Valerie H. Armstrong

Raised in Brigantine, New Jersey, Armstrong graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1964.^[1] She completed her undergraduate at Beaver College.^[2] Armstrong would attend the Temple University College of Music^[3] and met her future husband, John Armstrong, while attending the University of Virginia; they married in 1970.^[1] From 1970 to 1973, Armstrong taught music at Friends Select School in Philadelphia.^[3] She graduated from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.^[2]

Armstrong was a partner in the law firm of Subin, Armstrong & Armstrong in Northfield, New Jersey, from 1976 to 1984.^[3] In June 1984, Armstrong became a judge for the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law.^[3]

Armstrong was nominated to the Casino Control Commission by Governor Thomas H. Kean on February 4, 1985, serving on the Commission on March 29, 1985. She was reappointed to a full five-year term in 1989.^[3]

In 1990, Armstrong served as acting chairperson for nine months following the resignation of former Chairman Walter N. Read and prior to the appointment of Chairman Steven P. Perskie.^[3]

Armstrong would leave the board in October 1991, following her appointment to the New Jersey Superior Court.^[3]

Armstrong was appointed as a judge for the New Jersey Superior Court by Governor James Florio in 1991, serving in the family division and becoming presiding judge in 1995.^[2] Armstrong chaired the Conference of Presiding Family Judges from 1997 to 2000.^[2]

Armstrong would become assignment judge for the 1st Vicinage encompassing Cape May and Atlantic counties in 2001, until her retirement on November 1, 2011.^[2]

She and her husband have been residents of Absecon, New Jersey.^[1]