Peter Sheridan
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Peter Sheridan
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (senior status)
Tenure
2018 - Present
Years in position
6
Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
Personal
Peter Sheridan is a federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He joined the court in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. He assumed senior status on June 14, 2018.
Early life and education
A native of Massachusetts, Sheridan graduated from St. Peter`s College with his bachelor's degree in 1972 and later graduated from Seton Hall University College of Law with his Juris Doctorate degree in 1977.[1]
Professional career
After law School, Sheridan became a law clerk for former Superior Court Judge James Petrella in the Superior Court of New Jersey representing Bergen County from 1977 to 1978. In 1978, Sheridan joined the New Jersey and New York Port Authority as an Attorney as a solicitor for the State of New Jersey from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, Sheridan became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of New Jersey and served in that role until 1984 and later again from 1990 to 2006. In 1984, Sheridan became the vice president and general counsel for the Atlantic City Casino Association representing the interests of the New Jersey gaming industry from 1984 to 1987. In 1987, New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean appointed Sheridan as the director of authorities unit, and also served as the executive director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 1993 to 1994.[1]
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Sheridan was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 14, 2006, to a seat vacated by Stephen Orlofsky. Sheridan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 8, 2006, on an unopposed 98 to 0 vote and received commission on June 12, 2006.[1][2] He assumed senior status on June 14, 2018.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Stephen Orlofsky |
District of New Jersey 2006–2018 Seat #10T |
Succeeded by: Zahid Quraishi |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | |
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | |
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | |
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | |
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | |
| 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 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White |
