Dorothea O'C. Wefing (born 1943) is a retired New Jersey judge.
Wefing is from
Teaneck. She graduated from
Manhattanville College
Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. Founded in 1841 as a school at 412 Houston Street in Lower Manhattan, it was initially known as the "Academy of the Sacred Heart". In 1917, the academy recei ...
and received her J.D. from
Seton Hall University School of Law
Seton Hall University School of Law is the law school of Seton Hall University, and is located in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Seton Hall Law is the only private law school in New Jersey. The school confers three law degrees: Juris Doctor, Ma ...
.
She was appointed a judge on the Superior Court on January 19, 1984. She was elevated to
New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division
The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (in case citation, N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div) is the intermediate appellate court in New Jersey.
"The Appellate Division of New Jersey's Superior Court is the first level appellate court, with ap ...
, Part E. on September 1, 1993. She became presiding judge of Part E on September 1, 2004.
In June 2011, Wefing was named an interim member (Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court) of the
New Jersey Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey. In its current form, the Supreme Court of New Jersey is the final judicial authority on all cases in the state court system, including cases cha ...
by Chief Justice
Stuart Rabner
Stuart Jeff Rabner (born June 30, 1960) is the chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He served as New Jersey Attorney General, chief counsel to Governor Jon Corzine, and as a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Dis ...
to succeed
Edwin Stern, who was appointed as an acting justice in 2010,
during a
period of controversy and conflict with the New Jersey Senate about the composition about its composition.
She retired in October 2012.
See also
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Courts of New Jersey
Courts of New Jersey include:
;State courts of New Jersey
*New Jersey Supreme Court (previously the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals)
**New Jersey Superior Court
The Superior Court is the state court in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ...
*
Mary Catherine Cuff
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Ariel A. Rodriguez
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Edwin Stern
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List of justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
Current justices
List of justices before 1947
Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on the ...
References
External links
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1943 births
Living people
Manhattanville University alumni
Seton Hall University School of Law alumni
New Jersey state court judges
Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
People from Teaneck, New Jersey