[6] Noriega worked as an assistant deputy public defender in Essex County for five years, leaving in 2008.
He provided pro bono counsel to the organization Kids in Need of Defense, representing indigent, underage clients who had been subjected to human trafficking and were facing removal proceedings.
[7] He worked as a partner at Bramnick, Rodriguez, Grabas, Arnold, and Mangan in Scotch Plains,[4] where he specialized in immigration and criminal law.
[9] As of 2023, Noriega was an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and served as chair of the Immigration Law Section.
[3] On May 15, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy announced his intent to nominate Noriega to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.