Irwin I. Kimmelman

Irwin I. Kimmelman
Irwin I. Kimmelman
Attorney General of New Jersey
	In office; January 19, 1982 – January 21, 1986
Governor	Thomas Kean
Preceded by	James R. Zazzali
Succeeded by	W. Cary Edwards
Personal details
Born	September 10, 1930
Died	September 12, 2014 (aged 84)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Rutgers University; Harvard University

Irwin I. Kimmelman (September 10, 1930^[1] – September 12, 2014,^[2] Newark, New Jersey) was a politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1982 – 1986.

Biography

Kimmelman graduated from Weequahic High School and studied accounting at the Rutgers University School of Business Administration, graduating in 1952. He entered Harvard Law School, where he won the Roscoe Pound Prize for brief writing and oral argument, and graduated in 1955. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar the following year after a clerkship with Superior Court Judge Edward Gaulkin.

Kimmelman served in the New Jersey General Assembly for one term, from 1964 to 1966. He was an unsuccessful candidate for State Senator in 1965.

1965 Essex County State Senator general election results

Winner	Party	Votes	Loser	Party	Votes
Nicholas Fernicola	Democrat	145,589	C. Robert Sarcone	Republican	128,815
Maclyn Goldman	Democrat	143,794	Irwin Kimmelman	Republican	116,205
John J. Giblin	Democrat	143,040	James E. Churchman, Jr.	Republican	112,995
Hutchins F. Inge	Democrat	135,959	William F. Tompkins	Republican	112,128
			George C. Richardson	Independent	10,409
			Kendrick O. Stephenson	Independent	5,970
			David Blumgart	Independent	5,305
			Frederick Waring	Independent	44,76

He was a New Jersey Superior Court judge from May 1971 through September 1976, when he resigned to return to private law practice. He represented Thomas Kean during the recount for the 1981 gubernatorial election. After Kean won the recount, he announced his choice of Kimmelman as Attorney General on December 14, 1981. A resident of the Short Hills section of Millburn Township, Kimmelman was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate and sworn in on January 19, 1982, the day of Kean's inauguration.^[3]

Kimmelman returned to private practice in 1986 and was replaced by W. Cary Edwards. He would later return to the bench as a State Superior Court judge.

Legal offices
Preceded by James R. Zazzali	Attorney General of New Jersey 1982 – 1986	Succeeded by W. Cary Edwards

References

^ Official bio, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2008.
^ "IRWIN I. KIMMELMAN's Obituary". The New York Times. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
^ Staff. "SKETCHES OF MAJOR APPOINTEES TO KEAN'S CABINET", The New York Times, February 3, 1982. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Attorney General Irwin I. Kimmelman of Short Hills has been in all three branches of government. The 51-year-old lawyer served in the State Assembly in 1964 and 1965 and as a Superior Court judge from 1971 to 1976, when he resigned to return to private practice."

[1] Official bio, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2008.

[2] "IRWIN I. KIMMELMAN's Obituary". The New York Times. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

[3] Staff. "SKETCHES OF MAJOR APPOINTEES TO KEAN'S CABINET", The New York Times, February 3, 1982. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Attorney General Irwin I. Kimmelman of Short Hills has been in all three branches of government. The 51-year-old lawyer served in the State Assembly in 1964 and 1965 and as a Superior Court judge from 1971 to 1976, when he resigned to return to private practice."

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