Background
Perretti, Peter Nicholas was born on October 4, 1931 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter N. and Jessie (Ingram) Perretti.
Perretti, Peter Nicholas was born on October 4, 1931 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter N. and Jessie (Ingram) Perretti.
Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts. Cornell University (Juris Doctor, 1956). Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1989-1990.
Assistant Prosecutor, Essex County, 1958-1959.
Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1959-1960.
He clerked for retired Superior Court Judge Alexander P. Waugh. He served as Assistant Prosecutor in Essex County from 1958 until 1960. Perretti was sworn in as Attorney General of New Jersey on February 14, 1989, replacing West. Cary Edwards, who resigned.
As Attorney General, he led in the prosecution of New Jersey beach polluters, in the development of legislation to restrict automatic weapons, in improving oversight of the financing of Atlantic City casinos, and in combating organized crime.
Perretti died on February 27, 2016.
Trustee Middle Atlantic Association Colleges Schools, Philadelphia, Cornell Law School Advisory Board, Ithaca, New York, since 1990. Board of trustees Montclair (New Jersey) Kimberley Academy. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association, Trial Attorneys Association New Jersey (honorary), New Jersey State Bar Association, Morris County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association of New Jersey, American Judicature Society.
Married Ruth Mary Drechsler, August, 1953. Children: Peter N. III, Earl P., Ruth M.