Madeline Cox Arleo
Madeline Cox Arleo | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| Assumed office November 21, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Dennis M. Cavanaugh |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office 2000 – November 21, 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Madeline Elizabeth Cox November 25, 1963 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Rutgers University (BA, MA) Seton Hall University (JD) |
Madeline Elizabeth Cox Arleo (born November 25, 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Biography[edit]
Arleo was born in 1963 in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from Rutgers College and a Master of Arts degree in 1986 from Rutgers University. She received a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, in 1989 from Seton Hall University School of Law, where she was Editor in Chief of the Law Review.[2] She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge Marie L. Garibaldi of the New Jersey Supreme Court, from 1989 to 1990. She worked at the law firm of Clapp & Eisenberg from 1990 to 1994 and at the law firm of Barry & McMoran from 1994 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, she was a partner at the law firm of Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP, where her practice focused on civil litigation in Federal and State courts.[3]
Federal judicial service[edit]
From 2000 to 2014, she served as a United States magistrate judge in the District of New Jersey.[4]
On June 26, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Arleo to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to the seat vacated by Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh, who retired on January 31, 2014.[5] On July 29, 2014, a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary was held on her nomination.[6] On September 18, 2014, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.[7] On November 18, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on her nomination. On November 19, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 56–40 vote.[8] On November 20, 2014, her nomination was confirmed by a voice vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on November 21, 2014.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Madeline Cox Arleo".
- ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary – Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees – Public" (PDF). judiciary.senate.gov. United States Senate. 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
- ^ "President Obama Nominates Four to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 26 June 2014 – via National Archives.
- ^ a b Madeline Cox Arleo at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 26 June 2014 – via National Archives.
- ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 18, 2014 United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary" (PDF).
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Madeline Cox Arleo, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "PN1812 — Madeline Cox Arleo — The Judiciary". congress.gov. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
External links[edit]
- Madeline Cox Arleo at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Madeline Cox Arleo at Ballotpedia
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- People from Caldwell, New Jersey
- Lawyers from Jersey City, New Jersey
- Rutgers University alumni
- Seton Hall University School of Law alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- 21st-century American judges
- United States magistrate judges