Martin L. Greenberg

Martin L. Greenberg
New Jersey State Senator
In office
January 1974 – August 1979
Preceded by Ralph DeRose
Succeeded by John Caufield
Personal details
Born February 24, 1932
Brooklyn, New York

Martin L. Greenberg (Born February 24, 1932) is an American Democratic Party politician and jurist who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1974 to 1979.

Education and early career

Greenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 24, 1932. His family later moved to Newark, New Jersey and he attended Weequahic High School, where his classmate was author Philip Roth. He is a 1954 graduate of Rutgers University and received his law degree from Rutgers Law School in 1956. He served as an Assistant Counsel to Governor Robert B. Meyner and as Assistant Essex County Prosecutor.[1] Greenberg was a law partner of Governor Brendan Byrne at Telster, Byrne, Greenberg, Margolis & Franconero.[2]

In 1973, while a candidate for State Senator, Greenberg was named Political Director of Brendan Byrne's campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.[3]

New Jersey State Senator

He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for State Senator in 1971. He was elected to the State Senate in 1973, defeating Republican Joseph Galluzzi, the President of the Irvington Town Council, by 8,689 votes, 22,290 (60.31%) to 13,601 (36.80%).[4] He was re-elected to a second term in 1977, defeating Rev. James A. Pindar, a Catholic Priest and a professor at Seton Hall University, 16,986 (57.80%) to 11,399 (38.79%), with former Democratic State Senator Nicholas Fernicola, running as an Independent, receiving 770 votes(2.62%).[5]

During his six years as a Senator, Greenberg served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6]

Greenberg resigned from the Senate in 1979 to become President and General Counsel to the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City.

New Jersey Superior Court Judge

After leaving the casino industry, he was appointed by Governor Jim Florio to serve as the General Counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Florio appointed him to serve as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge in 1992. He was the Presiding Judge in Hudson County, and served as in the Chancery, General Equity, and Probate divisions. After retiring from the bench in 2003, Greenberg became Of Counsel at Walder Hayden.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: Joseph J. Gribbons. 1978.
  2. ↑ Narvaez, Alfonso (7 March 1981). "TWO KILL A JERSEY MAN WHO GAVE TESTIMONY ON MOBSTER ACTIVITIES". New York Times.
  3. ↑ Kramer, Orin. "GREENBERG APPOINTED POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE BYRNE CAMPAIGN". http://governors.rutgers.edu''. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Our Campaigns". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: Joseph J. Gribbons. 1978.
  7. ↑ http://www.walderhayden.com/attorneys/martin-greenberg/. Retrieved 8 January 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)