- Alan B. Handler
Alan B. Handler (born
July 20 ,1931 ) served as aNew Jersey Supreme Court Justice from 1977 until 1999.Handler was born in
Newark, New Jersey in 1931. He attendedNewark Academy and thenPrinceton University , graduating with a B.A. degree from theWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1953. After receiving an LL.B. degree fromHarvard Law School in 1956, he entered private legal practice in Newark. [http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/pressrel/abhret.htm "Justice Alan B. Handler To Retire From the Supreme Court"] , New Jersey Judiciary,June 4 ,1999 . AccessedApril 26 ,2008 .]He served in the Office of the
New Jersey Attorney General as First Assistant Attorney General from 1961 until 1964 and as First Assistant Attorney General from 1964 to 1968. He was appointed to theNew Jersey Superior Court in 1968 by GovernorRichard J. Hughes . He was assigned to the Appellate Division in 1973. [ [http://pview.findlaw.com/view/3131045_1 Official bio] , FindLaw. AccessedApril 26 ,2008 .]In 1976 he resigned from the bench to serve as counsel to Governor
Brendan Byrne . In March 1977, he was appointed as Associate Justice on theNew Jersey Supreme Court .Handler retired from the court in September 1999. He is currently
Of Counsel at theWoodbridge, New Jersey firm Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer. [ [http://www.wilentz.com/Attorney_Bio.aspx?ID=938 Official bio] , Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer. AccessedApril 26 ,2008 .]Handler is married to the former Rose Marie Kudroch. They reside in Delaware Township in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey . [ [http://www.mainstreetflemington.com/obitnov305.htm "Hunterdon County Democrat"] , Obituary for Rose Marie Handler's sister Dolores Tucholski.November 3 ,2005 . AccessedApril 26 ,2008 .] He has three daughters, Julia, Carolyn, and Nancy. His stepdaughter, Kara Foxe, is a prosecutor in Middlesex County, and his stepson, Sean Foxe, is a prosecutor in Hunterdon County.References
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