DECEMBER 10, 2007

JANETTA D. MARBREY SWORN IN AS FIRST ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR

Doris M. Galuchie and Kimberly Lacken Sworn In
as Deputy First Assistant Prosecutors 

On December 10, 2007, Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. announced the swearing in of Janetta D. Marbrey as first assistant prosecutor and Doris M. Galuchie and Kimberly Lacken as deputy first assistant prosecutors. 

Mercer County is believed to be the first in the state where the first assistant prosecutor and the two deputy first assistant prosecutors are all women. 

As the first assistant prosecutor, Marbrey oversees the policies, operations and investigations in the 180-person office.  She has served as deputy first assistant prosecutor since September 2004. 

In 1983, Marbrey was hired as an assistant prosecutor for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.  During her initial tenure, she served as a trial team attorney and rose to the position of lead attorney in the Rape Task Force Unit.  She left the office in 1986 to join the insurance defense firm of K. Ruth Larson in Edison, NJ, as a trial attorney. 

Prior to rejoining the prosecutor’s office in October 2003 as executive assistant prosecutor, Marbrey was employed as litigation management counsel by CIGNA Group Insurance where she handled litigation across the country for benefits under group insurance policies issued to employers. 

Marbrey also worked as a municipal prosecutor for the city of Trenton for 13 years, handling a variety of criminal and motor vehicle offenses.  

Marbrey is a graduate of the Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, NJ.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. 

A member of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey and the New Jersey State Bar Association, Marbrey is a supporter of various clubs and events. 

A career prosecutor, Doris M. Galuchie joined the prosecutor’s office in 1989 as a legal intern.  She has worked in the Grand Jury Unit, and served as a trial team leader and chief of the Bias Crimes Unit.  For the last seven years, Galuchie has been chief of the Economic Crime Unit.  

Galuchie has the distinction of securing the first conviction for a bias crime in the state.  She has tried homicide cases for more than 15 years including the last death penalty case in Mercer County. 

In her new position, Galuchie supervises the Economic Crime, Insurance Fraud, Internal Affairs, Grand Jury and Drug Court units.  She also serves as police legal advisor. 

Galuchie is a graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law where she served as the Notes and Comments editor of the Richmond Law Review.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Syracuse University. 

Also a career prosecutor, Kimberly Lacken joined the prosecutor’s office as a legal intern in 1990.  She began her career as an assistant prosecutor in the Grand Jury Unit where she also served as head of the Welfare Fraud Unit.  During her time with the prosecutor’s office, she has also served as a trial team leader and head of the Forfeiture Unit.    

Lacken was named to the Homicide Unit in September 2001 where she secured convictions in several high-profile murder cases.  In September 2004, she was appointed executive assistant prosecutor. 

As executive assistant prosecutor, Lacken managed the development and expansion of the prosecutor’s Gang Unit. 

In her new position, Lacken oversees the Homicide, Child Abuse/Sexual Assault, Megan’s Law, Gang and Project Safe Neighborhoods units.