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Sattely, James X. Criminal Presiding Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 412, Floor 4 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25519

Judge Mary F. Thurber Complex Business Litigation Judge Designated Environmental Litigation Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 2 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25591

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Gallina Mecca, Jane Family Presiding Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 336, Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25291

Monaghan, Joseph G. Judge Superior Court Special Civil Part Supervising Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 427 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25250

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Beukas, Michael N. Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 4 Rotunda Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25745

Farrington, Christine Civil Judge Retired Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25547

Geiger, Peter G. Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 335, Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25751

Langan, John J. Civil Judge Retired Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 415 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25722

Monaghan, Joseph G. Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25465

Ostuni, Nicholas Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 4 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25599

Padovano, Gregg A. Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25568

Rosa, Jr., Joseph R. Civil Judge Retired Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25589

Suarez, Anthony Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25574

Thurber, Mary F. Civil Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 2 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25591

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Kazlau, Christopher R. Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 306, Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25515

Labib, David Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 417 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25509

Purvin, Kevin Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 406 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25539

Ramundo, Marc Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 406 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700

Remson, Nina C. Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 4 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25475

Steele, Susan J. Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 309 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25017

Steinhart, Mitchell I. Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 503, Floor 5 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25294

Wilcox, Gary N. Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25531

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Antoniewicz, Michael Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25268

Francois, Magali M. Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 1 Rotunda Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25286

Janeczko, Mark T. Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 1 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25252

Kim, Julie Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 113, Floor 1 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25471

Landel, Robert Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25811

Lefkowitz, Amy Criminal Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 1 Rotunda Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25535

Medina, Jaclyn V. Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Suite/Room 338, Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25489

Soukas, William Family Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 3 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25557

General Equity Judges

DiBiasi, Darren T. General Equity Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Floor 1 Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25281

McGrogan, Frances A. Bergen County Courthouse 10 Main Street, 4th Floor Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 x 25509

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Non-tenured jurist nabs Bergen County Assignment Judge post

Carol Novey Catuogno will succeed Bonnie Mizdol in May

By David Wildstein , March 06 2023 3:01 pm

Carol Novey Catuogno will be the new assignment judge in Bergen County, the state’s largest vicinage, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced today.

She will replace Judge Bonnie Mizdol, who is retiring after more than 17 years as a Superior Court Judge.

A 56-year-old Republican named to the bench by Gov. Chris Christie in 2018, Novey Catuogno’s has enjoyed a rapid rise through the judicial ranks to get the top post after just five years on the bench.  She is up for tenure in February 2025.

Novey Catuogno is a career prosecutor who spent seven years with the Staten Island District Attorney’s office and then over 20 years as an assistant Bergen County Prosecutor.    She led the domestic violence division and served as Executive Assistant Prosecutor under Gurbir Grewal, who later became state attorney general.

“Judge Novey Catuogno brings vast experience to her new role from an extensive career in public service,” said Rabner, who made the appointment.  “I have every confidence in her ability to lead the Bergen Vicinage.”

Novey Catuogno spent ten months as a family court judge before being elevated to the criminal section in 2019.  She has never served as a presiding judge.

She will assume her new post on May 1.

The civil division presiding judge, John O’Dwyer, and Peter Melchionne, the family court presiding judge,  both reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2027; it’s not clear if either applied for the post. Judge Margaret Foti, the criminal court presiding judge, will retire in August when she turns 70.

It’s also not clear if Essex County Family Court Presiding Judge David Katz, a perennial candidate for an assignment judge post in several other counties, applied to succeed Mizdol.

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Hon. Bonnie J. Mizdol, formerly the Assignment Judge of Bergen County for eight years, joins the firm’s alternative dispute resolution and corporate investigations practices. Appointed to the Superior Court in February 2006, Judge Mizdol served as Presiding Judge of the Family Part of Bergen from 2008 through April 2015.  In both capacities, Judge Mizdol accumulated vast experience in a wide spectrum of matters, ranging from matrimonial to probate, condemnation, and OPRA cases.  Judge Mizdol presided over scores of proceedings, including bench trials and emergent actions in all phases.

