Federal Court Judicial Survey
Rating the Judges — Editor's Note
How the Survey Was Done
Secret for Success on District Court: Serve First as a Magistrate
The federal bench in New Jersey has more former magistrates than any of the 93 other district courts in the country, and it looks like the state's practitioners like it that way. The six most highly regarded non-senior federal judges in New Jersey are all former magistrates.
District Judge Survey Results
District Judge Biographies
Magistrate Judges: A Pleasant Lot but Needing Some Seasoning in Substance
Magistrate judges are adjuncts by definition, so it shouldn't surprise that lawyers, when asked to assess them, see them as more down to earth than district judges, if sometimes with feet of clay.
Magistrate Judge Survey Results
Magistrate Judge Biographies
Bankruptcy Judges Are the Most Highly Rated Federal Jurists
Bankruptcy judges toil in relative obscurity compared with other federal judges, but those in New Jersey get higher marks from the lawyers who appear before them: higher than magistrate judges, district judges and even state court judges.
