Civil Presiding Judges

Updated on Sept. 1, 2025

Name	Address	Contact
Atlantic/Cape May Porto, John C. Civil Presiding Judge Atlantic/Cape May	Atlantic County Civil Courts Building 1201 Bacharach Blvd. Floor 3 Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401	Phone: 609-402-0100 ext. 47652
Bergen O'Dwyer, John D. Civil Presiding Judge Bergen	Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, New Jersey 07601	Phone: 201-221-0700 ext. 25567
Burlington Fikry, Eric G. Civil Presiding Judge Burlington	Burlington County Court Facility 49 Rancocas Road Floor 3 Mount Holly, New Jersey 08060	Phone: 609-288-9500 ext. 38809
Camden Dominguez, Francisco Civil Presiding Judge Camden	Camden County Hall of Justice 101 South 5th Street Floor 3 Camden, New Jersey 08103	Phone: 856-650-9100 ext. 43690
Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Chell, Timothy W. Civil Presiding Judge Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem	Gloucester County Old Courthouse 1 North Broad Street Floor 2 Woodbury, New Jersey 08096	Phone: 856-878-5050 ext. 15900
Essex Benjamin, Avion M. Civil Presiding Judge & General Disqualification Judge Essex	Essex County Historic Courthouse 470 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Floor 2 Newark, New Jersey 07102	Phone: 973-776-9449 ext. 56106
Hudson Turula, Joseph A. Civil Presiding Judge Hudson	Justice W.J. Brennan Courthouse 583 Newark Avenue Suite/Room 2D, Floor 2 Jersey City, New Jersey 07306	Phone: 201-748-4400 ext. 60410
Mercer Hurd, Douglas H. Civil Presiding Judge Mercer	Mercer County Civil Courthouse 175 South Broad Street Floor 3 Trenton, New Jersey 08650-0068	Phone: 609-571-4200 ext. 74825
Middlesex Kaplan, Bruce J. Civil Presiding Judge Middlesex	Middlesex County Courthouse PO Box 964 New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-0964	Phone: 732-645-4300 ext. 88647
Monmouth McCarthy, Owen C. Civil Presiding Judge Monmouth	Monmouth County Courthouse 71 Monument Street Floor 2 Freehold, New Jersey 07728	Phone: 732-358-8700 ext. 87658
Morris/Sussex DeAngelis, Frank J. Civil Presiding Judge Morris/Sussex	Morris County Courthouse PO Box 910 Morristown, New Jersey 07963	Phone: 862-397-5700 ext. 75165
Ocean Brenner, Robert E. Civil Presiding Judge Ocean	Ocean County Courthouse 100 Hooper Avenue Suite/Room Courtroom #9, Floor 3 Toms River, New Jersey 08754	Phone: 732-504-0700 ext. 64415
Passaic Del Sardo, Darren J. Civil Presiding Judge Passaic	Passaic County Courthouse 77 Hamilton Street Suite/Room 322, Floor 3 Paterson, New Jersey 07505	Phone: 973-653-2910 ext. 24452
Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren Ballard, Jr., Robert A. Civil Presiding Judge Somerset/Hunterdon/Warren	Somerset County Courthouse 20 North Bridge Street Floor 4 Somerville, New Jersey 08876	Phone: 908-332-7700 ext. 13272
Union Ciarrocca, Mark Civil Presiding Judge Union	Union County Courthouse 2 Broad Street Floor Rotunda Basement Elizabeth, New Jersey 07207	Phone: 908-787-1650 ext. 21540