General Assembly 'Patronage': Relatives, Insiders Get State Magistrate Jobs
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General Assembly 'Patronage': Relatives, Insiders Get State Magistrate Jobs

State Magistrates and Lawmakers - See the Connections
Charles J. Levesque
Position: Magistrate
Court: Family Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former state Representative and Senator
Domenic A. Disandro III
Position: Magistrate
Court: Traffic Tribunal
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former state Senator, former state Senate Judiciary Chairman
R. David Cruise
Position: Magistrate
Court: Traffic Tribunal
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former state Senator and former Chief of Staff for former state Senate President Joseph Montalbano
John F. McBurney III
Position: Magistrate
Court: Superior Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former state Senator
William R. Guglietta
Position: Chief Magistrate
Court: Traffic Tribunal
Base Salary: $146,480
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former House Chief Legal Counsel
John J. Flynn
Position: Magistrate
Court: Superior Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former House Legal Counsel
Paul Jones
Position: Magistrate
Court: Family Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former Legal Counsel for House Judiciary
Patrick T. Burke
Position: Special Magistrate
Court: Superior Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former Deputy Assistant Legal Counsel to Former House Speaker Bill Murphy
Joseph A. Abbate
Position: Magistrate
Court: Traffic Tribunal
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 8.75%
Connection: Former Director of Law Revision at the General Assembly
Fiedlim Gill
Position: General Magistrate
Court: Family Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 12%
Connection: Brother-in-law of state Senate Judiciary Chairman Michael McCaffrey
Patricia L. Harwood
Position: General Magistrate
Court: Superior Court
Base Salary: $142,695
Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision) Employee Co-share: 25%
Pension (Employee Contribution): 12%
Connection: Wife of Former House Speaker John Harwood
