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Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996–2010

Joseph A. Greenaway Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Senate voted 84–0 on the nomination on Feb 9, 2010 (Nomination Confirmed). Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. (born November 16, 1957) is a British-American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2010 to 2023. He also previously sat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1996 to 2010.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit
    111th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    84–0 · Feb 9, 2010

Education

  • Columbia CollegeB.A., 1978
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1981

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1981-1982, 1983-1985, 2023-; Law clerk, Hon. Vincent Broderick, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1982-1983; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey, 1985-1990; chief of narcotics, 1989-1990; Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1990-1996; Adjunct professor, Rutgers School of Law - Newark, 2002-2006; Adjunct professor, Cardozo School of Law, 2006-; Adjunct professor, Columbia University, 2007-2012; Lecturer on law, Harvard Law School, 2018-

Biography

Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. (born November 16, 1957) is a British-American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2010 to 2023. He also previously sat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1996 to 2010.

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