User:Polbot/fjc/Herbert Jay Stern


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Herbert Jay Stern (born 1936) is a former United States federal judge.

Stern was born in New York City, New York. He received a B.A. from Hobart College in 1958. He received a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1961. He was in the United States Army Reserve Private from 1961 to 1962. He was an Assistant district attorney of New York County, New York from 1962 to 1965. He was a Trial attorney of Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice from 1965 to 1969. He was a Chief assistant U.S. attorney of District of New Jersey from 1969 to 1971. He was a U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1971 to 1974. Private practice, Roseland, New Jersey, 1987-present.

Stern was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Stern was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon on December 7, 1973, to a seat vacated by Leonard Garth. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 1973, and received commission on December 28, 1973. Stern's service was terminated on January 4, 1987, due to resignation.