Judge Mizdol actively participated in judiciary committees, councils, and the like. She chaired numerous Supreme Court Committees, including the Judiciary-Surrogates Liaison Committee; the Working Group on Elder Justice; the Working Group on Pro Bono Assignments; and the Special Committee on the Non-Dissolution Docket. She also served on the Judicial Council. She served as a member of the Judicial Council Labor Relations and Personnel Committee, the Judiciary Budget and Planning Committee, and the Management and Operations Committee.

During her tenure as Bergen’s Family Part Presiding Judge, she chaired the Conference of New Jersey Family Part Judges, the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Arbitration of Family Matters. Judge Mizdol also served as the New Jersey Designated Representative for the International Hague Network of Judges from 2017 through her retirement.

Judge Mizdol was in private practice for 24 years before her appointment to the Superior Court. While in private practice, she also served as a Municipal Court Judge for 15 years before her appointment, and as President of the Bergen County Municipal Judges’ Association. Before joining the Superior Court, Judge Mizdol focused on matters in the family, estate, and probate dockets. In addition, she handled personal injury matters, commercial and residential real estate sales, purchases, leases, and land use and development.

Before her service in the judiciary, Judge Mizdol actively participated in the New Jersey and Bergen County Bar Associations, where she served as President of the Bergen County Bar Foundation, Chair of the District IIA Ethics Committee, Co-Chair of the Bergen County Family Law Committee, and member of the New Jersey Family Law Executive Committee.

Judge Mizdol was graduated from Seton Hall Law School and Montclair University.

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Changes to come in the bergen county courthouse.

From Bergen County Assignment Judge, Hon. Bonnie J. Mizdol: 

Hon. Joan Bedrin Murray:  The Chief Justice has informed me that Hon. Joan Bedrin Murray will be returning to Tax Court at year’s end.  Judge Murray has been a welcome addition to Bergen.  She has juggled a tax and foreclosure calendar with aplomb.  She will always be a part of the Bergen team; and will be sorely missed.  As Judge Murray transitions back to the Tax Court, Hon. Charles Powers, Retired on Recall, shall return to assist the Chancery Division with foreclosure stays.

Hon. Robert L. Polifroni, P.J.Cv.:  Despite my pleas to the contrary, Judge Polifroni has remained steadfast in his position and has tendered his retirement papers.  He will be leaving the vicinage as of February 1, 2021. He has brought to the Bergen bench expertise in all aspects of civil litigation and has been an invaluable resource to me as Assignment Judge.   Please join me in wishing him continued good health, a vibrant retirement and in celebrating his contributions to the Bergen bench for the last fourteen (14) years.

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The truth about moscow, douglas wilson to judge stegner: “i have been asked to provide a letter on behalf of steven sitler, which i am happy to do.”.

