Herbert Jay Stern
| Herbert Jay Stern | |
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| Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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In office December 28, 1973 – January 4, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Leonard I. Garth |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas H. Politan |
| United States Judge for Berlin | |
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In office 1979–1979 |
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| U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey | |
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In office 1971–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Frederick B. Lacey |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan L. Goldstein |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 8, 1936 New York City |
| Alma mater |
Hobart College University of Chicago Law School |
Herbert Jay Stern (born November 8, 1936) is a New Jersey criminal defense lawyer. Earlier in his career, Stern served as a federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court for Berlin. He presided over a hijacking trial that was the only case ever tried in an American court in the occupied American Sector of West Berlin. He wrote a book about that case, Judgment in Berlin, which became a movie in which his role was played by Martin Sheen. He was part of the team that successfully handled several major corruption and organized crime trials in New Jersey. These are memorialized in his recent book, Diary of a DA: The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Took On the Mob, Fought Corruption, and Won. (2012)
Born in New York City, Stern attended Hobart College. After graduating in 1958 with a B.A., he went on to earn a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1961. He then served one year in the United States Army Reserve. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1961 and the New Jersey bar in 1971.
Stern served from 1962 to 1965 as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, during which he participated in the investigation of the assassination of Malcolm X. He then took a position as a trial attorney in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States Department of Justice. In 1969, Stern became Chief Assistant United States Attorney for New Jersey. From 1971 to 1973, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. He was part of the team that handled several major corruption and organized crime trials in New Jersey. The U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey was originally headed by Frederick Lacey. Trials included the successful prosecution of Newark Mayor Hugh Joseph Addonizio.
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