By Sam Bojarski

Fabiana Pierre-Louis, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, will soon take her seat as the first Black woman to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. 

The Democrat-led state Senate voted 39-0 to confirm Pierre-Louis, after the Judiciary Committee unanimously approved her nomination on Aug. 24. Pierre-Louis, 39, will replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Walter Timpone and could serve for as long as 30 years on the seven-member body. 

Judicial nominees typically refrain from comment until after they are sworn in, but in a June interview with The Haitian Times, Pierre-Louis spoke about her nomination to the court. 

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Sam Bojarski

Sam Bojarski has been covering Haiti and its diaspora for The Haitian Times since 2018. He is currently covering New York's Haitian community as a Report for America corps member.

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