Zulima Farber

CARDINALE STATEMENT ON FARBER NOMINATION

Senator Gerald A. Cardinale (R-Bergen) issued the following statement on the nomination of Zulima V. Farber to be Attorney General.

Governor Richard Codey leaves office at noon today, but chances are almost 100% that he'll serve as Governor again. Whenever Jon Corzine leaves the state, even if it's just to cross the Hudson for dinner in New York, Codey, as Senate President, becomes the Acting Governor. if Codey is unavailable, Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts becomes Governor -- and in the event the Codey and Roberts are both out of state, the next in the line of succession would be the Attorney General, Zulima Farber.

ROBERTS STATEMENT ON ZULIMA FARBER NOMINATION

(TRENTON) -- Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., today issued the following statement regarding Governor-elect Jon Corzine's nomination of former Public Advocate Zulima Farber as the state's next attorney general:

BUCCO STATEMENT ON FARBER NOMINATION

Senator Anthony Bucco (R-Morris) issued the following statement on the nomination of Zulima V. Farber for the Office of Attorney General.

SENATE REPUBLICANS URGE THOROUGH REVIEW OF ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE ZULIMA FARBER

Senate Republican leader Leonard Lance, (R-23), and Senator William Gormley, (R-2), the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following joint statement regarding the nomination of Zulima Farber to be New Jersey’s next Attorney General.

CORZINE NAMES ZULIMA FARBER AS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Former Public Advocate to Serve as
Top Law Enforcement Official

TRENTON - Governor-elect Jon S. Corzine today nominated Zulima V. Farber, a long-time partner at one of New Jersey's most prominent law firms and the state's former public advocate and public defender, to serve as Attorney General.

"I am very proud to announce that Zulima Farber will join my Cabinet as Attorney General," Corzine said. "Her outstanding accomplishments, background and skills will serve the people of New Jersey well and I truly look forward to working with her in the coming years."

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TRENTON - Senator John H. Adler, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following comments concerning the nomination of Zulima Farber to be the next State Attorney General. The committee must consider the nomination prior to a full Senate confirmation vote.

"I am confident that the (Senate Judiciary) Committee will engage in a full examination of Zulima Farber's credentials, based on her education and her professional and public life experiences.

KYRILLOS STATEMENT ON FARBER NOMINATION

Senate Judiciary Committee member Joseph M. Kyrillos, Jr. (R-Monmouth/Midlessex) issued the following statement regarding the nomination of Zulima V. Farber for the Office of Attorney General.

Several Democratic sources are saying that Jon Corzine has settled on Zulima Farber for Attorney General. The 61-year-old Farber would become the first Latina to serve as the state's top law enforcement official. Farber served as an Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor and Assistant Counsel to Governor Brendan Byrne, and in Governor Jim Florio's cabinet as Public Advocate. She was considered a leading candidate for Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2003, but Governor James E. McGreevey made a last minute switch and nominated John Wallace to the post. (01/03/06)

Daniel H. Jara, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, is asking Governor-elect Jon Corzine to appoint Zulima Farber as state Attorney General.