“Matthew J. Platkin was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy to serve as the state’s 62nd Attorney General on February 3, 2022, and confirmed to that role with bipartisan support by the New Jersey Senate on September 29, 2022.”
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin
25 Market Street, Trenton, NJ 08611-2148
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