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Peter N. Perretti, Jr.
Male, Person
1931 –
Who is Peter N. Perretti, Jr.?
Peter N. Perretti, Jr. was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1989 – 1990.
Perretti attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, graduating in the class of 1949. 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 Essex County from 1958 until 1960. He was a partner in the firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, and Perretti in Newark, joining the firm as an associate in 1960 and becoming a partner in 1963.
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.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1931
New Jersey - Also known as
- Peter Perretti, Jr.
- Education
- Cornell Law School
- Colgate University
- Montclair Kimberley Academy
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on July 23, 2013
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