Dickinson R. Debevoise
| Dickinson Richards Debevoise | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 1, 1994 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| In office November 2, 1979 – May 1, 1994 | |
| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat Established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Orlofsky |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 23, 1924[1] Orange, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Williams College Columbia Law School |
Dickinson Richards Debevoise (born April 23, 1924) is a United States Senior District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was born in Orange, New Jersey.
Biography
Debevoise was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 23, 1978, and confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979. Debevoise served on the committee that revised the general (i.e., local) rules of the district court in 1984. He has been on senior status effective May 1, 1994. Debevoise's chambers are located in the Martin Luther King, Jr., United States Courthouse and Federal Building in Newark, New Jersey. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Debevoise was in private practice in Newark, New Jersey, from 1953 to 1979. He was formerly a partner in the firm now known as Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP. He is a graduate of Williams College (class of 1946)[2] and Columbia Law School (class of 1951). He began his legal career as a law clerk to United States District Judge Phillip Forman.
Debovoise presided over the arraignment of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski in 1996.[3]
Debevoise served as a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, where he participated in D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, and occupation of Berlin.[2] He later went on to serve as a lieutenant during the Korean War. He is married and has four daughters. After 32 years on the Court, Debevoise has over 60 former law clerks, including Stuart Rabner, current Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, former New Jersey Attorney General, and former counsel to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, and Peter C. Harvey, who was the first African American to serve as New Jersey Attorney General (2003–2006).
References
- ↑ Mullin, E. J. (1987). Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 202. Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey Legislature. p. 1034.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schapiro, Morton (6 September 2008). "Dickinson R. Debevoise '46". Williams College. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ↑ "Kaczynski arraigned by video in New Jersey bombing". CNN. 10 December 1996. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
External links
- Dickinson R. Debevoise at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- An oral history interview of Debevoise was conducted by the Historical Society for the U.S. District of the District of New Jersey on April 22, 2010.
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