Petition to Support and Confirm Phillip H. Kwon's Nomination to the NJ Supreme Court

We, the undersigned, support Mr. Phillip H. Kwon’s nomination to the New Jersey Supreme Court.

We believe that Mr. Kwon is independent, fair, highly qualified who advocates for economic and social justice, and immigrant rights. His distinguished career as the principal legal and strategic adviser to the NJ Attorney General, prosecutor of public corruption and Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit in the United States Attorney’s Office, attorney in private practice engaged in a broad range of litigation and commercial transaction matters at an international law firm, and clerk to a United States District Court judge makes him eminently qualified to serve on the State’s highest court.

In addition, Mr. Kwon brings diversity and a unique perspective to the State’s highest court. According to the 2010 Census, about 9% of NJ residents are Asian Pacific American. Considering the growing diversity of New Jersey, we believe that it is time to have an Asian Pacific American justice on the Supreme Court. The Asian Pacific American perspective is now the only major racial group that has not had a voice historically on the State’s highest court. If his nomination is confirmed, Mr. Kwon would be the first Asian Pacific American and the first immigrant justice on the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Therefore, we strongly urge the State Senate to support and confirm Mr. Kwon’s nomination to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Thank you.