Eduardo M. Rivas at a glance
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- Family Judge
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Eduardo M. Rivas
Family Judge · New Jersey Superior Court, Camden Vicinage
Biography
Professional career
- M. Eduardo Rivas is a Superior Court of New Jersey judge assigned to the Family Division in Camden County, appointed by gubernatorial selection and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate in late 2024
- Before becoming a judge, Judge Rivas served as a Public Defender in the Camden County Superior Court for over 23 years
Education
Additional information
- Appointed by: Governor Phil Murphy, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on October 28, 2024
- After retiring from that role in 2021, he worked at , LLC, a boutique criminal defense firm in Burlington County
- His initial assignment order, effective upon taking the judicial oath, places him in the Family Division, Camden County (Vicinage 4)
- Colleagues and colleagues at have described him as possessing “honor, integrity and character” and as “a brilliant legal mind with an innate sense of justice
- The Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden Vicinage is a general‐jurisdiction trial court handling most civil and criminal cases in Camden County
- As a Family Division judge, Rivas presides over matters such as custody, support, and other family law cases within his assigned vicinage
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