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United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Tenure

2006 - Present

Years in position

18

Education

Personal


Susan Wigenton is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She joined the Court in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

Born in Neptune, New Jersey, Wigenton graduated from Norfolk State University in Virginia with her bachelor's degree in 1984 and later received a Juris Doctor degree from the College of William and Mary Law School in 1987.[1]

Professional career

Wigenton was a law clerk for Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson in the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1987 to 1988 before serving in private practice in the State of New Jersey from 1988 to 2000.[1]

Judicial career

Magistrate, District of New Jersey

Wigenton was a federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 2000 to 2006.[1]

District of New Jersey

Wigenton was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by George W. Bush on January 25, 2006 to a seat vacated by John Bissell as Bissell assumed senior status. Wigenton was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26, 2006 on a Senate voice vote and received commission on June 12, 2006.[2] [3]

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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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Federal judges nominated by George W. Bush
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