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Freda Wolfson

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Freda Wolfson

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Education

Personal

Freda L. Wolfson was a judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She joined the court as a federal judge in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush (R). Wolfson was chief judge of the court from 2019 to 2023.[1]

She retired from the court on February 1, 2023. Robert Kirsch was nominated by President Joe Biden (D) to replace Wolfson on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.[2]

Early life and education

Wolfson graduated from Rutgers University with her bachelor's degree in 1976 and later graduated from Rutgers Law with her J.D. in 1979.[1]

Professional career

Wolfson spent her legal career as an attorney in private practice in the State of New Jersey.[1]

Judicial career

District of New Jersey

Wolfson was nominated by George W. Bush on August 1, 2002, to a seat vacated by Judge Nicholas Politan. She was confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2002, and received commission on December 4, 2002.[3] Wolfson was chief judge of the court from 2019 to 2023. She retired from the court on February 1, 2023[1]

Magistrate for District of New Jersey

Wolfson began her federal judicial career as a magistrate judge for the District of New Jersey. Wolfson was appointed to an eight-year term in 1986 and was re-appointed again in 1994. She served in that capacity until becoming an Article III judge for the District of New Jersey in 2002.[1]

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Active judges

Chief Judge: Renee Bumb   •  Susan Wigenton  •  Madeline Arleo  •  Claire Cecchi  •  Esther Salas  •  Michael Shipp  •  Karen Williams (New Jersey)  •  Robert Kirsch  •  Brian R. Martinotti  •  Julien Xavier Neals  •  Zahid Quraishi  •  Christine O'Hearn  •  Evelyn Padin  •  Georgette Castner  •  Michael Farbiarz  •  Jamel Semper  •  Edward Kiel

Senior judges

Mary Cooper  •  Anne Thompson  •  Stanley Chesler  •  Katharine Hayden  •  William Martini  •  Peter Sheridan  •  Noel Hillman  •  Robert Kugler  •  Joseph Rodriguez  •  Kevin McNulty  •  

Magistrate judges Tonianne Bongiovanni  •  Mark Falk  •  Ann Donio  •  Douglas Arpert  •  Lois Goodman  •  Michael A. Hammer  •  Cathy L. Waldor  •  James B. Clark, III  •  Leda Dunn Wettre  •  Sharon King  •  Jessica Allen  •  Matthew Skahill  •  André Espinosa  •  
Former Article III judges

Garrett Brown  •  Joel Pisano  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Harold Ackerman  •  Dennis Cavanaugh  •  Dickinson Debevoise  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Faith Hochberg  •  Jose Linares  •  Stanley Brotman  •  Joseph Irenas  •  Jerome Simandle  •  David Brearley  •  Robert Morris (New Jersey)  •  William Sanford Pennington  •  William Rossell  •  Mahlon Dickerson  •  Philemon Dickerson  •  Richard Stockton Field  •  John Thompson Nixon  •  Andrew Kirkpatrick  •  Leonard Garth  •  Robert Cowen  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Lee Sarokin  •  Edward Green (New Jersey)  •  Joseph Cross  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  John Rellstab  •  Joseph Lamb Bodine  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Charles Francis Lynch  •  William Nelson Runyon  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  James William McCarthy  •  John Boyd Avis  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  William Bassler  •  John Bissell  •  Vincent Biunno  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Richard Hartshorne  •  John Kitchen  •  Frederick Lacey  •  Arthur Lane  •  Alfred Lechner  •  John Lifland  •  Thomas Madden  •  Thomas Meaney  •  Henry Meanor  •  Alfred Modarelli  •  Mendon Morrill  •  Stephen Orlofsky  •  Nicholas Politan  •  Robert Shaw (New Jersey)  •  William Francis Smith  •  Herbert Stern  •  Thomas Walker (New Jersey)  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Alfred Wolin  •  Reynier Wortendyke  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •  John Michael Vazquez  •  William Walls (New Jersey)  •  

Former Chief judges

Garrett Brown  •  Anne Thompson  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Jerome Simandle  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  John Bissell  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Thomas Madden  •  William Francis Smith  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •  

George W. Bush

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2001

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2002

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2003

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Yeakel
2004

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2005

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2006

Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton

2007

Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu

2008

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