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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of New Jersey: Succession Charts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
September 24, 1789
1 Stat. 73 		March 8, 1802
2 Stat. 1322 		March 3, 1905
33 Stat. 987 		April 11, 1916
39 Stat. 48 		September 14, 1922
42 Stat. 837 		March 24, 1940
54 Stat. 219 		August 3, 1949
63 Stat. 493 		February 10, 1954
68 Stat. 8
Brearley, David
1789-1790		 Morris, Robert
1802-1815		 Cross, Joseph
1905-1913		 Davis, J. Warren
1916-1920		 Runyon, William N.
1923-1931		 Smith, William F.
1941-1961		 Modarelli, Alfred E.
1951-1957		 Wortendyke, Reynier J., Jr.
1955-1970
Morris, Robert1
1790-1801		 Pennington, William S.
1815-1826		 Haight, Thomas G.
1914-1919		 Bodine, Joseph L.
1920-1929		 Forman, Phillip
1932-1959		 Shaw, Robert
1962-1972		 Morrill, Mendon
1958-1961		 Fisher, Clarkson S.
1970-1987
  Rossell, William
1826-1840		 Lynch, Charles F.
1919-1925		 Avis, John B.
1929-1944		 Lane, Arthur S.
1960-1967		 Biunno, Vincent P.
1973-1982		 Coolahan, James A.
1962-1974		 Lifland, John C.
1988-2001
  Dickerson, Mahlon
1840-1841		 Clark, William
1925-1938		 Madden, Thomas M.
1945-1968		 Barlow, George H.
1969-1979		 Bissell, John W.
1982-2005		 Gerry, John F.
1974-1994		 Martini, William J.
2002-2015
  Dickerson, Philemon
1841-1862		 Walker, Thomas G.
1939-1941		 Garth, Leonard I.
1969-1973		 Ackerman, Harold A.
1979-1994		 Wigenton, Susan D.
2006-		 Greenaway, Joseph A., Jr.
1996-2010		 Neals, Julien X.
2021-
  Field, Richard S.
1863-1870		 Meaney, Thomas F.
1942-1966		 Stern, Herbert J.
1973-1987		 Walls, William H.
1994-2005		   Cecchi, Claire C.
2011-		  
  Nixon, John T.
1870-1889		 Whipple, Lawrence A.
1967-1978		 Politan, Nicholas H.
1987-2002		 Bumb, Renée M.
2006-		      
  Green, Edward T.
1889-1896		 Sarokin, H. Lee
1979-1994		 Wolfson, Freda L.
2002-2023		        
  Kirkpatrick, Andrew
1896-1904		 Hayden, Katharine S.
1997-2010		 Kirsch, Robert A.
2023-		        
  Lanning, William M.
1904-1909		 Salas, Esther
2011-		          
  Rellstab, John
1909-1928		            
  McCarthy, James W.
1928-1929		            
  Fake, Guy L.
1929-1951		            
  Hartshorne, Richard
1951-1961		            
  Cohen, Mitchell H.
1962-1974		            
  Brotman, Stanley S.
1975-1990		            
  Bassler, William G.
1991-2005		            
  Hillman, Noel L.
2006-2022		            
  Farbiarz, Michael E.
2023-		            
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
Augelli, Anthony T.3
1961-1972		 Kitchen, John J.
1970-1973		 Lacey, Frederick B.
1971-1986		 Debevoise, Dickinson R.
1979-1994		 Thompson, Anne E.
1979-2001		 Rodriguez, Joseph H.
1985-1998		 Cowen, Robert E.
1985-1987		 Brown, Garrett E., Jr.
1985-2012
  Meanor, H. Curtis
1974-1983		 Lechner, Alfred J., Jr.
1986-2001		 Orlofsky, Stephen M.
1995-2003		 Chesler, Stanley R.
2002-2015		 Hochberg, Faith S.
1999-2015		 Wolin, Alfred M.
1987-2000		 McNulty, Kevin
2012-2023
  Barry, Maryanne T.
1983-1999		 Linares, Jose L.
2002-2019		 Sheridan, Peter G.
2006-2018		 Martinotti, Brian R.
2016-		 Padin, Evelyn
2022-		 Cavanaugh, Dennis M.
2000-2014		 Kiel, Edward S.
2024-
  Pisano, Joel A.
2000-2015		 Castner, Georgette
2022-		 Quraishi, Zahid N.
2021-		     Arleo, Madeline C.
2014-		  
  Vazquez, John M.
2016-2023		            
  Semper, Jamel K.
2023-		            
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Cooper, Mary L.
1992-2011		 Irenas, Joseph E.
1992-2002		 Simandle, Jerome B.
1992-2017
Shipp, Michael A.
2012-		 Kugler, Robert B.
2002-2018		 Williams, Karen M.
2021-
  O'Hearn, Christine P.
2021-		  
1. The act of February 13, 1801, 2 Stat. 89, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern and Western Districts of New Jersey.
2. The act of March 8, 1802, 2 Stat. 132, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern and Western Districts of New Jersey.
3. The act of June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 294, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the district not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to Anthony Augelli was appointed.

 

U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of New Jersey
February 13, 1801
2 Stat. 891
Morris, Robert2
1801-1802
1. The act of February 13, 1801, 2 Stat. 89, transferred this judgeship from the District of New Jersey.
2. The act of March 8, 1802, 2 Stat. 132, transferred this judgeship to the District of New Jersey.

 

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