Murphy Names Former RBG Clerk Rachel Wainer Apter To N.J. Supreme Court
N.J. Governor's Office Rachel Wainer Apter speaks from a podium at Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall, Rutgers University-Newark on Monday, March 15, 2021. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate Rachel Wainer Apter to the state Supreme Court, replacing Associate Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, who plans to retire from the high court in August. Wainer Apter, who was once a clerk for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has served as director of the Division of Civil Rights in the Office of Attorney General since Oct. 2018. Prior to that, she served as counsel to state Attorney General ...