Katharine Sweeney Hayden
| Katherine Sweeney Hayden | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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Assumed office May 30, 2010 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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In office September 29, 1997 – May 30, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | H. Lee Sarokin |
| Succeeded by | Esther Salas |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Katherine Sweeney May 30, 1942 New York City, New York |
| Education |
Marymount Manhattan College B.A. Seton Hall University M.A. Seton Hall University School of Law J.D. |
Katharine Sweeney Hayden (born May 30, 1942) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Born in New York City, New York, Hayden received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marymount Manhattan College in 1963, a Master of Arts from Seton Hall University in 1971, and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1975. She was a law clerk for Judge Robert L. Clifford of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1975 to 1976. After her clerkship she became an Assistant United States Attorney at the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey from 1976 to 1978. She was in private matrimonial law practice in New Jersey from 1978 to 1991, and then became a judge for the New Jersey Superior Court (Family Division) from 1991 to 1997.
Hayden was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 6, 1997, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by H. Lee Sarokin. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1997, and received her commission on September 29, 1997. Hayden assumed senior status on May 30, 2010. Hayden continues her connection to her alma mater, Seton Hall University School of Law, serving as an adjunct professor teaching course on Persuasion & Advocacy and Sentencing, and frequently employing Seton Hall Law students as judicial clerks and interns.
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