Robert Cowen
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Robert E. Cowen is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Cowen earned his bachelor's degree from Drake University in 1952 and his LL.B. from Rutgers University School of Law in 1958.[1]
Professional career
- 1987-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- 1998-present: Senior judge
- 1987-1998: Judge
- 1985-1987: Judge
- 1978-1985: Magistrate judge
- 1973-1978: Director, Ethics and Professional Services, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Trenton, N.J.
- 1970-1973: Deputy state attorney general, New Jersey
- 1969-1970: Assistant county prosecutor, Essex County
- 1959-1969: Private practice, Newark, N.J.
- 1958-1959: Law clerk, Hon. Walter Conklin, Superior Court of New Jersey[1]
Federal judicial career
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Robert E. Cowen |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 91 days after nomination. |
| Questionnaire: |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
Cowen was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on August 7, 1987, to a seat vacated by Judge James Hunter III as Hunter assumed senior status. Hearings on Cowen's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 20, 1987, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on November 5, 1987. Cowen was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on November 6, 1987, and he received his commission on November 9, 1987. Cowen assumed senior status on September 4, 1998.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Julio Fuentes.
District of New Jersey
Cowen was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Cowen's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 30, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) the next day. Cowen was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on November 1, 1985, and he received his commission on November 4, 1985. Cowen resigned from the district court on November 16, 1987, upon his elevation to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][3] Cowen was succeeded in this position by Judge Alfred Wolin.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed December 10, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 553— Robert E. Cowen — The Judiciary," accessed December 10, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 632 — Robert E. Cowen — The Judiciary," accessed December 10, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
District of New Jersey 1985–1987 |
Succeeded by: Alfred Wolin |
| Preceded by: James Hunter III |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1987–present |
Succeeded by: Julio Fuentes
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Chief Judge: Renee Bumb • Susan Wigenton • Madeline Arleo • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Michael Shipp • Karen Williams (New Jersey) • Robert Kirsch • Brian R. Martinotti • Julien Xavier Neals • Zahid Quraishi • Christine O'Hearn • Evelyn Padin • Georgette Castner • Michael Farbiarz • Jamel Semper • Edward Kiel | ||
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| Former Article III judges |
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| Former Chief judges |
Garrett Brown • Anne Thompson • Freda Wolfson • Jerome Simandle • Guy Laverne Fake • Phillip Forman • Anthony Augelli • George Barlow • John Bissell • Mitchell Cohen • James Coolahan • John Gerry • Thomas Madden • William Francis Smith • Lawrence Whipple • Clarkson Sherman Fisher • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
