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# Lori Ellen Grifa

New Jersey Superior Court, Essex Vicinage · Criminal Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Essex Vicinage
- State: New Jersey
- Role: Criminal 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

- Lori Grifa is a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, assigned to the Criminal Division of the Essex County vicinage, appointed by Governor Phil Murphy in 2022 and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate
- Law clerk to Judge Elbert Tuttle, Massachusetts Superior Court
- Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs under Governor Chris Christie

### Education


### Additional information

- Nominated on December 13, 2021 and confirmed on January 10, 2022.
- overseeing housing, community development, and local government services
- Grifa has served on the Committee for Women and the Courts, the State Domestic Violence Working Group, and the District 5A Attorney Ethics Committee



## 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.