Christopher Porrino

Chris Porrino
Attorney General of New Jersey
Assumed office
June 21, 2016
Acting: June 21, 2016 – August 1, 2016
Governor Chris Christie
Preceded by Robert Lougy (Acting)
Personal details
Born 1967/1968 (age 48–49)[1]
Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party Republican
Alma mater Lehigh University (BA)
Seton Hall University (JD)

Christopher S. "Chris" Porrino is a New Jersey lawyer who became Acting New Jersey Attorney General in June 2016[2] and was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate for the position in July 2016.[3]

Background

Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Porrino grew up in Fort Lee and Englewood Cliffs.[4]

Porrino graduated from Lehigh University in 1989 and received his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1992.[4] He is admitted to the bars of the State of New Jersey, the State of New York, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. He served as a law clerk to then-Magistrate Judge Freda L. Wolfson, U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey.

From 2004 until 2012, Porrino was a partner and vice-chair of Lowenstein Sandler's litigation department,[5] where he focused on criminal and civil trial practice. During his tenure he represented clients in matters involving securities, banking, insurance, tax, antitrust, real estate and the environment, among others.

Currently, Porrino has been a resident of Summit, New Jersey since 1997 and is married to his wife Christina. They have two kids named Max and Peter.[6]

Christie administration

Porrino began working for the state in February 2012 as director of the Division of Law in the Attorney General's Office.[4] In December 2013, Chief Legal Counsel for Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie announced that Porrino would be replacing Charles McKenna. Porrino was set to start January 13, 2014, but was called to Drumthwacket, the governor’s mansion in Princeton, with other senior staff seven days earlier, the day the Fort Lee lane closure scandal controversy erupted. He served on the Bi-state Special Panel on the Future of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, created in the wake of the controversy to recommend changes for overhauling the agency.[7] In was involved in the state's controversial settlement with Exxon Corporation.[8][9]

In June 2016 he was nominated by Christie to be New Jersey Attorney General to succeed acting Attorney General Robert Lougy. Porrino will served as Acting Attorney General until confirmed by the Senate in July 2016[2][3][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Christie nominates his former chief counsel as N.J. attorney general
  2. 1 2 "Governor Christie Nominates Chris Porrino As Attorney General of the State of New Jersey" (PDF) (Press release). June 16, 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/08/christies_attorney_general_approved_by_nj_senate.html#incart_river_home
  4. 1 2 3 "Attorney General Names Christopher S. Porrino Director of the Division of Law", New Jersey Attorney General, January 31, 2012. Accessed June 18, 2016. "Born in Teaneck and raised in Fort Lee and Englewood Cliffs, Porrino currently resides in Union County with his wife, Christina Shenouda, and their two children."
  5. ↑ "Chris Porrino Our Professionals - Lowenstein Sandler LLP". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Rybolt, Barbara. "Summit man, Gov. Christie's new chief counsel, is quiet on Bridgegate", Independent Press, January 13, 2014. Accessed June 18, 2016. "Today, Jan. 13, Summit resident Christopher Porrino, 47, started his first day as chief counsel for Gov. Chris Christie.... The father of two boys ages 12 and 14, he and his wife Christina Shenoudamoved to Summit when they got married in 1997 and have been here ever since."
  7. ↑ Hayes, Melissa. "Christie team losing another key adviser; chief counsel Chris Porrino resigning". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Christie Aide Took Political Trips Before Exxon Settlement - NJ Spotlight". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Burd, Joshua. "Christie's chief counsel returning to Lowenstein Sandler firm; McElroy Deutsch lawyer tabbed as replacement", NJBiz, July 17, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Christie nominates his former chief counsel as N.J. attorney general". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Robert Lougy
Acting		 Attorney General of New Jersey
2016–present 		Incumbent
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