Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, like other governors before him, has formed a seven-member Judicial Advisory Panel to advise him on future judicial nominations.

The panel is to be chaired by former Chief Justice James Zazzali and includes former Chief Justice Deborah Poritz; former Justices Stewart Pollock, Virginia Long and John Wallace Jr.; retired Bergen County Assignment Judge Peter Doyne; and John Keefe Jr., the incoming president of the New Jersey State Bar Association.