Sceusi acknowledged that, if confirmed, he would have to step aside from his private legal work. However, he withdrew prior to the Republican convention vote electing DeCroce's widow, BettyLou DeCroce, to the Assembly. Judges earn $165,000 annually and hear cases involving criminal, civil and family law.įollowing the death of Assemblyman Alex DeCroce in January, Sceusi declared his candidacy in District 26. There are approximately 360 Superior Court trial judges in New Jersey, according to the state court system. The Superior Courts in Morris and Sussex belong to the same judicial district, or vicinage. Sweeney, a Democrat from Gloucester County. The governor sent a one-sentence letter nominating Sceusi to Senate President Stephen M. District Attorney's Office and once successfully prosecuted a judge.Ĭhristie's office announced seven nominees for Superior Court judgeships on Monday. 'I think it would be a great highlight to my legal career,' said Sceusi, who began his career with eight years in the Erie County, N.Y. Sceusi said he will remain on the job as Rockaway Township mayor, pending his confirmation. 'I would very much like to do this,' added Sceusi, a Republican who was re-elected last fall and has been Rockaway Township's mayor since 2002. 'I'm obviously thrilled and delighted and honored,' Sceusi, 59, a 26-year Rockaway Township resident, told the New Jersey Herald after his nomination was announced.

If confirmed by the state Senate, Sceusi - a 1976 graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law who worked as a prosecutor in New York and currently heads a public relations firm - would replace retired Judge Theodore B. Chris Christie to be a Superior Court judge in the district covering Sussex and Morris counties.

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