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MARILYN RHYNE HERR<br />

A native of Minnesota, Marilyn Rhyne Herr was<br />

graduated cum laude from Gustavus Adolphus<br />

College in that state. After her marriage and move<br />

to <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong>, she began studies for a law<br />

degree at Rutgers Law School. She graduated in<br />

1967 and passed the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> State Bar<br />

examination the day before the birth of the second<br />

of her three daughters!<br />

She was associated with the Somerville law<br />

firm of Ann and Raymond Trombadore when<br />

nominated to the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong> Superior Court by<br />

Gov. Kean in 1988. Her nomination was confirmed<br />

in February 1989, and she was sworn in the<br />

following month -- becoming the second woman<br />

resident of <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong> to be named a<br />

Superior Court judge, and the first assigned to the bench in her home county.<br />

Judge Herr served many years as a Girl Scout leader, and two terms as president<br />

of the Rolling Hills Girl Scout Council. She resides in Clinton Township.<br />

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