William J. Pascrell, III

William J. Pascrell III is an American lobbyist with the Princeton Public Affairs Group, and has been the Passaic County Counsel. He has worked for United States Senator and Governor Jon Corzine, United States Senator Frank Lautenberg, United States Senator Robert Menendez, Congressman Robert Roe, Herb Klein and Albio Sires as well as Governor James E. McGreevey. Pascrell earned an Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Talk Program Series for "The Battling Bills," a program he created jointly with Bill Palatucci. Pascrell graduated from Rutgers University and the Eagleton Institute of Politics, and earned a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University.

Career Pascrell was first appointed Passaic County Counsel in February 1998 and consecutively reappointed to three-year terms as recently as 2013. Since his appointment, he declined use of a county vehicle and county health benefits while taking a lower salary than the prior counsel. In 2010, during his reappointment he was described as the "favorite son" of the Passaic County Democrats. Following the completion of his sixth term as County Counsel in 2016, he became a lobbyist at the Princeton Public Affairs Group, the largest lobbying firm in New Jersey.

Personal life Pascrell is the son of the late Bill Pascrell, Jr., a fixture of Passaic County politics who served as mayor of Paterson (1990 to 1997), state delegate (1988 to 1997), and congressman from 1997 until his death in 2024, first in the 8th Congressional District, then the 9th.