View Comments Morristown's loss may be Morris County's gain with the anticipated move of the town's law director, Vijayant Pawar, to the New Jersey Superior Court. He was among five attorneys with Morris County ties nominated by Gov. Phil Murphy to fill a backlog of vacancies in the Morris-Sussex vicinage. "The judiciary has warned of a historic shortage of judges at a time when there is a massive backlog of cases due to the pandemic, including complex matters that will take time and expertise to resolve," said state Sen. Anthony Bucco, R-Boonton. . The others are Claudia Jones of Morristown and the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender; Montville attorney Patricia O'Dowd, an assistant section chief in the New Jersey Division of Law and Public Safety; Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Romankow; and Mendham attorney Marcy McMann, a former Morris County assistant prosecutor.