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# Christopher Edwards

New Jersey Superior Court, Mercer Vicinage · Criminal Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Mercer Vicinage
- State: New Jersey
- Role: Criminal Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media access and electronic devices

Scope: statewide

New Jersey statewide Supreme Court guidelines govern media access and electronic devices in courtrooms; recording, photography, broadcasting, and transmission require compliance with the published approval process and courtroom restrictions.

Evidence excerpt: Transmission, broadcasting, recording and/or photographing is prohibited at any proceeding closed by court order, statute, or Rule of Court.

[New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.njcourts.gov/public/directories/judges/all)
- [Official roster](https://www.njcourts.gov/public/directories/judges/all)
- [New Jersey Courts official judicial roster](https://www.njcourts.gov/public/directories/judges/all)
- [New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge Christopher A. Edwards was sworn in on January 9, 2023, as a Superior Court Judge in Vicinage 13, which covers Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren counties in New Jersey
- Earlier, he was a Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Section Chief in the Division of Law’s Transportation, Construction, and Condemnation Section

### Education

- BA, summa cum laude, from Pace University in 1995 and his JD from Harvard Law School in 1998.

### Additional information

- Also registered as an attorney in New York State since 2003
- 412 (2015), a case of first impression before the New Jersey Supreme Court regarding the statute of repose on multi-phased construction projects.
- Perini, 221 N.J.
- Based at 20 N Bridge St, Somerville, NJ 08876, and can be reached at (908) 332-7700.
- representing the New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit in litigation and regulatory matters.
- handling civil, criminal, and administrative cases
- overseeing juvenile cases, domestic violence matters, contempt proceedings, weapons forfeiture, and dissolution calendars.
- Previously, he served in the Criminal Division, including as the Recovery Court Judge for Somerset and Hunterdon counties
- He has been recognized with Pace University’s Martin Luther King Jr.
- He has managed large teams of attorneys, advised state agencies on litigation, procurement, and contractual matters, and contributed to statewide legal policy and strategy
- Before his judicial appointment, Edwards held the position of Executive Assistant Attorney General (EAAG), the third-ranking role in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office.
- He also held the role of Counsel and Senior Counsel to Attorneys General Gurbir S. Grewal and Matthew J. Platkin.
- He also worked in private practice in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, and Boston
- During his legal career, Edwards successfully briefed and argued State v.
- He currently presides in the Somerset Family Division
- Award for Excellence in Social Justice and serves on the university’s Board of Trustees, chairing the Student Affairs Committee.
- He has also been involved in faculty programs for deposition and trial training in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Jersey Courts](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-c9ef48d54ca091cafd206659) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.