New Jersey Statutes Title 52. State Government, Departments and Officers 52 § 27EE-47

a. The Director of the Division of Rate Counsel shall be an attorney-at-law of this State, appointed by the Governor.

b. When exceptional circumstances arise, the Director of the Division of Rate Counsel, with the approval of the State Treasurer, may on a temporary basis retain such expert assistants as are necessary to protect the public interest, pursuant to a reasonable fee schedule established in advance by the Treasurer.

c. Cases shall be assigned to staff attorneys or to attorneys hired on a case by case basis calculated to provide competent representation in the light of the nature of the case, the services to be performed, the experience of the particular attorney, and other relevant factors.