Atlantic County Surrogate's Court

James A. Carney was elected Atlantic County Surrogate in November 2005 to a five year term, where he serves as Judge of the Atlantic County Surrogate's Court and Deputy Clerk of the New Jersey Superior Court / Chancery Division / Probate Part.  He has previously served almost 14 years as an elected member of the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders and a former Vice Chairman.  Mr. Carney has also served as Chairman of the Atlantic County Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness Task Force and Chairman of the of the Atlantic County Budget and Finance Committee, (helping to direct cumulatively over 1.8 billion dollars of public funds).  He has also served as Chairman of the Atlantic County Administrative and Legislative Code Committee, Chairman of the County Solid Waste Oversight Committee as well as a member of the Criminal Justice Advisory Board, Emergency Management Advisory Board and Solid Waste Advisory Council, and a member of the County Roads and Bridges and the Pinelands Review Committees.

Mr. Carney is a former Vice Chairman of the Atlantic County Transportation Authority, a Former Trustee for the Unites States Department of Justice under the United States Trustee and a former Judgment Enforcement Officer for the New Jersey Superior Court.

He has served as an elected member of the Egg Harbor Township Municipal Government and Vice Chairman of the Egg Harbor Township Planning Board.  He is Past State Vice President of the New Jersey Jaycees and Past President of the Atlantic City Lions Club.  He is a former member of the New Jersey Court Officers Association and currently serves on the executive board as Section Chief of the Constitutional Officers Associations of New Jersey.

Mr. Carney has been a long time volunteer on numerous non profit and civic organizations throughout South Jersey serving in various leadership capacities.  His has vast experience in operating small businesses and has held positions in fortune 500 and 100 Corporations.

Jim is  married to Jacqueline (nee Gehringer) Carney for nearly 40 years.  Jackie is a Broker Associate with Keller Williams Real Estate of Northfield.  They have three grown children:  Michelle Carney-Ray, is Principal of the William H. Ross School in Margate, and is also an adjunct professor at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  Adam Carney, is a member of local #700 of the Motion Picture Film Editors Guild and teaches editing at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.  He also is the owner of Gotham City Edit, a New York City based motion picture and television editing company.  Ryan Carney is a member of Local #29 - New Jersey Carpenters District Council of South Jersey.