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Fabiana Pierre-Louis becomes the first Black female justice on the N.J. Supreme Court
Fabiana Pierre-Louis became the first Black woman to join the New Jersey Supreme Court after an unnamious 39-0 vote.

Fabiana Pierre-Louis became the first Black woman to join the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday after the state Senate approved her nomination in a 39-0 vote.
The 39-year-old is also youngest and the third Black justice to sit on the Garden State’s highest court.
Pierre-Louis will replace Justice Walter Timpone, who reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in November.
The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Pierre-Louis graduated from Rutgers Camden Law School.
She worked both as a private defense attorney as well as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Jersey.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously 11-0, in favor of her nomination on Monday. During that hearing, Pierre-Louis said her background will be a new perspective on the bench.
“My experiences will certainly assist me in looking carefully and doing my due diligence with every case that comes before the court,” she said.
Gov. Phil Murphy, who nominated Pierre-Louis for the seat in June, said he was proud of her nomination to the state’s highest court.
“Fabiana is an exceptionally talented attorney, and will now have the historic distinction of becoming the first Black woman to be seated on our state’s highest court. I am honored to have put her name forward, and to see someone with a different set of life experiences and perspectives on our Supreme Court, a judicial body where New Jerseyans from all walks of life turn for justice,” Murphy said in a statement.
Congratulations Fabiana Pierre-Louis!
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