Former New Jersey Assistant U.S. Attorney Carolyn Murray was sworn in on Tuesday as acting Essex County prosecutor, the Newark Star-Ledger reported.
Carolyn Murray (Essex County Prosecutor's Office)
Murray worked in the state’s U.S. Attorney’s office from 1995 to 2003 under Chris Christie, first as an Assistant U.S. Attorney before being promoted to chief of the Public Prosecution Unit.
Her other public sector work includes a lengthy tenure with the Essex prosecutor’s office as an assistant prosecutor and first assistant prosecutor. Most recently, she served as counsel to state attorney general Paula T. Dow. Dow, who also worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney under Christie before taking her current job, was the Essex County prosecutor.
Murray also has worked in private practice at Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP in Newark in 1987.
New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman attended Tuesday’s ceremony.
