William Martini
William Martini is a federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. Martini assumed senior status on February 10, 2015.[1]
Education
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Martini graduated from Villanova University with his bachelor's degree in 1968 and earned his J.D. from the Rutgers University Law School in 1972.[1]
Professional career
- 1999-2002: Commissioner, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- 1997-2002: Attorney in private practice
- 1995-1997: United States representative, New Jersey
- 1993-1995: Freeholder, Passaic County, New Jersey
- 1990-1994: City councilman, Clifton, New Jersey
- 1977-1994: Attorney in private practice
- 1974-1977: Assistant United States attorney, District of New Jersey
- 1973-1974: Assistant prosecutor, Hudson County, New Jersey
- 1972-1973: Law clerk, Honorable Joseph P. Hanrahan, New Jersey Superior Courts[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]
Noteworthy cases
"Baddest Lawyer in NJ" convicted: Paul Bergrin trial (2009)
Martini was the presiding judge in the case of Attorney Paul Bergrin. Bergrin was 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.[3]
Martini was dismissed from the trial on June 15, 2012, by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which concluded Martini had not been acting in an impartial manner.[4]
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 Bio at the Federal Judicial Center
- Courthouse News Service, "Lady Gaga clears suit over Paparazzi rights," May 14, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge William Martini at the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "107th Congress Judicial Nominations, January 27, 2009," accessed June 03, 2013
- ↑ 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
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Lifland |
District of New Jersey 2002-2015 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Julien Xavier Neals
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • 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 • Moses • 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 | ||
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Jersey
State courts:
New Jersey Supreme Court • New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division • New Jersey Superior Courts • New Jersey Municipal Courts • New Jersey Tax Court
State resources:
Courts in New Jersey • New Jersey judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Jersey
