Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Bruce Harris

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Role
  
Lawyer

Name
  
Bruce Harris


Profession
  
Lawyer

Domestic partner
  
Marc Boisclair

Political party
  
Republican Party

Bruce Harris medianjcomledgerupdatesimpactphoto20120511

Born
  
January 4, 1951 (age 73) (
1951-01-04
)

Residence
  
Chatham, New Jersey, United States

Education
  
Yale University, Yale Law School, Boston University, Questrom School of Business, Amherst College

Preceded by
  
Nicholas Eck (interim)

Bruce harris quintet smalls jazz nyc


Bruce A. Harris (born 1951) is an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey. A Republican, he has served as mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey, since January 2012. He previously served on the Chatham Borough Council from 2004 to 2012.

Contents

Bruce Harris Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris honored at Historical Society

Harris attended Amherst College, graduated magna cum laude. He earned an MBA from the Boston University Graduate School of Management and a JD from Yale Law School. He is currently Of Counsel at Greenberg Traurig LLP in Florham Park, New Jersey.

After eight years on the borough council, Harris ran for mayor of Chatham Borough in November 2011, defeating Democratic incumbent Nelson Vaughan. Harris took office as mayor in January 2012.

On January 23, 2012, Governor Chris Christie nominated Harris to an open seat on the New Jersey Supreme Court. His nomination was rejected on May 31, 2012, by the Senate Judiciary Committee in a 7-6 vote that was largely along party lines. His lack of any courtroom experience was cited by the opposition. There is a continuing dispute between Senate Democrats and Governor Christie concerning the political divide on the Supreme Court.

Harris is openly gay. If his nomination had been confirmed, he would have been the first openly gay New Jersey Supreme Court justice.

Governor christie if they give bruce harris a fair chance he will be confirmed


References

Bruce Harris Wikipedia