Lee A. Solomon (born August 17, 1954) is an associate justice of the

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. He was nominated by Governor

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to serve on May 21, 2014 and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate and sworn in on June 19, 2014.

Biography

Solomon was born in

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in 1954 and graduated from Central High School. He is a 1975 graduate of

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where he became a member of

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fraternity and graduated in 1978 from

Widener University School of Law Widener University Delaware Law School (Delaware Law School and formerly Widener University School of Law) is a private law school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is one of two separate ABA-accredited law schools of Widener University. Widener Un ...

. Before his Supreme Court tenure, he had been an elected

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politician serving as councilman from the borough of Haddon Heights, a Camden County Freeholder, and a member of the

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from the 6th Legislative District from 1992 until 1996. In 1992, he was an unsuccessful candidate for

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running against

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in the 1st congressional district. He has also served as Camden County prosecutor and as a Deputy

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for the New Jersey District during the time Christie was the U.S. Attorney for the district. In 2006, Solomon was appointed by Governor Richard Codey to be a judge in the Superior Court from Camden County, first in the Family Division, later the Criminal Division. He had been president of the

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(BPU) from February 23, 2010 until December 2011. At the end of his BPU term, he rejoined the Superior Court in the Civil Division and later an assignment judge. Solomon was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2014 by Christie as a part of a deal with Senate Democrats to fill two vacant seats on the court. He was confirmed by the Senate in a 36 to 2 vote. On April 26, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy nominated Solomon for tenure in 2021, and the Senate confirmed him for tenure on June 3, 2021 by a vote of 37-0. Solomon's mandatory retirement date is August 17, 2024. Solomon and his wife Dianne live in

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. His wife has been a member of the BPU since June 2013 and had served as president of the board in 2014.

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