Joseph Anthony BOTTITTA

Background

Bottitta, Joseph Anthony was born on March 9, 1949. Son of Anthony S. and Elizabeth (Bellisano) Bottitta.

Education

Seton Hall University (Bachelor of Science in A., 1971. Juris Doctor, 1974). Member, Essex County Fee Arbitration Committee, appointed by The Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1981-1985. ViceChairman, 1983-1984.

Chairman, 1984-1985. Member, Bio Ethics Committee, Newark Childrens Hospital, since 1985. New Jersey Commissioner on Uniform Legislation, since 1986. Zoning Board Attorney, Township of Livingston, 1987-1988.

Career

Partner Rusignola & Pugliese, Newark, 1974-1978. Private practice Joseph A. Bottitta, West Orange, 1979-1988. Senior partner Gilbert, Gilbert, Schlossberg and Bottitta, 1988-1989.

Private practice, 1989-1995. With Bottitta and Bascelli, 1995-1999. Chairman Supreme Court Fee Arbitration Committee District V-B., 1984-1985.

Member New Jersey Uniform Law Commission, 1987-1991, New Jersey Commission Professionalism in Law, 1997-2000, New Jersey Supreme Court Professional Responsibility Rules Committee, since 1999, Committee on Public Access to Court Records, 2006^. President New Jersey Lawyers Service, since 2000, E-Law.com, since 2000.

Achievements

• Bar: United States District Court New Jersey 1974, United States Supreme Court 1981.

Membership

Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Member: American Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association (secretary 1983-1984, treasurer 1984-1985, president-elect 1985-1986, president 1986-1987), New Jersey State Bar Association (trustee 1988, treasurer 1994-1995, vice president 1995-1997, president-elect 1997-1998, president 1998-1999).

Connections

Married Lynda Joan Kloss, April 14, 1979. Children: Michelle Emma, Gregory Joseph.

Father:

Anthony S. Bottitta

Mother:

Elizabeth (Bellisano) Bottitta

Spouse:

Lynda Joan Kloss

child:

Michelle Emma Bottitta

child:

Gregory Joseph Bottitta