Jerome B. Simandle

Jerome B. Simandle
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office 2012
Preceded by	Garrett Brown, Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office May 21, 1992
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 66–67) Binghamton, New York
Alma mater	Princeton University University of Stockholm University of Pennsylvania Law School

Jerome B. Simandle (born 1949) is the chief United States federal judge serving on the District of New Jersey. He was born in Binghamton, New York.

Education

• Princeton University, B.S.E., 1971
• University of Stockholm, Sweden, Dipl. Soc Sci, 1975
• University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1976

Professional career

After graduating from law school, Simandle served as a law clerk to judge John F. Gerry of the District of New Jersey for two years, and then as an Assistant United States Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. He was then a magistrate in the same district for nine years.

Simandle was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on April 1, 1992, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21, 1992, and received his commission on May 26, 1992. On January 2, 2012, he was elevated to be chief judge.

References

• Jerome B. Simandle at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.