Robert Kugler
| Robert Kugler | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #16 |
| Station: | Camden, NJ |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 12/04/2002 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Joseph Irenas |
| Past post: | District of New Jersey, Magistrate Judge |
| Past term: | 1992 - 2002 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1950 |
| Home State: | Camden, NJ |
| Bachelors: | Syracuse U., B.A., 1975 |
| Law School: | Rutgers U. Camden Law School, J.D., 1978 |
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Early life and education
Born in Camden, New Jersey, Kugler graduated from Syracuse University with his Bachelor's degree in 1975 and later from Rutgers University Camden Law School with his Juris Doctor degree in 1978.[1]
Professional career
Kugler was a law clerk to District Judge John Gerry in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1978 to 1979. From 1979 to 1981, Kugler served as Assistant Prosecutor for the Camden County, New Jersey Prosecutor's Office. Kugler was Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety from 1981 to 1982. From 1982-1992, Kugler was a private practice attorney in New Jersey.[1]
Judicial career
Magistrate, District of New Jersey
Kugler was a Federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1992 to 2002.[1]
District of New Jersey
Kugler was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President George W. Bush on August 1, 2002 to a seat vacated by Joseph Irenas as Irenas assumed senior status. Kugler was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 14, 2002 on a Senate voice vote and received commission on December 4, 2002. [2] [3]
Notable cases
FAA inspector bribery case
| United States District Court for the District of New Jersey *USA v. Bishop 1:11-cr-00742-RBK |
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| On October 27, 2011, FAA safety inspector Harrington Bishop plead guilty to federal bribery charges before Judge Kugler. Bishop was charged with receiving illegal gratuities for taking pilots up on test flights while he was off duty. This resulted those pilots being officially licensed, certified, certificated or otherwise by the FAA even though the flights were not authorized.[4] He was sentenced to one year and one day in prison.[5] For the full story, please see here. |
See also
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- News: FAA inspector charged with taking bribes pleads guilty
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Robert Kugler FJC Bio
- ↑ "THOMAS" Robert Kugler USDC, NJ confirmation: PN2064-107
- ↑ "Senate Judiciary Committee" Judicial Confirmations of the 107th Congress, January 27, 2009
- ↑ Gloucester County Times "FAA inspector pleads guilty in Camden to accepting bribes for test flights," October 27, 2011
- ↑ AirForce Times "Retired pilot sentenced to 1 year over FAA tips" 04/28/2012
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph Irenas |
District of New Jersey 2002–Current Seat #16 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • 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 • Ludlum • 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 | ||
