Anne Elise Thompson (born July 8, 1934) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She was the first female and first African American federal judge in New Jersey.
Anne Elise Thompson
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Born 1934 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 2372
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Mercer County, New JerseyProsecutor · 1975–1979
- Trenton [New Jersey] Municipal CourtJudge · 1972–1975
- Lawrence Township, Lawrenceville, New JerseyMunicipal prosecutor · 1970–1972
Assistant deputy public defender for Mercer-Somerset-Hunterdon region · 1967–1970- United Progress, IncorporatedGrant writer · 1966–1967
Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Chicago, IllinoisAttorney · 1964–1965
Appointments
1979–2001 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
LL.B. · 1964- Temple UniversityM.A. · 1957
- Howard UniversityB.A. · 1955