Peter N. Perretti, Jr.

Peter N. Perretti, Jr.

Attorney General of New Jersey
In office 1989–1990
Governor	Thomas Kean
Preceded by	W. Cary Edwards
Succeeded by	Robert Del Tufo
Personal details
Born	(1931-10-04)October 4, 1931 Passaic County, New Jersey
Died	February 27, 2016(2016-02-27) (aged 84)
Spouse(s)	Ruth
Children	3
Alma mater	Colgate University Cornell Law School (LL.B.)

Peter N. Perretti, Jr. (October 4, 1931 – February 27, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as Attorney General of New Jersey from 1989 to 1990.

Biography

Perretti attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, graduating in the class of 1949.^[1] He graduated from Colgate University in 1953 and received his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1956. He clerked for retired Superior Court Judge Alexander P. Waugh.

He served as Assistant Prosecutor in Essex County from 1958 until 1960. He was a partner in the firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland, and Perretti in Newark, joining the firm as an associate in 1960 and becoming a partner in 1963.

Perretti was sworn in as Attorney General of New Jersey on February 14, 1989, replacing W. 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.^[2] He and his wife, Ruth, had three children.^[3]

References

↑ Alumni Awards, Montclair Kimberley Academy. Accessed March 6, 2011.
↑ "Riker Danzig Mourns Death of Peter Perretti". Riker Danzig. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
↑ "Peter Perretti Obituary". The Star-Ledger. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

Sources

Official bio, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2008.

Legal offices
Preceded by W. Cary Edwards	Attorney General of New Jersey 1989 – 1990	Succeeded by Robert Del Tufo

Attorneys General of New Jersey (Since 1947 State Constitution)

Parsons Richman Furman Sills Kugler Hyland Degnan Zazzali Kimmelman Edwards Perretti Del Tufo Poritz Verniero Farmer Samson Harvey Farber Rabner Milgram Dow Chiesa Hoffman (Acting) Lougy (Acting) Porrino

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