Linda R. Greenstein

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Linda R. Greenstein (born June 7, 1950) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2000, where she represents the 14th legislative district. She has been the Assembly's Assistant Majority Leader since 2002.

Greenstein serves in the Assembly on the Judiciary Committee (as Chair), the Federal Relations Committee (as Vice Chair), the Budget Committee and the New Jersey Citizens' Clean Elections Commission.

The author of New Jersey’s anti-telemarketing law, the Assemblywoman sponsored legislation increasing school bus safety, expanding the scope of Megan's Law, and calling for a State Constitutional Convention for property tax reform. She was also the prime sponsor of several pieces of legislation providing funding for open space preservation and is a founder and co-chair of the Legislative Smart Growth Caucus, which is promoting an anti-sprawl agenda.

Assemblywoman Greenstein served on the Plainsboro Township Committee from 1995-2000 and on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District's Board of Education from 1992-1994. Previous to her election to the General Assembly, she was a Senior Staff Attorney at the Community Health Law Project and supervised the Public Interest Legal Clinic at Montclair State University.

She was also a Clinical Associate Professor at the Seton Hall University School of Law, where she supervised the Disability Law Clinic. She has served as a Deputy Attorney General in Trenton and as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia.

Greenstein received a A.B. from Vassar College in Psychology, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and was awarded a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.

[edit] District 14

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 14th Legislative District are:

• Assemblyman Bill Baroni (R), and
• Senator Peter Inverso (R)

[edit] External links

• Assemblywoman Greenstein's Legislative Website
• New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)