Ariel Antonio Rodriguez (November 8, 1947 – November 10, 2017) was a judge for the

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including an acting Justice of the

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(Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court).

Early life and education

Rodriguez was born in

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and

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Career

From 1973 to 1976, Rodriguez worked at

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Prosecutor’s Office, after which he formed a law partnership and legal courses part-time at

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. He was named counsel to the

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in 1984.

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nominated Rodríguez to the

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, taking the oath of office on December 5, 1985. Rodríguez sat on the Hudson Vicinage at the Hudson County Courthouse in

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until September 1, 1993 in the family and civil and criminal divisions. He was re-nominated, with tenure, by Governor

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in 1992. He later sat on the

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. Rodriguez was appointed Chief Justice

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to the Supreme Court in 2012 during a period of controversy and conflict with the New Jersey Senate about the composition about its composition. He sat from October 1, 2012 to June 2014, after which he retired. Rodriguez was a resident of

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where he lived with his wife. Rodriguez had a son and a step-daughter. He died on November 10, 2017, two days after his 70th birthday.

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