NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT

The Governor of New Jersey has selected Justice James R. Zazzali to succeed Deborah T. Poritz as Chief Justice and also named Appellate Division Judge Helen E. Hoens as an Associate Justice. Both seem assured of eventual confirmation by the New Jersey Senate. On October 26, 2006, Poritz reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70.    New Jersey Lawyer, September 18, 1006