Peter N. Perretti Jr.

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Peter N. Perretti Jr.
Attorney General of New Jersey
In office
February 14, 1989 – January 16, 1990
GovernorThomas Kean
Preceded byW. Cary Edwards
Succeeded byRobert Del Tufo
Personal details
Born(1931-10-04)October 4, 1931
Passaic County, New Jersey
DiedFebruary 27, 2016(2016-02-27) (aged 84)
SpouseRuth
Children3
Alma materColgate University
Cornell Law School (LL.B.)

Peter N. Perretti Jr. (October 4, 1931 – February 27, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as

Attorney General of New Jersey
from 1989 to 1990.

Biography

Raised in Passaic, New Jersey, Perretti attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, where he competed in prep baseball and basketball, graduating in the class of 1949.[1][2] He graduated from Colgate University in 1953 and received his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1956. He clerked for retired Superior Court Judge Alexander P. Waugh.

He served as Assistant Prosecutor in

Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti in Newark
, joining the firm as an associate in 1960 and becoming a partner in 1963.

Perretti served on the board of Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA). He served as chairman of the board, and was an architect of the merger of Montclair Academy and The Kimberley School in 1974.[3]

Perretti was sworn in as

Attorney General of New Jersey on February 14, 1989, replacing W. Cary Edwards, who resigned. As Attorney General, he led in the prosecution of New Jersey beach polluters, in the development of legislation to restrict automatic weapons, in improving oversight of the financing of Atlantic City
casinos, and in combating organized crime.

A resident of Montclair, New Jersey, Perretti died on February 27, 2016.[4] He and his wife, Ruth, had three children.[5]

References

  1. ^ Alumni Awards, Montclair Kimberley Academy. Accessed March 6, 2011.
  2. Newspapers.com
    . "Peter N. Perretti, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter N. Perretti, 79 The Circle, Passaic, was graduated Friday from Montclair Academy. In his junior year, he was secretary-treasurer of his class, a member of one of the debating societies, the Rostrum, on the staff of the yearbook, and a member of the Science Club. He also played on the basketball and baseball teams."
  3. ^ "PETER PERRETTI Jr. Obituary (2016) the Star-Ledger".
  4. ^ "Riker Danzig Mourns Death of Peter Perretti". Riker Danzig. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Peter Perretti Obituary". The Star-Ledger. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

Sources

  • Official bio, Office of the
    Attorney General of New Jersey
    . Accessed March 20, 2008.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Attorney General of New Jersey

1989 – 1990 		Succeeded by
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