Freda L. Wolfson
| Freda Linsenbaum Wolfson | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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Assumed office December 4, 2002 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Nicholas H. Politan |
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| Born | 1954 (age 62–63) Vineland, New Jersey |
| Education |
Rutgers University B.A. Rutgers School of Law–Newark J.D. |
Freda Linsenbaum Wolfson (born 1954) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Born in Vineland, New Jersey, Wolfson graduated from Douglass College in Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976 and later from Rutgers School of Law–Newark with a Juris Doctor in 1979. A daughter of Holocaust survivors, she credited the experiences of her parents as leading her to pursue a career in law.
Following law school graduation, Wolfson worked in private practice in New Jersey from 1979 - 1986 at the firms Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan and Clapp & Eisenberg.
Wolfson began her federal judicial career as a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Wolfson was appointed to an eight-year term in 1986 and was re-appointed again in 1994 before serving another full eight-year term before her nomination as a United States District Judge in 2002.
Wolfson was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President George W. Bush on August 1, 2002 to a seat vacated Nicholas H. Politan. Wolfson was confirmed by the Senate on November 14, 2002 on a Senate vote and received her commission on December 4, 2002.
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