Background
Tufo, Robert J. Del was born on November 18, 1933 in Newark. Son of Raymond and Mary (Pellecchia) Del Tufo.
Tufo, Robert J. Del was born on November 18, 1933 in Newark. Son of Raymond and Mary (Pellecchia) Del Tufo.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude in English, Princeton University, 1955;
Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1958.
Law secretary to chief justice New Jersey Supreme Court, 1958-1960. Associate firm Dillon, Bitar & Luther, Morristown, New Jersey, 1960-1962, partner, 1962-1974. Assistant prosecutor Morris County, 1963-1965.
1st assistant prosecutor, 1965-1967. 1st assistant attorney general New Jersey, 1974-1977. Director criminal justice, 1976-1977.
United States attorney District of New Jersey, Newark, 1977-1980. Professor Rutgers University School Criminal Justice, 1979-1981. Partner firm Stryker, Tams & Dill, 1980-1986, Hannoch Weisman, 1986-1990.
Attorney general State of New Jersey, 1990-1993. Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City and Newark, 1993—2004, of counsel, since 2004. Commissioner New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, 1981-1984.
Instructor business law Fairleigh-Dickinson University, 1964. Member New Jersey State Board Bar Examiners, 1967-1974. Member criminal law drafting committee National Conference Bar Examiners, 1972-2002.
Board directors National Center for Victims of Crime, 1995-2003, National Italian American Foundation, 1995-2003, Integrity Inc., since 1995, John Cabot University in Rome, since 1997, Legal Services New Jersey, 2000. Advisory board Yale Law Journal, 2003-2005, IOLTA, 1994-1999, New Jersey Public Interest Law Center, 1996-1999, Daytop Village Foundation, since 1998, Planned Parenthood, 1998-1999. Member committee on character New Jersey Supreme Court, 1982-1984.
Member lawyers' advisory committee New Jersey Federal District Court, since 1998. Member advisory committee of former attorneys general New Jersey Attorney General since 2000. Special master, federal jail onvercrowding litigation, Essex County, 1989-1990.
North-East regional trustee Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 2000-2005, Lawyers' Fund for Client Security, New Jersey, 2000-2005, chairman board trustees University Medical & Dentistry New Jersey, since 2006. Member board regents National College District Attorneys, 2005—2008, member book board Criminal Justice Section American Bar. Association, since 2009.
Member law enforcement advisory committee County College of Morris, 1970-1985. Member Morris County Ethics Committee, 1968-1971, Morris County Judicial Selection Committee, 1970-1972, Essex County Judicial Selection Committee, 1982-1984. Vice president, member executive committee United Fund of Morris County, 1966-1970.
Chairman Morris Township Juvenile Conference Committee, 1963-1974. Board directors National Foundation March of Dimes, 1966-1968, Visiting Nurse Association Morris County, 1963-1970, Morristown Young Men’s Christian Association, 1970-1974. Trustee Attorney's Fund for Client Protection, 1999-2005.
Trustee Newark Academy, 1976-1995, 97—2002, president board directors 1983-1987. Board regents St. Peter's College, 1979-1985. Member bd.trustees PAX, since 2008.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American, New Jersey, Morris County bar associations, National District Attorneys Association, Society Former Attorneys General, National Association Former United States Attorneys, Yale Law School Association (executive committee 1978-1984), Order of Coif.
Married Katherine Nouri Hughes. Children: Barbara, Ann, Robert, David.