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American judge (born 1961)Brian R. Martinotti | |
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Martinotti in 2015 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office July 11, 2016 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Stanley R. Chesler |
Personal details | |
Born | (1961-02-02) February 2, 1961 (age 63) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
Education | Fordham University (BS) Seton Hall University (JD) |
Brian R. Martinotti (born February 2, 1961) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a former New Jersey state judge.
Biography
Martinotti was born in 1961 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1983 from Fordham University. He received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1986 from Seton Hall University School of Law. He began his legal career by serving as a law clerk to Judge Roger M. Kahn of the New Jersey Tax Court. From 1987 to 2002, he served at the law firm of Beattie Padovano, LLC., and was elevated to partner in 1994. Concurrently with his private practice, he served as a council member for the Borough of Cliffside Park and also served other towns in various roles as municipal public defender, prosecutor and tax attorney. From 2002–2016, he served as a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, where he served in the civil division and was one of the state's three multi-county litigation judges handling mass torts. During his tenure on the state bench, he was assigned to preside over the special environmental, affordable housing and family law dockets.
Federal judicial service
On June 11, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Martinotti to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to the seat being vacated by Judge Stanley R. Chesler, who assumed senior status on June 15, 2015. He received a hearing before the Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2015. On October 29, 2015, his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On July 6, 2016, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a 92–5 vote. He received his judicial commission on July 11, 2016.
Personal
Martinotti married the former Dana M. Licameli, a grade school teacher, on March 23, 1991 in a Roman Catholic ceremony.
References
- "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 11 June 2015 – via National Archives.
- "New Jersey Judicial Biographies" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-05-07.
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- "Congressional Record". www.congress.gov.
- "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 11 June 2015 – via National Archives.
- "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- "United States Senate Judiciary Committee: Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 29, 2015" (PDF).
- "On the Nomination (Confirmation Brian R. Martinotti, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge)". www.senate.gov.
- "Dana M. Licameli and Brian R. Martinotti Marry". The New York Times. 24 March 1991.
External links
- Brian R. Martinotti at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Brian R. Martinotti at Ballotpedia
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Preceded byStanley R. Chesler | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 2016–present |
Incumbent |
Active district judges of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals | |
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American judges
- American people of Italian descent
- Catholics from New Jersey
- Fordham University alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- New Jersey state court judges
- Lawyers from Englewood, New Jersey
- Public defenders
- Seton Hall University School of Law alumni
- Superior court judges in the United States
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama