Solomon was born in
Philadelphia in 1954 and graduated from
Central High School. He is a 1975 graduate of
Muhlenberg College where he became a member of
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and graduated in 1978 from
Widener University School of Law. Before his Supreme Court tenure, he had been an elected
Republican politician serving as councilman from the borough of
Haddon Heights, a
Camden County Freeholder, and a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly from the
6th Legislative District from 1992 until 1996. In
1992, he was an unsuccessful candidate for
Congress running against
Rob Andrews in the
1st congressional district. He has also served as Camden County
prosecutor and as a Deputy
U.S. Attorney for the
New Jersey District during the time Christie was the U.S. Attorney for the district. Solomon retired on August 17, 2024. In August 2020, Solomon wrote for the majority when it found that the constitutional right against
self-incrimination did not prevent a police officer from being compelled to provide the passcodes to iPhones he was accused of using to provide tip-offs to a drug trafficker. Solomon and his wife Dianne live in
Haddonfield, New Jersey. His wife has been a member of the BPU since June 2013 and served as president of the board in 2014. == See also ==