James H. Coleman, Jr. is Of Counsel to the Morristown-based law firm of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. He focuses his practice on advising attorneys and clients on appellate strategy and on acting as a mediator or arbitrator of complex, private and public disputes.

Justice Coleman joined Porzio following a long judicial career, which culminated in his elevation to the Appellate Division in 1981, and his appointment in 1994 to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, where he served as an associate justice until his retirement in 2003.

Until recently, Justice Coleman served as chairman of the Board of Trustees for Legal Services of New Jersey and as co-chair of the Governor’s Judicial Advisory Panel. He has previously served as chairman of New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on both Sentence Disparity and Minorities Concerns in the Judiciary, and as a member of New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Criminal Practice, Legal Ethics, Medical Malpractice and Probation. Justice Coleman was also a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Appellate Division Management Committee and the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission.

Justice Coleman earned a B.A. from Virginia State University in 1956 and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1959. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1960.

Justice Coleman was appointed to the UMDNJ Board of Trustees in 2010.