Stewart Glasson Pollock

Stewart G. Pollock (born December 21, 1932), served as Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1979 to 1999. Early life and education Pollock was born in East Orange, New Jersey and raised in Brookside, New Jersey. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1954 (bachelor of arts), New York University School of Law of Law in 1957 (bachelor of law), and from the University of Virginia in 1988 (master of law). In 1995, he received an honorary doctorate from Hamilton College. Career After graduating from law school, he clerked and was associated with Toner Crowley Woelper & Vanderbilt. He was an Assistant United States Attorney from 1958 to 1960 and engaged in private practice with Schenck Price Smith & King from 1960 to 1974. During that time, he served as president of the Occupational Training Center For The Handicapped and as president of the Morristown Field Club. He reentered public service as a Commissioner of the Board of Public Utilities from 1974 to 1976, following which he rejoined Schenck Price Smith & King, while also serving as a Commissioner of the State Commission of Investigation. From 1978 to 1979, he was counsel to Governor Brendan T. Byrne. In 1979, Byrne nominated Pollock to the Supreme Court, and he took his oath of office on June 28, 1979, and was reappointed by Governor Thomas Kean in 1986. In 1991–92, he was Chairman of the Appellate Judge's conference of the American Bar Association.