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# Jaynee LaVecchia

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of New Jersey
- State: New Jersey
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2000-present
- Retired American judge who held the role of Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from February 1, 2000, until her retirement on December 31, 2021
- 1989–1994: Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge for the NJ Office of Administrative Law

### Education

- Rutgers School of Law–Newark in — J.D. (1979)
- Douglass College — B.A.
- Rutgers University-Camden — J.D.

### Additional information

- Reappointed with tenure by Governor Jon Corzine in 2006 and served until her voluntary retirement in 2021, though she had been eligible to serve until 2024
- Nominated by Governor Christine Todd Whitman on January 6, 2000, confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on January 10, 2000, and sworn in on February 1, 2000, replacing Marie L. Garibaldi.
- Practitioner, 1999-1999
- Born October 9, 1954, in Paterson, New Jersey.
- Date of birth: 1954-10-09
- She also practiced law privately and was a Fellow of the American Bar Association
- She is also an elected member of the American Law Institute
- She is a member of the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni and has received multiple awards, including the New Jersey State Bar Foundation Medal of Honor, the New Jersey Women of Achievement Award, and the Rutgers Law School Distinguished Alumni Award.
- Birth place: Paterson

## 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.courtlistener.com/person/5112/jaynee-lavecchia/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5112/jaynee-lavecchia/)
- [Supreme Court of New Jersey current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5112/jaynee-lavecchia/)
- [New Jersey Courts](https://www.njcourts.gov/sites/default/files/notices/2024/07/n240723a.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5112/jaynee-lavecchia/)
- [Jaynee LaVecchia - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Jaynee_LaVecchia)
- [Jaynee LaVecchia - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaynee_LaVecchia)
- [Wikidata: Jaynee LaVecchia](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6167927)

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