Esther Salas
| Esther Salas | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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Assumed office June 14, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Katharine Sweeney Hayden |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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In office 2006 – June 14, 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 29, 1968 Monterey Park, California |
| Education |
Rutgers University B.A. Rutgers School of Law–Newark J.D. |
Esther Salas (born December 29, 1968) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in Newark, New Jersey. She had previously served as a United States Magistrate Judge of the same court since 2006.
Salas is the first Hispanic woman to serve as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey, and also the first to serve as a United States District Judge in the District of New Jersey.
Esther Salas is from Monterey Park, California, and is the daughter of Cuban and Mexican immigrants. At the age of five, she, her mother, Aurelia Salas, along with her siblings, moved to Union City, New Jersey, where they lived on 27th Street, and later, 15th Street and Bergenline Avenue. Though she lost contact with her father when she moved from the West Coast, she would later reconnect with him during the course of the background check she underwent upon being appointed a federal judge. Growing up indigent, Salas recalls having to translate for her mother at the Welfare office, and later helping friends with various problems facing their lives, an activity that led to her pursuit of a career focusing on human services. Salas attended Emerson High School, where her extracurricular activities included cheerleading.
After graduating high school in 1987, she attended Rutgers University, where she dormed on campus, and was active in clubs and activities. Salas graduated from Rutgers in 1991 with her Bachelor of Arts, and in 1994 from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark with a Juris Doctor. She credits her success during her education and during her later professional life to the Minority Student Program.
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