Virginia Long
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Virginia Long is a justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Justice Long was appointed by Republican Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
Legal Background
Justice Long was born on March 1, 1942 and attended parochial schools in Elizabeth. She graduated from Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross in 1963, where she was a dean's list student, and Rutgers Law School in 1966, where she was captain of the Appellate Moot Court team and winner of the competition prizes for Best Oralist and Best Brief.
Legal Career
Justice Long was nominated to the Supreme Court by Governor Christine Todd Whitman on June 17, 1999. Her appointment was confirmed by the Senate on June 21, 1999 and she was sworn in as an Associate Justice on September 1, 1999, by then-Justice Marie L. Garibaldi. Justice Long was confirmed by the Senate for a second term and tenure on June 19, 2006. At the time of her nomination, she was serving as a presiding judge of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. A member of the bar for more than 30 years, Justice Long has served as a Deputy Attorney General; a litigation associate at Pitney, Hardin, Kipp and Szuch; Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Commissioner of the former New Jersey Department of Banking. In 1978, Governor Brendan T. Byrne appointed her to the Superior Court, where she presided over civil, criminal and family law cases. From 1983 to 1984, she was the General Equity judge for the Mercer, Somerset and Hunterdon vicinage. In 1984, then-Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz elevated her to the Appellate Division. During her tenure there, she penned more than 2,000 opinions. She became a presiding judge in 1995. She has also chaired and served as a member of numerous Supreme Court committees including Extra-judicial Activities and Judicial Performance.
