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U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey: Judges
Number of judges: 97
Brearley, David (1789-1790)
Morris, Robert (1790-1801), (1802-1815)
Pennington, William Sanford (1815-1826)
Rossell, William (1826-1840)
Dickerson, Mahlon (1840-1841)
Dickerson, Philemon (1841-1862)
Field, Richard Stockton (1863-1870)
Nixon, John Thompson (1870-1889)
Green, Edward T. (1889-1896)
Kirkpatrick, Andrew (1896-1904)
Lanning, William Mershon (1904-1909)
Cross, Joseph (1905-1913)
Rellstab, John (1909-1930)
Haight, Thomas Griffith (1914-1919)
Davis, John Warren (1916-1920)
Lynch, Charles Francis (1919-1925)
Bodine, Joseph Lamb (1920-1929)
Runyon, William Nelson (1923-1931)
Clark, William (1925-1938)
McCarthy, James William (1928-1929)
Fake, Guy Leverne (1929-1957)
Avis, John Boyd (1929-1944)
Forman, Phillip (1932-1959)
Walker, Thomas Glynn (1939-1941)
Smith, William Francis (1941-1961)
Meaney, Thomas Francis (1942-1968)
Madden, Thomas M. (1945-1976)
Modarelli, Alfred Egidio (1951-1957)
Hartshorne, Richard (1951-1975)
Wortendyke, Reynier Jacob, Jr. (1955-1975)
Morrill, Mendon (1958-1961)
Lane, Arthur Stephen (1960-1967)
Augelli, Anthony Thomas (1961-1974)
Coolahan, James Aloysius (1962-1986)
Shaw, Robert (1962-1972)
Cohen, Mitchell Harry (1962-1991)
Whipple, Lawrence Aloysius (1967-1983)
Garth, Leonard I. (1969-1973)
Barlow, George Herbert (1969-1979)
Kitchen, John Joseph (1970-1973)
Fisher, Clarkson Sherman (1970-1997)
Lacey, Frederick Bernard (1971-1986)
Biunno, Vincent Pasquale (1973-1991)
Stern, Herbert Jay (1973-1987)
Meanor, Henry Curtis (1974-1983)
Gerry, John Francis (1974-1995)
Brotman, Stanley Seymour (1975-2014)
Ackerman, Harold Arnold (1979-2009)
Sarokin, H. Lee (1979-1994)
Debevoise, Dickinson Richards (1979-2015)
Thompson, Anne Elise (1979-present)
Bissell, John Winslow (1982-2005)
Barry, Maryanne Trump (1983-1999)
Rodriguez, Joseph H. (1985-present)
Cowen, Robert E. (1985-1987)
Brown, Garrett E., Jr. (1985-2012)
Lechner, Alfred James, Jr. (1986-2001)
Politan, Nicholas H. (1987-2002)
Wolin, Alfred M. (1987-2004)
Lifland, John C. (1988-2007)
Bassler, William G. (1991-2006)
Cooper, Mary Little (1992-present)
Irenas, Joseph Eron (1992-2015)
Simandle, Jerome B. (1992-2019)
Walls, William H. (1994-2019)
Orlofsky, Stephen Murray (1995-2003)
Greenaway, Joseph A., Jr. (1996-2010)
Hayden, Katharine Sweeney (1997-present)
Hochberg, Faith S. (1999-2015)
Pisano, Joel A. (2000-2015)
Cavanaugh, Dennis M. (2000-2014)
Martini, William J. (2002-present)
Linares, Jose L. (2002-2019)
Chesler, Stanley R. (2002-present)
Kugler, Robert B. (2002-2024)
Wolfson, Freda L. (2002-2023)
Wigenton, Susan Davis (2006-present)
Bumb, Renée Marie (2006-present)
Hillman, Noel Lawrence (2006-2024)
Sheridan, Peter G. (2006-present)
Salas, Esther (2011-present)
Cecchi, Claire Claudia (2011-present)
McNulty, Kevin (2012-present)
Shipp, Michael Andre (2012-present)
Arleo, Madeline Cox (2014-present)
Vazquez, John Michael (2016-2023)
Martinotti, Brian R. (2016-present)
Neals, Julien Xavier (2021-present)
Quraishi, Zahid Nisar (2021-present)
O'Hearn, Christine Patricia (2021-present)
Williams, Karen McGlashan (2021-present)
Castner, Georgette (2022-present)
Padin, Evelyn (2022-present)
Farbiarz, Michael Etan (2023-present)
Kirsch, Robert Andrew (2023-present)
Semper, Jamel Ken (2023-present)
Kiel, Edward Sunyol (2024-present)