Stephen Orlofsky
| Stephen Murray Orlofsky | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
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In office December 26, 1995 – August 31, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Dickinson R. Debevoise |
| Succeeded by | Peter G. Sheridan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Stephen Murray Orlofsky June 24, 1944 The Bronx, New York |
| Education |
City College of New York B.A. Rutgers School of Law–Camden J.D. |
Stephen Murray Orlofsky (born June 24, 1944) is an American lawyer, a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and a former nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Born in The Bronx, New York, Orlofsky earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 from City College of New York and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law–Camden in 1974. He also served in the United States Army from 1966 until 1970, spending time in Vietnam.
Orlofsky worked as a law clerk for United States District Judge Mitchell Cohen from 1974 until 1976, when he became a United States Magistrate of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, serving in Camden, New Jersey. He went into private practice in Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey from 1980 until 1995, when he became a United States District Judge.
On June 30, 1995, on the recommendation of United States Senator Frank Lautenberg, President Bill Clinton nominated Orlofsky to become a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Senate unanimously confirmed Orlofsky in a voice vote on December 22, 1995. He received his commission on December 26, 1995.
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