William Martini
| William Martini | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #7 |
| Station: | Newark, NJ |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 11/19/2002 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Lifland |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1947 |
| Home State: | Passaic, NJ |
| Bachelors: | Villanova U., B.A., 1968 |
| Law School: | Rutgers U. Law , J.D., 1972 |
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Early life and education
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Martini graduated from Villanova University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1968 and later graduated from the Rutgers University Law School with his Juris Doctor Degree in 1972.[1]
Professional career
Martini was a Law clerk to Judge Joseph Hanrahan in the Superior Court of New Jersey, from 1972 to 1973. In 1973, Martini was Assistant Prosecutor for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. Martini also served in the U.S. Attorney's Office as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1974 to 1977. From 1977 to 1994, Martini was a private practice attorney in New Jersey.[1]
In addition to private practice, Martini was City Councilman for the City of Sunshinereview:Clifton, New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. Martini served a term as U.S. Representative of the 8th Congressional District of New Jersey from 1995 to 1997.[1]
In 1999, Governors Christie Todd Whitman and George Petaki appointed Martini the Commissioner of the New York/New Jersey Port Authority which position he held until his appointment to the Federal Bench in 2002.[1]
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Martini was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002 to a seat vacated by John Lifland. Martini was confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2002 on a majority vote and received commission on November 19, 2002. [2]. [3]
Notable cases
The notable case section on this page needs to be reformatted.
Paul Bergrin case
Martini was the presiding judge in the case of Attorney Paul Bergrin. Bergrin is charged with racketeering, witness tampering, and murder. On November 12, 2009, the judge ordered that the once prominent attorney be moved out of solitary confinement and into the general population of the jail at the request of Bergrin's attorneys[4].
Martini was dismissed from the trial on June 15, 2012 by the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which concluded Martini had not been acting in an impartial manner.[5]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- News: U.S. District Court judge dismissed from two trials on same day in New Jersey, June 6, 2012
External links
- Judge William Martini FJC Bio
- Courthouse News Service, "Lady Gaga clears suit over Paparazzi rights", May 14, 2013
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge William Martini FJC Bio
- ↑ "Senate Judiciary Committee", 107th Congress Judicial Nominations, January 27, 2009
- ↑ "THOMAS" William Martini USDC, NJ confirmation:PN1327-107
- ↑ "NJ.com" Solitary confinement of lawyer cut short, November 13, 2009
- ↑ NJ.com, "U.S. Court of Appeals removes federal judge from two cases, including Paul Bergrin's trial," June 15, 2012
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Lifland |
District of New Jersey 2002–Current Seat #7 |
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 | ||
