Arlene Quiñones Perez, Esq.
Trustee-Region 7 (Mercer, Somerset, Hunterdon Counties)
Arlene Quiñones Perez, Esq. is a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Michael A. Shipp, U.S.M.J. in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Prior to her clerkship, Mrs. Perez was a registered lobbyist with Impact NJ, LLC. Her extensive government experience includes serving as a Councilwoman in the Town of Clinton, New Jersey (where she was the youngest member of the municipality’s governing body and the only Hispanic woman to serve as an elected official in Hunterdon County), and working as an aide to the Governor and Attorney General. She has been listed by Politics NJ as one of New Jersey’s top 50 rising stars and featured in the Star-Ledger as a Person of Interest. In 2009, Arlene received the National Association of Women Lawyers Award.
While in law school, she completed a judicial externship with the Hon. Jose Linares, U.S.D.J. After graduating, she served as a Law Clerk in the Appellate Division of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Lisa Thornton in the Superior Court of New Jersey.
