N.J. Stat. § 17:9A-275
The commissioner may, from time to time, appoint one or more special assistant deputy commissioners of banking and insurance, who may or may not be employees in the department, as agent or agents, to assist him in administering the business and affairs of a bank of which he has taken possession, and he may, from time to time, hire such employees and assistants as he shall deem necessary to the proper administration of the business and affairs of such bank, including officers and employees of the bank. He may further, notwithstanding any other provision of law, appoint an attorney or a counsellor-at-law of this State, who need not be a member or an employee of the Department of Law of this State, to represent and advise him and to act as counsel in the administration of the business and property of the bank. The commissioner may, at the expense of the bank, obtain such security for the faithful performance of the duties of such assistant deputy commissioners, counsel, and other employees as he shall deem necessary. Appointments of special assistant deputy commissioners and counsel made pursuant to this section shall be evidenced by writings signed by the commissioner and filed in the department.
N.J.S. § 17:9A-275