From the Continental Congress to Trenton – New Jersey Lawyers and Events that Shaped the American Revolution
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Areas of Law: For All Attorneys
Keynote
Moderator
Presenters
- Hon. Stuart A. Minkowitz, A.J.S.C.
- Superior Court of New Jersey
- Hon. Gregg A. Padovano, J.S.C.
- Bergen County Superior Courtwas sworn in as a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court in February 2015 and sits in Hackensack, New Jersey. He initially served in the Family Division and has served in the Civil Division in Bergen since 2015. He has been assigned to handle civil trials, actions in lieu of prerogative writs and Mt. Laurel/affordable housing matters.
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nPrior to his appointment to the Superior Court, Judge Padovano worked at the law firm Beattie Padovano, LLC in Montvale, New Jersey, where he concentrated his practice in land use, real property tax, municipal law and insurance defense litigation. He served as a Municipal Court Judge for the Township of South Hackensack and was a Municipal Court Prosecutor for the Borough of Moonachie. He represented land use boards for several municipalities, including Leonia, Oradell, Maywood and Weehawken, and also served as Mayor of the Borough of Maywood immediately prior to his appointment to the bench.
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nJudge Padovano received his B.A. from Gettysburg College and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.
n(9/23) - Peter McAleer
- Director of Communications and Community Relations, Administrative Office of the Courts
Presented in cooperation with the New Jersey Judiciary
When you think of the Revolutionary War, you don’t often think of these historical figures. Yet, they played an instrumental role in American Independence and left a lasting effect on New Jersey, our jurisprudence, and our country.
Join Peter McAleer, the Director of Communications and Community Relations for the Administrative Office of the Courts, and a panel of esteemed judges as they take you back in time at a look at some New Jersey lawyers who shaped the new United States. The program will begin with some fascinating videos that recount the lives and adventures of individual New Jersey founding fathers. Then, the panel will discuss their accomplishments and their lasting impact while highlighting other key events connected to the court system, from the court martial of Benedict Arnold in Morristown to battles that started in front of New Jersey courthouses.
Here are some of the key figures the panel will discuss:
- Richard Stockton was one of the most eloquent and well-regarded legal minds of the Colonial Era. An attorney who operated his own law practice in Princeton, he later became the first New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence – and the only one of the 56 signers to be jailed for his actions.
- William Paterson was a lawyer and jurist who went on to become a U.S. Senator and Governor of New Jersey. He played a significant role in drafting the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the structure of the U.S. federal court system. As governor, Paterson published a revision of the rules of the chancery and common law courts, later adopted by the New Jersey Legislature.
- David Brearly was a New Jersey lawyer who fought in the Revolutionary War and helped draft the New Jersey Constitution. As Chief Judge of the New Jersey Supreme Court, he presided over the precedent-setting case of Holmes v. Walton. His decision, rendered in 1780, represented an early expression of the principle of judicial review.