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MOVE: Ends speculation on Kelaher successor
JUNE 14: Governor to nominate 5 for judgeships
Corzine nominates Ford as county prosecutor
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/8/07
BY KATHLEEN HOPKINS
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
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TRENTON — Gov. Corzine on Thursday nominated state Superior Court Judge Marlene Lynch Ford to a five-year term as Ocean County prosecutor, ending months of speculation on who would succeed Thomas F. Kelaher in the job.
Corzine said he also filed notices that he will nominate four people for judgeships in Ocean County and one in Monmouth County on June 14, the next date the Senate is expected to have a quorum.
The news of impending nominations to the bench in Ocean County comes as officials, including Assignment Judge Eugene Serpentelli, have been clamoring for appointments to fill five vacancies on the bench that are threatening to backlog the judicial system there.
Those Corzine intends to nominate for judgeships in Ocean County are:
Steven F. Nemeth, 49, of Point Pleasant, an attorney with the Toms River law firm Berry, Sahradnik, Kotzas, Riordan & Benson;
Francis Hodgson Jr., 47, of Surf City, a senior assistant Ocean County prosecutor;
Arnold Goldman of Lakewood, a judge with the state Division of Workers Compensation;
James Den Uyl, 52, a Beach Haven borough commissioner and a certified civil trial attorney with a practice in Lakewood.
Nemeth, Hodgson and Goldman are Republicans, and Den Uyl is a Democrat.
Corzine said he intends to nominate Teresa A. Kondrup-Coyle of Freehold to be a judge in Monmouth County. (Daughter of former Western CHamber of Commerce Exec Dir & Former F.T. Mayor Arthur Kondrup)
Ford, 53, has been a Superior Court judge in Ocean County since 1992 and currently heads the Family Division. A Democrat, she served in the state Assembly from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1992. She served as Jackson's municipal prosecutor from 1983 to 1985.
No confirmation hearings are scheduled yet, but a spokesman for Corzine said the governor's office has everything ready to see that the nominations proceed expeditiously.
"Judge Ford is a talented and well-respected member of the legal community," Corzine said in a prepared statement. "And I know that her intellect, integrity and tenacity will help her protect the residents of Ocean County and meet the highest standards of excellence that they expect and deserve."
Ford graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree from Georgian Court College in 1976 and received her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1979.
She worked for the Jackson law firm Campbell, Sachs & Campbell from 1979 to 1981 and the firm Ford and Berkowitz in Point Pleasant Beach from 1981 to 1986.
Until recently, Kelaher had been holding out hope that he would be reappointed to the job he has held since January 2002. But last week, he said he was certain that Ford would be nominated to succeed him.
Kelaher said Thursday that he met with Ford on Wednesday in anticipation of her nomination.
"I spent an hour bringing her up to date to make sure we effect as smooth a transition as possible," Kelaher said.
Attempts to reach Ford on Thursday were unsuccessful
MOVE: Ends speculation on Kelaher successor
JUNE 14: Governor to nominate 5 for judgeships
Corzine nominates Ford as county prosecutor
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/8/07
BY KATHLEEN HOPKINS
TOMS RIVER BUREAU
Post Comment
TRENTON — Gov. Corzine on Thursday nominated state Superior Court Judge Marlene Lynch Ford to a five-year term as Ocean County prosecutor, ending months of speculation on who would succeed Thomas F. Kelaher in the job.
Corzine said he also filed notices that he will nominate four people for judgeships in Ocean County and one in Monmouth County on June 14, the next date the Senate is expected to have a quorum.
The news of impending nominations to the bench in Ocean County comes as officials, including Assignment Judge Eugene Serpentelli, have been clamoring for appointments to fill five vacancies on the bench that are threatening to backlog the judicial system there.
Those Corzine intends to nominate for judgeships in Ocean County are:
Steven F. Nemeth, 49, of Point Pleasant, an attorney with the Toms River law firm Berry, Sahradnik, Kotzas, Riordan & Benson;
Francis Hodgson Jr., 47, of Surf City, a senior assistant Ocean County prosecutor;
Arnold Goldman of Lakewood, a judge with the state Division of Workers Compensation;
James Den Uyl, 52, a Beach Haven borough commissioner and a certified civil trial attorney with a practice in Lakewood.
Nemeth, Hodgson and Goldman are Republicans, and Den Uyl is a Democrat.
Corzine said he intends to nominate Teresa A. Kondrup-Coyle of Freehold to be a judge in Monmouth County. (Daughter of former Western CHamber of Commerce Exec Dir & Former F.T. Mayor Arthur Kondrup)
Ford, 53, has been a Superior Court judge in Ocean County since 1992 and currently heads the Family Division. A Democrat, she served in the state Assembly from 1984 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1992. She served as Jackson's municipal prosecutor from 1983 to 1985.
No confirmation hearings are scheduled yet, but a spokesman for Corzine said the governor's office has everything ready to see that the nominations proceed expeditiously.
"Judge Ford is a talented and well-respected member of the legal community," Corzine said in a prepared statement. "And I know that her intellect, integrity and tenacity will help her protect the residents of Ocean County and meet the highest standards of excellence that they expect and deserve."
Ford graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree from Georgian Court College in 1976 and received her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1979.
She worked for the Jackson law firm Campbell, Sachs & Campbell from 1979 to 1981 and the firm Ford and Berkowitz in Point Pleasant Beach from 1981 to 1986.
Until recently, Kelaher had been holding out hope that he would be reappointed to the job he has held since January 2002. But last week, he said he was certain that Ford would be nominated to succeed him.
Kelaher said Thursday that he met with Ford on Wednesday in anticipation of her nomination.
"I spent an hour bringing her up to date to make sure we effect as smooth a transition as possible," Kelaher said.
Attempts to reach Ford on Thursday were unsuccessful