Board of Trustees Reports
Board of Trustee meeting summaries, reports and comments prepared by the Association and its entities, as well as Resolutions approved by the Board of Trustees, are available in this section.
Board of Trustees Report, Sept. 20, 2024
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Sept. 20, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes New Trustee: NJSBA President William H. Mergner Jr. swore in Robin C. Bogan as the new Morris County trustee on the Board. Bogan is an experienced family law attorney and...
Board of Trustees Report, July 17, 2024
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report July 17, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Comments on FM Case Management Order: The Board agreed to submit comments on the Judiciary’s proposal to remove the FM Case Management Order as an appendix to the Court Rules....
Board of Trustees Report, June 14, 2024
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report June 14, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Fiscal year budget: The Board adopted a $10.7 million fiscal year budget for 2024-2025 that allows the Association to provide meaningful membership experiences, top-notch CLE...
Board of Trustees Report, May 15, 2024
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report May 15, 2024 Note: This does not constitute official minutes AI Task Force Report: The trustees approved a report from the NJSBA Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and the Law outlining AI’s impact on the legal profession. The 36-page...
Board of Trustees Report, March 24, 2024
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees Report of March 2024 NOTE: This does not constitute official minutes. Government affairs: The trustees voted on several pending bills. The trustees supported S2437 (Pou), which would direct the state Office of...
Board of Trustees Report, December 15, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report December 15, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Honoring Jeremy Farrell: The Board agreed to posthumously recognize Jeremy Farrell, 44, with a Distinguished Legislative Service Award for his contributions as a former...
Board of Trustees Report, November 17, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report November 17, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Ethics budget: The Board voted to send the Judiciary a letter on a proposed rate hike of $27 in the annual attorney assessment to fund the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE)....
Board of Trustees Report, October 13, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report October 13, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Amicus cases: On a recommendation from the NJSBA’s Right to Counsel Implementation Committee, the Board voted to seek participation as an amicus party in two cases pending...
Board of Trustees Report, September 14, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report September 14, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes AI Task Force: The Board approved the creation of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Industry. The task force’s primary focus is to review the...
Board of Trustees Report, July 20, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report July 20, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Future of Legal Profession Task Force Report: The Board adopted the final report of the Future of Legal Profession Task Force that reaffirmed the Association’s steadfast...
Board of Trustees Report, June 15, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report June 15, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes NJSBA Budget: The Board approved the fiscal year budget for 2023-2024 that allows the Association to continue providing meaningful membership experiences to better serve...
Board of Trustees Report, May 18, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report May 18, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes New Trustees: The Board recognized a slate a of new trustees – Jose A. Calves, Camden County Trustee; Brandon DeJesus, Ocean County Trustee; Philip W. Lamparello, Union...
Board of Trustees Report, April 21, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report April 21, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Mental health diversion committee: On a recommendation from NJSBA President-Elect Timothy F. McGoughran, the Board established an ad hoc committee to create uniformity in...
Board of Trustees Report, February 10, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report February 10, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes New trustee: The Board appointed Brett Yore to fill the Cape May Trustee vacancy on the Association’s governing body. Yore, an assistant prosecutor in...
Board of Trustees Report, January 12, 2023
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report January 12, 2023 Note: This does not constitute official minutes Madden: The Board adopted a resolution that urges the Judiciary to abolish the Madden assignment system and calls on the Legislature to allocate necessary...
Board of Trustee Report December 9, 2022
Amicus action: In the latest development in State v. Olenowski, the NJSBA Board of Trustees voted to recommend that the state Supreme Court adopt the Daubert standard in determining whether to permit trial courts at assess the reliability of...
Board of Trustees Report, November 18, 2022
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Nov. 18, 2022 Court report comments: The New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) has submitted comments on three rule changes proposed by the Judiciary. The NJSBA supported clarifications in the state’s...
Board of Trustees Report October 14, 2022
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report Oct. 14, 2022 Attorney fees in retainer agreements: The New Jersey State Board Association’s Board of Trustees advanced advocacy on attorney retainer agreements. The trustees agreed to submit additional...
Board of Trustees Report, September, 2022
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report September 2022 Under-represented groups: The NJSBA bylaws require that every September, the Board of Trustees designate underrepresented groups eligible for eight at-large seats on the Board and other positions in the...
Board of Trustees Report July 29, 2022
NJSBA Board of Trustees Report of July 29, 2022 Pathway for reinstatement: The trustees voted to support the concept of a potential path for attorneys to be reinstated following disbarment, pending the development of policies and rules on the issue....
Board of Trustees Report June 16, 2022
Report of the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees June 16, 2022 New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick NOTE: This does not constitute official minutes Recommendations to the Committee of the Judicial Conference on Jury Selection: The trustees approved...
Board of Trustees Report, May 18, 2022
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees Report May 18, 2022 Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Note: This summary does not constitute official minutes Putting Lawyers First Task Force: NJSBA 2022-2023 President Jeralyn L. Lawrence shared plans to...
Board of Trustees Report April 8, 2022
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees Report April 8, 2022 Note: This is a summary of the recent Board of Trustees meeting. The report does not constitute official minutes. COREL: Two years after the murder of George Floyd and the creation of the NJSBA...
Board of Trustees Report March 11, 2022
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees Report March 11, 2022 Note: This report does not constitute official minutes. Russia-Ukraine War: President Domenick Carmagnola started the meeting with a moment of silence in honor of the people of...
Board of Trustees Report February 4, 2022
New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Trustees Report Feb. 4, 2022 Note: This report does not constitute official minutes. Judicial vacancies: Judicial vacancy issues are of critical concern to the NJSBA and Association President Domenick Carmagnola...