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# Louis Charles Shapiro

New Jersey Superior Court, Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem Vicinage · Family Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Jersey Superior Court, Cumberland/Gloucester/Salem 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

- As of May 1, 2025, Judge Louis Charles Shapiro has been reassigned to the Family Division of the Superior Court in Gloucester County (Vicinage 15), according to the New Jersey Courts official order.
- Judge Shapiro’s office is part of Vicinage XV, which covers Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties

### Education



### Additional information

- Court staff, including law clerks and secretaries, support his judicial duties.
- Active Superior Court judge in New Jersey, currently serving in the Family Division in Gloucester County.
- His judicial career includes handling family law cases, and he has been involved in high-profile legal proceedings that have drawn attention to judicial conduct and procedural matters.
- Judge Shapiro has been involved in legal proceedings where he was named in a petition for a writ of certiorari filed with the United States Supreme Court.



## 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.