Mary Catherine Cuff (born August 28, 1947) is a former acting justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court) who served between 2012 and 2016.[1][2][3]
Cuff was born in Newark, New Jersey. She graduated from Rosemont College in 1969 and received her law degree from Rutgers School of Law – Newark in 1973. She was an associate at Waters, McPherson, McNeill in Secaucus from 1986 to 1988.[4]
Cuff was a deputy attorney general and special assistant to the state treasurer from 1974 to 1978. She was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1978 to 1985.
A resident of Brielle, New Jersey, Cuff served on the New Jersey Superior Court sitting in Freehold, the county seat of Monmouth County from 1988 to 1994, including the Appellate Division.[5][6] Cuff was assigned to the New Jersey Supreme Court by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner in 2012 during a period of conflict between the Christie administration and the New Jersey Senate about the composition of the court and served until 2016 when Walter F. Timpone was confirmed.[7][8]
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- ^ "Mary Cuff - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Christie, Sweeney deal on NJ Supreme Court leaves one lasting vacancy". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "A new title for temporary Supreme Court members: The Auditor". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Judicial Profile: Judge Mary Catherine Cuff". Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Monmouth County judge elevated", Asbury Park Press, July 20, 1994. Accessed January 20, 2018. "Mary Catherine Cuff, the presiding judge of the family division of Superior Court in Monmouth County, is being promoted, Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz announced yesterday.... Cuff, 46, of Brielle, is one of four judges being elevated to fill two new slots and two vacancies created by retirements in the Appellate Division of Superior Court."
- ^ New Jersey Judiciary Judges' Biographies May 2, 2016 Archived May 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stile, Charles. "Stile: State Supreme Court announcement comes wrapped in a white flag". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Christie, Sweeney Strike Deal to Name Democrat to Open Supreme Court Seat". Retrieved 12 April 2016.