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U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

98 judges have served since Sep 26, 1789. Now: Edward Sunyol Kiel DJamel Ken Semper DRobert Andrew Kirsch DMichael Etan Farbiarz DEvelyn Padin DGeorgette Castner DKaren McGlashan Williams DChristine Patricia O'Hearn DJulien Xavier Neals DZahid Nisar Quraishi DBrian R. Martinotti DMadeline Cox Arleo DMichael Andre Shipp DClaire Claudia Cecchi DEsther Salas DRenée Marie Bumb RSusan Davis Wigenton R.

Judges
98
47 R · 46 D · 2 U · 2 JR · 1 N(
Longest tenure
27 years
Phillip Forman
Current
2.6 years
Edward Sunyol Kiel, since Mar 25, 2024
history/court/district-court-for-the-district-of-new-jerseyEvery holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020David Brearley · 1789-09-26 – 1790-08-16Robert Morris · 1790-12-20 – 1801-02-13Robert Morris · 1802-07-01 – 1815-06-02 · None (reassignment)William Sanford Pennington · 1816-01-16 – 1826-09-17 · Jeffersonian RepublicanWilliam Rossell · 1826-12-19 – 1840-06-20 · Jeffersonian RepublicanMahlon Dickerson · 1840-07-23 – 1841-02-16 · DemocratPhilemon Dickerson · 1841-03-02 – 1862-12-10 · DemocratRichard Stockton Field · 1863-01-14 – 1870-04-25 · RepublicanJohn Thompson Nixon · 1870-04-28 – 1889-09-28 · RepublicanEdward T. Green · 1890-01-27 – 1896-10-10 · RepublicanAndrew Kirkpatrick · 1896-12-15 – 1904-05-03 · DemocratWilliam Mershon Lanning · 1904-12-13 – 1909-05-24 · RepublicanThomas Griffith Haight · 1914-02-18 – 1919-04-02 · DemocratCharles Francis Lynch · 1919-07-01 – 1925-03-31 · DemocratWilliam Clark · 1925-12-17 – 1938-06-25 · RepublicanThomas Glynn Walker · 1940-03-13 – 1941-12-31 · DemocratThomas Francis Meaney · 1942-07-03 – 1966-05-01 · DemocratLawrence Aloysius Whipple · 1967-10-12 – 1978-09-01 · DemocratHarold Arnold Ackerman · 1979-11-02 – 1994-02-15 · DemocratWilliam H. Walls · 1994-10-11 – 2005-01-31 · DemocratRenée Marie Bumb · 2006-06-12 – present · RepublicanJoseph Cross · 1905-03-17 – 1913-10-29 · RepublicanJohn Warren Davis · 1916-05-15 – 1920-06-12 · DemocratWilliam Nelson Runyon · 1923-01-16 – 1931-11-09 · RepublicanPhillip Forman · 1932-06-25 – 1959-09-21 · RepublicanArthur Stephen Lane · 1960-08-30 – 1967-07-15 · RepublicanLeonard I. Garth · 1969-12-18 – 1973-08-29 · RepublicanHerbert Jay Stern · 1973-12-28 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanNicholas H. Politan · 1987-11-09 – 2002-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam J. Martini · 2002-11-19 – 2015-02-10 · RepublicanJohn Michael Vazquez · 2016-01-29 – 2023-09-08 · DemocratJamel Ken Semper · 2023-12-01 – present · DemocratJohn Rellstab · 1909-05-18 – 1928-10-10 · RepublicanJames William McCarthy · 1929-01-08 – 1929-01-31 · RepublicanGuy Leverne Fake · 1929-02-12 – 1951-02-21 · RepublicanRichard Hartshorne · 1951-10-20 – 1961-10-29 · DemocratJames Aloysius Coolahan · 1962-04-07 – 1974-06-01 · DemocratHenry Curtis Meanor · 1974-06-25 – 1983-02-07 · RepublicanMaryanne Trump Barry · 1983-10-07 – 1999-10-25 · RepublicanFaith S. Hochberg · 1999-11-15 – 2015-03-06 · DemocratBrian R. Martinotti · 2016-07-11 – present · DemocratJoseph Lamb Bodine · 1920-06-02 – 1929-03-31 · DemocratJohn Boyd Avis · 1929-10-02 – 1944-01-21 · RepublicanThomas M. Madden · 1945-10-25 – 1968-01-01 · DemocratGeorge Herbert Barlow · 1969-12-18 – 1979-03-04 · RepublicanDickinson Richards Debevoise · 1979-11-02 – 1994-05-01 · DemocratStephen Murray Orlofsky · 1995-12-26 – 2003-08-31 · DemocratSusan Davis Wigenton · 2006-06-12 – present · RepublicanWilliam Francis Smith · 1941-02-15 – 1961-09-13 · DemocratAnthony Thomas Augelli · 1961-09-22 – 1972-04-01 · DemocratVincent Pasquale Biunno · 1973-04-17 – 1982-03-23 · RepublicanJohn Winslow Bissell · 1982-12-10 – 2005-09-01 · RepublicanPeter G. Sheridan · 2006-06-12 – 2018-06-14 · RepublicanJulien Xavier Neals · 2021-06-22 – present · DemocratAlfred Egidio Modarelli · 1951-01-03 – 1957-09-22 · DemocratMendon Morrill · 1958-04-23 – 1961-03-12 · RepublicanRobert Shaw · 1962-04-12 – 1972-07-09 · DemocratJohn Francis Gerry · 1974-12-20 – 1994-10-01 · RepublicanJoseph A. Greenaway, Jr. · 1996-07-26 – 2010-02-24 · DemocratClaire Claudia Cecchi · 2011-06-14 – present · DemocratReynier Jacob Wortendyke, Jr. · 1955-06-08 – 1970-06-01 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Kitchen · 1970-10-16 – 1973-09-21 · RepublicanStanley Seymour Brotman · 1975-03-14 – 1990-04-23 · RepublicanWilliam G. Bassler · 1991-09-16 – 2005-03-06 · RepublicanNoel Lawrence Hillman · 2006-06-12 – 2022-04-04 · RepublicanGeorgette Castner · 2022-04-05 – present · DemocratMitchell Harry Cohen · 1962-08-02 – 1974-09-11 · DemocratH. Lee Sarokin · 1979-11-02 – 1994-10-28 · DemocratKatharine Sweeney Hayden · 1997-09-29 – 2010-05-30 · DemocratEsther Salas · 2011-06-14 – present · DemocratClarkson Sherman Fisher · 1970-10-16 – 1987-10-01 · RepublicanAlfred M. Wolin · 1987-12-09 – 2000-09-18 · RepublicanDennis M. Cavanaugh · 2000-09-20 – 2014-01-31 · DemocratMadeline Cox Arleo · 2014-11-21 – present · DemocratFrederick Bernard Lacey · 1971-01-26 – 1986-02-03 · RepublicanAlfred James Lechner, Jr. · 1986-06-09 – 2001-10-01 · RepublicanJose L. Linares · 2002-12-03 – 2019-05-16 · RepublicanZahid Nisar Quraishi · 2021-06-22 – present · DemocratAnne Elise Thompson · 1979-11-02 – 2001-06-01 · DemocratStanley R. Chesler · 2002-12-04 – 2015-06-15 · RepublicanChristine Patricia O'Hearn · 2021-10-22 – present · DemocratJoseph H. Rodriguez · 1985-05-10 – 1998-05-22 · RepublicanJoel A. Pisano · 2000-02-16 – 2015-02-16 · DemocratKaren McGlashan Williams · 2021-11-01 – present · DemocratRobert E. Cowen · 1985-11-04 – 1987-11-16 · RepublicanJohn C. Lifland · 1988-05-20 – 2001-06-15 · RepublicanRobert B. Kugler · 2002-12-04 – 2018-11-02 · RepublicanEvelyn Padin · 2022-06-24 – present · DemocratGarrett E. Brown, Jr. · 1985-12-17 – 2012-01-02 · RepublicanKevin McNulty · 2012-07-18 – 2023-10-31 · DemocratEdward Sunyol Kiel · 2024-03-25 – present · DemocratMary Little Cooper · 1992-03-02 – 2011-08-31 · RepublicanMichael Andre Shipp · 2012-07-26 – present · DemocratJoseph Eron Irenas · 1992-04-13 – 2002-07-01 · RepublicanFreda L. Wolfson · 2002-12-04 – 2023-02-01 · RepublicanMichael Etan Farbiarz · 2023-05-05 – present · DemocratJerome B. Simandle · 1992-05-26 – 2017-05-31 · RepublicanRobert Andrew Kirsch · 2023-05-08 – present · Democrat
Edward Sunyol Kiel D
Mar 25, 2024 – present · 2.6 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–49
Jamel Ken Semper D
Dec 1, 2023 – present · 2.9 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 54–44
Robert Andrew Kirsch D
May 8, 2023 – present · 3.4 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 57–42
Michael Etan Farbiarz D
May 5, 2023 – present · 3.4 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 65–34
Evelyn Padin D
Jun 24, 2022 – present · 4.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–43
Georgette Castner D
Apr 5, 2022 – present · 4.5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–47
Karen McGlashan Williams D
Nov 1, 2021 – present · 5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 56–38
Christine Patricia O'Hearn D
Oct 22, 2021 – present · 5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–44
Julien Xavier Neals D
Jun 22, 2021 – present · 5.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 66–33
Zahid Nisar Quraishi D
Jun 22, 2021 – present · 5.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 81–16
Brian R. Martinotti D
Jul 11, 2016 – present · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 92–5
John Michael Vazquez D
Jan 29, 2016 – Sep 8, 2023 · 7.6 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 84–2
Madeline Cox Arleo D
Nov 21, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Michael Andre Shipp D
Jul 26, 2012 – present · 14 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 91–1
Kevin McNulty D
Jul 18, 2012 – Oct 31, 2023 · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Oct 31, 2023 · confirmed 91–3
Claire Claudia Cecchi D
Jun 14, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 98–0
Esther Salas D
Jun 14, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Renée Marie Bumb R
Jun 12, 2006 – present · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 89–0
Susan Davis Wigenton R
Jun 12, 2006 – present · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Peter G. Sheridan R
Jun 12, 2006 – Jun 14, 2018 · 12 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jun 14, 2018 · confirmed 98–0
Noel Lawrence Hillman R
Jun 12, 2006 – Apr 4, 2022 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Apr 4, 2022 · confirmed 98–0
