Annette Quijano

Annette Quijano
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 20th district
Assumed office
September 25, 2008
Serving with Jamel Holley
Preceded by Neil M. Cohen
Personal details
Born (1962-07-04) July 4, 1962
Political party Democratic
Residence Elizabeth, New Jersey
Alma mater Rutgers University (B.S.)
Rutgers School of Law–Newark (J.D.)
Occupation Municipal prosecutor
Website Legislative web page

Annette M. Quijano (/kiˈhɑːnoʊ/, born July 4, 1962[1]) is an American Democratic Party politician, who was selected by Union County Democrats to fill a vacancy to represent the 20th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly and has since been re-elected three times to her Assembly seat. Quijano succeeded Neil M. Cohen, who resigned on July 28, 2008 amid allegations of child pornography on an official computer.[2]

Biography

Quijano is a native of New Jersey, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents. She is a resident of Elizabeth.

Quijano graduated from Rutgers University with a B.S. in Management and earned her Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Newark in 1991.[3][4] She served clerkships at New Jersey Superior Court in Newark, and in Trenton at both the Office of the Governor's Counsel and the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate in Trenton. She has bar admissions in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.[5][6] She is currently a municipal prosecutor for the City of Elizabeth.[7]

She has worked as a Compliance Manager for Prudential/ Aetna U.S. Healthcare and as an attorney in civil practice. She served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Raymond Lesniak from 1992–1994, Assistant Counsel to Union County, Clerk to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and as the Assistant Counsel to Governors Jim McGreevey, Richard Codey and Jon Corzine.[5]

Quijano has served on the United Way Hispanic Advisory Council of Union County, the Governor’s Working Group for Hispanic Affairs, a Legal Services committee in Elizabeth, and as a Commissioner for New Jersey’s Congressional Redistricting efforts. She is the recipient of the Excellence in State Government Leadership and the Women of Excellence in Government awards and mentors young adults to consider law and graduate school in her free time.[5]

Legislative career

Quijano is the first woman and first minority to represent the 20th District. Quijano was selected by a convention of Union County Democrats over Patricia Perkins-Auguste by a vote of 87-82 to replace the vacant seat of Neil Cohen who resigned.[8] She was sworn in on September 25, 2008.

She is serving as General Assembly Deputy Majority Leader and Chairwoman of the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. This is in addition to serving as a member of the Labor Committee.[3]

District 20

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 20th District for the 2014–2015 Legislative Session are:[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Member Annette Quijano's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  2. ↑ "In Brief: Lawyer chosen to replace disgraced Union lawmaker", Daily Record (Morristown), August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008.
  3. 1 2 Assemblywoman Quijano's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed May 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rutgers School of Law - Newark Newsletter" (PDF). September 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2015. Annette Quijano '91 was appointed to fill a vacant State Assembly seat in Union county (20th Legislative District). She had been an assistant counsel to Gov. Jon Corzine.
  5. 1 2 3 Assemblywoman-Select Annette Quijano, Community First. Accessed September 12, 2008. Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Annette Quijano, Attorney". Lawyer.com. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Assemblywoman Annette Quijano Bio Page". NJ Assembly Majority Office. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Livio, Susan K. "Corzine attorney to replace Cohen", The Star-Ledger, August 21, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2008.
  9. ↑ Legislative Roster 2014-2015 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 12, 2015.

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New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by
Neil M. Cohen		 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 20th District
September 25, 2008 – present
With: Joseph Cryan, Jamel Holley		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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