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TRENTON
– Acting Attorney General Paula T. Dow
swore in Carolyn Murray as Counsel to the
Attorney General on Wednesday at the Hughes
Justice Complex.
Murray
was First Assistant Prosecutor in the Essex
County Prosecutor’s Office. Gov. Chris
Christie named Murray to the position of Counsel
to the Attorney General on Dec. 15, when he
announced the appointment of Dow as the new
Attorney General.
“Carolyn
Murray is a smart and tough prosecutor who
has more than 20 years experience trying and
supervising violent crime cases,” said
Acting Attorney General Dow. “I got
to know Carolyn when we were both working
in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and convinced
her to return to the Essex County Prosecutor’s
Office when I became prosecutor. She was invaluable
there, and I am pleased that I will be able
to continue to rely on her good counsel.”
“It
is a great honor to have been named to this
position by Governor Christie and to have
the opportunity to serve once again with General
Dow,” said Murray. “I will do
everything in my power to assist her as we
work to protect the people of New Jersey and
their best interests.”
Murray
received her undergraduate degree in 1984
from Georgetown University, and her law degree
in 1987 from the New York University School
of Law. She joined the law firm of Tompkins,
McGuire & Wachenfeld in Newark after graduation,
and in 1988, she became an Assistant Prosecutor
in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
During the next seven years in Essex County,
Murray tried criminal cases in the Superior
Court of New Jersey, including homicide, sexual
assault, child abuse, domestic violence and
aggravated assault cases. In 1995, she joined
the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District
of New Jersey, where she continued to try
criminal cases, conducted narcotics wiretap
investigations, coordinated multi-agency enforcement
initiatives, and served as Violent Crime Coordinator.
In 2002, she was named Chief of the Public
Prosecution Unit.
Murray
returned to the Essex County Prosecutor’s
Office in 2003 to serve as First Assistant
Prosecutor.
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