Phillip Forman
Phillip Forman (1895-1978) was afederal judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Early life and education
- Temple University School of Law, LL.B., 1919
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, 1917-1919
- Private practice, Trenton, New Jersey, 1919-1932
- Assistant U.S. attorney for theDistrict of New Jersey, 1923-1928
- U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1928-1932
Judicial career
Third Circuit
Forman was nominated to the Third Circuit by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on February 9, 1959 to replaceAlbert Branson Maris. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 9th, and received commission onSeptember 10, 1959. OnMarch 31, 1961, he assumedsenior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death onAugust 17, 1978.[1]
District of New Jersey
Forman was nominated to the District of New Jersey by PresidentHerbert Hoover on June 11, 1932 to replaceWilliam Nelson Runyon. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 23rd, and received commission onJune 25th. From 1951 to 1959, he was thechief judge. He served on this court untilSeptember 20, 1959, when he was appointed to the Third Circuit. Forman was succeeded in this position byArthur Lane.
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Nelson Runyon | District of New Jersey 1932–1959 Seat #4 | Succeeded by: Arthur Lane |
| Preceded by: Albert Maris | Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1959–1978 | Succeeded by: William Francis Smith |
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| Active judges | Chief Judge: Renee Bumb • Susan Wigenton • Madeline Arleo • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Karen Williams (New Jersey) • Robert Kirsch • Brian R. Martinotti • Julien Xavier Neals • Zahid Quraishi • Christine O'Hearn • Evelyn Padin • Georgette Castner • Michael Farbiarz • Jamel Semper • Edward Kiel | ||
| Senior judges | Mary Cooper • Anne Thompson • Stanley Chesler • Katharine Hayden • William Martini • Peter Sheridan • Noel Hillman • Robert Kugler • Kevin McNulty • | ||
| 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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| 1953 | Boldt •Bruchhausen •Cecil •Dawkins, Jr. •Grooms •Hamlin •Hoffman •Knoch •Schnackenberg •Warren •Willson | ||
| 1954 | Aldrich •Anderson •Bastian •Bicks •Bootle •Boreman •Breitenstein •Brooks •Cecil •Chambers •Choate •Christensen •Connell •Danaher •Dawson •Day •Fee •Freeman •Halbert •Harlan •Hincks •Hoffman •Holder •Hunter •Ingraham •Laramore •Kent •Lemmon •Lord •McGarraghy •Mickelson •Miller •Palmieri •Parkinson •Rogers •Ross •Stewart •Taylor •Thomsen •Tuttle •Van Oosterhout •Vogel •Walsh •Whittaker •Wilson | ||
| 1955 | Alger •Brown •Cameron •Clarke •Davies •Devitt •East •Estes •Grubb •Harlan •Jertberg •Jones •Lumbard •McIlvaine •Miller •Register •Sorg •Van Dusen •Waterman •Watkins •Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 | Barnes •Bryan •Burger •Cashin •Hamley •Herlands •Johnson •Juergens •Kerr •Kraft •Levet •Lewis •Lieb •Mercer •Morgan •Rich •Rizley •Robinson •Smith •Sobeloff •Weick •Whittaker | ||
| 1957 | Arraj •Breitenstein •Brennan •Egan •Gignoux •Grant •Hastings •Haynsworth •Hicklin •Jameson •Layton •Moore •O'Sullivan •Parkinson •Richardson •Sirica •Stanley •Thompson •Van Pelt •Weber •Whittaker •Wisdom •Zavatt | ||
| 1958 | Beck •Burke •Carswell •Clayton •Hamlin •Henley •Jertberg •Knoch •Martin •Matthes •Miner •Morrill •Poos •Robson •Stanley •Steel •Stewart •Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 | Aldrich •Bartels •Blackmun •Boreman •Butler •Castle •Cecil •Crocker •Dalton •Field •Fisher •Forman •Friendly •Hart •Henderson •Henley •Julian •Kalbfleisch •Kilkenny •Koelsch •Kunzel •MacMahon •Merrill •Metzner •Powell •Smith •Sweigert •Walsh •Weick •Weinman •Wood •Worley •Young | ||
| 1960 | Caffrey •Chilson •Durfee •Hodge •Kaess •Lane •Lewis •Mishler •O'Sullivan •Paul •Smith •Stephenson •Tavares •Timbers | ||
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| 1929 | Avis •Byers •Caffey •Coxe, Jr. •Galston •Gardner •Glenn •Hopkins •Lenroot •Littleton •McDermott •Phillips •Sparks •Watson •Wheat •Wilbur •Wilson •Williams •Woolsey •Wyman | ||
| 1930 | Adkins •Bryant •Cosgrave •Cox •Hincks •Hughes •Hutcheson •Luhring •Nields •Patterson •Roberts •Sibley •Thompson •Whaley •Wheat | ||
| 1931 | Barnes •Chesnut •Evans •Fee •Groner •Hincks •Hitz •Hollzer •Kennamer •Kennerly •Kincheloe •Knight •Letts •McMillan •Morton •Nordbye •O'Brien •O'Donoghue •Paul, Jr. •Proctor •Sames •Sanborn •Sawtelle •Soper •Strum •Underwood • Way | ||
| 1932 | Briggle •Cardozo •Dallinger •Forman •Johnson •Joyce •McLellan •Simons •Welsh | ||
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- Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Appointed by Herbert Hoover
- Confirmed 1932
- Confirmed 1959
- Federal Article III judges
- Federal judiciary nominee, February 1959
- Federal judiciary nominee, June 1932
- Former federal judge
- Former federal judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- Former federal judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- New Jersey
- United States of America
- District of New Jersey, Seat 4
- Former federal judge, District of New Jersey
- Former federal judge, Third Circuit
- Former chief judge, District of New Jersey
- Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower
- Navy veteran
- Former Article III judges
