For Stephen Orlofksy, the call to come into a case on a motion for leave to appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court isn’t an uncommon one. But in representing the City of Paterson in Lee v. Brown, he recognized the importance in addressing what he called “a horrible precedent for municipalities in this state.”

“I said, ‘look, there are no guarantees,’” Orlofsky, a well-known litigator in New Jersey and former federal judge, recalled telling the client. “When they [the Supreme Court] took it, I knew I had a shot.”

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