Robert J. Del Tufo, of counsel with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, is chairperson of the UMDNJ Board of Trustees. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, environmental law, product liability, white collar defense, and governmental relations.

Mr. Del Tufo was New Jersey’s Attorney General from 1990 to 1993. As Attorney General, he headed the Department of Law and Public Safety, which has 11 divisions and approximately 10,000 employees. Among other things, he supervised approximately 500 attorneys providing legal advice to state agencies and representing those agencies in civil litigation. He was also responsible for overseeing New Jersey’s criminal justice system.

Mr. Del Tufo served as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1977 to 1980, where he was responsible for the representation of the federal government in civil litigation and in criminal investigations and prosecutions. He also served as Commissioner of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, First Assistant State Attorney General, and Director of New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice.

He sits on the board of many organizations, including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Legal Services of New Jersey, and Integrity, Inc. He is Vice Chairman and Trustee of Daytop Village Foundation. He is also a member of the National Association of Former United State Attorneys, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the Board of Regents of the National College of District Attorneys.

He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University cum laude and his law degree from Yale University Law School, where he was editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Mr. Del Tufo was appointed to the UMDNJ Board of Trustees in March 2006. His term expires in 2008.