August 19, 2005   Honorable John R. Stegner Latah County Courthouse P.O. Box 8068 Moscow, Idaho 83843   Dear Judge Stegner: I have been asked to provide a letter on behalf of Steven Sitler, which I am happy to do. I have known Steven since he first came to New St. Andrews College, where I teach. During his time in Moscow, he was also attending the church where I am a minister. When his criminal conduct first became known, I was involved in providing counsel to the family of the victims, encouraging them in their decision to take it to the authorities. And in the aftermath of this tragedy, I have also been involved in providing counsel to Steven and his family. I have worked with the pastor of his home church as well, as we have coordinated how best to help Steven. Steven lives in Colville, Washington, which is about a three-hour drive from Moscow, but since this situation has come out Steven has come down to see me about half a dozen times. Not only have I provided counsel for him, but have also given him a number of assignments to complete during the time between our sessions. He has been faithful and diligent in seeking to do what I have asked, and I have good reason to believe that he has been very eager in this. It is important to note that I have not offered him any spiritual panacea or “quick fix,” and I believe Steven understands the importance of his need to resist these temptations over the long haul. The assignments I have given him have included the reading of books on everything from the obvious issues of sex and sexuality, to the underlying issues of his discontent. In all this, Steven has been most responsive, and has been completely honest with me. When we first began, I can honestly say that Steven did not know the real nature of his problem. He was certainly aware of the magnitude of it, and was aware of the legal consequences, but I don’t believe he had a good grasp of why he had felt compelled to act in the way he had acted. But in our sessions, he was completely open and honest with me, confessing aspects of his private behavior and thought life that I would have had no other way of ascertaining. I am grateful Steven was caught, and am grateful he has been brought to account for these actions so early in his life. I am grateful that he will be sentenced for his behavior, and that there will be hard consequences for him in real time. At the same time, I would urge that the civil penalties applied would be measured and limited. I have a good hope that Steven has genuinely repented, and that he will continue to deal with this to become a productive and contributing member of society. Cordially, Douglas Wilson
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At the Bar; A top Russian judge, in limbo, testifies to the perils and promise of law back home.

By David Margolick

  • Dec. 3, 1993

At the Bar; A top Russian judge, in limbo, testifies to the perils and promise of law back home.

Sitting in a New York hotel room recently, Judge Ernest Ametistov of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation took a break from what he called "an absolutely crazy day," filled with speeches, reunions and conversations with the curious.

But the craziness Judge Ametistov found in Manhattan hardly compares to what he has seen in Moscow over the last two years. Russia, he said, finds itself in a "battle between Communism and democracy, slavery and freedom, the past and the future," and his court, the nation's highest, has been caught in the crossfire. After the jurisprudential Chernobyl that was the Soviet Union, the first buds of law sprouted through the ashes, only to wither as Russia's President, Boris N. Yeltsin, wrestled with its Parliament.

Whenever the battle between Mr. Yeltsin and his enemies -- notably Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi and Ruslan Khasbulatov, the chairman of the Congress of People's Deputies -- reached his court, Judge Ametistov invariably voted with Mr. Yeltsin. That made him a dissenter, one of four on the 13-member panel.

Ultimately, Mr. Yeltsin became fed up with the majority, headed by the court's chairman, Valery Zorkin. Proclaiming that the court had degenerated into a "tool of political struggle of great danger for the state," he suspended it on Oct. 7 until the adoption of a new constitution, to be voted on in a referendum next week. Judge Ametistov (pronounced ah-met-TEE-stov) thus sits on a court in limbo. That left him with enough time on his hands to visit New York, New Haven, Detroit and Chicago in mid-November.

In speeches to the New York City bar association and to the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, in visits to the law schools of Columbia and Yale, and in a conversation with a reporter, the 59-year-old judge offered a mixed verdict on Russian-style justice.

On the one hand, he described a nation that has yet to learn even the rudiments of law -- where, he conceded, the creation of a court like his was "probably premature." Amazingly enough, he and his brethren were selected (by the Russian Parliament) after five-minute interviews.

Traveling in Austria at the time, Judge Ametistov missed the perfunctory process altogether; he learned of his appointment only when his mother congratulated him upon his return. "It was a kind of parody," he said, puffing on a Marlboro Light and speaking in English, having learned it in the Soviet era by reading novels like "Goodbye, Columbus" and "The Godfather" as well as bootlegged translations of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky and Andrei Sakharov.

Once in place, the new court had to parse a dated and internally contradictory Brezhnev-era "constitution of developed socialism." Judge Ametistov maintained that his colleagues, far from mediating disputes between the executive and legislature, used that constitution to thwart Mr. Yeltsin, often without holding a hearing. By creating a purportedly legal basis for the occupation of the Russian Parliament, he said, they bear responsibility for the bloodshed that followed.

At the same time, he noted, the very existence of the court, along with its work in nonpolitical cases, represents a giant leap forward in a nation where constitutional rule, judicial review and individuals' rights are largely alien.

