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Faith S. Hochberg
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
November 15, 1999 – March 6, 2015
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byJoseph H. Rodriguez
Succeeded byEvelyn Padin
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
In office
1994–1999
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byMichael Chertoff
Succeeded byRobert J. Cleary
Personal details
BornFaith Shapiro
(1950-03-05) March 5, 1950 (age 74)
East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseMark Hochberg
EducationTufts University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Websitewww.judgehochberg.com

Faith Shapiro Hochberg (/ˈhɒtʃbɜːrɡ/; born March 5, 1950) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education

Hochberg was born in East Orange, New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University in 1972. She received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1975. She was a law clerk to Spottswood William Robinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1975 to 1976.

Career

Hochberg was a special assistant to the Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in 1976. She was in private practice in Newark from 1977 to 1983. She was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1990 she was in private practice with Cole, Schotz, Bernstein, Meisel and Forman in Hackensack. She was a senior deputy chief counsel for the Office of Thrift Supervision in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1990 to 1993, and was a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement in the Department of Treasury from 1993 to 1994.

Faith was the first woman to be appointed to the US attorney of New Jersey. She was assigned to several high-profile cases including the Unabomer case until Robert Cleary assumed her role in 1999.

Federal judicial service

In 1994, Hochberg was named United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, serving until 1999. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on April 22, 1999, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Joseph H. Rodriguez. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 10, 1999, and received her commission on November 15, 1999. She retired from active service on March 6, 2015.

Post judicial service

She currently offers mediation and arbitration services through her company Hochberg ADR.

Personal life

Hochberg and her husband Mark, a heart surgeon, have two adult children, Alyssa and Asher.

See also

References

  1. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, June 13, July 13, July 29, September 14, October 7, October 26, and November 10, 1999. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2005. p. 1370.
  2. "Office History". 18 March 2015.

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Preceded byMichael Chertoff United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
1994–1999 		Succeeded byRobert J. Cleary
Preceded byJoseph H. Rodriguez Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1999–2015 		Succeeded byEvelyn Padin
United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey
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