Stanley R. Chesler R
Dec 4, 2002 – Jun 15, 2015 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jun 15, 2015
Robert B. Kugler R
Dec 4, 2002 – Nov 2, 2018 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Nov 2, 2018
Freda L. Wolfson R
Dec 4, 2002 – Feb 1, 2023 · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Jose L. Linares R
Dec 3, 2002 – May 16, 2019 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush
William J. Martini R
Nov 19, 2002 – Feb 10, 2015 · 12 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Feb 10, 2015
Dennis M. Cavanaugh D
Sep 20, 2000 – Jan 31, 2014 · 13 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Joel A. Pisano D
Feb 16, 2000 – Feb 16, 2015 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · confirmed 95–2
Faith S. Hochberg D
Nov 15, 1999 – Mar 6, 2015 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Katharine Sweeney Hayden D
Sep 29, 1997 – May 30, 2010 · 13 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status May 30, 2010 · confirmed 97–0
Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. D
Jul 26, 1996 – Feb 24, 2010 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Stephen Murray Orlofsky D
Dec 26, 1995 – Aug 31, 2003 · 7.7 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
William H. Walls D
Oct 11, 1994 – Jan 31, 2005 · 10 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jan 31, 2005
Jerome B. Simandle R
May 26, 1992 – May 31, 2017 · 25 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 31, 2017
Joseph Eron Irenas R
Apr 13, 1992 – Jul 1, 2002 · 10 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jul 1, 2002
Mary Little Cooper R
Mar 2, 1992 – Aug 31, 2011 · 19 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Aug 31, 2011
William G. Bassler R
Sep 16, 1991 – Mar 6, 2005 · 13 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Mar 6, 2005
John C. Lifland R
May 20, 1988 – Jun 15, 2001 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jun 15, 2001
Alfred M. Wolin R
Dec 9, 1987 – Sep 18, 2000 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Sep 18, 2000
Nicholas H. Politan R
Nov 9, 1987 – Jan 4, 2002 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Alfred James Lechner, Jr. R
Jun 9, 1986 – Oct 1, 2001 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Garrett E. Brown, Jr. R
Dec 17, 1985 – Jan 2, 2012 · 26 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 2, 2012
Robert E. Cowen R
Nov 4, 1985 – Nov 16, 1987 · 2 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Joseph H. Rodriguez R
May 10, 1985 – May 22, 1998 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 22, 1998
Maryanne Trump Barry R
Oct 7, 1983 – Oct 25, 1999 · 16 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
John Winslow Bissell R
Dec 10, 1982 – Sep 1, 2005 · 23 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Harold Arnold Ackerman D
Nov 2, 1979 – Feb 15, 1994 · 14 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Feb 15, 1994
Dickinson Richards Debevoise D
Nov 2, 1979 – May 1, 1994 · 14 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status May 1, 1994
H. Lee Sarokin D
Nov 2, 1979 – Oct 28, 1994 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Anne Elise Thompson D
Nov 2, 1979 – Jun 1, 2001 · 22 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jun 1, 2001
Stanley Seymour Brotman R
Mar 14, 1975 – Apr 23, 1990 · 15 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Apr 23, 1990
John Francis Gerry R
Dec 20, 1974 – Oct 1, 1994 · 20 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Oct 1, 1994
Henry Curtis Meanor R
Jun 25, 1974 – Feb 7, 1983 · 8.6 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Herbert Jay Stern R
Dec 28, 1973 – Jan 4, 1987 · 13 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Vincent Pasquale Biunno R
Apr 17, 1973 – Mar 23, 1982 · 8.9 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Mar 23, 1982
Frederick Bernard Lacey R
Jan 26, 1971 – Feb 3, 1986 · 15 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
John Joseph Kitchen R
Oct 16, 1970 – Sep 21, 1973 · 2.9 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Clarkson Sherman Fisher R
Oct 16, 1970 – Oct 1, 1987 · 17 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Oct 1, 1987
Leonard I. Garth R
Dec 18, 1969 – Aug 29, 1973 · 3.7 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
