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# Stephen Sullivan Jr.

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

- the order dated July 2, 2025, assigns Judge Sullivan to the Superior Court, Family Division, Middlesex County (Vicinage 8) until further order.
- He also previously worked at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., and earlier at Attorney Wasserman & Cooke
- Before joining the bench, Judge Sullivan was a former partner at Keefe Law Firm and its predecessor firms, where he practiced for 25 years.

### Education



### Additional information

- The appointment followed his confirmation by the New Jersey State Senate and his swearing‐in as a judge
- Judge Stephen T. Sullivan Jr. is a newly appointed Superior Court Judge in the Family Division of Middlesex County, New Jersey, officially assigned to Vicinage 8 effective upon taking the judicial oath



## 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.