The Essex County Bar Association is pleased to share with our members that effective March 1, 2026, Judge John Zunic will become the Presiding Judge of the Civil Division and Judge Harold W. Fullilove, Jr. will become the Presiding Judge of the Family Division.
We also welcome the following Judges to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage.
- Judge John F. Chiaia, Civil Division
- Judge Kandace L. Clarke, Civil Division
- Judge Francis P. Kapusinski, Family Division
- Judge Joseph N. Minish, Criminal Division
- Judge Richard Nunes, Civil Division
- Judge Kevin J. O’Connor, Civil Division
- Judge Kevin R. Reich, Family Division
The Essex County Bar Association congratulates our new Judges and looks forward to their contributions to jurisprudence and to maintaining strong bench bar relations in Essex County.