Warren W. Wilentz

Background

He was the son of New Jersey Attorney General David T. Wilentz, who prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, and the brother of New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Wilentz.

Education

University of Virginia. New York University; Rutgers University (Bachelor of Laws, 1949). Prosecuting Attorney, Middlesex County, 1956-1960.

County Attorney, Middlesex County, 1960-1967.

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Middlesex County Legal Services Corporation, 1968-1975.

Career

Wilentz was born in 1924 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to David and Lena (Goldman) Wilentz. He served as Prosecuting Attorney for Middlesex County from 1956 to 1960 and County Attorney from 1960 to 1967. He also became a partner of the Woodbridge firm founded by his father, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer.

In 1966 Wilentz was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate to oppose Republican incumbent Clifford P. Case.

He was recruited after several other potential candidates, including former New Jersey Governor Robert Meyner, declined to run. Wilentz was soundly defeated by a margin of 60%-37%.

Wilentz was paralyzed in an automobile collision in December 2002. He received treatment at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, New Jersey.

Achievements

• Warren W. Wilentz has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Perth Amboy, Middlesex County (President, 1962-1963) and American Bar Associations. Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association. New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey (Trustee, 1985—). Fellow, American Bar Foundation.

Fellow, American Bar Foundation.