John Michael Vazquez | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office January 29, 2016 –September 8, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Joel A. Pisano |
| Succeeded by | Jamel K. Semper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11,1970 Honolulu,Hawaii,U.S. |
| Education | Rutgers University (BA) Seton Hall University (JD) |
John Michael Vazquez (born May 11,1970) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Vazquez was born in Honolulu,Hawaii,in 1970. [1] His family moved to New Jersey when he was several months old. [2] Vazquez received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992 from Rutgers University. He received a Juris Doctor,summa cum laude,in 1996 from Seton Hall University School of Law. [1] [3]
Vasquez served as law clerk to Judge Herman D. Michels of the New Jersey Superior Court,Appellate Division,from 1996 to 1997. [1]
He served as an associate in the Law Offices of Michael Critchley and Associates from 1997 to 2001. From 2001 to 2006,he was an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. From 2006 to 2008,he worked in the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General,serving first as special assistant to the Attorney General and subsequently as first assistant attorney general. from 2008 to 2016,he was a partner at Critchley,Kinum &Vazquez,LLC. [3] In that role,Vasquez represented Anthony R. Suarez,mayor of Ridgefield,New Jersey,during his 2010 trial on corruption charges,and won an acquittal,ending "a government streak of more than 200 public corruption convictions spanning more than a decade." [4]
On March 26,2015,President Barack Obama nominated Vazquez 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 Joel A. Pisano,who retired on February 16,2015. Vasquez was unanimously rated as "well qualified" for the judgeship by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary,the committee's highest rating. [5] His nomination received the support of both of New Jersey's senators,Cory Booker and Robert Menendez. [6] His nomination was reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 17,2015,by a voice vote. [7] [8] Vazquez was confirmed by the Senate on January 27,2016,by a 84–2 vote. [9] He received his judicial commission on January 29,2016. [1] On March 22,2023,Vazquez gave notice of his intent to resign from office as of September 8,2023. [10]
U.S. President Barack Obama nominated over 400 individuals for federal judgeships during his presidency. Of these nominations,Congress confirmed 329 judgeships,173 during the 111th &112th Congresses and 156 during the 113th and 114th Congresses.
Patty Shwartz is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Michael P. Boggs is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia,a former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals and a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He was appointed to the state Supreme Court by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal.
Richard Franklin Boulware II is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and former assistant Federal Public Defender.
Armando Omar Bonilla is an American attorney who is a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Prior to this,Bonilla served as an associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice.
Julien Xavier Neals is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Brian R. Martinotti is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a former New Jersey state judge.
John Milton Younge is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Gary Richard Brown is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Stephanie Marie Agli Gallagher is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and a former United States magistrate judge for the same court.
Mary Susan McElroy is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Scott Lawrence Palk is an American attorney and academic. He is currently a Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He formerly served as Assistant Dean at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Walter David Counts III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Karen Anne Gren Scholer is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
James Wesley Hendrix is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and former assistant United States attorney for the same district. He presides over the Northern District's Lubbock,Abilene,and San Angelo Divisions,which account for 47 of the Northern District's 100 counties,and span an area larger than Pennsylvania.
William Frederic Jung is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Regina Marie Rodriguez is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Florence Yu Pan is an American attorney who serves as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She previously served as a U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from 2021 to 2022 and as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2009 to 2021.
Anne Rachel Traum is an American lawyer and academic who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. She was a professor of law at the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2002 and again from 2008 to 2022.
Diane Gujarati is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was nominated by both former US President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump,but she was only confirmed under Trump.