard Spahr, LLP (Cherry Hill)
#015	April 8, 2015 - Letter	Nancy Hutchinson, Program Supervisor, Camden County Women’s Center
#016	April 9, 2015 - Email	Cynthia E. Berry, Esq., Managing Director, Civil Justice Reform Group [Signatories: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Boston Scientific Corp; Eli Lilly and Co; ExxonMobil Corp; Ford Motor Co; General Electric Co; GlaxoSmithKline; ACE Group; Altria Client Services Inc; Johnson Johnson; Pfizer Inc; Zimmer, Inc]
#017	April 9, 2015 - Letter	Dean J. Paranicas, President CEO, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (New Brunswick)
#018	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Michael Egenton, Senior Vice President, New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
#019	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Patricia Teffenhart, Executive Director, New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
#020	April 10, 2015 - Email	Sandy Clark, Associate Executive Director, New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
#022	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Thomas M. Comer, Esq., President, New Jersey Association for Justice, Inc.
#023	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Thomas M. Comer, Esq., President, New Jersey Association for Justice, Inc.
#024	April 9, 2015 - Letter	Stephen G. Traflet, Esq. (Traflet Fabian (Morristown))
#025	April 10, 2015 - Report	John A. MacDonald, for the New Jersey Mental Health Counseling Association

Committee on the Rules of Evidence - Part 1

Report Document(s):

Committee on the Rules of Evidence - Part 1

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2015

Comment period closed on

April 10, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#008	Jan. 17, 2004 - Email	Kenneth A. Vercammen, Esq. (Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, PC (Edison))
#009	July 17, 2004 - Email	New Jersey State Bar Association by President Thomas H. Prol, Esq.

Municipal Court Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

Municipal Court Practice Committee 2017

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 6, 2017

Comment period closed on

April 7, 2017

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#008	March 20, 2015 - Email	Mitchell E. Ignatoff, Esq. (Englewood Cliffs)
#009	March 30, 2015 - Email	Chaula Bhatt
#029	April 22, 2015 - Letter	Paris P. Eliades, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association

Municipal Court Practice Committee

Report Document(s):

Municipal Court Practice Committee - 2013-2015

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#026	April 15, 2015 - Letter	Paris P. Eliades, Esq., President, New Jersey State Bar Association
#027	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Andrew Smith, Esq., President, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators

Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution

Report Document(s):

Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution

Notice to the Bar - Feb. 11, 2015

Comment ID	Date & Mode	Name of Commenter
#001	March 2, 2015 - Letter	David R. Kott, Esq. for the New Jersey Business Industry Association
#013	April 9, 2015 - Letter	New Jersey Civil Justice Institute (Marcus Rayner, President; Alida Kass, Chief Counsel)
#015	April 8, 2015 - Letter	Nancy Hutchinson, Program Supervisor, Camden County Women’s Center
#016	April 9, 2015 - Email	Cynthia E. Berry, Esq., Managing Director, Civil Justice Reform Group [Signatories: Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Boston Scientific Corp; Eli Lilly and Co; ExxonMobil Corp; Ford Motor Co; General Electric Co; GlaxoSmithKline; ACE Group; Altria Client Services Inc; Johnson Johnson; Pfizer Inc; Zimmer, Inc]
#017	April 9, 2015 - Letter	Dean J. Paranicas, President CEO, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (New Brunswick)
#018	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Michael Egenton, Senior Vice President, New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
#019	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Patricia Teffenhart, Executive Director, New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
#020	April 10, 2015 - Email	Sandy Clark, Associate Executive Director, New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
#022	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Thomas M. Comer, Esq., President, New Jersey Association for Justice, Inc.
#023	April 10, 2015 - Letter	Thomas M. Comer, Esq., President, New Jersey Association for Justice, Inc.
#024	April 9, 2015 - Letter	Stephen G. Traflet, Esq. (Traflet Fabian (Morristown))
#025	April 10, 2015 - Report	John A. MacDonald, for the New Jersey Mental Health Counseling Association