TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey senate committee has unanimously approved the nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis to serve on the state Supreme Court. She would be the first black woman to hold the post, if confirmed.
The Judiciary Committee voted 11-0 on Monday to move Pierre-Louis’ nomination to the full senate, which is scheduled to vote on Thursday.
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy nominated Pierre-Louis for the post in June. She would succeed Walter Timpone, who reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in November.
The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Pierre-Louis was the first person to go to law school in her family. She is a partner at Montgomery McCracken in Cherry Hill, where she is in the white collar and government investigations practice.
Before that, she served for nearly a decade as an assistant United States Attorney in New Jersey. As part of that role, she was the attorney-in-charge of the Camden branch office.
Republican Gov. Chris Christie nominated Timpone in 2016 to the state’s highest court.
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