L. Grace Spencer
| L. Grace Spencer | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 29th Legislative District district |
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In office January 8, 2008 – June 30, 2016 Serving with Eliana Pintor Marin |
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| Preceded by |
Wilfredo Caraballo William D. Payne |
| Succeeded by | Blonnie R. Watson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Rutgers University–Newark Rutgers School of Law–Newark |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Website | Assemblywoman Spencer's legislative webpage |
L. Grace Spencer (born March 15, 1968) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly where she represented the 29th Legislative District from January 8, 2008 to June 30, 2016. Since July 2016, she serves as a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court.
She served the City of Newark, New Jersey as Assistant Corporation Counsel from 1997 to 1999 and as a special prosecutor from 2000 to 2003.
Spencer graduated from Queen of Angels grammar school in Newark and is a graduate of Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell, New Jersey. In 1992 she graduated from the Rutgers University–Newark College of Arts and Sciences with a major in business management and was awarded a J.D. from the Rutgers School of Law – Newark in 1996. She is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and before the United States Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She is a partner at Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, handling matters arising in professional-liability-law having practiced there since 2003.
She is a resident of the South Ward of Newark having lived there since 1979.
Spencer and running mate Alberto Coutinho received the endorsements of the Essex and Union County Democratic Committees in the June 2007 primary for the General Assembly election from the 29th district. The two defeated incumbent Wilfredo Caraballo. She has been re-elected to two-year terms since that year.
Spencer served in the Assembly on the Environment and Solid Waste Committee (as Chair), the Appropriations Committee (as Vice-Chair), and the Women and Children Committee. She was a member of the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.
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