Ariel A. Rodriguez

Ariel Antonio Rodriguez (November 8, 1947 – November 10, 2017) was a judge for the Courts of New Jersey including an acting Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (Judge of the Appellate Division, Temporarily Assigned to the Supreme Court).{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/christie-says-new-high-court-nominees-coming-1.429728|title=Christie says new high court nominees coming|first=Melissa|last=Hayes|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2016}}{{cite web | title= Judge Ariel A. Rodriguez | publisher= New Jersey Judiciary | year= 2016 | url= http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/rodriguez.html | accessdate= 6 July 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160917101955/http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/rodriguez.html# | archive-date= 2016-09-17 | url-status= dead }}{{cite web|url=http://judges.njlj.law.com/profile/New_Jersey_Supreme_Court/Ariel_Rodriguez/Ariel_Rodriguez-360.xml|title=New Jersey Law Journal - Judges Profiles - Ariel_Rodriguez|publisher=|accessdate=7 July 2016}}

Early life and education

Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1947 and came to the United States in 1960. He graduated from Rutgers University and Rutgers School of Law – Camden.

Career

From 1973 to 1976, Rodriguez worked at Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, after which he formed a law partnership and legal courses part-time at Hudson County Community College. He was named counsel to the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company in 1984.

Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean nominated Rodríguez to the New Jersey Superior Court, taking the oath of office on December 5, 1985. Rodríguez sat on the Hudson Vicinage at the Hudson County Courthouse in Jersey City until September 1, 1993 in the family and civil and criminal divisions. He was re-nominated, with tenure, by Governor Jim Florio in 1992. He later sat on the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.

Rodriguez was appointed Chief Justice Stuart Rabner to the Supreme Court in 2012 during a period of controversy and conflict with the New Jersey Senate about the composition about its composition. He sat from October 1, 2012 to June 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.njlawjournal.com/id=1202661061698/Judge-Ariel-A-Rodriguez-Returns-to-Appellate-Division|title=Judge Ariel A. Rodriguez Returns to Appellate Division|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2016}} after which he retired.{{cite web|url=http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/capitolquickies/2014/08/01/three-judges-added-to-new-jersey-appeals-courts/13454851/|title=Three judges added to New Jersey appeals courts|publisher=|accessdate=7 July 2016}}

Rodriguez was a resident of Ramsey, New Jersey where he lived with his wife. Rodriguez had a son and a step-daughter.{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ramsey/2017/11/16/ariel-rodriguez-respected-judge-ramsey-dies-70/865437001/|title=Ariel Rodriguez, respected judge from Ramsey, dies at 70|publisher=|accessdate=11 July 2018}} He died on November 10, 2017, two days after his 70th birthday.{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/11/judge_ariel_rodriguez_70_former_state_supreme_cour.html|title=Rodriguez, former state Supreme Court justice, dies|publisher=|accessdate=11 July 2018}}