Peter N. Perretti, Jr.

Peter N. Perretti, Jr.

Peter N. Perretti, Jr. (October 4, 1931, Passaic County, New Jersey) was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1989 – 1990.

Perretti graduated from Colgate University in 1953 and received his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1956. He clerked for retired Superior Court Judge Alexander P. Waugh.

He served as Assistant Prosecutor in Essex County from 1958 until 1960. He was a partner in the firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, and Perretti in Newark, joining the firm as an associate in 1960 and becoming a partner in 1963.

Perretti was sworn in as Attorney General of New Jersey on February 14, 1989, replacing W. Cary Edwards, who resigned. As Attorney General, he led in the prosecution of New Jersey beach polluters, in the development of legislation to restrict automatic weapons, in improving oversight of the financing of Atlantic City casinos, and in combating organized crime.

References

* [http://nj.gov/oag/oag/ag_1989-1990_perretti_bio.htm Official bio] , Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2008.


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