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# Gary Potters

New Jersey Superior Court, Hudson Vicinage · Family Judge

## Profile

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

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Nonpartisan judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Vicinage 6 (Hudson County), serving since 2022 until 2029
- Current Role: Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Vicinage 6 (Hudson County)
- Law-firm partner with Potters & Della Pietra LLP
- Law Clerk to Hon. Seymour Margulies

### Education

- University of Bridgeport School of Law (now Quinnipiac University School of Law) — J.D. (1987)

### Additional information

- (Hudson County), a role he has held since 2022, with a term ending in 2029
- Appointment: Nominated by Governor Phil Murphy on February 28, 2022, and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on May 26, 2022.
- Bar Admissions: New Jersey State Bar, U.S. District Court (District of New Jersey), U.S. Court of Appeals (Third Circuit), and Supreme Court of the United States (2016).
- New Jersey State Bar Association: Trustee (2009–2015), served on multiple committees among them Nominating, Finance & Operations, Amicus, and Bylaws.
- Legal counsel for Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel (2005–2011).
- Essex County Bar Association: Trustee (2007–2009), Co-Chair of Civil Practice Committee (2005–2010).
- handling commercial, business, banking, insurance, toxic torts (including asbestos), construction defect, and municipal litigation
- Official NJ Courts directory and KnowJudges list confirm his current assignment and jurisdiction.
- Biography of Judge Gary Potters
- National Coordinating Counsel
- Former President of Maplewood Country Club.
- Active in legal education and mediation, among them seminars on lead liability litigation.
- Judge Potters has extensive litigation experience, including high-profile toxic tort and commercial cases, and has served in leadership roles in bar associations and legal organizations
- for multiple entities addressing asbestos exposure litigation
- Hudson County Bar Association: Member of General Equity Best Practices Committee.
- Other Roles: Director of the Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- New Jersey State, Essex, and Hudson County Bar Associations

## 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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## 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.