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American judge (1931?2024)
Alan Brodkin Handler
(July 20, 1931 ? May 23, 2024) was an American judge who served as a
New Jersey Supreme Court
Justice from 1977 until 1999.
Early life
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Handler was born in
Newark, New Jersey
, on July 20, 1931. He attended
Newark Academy
and then
Princeton University
, graduating with a
B.A.
degree from the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
in 1953. After receiving an
LL.B.
degree from
Harvard Law School
in 1956, he entered private legal practice in Newark.
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Career
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Handler 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 the
New Jersey Superior Court
in 1968 by Governor
Richard J. Hughes
. He was assigned to the Appellate Division in 1973.
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In 1976 he resigned from the bench to serve as counsel to Governor
Brendan Byrne
. In March 1977, he was appointed Associate Justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court
.
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Handler retired from the court in September 1999. He went on to serve
Of Counsel
at the
Woodbridge, New Jersey
, firm Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer until 2016.
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Personal life and death
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Handler lived in
Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
, and was predeceased by his wife, the former Rose Marie Kudroch, in 2011. He had three daughters.
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Handler died on May 23, 2024, at the age of 92.
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References
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"Justice Alan B. Handler To Retire From the Supreme Court"
Archived
March 7, 2005, at the
Wayback Machine
, New Jersey Judiciary, June 4, 1999. Accessed April 26, 2008.
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Official bio
Archived
July 21, 2003, at the
Wayback Machine
, FindLaw. Accessed April 26, 2008.
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Murphy, Colleen (May 23, 2024).
"
'Source of Wise Counsel to Many': Retired NJ Supreme Court Justice Alan B. Handler Dies at 92"
.
Law.com
. Retrieved
May 24,
2024
.
- ^
Official bio
Archived
March 29, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer. Accessed April 26, 2008.