Background
Coleman, James H. was born on May 4, 1933 in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. Son of James H. Senior and Neda (Rivers) Coleman.
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James H. Coleman
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Bachelor cum laude, Virginia State University, 1956; Juris Doctor, Howard U., 1959.
Career
Assistant and/or consultant, various New Jersey commissions and divisions, 1960-1964; private practice law, Elizabeth and Roselle, New Jersey, 1960-1970; judge, New Jersey Workers' Compensation Court, 1964-1973; judge, Union County Court, 1973-1978; judge, Law division New Jersey Superior Court, 1978-1981; member special three-judge resentencing panel, New Jersey Superior Court, 1979-1981; judge, Appellate division New Jersey Superior Court, 1981-1987; presiding judge, Appellate division New Jersey Superior Court, 1987-1994; associate justice, Supreme Court of the New Jersey, Springfield, since 1994. Member various Supreme Court committees. Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Elizabeth Good Neighbor Council. Member Elizabeth Advisory Board on UrbanRenewal. Incorporator, board directors Union County Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, ElizabethAnti-Poverty Program.
Vice president, board directors, counsel to Urban League of Union County. Counsel to Elizabeth National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Vice president Scotch Plains-Fanwood Human Rights Council.
Member New Jersey Committee on Hiring the Handicapped. Member Union County Coordinating and Advisory Committee on Higher Education;member Essex County College Equal Education Opportunity Fund Board, others Fellow American Bar Association. Member National Bar Association (judicial county), New Jersey Bar Association, Union County Bar Association, American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, Garden StateBar Association, Omega Psi Phi.
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Married Sophia Coleman, May 12, 1962. 2 children.
