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# Craig L. General Equity Presiding Judges Wellerson

New Jersey Superior Court, Ocean Vicinage · Presiding Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Ocean Vicinage
- State: New Jersey
- Role: Presiding 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

- Supreme Court of New Jersey, Order – Superior Court Judge Craig L. Wellerson Assigned and Designated as Ocean General Equity Presiding Judge, Effective April 1, 2025
- The Supreme Court of New Jersey issued an order dated January 31, 2025, stating that Judge Wellerson’s role as Presiding Judge for the General Equity Division in Ocean Vicinage began April 1, 2025, and will continue “until further order”
- As of April 1, 2025, Superior Court Judge Craig L. Wellerson is assigned as the Presiding Judge for the General Equity Division of the Superior Court for Ocean Vicinage (Vicinage 14) in New Jersey
- Ocean County service: held the role of Presiding Judge of the Civil Division in Ocean County (2004–2008) before official transfer to Ocean County on January 14, 2008
- Pre-judicial career: Partner at Dasti, Murphy, Wellerson & McGuckin (1984–2001)
- Assistant Prosecutor for Ocean County (1983–1984); legal counsel for multiple municipal and planning boards

### Education



### Additional information

- , Judge Craig L. Wellerson – Professional Background & Legal Expertise
- As Presiding Judge for the General Equity Division in Ocean Vicinage, Judge Wellerson oversees civil cases involving property, contracts, and other equitable matters within the Ocean County Superior Court jurisdiction



## 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.