Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr.
| Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. | |
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Greenaway sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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Assumed office February 12, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Samuel Alito |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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In office July 26, 1996 – February 24, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John F. Gerry |
| Succeeded by | Claire C. Cecchi |
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Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. November 16, 1957 London, United Kingdom |
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Columbia University B.A. Harvard Law School J.D. |
Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. (born November 16, 1957) is a United States Circuit 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. Greenaway had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama.
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 Bachelors of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor 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.
Greenaway worked in private practice in New York City from 1981 until 1985. He became an Assistant [[United States 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.
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