Background
Dow, Paula Tumayshu was born in 1955.
Dow, Paula Tumayshu was born in 1955.
Bachelor, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1977. Juris Doctor, University Pennsylvania Law School, 1980.
Associate Tomar, Parks, Seliger, Simonoff & Adourian, Camden, New Jersey, 1978. Attorney Exxon Company, Tex, New Jersey, New York, 1980—1987. Attorney civil division (southern district) New York United States Department Justice, 1987—1994, counsel to United States attorney, District New Jersey, 1994—2003.
Acting prosecutor Essex County, Newark, 2003—2005, prosecutor, 2005—2010. Acting attorney general State of New Jersey, Trenton, 2010, attorney general, since 2010. Member New Jersey United States Attorney Liaison for Orange and Newark Weed and Seed Programs.
Member of Association Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey Incorporated, New York Jersey State Bar Association (co-chair Judicial Administration Committee, member Minorities in the Profession Section).
2 children.