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Stanley Brotman
Stanley Seymour Brotman (July 27, 1924 – February 21, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Education and career Brotman was born in Vineland, New Jersey. He grew up in the nearby community of Brotmanville, which had been established by his grandfather, a Russian immigrant, in Pittsgrove Township. Brotman left Yale University to serve in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1945. He returned to Yale and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Eastern Studies in 1947. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1951. He served again during the Korean War from 1951 to 1952 as a first lieutenant in the Armed Forces Security Agency. He was in private practice in Vineland from 1952 to 1975. Federal judicial service On January 27, 1975, Brotman was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the Federal judiciary of the United States, federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least 80 years. As long as senior judges carry at least a 25 percent caseload or meet other criteria for activity, they remain entitled to maintain a staffed office and chambers, including a secretary and their normal complement of law clerks, and they continue to receive annual cost-of-living increases. Senior judges vacate their seats on the bench, and the President of the United States, president may appoint new full-time judges to fill those seats. Some U.S. states have similar systems for senior judges. State court (United States), State courts with a similar system include Iowa (for judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals), Pennsylvania, and Virginia (for justices of the Virginia Supreme Court). Statuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |