Stuart Rabner served as New Jersey Attorney General, chief counsel to Governor Jon Corzine, and as a federal prosecutor at the US Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey.
15 Facts About Stuart Rabner
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Stuart Rabner was married in 1989 to Dr Deborah Ann Wiener, and has three children: Erica, Carly, and Jack.
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On June 4,2007, Governor Corzine nominated Rabner to be Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, replacing James R Zazzali, who was nearing the mandatory retirement age.
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Shortly after the nomination, two members of the New Jersey Senate from Essex County, where Stuart Rabner resides, blocked consideration of his confirmation by invoking "senatorial courtesy", a Senate tradition that allows home county legislators to intercede to prevent consideration of a nominee from the counties they represent.
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Stuart Rabner was sworn in as chief justice on June 29,2007, with acting Chief Justice Virginia Long administering the oath of office.
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Stuart Rabner served as Attorney General of New Jersey in the cabinet of Governor Jon Corzine.
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Stuart Rabner took office as attorney general on September 26,2006.
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Stuart Rabner was nominated by Governor Corzine on August 24,2006, to replace former Attorney General Zulima Farber who resigned and left office on August 31,2006.
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Stuart Rabner was chief of the office's criminal division and supervised 100 attorneys and staff, when he was named chief counsel to Governor Corzine in January 2006.
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Stuart Rabner was viewed as a surprise choice for the chief counsel position, as it traditionally goes to individuals with strong political connections and not to career prosecutors.
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Chief Justice Stuart Rabner authored significant decisions regarding, among other issues, eyewitness identification, the right to privacy, marriage equality, juvenile justice, government transparency, the separation of church and state, fairness in jury selection, and protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
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In 2011, Chief Justice Rabner authored a landmark decision on eyewitness identification evidence in State v Henderson.
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In 2013, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner broke new legal ground in a decision about the right to privacy in the location of one's cell phone.
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Chief Justice Stuart Rabner authored a unanimous decision in 2013 denying the state's application for a stay of a trial court order permitting same-sex couples to marry.
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In 2017, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner authored a significant ruling in the area of juvenile justice.