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Herbert Jay Stern

Herbert Jay Stern

New Jersey District Court

Born 1936 in New York, NY

FJC ID: 2289

Herbert Jay Stern (born November 8, 1936) is a trial lawyer, with a national practice in civil and criminal litigation, as well as mediation and arbitration. Earlier in his career, Stern served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and as the United States Judge for Berlin.

He presided over a hijacking trial that was the only case ever tried in an American court in the occupied American Sector of West Berlin.

He was part of the team that successfully handled several major corruption and organized crime trials in New Jersey.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Roseland, New Jersey
    1987–present
  2. U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey
    1971–1974
  3. District of New Jersey
    District of New Jersey
    Chief assistant U.S. attorney · 1969–1971
  4. Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, U.S. Department of Justice
    Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, U.S. Department of Justice
    Trial attorney · 1965–1969
  5. New York County, New York
    Assistant district attorney · 1962–1965
  6. U.S. Army Reserve private
    1961–1962

Appointments

  1. New Jersey District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    1973–1987 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. University of Chicago Law School
    University of Chicago Law School
    J.D. · 1961
  2. Hobart College
    B.A. · 1958