You persuade a judge to fold by making a threat she believes. Kill my kid and I don’t give a fuck WHAT you want...you ain’t getting it.
That's why I don't think that she was the target.
The judge and her attorney husband go by different last names.
Except for that detail, this seems to be very well planned. If anyone might expect a FedEx delivery on a Sunday evening, it's a criminal defense attorney.
My guess (having grown up in New Jersey and watched The Sopranos) is that the husband was the target, and it was the wrong criminal defense attorney to shoot, because all Hell is likely to break loose on whoever did it.