Background
RUOTOLO, ANDREW was born on November 5, 1952 in Peakskill, New York, United States.
RUOTOLO, ANDREW was born on November 5, 1952 in Peakskill, New York, United States.
Amherst College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1974). Fordham University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1978). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Arthur J. Blake, Assignment Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, 1978-1979.
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1981-1984. Barrister, Richard J. Hughes Inn of Court, since 1989.
He was the Democratic nominee for the New Jersey State Assembly in 1985. At Westfield High School, he was named to the All-American Swimming Team. He was a 1974 graduate of Amherst College and a 1978 graduate of Fordham University Law School.
He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1981 to 1984, where he worked in the Criminal Division.
In 1985, he was the Democratic candidate for the New Jersey State Assembly in the Union County-based 21st district, losing to incumbent Republican Assemblymen Chuck Hardwick and Peter J. Genova by more than 14,000 votes. Governor Jim Florio appointed him to serve as Prosecutor in 1991, following the death of John H. Stamler.
As Prosecutor, he created a special task force to combat auto theft. Under Ruotolo"s leadership, car theft dropped by 20%.
He created the Union County Human Relations Commission to combat bias and hate crimes, and established his office"s first full-time Domestic Violence Unit and the Union County Child Advocacy Center.
He died of cancer of the esophagus while in office. The New Jersey County Prosecutor"s Association has created the Ruotolo, Junior. Memorial Scholarship, a need-based scholarship for students admitted to law school.
His widow, Mary P. Ruotolo, served as a Union County Freeholder from 1998 to 2004.
Union County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Jersey (Trustee, since 1990).
(Certified Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Federal and State Criminal Law, Construction Law.
