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The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

New Jersey Supreme Court / Joined 2004 / Served to 2011

Roberto A. Rivera-Soto

Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court

Roberto A. Rivera-Soto was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, who joined the court in 2004. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Tenure: 2004–2011 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	New Jersey Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Haverford College
Cornell University

Judicial Record

In our data, Rivera-Soto authored 4 published opinions for the court (2005–2011), plus 46 dissents and 33 concurrences. Most cited: DiProspero v. Penn (1,036 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 83 of these were attributed to Rivera-Soto by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2005	DiProspero v. Penn· Concurrence†	874 A.2d 1039	1,036
2007	State v. Elders· Dissent†	927 A.2d 1250	776
2008	New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. E.P.· Dissent†	952 A.2d 436	680
2006	State v. Castagna· Concurrence†	901 A.2d 363	338
2007	Iliadis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.· Dissent†	922 A.2d 710	322
2011	State v. Rose· Concurrence†	19 A.3d 985	252
2009	Litton Industries, Inc. v. IMO Industries, Inc.· Concurrence†	982 A.2d 420	230
2011	State v. McLean· Concurrence†	16 A.3d 332	225
2007	State v. O'NEAL· Concurrence†	921 A.2d 1079	210
2011	State v. Hess· Dissent†	23 A.3d 373	171
2006	State v. Townsend· Concurrence†	897 A.2d 316	158
2011	Lombardi v. Masso· Dissent†	25 A.3d 1080	156
2006	Conway v. 287 Corporate Center Associates· Dissent†	901 A.2d 341	138
2006	Muhammad v. County Bank of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware· Concurrence†	912 A.2d 88	136
2011	Risko v. Thompson Muller Automotive Group, Inc.· Concurrence†	20 A.3d 1123	127

Showing the 15 most-cited of 83 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the New Jersey Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Roberto A. Rivera-Soto on?: Roberto A. Rivera-Soto was a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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7 years on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).