Judge Profile

Lisa P. Thornton

Judicial Experience:

  • Superior Court, Appointed, January 22, 2008 to January 22, 2015
  • Presiding Judge, Superior Court, Family Division, Monmouth County, Assigned (August 1, 2012)
  • Judge, Superior Court, Civil Division, Monmouth County, Assigned (January 22, 2008)
  • Judge, Superior Court, Criminal Division, Monmouth County, Assigned (September 01, 2011)
  • Judge, Superior Court, Family Division, Monmouth County, Assigned (September 01, 2009)

Other Professional Experience:

  • Chief of Staff, N.J. Department Of Law And Public Safety, 2006 to 2008
  • Special Deputy Commissioner, Department of Banking and Insurance, 2002 to 2006
  • Claims Analyst, then Attorney, Prudential Financial, 1986 to 2002
  • Municipal Judge, Neptune, 1999 to 2001
  • Special Associate Counsel, Governor Jon Corzine, 2006

Education:

  • Rutgers University School of Law - Newark, 1992
  • Douglass College, 1986
Profile provided by the New Jersey State Office of Court Administration.