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Rabner elevates 47-year-old Latina as Union County assignment judge

Number of assignment judges of color increases from 3 to 4

By David Wildstein , August 16 2021 4:22 pm

Superior Court Judge Lisa Miralles Walsh will become the new assignment judge in Union County next month, increasing the number of top county judges of color from three to four.

Walsh will succeed retiring Judge Karen Cassidy, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced on Monday.

“During her two decades on the bench, more than half of them as the assignment judge of the Union Vicinage, Judge Cassidy made a significant impact on the judiciary through her skilled leadership and insightful voice on important matters,” said Rabner. “Judge Walsh is a gifted and talented jurist with a range of experience in different areas of the justice system. She is poised to continue the fine tradition of court leadership in the Union Vicinage.”

Of New Jersey’s fifteen county court vicinages, Walsh will become the lone Latina and the second Hispanic; Judge Julio Mendez heads the Atlantic/Cape May vicinage.  Two assignment judges are Black: Sheila Venable in Essex and Lisa Thornton in Monmouth.

The top levels of the New Jersey judiciary are mostly white.

Just two of the eight presiding judges of the state appellate court are people of color, and only six of the 30 appellate court judges, 20%, are minorities.

The appointment of Walsh leaves the gender balance of the assignment judges at eight women and seven men.  But women will lose their majority in two weeks after Mercer County Assignment Judge Mary C. Jacobson retires.

Rabner has picked former acting Attorney General Robert Lougy to replace Jacobson for what is arguably the most powerful Superior Court post in the state.  The Mercer assignment judge frequently hears cases related to state government cases.

Lougy, a judge since 2016, has had a meteoric rise through the judiciary.  He became general equity presiding judge after four years as a judge, and assignment judge before even completing his first seven-year term on the bench.

An Elizabeth native, Walsh is a former assistant Union County Prosecutor who was named to the bench by Gov. Chris Christie in 2017.

After Appellate Court Judge Carmen Alvarez reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2022, Walsh would become the highest-ranking Latina in the New Jersey judiciary.

At age 47, Walsh still has 23 years remaining before retirement and could wind up on a short list for the New Jersey Supreme Court if a future governor looks to nominate the first Latina justice.

“I am thrilled by the choice of Judge Lisa Mirrales Walsh to be the Union County Assignment Judge,” said Laura Matos, the president of Latina Civic PAC.  “She will continue to grow the incredible reputation of Union Vicinage and make history in her own right as the first Latina Assignment Judge in the State of New Jersey.”

Earlier this year, Rabner named Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Jablonski as the assignment judge in Hudson County, giving a white male the post in one of the most ethnically diverse counties on the East Coast.

That followed the transfer of Venable from Hudson to Essex.

Lisa Miralles Walsh named Union County's new chief judge

ELIZABETH – Superior Court Judge Lisa Miralles Walsh, nominated to the bench in 2017, will become Union County's new assignment judge on Sept. 1.

Walsh, named to the county's top judicial post by New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, will succeed Judge Karen M. Cassidy, who is retiring after 21 years on the bench and more than 12 years as assignment judge.

Walsh, who presides over criminal cases, worked as an assistant prosecutor in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office from 1999 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2017, where she served as a trial team leader and a member of the sex crimes and child abuse unit.

In between, she worked as a solo practitioner, specializing in criminal defense and real estate tax appeals.

Raised and educated in Elizabeth, Walsh received her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University – New Brunswick.

While attending Seton Hall University School of Law, she interned at the Office of the Public Defender in Elizabeth and at the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.

After earning her law degree, she clerked in the Criminal and Chancery divisions for Union County Superior Court Judges Miriam N. Span and Edwin R. Alley.

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“I am thankful to Chief Justice Rabner for his trust in my abilities and honored to be chosen to lead the Union Vicinage. I am humbled to follow the trail blazed by Assignment Judge Karen Cassidy and to continue her tireless work to ensure fairness and justice to all litigants and attorneys who appear in our courts,” Walsh said in a statement. “I look forward to working collaboratively with the exceptional judges and staff of the Union County Courthouse as well as all members of the Bar as we carry on with the work of the Judiciary in these unprecedented times.”

Rabner praised Walsh for her judicial record.

“Judge Walsh is a gifted and talented jurist with a range of experience in different areas of the justice system," Rabner said in a statement. "She is poised to continue the fine tradition of court leadership in the Union Vicinage.”

The chief justice also praised Cassidy on her accomplishments.

“During her two decades on the bench, more than half of them as the assignment judge of the Union Vicinage, Judge Cassidy made a significant impact on the judiciary through her skilled leadership and insightful voice on important matters,” Rabner said.

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Judge Lisa Miralles Walsh will be Union Superior Court Vicinage assignment judge

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A female Republican from Westfield will lead the Union Superior Court Vicinage as the assignment judge once the current assignment judge retires in September, a few days before she turns 61 years old.

