The Honorable John E. Wallace

Brown & Connery, LLP

John E. Wallace, Jr., retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justice, serves as Of-Counsel to Brown & Connery, concentrating his practice in mediation, arbitration and complex litigation.

Justice Wallace’s career as a jurist spanned over 25 years. He has served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Task Force for Minority Concerns, the New Jersey Ethics Commission, the Judiciary Advisory Committee on Americans with Disabilities Act, and more. He received a B.A. from the University of Delaware and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970, attaining the rank of captain.

Justice Wallace received the William J. Brennan, Jr. Citation for Justice from Legal Services of New Jersey and was the recipient of the Civility in Government and Politics Award of Excellence from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Jersey Law Journal; and the Lifetime Achievement from the Philadelphia Inquirer.

In addition to serving on the board of Legal Services of New Jersey, Justice Wallace is also a member of the Board of Jefferson Health and a member of the National Advisory Board to William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy.