While working at the New Jersey Attorney General office, Wainer Apter led a team that sought to uphold the DACA program.[8]
On March 15, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy nominated Wainer Apter to be a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.[3] She was nominated to replace the retiring Justice Jaynee LaVecchia.[7] Her nomination expired in 2021 due to Senator Holly Schepisi refusing to give senatorial consent and blocking her nomination.[9][10] In January 2022, Schepisi suggested she may be open to supporting Wainer Apter's nomination.[11] On January 11, 2022, Governor Murphy renominated Wainer Apter.[12][13] On October 13, 2022, her nomination was voted out of committee by an 8–3 vote, after Republicans voiced their concern over her time with her time as a director of the civil rights division of the New Jersey Attorney General's office and staff attorney for the ACLU.[14] On October 17, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 23–14 vote.[15] She was sworn into office on October 21, 2022.[16]
^ abRacioppi, Dustin. "North Jersey native tapped by Gov. Phil Murphy to state Supreme Court. Here's who she is", The Record, March 15, 2021. Accessed March 16, 2021. "Wainer Apter grew up in Rockaway and graduated from Morris Hills High School. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. She lives in Englewood with her husband, Jonathan, and three children."
