Virginia Long (born March 1, 1942) is a former justice of the

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. She is currently Counsel in the Princeton, N.J. office of Fox Rothschild.

Biography

Born and raised in

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in 1959, and from Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross in 1963. She graduated from

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in 1966 and has served as a Deputy Attorney General and was the Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking. She was appointed to the

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in 1978, and was elevated to the Appellate Division in 1984. Justice Long became a presiding judge in 1995. She was nominated by Governor

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on June 17, 1999, to serve on the

. Her position was confirmed by the

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on June 21, 1999, and was sworn in on September 1, 1999. On June 21, 2006, the state Senate granted her tenure following the initial seven years. She retired from the

on March 1, 2012, and was subsequently appointed chair of the NJ Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct. In 2018, she was appointed by New Jersey Governor

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as a member of the Judicial Advisory Panel, and has been additionally appointed in 2022 by the

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to chair the newly created Committee to Analyze Duration of Disbarment. She has been of counsel at Fox Rothschild of Philadelphia and Princeton, New Jersey.

Personal life

Long is married to Jonathan D. Weiner, a partner at Fox Rothschild, and has three children, Bernardita, John, and Jane.

References

External links

Virginia Long, Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP
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