James Rosen

For the journalist, see James Rosen (journalist).

James Rosen (October 23, 1909 – November 18, 1972) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rosen received an LL.B. from Newark Law School (now Rutgers University) in 1930. He was in private practice in Union City, New Jersey from 1931 to 1959. He was a judge of Hudson County, New Jersey from 1959 to 1964, and then on the New Jersey Superior Court from 1964 to 1971.

On July 19, 1971, Rosen was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by William Henry Hastie. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1971, and received his commission on September 22, 1971. Rosen served in that capacity until his death, in 1972, in West New York, New Jersey.

Sources

James Rosen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded by William H. Hastie	Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1971-1972	Succeeded by Leonard I. Garth

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