Bill Baroni represented the 14th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly.
32 Facts About Bill Baroni
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In 2010, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie named Baroni to serve as the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Bill Baroni resigned from his position at the Port Authority on December 12,2013, during the inquiry into the Fort Lee lane closure controversy.
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Bill Baroni was convicted on seven counts of conspiracy and wire fraud in relation to his involvement in the closure and sentenced to two years of imprisonment and 500 hours of community service, later reduced to 18 months.
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Bill Baroni was a driver for Assembly Speaker Chuck Haytaian in his campaign for US Senator against Frank Lautenberg in 1994 and worked on the advance staff for the 1996 presidential campaign of Steve Forbes.
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In 1999, Bill Baroni made his first campaign for public office, losing a race for Hamilton Township council.
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In 2000, Baroni was one of a small group of New Jersey Republicans who supported John McCain for president over George W Bush.
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In 2001, Bill Baroni was general counsel for congressman Bob Franks's gubernatorial campaign.
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In 2003, Bill Baroni mounted an aggressive campaign for the General Assembly, knocking on over 10,000 doors to defeat the Democratic incumbent Gary Guear.
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Bill Baroni's campaign got a boost when Guear accused Bill Baroni of falsely claiming to be a native Hamiltonian.
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Bill Baroni was born in Jacksonville, Florida before his adoption by the Bill Baroni family in Hamilton, where he had lived ever since.
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Benson eventually left his own press conference, leaving Bill Baroni to take media questions from Benson's podium.
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Bill Baroni filled the State Senate seat vacated by Republican Senator Peter Inverso.
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Bill Baroni did the same in 2009 for Chris Christie's debate preparations, standing in for Jon Corzine.
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In 2008, Bill Baroni served as State Chairman of John McCain's presidential campaign in New Jersey.
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Bill Baroni was of counsel at Fornaro Francioso, a Hamilton firm.
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Bill Baroni served as chief counsel to Congressman Bob Franks in his 2000 US Senate race.
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In 2002, when US Senator Robert Torricelli withdrew his candidacy for re-election five weeks before Election Day after the Senate admonished him on ethics charges, Bill Baroni argued for the Republicans in the New Jersey Supreme Court against a last-minute switch of candidates to Frank Lautenberg.
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In 2002, Bill Baroni became an adjunct professor at the Seton Hall University School of Law, where he taught classes on Professional Responsibility, voting rights, legislation, and campaign finance reform.
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Bill Baroni resigned his Senate seat to assume the new post on March 1,2010.
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Bill Baroni secured funding and federal approvals needed to raise the deck of the bridge.
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Bill Baroni served under executive director's Christopher O Ward and Pat Foye.
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On December 12,2013, Christie announced that Bill Baroni had resigned as Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Bill Baroni contested the District Attorney's decision not to release certain documents in the discovery process to mount his defense.
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Bill Baroni appealed to have the remaining charges against him dismissed.
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On November 27,2018, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the majority of the convictions but overturned the determination that Kelly and Bill Baroni had violated the civil rights of travelers and found there is no established civil right to interstate travel giving rise to a criminal conviction.
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The court directed for Kelly and Bill Baroni to be resentenced on the remaining seven counts of the indictment.
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Bill Baroni served on the Foundation Board of both The College of New Jersey and Mercer County Community College.
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Bill Baroni was chairman of the board of trustees of the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra and on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and on the board of trustees for Visitation Home, which builds homes for New Jersey residents with disabilities.
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Bill Baroni is a special advisor to the New Jersey Boys' State Foundation, and is a former delegate at Jersey Boys' State.
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Bill Baroni served on the Mercer County Community College Board of Trustees from 1998 to 2003.
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Bill Baroni was a member of the Hamilton Township Planning Board from 1998 to 2000.