Jerome Simandle

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Years in office: 2017 - 2019

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Years in office: 1992 - 2017

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton University, 1971

Law

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1976

Graduate

Stockholm University, Sweden, 1975

Personal

Birthplace

Binghamton, NY

Jerome B. Simandle was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush (R). Simandle assumedsenior status on the court on May 31, 2017. His service ended on July 19, 2019, when he died at the age of 70.

From 2012 to 2017, Simandle served aschief judge of the district court.

Early life and education

Born inBinghamton, New York, Simandle graduated from Princeton University with his bachelor's degree in 1971, from Stockholm University in Sweden with a graduate diploma in social science in 1975, and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with hisJ.D. in 1976.^[1]

Professional career

• 1983-2019:United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • 2017-2019: Senior judge
  • 2012-2017: Chief judge
  • 1992-2017: Judge
  • 1983-1992:Magistrate judge
• 1978-1983:Assistant U.S. attorney,District of New Jersey
• 1976-1978: Law clerk, Hon.John Gerry,United States District Court for the District of New Jersey^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of New Jersey

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Jerome B. Simandle
Court:United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Progress
Confirmed 50 days after nomination.
ANominated: April 1, 1992
AABA Rating:Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: May 14, 1992
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: May 21, 1992
AConfirmed: May 21, 1992
AVote: Unanimous consent

Simandle was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush (R) on April 1, 1992, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. TheAmerican Bar Association rated SimandleUnanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Simandle's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on May 14, 1992, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 21, 1992. Simandle was confirmed by the unanimous consent of theU.S. Senate on May 21, 1992, and he received his commission on May 26, 1992. From 2012 to 2017, Simandle served as thechief judge of the district court. Simandle elected to takesenior status beginning on May 31, 2017. His service ended on July 19, 2019, when he died at the age of 70.^[1][2][3]

Magistrate judge, District of New Jersey

Simandle served as afederal magistrate judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1983 until 1992.^[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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• Search Google News for this topic
• Judge Simandle's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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Magistrate judges	Tonianne Bongiovanni  •  Mark Falk  •  Ann Donio  •  Michael A. Hammer  •  Cathy L. Waldor  •  James B. Clark, III  •  Leda Dunn Wettre  •  Sharon King  •  Jessica Allen  •  Matthew Skahill  •  André Espinosa  •
Former Article III judges	Garrett Brown  •  Joel Pisano  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Harold Ackerman  •  Dennis Cavanaugh  •  Dickinson Debevoise  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Faith Hochberg  •  Jose Linares  •  Stanley Brotman  •  Joseph Irenas  •  Joseph Rodriguez (New Jersey)  •  Jerome Simandle  •  David Brearley  •  Robert Morris (New Jersey)  •  William Sanford Pennington  •  William Rossell  •  Mahlon Dickerson  •  Philemon Dickerson  •  Richard Stockton Field  •  John Thompson Nixon  •  Andrew Kirkpatrick  •  Leonard Garth  •  Robert Cowen  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Lee Sarokin  •  Edward Green (New Jersey)  •  Joseph Cross  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  John Rellstab  •  Joseph Lamb Bodine  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Charles Francis Lynch  •  William Nelson Runyon  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  James William McCarthy  •  John Boyd Avis  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  William Bassler  •  John Bissell  •  Vincent Biunno  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Richard Hartshorne  •  John Kitchen  •  Frederick Lacey  •  Arthur Lane  •  Alfred Lechner  •  John Lifland  •  Thomas Madden  •  Thomas Meaney  •  Henry Meanor  •  Alfred Modarelli  •  Mendon Morrill  •  Stephen Orlofsky  •  Nicholas Politan  •  Robert Shaw (New Jersey)  •  William Francis Smith  •  Herbert Stern  •  Thomas Walker (New Jersey)  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Alfred Wolin  •  Reynier Wortendyke  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •  John Michael Vazquez  •  William Walls (New Jersey)  •
Former Chief judges	Garrett Brown  •  Anne Thompson  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Jerome Simandle  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  John Bissell  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Thomas Madden  •  William Francis Smith  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •

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