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20162710|04}}| birth_place = Passaic County, New Jersey| death_place = | party = | spouse = Ruth| children = 3Colgate UniversityCornell Law School (Bachelor of Laws>LL.B.)}}Peter N. Perretti Jr. (October 4, 1931 – February 27, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as Attorney General of New Jersey from 1989 to 1990.

Biography

Raised in Passaic, New Jersey, Perretti attended Montclair Kimberley Academy, where he competed in prep baseball and basketball, graduating in the class of 1949.Alumni Awards, Montclair Kimberley Academy. Accessed March 6, 2011."Campus Corner", Herald News, June 17, 1949. Accessed January 16, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Peter N. Perretti, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter N. Perretti, 79 The Circle, Passaic, was graduated Friday from Montclair Academy. In his junior year, he was secretary-treasurer of his class, a member of one of the debating societies, the Rostrum, on the staff of the yearbook, and a member of the Science Club. He also played on the basketball and baseball teams." He graduated from Colgate University in 1953 and received his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1956. He clerked for retired Superior Court Judge Alexander P. Waugh.He served as Assistant Prosecutor in Essex County from 1958 until 1960. He was a partner in the firm of Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti in Newark, joining the firm as an associate in 1960 and becoming a partner in 1963. Perretti served on the board of Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA). He served as chairman of the board, and was an architect of the merger of Montclair Academy and The Kimberley School in 1974.WEB,weblink PETER PERRETTI Jr. Obituary (2016) the Star-Ledger, Perretti was sworn in as Attorney General of New Jersey on February 14, 1989, replacing W. Cary Edwards, who resigned. As Attorney General, he led in the prosecution of New Jersey beach polluters, in the development of legislation to restrict automatic weapons, in improving oversight of the financing of Atlantic City casinos, and in combating organized crime.A resident of Montclair, New Jersey, Perretti died on February 27, 2016.WEB, Riker Danzig Mourns Death of Peter Perretti,weblink Riker Danzig, 10 March 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160311040453weblink">weblink 11 March 2016, dead, He and his wife, Ruth, had three children.NEWS, Peter Perretti Obituary,weblink 10 March 2016, The Star-Ledger, 2 March 2016,

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Sources

• Official bio, Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey. Accessed March 20, 2008.

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