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TRENTON,
N.J. – Attorney General Stuart Rabner
today named Assistant Attorney General Michael
A. Shipp to a new position as Counsel to
the Attorney General. Shipp, 41, will serve
as a top advisor to Rabner on a variety
of legal issues and continue to serve as
the primary liaison between the attorney
general and division directors in the Department
of Law and Public Safety.
“This
new position reflects the broad responsibilities
that Mike has assumed since joining the
office of the attorney general,’’
Rabner said. “I have benefited tremendously
from Mike’s wise advice and counsel
and I believe the department is better run
because of his efforts.’’
“I
am honored and humbled by the trust the
Attorney General has placed in me to help
him lead the department,’’ Shipp
said.
Shipp
joined the Department of Law and Public
Safety in September 2003 as an assistant
attorney general in charge of consumer protection.
He managed a group of 80 deputy attorneys
general handling consumer fraud, professional
boards, and securities fraud prosecution.
He
joined the Office of the Attorney General
last spring to serve as the key liaison
between the attorney general and directors
of the various divisions that are part of
the department, including Consumer Affairs,
Civil Rights, Gaming Enforcement, Alcoholic
Beverage Control, Highway Traffic Safety,
the Racing Commission, and the Juvenile
Justice Commission.
Shipp
has been an adjunct professor at Seton Hall
University Law School’s Summer Institute
for Pre-Legal Studies. He clerked for New
Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice James
Coleman Jr. from September 1994 to August
1995 and was an associate at Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom for eight years.
He
was graduated from Rutgers University in
1987 and received his law degree from Seton
Hall University’s School of Law in
1994. Shipp lives in Princeton with his
wife Michele and their three sons, Miles,
Marcus and Mason.
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