Mr.Mariniello was appointed to the Commission in March 2002 by Assembly Speaker Albio Sires. An attorney, he is a partner in the law firm of Mariniello & Mariniello, P.C., with offices in Fort Lee. Mr. Mariniello has served as counsel to numerous municipal governments, boards of adjustment, planning boards and boards of education throughout northern New Jersey. He has also appeared before a range of state agencies both in New Jersey and in Michigan. Mr. Mariniello graduated from Villanova University in 1991 and earned his law degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1994.