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Article: Two views of a state justice: Friends see a principled man and devoted father. An ethics panel sees someone trying to use his title on a son's behalf.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2007
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Byline: Elisa Ung
May 28--Friends call New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto a principled man and devoted father who doggedly defends his family.
But a recent state ethics complaint -- only the second in the recent history of the state high court -- paints a picture of Rivera-Soto as a pompous justice waving his powerful business card to help his teenage son in a dispute with a high school football teammate.
Rivera-Soto, 53, has never been accused of being meek. A veteran casino attorney who had never been a judge before he was a surprise pick to become the high court's first Hispanic justice in 2004, Rivera-Soto was known in ...