Peter Sheridan
2018 - Present
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Peter Sheridan is a federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He joined the court in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. He assumed senior status on June 14, 2018.
Early life and education
A native of Massachusetts, Sheridan graduated from St. Peter`s College with his bachelor's degree in 1972 and later graduated from Seton Hall University College of Law with his Juris Doctorate degree in 1977.[1]
Professional career
After law School, Sheridan became a law clerk for former Superior Court Judge James Petrella in the Superior Court of New Jersey representing Bergen County from 1977 to 1978. In 1978, Sheridan joined the New Jersey and New York Port Authority as an Attorney as a solicitor for the State of New Jersey from 1978 to 1981. In 1981, Sheridan became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of New Jersey and served in that role until 1984 and later again from 1990 to 2006. In 1984, Sheridan became the vice president and general counsel for the Atlantic City Casino Association representing the interests of the New Jersey gaming industry from 1984 to 1987. In 1987, New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean appointed Sheridan as the director of authorities unit, and also served as the executive director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 1993 to 1994.[1]
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Sheridan was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 14, 2006, to a seat vacated by Stephen Orlofsky. Sheridan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 8, 2006, on an unopposed 98 to 0 vote and received commission on June 12, 2006.[1][2] He assumed senior status on June 14, 2018.
Noteworthy cases
NJ cannot ban exit polling at elections (2009)
Judge Sheridan ruled in a case involving a ban on exit polling for the crucial 2009 Governor's election in New Jersey. The judge granted a preliminary injunction and put on hold a state Supreme Court decision to bar exit polling within 100 feet of polling places. Judge Sheridan ruled in the suit less than two weeks before the state's gubernatorial election. The challenge came after a September 30, 2009 ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court which banned exit polling within 100 feet of a polling place, and was brought by the National Election Pool challenged the ruling.[3]
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Stephen Orlofsky |
District of New Jersey 2006–2018 Seat #10T |
Succeeded by: Zahid Quraishi
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
Federal courts:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of New Jersey
State courts:
New Jersey Supreme Court • New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division • New Jersey Superior Courts • New Jersey Municipal Courts • New Jersey Tax Court
State resources:
Courts in New Jersey • New Jersey judicial elections • Judicial selection in New Jersey
