Background
GREENBERG, MARTIN was born on February 24, 1932 in New York, New York, United States.
GREENBERG, MARTIN was born on February 24, 1932 in New York, New York, United States.
Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954. Bachelor of Laws, 1956). Member, Board of Editors, Rutgers Law Review, 1955-1956.
Legal Assistant to: Attorney General and Governor, Deputy Attorney General, New Jersey, 1958-1959.
Assistant Prosecutor, Essex County, 1959-1961. State Senator, 1974-1979.
Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1978-1979. General Counsel, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 1979-1982.
He is a 1954 graduate of Rutgers University and received his law degree from Rutgers Law School in 1956. He served as an Assistant Counsel to Governor Robert B. Meyner and as Assistant Essex County Prosecutor. In 1973, while a candidate for State Senator, Greenberg was named Political Director of Brendan Byrne"s campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for State Senator in 1971.
He was elected to the State Senate in 1973, defeating Republican Joseph Galluzzi, the President of the Irvington Town Council, by 8,689 votes, 22,290 (6031%) to 13,601 (3680%). He was re-elected to a second term in 1977, defeating Review
James A. Pindar, a Catholic Priest and a professor at Seton Hall University, 16,986 (5780%) to 11,399 (3879%), with former Democratic State Senator Nicholas Fernicola, running as an Independent, receiving 770 votes(262%). During his six years as a Senator, Greenberg served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Greenberg resigned from the Senate in 1979 to become President and General Counsel to the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City.
After leaving the casino industry, he was appointed by Governor Jim Florio to serve as the General Counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Florio appointed him to serve as a in 1992. He was the Presiding Judge in Hudson County, and served as in the Chancery, General Equity, and Probate divisions.
After retiring from the bench in 2003, Greenberg became Of Counsel at Walder Hayden.
Essex County, New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Business Law, Casino Law and Trials and Appeals.