"The court and law in Russia were not tools for protecting people but for suppressing them," Judge Ametistov said. "But in the last years, the situation has changed. More and more people now come to the court to protect themselves."

Even as the tanks rolled in Moscow last October, he noted, both sides claimed constitutional support for their positions. "It's the first time in the history of my country when the sides in civil conflict referred to a legal document," he said.

Judge Ametistov, an authority on international law and human rights, first came to the United States in 1990; his mission was to study the American legal system and the lessons it offered Russian reformers. (His book on the subject was published recently in Moscow by the Lawyers Committee.) He subsequently helped draft the proposed new constitution of the Russian Federation.

He made many friends in American human rights organizations. They praise him as a bona fide democrat, referring to him by the familiar "Ernest Mikhailovich." He in turn has kind words for America's beleaguered lawyers. He singled out the Lawyers Committee and the American Bar Association, whose role in screening candidates for the Federal judiciary, he said, is something the Russian bar groups should emulate.

In a move reminiscent of Franklin D. Roosevelt's star-crossed Court-packing plan, the reconstituted constitutional court will increase by six slots -- just enough, should his selections be ratified, for Mr. Yeltsin to fashion a bare majority. Judge Ametistov could well become the court's chairman, though he does not savor the prospect. "My character is dissident," he said.

One way or another, Judge Ametistov will have to sit once more with Judge Zorkin and others whose hands, he believes, are stained with Russian blood. "For me personally and my colleagues, it will be very difficult to work with them," he lamented.

But Judge Ametistov said he was convinced that more than a few incumbent judges, and a few years, stand between Russia and the rule of law. "Unfortunately, everything depends not on the law or the legal system but on individuals," he said. "It will be possible, but only after one or two generations of lawyers, when the Old Guard and their pupils leave."

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  1. Assignment Judges and Trial Court Administrators

    Assignment Judge Bergen: Bergen County Justice Center10 Main Street Hackensack, New Jersey 07601: Phone: 201-221-0700 ext. 25102. Bergen. Walsh-Wood, Kerri Lynn ... Assignment Judge Essex: Essex County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Justice Building495 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Newark, New Jersey 07102: Phone: 973-776-9280

  2. Judge Bonnie J. Mizdol

    Biography. Hon. Bonnie J. Mizdol is the assignment judge for the Vicinage 2 Superior Court in Bergen County in New Jersey. She was appointed to the bench by former Governor Don DiFrancesco in 2006. Mizdol was subsequently reappointed by former Governor Chris Christie in 2013. After her appointment, Mizdol presided on the Family Court and was ...

  3. New Assignment Judge—See Who Will Assume the Leadership Position

    New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced the appointment of Carol Novey Catuogno as assignment judge for Bergen County. Novey Catuogno, who assumes the new role May 1, has an ...

  4. Administration

    Assignment Judge Probate Part Judge Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25102. Walsh-Wood, Kerri Lynn Trial Court Administrator Bergen County Justice Center 10 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-221-0700 ext. 25102. Michael R. Dressler

  5. Non-tenured jurist nabs Bergen County Assignment Judge post

    By David Wildstein, March 06 2023 3:01 pm. Carol Novey Catuogno will be the new assignment judge in Bergen County, the state's largest vicinage, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced today. She will replace Judge Bonnie Mizdol, who is retiring after more than 17 years as a Superior Court Judge. A 56-year-old Republican named to the bench by ...

  6. Bergen Vicinage Has a New Trial Court Administrator With a ...

    Bergen Vicinage Assignment Judge Bonnie Mizdol announced the appointment of Walsh-Wood, who has served as acting trial court administrator since October. Walsh-Wood began her judiciary career as ...

  7. Judge Peter E. Doyne

    He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jim Florio in 1993 and reappointed in 2000. Doyne retired on May 1, 2015. While on the bench, he held assignments in the Civil and General Equity Divisions, where he also served as presiding judge. Then, in 2008, Doyne was named the assignment judge of the Bergen County Superior Court.

  8. Bergen AJ Doyne Set to Retire May 1

    Bergen County Assignment Judge Peter Doyne is planning to retire as of May 1. Doyne will be returning to private practice at his former law firm, Ferro Labella & Zucker in Hackensack. He was a ...

  9. New assignment judge appointed for Bergen County

    Novey Catuogno. The New Jersey Supreme Court appointed Superior Court Judge Carol Novey Catuogno to lead the Bergen Vicinage. In a March 6 press release, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced ...

  10. Hon. Bonnie J. Mizdol

    Areas of Practice. Hon. Bonnie J. Mizdol, formerly the Assignment Judge of Bergen County for eight years, joins the firm's alternative dispute resolution and corporate investigations practices. Appointed to the Superior Court in February 2006, Judge Mizdol served as Presiding Judge of the Family Part of Bergen from 2008 through April 2015.

  11. NOTICE: Status Update from Bergen County Assignment Judge Bonnie J

    NOTICE TO THE BAR Last Thursday, April 16th, 2020, I participated in a Zoom Bench-Bar Meeting with your President, Joseph Maurice, Executive Director, Frank O'Marra, and the Chairs of your … Continue reading NOTICE: Status Update from Bergen County Assignment Judge Bonnie J. Mizdol

  12. Changes to Come in the Bergen County Courthouse

    From Bergen County Assignment Judge, Hon. Bonnie J. Mizdol: Hon. Joan Bedrin Murray: The Chief Justice has informed me that Hon. Joan Bedrin Murray will be returning to Tax Court at year's end. Judge Murray has been a welcome addition to Bergen. She has juggled a tax and foreclosure calendar with aplomb.

  13. Judge Edward A. Jerejian

    Hon. Edward A. Jerejian is a judge for the Vicinage 2 Superior Court in Bergen County in New Jersey. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Chris Christie in 2006. Jerejian obtained tenured status in 2013. During his judicial tenure, Jerejian has held assignments in the Family, Criminal, and General Equity Divisions in Bergen County.

  14. Douglas Wilson to Judge Stegner: "I have been asked to provide a letter

    Dear Judge Stegner: I have been asked to provide a letter on behalf of Steven Sitler, which I am happy to do. ... The assignments I have given him have included the reading of books on everything from the obvious issues of sex and sexuality, to the underlying issues of his discontent. In all this, Steven has been most responsive, and has been ...

  15. Assignment Judge and Staff

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  16. Assistant: Judge Was Pressured on Yukos

    Feb. 14, 2011. Judge Viktor Danilkin, seen here reading out a verdict in the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, had to report to the Moscow City Court on the inner workings of the Yukos trial ...

  17. At the Bar; A top Russian judge, in limbo, testifies to the perils and

    Judge Ametistov (pronounced ah-met-TEE-stov) thus sits on a court in limbo. That left him with enough time on his hands to visit New York, New Haven, Detroit and Chicago in mid-November.

  18. Bergen Court Offices/Divisions

    Probation Division. Kerri Lynn Walsh-Wood, Trial Court Administrator. 201-221-0700 ext. 25102. EEO/AA Officer. 201-221-0700 ext. 25118. Ombudsman. 201-221-0700 ext. 25103. Civil Division. Most civil cases that are heard in the Superior Court involve disputes in which a plaintiff claims that they have been hurt by the actions of the defendant ...

  19. 15 men brought to military enlistment office after mass brawl in Moscow

    Local security forces brought 15 men to a military enlistment office after a mass brawl at a warehouse of the Russian Wildberries company in Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast on Feb. 8, Russian Telegram channel Shot reported.. 29 people were also taken to police stations. Among the arrested were citizens of Kyrgyzstan. A mass brawl involving over 100 employees and security personnel broke out at the ...