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Zulima
V. Farber
Attorney General
2006 (January-August) |
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Zulima V. Farber was sworn in as New Jersey
Attorney General on January 30, 2006. As the
State’s first Hispanic Attorney General,
Farber brought to the position more than 30
years of experience as a trial and appellate
lawyer in both state and federal courts, as
well as an extensive background in government
administration. |
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When
Governor Jon S. Corzine nominated her to become
Attorney General, she was a senior partner
at the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler, which
she joined in 1981. At Lowenstein Sandler,
her practice concentrated on commercial litigation,
administrative law, health care litigation,
employment law and attorney ethics. |
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Her
previous experience in state government included
serving as Public Defender and Public Advocate
from 1992 to 1994 in the cabinet of Governor
James J. Florio. She also served as Assistant
Counsel to Governor Brendan T. Byrne from
1978 to 1981. |
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From
1975 to 1978 she was an assistant prosecutor
in Bergen County, dealing with all manner
of criminal prosecutions and serving as Chief
of the prosecutor’s Grand Jury Section
and Assistant Chief of the Trial Section. |
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Farber
was a member, and chairperson, of the New
Jersey State Advisory Committee to the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights. She also served
on the New Jersey Commission to Review Criminal
Sentencing. During the gubernatorial transition,
she served as co-chair of Governor Corzine’s
Ethics Advisory Group, a bipartisan group
principally charged with implementing the
Governor’s ethics agenda. |
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She
has served on a number of New Jersey Supreme
Court Advisory Committees, including the Advisory
Committee on Professional Ethics, the Committee
on Criminal Rules and the Committee on Evidence
Rules. |
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In
1971, Ms. Farber was admitted to Rutgers Law
School-Newark, where she became a founding
member of the Association of Latin American
Law Students and also served as the Association’s
vice president. She received her JD from Rutgers
in 1974. Ms. Farber received her undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Montclair State
University. She also studied at the University
of Madrid, Spain. Attorney General Farber
was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1974
and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1983. |
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Ms. Farber resigned as New Jersey Attorney
General on August 31, 2006.
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