John E. Wallace, Jr.

John E. Wallace Jr. (born 1942) is a former Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Early life and education Wallace was born on March 13, 1942, in Pitman, New Jersey. He played varsity baseball, basketball and football for his final three years at Pitman High School, graduating in 1960. He received a B.A. from the University of Delaware in 1964, where he was initiated as a brother of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1967. He served in the United States Army from 1968 and reached the rank of Captain before leaving the army in 1970.

Wallace was a partner in the law firm of Atkinson, Myers, Archie & Wallace. He also served in that time period as the Municipal Judge for Washington Township. When he was nominated, Wallace's career was as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge (Appellate Division), a position which he held since 1984.

On May 3, 2010, Governor Chris Christie declined to re-nominate Justice Wallace, whose term expired on May 20, 2010. He is the first Justice of the Supreme Court to be denied tenure in more than a half-century since the adoption of the 1947 State Constitution.

Personal life Justice Wallace lives in Sewell in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, with his wife Barbara (who has served several terms as the mayor of Washington Township, NJ); the couple has five children.