Appointed by Barack Obama Name Joseph Greenaway, Preceded by Samuel Alito Role Judge | Appointed by Bill Clinton Succeeded by Claire C. Cecchi Preceded by John Gerry | |
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Born November 16, 1957 (age 66)
London, United Kingdom ( 1957-11-16 ) Alma mater Columbia University
Harvard University Education Harvard Law School, Columbia University, Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York | ||
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Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. (born November 16, 1957) is a federal judge who sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously sat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. On February 9, 2010, he was confirmed to his seat on the Third Circuit, filling the vacancy created by Justice Samuel Alito's elevation to the United States Supreme Court. Judge Greenaway has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court.
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Early life and education
Greenaway was born of West Indian parents in London, England, and emigrated to the United States at the age of two. His father is a carpenter and his mother is a nurse.
Greenaway was on the varsity baseball team at the Bronx High School of Science, from which he graduated in 1974. Greenaway earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1978 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1981. From 1982 until 1983, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Vincent Lyons Broderick of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Professional career
Greenaway worked in private practice in New York City from 1981 until 1985. He became an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey from 1985 until 1989, when he became the chief of narcotics for the District of New Jersey. From 1990 until 1996, Greenaway worked as in-house counsel for Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Federal judicial service
On November 27, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Greenaway to be a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to replace John Francis Gerry. The U.S. Senate confirmed Greenaway in a voice vote on July 16, 1996.
On June 19, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Greenaway to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The full United States Senate confirmed Greenaway to the Third Circuit on February 9, 2010, in an 84-0 vote. This ended a four-year vacancy created by then-Judge Samuel A. Alito's elevation to the United States Supreme Court.
Professor of law
From 2002 to 2006, Greenaway was an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, NJ. He is an adjunct professor at Cardozo School of Law where he teaches a course on trial practice and a seminar on the Supreme Court as well as an adjunct at Columbia University, where he also teaches a seminar on the Supreme Court.
Awards
Greenaway was the 1997 recipient of the Columbia University Medal of Excellence, the 1999 recipient of the Garden State Bar Association’s Distinguished Jurist Award, a 2003 recipient of Columbia’s John Jay Award, a 2007 recipient of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Award of Excellence, and the 2007 recipient of the Roger M. Yancey Award from the Garden State Bar Association. In 2006, Greenaway delivered the commencement address at the Cardozo School of Law. In 1998, Greenaway delivered the Class Day address at Columbia College’s commencement. He also presented Rutgers Law School’s Weintraub Lecture in 1998 (published as Judicial Decision Making and the External Environment, 51 Rutgers L. Rev. 181 (1998)). In November 1996, he received the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association’s Distinguished Service Award.