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# Laurence Bravman

New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex Vicinage · Family Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Middlesex 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.

## 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

- Laurence J. Bravman is a Superior Court Judge in New Jersey, assigned to the Civil Division in Middlesex County (Vicinage 8) as of December 19, 2022
- He held the role of a law clerk to the Honorable Paul G. Levy in the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Chancery Division (1991–1992)

### Education

- New England School of Law in — J.D. (1991)
- Emory University in — B.A. (1988)

### Additional information

- On December 19, 2022, the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued an order assigning him to the Superior Court, Civil Division, Middlesex County (Vicinage 8)
- Before becoming a judge, Bravman worked at Nagel Rice & Dreifuss and was admitted to the New Jersey and U.S. bars in 1991.
- Laurence J. Bravman was born March 15, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York.
- As of his assignment, Judge Bravman presides over civil cases in the Middlesex County Civil Division
- handling matters within Vicinage 8.
- He is also a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the American Bar Association
- Bravman was nominated for a Superior Court judgeship and, after unanimous approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee, was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate.



## 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.