Freeholder Mohamed S. Jalloh
Freeholder Mohamed S. Jalloh is serving in the third year of his first term on the Freeholder Board. A native of Union County, he is an attorney who lives in the Borough of Roselle. He attended the Newark Boys Choir School and Saint Elizabeth’s Middle School in Linden before graduating from Roselle Catholic High School.
Freeholder Jalloh earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Rhetoric and Communications with a minor in African-American Studies from Syracuse University. He earned his Juris Doctor degree at Rutgers University Law School in Newark.
Always an active member of his community, Freeholder Jalloh was the director of the Tenth Leadership Institute at Syracuse, a Student Representative to the Syracuse University Quality Council, and a founding member of the African American Male Congress Honors Society. At Rutgers, he became a member of the Student Bar Association, served as the student representative on the Curriculum Committee, and was a member of the Association of Black Law Students and the Association of Latin American Students.
Freeholder Jalloh is a staunch advocate for education. At Syracuse he served as an undergraduate teaching assistant, and his research on the world origins of rhetoric became part of the core curriculum for the Communications Department. He continues this advocacy as an adjunct Professor at Kean University, where he teaches negotiation, debate, citizenship, public speaking and communications law. He is a member of the advisory boards for St. Joseph the Carpenter Middle School and Roselle Catholic High School.
Freeholder Jalloh has worked for the Northwest Jersey and Essex Newark Legal Services programs, where he represented low-income individuals in matters involving family law, consumer and housing laws, and domestic violence. He also worked as an Assistant County Counsel for the County of Union dealing primarily with contracts, tort litigation and government regulations, and is currently a partner at the law firm of Jalloh & Jalloh, LLC.
As a Union County Freeholder, Mohamed Jalloh will continue his efforts to support educational opportunities and ensure the safety of Union County’s citizens. He believes in working to ensure efficiency in government while maintaining a level of service to the community that is second to none. Additionally, he will use his legal experience and insights to improve the economic climate and protect the quality of life for the residents and businesses of Union County.
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