IRA E. KREIZMAN, J.S.C. (Ret.)

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IRA E. KREIZMAN, J.S.C. (Ret.)

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    Judge Ira Kreizman graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. in 1963 with a B.A. in psychology. Shortly thereafter he entered the United States Coast Guard Reserve. After completing his active duty, he entered and then graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1967, followed by a Judicial Clerkship for Monmouth County Judges Alton Evans and Raymond McGowan. He practiced law in Asbury Park with the law firm of Thomas Shebell, specializing in personal injury and workers compensation law. After several years, Judge Kreizman joined with another young lawyer, John Manna, to form the law firm Manna and Kreizman. They later merged with the firm of Donald Pappa, the Asbury Park Municipal Court Judge, and shortly thereafter moved to Ocean Township. Judge Kreizman specialized in personal injury, real estate, municipal and landlord and tenant matters. He represented the largest residential landlords in Monmouth County as well as several builders and developers and many small businesses. He, along with his partners, represented the Boroughs of Atlantic Highlands and Belmar and the City of Long Branch. Judge Kreizman represented the Zoning Board of Adjustment of Atlantic Highlands and became the Assistant Township attorney for the Township of Ocean. In 1979, he was appointed the Ocean Township Municipal Court Judge, and in 1985, also the Judge for Eatontown. In 1991, after 24 years of private practice, Governor James Florio nominated him to become a New Jersey Superior Court Judge, assigned to Monmouth County. He was assigned, at different times, to all divisions, but has served primarily in the criminal division, handling many of the high profile cases in Monmouth County. In his six years in the Civil Division, he presided over numerous automobile negligence trials as well as medical malpractice, condemnation, prerogative writs and LAD matters. He served on the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection and was a long time Intensive Supervision Program panelist.

    Judge Kreizman has been very active in community service. He was the President of the Monmouth Boys and Girls Club. He is a Past President of the Monmouth Jewish Community Center, and Past President of the Ocean Township Little League. He continues to volunteer as a Little League umpire. He founded the Ocean Township Athletic Hall of Fame. For the past 20 years, he has been the “Voice of the Big Red”, the stadium announcer for Ocean Township High School Football. Prior to that, for about 10 years he was the voice of Asbury Park High School football. Judge Kreizman is the most proud of his founding, together with the former mayor of Asbury Park, Carl Williams, the Asbury Park High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame.

    Judge Kreizman is married and he has one son, David, who is an Emmy Award winning head writer of soap operas. David and his wife, Natasha, have 3 children, 6 year old twins Dashiell and Fiona, and a two year old son, Oliver.

    Since his retirement from the Bench in 2010, he has concentrated on Alternate Dispute Resolution matters, handling primarily complex commercial disputes.

    Seton Hall University (JD 1967)

    Lafayette College (BA 1963)

    New Jersey (1967)

    U.S. District Court of New Jersey (1967)

    Monmouth Bar Association – Active

    Past member of the NJ Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection