Stanley Seymour Brotman (born July 27, 1924) is a United States federal judge.
Born in Vineland, New Jersey, Brotman was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1952. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1947 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1950. He was in private practice in Vineland, New Jersey from 1952 to 1975.
On January 27, 1975, Brotman was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Mitchell H. Cohen. Brotman was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 1975, and received his commission on March 14, 1975. He assumed senior status on April 23, 1990.
In addition to his duties in the District of New Jersey, Brotman has served on temporary assignments to the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands for over twenty years, and was designated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as the Acting Chief Judge of that court from December 22, 1989 to August 14, 1992.[1]