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Faith Hochberg

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Years in office: 1999 - 2015

Education

Bachelor's

Tufts University, 1972

Law

Harvard Law, 1975

Personal

Birthplace

East Orange, NJ

Faith Hochberg was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. Hochberg retired from the court on March 6, 2015.^[1]

Early life and education

A native ofNew Jersey, Hochberg graduated from Tufts University with her bachelor's degree in 1972 and graduated from Harvard Law School with herJ.D. degree in 1975.

Professional career

After law school, Hochberg became a law clerk for Federal Appeals JudgeSpottswood Robinson for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1975 to 1976. In 1976, Hochberg was named special assistant to chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission before becoming a private practice, attorney licensed in the State ofNew Jersey from 1977 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1990. In 1983, Hochberg joined the US Attorney's Office as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and served in that role until 1987. In 1990, Hochberg was appointed by Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady as Senior deputy chief counsel in the Office of Thrift Supervision and served in that role until 1993 when Hochberg was appointed by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law Enforcement for the Department of Treasury from 1993 to 1994. In 1994, Hochberg was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey serving as New Jersey's Chief Federal Prosecutor from 1994 to 1999.

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of New Jersey

On the unanimous recommendation of U.S. SenatorsFrank Lautenberg and Frank Torricelli, Hochberg was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton on April 22, 1999, to a seat vacated byJoseph Rodriguez as Rodriguez assumedsenior status. Hochberg was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 10, 1999, on a voice vote and received commission onNovember 15, 1999. She retired from the court on March 6, 2015^[2]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

External links

• Judge Hochberg's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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