Joseph Eron Irenas (July 13, 1940 – October 16, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Joseph Eron Irenas
Born 1940 in Newark, NJ
Died 2015 in Camden, NJ
FJC ID: 1150
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 36/year
New Jersey District Court · 1992–2015
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Rutgers UniversityAdjunct professor · 1985–1986, 1988–present
- Private practice, Newark, New Jersey1966–1992
Appointments
1992–2015 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1965- Princeton UniversityA.B. · 1962