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Deborah T. Poritz

Deborah T. Poritz
Brooklyn native Deborah Poritz was sworn in on July 10, 1996, as the first female Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, after serving as the state's first female attorney general.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Deborah T. Poritz." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/poritz-deborah-small-still-image>.