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Duties:

    The posi­tion of Direc­tor of Law/Township Solic­i­tor was cre­ated pur­suant to Mon­roe Town­ship Code Sec­tion 4–60, et al. The pow­ers and duties of the Town­ship Solic­i­tor are set forth in the respec­tive sec­tions of the Code.

The Direc­tor of Law/Township Solic­i­tor is appointed by the Mayor with the advice and con­sent of Town­ship Coun­cil. The Solic­i­tor serves for the term of the Mayor. The pow­ers and duties of the Town­ship Solic­i­tor are as follows:

  • Rep­re­sent the Town­ship of Mon­roe in all legal mat­ters and shall advise and assist the Town­ship Coun­cil, the Mayor and the depart­ments as required in the admin­is­tra­tion of Town­ship gov­ern­ment. He shall attend all meet­ings of the Town­ship Coun­cil, draft all ordi­nances and res­o­lu­tions and give opin­ions and rul­ings on ques­tions of law which may arise at Town­ship Coun­cil meet­ings. He shall pre­pare or approve all legal instru­ments relat­ing to the busi­ness of the Town­ship. He shall rep­re­sent the Town­ship in any lit­i­ga­tion and con­duct tri­als, appeals and other pro­ceed­ings affect­ing the inter­ests of the Town­ship as he may, in his dis­cre­tion, deter­mine to be nec­es­sary or desir­able, sub­ject to the approval of the Mayor and Town­ship Coun­cil as may be required.
  • Main­tain records of all legal actions and law­suits, pro­ceed­ings and mat­ters which relate to the Township’s inter­est and report thereon from time to time as the Mayor or Town­ship Coun­cil may require.
  • Have the power to enter into any agree­ment, com­pro­mise or set­tle­ment of any lit­i­ga­tion in which the Town­ship is involved, sub­ject to the approval of the Town­ship Council.
  • Have such other func­tions, pow­ers and duties as may be pro­vided by law.
  • Upon the ter­mi­na­tion of his ser­vice with the Town­ship, forth­with sur­ren­der to his suc­ces­sor all Town­ship prop­erty, papers and records, together with writ­ten con­sent for sub­sti­tu­tion of his suc­ces­sor in any pend­ing actions or pro­ceed­ings.In addi­tion to the duties set forth herein, the Town­ship Solic­i­tor is per­mit­ted to appoint spe­cial coun­sel as set forth in Chap­ter 4–63.

Qual­i­fi­ca­tions:

The cur­rent Town­ship Solic­i­tor, Charles A. Fiore, Esquire, is admit­ted to prac­tice in New Jer­sey and Penn­syl­va­nia and before the United States Dis­trict Court of New Jer­sey and the United States Court of Appeals 3rd Cir­cuit. He is also a mem­ber of the Penn­syl­va­nia and New Jer­sey Bar Asso­ci­a­tions, Amer­i­can Bar Asso­ci­a­tion and the Glouces­ter County Bar Asso­ci­a­tion. He has also been the Munic­i­pal Solic­i­tor for Mon­roe Town­ship, Glouces­ter County, from 1995 to present. Mr. Fiore received his B.A. in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence from Rut­gers Uni­ver­sity, Cam­den, New Jer­sey and his Juris Doc­tor from George Mason Uni­ver­sity School of Law, Arling­ton, Virginia.

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