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* [https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chesler-stanley-r Stanley Chesler biography] from the [[Federal Judicial Center]] | * [https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chesler-stanley-r Stanley Chesler biography] from the [[Federal Judicial Center]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:59, 9 December 2025
Stanley Chesler 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.[1] Chesler assumed senior status on June 15, 2015.[2]
Education
Chesler graduated from Harpur College with his bachelor's degree in 1968 and later from St. Johns University School of Law with his J.D. degree in 1974.[1]
Professional career
Chesler began his legal career as an assistant district attorney for the New York City District Attorney's Office from 1974 to 1980. Chesler joined the U.S. Attorney's Office as a special attorney in the Newark Organized Crime Strike Force. Chesler worked on prosecuting organized crimes and multiple offenders in cases tried by the U.S. Department of Justice in the federal courts of New Jersey from 1980 to 1986 before spending a year as a assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey until 1987.[1]
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Chesler 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 Judge Anne Thompson as Thompson assumed senior status. Chesler was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 14, 2002, on a majority vote and received commission on December 4, 2002.[3][4] Chesler transitioned to senior status on June 15, 2015.[2]
District of New Jersey, magistrate
Chesler began his federal judicial career as a magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1987. Chesler was appointed to consecutive term in 1995.[1]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
External links
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Officeholder United States District Court for the District of New Jersey |
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Stanley Chesler biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stanley Chesler biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Courts, "Current Judicial Vacancies," accessed June 19, 2015
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "107th Congress Nominations," accessed June 19, 2015
- ↑ THOMAS, "Stanley Chesler USDC, NJ confirmation: PN1324-107," accessed June 19, 2015
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| Preceded by: Anne Thompson |
District of New Jersey 2002-2015 Seat #11 |
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 • 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
