The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (in case citations, D.N.J.) is a federal court in the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established New Jersey as a single District on September 24, 1789. On February 13, 1801 the Judiciary Act of 1801 reorganized the federal court system, resulting in the state being divided into Eastern and Western districts. The Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed on March 8, 1802 and New Jersey was re-established as a single district court.
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current Interim United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey is Craig Carpenito since January 5, 2018.
Organization of the court
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey - The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is a federal court in the Third Circuit .The Judiciary Act of 1789 established New Jersey as a single District on September 24,...
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey holds court at Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse in Camden, at Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse in Newark, and Clarkson S. Fisher Building & U.S. Courthouse in Trenton.
Camden Division comprises the following counties: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
Newark Division comprises the following counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Northern Middlesex, Passaic, Sussex, and Union.
Trenton Division comprises the following counties: Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Southern Middlesex, and Warren.
Current judges
Vacancies and pending nominations
Former judges
Chief judges
Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court, and preside over any panel on which they serve unless circuit judges are also on the panel. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.
When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire on what has since 1958 been known as senior status or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.
Succession of seats
List of U.S. Attorneys
- Richard Stockton (1789 â€" 1791)
- Abraham Ogden (1791 â€" 1798)
- Lucius Horatio Stockton (1798 â€" 1801)
- Frederick Frelinghuysen (1801)
- George C. Maxwell (1801 â€" 1803)
- William S. Pennington (1803 â€" 1804)
- Joseph McIlvaine (1804 â€" 1824)
- Lucius Q.C. Elmer (1824 â€" 1829)
- Garret D. Wall (1829 â€" 1835)
- James S. Green (1835 â€" 1850)
- William Halstead (1850 â€" 1853)
- Garret S. Cannon (1853 â€" 1861)
- Anthony Q. Keasbey (1861 â€" 1886)
- Job H. Lippincott (1886 â€" 1887)
- Samuel F. Bigelow (1887 â€" 1888)
- George S. Duryee (1888 â€" 1890)
- Henry S. White (1890 â€" 1894)
- John W. Beekman (1894 â€" 1896)
- J. Kearney Rice (1896 â€" 1900)
- David Ogden Watkins (1900 â€" 1903)
- Cortlander Parker, Jr. (1903)
- John B. Vreeland (1903 â€" 1913)
- J. Warren Davis (1913 â€" 1916)
- Charles Francis Lynch (1916 â€" 1919)
- Joseph L. Bodine (1919 â€" 1920)
- Elmer H. Geran (1920 â€" 1922)
- Walter G. Winne (1922 â€" 1928)
- Phillip Forman (1928 â€" 1932)
- Harlan Besson (1932 â€" 1935)
- John J. Quinn (1935 â€" 1940)
- William F. Smith (1940 â€" 1941)
- Charles M. Phillips (1941 â€" 1943)
- Thorn Lord (1943 â€" 1945)
- Edgar H. Rossbach (1945 â€" 1948)
- Isaiah Matlack (1948)
- Alfred E. Modarelli (1948 â€" 1951)
- Grover C. Richman, Jr. (1951 â€" 1953)
- William F. Tompkins (1953 â€" 1954)
- Raymond Del Tufo, Jr. (1954 â€" 1956)
- Herman Scott (1956)
- Chester A. Weidenburner (1956 â€" 1961)
- David M. Satz, Jr. (1961 â€" 1969)
- Donald Horowitz (1969)
- Frederick B. Lacey (1969 â€" 1971)
- Herbert J. Stern (1971 â€" 1973)
- Jonathan L. Goldstein (1974 â€" 1977)
- Robert J. Del Tufo (1977 â€" 1980)
- William W. Robertson (1980 â€" 1981)
- W. Hunt Dumont (1981 â€" 1985)
- Thomas W. Greelish (1985 â€" 1987)
- Sam Alito (1987 â€" 1990)
- Michael Chertoff (1990 â€" 1994)
- Faith S. Hochberg (1994 â€" 1999)
- Robert J. Cleary (1999 â€" 2002)
- Chris Christie (2002 â€" 2008)
- Ralph J. Marra, Jr. (2008 - 2009)
- Paul J. Fishman (2009 â€" 2017)
- William E. Fitzpatrick (2017-2018)
- Craig Carpenito (2018-Present)
See also
- Courts of New Jersey
- List of United States federal courthouses in New Jersey
References
External links
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey Official Website
- United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Official Website
- Thomas Library of Congress