Marie L. Garibaldi

Marie Louise Garibaldi (November 26, 1934 – January 15, 2016) was a United States Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. When appointed by Governor Thomas Kean in 1982, Garibaldi became the first woman to serve on New Jersey's highest court. She retired in 2000.

Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Garibaldi was a resident of Weehawken, New Jersey. She attended Stevens Hoboken Academy. A 1956 graduate of Connecticut College, she received her LL.B. from Columbia University in 1959 and her LL.M. in tax law from New York University School of Law in 1963. Garibaldi became a member of the New York bar in 1960 and of the New Jersey bar in 1966. She is also admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia.

Garibaldi also served as a director of the State Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Bell Telephone Co., and the Washington Savings Bank. She also has been a trustee of St. Peter's College.

In 2010, Garibaldi was one of eight retired New Jersey Supreme Court Justices who issued a joint statement asking Governor Chris Christie to reconsider his decision not to re-appoint then-Justice John Wallace. She died on January 15, 2016, at the age of 82.