George Herbert Barlow R
Dec 18, 1969 – Mar 4, 1979 · 9.2 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Lawrence Aloysius Whipple D
Oct 12, 1967 – Sep 1, 1978 · 11 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 1, 1978
Mitchell Harry Cohen D
Aug 2, 1962 – Sep 11, 1974 · 12 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Sep 11, 1974
Robert Shaw D
Apr 12, 1962 – Jul 9, 1972 · 10 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
James Aloysius Coolahan D
Apr 7, 1962 – Jun 1, 1974 · 12 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jun 1, 1974
Anthony Thomas Augelli D
Sep 22, 1961 – Apr 1, 1972 · 11 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Apr 1, 1972
Arthur Stephen Lane R
Aug 30, 1960 – Jul 15, 1967 · 6.9 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mendon Morrill R
Apr 23, 1958 – Mar 12, 1961 · 2.9 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reynier Jacob Wortendyke, Jr. R
Jun 8, 1955 – Jun 1, 1970 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jun 1, 1970
Richard Hartshorne D
Oct 20, 1951 – Oct 29, 1961 · 10 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Oct 29, 1961
Alfred Egidio Modarelli D
Jan 3, 1951 – Sep 22, 1957 · 6.7 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Thomas M. Madden D
Oct 25, 1945 – Jan 1, 1968 · 22 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jan 1, 1968
Thomas Francis Meaney D
Jul 3, 1942 – May 1, 1966 · 24 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status May 1, 1966 · confirmed 39–20
William Francis Smith D
Feb 15, 1941 – Sep 13, 1961 · 21 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas Glynn Walker D
Mar 13, 1940 – Dec 31, 1941 · 22 months · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Phillip Forman R
Jun 25, 1932 – Sep 21, 1959 · 27 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
John Boyd Avis R
Oct 2, 1929 – Jan 21, 1944 · 14 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Guy Leverne Fake R
Feb 12, 1929 – Feb 21, 1951 · 22 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Feb 21, 1951
James William McCarthy R
Jan 8, 1929 – Jan 31, 1929 · 23 days · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
William Clark R
Dec 17, 1925 – Jun 25, 1938 · 13 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
William Nelson Runyon R
Jan 16, 1923 – Nov 9, 1931 · 8.8 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Joseph Lamb Bodine D
Jun 2, 1920 – Mar 31, 1929 · 8.8 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Charles Francis Lynch D
Jul 1, 1919 – Mar 31, 1925 · 5.7 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
John Warren Davis D
May 15, 1916 – Jun 12, 1920 · 4.1 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Griffith Haight D
Feb 18, 1914 – Apr 2, 1919 · 5.1 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
John Rellstab R
May 18, 1909 – Oct 10, 1928 · 19 years · appointed by William H. Taft · senior status Oct 10, 1928
Joseph Cross R
Mar 17, 1905 – Oct 29, 1913 · 8.6 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
William Mershon Lanning R
Dec 13, 1904 – May 24, 1909 · 4.4 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Kirkpatrick D
Dec 15, 1896 – May 3, 1904 · 7.4 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Edward T. Green R
Jan 27, 1890 – Oct 10, 1896 · 6.7 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
John Thompson Nixon R
Apr 28, 1870 – Sep 28, 1889 · 19 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant
Richard Stockton Field R
Jan 14, 1863 – Apr 25, 1870 · 7.3 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln
Philemon Dickerson D
Mar 2, 1841 – Dec 10, 1862 · 22 years · appointed by Martin Van Buren
Mahlon Dickerson D
Jul 23, 1840 – Feb 16, 1841 · 7 months · appointed by Martin Van Buren
William Rossell JR
Dec 19, 1826 – Jun 20, 1840 · 14 years · appointed by John Quincy Adams
William Sanford Pennington JR
Jan 16, 1816 – Sep 17, 1826 · 11 years · appointed by James Madison
Robert Morris N(
Jul 1, 1802 – Jun 2, 1815 · 13 years · appointed by None (reassignment)
Robert Morris
Dec 20, 1790 – Feb 13, 1801 · 10 years · appointed by George Washington
David Brearley
Sep 26, 1789 – Aug 16, 1790 · 11 months · appointed by George Washington

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.