Peter G. Verniero Delivers to the Governor’s Office the Firm’s Report on the Vetting and Hiring Practices of the Governor-elect’s Transition Office and Related Issues

Sills Cummis & Gross has delivered its Report on the Vetting and Hiring Practices of the Governor-elect’s Transition Office and Related Issues.

On October 15, 2018, Governor Philip D. Murphy announced that his administration would retain Peter G. Verniero and his firm, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C., to conduct a systemic review of the vetting and hiring practices of the Governor-elect’s transition office. The administration asked that the review include the vetting and hiring of Albert J. Alvarez, regarding his position in the transition office and his eventual position at the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.

The review team consisted of Peter G. Verniero, Esq., Michael S. Carucci, Esq. and Jacquelyn M. Lyons, Esq.