United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

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Seal of the United States District Court of New Jersey

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of New Jersey. It was established in 1789. New Jersey is the largest state by population to only have one District Court.

The Honorable Garrett E. Brown, Jr. is the Chief Judge of the Court.

William T. Walsh is the Clerk of the Court.

The District of New Jersey is divided into three vicinages: Newark, Trenton and Camden. In Newark, the Court operates from two courthouses: The "old" courthouse is the United States Post Office and Court House at One Federal Square. Across Walnut Street is the "new" courthouse -- Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building (50 Walnut Street). The Newark vicinage's clerk's office is located in the Martin Luther King building. In Trenton, the Court operates from the Clarkson S. Fisher Building and U.S. Courthouse (402 East State Street). In Camden, the Court is located at the Mitchell H. Cohen Building and U.S. Courthouse (4th and Cooper Streets).

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 U.S. Attorney has offices in Newark, Trenton, and Camden.

The Honorable Christopher J. Christie is the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

[edit] List of current and former judges

• David Brearley (1789-1790)
• Robert Morris (1790-1815)
• William Sanford Pennington (1815-1826)
• William Rossell (1826-1840)
• Mahlon Dickerson (1840-1841)
• Philemon Dickerson (1841-1862)
• Richard Stockton Field (1863-1870)
• John Thompson Nixon (1870-1889)
• Edward T. Green (1889-1896)
• Andrew Kirkpatrick (1896-1904)
• William Mershon Lanning (1904-1909)
• Joseph Cross (1905-1913)
• John Rellstab (1909-1930)
• Thomas Griffith Haight (1914-1919)
• John Warren Davis (1916-1920)
• Charles Francis Lynch (1919-1925)
• Joseph Lamb Bodine (1920-1929)
• William Nelson Runyon (1923-1931)
• William Clark (1925-1938)
• James William McCarthy (1928-1929)
• Guy Laverne Fake (1929-1957)
• John Boyd Avis (1929-1944)
• Phillip Forman (1932-1959)
• Thomas Glynn Walker (1939-1941)
• William Francis Smith (1941-1961)
• Thomas Francis Meaney (1942-1968)
• Thomas M. Madden (1945-1976)
• Alfred Egidio Modarelli (1951-1957)
• Richard Hartshorne (1951-1975)
• Reynier Jacob Wortendyke, Jr. (1955-1975)
• Mendon Morrill (1958-1961)
• Arthur Stephen Lane (1960-1967)
• Anthony Thomas Augelli (1961-1974)
• James Aloysius Coolahan (1962-1986)
• Robert Shaw (1962-1972)
• Mitchell Harry Cohen (1962-1991)
• Lawrence Aloysius Whipple (1967-1983)
• George Herbert Barlow (1969-1979)
• Leonard I. Garth (1969-1973)
• Clarkson Sherman Fisher (1970-1997)
• John Joseph Kitchen (1970-1973)
• Frederick Bernard Lacey (1971-1986)
• Vincent Pasquale Biunno (1973-1991)
• Herbert Jay Stern (1973-1987)
• Henry Curtis Meanor (1974-1983)
• John Francis Gerry (1974-1995)
• Stanley Seymour Brotman (1975-present)
• Harold Arnold Ackerman (1979-present)
• Dickinson Richards Debevoise (1979-present)
• H. Lee Sarokin (1979-1994)
• Anne Elise Thompson (1979-present)
• John Winslow Bissell (1982-2005)
• Maryanne Trump Barry (1983-1999)
• Joseph H. Rodriguez (1985-present)
• Robert E. Cowen (1985-1987)
• Garrett E. Brown, Jr. (1985-present)
• Alfred James Jr. Lechner (1986-2001)
• Nicholas H. Politan (1987-2002)
• Alfred M. Wolin (1987-2004)
• John C. Lifland (1988-2007)
• William G. Bassler (1991-2006)
• Mary Little Cooper (1992-present)
• Joseph Eron Irenas (1992-present)
• Jerome B. Simandle (1992-present)
• William H. Walls (1994-present)
• Stephen Orlofsky (1995-2003)
• Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. (1996-present)
• Katharine Sweeney Hayden (1997-present)
• Faith S. Hochberg (1999-present)
• Joel A. Pisano (2000-present)
• Dennis M. Cavanaugh (2000-present)
• William J. Martini (2002-present)
• Jose L. Linares (2002-present)
• Stanley R. Chesler (2002-present)
• Robert B. Kugler (2002-present)
• Freda L. Wolfson (2002-present)
• Renee Marie Bumb (2006-present)
• Noel Lawrence Hillman (2006-present)
• Peter G. Sheridan (2006-present)
• Susan Davis Wigenton (2006-present)

[edit] List of notable U.S. Attorneys for the District of New Jersey

• 1789-1791: Richard Stockton
• 1801: Frederick Frelinghuysen
• 1971-1974 : Herbert J. Stern
• 1987 - 1990 : Samuel Alito
• 1990 - 1994 : Michael Chertoff
• 2002 - Present : Christopher J. Christie

[edit] Possible division

• In recent years, Congress has considered several bills to allow for two district courts in New Jersey: a northern district court and a southern district court. None have ever passed, however, and no such bill has been introduced in the current Congress.

[edit] 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

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