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| Robert Cowen | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #14 |
| Station: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 11/9/1987 - 9/4/1998 |
| Senior: | 9/4/1998 - Present |
| Preceded by: | James Hunter III |
| Succeeded by: | Julio Fuentes |
| Past post: | District of New Jersey |
| Past term: | 1985-1987 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1930 |
| Home State: | NJ |
| Bachelors: | Drake U. '52 |
| Law School: | Rutgers U. Law '58 |
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Robert E. Cowen (b. 1930) is a federal appeals judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit based in Philadelphia. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Cowen is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
A native of New Jersey, Cowen graduated from Drake with his Bachelor's Degree in 1952 and later graduated from Rutgers Law with his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1958. [1]
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. Walter Conklin, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1958-1959
- Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 1959-1969
- Assistant county prosecutor, Essex County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey, 1969-1970
- Deputy state attorney general, Office of the State Attorney General, New Jersey, 1970-1973
- Director, Ethics and Professional Services, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, State of New Jersey, 1973-1978
Federal judicial career
District of New Jersey
Cowen was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1985 to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333 which was approved by Congress. Cowen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 1, 1985 on a Senate vote and received commission on November 4, 1985. Cowen left the District of New Jersey on November 16, 1987, due to his appointment to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Cowen was succeeded in this position by Alfred Wolin.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Cowen was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on August 7, 1987, to a seat vacated by James Hunter III as Hunter assumed senior status. Cowen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 6, 1987 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on November 9, 1987[2]. Cowen assumed senior status on September 4, 1998.
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
District of New Jersey 1985–1987 |
Succeeded by: Alfred Wolin |
| Preceded by: James Hunter |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1987–present |
Succeeded by: Julio Fuentes |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jerome Simandle • Joel Pisano • Freda Wolfson • Dennis Cavanaugh • Stanley Chesler • Faith Hochberg • Jose Linares • William Martini • Peter Sheridan • Susan Wigenton • Renee Bumb • Noel Hillman • Robert Kugler • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Kevin McNulty | ||
| Senior judges |
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| Former Article III judges |
Garrett Brown • Harold Ackerman • Joseph Greenaway • David Brearley • Robert Morris • William Sanford Pennington • William Rossell • Mahlon Dickerson • Philemon Dickerson • Richard Stockton Field • John Thompson Nixon • Andrew Kirkpatrick • Leonard Garth • Robert Cowen • Maryanne Barry • Lee Sarokin • Edward Green • Joseph Cross • William Mershon Lanning • John Rellstab • Joseph Lamb Bodine • John Warren Davis • Thomas Griffith Haight • Charles Francis Lynch • William Nelson Runyon • William Clark • 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 • William Francis Smith • Herbert Stern • Thomas Walker • Lawrence Whipple • Alfred Wolin • Reynier Wortendyke • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Garrett Brown • Anne Thompson • 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 • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
