The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey is the chief federal law enforcement officer in New Jersey. Paul J. Fishman was sworn into office as U.S. Attorney on October 14, 2009 after having been nominated by President Barack Obama.[1] He succeeded Ralph J. Marra, who served as Acting U.S. Attorney after the resignation of Christopher J. Christie in December 2008 to run for Governor of New Jersey.[2][3] The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney.
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Organization
The Office is organized into divisions handling civil, criminal, and appellate matters, in addition to the Special Prosecutions Division, which oversees political corruption investigations.[4] The District of New Jersey is also divided into three vicinages: Newark, Trenton and Camden, with the southern two offices supervised by a deputy U.S. Attorney. The office employs approximately 135 Assistant U.S. Attorneys.[5] It is the fifth-largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation, below those in the District of Columbia, Los Angeles, Manhattan, and Miami.[6]
High Profile Cases
- Hugh Addonizio - Conviction of former Newark mayor on conspiracy and extortion charges
- Wayne Bryant - Conviction of former chairman of New Jersey Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee for funneling money to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in exchange for a no-show job at the University.
- Crazy Eddie - Conviction of Eddie Antar, founder and CEO of Crazy Eddie, a consumer electronics chain, for fraud
- Walter Forbes - Conviction of former chairman of Cendant Corporation for fraud.[7]
- Fort Dix Six (2007) - Conviction of group of six radical Islamist men allegedly plotting attack on Fort Dix military base[8]
- Cornelius Gallagher - Guilty plea of New Jersey Congressman for tax evasion[9]
- Nelson G. Gross - Conviction of former Republican state chairman on perjury and obstruction of justice charges
- Sharpe James (2008) - Conviction of former Newark mayor on corruption charges[10]
- Robert C. Janiszewski (2002) - Guilty plea of Hudson County Executive for tax evasion and bribery[11]
- John V. Kenny - Conviction of former Jersey City mayor and chairman of Hudson County Democratic Party on conspiracy, bribery, and extortion charges
- Charles Kushner (2004) - Guilty plea of real estate developer -- and largest campaign donor to former New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey -- for filing false tax returns and for attempting to retaliate against a witness in a federal criminal case[12]
- Hemant Lakhani - Conviction of black market arms dealer attempting to sell shoulder-fired missiles[13]
- John A. Lynch, Jr. - Guilty plea of former president of New Jersey Senate for mail fraud and tax evasion[14]
- Operation Bid Rig (2002-09) - Multi-stage political corruption sweep, resulting in arrest of Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, New Jersey Assemblymen Daniel Van Pelt and L. Harvey Smith, and Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega
- Martin Taccetta & Michael Taccetta (1987) - Acquittal of high ranking members of The Jersey Crew, a faction of the Lucchese crime family[15]
- UMDNJ (2005) - Deferred prosecution agreement overseen by federal monitor Herbert Stern involving Medicaid double-billing and other cases of health care fraud at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.[16]
- Thomas J. Whelan - Conviction of mayor of Jersey City on conspiracy, bribery and extortion charges
Prominent Alumni
- Samuel Alito, Jr. - Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
- Maryanne Trump Barry - U.S. Circuit Court Judge, Third Circuit
- John Winslow Bissell - U.S. District Court Judge
- Matthew Boxer - Comptroller, State of New Jersey
- Garrett Brown - U.S. District Court Judge
- Renee Bumb - U.S. District Court Judge
- Michael Chagares - U.S. Circuit Court Judge, Third Circuit
- Michael Chertoff - Former Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
- Stanley R. Chesler - U.S. District Court Judge
- John Farmer Jr. - Former Attorney General, State of New Jersey
- Joseph Greenaway - U.S. District Court Judge
- Peter C. Harvey - Former Attorney General, State of New Jersey
- Katharine Hayden - U.S. District Court Judge
- Noel Hillman - U.S. District Court Judge; Former Chief, Public Integrity Section, U.S. Department of Justice
- Richard Hughes - Former Governor of New Jersey; Former Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
- David Lat - Blogger, Underneath their Robes and Above the Law
- William Martini - U.S. District Court Judge; Former Congressman (NJ-8)
- Stuart Rabner - Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
- Jerome Simandle - U.S. District Court Judge
- Herbert Stern - former U.S. District Court Judge; former federal monitor, UMDNJ Medicaid fraud investigation
See also
List of United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey
References
- ^ "Fishman sworn in as New Jersey's U.S. attorney". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2009-10-15. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20091015_Fishman_sworn_in_as_New_Jersey_s_U_S__attorney.html. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ Marra will be Acting U.S. Attorney, Politicker NJ, December 1, 2008.
- ^ Christie, Former U.S. Attorney, Enters Governor's Race in New Jersey, The New York Times, January 9, 2009.
- ^ Office Organization, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
- ^ Serving the District of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney's Office
- ^ New Jersey Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year: Chris Christie, New Jersey Law Journal, December 27, 2006.
- ^ New Jersey Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year: Chris Christie, New Jersey Law Journal, December 27, 2006.
- ^ 5 Are Convicted of Conspiring to Attack Fort Dix, The New York Times, December 22, 2008.
- ^ Paul Hoffman, Tiger in the Court, Playboy Press, 1979, p. 276.
- ^ Former Mayor Guilty of Fraud in Newark Sales, The New York Times, April 17, 2008.
- ^ Former Hudson County Leader Gets 41 Months in Corruption Case, The New York Times, March 25, 2005.
- ^ Major Donor Admits Hiring Prostitute to Smear Witness, The New York Times, August 19, 2004.
- ^ Man Accused of a Scheme to Sell Missiles Praised bin Laden on Tapes, The New York Times, January 9, 2005.
- ^ Ex-Leader of New Jersey Senate is Guilty of Corruption, The New York Times, September 16, 2006.
- ^ Robert Rudolph, The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds
- ^ New Jersey Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year: Chris Christie, New Jersey Law Journal, December 27, 2006.
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