Superior Court Judge Lisa Miralles Walsh will become the second woman to lead the Union Vicinage, succeeding Judge Karen M. Cassidy, another Republican who is retiring after 21 years on the bench and more than 12 years as assignment judge, effective Sept. 1.

“During her two decades on the bench, more than half of them as the assignment judge of the Union Vicinage, Judge Cassidy made a significant impact on the judiciary through her skilled leadership and insightful voice on important matters,” said Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, who elevated the 47-year-old jurist. “Judge Walsh is a gifted and talented jurist with a range of experience in different areas of the justice system. She is poised to continue the fine tradition of court leadership in the Union Vicinage.”

Cassidy, who presided over the contentious divorce trial of former Gov. James E. McGreevey and Dina Matos, ascended to the top judicial post in the county when Judge Walter Barisonek retired in 2009.

Cassidy was a partner at the Roseland law firm of Connell, Foley before being appointed to the bench in April 2000 by then-Gov. Christie Whitman. She served in Union County the entire time, in both the family division and in the civil division.

Cassidy, a lifelong Cranford resident, began her career as a law clerk for former Union County Assignment Judge Edward W. Beglin, Jr. Her husband, Mark J. Cassidy, is a municipal judge in their home town.

Judge Walsh serves in the criminal division in the Union Vicinage.

She previously worked as an assistant prosecutor in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office from 1999 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2017, where she served as a trial team leader and a member of the sex crimes and child abuse unit.

In between, she was a solo practitioner, specializing in criminal defense and real estate tax appeals.

She was appointed to the bench in January 2017 by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

“I am thankful to Chief Justice Rabner for his trust in my abilities and honored to be chosen to lead the Union Vicinage. I am humbled to follow the trail blazed by Assignment Judge Karen Cassidy and to continue her tireless work to ensure fairness and justice to all litigants and attorneys who appear in our courts,” said Walsh in a statemen t. “ I look forward to working collaboratively with the exceptional judges and staff of the Union County Courthouse as well as all members of the Bar as we carry on with the work of the Judiciary in these unprecedented times.”

Walsh was raised and educated in Elizabeth and graduated from Rutgers University – New Brunswick.

While attending Seton Hall University School of Law, she interned at the Office of the Public Defender in Elizabeth and at the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.

After earning her law degree, she clerked in the Criminal and Chancery divisions for Superior Court Judges Miriam N. Span and Edwin R. Alley in the Union Vicinage.

In a profile on the Seton Hall website , Walsh was quoted sayin that “the biggest thing I try to focus on is to have compassion and treat people with kindness and fairness. It’s important to have civility between parties, between the bench and bar, and to remember that everyone has struggles. While I expect to be professional, I will strive to be understanding when the circumstances warrant.”

Looking back on her career path at that time, Walsh advised students to meet as many people as you can.

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Her husband, Kevin G. Walsh , is co-chair of the Gibbons PC Government Affairs Department, a business litigator, and a criminal defense attorney.. He was the 2020-2021 president of the Essex County Bar Association.

As a lobbyist, he represented electric utilities, heavy contractors, telecommunications companies, solar companies, and other highly regulated businesses before the Board of Public Utilities, the Department of Environmental Protection, and other state agencies.

Mr. Walsh’s practice of law includes business litigation, government affairs, and criminal defense. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Walsh was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of New Jersey, Criminal Division.

Mr. Walsh represented Seton Hall University, Stevens Institute of Technology and Caldwell University, overseeing complex Title IX investigations, FERPA and distance learning compliance matters, defense of employee discrimination claims, and board governance issues.

He helped Seton Hall University navigate allegations of clergy sex abuse involving adult victims and advised clients from food preparation companies to construction companies about how to modify workplace practices in light of COVID-19 and the corresponding stream of executive orders issued by northeast governors.

The couple live in a 3,909 square foot Westfield home a single family home built in 1960, which they purchased in 2015 for $775,000, and which is currently assessed at $1,036,200 although it has an estimated value of $1,122,700.

This story was edited on August 23, 2021, to remove a link to the website of the New Jersey County Tax Boards Association , where the $775,000 sale price and current assessment of $1,036,200 for the judge’s home was found. We also removed our source indicating the home has an estimated value of $1,122,700, which included a link to the website for the National Association of Realtors , which is operated by Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp.

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Judge Karen M. Cassidy is Of Counsel to Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold & Mangan, LLC, primarily providing mediation and arbitration services to parties in Civil matters as well as acting as a Special Discovery Master.

Judge Cassidy was appointed to the Superior Court in Union County by Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 2000. She served in the Civil and Family Divisions.  She was the Presiding Judge in the Family Division from 2005-2009 and thereafter was appointed as Assignment Judge in February 2009 by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner.

Prior to joining the bench, Judge Cassidy was certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, recognizing her skills as a trial advocate.  Judge Cassidy was an Associate, then Partner at Connell Foley in Roseland for 15 years before her appointment to the bench. At Connell Foley, Judge Cassidy concentrated on defending various types of personal injury claims as well as litigating insurance coverage issues. 

During her time on the bench, Judge Cassidy served on numerous Supreme Court Committees, most notably as the Chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts and as a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice.

As an Assignment Judge she served as a member and eventually chair of the Judicial Council which is charged with the management of all trial courts in the state.  She also served as chair of the following committees: Labor Relations and Personnel, Information Technology, Budget and Planning, Hiring Review Board, and the Supreme Court Committee on Outside Activities of Judiciary Employees.  

Judge Cassidy started her legal career as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward W. Beglin, Jr., A.J.S.C. in Union County. She then began practicing at Connell, Foley LLP. 

Judge Cassidy received her J.D. degree from George Washington University’s National Law Center in 1984, and her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Public Communication, cum laude, from The American University, both in Washington D.C. 

Recently Judge Cassidy was presented with the Union County Bar Association Professional Lawyer of the Year Award. She was also honored by the Women’s Initiative and Leaders in the Law (WILL) Platinum Award by the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association which is “bestowed upon individuals for their exceptional achievements, their sustained contribution to gender equity challenges and other issues unique to women in the legal profession.”

Outside of her practice, Judge Cassidy has also been a dedicated community volunteer, having served as an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranford, serving as a deacon, elder, trustee and part of the vocal and handbell choirs.  She also volunteers for the Cranford Elmora Soup Kitchen.  She served as a Girl Scout Leader for over 12 years encouraging young girls and teens to achieve their potential. If you are in need of Judge Cassidy’s assistance, or that of any of our experienced civil trial attorneys, always feel free to call our main number at  908-322-7000  or Mr. Jon Bramnick’s cell phone at  908-591-9245  seven (7) days a week.

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They came in their robes.

At a memorial service this weekend for former Union County Judge Edward W. Beglin Jr., 83, more than 20 of his former colleagues honored him by dressing as they do, as he did, for the bench.

Beglin served as a judge in Union County Superior Court for more than 30 years, including as assignment judge from 1983 until his retirement in 2004.

He died on May 4. On May 5, flags on county buildings, including in front of the courthouse, were flown at half-staff in his honor.

"We always called him the judges' judge," said Judge Karen Cassidy, who now sits in Beglin's chair as the current Union County assignment judge. "Every judge here felt comfortable calling him. He would drop everything to try to help you."

During his years on the bench, Beglin was a member of the New Jersey Judicial Council, and chaired the Judiciary/Surrogates Liaison Committee for more than 20 years and the Judiciary's Budget and Planning Committee for more than 10 years. He also served on a host of other state committees dealing with court security, domestic violence, sexual harassment, the appointment of fiduciaries and the development of Model Criminal Jury Charges under Title 2C.

Beglin was a teacher, too: For more than 10 years, he was an instructor in civil practice for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and during his career he authored 13 published decisions.

After retiring, Beglin taught as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall and Kean universities, creating a well-received course on the interaction between American history and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Cassidy was a "student" of Beglin's, too: She began her career as his law clerk and then one day was approaching him for advice as she became a judge herself.

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"Looking back, I don't think I'd be where I am now without him," Cassidy said. "When I was approached to gauge my interest to go on the bench, I was floored. I hadn't necessarily been inclined to become a judge. But he was really encouraging and told me I could do this and I should pursue it. He taught me the importance and the solemness of it."

Beglin was born in Elizabeth on Jan. 15, 1934 and attended city schools before earning his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in 1955 and then his LLB degree from New York University School of Law in 1958.

Beglin's roots in Union County run deep: His maternal ancestors, John and Mary Ogden Woodruff, settled in Elizabethtown in 1665. John Woodruff was appointed High Sheriff of the county in 1684, and his son, John, was a member of the Colonial Legislature. Their grandson, Benjamin Woodruff, served as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Westfield, which Beglin attended for decades. A great-grandson, David Woodruff, was a captain in the American Revolution.

Beglin was admitted to the bar of the State of NJ and to the US District Court a year after graduating and then admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court in 1963.

He served two years in the Army before practicing law at the Plainfield firm of Crane, Beglin and Vastola for the next 15 years. During that time, he also served as attorney for the Plainfield Board of Adjustment and as prosecutor, city solicitor and acting corporation counsel for Plainfield; as Borough Attorney of Fanwood; and as attorney for the Bridgewater Board of Adjustment. Beglin's obituary says he loved music, travel and, most of all, his family.

He lived in Westfield for the past 40 years with his wife of 52 years, Rev. Helen Beglin. Beglin is survived by his wife, their two children, Peter and Julie, and six grandchildren.

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