:Jaynee LaVecchia

Jaynee LaVecchia was born in Paterson, New Jersey on October 9, 1954. She is a 1976 graduate of Douglass College and graduated in 1979 from Rutgers School of Law – Newark. She has been a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association since 1980. She was in private practice and worked as Director of the Division of Law within the Department of Law and Public Safety since August 1, 1984. As director, she was responsible for the legal work of all lawyers assigned to the civil side of the New Jersey Attorney ’s Office.

LaVecchia served in the Office of Counsel to Republican governor Thomas Kean from 1986 to 1989, first as an Assistant Counsel and then as Deputy Chief Counsel. She was Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Office of Administrative Law from 1989 through July 1994. In 1996, she was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Association. On August 24, 1998, LaVecchia became commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.

LaVecchia was nominated by Governor Christine Todd Whitman to serve on the Supreme Court on December 24, 1999.{{cite news|last=Kocieniewski|first=David|title=Banking Chief Nominated To Top New Jersey Court|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/24/nyregion/banking-chief-nominated-to-top-new-jersey-court.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 24, 1999}} She was confirmed by the Senate on January 10, 2000 and sworn in for a term to begin February 1, 2000. She replaced Marie L. Garibaldi.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/224384712/ |title=11 Jan 2000, Page 29 - The Courier-News at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=2000-01-11 |accessdate=2022-06-05}} Governor Jon Corzine reappointed her to the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2006."JAYNEE LAVECCHIA." New Jersey News Politics Opinion and Analysis. 16 Feb. 2009. Web. 1 Apr. 2015. She has chaired or served on various Supreme Court Committees, subcommittees, and other Court-assigned projects. She has been granted tenure until October 9, 2024.

In August 2020, LaVecchia wrote for the dissenters when a narrow majority found that the constitutional right against self-incrimination did not prevent a police officer from being compelled to provide the passcodes to iPhones he was accused of using to provide tip-offs to a drug trafficker.{{Bluebook journal |first=|last=Note|title=Recent Case: Supreme Court of New Jersey Holds that Compelled Disclosure of Defendant’s iPhone Passcodes Does Not Violate the Self-Incrimination Clause|volume=134 |journal=Harv. L. Rev. |page=2267|url=https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/134-Harv.-L.-Rev.-2267.pdf|year=2021}}.{{cite court |litigants=State v. Andrews |vol=234|reporter=A.3d|opinion=1254|court=N.J.|date=2020|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16109368769647748997|accessdate=}}

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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-79-07.opn.html IMO Civil Commitment of J.M.B.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-19-08.opn.html Piermount Iron Works, Inc. v. Evanston Insurance Co.]
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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-93-07.opn.html State v. Smith]

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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-59-03.opn.html State v. B.H.]
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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-72-01.opn.html McCurrie v. Town of Kearny]
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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-94-01.opn.html Nisivoccia v. Glass Gardens, Inc.]
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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-95-01.opn.html Silvestri v. Optus Software, Inc.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-26-02.opn.html State v. Pelham]
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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-121-01.opn.html Warren County Community College v. Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders]

• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-86-00.opn.html County of Camden v. Public Employees Retirement System]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-71-00.opn.html Erny v. Estate of Antoinette T. Merola]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-47-01.opn.html Gaines v. Bellino]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-100-00.opn.html Howard v. University of Medicine & Dentistry of N.J.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-17-01.opn.html IMO the Commitment of W.Z.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-10-01.opn.html Martindale v. Sandvik, Inc.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-108-00.opn.html Merlino v. Borough of Midland Park]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-52-01.opn.html Shelcusky v. Garjulio]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-75-00.opn.html State v. Allah]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-113-99.opn.html State v. Josephs]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-106-00.opn.html State v. McCloud]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-106-00.opn.html State v. Joel Williams]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-20-01.opn.html State v. Edmond Williams]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-36-01.opn.html Weinberg v. Sprint Corp.]

• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-120-99.opn.html Fink v. Thompson]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-142-99.opn.html IMO Registrant J.M.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-39-00.opn.html IMO Registrant M.F.]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-26-00.opn.html Lamorte Burns & Co., Inc. v. Walters]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-119-99.opn.html McGrogan v. Till]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-138-99.opn.html Pheasant Bridge Corp. v. Twp of Warren]
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• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-53-99.opn.html State v. Hackett]
• [http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/decisions/supreme/a-11-00.opn.html State v. R.D.]
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