Hunter, Richard F

BURRELL IVES HUMPHREYS was a Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. He was also Assignment Judge of Hudson County and Essex County, where he was responsible for the operation of all courts in those counties, and Presiding Judge of Chancery in Passaic County.

He was specially designated by the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court as the Affordable Housing Judge (Mt. Laurel) for Passaic County; Environmental Judge for Passaic County; and Wiretap Judge for Hudson and other Counties.

He was the Chair of a subcommittee of the Supreme Court Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee and Chair and member of numerous other Supreme Court Committees. He is presently a Member of the Supreme Court Judicial Evaluation Commission.

Judge Humphreys served as a member of the Editorial Board of the New Jersey Law Journal. He served as Co-Chair with Assignment Judge Patricia Costello of the Committee to improve the functioning of the Newark Municipal Court. He is a lecturer and author on legal and judicial subjects, a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a member of Federal, New Jersey and County Bar Associations and a member of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Inn of Court.

Judge Humphreys was formerly a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, the former Prosecutor of Passaic County, a Special Prosecutor appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to investigate and prosecute Obstruction of Justice and Contempt of Court cases, and a former Special Counsel for the State of New Jersey to institute escheat actions against major corporations.

Judge Humphreys has served as Receiver and Trustee and operated large companies by appointment of federal and state judges in bankruptcy and interlocutory proceedings.

Judge Humphreys was a participant in the World Peace through World Law program sponsored by the American Bar Association; and was a delegate to the 1990 International Conference of Jurists and Lawyers in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics sponsored by former United States Secretaries of State.

Judge Humphreys is the author of an article in the New Jersey Law Journal on mediation in sexual harassment employment cases. Martindale Hubbell AV rated (since 1960).